Og set the dance floor’s gravity on a counterclockwise spin, making all of our avatars slowly rotate around the club’s invisible central axis, like motes of dust floating inside a snow globe. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Walter crosses the room, and a bottle cap clinks to the floor. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She looks first at my chest and then at the floor. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Marie-Laure drags the heavy rag rug from the floor of Madame Manec’s apartment all the way to the sixth floor and drapes it over her quilt. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The D.H.C. and his students stepped into the nearest lift and were carried up to the fifth floor. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad’s camera slipped from her hands and flew across the floor. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Half of the inmates in the Box, as it turned out—all thirty on the upper floor—were not disciplinary cases but men under protective custody, of which there were two kinds. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As long as each person stayed in his or her chair, feet on the floor, with no intimate touching besides kisses, we would leave them alone. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He laid the cloth on the floor and rolled the old man in it. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

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

Focusing beyond pain, I lower my body, almost touching the floor, then push. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Jam dropped her fear like a winter coat and walked forward to help Whisper set the table as if she was stepping into sunshine, leaving a heaviness pooled on the floor behind her. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“You get him. I’m gonna stay down here on this floor till you put him on the deck.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bent at the waist, I shove my shoulder into the double doors, and they squeak across the floor as their seal breaks. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

A thick black tube ran from the mask down to a nozzle on the floor. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Tom stopped beside the porch and looked up at the second floor where two windows bloomed with light among the vines. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Then carefully and solemnly, he stalked down from step to step, and reached the floor of the Forest. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

So Andrew made his way down to the first floor. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Passing through the towering ice pinnacles of Phantom Alley we entered the rock-strewn valley floor at the bottom of a huge amphitheater. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

That night, I dream that Hideo and I are back at Sound Museum Vision, except we’re not in the middle of the dance floor. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

His walking stick fell to the floor with a clatter. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Then, making sure no one was in the hall, he would take out a key, unlock a door on the third floor, and enter the secret New York City headquarters of the KGB. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Myrish carpets covered the floor instead of rushes, and in one comer a hundred fabulous beasts cavorted in bright paints on a carved screen from the Summer Isles. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I shift my position on the chilly floor, cupping the warmth from the hot water I’ve poured over the dregs of my tea, thinking of how close Max came to suicide on the train. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The next room was a large gallery with paintings hanging floor to ceiling. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Upstairs, high on the seventeenth floor of the building, an explosion blew out a shower of glass and concrete, and she had disappeared under their weight. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Muddy paw tracks in all shapes and sizes created dizzying patterns on the floor, cutting over sticky patches of red and brown to the shelves of food. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The valley floor spreads out in a rainbow of greens below. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

John slumped to the floor, holding his head between his hands. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I watched Jasper’s sleeping body on the carpet beside me, the little thump of his tail, now and then, upon the floor. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

At the bottom of the stairs, the rat Botticelli sat waiting, and when Despereaux stepped from the last stair onto the dungeon floor, Botticelli called out to him as if he were a long-lost friend. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

I remembered then that Frith had picked it up from the stone floor of the hall. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Walls, doors, ceiling, floor, everything is made of glass so that you can see out!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

I would have traded anything to hear her swift footsteps across the floor. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cage is so small that a single page of a newspaper could cover the floor. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I follow Rufus up the stairs, and it’s only the second floor but I’m already out of breath. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

In the hallway, some kids were dragging their sneakers across the floor and laughing about the squeaking sound. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

On the floor, Ray has some blocks stacked high. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Tile floor and rows of shelves and on the shelves several dozen quart jars. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Tasha takes the ball from the floor and says, “I feel like my veins are full of sand.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It was lying on the floor, not even covered by its blue plastic bag. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were cracks in the hallway walls, wet floors, and twisted lockers. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Would you want to be dropped on the floor of a horse stable? The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Two inmate trusties who had been mopping the floor stopped to watch the officers struggle with the wheelchair and the cage. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He bought our tickets, then turned me toward the dance floor. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Grandma waved for him to follow and started walking, picking her way carefully along the rocky floor of the ravine. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

At this house and how I can hear her upstairs because the house is a million years old and there’s no insulation between ceilings and floors, unless you count centuries-old mouse nests. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

She said that she wanted some liquor, and slid out of bed and waddled across the floor to get her money from the dresser drawer. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The computers occupied the usual place of honor in the center of the living room, with an array of tangled cables, boxes for hard drives and webcams spread across the floor. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he had finished decorating the page, he threw the tablet to the floor among many others that were scattered about. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

You and Coby sit on the floor in the back near the biographies, playing cards, whispering. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

This is my first coherent thought as we reach the bottom floor of our high-rise and climb into a waiting jeep. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Then he raised the hatch door and swung it over and let it down on the floor behind. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Tucker walked toward the opposite end of the hallway, where a staircase descended to the first floor. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He squatted on the floor and began to pick up the jigsaw pieces, carefully, one by one. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

After mangling the Hab, I pulled the remaining canvas down to the flooring and resealed it. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She laughs and looks down at the floor, and I have zero doubt her cheeks are all pink. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The rim arced through the sky at a height of 264 feet, as high as the topmost occupied floor in Burnham’s Masonic Temple, the city’s tallest skyscraper. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

My sewing machine was on the floor nearby, and an open box full of all my other supplies—many spools of thread, pins and a pincushion, envelopes of needles—sat beside it. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She stared at the figurine pieces on the floor and then knelt and started to pick them up with her bare hands. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The first floor had two rooms and a kitchen. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at the house: there were two or three bright windows downstairs and the pink glow from Daisy's room on the second floor. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I found myself in a cavernous, dusty room with a plank floor and high, exposed rafters. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Devin pressed the little nub of tobacco into the sand floor. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

We took a stair to the third floor, entering a large room beneath a high Gothic ceiling. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he woke, daylight was coming through the glass floor, and a boy’s voice said, “Oh...You are in so much trouble.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

All, including the emperor, sank to the floor in deference, and one of the queen’s companions had to nudge a servant to rise in order to take the peach. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The elevator chimes for my floor, and I run to our room and hurry inside, catching my breath. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

A brilliant dawn broke through the morning dew, caressed every shadow, and lifted the fog to reveal a floor of white clouds dotting an azure sky. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The grandmothers are leaning forward, still sitting on the sofa, trying to pick up cards, but it's tough for either of them to reach the floor. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Dozing security guards, and surgeons angrily shaking the broken vending machine by the lobby, the same white tile floors and the same dimly lit hallways, but everything seems different with Will next to me. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

An old computer monitor gazes up at me from its spot on the floor. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She was carrying a large, framed picture, which she now lowered to the floor before seizing her small, beaded bag from the kitchen sideboard. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I dimly remember propping myself up, horselike on all fours, staring down at the swirling patterns in the cool wood of the living room floor. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The silver snow on the Christmas tree had been tracked over the floors and two of the ornaments were broken. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I remember her, of course, but by the time I knew her, her exploits—how, for instance, she scrubbed white people’s floors during the day and went to school at night—were legend. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

When the door swung open, a scissor of daylight fell on to the concrete floor, showing clumps of trodden-down straw, and mud. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The disappointment felt like a bucket of ice water to the face as all my hopes crashed to the floor. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Their footsteps echoed on the floors as they strode past two halls and took the third one to the right. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Shin’s foreman helped him leave the superintendent’s office and escorted him back to the factory floor. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Alex lay there with his face against the hard wooden floor, his hands scrabbling against his head, unable to move, waiting for it to end. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

She seized Yossarian’s hand and pulled him out on the dance floor. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

And then the elevator stopped on Annemarie’s floor, and of course I got out, because that’s what people do when the elevator gets to their floor. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Fortunately for me, I fell to the floor. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can hear the light tapping as they hit the tile floor. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Her chalice splashed steaming acid all over the floor. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I pictured her on the floor in front of the bench, flat on her back, staring at the ceiling, her feet pointing in opposite directions. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Each floor is one apartment with windows overlooking the street or the grocery store parking lot behind us. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I wasn't knocked out or anything, though, because I remember looking up from the floor and seeing them both go out the door and shut it. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He jerked a thumb in the direction of the upper floor. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He scrambled to his feet and tried to keep it from spilling on the floor with his hands. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We’ve all got our chins on the floor, and then she stretches into a scorpion. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

My eyelids are so heavy, and I’m tempted to just lie down on the floor. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

She ran swiftly across the cool floor to the double doorway and flung the doors open. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

When the water had finished loosening the chalk, she took a towel and scrubbed the floor until her back ached and her legs and hands were frozen. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The chariot hit the floor of an open-plan office and limped around, the left front wheel trembling unevenly. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Dad sits down on the floor next to me. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tommy lived in what everyone called the home-house—a four- room log cabin that once served as slave quarters, with plank floors, gas lanterns, and water Henrietta hauled up a long hill from the creek. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

There wasn't a book on the floor either. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She stared at the floor wondering if Kapugen had known that Daniel was dull. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the TV screen, we watched as another unsuspecting officer opened a cell and was coldcocked by an inmate; he crumpled to the floor. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Afterward, when Taisin was too weakened to walk back immediately, Kaede sat with her on the forest floor, watching as the purple flower, gloriously open to the air, bobbed in the wind. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I put Helena and Dziusia to work, laying down hay and making a nesting place in the little hallway with the ladder, which will also help cover up the height of the floor. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

When he had finished, drawing up his pants and buckling his belt, Bernabe knelt on the floor near the spider, watching it work. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d never seen a house as beautiful as Grandma and Grandpa’s home, with its gleaming floors, big eat-in kitchen, and a wide stairway up to the second floor. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

For a second she thought she might pass out, but then it was gone as quickly as it’d come, and the chalk warrior shivered to life and took off across the floor. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

When she drove off, Mikayla and I walked into the school and started up the steps to the third floor. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He spread the quilts upon the floor and rolled himself into them. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then I stayed on the floor a fairly long time, sort of the way I did with Stradlater. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He skidded against the wood floor and slammed into the wall. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Garfield’s bed was set up in a large open room on the cottage's second floor, positioned so that he could look out the window. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Caddy got the box and set it on the floor and opened it. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I push him to the floor, grab the keys from the kitchen table and am out of the French doors before he’s able to get to his knees. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hosteen Frey lowered the body to the floor before the dais. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I myself, just seven years old, was crouched on the floor at her feet, wearing pyjamas, dressing-gown and slippers. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

There were two women and a kid sitting on the floor. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He let his garments fall to the floor, then crawled onto the bed and gently pushed her legs apart and kissed her between the thighs. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

As if a dead man was not lying on the floor. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“I was down on the floor. You stroked my hair like I was a doll, but you didn’t have any dolls. No toys. You said, ‘Don’t cry, Mama. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gale swings into the doorway, landing in a heap on the floor. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Eva banged on the floor with her stick but nobody came. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

After they had gone, I sat on the edge of a packing box and stared at the bloody floor until the cigarette went out. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the nurses put me on the floor to play and I apparently sat for a little while, then took off. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I saunter off, swaying my nonexistent hips confidently, cheeks warm as I head straight to the public bathroom on the other side of the floor that no one uses. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The man's flesh was pale, and his blood had pooled upon the rocky floor below him. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

After the leftovers are stored in the fridge and the dishes washed, the four of us wander into Didu's room and spread ourselves across the floor. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The men had taken up the floor already in the hall and the flowers had been carried away. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He’d heard about blood pooled on the floors of classrooms and the bodies of twenty first graders and six educators torn apart by a semiautomatic rifle. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Helmuth sits on the floor beneath the window in a square of sunlight. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Apparently, everybody was doing what Kyle had already done: checking out the “Available Educational Gameware” listed on the back of the floor plan. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Made him feel worse than I did watching poor Trevor leveling the floor like some drifter slaving for a night’s rest in a bed. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, Rishi sank down on the floor, holding his stomach, alternating groans with laughter. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Joseph helped to clear the floor and said, “How often do you see your dad, then?” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Baby turned another handspring and made a split again on the waxed floor. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She hastily cleared the floor and put down an extra rush mat for him to sit upon. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

When I came back, he was sitting up in bed, his bedclothes on the floor; he was shivering and blue with cold. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

But though her windows didn’t shine and her curtains drooped with dust and nobody could of eaten off her floors, she kept the bed made, the dishes washed, and things in place. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The entry hall had a polished bronze floor, which seemed to boil in the reflected torchlight. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Jody ate a little of it, and, when it was dark, he set the lantern on the floor by the pony’s head so he could watch the wound and keep it open. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

All that’s left are the smears of blood on the floor. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Grass grew on the floor of the throne room. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He wraps Madame in quilts, but eventually she shivers so deeply, so profoundly, that he takes the big heavy rag rug off the floor and lays it on top of her. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I found his extra blanket and slept on the floor. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

It was thirty feet or so deep, with a dry floor: an ideal den for a bear or a wolf, but the only creatures living in it for years had been birds and bats. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The gargantuan monster trying to crush people on the upper floors looked around and let out a roar. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

When I walked barefooted out onto the varnished gymnasium floor, between the filled bleachers, the howls and whistles from the boys were double what had greeted any of the other girls. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of my feet hung over the side of the bed but didn’t touch the floor. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Percy sprinted toward Ephialtes, but slots in the floor opened under his feet, and metal walls shot up on either side, separating him from his friends. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When Em was called, she mounted the stage steps with her head down, glancing up only when she got to the big blue X taped to the middle of the stage floor. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

A haze lingers over the room, smelling like weed, and music rattles the floor. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He came over a minute later, walking unsurely, as if he didn’t trust the floor. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The two hundred or so patients are lined up on straw mats or cots on the floor, their cries echoing off the cold stone walls. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few seconds Fig promptly squirmed out of my grip and leapt onto the floor. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Andrew stormed up the closest spiral staircase to the second floor and the Dewey decimal rooms. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

From these memories I made it after many errors and many hours of work, sitting on the floor while Rontu slept nearby and the storms beat upon the roof. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had to lift me and my brother Sam off the floor to see him. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oh, he had found a few pieces, enough to convince him that Jon had indeed been murdered, but that was no more than the spoor of an animal on the forest floor. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They rolled on the floor and tumbled down from the piles in the corners, hightailing it to where Uncle Cotton lay with his eyes closed, a heavy sigh escaping his lips. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

When he finally rolled off, his face was gray and no one stopped him when he ran from the floor amid booming laughter. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no sign that it had even been there except for the glass shards on the floor. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But in the morning, in real life, perhaps half a million, not-yet-dead ants that had fed at the volunteer’s various poisoned banquets were writhing on the smokehouse floor. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shards of glass fell on the stone floor in the silence. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He turns around and catches me chewing and I laugh, spitting the piece of baklava out onto the floor. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Salvador grabbed Lupita by the wrist and pulled her out of the anteroom to the very edge of the dance floor. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I imagine her campaign merchandise strewn across the floor of the cafeteria and kids stepping on it in their fancy shoes. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

The world dips and sways around me, and someone is on the Pit floor—Drew—screaming. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It landed on his nose, and the pain exploded all over his face and his body felt very light as it sank down to the floor. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The sound of footsteps on the floor above woke us, and we knew it was time to come out for roll call. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Popper also flooded a part of the cellar floor for an ice rink, and here the penguins often drilled like a sort of small army, in fantastic marching movements and parades around the ice. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

I slipped the papers into the cigar box and shoved it back into the floor space. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She’s near the windows now, twisting, banging feet, hands flailing on the floor. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She grabbed for the nearest piece of cloth to shoo them away and her heart froze with terror as she connected her daughter's evening baths with the mustard plasters that rolled onto the floor. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

There were drops of blood on the floor here too, and there had been small, smudged coins of blood on the stairs as he walked up. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Spread across the gym floor, I feel among family. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Then Sargon leaped away, twisting in the air to land sure-footed on the marble floor among the fallen armor. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The empty box is now on the floor, and the nest of shredded paper sits atop the jumble of things Ma dumped out of her purse. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

But there they are on the floor of the second bedroom. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Struggling against his weight, reeling backward, I knocked the fishbowl from its pedestal and it crashed to the floor. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

And everything would have been all right, except that a mouse ran across the floor. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

We sleep on the damp dirt floor, wrapped in mildewed blankets so rough they could be used to scrape bark off logs. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“No, not the floor. It was standing on a trapdoor. It’s obviously guarding something.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

On the floor next to the bed was an empty bowl stained with red sauce. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I knew that hidden in the tiled stone surface of the floor were several spring-loaded trapdoors. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Out in the center of the floor, the lights dim. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

In the bleed area there was a shower with a drain hole in the floor. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My back hits the floor so hard it knocks the air out of my chest and I start coughing. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

She kept crying out, “Oh, I feel light as a feather! I can barely feel the floor beneath my feet! If only my Fredrick were here to see,” and other blurry exclamations of that sort. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

He advanced across the floor toward his partner, waving the sword. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well—there was blood smeared everywhere. On the walls, on the floor.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I dropped the mop in the middle of the floor and ran after her. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The paper crumbles and the ocean of ink fades away, leaving only a circle of chairs inside a striped tent as Marco collapses to the floor. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She got stuck on a boot heel at the third comer, unzipped the bag, and laid it open on the floor to rearrange her things. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

