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“And then what happened?” she said, putting the glass in front of me. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z
She let him walk her home, and he kissed her again in front of her building. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z
When he took his Bible in hand and stood up in front of God and all Malaga Island to preach, he’d be straight up, his eyes opened wide and glinting like mica. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z
He sounded as if he hadn’t a care in the world, but I knew that he was worried by the way he kept inching in front of me and Gram. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z
“Well,” the driver said, smacking bright green chewing gum against his front teeth, “are you getting on or not?” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
“The play was right in front of you,” I say. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z
She sat like stone in the front seat; he had to open the door for her and help her out. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
But my favorite color is pink, and I do admit I used to spend a lot of time in front of the mirror playing with my hair. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
Cal and two of the senior girls are sitting outside the dressing room with their backs to the wall and their legs stretched out in front of them. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z
My dad and I were seated together in a convertible in the front of the parade and my mom and sisters were in a car right behind us. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
Of course they were wrong, Inej considered as she crossed the bridge over the black waters of the Beurskanal to the deserted main square that fronted the Exchange. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
The moving van slowed to a stop in front of a building Emily recognized from the rental website. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
There were even more on the low, round table in front of the fireplace. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z
“I’m sorry to do this,” he says as I open the front door. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
Like him, she had already gone through a simulation of the job in front of her. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z
Servants bring in her garden dress, parading it in front of the onlookers, who fawn over it. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z
Moss picked at the steps again in front of West Oakland High on Wednesday afternoon. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
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
Her front wheel turns and she pedals past me on the sidewalk. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z
Even talking about the dead in front of the dead was a violation. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
Grandma barks at her, Stop talkin’ like that in front of the children. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z
Alvin Hooks began his cross-examination by perching himself on the edge of the prosecutor’s table and crossing his well-shined shoes in front of him as though he were relaxing on a street corner. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z
She opened the front door and mumbled something. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
I knew Selena always arrived at school just as the bell rang and would come in through the front door instead of around the back, where everyone was supposed to enter. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z
“She fell down the front steps when we were leaving,” I offered, returning to my natural fibbing habit. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
I recognized the one in front from that one morning in the nursery. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z
The final scene of the vignette showed him pulling into his driveway that night and being arrested in front of his disbelieving wife and kids. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I will not. I am not at the front. But I am an Italian.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z
The farmer rose from his bed, walked to the front door, and called “Who’s there?” to the person on the other side. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
“What can I get you?” the counterman asked as he wiped in front of us with a rag that spread a thin film of grease on the Formica surface. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z
She hesitated and started rubbing her arms to get warm, but then she decided she wasn’t going to tell me there, on the front steps of the school, either. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z
She supported its bottom with one hand, rested its front legs on her shoulders. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z
She cups the front of my hair in her left hand. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
Momma kept her hand on Byron’s neck and pushed him down on the couch and stood right in front of him. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
When we reached JT’s house, Mrs. Dalton was waiting on the front porch with a tray of lemonade. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
She pulled his arm in front of her face and eyeballed his extensive tattoo work. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z
They felt nervous about speaking in front of so many people, and they lacked confidence about how to run a meeting. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
A baker's helper stepped in front of her, holding a wooden tray. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z
Detective Geyer, now galvanized, told Ryves to meet him in front of the neighboring house in exactly one hour; then he and Cuddy sped to the home of the realtor who had arranged the rental. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
He went on to the front hall and stepped over the sea breeze. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z
That sounds like a reasonable plan, so I save my questions until we’re back on the stone bench in front of the guardhouse, eating greasy burgers and fries. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z
I put a foot over the threshold, then another, and another, until I was hurrying down the stairs, out the front doors, and into the quiet courtyard, where no children played. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z
His grandparents had a light on, on their front porch, and Eleanor's face caught every bit of it. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z
Somehow, the first scribes solved all those problems, without having in front of them any example of the final result to guide their efforts. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z
Aunt Lydia said she was lobbying for the front. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
Go in front of me with a bell and say, ‘Unclean!’ Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z
She landed in front of him carrying a large, square package. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z
He had never kissed anyone in front of his friends, but he focused on how it made him feel. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
The short one smiles, revealing a gap where his front tooth should be. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z
Ron roared, trying to get a clear shot at Ginny around Harry, who was now standing in front of her with his arms outstretched. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z
He let the moment pass, and the three of them followed Johanna as she led them toward the front of City Hall. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
People were starting to stare at Emma for being different, for not turning around and looking back toward the huge screen at the front of the auditorium like everyone else. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z
He rested his right foot on one of the desks in the front row, and each time he got excited, he pushed up, making himself look taller. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z
But Nok could see the uncertainty in his eyes, the horror that he was about to get beaten by someone smaller than him in front of everyone he knew. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z
Tomorrow’s Tuesday—when I’m supposed to meet with Sandy in front of the cathedral. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z
He went out of the house so fast that Adam’s “Good- by” reached him at the bottom of the front steps and Adam’s “Don’t forget to write” sounded over the click of the front gate. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
The cub crouched, quivered, pounced again, and this time he got his muffled front paws on the thing, and a moment later, had bitten it off its string and was flinging it in the air. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z
A girl not much older than Miles and me sat behind the front desk. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z
It had two legs near the front of its long, snakelike body, and it used them to propel itself around the barn in pursuit of the feline house spirit. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z
The cheerful din that had filled the city earlier was gone, and the few denizens still outside shop fronts did not wave or cheer as the warriors passed. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z
Johanna has her hands clasped in front of her and her hair pulled back. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
I can’t help taking a peek out our front window like I used to do when I was younger. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z
One bite and I am back in Gram’s cottage, in front of her warm Stanley range. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z
Pong walked farther into the hall and knelt in front of Father Cham. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z
He was so angry that he walked back to his seat and sat down, leaving no speaker at all in front of the meeting. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
His smile flashed in front of her mind’s eye, the sheepish one on his chalk-covered face when he stepped out of the shadows of Prospect Park. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z
I had never been naked in front of a man before. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z
Duke himself was sitting in a very cushy, very regal dog bed—his right front leg wrapped in a plaster cast. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
A policeman knelt in front of her and she rolled over on her side, covering her eyes. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
“We should sit in front and when we get to our stop, we can jump off and run away,” Mambu told us. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z
When he popped it, and I looked in there and saw the end of the world, the backseat and front seat seemed spotless. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z
“Good-bye, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny,” Mr. Poe said, stepping back through the front door. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z
Ralph felt terrible, but he was not going to run that maze in front of Room 5. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z
Dede was the first to rush out when they heard the commotion in the front yard. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
The conductor slowed the train to a crawl, waved, and gently dropped a large brown bag in front of us as he went by. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z
It rose three storeys with a front entranceway that stretched out the front as a long corridor. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z
“Rough-hewn,” some might have said, or even “thuggish” on account of his broken nose, which made a sharp angle in profile, and from the front skewed distinctly to the left. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
Plus, Erlan had put the quilt up in front of his door, so he said the entire room was a quilt fort now, which meant no cameras ever. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z
Out front was a line of loaders and tractors waiting to be repaired. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
Rarely did he pursue me in front of the others, and then only if he were in the foulest humor, sometimes asking in a dramatic voice for me to speak on behalf of Koreans everywhere. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
We were in the front row of the overheated church. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z
The cool air from a front across London fanned my forehead. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z
The schoolroom is high-ceilinged, yellowy-brown, with blackboards at the front and along one side and tall many-paned windows above the radiators on the other side. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z
There’s a twist of a key, and our front door creaks open. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z
“But I put that epi in front of it.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z
Rooms for staff were not included in B-block’s plan, so a few cells near the front gate have been converted for that purpose. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
We planned to see each other so I could give Jake the note, but I didn’t realize he meant that he was going to be stalking my front doorstep. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z
All the Daugherty kids were waiting for me when I got to their house, sitting on the front stoop. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
They came up holding several copies, staring at the front page. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
The man reached out quicker than Moss expected and wrapped the front of Moss’s shirt inside a fist, and he lifted. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
He puts his coat back on the hook and looks out the front window. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z
He slowly walked away from me to stand in front of another painting. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z
Mr. Galanter said he was counting upon our infield to act as a solid defensive front. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z
At the top, I eased the door open and stood on the threshold, peering down the dark hall, first toward the kitchen and then toward the front of the house. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z
There was a chalkboard on the wall right behind the front gate, and one morning it read, “CO Diaz had arm broken by a con 8/19/97 and is awaiting surgery.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Chronicler took a long moment before he spoke, staring at the rows of characters on the page in front of Kvothe. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
And before that he had managed to dry himself in front of a full-length mirror without so much as glancing into it. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z
As soon as he speaks the words, a forgotten memory finds its way to the front of her mind. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
That afternoon Ben set up his mother’s dining room and kitchen chairs in a straight line, at intervals of three feet, from the back of the paved driveway to the front. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
A house with a sloping red roof and a barn where cows mooed, a sheltered well right in front. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z
When I open the front door, Britain and Golly look on the verge of bursting. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z
When she heard her brother’s quick, returning footfalls, Lupita picked up the sack of food she had left on the chair beside the front door the night before. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z
“Can someone please explain to me what happened onstage? The rudeness to a fellow band member? Sacrificing all of our hard work, in front of all the parents and the entire grade?” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z
The vlogger huddles in his parka in front of the space heater. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z
Leslie sat way up in the front corner nowhere near the waste basket or pencil sharpener, so there was no way he could pretend to be heading somewhere else and sneak a word with her. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z
As somebody started up our front walk, carrying the obligatory gigantic shopping bag, I would say, OK, Jeff, what do you think — frowny or cheery? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
The other man chuckles, following me through the door while Mr. Blond Policeman goes to Helena and squats down in front of her. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z
The thought of stealing it, in front of everyone, daunts me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
Even the best moments of the night were affected by that one incident—by that nonincident—in front of my old house. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z
But now it was okay, almost required, every now and then, to make some jokey allusion to these things that lay in front of us. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
Fadi was wondering what she would have done if she had gotten caught, when he heard a key rattle in the front door. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z
Then we would wait for the bus that stopped in front of the school, present the transfers, and ride the few blocks to the subway. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z
They were already being used at the front for communications, as ambulances, and for clobbering German troops. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z
Foot pressed on the brake, he screeched to the right and saw the front hood of his truck crumple and rise. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
Somehow, I felt as though I were standing there naked in front of that beautiful girl. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z
I called back over my shoulder as I went up front to turn the key in the ignition. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z
Back at the front door, Genie remembered what Grandpop said about counting his steps and decided to test it. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z
In the last hundred years, there has been a steady series of events on the labor front. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z
The men at the front were getting warmed up. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
Some children were seated in a ring at the front of the room with their chairs, and they had some of the same books Grandma had me reading at home. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
She turned and glared at me on the front steps of her apartment building. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z
Another mead was placed in front of Shadow. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z
The next morning, it appeared on newspaper front pages nationwide. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z
All of us girls are onstage, too, in three rows—the tallest in back, shortest in front. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
Once they positioned themselves across from each other, Genie glanced at the yard in front of him, the rickety birdcages all cracked and mangled and peeking from just behind the house. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z
The front door of the house opened and a lady with wild red hair stood there. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z
A cyclo resembles a big wheelchair attached to the front of a bicycle. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
I turned the heat on and held my hand in front of the vent until, after a minute, warm air pulsed through. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z
Two boys began to giggle uncontrollably at the front of the room. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
As he sat in front of the chessboard, often at the kitchen table, with a chess book spread open, the pieces became his companions, the book his mentor. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
When Miss Cowper found out about the Broadway play, I thought she was going to walk on air right there in front of us. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
She had stopped in front of a door that had an anchor with a dolphin coiled around it painted on the white wood. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z
The suitcase was so packed with books Emily had to drag it up to the front porch one step at a time. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
She crossed her arms in front of her chest. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
Dave was high-stepping the way in front and the six “fingers” were a weaving chorus line behind him. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z
All the sixth graders have to sit in the front of the bus, while all the eighth graders lord it over everyone else in the back. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z
At the top of the stretch, he shot out of the front of the pack. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
I run down the stairs, chasing the heels of the Dauntless in front of me, ignoring the jostle of elbows and all the shouts around me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
It just wasn’t the guy standing in front of me right now. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
There, in front of me, at the base of this long pillar of light, stood an old coin-operated arcade game. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
My grandmother was silent for a minute as her knuckles tapped the wood on the front door. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z
Hooded crows feasted on the innards of a dead horse in front of an overturned wagon. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z
Looking up front, I saw attendants in white jackets rolling the portable ring away and placing a small square rug in the vacant space surrounded by chairs. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z
Flailing for something, I poured a glass of milk and set it in front of her, but I didn’t join her at the table. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z
She points to an older woman in the front. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
A barge was unloading right in front of me. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
The family in front of us had a baby that the mother held in a sling on her side and two young boys. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
Some wipe their eyes and confer quietly with others near the front of the line. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z
He’d sit in front of the TV for hours, a black cloud hovering. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
He walked backwards to the front of the auto, watching her, and then made her get out. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
“You laughed at her. You said you weren’t seven years old and then stomped out the front door.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z
They were moving purposefully, all together, straining to stay near one another, and the doctor’s flashlight swept the hall and stopped at the great front door, which was standing open wide. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z
They have their differences, but they almost always present a united front. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z
She shook the white paper in front of Aunt Xi-wen’s nose. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
My sister got in the front seat, and we careened down Lee Avenue, stopping only to let my sister off at our house so that she could tell my mother where we were going. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z
I really didn’t want to let her win and for me to get banished from my own city room in front of everybody. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z
I bit into the firm center with my front teeth. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z
He puts it on the table in front of me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
She took a step forward, but Matthias moved in front of her. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
I stood still in front of the staircase, my hands trembling violently. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z
He gets right up into Frank’s face, front paws lifted off the ground and crawling into his lap. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
The waitress returns and places the soup and two uncooked eggs in front of us. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z
When the columns passed in front of her house, Alba ran out and joined them, singing at the top of her voice. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
Turns out it's a fairly dangerous idea, because I'm in front of the entrance at dismissal, and there's no place to keep out of the way. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
He paced back and forth in front of me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
I walk around the room, looking out the wide front window at all the green grass and tall trees in this place. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z
When she stopped in front of the barbershop she said, “Ask Mr. Fred how much we owe him. I forgot to take the slip out of the sack. Said you’d pay him.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z
I spot Elsie bouncing in her seat in the front row. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z
In thin corduroy skirts and clogs we came up the front lawn. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
At the end of these recurrent dreams, they watched the grim-lipped officer and the chaplain move toward the unhinging annunciation at the front door. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
He says that’s nice language to be using in front of the children and she says never mind the language, food on the table is what she wants, not suffering Ireland. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z
In front of the doorway a shallow covered porch ran the full width of the house. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z
In the front walked a man holding a Confederate flag. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
“You’re about to come to the front edge of the wing, right?” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
But afore we had the chance to ask Pa, the Preacher came walking down the road in front of Cooter’s. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z
Then, while lounging in the driver’s seat, he tooted and re-tooted the horn until Anne finally came to the front door. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z
"Have fun," I said, climbing out of the car at the exact same moment Becca was walking between Momly's car and the car in front of us. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z
I heard his boot steps quicken as he tramped down the front porch. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
I don’t know if it was the pain, the embarrassment of being punched by an eighth-grader in front of his friends, or a combination of the two, but Jeremy started crying. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
I lay there with my gun pointed in front of me, unable to shoot. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z
Maybe I could go as far as the front parking lot and he would be there! Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
Daddy sits with the plate in front of him. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z
There were four officers standing together, with a man in front of them with a carabiniere on each side of him. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z
They walked along the front of the first section of the shopping center, but saw only a restaurant and some clothing stores. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z
Trying to appear mediocre in front of the other tributes is the last bit of strategy I remember. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z
She picked up my boxer shorts when I was folding them, and she had this smile, and she put her finger through the vent in the front and twiddled it. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
He made it sound easy—as if it never entered his head that Foolish Carriage might not want to come around front. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z
A mat was brought in and rolled out in the semicircular space in front of the rostrum. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z
Pax settled himself in front of it—the groundhog’s burrow entrance felt too large, too open, and he felt better when he kept guard there—but Bristle called. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z
Shortly after they had planned this story, a brightly coloured bird landed on a tree in front of them. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z
Coming around to the front of the crumbledown, there’s another smell. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z
The little girls from apartment 2C are sitting on the front steps when we arrive. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z
Two hours later, a taxicab stopped in front of the house, and the driver jumped out and opened the door for his passengers. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z
I fingered the tom front of my shirt. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
She must sense my approach, because the front door opens right away. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z
She held the paper out at arm’s length in front of her, upside down so she could read it. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z
The front door hung askew, an arrow protruding from the frame. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z
He lights the rag hanging from the bottle’s mouth and with a not terribly good arm flings the Molotov cocktail through the front window of the Zebra Room. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
He was lifted into the air in its front legs; struggling madly, he tried to kick it; his leg connected with the pincers and next moment he was in excruciating pain. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
She pulled herself to the front and grabbed the reins. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z
She points to the floor in front of a jewelry store. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z
He pushes a glass of ice water in front of me. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z
Not long after the Crowell house bombing, another close neighbor, Mrs. Ryles, came home from teaching school one day and saw a mysterious brown paper bag lying in the bushes by her front porch. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
This was a big change front his Berkeley days. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
Encanis stood in front of me holding out a bright bit of silver that caught the moonlight. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
He dangled keys in front of my eyes. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z
He squared a small stack of notes he'd prepared and placed them neatly in front of him. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
Life was even looking up on the boyfriend front—for the last couple of days I’d been on the receiving end of some intense glances from Martin Enfield, a senior on the lacrosse team. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z
I get to the front door, my hand poised above the handle, then I stop. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
The drawings papered the front of the refrigerator, waiting for the next time his father would come home. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z
It was in a place of honor at the front of the room, in a fancy case that rested atop what had been the altar. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z
As she jogged up her front steps, something ugly and awful was forming in my mind, but I couldn’t quite find the right words for it—or I didn’t want to. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
“So, are you excited about tomorrow’s graduation ceremony?” he asked, crossing his hands in front of him on the desk. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z
There was one more obstacle and then, Nathan thought, he would be standing in front of Mother Water Monster herself. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
A scroll shot from the river like a miniature rocket and landed in front of him. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
Everything I’ve ever wanted is right in front of me, right now. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z
To my surprise, Mamá was sitting on the front steps waiting for me. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z
She raised the stone with a hole in it and held it in front of her right eye. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z
He waited till I had stumbled to the front door, and then I heard his engine quietly rev. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
A woman with a tight bun and a tablet stands in front of one of the pods. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z
Pasiphaë stood only a few feet in front of them. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
I shove her harder and she almost stumbles down the school’s front steps. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
"Give her some space," I say, arcing my arm in front of her as a shield while we make our way to the church steps. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
He walked down the steps on the outside of the house that led up past Coraline’s front door to the door of his flat. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z
And Jack’s mother stayed sick with sadness, and her eyes were so dead, and it was like she didn’t see Jack, even when he was in front of her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z
You come in through the front gate, but the only way you leave is through the chimney, the guards had told us when we arrived. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z
The front doors open, and the Beauty Minister is announced. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z
I reached out and found three grenades and lined them up in front of me; the pins had already been straightened for quick throwing. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
Right in front of him was the boy who’d split his lip. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z
He walked to the front seat of the car and lifted a pair of shoes whose toes were covered by white sweat socks from under the seat. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
The front yard was decorated with what looked like a DIY glow-in-the-dark bowling set made from plastic water bottles with glow sticks inside them. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z
Tension on the line locks the keg under the front seat and then the skiff jerks out from under my feet. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z
She took another step further into the hallway, conscious of the front door open behind her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
Father gripped the frame of the wing tighdy with his left hand and pulled back sharply with his right, so that the front rudders angled skyward. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z
The front door’s unlocked, so I open it and matter-of-factly blow the horn. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z
When we get to the front of the line, Mr. Reuben greets us with a gap-toothed smile from behind the partition. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z
“Definitely,” said Snape, and even with his poorly cut hair and his odd clothes, he struck an oddly impressive figure sprawled in front of her, brimful of confidence in his destiny. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
It was a modest vehicle, square and bulky in the manner of a Dodge, so long in front as to look out of balance and with its radiator grille low over the bumper. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z
Axel paces in front of the reception desk. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
She didn’t answer my question and kept her eyes on the road in front of us. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
Right when he was finishing up Needles's haircut, there was a clicking at the front door. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z
Father cut the motor and twisted the rear rudder hard to the left, tilting the front rudders upward so that the wind lifted the right side even more. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Nobody’s father would be naked in front of his own daughter. Not unless he was dirty too.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
I hold my hands in front of me like I'm carrying the samurai spear some of the others held. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z
At noon, while General Moncada was lunching with Úrsula, a rebel cannon shot that echoed in the whole town blew the front of the municipal treasury to dust. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z
I embarrassed him in front of his friends, and I meant to. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z
When he came out again, the little silver bell was hooked over his left front leg. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z
I’m still embarrassed by how vulnerable I was in front of Judith when I met her at the school. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z
The bottom was red, and the top was red and white striped, and it all zipped up the front. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z
We all spill into the giant auditorium, where there’s a huge stage and screen in the front. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z
When they got to the shell house, they found hundreds of exuberant fans jockeying for space on the wobbly float and milling around in front of the building, hooting and hollering. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
I sat on the floor of my bedroom, a suitcase open in front of me. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
There were three closed caskets at the front of the room, each one with a framed photograph of a smiling child on its lid. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
I sat down next to him on the bed so his long body was stretched out in front of me. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
Someone in front of me lit a cigarette. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
She pointed to the papers in front of me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z
“That was beautiful. As if Paradise was there in front of me,” a teenager gushed to Roberto. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z
Jack thanks April for her help as he opens the door for me, and Mom waves hello from the front of the car. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z
A skinny spotted dog ran out in front of the truck. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
And somewhere between here and the Cramps’ front door, I even managed to figure a couple things out. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z
Each car appears to have a wall of sacks along the front to serve as windbreak. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z
Rydell stepped out of the shadows, and in the light from the corner streetlight I could see his face was bruised and swollen; blood was splattered down the front of his T-shirt. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z
Mama would not be able to see them from her front bedroom window. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
The one with Frank’s initials stitched onto the front chest pocket. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
He stood at the front door and cheered: “Snow!” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z
Hazel huddled in the furs, trying to take in the witch in front of her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z
“Tied at the front or at the back?” Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
You’re back where you started, in the city where you were born, only now you go to work on the forty-seventh floor in a downtown building with a wide plaza and a sculpture out front. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
It hung like a bulbous mushroom in front of her face. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z
It was dark out, and the streetlights along the academic drive in front of the student center and gym barely lit up the street. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z
There were two chairs in front of the principal’s well-organized desk. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z
I didn't answer, just smiled awkwardly and headed down the steps in front of her. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z
But I was still pelting through a particularly narrow lane when a man leaped out in front of me. he cried, his arms spread wide enough to prevent me from passing. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z
She folded and refolded the damp dishcloth on the table in front of her. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z
There, the surface was about the size of Snowberger’s big front parking lot, only, unlike the Snowberger’s lot, the top of Listening Rock gently rolled and sloped. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
Campbell was the inventor and commander of the unit, which was supposed to fight only on the Russian front. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
They were down from Alaska and Canada, migrating ahead of a cold front. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z
One diner had a big window across the front. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
There were front hallways and bus stops and the space on the other side of classroom doors. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z
They went to the front of the stall, where a man tended a pot of boiling oil. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z
The distance through the front of the wardrobe, across Henri’s room, across the landing, and to her doorway runs twenty-one paces, give or take. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z
“We don’t hold with slaves being auctioned on our front steps. Won’t stand for it, in fact.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z
There’s pictures of me and Daddy standing in front of the house. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z
A cold front started in this morning, so she can’t go out to the swimming pool, and they say the weather’s going to get worse. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z
Inside, a small group of kids gathered near the front. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z
Tyson yelled, and he jumped in front of me just as they threw their balls. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z
On Wednesday morning, May 7, I was awakened by the slam of the front door and Mother Lois calling out to us from the living room. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
One day I was in the hallway smoking a cigarette just before the siesta when a dark little boy appeared in front of me and stood there silently. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
The Home Town Chronicle showed a picture of Mrs. Bigio on the front page, holding in one hand the American flag that had been draped over his casket, now folded into a triangle. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z
But can I really play un-muffed in front of all the parents, brothers, sisters, and grandparents? Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z
Liz looked doubtful, but splashed the stick in the water right in front of the crawdad. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
The first four cohorts, each forty kids strong, stood in rows in front of their barracks on either side of the Via Praetoria. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z
Calder followed him onto the front walk, noticing with interest all the papers that had collected under the dead plants in their yard. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z
There was such a scarcity of high land on Rass that for generations we had buried our dead in our front yards. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
It doesn’t take long before Rhiannon is standing on the front of it, I’m standing on the back of it, and we are riding as fast as we can. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z
The German people have been asked to donate woolen and fur clothing for the soldiers at the Russian front, where winter comes early. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z
That night, the four walls of that shack squeezed so snug that I did my reading on the front steps. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z
