A small knot of students had gathered around Zac and Mr. Baker, offering ice and towels. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

When Newt finally had everyone gathered, he called for quiet, and Thomas turned to hear what he had to say. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The plane door opened, and George Blake appeared at the top of the staircase, looking out over the large crowd of reporters and well-wishers gathered to welcome him home. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He gathered me in his arms and turned me away. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We weren’t sure if it was the bus, so we gathered our bags and hid in the bushes near the road. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

In the lobby of the King City hotel he talked to the men who gathered around the stove and read the papers sent down from San Francisco. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

After Sunday school, all the grownups and kids gathered in the fellowship hall. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Robin gathered all his strength and flung his arm toward the bowl of porridge, sending it flying out of Ellen’s hands and spreading its contents all over her. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

The boy gathered his breeches and flung himself out the barn window. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

A group of fairies gathered near the alcove, extending their arms, palms downward. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Harry gathered up the Invisibility Cloak, then looked down at Snape. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Even Amari, his drawing pad halfway out of his backpack, the colored markers gathered in their rubber band on his desk. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Then they gathered up the sunbaked clothes and shook the sand from them. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put on the coffin-lid again, gathered up all his things and placed them in the bag, blew out the light, and placed the candle also in the bag. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The rain clouds blew away, leaving room for a bright red sunset, where fiery lights burned behind the clouds that gathered around the lowering sun. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Early in the morning, before the sun had thrown its first ray or the redbirds chirped their first note, all four children were gathered in the boys’ bedroom. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He gathered the papers he had been working on and tamped the bottom of the pile on his desk to neaten it, and then laid the stack down on the right side of the desk. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Parents gathered coats and checks and paid their tabs. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Things he didn’t know what to do with he gathered in a small crate under his bed. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

A group of these artists gathered one Sunday in my home, and we talked about Malcolm. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The train gathered speed past Grandma’s house, and Grandma was at the front door to see it go through. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Soon all the childrens are gathered round, and when Vinny realizes he has an audience, he goes faster and faster with the wooden sticks, what you call them? The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

There was a man in Village, a farmer, who had stood in the field beside his plow, waiting as dark clouds gathered overhead, hoping the storm would pass by. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

All the tools and spare timber were gathered up and the roadway was swept. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

To occupy her mind she sang as she gathered caribou droppings and put them on her drag: Amaroq, wolf, my friend, You are my adopted father. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually a huge crowd—nearly forty thousand people—gathered. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Within, the stockade was cramped, some five hundred men gathered in a small and incommodious yard between tents. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I gathered up as much as I could and took it to my room, but by the time I got back, Will and Leroy were playing catch with my softball and had already smudged it. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Whitiker’s ideal of middle-class perfection, with well- educated, smartly groomed kids gathered around a big middle-class dining room table, has two missing pieces: Nicholas and Willie. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

He could not bring himself to leave without saying good-bye and gathered his Jews together one last time. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

People went to work Saturday through Thursday and gathered for picnics on Fri­days in parks, on the banks of Ghargha Lake, in the gardens of Paghman. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I take pictures of ordinary things, like the clouds that are gathered far out over the water right now. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

What made the newsmen love the story was a group of stout middle-aged women who, by some curious definition of the word “mother,” gathered every day to scream invectives at children. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

My husband was, in all of this, a complete nobody—a humble state legislator who’d never stood before a crowd like the one of fifteen thousand or more that would be gathered in Boston. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

‘Talking won’t mend nothing,’ he muttered to himself, as he gathered up all the things that they had chosen to cast away. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Men in straw hats and ragged pants and shirts, with torn sneakers or flip-flops or leather shoes without laces, were gathered around a cockfighting pit. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

At six he would let the gathered court know about the current status of things. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

And she gasped as the car cracked against a rock and reeled back across the road with an ominous scraping somewhere beneath, but then gathered itself together valiantly and resumed its dogged climb. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

On a brisk spring evening not long ago, two dozen men and women gathered in the back room of a Manhattan bar to engage in a peculiar ritual known as speed-dating. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Curious, some of the older boys gathered around him as he started twisting pegs and plucking at strings to tune the instrument. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

TiTi shoves into my hand a tin of flower seeds we gathered last fall. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

In this elevated position, the near-lifeless body of Abraham Lincoln became visible to the entire crowd gathered below. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The horde gathered close by to see what Cluny was up to. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He went with her to learn about the roots and plants she had gathered. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The hens and dibby ducks clucked with annoyance as I gathered their smooth, warm eggs. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

A crowd had gathered to stare at Dany with hard black eyes, their faces like masks of beaten copper. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

In the short chill of dawn the four boys gathered round the black smudge where the fire had been, while Ralph knelt and blew. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Grinning, he gathered in one sweep all the mucus in his flaring nostrils and let fly a blob as thick as a hailstone. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unsure of what to think, but knowing I was late for my evening shift in the Fishery, I climbed the apple tree, gathered up my lute, and hurried to Kilvin’s shop. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As the environmental movement gathered steam in the 1960s, he said, white people had discovered that Indians were better stewards of the land. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The following evening, therefore, when they had finished an early supper, she gathered them around her. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Spread that blanket out on the ground,” said Boatwright, and when she did, he packed everything in the center, gathered in the four corners, and swung the bundle over his shoulder. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Only three nights past, another mob had gathered at the gates of the Red Keep, chanting for food. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He gathered his papers and tapped them against the table. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

A few of the half a hundred or so people gathered there nudged each other and sniggered. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wine god was in no mood to celebrate as the whole camp gathered at the top of . The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to get up and run, but she gathered her courage and pranced closer to him. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now there was a full crowd gathered, the Tories of New York who had been awaiting this day for months, years. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Faye slowly gathered up the cards, and tapped them square, and dropped them in the table drawer. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

My soul was gathered with sinners and bloody men, and all I was thinking of was how to get Mama Tataba to come back, or what we should have brought from Georgia. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I picked up the tray on which I had gathered together the used crockery. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

He shuffled along kicking them into a pile and when he had an armful he stooped and gathered them up and called the boy and the boy answered and talked him back to the bridge. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Earlier, he had been told of an unusual number of British officers gathered on Boston’s Long Wharf, talking in low tones. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Severed people had gathered around us, watching the emotional reunion. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Maria jumped off the bed and gathered up the newspapers Rosa had spread out on the floor. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They gathered inedible reeds when they camped along rivers and dried them in the sun. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dozen fans of Days of Our Lives gathered religiously every day for the latest installment of their favorite soap. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He learned also that the King was holding a banquet in the palace and all the men who favored him were gathered there. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I gathered all the cards and notes, and Dad took the flowers. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It’s hard for me to look at her without wondering how much she really gathered from that day with Bo in the girls’ bathroom. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He gathered , up the garbage in the cooler and put it on the dock. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She has dirty blond hair gathered sloppily into a bun, strands falling randomly, attractively, around her face. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

They gathered together in the hall, sitting around two square tables pushed together, and ate salty flat bread and rabbit stewed with aromatic spices. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I was still shivering, and soon he gathered me against him, and Stew Cat came back to be a warm ball against my feet I could now smell Timothy, tucked up against him. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Too bad,” Lola said as she gathered her sketch pad and adjusted her skirt. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I stare at the crack in the floorboards right in front of me, at the dust that has gathered there over time, and wait for a reaction, any reaction. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Some sat on the stone worktables to get a good view, while a dozen or so students gathered on the iron catwalks in the rafters among Kilvin’s hanging lamps. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The whole family gathered at midnight for a special meal. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“This .. . this was my last year? Taylor pushed through the gathered girls and ran toward the jungle as fast as she could. “Should we go after her?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The main purpose of the five tests, one gathered, was to isolate and study, if possible, the source of Zooey’s precocious wit and fancy. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I gathered up my gear and walked back into the building alone. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, it was time for recess, and Hazel sprang out of her chair and gathered her things. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Maybe the plan all along was to get the whole family gathered right here, right in this spot, to look out on the beauty outside their window? A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

In Berlin thousands of celebrants gathered to watch and to cheer as Hitler reviewed a procession of more than fifteen hundred tanks, armored vehicles, and artillery pieces rumbling through the city’s massive park, the Tiergarten. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

A clump of shadows is gathered at the foot of the door, black as spilled ink. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I filled it up with the rocks and dirt and stomped the mound down, then gathered leaves and spread them over the dirt. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I put in the sun that beat down on the courtyard and the clouds that gathered before the rains. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

By the night of March 2, because of both President Wilson’s inauguration on the fourth and the suffragist parade the next day, hundreds of thousands of people had gathered in the nation’s capital. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

And if one of the gypsy mothers really needed something, if she gathered the courage to say, “What papers?” would they just make something up? Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Father Cham gathered each luminous baby to him and gave them bracelets. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I gathered up my skirts and went up. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, our crops are all gathered,” I said. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When everyone finally gathered in the mess hall, it wasn’t quite as bad as Frank had feared. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

New Year’s Eve we gathered in Mama’s new house in Conuco, the sisters and all the husbands, a first since Maria Teresa’s wedding a year ago this February. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carefully she gathered the skins on which she had slept these four nights guarding her mother’s spirit. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If there wasn’t any moonlight to continue playing, my father gathered all the children inside our living room, lit a kerosene lamp, and told us folktales. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Pay attention. One night, long ago, as we looked at the stars, I gathered starlight on my fingertips, and fed it to you like honey from the comb.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

In the parlor, the women gathered, waiting for the contagion to enflame their chaste frames. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I gathered all my news of Joan into a little, bitter heap, though I received it with surface gladness. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The five bats gathered together in a clump and fell asleep, exhausted from the day’s flight. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

When the bags were gathered on the kitchen floor, I started pulling groceries onto the kitchen table—half a watermelon, a coffee cake, milk, and ground beef. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

We just stood there getting more and more heartbroken as they gathered things up and counted their kids. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before school began, Lillian gathered her children before the shrine beneath the stairs. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as the group gathered, the delegates began to debate whether women should be allowed to participate. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

People hanging out, calling back and forth or gathered in knots in the street. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several of the performers and staff have gathered, waiting anxiously. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

When girls and men gathered to sit and talk, when the great phonograph played music that throbbed in his stomach and made beautiful and huge pictures form vaguely in his head, Frankie loved it. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He liked their gathered shapes, seen from the end of the drive. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The effort paid off Monday night when a racially mixed group of 200 people gathered in the school auditorium for the first “arena session.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

And when the time came, he gathered a sackful of things and met Ahmad in Greece. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Students sitting nearby quickly gathered their books and moved away. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

December 12, the day of the first ball, dawned clear and mild, but by noon clouds had gathered and the wind had become sharp and cold. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

A darkness gathered in his eyes until it filled them. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The little spy closed the resonator and gathered his equipment together. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Looking toward the sick camp, I saw the sufferers gathered outside the huts we had built for them, waving their hands in fear. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

For a short time, Moore also attended meetings of the Dialectical Society, a student group that gathered each week for a potluck supper and discussion. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

For much of the day I did chores: cleaned the house, gathered firewood, made fire and lugged water. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. van D. had a bad cold and had already gone to bed, so we gathered around his bedside and discussed our suspicions in a whisper. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He gathered up a baby bottle arid a towel to cover Sekai. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The three of us are gathered around the open box. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Near the Edifice steps, a crowd had gathered to watch a pig-slaughter behind the butchers. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Gryffindors were gathered around Ron, who kept belching large, glistening slugs. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

It seemed to him they gathered up the silence like a mantle and carried it along with them, step by step. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

A half hour later, as Ladybird Hope left the studio, crowds had gathered again. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She gathered her vitamins, her schoolbooks, and a few items of clothing. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The smell of smoke from the wood stoves the families in all of these houses were gathered around. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

“A few of your new fans may be gathered at the airport to greet you. But don’t worry. Your safety is our priority.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And as they stood they saw all the Nazgûl gathered together, hovering above the Towers of the Teeth like vultures; and they knew that they were watched. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

In the prayer following the chapter, all his energy gathered—all his stern zeal woke: he was in deep earnest, wrestling with God, and resolved on a conquest. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Some kids from the middle school had gathered handfuls of acorns from there. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We gathered cuts of springy moss to use as pillows, Emma drying the rain from them with her hands before we tucked them under our heads. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I waited until the Amagqirha had made a full circle around the gathered ancestors. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The people gathered in the center of the village. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Around the son of Jupiter, storm clouds gathered, swirling into a hurricane. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Angela reported on the clues gathered in the game room and during the day's comings and goings: "King, queen. Otis Amber said, 'King Otis and Queen Crow.' "Purple waves. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we came into the campground, the hunters came out of their tents and gathered around us. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a suddenness that took them all by surprise, the woman gathered up her skirts, turned, and fled. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Will gathered his cloak and the rucksack, and tried to walk straight as he left the priest’s house and took the road out of the village. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Though the case had never been solved, it had originally been a prime focus of investigators, and when I returned to New York, I gathered evidentiary material related to the crime. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The crowds gathered ten deep for one hundred feet in each direction, a few spectators reaching through the slats of the fence to stroke Seabiscuit’s chest as Smith cinched the girth on Woolf’s kangaroo-leather saddle. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

That gave us a clear view of the North Playing Field where about a dozen boys from our year and Senior 3 had gathered to play football. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

A handful of Lordsport merchants had gathered to meet the ship. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They gathered up the two sleepers and carried them back to the porch. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gathered up the eggshell-thin fragments with care and placed them in a small blue box which had once held a bracelet that her grandmother had given her when she was a little girl. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Already several cars and some horses had gathered in Bud Gleason’s front yard. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nali gathered puffs of smoke and patted them against her chest and her head. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Virgil didn’t consider himself much of a storyteller, but he gathered all the pieces of Paulito together in his head and began the best way he knew how—at the beginning. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Ishmael explained matters to two dozen boys before he’d gathered enough of a squad. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

There’s a cluster of young guys gathered around the hood of a car, down in front of the barbershop. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

They ate the roasted birds, seasoning them with lemon juice, and then another witch brought some blueberries she’d found below the screen, and then the witches gathered around the fire. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gathered up the matches before they could blow away, and stored Mother’s picture in the pot. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Faces appeared at the windows on either side of the street, while a little knot of prosperous-looking passersby gathered their robes about them and broke into gentle trots, keen to vacate the scene. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The Sunday morning before the convention, four of the five women gathered around a circular mahogany table in McClintock’s parlor to plan the program. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Near the bank of the stream Taran discovered mushrooms, and gathered them hurriedly. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

I then went through the research I had gathered. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

All of it, together, was horrifying, and the small amount of courage Thomas had gathered began to slip away. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Moving through her room, trembling with excitement, Celaena gathered two balls of yarn from Philippa’s sewing basket, along with three sticks of chalk and one of her makeshift knives. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

After I had gathered what I needed for the day from the locker and was ready to go, I tossed another piece over the tarpaulin in front of Richard Parker. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

A bacon bouse of two-score ribs, A wattling of tripe—support of clans— Of every food pleasant to man, Meseemed the whole was gathered there. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gathered up my money and headed back to the kitchen. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“He’s nice,” I say, rolling over and folding my arms behind my head, staring up at the folds of fabric gathered above me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

We put ashore for water; then all hands gathered alongside for a mid-day meal. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Gwydion and I saw them before we were captured. Now, if Gurgi speaks the truth, they have gathered reinforcements.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

I ran to the cactus and gathered a shovelful of the succulent, seedy pears. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gathered her tray and stood up before answering. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

That afternoon, Coach Otis Spinks gathered all the tryouts in the center bleachers. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Our families, friends, and local chiefs gathered for speeches, songs, and gift-giving. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the autumn, by a tremendous, exhausting effort—for the harvest had to be gathered at almost the same time—the windmill was finished. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

It was a Monday evening when Mother gathered us in the living room for a family conference. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

By the shore of the pool our group of aged pioneers gathered. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Hungrily they gathered round, pushing and scrambling like swine about the trough. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Baker sprinted out from behind her desk and gathered Mrs. Bigio in her arms. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

They gathered by the trench the stranger had dug the previous day. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

We pulled up to Warren Kent Charter School, behind a line of other cars waiting to drop off at the big fenced-in yard where all the kids gathered by grade before the first bell. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The class gathered on the front steps of the museum, where we could watch the foot traffic along Fifth Avenue. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Thousands of the free folk are gathered there, trapped and starving, and we have had reports of dead things in die wood.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

