I was huddled behind a turtle shell, shielding myself from the flying fish. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The tent is filled with plants and flowers, and flying around are tons of butterflies. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“He caught up with them, took a flying leap off the bicycle, and cracked their heads together? Knocked them out cold. That's gangster.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I needed to fly,” said Grumman, “so I summoned you, and here I am, flying.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finnick’s hand comes up and hits me so hard, so squarely in the chest that I go flying back into a nearby tree trunk. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Young animals disperse by walking or flying, but plants don’t have that option, so they must somehow hitchhike. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“My Datsun”—Mum offered some braised celery to Aunt Alice, who made a No thanks gesture—“passed its MOT with flying colors last week.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He put a name to the darkening, the shaking in the air and in the ground and why everything around us was flying. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I heard shovels and saw dirt flying out of a hole. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The shuttle is above me, flying to the landing pad. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“So if these are their nests, where were they trying to take Percy? That thing was flying away with him.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Cautiously she began to climb, peering forward, ignoring the instruments and flying by sight and by instinct. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He catches a fleeting glimpse of something—something enormous and dark—flying across the yard of the inn. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I saw the streamers flying and I heard the crowd cheering, and I believed. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Question: Did you see a flying witch passing here? Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

The fire stretched in an unbroken wall across the opposite shore, a roaring wind pressing at its back and sending embers flying across to alight on the near side. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The heat would blast out at us and the sparks was always flying everywhere. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“According to Festus, our flying table, Buford, made it back safely while we were in Charleston, so those eagles didn’t get him. Unfortunately, he lost the laundry bag with your pants.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

We found seats next to each other at the gate, which was lucky because everyone seemed to be flying to Atlanta on that day at the same time. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The van swerves and turns through narrow streets, green bills flying out the back every time its back doors swing open and closed. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I think he’s guarding these straits. If that’s really Hercules, sailing or flying away wouldn’t do any good. He’ll want to talk to us.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He’d been born and raised in Honolulu but had spent four years of his childhood flying kites and catching crickets in Indonesia. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

There is nothing peculiarly present-centered about regarding Cayley as important, unless the present is extended to include the period of the first flying machines. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Then one of the branches that Ernie brushed aside snapped back and came flying at Genie, whacking him in the eye. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Sherman gasped so loud it made me look up in time to see the streak of a big blue meteor, yellow sparks flying from its head, coming out of the north. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Usually there’d be a police chase, cop cars flying through after some guy with a stolen car. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Our second night out, two hours before dawn, I was steering from the flying bridge when the head of a mule deer materialized in the spotlight's glare. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So your brother is a winged horse. But you’re also my half brother, which means all the flying horses in the world are my...You know what? Let’s forget it.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Only when they slumped clumsily across the dog traces or lay unexpectedly still did the nearest men notice what was happening, and then it was already too late, because more arrows were flying at them. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

A second later, the bird was flying straight at Harry. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

In the half-light of dusk I see them, five of them, crouched on a hill, their naked bodies painted, arrows flying from their longbows. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I had my doubts about flying all the way to Texas. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quick as a snake, his left arm knocks into my right, sending the knife flying out of my hand. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Squeezing through the railing before either parent could stop her, she dropped lightly to the floor a few feet below, and ran toward her Robbie, arms waving and hair flying. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

It looked more like an airplane cockpit than a car, and Milton was at the controls, Milton was flying his last Cadillac over the Detroit River. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I hear puffs of air as paintballs go flying and splats as they find their targets. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Of Ariel the Fairy, flying high in the air, across the stage of the Festival Theater, his legs splayed out as though he really was flying. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

We were flying through a wind of our own making. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Pencils and papers and rubber bands went flying. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

What if flying into the fan had killed him? The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

A flying leg kicked my shin but I got past them without coming a cropper. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Very possible . . . there have been some funny rumors flying around lately — helped along by Rita Skeeter, of course. It’s making a lot of people nervous, I reckon.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I hear we have become one of the flying divisions that are pushed in wherever it is hottest. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

People found it hard to take commands from someone who seemed inexperienced at flying the Yak fighters. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He was blowing a great horn, and his yellow hair was flying in the wind. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

These Latin women, even when the bullets are flying and the bombs are falling, they want to make sure you have a full stomach, your shirt is ironed, your handkerchief is fresh. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

It seemed to him that the planes flying low above Ramallah were meant to keep us frightened. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

He flapped his wings to help himself over a bramble bush and was flying. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

She has a flying saucer thing that can keep a salad chilled and a set of stretchy bands that give you rock-hard abs. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

On the third blow, a glob of blood and mucus and chickpea went flying out and hit the floor in front of Pastor Pike. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

This would all cause trouble later, but for now, the young pilots of the 586th were busy getting used to flying real combat missions—even if they weren’t at the front. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The big liner passed smaller ships and pleasure craft flying swastikas from their sterns. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Suddenly she was being pushed up and out of the mud and was flying in the air. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was the first time she’d ever flown anything other than training aircraft, and it was her first time flying as a qualified pilot. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

On the scaffolding wooden centerings like those used for the flying buttresses were installed. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

Once everyone had eaten and the plates stopped flying, Reyna made a short speech. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Flying was bad enough for a son of Poseidon, but flying straight up to Zeus’s palace, with thunder and lightning swirling around it, was even worse. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

She had a weird sensation they were flying. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She threw herself through the doorway and turned left, flying down the stairwell. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He was so mad the spit was flying out with his words. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The head of the ax—the metal part—was loose, and as she swung the ax, it came flying off. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember staring straight in front of me at the windscreen, seeing nothing of the flying road, my ears still tingling with that spoken word. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I walk toward the crowd and hear people shouting and see hands flying up and down in the air. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Day bolted out of his seat and plowed into the Yugoslavians, fists flying. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Servants rushed in from all over to put out the flames, and they did a good enough job, considering that everything in the room was flying this way, that way, fans and scarves and hats. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Bits of pale gold were flying among delicate frosty-white flakes of cloud, and over to one side the rim of the morning sun was coming up red as blood. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The morning was quiet except for the noise of the little birds flying from bush to bush and the cries of the gulls who did not like these strangers. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sarai kicked at the surface and watched the flying droplets shiver ephemeral rainbows. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

A low rumbling sound comes from within, and then the box suddenly jumps and the sandwich goes flying onto the kitchen floor! Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Just about every flying club in the kingdom joined in, and so many thousands of people applied—free flight training!—that they could only take about a tenth of them. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

That is the plane Maddie was flying when she dropped me here. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I wake up with my heart beating fast, not like flying, kind of like a roller coaster. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

They faced north, gaping like statues cast in the moment of discovery, until Turtle Wexler, her kite tail of a braid flying behind her, raced her bicycle into the driveway. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blow sent me flying off the boat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He shot up from the sand, his hair flying, sand dribbling from his pockets, screaming, “It’s the magnesium. It’s the magnesium.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

It was a lousy night for flying, with low clouds and driving rain. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Now, instead of flying in a predictable line, the Po-2s of the 46th Guards would fly in pairs. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Ruth Nichols began flying airplanes as a teenager and even became the first woman licensed to fly a seaplane. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

The five remaining flying fish in the locker were dead. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

But though they called it the aeroplane, or sometimes the flying machine, Father and I always thought of it as Dragonwings. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked like a carved whirligig toy with six flying arms and a hopping head. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was Christmas break, and she was flying off to Cleveland to visit relatives. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I whirled, one hand flying to my throat in surprise. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He was a warbler and flying very low over the water. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their responses are going to come flying through my phone, so I tuck it into my bag. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Of course, during the war I read a lot about flying, especially about our fighter planes, which were shooting down the enemy. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the views, from a faraway perspective, shows spring in Paris: full of light and color, a palette bright with green grass, blue sky, the French flag flying atop the mill. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Soon we were flying past perfect rows of citrus trees, and that glorious scent was in the air. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The snow moved in no given direction, but filled the world with a vast white storm of flying powder. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I passed the test with flying colors and so did everyone else. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The last couple of days before launch I also had some fun, flying a T-38. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the Hercules Cluster is not flying apart, there must be five times more mass there, gravitationally gluing the cluster together, than we see in its galaxies. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She should be telling me about signs, about how black crows are freedom birds, symbols for slaves flying back to Africa. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

The blackness of the bull’s-eye beckoned, and as she exhaled, she sent the dagger flying. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Outside on the streets, an angry rally was going on, and the SIM were too busy with crowd control to notice a dragonfly helicopter flying by with a terrified mother and daughter inside. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Zed went flying out of the auditorium, Rock hot on his heels. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thoughts were flying around in my head, but I didn’t want to think at all, because a sober part of me knew that what I had managed to get myself into was insanity. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They had been flying half an hour and they were already getting over forest. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Many years later, she said, “I often have dreams about aircraft—of flying. It is my favorite dream.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

She watched a carpenter in his shop across the street sawing wood, sending chips flying. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The next day, as we return home from the market and pass the boys playing cricket, a ball comes flying at us. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Even though the beast stopped, Mr. Flux remained in motion, flying forward, losing his grip on the tufts of fur, shooting across the stream, colliding with Otto in midair. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

At first he had been embarrassed but die pilot had said nothing about it and Brian forgot it as they took off and began flying. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I still feel good, like I’m flying. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

“You will see him,” she said, as the room began to fade and emerge again, flying needles, adult diapers, floating around in the haze that was now my mind. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“I told little Billy here that they were using the big bombing planes an awful lot. His uncle is a bomber pilot. He’s probably flying his plane right now.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Me flying through the night like some crazy old bug, knocking those fence cutters into the air like they’d been thrown from a horse. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

When the taxi stopped in front of the building flying the South Korean flag, Shin’s chest felt heavy. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Aru was aware of Boo flying in frantic circles above them, as if trying to signal something. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Marina decided to introduce the factory technicians to the pilots who’d be flying their planes. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I’m flying, my body light, sweeping through air. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

His white hat flying up into the air. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The car moved forward, stopped short, and I went flying. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

In the shade of the sagebrush the little birds were working, scratching in the leaves, flying restlessly a few feet and scratching again. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the bomb explodes, it sends accusations of injustice and barbarism and cruelty flying out in every direction. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The remaining three, however, were flying on, buffeted hard but keeping to their course. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t press the gold one though, whatever you do. It will make you hover on the wind and people will think you’re flying.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The instant he bellowed the familiar order, Ranofer was flying across the gritty floor as fast as his feet would move. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

You’ll be at a party with a dozen people where bits of conversation are flying by in two or three different languages. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It was flying with Sumac high in the skies. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Over the plains Shadowfax was flying, needing no urging and no guidance. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Their necklaces shattered, sending shards of red flying in all directions. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

They had just stepped down out of the car when the front door burst open and a group of women and children came flying out. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

In short order, the US Army, which maintains thousands of troops in South Korea, forbade its personnel from flying with the airline. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I think of the moment I sent the arrow flying into the apple in the pig's mouth when I was so enraged. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He shimmered with invincibility and ran through both Scott’s and George’s cars, sending them flying into the air and falling back down to the track at a dead stop. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Despite the miserable weather, the planes are flying diligently back and forth. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He shook me by the shoulder and rubbed my head, sending sweat flying off the ends of my hair. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Then run!” cried the man in black, and he broke into a run himself, flying across rocks in the moonlight, pulling the Princess behind him. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Shut up!” the man with the gun yells, spit flying out of his mouth. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

From below a spear came flying, followed by a flight of crossbow bolts. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The pile of bricks Claire hid behind shielded her from the severest heat and most of the flying debris. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

I pictured Mom flying through the air with a rebozo cape billowing behind her and stifled a giggle. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“I told you why. They’ve got me flying lead bombardier most of the time.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

It must be huge, if it means flying me like this to Tokyo. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Even though they were already flying combat missions, he made them drill in high-altitude flying and precision dive-bombing. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“For now, yes, until he tries his next flying machine.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Immediately, far above them, a single seagull was seen to come away from the rest of the flock and go flying off with a long string trailing from its neck. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Piper remembered last winter, flying Festus the dragon over the city of Quebec. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He didn’t say anything, just stared at me wide-eyed, and I said, “Are you scared of flying?” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“No advanced magic. No flying. We’ll probably be stuck working for one of the terrible families on...” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I am flying over the town and up toward the pagoda. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

At first sight it seemed that an enormous horizontal door was flying up the road toward them. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He was flying at breakneck speed, trying to avoid a spurt of flames from Malfoy’s steed’s mouth, when he realized he had forgotten his Firebolt. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The prospect of flying West again, and for a whole week, was very inviting. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now they were flying to Alaska, where she had died once before. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I focus on the stars, and I send love to the aliens flying millions of miles from me in outer space. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He showed his clear commitment to them by flying with them on many of their combat missions, which quickly gained their respect and admiration. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

They roll over a patch of green grass, man and beast, Baba’s curly brown hair flying. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ser Kevan leapt up swearing as the captain of the guard went flying across the room to smash against the hearth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But soaring around, this way, that way, Icarus’ flying pleased him so that he began thinking he was flying on his own merit. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his own mind, he was already flying. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luke nodded, picturing them flying off the road, hitting cows or trees or anything else that would kill them. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

By the time I arrived, I had enough anger to fend off a thousand flying cleavers. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

While William Faulkner sweated in California trying to imagine what their lives must be like, hundreds of young airwomen were flying and fighting and dying over the battlefields of the Soviet Union. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

It took Nina a moment, but then she picked out the Kerch flag and the cheery Haanraadt Bay pennant flying beneath it. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It was early morning on a cloudy day, and we were in the midst of a storm of flying fish. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t believe I was flying with him. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Just to walk without wearing a heavy coat and boots felt like flying. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In AP Language, Britain touches my arm to ask me a question, and I startle so intensely, my pencil goes flying and I almost fall out of my desk. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Two jays came flying straight through the wood, their wings whirring on the air. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Who knew how many Bergs were out there, flying around with dart guns full of who knew what. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The angels rode flying white horses and slashed swords and threw thunderbolts. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

I shook myself and sat up, just in time to see one of Bunny’s shoes flying through my open window. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Turning the corner to X-gallery, I saw three more, one of them larger, like a small campfire, sending bits of burning embers flying into the dark space beyond the fence. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A moment later, Noah’s flying through the air, arms outstretched like he’s on the cross. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The flying saucer creatures who capture Trout’s hero ask him about Darwin. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember thinking that I would have enjoyed flying in space with Colonel Belyaev, despite the fact that our two countries were not friendly in 1967. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a curious sensation, being hit by an oncoming car while flying backward on a bicycle. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The flash and the spark that sent us flying across the world. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

But I wasn’t going to tell Mama that maybe I made myself sick on rootwork and flying. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

A blistering attack would be preferable, some flying fur, a little fire and brimstone. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She saw us sprouting wings, flying up and away. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

A pilot once wrote that the first time he got into a B-24 cockpit, “it was like sitting on the front porch and flying the house.” Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Minli was impressed by how far they had journeyed and how much faster they were able to travel by flying. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s the closest thing I could find about flying,” she explained. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

And while he was resting, over the hill came flying the dark swift, screaming as he went, ‘News! News! News!’ Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, I felt I was with him in the skies, flying through the air. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

And she snapped a little twig off the pine branch she flew with, and sniffed the sharp resin smell with greedy pleasure, before flying slowly down to join the sleepers on the grass. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned up the steam, Laura’s feet were flying; I had her in the air, down, sideways, around; backwards, up again, down, whirling. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chubs had reached for Liam’s legs, steadying him before he could go flying out the window. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The kids flying by on bicycles steer clear of this barefoot old woman in her plastic babushka, but I can tell you she is not deranged. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then came the rest of us: Ruth May with pigtails flying behind her, hurrying mightily because she is youngest and believes the last shall be first. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The American boys were only a length off the pace but still out in the widest part of the lake, bucking the relentless, punishing winds, spray flying from their oars with every release. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m just waiting for the flying monkeys to appear.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

As we pull up to the gate, reporters and fans cluster on the sidewalks, flying little drones in the sky to take as much video as they can. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I wonder,” Petra said slowly “if paintings that float into your mind on their own are kind of like flying frogs or disappearing people.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

The assassin slammed shut the tome, dust flying into the air. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He talked about how frustrated they felt to have to drive all the way from Lagos because the federal government blockade meant Nigeria Airways was no longer flying to the southeast. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Pigtails flying behind her, the ship’s steward, Aly, raced up to them and passed a spyglass to Reed. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The earth quakes under feet Behind, among the flying clods, there are hoof-prints stricken in the ground. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Best go down, m’lord. This wind’s like to push us off the Wall, and I never did learn the knack of flying.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There was no sign of movement; the stars stared back, unblinking, indifferent, unobscured by flying friends. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

And then Gwenforte bounds forward, down the hill, and the children go flying after her. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Chances of us flying my kite on the beach at the crack of dawn? Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He wiped his wet face with his hand and shook like a dog, rain and seawater flying off him, his eyes red. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Another star was flying across the sky, making a silver scratch on the black-lacquered night. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Nancy thought, An angry monkey is like a flying pit bull terrier with five prehensile limbs—these critters can do a job on you. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stand up, and my body moves forward in a jerk, then another, and then I’m flying down the stairs. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

They started flying in circles, running into each other like they wanted to bash their own brains out. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

A little bird with a curved beak was flying around our heads. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This baby’s a powerhouse!” he roared, stomping the accelerator and flying up Interstate 95 as I watched Daddy’s headlights through the back windshield grow dimmer and dimmer, then disappear altogether. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no point in flying us across the country for next to no mothering. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, as I know I am about to pierce the crust of existence, like a flying fish leaping out of the sea, I feel the pull from below. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

But suddenly, one by one, the policemen began flying off the pile as if wrestling a cyclone. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

It was nevertheless extremely dangerous flying, at the limit of the aircraft’s range, and one of the Italian machines had crashed on the glacier. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

After graduating from Las Vegas, I flew the F-86 for four years, accumulating over a thousand flying hours in it. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blasts of wind send snow flying high into the sky. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Worse than Mrs. Maxy when a kid rein to tell her and she came flying into the room. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She imagined Akira growing up, flying a plane and dropping a bomb. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