He caught a gleam of red light sweeping the ground in front of the creature as if it came from its eyes. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
He clawed his hands, palms up, in front of his chest. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z
Toby ran for the front door, but Jimmy grabbed him just before he got to the cinder-block steps and tossed him to the ground. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
I ran up to him and clenched the front of his shirt in my blistered hands. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
With nothing stopping me, I stomp out the front door. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z
It is three stories tall, with beige stucco walls and wide fieldstone panels flanking a varnished oak front door with leaded glass. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z
They walked out the front door arm in arm, down the stairs, and to the driveway at the side of the house. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
“How stupid was that, anyway, trying to jump a guy in front of his whole rugby team?” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
As they reached the other side, the front door closed with a sharp snap. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z
A shape began to appear in front of them, something high and towering and dark. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z
I have done my utmost to have him thrown out of Hogwarts, where I believe he scarcely belongs, but kill him, or allow him to be killed in front of me? Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z
His nose was runny and he kept a Snowberger’s handkerchief in his front pocket. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
We slow to a stop in front of a sign that says Jungle Habitat. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z
They sat on the curb in front of the building and ate crackers and looked for the town but they couldnt find it. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z
The man at the front table rapped again. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
Percy rode up front with the leathery old man, who smelled like smoked salmon. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z
From this moment on, the best policy is suspicion on all fronts. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
This family that you could tell just came out of some church were walking right in front of me--a father, a mother, and a little kid about six years old. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z
She missed her regiment and she missed the action of the front. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z
He’s bulleting to the front door and I catch up with him. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z
She unzipped her front and he bolted away immediately. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
Before we could stop him, the older man was stooped over holding onto the front door window, looking into the backseat of our car. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z
The following week he was on the front page of the Tangerine Times sports section for making kicks of 40 and 45 yards to beat Flagler 6-0. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
I snap my pencil point and walk to the front of the room to sharpen it. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z
Red Shirley Temple curls ran along the front of his ears. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z
On the ground in front of them, Ron’s face filled with anguish. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
I crept around to the front of the store. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z
I stepped out of the car and walked to the tall, wooden front gates of the house. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
I head to the front door for my satchel, ready to thread together more of Minny’s stories. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z
Mrs. Flowers would continue her easy gait up the hill to her little bungalow, and Momma kept on shelling peas or doing whatever had brought her to the front porch. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
She was a blowsy woman with dyed yellow hair, and from time to time we saw her out in the front yard, chopping wood or filling a scuttle from the coal pile. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
When he lifted me up, I opened my eyes, blinked back the water, and immediately looked up into Jesus’ stained-glass face on the large window just in front of me. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
We all bounce to our feet and take off, and by the time we’re running along the warning track in front of the outfield fence, Luis, Ben-Ben, and I are in front. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z
He bound the man tightly, and we propped him up with some comforters in front of the fire and gave him some more rum and something to eat. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
We walked through the gates of our complex, and I stopped just in front of Abuela’s apartment. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z
I remembered the photo of her and her uncle in front of the science center. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z
The crowd parts, and a tattooed guy rolls in on a skateboard, skidding to a stop in front of the service desk. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z
If I hadn’t been afraid that he would turn and run straight back to the Captain’s, I would have dropped him on the front walk and run back myself. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
In front of me is the Pacific, which sends up sunset after sunset, for nothing; at my back are the improbable mountains, and beyond them an enormous barricade of land. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z
Colin's dad flipped the paper around and stared at the large headline above the fold on the front page. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z
Kerns punched my shoulder somewhere between See ya bud and I remember when you pinned me your first time on the mats and made me look like an idiot in front of my boys. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z
The railroad crossed it near San Dona going up to the front. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z
I balled my fist in front of her face. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z
I tap the glass in front of me a few times, and the camera angle switches to one inside the building the invaders have just forced their way into. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
A Palmetto forward upended Tino right in front of our goal. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
Standing at attention, eyes straight ahead, were one or two thousand men in front of him and behind him the firing squad. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
An hour later, Thomas sat in front of the Keepers for the Gathering, just like he had a week or two before. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
I was in the living room practicing my right jab-left hook combo in front of a full-length mirror I took from her room. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z
Fred didn’t appear to be in any hurry to go home, so we went back outside and sat on the front stoop. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z
It’s happened to all of us: there’s sunlight and shade, spots and patterns of colour, your mind is elsewhere—so you don’t make out what is right in front of you. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z
So I dozed and floated on the clouds of Farsi that blew my way from the front seat of Dayi Jamsheed’s SUV. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z
The candle in front of the Virgin had burned out, leaving a waxy smell that the curtains held in. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
The tsar held her hand, resting their entwined fingers on the table’s edge in front of them. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z
I heard the front door open and shut and Phoebe came in the kitchen waving a white enve-lope. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z
She got up from her cot and went into the front room and sat at the window. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
I think about the many ways I ignored what was in front of me—how blind I was, how foolish not to be on my guard. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z
There was a crude fireplace with one or two black iron pots standing in front of it. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
She grew into a nimble young girl of seven winters, a thoughtful girl with shining brown eyes and a wide grin, only missing her two top front teeth. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z
But then, through the station’s front window, she saw Eddie Jordan. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z
Richard and I run to the front gates of the fort. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z
We said our thank-you’s to him and turned to face the bombardment of questions as we made our way to Mrs. Bates’s front door. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Trying not to cry, she led me in and made me lay down on the black leather davenport in the front hall. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
But then I shut my mouth, because I don't think it would be a good idea to boast about the things we've done just yet in front of my mom, Auntie Seema, and Max's parents. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
Busy Seventh Avenue ran along in front of a place called Small’s Paradise. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
Freddie was in the center, and I realized he had the most recent student handbook in front of him. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z
No one answered when he rang the front doorbell because we were all in the back loading the cake into the red wagon, so he walked around back to the patio. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z
With a horrible shriek, it landed in front of Ku-Ang, its foul smell making him flinch. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z
The front wall of the Hall of the Gods rose from the floor. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
Meeks dropped a square of canvas in front of her, and Theo placed a brush and a small jar of black paint on the table. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z
Grandpa gave Adele a don’t-you-start-with-me look, marched into the kitchen, grabbed a can of beer from the refrigerator, planted himself in his favorite chair in front of the television, and lit a cigarette. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z
I picture his dad and him sitting in the front seat of their truck talking about bobcat tracks. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z
She and Amari watched, horrified, as Clay lay the naked, screaming baby on the dirt in front of his father. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z
Gram lets me stay home the next day because Freak is getting out of the hospital, and I'm right on the front step when the Fair Gwen pulls up in her car. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z
A few cars stop in front of the building and teenagers spill out onto the sidewalk. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
He walked outside, then paused upon seeing the man standing in front of his father and brothers. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
Mom wanted a real home up front, so Dad built a couple of bedrooms and a kitchen with a double sink. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Is your last name Muhammad?” she asked, her eyes fixed on me, the only fourth grader in the classroom wearing a hijab, who happened to be sitting in the front row. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
Mark stood at the front of the big, open room. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z
“So I took him to the vet. That’s where he got the bandage. But he kinda scraped it off when he scrunched under the fence in front of the druggie house that burned down.” Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z
The wet front of her nightgown clung to her under the robe Muff had given her, but she did not dare take the time to change. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
Especially since they were sitting in front of five birdcages, which, Genie realized, if you looked past the entwining vines and leaves, were arranged in a semicircle. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z
The Preacher was on Champion and pulled him up out front of our home. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z
Not till the first stripes of dawn start appearing down the valley in front of us do we stop to take on more water. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z
Traveling with the Red Army to the front, Grossman saw the panicked population as people left their homes and tried to escape the German army. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z
I reached to open the building’s front door, but where the lock and handle should have been, there was only a hole. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
In the late 1920s, General Motors secretly began to purchase trolley systems throughout the United States, using a number of front corporations. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z
I see my guys moving down in front of me and everything feels and looks right. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z
Marv stands on my front lawn and has no idea what to say— but he looks happy. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z
A bunch of wild boys pushed and shoved their way in front of Howard and he didn’t even say anything. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z
There’s a pair of women with scarves tied around their heads coming up the steps from the sunken front doors. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z
But that involves getting up and standing in front of a group of people. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
Well, sometimes, I can do that, but I don’t need an hour in front of a mirror. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z
And sitting in the front passenger side was Vega. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z
A baby was screaming in the front of the bus. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z
Pastor Tom set his hat down in front of him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
I swing my backpack in front of me and pull out the map. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z
I slip into the black dress with the deep V in the front, the black Delman flats. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z
The painting right in front of me showed five geese flying over a red barn. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z
I can see straight through to the front of the truck and the two seats where Liz and her mom are sitting. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
A gust of wind blew against his calves and then began to circle in front of him, picking up grains of the dark blue sands. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
While the adults were threatening to hang one of us, some of the Central High students appeased themselves by hanging an effigy on the front lawn. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
The next day was Saturday, and Calder arrived at Powell’s early Mr. Watch was seated behind the front counter, frowning over what looked like a letter. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z
Their faces float in front of him, then fade out, and enter again, first one, then the other, and then the three of them together. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z
As the singers streamed backstage through the wings, Mrs. Atanabi made her way around the front of the stage to wait for Mr. Tushman to introduce her, and we took our positions. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z
I didn’t touch the book in front of me until she had made her way back to the front of the class and was going on about something in long division. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z
I’m tied to the whipping post in front of the sheriff’s office. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z
Then sat in front of the TV, where, even though his mother said not to, he'd planned to play video games. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z
“Let’s not even try to go out the front.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
The air inside stayed so cool that when relatives died, the family kept their corpses in the front hallway for days so people could visit and pay respects. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
We’d just passed the fire alarm on the corner of Frances and Fleming Streets when a towheaded kid in overalls, with no shirt on underneath, waved to us from the front step of his house. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z
I hang up and walk slowly out my front door and over to the letter box. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z
He unlocked the front door and let her into the house. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z
“Get in,” he ordered, and grabbed the front of my T-shirt and yanked me inside. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
Coming upon the open door to Bloom’s office, we slowed, then halted, Colton in front. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
She said nothing else to me until her friends came over that afternoon, when Aunty Ifeoma and Jaja were in the garden and the boys were playing football out front. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z
The boy on my front, my pack on my back, we pushed our way through the sea of people toward the stairs. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z
But then I see that there’s already something bright lying there on the grass in front of the grave. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z
I look back at Tobias, who is pacing back and forth in front of the windows, gnawing on his fingernails. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
One day, as soon as we had left the forested area of a village we had bypassed, a group of huge, muscular men sprang from the bushes onto the path in front of us. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z
“I’m going to hold a sit-in tomorrow morning in front of the restaurant. Before the vote.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z
He lets go of Ainsley’s desk and starts pacing back and forth at the front of the room. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z
Nately charged after him, but was blocked by the first officer, who plodded back in holding a pillow in front of him, like a bubble dancer. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z
In this ten-note example from Corelli, all the keyboard player has in front of him or her is the bass line notes, borrowed from the cello player, and those extra numbers above it. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z
In front of us someone all trussed up in a harness and blue jumpsuit leaps into the void, and disappears down the side of the tower never to be seen again. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z
One way to make a noun possessive is to add s; another way is to put of in front of it. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
He kept his head and eyes fixed on the front of the courtroom, never once looking behind him to see the family of the police officer or even his own family. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z
When we got there Mr. Leroy tied Jingle Boy out front and told me, “If they’s any trouble you light on out for this horse and go home. Just follow that road south.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z
“Maybe if she sat up front more, you could see her better.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
Two male students and I were standing in front of a store when suddenly we felt a high-powered blast of water hit us. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
Before Chess knew it, Ms. Morales was pulling up in front of the Greystones’ house. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z
No guards are posted in front of this building. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z
“Yes. But not like that. Not in front of everybody like that.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z
My big event for Wednesday is when Mrs. Trent comes to the front door about two o'clock—just as the Duke is revving up his War Wagon. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
These people slumped on their distracted circuits, looking this way and that, never in front. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
Voxy stands in front of a single workstation in the center of a room the size of my entire house. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z
But Palmer noticed that no one, not even Beans, bent down to pet it as it ambled past the four of them and disappeared around the front of the house. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z
She jerks her hand up and holds it in front of her face and acts like she's opening her eyes extra wide. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
Matt and Lance come from around the front of the crumbledown. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z
For a fleeting moment, he’s standing once more at the front of the praise band. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z
Instantly, eight winged creatures appeared on the screen, one stationed in front of each player. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z
Grandma, Carlos, and Kim talk to me like I’m standing right in front of them. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z
I described Mom’s vegetable garden and the Jesus statue in front of church. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z
Emily’s mom pushed their front door open, revealing their own staircase. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
And then, with a flutter of wings that threw up a little fountain of sand in front of him, the first bird landed a few yards away. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z
“Definitely,” my mom said, staring at them through our front window as they moved in. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z
Lie wanted to duck his head, or throw his hands in front of his face, but it was too late. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
Hazel had a flash of a memory—Jack’s mom standing in front of her on some long-ago summer day, gently putting peroxide on a badly skinned knee, wincing along with Hazel. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z
He knew he was talented and figured the Under Fifteens needed someone like him up front. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z
They saw no guards at the front door or anywhere on the street. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
Traditionally, contortionists are either front bending or back bending, depending on the flexibility of their respective spines, and their tricks and performances are based upon this distinction. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
But Cory plugged his nose like one of us had just taken a dump in front of him. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
The front page is wet from my sweat. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z
About ten minutes after Powell entered the Seward mansion, a servant ran out the front door into the street screaming, “Murder!” Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
When they did reappear, they came back as big red disks glowing a few feet in front of us. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z
A young girl stood in front of me, a scrap of paper and a pencil in her hand. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
A few minutes after I emerged from the door in the cargo hold and stepped onto a large floating piece of wood, I watched the giant ship sink in front of my eyes. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z
He slung his bag to his front side and pulled out his own lock, and Javier grabbed Moss’s bike and leaned it up against his. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
People knocking on the air in front of my face and calling out, “Anybody in there?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
Lily plops another bottle of wine down on the table and places an extra glass in front of me. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z
Ob drank his cocoa and looked out the front window while I got the table spread. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z
The Witchlings were pinned: the Cursed Toads and the Nightbeast in front of them, the raging water behind them growing wilder as Barbatos waved his hands in the air and mumbled an incantation. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z
Park reached into the front of his dobok and pulled out the second issue of Watchmen. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z
Two men detach themselves from the shape of it, come up the front steps, ring the bell. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
And since Aimee shone a light on something that was in front of me all this time, it makes me wonder what else I’m not seeing. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z
And then they were in front of the woods. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z
“The front doors jammed. It’s been like that for a long time.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z
They slammed through the front door and hollered and bumped into each other. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z
This shifting front of rich ocean, about twenty-five miles wide, is the most fertile ecosystem in the world, supporting awesome numbers of fish, seabirds, seals, and whales. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z
“Here, Mr. President,” I would say, handing back the medal, “use this for our boys at the front.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
He had just raised his hand to knock when the front door flew wide. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z
I saw Wayne stop in front of the house, the cloud of poison still five yards behind him. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
I found a chair near the door to the suite and sat alone, surveying the scene in front of me. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
Told a dude I would pay him two thousand dollars to bring me over, three hundred up front. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z
She spun dizzily to a stop in front of us. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
You have to head for the front and hook up with an infantry unit and help spill the blood. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I knew something in that photo looked familiar. I think they’re standing in front of my old church building. The church moved to a new location a few years ago, before we moved here.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
They laid the carved gemstone on the table in front of them and started to inspect it closely, muttering little scholarly notes to each other and passing the magnifying lenses back and forth. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z
Out front squatted a waist-high gargoyle, so eroded by rain and salt that his features were all but obliterated. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
Well beyond the gibbet, two men in mail hauberks stood leaning on their spears in front of the long low building by the water, the one with the slate roof. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
Where the houses have yards in the front and the back. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z
Save for the sound of Doc’s whistling up front, there was silence. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
Then I noticed that the old lady who lives at number 39, which is on the other side of Mrs. Shears’s house, was in her front garden cutting her hedge with an electric hedge trimmer. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
I look at the letters, and I wave my hand around in front of my face. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
He gives the other copper, who has a big gap between his front teeth, a bit of side-eye before looking her up and down like a sweet in a display case. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z
When he set it on the floor in front of me, out exploded a flash of wriggling gold fun. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z
Daniel Ellsberg sat in the front passenger seat with his camera pointed out the window. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
Lying on my back, I could see him between my feet, scrambling on the ice with his front paws. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z
"Something bad happened...I left it in neutral, and somebody crashed into the back of it while it was parked. Some damage to the rear, and the front is wrecked. They didn't leave a note." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
I take my hair out of its tight braids and kneel in front of him while he gently picks through. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z
Emily turned and looked at the two trees in front of the building. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
To hang a child in front of thousands of onlookers was not a small matter. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
Mrs. Conway asked me to read in front of the class again. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z
At first she had resented that Scythe Curie made her the front line for these heartbroken people, but soon she came to understand why. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z
He looks at us and shakes his head at Mam as if to say, Och, you shouldn’t talk like that in front of the children. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z
Just rows of padded fold-ups and a wooden podium in the front. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
As he spoke, she broke down and cried in front of him—“had a few tears,” as he would later recall. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
At first, he shares the front bedroom with an aunt, Mirian, twenty-six. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z
A half mile in front of us, a light turned red. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z
Fifty feet in front of the house the Americans were standing in a semicircle, guns to their shoulders, aiming at the doorway. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z
A shell lands square in front of our post. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
We started the next afternoon in front of the gorillas. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
“They’re going to the front. There is war between Germany and the USSR. Germany has moved into Lithuania,” she shouted. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z
Once the lion was safely inside, the hare bolted the front door and waited outside. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z
Emily was unsure where to board or who to pay, but James led the way, stepping up at the front and showing a pass to the conductor. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
I feel a swell of homesickness as I hear the sound of the worn, rickety wood of that front step, creaking underneath us as we laugh and get close for the picture. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z
Hermione pressed her lips together, looking angry and disapproving, but was distracted by a third owl landing in front of her carrying that day’s copy of the Daily Prophet. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z
We can all mind-read effortlessly and automatically because the clues we need to make sense of someone or some social situation are right there on the faces of those in front of us. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z
But the man in front of Luke looked small and, maybe, scared. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
Miguel, however, stood in front of him with his hands on his hips. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
With a furlong to go, Aneroid’s head bobbed in front, just as Rosemont’s had done a few months before. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
It was not difficult to choose between these circles of suffering—the sea, the beach, the front. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
The bear’s front paws land heavily, shaking the world. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
Alvin Hooks passed in front of the jurors with his hands clasped at the small of his back neatly. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z
I ’member looking out them front windows just waiting for Cholly to come home at three o’clock. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
Jon said, "My lord father believed no man could tell a lie in front of a heart tree. The old gods know when men are lying." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
He was staring straight in front of him. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z
When I asked August why May was coming through the front door in her coffin, she said, “We’re going to sit with her till she’s buried.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
By the time the front door opens again, the balloon around Axel’s heart has popped. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
Mrs. Olinski waited until Ham reached the front of the room before asking, "Jared Lord, would you please join Mr. Knapp?" The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z
The front porch was infested with wind chimes. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z
I pull the rubber band from my hair and shake it from its knot before I walk through the front doors. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z
In front of one of them a Guardian is mowing the lawn. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Why are you using the front door. Wash, you use complete sentences, and pick up your hat.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
I stop right there to check my phone before I go up front. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z
In front of me, Mom’s shoulders bunched up. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z
Up front, the professor, a bald white man with small spectacles and a florid face, has already started delivering his remarks. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z
I hear him crawl to the front of his cell. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z
Instead, a little white house with a miniature patch of green grass in front of it. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z
The bus was right in front of me. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z
The coach stands right in front of me looking down like he was something special. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z
Two perfect circles color each of her cheeks and her too-bright lipstick is smeared across her front tooth. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z
He grasped onto the front of my shirt and pulled me closer, his hot breath reeking of flyblown meat. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
That first night, worried about taking my legs off in front of the others, I took my time wandering back from dinner. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z
Basta went white, like a boy being punished in front of the whole class. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z
He also had a red brick in front of him on the table, broken into big chunks, and he was pounding them into powder when we arrived. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z
He immediately recognized the warrior at the front. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z
But another soldier put his arm up and made Rafik stay out front, which made him furious. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z
I walked to the front of the room, knowing everyone was staring at me, but fixating on the problem ahead of me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z
My mood changes when I see Pop Pop, Daddy, and Mrs. Walton sitting front and center, smiling from ear to ear. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z
“No. I tried everywhere. The relief centers are empty. I saw a grown man sitting on the floor in front of one building and sucking his thumb,” he said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
The front door hung sideways by one hinge. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
He leaned back and folded his hands in front of his belly. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z
Instead I practiced in front of the mirror alone in my room. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z
At the front were a number of private offices with frosted glass doors and walls. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z
“The ad doesn’t say it’s in the front. It says close to the front.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z
I hurried and caught up with her, a little timidly, because she had cut straight to the front of a long line of soldier boys waiting to call home. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
She clenched her hands in front of her and rocked to and fro with her eyes closed upon gushing tears. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
Ma startled me, appearing in front of us like a ghost. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z
O’Dell had assembled protective shields for us—baseball caps with squares of clear plastic, rescued out of some garbage can, taped to the bills so they hung down in front of our faces. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
In front of each house was a tiny lawn planted with either morning glories or a hydrangea bush. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z
Laugh, Joffrey, she prayed as the Juice ran down her face and the front of her blue silk gown. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
The cold front rolls in overnight, just as the meteorologists predicted. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z
The people at the very back, shoved so recently to the ground, dance in desperation, pounding the backs and shoulders of the people in front of them. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z
I saw the shock and shame in my father's eyes as he lay helpless in front of his wife and children. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z
A pool of light appears on the concrete in front of me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
I’m eating ravioli in the kitchen that same night when a van pulls up in front of the shack. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z
Liyana slipped outside with the front page and the box of kitchen matches. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z
To the east, always the trains move to the east, beyond the rims of the hills; they go to the huge trodden borderlands of the front. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z
In front of her, a bow and arrow appeared on the ground. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
Buddy Ray stopped directly in front of me, maybe six inches away. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z
I pushed my way up near the front of the crowd, but not all the way. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
Turner sidled his front leg a little to the right and watched the ball come, hearing again the crying gulls and the cresting waves. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z
But then again, it wasn’t every mother’s son whose picture was on the front page of nearly every newspaper in the country, usually with the word “hero” somewhere in the headline. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z
They slept in our spare room, all three of them, even though we offered the youngest the pullout couch in the front room. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z
I climb the stairs to the front entrance, doing my best to ignore all the eyes my suit attracts. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z
Or if he could have launched himself in front of a wand to save someone he loved....He envied even his parents’ deaths now. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
Standing in front of him, the father says something that makes Kim’s lips purse. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
The suitcase was so packed with books Emily had to drag it up to the front porch one step at a time. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
He rises from his seat and moves down the aisle, stopping to pace thoughtfully in front of the orchestra pit by the footlights. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
They stood together in front of the tank. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z
In the front row at one of the concerts sat a cherubic man with a white beard. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
Ana was outside when we opened the gate to Mabel's front garden. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
I bounce on the balls of my feet as the lights grow larger and larger, and then the front of the train glides past me, and I start jogging. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z
A car parked in front of their house and a young white woman got out. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z
The moment I turned the knob to my front door, pain shot through my fingertips. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z
How we laughed, trying to get out the front door without Regina and Rosa knowing, creeping up the attic stairs so Mrs. Pohler wouldn’t hear, our arms full of... The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z
I cross my arms in front of my chest, my standard defensive position. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z
The front lawn is raked, edged, mowed, and the bushes are mulched. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z
Abbey and I slipped out of the kitchen and parked ourselves in front of the television, which still wasn’t working. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z
They watched her through the front window as she stepped onto the porch. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z
He replaced a worker named Robert Latimer, who had quit to take over as gatekeeper at the rail intersection in front of Holmes’s drugstore. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
Now, in the long, lingering twilight of a late June Northwest evening, Joe sat on the hood of the Franklin, in front of the office, and studied the lay of the land before him. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
The Second was watching him, the moon of her face rising in front of him. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z
Maria was at the front of the line and I was the last, so she didn’t even see me or she’d have snitched. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Back in the second grade,” I answered, a little embarrassed she would mention Flower Fairies in front of Ximena. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z
A platter with a whole grilled fish was set in front of him. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
The man held his battered briefcase in front of himself, almost protectively. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
Matthias had been forced to step right in front of him. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
He knew that there was a horse far out in front, but because the runner immediately ahead, Whichcee, was blocking his view, he couldn’t tell if it was Specify or Ligaroti. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
Luke paced in front of the swimming pool, cursing in Ancient Greek, gripping his sword so tight his knuckles turned white. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z
Out in Seattle, Hazel Ulbrickson locked the front door to her home so as not to be disturbed during the race. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
“Better leave the hell part out in front of Trotter. But that was pretty good for a start. Really not bad.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z
But I’m already in front of the house. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
I moved to the front and hung my head over the side for air. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z
Mrs. Weidenbach reached down the front of her dress and plucked up a lace handkerchief. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z
Two cows were standing in front of the barn blinking, and we could see two more behind. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
Seven waits for me at the front door, spinning the basketball between his hands. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z
He parked close to the front of the mansion. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z