One afternoon in early 1943, before the regular six o’clock crowd had gathered, a black soldier sat drinking by himself at one of my tables. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

A small crowd of dark people had gathered to hear all this. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He struck up at once a harvest thanksgiving hymn, all about crops being “safely gathered in.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Chamberlain gathered them around him in the field, in the sunlight, and read the order. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gathered up her dress and stepped out and headed toward her flat, and as she turned to go I gave her one last little wave. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

A picture: the morning after, a new crowd gathered on the Mall, the biggest yet. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The silence gathered its skirts and slid, like Spider Woman, up the slippery bathroom wall. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Dauntless and the factionless have gathered between them, a narrow divide separating one group from the other. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Years later, when war veterans who’d been under her command gathered together, they’d inevitably end up singing a favorite of Marina’s—“The Dugout”: A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

When all was burned they quenched the flame with wine and gathered the bones into a golden urn, shrouding them in soft purple. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

A crowd of people had gathered, and in and through and among these people the members of the crew were hurrying, talking, laughing, shaking hands. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shay gathered Tally in her arms, rocking her gently as Tally began to cry. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Slowly, I made my way to the guardian rock and the gathered people. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Water’s gathered where the road turns into it, filling it with puddles and muck. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

George gathered her things slowly, stalling as long as she could before joining the boys’ line. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Since it was impossible to eat wild grains without first winnowing, grinding and cooking them, people who gathered these grains carried them back to their temporary campsites for processing. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I always listen to Pa, but this time my curiosity takes over when I see that many more people have gathered in the street. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jonathan gathered up his gun and hurried after. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Corporal and the other men gathered around in a semicircle, gazing at the dead. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Toward the back of the store there was a bunch of ladies gathered around a table. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Sister Fenella gathered up the discarded sprout leaves and cut the stalks in half a dozen pieces and put them in a bin for stock. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Jinx gathered up his money and inched his way toward the door, mistakenly thinking he could slip out while the two women argued it out. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Already a thin powdery dusting had gathered in the wagon ruts of the road. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Clancy looked up at the kids gathered around us and asked, “What would you like them to do in return for taking the fruit?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Now the potatoes and carrots, the beets and turnips and cabbages were gathered and stored in the cellar, for freezing nights had come. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within the office, a team of CIA operatives gathered at all hours around small desks, surrounded by maps of Moscow and photographs of potential meeting places and drop sites. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Most of those gathered at the meeting had been slaves at one time and knew how oppressive some of the whites around them could be. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

As the chariots lined up, more shiny-eyed pigeons gathered in the woods. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

If we had a big fire or needed help or protection, we called our church pastor, who gathered the community men together to provide it. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Picking up her red markers, she crawled around her frost heave and frantically gathered the leafy plants that the caribou eat. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We just couldn’t stop, and as he tried to put himself in order we gathered around him, excited like puppies, waiting for him to pull exciting things out of that tall green bag. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

It was as I sat on my rush mat, eating the meager evening meal with my family, that I gathered the courage to place my questions into the air for others to hear. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

That Sunday evening began with people gathered around the family radio, relaxing as the weekend drew to a close. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Well, do what you can. The little things. See to the water. Once the army is gathered in one place all the wells will run dry. See to it, George.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was finally starting to set by the time we ate dinner, did homework, gathered eggs, and got our clothes ready for school the next day. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Quietly, we walk out of the hut and over to the town square, where other teenagers and their families have already gathered. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew that my uncle treated the matter lightly so as not to alarm me, and besides, if Tenorio was drinking it would take a long time before he gathered enough courage to act. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he gathered more wood for the night, Cole glanced over at Garveys blanket lying on the ground.The at.oow would come in handy tonight if it got cold. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

After a barrage to his face, Homer finally gathered her feet together and they got her inside, chaining her wrists to her old ring in the wagon floor. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I hurriedly wrapped a fish in a blanket, gathered a hatchet and made for the raft. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The words gathered inside him and gave him strength. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

In Cambridge, a group of young students gathered around Bateson to study the new science of heredity. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I ran into their arms and collapsed in tears as they gathered around me, laughing. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mercedes came home for Christmas, and other relatives gathered at the Chavez house. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“They were Tories,” said the Corporal at last, as much to the men who were gathered around as to Jonathan. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

After two hours on a narrow ledge seven stories above a concrete parking lot and gathered crowds, Mr. George Pollucci let himself be helped to safety through a nearby window by Sgt. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

It was “all right” in the camps, he gathered, so long as you had good contacts and knew the ropes. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Eleven servants of the Many-Faced God gathered that night beneath the temple, more than she had ever seen together at one time. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

My life was a business of growing where planted and making good on the debts life gathered onto me. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room gathered around the sound of her voice. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

A group of friends and family had gathered there to greet us, only now, due to Secret Service protocol, they were cordoned off behind a rope. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

In the cafeteria, I walk past my regular table, past Amanda and Roamer and the audience gathered there. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I had brought a small porcelain tea set for her children, and when they began to quarrel over the teapot, I gathered up the pieces. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

As Sheriff White gathered evidence from witnesses, he learned that the victim’s slayer was his own son. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Some men had already gathered at the tavern and were busy talking. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Crowds gathered around news bulletin boards to read how Garfield was tolerating the trip. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Nancy took a breath and gathered her thoughts. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man’s eyes restlessly searched the crowd that had gathered. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The mothers nursing their tiny infants, the females who gathered around to admire, the youngsters leaping over one another all created the bustle of a peaceful village. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crewmen gathered, sent there by the goddess. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A wail went up from the people gathered. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Weary had gathered the front of Billy’s field jacket into his hands. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gathered up his paintbrushes scattered on the dining table and dropped them back into the brush jar with a clatter then wiped the table clean with a damp cloth. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

One afternoon, Dallas and Florida gathered up dozens of ants, seven spiders, two garter snakes, and a frog, and that evening they deposited these treasures in the beds of the Burgerton boys. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Back on the Argo II, they gathered in the mess hall and filled in the rest of the crew. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He conducted her to the lower bailey, where a crowd had gathered around the archery butts. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

An orchestra played minuets in a corner, and servants slipped through the gathered nobles in a dance of their own as they refilled and cleared plates and cups and silverware. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

A man could run his hands through such a fog, separating it into tendrils and streamers that gathered themselves languidly once more into the whole and disappeared seamlessly, without a trace. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

A bunch of people from the neighboring trailers gathered around, craning their necks to see what George Finkle looked like in person. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“To do what you’re told,” the guard says, then joins the other guards to help them disperse the small crowd that has gathered. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Entire families had gathered to see the newcomers. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

In the fields, nothing moved except the constantly swishing tails of the cows gathered flank to flank in the shade. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Broodingly, he leaned down, gathered together on the car floor his crumpled papers, including the info on Luba Luft. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

They gathered their weapons and equipment and loaded their vehicles with speed and precision, thanks to months of practice. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She just gathered up the breakfast tray and fled the stuffy, smelly room. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“So are you guys,” I say as I look around at all the different people from their churches who have gathered together. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Bridge gathered her sleeping bag around her shoulders, digging her chin into the softness of it. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

By the time we’re done, their guests have gathered outside to see the boy who must have flowers to give to the girl he loves. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Gentlemen,” Nixon said to the gathered men, “we have reached the point where a decision is required: to bomb or not to bomb.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

So he waited while Mr. Fantana gathered his lesson plans, put the tops back on his dry erase markers. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I gathered the fraying strands of song and wove them carefully back to what they had been a moment earlier. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Oliver nodded; then he reluctantly told the small crowd that had gathered around him about the Christmas-present dilemma. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

A lot of Lost Boys were gathered to leave as well, and six of us Lost Girls. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hundreds gathered to see the departure of the brigade stood about gazing at the empty space they had occupied. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just a bit,” she said, and held her ground as he gathered their knives from the two targets and handed hers back. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She gathered a heap of rocks by the cave mouth because she could hear the barks of the baboons in the distance. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crew gathered for a hurried meeting on the foredeck - mostly because Percy was keeping an eye on a giant red sea serpent swimming off the port side. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He dispatched an army of collectors to the shores of Lake Calumet, where they gathered twenty-seven traincar loads of iris, sedge, bulrush, and other semiaquatic plants and grasses. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

We were both still laughing when I got up and gathered all our trash together, walked it over to the trash can and dropped it in. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The geese gathered in a tight group in the middle of the pond. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

When I walk past the entrance, I see a small group of people gathered by the stone sculpture, one of them in a wheelchair—Nita. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Her golden hair was gathered into a high-set ponytail, Ancient Greek style. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Gene Johnson conceived the idea and gathered the equipment and found the money to pay for it. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the bus pulled away, we saw a crowd gathered at the curb. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they made ready to disembark, the crew of the Current gathered to say good-bye. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Returning to the campfire, we found nearly everyone, peculiar and Gypsy alike, gathered around Horace. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Some hurry along ledges, while others are gathered in a straight line across the roofs. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

For hours, in the hot, claustrophobic box, White and Smith went over the circumstantial evidence that they’d gathered on each of the murders, trying to trip up Burkhart. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Thus, there gathered a loud convocation of such of our number as claim familiarity with appropriate rites of burial—a meeting of palaver-men, Christian New Lights, obeah priests, and new-made cunning-workers. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

They must have gathered near the door, ready to open it as soon as they hear a fist against the wood. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The entire crowd in the saloon gathered about me now, urging me to drink. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I weaved through several people already gathered by the boarding gate. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

By now, kids in our class have gathered on the bleachers, including Edna, who has her eyes trained on us like a hawk. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Horrified parents gathered at the pens and tossed food to their hungry children. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Clouds gathered above them and she raised her head. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

We gathered our instruments, minus the drum set we’d borrowed from the band room, and left the auditorium. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Another day he gathered us on the back steps and told us that Titi Avena said we fought too much and gave her too many problems. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Halfway along it, I saw a small knot of people gathered. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Monday, September 2, Labor Day, our family gathered at Auntie Mae’s house for the last picnic of the summer. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was dusk now, and at the far corner of the stone ruins a dozen men were gathered around a fire, eating. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Similarly, after Paul Revere had passed on his news, you can imagine that all of the men in the militia movement gathered around and made plans to confront the British the following morning. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They gathered near the hole in the drapeweed—though not too near—and tried to peer in. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Some of those in the gathered crowd groaned, while others shouted, incoherent, their words colliding with what others yelled. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She roused herself, skinned the carcass, and made a stew with the meat and some more greens Prim had gathered. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It gathered on the oak leaves and drooped even those sturdy branches down. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

She saw a crowd of Roman demigods gathered in the forum. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Colin gathered his last bit of energy and jogged up to the house. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Dawn and dusk, noon and night we gathered in the chapel and said a rosary along with the little nuns. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Students looking for rides gathered there, and the police would do their best to help. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

At 8:00, around 200 residents of Hayti, including about fifty children and a sprinkling of white adult supporters, gathered in the church. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

A dozen people are gathered around a long, scratched-up dining table, smoking cigarettes, drinking Chianti from juice glasses, sitting on a series of backless wooden stools. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I gathered through overhearing my parents that Brother Fowles had entered into unconventional alliances with the local people, and too he was a Yankee. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

His father could not cast him out, whom God had gathered in. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

That night, Walter and I were in Orlando West on the fringes of a Freedom Day crowd that had gathered despite the government’s restrictions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas paused, not really wanting to talk about it yet—not before he really gathered his thoughts. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The others gathered around and stared at the trio, frozen, unsure of what to do. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Some of them gathered wood to build a fire. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was all happening so fast, and everything was suddenly in confusion as people gathered their few small belongings. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The night after Mr. and Mrs. David Martin moved into their little home, their friends gathered for a housewarming. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The walls, dark woodwork to shoulder height, were blue-figured paper above, with a design of tiny blue flowers, wreathed and gathered and delicate. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

All the money in the country would be gathered up and divided equally so that there would no longer be rich people and poor people. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How this situation arose, we do not know,” said Dumbledore, speaking to everyone gathered in the room. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I stopped as we reached an isolated alcove at the far side of the building, well away from the crowd that had gathered to watch the smoke rising. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He began a little diffidently, avoiding her gaze, but he gathered courage as he went along. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had just passed the collection plates, and after they had gathered and counted the funds donated, the preacher—a short man with a rosy face and a mustache—seemed disappointed. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

When the song ended, the hunters bowed to the gathered people and reclaimed their horses, then rode out of the square, the horses’ hooves clattering loudly on the paving stones. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They spend their time gathered in meetings, making lists of accusations against him. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I then hurried to my tree, gathered up the hemlock boughs on my bed, rushed back and threw them over the carcass. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Little groups of children were gathered about, playing or reading or listening to one of several nuns who were out there with them. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she gathered live insects, she noted which plants shed found them on. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

As everyone gathered by the flagpole for the Pledge of Allegiance and some patriotic songs, I scanned the crowd to see if there was anyone who seemed to be paying attention to me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

A crowd was gathered at the top of a stairwell. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

They gathered shellfish on the rocks and ate them here, leaving the shells which after many summers had formed a mound. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

A crowd of people had already gathered by a loading dock on the side of the building, under floodlights. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slowed and saw that they were gathered about a newsstand. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The prophets must have gathered wood earlier because a great heap was already present at the center of the bare knoll. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The names gathered first on the African coast in tens of thousands of manifests. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Then the roads froze, and snow gathered in heaps on the rooftops, piled halfway up frost-caked windows. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Clouds gathered, the sky purpled, and a breeze rose from the northwest. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps you’d better rouse yourself, my little lily. There are tablets to be collected, notes to be gathered. You might look under the bed.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gathered it had something to do with teaching; of course, I’m not absolutely sure, but I suspect it’s something along those lines. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She gathered them up and then stood there a moment, gazing off at the hills behind our house. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Five cars were parked in the yard when he arrived; eight men had gathered in a single group smoking and talking quietly—one man had a bottle. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dicey gathered an armload of damp seaweed from the water’s edge. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Christmas Day came, my foster mom’s other family members gathered and there were another 50 people in the house. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The agent’s family was gathered around the pool on this dusty peaceful evening. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shook off the blackness and went to him through the gathered people, who parted to let me through, then closed their ranks as I knelt beside him. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was quite cold in the room now; the chimes would ring for one any time now; the chill had a compounded, a gathered quality, as though preparing for the dead moment before dawn. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just kept staring at my desk as all the other kids gathered their books and walked out into the hallway, chattering as if my whole stupid report hadn’t even happened. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The elders and the Amagqirha gathered around, and everybody grew silent. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

As we gathered about the tree to exchange gifts, Uncle Charlie told Christmas stories to the children and then the adults spoke of all the blessings they had enjoyed during the year. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

His whole body gathered up behind the bit, and he skittered around like a downed electrical wire, begging Pollard to turn him loose. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Shadowfax gathered himself together and sprang away, and the night flowed over him like a roaring wind. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I gathered my lunch and slipped out of the room. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we arrived, many family members were gathered in mourning with a minister leading prayer. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Freed from her studio work, Maria gathered glass jars and wooden boxes covered with gauze and set up a work space in an unused corner. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

A few of the servants have gathered to watch. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A gasp went up from the whole crowd that had gathered around the table when Lettie approached. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Tears gathered in the corners of my eyes, and I mopped at them with my fingers. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I ran back to my soldiers and gathered the fastest horsemen for pursuit. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Nairobi Hilton, some suite of high-ceilinged rooms in Cairo or Khartoum: these are the places his people recall when gathered at a common table. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Furrows gathered on his forehead and he took a deep breath. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some tenants were gathered around him as if he was manna from heaven sent by the Most High. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

To my amazement, Harper led the way as several men and one woman gathered their papers and followed him out the door. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other Grievers had already gathered in the courtyard and followed their companion toward the Maze. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Any creatures she gathered she quickly prepared for sale. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

There the guards awaited him, and heralds stood, and all the lords and chiefs were gathered together that remained in Edoras or dwelt nearby. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Her eyes flashed liked a pretty’s, and the lines of her face disappeared into a welcoming smile as she gathered her son into a hug. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He gathered his courage and continued into the bedroom. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I look at the faces of the others who have gathered around them and realize they all are, male and female both. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Padre de Jesus gathered us in the most sheltered comer, where we assessed our damages. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they were done, the boys gathered around and peered down at Finn, sprawled on the cracked asphalt. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