To keep a clean flag of flame flying on the mountain was the immediate end and no one looked further. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I imagined the roar of helicopters overhead towing flying banners of congratulations— something—anything. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That he is falling and not flying is clear from his position, which is almost upside-down, slantwise to the few clouds; nevertheless he appears calm. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Between them, the Two Kings had six hundred banners flying, five thousand mounted knights, and ten times as many freeriders and men-at-arms. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

You know what it feels like to stroke color onto an Arctic Tern flying off the page, going wherever he wants to go? Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

In her dream, he was flying with his legs straight out in front of him and his tail straight out behind him. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Soon the hay was flying everywhere as the children yapped and tumbled over one another quite playfully, until all three lay at Penelope’s feet. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

She heard an unfamiliar noise, and she looked up to see a flock of white birds flying low over the field, their wings making a noise like sheets flapping in a hard breeze. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“My pilots, flying a mission to tempt the enemy to follow. Watch.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I saw a squadron of Sixer gunships flying in formation, zooming south at low altitude, their sensors scanning the surface as they went. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Amari looked up at a seabird flying above and remembered her little brother. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kicked Frank in the chest and sent him flying backward across the lobby. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

But because it had taken so long to deliver and master the powerful Pe-2 dive-bomber aircraft with its aircrew of three, the 587th Bomber Aviation Regiment still wasn’t flying combat missions. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“He was our pilot. Flew that plane into the ground—kept it flying straight and level so the rest of us could bail out after we were hit.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The rider, a flash of gleaming blue silk, looked like he was flying. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Lads with her experience were flying bombers now. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

How about with this clue: “The sentences are about making and flying a kite.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

He looks up from the book, at the sky, at the darkness gathering, the clouds a deep, beautiful gold, and is momentarily stopped by a flock of pigeons flying dangerously close. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

You can’t keep the birds of sadness from flying over your head, but you can keep them from nesting in your hair. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

And he pushed himself off and felt as if he were really flying now. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Bird wings, bat wings, even flying fish wings. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Horace took his fingers out of his ears and tried to distract Esme by making shadow animals on the wall—a crocodile snapping its jaws, a bird flying—but she hardly noticed. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Lazlo was flying, but there was no joy in it, only the detached recognition that this was the version of the world he had wished for just moments ago. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Mr. and Mrs. Diamondstein were flying up from Florida to celebrate Christmas with the Potters and would be our first paying guests. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

The desk above her moved just a fraction of an inch, sending a bunch of other things flying, and Frankie pulled her free. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The teacher caught her, and Rebecca was so surprised at being caught that she startled, and the gum went flying from her hand and into Hannah Walker’s hair. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

At the edge of my vision, I saw a flying chariot land on Fifth Avenue. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Earlier in the day they’d seen a few airplanes flying ahead. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

What else is a good Christian woman going to do when a Negro comes flying out from between the legs of the richest white woman in Haller County, Kentucky? Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

During World War II, there was an American fighter pilot who was killed flying a Spitfire at the age of nineteen. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a tingle of horror, Harry saw in the distance a huge, batlike shape flying through the darkness toward the perimeter wall. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Maybe flip the whole table and send puzzle pieces flying in all directions. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The wave hit the shore so hard that it sent sand particles flying high up in the sky. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Sahil sent it flying to the floor, and the napkins went everywhere. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

There was a fake, dusty palm tree in the corner of the lobby and flying pink flamingos on the wallpaper. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Henry and Luxa were flying ahead of him, jetting across the river. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jimmy went, “Uh, uh, uh .. “And the next thing I know I’m watching my mouthpiece and my chance to be champ flying out of the ring into the fourth row of seats. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Anya lowered her bow, letting her arrow go slack against the bowstring, gaping at the boy flying above the road. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

From here, we could start jumping, flying, soaring to infinity. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

They acted as temporary flying buttresses until the stone arch was complete. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

With civilians doing this unglamorous but necessary transport work, Britain’s fighter and bomber pilots could concentrate on flying into battle against the Luftwaffe, the fearsome second-to-none German Air Force. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Curved profiles of flying vultures filled the horizon. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Percy, realizing what Harry was trying to do, stopped clinging to the body and helped; together, crouching low to avoid the curses flying at them from the grounds, they hauled Fred out of the way. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It could be just the thing that allowed the Snow Queen’s flying monkeys to find her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Robin ran parallel to the surf line, her pigtails flying. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pictured Bodega back in those days so young, flying with invisible wings. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Towering wooden poles stick up through its center line, already flying Old Glory. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Now, though, instead of magic, what seemed to be flying into the car was everydayness. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nick slams his foot back into the ball, sending it flying toward the house. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“She’s used to flying around outside. If I could just let her out at night —” “Do I look stupid?” snarled Uncle Vernon, a bit of fried egg dangling from his bushy mustache. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Sizzling pieces of wood went flying as the robot and the hare burst outside into the soft snow. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

But when we got there, they’d vanished back into the wall like they knew he was coming, like they didn’t want to waste their flying stunts on him. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ares and Aurora had not been mean or impatient when he and the roaches were scared of flying. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

On her desk sat a stack of books, a journal and pen, and a picture of her dad flying his Sopwith Camel biplane, grinning and giving the thumbs-up. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

A moment later, the pigeon appeared, flying down through the hole to land on her shoulder. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Some of our technology permits us to deny its existence, and we maintain flickers of life for long stretches in one community of cells or another, as though we were keeping a flag flying. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I paint a girl with wings instead of arms, flying along the border where darkness becomes light, unsure of where she's supposed to be. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Behind us, the hat spun out into the morning air in a white blur, like a miniature flying saucer, and landed right smack in the middle of the highway. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, the ball comes flying at us, and, cigarette between his teeth, Charlie steps backward once, twice, once more, as if he’s not in any hurry, as if he knows he’s got this. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Kehaar came flying up the river through the rain and alighted on the narrow side of the punt. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind loosened a lock of her hair, and it danced freely among the flying snowflakes. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I heard you got your rockets flying,” he said to me. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Nyame, like a sun flare that leaped from spot to spot, sent iron monsters flying into the bay with blasts of white-hot energy. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Looking up they saw the clouds breaking and shredding; and then high in the south the moon glimmered out, riding in the flying wrack. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Instead of having to wait until there was an airliner going our way, we could set our own schedules by flying our own planes, and save a lot of time. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moment I awake, I'm up and running, splashing across the pool, flying into the underbrush. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

So he watched as the mosquito patiently probed his hand with the cutting part of her proboscis, then sucked his blood for over a minute before flying off. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Some pilots in other regiments called the Pe-2 a “flying coffin.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Fleur had come out of the cottage, her long silver hair flying in the breeze. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Obviously, an airplane has no way of telling the skin color of the person flying it. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mucky clouds lidded the sunrise but today was bags windier and better for kite flying. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

She was running at us at full speed, and she was screaming, but I couldn’t hear her over the pounding rain until she was so close to us that I could see her spit flying. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He thought of the pigeon flying over the snow-covered land, looking for another window at another bedroom, and he felt bad. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m not fussed, really, I prefer flying,” said Harry, glancing over his shoulder to see where Malfoy was, and speeding up as they came into the entrance hall. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Worse that happens, we make repairs. Might take overnight, but I can get the ship flying again.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

A group of red-cheeked girls playing soccer, ponytails flying, their shouts and laughter carrying faintly over the velvety, twilit field. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She was overshooting the building Flailing in the grasp of the jacket, flying helplessly upward and then down again, she passed the roofs edge. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

For a moment everything got still and quiet, as if the wind had died and the birds had stopped flying. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

No, she corrected herself; a girl not flying a plane. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

She was holding on to the boat straps for dear life, her hair flying straight up like a torch. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

She threw her hands out, and her wand came flying from Barbatos’s hand into hers. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then he was back on his feet again as Mama went flying past. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then John Williams began conducting the amazing flying sequence, of E.T. going across the moon on the bike. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

There was one time he screamed bloody murder in her backyard because a bird had pooped on his head, and she came flying out faster than he knew she could run. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

The man let go, flying forward to land on the walkway; he crumpled to the ground with a grunt but looked okay. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t see what she was writing, only that her hand and pen were flying across the paper, scribbling as though her life depended on it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

For example, the statements “UFOs contain extraterrestrial visitors” and “UFOs are unidentified flying objects” are two entirely different assertions. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How would you feel about flying back to Miami early?” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

There were tales of flying books and pencils and words that pierce the soul. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It could have been the hysteria which put her aim off, but the flying crockery caught Miss Glory right over her ear and she started screaming. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She taught me everything that Father had ever shown her about flying kites. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was flying over buildings, but I couldn’t make out much more through the wear. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He told Dumbledore everything except that Mr. Weasley owned the bewitched car, making it sound as though he and Ron had happened to find a flying car parked outside the station. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Once the radios were installed, the 586th Regiment loved their new Yaks and couldn’t get enough of flying in them. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

We sailed along, wrapped wholly and firmly together, flying twenty miles, twenty miles, twenty miles, twenty miles. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The tourist’s camera was flying one way and his cap was flying another, just like the cowboy’s hat in the rodeo poster. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Revenues from Fischer’s guiding business weren’t nearly enough to make up for the loss of Price’s substantial flying income. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

If we tried, we could reach out and grab that laughter, the way a person can catch sparks flying out from a campfire, or dandelion seeds carried by the wind. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

All I could see were bits of carpet flying past my tripping feet. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He hit the bed flying and climbed all over Jason. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had gold tassels behind its ears and a flying tail and three golden hooves on the ground and one in the air. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

In decent weather we get swarms of Allied aircraft flying over every night, and some in daylight, too. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

As I lie here, bundled in my winter coat and scarf, I can smell Dad’s wafting pot smoke, and I find three planes all flying in a row in the dusky sky. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He said that love and dark matter were the same—the only thing that kept the universe from flying apart. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Tad kicked something that went flying into the wall with an echoing crash as he ran toward the stairs. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Still the wind grew stronger, tearing the edges of the great waves into flying tatters of foam, and still they rowed southwest with the wind behind them. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Though a few ATA women managed to make careers in aviation, British flying jobs went almost exclusively to men. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Such requests never come flying out of the blue. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

A pop sounded and suddenly the hook was flying toward the Berg, the rope spinning out behind it like a trail of smoke. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Among these was an absolute ban on “flying in airplanes of any description,” except with Groves’s explicit consent. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I could explain it by arguing that profiting from a pitiful flying fish’s navigational mistake made me shy and sorrowful, while the excitement of actively capturing a great do­rado made me sanguinary and self-assured. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Before I can even smile good about it, Miss Saunders comes flying into the room. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Fingers flying, Dustfinger slung the pack over his shoulder and tried to push past him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

When work resumed, the flying buttresses of the choir were completed and the centering was readied for the first stones of the vault. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

My heart fell down into an icy crevasse and came back up flying. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I guess trading away your prime of life is a fair price for somebody flying you out of that hellhole. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

With their hair flying and their mouths open, screaming at each other, I realized that none of the sisters had any teeth except for Wasp, who had one mossy yellow incisor. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Percy,” she called, “whatever you’re going to do—” The lion roared and swatted her like a cat toy, sending her flying into the side of a Titan rocket. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“The memories of the ancestors, long buried within her, had emerged majestically. The other slaves looked up to the sky and saw Zalika flying, and the memories came flooding back to them as well. ‘ Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I did not study because I was sick and yet I passed my exams with flying colors! Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

This was a district of suburban streets and small shops, and before long, hawk-eyed Asta, with Ben flying close to her, cried out, “Left! Left!” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I never guessed that one day I would be flying solo around the moon, and enjoying that, too. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It simply fell away from her feet, leaving her flying through midair. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

One of them left the group to follow the flying rag. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He told Captain Piltchard and Captain Wren that he was through flying. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

It was a bitterly cold day, worsened by the wind that lifted the papers along the block and sent them flying across Malcolm X Boulevard. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time, along with many other artifices, they brought a flying carpet. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“We need to look inside the flame in order to understand the—Young lady. No flying in the classroom.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

At first, these women were restricted to flying obsolete training aircraft. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The flying fish are too big for him and they go too fast. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It hit the earth right next to her and she pulled backward, using the javelin like a lever, kicking the Titan Lord and sending him flying over her. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The horses’ flying feet went through the low-banked clouds near the ocean as through a thin sea mist and then up and up in the clear air, climbing the height of heaven. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

They tumbled to the paving stones at the foot of the bridge, the ancient leather splitting, pages of parchment flying. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Twig ran into Mom’s office, her hair flying around her face, as if every strand were fleeing in panic. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Your only hope flying a Po-2 under enemy fire was to stay low, stay quiet, and stay unseen. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

When he regained consciousness, he wasn’t on the flying saucer. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I knew it wasn’t cowardice that sent Travis flying down the road. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Most of them weren’t used to flying, and almost all of them got airsick. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Also flying machines people could fasten on their backs like knapsacks and go zipping all over the world. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I wonder how he felt flying in the air. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Soon her hands were flying to keep up. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a gaping hole, high up, like soaring, flying dragons had attacked the building, leaving a jagged tear of broken glass, bent metal, and concrete. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

And the watchers on the shore saw the wind shift, the waves subside, and the Greek ship leave the harbor, flying under full sail to the sea beyond. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The howling wind ripped apart tents, knocked over trees, and sent barrels flying through the air. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

I’m aware of his hand flying across the page. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

There will also be an American flag no larger than a child’s hand—glued to a lollipop stick and flying from the cash register. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we neared the mouth of New Bedford Harbor, a schooner flying a long green streamer off its mainmast, its sails plump, its bow rising and dipping, came out through the channel toward us. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

And I could write down what Doc said about my flying being something that even he couldn’t do. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I’d love to have enough control to feed myself, but that’s on my list of things I’d wish for— along with walking, and taking myself to the bathroom, and—oh, yeah—flying. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

She called them flying rats and said one got caught in her hair once and went crazy clawing at her scalp. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mom rambled on about the funeral and Dad flying across the country. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Whenever I jump off a swing, it feels like I’m flying. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Soon multiple fairies were flying up to Kendra, peeking in the bowl, and then soaring off. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Even for a flying horse, that had to be rough. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Bodies and food and drinks were flying everywhere. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

But you won’t appreciate my father’s skill if you think flying a kite—any kind of a kite—is just putting a bunch of paper and sticks up into the air. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Male and female hunted together, with weirwood bows and flying snares. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Males and females took turns brooding the eggs and flying to the courthouse park to feast on seeds and bread. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

There’s nothing to stop sparks, burning tree limbs from flying, singeing, killing us all. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Holt consolidated the parcels and sold them to the federal government for the flying field and laboratory. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Amari could see seabirds flying overhead, and she looked with the rest of the women at the faint hint of green in the distance. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

My flying sand ladies washed ashore after years at sea. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

An Arctic tern skimmed low and she jumped to her feet, for it was flying with a determination that she had not seen in the birds all summer. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ball shot like a meteor above the field, flying deep into the surrounding forest. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“He has to be crazy to keep flying combat missions after all the close calls he’s had. Sure, I can ground Orr. But first he has to ask me to.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I shiver, imagining myself on the way to school, tumbling down a cliff, my parrot skirt flying up around me. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

A door shut somewhere inside her rooms, and Celaena jumped, the book flying from her hands. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

How, unbeknownst to me, someone took pictures of my flying sand women and sent them in to CSA. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He crashed through heedless, breathless, icicles flying to pieces before him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But then something happens, and it all comes flying right back at you like thousands of daggers. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

For the stunt, Marina was one of six women, each flying her own plane, and each carrying another woman as a passenger. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

If a bird pooped on a clean white sheet while flying over the clothesline, that meant bad luck. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The Tribune warned that “the hawks, buzzards, vultures, and other unclean beasts, creeping, crawling, and flying, of New York are reaching out to get control of the fair.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He began flying to and fro, getting higher at each turn. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

He pulled back on his speed, wishing this flying pterodactyl game came with power pellets of some kind. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

They were flying over a wild country of steep hills and dark forests, still following the course of the river. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

I was wishing my dad had given me a cool magic item to help on the quest, something as good as Luke’s flying shoes, or Annabeth’s invisible cap. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The plane was flying, but so slowly, so slowly... it would never reach the lake. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Otto was slow answering, returning to notes, his tiny pencil flying across the page. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The one that kept flying into the glass doors off the living room? All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Imagine,” said Grandpa Nyles, “if one day you suddenly saw hundreds of flying saucers in the sky. What would you think? How would you feel?” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

He was very fond of flying fish as they were his principal friends on the ocean. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You looked like a flying porcupine!” he yelled. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Both men were flying blind, neither having had the slightest training in electrical field theory. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She’d paced the deck of their flying warship, the Argo II, checking and double-checking the ballistae to make sure they were locked down. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Finally I had to do the only thing I could think of and powerfully lifted Alma Ember up and back so that she went flying into the water. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

As he gazed, two flying figures in the sky caught his eye. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I immediately turned round and saw an elongated flaming object flying through the sky. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am Cinna’s bird, ignited, flying frantically to escape something inescapable. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Naked and ashen, he leaped from the bed, and with a flying tackle, grabbed his wife around the waist, and they hit the floor. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like a flying arrow, a small dark blur darted toward the guards. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Good girl!” roared a figure running through the dust toward them, and Harry saw Aberforth again, his gray hair flying as he led a small group of students past. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I think he was as surprised as I was to find himself flying. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

But when I push through the door, there’s no flying stationery. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The twigs went flying, bits of marshmallow exploded, and a cloud of glitter burst in the air. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She hits him hard enough to send the wireless mouse flying from his hand across the room. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“What does flying like a dinosaur have to do with libraries?” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

At the time of his death, he says, he is in Chicago to address a large crowd on the subject of flying saucers and the true nature of time. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had the whip in her hand and she was shouting, then she was on the dragon’s back, flying. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He did not know if they were still in the forest or flying through the sky. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Or it might have simply been that Tamara’s leg injury was keeping her from flying with her squadron. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