Then another front leg, then hindquarters, and then the box was empty, nothing but a metal shell with a couple of fake human legs attached. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z
Sand swirled gently as I spoke, spinning into pillars, walls, and waterfalls, until a small replica of the throne room appeared in front of us. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z
Dad dropped us off in front of Ari’s Cakes twenty minutes later, and Trevor and I got out of the car without speaking a word to each other. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z
At the front door he almost knocked young Tom down carrying in a bucket already filled to the brim. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z
I need to get to the front door. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z
She had her back turned I went around in front of her. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
Just then the front door banged loudly, and I jumped at the sound. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
In the hall just inside the front door he found Adam leaning against the wall, his hat low over his eyes and his shoulders slumped. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
The largest of the three newcomers was in front and the other two followed him, as though under orders. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
Benji stood in front of a large window and watched workers load suitcases into the belly of an airplane. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z
I said, pointing to the big white Mercedes that sat by the front door. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
The Tremont Theater has a little kiosk in front where tickets are sold. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z
I scanned the driveways along the street, then dashed across the road to a house with a car parked out front. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z
A car zoomed past him and stopped hard in front of a house up the block. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z
The front of the envelope is addressed to me, no return name on it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z
We were in front of her house in no time, but instead of turning in, she kept right on going. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
We started walking together on the path that circles the island, Gat in front and me behind. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z
He can’t quite hide the surprise in his voice when he sees my arm up, and he calls me to the front. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
Phoebe was waiting in front of Mrs. Cadavers house. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z
She always cried when they left, though never in front of us. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
He fell silent and looked directly in front of him, as if he was waiting for something. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
She stood in front of a glass wall looking down into the multistory canyon that ran through the middle of the ship. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z
He can lift the sledge at front or rear to ease it over an obstacle. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z
As soon as I opened our front door, I could tell Judy was in a bad mood. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
Our front porch lights are on, yellow and flickering with night bugs. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z
As soon as I ran through the front door Momma, Dad and Joey all yelled, “Close that door!” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
Whatever the contest had been out front, I knew Momma had won. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
Twinkle nodded, slouched on the floor in front of the fridge, wearing black stirrup pants and a yellow chenille sweater, groping for her lighter. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z
We join the lineup in front of the grease joint. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z
“Marbles after the funeral, Peach Pie,” Aunt Goldie said as she left the kitchen, pushing Peach in front of her. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
Then the bell rings and kids hurry toward the front entrance. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z
Then she opened the front door and stepped outside, and the sun was bright in her eyes. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
Just as he reached it, the bear sprang up, clapped its expansive jaws around the front of Pitka’s head, as if giving him a big kiss, and with a single jerk tore off his face. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z
Another lady in black comes over and holds an empty tray out in front of me, and I grab Layla’s glass and place it on the tray. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z
I went to the front closet and found my jacket. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z
He wasn’t sure what Anthony and the other women intended as they stopped in front of him. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
Two kids—both dressed as Avengers—passed in front of our car. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
When she took it, he pulled her up onto his horse and sat her in front of him, where she could see over the heads of the crowd. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
My first twelve years as a student were spent in Catholic schools where I could look up to the front of the room and see a crucifix hanging over the clock. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
In some of the front yards there were aluminum carports, and bright aluminum awnings had been installed on one or two of the buildings. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
My mother let me get ten steps inside the front door before bombarding me with questions. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z
She was in front of him now, and Jack felt his chest expand and then freeze, an inhalation with no companion. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z
Me and Winn-Dixie went running around to the front of the house. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z
His hands were in front of him, palms down, and his eyes were on the scorpion. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z
I sit down in front of them, and no one looks up except Dr. Mendez. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z
There’s a thin orange glow in front of the food dish, the last trace of my “magic” powers. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z
In front of Russian television cameras, the vice minister of justice, in charge of Russia’s prisons, would announce PIH’s new role in Tomsk. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z
Mr. Grin gestured at the door, and leaving Herod Sayle standing in front of his huge captive, Alex left the room. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z
It's been 9:49 for at least ten seconds when the front door opens and Jane peers outside. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z
He would walk steadily, without haste, looking straight in front of him. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z
From our hiding spot, we could only see his knees poking up as his long legs butted against another grave marker in front. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z
My impression of her as she made her way to the front of the hall was this: here is some young girl who has to take her little brother or sister away. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
I hear her footsteps across the tile in the entry hall, and then she stomps up the front stairs. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
I stepped out of the kitchen and stopped in front of a spiral staircase leading up to the second floor. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z
He removed one of his hands from the pole and waved it back and forth in front of his face. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z
Her bangs and braid peek out of the front and back. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z
I looked at the young woman standing in front of a building holding a little girl in her arms. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
“What are you two laughing at?” asked Ginny’s mother, who had come out to the front porch. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z
Mr. Black wheezes to the front of the room as the bell rings and asks if anyone has questions about the project. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
Maddie taxied her little plane to the apron in front of the Operations hut and idled the engine, waiting. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z
Florida held it in front of the window. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z
He tied the sack around his waist, leaving the front opening between his thighs. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z
She immersed her body in the warm water and tried not to think about what was between her legs, but there it was, bobbing in front of her. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z
Then, inexplicably, Chuck was there, diving in front of him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
Kay is in front of the mirror, doing her hair and painting her face like we are going someplace other than a department store. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
His fear of standing in front of the massive and angry Mother Water Monster vanished. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
Back on the line, knuckles in the grass, I looked at the two guys in front of me and let them know I was going to beat them both. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z
He turned off his truck and took a seat at the picnic table near the front door, nestled between a bed of petunias on the left and a bed of pansies on the right. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z
In the front room, Dayah and Bushra fold up the embroidered rugs and beautiful wall hangings, the floor cushions and curtains. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z
Conor sniffed and looked up to its face, which was as big as a wall in front of him. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z
Radar leans in front of me and glances over at her for half a second. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z
The community held going-away parties and prepared feasts for the young men heading off to the front. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z
At the front steps, Lissa stopped and stared up at the double doors, secured with a rusty chain and padlock. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z
There was the tank built in to the front end of the boat for fresh water and he thought it held twenty gallons but he did not know how much water was in the tank. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
They scream, jump off the top step, and land on the path, right in front of Justin. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z
She ran her fingertips along the wall as she made her way to the hall, where the phone sat on a little table by the front door. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z
She looks embarrassed, tugging at the low front of her dress, trying without success to pull it up. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z
The prime minister took his place in front of the microphone. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z
He stands and walks me through the kitchen to the front. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z
He swept the disc of yellow and walked gingerly down a hall and into a room at the front of the house. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
The African girl, her hands tied in front of her with a rope, was still sniffling quietly. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z
As we passed by Main Street School, I reached underneath the front seat and pulled out my penny collection, which I kept in a small, white cardboard box. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z
During long break, she bounced in front of a group of girls as they went to the tuck shop to buy biscuits and Coke. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z
This morning he had placed a flower in a vase on his desk, a single scarlet hibiscus, and the vase sat beside the black velvet-lined pearl tray in front of him. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z
The front door slammed against the hallway wall when I threw it open. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z
He followed me out to the car and peeked his head in the front window. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z
Then he stretched his legs out in front of him. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z
Runt dug up another worm and dropped it in front of Pax, and this time Pax got to his feet and took a few steps before sinking back down. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z
He had a dirty freckled face and his two front teeth were missing. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
Now it’s the Saturday before the tryouts, and Mrs. V and I are sitting outside on her front porch. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z
Jamison escorted me to the front of the crescent table. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
Captain Snow landed in front of Matthias, raising the dust with his vast wings. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z
But behind the desk, with her hands crossed neatly in front of her, was a woman with silver-black hair, eyes like slush, and skin the color and smoothness of a sun-bleached shell. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z
For some reason, she didn't want to read in front of him. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z
It picked up an acorn, held it for a moment in its handlike front paws, as if it were praying. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z
I pushed my backpack up against the seat in front of me and got comfortable, then watched all the dumpy backyards and trash-filled alleys slide by as we pulled out of Baltimore. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z
Wylan asked, pausing in front of a peddler’s cart laden with wreaths made of the same twisting branches and silver ribbons. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
“I am,” I said, looking at the locker in front of me, staring at my name in the tape. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z
Papa called my mother Miz Tweedy in front of Queenie or neighbors, and Mama in front of me and Mary Toy, but I knew she was “hon” or Mary Willis when they were by themselves. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
Dad had enough gall to be divided into three parts, and the ability and poise to backstop the front he placed before the world. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z
A warm breeze came into the room and lifted the lace curtains that fronted the windows. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z
The glowing iron streaked in front of my face like a comet. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z
The girl standing in front of the delicatessen stoops to tie her shoe. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z
She thrust the article at James when he opened his front door. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
I put her in front of me again. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
“Get Mama and the coffee can from the front room.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z
He gathered up half a dozen of the fence posts and brought them around to the front of the mausoleum, where a thought struck him. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z
There was no adult among them, except, some distance away, in front of a cage filled with playful spider monkeys, a tall wiry white man with silver-rimmed glasses stood bemused. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
The tallest one, his cloud of frizzy brown hair hovering around a pencil-thin neck, stepped in front of the others—the ginger kid who had spoken before, and two big-shouldered blonds that looked like brothers. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
Fourteen days ago we had to go up and relieve the front line. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
Scarlett assumed that the murder of a family would have been front page news but instead, when she eventually found it, it was almost buried on page five. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z
I learned to walk down those rich streets, eyes humbly cast down, with no sense of what lay ten feet in front of me, but with an exquisite awareness of what was on either side. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z
Between them I could see that one of my top front teeth was chipped. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z
He shoved the plate into my chest and made me handwash it in front of him. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z
Standing in front of the elevators, Sheehan explained that a source had offered to give him a copy of a secret government study about Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
The black Chevrolet was again parked, this time in front of a Catholic hospital on the outskirts of Emporia. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z
Each dorm had a different collection of banners out front displaying Roman numerals and various animals—eagle, bear, wolf, horse, and something that looked like a hamster. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z
She watched as he trotted across the yard and stopped in front of the barn. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z
Down front, a high school orchestra played rousing music by John Philip Sousa. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z
I’m pulled out of my movie by Shay, who's standing in front of me. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z
Talking quietly, he led them down the narrow hallway and through the great front hall and to the stairs. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z
I dashed up to our front door, but it was still locked. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z
They live next door to each other, but they both come out of Malik’s front door. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z
Just then, Chucha and I hear the cars honking their way up the driveway, doors banging shut, excited voices in the front of the house. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z
“I don’t need a ride, thank you,” Stephanie said, her arms crossed in front of her. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z
You dribble fast, somehow you get in front of Coby, and he holds you. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z
Probably yer gonna die, and tho I try to cover it up with other Noise it’s such an unfair thing it’s hard not to have it right at the front. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z
She wrote James’ name on the front and left it on the kitchen table. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z
Five Arctic Cat quads were parked, lengthwise and haphazard, out front, and men, all wearing identical white parkas with round, red logos were scattering about the yard. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z
Before I could finalize a plan we were at the front of the line with our papers. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z
It was a pretty weak move, though, since there weren’t any child locks in the front seat. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z
Redemption leaned on the front counter and grinned back at Ube. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z
Slowly they retreated in front of me, not making a sound. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z
At that moment, a cop walked through the front door. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
Somehow it seemed like we’d already missed the right moment to have hugged, so we just stood there in front of each other. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z
Everything you could want, plus a few steel picnic tables out front. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z
From time to time, a vagrant or a wino would wander through the front door, assuming the house was deserted. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
The envelope contained a card picturing a redheaded girl on the front. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z
Dr. Rhodes points at the two chairs in front of her. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z
One day, she came downstairs and saw Dallas sitting on the living room floor, with the jar of quarters in front of him. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z
Tormented by Úrsula, Amaranta wept with indignation and swore her innocence in front of the altar, which the carpenters had not finished dismantling. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z
I walked around the fountain and stopped once I was standing directly in front of her. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
By the time he and his mount hit the finish line for the first time, they were two lengths in front. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
“What the hell you two morons doing in front of our trophies?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
I had heard my papa and Uncle Henry saying that right in Marshall, they set burning crosses in front yards. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
The front door was hanging off its hinges. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z
Basta was probably the only man in Capricorn’s village who locked his front door, but the lock was no great obstacle to Dustfinger. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z
Taped to the front of the trestles was a length of wallpaper. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z
Someone knocked lightly at the shutters on the front door. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
In the front of the room, Ellegua, god of the crossroads, inhabits the clay eggs in nine rustic bowls of varying sizes. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
His plan seemed so ambiguous and meaningless now, in front of these uniformed men. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
I followed him out the front door and saw him stride through the crowded street. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z
Papa always sat in the front pew for Mass, at the end beside the middle aisle, with Mama, Jaja, and me sitting next to him. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z
I don’t step out because Dray’s words working with the cops are like a giant brick wall that’s been placed in front of me. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
He was just lying there, the lawn mower stopped, not far from the one tree in our front yard. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z
I went on downstairs just as Rashid let himself in through the front door with the spare key. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z
Crying from happiness, right there, sitting in front of the computer, reading Alicia's e-mail. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
I face Ms. Washington, standing in front of the whiteboard, and when she sees me look her way, she glances at Zoey and then crosses her hands over her chest, hunches her shoulders, and smiles. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z
At first, there was nothing but a brown hill in front of a brown expanse. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
Did his floppy front bang things look better tilted to the right or the left? When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z
Then they danced through the kitchen, back into the Perfect Living Room, out onto the front stoop, down the stairs, and past the embarrassed azaleas. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z
In front of all of these people, he’d just accused me of skipping practice? Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
He saw Bigwig and Silver and went to join them, flicking the wet off his front paws step by step, like a cat. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
I stood in front of her for a full minute before she folded the paper in half. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z
I closed the door behind me, walked down the front steps, and turned west. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z
He had never even wept in front of his own sheep. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
I rested my hand on Fig’s left side, just behind his front leg, checking for an abnormal heart rhythm. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z
Lee stood up in front of him, his tiny fists doubled ineffectually, his stance and position so silly that he began to laugh. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
"Not everybody in the world feels comfortable being naked in front of other people," Jenna says. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
She got up to the third floor, set the tree right in front on his doorstep, and hurried back down to the second floor and knocked on the door. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z
I jump in, slap the horse’s front quarters and jump back. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z
The entire front row is clogged with reporters, their cameras and microphones shoved in my direction. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z
We eat an enormous dinner and settle into silence in front of the television to watch a replay of the interview. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z
Müller stands in front of the hut waiting for me. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
Where blue sky and wispy clouds had filled Mark’s vision before, now he saw the ground straight in front of him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
When they reached the revolving door at the front of the station, Dolores stopped short. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z
He was sitting on the steps of his front porch. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
Helena locked the front door behind me, and the chair scraped into place. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z
She was silent, occupied with some plans for the foundation which she was writing on a sheet of paper held against the undulating front section of the board. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Harry bent over him, and Snape seized the front of his robes and pulled him close. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
She says, “UPS! Right out front! Go, Mason! Carry it in!” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z
The woman who had been in front of me— Syhrie—was like my sister now. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
Taking her lead, we parked our bikes in front of Hope Springs Hardware. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z
The trees stood in front of her like sentries, and she could not tell whether they intended to welcome her or keep her out. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z
Finally, the guy turned toward the front door and said, “Hey, make sure to take care of yourself. And give them hell at that school. I never liked it much anyway.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z
Spotting a black policeman, the boys pulled him down to Twenty-Ninth Street and told their story in front of everyone, including the white cop working the Twenty-Ninth Street beach, Officer Daniel Callahan. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
Nobody came near where the boy sat or passed on the street in front of the wall. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
There must have been something in my face, because Frankie’s smile slipped from his lips as I stopped in front of him. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
Then something hard slammed against our front window, and the car pulled away. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z
Sometimes they simply stood in front of her in the middle of the sidewalk, like human trees, forcing her to walk around them. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z
It was empty, just as I’d thought, but at one of the tables near the front there was an eloquent little nest of books, wadded paper, and greasy potato-chip bags. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z
He pulled up in front of the crates. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z
Rob tried to offer me a plastic water bottle from the front seat, his mouth stretched in a thin line. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
Alby pointed to the southwest corner, the forest area fronted with several sickly trees and benches. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
“No I don’t, Jacob,” Cob snapped, crossing his arms in front of his chest and leaning back against the bar. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
But it was clear to Pearl, as she guided Lexie into the front seat of the Explorer, that Lexie was in no condition to go home. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
At last, we set the mattress and the children on the dusty pine boards of the front room. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Frodo was sitting at a table with a lot of papers in front of him. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
Joseph ran over, scooped him up, and marched to the front door, where Frankie stood silently, watching everything with his mouth wide open. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z
Squatting at the front window yesterday, Milton had seen looters break into every store down the block. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
One week after that ceremony in Rochester, New York, Time appeared on the stands with Ernests bright blue eyes staring out from the front cover over the caption “He creates and destroys.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
I found Jake sprawled on his face in front of the door to his room. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
Little Eva continued playing with her nesting dolls, opening a larger doll to take out a smaller one and holding it in front of the peephole for Jinx to see. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z
No one answered his call at the front of the house, so Tree-ear walked around to the back. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z
But the boys hung a rag permanently and accidentally on the rear plate to conceal its vintage and they dabbed the front plate with good thick mud. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
I’ve lost my composure in front of a stranger, and ripped open the sutures of my Bas-shaped wound, all over again, because they never seem to heal. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z
He was sprawled in front of the furnace. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z
Some white men were leaning on the railing in front of the stationhouse. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z
Brian snarls at me as I step into the front courtyard. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z
Three times he walked up and down in front of the stretch of blank wall. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z
They sought the warmth of the wind-breaking woods to wait for the cold front to pass. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z
“Now stand back and let me show you how to call,” Grandma said, moving to the front of the table. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z
Paul stated, “We said we would have a perpetual delegation right in front of the White House, so he wouldn’t forget.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z
At the front of the room Max was still speaking. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z
The front atrium entrance was mostly glass and was probably completely demolished. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z
A hand touched the front of her legs, and she stepped up onto it as Sam had taught her to do. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z
“After we fill these up, we can keep going on the front of the building and down the other side. It’s a good way to figure out just why we’re here.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
But Ofglen has hold of my arm, she tugs me with her, and now we’re in the second line, with only a thin hedge of bodies in front of us. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
She stopped in front of us and took a telegram out of the leather wallet that hung against her skirt. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z
He pulled back on the controls and the front rudders tilted upward. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z
By nightfall a green pine coffin stood on two sawhorses in the bay window of the front room, and people milled in the yard. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z
He stopped skateboarding immediately, kicking the back of his board so he could pick it up by the front wheels. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z
Before the fronts of the buildings were sensible safeguards against demons of any kind. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z
We all waited like statues while the car pulled to a stop outside our front window. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z
I made it to the front of the bus. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z
She made me figure out how to flip myself over from front to back and back to front again. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z
He opened the window and with his fist crushed the crusty footprinted snow in front of it. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z
And then he heard a splintering sound from the front of the house. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z
Through the cracked front window, Ann watched the pair stroll briskly up Fowler Street. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z
He honked his horn twice and waited until Ben rushed through the front door, bounded down the stairs, and entered the passenger side of the car. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
Arion stood over her, trying to protect her, rearing and swatting at the giant with his front hooves. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z
There are other newspaper pictures too, showing thin- looking children in scruffy clothes, standing in front of piles of rubble. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z
I sling an extra bow and a second sheath of arrows over my body, slide two long knives and an awl into my belt, and meet up with Finnick at the front of the pile. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z
The boy stopped in front of a tavern and waited, his mouth twisted in irritation. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z
Never one for the long good-bye, she lingered over her children in the house on South Main only until the bell rang at the front door. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z
A lump rose in her throat, but Tally decided that under no circumstances—special or not—was she going to cry in front of Dr. Cable. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z
Pa was still humming and Ma and Mrs. Holton were starting in on something the growned folks don’t like talking ’bout much in front of us, ’bout the times they were slaves. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z
Too dangerous to sit closer to the front and dare the driver to make her move. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z
Even when my sister and I were teenagers, she seemed shy about changing her clothes in front of us. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z
A jolt of nervous energy filled him; he had never held hands with anyone in front of so many people. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
I crashed into the seat in front of me. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
From Durban I drove south along the coast past Port Shepstone and Port St. Johns, small and lovely colonial towns that dotted the shimmering beaches fronting the Indian Ocean. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
They cut to what is supposed to be live footage of a female reporter, encased in a protective suit, standing in front of the ruins of the Justice Building in 13. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z
Near the northeast cacao groves, I saw the Ford parked in front of a small, yellow house. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
They marched in their smart gray uniforms with their legs locked straight and thrown out in front of them the way ducks walk. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z
I go to the front desk, where Noah is reading a textbook. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z
Stick picked it up and tossed it back to a small boy with two missing front teeth. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z
A little brown house sparrow swoops out of the rafters and lands on the tiles in front of her. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z
Faraci was reviewing the different types of chemical reactions when the door at the front of the class swung open to admit a guy I didn’t recognize. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z
“You’ll have to be careful when you use this one. The last time I yelled this, I had to sit in the front seat of the bus.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z
After a dozen rights and lefts, they stand in front of the house. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z
He’s got his back to me now, his hands on the doe’s front legs, trying to see can he pull her himself. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
Mr. Ray jerked the car over the side of the road, pulling up in front of a bodega. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
“You wore a blue velvet dress with darts down the front.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z
My father had just been struck, in front of me, and I had not even blinked. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
Overcome with excitement, my father squeezed through the mob of sweaty bodies until he reached the front. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z
One day I arrived at school and there was a big banner up over the front of the building—SINK IT, EDDIE! The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z
He crept to the lean-to and stood in front of her—not a ring, not a pin. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
Then there was the sound of footsteps on our front porch, and a knock at Trevor’s front door. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z
Just like the ties and the motto and the tree and the ivy crawling up the brick front of the admin building. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z
I hold up the bullhorn, looking at the anxious, bright faces in front of me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z
“Oh, no you are not,” said Akimi, shoving her way to the front of the crowd to join Kyle near the roaring fire pit. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z
He chewed the paint from the top rail, still crying, but gradually becoming interested in the way the paint peeled off the metal and clung to his front teeth. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z
The next morning the matchmaker made her proud declaration in front of Tyan-yu, his parents, and myself. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
And before I knew it I was all the way back to the Lighthouse, standing in front of the door. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z
There were no chairs; so the occupants of the cabins either squatted in front of the fire or sat on the floor. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
When I arrived at the store, nobody was there except a lady at the front cash register. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z
“You fell into a good Kommando . . .” Ten minutes later, we stood in front of the warehouse. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
Ice and one girl, Bianca, sat in the front seat of the car and me and the other girl, the one with the tight pants, sat in the back. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z
“I have to go,” she said, and then she was grabbing her phone and running out the front door, down the grass and their driveway. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z
It seemed as if we were still in the front line and I was their squad leader. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z
Why anybody would want a screaming princess on the front of their vacation ship, I had no idea. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z
He simply unzipped it down the front, pulled it down over his legs and stepped out of it. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z
Coming up through the barn lot, I saw him rolled up in a ball on the ground in front of the corncrib. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
He lay right in front of it and wagged his tail and let it blow his fur all around. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z
Max, Eric, Tobias, and a few people I don’t know walk into the room in a line, standing in a small crowd in front of me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z
They had their arms out in front of them, bouncing to the rhythm. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
I pull the door open, finding a very three-dimensional Rufus in front of me, not someone I’m looking at through video chat or a peephole. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z
Then, on the screen in front of me, there was a time-lapse image of a flower unfolding. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
When the team members left for Fort Detrick, they noticed that Gene Johnson was sitting on the grass under the tree in front of the building. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
I stared at the air in front of me. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
They lined up along the raised wooden boardwalk in front of the newspaper office and stood for hours, some of them straining on tiptoe. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z
A couple men were up front giving it some kindness and making it calm. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Sometimes she eats the way Gogol and Sonia do when they visit, standing in front of the refrigerator, not bothering to heat up the food in the oven or to put it on a plate. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
Knowing that everyone in that line would be shepherded in and out, in front of and past the statue in a matter of minutes, they decided to enter through the rear entrance instead. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Too bad I can’t bring in old Clyde,” he joked, stepping in front of the potbellied stove. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
About this time Old Uncle Alfred would be beating at the air in front of a mirror or skipping rope. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
The apples of her cheeks are pronounced and a little pudgy as she smiles, and she has a gap between her two front teeth. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z
Ma looked up at me with her tinker’s eye perched in front of her forehead. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z
A face had popped up over the back of the seat in front of me. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z
There’s this distant slam of the front door shutting and dog nails skittering across the hardwoods—Nora’s home. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z
Peewee had been drinking a Coke; he started with a fit of laughter, and snorted the Coke out through his nose and all down the front of his T-shirt. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
Painted across the front of the chipped, marred shield was an intricate red dragon. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z
We were sitting together along the wall, with our legs sticking out in front of us. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z
Alexa plucks out a tiny fishy, swims it in front of Gracie’s face, and pops it into her mouth. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z
But I tried not to look grouchy in front of Grandpa Park. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z
I scoot near the piano, scrunching my legs up in front of me. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z
When I finished voting, I adjusted my haptic chair slightly and studied the command console in front of me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
All of this was in the painting’s foreground, but my eyes had instantly locked on what was in the background: a large white house, with its front door and windows all boarded up. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