She floored the accelerator, and my head slammed against the backrest. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mosquitoes that had lain dormant through the long drought now hatched and rose from the forest floor in clouds so thick they filled our mouths and nostrils. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we were all in the room and seated on the floor, she began to play, and the dancer began to dance as if she were the one trying out, not us. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she picks the comforter up off the floor, spreads it over me, and tucks me in. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the third floor is drawing and painting. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Like you,” he says to the cat, then lowers her to the floor. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Once on the fourth floor, I look down again and see Officer Khan still pacing, still with the phone pressed to his ear. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She walks to the supply closet, her shoes squeaking on the polished floor. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

He was simply in the kitchen, cleaning the floor with a mop and a bucket. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I’m on the floor of a small library. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Men were sleeping on the floor all down the corridor. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

It took place in a small conference room on the top floor of the county attorney’s office. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He fell to the floor, knocking his funny bone against the tiled floor. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Once I traveled about in an old bakery wagon, double-doored rattler with a mattress on its floor. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first, all he was aware of were the heels of the shoes beating rapidly against the floor, and he wondered if Lalo and the afternoon customers in the bar downstairs could hear it. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

We settled onto the floor with piles of blankets, huddling together for warmth. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Uncle Camp mostly swept the floor and put out stock, and in the wintertime broke up wooden shipping crates to burn in the stove. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She’d felt everything—the reverberations of the key turning in the lock of her irons, then again as they loosened and fell to the floor. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Grover tried to corral them away from the monster just as the other cord on the spaceship snapped and the exhibit crashed to the floor. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

They looked lovely, sailing over the floor so smoothly with their large, round skirts. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shifts his finger two floors below his room. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The decorations, the fireplace, rugs, windows, and curtains were all painted on the metal floors and walls. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The halls become packing yards, their floors strewn with straw and sawdust and twine. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I could go to the Commander, fall on the floor, my hair disheveled, as they say, grab him around the knees, confess, weep, implore. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The floor is wet, Brooke. I don’t want you to slip, so maybe you should get yourself back in your room.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

There was no power, even though both the TV and the Atari were plugged into electrical outlets set into the floor. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I keep my eyes on the tiled floor. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Every wall on this floor is collapsed, so I can walk straight out to the building’s edge and ease my legs into the water. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

It had been too late for us to return home, so we all spent the night sleeping on the hard concrete classroom floors. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

In the summertime, this wasn’t too bad, but in the winter, freezing cold drafts blew across the floor all night long, and it was awful. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

There’s a neon sign on the wall shaped like an ice-cream cone, black-and-white tiled floors, and a jukebox in the corner. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The Hab is normally a dome, with flexible support poles maintaining the arch and rigid, folding floor material to keep its base flat. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She curled up like a fetus on the floor and surrendered to her pain. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa Will boomed out as he lowered the big box down to the floor. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Tally leaned forward, watching wide-eyed as Shay tumbled down toward the library’s main floor, three stories below. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Plus, it's a short ride to the first floor. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It contained spinning wheels, moving targets, and racetracks that curved from the floor to the ceiling. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Large families lived in small, crude lean-tos with dirt floors and roofs made of banana bark thatch, often patched with rags to stop leaks during the rainy season. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

C.P. paced the floor until the food arrived, at last running out of excuses to sit down in a public place with two black people. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He pointed to the floor with his paw in a gesture that Matthias interpreted as “Stop here.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

As I twisted the steering wheel and forced the accelerator to the floor I was controlling Mexico, and might and aloneness and inexperienced youth and Bailey Johnson, Sr., and death and insecurity, and even gravity. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Driving up to the village, Rafik and Nadine, who were smallest in size, huddled on the floor of the back seat, laughing. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

A brutal slap knocked her to the floor. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

No leaving precious toys that mean the world to me on the floor. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The other passengers all seemed to be staring at the floor. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

From the pile on the floor, it looked as though they’d already soiled the other bedclothes. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

When she ran a damp rag once across a small section of the kitchen floor, the rag turned black. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

From the floor, she sounded very far away. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

There was no other exit from the hall, so Kaede crossed the cold floor and began to climb the stairs. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He staggered backward and collapsed onto the waterlogged floor with a great splash, his wand falling from his limp right hand. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She chases her grandmother’s black-and-white chicks, making them scurry across the kitchen floor. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The garbage bags are now in the bedroom and I dig through one of them, trying not to let stuff fall out and make a mess on the floor. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I go down two floors to have a look around: first to the kitchen, then to the private office and then to the coal bin to open the cat door for Mouschi. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

This time Pa had turned me into a ghost, sitting there staring at the spot on the floor where John Worth had stood. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, a few seconds later they heard the sound of Ms. CeeCee's slippers slowly sliding across the floor and her voice oozing through the wooden door. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Once inside, he devoured nearly the entire loaf and sat on the floor, his back against the bed, crying quietly. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Reynie entered to find Mr. Benedict alone in the room, seated on the floor with his back against the desk, surrounded by books, papers, and a variety of colored pens. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Their remains stirred feebly on the floor, and as Harry leapt over one of their disembodied heads, it moaned faintly, “Oh, don’t mind me...I’ll just lie here and crumble....” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“I need you to catch me on the other side, since the floor is falling apart.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“You go up to the second floor,” said Nemur, waving to Strauss. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He picked up the things on the filthy floor, a rusting gun and a bloated half-eaten copy of the Socialist Review. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

After the meeting, Agent Magnus escorts me to an elevator named Whispers, which surprisingly shouts out the name of every floor we pass. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Thomas glanced over at Alby, who was staring at the floor, seemingly lost in his own gloomy thoughts. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Sitting up, I see my brother throw his bag on the floor and head to the kitchen. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

It sounded like toenails clicking back and forth on the floor. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

It feels so good to zap them into giggles on the floor mat. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Mami took one step out, but before she could leave, hot urine trickled down my legs into a pool on the floor. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Once we’d reached flat land we were able to follow our own tracks back through the squishy moss of the forest floor. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Gerald hung up the phone and sat down in a heap on the floor. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

All dead, spread across the floor of the family room. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I know all this because I walk up the five floors; they haven’t got around to an elevator yet. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I pretend I dropped my hair tie and start looking on the floor so Mrs. Walton won’t think I’m part of Beatriz’s shenanigans, funny as she is. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The room is still dark, the floor still cold and hard, my heart still beating faster than normal. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

As he did, he watched the water erase the floor and climb the walls. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Mack glanced at the burned curtains, at the floor glistening with whiskey and puppy dirt, at the bacon grease that was coagulating on the stove front. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

That Mama sat on the living-room floor laughing and banging on the walls with metal tongs. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the navigator returns with the cup of water, and the captain spills it out on the floor, because not even the navigator is beyond suspicion. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The sound of chairs being thrown aside, feet running, a table pulled across the floor. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Every inch of Mark’s skin is sweating, and his muscles ache from carrying the large containers of generator fuel from the emergency supply room on the thirtieth floor down to the boat. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The plumes rose around him through the slats in the floor. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I am lying flat on the forest floor. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

When she finished, we stomped on the floor and whistled and shouted for more. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Zu sat on the floor, her pink palm facing up toward Chubs’s squinting eyes. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I want to throw them onto the floor and stomp on them, crushing their stupid little faces, but I do my best to keep calm because I know it’s important to Amá. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He grabbed her shoulders and tried to keep her from sliding across the floor. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He was jumbled up on the floor with Chess and Emma: Her elbow was in his ear; Chess’s knee was in Finn’s rib cage. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

In the elevators that carry me to the eighth floor of my apartment in Grafton Hill. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Nobody at all, huh?” the girl named Brooke says, picking up her bag from the floor and slinging it over her shoulder in preparation, it seems, for a quick, angry exit. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Turner got up off the floor hollering for the police. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Her next class was on the first floor, so we went down the nearest stairway. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

They pushed open the vice principal’s office door and found Mr. Lyons tied up on the floor. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

The last haint rose directly from the floor, a sudden tower of fury glaring down at her, heaving with sharp uneven breaths. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

It did not matter because the man on that side had been very sick on the floor several times before. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Then I saw it, in the moonlight on the floor: the book of Lutherans. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

On the first note, feet could be heard pounding on the floors above. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he sat on the floor and burst into tears. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slap a heavy hand over the floor and push myself up. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I step onto the brightly shining floor and angrily advance on them. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or, if you tried to clean the floor, it would only dry near the fire—the rest of the floor became an icy skating rink. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“Here—it beats a hard floor. Use one of my blankets tonight. Tomorrow we’ll dry out your sleeping bag.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Nothing decorated the walls or covered the wooden floor. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The skirt trails on the floor all the way to the bathroom. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

In the silence, then, I realized I wasn’t alone: There were inmates sprawled across the floor, sleeping. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You begin tomorrow,” said the old man, and Hugo ran off down the empty hallway, careful not to click his shoe heels on the stone floor. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

There were bales of hay in the loft floor and he squatted and sorted a handful of seeds from them and sat chewing. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I put the materials back into the cabinet, wipe off the table, raise the blinds, stuff my soggy volcano in a garbage bag, and go home to scrub the floors. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He starts digging for it, things falling to the floor as he searches. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Her footsteps were soft and reassuring on the dirt floor. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Even as he hit the floor, one of the cars started up behind him, flooding the back of the truck with its headlights. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I’m sitting on the floor, leaning against one of the twin beds. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When he is drunk asleep ...” The knife for the meat was lying on the floor near the fireplace. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d wiped down the counters and mopped the floor, and Elizabeth washed the pans. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Two bottles were on the floor by his chair now, one empty and one just opened. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

When we lost our furniture in an apartment fire, she slept on the floor and made me a bed out of all our blankets. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then, retreating to the house, he popped open a tallboy and slumped at the kitchen table, watching Nancy mop the floor. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The impact craters in the channel floor are evidence of its great age. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lauren stood up, gathering her computer and books in such a hurry that one of her notebooks fell to the floor. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Then I heard and felt on the floor beneath me a stampede of feet—moving, running, scurrying to escape the building. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He stood in the middle of the floor, shuffling from one foot to the other. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Prentiss Jr. is on the floor, holding his mouth, blood already coming from it. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He set the puppy on the floor again and it dashed off, tail wagging, to growl at the logs piled beside the stove and to chew at their edges where raw wood curled. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“You were rolling on the floor, clutching your scar! Come now, Potter, I have experience in these matters!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She shakes her head at me, knowing I’ve been confined to the third floor since I fell asleep by the vending machines over in Building 2 last week and caused a hospital-wide manhunt. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

"But all we want to do is go in an' kneel on the floor," the old man said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The spirit bounced against the floor, then leaped back up. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I dropped some papers and looked straight at the floor as I gathered them. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Haley slid both cards into the back pocket of her jeans,pulled out her library floor plan, and found the Lemoncello-abilia Room. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

It was a pigsty, with roaches crawling over the bunched-up sheets and garbage on the floor. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slid his feet on the floor instead of picking them up—quieter that way. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

There were rolling pins on the bedspread, dirty cutting boards on the small table, kitchen shears on the floor. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

There’s an Xbox Infinity, a piano, some speakers, a map I pick up off the floor for him. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The instructor placed his boot on the chest of an imaginary prone inmate, pumped five times, then straightened up, looked down, and blew five times loudly toward the floor. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

After he had gone a few paces his toe struck something hard and he reached down and felt for the handle of a suitcase on the floor. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Jimmy handed Julie a flashlight and told her to sit on the floor behind the counter and assemble boxes. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Vera gasped convulsively; she screamed and swayed and closed her eyes and fell headlong across her mother and rolled limply from the bed to the floor. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I went around behind the counter and I saw Mr. Nesbitt on the floor—there was blood everywhere—and the cash register was open. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another stela crashed to the floor and shattered. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

George Layhe, who had gone up to the third floor, was in the most desperate situation of all, lying flat with both a large piano and a huge pool table on top of him. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

He shut the book, put it carefully on the floor, lay down, and pulled the coverlet over both of them. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The baron and his family —all of his family—were knocking their heads on the floor in front of their ancestors and thanking the gods out loud for protecting them from conscription. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. van Daan leapt up, his napkin falling to the floor, and shouted, with the blood rushing to his face, “I’ve had enough!” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Its pine floors creak, windowpanes rattle, flies buzz near the ceiling, curtains flap. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I had to sit on the floor, and I was hungry and thirsty. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the third floor, I knocked on the door to Mom and Dad’s apartment and heard Dad’s muffled voice. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They’re sterile, institutional, with fluorescent lights and cheap floor tile, like a hospital. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Kneeling there on my grandfather’s dusty floor with those photos in my hands, I remembered how betrayed I’d felt the day I realized his stories weren’t true. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She kicked and kicked until everything was on the floor. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Basta led them straight to the big house, where more light showed behind three windows on the upper floor. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He let his cheek fall to the floor and lay panting for a long time, saying nothing. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked down at the floor, rubbed his nose with his hand, doing his best to keep his face hidden. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

‘My mother played on the floor of this kitchen. My grandfather was but a young man when he built this house, and I, a grandson, have better right to it doubtless than an elder brother.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was an early riser but was not allowed out until the sun shot in through the crack near Mami’s sewing machine and swept a glistening stripe of gold across the dirt floor. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The boy screamed, fell to the floor, his body already convulsing. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I picked up the white dress I had left on the floor and put it back in the box with the tissue paper. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She said that scrubbing the floors made her back feel better. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He hangs his chin over the edge of the seat and picks lint off the car floor. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

My heart took off like a car that had its gas pedal mashed to the floor. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

As I made my way back upstairs, the tightness in my chest vanished, lifting away with the comforter as I kicked it to the floor. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Here,” said a gray-haired man, putting a small case on the floor. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The inflatable shark naturally led to the puddle of heavy cream, which, if lapped from the floor with slow, steady precision, could account for up to twenty minutes of valuable stage time. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Habib tried to climb out of the truck, but the other men wrestled him to the floor. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

And if I sat quiet on the windowsill, I could almost see the shadow of Izio lying on the floor, hands behind his head, his feet propped up on the sofa. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The sensation of a cat brushing past his legs is so genuine that he looks down expecting to see it, but there is nothing on the floor of the tent but more jars and bottles. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It glows from the center of every panel, ceiling, floor, and walls. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The floor on which he lay seemed to be white, neither warm nor cold, but simply there, a flat, blank something on which to be. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

After Ma helps me put on my bathing suit, which is a very short pink dress with the legs sewn in, she and Pa go to the second floor and have their lunch. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cold air and metal floor tell me what I need to know. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Movement: Have students physically move across the floor staff, first sequentially and then skipping line to line and space to space, reciting the letters as they go. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

A fissure opened in the stone floor of the workshop, and Minos and all his spirits were sucked into the void with a horrible wail. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Often, in the morning, the dress would be in a heap on the floor; the chain straps always slipped off the metal hanger. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Tristan jerked his hand away so fast he dropped his foil on the floor while also knocking everyone else’s foil off the heating plate. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The huge, killer horse swept by me, but Tenorio’s foot hit me and sent me spinning to the floor of the bridge. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thankfully, the bell rings, so I start to rush out of the class, but my backpack is on the floor, and I trip right over it. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“They saw you knocking him down. They saw you pushing him over a table. They saw you banging his head against the floor.” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Then, from somewhere far away, she heard the gentle strains of an old voice humming, the swish of a broom, and the squeak of Mr. Calloway’s well-shined boots echoing across the marble floor. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Harry, sweating, managed to hoist Ginny half off the floor, and bent to pick up his wand again. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

And always there are the returns, augmented now by the huge volume of items that have been tossed on the floor or carried fecklessly to inappropriate sites. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crowd as a whole darted away from the light, leaving an empty space on the floor. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

My feet carry me up to the fifth floor. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

As he twirls me around the dance floor, everyone is smiling like crazy, as if this were the most precious thing they’ve ever seen. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Olive screamed and several of us flinched in vicarious pain as Horace dropped to the floor like a sack of potatoes, loose change and train tickets spilling out of his pockets. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Helen noticed a red rug, piles of books on the floor, white eyelet cafe curtains on the windows. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Exactly," Mr. Winston said over the clatter of chairs scraping the floor and backpacks zipping. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Now I can see that those streaks of light are actually glowing trains, racing across the ocean floor. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The yellow shape of the window grew slowly across the floor, reached the wall, climbing. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The doorway to the stairs was on the second floor at the end of a long hallway in the vacant western wing, the door itself narrower than the rest and the knob rusted from disuse. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

We put them in each stairwell on each floor, plus inside the elevators. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Anya ducked to the floor, not wanting to be seen, and stayed there until the bed stopped creaking. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The elevator made a bouncy stop on the second floor. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The basilisk was moving toward Harry; he could hear its heavy body slithering heavily across the dusty floor. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

When he made his way downstairs, he found Hollis wearing a hot pink muumuu, passed out on the couch with papers strewn across her chest and the floor. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I had tossed off my covers while I was asleep, and the Dancing Fan lay facedown, its blades pushing air impotently at the floor. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Silas waited at the threshold, unwilling to risk his paws on the messy floor. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Officer Berdecki rolls off the sofa and hits the floor with a thud. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She bent down and picked Florence Nightingale up off the floor. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

I cruised the sidelines of the dance floor with Deluca and Brill and some other footballers. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

And when I side-kicked him in the shin, Callum went sprawling, knocking over two chairs and three music stands on his way to the floor. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