His face and neck were purple as a beet, and the spittle was flying all over the oblates as he spewed his sermon. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“A fortnight ago I saw two hummingbears. They were flying south. I watched them pass right over the riverfront willows and keep going.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I’m going to make a giant-size, paper flying woman sculpture out of each and every bible passage. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The first thing I see when I wake, still on the couch in the hotel room, are the birds flying over her collarbone. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Owls were flying this night, shrieking to start their prey, and a nighthawk made soft rhythmic whoops in the distance. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now he was lord of the air, flying wherever he would, envied of all. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d passed them further back: two lovers strolling hand in hand, their dæmons, two small birds, flying ahead a little way, pausing to whisper together, and flying on again. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The boy himself came forward, vaulted on to the platform with his cloak flying, and peered into what to him was almost complete darkness. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

She pressed the heels of her hands to her skull and pushed inward, as though to keep her head from flying apart. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

After my last test, I know I should take this seriously, but my mind keeps flying elsewhere. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Soon the pilots and navigators of the 588th were flying a dozen bombing missions or more in a single night, far more than the men in the other Po-2 regiments. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“Then how did he end up flying through the air?” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Because at that moment her strong grip was the only thing keeping him from flying apart. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“That was not flying,” said Roz, looking back at her upside-down son. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Ghost raced ahead of him, flying over the ground, gone in the blink of an eye. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“This is a robbery. Send two of your party to the top of the cliff with all your valuables. No more than two. Leave the magic horse. No flying. No tricks. Just climb.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

An airplane passed overhead on its course to Miami and he watched its shadow scaring up the schools of flying fish. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ran down to meet them, her bushy brown hair flying behind her. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Harry had the sensation that he was flying very fast, backward. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

No flying fish broke the surface and there was no scattering of bait fish. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was sent overseas as a pilot, and I should be flying more combat missions and spending less time on my duties as a mess officer.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The school could have been overtaken by giant flying ants. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

They’d wave and shout insults back and forth about each other’s flying skills, then get back to work. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The last word to come from outside the walls was brought by men flying down the northward road ere the Gate was shut. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Plus, we’d worked hard to get in all the driving hours I needed to get my license, and I’d passed with flying colors. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

On her pillow is the small flying beast. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

And there, Galya said, “I looked behind and saw that all were flying wing tip to wing tip. So Klava said: ‘Just you look at them; they’re flying like in an air show. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Especially not on a flying raft with no seat belts and flimsy ropes for railings. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

There were pieces of cement and splinters of wood flying in every direction, and the air was electric with the flash of gun muzzles and the sparks from the bullets. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The chickens were clucking and flying up into the kola nut tree, where they would sleep. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

All lined up tense; then Go! and down the track they raised the dust in a flying bunch, strung out longer and longer behind Prince Klytoneus. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Washington was the core of gravity that prevented the American Revolution from flying off into random orbits, the stable center around which the revolutionary energies formed. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Alley and street, he took the fastest way, driven by images of Nipper flying into a blizzard of stones. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

There are other documented cases of kids flying by themselves—plenty of cases like this one. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Much as I dream recurringly about shrinking babies, I dream that the sky is covered from horizon to horizon with rows of airplanes, dirigibles, rocket ships, flying bombs, their formations as even as stitches. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rather than turning left out of the Chili Bowl, my foot presses against the gas pedal, almost flying across the street and into the parking lot of Harpy’s. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

But the tables were surrounded by flying elbows, so I settled next to Grandma. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I remember one night flying from Dover, Delaware, to Houston, Texas. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

His enemies, mocking him, put it about that he was working on a flying machine, and indeed he admitted that the thought had crossed his mind. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The numbers were flying too fast and furious. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The ring was meant to catch flying chips of stone, but hardly ever did so. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His spirit rose flying and released him from fear and bitterness and rancid memories. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Throughout the day Root had experienced strange dreams, including one that had come to him many times in the past of flying through the air. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Minli slept on and off; the smooth ride of the flying dragon made it easy for her to sleep. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Is it true your son died flying, Uncle? I heard you made him enormous wings, but they failed.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

A second later my suitcase came flying out of the door. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

He also had a radio for communicating with the state team back in Milagro or down at Dona Luz, and with the helicopter once it was up and flying. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I never would have guessed that any flying rat thing could be good,” Florida said. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

We’re in Turkey yet here is my country’s flag flying high and proud. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

We gathered them with flying fingers and greedy hearts and bore them away in triumph, with a glow at least as bright as the sun on those shining scales. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I was confused from the flying, but I definitely heard a voice. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

There is practically no difference between flying in the water and flying in the air. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Descending quickly it dives, flying directly at Celia and not wavering or slowing as it reaches the stage, but approaching at full speed. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The whole ceiling was a maze of rafters crisscrossing and flying up from wooden columns on the floor. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Uncle Woody took everything Mr. Lemoncello had about tree squirrels, ground squirrels, and flying squirrels.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Even when your plane is flying in a windless sky, a mechanical failure can make it difficult or impossible to fly. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Irina Rakobolskaya, the 46th’s chief of staff, could tell how difficult the night’s flying might be just by the way a nervous pilot smoked a cigarette between missions. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I needed another dose of the fearless, flying Styx. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

LeAlan: If it was flying right over our heads and I saw it was fixing to hit something? Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The kite! Its background blends into the clouds! Looks like it's just the dragon flying up there! What a beaut you picked! I’ve worked out how to do a double loop!” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The plane, which was flying along in otherwise unremarkable fashion, literally fell out of the clear blue sky and crashed to the ground. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The computer-controlled descent was taking Eagle into an area covered with huge boulders, and Neil had to keep flying until he found a smoother spot to land. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Imagine having Frightfuls flying above the mountains and rivers of the Catskills again.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

It is what allows our attention to be captured instantly, without our control, say, by the sound of our name, or a bird flying by, or the ring of the phone. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

A blond woman with a messenger bag flying out by her side dashed into the woods, shooting blindly behind her without turning back to cover her escape. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Maddie did not answer, and after half an hour of flying over the serene, smooth, silver and black eternity of the English Channel, Queenie asked suddenly, “What are you worrying about?” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Before the noon break of the next day, a flying shuttle had grazed the girl’s shoulder, and she had let the shuttle run out of weft, ruining several inches of cloth. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

When the sun struck them suddenly, flying through windy clouds, the brightness was almost more than Marly could bear. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Tiny flakes floated into the deep intersecting lines of footprints, and for a moment I felt myself slow, watching the way the snow was neither flying nor falling. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

They jumped in en masse, swimming like birds flying through a sky gilded with fragrant bubbles, while José Arcadio floated on his back on the edge of the festivities, remembering Amaranta with his eyes open. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

It went by like a little flying saucer, then crashed in the dirt. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it grew dark while they were in the air—and none of the three pilots in Tamara’s squadron had done any night flying in fighter aircraft at all, not even in training. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Before I could see who it was, I found myself flying through the air. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pictured myself as a pheasant flying frantically over the men with the guns, swerving and dipping as the guns exploded below me. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

All he knew was that in a few minutes they were flying free and leaving the spiders far behind. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But she already had the phone in her hand, her thumbs flying over the buttons. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Moths and tiny flying insects drifted out of the cave mouth, carried in a steady, cool flow of air. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Vengeance ought to be spoken through gritted teeth, spittle flying, the cords of one’s soul so entangled in it that you can’t let it go, even if you try. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Taylor said in awe just before the explosives took out a section of trees and sent Adina flying back on her butt. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

So the engineers, who knew more about flying vehicles than any others, began scaling the next learning curve. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

A crushing blow struck my chest — I felt myself flying backward, and then heard the crunch as my head bashed into the mirrors. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

But the best thing about flying any of the kites was what it did for Mother. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bedroom doors shatter, wood flying in all directions. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

There on the hill-brow she stood beckoning to them: her hair was flying loose, and as it caught the sun it shone and shimmered. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Pieces of mashed potato and hot dog were flying everywhere. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then I’ll just keep flying missions until the war ends, I guess. Some of us have to survive.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“That would take forever. What is your objection to flying in an airplane?” Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as we leave, she is practically flying. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

As the rod went up, specially built machines measured the flying neutrons, clicking loudly as more and more neutrons were released inside the pile. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The 587th Bomber Aviation Regiment had been flying in combat for only about six months when they suffered their heavy casualties and reinforcements in the summer of 1943. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Fourteen young women were in charge of keeping all the 586th’s Yaks armed and flying. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Our bombers were flying every day from Saipan and Guam to make raids on Tokyo. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of flying along with the Po-2s, they wove and dived around them. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

She skipped away lightly, her dark hair flying behind her. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In his mind he could see them flying to India, then hopping on a flight to Peshawar. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“I’m not going to run after those flying termites, I am just going to look,” Obiora said. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I bounced it up and down for everyone to see and they squealed so loud Mrs. Maxy came flying in. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cleared away the episodes of Riptide and Misfits of Science I’d programmed and dropped in a few back-to-back flicks starring Gamera, my favorite giant flying turtle. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Ibises, with wings clipped to keep them from flying away, stalked through papyrus grass and hunted frogs under the lily pads. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And a mind movie plays in my head of a silver rocket with blue stripes flying to the moon with Keisha, Albert, and me strapped in. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

The camera tracked Mom as she followed the shark, as though she were flying by us. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Funny how one person entering a room full of dark things can send them flying. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

That left Father all his free time to work on flying. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The revolver jumped back, smacking Ernie right in the face, then flying out of his hands. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The valleys, far beneath them, were so green, and all the streams which tumbled down from the glaciers into the main river were so blue, that it was like flying over gigantic pieces of jewelry. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

She even bounced a little in the air before flying speedily down the length of the throne room toward the door. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Yevdokia was always there on the dark airfield to give instructions to the women who were flying that night, and to hear their reports when they returned. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

In a fancy blue uniform and flying in a plane like this every day. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Would she Understand that fire was not light or flowers moving toward her, or flying golden hair? Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told you, the answer is flying, not crying. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Dad wasn’t the kind who believed in angels flying around. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

He could jury-rig the Archimedes sphere into some sort of flying device, maybe, but only if he had his tool belt—which he didn’t. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, they went so fast, the two of them, that it seemed as if they were flying. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

“Here’s richness!” cried Jo, flying in to tell the news to Meg. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first twin goes fifty-fifty and blames it on the time zone change and her jet lag from flying in from Louisiana to New York. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

At around twelve thirty, word came from the far side of the mountains that sentinels had seen the capsule flying past. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Jonathan, forgetting his role entirely, rushed in with both fists flying. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Hundreds of hours’ night flying required, and fluent French, and though they could only take volunteers, they were such a secret operation that they weren’t allowed to actively recruit anyone. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

In a second he was flying upward again, a mouse in his talons. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

With arrows flying every day, weapons and armor are more coveted than gold. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The snakes had made him able to understand the language of all flying and all creeping creatures. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

But rather than flying back at her, bouncing against the wall of wind, the fruits fell, plummeted over the edge to the waves below. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I had seen moths and winged insects pouring from the mouth of the cave, and it occurred to me that some of them must be flying all the way to the back. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he wasn’t flying it, he locked it securely in his trunk and frequently dashed back up to Gryffindor Tower at break times to check that it was still there. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He wondered who was flying the plane and where he was going. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

In and out, one punch at a time, two jabs, and Rivera was grunting, uh . . . uh, as he tried to find Alfred in the dazzling light and the flying sweat. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Twig’s flying to New York to see her dad tomorrow, but she changes the subject anytime I mention it. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The words punched me in my chest, and suddenly I was flying backward, yanked by an invisible string through the door and down the hallway, until I was abruptly dumped at the entrance. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He lost his sight when he was flying a helicopter for the U.S. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was Alec—and suddenly bodies were flying everywhere.The man had charged forward and leaped into the fray, taking down half the people trying to get to Mark. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

We watched still-mounted camera footage of urine flying out of a cell and drenching an officer as he walked, unsuspecting, down a hallway. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then it was bullets flying over us, not snow. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Malfoy spun around on the spot, his hand flying to his wand, but at that precise moment the four Heads of House shouted, “Quiet!” and silence fell again. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

My favorite part of flying is when we break through the clouds. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

The sun was down beyond the Methodist church now, and the pigeons were flying back and forth around the steeple, and when the band stopped I could hear them cooing. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

For twenty seconds at a time, I could practice opening the Gemini hatch, getting out, and “flying” or walking over to the side of a make-believe Agena built out of wood. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Space Needle looks like a flying saucer with ivory legs rooted in the ground. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Each morning they shook tarantulas and scorpions from their boots and tied handkerchiefs over their mouths in a hopeless effort to keep out the flying sand. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Although the weapon was beyond my comprehension, there was nothing about flying an airplane that I did not understand. If this bomb could be carried in an airplane, I could do the job.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Katya was one of the four flying friends whom Marina had assigned so they could stay together. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The owl told me that in all the years he had been flying, he had never seen a human being near it. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

There was drama here, I can tell them—thousands upon thousands of us crossing the Rappahannock with banners flying, drums rolling, and our instruments of death gleaming in the sunlight. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hoped the others were safe, but she had to put all that out of her head and concentrate on the scribbled names flying beneath her fingers. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Funerals bring out the best in people. Am I lying or flying?” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember wondering if any birds ever walked through the sky up there instead of flying over the gorge. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t a bit interested in the flying part, but he liked the story and the fact that places were named for his people. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cat changed direction, and the boys tore after it, doubled back toward the hives, straight into the path of the flying honeycomb. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“He’ll try to thread a needle with a horse as the flying field turns down the last bend for home, and you must salute him for his courage, if not his judgment.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I waited a minute, then I kicked his desk hard enough to send his math book flying off the table and to the ground. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Is it best for the men in the group who will have to keep flying more missions?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Within six years, biplanes were flying for more than an hour and climbing to heights of one thousand feet. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Inside are oats and water buckets and horseflies flying sleepy loops but no horses. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

With man’s instinct to capture anything running, flying, swimming or crawling, they gave chase, throwing their ragged caps at it in advance of their coming. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the ax handle come ’live; it shakes and cracks into long skinny splinters, Pap screams, and his hands come flying off the handle like it had turnt itself into a lightning bolt.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

She’s not saying anything, so I ramble on, my hands flying around in the air. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I regret the words even as they’re flying out of my mouth. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Two came flying at him rattling their wings, but the big one came circling from behind, very swift, to burn him and his boat with its breath of fire. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The whole package disappeared in a few minutes, wrapping paper flying away in the wind. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even from a distance, Jesper could see the stacks of bills in palest Kerch purple, emblazoned with the three flying fish, row after row of them, bound in paper bands sealed with wax. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Pieces went flying inward, and Tyrion heard a woman's gasp of fear. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I just want to go on flying and flying in the moonlight. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The smog blanketing Tehran was transformed into dense orange clouds by the lights of the city below, and then we were flying through it and I couldn’t see anything else. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Apart from the occasional night landing, there wasn’t much to the actual flying that Maddie found challenging. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

By now Father had hung huge models of the flying machines—some up to six feet in wingspan—from the rafters, and these would twist and turn as if they were giant captive moths. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I loved being up on deck, where I watched the sea and glimpsed dolphins, sharks, and flying fish. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ted Hall saw the flying green flame from his spot in the truck. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

What are your thoughts on the feasibility of flying at the speed of light? The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The next night we were ready as the food came flying over the wall again. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The sound of flying darts cutting through the air to his left and right, finding targets, urged him to hurry, erasing any other thoughts from his mind. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

As though the red wash flying from veins not theirs is facial makeup patented for its glow. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fact that he knew absolutely nothing about either mountaineering or flying didn’t strike him as a major impediment. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

When she passes with flying colors, I'm not surprised. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Back in the bow he laid the two fillets of fish out on the wood with the flying fish beside them. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Six months later, I was a fighter pilot flying Hurricanes all round the Mediterranean. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a recent dream, Abigail reported, she was riding in a coach when, suddenly, several large cannonballs were flying toward her. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Campers would be having their lessons today, flying pegasi and practicing archery and scaling the lava wall. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

His horse’s hoofs, however, had no sooner clattered on the cobbles than she came flying from her tower room to welcome him with delight. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she were going to do that, she would have departed last spring when I was flying her free. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

His violin shoots out a black bullet straight into Harp’s forehead and the bullet keeps flying straight into Gully’s forehead, right behind Harp! The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

And the most unexpected person of all comes flying toward me, her arms flailing as she shrieks, “SURPRISE!” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Even for Roman demigods, the name conjured up an image of a silly winged baby with a toy bow and arrow, flying around in his diapers on Valentine’s Day. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“If it gives way suddenly, you’ll go flying. Just pull it off with your teeth.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were very small to look at, yet he knew, somehow, that they were huge, with a vast stretch of pinion, flying at a great height. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell him about all the marvelous times I had had flying his kites, but I did not know how. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just like that, my mother came flying out the front door, another ball or roll or whatever you call it of yarn in her hand and two more needles. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I think Malloy had just taught me the left hook, and I hadn't really got it down yet, so my arms were flying all over the place. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

They settled down in the boat, Harry still staring at Hagrid, trying to imagine him flying. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Between the flying sand and the dizziness, I have to squeeze my eyes shut. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Here I am, big, bad Marcus Vega, totally afraid of flying. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

She went flying down the hall and started pounding on Daniel’s door. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Blind flying” is what early aviators called air navigation using instruments in poor visibility. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I was trying to ignore them, concentrating instead on a plan for my escape, when a milk carton came flying at me, hitting me on the forehead. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went on kicking, kicking Mariam now, spitde flying from his mouth, his eyes glittering with murderous intent, kicking until he couldn’t anymore. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

A flock of pelicans floated over us in the shape of a V and kept on flying, straight toward the great Gulf of Mexico. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“There are flying squirrels, you know. They exist. In fact, there are some theories that posit that all squirrels are descended from the flying squirrel. In any case, flying squirrels themselves are a documented fact.” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