Out in the forsaken city, every other structure, it seems, is burning or collapsing, but here in front of him is the inverse in miniature: the city remains, but the house he occupies is gone. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z
I tell him I don’t want him to watch me while I put this thing on; I’m still shy in front of him, about my body. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
I spot Abby and Nick sitting in front of the games, holding hands and eating popcorn. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z
The photographers are readily visible when they meet in front of the Met, so they clasp each others hands and Alex says through his big on-camera smile, “I want you alone, now.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
The moment Seven walked through Valley’s front door, the potion wore off. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z
The desk clerk locked the front door and left. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z
Aunty Uju shrugged; she was sitting at the dining table, a medical textbook open in front of her, eating a hamburger from a rumpled paper bag. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
She locked the front door and shoved the house key deep into her pocket. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z
Tsukiko smiles and places her tea on the floor in front of her. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
He must know how bad I’m feeling because he turns around in the front seat and ruffles my hair like he used to when I was a little kid. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z
After a few more thumps and whacks, Rosie catches sight of the elephant car at the front of the train. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z
She had been sitting facing the front window, which looks out across the lawn—which by this time, what with Pasqual’s efforts, was starting to look pretty good. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z
I think about the king-sized crucifix nailed to the front of my old principal’s desk. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
I could barely see my hand in front of my face. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z
The palace loomed on the island in front of them. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z
“But what would they do? Hitch us to a pickup and drag us behind? Shoot me in my yard front a my kids? Or just starve us to death?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z
Reverend Hunt kneels with me in the dirt in front of the altar. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z
I walked back through her house and out the front door. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z
I peered over the seats in front of me at Jessica Carter, three rows ahead. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z
We sat in the dark in front of the hospital, unable to leave the vehicle. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z
My mother fell on the sidewalk in front of our house and broke her arm. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z
Rosellini’s death and the story of his outlandish existence made the front page of the Anchorage Daily News. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
A Caucasian man with a big camera once posed me and my playmates in front of the restaurant. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
The first Anna hailed from an industrial town outside of Warsaw and had front teeth the size of tombstones. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z
A trickle of sweat dripped down the front of Mary Lou’s neck. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z
But when they reached the front door of the apartment there was only an old lady walking down the street. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z
We learn to sit up straight, eyes front, faces blank, both feet on the floor, listening to the whack of rubber on cringing flesh. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z
He stopped the car in front of a weathered barn and turned off the engine. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z
Like standing in front of the class is going to make you feel welcome. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z
Once my feet are free, I get up and throw my body into a run, into a sprint, my feet quick on the stone, the red moon in front of me, the ocean gone. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z
She was the only one I could cry in front of and not be embarrassed. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Violet, Klaus, and Sunny walked slowly to the front door and peered through the peephole, which was in the shape of an eye. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z
He stared as Josef paid the taxi, then as we came up the front walk. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z
“We only need to cover the front door,” said the Corporal softly. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z
There was a man in front of her, holding a rifle sideways to keep her from getting away. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
She stomped up and stood right in front of him, her hands on her hips. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z
I'm going to have to stand up in front of Gary Drake and Neal Brose and my entire class to read from Mr. Kempsey's book, Plain Prayers for a Complicated World. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z
Not quite in front but slightly to the right he saw a lake. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z
I staggered back, clutching the spot, staring in dismay at the blood welling from between my fingers and coursing down the front of my breeches. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z
In line, I pull out my wallet, move the fake ID to the front picture window, and hide my real driver's license between a health insurance card and my dad's business card. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z
After the front door closed, my mother said that Uncle Katsuhisa was the opposite of my father in that he didn’t look before he leapt, didn’t think at all before he made decisions. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z
Mr. Reuben’s nephew, Tim, runs over and opens the front door, but the flames are too much. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z
It was a knock on the front door. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z
He got up wearily and, still in his long flannel nightshirt, he opened the front door. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z
After closing the front door, which was surprisingly heavy, Maniac found a stack of newspapers in a corner. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
Kay is on the front porch with her brother, who is crying. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
At the front of the class, Mr. Perry droned on about Amerigo Vespucci and Vasco da Gama and the Great Age of Discovery while I stared out the window. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z
“Got it, Mr. B,” Joe said, trying to brush bread crumbs off the pages of the book open in front of him so that Mr. Baca wouldn’t see. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z
A few cars are parked in front of the grocery store. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z
Zeitoun pulled up and parked the van on the street in front of the house. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z
Once, when there was a knocking on the front door and the sheriff stood there and said he had to give us some news. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z
I walk over and stand in front of it. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z
Then I pull a mattress in front of it for my sister and me to share. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
He took a deep breath and walked through the hallway toward the front door, telling himself he could do this over and over. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
He held it right in front of my face, and to this day I can still describe it perfectly. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z
The bloom was gone from her cheeks and her drained face floated in front of me, green and sweating. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z
The next day, I stood on Thomas’s old front porch, gripping a bunch of flyers. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z
It was a scuffle in front of the net and Number Four snuck it through. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z
At seven-thirty the bell rings, and the front door is left open as people and cold air stream into the house. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
I’d stood in front of those shelves so many times before. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z
She’s standing next to Lena near the front of the room. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z
I wanted to be careful not to embarrass myself in front of Americans. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z
Then I see him, standing in front of the Hancock building: Marcus, near the front doors, checking his watch. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
I made my way toward her and sat next to her on the front steps. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z
Why anyone would ever choose to sit way up front in a class, I don’t know. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z
I walk farther into their bedroom and stand in front of my favorite photograph. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z
From the front door of the yellow house, about nineteen steps forward, and twelve steps to the right. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z
A week later Duchess sensed another cold front bearing down from the northwest. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z
Harry was sure he could hear shouting behind them in the main hall as they all clambered into it, Bogrod in front with Griphook, Harry, Ron, and Hermione crammed together in the back. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
I put my ear to his front door and heard faint sounds coming from inside. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z
Liam, at one point, had the football an inch in front of him, but his hands were too slow and his footwork too bad to catch it when it was tossed to him. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
I was across the street in front of the office so I couldn’t hear him, but I was certain that he was yelling in both Korean and English. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
By the large round door at the top of the steps from the wide yard stood Mrs. Cotton and Rosie, and Nibs in front of them grasping a hay-fork. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z
We could see the light from the flare through the grass in front of the spider hole. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
I don’t want to stay in this room but there’s a lineup, in front of me and behind. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z
Later that day, me and Howard sat on the Odoms’ front porch steps watching Wishbone and Cotton playing in the sprinkler. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z
She stood in front of him, afraid to ask what was wrong with her clothes. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z
I leaned back on my elbows on our front porch and looked out over the farm. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z
There’s a long desk up front, and shelves of books. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z
She started fussing with the seam on the front of Anya’s coat as another handful of faces peered out from the kitchen. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z
Look for a gift at your front door. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
Dad made us stop at the front door and get in a line, one behind the other, Momma first, then Byron, then me, then Joey. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
In half an hour the fronts of the two lines met, and we hungry wishbone people of Kilanga completed our circle around the hill. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
I just started running down the sidewalk after the rock, which I had kicked as hard as I could in front of me. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z
The light fixed to the front of the train clicks on and off as the train hurtles past the school, squealing on iron rails. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z
The boys in the band loved having us out there in front of them all the time, bending back and stepping high, in our snug satin outfits and short skirts. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z
From the corner of his eye, he saw a group of SS officers and guards walking to the front. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z
Clouds scudded in front of the moon, and for a moment Shadow could not be certain whether it was the clouds or the moon that was moving. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z
I was very severly beaten by the cottage mistress, who had called me names and made fun of me in front of all the boys. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z
Gaps in front, the newly dead, piles of red meat. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
He had just reached this unwelcome conclusion when the lift clanged to a halt in front of them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
If he stepped so much as three inches past our front door, a signal would beep at the sheriff’s station and they’d come after him again. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z
The Doofus was sitting up front next to the driver. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z
She parked the car in front of the grocery store and went in. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z
He heard the creak of Greyback’s boots as he crouched down in front of Hermione. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
Volpe, because he does the calligraphy for the certificates, traditionally calls out the names from the stage at the front of the big theater. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z
But, oh man, I wish I didn’t have to speak in front of the class. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
"Y'all too young. You know that. I don't even get to really go in. I just gotta sit in the front part and take money and all that." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z
At the front of the stage there is a microphone; the television camera is discreetly off to the side. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
I follow him to the front desk, and he gives me this plastic game board and a bag of Velcro pieces. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z
He’s in front of his cabin in the shade of the big slippery elm tree, contemplating a twisted limb. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
Slowly, I open the door and walk down the front steps and to the corner. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
I’m back in front of my laptop, faced with a greater challenge: the inscription for my headstone in no more than eight words. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z
We walk a little way in silence, me in front, Tom a few paces behind. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
“The SS man I saw going in the front. I wouldn’t want him for a neighbor.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z
There was a large stone in the stallion's front inside hoof, and Tristran removed it with care. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z
In front of the cave was a high ledge of rocks surrounded by deep kelp beds, and I would have paddled by it if I had not seen a sea hawk fly out. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z
I squint down at my phone at footage of massive creatures sprinting across someone’s front lawn. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z
But he had the opposite problem: The glare at the front of the vast, open room was almost too intense to look at. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z
Not that I wanted her embarrassing me, having me stand up front and rotate around the sun. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z
This leads to people throwing themselves in front of trains and spending all their money and not speaking to their relatives and never going home for Christmas and never eating anything with chocolate in it. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z
Mark asked when he was in front of the man. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
Upset, her parents opened the front door and said, “If you belong to Hitler, then go to him now.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z
Doris Lyon sat with a girlfriend in a seat just in front of the rear side door in a nearly empty bus. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z
I sit down on the front stoop and grab a handful of snow. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
Cinnamon and Nutmeg jostle each other, their front feet high against the side of the cage. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z
It was open, in front of my dad across the table, but I couldn’t see any of the words. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z
About her mom’s hysterics, about how she lost it in front of my relatives, who were very gracious about the whole thing. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
Then a car turned into Cannery Row and Doc drove up to the front of the laboratory. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
The area in front of the holophone showed a desk neatly piled with papers, a swivel chair and what appeared to be a diploma on the wall. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z
The window frames in the front parlor leaked terrible during the storm. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z
It’s like he knew I’d be sitting on a curb in front of my house, listening to this song and needing it. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z
When he came past, he was out in front of the clump and running well. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z
He would regularly punch, kick, and verbally abuse her in front of the children. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
J.T. put his arm in front of her and Peaches grabbed it and started wrestling with him. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
He crouches before the door to the front office to make himself as small as possible and crawls on his hands and knees to the steel cabinet, takes out the bread and starts to leave. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z
Dark spots cover the man in front of me, obscuring my view of his face. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
On the flagpole in front of Haus West, a large white Olympic flag stirred lazily. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
Mom immediately started singing along—sounding even better than when she sang to herself in front of the bathroom mirror. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z
I got in the front and noticed that Mom was staring at something ahead of us. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
“But I doubt you’ll make it past the front doors dressed like that.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z
Mom was asleep—I could hear her snoring—and then the front door slammed. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
Looking down, Harry saw Hagrid digging energetically in front of his cabin. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
The rest of the family is in the helicopter now, and Mango is on the floor in front of Beth, rewrapped in his blanket. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z
Once you were inside the curtain wall, you found yourself in a kind of wide alleyway, probably full of frightened sheep, with another complete castle in front of you. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z
I left the library in a purple froth and found Harry lounging in front of the general store. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z
He was ideal for the job, centered low as he was in his fireplug body, a plow of wellmuscled forearms in front of him, a pulling guard for a sweeping Kwang. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
Mom always says we need a man to come over and fix it, but my aunt Lucy always said it was the perfect excuse to not have to answer the front door. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z
They trudged on the packed-dirt road, breath pluming in front of them as they went. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z
Roberto had to slow down the Carcachita to a crawl to avoid hitting them, and to dodge the deep potholes in the dirt path that circled the front of the barracks. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z
The men in their white hooded robes were nowhere to be found, but there in front of the small building stood a large cross set ablaze. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z
The commander sat on the edge of a desk in front of her. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z
The desk clerk ignored the boys, who did not stop to remove their jackets before they knelt in front of the clock. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z
A window at one end looked out over the front yard, through the leaves of the big tree. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z
I trot up the front stairs and down the hall to my room, and I slam my door. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
When he gets to our front walk, he hits the lock button on the car, and it sounds a little honk. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z
Just in time to see him skip down the front steps, pluck the morning paper off the hibiscus bush, look at it for a moment, and then toss it back toward the front porch. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z
In no time at all, the three kids had cleared the table, loaded the dishwasher, and hurried to the front door to grab their backpacks. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z
She knelt down in front of me and started wiping my tears. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z
I suddenly remembered one day when he had had to stand in the front of the classroom. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
I heard Dad open the front door to wave the driver on. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z
She sat with her legs stretched out in front of her. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z
She was sitting beside her aunt in the middle pew on the right side of the auditorium; her father and Dr. Finch sat side by side on the left, third row from the front. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z
The bus parks in front of the school before Windy can ask anything else. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z
An older black man got out of the front seat and opened the back door. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
“You two are not going to embarrass me in front of the Guardians. Spines straight! Wings preened! Beaks pointed!” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
Momma parks in front of the store, and Daddy pulls up behind us. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z
I drank my cold tea, still blurred and stupid from my short heavy sleep, and stared at the blank wall in front of me. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z
But with three long strides, he’s standing right in front of me. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z
She does open the front door, stays at the door while Axel sits. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
He stands outside my front door with a huge metal toolbox at his feet. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z
Dyedka stood by the pile of stuff in front of the hole, scratching his head, eyebrows furrowed with bewilderment. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z
Jojo made as if to fling the mud ball at his sister, but aimed for the third graders in front of him instead. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
Emily’s mom pushed their front door open, revealing their own staircase. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
A man in front of us was getting a wrist tattoo, the needle scraping the skin. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z
Citra was ready to hurl herself in front of her to block the blade, but instead of swinging the knife, the man held out his other hand. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z
I could see several loose sheets of dark, shiny paper scattered over the table in front of her. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I finally experienced it. I saw some of the people that I had wronged when I was growing up, and disrespected. And all their faces came in front of me.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z
One afternoon, three children, ages eight to ten, line up in front of their mother, who loads them down with logs of wood to deliver. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z
There was a sudden banging on the front door. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
The Giant had stopped now right in front of Mr and Mrs Goochey’s house. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
Jam woke up with a start, her phone vibrating in the front pocket of her pajama pants. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z
A wall was built in front of the restroom door as if to say, “Forget that it happened!” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
That night, many hours after the crowd had scattered, Samar slipped out the front door of the little blue house. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z
I hate being put on the spot in front of strangers. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z
Day after day, week after week, funeral after funeral, I searched for that person—almost always sitting in the front—and watched them deal. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
The Ares cabin was on the front line, drilling in phalanx formation with Clarisse calling orders. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z
I walked into my classroom and took my seat at the desk in the front row with the others in my group. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z
Elizabeth opens her own front door and I fear Aibileen might not be working today. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z
She scrambled down the tree and ran to the front porch. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z
He ripped at the shutters, but the old Plymouth, one of its front tires fenderless and exposed as if it were a stock car, was rambling to life. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
There was a gate out front where the buses pulled up, and the principal could throw a switch in his office and the gate would automatically open and close. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z
What would she think when she saw me up front, all important-looking? The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z
She sat them down in front of a black-and-white television set, gave each a chocolate bar, and they spent the entire day watching cartoons, while Tata smoked and drank beer. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z
Chi-Boy walked the perimeter of the room before setting the candle down on a small round table in front of another empty fireplace, on a much smaller scale than those in the great room. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z
Mack and I are in the front seat of his convertible. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z
He blinked, looked around, realized what he had done, and retraced his steps, stopping in front of it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
I am entirely enamored, and so engrossed that I don’t see August until he comes to an abrupt stop in front of me. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z
Even from my position across the square, I can see clearly through the plate- glass front of the long, narrow building. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
Father MacPhail tapped a pencil on the oak bench in front of him. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z
It infuriated Brave Orchid that her sister held up each dish between thumb and forefinger, squirted detergent on the back and front, and ran water without plugging up the drain. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
Grandma stayed in the kitchen after we’d wandered into the front room. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z
Only the scents of her garden made her feel a little better as she went up the steps to the front door. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z
I was on the second floor landing when I heard a scuffle downstairs by the front desk. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z
My mother’s always waiting on the front stoop when we pull into the driveway, and the first question she asks is: “Did you see the green flash?” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z
Finn said, spinning on his stool, just in time to see the mare rear back, kick her front legs, and charge past the diner. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z
His long white robe swirled around him, and the morning sun shone through the front window, so he almost appeared to glow. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
They place the tree in front of the window, drawing apart the curtains so that people passing by the house can see, as excited as they were when they were children. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
Dale placed Seth in front of the door. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z
Dad’s waiting outside the big glass doors of the hospital’s front entrance. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z
They would put a live tree in their front room, and all of us kids would decorate it with paper chains and stars that we’d made at school the week before. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
By the mile-and-a-half mark, the freshmen had opened a sliver of water between the rear of their boat and the varsity’s bow, and they were beginning to close on the junior varsity out front. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
The front of the boat would sink, forcing the back to rise out of the lake. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
I stack the remaining cans of corn and peas on the shelf in front of me, pick up the empty cardboard box, and stand up slowly, hoping to determine who it is without being seen. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z
She rode past the big purple house with a cactus garden for a front yard, and past the building where her old babysitter used to live. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z
But there’s almost always a nice lady out front with free samples. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z
Petra paused to think about seeing herself on a talk show, or having her picture on the front of the Chicago Tribune. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z
Uncle Phil’s voice roars to life in my head, spewing the words he uses to avoid cussing in front of me. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z
Millard set the falcon down and held the sheet in front, screening the bird from the audience. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z
With hats so tall I can barely see up front. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z
Most of the buildings in town look like they’re from old-timey days, maybe when you were young, with those tall fronts that are just for show, like in Wild West movies. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z
It’s on a raised platform, in front of a window. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Instead of locking the door and pushing the dresser in front of it, I leave it open. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
I ease open the front door, expecting gallons of the stuff to pour in, but it holds its form. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
And in front of me are the condominiums. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
I smiled back, much less radiantly, keeping my upper lip down over a coal-black G.I. temporary filling showing between two of my front teeth. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z
She blinked and looked toward the front window of her house where her mother’s form was already seated at the desk on the other side. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z
He heard voices; they seemed to be coming from the room in front of him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
Carlie, as she tells me to call her, is missing all of her top front teeth. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
Some of the time he leaned forward and planted his elbows in front of him. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
We stood in front of my father’s body for the final time. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z
As we shuffled toward the front door, you cast a bewildered glance at our parents’ bedroom. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z
Major Major sat down, and Yossarian moved around in front of his desk and told him that he did not want to fly any more combat missions. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z
Sure enough, there’s Caesar Flickerman, speaking before a standing-room-only crowd in front of the Training Center, talking to an appreciative crowd about my upcoming nuptials. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z
The front door opened to us, and standing there was Cletus. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z
“How great? Will we see you on the front page of the sports section soon?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z
Papa asked, when we got to the front of my class. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z
She flipped to the front of the book and peered at the handwriting inside the cover. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z
The cars toy with them, appearing now in front, now to the side, now behind, coming and going so quickly he can’t be sure if he saw them at all. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
She ran upstairs again and paused in front of the window. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z
Big Time stepped through the curtain that separated the front room from the back. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
She said, “There were several girls who had asked to go to the front, and they were turned down. So they stole a fighter plane and flew off to fight. They just couldn’t wait....” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z
“I mean, we like twenty feet from the front door,” she said, and she was right. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z
I saw three police cruisers and what could have been an unmarked police car parked on Seventy- second Street, right at the front gates of our apartment building, the exclusive and infamous Dakota. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z
Ben was sitting cross-legged on the ground in front of a woman in a pink robe. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z
“Oh,” I say, hiking my thumb back to our front porch. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z
I avoided the front door and went around to the back alley. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
I began to hyperventilate until those little black dots swam in front of my eyes. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
He grabs him by the collar and drags him to the front of the room. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z
As he admired the belt, strutting in front of the broken mirror, the sparrow spoke in a normal voice. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z
I glanced up and saw the screaming horde of first graders rushing down the aisle to sit in the front rows. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
She squatted down in front of a glass case full of small objects: vases and jars, some partly cracked or broken, crudely made jewelry and tiny statues. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
“If it was closer to the front I could take you to a first medical post. But back here you’ve got to have papers.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z
The boy approached the guard at the front of the huge white tent at the center of the oasis. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Well”—Genie turned around to make sure the front door was closed—“there are, uh, no new discoveries,” he said cryptically. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z
We walk all the way around to the front of the building. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z
The ground in front of the zmeyok rumbled, a miniature earthquake confined to a square inch. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z
They don’t say any of the things they say to me in front of others, even other children: whatever is going on is going on in secret, among the four of us only. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z
Calvin jerked his head, and the boy in front of Alex scrambled to a different row. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z
Baskets of the blue paperback books traveled from front row to back row until everyone had a copy of The Four Corners of the World on their desk. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z
The only thing on it was a small drawing of a black bird in front of a bridge and ocean waves, and a short string of numbers. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
Someone had spotted where the firing was coming from and estimated it to be four hundred and fifty meters in front of us. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
I stretch my legs out till they’re even with the front legs of the chair in front of mine. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z
“I can bring my car out front so you don’t have to walk to the lot in the cold.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z
They took him out of the front door, into the hall. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
The Commandant arrives with Aquilla after nearly everyone else and stands at the front of the crowd beside the governor, her face harsh in the gray morning light. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z
Guess who’s going to be the first one in front of the camera. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
Natalie wasn’t even looking at the list now: She had her neck craned to look back at the code on the computer screen in front of Emma and Chess. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z
X-Ray paced back and forth by his car, which was parked in front of Armpit’s house. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z
Right in front of me as if I’m too dumb to know what they’re talking about. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z
Jay sweeps the beam behind us, then in front of us. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z
I held my overskirt out in front of me to keep the raspberries from being crushed. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Talking to small groups of people is easier than standing in front of a room of kids staring at me. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z
The only offering in front of Sima was the drain and the threat of a little river of blood winding its way across the floor toward it. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z
“You’ll do fine in Delaware,” Ma’s friend said, but from the moment we parked our U-Haul in front of our new home we were completely lost. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
"Now put your hands out in front of you. And as I walk past I want you to turn them over so I can see if they are clean on both sides." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z
He caught sight of the horse out in front, but he still didn’t know who it was. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
Liza Hamilton, her apple cheeks flaming red, moved like a caged leopard in front of the stove when Samuel came into the kitchen in the morning. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
We all waited while the deputy went through each one of our rooms in order: our front room, Doc’s bedroom, Mama’s room, the room I shared with Jay, the washroom, and the kitchen. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z
She lifts it as quietly as she can and holds it against the front of her uncle’s coat. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z
Three thousand of the luckiest took refuge under the cover of the massive permanent grandstand, right in front of the finish line. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
We lined up, Thwaites in front and I, for some reason, at the very back. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z
But someday he might spring back and just bounce right through our front door. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
Jordan and Tom and I got into the front seat of Gatsby's car, Tom pushed the unfamiliar gears tentatively and we shot off into the oppressive heat leaving them out of sight behind. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z
The sun started to darken, like the moon was passing in front of it. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
We stood frozen in front of him, because of obvious reasons. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z
He holds an arm out in front of me and starts making a path down the steps. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
The front door swung open, and Sierra’s Tía Rosa came swooshing in as if pushed by a heavy gust of wind. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z
I waved my hand in front of my face, couldn’t see even the barest outline. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z
The boys’ trousers were shorts, rather than knickers, and buttoned down the sides, instead of down the front. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z
It reversed, in loud screeches, as if the driver wanted to make as much of an impression as possible, and stopped in front of the house. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
With a hammer and two threepenny nails in hand, Stella Armijo emerged from her low adobe farmhouse one morning while Herbie reclined on his front stoop trying to read a book. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
I walked in front of her through the crowd. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z
She pulled a small leather folder from the front pocket of her black apron and handed it to him. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
Maybe that's how I got so good playing by myself in my journal, in my bedroom, in front of a mirror putting on shows for my teddy bears. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z
I was still a little off balance from the pitch, but I managed to bring my glove hand up in front of my face just as he hit the ball. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z
Even with a cowcatcher on the front, the trains often stopped for a cow on the track. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Yes, they give the battalions in the front line as much as they can but the ones in back are very short. They have eaten all the Austrians’ potatoes and chestnuts from the woods. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z
Bubbly green liquid spills on the front of her travel dress, and she curses. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z
The officer walked by and stopped again in front of the recruit with the tie. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Or, say, a blank page right there in front of him? Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z
“That’s the way I worked it at the front. But there was something to do then.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z
With its front door wide open, the car moved past her slowly and stopped to let the policeman get back in. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
She reached over and picked a toothpick out of a jar and put it between her front teeth. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z
He hops over the counter and heads out the front door. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z
“It caused a huge blowup on the front lawn, but eventually Evelyn won.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
They’d stopped in front of a storefront that Sierra could have sworn had been empty and disheveled as recently as last week. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z
It’s attached to our mailbox in the front yard, bobbing lazily with the breeze. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z