June plopped back onto the floor and shined her phone’s light on the pile of books. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The man struck Grandfather’s head against the floor. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Near him on the floor was a candlestick from the altar. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s go home together after class,” An Yi called as we separated at the third floor. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was petulant, he knew it, but he still watched them spread out on the floor, their contents spilling everywhere, and it gave him a momentary sense of satisfaction. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I didn’t see Bailey descend to the floor, but I rolled over once and he was kicking and screaming too. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

We used to beg our mother to let us sleep on the floor. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

When I finally got into the dance room with the other guys, we turned up the music and did our best to drown out the reverberations of the many basketballs hitting the floor. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

On our way from the cafeteria, I see a lunch monitor reach down and pick up a candy wrapper that someone dropped on the floor. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

As she passes by, she warns us, “Be sure you clean underneath there. Don’t leave food on the floor for the janitors. It’s not their job to clean up after clubs.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

A group of guards stood facing a large iron box, shattered glass littering the floor at their feet. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He switched off the light, turned toward the wall and his fingers felt over the cold floor for the brick. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

His desk scrapes the floor as it scoots closer to mine until they touch. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

After introduction ceremonies, my mother, the diviner and I went to a hut, where we sat on mats on the floor, opposite the diviner, as she arranged her divining bones and shells. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a screen background, sheets on the floor, and those big umbrellas to filter the light. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

So I lay down on the floor beside him and patted his head and whispered his name/or hours. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

After a blank, I found that I was lying unbound, on the floor, in the same place, with my head on some one’s knee. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

It had fallen under the bed, and Celaena knelt upon the icy floor, straining to reach the book. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

As Charles crossed the slick marble floor, something else struck him. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

The same clothes were strewn on the uncarpeted floors. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the next floor below are the abdominal and spine cases, head wounds and double amputations. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kalinda pushes it open, and I see that her mattress is on the floor, but she has the most beautiful dressing table, and her nightstand looks like it’s made from gold. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She remembered the floor of that horrible cavern in Rome crumbling to dust, plunging Percy and Annabeth into Tartarus. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She spent entire nights pacing up and down the floor. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take a quick breath and throw my body to the right, slamming into the floor of the car with my legs dangling over the edge. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I woke up every morning and knelt on the floor, praying to God to heal her. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Thinking how pretty her hands were, despite they were red from scrubbing floors, I watched her fingers move dreamy up and down the keyboard. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The clatter of the tiles spilling on the floor sounds like glass shattering. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“He’s hiding at the bottom of my bed, shaking,” said Ron angrily, missing the pail and scattering beans over the greenhouse floor. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I had sat there on the floor beside Maxim in a sort of dream, his hand in mine, my face against his shoulder. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“So he put a crack in the floor?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Glossy bentwood furniture, throw rugs over hardwood floors, Southwest accents: an Anasazi-style wedding vase here, a Georgia O’Keeffe print there. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

We finally heard Miss Love pour her dirty water out of the washbowl into the waste pot on the floor. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Mamá said, looking all around at the brightly painted kitchen, the colorful floor, and the cupboard with plastic flowers. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The buildings stand empty, row after row of them, the windows broken, the doors gone—probably burned for firewood—and when I poke my head inside, even the floors have been ripped out and salvaged. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Shouts and shrieks go up as a pitch-black puddle slinks across the floor to the center of the room. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

My assailant let go of me, and I slumped to the floor, spent with fear. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The owl screeched and fell to the floor of the cage. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She had three coolers arranged on the floor and was filling them with food for their car trip. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

But Lupita lay awake on the floor for a long time, listening to the daytime noises of the desert. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Inej looked down at the wolves chasing each other around the rotunda floor. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

There was blood on the floor, and the man wasn’t moving. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Robbie made a great show of removing his boots which weren’t dirty at all, and then, as an afterthought, took his socks off as well, and tiptoed with comic exaggeration across the wet floor. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

For a long moment, only the gentle tapping of drops against the floor kept the silence at bay. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The earthen floor was swept and the fuel pile replenished. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Treebeard looked at him in his long slow way for several minutes, till the wretched man was squirming on the floor. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Finally he went to sleep on the floor with his head among the puppies. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because you’re on the ninth floor and I don’t go that high.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I trace the floor patterns with my finger again. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

On this occasion, our mother found it just where she’d left it—on the floor next to her side of the bed—making me wonder why she didn't look there first. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

While I dusted and swept the floors, I kept thinking of how tired and bored I was working for Santa Maria Window Cleaners day in and day out. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Matt pulled the dog out and dropped him hastily on the floor. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we get to my floor and say goodbye, I think about the last wish I made—that everything would get back to the way it was before I messed everything up. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Fish-flavored steam billowed out the open door on the first floor. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He stared at the floor, his lips twitching, his eyes all misty. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I close the newspaper and put it on the floor at my feet. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

They did this so they could gnaw through the floor from below. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The basket was on the floor beside him; in its corner, beside Gabriel’s head, the stuffed hippo sat staring with its blank eyes. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Both Fang and I stared stunned from our spot on the floor. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Malvolio made her way down to the hardwood floor and listened to her “academic ambassadors” talk to the press. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

When Nhamo had done so, Grandmother told her to dig a hole in the floor. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sprawled on the floor, she heard things slide loose and break. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The younger ones are standing or sitting on the floor. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I notice a plaque between the two elevators, showing us what’s on each floor. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He sat in the floor of the saloon with his feet in the rubber boots propped against the pedestal of the table. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

After the banquet, our small wedding party pushed us and half carried us up to the third floor to our small bedroom. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Zane heard the thud on the countertop of the main storeroom floor, but he ignored it. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Another flickering shot bounced off the armrest and extinguished itself on the floor. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

It was our job to take the cookie orders and then go down to the first floor to get the cookies and milk from the teacher who had charge of them for the day. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“This floor. It’s a little hard to sleep on.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You just picked them up off the floor, didn’t you?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I had not realized that he was there, reading a book on the living room floor. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t either,” she whispered, staring at the floor. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fourth side was clear, revealing a gleaming space of polished floor. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think I can hear coughing beneath the floor, but Mrs. Krajewska is too busy talking. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The door opens upstairs at eight-twenty, and this is followed by three gentle taps on the floor...Anne’s hot cereal. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The rain drummed on the high windows, and the floodlights, shining through the glass, cast a pattern on the walls as if dark rivulets of water were streaming down them from ceiling to floor. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Between the alley and the stair well a strong draught came up, the curtains on the window flew around, the newspapers on the table swished, and individual sheets fluttered down over the floor. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

I then went upstairs to the second floor. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The second time I got through it a little faster, because I remembered—to some extent—which corridors had electric floors and which did not. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The ball was on the floor and me and Ice went for it. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The Savoy Ballroom is massive, even compared to the Roseland back in Boston: an expanse of waxed dance floor positively stuffed with Lindy Hoppers dancing elbow to elbow. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept my eyes fixed straight down on the floor until she left and I heard the door close behind her. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It moved slowly, but eventually, she had shifted it enough to see what had been sketched on the floor beneath. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Then I shoved him down the stairs and sent him tumbling to the next floor. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Their torches sizzled out in the pond of scum they’d just landed in because the floor beneath the overhead grate was slick with a pool of greasy water. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

We just started out there on the floor among a lot of other couples. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a discarded recorder on the floor that she had once planned to master and a chapter book on Abraham Lincoln from the time she decided to become an amateur historian. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Most were folding up their blankets and tossing them into piles in the corners of the room, but some just lay awake on the floor or propped against the concrete walls, staring into space. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But the closer Seven got to Beefy’s room, the more the floor shook. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Inside, it smelled like floor wax and old fruit salad and something else, a smell that Raymie did not want to think about too much. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

It happened so quickly, I don’t know how he got me to the floor, but again I was on my back and he was on top of me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We were glad of the bed that night, worn out after nights on floors in Dublin and in Grandma’s. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

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

The floor of the Exchange would erupt into a flurry of trades, runners would spread the word throughout the city, and the price of goods, futures, and shares in outgoing voyages would rise or fall. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I heard his white cup shatter against the floor as he uncrossed his legs, rising. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood in his long prayer shawl, its silver trim bathed in sunlight, its fringes dangling almost to the floor. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I went right behind him and soon we all on the floor of the restaurant. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was glad because from the second floor you could watch all the people racing and rushing down below. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

She began swiping it roughly across the floor. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He set his bag on the floor and exerted pressure. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Both of them had to hunch over and touch their hands to the floor to duck through the secret doorway—it was really more like a half doorway. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The open container tumbled out of his lap and hit the floor. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

I looked for patterns in the tile floor. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Then he squatted in the foyer floor and hooked his foot over the outside edge of the door and pulled it against the lid and twisted the jar in his hands. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

It has a table nextside of the bed with a fancy cloth on it that reaches all the way to the floor. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Her head hit the metal and she slid to the floor. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

It infiltrated Xerox machines and worked its way inside personal computers and inside the cushions of chairs and fingered down into the floor drains until it touched pools of lingering bleach in the water traps. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

To my great relief, he left his sword where it lay on the floor. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then they sat down on the floor in a corner, and watched. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You won’t take me up there? Show me which floor? Just tell me the floor. I’ll figure out which apartment on the floor it is.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

So — after many tantrums, after arguments that shook Harry’s bedroom floor, and many tears from Aunt Petunia — the new regime had begun. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I bet they were all piled on pillows on the floor eating popcorn and playing Crazy Eights. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The owner—a fat man in a Mets cap—shrieked, stooped partway to the floor in consternation, then sprang up, cursing, as if to grab the retreating Henry by the collar. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The floor was smooth, and a sweet, woodsy scent filled the entire space. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The soldiers clustered in the middle of the floor, backs together, rifles bristling out like porcupine quills. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

They climbed the stairs as quickly as they could without splashing the hot water and tiptoed down the highly polished wood floor of the upstairs hallway, searching for Mrs. Derby’s room. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m sitting in front of the television at the Hotel Beverly, where my grandparents have been renting an apartment on the top floor. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

In an unused room somewhere on the second floor, or far from the house, beneath the trees by the river. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Behind the door there were sounds of dressing; something that sounded like a piece of metal fell to the floor. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In its furnaces the power plant burned coal, and out of its chimneys black smoke poured day and night, blanketing the town with soot and making all the floors dirtier than ever. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The floors were to be swept three times a day. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“To the charrette,” shouted Ann, her voice skipping over the polished wooden floor like a stone over the surface of a lake. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was already in the middle of the dance floor, moving like a madman. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I’ve only seen the lobby a few times, when somebody else would get off on this floor, but I’ve got a favorite cover that I look for every time. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Håkon’s blue eyes shifted back and forth, looking from one end of the floor to the other. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Lawrence’s concern, Frank recalled, was that politics might cause dissension and distraction on the laboratory floor—creating what he called “inhomogeneity” in the lab. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

His father kicked at the floor dangerously near the track. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Reilly sighed and looked at the floor to see whether the baby roach was still around and functioning. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reaches for the rolled-up napkin of silverware and instantly throws it on the floor. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The school was mostly empty and the second floor would be even emptier, but hell, no. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I hear laughter coming from the first floor. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

When I got upstairs, I realized I’d never stepped foot on that floor before. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I used to love peeking through doorways to her bedroom and watching her kneel on the floor and whisper "Allah Akbar." Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

There came the clink of a bottle being put down upon some hard surface, and then the dull scraping noise of a heavy chair being dragged across the floor. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Apa sits cross-legged on the living room floor, his back against the couch. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

She and Uncle Vernon went off to the lumpy bed next door, and Harry was left to find the softest bit of floor he could and to cud up under the thinnest, most ragged blanket. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Whenever she considered that Dad was hopelessly lost, she’d open a little portable ice box that she kept on the floor of the car under her feet, and hand Jane her bottle. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are paintings and framed photographs all over the walls and glass boxes full of pottery and sculptures spread out all over the floor space. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I didn't know that tortoises were part of a detective's equipment,” he said as he placed the carton on the floor next to Victor. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The floor creaked with every step he took. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Flying down the hallway, I head back into Building 1, slamming the elevator button until the steel doors slide open, and the elevator pulls me back down to my floor. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“How tall are you when gliding across the floors on your knees, and are we ready to show that particular trick?” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I fell, dropping to my knees, bracing my hands against the tile, trying to keep from being sick all over myself and the floor. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Through the high narrow windows of the Red Keep's cavernous throne room, the light of sunset spilled across the floor, laying dark red stripes upon the walls where the heads of dragons had once hung. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

At the Jesolo Trophy in Jesolo, Italy, the USA women won team gold, and I won the all-around title, as well as taking first place in vault, beam, and floor exercise. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She’d then continued to lie on the kitchen floor for another hour. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

My foot catches on the last step and I crash onto the floor. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

We didn’t form a circle on the floor, and we didn’t have the microphone, but it was close enough—except no one talked. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

There were real paintings on the wall and a rug on the floor. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I sprang from my crouched position, threw my arms in front of me, and collided with the girl, knocking her to the floor. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He felt goose pimples clacking all over him as he gazed down despondently at the grim secret Snowden had spilled all over the messy floor. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Then I saw her rise, leap, and land with a thud on the floor and trot down the hall and down the stairs. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He sank onto the porch floor, drew his knees to his chest. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He crawled over to Aunt Queen on the floor, tears streaming down his face, and tried to breathe into her tight and silent lips. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stays sitting on the floor, watching me leave. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I set my backpack on the floor, cross back across the frozen kitchen, and press PLAY. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

I pressed my back against the counter and slid down to sit on the floor. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Rebecca was lying there on the cabin floor. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He detected a few changes in the floor plan since his last visit. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Reynie, because of the unfortunate angle of his neck and the weight of Constance upon it, was only able to see a bit of floor. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It’s from the guest room on the second floor, where Aunt Nancy used to stay before she couldn’t do the steps any longer. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He eeled in through die cables and formers, wiggling and pulling until he was inside the tail with his head clear of the surface of the water and his legs down on the angled floor. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sets one tub on the table and one on the floor. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The Captain didn’t want to move anything to the second floor, and he laughed away my fear that the water might rise higher than his front stoop. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sergeant Robinson, ignoring his own wounds, lifted the injured Seward from the floor and laid him tenderly in his bed. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was thrashing about on the floor, fighting for breath. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Her four-poster bed and my smaller cot were tucked into a corner of our apartments on the seventh floor of Maison Rouge de la Beauté. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

With her eyes almost closed she could see Theodora only as a mass of color sitting on the floor. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The cigarette holder bounced off the desk to the wall, ricocheted across the window sill to the floor and came to a stop almost where he was standing. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He threw the box onto the floor, took a deep breath, and opened the second one. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

She yanked me by the arm, pulled me off the floor, snapped off the TV. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she reached the floor where the fire was she threw the contents through the window. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

She toppled over and fell to the floor. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Annie and I got into separate elevators and raced each other up to the forty-ninth floor and then back down to street level. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

They created a maze pattern in the floor. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

They laid my husband on the paved floor and I sank down beside him. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked across the kitchen floor, down the steps, leaving the kitchen door open behind him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I mean I could've killed myself when I hit the floor, but all I did was sort of land on my side. it was a funny thing, though. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

With that, she hung up the phone, set Penny down on the floor, put her hands on her hips, and turned to look at me. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Ged asked, and stood up as he spoke, so that the werelight that burned overhead between them sent his shadow back against the wall and floor. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

He used his two legs to walk across the floor and undulated his long body like a snake, helping to push himself along. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Old jeans littered the floor and shirts hung lopsided from hangers. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The heartbeat of Gaia echoed through the floor. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Squares on the floor become trapezoids in a painting; everything gets gently distorted, but it looks perfectly natural to the viewer. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I grab a chair and swing it over near where he reclines on the floor. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The flash and roar smothered him, and he staggered back and fell to the floor. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to move away but I crashed into him, my momentum knocking him to the floor. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Goodale raced back to the Times building and rode the elevator up to the fourteenth floor. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

After my brothers and I had put away our few things, I sat on the floor and looked at my pennies. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I nearly jumped out of my skin when it shattered against the floor. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

His boots clomp against the floor as if he's stomping bugs. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

There was always straw on the floor from the wooden crates the statues were shipped in. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They stopped at a hundred miniature stores with crooked floors so Poppy could greet the owners, kiss-kiss on both cheeks, introduce the family, and be offered coffee or tea, though he kept saying no. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

As we pushed on the door to go inside, something caught: A towel was stuffed into the crack along the floor. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Look at the drawing, then look down at the floor,” said Kyle. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I used it to make sure the area was clear, then jumped down through the trapdoor and landed on the dusty floor of the hidden chamber. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Supposedly, the third floor is better than the first, because we don’t have to be by the cafegymnasitorium, but I don’t exactly buy that. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A young man sitting on a chair tilted to the wall pushed his hat back from his forehead and let the front legs of the chair hit the floor. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Keeping her eyes on the floor, Lina went back to her desk and sat down. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He slid down it and fell to the floor along with an impressive jet of milk. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Her heavy footsteps pound the floor as if it should crumble under the weight of their importance. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Behind us, Laleh clung to Mom’s hand, dragging her feet so her shoes squeaked on the tile floor. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

On the floors above Delivery, in flowerless rooms, women lay recovering from hysterectomies and mastectomies. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The difference in weight was enough to jerk him up, hoisting his body from the floor and cinching the rope even tighter around his throat. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Things get quiet in the kitchen, and then I hear the chairs scrape against the floor, and the clanking of pots and pans. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