“You’re okay. I promise you don’t have to worry about boulders chasing you or flying off a snowy mountain today.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Surely are. Like birds flying south in the winter.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

They could knock our players flying—Maya, Tino, Henry D., Hernando—all of them were flying through the mud at one time or another. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take a deep breath as I turn to the window, as if I’m actually expecting to find boulders and headless birds flying my way. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Far to the west of Saratov and Stalingrad, across the English Channel, British women—and a few from other Allied nations as well—were also flying planes to support the war effort. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

But all that flying had worn him out. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Navigating using instruments without being able to see the ground was known in the early days of aviation as “blind flying.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“And what have you done with your tag numbers?” the man shouted, flecks of spittle flying from his lips. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

When we were close enough to see the sweat flying and hear all the music, Pa called out, “Leroy!” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

And then she was walking again, striding with a powerful confidence, her hands flying about as if she were drying just-painted fingernails. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

"Nothing," the master said, "only that I have painted this dragon on the ground, not flying in the sky like all other dragons. Perhaps the magistrate will see how his wealth weighs him down." Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Fern went flying through the house in search of Ma Charles’s tambourine. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Little kids out here playing, flying kites, having life. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometime since this morning the bees had finally gotten around to flying off. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She admitted she had been a little nervous about flying into Peshawar, because it had become dangerous for foreigners. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Had all that flying through the air just been her excitement at being part of this magical new world? Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Three of the Grievers swarmed on him at once, their long pincers and claspers and needles flying in from all directions. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“You will be flying, too, one day soon,” Chucha reminds me. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

In the chaos, Thalia and I tackled the other two skeletons on the stairs and sent them flying into the condiment table. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

She was flying high; I think because now she really was a big part of the concert again. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama came flying out with my sisters right behind her. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tries, but she makes some weird noise, spit flying, and I’m cracking up. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

But it meant so much to me to have it said and out and free and flying-—that was the discontent I endured the night my father stopped reading, I realized right then. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The reader does not need to be informed that a guy named Bob was flying one of the helicopters. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Frightful was over the goshawk nest, and she was flying hard. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I took a flying leap off the carousel, stretched out my arms, and trapped the baby screecher under my coat. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

It's like saying that come Christmas, a magic dustpan flies in from the North Pole, led by eight flying cinder blocks. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Most of them had their eyes closed in total delight, like they were imagining themselves flying or something. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I took three running steps, leapt into the air, and then I was flying. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I picture him running toward the ships, with arrows flying all around, and him with no armor. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Billy saw the war movies backwards then forwards—and then it was time to go out into his backyard to meet the flying saucer. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the flying machine and the control system sound funny, you have to keep in mind that these machines were among the first ever built. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The white vans were pulling up, and these fat plastic bags were flying out the windows, bursting like water balloons in the homes of the football fans of Lake Windsor High School. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alfhercht shook his head and spoke with his hands as well, fingers flying. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She tested the equipment by flying at high speeds in the dark over the Gulf of Mexico. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

He set upon the wood-rat burrow, digging downward, sending the earth flying. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He tried to keep his mind on flying, but something else kept intruding.... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I got my first fright when I reported to flying school and flunked my eye exam. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In elementary school, she raced around at recess, and it was all about speed, how fast she could go, the feel of her ponytail flying out behind her. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

At that time in Germany, all crawling things were called “worms” and all flying things “birds.” The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“The Shu sent them. They were just sitting in First Harbor, cannons out, red flags flying, stuffed to the sails with gold.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I was tempted to peek, just to see if he was really flying through the forest like before, but I resisted. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

They represented the German’s deadly planes flying overhead. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

His sword went flying, his pony cantered away across the bailey, and a great gale of derision went up. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He reached me in one stride, grabbed my arm, and shook it so hard, plums went flying from my basket. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I was flying much too close to your building in any case, and I survived the crash without a scratch, now didn’t I?” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Madam paced again, her hair flying loose, her manner quite unsteady. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wild exhilaration of flying hits me, and I grin with familiar delight. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Aaron slams Manchee sideways with an arm, sending him flying into the bushes. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Bobcats, bears, red and gray foxes, beaver, skunks, raccoons, flying squirrels, and our friends the salamanders exist in admirable numbers, though you don’t often see them, as most are nocturnal or wary of people. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Even though there was an endless buzz of activity around the stand and the chips were flying out of the bowls faster than Megan could restock them, they weren't selling much lemonade. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

“I understand. I thought you were for flying off on some excursion. It is better so: Hannah shall go with you.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The bird thought it was flying into the air and the trees, just like on any other day. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Do you really think that’s why Grandma wants us to go to that school? Because she saw my flying sand women?” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

It had allowed me to fall in love with flying. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

My other coworkers, too, like to joke around, and I find myself laughing and dancing around the kitchen and happily flying up and down the stairs. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Six gyropters, flying fast, one of them seemingly in trouble, for smoke trailed from it, and it flew lower than the others. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

In Solomon’s store he found Omar and Solomon shaking sacks of okra into peck baskets and he still felt the sense of lightness and power that flying had given him. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mech is flying, his metal blade wings beating so hard that they form a whirlpool in the lake’s water. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

His flying ruby orb dropped to the floor with the scroll cases. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The bombsight would then take over flying the plane, follow a precise path to the target, calculate the drop angle, and release the bombs at the optimal moment. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

The heat shimmer and the distance made it impossible to see any details, but the other balloon was larger, and flying higher. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A low cloud in the air turned out to be tiny flying antlike creatures by the millions. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were flying, the logs of the raft rearing out of the water on pressure ridges, slamming back down so hard it rattled his teeth. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was preparing letters and lectures about the flying saucers, the negligibility of death, and the true nature of time. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Noor held on to her mother’s sobbing body, trying to comfort her as best she could, her horrified gaze flying from her father to Fadi. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

It riiust have been one of the strangest sights ever, even for the Bay Area: a silver flying chariot pulled by deer, escorted by a Sopwith Camel. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Neville’s aim was so poor that he kept accidentally sending much heavier things flying across the room — Professor Flitwick, for instance. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Just as I stuck my face up to the crack, the door flew open, knocking me on the forehead and sending me flying backward, to land on my huckle bones in the mud. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Hope you ain’t too sick of painting to want to get that done and ready for flying.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was sometime in January when calls started flying from the stands: “Siddown!” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I recognized the braid flying out behind the third runner as he rushed by, holding his rifle against his side, bandana up over his nose. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

And each morning I would see nothing except the birds flying over the sea. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a second she was worried he’d been hit by some flying debris or something, but then he spoke and she understood. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

They joined arms with other jockeys to “clothesline” riders trying to cut between horses, formed obstructive “flying wedges” to block closers, and bashed passing horses into the inside rail. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this one, I’m flying just above the water—my stomach almost touching it. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Chitchat piled them up, and then Brightbill swung his big foot and the acorns went flying. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Even though they weren’t flying combat missions, the air work that British women were doing was so impressive that the Americans decided they needed to check it out. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

They chased her to the end of the pier, and without breaking her stride the woman bounded up a set of crates and took a flying leap over the water, arms outspread like wings. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She shook her head and sent the meat flying against the rocks. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

His flying shoes sprang to life and started tugging his legs in the other direction as he shouted, “No! I just got to a new level! No!” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

In the space program, we prepared for such emergencies by “flying” simulators. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt almost airborne, flying down the street. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Reveling in the removal of his Trace, Harry sent Ron’s possessions flying around the room, causing Pigwidgeon to wake up and flutter excitedly around his cage. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

At this everybody felt uncomfortable, and Kay, instead of flying into his usual passion, hung his head. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

In front of the flying machine was a pair of smaller wings, about four feet long and about a foot apart, which the Wrights called horizontal rudders. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Galina, flying after Marina, could hardly see the wings of her own aircraft—let alone the two other planes in the formation. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

And there is a whole subgenre of ancestor research—sons and daughters flying to New York clutching scrapbooks, tracking down letters of indenture, photographs, birth certificates. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“But if Marsha Jean succeeds in stealing the magic globe, then Florence will be flying through darkness and won’t see anything at all, and how will she help people then?” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

She tried to keep herself from picturing pakuks, the skeletons of little children, flying through the woods, or the icy breath of giant windigos striding over the ground, cracking trees off with every foot crunch. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

There is no panic and dropped napkins and hair flying. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It was impossible for either of them to be anything but elated—one of them on her way to France, the other flying the plane. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Roamer yells about fifteen hundred expletives as Charlie sends it flying right back. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was like flying in a twilight which had reduced everything to shades of the same colour, and, as in the twilight, there was a considerable amount of gloom. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went up turning and flying and threw it down on a bad reverse slam and I could hear everybody screaming. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Or when she was gathering firewood, she would catch sight of that winged creature again, flying high against icicles hanging like teeth from a cavernous ceiling. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe it means only now you can hear birds flying, forming a V overhead. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

And there was something else, which suddenly scuttled between her feet, nearly sending Coraline flying. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

What they had in common was that they were all expert pilots with at least a commercial rating and more than 2,000 hours of flying time. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

That night I dreamed of flying and plane crashes and Judy stealing my lollipop. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gathered me up and pressed me to her, as if her body could hold me together, could keep me from flying apart. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Her phone is already out, fingertips flying as she types. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“This baby’s a powerhouse!” he roared, stomping the accelerator and flying up Interstate 95 as I watched Daddy’s headlights through the back windshield grow dimmer and dimmer, then disappear altogether. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept his balance for a few seconds, but when he pulled a wheelie the bike went flying. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

With all these veiled messages flying through the air, World War I soon became the war of the code breakers. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

So let’s say Maddie was flying a pink Spitfire, but not up to the soaring blue heavens like the fighter pilots. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

For example, Kseniia Sanchuk had been flying supply and medical missions on the front lines since the beginning of the war; she was insulted to be sent to Marina’s new group for “training” purposes. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Max grabs his plank of wood, steps toward the curtain, and I’m turning Helena, ready to run to the bedroom, when the door is kicked open, a little explosion of splinters flying from the lock. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Before she crawled into the bunker, she looked up and saw the gliding bomber jets, hawklike, flying startlingly low, with balls of gray smoke around them. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Lilya took these losses hard, and her flying and fighting hardened, along with her personality. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“Don’t know. Maddy told us all to go different ways. Since I was flying solo, I went all the way around the greenbelt first to get them off track.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He turned to his mother and said, “Ma, there’s an airship flying this way.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He said, too, that he had been kidnapped by a flying saucer in 1967. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas couldn’t believe he was still looking upon a human being—the madness in Ben’s eyes, the phlegm flying from his mouth, the pale skin stretched taut across his veins and bones. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Last night I could hardly enjoy thinking about those rats flying off the stage for worrying about her crying. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

They had been flying at ten thousand feet. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He announced that they were flying low over the city so the passengers could survey the damage. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The other winged shoe tugged itself off, circled around us angrily and kicked our heads in protest before flying off into the chasm to join its twin. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Jewels and chunks of gold shot from the fissure with such force, they cracked the cavern walls and sent shrapnel flying, stinging Hazel’s skin through her jacket. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It was worth it to the butterflies flying over the corn. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

And then, like a gust of wind, the music picks us up and we are flying in hang gliders like birds over the mountains, swooping in valleys and rising over peaks. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time Frightful scanned the sky for thieves before flying with it to the rooftop. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Their next adventure was with the Harpies, frightful flying creatures with hooked beaks and claws who always left behind them a loathsome stench, sickening to all living creatures. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s all she can do to restrain herself from flying at his face with her claws out like a feral cat. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Because of the state of the roads he beat them to the hospital in Seattle, flying through the clouds in a medevac helicopter. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Despite the popularity of celebrity female aviators such as Amelia Earhart, the general public in the United States felt that women should not be flying. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

When I was young, my father used to hold me over his head and run with me so I felt like I was flying. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Fine. It’s just the few lines. It’s I’m feeling restless, reckless, like flying up at night and never coming down.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

They had stopped flying and were now perched side by side around the hole on the ceiling, peering down at us from the darkened heavens. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“He’s no more capable of fraud than of flying,” she said flatly. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

He went flying into the bar, knocking over a couple of glasses. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I saw a kite flying nearby and tracked it. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Now, if you have never been hit by a flying burrito, count yourself lucky. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Yanna almost shrieked, the words trailing behind her as she burst forward, running faster than a flying dragon, to meet the visitors. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The last person in the squadron Major Major wanted to be brought down with a flying tackle by was Yossarian. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Then he leaned over the side and washed the flying fish in the water, noting the speed of the water against his hand. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wasp keeps flying at the glass over and over and over, like it doesn’t know the difference between glass and open air. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

But the idea of flying in space did not cause this kind of fear, only a vague uneasiness that something might go wrong. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

My second-grade classroom turned out to be a mayhem of unruly kids and flying erasers, which had not been the norm in either my experience or Craig’s. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

And right before the sun goes down, before the rush of knives chopping, food flying, and “Order ready!” singing out, Uhmma will come out of the kitchen and give us our dinner. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

In flying 1,890 miles, the farthest anyone had ever flown, in 15 hours and 57 minutes, they had become the first to conquer the Atlantic nonstop. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“It’s a flying dream, except it tastes salty. You don’t have to be afraid of us. Were the nice kind of rich people.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

With one swipe of my hand, I sent my whole Matchbox car collection flying from the top of my bookcase. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Valley gave the cuco one good kick of her boot, and the cuco went flying backward while she and Thorn ran to Seven’s side. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

There are no keys flying through the air. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

It’s bright blue and purple and says Gertrude Nix Rock Camp for Girls, with pictures of girls screaming into microphones, guitars weighing down their shoulders, drumsticks flying. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Like me, I think this is Jay’s first time flying. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

If I had been on the street that day, with bullets flying toward me, he would have stepped into their path. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“All of flying is easy. Just takes learning. Like everything else. Like everything else.” Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Victims tried to peel the flies off, but whatever type of poison those flying iron monsters carried, it was potent. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

‘See! Some of the Southrons have broken from the trap and are flying from the road. There they go! Our men after them, and the Captain leading.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The local Royal Air Force squadron has been flying bombers from that field since 1936. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Arm wished he was down there rather than flying to Dead Man’s Vlei. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The wheel-net spiders are most important, for the webs of some of them are so narrow-meshed that they can catch all flying insects. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

She was no longer a nestling but a fledgling, a flying member of bird royalty—the family Falconidae. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Then as we moved off a group of boys ran among us and the men started using their lights, revealing darting figures in blonde wigs, the tails of their stolen dress coats flying. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

One mouth closed on a spoon meant two crying empty, feathers flying, so I dashed back and forth like a mother bird, flouting nature’s maw with a brood too large. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Where a rat had gone, a flying fish would follow. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I watch the parrot checking in with the crew members one at a time, landing on their shoulders, or perching atop their heads for a few moments before flying off to the next. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

It might even be under “F” for flying things. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought you didn’t like flying,” Thandiwe murmured, eyeing Old Familiar cautiously. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I am flying and floating, light as a petal. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Corvids don’t give a flying tail feather about height,” Bongo said. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

All he could do was lamely try to outrun a flying machine, an impossible task. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I thought the planes were Russian at first, flying so low that Marysia’s dishes rattled. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Three of them,’’ he said, “and flying French colors.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when she looked up, she saw a flock of birds flying by. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

As Ernie got closer, Samantha stopped barking and just panted, her tongue dangling from her mouth like taffy, spit flying everywhere. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Eight women came, thrilled that a female pilot was finally getting the chance they had been denied so long ago and perhaps a little sad that they weren't flying along with her. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

“One of my workers just came in saying there was a man flying above the factory.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

It was the flying machine, its thundering beat now obvious above the raging fire. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The rabbits started hopping and the birds started flying and the lizards started leaping and the snakes started slithering and Winn-Dixie started barking and chasing everything that was moving, and Otis shouted, “Help me!” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of furniture flying, David shouting, a lamp breaking. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I imagine her flying around the training equipment never touching the floor. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I stop still, watching her running figure with the coat flying out on either side and the unwieldy overshoes, as if she’s just some other person I’m watching, someone in a race. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The irony is I have a fear of heights, which prevented me from flying to Washington, D.C., and New York with the Freedom Writers. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

At the same time, the trumpets were blasting like a herd of elephants, with Dizzy’s horn flying high above everything else. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She leaps into the waves and comes back up again, her locks flying with salt water everywhere. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She began to move in fanning circles, now flying the sleeves in the air, now trailing them on the grass, dancing in the middle of the light. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only the harpies were unafraid; they took to their wings and soared above, scanning backward and forward, flying back to reassure those still in the tunnel, flying ahead to search for the way out. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then he dove suddenly and the old man saw flying fish spurt out of the water and sail desperately over the surface. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was traveling from Warsaw, Poland, following a weeklong training camp, and my mother and Faizah were flying directly from the United States to meet me in Greece. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Green glass shards go flying and several pieces land on the clear plastic of the newly uncovered skylight. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Nope. But if the baseballs come flying over the prison wall, you get to keep ’em.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lazlo stood rooted, experiencing the full meaning of useless as a wave of enemies hurtled toward them, moving with uncanny fluidity, flying at them as though launched. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

On Libra, if people felt hostile, they would be urged to put their energies into athletic contests or other competitive events, or simply to let off steam by going flying. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She screamed and threw her body into Vonetta like a missile flying into outer space. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Demand ran outside, her lower leg gashed by flying glass and her shoe filled with blood. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Because Rocky is a flying squirrel!” added Andrew eagerly. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Some medieval depictions of comets resemble unidentified flying crucifixes. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Helena, I know I’ve told you this twenty thousand times, but you need challenges bigger than Baked Alaskas. Julia's flying the nest this year. Why don’t you think about going back to work?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“I’ve seen them flying west with the fish in their talons.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Technically, flying paper airplanes from here is littering. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

To leap off and sail through the air as those women had—like flying, like a bird, so free. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Hair went flying and slowly falling to the tops of everything on the floor. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I imagined riding on the backs of those cranes, flying to wherever he was. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sins were flying around that room like blackbirds in a cornfield. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