I noticed the way his hind quarters shifted over to the right, never in line with the front, yet always in perfect rhythm. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
He got out of bed very slowly, stretched, and took the tea cup into the front room. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
I went upstairs to find Dad asleep in front of his laptop at our little table. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z
You’ll be taking a chunk out of the roof, just in front of the airlock in the rear of the vehicle. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
They came past us with the black horse well in front and on the turn he was running away from the others. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z
Then he swung his bag back and stood next to the tall flagpole that rose outside the front of the building. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
But having the kind of fun that seems daring and embarrassing in front of strangers requires a special bravery. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z
The second Mom and I pull into the driveway, Justin bolts out the front door. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z
At the front door, he set the package down carefully and patted all his pockets for his house keys. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z
The crowd in the hallway and in front of the building had begun coming through the door. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z
The man in front of me kept mumbling things to himself and pacing away from the wall and back. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z
“Not much longer now,” says Frau Elena, her palms out in front of the stove as the water refuses to boil. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z
With terrible deliberateness Kvothe lifted a blank sheet and lay it carefully in front of the stunned scribe. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
And in the front, where the band had stuck directly to the bare skin, there remained a whole lot of small patches of brown leathery stuff that no amount of washing would get off. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z
Mama sat down in front of Hanako and squeezed her own knees. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
My mom interlocked her fingers in front of her mouth. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z
I wave a coin in front of the man's face as I ask him my question. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z
I jumped off, hurdled the potted plant sitting by the porch steps, and ran to the front door. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z
Black units were always the first ones sent to the front in battle, to draw enemy fire and protect the white soldiers coming up behind them. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
But when a group of twenty rebel soldiers follow them, they’re blown to bits by a row of potted rosebushes in front of a flower shop. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
There was no air left in this place, and the person next to me was pressing close, close....Someone in front of me was standing up, and they were talking, too, they were all talking. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z
As a plaque beside their front door proclaimed, Radar’s house was an officially registered Santa Landmark according to the Society for Christmas. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z
The squirrel sat looking at him, its paws folded in front as if it might be saying its prayers. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z
I jump in front of the window to pull the curtains closed. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z
The other thing was a knock at Grandma’s front door right after breakfast. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z
But he also understood that if he argued with her about it here, in front of her soldiers, she wouldn’t appreciate it. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z
She poured the pop, put the glass in front of Jonas. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z
A gleaming black-and-gold bus was parked along the curb with the front sliding doors open. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
He was wiping down the glass fronts of the refrigerators of soda and beer and milk. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
Outside, I spot Pri in front of the club, yelling at Dray. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
I was the kid Spoony made dance in front of his friends when we were younger. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
While the women in Hampton Institute’s Engineering for Women courses were preparing for their new careers as computers, Mary Jackson managed the USO’s modest financial accounts and welcomed guests at the club’s front door. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z
CUT TO: Television shot of front of drugstore. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z
I heard a window smash in the front hall. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z
I brushed my hair back into a ponytail and headed for the front porch. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
With all the snow, Turner could hardly keep the walks clear in front of the church, the parsonage, and Mrs. Cobb’s house, where they were living now. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z
Before I could move, she was there standing in front of my desk. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z
She eased up the front steps, avoiding the squeaky middle one, and crouched on the porch, listening. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
Olive squeezed her tight, slipped off her leaden shoes, and then, just as they began to rise, Bronwyn transferred Miss Peregrine front her shoulder to the top of Olive’s head. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z
The front parking lot is for visitors; the family lot is in back. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
After several minutes, Trina finally stopped in front of a small shack that had been boarded up with three wooden slats nailed across the door. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
We end up cooking grilled cheese in the toaster oven and bringing it into the living room to eat in front of the TV. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z
I found my mother sitting in front of a fresh fire, slowly adding twigs to build it up. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
We fight over who gets the front seat on the way to school. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
They pulled up in front of Dill’s house. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z
“It’ll feel stupider when you chuck an air ball in front of a million people.” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z
For the next few months, Maria Isabel spends hours at a time silently sitting on a rock in front of her aunt Gloria’s house. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z
With his right, he took the front rudder controls. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z
“There,” he said, pointing to the car in front of us. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
Hugo cautiously slipped around to the front of the theater and looked for Etienne. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z
I tear myself away from the typewriter and go out on the front porch. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z
I see Abby, right there in front of me, blurry at first and then as clear as day. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z
I turned the lock on the front door, went into my new room, locked that door, put a chair beneath the knob, and got into the bed. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z
Ron shook his head, but Fawkes the phoenix had swooped past Harry and was now fluttering in front of him, his beady eyes bright in the dark. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z
I raised the tin up higher so that it was in front of my heart like a shield. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
Tats puffs, right in front of his friends. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z
We stood there, in front of mounted sandbags, unable to decide which way to go next. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z
“Jackie is sitting on the front of the boat? And he holds his hand up, and he’s going . . . he’s going . . . omigod, he goes, ‘Organelle, 1 always loved you from when we first went sailing.’” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
Especially once there’s food in front of him. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z
Singing, and the thought of doing so in front of an audience, was another mesmeric way of whittling hours. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z
I stood in front of the closed doors and concentrated, imagining myself a princess, making a grand entrance at a ball. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
So he announced in front of the whole class, “if whoever wrote this Valentine tells me who they are, I will give them a dollar.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z
They're going to line him up in front of a wall and shoot him.’ Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
Mark ran to them, knelt in front of them, placed his weapon on the ground. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
Marco calls, chasing after her as she descends the front stairs. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
Their house looks like a smaller version of the White House in Washington, D.C., without so many pillars in front and not nearly so tall and wide. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z
Maya had handed Ellie a note in front of everybody, and the note was full of really “venomous” things about Ximena. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z
We reach the corner of my block, and I have to decide if he crosses that line between my block and my front door. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z
Or knitting scarves, for the Angels at the front lines. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
When the landing took place, Seaman Stephanides would stand in the front of the boat. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
The one on the left, with the Sol Painting van parked out front, is ours. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z
The crowd that followed the parade back from town gathers in the midway, and before long Cecil is working the suckers in front of the sideshow. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z
He looked around the front hall, took in all the signs of cleaning, ambled over and peered into the parlor, and put on an exaggerated mock expression of being impressed. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
Unfortunately, he chose to put Arnold down at the one spot in town as bad as Finsterwald’s backyard — namely, Finsterwald’s front steps. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
The blond girl I’d met at the Big House was reading a book in front of the last cabin on the left, number eleven. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z
She used the wall for support and tapped the floor in front of her with her crutch to make sure there were no traps. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
He turned quickly away from the parking lot and looked further along the front of the mall. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z
His eyes cut back to the front of the temple, where others were looking and waiting. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z
I made it through the front door but then foundered on the bottom stairs. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z
I didn’t see the placard on the front. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
Out on the front porch, something was barking and whining and thumping like a drum against the front door. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z
People filled the street and crowded around Seward’s front door. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
Albert was cleaning out the teacups on the table in front of the sofa and laying tea strainers across the tops. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z
The brush houses of the fishing people were back from the beach on the right-hand side of the town, and the canoes were drawn up in front of this area. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z
He sat down on the window seat and I knelt in front of him, my hands on his shoulders. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z
The legs moved mechanically, the weapon stayed in front of the body. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
There was motion in front of him and suddenly he saw George Pickett, bloodstained. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Not if we tell him tonight at the campfire in front of everybody. The whole camp will hear. They’ll pressure him. He won’t be able to refuse.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z
New cars, heavy with fins and chrome, were parked in front of miners’ houses from New Camp to Frog Level, and new swing sets, brightly painted, were erected in the backyards. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
When I’d finished changing clothes, I had Miles wait by the front door while I crept into the kitchen. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z
Our uncle puts a spoon in front of him. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
He took another swallow, dribbling wine on the front of his black satin doublet. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
Paul didn’t live here, and yet he stood there at the grill, like he was at the helm or something, and the whole party radiated out in front of him. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
On any given day or night, we’d be in the house or sitting on the front porch and hear the distinctive boom. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
Bracing my hands against the backrests, I make my way to the front of the shifting bus. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z
Consuelo folded her arms and planted herself firmly in front of Salvador. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z
I was going to push a garbage can in front of them. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z
She continued down the hall and out through the front entrance of the education building, and took her bicycle from the rack by the steps. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
I stared at the guy standing in front of me. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z
He pointed at the house in front of them. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
I stood in front of her, shaking all over, hands at my sides, martyrlike, fully aware of the dramatic moment that might backfire but willing to take the chance. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z
A group of Gladers stood at the front door of the house, shouting to be heard over each other. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
There was a glass partition separating the front from the back. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z
He saw white drill, epaulettes, a revolver, a row of gilt buttons down the front of a uniform. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z
The panthers, leopards and things of that sort, sat and then stood up against the trees to sharpen their front claws. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z
I stared at the yellow glove in front of me, streaked with dirt and black grime, and, despite what had happened a few minutes before, pulled it right off her little fingers. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
It was about the break through on the British front. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z
My dad was waving his hand in front of my face. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z
“I’ve heard of this book,” he whispered, “but I never thought…” He was talking like you would talk just before Mass. He opened the front page, looked at the sheet of music pasted in. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
He turned and reached and got a grip on the front of the trailer and slowly pulled himself up. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z
A pair of tall poles had been driven into the muddy ground in front of it, banners drooping from each staff. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
Finally we stop in front of a black hair care and beauty supply store. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z
The bus dropped him off in front of Hazelwood Middle School, where he was in sixth grade. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
I sat in the front seat after that day, with my earbuds in, and ignored them all. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z
Something stirred inside the Maze, down the long corridor in front of him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
Behind them, just poking into the picture, was the front wing of a car—certainly not theirs, and further off, an oasthouse looming over a brick wall. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
“Maybe. At least the smoke from the campfire keeps mosquitoes away, so I stayed in front of it all night. The tent is crowded, too, so outside is the better of the terrible choices.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z
I pulled my brogans off and went in through the front door. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z
She placed a plate in front of me and sat down. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z
They reached behind them for the plane seat cushions, which they tossed to one another like juggling pins while Petra ducked under, scooting to the front. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z
But when I shove the front door open, familiar wood floors and rows of wooden benches arranged in a square greet me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
Nike’s chariot appeared on the field, the Nikettes arrayed in front of her with their spears and laurels raised. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z
“Harry,” she said, crouching down in front of him and using the kind of voice he associated with visiting the very sick, “you don’t think you’ve been possessed, do you?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
Augustus took me by one arm and grabbed the oxygen cart with the other, and we walked up the three steps to the lacquered blue-black front door. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z
“Did Headmaster take you to Baba and scold you in front of everybody?” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z
And Josiah—if only I had let him continue sleeping on the first day of training, perhaps he wouldn’t have gone to the front line in the first place. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z
I got out of the car and walked to the front of the Log Cabin. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z
Some way in front of it, before the gate at the bridge-end, the road from the west converged with others coming from the south, and from Barad-dûr. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z
He had short, straight, jet-black hair with an elevated wave at the front. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z
Daffodils clustered like bugle bands in front yards as the Beans Boys left school behind on a sunny, cloudless day. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z
In the next room, a thin man in spectacles lectures in front of a chalkboard while a girl in one corner studiously takes notes. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z
I follow him the short distance from the front door to where the incense is burning in the kitchen. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z
Josh is at the table in front of ours. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z
She wouldn’t go outside because of all the drug dealing in the neighborhood, but she told him she wished she could have flowers in her front yard. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
As I stooped to do so, I saw something dark lying on the front room floor. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
In the front row a man stood with his tiny daughter perched on his shoulders. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z
Her laptop sat on the counter in front of her, but it was tilted up, so Finn couldn’t see what was on the screen. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z
Most of the girls sat on the couches or in chairs, but one first year stood in front of all of them, holding a banana. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z
Our rickshaw drops us outside the entrance of the Wazir Khan Mosque, in front of a large brown stone gate with arches in it. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z
She would borrow a lawn mower from a neighbor, and she and Terryl and Michael would groom the front yard. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
A broad staircase led up to a heavily columned front porch. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z
Mom is pacing in the front hallway like she’s been pumped with adrenaline. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z
From beneath the cloth Brokk produced a hammer, and placed it in front of Thor. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z
She had deep brown fur with a splash of white on her front paws, and one of her hind legs was bandaged tight. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z
Immediately Nick’s mom appeared in the Rael front yard and started winging pebbles at the state cops, who paid no attention. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
And the front wheel of my bike makes a cameo too. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z
I’m alone except for Beetee, who still lies in front of me, being sustained by his army of machines. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z
She returns to her mother, who has staked out a position in line, only about thirty from the front—folding chair and all. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
Neither of them speak as I walk into the living room, or when I stop right in front of them, dropping my backpack to the floor. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z
The judge agreed, and for a moment Hale personally buttonholed Burkhart in the courtroom, the plot unfolding this time right in front of White. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z
He walked up in front of the doghouse, laid them down, and growled; not like he was mad. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
Gareth stood square in front of Agravaine, who was three years older than he was and could have knocked him down quite easily. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z
I’m working on one of her front feet when I’m suddenly aware that all human activity in the menagerie has ceased. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z
It was a fine autumn morning; the early sun shone serenely on embrowned groves and still green fields; advancing on to the lawn, I looked up and surveyed the front of the mansion. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z
“Look, man, I’m not trying to say anything bad about Rashad. I’m just saying that spray painting ‘Rashad is absent again today’ on the concrete in front of school is like, I don’t know, extreme. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
At a little before six each day, little Willy would position his sled in front of the old church on Main Street. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
And when he came out, a towel around his neck, sucking on a bottle of water, I flung myself into his arms and kissed him openmouthed and sloppy in front of everyone. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
He stopped just in front of her, just a little too close, and then leaned in and kissed her cheek. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z
For one day, enormous families of relatives would visit and there would be so many people that the noise and the bodies would spill out to the backyard and front porch. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
I looked up front at Wynn, driving and smiling in that same kind of comforted way. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z
I was practically crying, but there was no way I was going to cry in front of a gay guy, even if he was my friend. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
“Okay. So clearly he didn't fall for Janae. But still, that was really shady. He played her right in his own house in front of all those people.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z
He placed himself in front of Prosper and looked down at him angrily. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z
I even forgot about the ice cream, which Mrs. Moss had only offered in front of the worker to make it seem like she was a good foster parent. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z
My heart was pounding like crazy and I was out of breath as I climbed the wide front steps and stood on his porch, knocking on the door. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z
This boy in front of me has the answer to every question I've been chasing for a week. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z
It was the one place where sunlight fell on the city, down through the gap where the seraph’s wings came together in front and didn’t quite meet. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
The first caller’s avatar appeared in front of me in my support chat room. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
I must have lain long in the grass, for the shadow that was in front of me when I left the house had disappeared when I went back. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
Why else would they tell each other how much they wanted each other in whispers in front of me? It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z
He stood, moved to the stove, where he took the pot and two cups, which he put on the table, one for me and one in front of Gretchen. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
On the front was a model house with a wide porch, living room, bathroom, kitchen, and two bedrooms. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
This meant hat he must watch the front door like a cat watching a mouse’s hole; he dared not h ave his post for a moment. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z
Most often when she passed on the road in front of the Store, she spoke to Momma in that soft yet carrying voice, “Good day, Mrs. Henderson.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
The boat in front of her was blurred by tears now, a smudge of green. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z
There are two policemen standing in front of Tatarska 3, clubs in hand, looking the street up and down while they rock on their heels. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z
The end smacked me in the forehead and fell across my outstretched arm, which was pointing at the walking, talking animal in front of me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z
The smell of burned rubber and smoke curled my stomach as we crouched down, and I was concerned the trail of sparks in front of us would turn into a wall of flame. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
She pans the phone over a bunch of textbooks sitting in front of her. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z
On the morning of the sixth day since Shinae had deserted them, there was a loud knocking on their front gate. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z
Two sheriff’s cars from Midland were parked in front with their lights off, there just in case the location of the coin toss had leaked out and crowd control was needed. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Hi, this is the front security gate. Iesha Robinson is asking to visit your residence.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z
Dr. Martin opens her office door, the sign on the front now visible. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
They reached the front of the stage, and Miss Spink leaped nimbly off the unicycle, and the two old women bowed low. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z
The way he said tips made me think he had some fun on his mind that he couldn’t tell me about in front of Mom, who was not looking real happy. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
Judging by the two figures in black standing directly in front of our door, it didn’t seem like we’d be able to leave, either. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
He kicked aside a few of the coins on the floor in front of him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z
Grandpa asked, standing up to look as we chugged to a stop in front of the store. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
No time like the present, it was decided, egged on by the fact that people from Noah’s party—Zephyr included—kept knocking on my door, which was locked with a dresser in front of it. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z
They seemed to be parked in front of the doors to the 000s Dewey decimal room on the second floor. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z
My neck snapped against the armrest and I rolled onto the rough carpet behind the front passenger seat. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
He also had a feeding tube fixed in the front of his neck, which pushed lumps of flesh to the sides. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z
After Willie was gone, Me Chatham looked down at the papers spread out on the table in front of him like he was hoping to find something he’d forgotten or overlooked. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z
And then again, “How dare you speak that way in front of one of my nurses.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
I was in the office, and Edward was striding past the front counter toward the nurse’s door. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
The woman broke away from the others and ran hard at Pa, unwrapping the baby off her back and holding it out front of her. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z
The camera flashed to Gey, sitting at a desk in front of a wall covered with pictures of cells. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
Once in a while a mortar shell would land near the base, and then we would all run out into the trench built in front of the tent. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
See the ones who take a seat up front, daring anyone to make them move. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z
The leg holes are too tight—he is nine, afterall—and there’s that gross extra pouch in the front, which I don’t even want to think about. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z
While the peasantry was chuckling, the Pierce Arrow would buck away in clouds of gray smoke, while the professor up front rendered a few bars of Honk Honk Kadookah. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z
On the immediate local front, reports showed that rental rates for apartments in Odessa had dropped 10 percent and occupancy rates 8 percent, boding disaster for a market that was woefully overbuilt from the boom. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
The diviner took the array of bones and shells in her fat hands, shook them, muttering incantations, then threw them on the mat in front of her. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
It’s a weird kind of dissonance, seeing him stand here in front of my door. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z
They couldn’t even see the steps of West Oakland High, nor could they see a shred of the concrete path that led to the stairs at the front of the school. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
With shaky legs, Mariam approached the front door of the house. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z
In her haze her mother was alive and laughing, dancing in front of her cooking fire. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z
The failed thief steps away and stands in front of me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z
The chorus up front sings a slow song filled with high notes that reach impossibly for the sky. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z
Vivian picks it up and holds it out in front of her. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z
An assembly of well-intentioned people had marched right up to the elderly man’s front door one rainy afternoon to escort him—by reason, or by force—to a facility for proper care. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z
It sprang down into the long grass in front of her, and rolled over onto its back, wiggling about ecstatically. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z
The front lawn didn’t take long, but before I was done the next-door neighbor came to the fence, attracted by the dust cloud. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z
She alternated between burying her face in her hands and staring at the body on the wall in front of us. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z
He’s wearing last year’s gym shorts and a T-shirt that says “Runs with Scissors” on the front and “Plays Well with Others” on the back. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z
The backpack comes off and then the new guy slides into the seat in front of Annabelle. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z
“The news vans are already here, and they have a little podium set up out front.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
She didn’t want to sit here at the front. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Ours has green bushes that just about cover the front windows, and lots of dead leaves. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z
In front of the Littles, it didn’t seem that there was much else for us to say I was glad that Papa and I had already talked before we reached the farm. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
We deplaned, followed Lieutenant Wilson across the field into an area in front of some Quonset huts, and started forming ranks. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
She plopped herself down on the floor in front of the bookcase and started looking at books like crazy. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
The front door opened and a shapeless shadow filled the doorway like some kind of ghost. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z
Many more escaped through front and side doors. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
Then he described how a branch had hurled down into the road in front of him; to avoid it he’d hit his brake pedal. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z
“See what I did? If you fold it like this you can follow a story that starts on the front page and finishes on an inside page. Would you like to try?” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z
They had barriers thrust in front of them and doors slammed in their faces, yet they still triumphed both on and off the court. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
Mama spoke again: “Other families in the village had the same offer. If we sent a man to the front, we wouldn’t have to pay taxes. And we sent…” Her voice cracked. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z
We found him in a place with a sagging roof and the customary ivy growing up the front wall. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z
She is tapping the shoulder of the girl in front of her. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
The front of the car tipped upward on the bare beginning of the long hill. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z
We walked in—two of us wearing ties, and two of us wearing ratty T-shirts—and the Eagle banged an honest-to-God gavel against the podium in front of him. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z
Our conversation was interrupted by a knock on the front door. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
He wiped a hand over his head and then held his fist in front of his mouth for a moment. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
His phone lit up in front of him. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
Velia gathered up an assortment of jeans, shorts and shirts, holding them in front of her like they were misplaced treasures. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z
At least I wouldn’t have to worry about dropping it in front of everybody. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z
The front half of the car had been compressed, the engine arched, curving back over itself, like a fold in solid rock. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
He knocks on the front door, and his nanny opens it. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z
I wanted to be brave enough and good enough and normal enough to reach out and grab what he was dangling in front of me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z
In just one day, they had moved to the front lines of the struggle, and Robert Sobukwe was being hailed inside and outside the country as the savior of the liberation movement. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Not far into the ride, he saw the local mailman in front of a house. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
We were posing in front of the Spaceship Earth geosphere at Epcot for my thirteenth birthday. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z
I went to his front door, rang the doorbell, and waited on the bench on the porch until his mother came out. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z
A group near the front of the train was herded into two horse-drawn wagons. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z
I started the washer and we walked out of the laundry room and crashed on the couch in front of the TV. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z
I stand in front of her at the desk and she tells me I can borrow any book I want with a library card. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z
They got to the front door, and Finn was really happy about being just a few steps away from no longer having to walk all stooped-over and sad. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z
"Let me see," he said, and began unhooking the front of Julian's doublet. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z
When they dropped me off, I was faceup on the ground, the front of my shirt wet with my tears, and it was much, much later than I thought it was. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z
Then once again, after all the white people were served and we’d finally gotten to our turn, suddenly the butcher called for a woman named Mrs. Wishart to step in front of us. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
We pull into a spot near the front office. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z
She pulled the silver shoes from the box and set them down in front of me. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z
The only rule is that if you throw a party in front of somebody’s house, they get to come and share your alcohol. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
We sat next to each other at his desk in front of his computer. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z
We were caught in the jam, dancing in one place in front of him. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z
There was an ensuing confrontation between them and followers of Elijah Muhammad in front of the Black Muslim restaurant at 116th Street and Lenox Avenue. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
Then, when Rutledge said: “That’s good right there, hold it,” the man faced front and gave his most winning smile. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
“That road’s not lit. She could wander in front of a car.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z
And if I don’t leave, I’ll die in that apartment, possibly in front of Penny, and that’s not how I want to be remembered—Rufus’s approach is really smart and thoughtful. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z
I saw that revenge was still at the front of his mind, overthrowing all thoughts of love. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z
“Maybe girls don’t want to go to the front any more.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z
Then another container is dropped right in front of him, and I realize Crystal has been washing them out in the sink and giving them to him. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z
Four young porkers in the front row uttered shrill squeals of disapproval, and all four of them sprang to their feet and began speaking at once. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z
He bent and picked Edward up and held him by his front paws, considering him. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z
They fire toy submachine guns — tata-tata-tata-tata — at the Cobras heading out the front door. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
Hayley stood up then, her arms stretched out protectively in front of her. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
Outside, in front of the Golden Glen, Louisiana was holding the book, and Beverly was sitting on the curb, and Raymie was standing and staring at nothing at all. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z
A truck is blocking the street in front of them: a red-faced cop standing in front of it waves and shouts and points them down the nearest street. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z
When they walked in the front door and saw me there, they both exchanged a look. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
I asked her if I was a coward for not wanting to speak in front of the entire assembly. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z
She arrived at four and had hardly let herself down from her van when she saw the front door swing open and Mr. Singh come down the path to the curb. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z
Toby pulled himself up into the truck and didn’t look back as Lily sped across the parking lot and out onto the country highway that crossed in front of the school. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
Soon, my mom’s brown and white checkered apron is in front of me. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z
The members of Marina Raskova’s regiments would meet—and a dwindling few, now in their nineties, still do—in front of the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, in May and in November. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z
During dances with the boys from the neighboring camp, she waved a hand in front of her face as though holding a fan. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
“My mother—your grandma Ellen—she used to say to me, ‘Tommy, if you know right from wrong, then the answer is always right there, smack in front of you. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z
With his wife waiting in the passenger seat, he had jumped out of the van and begun to jog down the sidewalk to the building’s front door. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
If someone did see us, we were just two girls, standing in front of an open trunk. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Thanks, Marcus,” he says as his front gate opens and he walks inside. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z
At the assembly, I sit up front with my friends as the principal starts it off and then introduces the video as a Diverse Voices production. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z
Uncle Jimmy had left his van double-parked in front of the building, but Alex supposed at that hour of the morning no one really cared. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z
I know why there is no glass, in front of the watercolor picture of blue irises, and why the window opens only partly and why the glass in it is shatterproof. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
I was pushing through the comfy den, heading straight for whatever was on the other side of the front door, when I bumped into Laura. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z
I put the picture down right in front of her, on top of some papers with numbers and equations on it. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z
Or if I called Moron “Dean” in front of everyone, it'd damage my own standing. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z
So I move to the front of the store and start stocking the cooler with six-packs and occasionally catch a glimpse of myself in the huge plate-glass windows that make up the front wall. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z
“This,” she said, waving her arms up at the front of the tram. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z
Seven takes the steps two at a time and throws the front door open. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z