In fact, the fit gathered so much steam so swiftly that he had to stagger over to the altar and grab hold of it to keep from falling. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gathered his strength and then he managed to shinny up the trunk inch by inch. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

A bunch of kids had gathered around, listening. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gathered that he’d have to fall asleep if he wanted to talk to her, but that was impossible right now. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

No mob gathered to rescue the two Yankees. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gathered them together, putting that one on top. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every week family and friends gathered at Milton’s new house in Indian Village for Sunday dinner. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

There was a small crowd gathered outside Fire Station No. 3 when we arrived, including Mr. and Mrs. Soldano, Pork Chop, Ira, Too Bad, and even Winky. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gathered them into a pile and stuffed them into the denim bag. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Now, our enemy had gathered us all together under one roof for what became the largest and longest unbanned meeting of the Congress Alliance in years. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, I want a nice fair game, all of you,” she said, once they were all gathered around her. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

With that, which had taken all her courage, Beetle gathered up the butter and the eggs, only one of which had broken, and marched away. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gathered they’d known each other for a long time and had even lived together at one point. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

In Oregon, university fraternity brothers gathered around a radio, "spellbound” and "scared to death.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Cigarette smoke wafted up from the entrance of the guesthouse, where some boys had gathered. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

More than five thousand Tule Lake inmates gathered outside the administrative area to peacefully support the negotiating committee. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Got us a babe in the woods,” Burton said as a few hooded figures gathered around. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then the activity gathered momentum, and before I was aware of the change, there were the skunk cabbages poking their funny blooms above the snow in the marsh. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the way down, I gathered his name was Henry, he’d worked for more than a year on the levee, and that there was plenty of work for those that wanted it. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She threw open the door and they came in, grinning shyly as she gathered them in her arms. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we leave the chapel, we find the soldiers and laborers gathered at the cook fire. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Werfel gathered his courage and piped up: “Regibald du Burgh, this elf is my guest and my responsibility, and any violence you wish to do to him must first be done to me.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Pilots who gathered together wearing the old style flight jacket looked like a well-bred motorcycle gang. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind gathered such a force that it blew my husband past my bedroom and out the back door. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning Pa gathered us around for what was usually a Pa and Delphine talk. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The men gathered up their things and headed north, leaving the camp behind. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The gathered crowd cheered and clapped for him. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

With a meaningful look in my direction, Raizel gathered her things, rose to her feet, and left the room. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

At first, I admit, I was in awe at the picture of an international convention of scientists and scholars, gathered for an exchange of ideas. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

More than fifty church members had gathered around their priest. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He had seen this once before, on the day that Leader stood at the window, gathered himself, and saw beyond. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

And so in this place and that, by burned homestead or barn, upon hillock or mound, under wall or on field, still they gathered and rallied and fought until the day wore away. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He walks forward and takes a seat in the front row to talk to the cast, which is gathered at the edge of the stage. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I took my time placing the eggs I’d gathered into a large bowl. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

And I, Sam Gribley, felt just wonderful, just wonder- I pushed the raft down the stream and gathered ar- rowleaf bulbs, cattail tubers, bulrush roots, and the nutlike tubers of the sedges. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

We gathered around the vision engine, waiting with our little spy hearts going pit-a-pat for each new image to come off the printing press. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

She gathered up her lecture notes and, somewhat distractedly, called the children together. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The smoke was starting to get to us, so we gathered up our stuff to go inside. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They gathered around, and she opened it, and she almost screamed when she saw the sapphire with a star in it. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They gathered around her, gasping, wide-eyed, speechless; but nobody, not even the smallest child, was crying. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1865, while white legislators gathered in Raleigh to revise the state constitution, 117 black delegates representing half of all the state’s counties met across town. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I realize now that the several hundred people who had gathered simply came to see the airplane, but at that time we thought they were there to do my mother honor. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

After their show, he and Penny had returned to the torchlit vault where the fighters gathered before and after their matches. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And then I gathered up the shovel and ran. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

All available mice and woodland defenders were gathered in two groups, on either side of the cord-marked aisle. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The tide brought more to us, littering the wrack line with chunks of it that we gathered like shell seekers who knew too much about frostbite. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

A few other students are gathered inside the grounds, joking and talking nervously. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she gathered up her things and silently headed out the door, Dell realized that his somewhat hairy hands were both trembling. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

When they was gathered by him, he pointed to each Organ of the savaged Fish & he told them of its Use, & he demonstrated which were not from Fish, but Sheep. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Eyes watched us from the trees as we dragged our burden of meat down to the village, piled it up, and gathered around in a hungry knot. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

With her curly hair gathered into a messy bun, and her sweatpants tucked into her boots, she looked like she’d rolled out of bed and stumbled into a bad dream. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Father Cham had gathered up children, blessed them, and found them families. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

She motioned for them to follow her to the fire, where she sat in her chair and the children gathered on the floor. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Francie couldn’t understand the French but she gathered that the play was written around the actress’s amputated leg. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kyril Montana spread out a map; some of the men gathered around. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of those who had gathered to push the ramp away was ejected—he’d already taken his turn at a previous festival. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

But he wasn’t there last Monday, in the parking lot, when Jenny and the Detentionheads, all dressed in black, gathered around her car and smoked. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He stood in front of the tavern door, surveying the gathered men who, in turn, kept keen eyes on him. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Halfway up the block she saw the three Incorrigibles gathered in a tight circle on the sidewalk. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

As he turned around, the several hundred Klansman gathered there filled the hall with thunderous applause. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Horses permitted people possessing them to cover far greater distances than was possible on foot, to attack by surprise, and to flee before a superior defending force could be gathered. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Later, while Dad retreated to the living room and Mom fumed in the kitchen, the football boys from Coalwood gathered in Jim’s room, plotting futile anarchy. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The rooms are gathered around successive elliptical balconies that can be seen from the lobby, reminding Gogol of a parking garage. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Coach Parker gave massive bear hugs to everyone in sight while the Permian team gathered quietly in the center of the field to pray. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gathered us all in his gaze, the gold flecks in his eyes glinting in the setting sun. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Four thousand people gathered in the streets, becoming more and more agitated as news of the day circulated. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When at length all the Company was gathered on the east bank of the Silverlode, the Elves untied the ropes and coiled two of them. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He gathered some boards scattered beneath the house, stood them on their sides so no one could see him, and lay in the dirt. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

His sister had taken the king's seat for herself—he gathered Joffrey did not often trouble to attend council meetings, no more than Robert had—so Tyrion climbed up into the Hand's chair. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Out in the snowy woods all day, it might have gathered a little dampness, and the inside of the barrel was sure to be dirty from powder smoke. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

About them were gathered the Rohirrim, the Riders of the Mark: wonder overcame their joy in victory, and their eyes were turned towards the wood. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“It’s in here,” she said, holding the box out dramatically until they had all gathered around. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

They gathered such small boulders and broken stones as they could find to hand, and under Gimli’s direction the Westfold-men blocked up the inner end of the culvert, until only a narrow outlet remained. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The clouds darkened and gathered together as we approached Mount Elgon, and splats of rain began to hit the windshield. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was love: a string of coincidences that gathered significance and became miracles. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

When I gathered the courage to glimpse at the Mosses, their faces seemed carved out of lifeless plaster. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The captains gathered around the barrel, examining it. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Even Ash had to admit that she was an imposing figure, and when she gathered Ana and Clara to her to kiss their beribboned heads, Ash felt like a sparrow among peacocks. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Otherwise we had to take the pictures quickly and disappear before a crowd gathered and began to ask questions. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Piper had heard that each giant was born to oppose a particular god, but there were way more than twelve giants gathered in the Parthenon. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Mr. Grin and the others had gathered beside an old stone jetty that stretched out into the black water. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The whole class was gathered around Lavender now. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I tighten the grip on the abaya still gathered around my hips and look at her. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I gathered up my bag and ran along the creek toward the bridge, hardly aware I was crying. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gestures at the students gathered outside the door. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Boo hopped along the sidewalk, gathered a pebble in his beak, flew up, and dropped it on Mini’s head. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Instead he rose and walked stiffly away from the gathered people. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

They gathered about his bed and waited respectfully, the living to his right side, the dead on his left. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the day, the humans I lived with gathered like those across the river. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

We gathered our books and went down the hall. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The group picked up their pace and arrived in the Square to find that a crowd had already gathered, the people gawking up at the flying machine as if it were a mythical beast. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The entire village was gathered in the field between the river and what remained of the barn and the house. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I sat back on the bed as Clarissa gathered up her equipment. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Think of all the germs of disease that you might have gathered in the long walk through the passageway. Wash again and we will begin.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It looked to Fritz as if it might freeze any day now, and keeping the sap gathered would be a wonderful help. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Billy and his chaplain had gathered a congregation of about fifty soldiers on a Carolina hillside. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gathered the glass —white hot, glowing and put the pipe in my mouth. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

Those loyal Dauntless gathered in the lobby and split into four groups that stormed the stairwells simultaneously, surrounding the Dauntless traitors, who had clustered around the elevator banks. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, I gathered my little sack of clothes and said goodbye and thank you, wishing I’d finished the bread and the coffee, because it would be nothing but potato soup at home. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since he was already making the trip, he gathered up the recycling and put that out, too. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

She told me that the dry contents of the bag contained a pinch of every plant she had ever gathered since she began her training as a curandera many years ago. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth's well-honed espionage skills kicked in immediately: She managed to conceal Jacob's true identity from the policemen who investigated his death, and she gathered and burned all his many papers in her apartment's fireplace. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I bought a ticket to Montgomery and went to sit outside on the curb where other Negro passengers gathered. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of the squad has gathered in a protective formation around the crew and us. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

A grog shop was where criminals and the other dregs of society gathered to drink whiskey and fight. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At dawn, they gathered up their tubes of blood and ran to the airplane and handed the samples to the pilots. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the soup, we gathered between the bunks. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the others gathered around us and began pushing us up the steep hill toward the safety of the town of the Tang people. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

From what he had gathered, this was a disgraced prisoner from Efrafa—not even a member of the Owsla, apparently—and he had just said that he felt exhausted. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we left the markets with our sandals and some fabric Mama had bought, we saw a small crowd gathered around the vegetable stalls we had passed earlier, the ones lining the road. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Spurge gathered the flag close around him to keep himself warm. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

A crowd of people are gathered at the port waiting to see if their relatives or friends are onboard. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not just because it was a place where the living gathered, but because for a few minutes at a time they could see all the world, not just their little corner of North America. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

She gathered up Andrew and we climbed out of the Volkswagen and went out to try to catch a ride. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It was a fair distraction while Stanchion gathered opinions from the crowd. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When I sing the last line, I open my eyes and realize the original crowd of six has turned into a mini-audience of about forty gathered around me. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The thrifty man had gathered up the bits of gouged-out wood and taken them home. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here were gathered animals that had been brought from all corners of the Roman Empire, and even beyond, to take part in Caesar’s games and processions. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

At Jesse’s suggestion, I visited a giant bar code site where geeks gathered on weekends to talk about bar code technology. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bowed her head and covered her eyes with her hand while she gathered herself. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The sun still sets quite late in the north of England in August, and Maddie on fabric wings flew low over the long sands of Holy Island and saw seals gathered there. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Their paths now went into thickets where the dusk had already gathered. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Once he had the canoe concealed, he gathered the things they needed for Lyra and made his way up to the house. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She was huffing like she was dying to give me more unsolicited advice, but she said, “Forget it,” instead, gathered her books, and left. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

A few beads of sweat gathered on my forehead. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

All three of the would-be escapees were dead before Nurse gathered up the reins again. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Every islet is thick with farms and fishermen’s houses, and these are gathered into townships each of ten or twenty islets. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

My family gathered closer together, confined to our patio. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She looked so much like her mother, her hair gathered back in braids, her golden eyes flashing with amusement. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She looked me up and down and gathered her lips together against a giggle. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“Any luck?” asked Constance, who had finally come down the corridor and was standing there, conspicuously unhelpful, as Kate gathered her things. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The six demigods gathered on the quarterdeck and gazed at the distant column of dust still rising from the site of the implosion. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Possibly he did not hear because of the murmurs of excitement as pupils gathered around for a better view of the maze. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Our session gathered the next morning in a classroom in the basement, near a lounge and the mess hall. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Satisfied with the pile of wood he had gathered, Cole settled in beside the smoky, sputtering flames and gazed out toward the mouth of the bay. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

We went into the parlor, and the men gathered about His Lordship. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was not long before most of the townspeople had gathered around us in a great circle. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

It isn’t until they reach downtown, just before the exit ramp to the highway, that Axel spots a few crows gathered on a phone wire. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Then one night this was all done, the crop was gathered. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today I have gathered together my nearest and dearest, my sixteen nieces and nephews "What!" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gathered slaves to attack a plantation, then head down toward New Orleans. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

There were times, too, when Bull and Lucy gathered around a campfire with other tramps. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Martin put her knitting in her carry bag, stood, and gathered her coat. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

A number of well-dressed men and women were gathered in groups, some beside a grand piano, the others lounging in the pale beige upholstery of the blond wood chairs. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

But those gathered seeds would have constituted the material for the unconscious first steps of plant domestication. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She gathered her knees to her chest to make herself as small as possible, and tried to ignore the weight of the darkness on her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

While Bull dressed upstairs, the rest of the family gathered by the side of the court to cheer Ben while he warmed up. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then her head started moving back and forth, and as a crowd of rowdy boys gathered around them she started to cry really hard and they started yelling at her. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

By early evening the residents gathered to admire the day’s labors. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

In blue waves, incense rolled over the gathered heads. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He gathered her up and shouldered his way through the crowd. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Throwing a regal homecoming glance around the neighborhood, Mrs. Wilson gathered up her dog and her other purchases and went haughtily in. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

It was the widest cross section of political groups ever gathered in one place in South Africa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gathered my shirt and cloak, laid them carefully over one arm, and left the courtyard, ignoring the silent crowd around me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She gave the girl a look of annoyance, then turned and rifled through the sack of fruit that Nailer had gathered. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

After a moment, the other kids and Mama gathered in, mourning all the things they could not hold on to. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Neel could see Ma sweeping the area around the outdoor stove where she and Rupa cooked, near where the family gathered to eat. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

It rang and rang, very loudly and with no sign of stopping, and from this he gathered it was Kate at the bell. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing that worried me was that all the abalones I had gathered in the summer were gone. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gathered her papers together, put them in her bag, and left the library. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“A modest bodice is what I’m thinking, with a minimum of frill. Simple and plain. A gathered skirt. You can wear that pinafore on top when you’re working. Do you have more than one pinafore?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Of the thousands of species that our ancestors hunted and gathered, only a few were suitable candidates for farming and herding. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There are women already mourning in the house,” Ultima said and gathered her shawl around her head, “get rid of them.” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We are gathered here today to join this man and this woman in holy matrimony.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Its precious fields would be watered with the last drops gathered. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

By the time we arrive at the rendezvous area on the roadside, about thirty people have already gathered there. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then some of the men gathered and talked for a few moments. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he bumped into the bed, he gathered himself and looked up, ready to face his world coming to an end. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

We worried that the Klan might have planted a second, deadlier bomb to explode after a crowd had gathered. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled open the train door and leapt onto the platform, which seemed to be sliding underneath them as the train gathered momentum. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

When he declined to do so, the immigrants gathered together, several hundred in number, and bore down on the black workers, pummeling them right off the dock. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Lev Khariton, a Soviet master, then a teenager, remembered that a crowd gathered. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

A crowd has gathered, and people watch with their hands pressed to their mouths. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The captain gestured to a group of annoyed-looking partygoers gathered near the entry and surrounded by guards. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I gathered my dog up in my arms and walked to our tent. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, a crowd of twenty gathered, and they started off down the trail. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tables are big enough for you and your friends, gathered around to share a plate of meze. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The instant their parents saw scythes stepping out of the helicopter, they gathered their children and hurried away, ignoring their children’s wails of protest. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Marly gathered a whole lot of them and made a little dish of ink. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I went then and gathered the eggs and held three back. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

At once each face in the circle turned to him as if he had gathered up their gazes into a sheaf, a skein. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Kira gathered the cloth around the plants she had collected and tied the edges together. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not every German family could afford a radio, but those who could gathered around, eager to hear what the new chancellor would say. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