They had been off Alicante about a week when a ship flying the American flag anchored near them—the Ember, from Salem, Captain Gorman commanding. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She landed six imaginary punches sending six imaginary bullies flying. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

We saw the planes flying low, looking like hornets. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were relieved to see the red stars on the wings, but stared at Raya in amazement when she climbed out of it—a woman flying a fighter plane! A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Out in the dust-clouded yard, Riker’s tyrannosaurus leaned down and gobbled up a man in a prison uniform, then swept its tail in a wide arc, clobbering two knuckleskulls and sending their riders flying. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

To write about someone is so personal, even in a world with fire-breathing children and flying dragon services, and a lot of the good stuff between me and Hudson is there. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Wilson bought a fabric-winged Gypsy Moth, christened it Ever Wrest, and learned the rudiments of flying. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

"There was hissing, then bang, bang, sparks flying all over the kitchen, red sparks, purple sparks." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

She liked the look of her long dark hair flying out behind her, her long legs in their black socks, and her flapping red jacket. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The raincoat flapped in the wind and started flying about the bridge. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

We were flying to a new life on the other side of the world. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

A burly white man in a union jacket charged through a line of people, fists flying. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

"Oh, I was. I was flying past the stars on silver wings," Matilda said. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

How Shelob came there, flying from ruin, no tale tells, for out of the Dark Years few tales have come. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Her fingers kept flying over the surface of the cell phone. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Grover fluttered with his flying shoes to the lowest bough of a tree, put his back to the trunk, and stared at the night sky. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The flying thing came closer and circled the ship on outspread wings. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

We were at the pagoda, and I was flying paper airplanes. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He tapped his thumbs against his revolvers and said, “When the bullets start flying, you may find I’m nice to have around. Those pretty pictures aren’t going to keep you alive.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The Captains bowed their heads; and when they looked up again, behold! their enemies were flying and the power of Mordor was scattering like dust in the wind. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Tam’s Noise has a spaceship flying in it, one with a front hull that matches the upturned farmhouse. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He turned out to be one of the Luftwaffe’s most celebrated and deadly flying aces, and he wanted to meet the pilot who’d shot him down. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He meant flying kites on the roof of a tenement building, both high on his weed. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Today flying is a lot safer, especially on airliners, but fighters have always been more difficult, especially in the early jet days. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In these highways of flying men, their tongue forbidden the people of the earth, all fat had been trimmed, all excess removed. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miep was so excited when I told her I was flying to Dublin to spend time with Zlata and her parents. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

A flying pizza smacked him in the head, and he disappeared behind a couch. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Up till now, most of their flying had been by day, and unlike the women of the 588th Night Bomber Aviation Regiment, they’d had no training to fly at night. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Spotting a duck or some other flying prey, he would take aim and fire until the air was laced with smoke and blood drained into the soil. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

A bunch of girls were running down the street, holding up their dresses and with the hair flying out behind them. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The flying clouds hid it from their sight the next moment, but the men were grinning widely. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I had wanted to tell her about the afternoon I spent flying down the stair rails at home, never noticing the gradual shredding of my breeches. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was thinking about all of this when someone whistled and the crow—that same crow—went flying past me in a burst of shiny feathers. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The flat of the giant’s blade caught her in the chest and sent her flying. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Another time he was more successful, tripping Alex up in the mess hall and sending him flying, along with his tray, cutlery, and steaming plate of stew. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

It was flying low, very low, from the fortress. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He sat there in his worst enemy’s kitchen for quite a long time, watching the fairy flying around the room investigating everything, for fairies are naturally inquisitive, and this one was obviously no exception. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

As he sat, the screen showed bats flying through the desert at night. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I opened my eyes in time to see the darkness of the night sky, then the fist flying toward me. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Ben screamed, spit flying from his mouth as he thrashed about, tearing at the collar with his hands. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“He wasn't flying very fast when you killed him.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Harry read it aloud: Harry — I’m flying north immediately. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It’s not as fun as flying, but it’s better than sitting in this terrible room with this terrible woman who thinks she knows me. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“As for me, I would like to see the flying bird with my own two eyes before I die. They say it flies, it’s huge. I don’t believe it.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I do love flying. I do love flying.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Every morning you made beautiful bead necklaces and I read you stories. We had hundreds and hundreds of books. Every afternoon we rode horses that could gallop so fast, we felt like we were flying.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Or perhaps Maddie just couldn’t ever pass up a flying opportunity. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Wintergreen, was by flying the extra ten missions. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

And then, just as suddenly, the flying food stopped. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

So I thought of them as rather like birds, with wings, flying upward. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

They hugged, and she told Joseph about the flu that had kept his father from flying in for the funeral, and she complained about the luggage the airline had almost lost at Heathrow. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

By this point Bill is yelling and gesturing, spittle flying, and I'm a little shocked at how he's gone from spiteful bully to raving lunatic. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Also, doc, right now the phone messages and e-mails are bunching up and the rumors are flying. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

It was a very overwhelming place in that uneasy peace-time when military and civil pilots took it in turns to use the runway, but Maddie was determined, and followed the signs to the flying club. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Either it was dead, or it was undergoing the change that he’d read about in a library book but could hardly believe was true—the change from a crawling thing to a flying thing. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She gasped as her spine collided with marble, the rapier flying from her hand. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Vetch had been three years at the School, and soon would be made sorcerer; he thought no more of performing the lesser arts of magic than a bird thinks of flying. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

We were down to a half dozen and I was still flying. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I got up and walked over to the maps and tore them off the wall, the pins and tacks flying out with the paper and falling to the ground. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Wreckage of the flying chariot burned in the water, and Coach Hedge swung a mounted crossbow, taking potshots at the Roman birds as they flew overhead. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

At Adolf-Hitler-Platz, concentric rings of tall masts flying Olympic flags surrounded a central tower, sixty-two feet high, draped with twenty swastika flags, forming a dramatic, blood-red cylinder in the middle of the grassy square. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

To build the flying buttresses it was first necessary to construct temporary wooden frames called centerings. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

Thomas waited without breathing, braced himself for something horrible to come flying through the door. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Pretty soon we’d laced the sneakers over his fake feet, and the world’s first flying goat boy was ready for launch. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

It crashes onto its side, sending china, glass, and food flying. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She felt like crying—after coming all this way, after flying to see the owl, to be turned back so abruptly at the end. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I knew I was going to hate flying. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his eagerness to help her, he knocked the gravy boat flying; Bill waved his wand and the gravy soared up in the air and returned meekly to the boat. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

My fists are flying, too, but I can’t even touch him. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time Arya looked up, more torches were flying, trailing long tongues of flame that lingered behind her eyes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Liam whipped the car around so hard I had to brace Chubs and me from flying off the seat. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Short of going to the Wrights and letting them teach us on their actual flying machine, it was the only way of learning how to fly. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had to pull Vonetta’s chin away from the direction of the boy on the flying T. She kept looking even after he was long gone. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cuco was too fast, however, and sent her flying to the other side of the room with a thud. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

We tried to dodge the rocks flying at our heads. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

As the months went by, we got better and better at flying the simulator, and finally I was ready to stop pretending and really fly. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the long scream as the shell comes flying in, the jhump as it explodes on an outer island. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She would throw off all her cares and become young again, running with me or taking a turn at flying the kite. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dallas leaned far out of the window, his eyes fixed on a bird flying lazily in the distance. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The signs had been there for me to see all along; they came flying back at me now: Baba hiring Dr. Kumar to fix Hassan’s harelip. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what she was flying the night she got stuck at Deeside, near Aberdeen. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Sometimes when I did that I actually felt like I was flying, soaring into the night sky over Coalwood and through the dark valleys and mountain hollows that marched away in the moonlight. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The window frames were covered with black tape to keep out flying dust. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned, and there he was in the night sky, flying in from twelve o’clock with his winged shoes fluttering, Grover, holding a tree branch the size of a baseball bat. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Once they heard a helicopter flying in the direction of the train wreck. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“These wings aren’t much good for flying, but I prefer music anyhow.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was a fool, flying through the air. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their white blades flashed above the water like the wings of seabirds flying in formation. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Around the rim strange words were written, and though she could not read them, their shapes were beautiful, as light as flying birds. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

His loud Dominican voice boomed back: him and his family was flying to DR on Christmas Day tomorrow. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Not long after taking off, Powers noticed a Soviet fighter jet flying far beneath him. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

On that last trip, he had given himself a really big boost to get the most speed possible, and he felt like he was flying. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or if they are, it doesn’t stop them from flying, going where they want to go. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

With little higher education, Zinaida had known all along that she wouldn’t be flying. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, if we’d spent the whole day flying about the valley, delivering herbs and doing prenatal exams, Mother would use that money to take me and Audrey out to eat. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Over half of them at night. Mostly on Blenheims—that’s what I was flying all the time I was operational.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The soft brown eyes combined oddly with the flying fair hair. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sefia scrambled away into the trees, dirt flying from beneath her hands and feet. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Vikus told Gregor they would be flying several hours before they took a break, so he put a second diaper over Boots’s first one. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I see a statue of him mounted on a flying barrel. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Then they were all around us, milkweed puffs, flying. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Would I next see birds flying backward, or cows crocheting doilies? Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was flying Columbia from the left side, with Neil in the center handling the computer, and Buzz reading the checklist from the right. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The board was put back in the door so the police wouldn’t notice the gap, but then a swift kick from outside sent it flying to the floor. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He would be a living, breathing bull’s-eye for spitballs, rubber bands, apple cores, and flying soup. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

What I did not remember was flying from my bed and sprinting down the hall and into the street, shouting, but that is what I had done. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Still, I could look at the pictures while the demon girl outlined the story about flying carpets and phoenixes and magical amulets and cranky old sand elves who lived on beaches. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d won the 1938 Bendix Air Race flying a fighter plane from Los Angeles to Cleveland, and later in life she would become the first woman to break the sound barrier. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

And she and her dæmon raced upward, flying quicker than sparks from a fire, the air rushing through the twigs on her branch and making her black hair stream out behind. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later, the two scholars looked up from their climb to watch the three griffins flying up a nearby slope, carrying the royal party. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Even with modern instruments, pilots of commercial aircraft today need to be able to see the runway before they can land, even if they’ve been flying in cloud nearly to the ground. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, teams of Sparra warriors were jointly lifting struggling rats and flying high to drop them into the middle of the Abbey pond. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Lenny stooped, and Doreen went flying up on to his shoulder, and her glass sailed out of her hand in a long, wide arc and fetched up against the pine paneling with a silly tinkle. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

It was flying and getting hugged at the same time and it was perfect. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I had the urge to run over and kiss him, but I quickly stuffed it back in like a tampon flying out of my backpack. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I knew firsthand from sitting on top of mine flying paper planes. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Imagine flying through a fantasy world of dragons and elves. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was flying but did not know where, had no idea where he was going. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’ll just give you another thump on the skull and send you flying. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

We were flying now, going up the droptube, and I was waiting for her directions. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The feeling was a thirst, a thirst borne of time, of memory, of blood; an almost diabetic thirst that afflicted him whenever he passed a long period of time without flying. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The snow went flying from her shoulders into my face. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The door had caught on a large rock and went flying open as I kicked it and sprinted through. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He launched one bangle over your head, and as you slowly raised your hands to try to catch it, he sent the other flying so fast, it struck you before tinkling to the floor. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Richard looked up and saw them, two planes flying low, with an ominously streamlined efficiency to their shape, trailing silver-white lines in the sky. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She turned back steeply, lost no height, and swore again as the airframe shuddered, automatic flaps clattering alarmingly as the plane tried to decide what speed it was flying. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“And you really can go flying, whenever you like?” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the regiment was flying combat missions, the armorers had to service the aircraft two or three times every day. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The gull kept flying backward and forward along the direct line to the bank, only alighting now and then to guide Bigwig toward some straggling doe whom he had spotted going the wrong way. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kenzi thought for a moment, then huffed the fire out, bits of scorched paper flying off like black snowflakes. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

He went flying on his rear about ten feet across the floor. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

The Berg jerked to a stop and something hard came flying across the room and smacked Mark in the head. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Its wings moved up and down with long, massive flaps that swept away the clouds we were flying through. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Then Loki wrapped the falcon cloak tightly about himself and, in falcon form, flapped his wings and rose, faster even than an eagle, and was gone, flying north, toward the lands of the frost giants. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

And now she was flying, twisting and rotating in the air, seeing sky, then earth, then sky, then earth. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Like I was just a fleck of invisible dust flying in the air. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And in a pair of soundless puffs, they hit the ground behind Speedy in crashes that sent the oxalic acid flying like dust. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Grover hovered above the pool in his flying sneakers, trying to pull the net loose, but it wouldn’t budge. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Both of the car’s other passengers gasped as their seat belts locked over their chests, but I had nothing holding me back from flying between the two middle seats. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

And because of the dimness and the flying spray, she couldn’t actually see if there was a ledge at the bottom or not. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

For over a year, the male French pilots of the Normandie-Niemen Regiment, flying dangerous Soviet Yaks, frequently served as fighter escorts for the women of the 125th Guards in their powerful Pe-2 dive-bombers. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I stared down at it and thought of Bunny, poor old Bunny, expert killer of flying pests, stalking houseflies with a rolled-up copy of the Hampden Examiner. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“They used to see it flying over their heads and in trees and the only thing they could do was yell ‘GOOD GOD!’ ’cause it looked so big.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He’d always imagined them as huge noble animals, like lions with wings, but these things reminded him more of vicious pack hunters —flying hyenas. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She sat back and closed her eyes and remembered what it had felt like, flying down the block on her skates, doing her Chaplin moves. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

More than once I accidentally pushed a button and recoiled in terror as the blank screen came to life with exotic tropical fish or swarms of flying toasters. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Leave it all in the plane. Leave it or I’m flying out of here right now. I know what’s coming and I don’t want to waste it.” The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

The torch went flying from his fin-gers, caromed off the stone face of Brandon Stark, and tumbled to the statue's feet, the flames licking up his legs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Jessie Armstead had been flying by him on the play, and desperate to do something to stop him, Duncan had tackled him. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Armpit doubled over but fended off the next blow, and the two of them fell to the ground and rolled into the gutter, fists flying as they traded punches. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

With Pantalaimon flying above to keep watch, they set off across the grass. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A squadron of flying machines, which had been getting the better of a ragged battle with Lord Asriel’s gyropters, wheeled in the sky and made off to the west. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

They were an unworthy target and they passed unmolested through the busiest trade routes of the True Sea, flying neutral Kerch colors. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Can you imagine flying and making money at it too?” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Overhead, a small dusky-colored bird was flying in marvelous daring corkscrews. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the sight of the lifebuoy flying his way gave him hope. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

As she was flying back in her damaged plane, which was trailing smoke, Luftwaffe fighters attacked her and Lilya received yet another wound. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I first became interested in flying when I was about nine years old. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Immediately I knew that it would be the homeless bird, flying at last to its home. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“She might be flying home,” he told himself, aloud. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In addition to being disappointed that they weren’t flying into battle, the young pilots didn’t like the food at their new air base—they knew that frontline soldiers were getting better rations than they were. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

And behind our teacher’s back, in our desks, we are flying through time. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The other foodstuffs in her arms went flying. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Harry heard her walking toward the kitchen and then the sound of the flying pan being put on the stove. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Tim pulls his fluttering windup bird out of my hair and sends it flying out over the auditorium. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

“If I was flying any faster,” Angus shouted, “I’d catch up with tomorrow!” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

He hissed, turning to face her, but before he could react, Adiah charged him from behind, headbutting him so that he went flying back, though he landed on his feet with unnerving ease. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Jagged torn place in their spirits that lets the small flying agonies pass in and out. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Olive sat opposite but was no help; the tiny girl couldn’t pull the oars without pushing herself up into the air, where a stray gust of wind might send her flying away like a kite. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Harry looked around; all three of the Dursleys were cowering with their arms over their heads as their glasses bounced up and down on their skulls, their contents flying everywhere. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

My toes skim the fine sand below my feet, and I feel as though I'm flying. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

All night long, I dreamed of trees coming to life and witches flying over them. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

A troop of baboons ran with arched tails flying as they zigzagged, not yet understanding their entrapment. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Antonina’s father, who worked in an ore extraction factory, aggressively disapproved of her flying. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Both angels slashed outward, and the skeletons went flying across the road. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He backed up so he could get a flying start and then we whooped across the bridge, our wheels clattering across the loose boards, space gaping below. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ben said, beginning a conversation he had fantasized when his father was flying from the carrier off the French coast. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time we came to a gate, the two of us jumped down to open and shut it and took flying leaps back onto the rear bumper as the Rosalie set off again. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

‘There is the eagle again! He is very high. He seems to be flying now away, from this land back to the North. He is going with great speed. Look!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He thought of her cry flying through the night sky and making the moon turn her face away, making the owls tremble in their flight. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Wind nymphs zipped around the room, delivering orders of pizza, burgers, steaks, salads, Chinese food, and burritos, all flying at terminal velocity. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He doesn't dare breathe, must keep hope from flying out of his chest. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

They had moved suddenly, like a whirlwind, dust and sand flying up from their hooves as they chased him back toward the truck and horse trailer. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“When the father went to Pete’s—the Optimist’s—room, he couldn’t see Pete, but he could hear the sound of frantic shoveling and heavy breathing. Horse dung was flying all over the room.” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gandalf came flying down the steps and fell to the ground in the midst of the Company. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He runs, full speed ahead, his knobby knees pumping like pistons, the back of his T-shirt flying out behind him. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The sound of an airplane flying overhead came from the cassette player just as Crab forced the door open and walked in, dripping with sweat, rifle in his left hand. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Before I catch it, “Why didn’t you tell me I asked if I could kiss you?” is flying from my mouth to hover in the air above us. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