She sits on the edge of the bed, holding the front of the dress to her chest. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z
The man in front of us started yelling to his family. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
Me and Vega inched down the icy front steps of our middle school. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z
Noah’s standing in front of the painting of the kiss. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z
I look at the blank page in front of me. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z
For a number of blocks the driver had repeatedly given those of us bunched up near the front door a curt order to “step to the rear of the vehicle.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z
Tommy Forester removed his shirt and raised his fists in front of him. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z
At such times, one must put up a bold front despite what one feels inside. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Clustered around the doors of the sept, in front of the raised marble pulpit, were a knot of knights and high lords. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z
In front of each house was a tiny square of grass, and in front of that was a thin gray sidewalk running alongside a gray road. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z
I hold my left arm conspicuously in front of me, bent at the elbow, with the tag turned outward. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
Mr. K is calling me Bobby now, except in front of customers, when he still calls me Mr. Goodspeed, on account of putting on a good show, I figure. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z
I couldn’t figure out why she was saying all this in front of me. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z
He stops the truck in front of the school, like always, and like always, I jump out and move to slam the door shut—but before I can, he says, “I love you, King.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z
Mama went to the front window and looked out. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z
As he rounded the corner, he noticed a familiar-looking gray Oldsmobile, a jagged crack in the rear window, parked in front of the house. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z
I prayed Mum wouldn’t mention the poetry prize, not in front of Hugo. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z
“Hi,” I said, meeting him in front of the apartment as he turned to lock the door. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z
Through several walls, I hear the front door creak open and someone call out. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z
I pull the back of my nightgown around to the front. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
A half mile away, she saw the paper festooning the trees and bushes in front of Finn’s house. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z
The front door opened behind her, and she heard her mother step out just as Pet condensed in front of her. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z
“We were talking about that front door. My dad, he’s a locksmith. But he fixes doors a lot, too.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z
I knew he could smell the food—my mother had been wafting scents toward the front door since she’d started cooking this morning. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z
I tried to keep from thinking the obvious: If the Nazis could beat him in front of all of us, what might they do to him when he was out of our sight? The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z
Nature, whether natural or not, unleashes its fury with a vengeance as we finally sail into the churning winds of the stalled storm front. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z
I pushed small stones into the earth with my thumb, creating a pathway to our front door, and lined the roof with twigs. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z
Mine is about two children who live in a white house with ruffled curtains, a front lawn, and a picket fence. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z
Still, I wasn’t dumb enough to change in front of the window. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z
He filled a glass of water and set it in front of me, then gently pushed the pills forward until they touched my arm. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
He cut me off, “Let’s talk about that up front here, French. No need to bother everyone.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z
Standing on our front porch was none other than Mr. Marcus Pike, of Pike’s Place Auto Parts. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
“She said you was walking up and down in the street in front of the house, and didn’t know whether to come in,” Bess said, giggling. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
There was a light mounted on the bow, but all it lit up was the fog a few yards in front. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
Elisabeth paces in front of her office, her cheeks flushed, a hand in front of her mouth. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z
Around noon, when I took my suitcase out to the car, I noticed that his old black pickup truck was no longer parked in front of the main lodge. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I mean...probably not in front of Nick. Or Simon.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z
“You must stop the cancer at your front door.” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
A slightly younger, slightly thinner Hollis was standing in front of Niagara Falls. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z
And a front room no one sits in. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z
Outside, the fog is so heavy that I have to put my hands in front of me to keep from running into anything. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z
Luke pulled the garbage bags off his legs as he climbed the stairs, dropping them in a sweaty pile in front of the apartment’s door. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
I undid the water tube, took one, two steps toward her front end, and felt the click/slam/push of a rattlesnake hitting my ankle. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
I swear she exists, and she hurts for the repentant boy I see in front of me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z
I didn’t have the energy for romantic rebellion—the possibility of losing all control of my life was like a depthless black chasm that had suddenly opened up in front of me. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z
They stopped in front of a three-story building of brick and glass. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
He started picking Mom up under her arms to transfer her to the front seat of the car. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z
Jinjoo’s mother joined the queue but quickly shoved her way to the front. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z
Riccio planted himself in front of Prosper so he would have to look at him. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z
Her other hand was holding my football laundry bag, as far out in front of her as her arm could reach. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z
One, with very bushy brown hair and rather large front teeth, was Harry’s and Ron’s friend, Hermione Granger. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
She walked her stack of papers to the front of the class and handed them to Mr. Quisling. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
The front seat was so filled with fabric and country music and Wynn’s singing that I wondered if he’d noticed I hadn’t said a word during our rides for the past few days. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z
Hazel’s mom closed the front door with a sigh. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z
One of the sunflower seeds hopped across the slate tiles of the front walk. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z
The man in front advanced, holding out his hands. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z
A few have For Sale signs in the front, while others are completely renovated. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z
I scraped up most of it with my fingers into a little scoop Doc had given me and poured about a teaspoonful into each jar of oil in front of me. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z
One of them, just in front of Pippin, stumbled and did not get up again. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z
The dark water was right in front of them, like the yawning mouth of a monster. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z
“They’re scarce as hen’s teeth. Remember to tie a yellow cloth to the front railing. This coffeehouse is officially closed.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
But a mind movie shows me at the front of the class and Mr. Daniels congratulating me, and I have to admit that I really would like it. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z
Suddenly a face is in front of mine and coffee breath goes up my nostrils and a voice says, I have someone I bet you ’d life to meet. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z
Lord Jonos shrugged into a brown woolen tunic with the red stallion of Bracken embroidered on the front. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
He wants me to tell him about the front; he is curious in a way that I find stupid and distressing; I no longer have any real contact with him. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
When I stopped in front of him I was pinching my nostril shut with one finger and whistle-breathing through my other nostril. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
It was hard for us both to see through the small window at once, so the Object got in front of me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z
I move over so that I’m in front of the flat screen. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
“I have rather a busy afternoon in front of me, and I hope you will excuse me dashing away.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z
She cheered in front of the players’ bench and was shooed away by a coach. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z
Long legs stuck out in front of him, and right in our path. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
Basta picked it up carefully, holding it together like a sack, went over to Meggie, and stopped in front of her. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z
I moved to the front of the room and clapped my hands for the room’s attention. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
Celia said from in front of the dresser/vanity where she’d just finished slathering foundation all over her face and neck with a sponge. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z
She stood in front of the mirror fixing herself. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z
In the winter I loved to curl up in front of the fire and read. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z
He left Calamity to guard the books and the honey and raced outside, skidding to a stop right in front of the slanted structure. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z
Chamberlain could see nothing but smoke, the blue mounds bobbing in front of him, clang of ramrods, grunts, a high gaunt wail. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
Then she walks over to me and squats down in front of my platform. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z
When that veil isn’t hanging down right in front of a person’s face, a minute is long enough to realize a lot of things. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z
He offered her a chair at the fireside, having glanced through the curtains out of a window that fronted the street. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
His head was swimming, but it would not do to admit to weakness in front of the queen. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z
I could almost hear Thomas shouting to his mom, “Going out with Mira!” before slamming the front door shut. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z
Rumors circulated that the German front had fallen two weeks ago. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z
From my perch on the cushioned chair I see the wooden footrest with its floral needlepoint cover in front of her rocker, the small shelf of books— prayer books and poetry, mainly—by the stairs. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z
“You didn’t have much in your stomach when you took those drinks, did you?” my father’s wife said, while standing at my side in front of everyone. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z
We were all so startled that it took us several seconds to realize that my father had come in the front door and was now pushing the old food safe against it. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
She found a white feather at the bus stop and a speckled rock in the gutter out front. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z
At the front of the room sat a plain pine casket. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z
He would hate to cry in front of Lyra, because to her he was big and strong, and she would have been frightened to see him frightened, or at least he thought so. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z
As she leaned forward, a gloved hand reached up to grab the front of the board. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z
I pulled myself together and opened the front door. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
She brings a box of pictures with her and sits in the front seat next to Chantal. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
There were about four hundred of them in the grey vicinity—very beautiful creatures, the wild White- fronted Geese, whom, once he has seen them close, no man ever forgets. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z
She lets us off in front of the office and then goes to park. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z
There was a rattle as someone slid the security chain off the front door. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z
In front of me, Mrs. Janssen disappears into the kitchen, so I follow. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z
She pulled on her jacket, peeked through the glass in the front door, then hurried out onto the porch, almost running around the house to the car. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Tell me something,” I asked the young soldier in the front seat. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
He decided to empty the rubbish bin altogether—less risky that way—and took the bag out to the wheelie bin in front of the house. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z
I remind myself that the front door is reinforced, and that all the windows are bulletproof. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
Bob grunted as another one dropped in front of him, and then another in front of Percy. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
Everywhere we saw overlander trucks parked in front of shacks made of planks and metal. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Don’t you dare say that word in front of me.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z
Matthew leaped to the front door and swung it open, then turned back to kick a pile of books in Barry and Clyde’s direction. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
In the row of Senior Skulls in front of me, Marcus shouts his approval, his eyes lit with unholy joy. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z
“It was designed by a very well-known mortal age architect,” Scythe Curie told Citra as she led the way across a footbridge to the front door. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z
As we went outside to the walkway in the back of the school, I could hear the roar of the crowd in front of the school. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Hassan was already sitting at the oak table with a collection of papers in front of him. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z
What would Kaz say if she suddenly stripped down and started washing herself in front of him? Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
"Please," Julian begged, pulling at the gaping front of his doublet. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z
The train is going much faster than it has every other time I’ve jumped, but I can’t lose my nerve now, in front of all these members. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z
The front of his body was covered with mud, but he managed to slither forward. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z
On the day of the earthworm dissection, Justin and I sat in the science lab, staring down at the tray in front of us. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
In front of the screen is a chair and a desk. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z
Now here they were by the hundreds on the front lawn of Howard Johnson’s, demanding the right to eat at a regular sit-down restaurant. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z
We fight our way through the bustling streets and land in front of Je’s Restaurant. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z
It was especially noticeable after Joe had forced through a town ditch to drain the street in front of the store. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z
The clinic was an unassuming beige building with clean, shiny windows, flowering shrubs in front, a parking lot. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
The front room looked pretty after Papa and Mama got it fixed up. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
When we came into the funeral parlor there was Big Joe, lying up front in his casket. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
Some of Yoren's other charges were sitting in front of the bathhouse, waiting their turn at a tub. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
There was a floor-to-ceiling window beside the front door, painted with letters that spelled out the doctor’s name and business hours in reverse. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z
"This was your idea, wasn't it? Turning me into some kind of fool in front of the entire country?" The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z
I was about to move on, with the thought of peeking through cracks in the building’s front shutters, when another man appeared. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z
I leaned over the front seat and watched the needle on the speedometer creep up. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
We all clap as Mr. Jeffries, a pretty old dude, grins as he walks to the front of the room. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z
I could see the different shards of the fractured full picture in front of me now. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
She didn’t say anything until she heard me open the front door. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z
‘Two Indians was walking on a trail. The one in front was the son of the one behind but the one behind was not his father. What kin was they?’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z
In the front windows, on the porches, the large orange heads of the pumpkins float, glowing, unbodied. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z
I swept the front walk and ran to the store to shop. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
We set the pigs down on the carpet in front of us and gave them each a last look. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
While I balance myself on the back step and place a stack of flat boxes in front of me, I notice the little logo on the back. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z
The people in front of him become zombies, moving slowly, standing up, all leaning to one side or the other, eyes hung low, mouths open, and swinging dead-like. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z
He held Maddie’s cipher sheet in front of him as they walked:“I’ll be able to crack this in no time,” James said. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
I thought about the short man wearing a hat who’d stayed in the shadows of our front porch talking to Papa. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z
It's out there in front of you, my uncle says. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z
A man pushes in front of him, another woman blocks his way to the side, and he loses sight of the girl completely. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
Celia says, holding the card out in front of her as she enters. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
Then he sensed a movement just in front of them. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z
Bodega placed a mirror in front of the neighborhood and in front of himself. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z
But once I had that image of her and Derrick the Dink two-stepping right in front of me, I pulled away from her. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z
I’m standing in front of a wall of calendars featuring shirtless surfers. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
I get to Henry Street the next night after work and make it to the front door, and I must say, Father O’Reilly’s house gives new meaning to the word atrocious. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z
It had been freshly whitewashed that summer, and flowers circled the wooden cross that stood in the front. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
Pilar exclaims as she walks through the front door of the warehouse and stares at the fraction of her mother before her. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
I start to walk straight in and Boggs stops me, shows me that I must wave my schedule in front of a scanner so that I’m accounted for. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
The giant’s voice came from somewhere in front of them. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z
Rosie curls her trunk, lifts her right front foot, and sets it gently on her ball. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z
He heard mass standing, as he always did, and at the end he stepped in front of Remedios the Beauty and offered her the solitary rose. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z
I can see the thing now like it’s here in front of me. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
She tucked a braid behind her ear, picked up her bag from the table, and headed for the front door. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
Darius leaves and walks up a flight of stairs at the other end of the basement, and I kneel down in front of Layla to rub her forehead. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z
Her sons had nailed plywood sheets to the windows and along the front of her house, so that the only way in was the back door leading to the latrine, barn, and pigsty. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z
Toby wasn’t sure how long they’d been sitting in front of the small white house when he woke up and scrambled out of the car to throw up. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
They would show up at our front gate and my mom would give them food. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z
We came into a big room where the whole front wall was windows. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z
“Father,” said Noor, her voice dropping an octave, “I have to tell you something. Something I’ve been meaning to tell you...but not in front of Mother.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z
I turned around and saw my mom at the end of the hallway, framed by the front door to the sanctuary. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z
I sat up and saw my bike on the ground, a freshly snapped gumbo-limbo branch sticking out of the front spokes. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z
She pounded on the barrier between the front and back seats until finally one of the guardsmen turned to her, his gaze anything but peaceful. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z
I close my eyes and fall to my knees on my front lawn. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z
I took my botde, climbed out onto the fire escape and slipped over to her window just as her front door opened. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z
“We would have gotten away with it!” he complained as he placed it on the floor in front of the signora. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z
“Joe Eddie, you used to run through the sprinkler in my front yard. It’s hard to be scared of you,” I said, laughing. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z
In front of him in a half-circle were the wild dogs. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z
I stuck my homework in the Audi’s backseat and got in front. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z
The chariot hit the floor of an open-plan office and limped around, the left front wheel trembling unevenly. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z
In the corner of the room, standing in front of one of Gram’s river paintings, I glimpse Professor Swann, who used to teach in town at Hampstead College. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z
It was a Saturday afternoon and they sat on her front porch. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z
I was disappointed when he bid us good night and headed for the front door. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
A man has entered from the front of the plane and is talking with two of the others. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z
Next to them, lying on its side in the tall weeds, there was a little house, with a front door that opened and closed. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z
Her parents hadn’t realized this was a Halloween-themed concert, and the front benches were filled with zombies, witches, and fairies. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
Darius sits in the front seat to give Layla space to stretch out her legs in the back of the cab. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z
Teenage boys in their jeans lounged against building fronts. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
I walked around to her back door instead of using the front. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z
There was a fog in the square and when we came close to the front of the cathedral it was very big and the stone was wet. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z
Baptist and C.M.E. churches went down front and assumed stances a few feet apart. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
I start blocking it out on the table, and as I do, I feel something in the front pocket. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z
But I’d never heard of the dead sitting up in the funeral home, at the viewing, in front of all the mourners, and wailing his or her fool head off! Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
When Ma is in the room, I often stand in front of the cabinet, my palms pressing flat against the glass, drooling at the candies. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
There has to be a clever way to turn the tide, but to my besieged brain there’s only one way out: the front door. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z
“Bobby, Bobby, Bobby,” he croons, his eyes still squeezed up as tight as if there was a whole pan of frying onions right there in front of him. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z
At the same moment, the heavy wooden front doors burst open, and more of the gigantic spiders forced their way into the entrance hall. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
There was a beach house and a woman standing in front of it looking out to sea. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
There were four rooms from front to back, one leading into the other: the living room facing Varet Street, then our bedroom, then Tata’s room, then the kitchen. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z
When he entered my car, I felt really embarrassed because my car only has one seat in the front. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z
The uncle suddenly appeared at the front door. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z
Left alone up at the front of the room, Mr. Larson turned around and slowly pulled his copy of The Landry News off the chalkboard. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z
I closed it and there was Blanca in front of me. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z
There was a police car out front and an officer in the lobby. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
She planted her two front feet in the saucer and gobbled down those snails so quickly I was afraid she’d choke. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z
“But I might. Relationships are so hard. Maybe it’s just me. I don’t know. But I couldn’t make it work with Hudson, even when he was right in front of my face.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z
I tilt the box front to back and then side to side. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z
Little Bob jiggled his hand in front of me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z
The gate to the ghetto is just down the street, a German policeman walking back and forth in front of it. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z
There was only one thing on it apart from his half-completed form: a large, glossy, purple envelope with silver lettering on the front. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z
I lay them one by one in front of me, a row stretching across the table, this gluey narrative of a family and life and death. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z
Four SS officers crowded into the front hall, then fanned out through the house. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z
Now the two of them are standing in front of me, holding hands. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
Mama stacked the full boxes of jam jars by the front door. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z
I was even more baffled when, instead of sneaking around the back, any hope of our passing undetected was dashed by Emma pushing me right through the front door. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z
We stood in front of our seats, as assigned, and on a signal from the choir director, we sat. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
At least one of us isn’t cold, he thinks to himself now, crossing his arms tightly in front of his chest. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
I opened the passenger door and helped her in, then ran around the front of the red Plymouth Valiant. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
They would talk about anything and everything with me standing right there hearing them, the same way people would alk freely in front of a pet canary. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
Keep hold of it while I ever so quiet stand up and turn around and face the front. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z
They were working that night in his study when someone hammered on the front door. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
He set Ralph down in front of an opening in a cardboard wall and said, “When Brad fires his cap pistol, go for the peanut butter.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z
She closed the file in front of her. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
What he isn’t ready for, though, is the fear that seems to have elbowed its way in front of his fury. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
It even had a basket attached to the front. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z
With their little front paws locked around each other, they were growling, rolling, and chewing on one another. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
Don’t let me look ridiculous in front of him. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z
Mom was standing in front of the stove, making bacon. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z
Right there on the sidewalk, in front of everybody. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z
Boo flew down and landed in front of them. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
She’d already taken the hardcover out of the library twice, gone up to the front desk and signed it out with her library card. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z
Palmer was about to throw his vote to baseball when suddenly the sunlight was briefly snipped, as if a page had been turned in front of a lightbulb. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z
I go to the front door and open it. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
All I could see was her head and her small front paws. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
Seven crossed her arms in front of her chest and leaned against the door, Valley-style. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z
They leap in front of each other to attract attention to their goods, but the visitors ignore them, stooping instead to examine ordinary wood carvings and beaded jewelry. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
While he sat, waiting, he saw that Deborah had found a seat in the very front of the congregation, just below the pulpit, and sat with her Bible folded on her lap. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z
Several times, he called Anne up to the front seat to read the Blue Book for him. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z
The fight they had outside the Roseland Theater in front of a bunch of punks and hipsters. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
The front door opened and closed and a voice called: “Okay, Nappie. Okay, it’s me.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z
And when Miss Franny stopped shaking and started talking again, Winn-Dixie would lick her hand and he back down in front of the fan. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z
“Everything’s fine, Mom,” I said, my stomach bottoming out: We were about to have a family argument right here in front of God and everybody. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
The telephone rang as he inserted the key in the front door. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
He thought how ten minutes ago—yes, only ten minutes— there had still been equivocation in his heart as he wondered whether the news from the front would be of victory or defeat. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z
“Well, see you later,” Charles said, at the front door of Monmouth, his face pale in the glow of the porch lamp. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z
To be more accurate, I’m just glad he was there before I fell off the ledge and killed myself in front of everyone. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
As I walked around the front of the car, I noticed Lyle standing next to his golf cart. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z
As I look at their fancy chicken wraps, I decide that I don’t feel like eating a fried bologna sandwich in front of these two. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z
But there’s the evidence right in front of us. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z
Before the wagons came to the big house with seven gables they stopped in front of a weather-beaten little cottage in a weed-grown yard. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
It’s still odd to drag open the front door with an empty game bag, with nothing to trade, and instead feel the heavy pocket of coins against my hip. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z
The old man nodded approvingly and opened the front door. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z
In front of us, there was a pickup truck carrying stacks of folding chairs, the kind you put outside for a backyard barbecue on a sunny day, like this one. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z
This time, fireworks shot off in front of the glass right on cue, sending up geysers of golden sparkles. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z
As she reached the broad landing that dominated the hallway, Leon was showing Paul Marshall through the wide-open front entrance. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
Reporters lucky enough to be in the front rows rescued one elderly woman by hauling her over a railing and laying her out on a press table. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z
Our headlights illuminate Ryan on the front porch, pushing a toy bulldozer. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z
She threw two dishtowels over the milk, got a fresh one from a drawer of the cabinet, and blotted the milk from her father’s trousers and shirt front. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z
We worm our way through to the front and see one of the cubs nursing from its mother. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
“I never thought I’d see the day when chess would be all over the front pages here, but confined only to one paragraph in Pravda.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
Together we climbed the fence into the front yard. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z
The door flew open, and David was standing in front of him. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
Just a couple of days ago, I’d been standing in front of my apartment, looking in despair at a bright yellow eviction notice. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
Instantly, Stella steps in front of Ruby to shield her. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z
The small squares of lawn that lay in front of each of the houses like perfectly aligned placemats seemed to stretch and join together as one great field of white. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z
But Leah’s little plan is to go with the men right up front and shoot things with her bow and arrow. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
I feel like I've thrown my armor away, and I'm standing in front of her completely exposed. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z
There were armed guards standing in front of the station house door and scattered around the periphery. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
I hear the doorbell ring and I see Miss Skeeter’s car out front. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z
The bus driver parked in front of the red brick building and opened the door. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z
My parents sat in the front seat talking. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z
Perhaps its only limits were the open space in front of her, metal in the ground below, and Tally’s feet staying on board. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z
I walk past the front door and see a piece of paper lying there. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z
They'd been issued a pair of khaki pants, a khaki jacket minus the shiny buttons, black leather shoes, gray wool socks, a black belt, and a hat with a swastika on the front. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z
The next morning Uhmma and I wait in the car in front of the police station. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z
But now all the singing and talking stopped, replaced with frightened whispers running from the front line toward the back. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z
He had done this several times when I was in high school and in college in California, for no reason really except to display his authority in front of my mother and his co-workers. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z
As we showed our I.D.s to leave the prison—a safeguard against inmates walking out the front door—I decided that if I were an escaping in-mate, I’d stay away from the fence. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Pima’s mother picked up a blade of rusted metal and held it in front of his face. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z
Taking a deep breath Naima squatted in front of the panel. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z
He could see the dark outline of a huge boy who was crouching in front of an open door, a very large box next to it. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z
At the corner of the alley was Hong Sing’s, a four-table cafe with a recessed stairwell in front that led to a door marked “Tradesmen.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
People lounge around on their front porches, laughing and talking. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z
Catfish and spray paint in hand, Margo threw the door open, jogged across the Worthingtons’ expansive front lawn, and then hid behind an oak tree. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z
He catches Henry up by the front of his shirt. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z
Through the windshield she could see that two more men sat in the front seat, and that one of them wore horn-rimmed glasses. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z
My mom starts aggressively stirring the pot in front of her. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z
In front of me, on the game’s monitor, my armored barbarian was striking a heroic pose. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
The day before I returned to England, I drove seven miles along the mountain range, then turned onto a narrow dirt road and stopped in front of a powder-blue house. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z
The two ladies had reached the barn, and Mrs. Clarke flung herself in front of Penelope, blocking the doors. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z
We had trouble even seeing the Pictionary cards in front of us. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z
He fanned the stack of bills in front of him. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z
“The jar has a spindle through the middle. It’s resting gently on the front wheel. So—” He motions to Justin. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z
Before my parents sit down, they stand in front of Caleb and me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z
Moss crumpled into a chair placed in front of a desk. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
As we were leaving sirens wailed in the distance, coming toward us, and this long lanky guy stepped in front of me and said: “Y’all got any transportation?” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z
Apparently, there are two accelerants: the first, the lethal one, is meant for fire, hurled through the windows in front and back in the alley. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
I pushed the door, and froze, because standing in front of an easel, painting, was a slender blonde in pink bra and panties. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z
He faced front and blew a plume of fire. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
She made herself put one foot in front of the other. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z
He looked down at the clutch of eggs and spotted the gold one, gleaming against its cement-colored fellows, residing safely between the dragon’s front legs. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
After an hour or so, Colonel Marx stopped the car in front of a small shop on a quiet street. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
I think I was just overwhelmed at having to perform on this big stage in front of Martha. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
He used to embarrass me in front of the other boys. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
As we reached the front, I caught my mother’s gaze. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z
When I could finally see the station outside the train windows, I got up and stood right in front of the door. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z
Several men with shovels had begun another line, heaving dirt from the Spencers’ front yard onto the flames that were creeping into the grass. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
Yossarian whirled and seized the chaplain by the shirt front in an importuning grip. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z
There’s no fixing the latch on the front door, but we lock a second bolt, which will at least keep the door from swinging open on contact. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z
Father bathes in the private office and Mother in the kitchen behind a fire screen, while Margot and I have declared the front office to be our bathing grounds. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z