That night, Newt and Alby gathered every last Glader at the East Door about a half hour before it closed, the first traces of twilight’s dimness creeping across the sky. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

While the other kids cleared out of the room, laughing and joking and starting their after-school games, I gathered up my stack of books and came to stand by Mr. Ostrowski’s desk. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ordinarily it was seen only once a year, at the time when the village gathered to hear the Ruin Song, the lengthy history of their people. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Afterward a group of perhaps fifty students gathered outside the principal’s office to shout cheers for the douser, saying he had paid her back. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The senior counselors had gathered around the Ping-Pong table. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

But mostly the relationships existed on the phone, I gathered. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

A rough hand gathered her hair and pushed it to one side. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

All the major European capitals—Berlin, London, Paris, Rome, Vienna—were metropolitan centers that gathered together the political, economic, and cultural energies of their respective populations in one place. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I gathered up my papers, which the cop had scattered all over the car and onto the sidewalk. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He pointed out that nothing in our understanding of physics could account for why everything, gathered to a point, would suddenly and dramatically begin to expand. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

That evening I gathered up my things and made my way down to the common room. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Forty or so parents had gathered on the home team’s sideline to cheer their boys on, and they clapped as their sons walked onto the pitch. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Consider yourself gathered,” he informed Calixte, before going in search of the rest of the team. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Then he gathered the men to break the news. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

The city is lit up with icons, the symbols clustering in the areas where the most people have gathered. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It oozed up, and I shuddered as a familiar pressure gathered around my shoulder blades. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

More people had gathered in the front room, and one of them was undeniably Misha’s father. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

A whole crowd of people had gathered to crane their necks and watch them roll a dead man onto a stretcher. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Shukumar gathered onion skins in his hands and let them drop into the garbage pail, on top of the ribbons of fat he’d trimmed from the lamb. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Newt gathered his lunch trash and stood up. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

They were gathered around him with their rifles, looking uncertain. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

But he gathered up their blankets and their tin of biscuits and held out the wooden box. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The other tributes have already gathered offstage and are talking softly, but when Peeta and I arrive, they fall silent. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He gathered his hind legs underneath him and lowered his rump, ready to jump. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The lions and other ugallus gathered around us, sniffing and growling softly. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Doc gathered both of us together in a hug then. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

At Sitti’s house, a small crowd of men and women had gathered tensely outside. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

At last they drifted back to where that monstrosity, the wooden horse, stood, and they gathered around it, puzzled what to do with it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

His academic writing has an orderly logic to it; by the end of an Ekman essay, each stray objection and problem has been gathered up and catalogued. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He gathered his strength for the initial blow. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

More likely, though, conformity of expression gathered momentum because the record-buying, radio-listening public liked it better, and bands reflected the change in fashion for entirely understandable commercial reasons. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

She has gathered that the man in the grey suit whom her father called Alexander also has a student, and there will be some sort of game. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Cole gathered kindling as he swung his arms and stomped his feet to warm up. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The campfire burned against the deep blue night, and the travelers all gathered in its glow. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But amidst his talk I gathered at last that Frodo had left Hobbiton less than a week before, and that a black horseman had come to the Hill the same evening. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

And behind her, another whisper gathered—the beating of paper wings. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I gathered up as many of the gold coins as I could and they appeared in my inventory. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

But before I got to eat my breakfast, I saw what looked like about a hundred police officers, park rangers, and school staff, all gathered around the front gates to the school. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Though only a few men of the Night’s Watch had gathered about the ditchfire, more looked down from rooftops and windows and the steps of the great switchback stair. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Thinking war thoughts it had gathered, blossomed into another thing. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The library was just opening when I gathered the notes we had made and started off. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

As their letters gathered on my desk, I delayed my decision. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he was seen to accept Bolton’s feigned girl as Arya, the northern lords who had gathered to bear witness to the match would have no grounds to question her legitimacy. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Government and military leaders gathered to discuss the next question: Was it time to accept the Potsdam Declaration—and unconditional surrender? Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry put off the moment of total submersion from second to second, gasping and shaking, until he told himself that it must be done, gathered all his courage, and dived. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I would arrive in court, and there would always be a stack of cases, and clients with lawyers gathered in an overcrowded courtroom, all waiting to be heard at the time of our hearings. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

A crowd of men is gathered around her, offering her roses. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Under the south walls of the City the footmen of Gondor now drove against the legions of Morgul that were still gathered there in strength. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Laney was put in charge of soothing Jessie’s wounded soul by feeding her cheese croissants while Isa, Hyacinth, and Oliver gathered cleaning supplies and a garbage bag and went upstairs. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

At one booth, a crowd was gathered around a tall, thin man. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

By this time, a crowd of Castle Braid girls had gathered and were watching them with delighted cluckings. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The entire class remained quiet as I gathered my things to leave. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The scene grew dim, as if clouds had blocked the sun, and a dark aura gathered around Muriel and Grandma. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Together they cleared a place for a fire, surrounded it with stones, then gathered twigs, leaves and branches to burn, plus four slim branches on which they could thread the fish. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arthur quickly gathered up their stuff and started back out. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the practice field, a trio of men gathered one afternoon to joke about his plight. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then at last he left the tent in which he had sat so long, and went down to where the Greeks were gathered, a wretched company, Diomedes grievously wounded, Odysseus, Agamemnon, and many another. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gathered everyone together and gave them a brief rundown of how the proceedings would go. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He lounged against the doorpost as the others gathered around the big table. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I gritted my teeth and gathered the bruised ginger and onions lying scattered along the road and tossed them in my satchel. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

As her grandparents trudged back through the wheat, Hanako gathered the boxes. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Jay and I gathered up pecans from our tree as Mama made the crust for a pecan pie. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Even worse was the group of adolescents, boys my own age, who sat gathered around a large table. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

All the old vulnerabilities, all the old fears of being somehow flawed gathered in her stomach and made her hands tremble. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I have seen this on the long table in the alley, when the villagers gathered items for the childrens. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

The demons gathered into packs, tensing for a charge. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I gathered up the street droppings myself to fertilize them. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

By now there was light enough to see the faces of the men who had gathered together beside the shack. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

The family has gathered at Fifi's house for Christmas, which falls a week after the baby's birth. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Servants gathered at the town pump to get water and gossip. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Moving stiffly, Fela got up from the desk, gathered up the book she’d been trying to read, and headed into Tomes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She gathered up her skirts and mounted the stairs, wholly blotting the gray light. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The baby ran for all he was worth to Donkeyberry, who gathered him into her arms and turned him over for a quick grooming session. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just like the night of the party, the ghost shrimp are gathered in their thin-skinned glory in the common area, Chancellor Nyla on a pedestal at the far end. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I also gathered herbs from the hill above the spring in case I should need them. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

One Sunday when his sons, Rob and Jon, were home, they all gathered in the living room. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

People had gathered in the street to watch. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

They gathered fig leaves and placed them in a row down Dill from his head to his feet. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He gathered his meat and slid down the bench, away from us, to the engine, which he used as a table. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Again the butcher gathered up the meat, slammed it down on the paper and glared at Francie. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was surreal to see all of these armed men gathered near midnight to make sure a life would be taken without incident. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

By the time Connington made his descent, his men had gathered the castle garrison and surviving smallfolk together in the yard. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Children gathered around and stared longingly at the luscious fruit while the adults gulped with their mouths watering. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

He gathered his remaining strength, and tried to pull himself up out of the hole. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

They left the plain and gathered round Treebeard, standing quite still. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Thomas helped as the Builders gathered every loose item they could find and piled them in the gaps, nailing things together as best they could. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Without a squawk Vonetta gathered up all of the paper— and there was a heavy snowfall of paper. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

By that time, the entire class has gathered around and is watching. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Hey, Tony!” they shouted and raced towards me, and in one sweep I was gathered into the arms of the giants of my dreams. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have gathered from the evidence that there was another explosion set off at the same time as the one near the entrance. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She felt that she was a definite part of something, part of a community gathered under a leader for the one purpose. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

In her gentlest but firmest way, she gathered up the surviving demons and set them in work crews to clearing the mounds from which people were calling. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My lords and ladies, pardon the ruse by which I have gathered you here to witness the marriage of my daughter. Father, we wait your services.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Forty or fifty of us gathered in the workshop, waiting to see the new arrival. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mothers and grandmothers gathered up children to take them to safety. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

The memory of sirens, of me walking into the principal’s office where the cops were gathered, of Annie’s cuffed wrists, her tear-streaked face looking up at me in shock, comes back to me now. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

So when everyone was gathered around the fire, they tried to keep things pleasant by having conversations like these. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Mr. Kapasi gathered Bobby in his arms and brought him back to where his parents and siblings were standing. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Harry took a look through it and saw that they were all still gathered around the Decoy Detonator. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Not long after the apple was gone, Denna and I pulled our feet out of the water and gathered ourselves to leave. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Thousands of protesters gathered at the base of the monument, many waving banners with antiwar slogans. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

After we had gathered and thrown away all the cards, we went inside to order. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the black kids gathered in the small soda shop across the street and discussed their options. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The group are gathered and full of confusion. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

After introductions, the Keeper described briefly all that had happened and why they were gathered again. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

She swung it onto her back each day and wore it while she tended the garden or gathered the herbs. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Its walls weren’t made out of tree branches and grasses gathered from the forest, but from reed mats woven with colorful ribbons tied down at the bottom. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The dishes were quickly done then we gathered in the sala where my mother kept her altar. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would be difficult to explain to a dog the good and moral purpose of a thousand humans gathered to curse one tiny human. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several other classmates laughed and gathered around An Yi and Yang Fan. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

For millions of years, humans hunted smaller creatures and gathered what they could, all the while being hunted by larger predators. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

They gathered like ants around a crumb of toast. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lay in the hayloft with the chickens gathered around her until morning. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Rows of tables lined the pavement and dozens of children had gathered to eat breakfast. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

A group of factionless has already gathered outside, in the middle of Michigan Avenue. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He imagined the committee gathered around a scale, shaking their heads. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gathered his fingers into paws, drew up his arms and legs. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

A group of kids—the other Sunshine Buddies, I guess—has already gathered around Miss McDaniels’s desk. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

There are at least a hundred people gathered on Magnolia Avenue. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

We gathered up our bags and headed to the exit. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

At first light on Thursday, April 18, by which time the sky had cleared, we gathered our belongings and embarked for Camp Two, four miles and 1,700 vertical feet above. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He gathered the first aid kits together and asked Brew if he would give them out. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The women were cooking supper but all of them stopped and gathered around her, waiting for her to speak. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cops and soldiers and medical personnel gathered there every day to share information and receive assignments. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

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

After the last race of the day was run and the track had cleared, darkness gathered under the shed rows of the Hollywood backstretch. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dicey looked around at them, gathered together there in the fairground, their hands held high, their friendly wishes for good luck floating around the car still, like cherry blossoms blowing down to the ground. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gathered this had to do with fufu, the food staple, not yet knowing Kikongo is a language that is not exactly spoken but sung. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the general confusion, I gathered up my presents and slipped upstairs to my room. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

You should have seen us gathered around him; it looked exactly like a print: “At Grandmother’s Knee.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Must've been a good speech,” I said when we walked out of a restaurant in Chicago to find that a crowd had gathered on the sidewalk to wait for him. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

When he was certain he was safe, he slipped his arms beneath the boy and gathered him up. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

When we hit the beach, Emma gathered us in a tight huddle. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

On the appointed morning, the entire school, including staff members both black and white, gathered in the dining hall, which was where we held school assemblies. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The coroner’s jury that gathered under the juniper tree found the cause of death to be accidental or self-inflicted, then they hurried away from the cold to the warmth of their homes. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gathered up the shawl without looking at him and climbed up the rock to join him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

On the Fourth of July, the whole camp gathered at the beach for a fireworks display by cabin nine. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He would go to the Auditorium where the people would be gathered, still. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Speedy turned to stare, then backed away from it slowly—and as slowly gathered speed. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Yet when he gathered up her reins and pressed his feet into her side, she moved at once. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I gathered Lizabeth and Biddy ’round some presents all wrapped up nice in the middle of the table. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

"Fifteen," she said, "fourteen . . . thirteen . . . twelve . . . eleven . . ." Thousands had gathered at Cape Canaveral, the largest crowd ever to watch an unmanned launch. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gathered my energies and launched them in this blunt sentence— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He opened his mouth to say something, then looked at the gathered Ivans and said, “Why don’t we go find your mama? So I can tell you both at once.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

They’re gathered around Dylan, too, giving him high fives and pats on the back. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

But instead, she gathered her face into a frown and stared into my eyes, as if she could force some kind of truth out of me. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were no pictures on the walls, no carpet on the floor, only rough unpolished wooden planks, and there were gaps between the planks where dust and bits of grime had gathered. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

They gathered in clusters at the corners, chatting and teasing and cramming for tests, until the green and gold buses chugged into view and the doors snapped open. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

He was thinking about his friends back in his neighborhood, all of them gathered around the punch bowl. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Every morning at seven, my father gathered his sons, divided them into teams and sent them out to tackle the tasks of the day. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She gathered some dirt in her hand and scattered it in the breeze. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

As it began to lift off the ground, I looked down on all the Lost Boys gathered around the runway to say good-bye to us. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

His wife was Ran, into whose net those who drown at sea are gathered. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The dwarfs gathered the ingredients they would need to make Gleipnir. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Tens of thousands of schoolchildren would be sitting in their classes, gathered around their new Stormbreakers, waiting for the moment—at midday exactly—when the prime minister would press the button and bring them on-line. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Nosa, who had left right after graduation, picked him up at the tube station and drove him to a pub where other friends soon gathered. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The aisles are jam-packed with viewers, waving homemade posters of their favorite wild-card players, all gathered here to see us in the flesh. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She wore a white blouse and a full skirt gathered at the waist by a wide leather belt, and stylish, crescent-shaped spectacles. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

In early November, the top commanders of the U.S. military gathered outside the Oval Office in the White House. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Mr. Larson looked up from his paper and saw all twenty- three kids gathered around the bulletin board. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

I gathered my postcards and stuffed them inside the pages. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Swift horsemen carried the news to every corner of the kingdom, and, as the parade slowly wound its way through the countryside, crowds of people gathered to cheer it along. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now they are gathered together in great eating camps, where they consume the mounting pile of surplus corn. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Once he'd reached the top, Hornet quietly gathered up the rope and helped him to lower himself into the garden. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“But you gathered all your babes, right?” her mother prodded gently. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The protesters gathered outside scream at us when we approach. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

We gathered in each other’s shacks to reminisce about the holidays in Lithuania. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Then all the women of the House of Wong gathered around to fuss over her. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

A group of folks were gathered in the middle, playing cards and carrying on the way Magdalys and the kids at the orphanage did when none of the matrons were around. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The Yaba warriors hadn’t even been able to enforce the usual dress code; people from all over the city had gathered to lay eyes on him, to touch him. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Legs shaking from my effort, I stood on the balcony and gathered my breath. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

When he reaches the field there is already a crowd gathered, and he is relieved that there are plenty of patrons his own age or much older, and only a few have children with them. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I gathered my books, wishing, not for the first time, that I could turn invisible. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Students spread large sheets of paper on desks and gathered around, eagerly shouting suggestions. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone gathered to gobble the cake and ice cream. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I swished the extra shot, and we gathered up our stuff to head for Madison Square Garden. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

And those brows of his that were too heavy and too black for his youth, he gathered fierce and black above his eyes. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

At length he gathered from Sam that they had seen nothing but the vague shadowy shapes coming towards them. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

A large crowd of students from our school had gathered outside the school committee offices and shouted nonstop: “We—want—to be—Red Guards! We—want—to establish—revolutionary ties!” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The family gathered at Grandpa’s house that night after supper for the reading of the will. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

And because we were only a team of four, being the one person left out when the other three gathered was all the more hurtful. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

On July 21, in the Culper Ring’s quickest agent-to-spymaster delivery, the intelligence gathered by Townsend reached Washington at Dobbs Ferry on the Hudson River, about 20 miles north of New York City. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Actually, not a poem he wrote, just a poem he’s gathered. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I gathered my sisters and brothers, who clustered possessively around Jenny. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I stood up and gathered my school things as slowly as possible. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then he gathered up his packages and went out onto Chartres Street. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally Moon Orchid gathered up her stuff, strings hanging and papers loose, and met her sister at the door, where they shook hands, oblivious to blocking the way. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