When we got to his cab, I tossed my backpack on the floor in the back, slammed the door, and lay down on the sticky leather. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Thomas slouched against the railing in the hallway and stared at the floor, not sure what to do next. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She took the pencils and paper and crayons out of her bag and threw them onto the floor, something she would never, ever do. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

If I fell, it was smash through a glass pane and slam on a concrete floor. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

She did splits on the kitchen floor while Dad and I ate the chicken-salad sandwiches and muffins Mom had brought home for us from the Jump & Grind. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

My eyes fall on Mango’s stiff shape on the floor, and a fresh torrent of tears flows from my eyes. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The carpet of green grass, with its trails and Mom’s tree, has been replaced by a floor of iridescent glass glowing from below. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Trunks and boxes were arranged in rows on the floor, leaving just enough aisle space to access them. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

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

Henry lived on the first floor of an old house on Water Street, in North Hampden, just around the block from Charles and Camilla’s and closer to the river. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She started to slam the violin down on the floor and stomp on it, but instead she put it back roughly into the hatbox. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

And part of me wants to bleed across the great room floor or melt into a puddle of grief. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Ida put the kitten on the floor and gave him a wry smile. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Above the second floor is the loft where Sam and I sleep. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to jump as far as I can. If the floor gives way beneath me, I’m going to need to grab on to you, and you can’t let go.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Now how on earth did you get up there!” she said as she lifted me down to the floor. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t get a oven or a floor that clean if I work two weeks. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Hearing this, both Mr. and Mrs. Salt dashed into the Nut Room and ran over to the hole in the floor and peered in. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

I’d done okay in my other events too, tying for second on floor, placing third on beam, and fourth on uneven bars. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The clothes on the floor I stuff into the pillowcase to make it easier to carry. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Next to him sat the largest giant I’d ever seen, much larger than the one on the floor fighting the centaur. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

It took a lot for black people to let them go, and even if somebody was old and alone, others did the dropping by, die floor washing, the cooking. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

We climbed into an open green boxcar and settled crosslegged on the dusty floor. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He poured a mound of grits the size of an anthill onto the pine floor. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Werner can hear the Austrians two floors up scrambling, reloading, and the receding screams of both shells as they hurtle above the ocean, already two or three miles away. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The dancing took place on the center tennis court, which had been covered with a portable parquet floor. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

It was interrupted by two odd whistling sounds—swit, swit—upon which the tall man closed his eyes, dropped his flashlight with a clatter, and sank to the floor. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He did not scream, not even when the wolf that had been his brother tore him apart, ripping open his throat and spilling his guts onto the rock floor. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Lined along the rear seat, bunched on the floor, the kids sat quietly; in fact, since it had all begun, not one of them had peeped. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no couch, just a few metal folding chairs and a barber’s chair anchored to the linoleum floor, its cushions covered entirely with duct tape. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Papá’s eyes made contact with mine, and then he cast his gaze downward to the floor, as if he were embarrassed. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

If this boy decided to assault me, it would have to be against the walls or on the floor. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

A streak of coconut pomade melting in Princesse’s hair fell onto the white sheet stretched out on the veranda floor beneath her. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

She rubbed her eyes, tried to take a deep breath but coughed instead, and then started toward the second floor. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

In the center of the room was a boxing ring, its white canvas floor stained and lumpy. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He collided with a bench and toppled to the floor. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

That night, I sat on the rug in my room with my pencils and new black pens scattered on the floor. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Making them float in the air before straightening them on the floor. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

When the floor slid back, there was no sign that it had ever been there. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I cried, falling to my knees and pawing the floor in vain for the lost bottle. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

They were two feet above the floor of the boat—the play Richard Parker had be­fore he would knock his head against the ceiling, so to speak, if he were beneath a bench. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Brother Mance would pace the floor, extolling my abilities with pen and paper. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ding of metal falling on a brick floor, a splosh of liquid—and just before my vision goes completely dark, I feel myself caught under the arms. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

A few days later, I was on the floor in Mabel's living room, looking through photo albums. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She waved vaguely at the dirty old mirror and the damp floor. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The service man was still on the floor, putting in the finals screws that held the new handle in place, when the penguin came out to the kitchen on his silent pink feet. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

About one hundred spectators, mostly blacks, settled into seats behind a rail on the main floor, and about one hundred more took the stairs to seats in a balcony above. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

We shared a bathroom on the first floor of the apartment house with two other families. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

And he suddenly remembered the many times his mother had told him not to look at the floor when talking with white folks or asking for a job. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Stacked on top are magazines she sets on the floor, some with pictures of black folks on the cover. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

She padded across the kitchen floor and pushed at Shadow’s boot with her head. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Gong kicked the woman in the face until she collapsed to the floor. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

The Whisperer’s computer circuitry was safely hidden beneath the stone floor, its chair and helmets made of strong metal. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

An old lady Liyana didn’t recognize was down on her knees scrubbing the floor with pieces of rags. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He lay down on the floor laughing, absolutely overcome. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

They slept in their bedrolls on the floor of the main hall, pushing the table and chairs to one side, next to the family shrine, to make room. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

His bowl was on the floor with a thud, and his body leaned toward Momma from the hips. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted a hinged section of the raft flooring and drew out the keg, which was about two feet long. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The giant stood close by, trying to yank his hammer out of the floor where he’d embedded it. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The giant threw his weighted net and Percy collapsed to the floor, hopelessly entangled as the poison thickened around him. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I was still on the floor, my back against the far side of the bed, and it was dark. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Chase the suds to the drain in the floor. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

‘But next time, kid, can we land on the floor and not ten feet above it?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The junker was so rusty that I could see through the floor. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Then she lowered it back to the floor as lightly as a ballet dancer. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“There’s a lot of smoke coming down the hall. Once we get Kaitlin free, we’re going to have to find a way down to the first floor and out of here—fast.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

There was a balcony along the second floor held up by columns. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The closest security guard bounded up the stairs from the sixth floor and onto the roof, in time to see the scythes stepping out. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

As I fled toward the double doors, the floor seemed to roll beneath me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He stood in the middle of the floor, looking at the walls. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He rolls over, drops off the side of the bed to the floor, and stays there. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You must be Ms. Ibtihaj Muhammad,” a man said as he walked over to us from the center of the floor. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It made a sound like dropping a rice bag to the floor. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I...ten minutes to...Trade Center and up to their offices. Oh, what floor are they on again? My car service...come...morning. We...to grab a cab.” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

The white man laughed softly, jingled some coins in his pocket, took out one and thumped it to the floor. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coughing, chest heaving, he looked back at the devastation he’d just escaped: one tower continued to burn; smoke and flames still roared from the upper floors. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I had Fern hunt around the floor for the metal letters and put them up on the table where the printing machine once sat. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Bye,” Felix said as he ducked out on the fourteenth floor. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Seeing us all on the floor, Ma’s tiredness just flies out of her body. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

I pull the drawer out and set it on the floor, my hands shaking with excitement. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gave a slight stir but remained curled on the floor. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The third floor was so high up that street noises were muted into a comforting sound. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marie-Laure sits on the floor of the key pound and opens her book. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

There stood Boots’s cage, and there were the four slaves who carried it—all fast asleep too, sitting on the floor with their backs against the bars. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Dust was in his nostrils, sharp and terrible, and the feet of the saints, shaking the floor beneath him, raised small clouds of dust that filmed his mouth. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

There were just a lot of vegetables rolling around on the floor, tomatoes and onions and green peppers. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t time to laugh or cry before all three of them were down on the floor behind the altar. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gap in the boards would be wide enough for me to slide down inside, into the space between the floor and the ground. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

And then she would stretch out the cards on the floor, position me on a big pillow so I could reach them, and I’d push the cards into sentences with my fists. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

But I saw Favell stagger and fall against the arm of the sofa, and down on to the floor. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

A few minutes ago I’d been crying on the floor like a kindergarten baby and now I was looking in the mirror laughing. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kids even got Dr. Cohn out on the dance floor while we cruised up the Potomac River on a tour boat. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

We lift the cast carefully and set it on the floor. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Pong followed him up the stairs to the third floor, stepping around children who giggled and pointed at his butt. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Her bunk was about two inches from the ground, but there was no sag, so she couldn’t feel the floor. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The stage was a triangular space in the comer, raised about a foot off the floor. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

If not for the fifteen years of training, I would have writhed on the floor; I would have had to be held down. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the sixteenth floor was Aaron, holding his front door open, rap music about killing people on in the background, holding his metal cigarette out for me. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He tore through the door of the barracks and saw with relief that Trina and Deedee were still huddled together on the floor. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Bookshelves and cabinets had been emptied, the knickknacks and large-print Reader’s Digests that had filled them thrown across the floor. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She had to drag herself across the clay floor on her belly when I saw her in the prison cell. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I still go into my brother’s room and lie around on the floor reading comic books, but I never do this when any no* other girl is there. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The stool tipped slightly and then turned over, dumping Ignatius heavily to the floor. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

At Ford’s Theatre, the Deringer pistol, the murder weapon, was recovered from the floor of the president’s box. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, it’s twenty till, so I’m going to run down to my floor and take a quick shower before dinner. I can meet you both downstairs in the lobby.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He would say, “Clean water and health care and school and food and tin roofs and cement floors, all of these things should constitute a set of basics that people must have as birthrights.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

This one was cut into the back of the curved fiction bookcases, which climbed past the second floor on their way up to the dome. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

I lay prone on the bathroom floors of several museums, feeling the cold tile underneath my cheek as my brain liquefied and seeped out my ear, bubbling. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

The fish lay lifeless on the floor—now broken pieces of stone. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

When I get home, I am expecting her to be pacing the floor arms crossed, steam coming out of her ears. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Knocking over two delicate tables and an aspidistra, he covered the floor between them in two strides and pulled Harry into a hug that nearly cracked his newly repaired ribs. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Dennis is a freak of man,” I said, glancing down the floor to the empty office. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been hastily built and then rooms and floors and wings and decorations had been added on in every which manner, reflecting too many opinions. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stone cutters and sculptors finished the moldings and capitals while masons laid the stone slabs that made up the floor. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

As if, were she tipped over, she would fall to the floor and shatter. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Benji yanked out the milk and dropped a yogurt on the newly refinished floors. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I throw my backpack on the floor and kick one of the boxes in the room. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Telling us about Gerald’s women in a Quentin has shot Herbert he shot his voice through the floor of Caddy's room tone of smug approbation. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moment my feet touched the floor, I checked under my mattress where I’d tucked my mother’s things—just a temporary hiding place till I could bury them back in the orchard. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The family sat around the traditional dastarkhan, a tablecloth laid out on the floor on top of which the food was placed. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

She placed it in the middle of the floor. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

"You're on the floor, and I'm only getting to drive because my dad's out of town." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The next minute she was holding her head, her eyes squeezed shut, groping for the sofa, and then crumpling softly to the floor with fluttering hands. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kicked his hippo slippers across the floor. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Yes. Now, you might not want to become so friendly with your fellow patients on the floor.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I expected Bilal to stop these men, whose muddy feet were already tracking footprints onto the marble floor, but he stood frozen to the side. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

But right then all I did was push my foot to the floor and hold on tight to the steering stick. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl looked at the blood on the floor and gasped. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I looked around to see Rufus on the floor near me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

If you had one of these black holes on the surface of the earth, there would be no way to stop it from falling through the floor to the center of the earth. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside are the familiar smells: typewriter ribbons, waxed floors, rock dust. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

My parents would prop me up on the floor with pillows on either side of me when I wasn’t in the baby seat. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

It was only when he was halfway to the second floor that he realized he had been holding his breath. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I reached down on the floor, opened the box, and there it was—the last piece of puzzle. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Every few minutes, I am bounced off the floor so hard that I wonder if this truck has run over a small car. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

"Dancing Queen" plays at every family wedding, and my female cousins and I push our way onto the dance floor to link arms and sway in a circle together. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

There’s one of her crawling on the floor in front of a mirror that would be perfect. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The next thing I knew, he hit the floor. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maxim was walking up and down the library floor. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Dee and I drink lemonades and find a place in the back corner of the dance floor. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Her bare feet slapped against the cold marble floor. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It got so bad that by September, I would have to lie down on the floor and breathe through the pain after I was done putting away the glasses and cutlery. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“I don’t see any black squares in the floor of our rotunda,” said Akimi. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

His eyes met mine, then dropped to the floor. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Farmer kneels on the dirt floor and takes the man’s pulse and blood pressure, then puts a stethoscope to his chest. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

"Ain't nobody loitering. You don't see me just spitting seeds on your floor or nothing like that," I protested. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

There were two men on the floor, in the middle of the crowded antiques shop. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

He peered into the back of the car to make sure that there was a mat to lay the ozu on, that they would not just lay it down on the rusty floor. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Other hands were scratching at the cement floor for no apparent reason. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, Greasy Sae grabs Gale by the hand and pulls him into the center of the floor and faces off with him. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Soon they turned dark, getting an extra covering of deep brown, like the color of the dark wood floor they rubbed against. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Amala’s eyes focused on the floor as if she were tracing patterns on it. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Horace was still on the floor in a daze. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

There an extremely tall man with long black hair was picking up a file drawer that had fallen to the floor. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Will Newman! What are you doing up here? You’re not supposed to leave the third floor after that stunt you pulled last week!” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

We moved well together and I imagined what a striking figure I was cutting on the floor. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So, what’s typical these days? When I was in high school, everyone wore floor length, but I hear that’s not a thing anymore.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

No one seems sure where to look—at the floor, at one another. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She pushed the skeleton out of the way, and it clattered to the floor. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

With no obvious provocation, he leaped down to the floor and bounced right out of the building like a bright- colored, fur-covered soccer ball. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Boseman slapped Jasper, chuckled, and unchained the two fugitives from the wagon floor. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The head nurse on my floor is a pain. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He throws himself at me, or he cunningly sneaks up behind, sometimes in disguise—a goat, a dog, a sickly old woman—and I roll on the floor with laughter. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thursdays are my mom’s short shift because it’s trivia night at the Pizza Pit and Ricky likes to work the floor himself those nights. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Her men shoved him to the floor, his legs went out from under him, and Tyrion fell. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The floor was sticky with spilled drinks and popcorn. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“It’s not a Vam Bam movie. The floor was cement,” she said. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

From his hand the pipe dangled and then fell, spilling sparks of red ash so that for a moment the earth floor glowed like a deep, star-filled sky. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

We sat there together on the floor, me wrapped in the towel and Kevin with his arm around me calming me just by being there. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

They could all hear voices and doors as people came downstairs, and Jam felt the familiar vibrations of her parents’ footsteps, even through the rubber of the training room floor. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The other half had balconies on the second and third floors that reminded him of the open atrium of a hotel he and his family had stayed at once. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

While we wait for the elevators, Johanna unzips the rest of her tree, letting it drop to the floor, and then kicks it away in disgust. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

My mom is already halfway up the second flight as Ermenio walks along the second floor. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

The second floor was dark, and I figured Mrs. Clutter must be asleep—if she was home. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes traveled down the length of the staff to the keys on the floor. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Arya held her breath and kissed the mud on the floor of the tunnel and cried. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Alfred swept and reswept the dark wooden floor just to keep moving, his head down, avoiding the Epsteins' sad, distrustful looks. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl’s walkie-talkie lay buzzing on the kitchen floor, and Artemis could only watch helplessly as Butler’s sister strode toward the cell door, muttering about carrots. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

There on the floor of the gymnasium, our eyes meet. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Possessives were a similar headache, and it was easier to say nothing than to announce that the left-hand and the right-hand glove of Janet had fallen to the floor. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Lucas,” I said toward the floor from my bed one night. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

They arrived at Oppie’s house to find fifteen employees of various Berkeley labs seated on the floor, listening to two labor organizers outline their goals. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I look under Devon’s comforter that’s on the floor to see if there are any other books. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel like my entire body is going to melt into the floor. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I massage a spasm from my hamstring as I march past the twelfth floor, and try to recover some of my lost air. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I pick up the last bunch of items on the floor, hot pink headbands with bobbly hearts. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

His mother coughed wetly and then spat something to the floor. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sink to the floor, overcome with grief and guilt. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

So they did, all except Miss Spider, who set about weaving a long rope-ladder that would reach from the floor up to a hole in the ceiling. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

The trapdoor in the floor opened all the way, and Doc’s head rose up from its depths. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“That’s the district superintendent of schools,” Grace whispered as they crossed the gym’s hardwood floor. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

The bathtub was raised off the floor by four stubby legs that ended at four feet with claws on them. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I directed her there, then sat on the floor at her feet. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The car pulls over and the Commander says, “Now I’ll have to ask you to get down onto the floor of the car.” The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth’s room, unlike the rest of her house, is very tidy, with hardly any clutter on the floor or her desk. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The lobby was like an empty fish tank—glass walls, a glossy black floor, a few token plants, and pretty much nothing else. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He peeled the backpack off and dropped it on the floor. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Smith climbed in beside him, and the driver hit the siren and slammed the pedal to the floor, darting in and out of lanes and swerving around cars. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It will be slow. Painful. If you don’t bleed out on the floor, your insides will rot from whatever you catch in the hospital, if they’re not rotten through already.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The corridors were all canted so that the door in the wall was slowly turning into a door in the floor. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