One afternoon I was out trimming the laurel in the front yard. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
In front of me was a shiny clean horse stable, a field of wet salty mud, and fifty horses that had been scoured so thoroughly their coats gleamed. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z
I don’t know why Coach felt it was okay to talk to him like that in front of me. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z
In this room there was an enormous human bomb in front of them which was liable to explode and blow someone to bits any moment. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z
Two days before he had rung the front doorbell—in itself odd, for he had always had the freedom of the house. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z
The soccer girls were at the table in front of us, and Miri was bragging about the new “designer cleats” her dad had bought her. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z
I opened my mouth, but Mama held her index finger in front of her lips in a “Shush,” so I just hiccupped again. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
Into these rooms he and his family moved, and the laborers, with Ching at their head, lived in the old house in front. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z
A pleasant breeze blew ripples across the long stretch of muddy water in front of them. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
The ambience is meant to encourage customers to feel comfortable and to spend money; it is not at all like the tiny house in Zundert, not even the fine front room. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z
She is outside, standing in front of the building. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
They can eat their grocery-store Thanksgiving dinner while I sit out here on the cold front steps. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z
On a trip to the fabric store, I remember being thirsty and moving toward the water fountain right in front of the store. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
A moment later, an identical package landed in front of Ron, crushing beneath it his minuscule and exhausted owl, Pigwidgeon. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z
We held hands again and walked back to the hotel after we pinned the buttons that had names of people who were killed because of violence on a tree in front of the Washington Monument. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z
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
He stood in front of the fire and held out his hands to get warm. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z
Today we say hello to a pair of twins nicknamed Gorduras and Mantecas—literally, “Fats” and “Lards”—in front of the supermarket. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
Sands began to swirl in front of him, and then Wind Being took its human form. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
He leaned forward and dropped the gun onto the front passenger seat, then turned to me. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z
“Oo-oooo-oooh,” he moaned, and shook the skeleton in front of my face. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
Mama put a cup of tea in front of me and I held it between my hands; it felt like it would burn me. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z
Seth sat down in front of a small door, little more than three feet high. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z
He crossed his arms in front of his bloody chest and shuddered. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
She pushed the bowl of pasta in front of Nathan after he finished his sandwich. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
I guess she was trying to contain herself in front of the other girls who may not be as lucky. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
Miss Anderson and Miss Duncan lead the way up the front walk. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z
We don’t even refer to her—leastways not in front of my mother. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z
Just then two of the Spencer girls knocked on the front door. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
We reached the private road in front of the mansion, and my father kept driving. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z
I remembered Paul, squatting in front of me as I stood on the bottom step, patting my shoulders, trying to adjust the seam so it didn’t fall forward over my arm. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
When the play was finished and after all the players had taken a bow, Arnold-as-Sandy walked in front of all the actors and sat down, center stage. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z
Harry had the cloak hidden down the front of his robes; he had to keep his arms folded to hide the lump. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z
For some reason Beth is in the front seat of the car, her newly red hair glowing unnaturally in the sunlight. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z
“Now it’s up to the rider to get him home in front.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z
The man is sitting on a chair in front of a table full of food. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z
I’ve just set foot on the cement steps of the front porch when a teenager bursts out the front door. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z
He held the glass in one hand, but before picking up the peanut-buttered apple, he set a smaller paper bag—the one that wasn’t covering a bottle—in front of Genie. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z
“Don’t say anything about any of this to my mom,” Natalie hissed to Chess, Emma, and Finn as she turned to lock the front door. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z
He reaches for the doorknob again, but I move in front of it. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z
But then, while I ate my Frosted Flakes in the den and watched Rocky and His Friends, I heard a car pull up in front of Jennifer’s house. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z
In front of one, a high- ranking official with red tassels and a commander's hat stands waiting. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z
Tony ran out the front door and leaped off the porch, sailing right over the geraniums. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
In front of him there was a solid wall that seemed at first as though it were made of wood. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z
I look at his golden-blond hair, short in the back but longer in front— nothing like the small-town boys I’m used to, with their hair shorn like sheep. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z
Oh, my God, not there in front of them. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z
“Then you’re going to start fixing up that truck of yours sitting in my front yard.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
But, just before lunchtime, a boy stopped in front of the shop. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
I felt stronger so I stepped out of the car and walked to the front door. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z
He was sitting in a trancelike state in front of the screen, with the green light of the “Erik—Scholarship Offers” file washing over his face. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
We stayed inside and peered through the curtains at the empty street in front of our house. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
The security company SUV was back out in front of the Castro house. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z
Harriet saw a little old woman, rocking her body back and forth, sitting on her heels, in front of the fire, sucking on a clay pipe as she grieved about her boys. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
The most wonderful thing about the front room was the piano. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
Aumack read it, and then called me to the front of the room. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z
He advanced with his spear held in front ci him, and the hounds, encouraged by their master, stepped forward with him pace by pace. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z
And my mouth stayed zipped until we pulled up right in front of—wait for it—Everything Sports. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z
I get the paper from her desk and stand in front of the class, feeling awkward. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z
The television crew parked their van near the front door of the monkey house, and the reporter began to poke around, followed by a cameraman. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
I think this is sweet, and go along, walking hand in hand with Dawn up the front steps. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z
His hand is hovering in front of the buttons. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
I gave the two of them a little space and tried to get some rest in the front of the boat. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
Jonos had finally gotten his breeches turned the right way round and was lacing them up the front. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z
He sighs again, like me being in front of him is bringing death even faster. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z
I brush the melting snow from my head and hold my hands in front of the heating vent. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z
He steps forward to place a square piece of metal on the floor in front of my chair. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z
I didn’t know, but I decided I’d speak in front of the whole neighborhood. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z
She gave one to Cain, then walked over to Celaena and handed the other to her before pausing in front of the king’s table. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
It’s elbows with extra butter and extra salt, and it is right in front of Axel. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
At that moment, I wasn’t thinking about anything except a big orange circle that seemed to be hovering in front of my eyes. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
Emma pointed at a doorway in front of us, little more than a black hole in the murk. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z
They led him out of the front door of the building, to the street. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
In my dream, you are standing in front of the vending machine from the Good Night, Sleep Tight, and you are smiling at me, using all of your teeth. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
He came out the front door again, looked around, and went back in. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z
In front of the gate they met a large crowd gathered in amiable conversation around a bonfire on which a pig was roasting. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
I was afraid he might push me away, but he faced front again. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z
I sat in the front passenger seat and Jeffrey sat in the back. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z
“Look, Brij, whatever you want to say, you can say it in front of Sahil. Just...can you please make it quick? I have to go do something.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
By the time we’d finished and were heading out the front door, a campus tour was gathering near the front steps. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z
I push my way through the crowd to the front of the room, where Othello has just about had his fill of the professor. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z
I opened my eyes to see two police and military vehicles parked in front of my house. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z
Darkness slammed up in front of her like a wall. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
The screens in front of us light up with the letter A. “Don’t you wish all the questions would be that easy?” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z
Just kept staring straight in front of him and said: “She’s coming.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z
“You missed the second baby up front here, Mister,” Dad would call over his shoulder. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z
Claire and Molly make funny faces in front of the cameras, pretending they are on the air. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z
The front porch to sit on and talk with a friend. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
“Direct order! Walk in front of us now! Stop again and we’ll take you down!” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
The castle’s front entrance, which had been impregnable for so many years, swung open as Sorrento approached, like an automatic door at a supermarket. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
He pulled a small shoe box from behind the counter and placed it in front of me. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z
When the front door opened again, Eleanor took a few steps into the street. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z
There was a microphone at the front of the room. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Please,” La Llorona pleaded, standing up and stepping in front of me. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z
Marlena was standing in the menagerie tent in front of a string of stunning black and white Arabians when August first approached her. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z
Thank goodness, just then I thought I saw my father running in front of me. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z
A middle-aged man poked his pudgy face out the front door. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z
I stood now in front of the car, daring them to run me down. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z
As I stagger up the steps to my house, the front door opens and Gale pulls me into his arms. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z
And after the same kids saw Lelia and me play with him in the front yard they started in with other things, teaching him words like mutt, mongrel, half-breed, banana, twinkie. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z
Grace sits in the parking lot, looking out at the grassy park in front of her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z
We were in front of a building from which a straw-stuffed man, painted all in green, dangled from a pole. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z
Afterward, at home, when Mother asked Mama Tataba to go put the soup on the stove, Mama Tataba turned and walked smack dab out the front door in between the words “soup” and “stove.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
The teacher stands in front and “passes” a pattern to the first student in one of the lines. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z
But just to make sure, he went downstairs to the front door, checked the lock and found everything closed. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z
Roy left him there on the porch, pounding the front door and bellowing for his father to let him in. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
She came over and stood in front of us. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z
When he dropped the bag to reach for the bottle, it was hard to miss the ragged knuckles or the big, dusty footprint stamped on the front of his new shirt. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z
“Mr. Ram’s really smart, but you must know that, huh?” he says, right before he turns the corner to head back to the front desk. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z
Nadia and I stood there on the front porch and said nothing to each other. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z
Whatever it was, or whoever it was, kept continually in front of them. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z
I walk to the stands and sit alone in the front row, miserable, as everyone stares. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z
Zeitoun and Todd were brought to the front of the cage, a few feet from the back of the bus station, and a different guard opened the door. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z
She's a solid block in front of me and just squeezes harder. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z
We passed through a town and stopped in front of the posada, and the driver took on several packages. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z
Miles pulled the key from his pocket and locked the front door behind us. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z
The thought of walking up her stairs to her front door, or onto the 31 bus, leaves me heavy with dread. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
People who had occupied the carriages in front were already hurrying up the stone steps into the castle. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
She had no more time to argue with him, for at that moment Mr. Derby emerged from the front door of the house, angrily holding up a weak and sobbing Mrs. Derby. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z
Two men sit out front in folding chairs. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
Once an agitator gathered a crowd around him in front of the Y.M.C.A. building. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
At that crab dinner, I was so mad about what she said about my hair that I wanted to embarrass her, to reveal in front of everybody how petty she was. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
At Doc’s house, his wife appraised me at the front door, holding her nose at the smell, and announced that Doc wasn’t there but was probably at his office. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
“The homeless guy in front of the Museum of Natural History who always says ‘I promise it’s for food’ after he asks for money.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z
Their names are like names in a footnote, or names written in spidery brown ink in the fronts of Bibles. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z
In front of her, an arched gateway led through mossy walls into some sort of enclosure. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
The Fifth Cohort assembled at the very end, in front of the principia, since their barracks were tucked in the back corner of camp next to the stables and the latrines. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z
I was burning out the infection in front of someone I cared about, and that made all the difference. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z
When we were almost next, the little girl in front of us got cold feet about going down the tall slide, so she turned around to let us pass. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z
The water in front of me thickened into a shield. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z
A boy with blue hair sat down in the seat in front of me. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z
He drove us to the Walmart and we walked in the front door, where he promptly sat down on a little cart to drive himself around the aisles of the store. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z
In front of the house, Pearl was carefully arranging the pieces of a wooden bed on the front lawn. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
All of them crossing in front of us was unusual. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z
Tab’s father put the plate down carefully between the two front seats. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z
Emily raced down the hallway to find her dad settling in front of the family computer. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
I close my eyes for a moment, night turns to day, and suddenly it’s Dr. Poirot in front of me instead of the pastel. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z
He had nearly lost his balance as he Apparated onto the top step just outside the front door, and thought that the Death Eaters might have caught a glimpse of his momentarily exposed elbow. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
But mostly I could only see the ground in front of me, my own feet, and the dog who stayed by my side through the storm. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z
Afore I could do any more worrying, a curtain on the stage got whipped aside and a tall, round white man in a long black cape was standing right in front of us. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z
After Congo, Calista picked the reptile house, which was warm warm warm—so warm that the glass in front of the snakes and turtles was half steamed up. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z
The metal hood on the front of the horseless had been folded back on top so you could see into its innards. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z
Even though his wife and the kook claimed that the senility routine was a front, he doubted that she would be able to write a letter like that. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
He went down five flights of stairs to G deck and practically skipped along the long hallway toward the front of the ship. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z
He pauses to let a lion’s den cross in front of him and then continues past a group of men struggling with a rolled canvas. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z
The beam struck the ground directly in front of us, then cut a deep smoking furrow in the earth as it continued to sweep forward, vaporizing every avatar and ship in its path. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
Several times dogs rushed to the front gates and barked as he passed. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
The following Sunday, January 23, 1994, my story and my photo ran on the front page of the Orange County edition of the Los Angeles Times. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z
A week later we moved down the street to a two-room apartment in front of a bottling company. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z
He stopped in front of it and leaned in, pressing his ear against the door. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
Kino raised the sleeping mat and dug up his pearl and put it in front of him and stared at it. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z
The road out front looked strangely deserted except for a few kids in raggedy jackets and two disoriented goats. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z
The dust they stirred floated up and hung in front of the sun that was dipping behind the hills. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
They just sat there at the front of the class and took notes and got As on all the math tests. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z
And from all angles, from in front and behind, came the wailing sound of sirens. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z
It was empty and open in front of us, a gaping mouth ready to swallow us whole. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
In her watery eyes I drew the reflection of the commander, standing in front of her, his fist clenched. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z
He was standing in front of the fireplace, drinking coffee. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
When he squatted down in front of me, I felt caught in a hot dark I could not break free of. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
The front door slammed every second as the people swarmed into the house. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z
Like that, I’m itching to get back to the front lawns to drill. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z
She comes around to the front door, and she sees me there, and the window is open, and I say to her, “I can drive.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z
His tiffin box with tomato sandwiches and his Eagle flask with an eagle was on the little folding table in front of him. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
They passed hotels, clothing stores, jewelers and bookstores; then old brick churches, with signs out front saying what sermon would be given the next Sunday, and a few large old city homes. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Now that is bad. Would have been better if you had a tussle in the front yard. Get it outta your system.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z
Pretty soon, she standing right in front a them and they still don’t see her. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z
He said he was up near the front of the queue to board but he’d changed his mind. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z
No one’s supposed to be home, he thought, pressing his ear against the front door. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z
She picked up a small ax kept by the woodstove and struck French with its blunt end, catching him off guard and hurling him into and through the front door. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z
Apa throws me on the couch and stands in front of me heaving, his nostrils flared, eyes thin with anger. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z
“You saw how busy it is out there,” she said, nodding toward the front of the bakery. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z
One morning the hobbits woke to find the large field, south of Bilbo’s front door, covered with ropes and poles for tents and pavilions. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z
When we came to the front, she half knelt, looking up to the altar, and crossed herself again before sliding in to take her seat. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z
“That Curzon boy, the one with the hat, he’s in front of the house again,” she said. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z
Later we were looking out the front window and saw Webb go by. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z
Those Union soldiers have no idea that Lee himself is right in front of them. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z
She reached out and put her hands on the backs of two matching armchairs just in front of her. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
Knees knocking like a skeleton on Halloween, embarrassment bleaching my black cheeks red, eyes stapled to the page in front of me. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
Amber sits in front of a mirror with her beauty caisse. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z
Laura came down the last few steps and stood in front of me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z
The only colors come from the Republic flags and circular gold Republic seal hanging behind the room’s front altar, the portrait of our glorious Elector looming above them all. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z
I made her promise not to talk about Central in front of our Horace Mann friends. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
A big pink slab of prime rib sits in front of her. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z
I glanced down at that sawed-off piece of wood resting on top of a metal frame with skate wheels up front. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z
Marvin Edwards, the newly installed superintendent of the Dallas schools who had come from Topeka, Kansas, arrived at a simple conclusion based on the obvious proof in front of him. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
Linda was holding a huge red bow in her hands, her glasses pushed up on her head, leaning around the front stairs. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z
Use an in front of words that start with these sounds: • The h that you can’t hear, as in heir, hour, honor, and herb. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
He was about to choose randomly when a winged demon descended in front of him, hovering over the void on her bat wings, just out of sword reach. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
I opened one of the big front doors and stared out into the night. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z
Out of nowhere Windy jumps in front of me. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z
The crowd takes up the whole street in front of the hall. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z
I compare each set of numbers, sometimes adding a negative in front of a number whenever it ends up in the middle of nowhere or in the ocean. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
One by one, the pairs of feet in front of Harry took the weight of their owners once more; hems of cloaks swung into sight, and Madam Rosmerta’s glittering heels disappeared behind the bar. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z
He brought it back out to the Warden, and she set it on the glass coffee table in front of her. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z
In a mad rush, Sumac came flapping down and landed in front of me, raising a small cloud of dust. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z
A little way in front of them, the ground had been freshly disturbed. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
The front door opens and Suesetta’s family comes in, Uncle Clyde in the front with the rest of his family following behind him. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
It was less hectic than the front, but not by much. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z
Tourists milled around in front of many of them—white, black, and Mexican, all drunk and loud. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z
Raymie closed the door to the station wagon as quietly as she could and climbed the front steps to her house. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z
It’s one thing to be purposely mysterious, but it’s rude to be scribbling stuff right in front of someone. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z
That afternoon, while Mrs. Popper was still away at her meeting, and Janie and Bill had not yet come home from school, there was a loud ring at the front door. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z
With no way to service a utility stretching across the heart of darkness, the engineers watched the monster’s tail crumble as fast as the front was erected. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
A block away from our flat was a saloon in front of which I used to loiter all day long. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
I collected my things and started for the front office. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z
Would she be served tea and toast upon her arrival, and if she were, would she end up with marmalade all over the front of her dress and run from the room weeping? The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z
It’s airtight so that no potential hazards can leak into the main house when the front door is open. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
Even before the front door was opened, he heard the faint roar of voices. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
Her eyes widened seeing his puffy face, but it was the blotches of blood spattered on the front of his T-shirt that made her scream. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z
Above them was the triforium, a row of arches that went up another twenty feet in front of a narrow passageway. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z
As we pull up out front, Kate says, “Can you imagine trying to find this place drunk?” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
I know he will place me in front of the piñata so I can be the one to break it. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z
When she turned around, her aunt and uncle were standing on the front porch watching her. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z
Finally, at dusk when the nightjars and bats began to fly and the setting sun had passed from orange to gray, Ultima came through the front door of the house. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
But someone in front swiveled around and gave him an angry look. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z
It plunged head and shoulders into the zebra’s guts, up to the knees of its front legs. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z
“You are sure? There was a slope from the front of the ship to the back?” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z
Rosie waits a moment, and then sets her other front foot on the ball. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z
There was a lectern at the front of the room; rest rooms and a kitchen were off to the side. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Her mother was gunned down in front of her,” Dri said. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
Whatever the reason, the German troops at the front invented a name for the young women of the 46th Guards, who bombed them so relentlessly, three hundred times a night throughout the war. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z
Gus hurried around the front of the car and installed himself in the shotgun seat. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z
She embraced Wanda, then pulled out her phone, propping it up in front of her, sucking in a deep breath before looking up at the crowd. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
Ralph would not ride his precious motorcycle in front of everyone. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z
They had been spinning themselves into a frothing, famished frenzy, like bloodthirsty piranhas, in front of our house all morning. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z
More explosions, this time in front of him. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z
“Lola, do you remember how you promised to help me grow a garden in front of my tiny house?” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z
But if you meditate in front of your locker, someone might steal your sandals while your eyes are closed. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z
A man in front of us smiles at her, and Sara grins back. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z
I had delivered the morning paper to him for years, once managing to fling a folded Bluefield Daily Telegraph right through a tier of milk bottles on his front porch. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
Bailey stood alone at the front of the class, as if he was facing a firing squad. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
He wags and pants, and when I’m pretty sure we have an agreement, I ease open the front door and hop out after him. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z
He took the bag of seeds back off the hook and set them in front me. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z
When I'm dried and moisturized with lotion, I find an outfit has been left for me at the front of the closet. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z
We went on standing in front of the door of the suite, and I noticed that the daily paper was still thrust through the letterbox. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z
Sometimes she woke up flailing and helpless, and she saw, in front of her and behind her and all around her, an utter hopelessness. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
She looked exhausted, with purple smudges beneath her eyes and yellow and red stains on the front of her tunic. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z
They climbed the front steps of their building, which had once looked so starved and severe to Emily. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
Nothing seemed amiss; the pavement was clean, the front doors were in place, the shrubbery had not been disturbed. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z
Anyway, she died in the house—in the front parlor, where she slept because she got too old to climb the steps to her bedroom. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z
Just then, Grandma’s key in the front door jolted my daydreaming. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
“I was just standing in a crowd in front of D. H. Holmes.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
Holding a cup in each hand, she held them out in front of her. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
“So, Swami Jesus, will you go on the hajj this year?” he said, bring­ing the palms of his hands together in front of his face in a reverent namaskar. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z
He stretched out his hands in front of him and stared at them. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
I held my hands out in front of me and said in a deep voice, “I am a witch. I will place a spell on you if you harm me.” Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z
Bikes and skateboards and footballs and sneakers were scattered from the front door to the road. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z
I glance out the window at the street dusted with snow and Mr. Sorenson’s dark green truck that I somehow hadn’t noticed earlier parked in front of the house. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z
She steps in front of me and grabs my shoulders. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z
I noticed people up the block turning on their lights and peering out of their front doors. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
The front door was open and Legs was barking at a dog passing by. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z
Back to Life Say something, punk, one-eyed Dean says, standing in front of you. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z
We go up to the front two days earlier than usual. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
He picked up on the first ring, and his avatar appeared in a new window in front of me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
Like he might break down in front of everyone. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
As he led me across the courtroom I passed in front of my father, who had just arrived. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z
“If we keep it right in front of us, we can’t go wrong.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z
Then she closed her eyes and several things happened at once: Harry’s scar prickled painfully; the Horcrux twitched so that the front of his sweater actually moved; the dark, fetid room dissolved momentarily. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
He clasped his front paws together and looked at his son. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z
When I looked back at the car, Stephanie was getting out of the backseat and moving up front next to Erin. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z
It is swallowed up in the general murmur of the front. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
Taylor rested the gun lengthwise at the back of her neck and let her arms drape over it in front. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z
Often at night the sharp jangle of the doorbell would rouse him from his silence, and in the front room he would find a patient with a broken bone or with a razor wound. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z
I nearly panicked when I saw my moonstone badge sparkling on the front. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z
I can’t leave the farm without telling Mom or Dad, and they haven’t been in very good moods lately, and the street in front of the farm is a highway. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z
I’m so stuck in this toilet-licking conversation in my head, I almost fly past the red car parked out front that looks just like Mom’s car. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z
“Well, enjoy the picture show,” I say, going for the front door. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z
“I’ve got some calls to make,” she said, stepping past him and out of the front door, taking out her mobile. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z
To make matters worse, the mother often wonders out loud in front of us whether we are worth our keep. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
There were clouds again and it was very dark, but Chamberlain could see a hill in front of him and masses of troops and tents ahead. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
The sudden appearance of a man’s face and arms, hanging upside down right in front of him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z
The monster’s shadow passed in front of the shop. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z
He was suddenly irritated that he couldn’t go upstairs and sit in front of the computer. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z
Across the street directly in front of him, he saw a truck pull to a stop at the curb and two white men in overalls got out with pails and brushes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
The odd seat was three rows in front of ours and closer to the center of the stage, but I do not think Ethan knew it at the time. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z
She turned corner after corner until she was in front of her locker. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z
Luke didn’t care if he embarrassed Toby, at least not in front of this woman. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
Even though it’s freezing outside, I feel like sitting out on the front porch. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z
Mayor Axelrod got up with a megaphone on the platform at the front and started calling out the winners, starting with the novice classes. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z
I look at my dad, and though he still isn’t looking anywhere but at the screen in front of him, I can see his expression getting softer. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z
I used my fingers to sketch the image in a layer of dirt on the floor near the front of the train car, wiping the drawings away and starting over, again and again. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z
A shadow moves in front of it so that I can see the outline of her, as if she’s watching me through the curtain. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
Roza plucked the cherry from the top of her sundae, dangled it in front of Finn. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z
This warm, devoted circle of people was always on the front lines of the struggle, working to ensure the rightful equilibrium of human rights—not just domestically, but globally—“by any means necessary.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Oh! I almost forgot,” he cries, clapping his hands in front of him. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z
Last Sunday she had been reading the funny papers on the front steps. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z
There was giggling from the stools in front of the soda fountain. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
And do you know?—Mary and I turned around and walked stiffly across the street and into our front yard. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
Someone, he couldn’t tell who, obeyed Newt’s order; he was being carried across the courtyard, through the front door of the Homestead, down the shattered hall, into a room, placed on a couch. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
A bee buzzed in front of my face. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
The amount of medals Franklin D. Roosevelt had either hung around my neck or pinned to my front would have supplied the army with enough metal for a tank. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
And then, don’t look now but a four-inch-long cockroach or something will scurry across the path in front of you. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
“I hate that you think that. I hate that I live in his f—” I stopped myself from using that word in front of my mother. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z
I looked up in the middle of a Led Zeppelin drum solo, and my dad was sitting on the beat-up old couch about 8 feet in front of my bass drum. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
All he could think of was dry clothes and a cup of hot coffee and maybe just plunking down in front of the TV for a couple of hours. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z
A shot glass with a lime rind inside it lay on its side in front of her. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z
“Give that back,” Matt said, angry that she’d made a scene in front of everyone. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
Audrey leapt out in front of us, holding up her hand. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z
We push through the workmen and stop in front of her. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z