There was silence for a few seconds and then shouts and sand flying as everyone rushed past me toward the water’s edge. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Raindrops splattered across the windshield like flying bugs hitting head-on. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I remember watching once when James B. tried to trip her as she went past him with the ball, and he was the one sent flying instead. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have brief visions of the bull hook flying at my head and then even briefer visions of getting up right now, this minute, and walking back to the hobo camp. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

As soon as darkness fell each night, the night bombers began their harassment duties in their open-cockpit Po-2s, flying out to the front lines and relentlessly dumping explosives on the Germans troops. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

They were still flying over subarctic taiga, a seemingly endless landscape of conifer forest—in English this is sometimes called “snow forest.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“With so much flying fish there should be dolphin,” he said, and leaned back on the line to see if it was possible to gain any on his fish. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Margo started taking the stairs two at a time, flying up, one arm on the rail, and I tried to keep pace with her, but couldn’t. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Blackjack and Porkpie were swooping in, kicking our enemies in the helmets and flying away like very large kamikaze pigeons. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

They were coming down all over the place now, the kites, and I was still flying. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When I finally entered the planet’s atmosphere and began to descend toward the surface, it was like flying through a swarm of metal insects. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The unicorn reared up on its hind legs, and a blow from one of its sharp hooves sent the pot-maid flying. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

There, well before sunset, Kehaar, flying westward down the Belt, spotted the rabbits lying up, all among the nettles and goose grass. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ground crew was aghast at the idea of a girl flying the broken Lysander. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“All those tools flying around when the car crashed, and he didn’t get hurt?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

A wind struck him from the side; he flapped his wings to keep his balance and he, too, was flying. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

When the guests stood up to toast the king, their wigs came flying off. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

When he moved clear, they were already flying away. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

We were flying at an altitude of 200 miles above a sphere whose radius is 4,000 miles. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Voxy lies on his back, staring through his visor up at the little flying lizards in the canopy. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Someone yelled at the pair, and then a bottle came flying in their direction. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I see the bag of apples flying away from me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

No doubt there had been sorties and skirmishes at the start of the siege, and arrows flying back and forth; half a year into it, everyone was too tired for such nonsense. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

This sends her flying through the back end of the big top. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

They were still flying the plane, or rather W.E. was flying it with Gilly looking on and making admiring remarks from time to time, when Trotter and Mr. Randolph came out on the porch. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Rumors about the Yule Ball were flying everywhere, though Harry didn’t believe half of them — for instance, that Dumbledore had bought eight hundred barrels of mulled mead from Madam Rosmerta. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The elephantine flying horses that had pulled the carriage were now grazing in a makeshift paddock alongside it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I avoided his, choosing instead to gaze at the butterflies flying above us. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think he had one. He was one of those flying African children. They must all be dead a long time now.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just for a laugh, I imagine him landing in our tiny front yard, maybe in a personal-size flying saucer, which would probably just fill the center circle of a basketball court. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I run down to get them, the text messages are flying all around the school and throughout town. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

It had happened when the car the two of them had been flying to Hogwarts had crashed into a tree on the school grounds. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

After a few hours’ flying had worn away some of her anguish, Tally had a happy realization: This was the best she’d ever ridden; she was almost as good as Shay now. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Two small boys with dark hair come flying out. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

It wheeled and went north, flying at a speed greater than any wind of Middle-earth. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Fists are flying, feet kicking, fingers grasping hair and yanking. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Along the way, there is internecine strife between the gods and some flying Hell’s Angels, the magnificently apocalyptic Valkyries. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Matt takes off like he’s got a cape flying behind him and a giant S for Seventh Grade Student Council President emblazoned on his shirt. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

At least now we finally had something to show for flying all the way to California. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is no clatter of runs or chutes, no cursing, no flying coils of rope, no hitching of teams. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She came close to snapping—flying at her enemies in a rage and getting herself killed. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Doreen came flying out of the kitchen, the cord of the phone snapping the receiver out of her hands. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Behind me, black crows rise from the trees, flying west against a fading sky, calling to one another. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Conventional electrodynamic theory demanded that a flying electron should very quickly run out of energy–in only an instant or so–and spiral into the nucleus, with disastrous consequences for both. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

And because Alyce hasn’t been able to confirm that he’s been safely evacuated, she finds herself pulled slightly off-route and flying in the direction of his nursing home. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He would not raise his eyes to the sky, though he knew there was a flying saucer from Tralfamadore up there. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

My voice trails off like a bird flying away from the shore. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

The flying rain had ceased for a time, and the sun gleamed up above; but all the lower city was still wrapped in a smouldering reek. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

"It was like flying a cow," Martinez grumbled, his hands racing over his controls. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Everything looks wrong, false, weird, like in dreams, and now," he murmured, turning his head to indicate the surroundings outside, “now we’re flying. Or the night is flying past us. Or something." Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

"Let 'em deal with that emotional trauma when they're not flying a spaceship around." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pilot, however, was unaccustomed to glacier flying, and he’d badly misjudged the scale of the terrain. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if, when she imagines having wings, she pictures herself flying up into the sky and away from all this. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Jockey Johnny Long- den was once rammed in midrace, knocked from his stirrups and sent flying downward in front of a pack of horses. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hangar on her mech’s head flies open, and out shoots Hammie in a blur of motion, suspended in the rain in a flying leap. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Air Force weather plane flying over the western Pacific detected high levels of radiation in the air. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was what flying a kite was all about. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t know you were afraid of flying,” she said, completely misunderstanding me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Harry sent Advanced Potion-Making flying in panic; Ron was dangling upside down in midair as though an invisible hook had hoisted him up by the ankle. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“It sends the blood flying through thy veins to warm thee. Besides, it strengthens thy body and, best of all, it strengthens thy spirit to do a hard thing.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

The cry swept by him across the narrow end of the island from sea to lagoon, like the cry of a flying bird. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

All he’d seen since they started flying over die forest was lakes and now they were gone. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cowboy held one hand high in the air, and his hat was flying off his head. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he knocked he got the weirdest notion: that he was being buffeted by black wings, as if an enormous crow was flying through him, out into the hall and the world beyond. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Johnny White, in the number three seat, suddenly had the sensation that they were flying now, not rowing. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“He’s been working so fast,” said Smith, “we’re afraid he’ll run right out of his hide. Already he has to run a bit sideways to keep from flying right in the air.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe on board the Hispaniola, flying before the wind, mooring by a tropical island with green palms crowding the mountains and bright tropical flowers—real ones—poking out between them. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Along the walls are large stalls with all sorts of crazy vehicles parked inside them, everything from floating bicycles to flying saucers. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

We’d been flying west across the country, just a few hours ahead of the sunrise, so it was still dark when we landed. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

A final flick and the great six-fingered sword went flying from his hand. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Proper British airmen flying over the European Continent carry a couple of photographs in their emergency kit, just in case they’re shot down and need fake ID. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

In the distance now and then I would see dolphins; closer in, flying fish; and still closer, at the stern, sharks waiting for the daily garbage from the galley. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Another flock of pigeons was flying around in a circle. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thinking of all the times I’ve seen lists flying at me, and how I always end up flat on the ground. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

More than enough time to find a family and tag along, like an innocent kid flying alone for the first time. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

But Salim said flying it without me wouldn't be any fun. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh yes,” said Hermione, looking terrified as she leapt to her feet, sending books flying in every direction, “we will...we’re sorry...” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

We were just cruising around when a bee started flying near us. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before long, the three Pe-2 pilots were flying blindly alone in deadly fog, hoping only that they could find a place to land. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

‘If I said I wanted to dream that I was in a flying bathtub with silver wings, could you make me dream it?’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

What if it was flying loose around the room? The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

As of 2012, 55 women have been in space, flying shuttles and commanding space stations. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Like I was having the time of my life, flying down that glorious hill. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sohrab had his arms wrapped around her, like he could keep her from flying apart if he squeezed tight enough. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Everyone said swinging felt like flying, but Bridge felt the opposite. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

With a flick of his blade, faster than Percy could follow, he smacked Riptide out of Percy’s hand and sent it flying into the sea. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It’s a completely different thing to climb a rope attached to a moving pig's wing while you’re flying at a hundred miles an hour. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

After a certain amount of trial and error, he learned how to steer the flying car. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Jamie—call sign John—was flying out that night, and Michael. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

And then her foot hit something and she went flying into the dirt. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

In this confusion of dying men and wildly flying weapons Atalanta kept her head and wounded the boar. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She came toward her, her black cloak flying back as she came into the house. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like I kept buying these things to be cool, but cool was always flying just ahead of me, and I could never exactly catch up to it. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been struck by the bridge and the blow had sent him flying. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Albert, is it true that if you touch a butterfly’s wings, you keep it from flying ever again? Basically, kill it?” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

In fact, it had happened in her own flying club. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Navid knocked on the door, hard, and we were like shrapnel, flying apart. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mark’s breath was knocked out of him as his attacker tried to pin him down.Then the man was whacked in the shoulder by Alec’s sledgehammer and was sent flying. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Aimee kept yelling, because she could see I was flying blind. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Your eyes scan the room for threats — either flying projectiles aimed at your head or girls aimed at mortifying you by getting you out on the floor — and you sweat profusely while standing still. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The revelation is like a punch to the gut and flying, all at once. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She sat in Elizas rocker with the children at her feet and told a tale of magic buckets and flying ships. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was really scared of flying, and it turned out okay. No, not okay. Great.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

By launch day, Frank and Jim were really good at “flying” the simulator, which meant they should be able to handle the real spacecraft with ease. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Red Suit replied that she was flying to Grand Rapids for one day—just a quick in and out—to deliver a talk on art conservation. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It shows kids reading books atop a big book of stories, flying as high as the moon. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

The maneuvers had her flying an open-cockpit biplane upside down about 10 feet above the ground and slicing through a ribbon stretched between two poles. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Still, after all that flying, the enthusiastic welcome was nice. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“That canoe isn’t big enough to carry a flying jib,” Nat said. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The idea was that my measurements could increase the accuracy of our knowledge of the height of the terrain Neil and Buzz would be flying over in their descent to a landing. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something flying low was peppering the runway with machine gun tire; even buried mostly underground, even a quarter of a mile away, the shelter’s iron walls shuddered. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Among the terriers he stalked imperiously, and Toots and Ysabel he utterly ignored, for he was king,—king over all creeping, crawling, flying things of Judge Miller’s place, humans included. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watched the flying fish burst out again and again and the ineffectual movements of the bird. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can see all the birds flying in the air and the creatures crawling on the ground. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Well, it was a rotten way to be wounded and flying on a joke front like the Italian. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

William Faulkner was excited to be working on a plot that starred men and women flying together to defeat the Nazis. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

They weren’t armed, but on the other hand they were flying easily within their power, and might even outstrip her if it came to a chase. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A gust of wind slammed into Cain so hard he was sent sprawling to the ground, his sword flying across the veranda. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The turkeys were flying heavily into the lower branches of the cypress tree by the bunkhouse. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can get killed flying them, too,” Dobbs answered pugnaciously in his rough, quavering, overwrought voice. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She spun and leapt and balanced on the balls of her feet, darting this way and that, knocking pinecones flying. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They must have needed the bats’ flying abilities, too, to build such a bridge. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It hovered by a nearby branch for a moment before flying over several beautiful orchids and out of sight. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

These seven errors, furthermore, are rarely problems of knowledge or flying skill. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“Look! Another bomber!” a young man said, laughing, and pointed at a vulture flying overhead. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Strange to think of his voice still flying through the air, already a country away, growing weaker every mile. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

But a moment later I caught myself: I had fallen into the apartheid mind-set, thinking Africans were inferior and that flying was a white man’s job. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the days that followed, the Putnam proved herself with flying colors. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the four days I spent on the Stampede Trail, I didn’t see a single aircraft overhead, other than commercial jets flying at altitudes greater than twenty-five thousand feet. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We hope without cracking up the flying machine.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time you get this letter, I will be on griffin-back, flying out to meet you and the army. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

The war looked like my chance to realize my old dream of flying. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

One moment they were flying into a strong headwind, forcing them to add extra power to maintain their momentum on the glide down. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

But the orange dragon kept flying without saying a word. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Many people have high hopes that Yelena can achieve what so few Russian women have been able to—flying into space. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve got to keep flying combat missions because of that dose of yours until they kill me.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Sarai was reeling with visions of explosions and contraptions and impossibly tall towers—and girls climbing impossibly tall towers—and magnets and saws and bridges and flasks of miraculous chemicals and...and...and flying machines. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“It’s the perfect name. He’s a flying type and valiant Pokémon. That means brave, right Mom?” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

In the meantime I learned the hard way to store things like honey in a tightly covered container if you didn’t want to get every bug on earth flying in for a taste. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What sort of flying motorcars do you have?” asked a pubescent boy named Horace, who wore a dark suit that made him look like an apprentice undertaker. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I recall flying fish as being quite tasty, their flesh rosy white and tender. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Worked so well, he dropped the cutters and ran, his hat flying off as he fled. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Visitors not only can learn a lot about Tsiolkovsky’s plans for flying into space but can also see how he lived on earth. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked up just in time to see the woman leap off the roof, flying through the air with her arms outstretched like wings. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

For years, I’d dreamed of being one of those powerful girls in their shimmering leotards, flying through air, sticking the landing every time. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

No one got all that excited about flying a kite. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was mid-September before we could even think of flying Dragonwings. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe, flying around all day, it had found a friendlier window, one that didn’t make it wait so long. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“There’s not much. You received your new credit cards. Transglobal Airlines sent you a certificate making you an honorary pilot for flying one hundred hours with them.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then the arms came forward and she was flying, Janina was flying over the shadow heads and the dogs and soldiers, her arms and legs turning slowly. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

“Yeah right,” my sister said when I told her I was flying to D.C. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

We didn’t have time to admire his flying. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Held secure by the straps, I throw my arms out to the side and imagine that I am flying. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

On that day, US reconnaissance aircraft flying from bases in Japan and outfitted with special detection equipment picked up signs of nuclear debris in the atmosphere. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

His left foot went flying off in one direction, his right foot in another. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were figures of pelicans floating in the water and flying, of dolphins, whales, sea elephants, gulls, ravens, dogs, and foxes. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now she was flying around with the other fairies. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

There were only the flying fish that went up from his bow sailing away to either side and the yellow patches of Gulf weed. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was then that I saw several tiny figures flying in and out of my field of vision over the barn. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The room-sized machines were remaking the old models of aeronautical research; their ascendance marked the beginning of an era that promised to be even more momentous than the one ushered in by the flying machine. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

"Nuts!" cries the fearless leader, his eyes as wide as a flying saucer. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

If you got close enough that you could see the sweat flying off of him, it sounded like someone else was joining in and you could hear a sound like hoong! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

As the ship begins to take off, a swarm of the bat-like flying creatures passes in the distance. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The structure crumbles, but she launches herself higher, flying through the smoke and fire. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

One at a time, they came flying down and out, feet first. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat next to her on a plane, on a flight from Delhi to Montreal, and instead of flying home to his wife and son, he got off with the woman at Heathrow. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Behind them glittered the astounding ocean with its heaving storms, flying fish, breaching whales, and curls of phosphorescent waves. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

As Narcissa dragged Draco out of the way of further harm, Bellatrix sprang to her feet, her hair flying as she brandished the silver knife; but Narcissa had directed her wand at the doorway. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“And flying things got treasure! Flying things—angels—crystal treasure!” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It's a gray naval vessel flying the Union Jack. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Any moment, a nasty surprise might come flying out of nowhere. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She pulled a curtain off the rod and sent her button box flying down the aisle. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jerrie answered every question they threw at her, even though many had nothing to do with flying into space, such as what she liked to cook. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

She had seen the image of a red dragon flying off a paper as they had rushed pass. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

For an hour now, the plane had been flying at just three hundred feet, following the Welsh valleys, dipping and swerving to avoid the mountain peaks. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

My dad kicked the row of shoes my mom had lined up and sent them flying into the wall. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Occasionally it has been the chief reason for a flying raid on our part, for our nourishment is generally very bad; we have a constant hunger. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Red winged blackbirds also came flying out of the south, and flocks of crows, and a bird with a yellow body and a scarlet head, which I had never seen before. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She brought the staff down upon his sword, splinters flying into the air. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The pilot let go of his wheel, raised his hands in the air and took his feet off the pedals to show Brian he was actually flying the plane alone. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

They attacked him from every direction—Leo shooting fire at his legs, Frank and Piper jabbing at his chest, Jason flying into the air and kicking him in the face. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Good question, sportsfans. When I’m flying a jet, the thing I’m most afraid of is birds.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the balding wizard lifted his wand, Harry raised an enormous fist and punched him, sending him flying through the air. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

If she had asked me for a flying saucer, I would have sprouted wings and searched the night sky for one. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m feeling restless, reckless, like flying up at night and never coming down.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t find anything wrong with Eagle, but it sure looked strange, unlike any kind of flying machine I had ever seen. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pictured this bird looking down from the branches to say, "You want me to do what?" before flying off, laughing at the foolish story he now had to tell his friends. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

And so the rumors in Santa Fe kept flying. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw the fields go flying by, and he heard the beat of galloping hoofs. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s another difference between us, Mr. Scoresby. A witch would no sooner give up flying than give up breathing. To fly is to be perfectly ourselves.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Under the stars and with the night colder all the time he ate half of one of the dolphin fillets and one of the flying fish, gutted and with its head cut off. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spittle came flying out from between his lips. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

When this young woman of 28 explained that she had been flying for 16 years, Lovelace and Flickinger found it hard to believe. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

I prayed that he didn’t get hurt when he went flying out the door of the Open Arms Baptist Church of Naomi. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

He jumped from his robot’s shoulders and landed on the crystalline ground with a light thump and a flying of jagged fragments. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, the canoes were flying down the river, bouncing and bumping over very rough water, and in the distance the sound of a roar grew louder and more thunderous. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“They play and make jokes and love one another. They are our brothers like the flying fish.” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