There are four bedrooms on the second floor of our house, where lodgers stay when we have them. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat down and pushed me aside, emptying the box onto the floor and sorting the letters into piles with the speed of a postal worker. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

That was because workers were clattering in to remake the lower floor for a display of American Indian art, and a Buddhist student group was chanting in the small sanctuary upstairs. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Benji jumped up, knocking his laptop to the floor, and covered Felix’s mouth with his giant hand, which smelled like basketball leather. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Granny wilted, half turned, flung the towel to the floor, then burst into tears. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their window overlooked our courtyard, the concrete floor painted peach, where our mother cooked meals when the weather allowed. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t lying on the floor, bruised and cut from beatings, as Grandma had imagined. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Harry landed back on the office floor Dumbledore was already sitting down behind his desk, Harry sat too and waited for Dumbledore to speak. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The elevator stops at the lobby floor, and we both get off. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

By this time we have a living room floor, hardwood, waxed by my mother down on her knees, polished with a long-handled weighted brush that she pushes back and forth, making a sound like waves. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He tucked it into his shirt pocket and sent pennies, nickels, and dimes skidding across the floor as he concentrated on quarters. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

As soon as his feet hit the solid stone floor, he took off, running despite the scream of exhaustion from his body. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I hold on to my gift as we ride the elevator up to Deb’s floor together. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

The plushness extended floor to ceiling, like the inside of a jewelry box. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It fell on the carpeted floor, and a dislodged battery rolled out. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Fever kept him curled up on the cold floor, where he expected to die. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Below it on the floor, just where it had fallen from Mrs. Hubbard’s hand, was a straightbladed dagger—a cheap affair, sham Oriental, with an embossed hilt and a tapering blade. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bald guy bent down and pulled open a trapdoor in the floor. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I can't sleep so hot if I have to keep my feet on the floor. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Liyana’s flowered raggedy underpants fell to the floor and she scooped them up, embarrassed. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He dragged the steak across the floor and laid it across the inert bunny. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Trixie was sitting on the floor replacing one of her sneakers. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat down on the floor beside her and kissed and playfully turned up the corner of her mouth until she smiled. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Since the woman saw the stabbing through the last two cars, we can assume that the body fell to the floor just as the train passed by. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would have to clean floors for a thousand hours to earn a thousand dollars, I thought. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Next I could hear the hospital guard's leather shoes tapping across the polished linoleum floor. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The blood spread across her lifeline, and Jam stared at the painting, at the small red drops she’d tracked along it, past the edge, onto the hardwood floor, bread crumbs leading to her. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She dressed in a brown plaid skirt and a clean white blouse every day, dependable as the tile pattern on the classroom floor. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

My classes are all on the second floor. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy helped him drag it along the floor, guiding it until it sat directly under the table. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Patients were locked in poorly ventilated cell blocks with drains on the floors instead of toilets. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Eva rushed to him and kicked over the earthen slop jar, washing a small area of the floor with the child’s urine. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Once we were on the dance floor, I wasn’t sure I was seeing what I was seeing. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The illuminated floor markers put six feet of space between each player. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Aunty Cloud likes looking at the floor as much as I like watching the sky. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I watch it slide across my knuckles and drip to the floor. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Some kids turn back to the dance floor as another song begins. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took a seat on the warm floor planks at Mr. Patterson’s feet. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

More than ever before, he wanted to disappear, to sink through the temple’s ancient stone floors and never be seen again. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I got the preacher up off the floor and out of the way just in time. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Max came to the center of the floor and stopped. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He sat on one of the stools bolted to the floor in front of the big front window and watched me with his arms crossed over his chest, his hands tucked under his yellow-stained armpits. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

His dæmon, whatever she was, lay curled up on the floor at his feet. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I nearly slumped to the floor with relief. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Jule paid in cash by the week for the apartment, which was the top floor of a Victorian house. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Its light shone across the floor and illuminated the circle of the door to the chamber, maybe a dozen feet away. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Frost laced each windowpane, a fire already crackled in the fireplace, and shadows of snowflakes drifted across the floor. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Demigods had completely taken over the top floors. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

My heart pounds as the Dauntless’s footsteps come closer, and closer, squeaking on the marble floors. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s the drain in the cafeteria floor!” said Grace, peering up twenty feet to a circular, slatted grate. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Gale sweeps up a handful of pencils and taps them on the floor into perfect alignment. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Through all the months of winter she had, each day, lain on the hut floor, put her hands behind her head, and raised herself. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It looked like a boxing ring, but I called it the “slippery table,” because the metal floor was built to be as slick as possible. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

THE district offices were located in a converted church structure, the main floor of which was occupied by a pawn shop, its window crammed with loot that gleamed dully in the darkened street. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Actually, I feel a little sick,” I said, my eyes still on the floor. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She takes a series of doors, alternate versions of the same possible entrance, and lays them side by side along the floor, letting each lead to a different room. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He and Henry and their collective hoard of security have taken over the floor, flustering nurses and shaking hands. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Spellbound, his visitors remained rooted to the floor. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beneath them, the floor was polished marble, and the ceiling was a strange twisting river of names that, Aru imagined, belonged to the dead. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Their plates were clean in seconds and they moved to the floor in front of the TV with the game console. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Ben threw his bag to the floor and picked his mother up in his arms like a child. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The floor was made of flagstones worn smooth over centuries, and the air inside was cool. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moment the elevator opens on the sixth floor, I rush out and ring the doorbell, excited to tell Mami the news. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

His head came out in the middle of the floor of a large round chamber. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Stefan lies twisty on the sofa, his head near the floor, his legs kicking at the drapes above the sofa. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Rosaleen let me bring it home, right into the living room, where I strewed a box of Quaker Oats on the floor for it to eat and she didn’t raise a word of protest. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She swung up the bow and loosed the arrow in less than a second, and the Cardinal fell choking and kicking to the floor. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But since she determined we were elegant ladies, too big to get our dresses dirty crawling around on the floor, we had to find a better spot. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I go upstairs, wet shoes squeaking against the floor, and shut the door to my room. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

There’s an office for paperwork and filling out forms, and one for a toilet—the only staff toilet on these five floors. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The apartment building was three stories high, two apartments per floor. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the first floor was the store, a storage area, an ice room, a kitchen with a kerosene stove, and the backyard. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frankie took the spare coverlet from the closet shelf and spread it on the floor. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“This is where we will sleep,” Gladys said, stepping into a narrow room by a neatly made bed that took up most of the floor space. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Lina gathered up the scraps of paper from the floor and gently pried open Poppy’s fists and mouth to extract the crumpled wads. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The girl on the floor exhaled, but Reyna knew that trick - trying to loosen an enemy’s hold. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

An offering fell to the floor, the host, and Lana knelt to venerate and retrieve it. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In June, Theo buys ten paintings by Claude Monet and shows them at his Montmartre gallery, on the entresol floor. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Leading South America’s slow, grinding march toward Australia, its coastline hits the ocean floor and crumples up like a carpet shoved into a chair- leg. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I see now paint has dripped all over the floor like multicolored blood. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

We found the stairs and ran up to the third floor, bumping into students and professors who gave us strange looks as we passed. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Gabe raised himself first to his knees; then he stood upright, holding the paddle against the wooden floor of the boat for balance. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Our apartment, on the second floor, was the fanciest place I’d ever lived in. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

A laser burst of bullets splattered blood all over the dungeonlike floor. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her feet were stuck fast, the way the lamps in the suburban house had been stuck to the floor so she could not use them as weapons. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The moonlight slipped over the table in the corner and washed across the polished wooden floor. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I search every room on this floor, then go to the next and the next until I'm at the very top of the teahouse, the tenth floor. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Downstairs, I snag the game bag off the chair, bouncing it along the floor until I remember it’s occupied. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“The kid before that hasn’t been found to this day. All that’s left is that big puddle of his blood on the floor. Isn’t that right, Mother?” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“They said they weren’t speaking anymore,” he mumbles into the floor. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t any time to search this floor. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Rémy sets a sleeping Amber on the floor and hoists it out. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I say, “But then maybe I would have found you on the cellar floor. Like with two broken feet. From the landing.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Bobby Gene sat on the floor of our bedroom with the cordless phone and the actual paper phone book. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

A boy in pale blue robes jumped down from the carriage, bent forward, fumbled for a moment with something on the carriage floor, and unfolded a set of golden steps. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

They’ve covered the bare floors with white carpets; round white banquet tables overflowing with white lilacs fill the room. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

It was Mary Anne who broke the silence when she called out to the blurs on the floor around her. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

His floor was covered in poisonous red yew tree berries. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Yesterday’s lunch tray’s on the floor without a single bite missing. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Casimiro Vega lived one floor above me with his parents and little sister, Iris. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I moistened my lips nervously, tracing the lines in the tile floor so I wouldn’t have to meet his eye. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe as big as the floor plan of my house. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

As Officer Rariden led me from his office, a sudden commotion drew my attention to the ground floor. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was crouching on the floor holding a piece of bread in its front paws and nibbling away at it with great gusto. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Lili let her blouse drop to the floor as she smoothed the lemon over her ashen legs. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“I’m only happy when I’m scrubbing my floors and cooking my food,” Santa told her guests. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a while, entire armies were scuttling across the walls and the floors and the kitchen counters. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I slowly sank to the floor, hugged my knees to my chest, and closed my eyes. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Would they see broken cups gathering themselves together off the floor and jumping back onto the table? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Delicately, he flicked it over the edge of the counter onto the floor. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He whirled around, knocking over a tray of brood frames, which made a great big mess all over the floor. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The walls of the room appeared, and then the floor and the ceiling, and she had the distinct feeling that she was trapped in a box, a lovely cage filled with tapestries and cushions. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Because my father was gone, George, Florah and I now slept in the bedroom, on the floor next to the bed. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She rolled off the couch and Spider-Man-crawled across the floor in one last bid to get her mother’s attention. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Wheezing, I make it past the fifth floor, stopping just a moment to catch my breath, my sweaty palms grabbing at the cool metal railing. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Instead he had a dirt floor, a pile of grass for his bed, a muddy buffalo, and a secretive friend. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

The little blue windup mouse Hugo had taken fell from his hand, skidded across the counter, and landed on the floor with a crack. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Once again I willed the sand to come to life above the circular door, and I barely had to pull the figure of Anansi into existence before the grooves in the floor blazed to life. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Jimmy unloaded the cartons from the van to the first floor, and then Alex carried them upstairs, where Lorraine met him and brought the cartons into her apartment. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

It was a strange, rather small room with large potted plants—some of them floor to ceiling. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And at the end of each class, our teacher would gather them up and pile them in the center of the floor. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It may have been nervousness, awkwardness, but the pan tilted under Pecola’s fingers and fell to the floor, splattering blackish blueberries everywhere. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hurriedly, she circled the table, reached under it, rolled Florah away from the damp cardboard, lifted them up, and underneath, on the earthen floor, she found her little black book. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then I realize his towel is lying on the floor and he’s naked. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Serenity sits cross-legged on the floor in front of me. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She shimmied beneath the blankets, pulling them over her head, but he grabbed the covers and threw them to the floor. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The melee seemed to halt for a split second as all eyes turned to look at Og, who was now floating at the center of the dance floor. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He aimed them at the second floor of the house, at my father and mother’s bedroom, and I could see puffs of white paint and splintered wood fly off where the bullets hit. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

No, and the floor is cold and wet. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He remembered the raised floor of the barn across the farmyard. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found him sitting out in the middle of the floor on his stool, a pose which is generally indicative of some mental energy on his part. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He pointed to my father and called out, “Someone remove this drunkard from the floor. He’s ruining my show!” The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Lying sleepless on the floor one night, he watched as a roommate, a transport worker named Kang Chul Min, who was in his late twenties, got up and began mending his work trousers. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I now ventured to descend: it was deep dusk; I retired into a corner and sat down on the floor. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Joe kept stubbornly lying on the floor, working the screwdriver against the shackles. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Despite the warm night, he shivered on the tile floor. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Papá stood in front of our two lime trees, looking across the dance floor with his hands in his pockets. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He carelessly dropped the tin soldier to the floor, got up, and walked toward Prosper and Scipio. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Down to the first floor, where her knapsack hangs on its peg. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Aside from the stairwell, that was the only part of the building still accessible; the other floors were all frozen shut, walls of ice clogging their rooms and hallways. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Gonzalez was about to search Miss Trixie’s area for his missing stamp pad when the door of the office opened and she shuffled in, scuffing her sneakers across the wooden floor. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night the queen was moved to a larger cell two floors down, with a window she could actually look out of and warm, soft blankets for her bed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In Aunty Ifeoma’s room, only a few things remained on the floor, the things we would use until we all left for Enugu: a bag of rice, a tin of milk, a tin of Boumvita. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Evan sat on the edge of the bed, looking at the floor. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Alex feels him shifting against his side, arms crossed over his chest in an attempt at his typical closed-off stance while lying on the floor with his feet in a mop bucket. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Its vaguely human body sank onto its haunches, and it slid its long front arms across the stone floor. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He was wide awake, chilled, the floor cold beneath his feet. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Down on the gym floor, Jake, Kojo, and Grace were being mobbed by friends, family, and camera crews from the local TV stations. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Behind the entrance a tunnel, its floor also lined with stones, led backward and downward. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The floor of the trailer was streaked with blood and brains. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I found myself sprawled on the gym floor, dazed from smoke, my tie-dyed T-shirt peppered with sizzling holes. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

It could be on this street—it could be several blocks down, from a higher floor. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

It took place in his cell because he was too’weak to get up off the floor. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He carried the first box, filled mostly with books and CDs, down to the first floor. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Toby said, dropping the frantic cat to the floor. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

I heard the truck motor start; a second later the floor lurched beneath me. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The owner of the inn kept three rooms on his top floor for transients, which he rented to girls for two-week periods. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Not one of us was limber enough to do the stretching exercises, and soon we were all trying to look as disgusted as we could while we hopped around the floor to the music. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

They were both born on the floor of the home-house like their father, grandmother, and grandfather before them. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I am right behind them, elbowing my way past slow-movers through the lobby of Erudite headquarters, where the portrait of Jeanine Matthews still lies in shreds on the floor. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He threw the crayons on the floor, and when she tried to pick them up, he shoved her as hard as he could. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two men could only stare at the grey walls, the black floor, at the baby blue bars, or at each other. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I was getting tired of Lucas Cader sleeping on my floor. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

My legs buckled beneath me, and the floor rose up to meet me at a sickening speed. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Bilbo took out the envelope, but just as he was about to set it by the clock, his hand jerked back, and the packet fell on the floor. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He glances up into the crowd, where June is being rotated around the floor by Henry. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I sat on the living room floor, pressing my back against the radiator grate. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

He flops back to the floor, sprays the whole downstairs. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bunnicula was out of his cage on the floor, while Chester stood in front of him, a piece of garlic around his neck and his arms outstretched, blocking the kitchen door. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

I am vacuuming the home of a retired couple and happen to look into a room I’ve completed, where I see the female owner’s enormous purple-encased butt staring up at me from the floor. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, well. Can’t have our Cora looking like the floor of a butcher’s shop.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I rang the doorbell and heard Myrna Mountweazel’s paws scurrying on the hardwood floors, and then she was barking like crazy, staring at us through the sidelight glass. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“It was until I dropped the bottle, it broke on the floor, and everybody had to pussyfoot around the floor so they wouldn’t get cut by the broken glass,” I said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We looked a sight, dirty, uncombed, bruised from sleeping on the hard floor. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I considered leaving off my boots, as feet that can run bare over Tarbean’s rooftops are in no danger of being hurt by the roughest forest floor. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He remembered the black of the sand paintings on the floor of the hogan; the hills and mountains were the mountains and hills they had painted in sand. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

On his second day back at school, Shin walked with his class to a camp farm to gather corn straw and haul it to a threshing floor. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

There was always a space, a small one, between the wooden floor and the dirt below. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

We practice until we’re both so exhausted we just lie on the padded floor. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Branch got fleas,” Matt explained, looking at the floor. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Babu placed the goat on the floor; its flanks were heaving violently, its tongue hung from its mouth, and its eyes were spinning orbs. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The mice and woodland creatures shuffled their feet and gazed at the floor. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

We descend, sardines in a can, dark metal casing surrounding us for several floors. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I sit on the floor, opening the huge book. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

There was a huge ballroom space on the first floor, with a tai chi class going on in one corner. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

It fell, in a heap, on the floor. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you take him to your house?” you’d said while it lurched around on your kitchen floor. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Lon slipped into the Library, clinging to the walls as the Second had instructed him, pretending that he too could melt seamlessly into dapplings of light on the marble floor. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Sitting there, ridiculously, on the cork mat of the bathroom floor I lived it all, and our journey too, and our arrival in New York. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

What he saw made him suck his breath in; Mrs. Dalton in flowing white clothes was standing stone-still in the middle of the kitchen floor. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

DuShawn is standing, too, but the way his baggy pants cascade from hip to floor he looks like a question mark next to Tonni’s exclamation point. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was still sitting on the floor in a bathroom stall in a public high school, I was still crazy, and my hair still looked like I’d dunked my head in a tank of ketchup. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

We kneel together on the stone floor, and I clutch her as tightly as she clutches me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Because he is so tall and linky and rubbery, he seems some- times like a boy, knocking into tables and doorways, his big muddy boots clomping on the tile floors. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Yellow lines on the floor indicated traffic patterns for inmates, telling them where to line up and where to wait. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Therese’s illness oppresses the convent like a heavy blanket laid over spring’s green floor. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