The way she was speaking reminded me of the way Mom used to be, even though they aren’t related—bubbling up with laughter and stories, hands dancing in front of her. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
She buttoned me up the front as I buttoned my cuffs, then I tucked my shirttails in. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
I throw a nut directly in front of me and hear it sizzle in confirmation. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z
I wanted to weep with rage and humiliation, but I refused to cry in front of the old bat. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z
“Me! Me!” the schoolteacher called out in a demanding voice, and as Matty watched, Mentor shoved the people standing in front of him aside so that he would be noticed. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z
I say once I’m standing in front of him. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z
“Killer headache,” she explained, running her tongue across her front teeth. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z
His hand appeared on the desk in front of me—where I'd been staring. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z
A drunk man staggered along the street in front of the courthouse wall, saying “Merry Christmas” to everyone. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
Wernher von Braun’s autographed photograph sat in a place of honor, and in front, lying down, was the Auk XXV casement. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
When we pulled up in front of my house, Coach put the car in park. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z
"Sit down," the driver bellowed from the front. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z
She was sitting in the front row with her chin in her hand. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z
I set one bottle of beer in front of my grandmother and watch as she twists off the cap before taking a swig. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z
At that very moment the dark form of a rider loomed up right in front of him. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z
She slowly pulled down the front of Shawna’s shirt, exposing a newly formed welt on her brown skin. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
Even in the front of the house, I can hear the rumbly noise of ice cracking, the salt crunching. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z
I lift my head to find the Red Lady in front of me. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z
And then I had a thought that made me jump up and run to the front door, where Bertha was watching that lady’s car disappear up the driveway. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z
We rode aimlessly for a while until he found an empty corner in front of a bookshop. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
Soaring upward, with a fair wind behind and a new world in front—what could be better in this life? The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
He had laughed the first time I made the comparison, waved his fingers in front of my face like he was casting a spell over me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
“A huge chunk of good news to take all that swastika nonsense off the front pages!” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z
For a terrible second, she thought he was going to open the front cover. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z
He was approaching the sparse, skeletal trees in front of the denser woods when he was startled by a blur of movement at his feet, followed by a hurried set of clacking sounds. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z
As he wandered through the couch-stocked maze, I stood near the room’s entrance, trying my best not to block pairs of roommates as they maneuvered furniture through the narrow front door. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z
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
There was no food as yet on the glittering golden plates, but small menus were lying in front of each of them. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
She is not allowed to utter his name in front of her family, and she burns all his letters. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z
Colin brought the car to a full stop twenty feet in front of the stop sign and said, “Are you sure?” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z
“That’s why. Plus she didn’t want to discipline him in front of you. But when her patience ran out, that was it. Curtains for Joey the rat.” Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
The following day, June 22,1917, the picketers took their places in front of the White House, just as they had been doing since January. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z
So my announcement at the driving range caused Cade Hernandez to hook his driver badly and send his ball careening into the protective nets at the front of the parking lot. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z
It was a game we played in the evenings, on the front lawn, before Marcus got home. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z
The space in front of Cassie’s parents waits for me. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z
When I hit the red button, the letter A lights up on the screen in front of me to lock in the answer. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z
He was lonely still, but it was only a mist, a weather front that passed through him when he was alone, a feeling of having turned too permeable. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
Soundlessly and with no heaving and gasping for breath, she let the tears roll into her mouth and slide down her chin to dot the front of her dress. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z
A salivary gland in front of Garfield's right ear swelled. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z
“I am certainly not going to sit up in that death trap of a front seat for highway travel. Now get in this go-cart and get us out of here.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
The train is stopped in front of us, every car open. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z
I ran downfield and positioned myself in front of the goal, being careful not to get offside. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z
We race across the boulevard that cuts in front of the school, and alongside the trees that separate the main parking lot from the river that splits the town in half. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
Sabatini: He kept his front going all day long, but once his mom came home he was a horse of a different color. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
In the hard-packed dirt she sat as if planted there, in front of a little fire that licked at her dented cooking can. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
A woman stands at the front of the room and calls everyone’s attention. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
Now it is as if she can hear the pendulum in the air in front of her: that huge golden bob, as wide across as a barrel, swinging on and on, never stopping. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z
Dante was sitting on the front porch, waiting. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z
She was starting to doze in front of the fire, the warmth and comfort conspiring to make her eyelids heavy, when the front door slammed. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z
Finally someone grabbed the front of her jerkin, yanked her to her knees. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z
Rats scatter in front of us with squeaks of terror, and I see only their tails, slipping between mounds of waste, empty trash cans, soggy cardboard boxes. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z
Her Mama and Hazel and Etta and all the boarders waited in the front room. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z
Oh, no—I was on the edge of panic when a familiar voice sounded inside my skull: If the front gets through, the rest will drag. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z
A beam of light shot over my shoulder, projecting a three-dimensional image of Earth in the air a few feet in front of me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z
Out the front door and down the street. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
“What the—?” she said, stopping herself by reflex from saying hell in front of Conor. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z
Samuel moved the lamp and then went to the front door and opened it and stepped outside. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z
So on Monday, while Lily slept, I went up to the den with a bowl of Cheerios and staked out the front porch. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z
He was interrupted by loud voices outside the front window. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z
A drenched and angry-looking Mr. Flux was knocking aside any and every piece of yard junk between him and the front door, on his way inside. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z
“I don’t hold violence in my hands,” he’d answered, holding them up in front of his face. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z
She jumps, seeing me right here in front of her. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z
I knocked on the glass pane of her old front door and waited. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z
There was old Pete Wells banging out of the front door with a cup of punch in his hand. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z
I went to bed early that night, around eleven; at twelve I was awakened by a loud persistent banging at the front door. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z
There are even medicine cups with red-and-white Creon pills set in front of three seats at the table. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z
Would they dare harm anyone in front of so many witnesses? Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
I sighed and put the key away, then laid the wrapper flat on the control panel in front of me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
But the light shifts, maybe a cloud moves, and that or something else makes me look up, toward the front of the building. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z
I knew exactly how long it would be before the big wagons would pull into the front yard and load on the cotton pickers at daybreak to carry them to the remains of slavery’s plantations. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
Back outside, I walked around the front of the building, trying to figure where Curzon’s cell lay. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z
The grass in front of it was high. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
The air lock is a small sealed room surrounding the front door. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
I sit crisscrossed in front of Zeta-4’s hexagonal bed opening. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z
Melba June gave me a kiss right on my mouth in front of my mother, making me turn nearly purple with embarrassment. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
He sported a light beard and a mesh cap with the hardware store name on the front. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
I triple-locked the front door from the inside and left the keys on the countertop while Daoud continued to explain his career plan, for the thousandth time. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z
A dozen Shirriffs had been told off as escort to the ‘prisoners’; but Merry made them march in front, while Frodo and his friends rode behind. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z
I was in a zone, concert mode, even if I was only in the front seat of my mother’s blue Honda Civic. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z
A customer came in with him and they stopped up front. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z
The front hall floor is white and black squares; there’s a graceful central staircase. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z
They changed my bandage with great care and put the paper in front of me. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
It had solid tires on its back wheels and blocks held its front wheels off the ground. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
The smaller children, who had been pushed to the back of the crowd by bigger ones, scurried to the front. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z
I dropped the bag back on the chair and headed for the front door. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
In the stunned silence that followed, Miss Honey walked up to the front of the class and stood behind her table. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z
There she was, slumped all the way back in a recliner about two feet in front of the TV. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z
They were accustomed to having all the clues neatly laid out on a diagram placed in front of the exhibit. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
I pull David up our porch steps and into the house, not stopping until the front door bangs closed behind me. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z
A girl steps in front of me as I fidget with one of the suitcases. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z
I run back to my desk while Mrs. Sheldon stands in front of the class plucking at the skin of her neck. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z
I see a photograph on the mantle of Bruce holding a rifle in front of a giant dead animal. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
The Chancellor faces me at the front of the line, staring over our heads. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z
Somkit crouched in front of the broken Model Nine while the shop workers stood back, scratching their heads. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z
“I walked up and around the property. There’s no one there. All of the windows are still intact, and the front door is latched. It’s like they left on an errand and never came back.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z
“I'll stay on the sidewalk—see?—just like a path in front of the stores. Then maybe later we can all go into the mall and look in the stores. You’d like that, wouldn’t you?” Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z
My mother is standing in front of the television, listening to the news anchor. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z
He comes in front of me and leans in so close his face is inches from mine. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z
But Dede felt shy addressing their intimate problems in front of her sister and brother-in-law. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Wash, why are you using the front door?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
It is so demeaning having to squat in front of so many people. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z
I put the rake behind the Store and came through the back of the house to find Grandmother on the front porch in her big, wide white apron. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
In these stela portraits, the king’s clothes, chosen to represent his critical spiritual role in the society’s prosperity, generally included a headdress with an ear of maize emblazoned on the front like a star. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z
“All three of you want to perform in front of the school?” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
In front of almost all of them was a dory or two, some overturned, some pulled up long ago for caulking or patching. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z
“Christ, I’m trying to make it”—he gestures inelegantly at the front of his pants—“go away.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
“You were found with a wand in your hand!” barked Mr. Diggory, brandishing it in front of her. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
There was a mirror behind it, a sawhorse in front with some wood clamped in a vise, and an abundance of sawdust all over the floor. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z
Sandy opened the front door for the couple, whistling "America, the Beautiful." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z
He walked the last incline holding the jiggeh awkwardly in front of him and set it down once he reached the broad plateau at the top. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z
“In front of a place called True Natural Turf.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z
“I will,” he said, and dropping his sons he seized me and swung me high up, in front of all those people. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z
A crowd formed in front of the museum before it opened. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
The front door was unlocked, so she walked into the large front room, like Mrs. Bedlow’s, nearly filled with two large dining tables but with the semblance of a living area on one side. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z
Digger hooked his thumbs in the front pockets of his jeans. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z
But her spirit goes into the mirror, and the next time the pretty one is brushing her hair in front of that mirror, she looks up and there’s the burned one looking back at her. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z
He’d stand us all in front of the kitchen counter and ask, “Whose week was it to do the dishes?” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z
I always imagine her sitting in front of a mirror at night, counting strokes as she brushes her hair. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z
Instead he walked through the front door like a defeated athlete—head low, shoulders hunched, a sack of disappointment sitting on his chest like an anvil. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z
He jerked his head at her to warn her to come farther up front, but she wouldn’t even look at him. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z
Everybody, except maybe Molly and Claire, clapped as I rolled slowly to the front of the room. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z
“Well I mind, okay? I mind. I have no idea why you'd think I’d want to perform in front of the whole school. I hate this school.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
And those two words, combined with the way Momma stomped toward the front door, made me worry a million times more. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z
Abuela is waiting for us on the front patio, measuring tape already strung around her neck. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z
He tears from his spot with George, through the field and over branches, past the front porch, where Emmett stands calling out words that aren’t strong enough to stop Axel. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z
We opened my front door to find a bunch of parents, some of whom I didn’t even recognize, on their phones, stuffing envelopes, and talking. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z
They stopped in front of her door; he stood looking at her. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z
Her phone is crooked between her shoulder and her ear, just like the young woman who is walking into her front door right now in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z
I kneel in front of June and clutch my head in both hands, then sink to the floor. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z
Everyone was quiet until the car pulled up in front of a house that had to be Mo’s. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z
I hesitate in front of the door and finally call, “Yes?” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z
From the front, Brooklyn Collective Elementary is plain, all concrete. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z
Jay sets one plate in front of me and one beside me. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z
When finished, Nipper would walk to the front edge of the roof, step onto the upturned lip of the rain spout, and with a chuckle take off. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z
And his arms grew longer and came down in front of him till his hands were resting on the ground: only they weren't hands, now, they were hoofs. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z
Taking huge steps that are as quiet as you can make them, you cross to the front door, bend down, and pick up your shoes. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z
He folded them and placed them in his pocket, then brought the sword down in a sweep across the front of Hickey’s chest, neatly slicing off the buttons from the traitor’s coat. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z
Odum rose from his seat, walked around the table, grabbing a fresh cigar as he went, and pulled up a chair in front of Brannon. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
Natalie paces back and forth in front of the window, digging at her collarbone with her chin. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
Nok flew to Pong's side and crossed her forearms in front of her, blocking the Governor's fist. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z
Not only was Ashish being a total punk, like usual, he was also talking about Ma and Pappa in front of Dimple. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z
And then the street light in front of the Bear Flag came on. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z
I settled back onto my bed, spreading the paper’s narrow pages in front of me. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z
But then, he’d know that was a big, fat lie, ’cause he saw those kids leaving him out of their kickball games and cutting in line in front of him like he was invisible. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z
It seems like a good idea until I’m standing at the bus stop in front of school as a blizzard rips through the county. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z
Seated on a chair before the only table in the room was a woman in a ragged robe adorned with an embroidered dragon on its front. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
After a time Strawberry stopped digging and began moving about between the roots, sniffing, biting and scuffling in the soil with his front paws. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Based upon the length of your stride, that many steps wouldn’t take you to any door of any building in the whole Institute, front or back.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z
It drove past Garrett and me and pulled up in front of the building. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z
If there was any doubt about Abel, the truth was right there in front of us all along, in his name. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z
We pass one curtain with a sign out front that reads: What happens when an unstoppable force strikes an immovable object? Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z
The moon leans down on me as I sit on my front porch with the Doorman. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z
Next thing I knew I was standing in front of Dante, looking at his puffed up, punished face. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z
But there are far more than a dozen soldiers in front of our house. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z
It was at least twenty minutes before the people a few feet in front of them appeared to have moved forward at all. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
The last thing he needed was to throw up in front of these people. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z
Slopping pigs couldn’t be that much harder than serving in the front room, and it would be better than falling ill or dying. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
I sat in the front of his class entranced as he spoke about the Constitutional Congress and the Federalist Papers, and their relevance to our existence today. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z
He wore one of mama’s discarded dresses hacked off ankle-length in the front to enable him to walk. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
As soon as I walked through the door, I set the vase down on the coffee table in the hallway to the left of the front door and turned around to hug Mamá tightly. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z
Pattie tried to sort it out but it wasn't long until both of the police officers were standing in front of her getting ready to launch an avalanche of questions in her direction. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z
"Yeah, man. Be in front of the house in five minutes." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z
I got up to leave, afraid I might start crying in front of everyone, and something slipped out from between the pages and fell to the floor. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z
I marched up to the front door, perimeter checking the yard as I went, trying to be as casual as possible when I stepped into the house and flipped the bolt behind me. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z
The driver flipped through some pages on a clipboard, then stood and opened the front door. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z
It rushed back, though, as he made his way to the front, head down. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z
But when I stepped onto a stool in front of our mirror—just big enough for a face—I could see the resemblance in the curve of my nose. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z
Harry couldn’t make a sound, nor could he see where Wormtail had gone; he couldn’t turn his head to see beyond the headstone; he could see only what was right in front of him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
Pastor Tom elbowed his way to the front. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z
She was bending down, picking flowers in the front garden. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z
Frank looked straight in front of him along the hard white road. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z
And then, standing in front of me, are feet. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z
Lizabeth look at that camera, then put her hand up in front her eyes. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
He stands in front of a white projection screen, clears his throat, shifts from one foot to the other, puts on his glasses. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z
He picks up a file and thumps it down in front of him and starts flipping through it. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
Puzzled, he looked at me with Petey between his front paws. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z
Sitting on the bench in the front of the store were Max Smitherman and Johnny Ray Johnson. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z
The girl reflected back from the window in front of me has poinsettias growing out of her belly and head. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z
“You sit in front of me,” he said. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z
Irregular jobs, such as painting the back porch or removing a stump from the front lawn, were awarded on a low-bid basis. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z
And then I could hear a car passing on the street, and I was free, Charlie’s lawn stretched out in front of me, the house beckoning me, promising warmth and dry socks. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z
The alchemist rode in front, with the falcon on his shoulder. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
I moved toward the door, grabbing the front of her sweatshirt to all but drag her out of the RV. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
When it’s our turn, the boys file out in front of us. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z
We arrived in town midaftemoon and stopped in front of this little shack. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Once the melee has cleared I walk up to the front. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z
“I put the rain poncho in the front compartment, too. Same thing goes if it rains, Auggie, okay? Make sure you cover the hearing aids with the hood.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z
And then, mercifully, we heard the front door. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z
She opened the front door and ran out to the street. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z
Even if I threw the sack of resin directly in front of it, it might turn around to resettle itself on the fire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z
I took both my coats and my scarf from the hooks next to the front door and I put them all on because it would be cold outside at night. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
Since it was essential that a masquerade costume be décolleté, she had devised a backless costume, the front cut to display her over-full bust and with one long sleeve to cover that right arm. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
There were movements from the watching crowd in front of the castle, and as one, the Death Eaters raised their wands, holding the fighters of Hogwarts at bay. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z
“Over—” Magdalys started to say, but a monstrous growl erupted from the front gate, cutting her off. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z
Nicodemus closed the door behind her, then sat down on one of the benches, facing Mrs. Frisby; the others sat down, too, Mr. Ages stretching his splinted leg in front of him. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z
I was standing in line at the general store when this little white boy cut in front of me. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z
Zakariyya turned and walked to a bench in front of his building without saying another word. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z
Her baby belly was so big she could have loaded it in a wheelbarrow and pushed it in front of her. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z
He looked thoughtfully at the door in front of him, then, lifting off the sponge bag, he tried the handle. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z
Mom suddenly stepped between me and Mr. Finkle, her arms crossed in front of her. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z
The tablet was placed on the front entrance of the Courthouse in Auburn. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
In their coveralls and helmets, they reminded me of newsreels I’d seen of soldiers slogging off to the front. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z
And strange having to wade through the gaggle of press still camped out in front of the Johnsons' building. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z
He let the arrow fly, and it hit the ground in front of the boy. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z
And then the Third Gate stood open in front of us, a crystal doorway leading into a spinning whirlpool of stars. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
The passenger window rolled down, and from her perch on the front steps, Pearl saw Moody’s scowling face. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z
In front of the platform stood a pyramid of chocolates—the last fifty boxes. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
We barreled straight for the front steps of the library. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z
A squeak from the front of the house told me the screen door had opened and closed. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z
I could make out a smiling young man in a sailor's hat, posing in front of the USS Arizona. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z
He carried wood for me, climbed the ladder so I didn’t have to, shared his plums, and defended me in front of his mother. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z
In many of the pictures she was displayed in front of some attractive destination. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z
“I admired your integrity, standing up for that boy in front of that dirty cop, especially if you got troubles with him at home. That takes courage.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z
He was standing perfectly still, with his right front foot raised and his long ears fanned open. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z
Still, the British bow remained out in front of the American bow with 150 meters to go. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z
I placed the coffee can on the front steps and peered inside. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z
With the exception of a handful of men in front of the sideshow—probably waiting to be led to Barbara—all the rubes are in the big top. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z
“That was mean, Daddy. You had no call to say that,” she said, running toward the front yard. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
“You guys have been inseparable forever. I remember when we were doing Where the Red Fern Grows in sixth grade and we were reading book reports in front of the class.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z
I’ve told Bob to wait for us by the front doors at school, and he’s right there when we turn the corner, flipping his blue Sharpie into the air and catching it. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z
Miles slid down the embankment, planted himself in front of me, and grabbed my shoulders. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z
There were so many soldiers that the people on that street told Papa it reminded them of pictures from the front during the civil war. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z
Papa was standing in the front yard, near an orange tree, screaming at a wrinkled old man in a tom white singlet and a wrapper wound round his waist. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z
He stopped his bike right in front of me and tried to stare me down. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z
He turned around from the front seat and shook our hands. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z
She twirls and twirls and an old man sitting on his front stoop claps. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z
Two little old ladies sat in front of us. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z
A group of men stand in front of the stock car’s door, attaching a ramp with built-in sides. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z
Three months after our date, there is Stuart Whitworth himself, standing on my front porch in khaki pants and a blue coat and a red tie like he’s ready for Sunday dinner. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z
The Lyft pulls in front of our building, and I slide into the back seat after Mom. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z
We followed her out the front door to the front porch. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z
Without saying a word, the guard put a notepad in front of me, and I thanked him by nodding and smiling in his direction. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
The morphling hurling herself in front of him to block the monkey’s attack. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z
Bryce looks around at our trash bags of stuff that are lined up in front of the sink. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z
“What if we ask people to leave a couple of rows empty near the front so that we can gather there later in the afternoon?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z
Riding through the rainy night, Ned saw Jon Snow's face in front of him, so like a younger version of his own. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z
The front porch was for warm days and sunsets, she said, and the glassed-in porch was for rainy times. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
Now it was right in front of him, close enough to touch. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z
Workers lived in shanties that were erected in the back and front yards of older residences. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
Later, in the bathroom, she stood in front of the mirror and savagely squeezed her belly with both hands. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z
“I am convinced that the only way to move the negotiations off dead center is to do something on the military front. That is something they will understand.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
Tristran removed his bowler hat, and held it in front of him. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z
A chip in one front tooth showed when he smiled. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
He opens it with a flourish and it unfurls to the floor, unraveling down the aisle in front of him. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z
Sabbatini believed a lot of questions went unasked because students were afraid of looking dumb in front of their peers. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z
The woman who stepped in front of us, walking through us like we were wafts of smoke. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z
“We’re allowed to,” I announce, showing off in front of my friends. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z
Suddenly I heard a loud banging at the front door. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z
“Yes,” said my dad from the front pew. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z
No one will hit me in front of her. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z
If the horse could stand there and die in front of a trough of water, then the man— “The man,” he said aloud. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Naw,” I muttered, throwing a pebble down off the front of the tomb. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z
Well before I was a student myself, I would watch the Catholic school kids walk by the front of the house, dressed in gray and red uniforms. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z
There now appeared in front of me row upon row of bald female heads, a sea of naked scalps, every one of them red and itchy-looking from being rubbed by the linings of the wigs. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z
On Saturday nights Francie was allowed to sleep in the front room. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
A short trail led through a cluster of cabbage palms towards the front door, where my father’s wife was waiting. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z
In the morning she would watch him go down the front steps to work and then follow along a half a block behind him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z
I sat on the front steps with them while they waited for their car. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z
Luke’s menu was sitting in front of him on the table. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z
Grace drove home, too, Joaquin curled up in the front seat with the bag of photographs between them. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z
Boubacar s students all had laptops open in front of them, the screens bright with e-mail pages, Google searches, celebrity photos. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z
Four weeks ago, a girl appeared at the front door of this house, who may or may not have been Mirjam Roodveldt. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z
There’s a huge sign in front of Convention Hall that says, “Welcome Miss King Middle School Pageant Contestants.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z
The creatures hooked a claw through the center of the pods with their front and rear legs, and used their two lateral legs to push against the ground and move along. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z
He ran down the steps and out the front door. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z
We saw the camp only when we stood right in front of its gate. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z
I’m posting it up on the bulletin board near the front entrance when I see Esther Song staring at me. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z
It was as if his eyes had a fighter pilot’s head-up guidance system projected in front of them. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z
A few days later a net was put up and suddenly we had our own Wimbledon in our front yard. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
I met Pink early Monday morning in front of Clark’s Drug Store to wait for Mr. Lias Foster, the rural mailman, who would be coming from Commerce in his buggy. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z
His frame had withered, wrinkled skin hung off his face, his hair stuck out in brittle clumps, and he'd lost his top front teeth. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z
I went up on the front porch and knocked at the door. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Yes; down there in front. He seems to be getting ready to drive away somewhere.” The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z
“Suddenly a bright flash lit the compartment, the light from the explosion reflecting off the clouds in front of us ... A few moments later, two sharp shocks slammed the plane.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z
They were going at it about Friday night’s party, right there in front of everyone. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
I follow him down a long, dim hallway, away from the front, where I entered, threading our way past more rows of cots, some with men asleep on them. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z
She took a room at the boarding house for the night and heard the men talking around the front. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z
I looked out my bedroom window and waited until Ali and Hassan went grocery shopping to the bazaar, pushing the empty wheelbarrows in front of them. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z
In front of the Doors of Death, the air darkened and solidified. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z
I try to sleep when the bus finally pulls away, but the man in front of me is snoring so loudly he wakes himself up every few minutes. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z
It stung his face and got in his eyes so that the thing that sprang up in front of him was at first sight just a big, bristling blur. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z
She stepped in front of me and put her free arm around me, still holding my hand, like we were about to waltz, but in a lazy way. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z
I try not to think about what I saw at the front entrance. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z
A good cow is always at the front of the herd. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z
The big dark-wood front door had an iron knocker on it, the kind you’d expect Dracula to have, and Hazel tried to reach up for it. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z
This little French town has no factories, no supplies, and it is far from the front line. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z
Yes, I know it must have been right in front of me, but I’m just not seeing things right. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z
It signified that I trusted them, that I was myself in front of them. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z
The Sunbird skidded along the slick pavement as she wrestled the wheel, trying to keep us on the road and in our lane and away from the car in front. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z
From somewhere down front came the jangling sound of a tambourine. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z
“White men. It’s white men wearing black hats. What are they doing on our front porch at this time of night?” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
“He just shouted at me in front of everyone. And I didn’t argue back.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z
The sidewalk they were on went beside a playground, then up to the front door of the school. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z
I tell myself, that’s what you get when you put thirty-one toilets on the most popular girl’s front yard. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z
She had always refrained from criticizing the Dursleys in front of Harry, but her eyes flashed every time they were mentioned. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z
I recognized Mr. Blake up front and it was clear to see that he was in charge. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
“As criminals. The prison is our front door.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z
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