On April 20, 1852, five hundred women gathered in Rochester for the first meeting of the new organization. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

But even after the President’s warning, early Tuesday morning the mob gathered in front of Central High and continued their rampaging. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ridgeway gathered renown with his facility for ensuring that property remained property. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Desdemona said the prayers in Greek as we gathered around her bed, and Tessie tried as usual to dispel her doubts and truly believe. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Others gathered up their bare-bottomed children and moved out into the darkness. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A crowd gathered around him as the teachers looked at each other, bewildered. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

This only made the people gathered outside angrier. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

After the service, as the remaining worshippers gathered outside the church, news whipsawed through the crowd that North Korean troops had crossed the 38th parallel. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Each Friday, the whole group of Allies gathered at one of our host agency’s offices, taking a full day to debrief, connect, and go through a series of professional development workshops. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

A storm gathered in her deep breasts, as the months of holiness added together. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gathered up the sherry botdes and hurled them through a window; they crashed and broke on the walk. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She gathered George, Florah, Maria and me around her and embraced us. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gathered up his treasure trove and lugged it back to his campsite. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Once an agitator gathered a crowd around him in front of the Y.M.C.A. building. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

One month after the parade, she gathered a group of 531 women—two women from every state, plus one from each congressional district—and they walked the parade route in reverse. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Quite a few people were already gathered around the body, watching the lifeguard work, asking, “Who is it?” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

With growing horror, Yossarian gathered in breath and repeated the words as loudly as he could. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

We gathered them at low tide in baskets and carried them to the mesa where we cut the dark red flesh from the shell and placed it on flat rocks to dry in the sun. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

But one day, all these tired peasants—from all over China— they gathered in fields everywhere. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they gathered humans and animals in the courtyard, poured gasoline on the little brick houses that had once been Trueba’s pride and joy, and set fire to them and everything inside them. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Four tall girls arose from different tables, and going round, gathered the books and removed them. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

By the time she got up on deck, the others had already gathered—all hastily dressed except for Coach Hedge, who had pulled the night watch. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I gathered gull eggs on the cliff and Ramo speared a string of small fish in one of the tide pools. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coach gathered us at the bleachers, and the fifteen of us stacked up side by side in the first three tiers, as if we were having our photo taken. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I bent over and gathered up the spilled cash. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

By then, some of the people of Bone Gap had gathered behind Mel. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“How can he grow if you can’t buy the right food!” he had screamed, then he’d gathered her up and flung her from their trailer, into a snowbank. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He gathered some of the cards together and shuffled them. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a few hours he gathered a group of well-equipped men, put Amaranta in the hands of a woman who offered to nurse her, and was lost on invisible paths in pursuit of Úrsula. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

As we walked back to her classroom, students thronged the hall, the metallic ringing of lockers opening and closing as they gathered their books for the first class after lunch. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

A man was standing on the steps of the Gathering Hall, shouting and howling, and a crowd of people had gathered around him. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The mouse council, thirteen honored mice and one Most Very Honored Head Mouse, heeded the call of Lester's drum and gathered in a small, secret hole off King Phillips throne room. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Aw, it’s all nonsense,” I said as I gathered some dry wood and piled it near the edge of the woods. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

They found the others gathered round Hazel, under the bank. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was looking across the street where there was a small crowd gathered over something on the ground. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

We invoked it in stating that if we had 367 people gathered together, we could be certain that at least two had the same birthday. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun gathered the shards and stuffed the opening with a pillow. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

And I thought how every safe generality I gathered in my travels was canceled by another. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doctor Copeland pulled the neck of his nightshirt up over his bony shoulder and held it gathered tight to his throat. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Louisiana sat down and gathered Bunny back into her arms. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

A crowd of reporters gathered outside the room, looking in the windows. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wound around the cones and gathered speed. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair was carelessly gathered up and tied with a bow that drooped sadly. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The other kids had caught on to what was happening and gathered around. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

It surprised her, how many men and women were in Abba, gathered at the square for the meeting, crowded around the ancient udala tree. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

At dusk, when we gathered on the lawn to await the first firefly, my brothers stood on the porch while I set Petey’s jar in the grass. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He gathered up his few belongings and walked away. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

My sister Ulape, who was two years older than I, gathered the most curious news of all. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

More people gathered, until a crowd was standing on the steps of the Gathering Hall. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Instinctively, Cole gathered what little spit he could in his mouth. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

On February 8, one of the men found a twig tangled in some seaweed, and the crew gathered around as the twig was fed to the fire. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I followed them, having no direction of my own, except away from Siuwensin; which, I gathered as we walked, had been raided by a foray from Passerer across the bridge. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The clouds parted for the moon then gathered back around her. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And in the doorways men sat on the stoops selling various newspapers gathered in piles around them. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

After we all have our hats and gloves firmly on and scarves wrapped tightly, we walk the short distance to the village hall, where people are gathered around, talking and wishing one another happy Thanksgivings. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He hopped down and went back to the barn, where he gathered up some redwood planks, a phone, and an alarm clock. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Foragers knew the secrets of nature long before the Agricultural Revolution, since their survival depended on an intimate knowledge of the animals they hunted and the plants they gathered. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Free of any pressure from the White House, King gathered his thoughts and prayed for guidance. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I gathered them on my stomach and waited for sleep. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

How do You compare to this stricken mass gathered to affirm to You their faith, their anger, their defiance? Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I was wild to do something for Father,” replied Jo, as they gathered about the table, for healthy young people can eat even in the midst of trouble. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other tributes are gathered in a tense circle. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It died with a sputter, and they all gathered around the plow-hitch. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

A crowd had gathered around the queen's wheelhouse. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was also their nests, made of glistening bubbles that absorbed sunlight and glowed all night, as if hundreds of miniature rainbows had gathered for a party. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Fish gathered to look at us—a school of barracudas, some curious marlins. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He aimed the denuded prow of the wagon toward the Algiers ferry ramp, where the longshoremen gathered in the afternoons. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Buttercup gathered the sashes and did what she could with tying up her husband. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

They all continued on the general’s plane to Albuquerque, where Groves was infuriated to discover eminent physicists gathered in clumps at the main hotel. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“Almost the entire ship’s crew was gathered together below,” Haukelid said, “playing poker rather noisily.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair was gathered into a stubby bunny tail at the nape of her neck. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

He gave Grandfather the smallest of nods, gathered his supplies, and hopped off. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Lord spoke to the common people gathered at the well,” he said at last, in his old booming voice that allowed no corner for doubt. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

What happens to the corn plants and the luxuriant branching vines when the grain is harvested, the grapes gathered, and the black frost sets in, killing the fresh green life of the fields? Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tam Lin thundered through the door and gathered Teacher up in a bear hug. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My classmates were all gathered in one oblong mob with Frieda in the center. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

We gathered up our documentation and went back to the house. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Finally and most important, I told those gathered in the church that Walter had taught me that mercy is just when it is rooted in hopefulness and freely given. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It colored the nearby trees a faint violet, and glinted off the wall of mist that had gathered over the asphalt. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She bent down and gathered up the fallen books. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

As Kit gathered her heavy skirts about her and clambered down the swaying rope ladder, the men in the longboat good-naturedly shoved their bundles closer to make room for her. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

They gathered around the body and someone said, “In the chest?” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gathered a dozen cans of assorted meats, vegetables and soup and a bag of flour. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

A few blocks away, clouds gathered above the Empire State Building—the entrance to Mount Olympus itself. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

There were more prayers, a psalm, the Lord’s Prayer and another long one in which the falling tones of valediction gathered into a melancholy finality. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Right before the second half began, Gaines gathered the players around him once again, his voice rising as he spoke. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

On weekends, many Respectables gathered in these same spaces for relaxation and social events. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She passed the Auditorium, which stood at the end of the plaza; earlier in the day the community had gathered in throngs on its steps, and they would be there again in the morning. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And if that was true, what about all the thousands of pages of secret intelligence gathered by the CIA through the tapped cables? Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Swiftly, the horde gathered around the Warlord and his lieutenant. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Hesitantly, they gathered all the ropes and belts they could find and trussed up Victor like a turkey. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Women gathered their dishes and babies in order to take them home. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

We searched the ground near the edge of the marsh and gathered up as many flat stones as we could find. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Her hair is middle-parted, gathered into a chignon, and she wears stylishly narrow tortoiseshell glasses. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

While a storm had kept many spectators away from the last conclave, they gathered in force today on the street before the Fulcrum City Capitol Building. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Avoiding the solitary paths, I gathered berries and ate them slowly so my stomach would not rebel. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

By that time almost twenty-five men had gathered in the front yard; some were poring over U.S. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Seldom if ever has such a crowd gathered in a court room before,” a reporter from the Tulsa Tribune wrote. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Lina gazed down at the people of Ember, gathered to sing their songs. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But soon I was distracted as the girls gathered around to watch our driver do a magic trick with a disappearing pebble. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t room to hold the ceremony inside the newspaper office itself, so we gathered on the street outside. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

In the soft earth of a bean, potato, black-eyed pea and asparagus patch there is plenty of food left over for mice after the human crop has been gathered. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

He froze as the others gathered next to me, their expressions ranging from confused to disgusted to furious. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

They counted their coins and gathered their things, planning their night ashore. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

We came to another crowd of people, gathered around something on the sidewalk. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

They had a closet full of whisky and wine; they had cars—but what church did they go to and what would he teach his children when they gathered around him in the evening? Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He asked questions of the refugees gathered around the bulletin board while the first two men shot video. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she straightened at last, and gathered her bowl and all the soiled cotton wool, a doctor came and she was dismissed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Chubs and I found an old tree trunk to share, ignoring the small group of female spectators who had gathered to cheer the teams on. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Exactly!'' Victor gathered the money from the floor and stuffed it back into the bag. “And that's what we should be working on right now. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I gathered that,” I said, glancing at the door. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Later on, when Kakuma was well established, the Turkana gathered firewood in the forests to trade with us for corn or clothes. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He poured wine and gathered some food from the kitchen, which he bit into and arranged on the plates. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The staff had gathered, the tents were down. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the men were through they gathered up their pails and brushes and got into the truck and drove off. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the afternoon Beetle left the village for the woods, where she gathered honey, trapped birds, and collected herbs, leeches, and spiders’ webs. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

A number of well-dressed men and women were gathered in groups, some beside a grand piano, the others lounging in the pale beige upholstery of the blond wood chairs. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she gathered Baby and Adanna and a few other children in the compound and read to them, she hoped Alice would come out and join her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

As I approached the line of little frame houses on both sides of the creek, I came upon a knot of men gathered on and around Pooky’s porch. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Quickly he opened the door again, gathered the scattered crumbs into a little pile with the aid of the moonlight. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

But I could hear it when she spoke—the raspy breathing, the gathered mucus, the slightly mechanical tone. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I’m sure that if he were planted down in the middle of the desert, in half an hour he would have gathered together a supper of roast meat, dates, and wine. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he lingered for some minutes more, talking to the old man, whose name, he discovered, was not Weeks—as one might have gathered from the inscription over the shopfront— but Charrington. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Miss Peregrine turned a few more pages, this time landing on a group portrait of women and children gathered humorlessly around a paper moon. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She dropped hard to the ground and gathered Minerva’s head into her lap. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

It bleated meekly and the soldiers gathered, excited at the thought of meat. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Fairies hovered everywhere, gathered in the air all around the tree house. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The blue was gathered in her hand, and she could feel it quiver, as if it had been given breath and was beginning to live. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seeing families gathered together, sometimes talking, sometimes not talking. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

By the time we emerged a ring of soldiers had gathered and were looking on in hostile silence. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I gathered up my art supplies and found clothes, but couldn’t decide which shoes to wear to a necropsy. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

As they hurried along, other children gathered from all directions and clustered in front of the community house. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several thousand people had gathered along the shores of the lake for the qualifying heats, most of them climbing into the newly constructed grandstands at 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

The rest of the crew had gathered on the main deck, where a makeshift raft loaded with blackrock waited to be lowered into the sea. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“It was a large hunt that day. The men had gathered for the distribution of weapons. I had a spear and a sack of food. Katrina had prepared food for me. She always did.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

June gathered up all her loose papers into a neat little stack and tucked them inside the journal while Ivy watched. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

In April 1865, Barnes and Bliss were among the several physicians who gathered by the dying president's bed in the boardinghouse across from Ford's Theatre. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The crowd that gathered at White Rock in the heart of Durham’s black Hayti section on that chilly February night seemed to sense the event’s importance. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I gathered up the fencing supplies and went out to work. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I looked at the faces that had gathered closely. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

At midnight, Tibbets gathered his crew for a final briefing on the mission. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nearby stood a little girl with hair gathered in two fat puffs over her ears, and Nhamo knew the bread and margarine were for the little girl. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, every child in the village had gathered around and was jumping in the mud of the riverbank. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she opened it, the heat gathered inside the room was like a sudden, awful hand over her mouth; she hurried to open a window. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

About seventy-five people from the community gathered in EJI's meeting room, where we screened the film. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Near the bottom of the hill, Connor gathered up his materials. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, Gloss, Cashmere, Enobaria, and Brutus have gathered, their pack formed already, picking over the weapons. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

There were long, silent lines at the markets, and knots of people gathered in the squares, talking in low voices. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

An ache gathered at the back of Petey’s throat, and she was afraid she would burst into tears. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

We were gathered in the auditorium for the annual oratorical contest. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

He gathered his strength and struggled to his feet. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

A hush fell over the soldiers as everyone stopped to stare at the small group of men that had gathered near the pitcher’s mound. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Baby clung to his hand and refused to let go and Ugwu’s whole life suddenly gathered in a lump in his throat, and he was sobbing and the tears hurt his eyes. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

They gathered a group of volunteers and hooked them up to monitors measuring their heart rate and body temperature—the physiological signals of such emotions as anger, sadness, and fear. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He spiraled upward and sped into a cluster gathered on the extended arm of an ancient oak tree, shouting all the while. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

At a nearby bakery, hungry men gathered in front of the plate-glass window separating them from racks of freshly baked bread, hoping the window would implode. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Those who preferred to stay awake were gathered by invitation of Matthias and Methuselah to a party supper. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“We must pray to the Virgin,” my mother said, and although Deborah objected, saying nobody prayed for a grade promotion, my mother gathered us around the Virgin’s altar. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stooping, he gathered a handful of the leaves and crushed them with a little mud in the palm of one hand. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The soft blue light of evening gathered around his blond hair, stripping it of color. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

By now the shipowner would have gathered up coins and cane and limped on to the soup shop. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He gathered up the gear and his briefcase and climbed the stairs to the next floor. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Its little painted Chinese figures gathered formally in a garden around a table, with ornate plants and implausible birds, seemed fussy and oppressive. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Gold, silver, and copper coins jingled over the flagstone floor, clinking as they gathered in heaps under the benches—more and more and more of them. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I want you guys to go into town and get Halloween costumes for all of us. Before school starts in the morning, Casey explained. I gathered up the money. “ Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The 150 or so inmates gathered there were suddenly shouting, running, in disarray. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They all laughed when they heard her, not only in the bedroom but all through the house, where Aureliano Segundo’s rowdy friends were gathered. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

And the Hornbeams and the Willie Voltaires and a whole clan named Blackbuck who always gathered in a corner and flipped up their noses like goats at whosoever came near. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

In New York at the Waldorf-Astoria a few years into the new century, several dozen young men in evening clothes gathered around a gigantic pie. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Against you?” he muttered as he gathered up an armful of paraphernalia. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

So, though there was still some store of weapons in the Shire, these were used mostly as trophies, hanging above hearths or on walls, or gathered into the museum at Michel Delving. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Eventually, when enough people had heard it, they gathered in a crowd outside the old man’s hut and shouted out for him to leave. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

She shuddered, then gathered a handful of silk and started toweling off her hair. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Knowing I was still on display, I gathered myself and straightened in my chair to look out at my audience. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

"Gentlemen,” he said to the group gathered around Garfield's body, "this was the fatal wound. We made a mistake.” Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“He’s a born Weller,” laughed Jo, as her parent gathered himself up, and her nephew tried to stand on his head, as the only mode of expressing his satisfaction that school was over. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gathered up rocks, and together the two of them started pelting the fire. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The stone paving was still wet from the washing down after market, and the last of the farmers gathered baskets and gear before going home. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