After lunch I wander up to the fifth floor, to an adult surgery wing where waiting family members concentrate on the television. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Men were talking in the room above him; their voices vibrated the old wooden floor. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Armpit’s wet towel lay in a heap on the floor, next to the terry-cloth bathrobe the hotel had provided. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I settled cross-legged on the floor beside his charpoy and began the story of the man who came to ask my baap to write to the government because the government’s train killed his cow. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The girl looked like she wanted to sink into the floor and disappear. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were fixed on the floor as if Dad and I were not there. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Trina had been staring at the floor the entire time, but she slowly raised her head and looked at Mark. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I am on the Pit floor, next to the chasm, and the initiates stand around me, their arms folded and their faces blank. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I cringed and rolled around on the floor by my bed or sometimes on the verandah. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

That night at my house, I pulled the sleeping bag out of the closet and spread it on the floor. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The god’s wrists were shackled in icy manacles, with chains that ran straight into the glacier floor. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The sunlight was soft and feathered, hardly skimming the forest floor because the trees were so thick and tall. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

My mom has Abby staying in Alice’s room, which is hilarious, considering Nick has been spending the night on my bedroom floor for about ten years. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

On the second floor she found a long corridor, where one door was open to an empty lecture hall and another to a smaller room where two Scholars stood discussing something at a blackboard. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he looked down at the floor and at the fireplace. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Her knees skidding across the floor, her hand reaching for her weapon. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

This is turning into one of those repeat- ing nightmares where you keep falling but never hit the floor. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Reese, who lived on the first floor in my building and managed a Negro team, thought I might be able to play baseball, in a few years if the Negro Leagues were still around. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“This is going to be so cool,” Bridge said, taking a smock from the pile in the middle of the stage floor. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Somehow I had expected waxed surfaces and carpeted floors. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just wanted to melt into the floor and disappear. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Max dives for the floor, rolls underneath the bed, and the bedroom door opens. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

As if in answer, Beatrice picked herself off the floor, walked over to me, and lay down on my feet. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

He looked up at the ceiling, then at the floor straining to remember. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

We sat on mats on the floor, beyond the shade so we could feel the mild morning sun emerging after the rain. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The floor of the corridor was a mosaic of colorful stones, with a winding path of red tiles set into it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Something falls to the floor on his end and he stammers the beginning of three different answers. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled myself from the floor and marched to the clothespress. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the pretty Jade orbs on the top floor seemed less grand the second time through, and Pong was ready to get away from all the light and the noise. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

There were four lamps, two tall ones that stood on the floor and two short ones that stood on tables. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He shrugged out of his coat and resettled himself on the floor between our beds. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Beds are too comfortable after nights spent on the soggy Drowned Forest floor.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Or we sit on the floor in Grace’s room with piles of old Eaton’s Catalogues. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He nods once and then stares at the floor. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

He tossed a saltine cracker on the floor for Wishbone. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Lyra drew her legs up away from Mrs. Coulter, and swung them down to the floor so that she too could run when the time came. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The summer sun streamed in and made dusty, down-slanting roads from the window to the floor. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had been given a room apiece, on the top floor of the Hearth. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

When he seemed satisfied that they weren’t coming back, Gray stood at attention, saluted smartly in Frank’s direction, and sank into the forest floor. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Karim collapsed on the floor and rolled around fighting for air when Baba finally let go. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Pond rested his chin on the soft red sands on the floor of the hogan. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The only real things are the cages and the mice and the lab equipment here on the fourth floor of the main building. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The first floor also has the cafetorium which, obviously, doubles as the cafeteria and the auditorium. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time he jabs Cardan in the stomach, striking suddenly and with enough force for Cardan to sprawl on the stone floor. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He was pulling me back, and my hands, grasping for something to hold, slid backward over the smooth floor. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

We were all quiet for a second, all of us just kind of nodding, looking at the floor. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He searched the floor until he found a plastic bar straw, and then he played with piles of cigarette butts he had gathered. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I was on that floor too,” she says. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

This clock, like all the others, had weights, too, but much smaller ones, which disappeared into the floor. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Yet she stayed there a year, cooking, washing dishes and pots and pans, scrubbing the floor. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cement shows through the floor where the tiles are missing. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rooms were heated—in the Korean way—by a coal fire in the kitchen with flues running under the bedroom floor. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

They stood far below on the stone floor and pointed at her; they called to her, and their voices were urgent and far away. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Three Times a Lady” by the Commodores cleared the floor 'cept for boyfriends and girlfriends who smooched, enjoying being looked at, and snoggers who just snogged and forgot they were being looked at. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The room was so quiet that Bigger could hear the coroner’s footsteps on the wooden floor as he walked to Mrs. Dalton’s chair. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then he went to the kitchen to get a knife to saw it out of the floor. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

She turned over in her bed and draped an arm off the edge, her fingers skimming the wood of the floor. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Snapshots of Mr. Hale sitting on the corner of his desk, someone bending in her chair to dig out another pen from her book bag on the floor. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Once the floor is swept, Mr. Jones applies tape to mark on the floor a smaller basketball court, a foursquare court, and a dodgeball area. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Five o’clock would come round and she’d be hanging on my Dr. Scholl shoe, dragging over the floor, crying like I weren’t never coming back. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

On the floor was placed a machine which looked like a floor polisher with a circular base about a foot and a half in diameter. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Colonel Cathcart turned away grudgingly after another moment, incompletely reassured, and began striding the floor, his hands kneading his long cigarette holder. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

My hands tightened to keep him from dropping to the floor. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I drop to the floor and run inside. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

She sagged away from him and slid down the wall, and sat on the floor looking at the books. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jumping up from the floor, I ran to the nearby exit and looked outside. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then Mama came in, her rubber slippers making slap- slap sounds on the marble floor. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

At some point Elinor nodded off, curled up on the cold floor as if trying to keep herself warm with her own body. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The Abbot says you’re not supposed to be sitting on kitchen floors, what are tables and chairs for? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He paused, and something crashed to the floor nearby. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Mr. Terupt had just attached the last link needed for our paper chain to touch the floor. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“They keep the lights off, and they crawl on the floor, away from the doors and windows. I don’t know how much food they got. Might be they’ll starve before the Feds give up.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Kneeling on the floor, unable to stop shuddering, I heard it plainly. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We step into the elevator but neither of us presses the number of my floor. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She slid all the way down to the floor until her legs bent and her knees pressed against her chest. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Playing for us. Live. Did you see how he nodded to us when we stepped off the floor?” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Twice daily the maid twisted rags into buckets of water and wiped the floors. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The doors of the Great Hall were charred and smoldering, and inside the rafters had given way and the whole roof had crashed down onto the floor. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He picked up the paper and walked down the hallway to the steps and up to the third floor, using the flashlight and hearing his footsteps echo faintly in the empty building. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing but the quiet shuffling of the boys working the flats on the first floor. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

He took a step backward, walking toward the stone steps, avoiding the desiccated remains of people and animals on the floor. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“In Cincinnati we’ll get a room in a motel. We brought plenty of blankets so you kids will be able to sleep on the floor.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Milkman rolled his head back and forth on the cellar floor. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stayed down on the floor for a minute, squinting. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He pulled Amari to a small room that held nothing but a box made of wood and a sleeping area that seemed to be elevated off the floor somehow. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I smiled, then bowed, briefly pressing my forehead to the floor. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Felicia, her eyes closed tight, cautiously patted the floor until she touched the peeled grapes her sister had left for her there, and screamed to holy hell. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Erlan’s been my best friend since six years ago. He lives on my floor. He’s really cool. He likes chess.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

The kitchen had red cabinets and wood floors. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Andrea was lying flat on the floor because that was good for her posture, but with news like this, I was surprised that she still cared about her posture. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The large luminous naked back end of her stuck out as she crouched on her knees hammering the bank to the floor. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They spread out over the twenty acres of floor space; they roam from room to room to room to room to room. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then it jumped to the floor, tail switching, and I saw it was a cat. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She told us about the detective who lived on the third floor and the nice woman down the hall named Bella who was a stage magician, while Audrey brushed Nana’s hair. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I stared at the toilet: a perfect porcelain bowl, set in the floor with rose-colored tiles arranged all around in an abstract mosaic. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Instead he thought of how he and Shoba had become experts at avoiding each other in their three-bedroom house, spending as much time on separate floors as possible. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

My body is pressed down by the black and the fog, into the floor. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

His footsteps thumped across the floor above them, and then came the sound of something else heavy dragging toward the door. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

A long, narrow hallway greeted them on the second floor. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

There was a cry from the arena floor, and I jumped back as the centaur crashed to the dirt beside me. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

When we get to the fourth floor, we knock on the door for 4E. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

With every eye on the king, somehow the man on the floor wrested a spear away from one of the gold cloaks, and used it to push himself back to his feet. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He could see the grid, the intersecting lines and triangles, glowing green on the floor. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Its spasms sent her spinning across the parquet floor, leg jittering along behind her. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Felicia watched as the glittering scales of her rented dress clicked and scattered on the marble floor. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She walks toward me, one foot dragging as it scrapes against the marble floor. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Joe sat on the toilet lid; locks of my hair covered the floor around his sneakers. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The straw was damp, not a good place to sleep, but still better than the bare stone floor. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He unrolled the paper on the floor, butcher’s paper that crinkled when I leaned on it. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

We follow the counselor up a dark stairwell to the second floor, where he opens a door. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Grandfather’s sword still lay on the floor where the robber had dropped it. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It hadn’t even struck the floor before Inej was backing up. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

When I’m done throwing all the toys back into their chest, I sit down with Penny on the floor, watching as she blows raspberries whenever the cartoon characters ask her questions. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I gave her a quick wave and walked to the cookbook section, which was on the main floor. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Sierra rushed up the rest of the steps and peered out onto the third floor. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

They were walking across bare earth, dry and cool to the touch; overhead there were heavy wooden beams holding up the floor, and above those the floorboards themselves. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Only the servants used this stair, for the fourth floor held only servants’ quarters, storage closets for linens and out-of-season clothes, sewing rooms, and so forth. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

A fire pit was set into the center of the floor, and a mesh of thin branches above acted as a vent. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

As far as I knew, there were only a hundred and two floors in the Empire State Building, but I decided not to point that out. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

In search of something similar to her box, Mouschi had found herself a pile of wood shavings, right over a crack in the floor. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He pulled down the coffins, one by one, from their shelves, and let them clatter onto the ground, shattering the old wood, spilling their contents onto the mausoleum floor. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Within minutes, he had climbed the station's staircase to the second floor, where Garfield lay on a mattress in the corner of the room. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

It had the same standard tin roof, the same cement floor, a narrow kitchen, and a bucket toilet in back. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The leaflets glided toward the first floor just as students burst out of the lecture halls. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

What kind of grown woman sits on the floor, sleeps on the floor? Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They fell off Mark, rolling across the floor as if playing some kind of game. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I stare at the floor and walk over to the red chair. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Angela was still seated on the cushion in the middle of the floor. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

After that was a picture of someone sleeping on the floor. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I look like I’m doing the back-stroke in the middle of the gym floor and a widening puddle of urine. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Grandpa bit his lip and stared at the floor, obviously trying to choke back a laugh. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The cold days dragged mechanically: up early and to my job, splitting wood, carrying coal, sweeping floors, then off to school and boredom. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I loved washing the chalkboards, sweeping the floor, and hearing stories of her college days. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

After a few inches its metal feet dug into the soft floor and it ground stubbornly to a halt. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Jam went to the studio and looked at the canvas that was still lying on the floor, ripped and empty. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Beneath the crosses, Therese kneels on the hard floor, rocking back and forth. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She did not hear her feet scraping down the broad stairs, or the courthouse clock laboriously strike two-thirty; she did not feel the dank air of the first floor. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

As I walk past the fourth floor, I hear a yell, and some scuffling sounds. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

They formed a circle, swayIng their hips and flipping their wrists and taking tiny steps in intricate patterns on the floor. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He steps across the bare floor to the corner. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

The second floor had thirty-five rooms that were harder to classify. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Ruby plops herself on the floor and then spreads out on her back like a starfish. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I sat on the chair and looked at the floor and prayed for Catherine. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Then she began to fold the clothes that he had thrown down on the floor. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

His window, on the ground floor, stared back at me black and silent. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It had a cracked windshield and a hole rusted through the floor. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

He looked and I flung the suds, but he ducked and the white foam spattered on to the floor. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the bottom was a large, dimly lit room walled and floored with stone. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I knew the floor was no good, I’da bet all sorts of bugs and roaches were crawling around. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

It’s a good thing we live on the second floor. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

When she reached the second floor and rounded the corner, she saw Jamison standing in the open doorway to her room. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the floor of the room there were books, open face down, this way and that, extravagantly. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dead mouse fell out and rolled dismally across the floor. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

His mother had stopped smiling the way she used to; she'd become nervous and jumpy, and now, he thought, she's on the kitchen floor, dead. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Not a stone's throw away, there was a silent figure gliding across the forest floor. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

She reaches the elevator first, stepping inside and turning to face me as she hits the floor button. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

My hands had to be straight at my sides, but I couldn’t put my fingertips on the floor to help me balance. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

We were going to stay with Gay’s cousins, Bob and Shirley Zimmerman, who lived on the top two floors of a Back Bay town house. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

On the floor, a rag rug in blues and reds. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Boards creak and the floor is ripped up and gaping. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

We made our way down to the ground floor. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The tiled floor establishes a spatial framework, although this is not maintained in the bodies of Mary and the angel or in the architecture. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The gymnasium floor was freshly waxed and the basketball goals were folded to the ceiling. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

As Ged looked round the room his wizard's eye caught one stone of those that made the floor. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

She stands, her shadow stretching from ceiling to floor. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

At the bottom of the stairs, in an anteroom, he found Levant slowly paging through the Saturday Evening Post beside a kerosene floor heater. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Without raising his eyes, he could see her standing in the holy place, pleading the blood over those who sought there, her head thrown back, eyes shut, foot pounding the floor. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

My bare feet make sticky sounds on the floor as I walk, my hand skimming the wall to keep my path straight. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He yanked the mask right off, and it clattered to the floor. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She got disgusted with wetting on the floor and took to going outside. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I moved away from the door and put my backpack on the hallway floor. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The shopkeepers pulled off the bolts of silk and unfurled them across the floor in front of her. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

His family maintained that he reached down to the floor where he kept his gym bag to retrieve his newly issued driver's license. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He also asked Amil to sweep the floors and wash the windows. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Oliver opened his eyes and looked over at the brownstone across the yard, where his friend was waving from his bedroom window on the second floor. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Ben was lying on the floor with his head propped up by pillows. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Keep looking and it's spring again, the light's gold now, and dancing across the pine floors. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

The three boys have tumbled off the couch and are wrestling on the floor. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The smooth, polished floor feels cool through the holes in my shoes. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Amaya crossed the floor with a piece of paper in her hand. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

We went trick-or-treating all over our building, starting on the first floor and going door to door, to every apartment with a pumpkin sticker outside. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

The night before we leave, I sit on the floor in the back room to sort what I will bring with me. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sleeping bags were spread all over on the floor. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

On the floor at the side of the desk was a spittoon overflowing with mucus. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

They let their conversation lapse as they opened one of the many empty rooms on the second floor, undressed Chronicler, and tucked him snugly into bed. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I tried to rush to your aid, but ended up sprawled on the kitchen floor. Your grandfather reached your side before I did, and he is no athlete.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He comes three times a week to mop the floor and the nurse is there every morning to take my temperature and pulse. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

And with my balance not what it should’ve been, to run across the floor felt a little hazardous. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

All these businesses were on the ground level of buildings with floors of apartments above. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Tendai looked at them from the floor, where he had slid when his knees turned to rubber. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

And there she was, the huge figure of the Headmistress, stretched full-length on her back across the floor, out for the count. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Everything was so recent that several weeks later, when Úrsula went into the room with a pail of water and a brush to wash the floor, there was nothing for her to do. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He walked over to his crumpled shorts lying on the floor and pulled out a pack of cigarettes. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Seven hopped up from the sofa, but the moment she attempted to run toward Valley, her legs gave out and she fell to the floor. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Robert Serber watched it all from a booth near the dance floor. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It must have been one of the other grown-ups on the floor, and I kept my head down as I figured out how to explain what I was doing there. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Tsukiko smiles and places her tea on the floor in front of her. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was as though a necklace had come apart and each bead rolled separately across the floor. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dropped to his knees, then slumped onto his side, his head resting on the cold floor. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She was high enough to see the third floor, or the part of it that hadn’t collapsed to the classroom below. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

There are sacks of flour, beans, and dry corn scattered on the floor. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

But while she hesitated, the ship’s boy lay on the floor clutching the side of his neck, red leaking from between his fingers like water from a broken dam. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Someone halfheartedly whizzed a bicycle chain over the top of the file cabinets and knocked the bean plants to the floor. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He found the Veranda Cafe, its walls painted with Venetian scenes and featuring a large elliptical dance floor. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I never learned to like sleeping on the floor of her room, but she wouldn’t permit the trundle bed to be brought in. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Together they lifted the door in the floor—it was a tight fit—and the musty air flickered the candles. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Radar shot through the door and skidded across the floor. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