When U-238 atoms are hit with flying neutrons, they absorb the neutrons. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three weeks before flying to the U.S., terrorists blew up the house next to mine. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Best of all, they were flying away from Camp Jupiter as fast as they possibly could. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Jenna starts to say something, but her words get drowned out by a helicopter flying overhead. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Gonna save us all!” the hideous woman said, spit flying out of her mouth, spraying Thomas. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Higher up, descending rapidly, was a flying chariot pulled by pegasi. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He had been flying more and more frequently, but always in the past he’d done so because something had startled him, and he’d returned quickly to the ground. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Someone tripped over Ralph and Piggy's corner became a complication of snarls and crashes and flying limbs. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

My sugar bread goes flying on the rug, butter side down. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Doesn’t want people to think it’s clever, arriving by flying car.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The anxious flying fish got away, just missing my net, but the dorado hit the gunnel like a can­nonball. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The plan was that Nadya and Katya would drop their bombs while Marina and Olga, flying two minutes ahead of them, would have the terrifying task of purposefully attracting enemy fire. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Now we had flying weapons, kites able to cut the strings of other people’s kites in midair. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Then I suggest our mixed assortment of artificial crawling and flying bugs of all types including—” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Their remarks and responses were like a Ping-Pong game with each volley clearing the net and flying back to the opposition. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And...and I’d wonder who was in them. The flying saucers, I mean.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

She had come flying from the top of a yellow train car, the waning sun lighting her up like a stained-glass window. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Lies are flying out her mouth right and left. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

And at night he’s out flying, flying and hunting...” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The man in black seemed almost to be flying. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“You won’t be selfie shaming when you see pictures of me flying solo on boats and on mountains and on hot guys’ laps.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Three times around the wall of Troy pursued and pursuer ran with flying feet. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

In any case, those are the important facts of my life, and I considered them all in the long moment of the car spinning around and the empty peanut bags flying through the air. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

As he marches off, hair flying, I realize my mom’s wrong. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

She comforts those flying home alone for funerals, sadness seeping from every pore. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Out of the corner of his eye, Nico saw Jason Grace rocket into the sky with Piper in his arms, flying straight towards Festus. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Well, good man. Good man. You pass inspection with flying colors.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Picture the millennial plane flying west, from the lowlands of the Beni to the heights of the Andes. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

We believed in it, this downward motion: so lovely, like flying, and yet at the same time so dire, so extreme, so unlikely. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it was all in big, slow terraces, and the water fowl who were flying along the top vanished in the hollows. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you are taking a trip and have the choice of driving or flying, you might wish to consider the per-hour death rate of driving versus flying. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Park covered his mouth to keep a chunk of sandwich from flying out. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Hamilton insisted on flying the British Union Jack. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The fire rearranged itself, sparks flying, and the rain began again, hard enough to make itself heard on the rooftop. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

It was hard to believe, when you saw a picture of the Wrights’ flying machine, that it really could fly. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that it was dead, the flying fish looked like fish I had seen in the markets of Pondicherry. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Nope. He’s in New Orleans. Well, actually, he’s probably flying home right now from New Orleans. Grace’s parents called him last night.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

By noon, confused patrols were flying over the mountains. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

She knew how to say the word, gritted teeth and spittle flying, all her hate bound up in it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Flora could see the squirrel’s name—ULYSSES—flying out of the car and into the night, a single, beautiful word that was immediately swallowed up by the wind and the darkness. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

“You guys are flying into Chicago tonight! I already know.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

So it was that Edward did not go flying back into the dirty hands of Martin. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

I stared through the window at the endless rows of trees—orange, tangerine, lemon—flying past us on either side. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Aku na-efe! Aku is flying!” a child in the flat upstairs shouted. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The magic sneakers were flying aimlessly around his head. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

We see two enormous sea turtles that seem to be flying instead of swimming. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I like that one about Dead and his son Icky flying up to the sun.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s just what I was imagining. That’s what had me laughing. Thinking on being Hercules, flying down to stop the fence cutters.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

He walked about a good deal, watched the flying clouds and snapped up everything the foragers brought. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you kill me,” Ben shrieked, spittle flying from his mouth, far enough to hit Thomas in the face, “you’ll get the wrong guy.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Eight of those screeching, short-armed monsters had appeared to snap at the eight flying pterodactyls. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

And then it was gone, flying back to Mordor with the speed of the wrath of Sauron; and behind it the wind roared away, leaving the Dead Marshes bare and bleak. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Yet landbirds flying from starboard crossed his bow— a lucky augury. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, snaps,” came flying from their side of the room. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I considered flying to Benatar to try to get Art3mis to talk to me, but then I came to my senses. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

So when he came flying into the living room on skates, I laughed it up so he’d feel a little better about my slipping him the insects. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

He had hardly put a morsel to his lips when the hateful monsters darted down from the sky and in a moment had devoured everything and were flying off, leaving the intolerable odor behind them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried explaining to Blackjack that taking a flying horse to a donut shop would give every cop in there a heart attack, but he didn’t seem to get it. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

They were flying back into the chopper and banging around. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Prince Hamlet, who was then about fourteen, sprang about the hall with much silliness and some grace, his dark hair flying wildly about his head. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I turn toward home, flying over the bridge, across the market, and up, up the hills until my feet hit the frozen dirt of the courtyard of Tatarska 3. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I wasn’t trying to get up close and personal with anything in that world, but...there were Pteranodon flying in the sky!” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

They lifted slightly and now the only thought in Bod’s head was I’m flying! The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Chips of oak went flying, until the northerner lost his feet and slipped, falling flat on his back with his shield on top of him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“You make me feel better from the very first instant I catch you on my fire escape and you talk about the flying brick.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

It seemed like just a matter of time before one of us did something desperate and bullets started flying. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

You see, he and his mother had started studying the flying techniques of other birds. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I doubt if they ever think about flying. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He lunged forward on the bleeding leg, blew past the entire field in ten leaps, and charged on, a lurid spray of blood flying out behind him as he ran. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn my board higher, trying to protect myself from all the flying snow. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and felt the air just below me flying by. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

But they are much faster, flying through the underbrush so gracefully as my boots catch on roots and fallen tree limbs, that there's no way I can keep apace with them. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Each had a window to herself and commanded an unobstructed view of the summer day flying past them. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not like she can’t take Mom down to the beach and show her one of her flying sand women before the tide wipes it out. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Dustfinger saw her brightness mingle with the light of the other fairies flying around and chasing one another through the branches of the trees. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She heard a faint buzzing sound, like a mosquito flying in and out of striking distance. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I tried to dodge, but the javelin caught me in the chest and sent me flying like a rag doll. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

They saw a Gallivespian, mounted on a dragonfly, diving to attack a flying machine whose human pilot tried to fight him off hand to hand. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Everybody wanted to be sent to the front, and young women who had grown up firing guns and flying planes in clubs and schools were just as ready to fight as the young men were. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

A thousand buzzards held a flying meet and then went above the clouds and stayed. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“You get the credit, Milo. And if a man wins a medal flying one of your missions, you get the medal.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

My dad was flying—long grooves of slush that ribbed the pavement sprayed up onto the car—and the whole time I was shaking in the backseat like there was an earthquake under my skin. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The little man was sprawling on all fours, his tray had gone flying, two streams of soup and coffee were flowing across the floor. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Then the engineers set up an experiment re-creating the circumstances of the accident, flying a test plane into the trailing wake of a larger plane. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I looked into the church and saw smoke and dust flying around like a tornado was in there. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

We call it “instrument flying” now, and it’s much more complex and reliable than it was in the 1930s. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The chicken made straight for the bed, and Seth tossed his other handful of salt in a wide arc to cover their retreat, scalding the flying centipede in the process. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I say louder, and start ripping at my own shirt, sending the buttons flying. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

She swallowed her nervousness and tied an end of the thinnest, lightest line to one of her arrows, and sent it flying upward from the bow. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

But this didn't count as military jet flying, either. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

So, came his first free day when the skies, though still cloudy, did not look like rain, Father announced we were flying it even though we had to wear boots and heavy coats. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The best part of my week was flying after school. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

She typed in the message, her fingers flying over the keyboard. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The picture that nearly everybody has in mind of an atom is of an electron or two flying around a nucleus, like planets orbiting a sun. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

This was the moment when they were brought by a flying ambulance back to their own airfield, and Valentin Markov lifted Galya out of the plane himself and carried her to safety. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Head down, tail flying, the young dog gave' chase, swerving and turning in pursuit, but always the rabbit was just out of reach of his hungry jaws. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kick and hit at Hailey, cuss words flying out my mouth. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

A file cabinet crashed into the desks, sending them flying toward her. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“I want you to stay up top with the flying shoes. You’re the Red Baron, a flying ace, remember? I’ll be counting on you for backup, in case something goes wrong.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

We loved flying kites but it wasn’t the pot that made the flying adventurous, it was the Gillette blades. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Like Maya Angelou’s caged bird being released, flying past the jungle, past the ghetto, and up, up to the heavens. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Gregor found himself trying to reassure them, which was ironic since he didn’t much like flying, either. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He forgot his wounds, his hunger and thirst, and became fear; hopeless fear on flying feet, rushing through the forest toward the open beach. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I imagined myself flying out of the classroom and over the fields where Papa worked and landing next to him and surprising him. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

It’s really gross the way Timmy lets loose with flying gobs of spit. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How about flying squirrels who type?” said Flora. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

“I don’t feel too happy about flying so many missions either now that it looks as though we’ve got the war won. I’ll let you know if I hear anything else.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

A torch had been thrust down into a crevice, its flames flying pale orange ban-ners when the gusts came. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“It looks like he’s flying off the page.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

From some roadside carrion an owl, huge and dark, its large yellow eyes glinting briefly in the headlight beams, took off, flying directly into the car’s path. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s not just an errand boy flying missionaries around, no, sir! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But how do you explain being visited by your missing brother in a dream where you took a flying boat to go look at some underwater trains without sounding delusional? Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I outran him, of course; and then here came Mama, running so fast that her long skirts were flying, and calling out: “What on earth, boys!” as I ran past her. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

And after all those months flying solo, it was a bit of a relief to be with someone who knew about my premonitions and wasn’t completely freaked. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

And now a fairy—the Queen Mother of the Western Skies!— was flying toward the Master Archer. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good morning, sir,” Ignatius said brusquely, his searf-shawl flying horizontally in his wake like the flag of some mobilized Scottish clan. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Johnson came over to where I was trying to down some scrambled eggs before the flying bugs got them. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I picked up the flying shoes and had a sudden bad feeling. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I talked with one of them, and she was bored with yachts and bored with flying around in airplanes and bored with skiing in Switzerland at Christmas and bored with the men in Brazil. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The tall corporal spun around from the impact of the bullets and came flying forward. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s going to grow flying dragons,” Axel says. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Even now, after flying halfway up the East Coast together, Reyna could scarcely believe the immortal horse had allowed her to ride. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It all looked so peaceful, a different world from the one that the flying machine had shattered last night. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

In 1937, she placed sixth in a long-distance air race that called for sixteen hours of flying in a single day. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

To the very end, Mommy is a flying compilation of competing interests and conflicts, a black woman in white skin, with black children and a white woman’s physical problem. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Or a brick. Of course there’s the flying brick to worry about.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Leaning into it, faster, harder, my feet slap the pavement, until it comes — that weightless, near-to- flying fastness. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maria Ana took off from the Arthur Murray studios in San Francisco, flying in with her husband and four children. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bird’s wings slowed as if it were flying through water. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Almost every week I do a new chore wrong and her fists come flying at me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The flying machine thundered closer, and she glimpsed an inhuman face staring at her from the pilot seat. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Using this information, it was his task to devise a strategy for flying the bomb over enemy territory, releasing it on target, and getting away before the massive blast killed everyone in the plane. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to make an estimate of their distance, and a similar calculation about the hills toward which they were flying. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A half-dozen kites were flying high, speckles of bright yellow, red, and green against the gray sky. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Flags were flying from all the windows, children had been given a holiday from school, and a parade was being organized in honor of the famous youth. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

The helicopters flying overhead beat the lake into a frenzy of waves and patterns. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I was flying over the desert solo in an old Hawker Hart biplane and I had my camera round my neck. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

A metal heart was banging outside his chest, and now he was flying, flying with triumph in his heart, without need of broomstick or thestral.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Dazed women staring up in the air and fat babies with tiny wings flying about. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

You may be astonished that in such a short period of time I could go from weeping over the muffled killing of a flying fish to gleefully bludgeoning to death a dorado. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The children couldn’t see it, but Tialys and Salmakia, flying above, watched the little pale figures all moving with an effect that looked like the migration of immense flocks of birds or herds of reindeer. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

One would run along a tree branch, then take a flying leap to the next branch. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mind was flying one way, my heart another. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blackjack slowed down just enough for me to hop off, then he kept flying toward the main doors. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

A short way beyond the way-meeting, after another steep incline, a flying bridge of stone leapt over the chasm and bore the road across into the tumbled slopes and glens of the Morgai. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He could picture the mother owls and father owls, helplessly flying in circles while their babies were being smothered under tons of dirt. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arya whirled and ran, swift as a deer, her feet flying over the cobbles all the way to the bathhouse. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When it was over, the result, besides a very sore body for me, was six flying fish in the locker and a much greater number in the lifeboat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Between us we had to fly three hundred missions every night,” said pilot Nina Raspopova—thirty aircraft flying ten missions each. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I was flying straight up, the wind whistling in my ears, the side of the cliff only inches from my face. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Clinging on for dear life, Harry sent Stunning Spells flying at random into the whirling night. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He had used the same voice and the same words to tell us we were flying to Oakland to reunite with our mother. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

And sometimes noisy helicopters flying overhead made it so we couldn’t hear a thing, and on those days, we would be sent home. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She only heard Hannah’s words, and the pronouncement sent her flying up the stairs. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Her uncle sent a standard-bearer ahead of them, a double banner flying from his staff; the moon-and-falcon of House Arryn on high, and below it his own black fish. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

As he watched, a large bird—he thought it looked like a crow but it seemed larger—flew from the top, real forest, and the reflection-bird matched it, both flying out over the water. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The group picked up their pace and arrived in the Square to find that a crowd had already gathered, the people gawking up at the flying machine as if it were a mythical beast. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

This time I saw stars as I went flying backward. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

At nearly 800 feet long and 110 feet high, it was the largest flying machine ever crafted. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

After that, whenever flying visitors invaded I had to close Charley out and air out the house or cab after the pests were dead. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Presently one flitted up from some roofless ruin of the town like a vast black bat, thin-winged and spiny-backed, and circling into the north wind came flying towards Ged. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

There was even an icing airplane flying across the cake. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I twirl around the empty dining room and think about flying again. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

And when we were hit by a school of flying fish, there too my role was not apparent. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The photography books went flying out first, followed by his pencil case and the honey tin. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

All over the USSR, women who could fly were now assigned to train new pilots—many of them young men who’d be flying off to combat missions. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The picture she was hanging showed a flying saucer hovering over the skyline of New York. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“My window’s closed just now. I’m not flying at the minute.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

It’s got steps that go up the front and a little flag flying from a pole out front. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

There’s a gruesome picture of me jogging by with my ponytail flying toward the camera. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Broadway was limited to emergency vehicles, and they were flying down the avenue, their sirens screaming. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

With a purple funeral pennant flying from the antenna, we left Greektown and headed down Jefferson. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Centrifugal force sent the shields flying off the railings like metal Frisbees. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“You know,” she said, “if I close my eyes, I could almost be an Arctic tern flying over the water.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She drew it back with her fingers, but she was so engrossed in the reading that soon her hand dropped to the page and her hair escaped again, flying wildly in the wind. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The baby is spread-eagled and looks more like he’s flying than swimming. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He made no secret that he would continue his unorthodox habit of flying to Haiti as often as possible, spending half his time in Cange and half at the Brigham to meet his residency requirements. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

There were gulls flying overhead and the heat shivered on the ground; it was a blazing day. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

I ended up backbending on the bar, and next thing I knew, I was spinning around on my neck and flying off the apparatus. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Grandma took off running, as always, and that wig went flying, as always. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

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

Time after time, his peanut was sent flying, to the delight of the others. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

They would not have loaded me on this helicopter, would not be flying me across the lush forests if I were dead. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt like flying four kites in a strong wind—hard, yes, but not impossible. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Even with twenty-first-century navigation improvements, a pilot is always encouraged not to continue flying into bad weather. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He loved being able to knock into the smaller characters and send them flying. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Barack was flying back and forth to D.C. all the time now. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

And then an arrow came flying straight down from the sky, and struck another man behind the head. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes and mouth were wide and round like three flying saucers. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No use in flying off to unsafe places. Keep your wits about you.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Now that Americans have mostly deloused themselves, typhus has discovered a new route into us: by infecting eastern North American flying squirrels and then transferring to people whose attics harbor flying squirrels. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

One of Sarah’s books has a boy flying on the cover. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

She loved the feeling of flying in the air. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

“There were all sorts of rumors flying,” Ruth says, tapping her cane against the sidewalk. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

That didn’t happen for a long time—nor did everyone who joined Marina Raskova’s aviators end up flying as combat pilots. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

With one sudden swipe, I send the tin flying away from us. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She became aware, slowly, that the flying creature’s heart was beating as quickly as a tiny war drum, urgent with some kind of duty. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was this flying fish that had struck me across the face, not Richard Parker. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Before long he was flying around the cavern, weaving through the long stone teeth that hung down from the ceiling, even flapping out over the abyss and swooping down into its cold black depths. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

That dismal face of hers turns cherry red, and spit starts flying outta her mouth as she screams, “Girl, I just gave you a bath!” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It takes almost a day of flying to go from New York to Afghanistan. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if it was superstition or what, but if my father said “death” you can bet two seconds later spit would be flying out his mouth. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jemmy swung the birdcage, knocking the candle flying. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Over those several hours he tried talking himself into just flying home and being done with the whole thing, but he knew he couldn’t just let his long trip be wasted. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

In a field some kids were flying kites. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sends my mace flying, and only a few minutes later, I’m forced to yield. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