A large crowd of mice and woodlanders had gathered to witness the epic ascent. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

There was food in abundance and I gathered it most of the morning, and stored it away in the afternoon. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

They sang all the silly songs they knew until darkness had gathered around them. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Females gathered up babies with cries of alarm. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later that night, when my uncle and aunt returned from prayers, all my new family gathered around a cassette player on the verandah to listen to stories. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The next morning, as another thousand children between the ages of six and eighteen gathered at a church to march, Connor unleashed a furious preemptive strike. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

She gathered the sheets up to her neck and scrambled backward so fast that her shoulder blades hit the headboard with a crack. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

In the stone galleries the people were gathered in clusters and groups filtering up into shadows among the blue hills. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

They gathered thickest at the north end of the street, around their god. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The possums and raccoons had gathered them unmolested. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sipped the gray-green water gathered in my bowl. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Arm looked around the clearing at the many villagers gathered there, he realized the outcome of the argument wasn’t at all certain. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

A priest in scarlet robes stood on the temple balcony, haranguing the small crowd that had gathered around the flames. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The She Elephant sank to her knees and gathered both children into a bear hug. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Around the occupied tables handsome waiters gathered, their black hair slicked back into bullfighters' little ponytails. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

So many giants had gathered there it looked like a cocktail party for redwood trees. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Frisby gathered her courage, slithered down, and felt the solid wood under her feet; still she could not help thinking about how far it was to the ground below. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

After Mr. Dubonnet, Tom, and Jake left, we boys gathered with Basil beside the blockhouse to discuss the results of the flight. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I gathered dried leaves to light the dung in the stove so the water for tea would be boiling when the family awoke. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I jumped up and rushed to the shattered window, where a knot of Gypsies and peculiars were already gathered, peering out. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Still, I had a vague sense that at least some of them were those who had gathered in the shoemaker’s house earlier in the day. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

So Laura gathered up the pebbles, put them in the pocket, and carried the pocket in her lap. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her own straight black hair is gathered in a single long braid, and her nimble brown fingers are weaving Ma’s white hair into tidy cornrows. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

The girl gathered her skirt and breathed out a word or two of apology, and, as she hurried past, Mariam would chance a sidelong glance and catch a blush. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, curious townspeople gathered along the edges of the field, fascinated by the absurd scene, eagerly awaiting Pendejo’s arrival. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gave her the evil eye right back and gathered my things quickly before she had a chance to grab anything else. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

His father sat down and gathered Doha into his embrace, letting him cry as he patted his back. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Carrying them herself she descended to where the suitors were gathered. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gathered mounds of fried potatoes, canned sweet corn, and Spam with Nali’s fresh tortillas. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Next I gathered up the mouse bones that I’d kept in my pockets, realizing I didn’t need to carry them around anymore. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some 300 participants and organizers gathered in the ornate ballroom of the Washington Duke Hotel, the sixteen-story fading dowager of Durham’s glory days, to celebrate the completion of their work. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

As if all of these people had gathered together to make my job easy. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The next night, Singleton and Agent Olsen gathered around a wooden table in the modest Davis County office of the Highway Patrol in Farmington with Briana Bishop and her father, Steve Bishop. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Hundreds of Little Rock citizens are gathered in front of Central High School awaiting the arrival of the Negro children. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before the soldier even approaches, Ma has gathered all our bags and put them in a small pile in front of our family. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was the horde, gathered together at the far end, but what had happened to his tent? Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

In the pool a net went up, and dozens gathered for a game of volleyball. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Wab gathered her long bleached hair into a ponytail, looked us over once with her small, dark eyes, and then set about skinning the animals on a flat rock with her beloved blade. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

In the city’s Scollay Square, a group of the Harvard volunteers were set upon by a gang of toughs who had broken off from the more than five thousand troublemakers gathered there. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

The next night, the town of Columbia gathered in the darkness to see Seabiscuit off on what would be the final cross-country journey of a career that spanned 50,000 railroad miles. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We didn’t want to go empty-handed, so we gathered medicinal supplies, clothes, and even old toys. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

They made an easy target, gathered there together, and as long as the supply of arrows held out they were slaughtered without a chance to defend themselves. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Curious students from other classes had now gathered around the two entrances to the room, drawn by the crash and clatter. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charlie laughed and ruined the picture, and Mom dressed me down in front of the strangers who’d gathered to witness our group humiliation. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

At the soccer field a mob of kids was gathered around a man with a neon pink baseball cap. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

She gathered up the bundles of twigs and started walking southwest. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

A small crowd had gathered just a few doors down from the passage at Mickiewicza 7. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

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

Reed was at the door before the other three had even left their seats, out of the great cabin and onto the deck, where the crew had gathered around the main hatch. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Shadows gathered like bats in the steep hollows near her collarbone. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was frighteningly obvious now, with the population gathered, that something terrible was happening. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

‘At any rate . Antinous turned to Jason. ‘We have gathered now for a much bigger prize. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He drank a bit from the wine that remained from his dinner of the night before, and he gathered his jacket closer to his body. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Juana and Kino gathered their clothing tighter about them and covered their noses and went out into the world. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gathered my sisters and brothers, like a hen her chicks, and stood by the side of the road as someone pulled the bicycle apart and took Raymond’s foot out. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I gathered leaves and pine needles, covering the body as best as I could. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

She had fed the goats and the chickens, and gathered the milkand the eggs, and thanked the animals for their time. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Students had gathered on the hockey field nearby, burning paper effigies of Gowon around a glowing bonfire; the smoke curled into the night air and mixed with their laughter and chatter. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Seven gathered all the strength she had left and jumped back across the river to Valley’s side. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

With a nervous look at the shadows under the trees, Nhamo crossed the clearing and quickly gathered firewood from a deadfall in a dry streambed. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of the kids who had gathered there—some who had escaped from camps or capture, others that had been able to hide out long enough to avoid it all together—had responsibilities. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He had heard it everywhere, in prayer and in daily speech, and wherever the saints were gathered, and in the unbelieving streets. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Cliff Ackerley and a few other football player types stood at the foot of the bleachers, holding up signs for Ria Wolf, who I gathered was the starting setter. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

When the train paused at little towns along the route, fans gathered in the cold to peer in the windows and catch a glimpse of Seabiscuit. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A crowd gathered and I was urged to tell where I lived. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unusually, everyone had gathered in the drawing room where tea was taken in exhausted silence. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

On Wednesday morning, July 19, 1848, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the four other organizers of the convention gathered at the Wesleyan Chapel. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

It was a conference of twenty social activists from war-stricken tribal areas across Pakistan, all gathered around a large table— and I was seated right next to the ambassador. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Even Boo gathered himself on her hands, shook out his feathers, and nodded. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Or they gathered to talk in mutinous little groups. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

We were gathered around him in the courtyard. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

But he knew that within a few short weeks only a handful of the crowd of boys gathered around him would still be contenders for the freshman crew. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

As was its custom, the automobile inevitably broke down, and crowds of children gathered around. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was squinting out toward the quad, where most of the student body gathered for lunch every day. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

They gathered on me and probed my bug bites and the muck in my hair, batted against my face. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

One of them slid down into your stomach like a black cobra down an echoing well looking for all the old water and the old time gathered there. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

The justice locked away in his office the little evidence that he’d gathered, in case more information emerged. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

My stove was unlighted and a loaf of bread gathered mold in my cupboard. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat down and gathered Plum into her arms. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

When social animals are gathered together in groups, they become qualitatively different creatures from what they were when alone or in pairs. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coming closer to the river, faintly at first, faint as the pale yellow light emerging across the southeast horizon, the sounds gathered intensity from the swelling colors of dawn. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

While his father pulled a couple of pints for a customer, Malcolm gathered empty glasses in a suitably inconspicuous manner, and he was glad to see that his hands remained steady. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I stole eggs from nests, caught fish in nets, sometimes managed to shoot a squirrel or rabbit for stew, and gathered the various plants that sprung up beneath my feet. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

But once night began to fall, the mobs that gathered on Wednesday night were even larger and more menacing than Tuesday night’s hordes had been. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Miss Whitlaws face lit up when she saw all of us gathered on the top. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

At quarter before nine the scholars had gathered in School Number Seven. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

She reached into a flour sack by her feet and brought out bundles of freshly gathered plants. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Mysterious Benedict Society had gathered near the back. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

And yet we all gathered in Ma Charles’s living room while I angled for a better picture of the crowds gathered outside the launch pad down in Florida. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

There was a quick breathy sound, as half of those gathered inhaled sharply. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I fed the chickens, gathered the eggs, and divided them, too, four apiece. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Bennett’s database has grown to about five thousand names gathered by word of mouth alone. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Spender was being gathered in by a loose, running net of men. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

We gathered up their now dry clothes from around the house. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

That evening, when the tide was low and the muddy sandbars appeared among puddles of water, as far as a hundred yards out, they gathered clams. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kings and sheep and whinnying horses and serving maids and beggar boys gathered together in the frosty imagined night. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She gathered up their tools while Mother struck up a conversation with Mrs. Gates. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He envies her students suddenly, seeing her without fail, three times a week, pictures them gathered together around a table, staring at her continuously as she writes on the board. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

We see them all gathered together when we come back. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Ferula’s neighbors had gathered in the doorway to discuss the news of her death. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gathered a pile of twigs and heavier branches and with the knife cut them to a useful length before trying to get them lit. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I see a crowd gathered around me as I lie on a bed, or maybe a stretcher. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Special Julius started the song and soon most of the people on the street had gathered to join in. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

During recess we gathered in the playground and talked about it. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so for almost half a stupid year, all the boys were gathered up by sad-faced Mr. Royal and plonked out here in an outbuilding away from the main Noise of the town. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

They would be gentle, formal, everyone gathered in the musty living room: her elderly uncles and granduncles, their wives, some cousins, and perhaps a baby tied on someone’s back. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

While Bobby stared at Tal's palm and pondered the mysteries of its lines and crevices, a crowd gathered around and hundreds of others watched from their tables. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She would never have tolerated the ingrown hair that grew like raisins on her chin, or worn trousers that gathered bulkily between her legs. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

They considered only what could be gathered in a glance. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The entrance was not far, and the new ones were gathered there. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I can see Johanna beginning to believe him, thinking of the small cluster of people she has gathered to the Allegiant cause. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

A group of Maidens gathered around me in a room filled with cloth and jewelry. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

On weekend evenings they gathered around the old upright piano in the club’s parlor and sang for hours as Don Hume tore through jazz tunes, show tunes, blues, and ragtime. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Maybe there’d still be some Oakland left in us, and my sisters would show me some solidarity, like when they gathered around me and Fern held my hand at the airport. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Fig gathered in a tight ball at my bare feet. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Two winos drifted over to see what they could see and a bunch of kids stopped playing and gathered around. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The monkey scampered up to the people who had gathered to listen, cupping its hands for coins. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

And gathered in the sleeping Bloomberg somewhat closer to her, too. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

For the last time, Gaines gathered the players into a circle. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nuwa gathered stones of five colors and shoved them into each opening. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

But she lingered as they gathered their belongings, and Moss caught her gazing at him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The Specials must have waited until most of the Smokies were gathered in the mess hall before launching their invasion. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Not the terrifying buzz of nightmares, not the low buzz of sleepy bees, but the buzz of the people of Bone Gap, all of whom seemed to be gathered in Finn’s front yard. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Instead, they let him go, watching as he gathered up his paper bag full of honey and stumbled like a drunk toward home, to the brother he hoped might believe him. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He would sit, when he was up to it, and dictate the responses to friends and family who gathered for their letter-writing sessions. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

If there was a Mount Olympus in the new American republic, all the lesser gods were gathered farther down the slope. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

In the trees around the parking lot, the harpies gathered to watch as if they sensed what was at stake. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

They gathered around the base of the glass dome. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She and her family slept close together in a bed of down, fluff, and bits of cloth they had gathered, warm as a ball of fur. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I gathered as many pears as I could carry and set off with new energy to find Grandfather. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today, I fed the chickens, gathered eggs, and plucked the ripest tomatoes before the birds got to them. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Sitti gathered the empty teacups in front of her so she could read the grounds. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Esteban Trueba and the other landowners in the area gathered in their club to plan political strategy for the upcoming Presidential elections. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

His last discernible words, uttered to the physician and family gathered around the bedside, indicated he was hoping to time his exit in dramatic fashion: “Is it the Fourth?” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I knotted the two loose straps together so I could sling the derelict hulk of my backpack over my shoulder like a satchel, gathered my stuff up, and hurried to gym. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

They gathered at bars and apartments, discussing details of the campaign, mocking the silliness of the news stories. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The Chandrian obviously didn’t kill everyone who gathered stories or sang songs about them. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Tears dripped from Hyacinth’s eyes as she gathered the remains of her beloved teapot and put them in the garbage bag. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The one time we had stopped here to stretch our legs the whole little village had gathered, offering to sell us anything we might want to buy. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lifted her voice, so it carried out over the gathered host. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

My captor, whose name, I gathered, was Thomas Pope, looked hurt. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

A couple of days before Christmas we gathered by the pigsty. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Sure, black and brown folks gathered at the Zanzibar for shows and had a good ol’ time at it too, but the shadow of what was outside always loomed. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She called the county police, then quickly gathered up a basket of food for Miss Volker. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The night before I left, a number of friends gathered at my home to see me off. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

All gathered around to hear as he opened a record book and spoke in a squeak barely above a whisper. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She gathered herself and resumed her escape through the black water. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Cabot’s uncle Jeff asked him after the graduation ceremony, as the family gathered in a restaurant near downtown Atlanta. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I saw ripe bilberries gleaming here and there, like jet beads in the heath: I gathered a handful and ate them with the bread. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Wherever I went now, whether to the shore when I gathered shellfish or to the ravine for water, I carried this weapon in a sling on my back. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a result I only gathered fruits I absolutely knew, like blueberries. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Eventually we fall against the entrance flap and land in the middle of the crowd that has gathered outside. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Chamberlain gathered strength, limping along the ridge, tucking himself in under his soft black hat, out of the sun. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

From Jamison’s side of the conversation, Cora gathered that the recruit had been making the rounds of the county, learning the protocols of his squad. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He gathered the edges of his buckskin bundle and tied them off. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

"You'll go later," he said, pointing me toward a group of other children gathered off to the side, out of the formations. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I scrubbed the cart with boiling vinegar while Eliza gathered the drugs and herbs we would use to treat the children. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d gathered a few supplies and stolen away to a remote part of the jungle where she could be safe. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The others gathered round, praising him, but he cut them short, looking round the dark yard as he tried to get his bearings. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the intelligence she had gathered on the Black Tips came back to her in a sickening rush—Oomen, Geels’ shambling enforcer, the one who could crush skulls with his bare hands. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They all gathered around me and asked me where I lived and about school. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A crowd had gathered near the entrance to the Cold Storage building. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Sister Redempta went back inside and Billy gathered up a few wood splits and followed her. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The Blockalteste gathered us inside the blocks, while the SS took refuge in the shelters. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Bear was finally done and stood all in a sweat, people gathered around him, even as children surrounded me and pelted me with questions. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Usually, on the night after a Changing, the kids wouldn’t have gathered at the fire circle after dinner, but Jinny hadn’t left in the boat, so everyone was a little unsure of what to do. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The people gathered on the road as usual, except this time I noticed they were separated into union and company families, each keeping an icy distance. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

While the old man was distracted by his wife, Hugo and Isabelle quickly gathered up all the drawings. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

According to testimony that the farmer subsequently gave under oath, he remembered that evening well, because he’d often discussed it with friends of his who gathered regularly at the hotel. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

As his crew gathered, whispering and trading glances, he raised a charred and blackened hand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Excited, I rushed about and gathered my ragged clothes. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In my day, I built a bridge. I called on my friends to help. We gathered rocks and threw them into the ocean so I could get across,” said Hanuman. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

White gathered enough evidence to convict the former warden, who became prisoner No. 24207 in the same penitentiary. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

They pounded fufu, made garden egg stew from eggplant and dried fish, and gathered more bananas, mangoes, and papayas. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a while he gathered up his smaller presents, leaving the battery-driven car for the servants to attend to. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think it ate some of the rocks along with the wood. I know I gathered more than this to line the fire last night.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And indeed, the entire class was gathered outside, notebooks closed now, dutifully chaperoned by the docent, giggling and whispering as Moody and Pearl emerged. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