The reason why we didn’t have no juice—along with half of our floor—was because of a short circuit in the walls. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Thank God I’m not part of this stupid club, I think as I stretch out my legs on the floor and lean against the wall. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I came to a clear space: the floor of the valley was thick with darkness, but the pond shone as round and clear as a mirror. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He put Jessie on the floor and lit the wick in a turtle shell filled with deer fat. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Sean, lying next to me, had apparently rolled to the floor from the pullout bed. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I paced the floor holding my wide-brimmed Mexican hat against my chest to protect it from being crushed. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Will continued to look at the floor, but his face turned a deep shade of crimson. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I know I've been up here on the fifth floor once or twice before, but nothing looks the same. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I let her think that I and my colleagues went to a company and covertly observed a warehouse or laboratory or retail floor, then exposed all the cheats and criminals. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What are you doing here?” a man barked in English from behind me as I descended the final set of stairs to the ground floor. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Despite their small size they play an important part in breaking down the residues of plants, aiding in the slow conversion of the litter of the forest floor to soil. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Grumbling, Celaena slithered to the edge of the bed, dangling a hand over the edge to touch the floor. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The president lay on the waiting room floor, where dozens of people had walked that day, their shoes and boots carrying soot, dirt, and horse manure from the street. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Sierra continued past her own room to the third floor. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I even like the oil stains on the concrete floor. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Leila took the elevator to the third floor, and entered courtroom 5. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I whirled to one side, sprang to the floor, and made a dive for the door. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Our first lesson was all stamping, first as a group then individually across the floor. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

On two sides the curtain was tied back, and Ged looked out at a room with walls of stone and floor of stone. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” the mouse answered, and scooted across the station floor. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed Lucy’s hand and dragged her out to the center of the dance floor. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

My chest sinks inward a bit, and I look down at the kitchen floor. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

As an extra measure of precaution, she took the elevator to an office three floors above, then walked down the staircase to the FBI. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The boy looked at him questioningly when he saw the solid bars, but Dustfinger just laid a finger to his lips and looked up at one of the windows on the second floor. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Hyacinth’s face was pale, Laney was openly crying, Jessie was yanking at a loose thread on her T-shirt, and Oliver was grinding the toe of his sneaker into the wooden floor. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She walked forward, peering into the dimness and following the small trail which wound in a curving course toward the center of the bush, its earthen floor packed firm by the pressure of small feet. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

All the shelves had fallen like dominoes, but we shoved them aside and searched through the books spilled across the floor, crouching low. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“A little cleanup, a little wood polish—” “I heard they’re going to have to redo the whole gym floor,” Sanderson put in. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

Ivy hands me a fur-lined robe and points at satin slippers on the floor. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

My suitcase was on the floor, still packed. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Glass cracked and crashed to the floor, but I barely noticed. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Upstairs on the third floor, Haley tiptoed around the Lemoncello-abilia Room. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He might well end up down there, fet-tered to a wet stone floor and left to drown when the tide came rushing in. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A crot—the deadliest insult anyone could utter—was a simple, harmless eejit, like the thousands who had cut grass, washed floors, and tended poppies as far back as Matt could remember. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He caught a glimpse of Alec fighting like a lion, pushing people and elbowing faces and throwing bodies to the floor. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He steps forward to place a square piece of metal on the floor in front of my chair. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Chacho fell asleep on the damp floor, but Matt climbed up the ladder and faced into the breeze. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw the worn rugs on the floor and the brown path on the linoleum in the hall. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She squatted down on the kitchen floor, opened up a cabinet, and began rummaging. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The carpet on the floor is red, red curtains are drawn over the windows. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although I struck my head rather painfully against the cart, I cried pleasantly from the floor, “You win, sir.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The big ape’s mother must be dead drunk on the floor somewhere. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard something metal struck to the floor in clattering pieces. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Theon stooped to scoop a puddled cloak off the floor, shook off the rushes, and draped it over his shoulders. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Matthew pointed to the bread bag on the floor. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

None of the boys had ever ridden an elevator more than a few floors in a hotel, and the rapid ascent both thrilled and frightened them. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She was pacing the floor, wringing her hands, her tears almost spouting from her eyes. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

He did not look at the King, but spoke to the floor. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scythe Chomsky, the largest of them, stepped forward and, without warning, swung his fist, connecting with Rowan’s cheek so hard, he spun around, lost his footing, and fell to the dusty floor. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

They heard men running on the floor above, then saw the leg slowly slide up through the hole and disappear. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m lying on the floor, looking up at the stripper’s dangling breasts. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

It hovered for a few moments, then suddenly it dropped to the floor with a tinkle and broke in two. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

But there was also a party to plan, which meant the grand ballroom had to be refreshed and prepared as well, not to mention an extra cleaning for the other rooms of the first floor. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

As they descended toward the dance floor, the crowd parted, and the guests in all their multicolored gowns and glittering masks stepped back to watch them take a position in the center of the floor. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It hurls me to the floor of the sea. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Francie, working in the flat above the saloon, heard their raised voices through the thin floor boards. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And yet, Mademoiselle, we found a pipe cleaner on the floor of the dead man’s compartment. And Colonel Arbuthnot is the only man on the train who smokes a pipe?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Almost like they could melt into the kitchen floor. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I swept the floors and wrapped parcels and dusted the shelves, and Mrs. Diamant said I was a quick learner. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

It was so quiet that the only things I could hear were the steps I took walking across the marble floor and my heart. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She rushed toward me, grabbed the book off the floor, and looked at the cover. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She motioned for them to follow her to the fire, where she sat in her chair and the children gathered on the floor. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

It made him wonder if some of the muck from the ocean floor had gotten inside his china head and damaged him somehow. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Beyond its battered frame the black-barked trees grew straight to the heavens, disdaining the forest floor, where tangled heather and brush hid the path leading from this lonely spot. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The table was gone, though chairs remained; the floor was ankle-deep in shards of shattered china plates and bowls. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I lie there until the first crescent of sunlight appears on the floor of my bedroom, like a seashell washed in on the tide. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The travellers hung up their cloaks, and piled their packs on the floor. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He picked up every dish and jug and bottle they had, looked into ’em, shook ’em, then tossed ’em into the middle of the floor so’s they shattered. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

They didn’t meet anyone else until they reached the staircase up to the third floor. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

This made Violet nervous as she sat on the floor by the window, working on her invention as quietly as she could. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

It was immaculately clean, the floor mats freshly vacuumed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He had built a tin-roofed room at the back of his property, no more than a shack, with a dirt floor, no heat, no electricity, no running water. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I listened to her retreat, I allowed my hand to slide to the floor, my body shaking with ragged breaths. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“The napkin that was on the floor? I was trying to be helpful.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I sat on the floor at Maxim’s feet, my head against his knees. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I should be nice and invite Ray off the floor, but he’s burping from too much junk food. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Mama talks a mile minute without even giving Mrs. Darcy a chance to say a word before she strolls into the living room with her heels click-clacking on the hardwood floors. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Baachan, please don’t worry. I love to sleep on the floor!” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I pick my phone up from the floor and climb back up to the top bunk. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The shiny magazines were spread across the tile floor. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I’m five steps away and still running when Matthew makes a two-handed strike down at the ground, embedding the tip of the machete into the wooden floor. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

If I looked at him any longer, I was going to start crying, so I pushed myself up and crawled over him to dig my school uniform out of the mess on the floor. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

There are so many rooms and floors, they give you a map. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The apartment wasn’t big, but he still ran across the living room, nearly killing himself when he didn’t see one of the boys’ scooters lying across the floor. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I heard the heavy feet walk across the floor toward our bedroom. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the floor of the freight car felt cold. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A brown-robed Brother led me to a cell on the second floor and informed me supper would be at five. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The floor is covered with plywood, and standing in front of me is a small, thin woman with a grubby face. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

As they ran deeper into the hillside, the cement floor changed to tiled mosaic. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He spent the night in the barbershop on the first floor, directly below their apartment. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He ducked my head into the bucket, dropped me on the floor, and just walked away as if nothing unusual had happened. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man in navy overalls swept garbage off the floor a few feet away from us. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re bleeding all over the floor,” she said, turning her attention toward me as if she wanted to wash her flesh meal down with my blood. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The curator of the dinosaur wing had seen him wandering up the stairs to the second floor. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Gregor spread his blanket on the floor and called Boots over. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I put Ben’s things on the floor and wiped Tilly off with an old bath towel we kept in a basket inside the front door. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to clean the floor now,” I say, and dash upstairs. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He films Ruby in her cage, with her foot roped to the bolt in the floor. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

He knew his father came up to the third floor a few times a week to collect the Beiderman’s garbage and bring it down to the building trash bins. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

There’s barely anyone dancing—people are mostly just hovering around the dance floor—and it’s hard to shake the feeling that everyone’s watching me. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The Scorpion: “Those who get stung by a scorpion end up on the floor.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The scent of laundry soap, old books, and double chocolate pecan cookies from the Vanderbeekers’ floor gave way to the smell of Miss Josie’s Southern Rose perfume on the second floor. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Ignatius spun the yo-yo downward, but the string snapped and it rattled across the floor and under the bed, where it landed on a pile of Big Chief tablets and old magazines. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I run up to him, put my project down on the floor, and throw my arms around him. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I pick it up and rise slowly from the floor. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She rose to her knees and slid off the side of the bed, but at the moment that her feet touched the floor, a great concussion thoomed in the street. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He’s returning a box of borrowed files to his dad’s office in the Dirksen Building after hours when he hears the faint sound of Muddy Waters from the floor above, and it hits him. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Then they turned their beams to the walls, the ceiling, along the floors and into the corners. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“She’s angry. Not worried a bit. Expecting him to walk in the door any moment. I don’t know,” he said, staring at the floor. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It skidded across the floor and thudded against the dresser. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The floor beneath him gave way, and Nathan fell down into what seemed like quicksand. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Bit by bit I could see the sleeve of Danny’s uniform, see the water, see the floor beneath us. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clusters of sagebrush and gnarled oak trees peppered the sunbaked desert floor. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

When the two men eventually reached the foot of the steps, Cockerell dug an elbow into his companion’s ribs, and the man bowed so hurriedly that two of the books fell to the floor. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The shallow hollow in the sandy floor where Fiver had lain was not quite cold: but Fiver was gone. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frankie pushed back, and suddenly the two of them were wrestling on the floor. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The feathers drifted in through the madwoman’s window and onto the floor. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The one in the closet or the one here on the forest floor? The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

A copy the second edition found its way to the office because the principal’s secretary, Mrs. Cormier, had found one on the floor in the hallway. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

The restaurant is in a large open portico on the ground floor shaded by bougainvilleas. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ran to the cupboard that held everything Mosca had collected for the break-in: a rope, the floor plans, the sausages for the dogs, shoe polish to blacken their faces—all had vanished. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I was the last student left in the cafeteria, the janitor, who was putting the chairs on the tabletops so the floor could be mopped, told me it was time to go. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I plop the box on the floor of the kitchen. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He got up, stared me hard in the eyes, and then spit on the floor. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then he made his way cautiously through the rest of the house, inspecting the coatrack by the back door, licking crumbs off the linoleum floor under the kitchen table. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The ivory floors and walls of the great banqueting hall were dripping with blood. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

The booths on the second floor have no numbers, only lights indicating whether they are occupied. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Tenorio gasped and drew back, and his three cronies pushed their chairs to the floor and backed away. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rushed to the washroom on the seventh floor, sadly in a removed area of the building without a local fire escape, sealing his fate in a stall idled with his own anxious stench. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He moved slowly and cautiously, sliding his feet in his slippers across the floor as if he'd forgotten how to pick them up. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The great accumulation of things almost hid the cracks in the walls and the stains on the floor and the scratches that clouded the windows. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Inside, the twins sit on the floor, playing with toy cars. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Once free, he slid down to the floor, where he lay in a heap. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

You won’t have to strip and wax the floors or wash the windows. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Rising a hundred feet from the forest floor, its soaring boughs spread out in a canopy of incomparable lushness, an acre of leaves per tree, a million or so in all. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

She had not the heart to eat the food that lay on the cage floor. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The seawater collects in a pool on the dipped floor. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I lay on the floor scared to open my eyes, as I feared I would see my Olympic dreams vanish in front of me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She follows my gaze to the lump of shattered plastic and metal on the floor beneath the window. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Beatrice, I—” The elevator reaches the eighth floor and the doors open. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I sat there with my leg tapping a tune on the floor of its own accord. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I took his razor from the shower floor, bits of his black hair still caked between the blades. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Our apartment isn’t super high, only the eighth floor, but from my window, you sure can see a lot. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I crouch down on the floor and place my ear against the door, hoping I can hear something on the other side. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I grab a few and sit on the floor. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

It did look like I had left all my hair on the floor. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

He saw a few more students scrambling out of different parts of the building, and he was certain he saw someone climbing out of a window on the first floor. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She was holding Cinnamon the rat, dangling by its tail over the railing, nothing but space between it and the first floor. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I’d bet a thousand dollars that there were roaches on the floor of this shed, just waiting to crawl in someone’s ear. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Usually people are supposed to take turns answering the hall phone, but as I was the only freshman on a floor with all seniors they made me answer it most of the time. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

She stamped over to her chest of drawers, yanked one out, and threw it clattering to the floor. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

On the other side: a large down to sleep on the floor like canned sardines, one’s feet next to another’s head. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The eastern and Chicago architects met again on Monday morning, January 12, in Burnham & Root’s library on the top floor of the Rookery. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

And on the third floor, they had this room that ran the whole length of the house, about as big as left field in Yankee Stadium, which I have walked on, by the way. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

An energetic janitorial staff buffs the floors each afternoon to a high gloss. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Then, ignoring the furniture, he seated himself in the center of the floor. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He stretches out on the floor in front of the stove, hands behind his head. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Not when your arm is jerked behind you, or you’re lying on the floor with a knee in your back. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The seventh-grade classrooms are on the top floor of the school, and we all hate those stairs, but Twig never seems winded by the three-story climb. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The shape falls with a thud on the Pit floor. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The bed is rattling, creeping across the floor like it grew feet. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

It comes from the pile of beer cans on the floor by the couch, and it comes from him, too. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Austin gave Joycelyn her first job, sweeping the floor at the Carolina Times. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He could’ve pounded her head on the floor like the bathroom floor or he could’ve had her to hit her head against the bathtub, for all I seen.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His foot was pressed down, the gas pedal against the floor. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He tried not to imagine what was happening just below the attic floor: every single thing they owned—their furniture, Cleo’s toys, Mom’s cookbooks, Dad’s trumpet and all his music—being covered with water. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

Another time, though, I saw Auguste stop singing as though suddenly possessed and then begin to mime savagely beating someone on the floor, as though with a hammer or hatchet. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mopped the floor once the papers, letter blocks, and mess had been cleared away. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

You could see the whole floor at once, because here there were no walls, not even those carpet-lined partitions many offices will use. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fell to the floor and clawed my eyes. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

We have toilet bowls set into the tile floors. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

And then the booth, the whole booth with all of us in it, swayed one way and then the other, and I heard whatever bolts anchored it to the floor groan and snap. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

It took everything I had not to pummel him to the floor. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I roll from my bed to the floor and lean back against the wall, the way I leaned back that day in Boston. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Percy realized that the floor, which looked like solid stone, was more like the glacier he’d walked on in Alaska—in some places solid, in other places...not so much. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I duck into the girls’ room, drop the backpack on the floor, and open the letter real slow. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I sit down outside the auditorium on the tile floor of the hallway, leaning up against a trophy case, and I eat a little. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Most of the floor between here and the door was cracked or had crashed down into the classroom below. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

That night, Papa slept on a thin blanket on the floor with only a shirt rolled up as a pillow. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Kainene was peeling an orange with a knife, and the slender peel dropped into a plate on the floor. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I’m afraid the bedroom is going to be full of sex stuff, but the grossest thing we find is crumpled tissue on the floor next to the bed and nail clippings on his dresser. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Most of them were dark and empty, but Mr. Brunner’s door was ajar, light from his window stretching across the hallway floor. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I did not like to think of Mrs. Baylor sleeping on the floor next to that sister in her nice bed. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the night, he left the bed to sleep on the floor because the bed was too soft. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

They ran along the ceiling of another corridor, the floor running over their heads. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as I woke up the next day, I looked down at the pillow on the floor and more than anything I wanted Wishbone to be there. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The rushes scattered across the cold stone floor did not show any particular disturbance. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I hit my elbow on the hard floor and feel a sharp pain as I land heavily on it, my nose to the floor. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Someone had Photoshopped the image of me on the floor of the locker room into every photo on Jesse’s SnowFlake page. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

JB ’s eyes are ocean wide, his mouth swimming on the floor, his clownish grin, embarrassing. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

A “psst” sound came up from the floor—-just as it had on his first night in the newsstand. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sorry,” he said from his spot on the floor, surrounded by thin strips of paper stamped “Top Secret.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It reminded me of the way I was taught multiplication tables as a child, repeating after the master, sitting cross-legged, without shoes or pencils, on the floor of my one-room Tollygunge school. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Stop worrying about the orphans and start worrying about my floor. I got enough problems already. Darlene wants to dance. You want a raise. And I got worse problems on top of that.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Across the room a dozen candles were burning on the floor near the open window. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