As the Chippewa headed north, up the lake toward the finish line at Sheridan Beach, a navy cruiser and nearly four hundred other vessels flying purple and gold pennants joined her. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Many times he came flying back to sit on the bed and to hold the open lesson book just before Momma suddenly filled the doorway. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

So much nothing that at my age, I am flying to Philly to move back in with my mother. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

But she had to avoid the various flying beings who were still fighting in the air, and keep clear of the rising land below. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She heard Mole barking irritably as his food went flying away. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“It’s like, I don’t know, grabbing a little piece of life. All this stuff happens, all these little moments go flying past, and then they’re gone. And then you're gone.” The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Even if it was, so what? It was probably flying south or something. What pigeon would ever want to stop off in this town?” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

I had been blocking on it, but now I remembered that Mom, Myron, and I were flying out in the morning to visit my father’s grave in Los Angeles. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Up there it was sunny, and people were flying very businesslike. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was still flying in an agitated manner. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The pilots who flew the suicide missions thought they were flying with that holy wind. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The biggest prize of all was still flying. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Did they know that they could never go back to the way things used to be, that their only future was one of flying monsters and strange white men with clipboards and cameras? Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Don’t you want to contribute further to this great record by flying more combat missions ? Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Between roads the woods and plains moved too; the land was peopled—the Han people, the People of One Hundred Surnames, marching with one heart, our tatters flying. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about quitting flying and staying home. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Point A to Point B. Whistling, I take off, too, running, flying down the street. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you take a flying fuggut the moon?” he said kindly and he turned back to look at the girl. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Pegasi don’t like me, and the feeling is mutual. But there’s no need for flying.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

There was a little girl sitting on a swing, kicking her legs, flying back and forth, static electricity for hair, happiness for a face. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

He allowed me half a cup of water and two hard biscuits, then fed Stew Cat with a wedge of leftover flying fish. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

At any rate it would have cost him most of his year’s earnings to buy Maddie one year of flying lessons. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

They were all waving and twiddling their wands in unison, and squares of colored paper were flying in every direction like little pink kites. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I was oily and puffy from thirty-two hours of flying, and I still had the caldera of the solar system’s largest volcano smoldering between my eyebrows. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Brightbill was a flying fanatic, and his favorite place to fly was up on the grassy ridge. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Along the road I saw women winnowing baskets of threshed grain in the wind, the clouds of chaff flying off in the breeze. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Eldorado was flying high above the river, wasting who knew how much gas. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It was talking very fast, completely unperturbed by the sparks flying around it and the flames licking its ears. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Burdened with the brick, she had no chance of flying. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Between Red Rabbit and us, we’ll carry your flying machine to Heaven and back if we have to. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m on the plane, flying or being flown, westward toward the watery coast, the postcard mountains. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He is conserving his energy, none of this flying around looking for food and wasting effort. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the case of the Koreans, one kind of deeply rooted legacy stood in the way of the very modern task of flying an airplane. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

"I could castle," he told Tristran, "but there's no one I could castle with'd be any better off here than we are....There's no escape by flying, not judgin' by that thing." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

What was it with her family and flying men? Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

All the talk of flying away in that plane. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Fourteen minutes after retrofire, Glenns voice suddenly reappeared, sounding shockingly calm for a man who just minutes before was preparing himself to die in a flying funeral pyre. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Of Marina Raskova’s original three regiments, there were men now flying and working in both the 586th Regiment and the 125th Guards, and those units were now led by men. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“In a broad sense, lee means the sheltered side. A bird, flying over Mrs. Fitzgibbon’s garden, would notice something most of us would miss.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Dorothy took one look, grabbed her mouth, and lurched out the door, her ponytail flying. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

All day, instead of laying up in bed, she works on decorating the ten-foot Christmas tree in the foyer, making my life a vacuuming hell with all the needles flying around. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

So far, frosted food was brought from Earth in flying icicles; a few community gardens were greening up in hydroponic plants. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, the Roman flying chariot had descended from a cloud and was diving straight toward them. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Someone in the crowd lowered to half-staff the United States flag flying in front of City Hall. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The next, he was flying across the alley on the hood of a small truck. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Effie Trinket, on the other hand, seems to be flying high. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

My mother is on TV flying around in blue fairy dust, waving a magical wand in a cute sparkly outfit’ ” The magic of Disneyland had won Fern over to Vonetta’s side. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope there's nothing in there that might come flying around our heads,” he said as Dustfinger got in the backseat behind Meggie. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

There had been a shower of flying tools, a violent slamming of the door, and the service man was gone. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Kind of like a pear, he had thought, with a point on one end and a fat little body; a flying pear. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then ran back toward us, her hair flying behind her like a flag. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And they yell over the singers that wail over the drums, everybody talking at once, big arm gestures, spit flying. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

All we saw was her wavering as though she were trying to balance herself—and then her tray went flying, spilling chili all over two of the boys. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

So did a thousand shards of glass, and it seemed to Laila that she could see each individual one flying all around her, flipping slowly end over end, the sunlight catching in each. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

They crashed into them, sending bodies flying and tumbling all over each other. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

"I've never been hit by a flying squirrel," she says with her hands on her hips. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

"Thirty-two metric tons including fuel," Martinez said, his hands flying over the controls. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He only stopped at the comer to pick up his flying T, carry it across the street, and lay it back down on the sidewalk. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

One wrong move, and the baton would fall or go flying, which would mean precious seconds off their time. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

She happens to look up at the same exact time, and we look away so fast it’s a surprise our eyeballs don’t go flying out of our heads. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Instead, I spent my time flying older planes which were being modified in various ways. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was riding on the sharp point of the arrowhead itself; she was flying through the predawn stillness. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He’s like her horde of flying evil monkeys or something. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He moved on more slowly, and she kept watching the sky until her eyes splintered again with tears of cold, and she saw no end to the numberless witches flying north. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

They were flying so low, descending too quickly. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

A tiny smile twitches at the corners of my mouth as I remember that seven-year-old girl with her ribbons flying about. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The body won’t never endure but something inside all of us be so strong it always be flying.’” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

‘What are your commands? You are still the Lord and Steward. Not all will follow Mithrandir. Men are flying from the walls and leaving them unmanned.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

But the huge silver plane, pointy like a bullet, keeps getting bigger and bigger, keeps flying toward and through the window into me. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

They liked the excitement of flying on the front lines, and they probably felt that it would be hard to fit in comfortably with the women of the 586th again. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Aru braced herself, her hand flying to the pendant that Monsoon had given her. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, one of Mom’s oil paintings came flying through an upstairs window. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

A boy walking back to his room with an open bag of chips jumps about ten feet at the noise, the chips flying out of the bag and scattering on the floor. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Stock is just flying off the shelves at prices so low you won’t believe your feed! Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes scanned the sky, wondering if any more of the Rusty flying machines were around. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It was answered; and to the dismay of Frodo and his friends out from the trees and rocks away on the left four other Riders came flying. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I sat in the jet this afternoon, flying home from New Orleans, and looked out the window to the patterns of a December countryside far below. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom was flying in for emotional support and to cheer us on as we neared the end of the qualifying circuit. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The much larger dorados couldn’t match their flying, but they were faster swimmers and their short lunges were very powerful. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She jumps, and the toilet paper goes flying. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Tm going to go see if I can take flying lessons and go skydiving. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hedwig had not approved of these flashy intruders; she had been most reluctant to allow them to drink from her water tray before flying off again. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

There was a soft tapping on the windowpanes as various flying creatures of the night threw themselves against the glass. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

There was a covered slide that wound around like a snake, sending kids flying through a dark tunnel. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

After they’d been flying for sixteen hours and just before it got dark, Marina caught a brief glimpse of the river near Omsk, which was enough to tell her they were still on course. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Once, they took off and were flying in formation when the control tower summoned them down. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

No more flying apart at the seams, no more remembering forgotten pains . Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mask went flying off my face but I didn’t stop. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A north Wind swirled through the trees below, sending thin white plumes of snow crystals flying from the highest branches, like icy banners. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

If you throw a rotten orange into someone’s face, you can bet the orange will sooner or later come flying back. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A sick black SUV came flying down the block. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I have that old ornithopter bird with me and I'm winding it up and flying it around. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was like flying over a country at night, over thinly populated lands. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eyes wild and spit flying from his mouth as he repeats this line over and over: “Nobody touch Mexico! Nobody touch Mexico! Nobody touch Mexico!” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He relaxed his legs, then kicked out wildly as the ship swung around, sending him flying in a huge arc. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Is it flying fish or dolphins or some undiscovered pulse? Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night, I saw those glasses flying past my head again and again and again. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Life is that half minute in the morning before your cat remembers she’s kind of a grouch, when she pours out her love and doesn’t give a flying newton who sees it. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The air picked her up, and Lady was flying, too. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

She had to shift quickly into reverse to avoid colliding with it, and both she and Tane had to hold on tightly to keep from flying against the yacht’s custom teak cabinets. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Only babies would give anything for a swing set to send them flying away. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“You don’t talk about your parents flying around outer space in a rocket ship. You don’t talk about leaving the planet. And you stopped wearing crazy costumes.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gene Nora Stumbough, a flying instructor at the University of Oklahoma, heard about the astronaut testing from Wally Funk at an Oklahoma college aviation gathering. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Planes are safer when the least experienced pilot is flying, because it means the second pilot isn’t going to be afraid to speak up. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I’m flying high, running my mouth like there’s no business. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once I dreamed of flying, she thought, and now I’ve flown, and dream of stealing eggs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was impossible to tell how high, or in which direction it was flying; but the sound was there for a minute or so, and then it was gone. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Torn pages were flying everywhere as the books grappled with each other, locked together in furious wrestling matches and snapping aggressively. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I think almost twelve years. Why do I want to bother with flying, anyway?” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are widespread and the flying fish have little chance. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I type the flight number, the date we arrive, and the airline we’re flying on. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“We’re going bowling!” said Tiffany in a bright voice, as if going bowling meant flying to the moon. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They were running so fast it seemed more like a dream of flying than reality. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he leaned down and picked his bag up off the floor, sending bits of dust and wood and tile flying. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Sure, flying clubs had allowed female pilots to become instructors, but not to move directly on to military flying schools. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“One of the angels is flying down to carry out God’s orders.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, I glimpse Asher and Hammie hovering near the center to the archway, flying in tight circles as they are trapped in by two other beasts. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Almost rigid with determination, she does my hair and nails and makeup, fingers flying swiftly to compensate for her absent teammates. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The air is filled with birds flying south for the winter, and it is easy to shoot enough for a meal. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Heard all them stories my dad used to tell, about five-hundred-pound fish flying ten feet into air, like they were launched from a cannon. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes when we swung the machetes and axes, their weight would send us flying into the bushes, where we would lie for a bit and rub our aching shoulders. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Cursing, he swept his arm across the table and sent the baking ingredients flying. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” I say “Three of these flying birds.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

They came flying at him, cawing and screeching, wheeling over his head, diving at his ears. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Yet he couldn’t help but notice four black vultures flying high above the forest. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

She was brushing the earth off her hands and looking up at the high wall as if she dreamed of flying away over it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t exactly sure what sunstroke was, but it sounded like something that might make you see flying cats and magic jelly beans. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He guessed that without the propellor pulling he would have to push the nose down to keep the plane flying—he thought he may have read that somewhere or it just came to him. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

About the same time Jamie started flying again somewhere in the south of England, back in Manchester, Maddie was put on a course to do night flying. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The birds white and flying just above the surface, sometimes going in with their beaks. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

My godmother Lili who killed herself in old age because her husband had jumped out of a flying balloon and her grown son left her to go to Miami. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The heart disease that had limited her flying in her later years finally took her life in 1980. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Running the leaf under his nose, flying it in like an airplane — nothing worked. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The kitchen was lacquered—walls, windows, and ceiling—with grease from the flying pans. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The tiercel caught up with her, then passed beneath her, flying upside down. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I look behind us and duck a flying lacrosse ball. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Looking up, he saw a pair of hawks flying high in the sky. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bought into Hollywood’s lie, that love is mostly what you get instead of what you give, and what it costs, like the perfumed bottle ripped from her neck and sent flying to the ground. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A couple of hours later he was flying over the Rocky Mountains and eating a caramel sundae. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

And then she noticed that the cook was leaping and twirling, waving his knife and trying to reach the flying squirrel. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

The horrible scene of the preceding day was for ever acting before my eyes; the females were flying and the enraged Felix tearing me from his father’s feet. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart was pounding so far up my throat I was surprised it didn’t come flying out of my mouth. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

We stand out in the meadow flying the kite, and I watch the blue-and-yellow-and-green tail whipping around in the breeze, and I’m thinking about Shiloh’s tail, the way it wags. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m flying through the skies of Warcross, the outer reaches of space. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The Squaller turned in the air, stirring the storm into a frenzy, sending ice flying until it stung her cheeks. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

One moment the sack was flying through the air, and the next thing Stanley knew the sack was in his hole and the seeds were spilled across the dirt. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The last thing I heard was Grandma Sands yelling, “Boy, if you slam that door like that again ...” I looked down and saw my socks flying over the Alabama mud. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stared for a moment at the closed door, knowing it would soon be flying open again. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The Manhattan’s crew had trained floodlights on the enormous white Olympic flag flying from the after mast, on the American flag on the foremast, and on the ship’s red, white, and blue funnels. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

First the man was Father Amadi, his soutane flying behind him, then it was Papa, in the floor-length gray sack he wore when he distributed ash on Ash Wednesday. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Long before America’s aircraft manufacturers placed one of their newly conceived flying machines into production, they sent a working prototype to the Langley laboratory so that the design could be tested and improved. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I squinted and thought I saw a golden chariot flying into the blackness. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I was gasping for air, sucking in tiny fleets of flying bugs. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Major Major groaned after Yossarian brought him down with a flying tackle, and tried to wiggle to his feet. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Mabel then picked up the stick and with one try sent the ball flying. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

So how long before their flying machines were in the air, delivering invaders to the garden terrace and to the flat of the seraph’s palm, right where Sarai now stood? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Okay, so I admit that the first day of school I was so nervous that the butterflies in my stomach were more like pigeons flying around my insides. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Others came out flying, although one, causing much laughter, flew only to the top of the box. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

One or two of the rejects manage to scarf a fistful of food before flying headfirst out of the cookhouse. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Henry, Miles, and Amos had rescued them, got into a fight with the bullies—like with real punches flying—and then they all escaped through a corn maze. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Television cameras were set up in the Electronic Learning Center so spectators, in the library and at home, could watch the great flying reptile race. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

The three of them flying back to the red barn each time a new Pokémon is captured so that they can make a pretend record of their battle. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She thought of buying a wig, but wigs brought anxiety, the always-present possibility of flying off your head. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

And he makes up these cockalamie stories to stand my hair on end about being a flying fighter. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, not thinking This is what I’m going to do, and this is what will happen next, 1 front-kicked the music stand, and “Pirate Medley” went flying. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of dispersing, they coalesced into him, clustering in the folds of his ragged cloak, disappearing into his mouth, and flying around his head like a screaming halo. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The engine room blew, sending chunks of ironclad, flying in either direction like a fiery set of wings. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Because of yet another issue over aircraft types, Lilya and Katya soon transferred again so they could continue flying their familiar Yaks. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

That day we got home and my mom was flying around the house like a bird in a panic. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I had lived through the wildest hour where nobody did anything major to me, but their threats, near misses, and flying paper airplanes and pencils had shattered my nerves. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn the TV off, then bounce on the bed, so high my fingers touch the ceiling, and it feels, for a mo- ment, like I am flying. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nonetheless, Roy ran with his head down and one arm upraised for deflection in case another errant ball came flying in his direction. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day he would be flying: he never should have taken the job; it was too simple to be worth his labors. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Will took a flying leap from the small hill of earth he was standing on and landed on Alex’s back. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“Then why are they flying so close to the ground?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Me to go with her!” burst in Jo, flying out of her chair in an uncontrollable rapture. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Where Duke saved the daring young man on the flying trapeze.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Dragon Frank veered to the left with Annabeth in one claw yelling, ‘Let’s get ’em!’ and Percy in the other claw screaming, ‘I hate flying!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I see my buttons popping off and flying in all directions on a daily basis. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Walt Disney even had an entry with an animated featured entitled Victory Through Air Power, extolling the virtues of the flying machine as a weapon of war. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

When a German pilot shot down a Pe-2 dive-bomber and found that a woman had been flying it, his commanding officer told him: “Don’t mention it to anyone. We don’t shoot at women.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Lettuce and tomatoes and carrots and cucumbers went flying all over the table and onto the floor. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was by pressing our ears to the air that we had heard Pa say, “No, Ma. They need to know her, and she needs to know them. They’re flying to Oakland. That’s final.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He just knows that at some point, one of the punches failed to connect because he was flying up, up, up. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

“He’s like one of those flying aces from World War I who would just throw the bombs at their targets like hand grenades,” I said. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The push was a strong one, and it sent Despereaux flying down the stairs into the dungeon. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“The day after we sent our message? She can't be flying far then.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes were on the football field, on Father Amadi s running legs, on the flying white-and-black football, on the many legs of the boys, which all looked like one leg. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Rocket fuel burns in the engine and is sent out the back of the rocket, driving the spaceship forward, just as the rush of air out of a balloon sends it flying around the room. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“I like good strong words that mean something,” replied Jo, catching her hat as it took a leap off her head preparatory to flying away altogether. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

A boy on top of a wooden board—this flying T with tricycle wheels in the back—rumbled by and managed to clip me good. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t see it until it had bitten me several times, and in its own gluttony, had transformed itself into a visible flying droplet of my own blood. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

They waited in the darkness, listening to the footsteps running up and down, beams of light flying along the street from the Death Eaters’ searching wands. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I knelt in the blackness and the ice and I looked uphill, squinting against the flying ice. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

More than 150 people had been hurt—carried away by the river of molasses, trapped in crushed buildings, struck by flying metal when the tank exploded. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

These women had once shared a dream of flying in space, but were denied by their country. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

She tore open her blouse so the pale yellow buttons went flying like popped corn. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z