After the birds gathered words, they'd fly back to centers to be recorded. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The shards of marble gathered into a miniature tornado, spiraled back to the pedestal, and reassembled into a complete bust, the note still tucked underneath. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He was standing at the top of the stairs, looking down icily on the crowd gathered in front of Malalai Hospital. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The children seemed perfectly comfortable in the dark, though, and at the smell of the cakes, they gathered close to their new governess without a trace of fear. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

The blast wave arrived a second later, disintegrating everything in its path—our avatars, the floor, the walls, the castle itself, and the thousands of avatars gathered around it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

But all the pages and pages of documentation they had gathered from the lawyers and geologists and archeologists didn’t help them in the end. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Relatives gathered at a great-uncle’s house to eat biryani chicken and celebrate the holiday. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

All morning we sat out on the bench beside the door, plaiting each others’ hair in rows and loops, receiving the compliments of passersby and the bunch of admiring small children who gathered around us. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

As usual, we gathered around the bus with our cleats slung over our shoulders, waiting for the bus doors to open. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

All my sisters have gathered around on the floor, because Mama is cheesin’ hard and is clasping her hands as if this envelope is about to change our lives. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Out in the Adantic Ocean great sheets of rain gathered to drift slowly up the River Shannon and setde forever in Limerick. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The hunters gathered in a semicircle facing what was now a central avenue leading toward the grand pavilion, and Prince Aidan and Kaisa went forward to meet the King and Queen, bowing deeply to them. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Dubonnet and a knot of other miners were gathered in an impromptu union meeting by the lamp house. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The suspicious heirs gathered in the lobby around the police captain called in by Judge Ford. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the second day they pulled down the rest of the honeysuckle on both sides of the house and gathered all the piles together near the edge of the marsh. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I gathered as much,” Heidi says, but she looks like she’s in one of those Japanese terror movies, her mouth not syncing up with the words. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The Lord Commander shook his head, gathered up a fistful of com, and whistled. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The Company now gathered together as close to the cliff as they could. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Hardly,” he said as he continued to keep the balls in the air, sometimes higher, sometimes lower, until, as abruptly as he’d begun, he gathered them in, and they rested upon his great slablike hands. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Handcuffing the man who fled was not a straightforward matter, and apparently, as the officers worked to subdue him, in-mates gathered around to complain that the officers were being too rough. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In her palm lies the tin of flower seeds I had gathered with TiTi. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Then the whole family gathered together and said good-bye to our house. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Other days the talk at lunchtime was subdued; men gathered in separate groups. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She saw Kaz and the others gathered near the great stone arch that marked the eastern entrance to the Exchange. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He gathered the remaining Williams boys and boarded the first bus that appeared. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

After breakfast, while Dicey gathered together their litter and packed it into the paper bag to be discarded at the first trash can they saw, the little ones explored the graveyard. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You know, there are those who think we who are gathered here are dumb," I shouted. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The very next day, Mrs. Soren collected all the buttons, gathered up all the membership cards, and even replaced Jessie's Writers' Workshop folder. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

The bull gathered himself, then his head went forward and he went over slowly, then all over, suddenly, four feet in the air. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

They’d gathered in Alaska—a location rumored to have been only mildly affected by the sun flares—and they were trying to put the world back together again. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The lower floor of the Town House was an open promenade and here every day the merchants gathered ‘on ’change.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day the Oak Ridge directors gathered to hear his findings, but right before the meeting an army colonel warned Feynman not to discuss any secret information about how the atomic bomb might work. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she bolted down the stairs and I quickly gathered up my books and followed her, careful to walk on the other side of the street. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cover showed cheerful, clean- cut children gathered in front of a portrait of Che Guevara. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the hues of the rainbow were gathered together in that box. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Things settled down then, and the people gathered again. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I left The Wrongfully Convicted on the table, gathered my other stuff, and then Trevor and I walked to the nearest computer. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

She gathered them together, dated them as best she could, and in 1914, two years after her second husband died, she published a collection of Vincent’s letters to Theo, in Dutch. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The air was now so full of balloonists that the barn cellar looked almost as though a mist had gathered. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“And now,” exclaimed the Gran, “for the reason we’re all gathered here tonight. The forming of the covens.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

A rather sizable crowd soon gathered around Hugo. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

But most of the people gathered in the meadow wore everyday clothes: faded work shirts or T-shirts and chinos, floral-print dresses that could be found on the discount racks of any department store. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Nico found himself in the rec room of the Big House, all the senior camp leaders gathered around the ping-pong table. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I gathered that Alice was a bit more reliable than the weatherman, though. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Jon Snow and his black brothers were gathered around three spears, some twenty yards away. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They gathered there thicker by the minute, like noiseless invaders conquering because they took possession so gently. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

A da-zi-bao was posted on the gate, and a solemn crowd had gathered around to read it, wiping their faces with handkerchiefs and shading their heads with palm-leaf fans. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The younger men were gathered at another table, where Pyp had stabbed a turnip with his knife. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They stopped in the center of the village, and the others, who had seen them coming, gathered around raising their trunks and speaking words of welcome. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The darkness gathered until I could not see my book. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

From his putting his finger to his lips, I gathered that he expected her to wake before long and was afraid of forestalling nature. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

His limbs they gathered and placed in a tomb at the foot of Mount Olympus, and there to this day the nightingales sing more sweetly than anywhere else. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shadows gathered in the streets and alleys below, making pools and rivers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They gathered around at a respectful distance as the emissary spoke with Kang. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

The rhythm gathered beneath my skin, and my palms itched with the need to create, to shape. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The gods gathered heavy stones with holes in them and tied each stone to the bottom of the net as a weight. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Friends and neighbors,” Pa Schillinger called out, “get you something to eat and then let's talk about why we’re gathered together tonight.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She took off her white coat and hung it on the door, gathered a few papers into a bag, and left without a word. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night, the three dog actors gathered around the TV set in their hotel room with a big bowl of Pork Chomps. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I watched as the women gathered the feathers and stuffed them into the pillowcases just so, gently shaking them so they spread evenly. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

We all gathered our stuff and followed her into the hallway. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Few of the crew were in sight, but hundreds of spectators gathered every day merely to stare at them. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I must have struck a sufficiently piteous figure because she gathered me in for a hug and a kiss, “It’s nothing to cry over, sweet one. Just remember to always think about what you’re doing.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As if newly emerged from their chrysalises, the butterflies gathered their strength and began to fly. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

A crowd of black and white spectators had gathered about the court, and people were pointing at me and nodding their heads. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those lost in the memory serum haze are gathered into groups and given the truth: that human nature is complex, that all our genes are different, but neither damaged nor pure. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“As you may have gathered,” I say, walking up a step, “that was never going to happen.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then he gazed at the people gathered around him: liberals and conservatives, blacks and whites, men and women, middle-class and poor. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I quietly gathered up my things and left a pair of copper jots on his stool before I left. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She gathered her players in a corner of the field and quickly ran through her observations. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

There was silence while he gathered his things. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Welch told the folks gathered at the house that his niece had been murdered at Jackson Cleaners that morning. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He gathered that Campion had been out as far as the iron road but had found nothing unusual. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

On June 16, 1976, fifteen thousand schoolchildren gathered in Soweto to protest the government’s ruling that half of all classes in secondary schools must be taught in Afrikaans. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Depressed by this fact, Lefty gathered up his books. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

There, a great crowd of misshapen individuals are gathered around an old man in a pulpit made of cobwebs; he says nothing, but blows bubbles. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

But like she had back in her office, Ms. Taggart gathered herself. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

And as the lady set the plates in front of us, piled up with Chinese goodness, Coach quickly gathered all our forks and knives. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

On July 10, 2015, at dawn, a chief and two dozen members of the Osage Nation gathered beneath the windmills for a prayer to Wah’Kon-Tah. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

From here I can see the crowd of people gathered in the abandoned building next door. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

They gathered at the Lincoln Memorial to listen to speeches, then many of them marched on the Pentagon, headquarters of the United States Department of Defense. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He sprinted off, and Pearl gathered her books and shut her locker. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I had a horrible sinking in my heart, and from Van Helsing’s face I gathered that he felt some fear or apprehension as to what was to come. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

They gathered up Luke’s body, now wrapped in a white- and-green shroud, and began carrying it out of the throne room. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I gathered the necessary tools and set up in one of the fume hoods along the eastern wall. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The heirs gathered around Turtle at the window. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

While we ate, she gathered all of the boxes and the torn wrapping paper and took them to the trash bin outside. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Caruthers froze, looked at the group of people gathered in the hallway—which had only grown as more people came to see what the commotion was about—and laughed. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The bald man behind the bar gathered up the coins and deftly poured wine into Skarpi’s wide clay cup. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Looking back on that day, I wonder what he thought of those Navajos gathered there in front of him. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

A crowd of kids gathered around to witness the spectacle. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gathered up her long skirt in one hand, preparing to run. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped where people stopped or gathered, I listened and looked and felt, and in the process had a picture of my country the accuracy of which was impaired only by my own shortcomings. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ate solitary meals, sitting at one end of the large dining table where his family had previously gathered for boisterous dinners. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Finally, we all gathered around the water’s edge to have a homegoing service for Daddy. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

As I enter the building, they’re gathered in small groups, peering at me and whispering. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

A storm gathered, yet the sky was clear. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had learned enough from the elders who had gathered in our village to realize what was happening. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

My parents went up for the ceremony in the Juilliard chapel, which, I gathered, was stark in word and dress, but rich in Bach and Mozart, thanks to Caroline’s school friends. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The spectators are gathered around a short, youngish man who is walking from his car, which is parked in the no parking zone where the buses pick up and drop off. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Every Sunday, people gathered for church in the courtyard. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I gathered up my captured men and began setting up the board for another game. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The small crowd that had gathered in the street joined in, jumping at the lens. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few neighbors who had heard Reba’s screams had gathered in Pilate’s backyard. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

At meetings of the Female Society of Birmingham, women gathered in sewing circles to make bags decorated with abolitionist images, such as the one below. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

But during the bright day when the soldiers searched the street he slept safely in the furthermost corner of the hut behind a pile of straw O-lan gathered to make a shield for him. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The preacher rose slowly and gathered his hat, Bible, and the cross from the floor. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I carried the basket of linen back to the house on Wall Street, put a pot of water over the fire, and gathered the soap and the scrubbing board. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The following afternoon, the Champions stood gathered around Brullo, who lectured them on different weapons and other nonsense she’d learned years ago and didn’t need to hear again. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

They gathered again in the firm’s library, where Root, suddenly revitalized, now joined them. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Bravely and elaborately he gathered all the mice into his hands. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

He breathed in its smell—pear, vanilla, sandalwood—while he gathered his courage. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

In Sanford, Florida, a group of friends—alerted by a neighbor who was listening to the program—gathered together to follow the awful news. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

For a minute he looked like he might say more, but then he dropped to one knee and sorted through the pile of books he’d gathered. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Their movement was direct and purposeful, quite unlike the earlier, haphazard approach of those who were now gathered in the ditch. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bo and Hornet had gathered all the candles they could find and their flickering light filled the movie theater with dancing shadows. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Whilst he was talking, strings of dark brownish slobber gathered up in the corners of his mouth and was getting stretched from his lower lip to his upper one with every word. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

The cookie basket was empty save one bag, and they had gathered twenty more signatures on the petition. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Finally, they gathered their books, got up, and walked in silence to the bus stop. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The same multitude that had gathered to see him off the day he flew away in his bird paraded past his coffin. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Filipinos loved him; Marcos entertained him at the palace and on his yacht; Marcos’s wife, Imelda, dined with him at lunch; young ladies gathered around him constantly, as if he were a movie star. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But in the evening always always we eat together gathered at our little wooden table that Papi made. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Tangerine County Sports Commission has gathered up the shards of my porcelain plate, Krazy- Glued them together, and handed it back to me. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Faint to my ears came the gathered rumour of all lands: the springing and the dying, the song and the weeping, and the slow everlasting groan of overburdened stone. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

People gathered for warmth around a cast-iron stove where someone was making tea. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Then they gathered the stalks they had cut and stood them in bunches at opposite ends of the row. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

When my eyes got used to the dark, I looked over tow and a group of men gathered on the other side. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had taken two days, but the girls had found Taylor’s hiding place deep in the jungle and had gathered to watch her. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

People are gathered here in a loose circle, but they remain silent, their faces hidden in shadows. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A moment later all of the men were gathered around Samuel’s body. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

While Wilbur was being unloaded and taken out of his crate and into his new pigpen, crowds gathered to watch. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

The cold air whipped tears in his eyes, but he felt good; they were gathered before him, headed for home. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Stuart and I gathered up our boots and all our clothing and then positioned ourselves on the windward side of the shelter. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He looked inside and saw gathered there King Phillip, Queen Rosemary, the Princess Pea, twenty noble people, a juggler, four minstrels, and all the king’s men. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Downstairs again, he gathered the girl’s clothing together, stuffed every piece into the suitcases, then labored back down the hall once again and up the stairs. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

What courage he’d gathered had turned to dread, and he wondered when the Grievers would finally give chase. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He knocked off more salt and pepper shakers, then tipped over a table, yelping in fright, and, fangs bared, he repeatedly charged at the crazies gathered outside. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every week, Nok's mother's society friends gathered around her family's dining table for cards, dealing out gossip as they dealt out their hands. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

They gathered in Sammy’s room, the one with the picture of Indians on the wardrobe, and sat on his bed. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

A worried crowd gathered by the White House gates to hear the latest news. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She gathered words as weapons to be used later. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

After practice, everybody gathered around the bench, grabbed their bags, and headed off to meet their parents. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He envisioned families of the future gathered around their mammoth terminals, ordering groceries and paying their taxes from the comfort of their own homes. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

With a barrage of squeals, the guests gathered around him, leaving the black-leather lout with no one to torture. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A fur of red dust gathered on the curly hairs of his forearms, and rivulets of perspiration ran down his temples. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gathered up the trailing wire, which led to a complex assembly. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The usual crowd of students had gathered at the gym, waiting for the doors to open. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

So I got out my whistle, the one my mom insists I wear everywhere, and I gathered every bit of breath I had left after running and screaming, and I blew that thing. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

She gathered them all from her brothers and marveled at the big pile of sweets they now had. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

She turned to the gathered group and found Anya with a smile. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Enrique has less than 50 pesos on him, only a few coins that he has gathered begging. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

A handful of people had gathered in the courtyard, where a priest was waiting. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

When I got there, kids were gathered in a circle: big kids—Addison’s friends—on one side, and little kids—the kids Addison bullied—on the other. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

They gathered armies and made the cities recognize the need for allegiance. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Babulya stood in the doorway, a basket full of gathered plants hanging from her arm. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

We gathered up the dung from the night before and hauled it outside. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one would talk about it much, but I gathered that earlier, abortive attempts to include Marion in the activities of the group had ended in disaster. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The six of us, including the people we had entered the town together with, gathered at the edge of the swamp as planned and started crossing the clearing three at a time. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

They’re gathered in the sitting room on the other side of the stairway now, cheering on this Commander’s Wife, the Wife of Warren. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Samuel leaned down and gathered up one of the boys and held him on his lap. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now the people gathered at its doors like ants, asking questions and passing on rumors about what happened last night. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I gathered up the rest of the loot with shaky hands, the man’s gaze burned into me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“My husband ran to make sure, but I think that’s them gathered down the road there,” Mrs. Hawkins replied, pointing to a huddled cluster in the distance. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I gathered the few things I would take with mean extra shirt, the flashlight, a knife, my notebook and pencil—and put them in the burlap sack. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then the owl returned and gathered up all the babes of Limbo and flew them up to the clouds of heaven. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

People gathered at the docks and yelled: “Go home, Redcoats!—or made fun of the “Lobsterbacks” stiffly marching to their camp on Boston Commons. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gathered herself and typed again, and again the answers zipped into being with no discernible pause. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When winter came, we fed the animals—we had an ox, and now and then a chicken—gathered wood and brush for heat, slept, and tried to stay alive. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