We tried to sleep, huddled against Mother on the floor of bare boards. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

My mother heard his collapse and, in her rush to see what had happened, dropped the sizzling cast-iron skillet and potato pancakes on the floor. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Then a sudden fanfare of trumpets sounded and he jumped to the floor, bowing deeply as Gertrude and Claudius, arm in arm, descended the processional stairs into the great hall. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“I should have seen her for what she was. Now let’s just worry about keeping Percy alive until next fall—” The mythology book dropped out of my hand and hit the floor with a thud. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Like the day before, it skidded off the top comic and onto the floor. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

He motioned to the bundle on the floor. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

There was dinner for her, too—breadcrumbs, cheese, and bits of carrot—on the floor of the cage, along with a small bowl of water. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

She reached over and switched on a lamp she had placed on the floor beside her. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Having given it some thought, I then declared my love for IBM typewriters, the French word for bruise, and my electric floor waxer. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The floor was inlaid with polished wood in the shape of a star, and above them a wrought iron chandelier held a dozen burning candles. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

When the elevator creakily arrived, he rode it—not to his own floor—but to the lower level on which the new tenant, Pris Stratton, now lived. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

She takes off the coat and spreads it across the floor. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Several kids screamed; desks shifted and scraped against the floor as they jumped up and ran from the room. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Day after day was spent scrubbing floors, walls, and ceilings. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

He walked over to where I was sitting on the floor and offered me his hand. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Half of the existing hotel was shut down while we added two new floors. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I close the door soft and make my way to the bed when he says, “We need to get this floor swept and mopped.” Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I'm not able to feel anything between my eyes right now, but my hip is sore from the position on the floor. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He spoke slowly, with his eyes on the floor. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dagger hit—bang!—and the pile of shields tumbled to the floor—crash! Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The mess of blocks still all over the floor, because I hadn’t had the energy to deal with it since then. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

They landed painfully, ten feet away on the cold stone floor, and to add insult to injury, there was a loud popping noise, and both of them sprouted identical long white beards. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The casing shattered, circuitry crunched, shrapnel tittered on the floor as the fifteen millimeter-thick calculator turned into a three millimeter-thick calculator. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Alicia says, "Thanks," lifts the end of her cane off the floor, and takes hold of his elbow. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody was certain how many rooms Major de Coverley had rented, not even the stout black-bodiced woman in corsets on the first floor from whom he had rented them. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

There were no footsteps on the floor above either. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps Mrs. Van Hopper’s suite on the first floor exists no more. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the first floor was a cafeteria, like one in a school, that had nothing you could steal or break. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The burning snakes twisted horribly and some crawled burning across the floor of the grotto to illuminate its darker recesses. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Tears now mixed with sweat on the floor under Chavez’s face, which seemed to delight his tormentor. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Director grabs my arm and yanks me from the bed, hurling me to the floor. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I don't know what kind of man Mr. Nesbitt was, but I know he did not deserve to be killed in his store, left on the floor while his killers snacked at a fast-food restaurant. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thanks for asking him. Should be fun sleeping on this cold floor.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I hear her sneaky little feet walking down the hall, passing over that little squeak in the floor. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Palmer turned and found it walking across the floor. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

As they went on the gully became ever shallower and the slope of its floor more gradual. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The guests will eat standing, or sitting cross-legged on the floor. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He takes the silver knife he finds discarded on the floor and returns it to the dartboard in the study, stabbing the blade into the bull’s-eye. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Thin cords shot from Lupin’s wand this time, and next moment, Pettigrew was wriggling on the floor, bound and gagged. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

We took Davon and Alfred to the Maryland Science Center, where they saw a twenty-foot wall covered floor to ceiling with a picture of cells stained neon green and magnified under a microscope. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

It was dark in his bedroom, except for the one light in front of the holy picture, and he was pacing the floor in a dressing-gown. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chairs that didn't match were piled with papers and clothes; her grandchildren's toys were scattered on the floor. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He shoved her to the floor and turned back to the Kettleblacks. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

There were black and red balloons all over the gym floor, and guys were kicking them in each other’s faces, or trying to strangle each other with the crepe-paper streamers taped to the walls. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, Bigger,” Jack said, his eyes on the floor. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Quick action had saved the president from immediate death, on the floor of Ford’s Theatre. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, out of nowhere, I had a revelation, and the floor disappeared from under me, and I was standing on nothing. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Unlike most of the other floors, the Special Events floor doesn’t have a lobby. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

She wore the same expression that she had done on our first meeting, when I dropped my gloves so gauchely on the floor. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She stepped inside, picking her way along in the gray light, as though the floor might collapse beneath her feet. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The robot looked down at the fur and feathers that now carpeted the floor. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

We are sitting on the floor in a circle, and Mr. Morrison asks us to open the circle so we can make a stage area at the front of the room. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

The snake rustled on the filthy, cluttered floor, and he had killed the boy, and yet he was the boy.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I guess you’re wondering why I didn’t go up to the book on the second floor right away. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

In the center of the room, a few children of all ages sat on straw mats on the floor listening to a silver-haired teacher who sat cross-legged, reading aloud from a picture book. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She swept the cottage’s dirt floor, sprinkled it with water, and stamped it to keep it hard packed. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The speaker in the airport terminal crackles to life, a muffled voice breaking through the morning chatter and the suitcase wheels clunking over the tiled floor. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

We had to push our way onto a little space of floor. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

On the floor outside Marie-Laure’s bedroom door waits some- thing big wrapped in newsprint and twine. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He realized he had lost Temp and Tick somewhere and turned back to see the entire tunnel, floor to ceiling, filling up with roaches. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

At the grey tea hour there were always rooms that throbbed incessantly with this low sweet fever, while fresh faces drifted here and there like rose petals blown by the sad horns around the floor. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I sat down hard in the middle of the gym floor. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

They would sit on the floor in a circle and share their favorite things. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

His strides are heavy blows against the floor. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

There are only a couple of chairs and the floor. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She slowly taught us to iron, wash clothes, and take care of the house by dusting, sweeping floors, and watering the more than one hundred indoor plants she kept. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

There were about eleven different men lying on the floor or propped up against the wall on the other side of the bars. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Dad has Malachy and the twins out of the bed and sitting on the floor by the dead fire. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

They burst into the dark open space of the warehouse, where the starlight made dappled patterns on the floor. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I felt as if I were standing on a floor where a child had spilled talcum powder and I would have to walk carefully so as not to slip and fall. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Nathan stopped at the end of the hole and tried to see how far down the floor was. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Not wanting to sit anywhere near Garvey, Cole slouched to the floor against the wall. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

She got in and lay down on the floor in the back. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The butcher knife clattered to the floor, and big drops of blood fell on the counter. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone yanked her to the floor as pieces of the crimson tent began folding in on themselves, catching flame with alarming speed. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He put his hand back up and took out two books and moved his hand down and dropped the two books to the floor. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reached for my fallen yarmulke, then froze as several red droplets landed on the floor. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I grabbed the OJ carton from the floor and cleaned up. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

The pain was so bad he did not remember falling, but when he opened his eyes again he was on the floor of his cell. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

As the girls who’d been chosen began walking off the stage, family and friends swarmed onto the floor to congratulate them. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Sitting on the floor it was easier to see the congregation than the altar. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

All around me, women sit and smoke cigarettes, tip them into glass ashtrays on the floor. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

When he finished he sat back down on the floor and went to sleep again. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I push open the door just as Tobias, who is sitting on the floor with one leg stretched out, hurls a butter knife at the opposite wall. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Image of a girl weeping on a courtroom floor. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Obiora and Chima squatted to watch the children playing on the floor, clustered around the plastic Ludo board and rolling dice. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Have you forgotten? I’m a wild beast, Ivan,” he says, sniffing the floor for crumbs. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Mummy bends and wipes their paws with a wet cloth, then absentmindedly swipes the floor where their muddy paw prints were. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

The hallway falls even more still, if possible, and from sixteen floors below us a siren whirs past, and you can practically hear the flap of a pigeon’s wings from outside the window. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Wrinkled, withered petals littered the floor, and all the huge bouquets were now just moldy stalks sagging in their vases. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Finally one of the fish worked its way out of the sodden newspaper and fell on the floor where it lay slimily in the dust. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The treasure, spread out between us on the floor, looked like a bright garden. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The navy commander’s wife, unaccustomed to the rich foods and the imported champagne, vomited on the ballroom floor. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

We huddled on the bathroom floor listening to bombs fall in other parts of the city. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

"What are you going to do with your money?" she asked from the floor. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

In no time the lights were off and they were all seated in a circle on the floor. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I left Rebecca lying there, on the floor. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

My attention goes to the stairs leading to the second floor. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I wanted to meet it head-on, to prove I could withstand its weight, but after a few seconds something in me buckled, some inner force gave way, and my eyes dropped to the floor. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

To her left, several electrical cords wind along the floor. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Yes, oh. I finally got up to see it. A rag pallet on the floor, Dana!” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I cleaned up the Sunbird a bit before we all got in, plucking pictures from the seat and the floor and the back window, dropping them into the battered shoe box. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He wanted to find Ron, to tell him about Gregorovitch, but Ron was dancing with Hermione out in the middle of the floor. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The milk bottle slipped from my hand and crashed to the floor. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then his mother lit a piece of candle and they sat down on the floor to play. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Blood dripped, dripped, thin hairlike strands that trickled to the floor. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Each “house” had three floors and, greatest blessing of all, each inmate had his own room. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came through Stamps on a Saturday night, and Grandmother gave me the chore of making his pallet on the floor. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sierra preferred crazy metal and alternative for relaxing or doing homework, but this would definitely do for the dance floor. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He pointed out a seam in the linoleum flooring that crossed the room. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I push the door open, though, and instead of looking at the paintings, I search the floor until I find what I’m looking for. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The nursery was on the floor above, and only one room along. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Despite the noise we were making, I heard other sounds from the floor below. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

She brought the end of it down hard onto the stable floor. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He looked around for somewhere to spit, then spit on the floor. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The floors inside were covered with straw and manure; they’d collapsed in several places under the weight of cows that now roamed free on the property. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Miss Anderson locks our chains to steel rings in the floor, tossing the keys to Mr. Redfern, who catches them one-handed. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Without warning, the floor dropped out from under her. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Midday light was pouring through the large windows, and Jam could see that her mother had left the painting uncovered, flat on the floor. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

As he spoke, he suddenly saw that the beautiful woman on his floor was changing into a leopard. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

We were all on the floor, under a heavy black burlap blanket and, on top of that, a lot of empty cardboard boxes that were meant to look like freight. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I cried on the floor in the fetal position for hours after. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

But here, on the sales floor, doubt rushes in. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Parchment, quills, and books spilled out of it onto the floor. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Its walls and ceiling were white, its floor was covered with squares of light and dark brown tile. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She might even cut it up and let Alphie wear it a while before it winds up on the floor pushed against the bottom of the door to block the rain from the lane. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I scoot part of the pile over into one big mountain and sit on the floor. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Instead of white floors, this level had a black stone floor with threads of red glinting in it. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was like the smile on Grandpa’s face dropped right off on the floor. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Salvador, as always, would sleep on the cardboard he spread on the living-room floor. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

We learned that if you could get hold of an inmate’s hand or wrist, several inventive ways of twisting it would drop him to the floor with you on top. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time I went in, I saw Papa sitting on the floor, surrounded by men, talking, laughing, eating, and smoking. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Constance remained sitting upon the floor, her face expressionless, the mighty paws clenching and unclenching. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Without realizing what he was doing, Harry sprang to his feet; the telescope and trainers in his lap rolled across the floor. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Inside, it has long corridors with mottled floors of something that looks like granite but is not. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Men got on their knees to lower their heads to the floor. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“On the floor—and they were still charged eleven bucks for it. How’s your chili?” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the time I found her sitting on the bedroom floor, writing in her notebook or standing and staring out the back window. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I stand from my seat, grab my bag from the floor, and start to make my way out of that kitchen. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

There had been some kind of disturbance out on the floor and the waiting was driving her crazy. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Someone had stuffed some toilet paper in the hole, though, so I had to drop to the floor and peek under the door to see what was going on. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She saw him after seventh hour in a place she'd never seen him before, carrying a microscope down the hall on the third floor. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

When I came to Renfield’s room I found him lying on the floor on his left side in a glittering pool of blood. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Hundreds of pieces of paper of every shape and size scattered across the floor. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

A couple minutes later, he carefully set the decibel counter on the bottom bleacher, patted down his pockets, then followed Ms. Banks onto the dance floor, smiling broadly. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Chandelier-lanterns hang from the high ceiling, floating up and down like jeweled clouds, bathing each floor with a tiny glow. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The image she’d chosen showed a lean woman in motion, her shimmering dress whipped around her limber body as a man in a tuxedo dragged her across the dance floor. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t eat his dinner, he refused the evening walk, and once we were in he collapsed on the floor and went to sleep. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

George took the steep steps onto her own bus and shuffled along the narrow corridor, her feet sticking to the rubbery floor. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Once, after lights out, a brave boy called Wragg tiptoed out of our dormitory and sprinkled castor sugar all over the linoleum floor of the corridor. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as Alex had fired the last bullet, he dropped the gun, letting it clatter to the floor below, and held up the palms of his hands. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He threw up in the toilet, on the floor—painted the entire stall. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

A few people are still at stations, folding blankets, cleaning floors and ceilings, preparing bioloaf and mystery diluted juice drink. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Pacing the floor of the outer room, her elbows in the palms of her hands, she suddenly heard humming that seemed to be coming from the back of the house. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She walked like a soldier—straight back, her feet, in tight black leather shoes, rapping against the floor. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Artemis felt his way across the room, wary of the low-level clothes chests scattered around the floor. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

And since the bed was now too crowded, I had to sleep on a pile of blankets on the floor. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It contained a large room where many girls slept two by two on grass mats upon the floor. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The decor was not expensive but it was well cared for—creamy white carpet on the floors, soft floral paper on the walls, thick, pleated curtains in the windows. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He lost his footing trying to open it and sprawled on the floor. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They put him in charge of a floor in the munitions factory because he was so precise. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Open instrument cases sat on chairs and were strewn across the floor, along with dozens of backpacks. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

We sit on the floor and tell stories about things that happened, things that never happened and things that will happen when we all go to America. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Though his face was pressed coldly against the floor, Gabriel whispered quietly and with certainty in his voice. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

With a tremendous crash! a section of barn floor collapsed into the cellar. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Suitcases were open on the floor, and there was a pile of diapers in a corner. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Buckbeak was ferreting around on the rocky floor, looking for bones he might have overlooked. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

When I turn around to meet her answer, I notice some dried blood on the floor. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

George was dressed and he lay on the floor doing his number work. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She walked with him to the elevator, then showed him how to insert his room key card into the slot to gain access to the twenty-first floor. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

My hand jerks out and hits the trophy—I’m not sure if it was an accident or not—and it falls to the floor, breaking into several pieces. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Nehemia watched them from the floor, her brows raised, until one of her personal guards appeared at the gate. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I was still staring at the floor, trying to make sense of what was going on in the kitchen, when I heard my mother blow her nose. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lay on the floor, screaming and banging his head. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He read some of it and tore the pages out, then ripped ’em into pieces that fluttered to the floor. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

I passed from the second floor to the third the same way, and finally made it to the roof. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“To one side,” Grandma said, “on one of your haunches. Then you let the skirts fan out on the floor. I only wore it that one day.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He wondered if she would tell them that the ham had slid across the floor. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He poured a solvent on the cadaver’s upper body and set it on fire, then positioned the body on the floor in direct sunlight. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I’m just happy to be back on the floor. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

“I heard the nuns make you kneel on the carpet and if your skirt doesn’t reach the floor, they say it’s too short and send you home.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

My little sister came up and said Momma was on the floor, and I was like “Tell Momma to get up an’ I’ll be right down.” Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It vibrated on the floor until I got out of bed to see who would call me at such an insane hour. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Later that day, I took Barack to lunch at the fancy restaurant on the first floor of our office building, a place packed with well-groomed bankers and lawyers power lunching over meals priced like dinners. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The floor is linoleum, olive green and white, and in the middle are two gurneys. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Cora hadn’t left the top floors of the house in months but her perspective roved widely. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Suitcases and boxes threw shadow stairs up the walls and across the floor. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mertyn stood swaying in his bare feet on the cold floor. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The neighbor downstairs had been awakened by the clatter of their shoes on the floor. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Separate trickles of blood spilled to a puddle on the floor through one saturated trouser leg like countless unstoppable swarms of wriggling red worms. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

One of my favorite memories of the qualification round came during our first rotation, which was the floor exercise. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I looked from the glass pieces on the floor. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She told Malachy and me we could sit on the floor and play but to be quiet because she was going to say her prayers. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The crossword guy moves the suitcase to the floor, and I slump into my seat and hug my bookbag. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The first floor also has a small kitchen, office, and library, but Mama says she doesn’t know what shape they are in. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

She got one last look at the mess before Dad yanked her in front of him and propelled her down the stairs to the second floor. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Official players on the floor shine in the dark, their outfits lit up in neon, their names, team affiliation, and level hovering over their heads like golden trophies. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Our hee-hawing was kind of cut short by a glassy smash from above, followed by a loud bang as something heavy hit the floor overhead. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He’s sitting on the floor because the bench is too shaky, creaking every time he shifts. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z