He gathered everything they needed for the child and made his way back to Alice. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Every one of her fellow pilots, navigators, and mechanics gathered around her and swore to avenge her grief—not just for Zinaida and her child, but for all Soviet mothers. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The mood was somber by the time the five Vanderbeeker kids gathered back downstairs to eat their own breakfast. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He gathered it up in his hand and was just about to slam it down on the paper when.... A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1895, more than three thousand people gathered at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City for a grand celebration in honor of Stanton’s eightieth birthday. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

After dark, he gathered his radio equipment, snuck out of town on a bicycle, and searched for a remote electrical pole. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

We ran outside, some of us falling as we crowded through the narrow door and gathered around our teachers for safety and comfort, like chicks around a mother hen. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The geese gathered around to see the fun, and so did the sheep and lambs. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Then the Company gathered around us when Father came back down. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” Eleanor said, setting down the handful of forks she had gathered. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

They gathered around the pod and touched it delicately with those powerful, flexible trunks, and she found herself interpreting the soft chirrups and clicks and hoots they were making as expressions of disapproval. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Our commissar gathered us together in a big dugout and told us what had happened,” said the regimental navigator, Valya Kravchenko—the one who’d last year scrounged cabbages on the train ride to Engels. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

When I had gathered the eggs, I took them to the back porch and saw that he had set out the milk pail and also one of the water cans. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then, at the rim of vision, it gathered itself, and in one sweeping tide, rushed me to sleep. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Hornet said once they had all gathered in a circle. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Silent Sentinels gathered in front of the White House. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Even in this place of fear and darkness, the Lord of Light protects us,” Ser Godry Farring told the men who gathered to watch as the stakes were hammered down into the holes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But they managed it at last, and then everybody gathered around the wretched Centipede and began arguing about the best way to get the paint off his body. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Kat and Dad gathered on one side of the pod with the other passengers, while I stayed out at the edge, half posing, half looking at the others posing. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Excited, I gathered up the chilli powder and put it away, rinsed my eyes, washed my face and came out. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the other end of the street, a small crowd had gathered. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t look at him as I gathered up the dress and the capelet. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

On the evening of April 15, 1943 , about forty physicists gathered in what used to be the library reading room of the Los Alamos Ranch School. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

On my next trip I gathered some sage and dug up a few wild onions I’d noticed on the way up the hill. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

So on Thursday afternoon, the Thirteens and Fifteens gathered at Milam Park. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

They gathered mountains and valleys, rivers and whole horizons, the way a man might now gain title to building lots. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They gathered around the dining table, and Piper explained what had happened at Topeka 32—their conversation with Bacchus, the trap sprung by Gaea, the eidolons that had possessed the boys. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Jessie gathered four lemons and six pieces of wire that were connected on each side to small alligator clips. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Everybody from cabin eleven gathered in the big circular arena, where Luke would be our instructor. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Singing her Amaroq song, she gathered grass and rolled it into cylinders. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Let’s all watch Percy get pounded The Hermes guys gathered around. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“There was a cabin on stilts with laundry hung out to dry. I gathered my courage and I stole some sheets for you to wear, Archivist! Here, sir!” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Nervously Dany gathered the reins in her hands and slid her feet into the short stirrups. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was disgusting to find knots of them gathered hungrily on the back porch. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Clouds that gathered where ships were supposed to appear, and the passing of the day, slowly did the job of unbending my smile. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Luma gathered the newcomers, asked their names, and wrote them down on a sheet of paper. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

When we got to the village, the two rebels who had run ahead had gathered everyone who was there. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

It was Sunday, a month after the accident, and everyone had gathered in the living room. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The police on the bridge gathered like a shoal of fish and began shedding their plain clothes costumes. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He was stunned by the memories brought to him with the perfume, not because of their clarity, but because they gathered together the whole long span of years and were complete. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

People gathered around the car record the scene with their phones and throw rocks at the windows. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

It was a coup for the youngest daughter to have gathered the scattered family in the Midwest for a weekend. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

It was exactly—he broke out in a sweat—the kind of sound ghosts would make as they gathered in a dark forest. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Piper’s blade, Hazel’s magical senses and Annabeth’s instincts all agreed - the answer lay here in Ithaca, at the ancient palace of Odysseus, where a horde of evil spirits had gathered to await Gaia’s orders. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The Three Fates gathered around the god, circling him, their withered hands raised. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I gathered Mouse in my arms, stood up, and dropped her. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Harry saw the boys’ mother waving and their sister, half laughing, half crying, running to keep up with the train until it gathered too much speed, then she fell back and waved. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Before leaving the National Hotel, Booth slid the knife and pistol into his pockets and gathered the rest of his belongings. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

In no time at all they’d gathered back at the same spot, where Ben set out the ink, portioned into several small bowls. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Milo, Tock, and the Humbug watched eagerly as the rest of the workers put down their tools and gathered around the big pot to help themselves. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Somewhere beneath those roofs, the Sons of the Harpy were gathered, plotting ways to kill her and all those who loved her and put her children back in chains. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And he did not feel the need of one now, even with the little fear that gathered about his heart at this moment. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mountains from all the directions had been gathered there that night. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Reconnecting with old friends, she once again gathered a group of female students. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

By five o’clock that afternoon, when the concert was scheduled to start, an estimated 75,000 people had gathered on the Mall. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

Together, they ran out the open gate, and gathered about 300 yards from the fence. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

In wandering round the shattered walls and through the devastated interior, I gathered evidence that the calamity was not of late occurrence. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

A great crowd was gathered around the platform, but there was no music, no movement. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The older grades have gathered on this side of the gym for picture day and the door’s loud squeak has made everyone turn in our direction to stare. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

James gathered up the bones, put them into the trash can and came to sit with her. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked at them sadly, remembering when she had gathered them up long ago after her aunt had thrown them away. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In between the crowing contest, the backwards bicycle race, and all that, you’d see folks gathered together, talking and laughing. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

On Sundays, nearly everyone gathered at the church, a hickory-colored chapel just off the highway with the small, restrained steeple common to Mormon churches. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

A murder of crows had gathered on one of the trees, cackling and flapping. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

After about fifteen minutes he finally gathered enough energy to get up and go to the kitchen and start cooking supper. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Quickly they gathered dry grass and leaves, and bits of bark; and made a pile of broken twigs and chopped sticks. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He tore off his gloves with his teeth and gathered his gear in a duffel bag. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The weight of years, decades, centuries of hate and violence—it all gathered in the air and pressed down on my shoulders. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

We first heard the bulls while we were eating our dinner of cornbread, roasted venison, and green watercress gathered from below the spring. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hearing him come, Odysseus’ son pulled on his snowy tunic over the skin, gathered his long cape about his breadth of shoulder like a captain, the heir of King Odysseus. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the chandelier in the lobby gathered its crystal shards and took its place on the ceiling. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She dreamed of black shapes that slid from place to place, avoiding the light, until they were all gathered together under the moon. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Where the deer nibbled, I gathered the fungus, the fungus of immortality. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the two of them finished their drinks, taking their time, and gathered their coats before going out to deal with their abject prisoner. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The robot patiently waited in the Great Meadow as the sky slowly brightened and the animals slowly gathered. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Gulls screech and hover overhead as I jog closer to see if he’s one of the people gathered at the far end. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

As he ran, he gathered from some shouted remarks that a convoy of Eurasian prisoners was passing. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The gathered scythes turned to one another, discussing her choice among themselves. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He invented an orchestra for the occasion, a combination of instruments never before gathered under one roof. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Thus it was with considerable anticipation that we gathered to see this most interesting individual. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Another nun, Sister Katarina, was coming to keep an eye on the baby while Sister Fenella went to the oratory for a private service of her own, or so Malcolm gathered. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

It had been only a few days, but the women had gathered thorn bushes and circled them around the remains of the cott where Kira had grown up. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gathered from the argument, which was getting pretty loud, that the farmer was mad about the amount Mr. Tuttle had offered to settle the claim against the railroad. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Many townsfolk gathered in the train depot, drinking eggnog and wishing cheers to each other’s health. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

They skittered sideways and the sled gathered speed. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

He spoke to Matasaip, but we all gathered around to listen to him. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fogs slowly gathered together and steamed up into a huge umbrella of cloud: it must have been a mile high. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The Stormhold itself was perched high in the sky, where the thunder clouds gathered before they went down to the lower air, spilling rain and lightning and devastation upon the place beneath. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Still, I gathered up every last piece of the guy. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Among all those gathered and gathering, only Lazlo recognized the white stags of the Unseen City, and only he knew the warriors for who they were. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The pieces of pottery gathered themselves together and flew into the trash bin. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The grocery store was where women gathered to socialize, and children came along hoping for a few pennies for a treat. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

A year after my father told us that story, we gathered one evening to hear him read aloud from Isaiah, a prophecy about Immanuel. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The mob gathered and chanted, taste but one drop of the blood of la curandera and the key to heaven is assured. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stated differently, fully half of the time that twenty-three randomly selected people are gathered together, two or more of them will share a birthday. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well,” he gathered the sheepskin collar around his throat, “now you know. And stop talking like a Georgia cracker—‘don’t guess I did’!” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inés finally gathered her daughter in her arms, visibly trembling herself now. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Mr. Trepid gathered a handful of stones and let them fall back on the bedspread, where they scattered like colorful raindrops. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Generose hadn’t understood that they had reached their final destination, that the empty apartment where they had spent the night and where they were now gathered was where they would live. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

She never found it hard to talk to other children, and soon they were gathered around her, sitting in pools of water on the warm stone, their shirts drying quickly in the sun. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eager to see what was inside the new library, the twelve essay contest winners quickly gathered behind Dr. Zinchenko. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Every night, children gathered to sing and worship God. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time he’d gathered the courage, Roza was stolen by a man who looked like everyone and no one at all. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

When I finally got the nerve to open my eyes, I looked into the crowd of Posada kids, teachers, and families that had gathered. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

A mob gathered at one of the remaining synagogues, shouting slurs, and then came to our building to throw rocks at the windows. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Although a small group gathered outside the jail on the night of Garfield's death, nothing happened. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

No one notices me, though, because they’re all gathered at a television screen at the far end of the room that airs the Capitol broadcast around the clock. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Do you really think we can win the Beiderman over in four days?” she asked as she gathered her hair back and braided it in a long plait. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

A dozen people were gathered together in the far end of the room. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Congas played at night on the streets while teenyboppers gathered to talk of revolution. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reached up and gathered her starlight and didn’t heed the moon. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

No more than half an hour later he laid his pack down beside the wooden house of the village headman and turned to salute the little crowd that had gathered. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gathered from her voice and manner that if I didn’t go to Deer Isle I had better never show my face in New York again. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The council, a group of a dozen older Underlanders, had gathered at a round table in a room off the High Hall. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She’d called to ask me to be in some sort of private organization, a club that, from what I gathered, was made up primarily of the wives of important people in Washington. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He gathered everything into his flat leather satchel and made his way upstairs to his rooms. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Although the men gathered in the room saw the benefits to such a system, it took several more meetings to overcome the mutual distrust caused by years of bitter rivalry. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Heron Man gathered his dishes and went inside. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

As the train pulled into Union Station in Los Angeles, my mother, father, and I gathered our belongings and readied to leave. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Ivan and all his remaining brothers were gathered behind her on the road, watching with matching expressions of concern. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

A huge crowd, filled with old neighbors and new friends, had gathered, it seemed, to see me off. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He took one last look at the gathered crowd—scarlet robes and the occasional gray—and spotted Master Hyrrokkin, looking stunned and proud. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Back at the barn, the Howards gathered to watch the horses cool out. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luckily I had dried a pound of the morels that I’d gathered the previous month. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He nodded to the half-dozen men gathered in front of the buckboard and walked back toward the crowd. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gods gathered, weeping and tearing their garments. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

On December 22 the chairman of the California Horse Racing Commission gathered reporters together and issued the board’s decree: Red Pollard was banned from riding all horses, including stakes mounts, until January 1,1938. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the night of August 26, soldiers from different companies gathered around the campfires. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Father went to the demons’ library and read through all the newspapers gathered from around the country, and he copied out the accounts of them. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a mile or so they arrived at a bizarre encampment, where some two hundred people had gathered to spend the winter living out of their vehicles. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there were dry branches enough on the ground, and dry sticks, and soon he’d gathered an armful. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

A slow trickle of dark blood made its way down his thumb, where it gathered and swelled for a moment before dripping onto the floor. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Reaching behind her, he gathered her close and unzipped her kurta top. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I knew she would return, in a minute, with two burly men attendants, and they would bear me, howling and hitting, past the smiling audience now gathered in the lounge. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The entire mouse community, as instructed by the Most Very Honored Head Mouse, had gathered behind the wall of the castle ballroom. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

And at night, they gathered in the dare to tell tales. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

On the morning of April 15, everybody gathered at the elevator to see McCandless off. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without looking at the children's baffled faces, he gathered a few screws and threw them into Mosca's toolbox. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The paths of the body were long, but the paths of the spirit were short, and the vadzimu had gathered to witness her gift, and to protect their wandering child. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

On a drizzly afternoon ten days later, thirty-four British commandos gathered on an airfield in Scotland. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he lay down, behind him was a circle of fire, and before him lay shadow like a mantle, gathered. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They instantly gathered around him, cutting the silk off with their swords. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

We are all gathered around looking at Eugene for the last time. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I refuse to look at her, bolting out of the room before she’s even gathered her things together. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He could see the white foam gathered at her mouth, the dark sweat on her flanks, the raw terror in her eyes. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

She gathered her toys around her and tied them together with jump ropes like a sculpture, each one tethered to another. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Maddie cried, as her friend gathered herself to disappear into the night. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Soon salmon and steelhead and trout from the Dungeness made their way up the irrigation ditch and gathered in schools in the pond. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

A sweetness gathered in his breast as he saw the room being turned into a shambles, a sweet moment of triumph that compensated for all the other lousy things, his terrible marks, the black box. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

One fairy gathered bubbles until she had assembled a bouquet that resembled a bunch of multicolored grapes. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

My scowling friend was nowhere to be seen, but a cluster of folk were gathered around the bar, excitedly discussing something they saw there. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The evidence gathered at Mudd’s farm, plus alleged sightings of the fugitives southwest of his farm, suggested that the assassins were making for Virginia. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

And soon, if the angels are gathered close, I will own cloud-white tennis shoes. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“They work with the Minute Men,” A.M. added, pointing to the opposite side of the library where another group of fifty or sixty men in loose fitting jogging suits gathered. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She gathered it on her hands and drank it again and again. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

As Chronicler gathered his paper and quills, Kvothe studied the angle of the sun through the window, a pensive look on his face. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Charles staging ground and gathered a crew of police and military personnel. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Kaede gathered her close and held her until her lungs felt like they were her own again. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

A crowd of people were gathered around the scavenge train, all of them waiting for Lucky Strike to dole out supplies. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Streaks of gray slush have gathered down the middle of the road. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She’d watched the faces in the park in North Carolina during the daytime, and at night when they gathered for atrocities. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I crept up to the lifeboat and I gathered from the locker one of the fishing kits, the knife and a bucket for my catch. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He came forward and gathered me into a clumsy hug, his beard tickling the side of my face. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When we’d all gathered in front of the house, the girls in dusters, the boys in linen suits, Mother would call the roll. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Green and oily slime floated on the river and gathered in stringy islands by its banks. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Toomer had gathered all the dogs, the largest to the smallest, and secured them inside the bus. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair was gathered into a single childish plait that fell from under the froth of tulle and organdy and lay along the length of her spine. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

When the piano was finally out of harm’s way, Harry Rantz and his family gathered around it and watched, awestruck, as their house burned to the ground. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Men and women had gathered to help and to stare; some dug through the rubble too, others stood and looked and still others shrieked and snapped their fingers. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

One night, I gathered my strength and asked Dad, “Will you ever forgive me for what I did?” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

A great host of Wargs had gathered silently and was now attacking them from every side at once. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He took out his knife and whittled some thin strips of bark off one of the sticks he'd gathered, to serve as kindling. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

When I was done, I gathered the worry dolls and crawled under the ugly flower print comforter. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“We may not have insulation,” Mom said as we all gathered around the stove, “but we have each other.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She could barely move about or speak, but she gathered her strength, and after a long moment she said, “Boy, you’all are gonna get yourselves in a heap of trouble. You know better.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat down on the floor, across from the girl, and gathered her magic into her hand, letting it float just above her fingers like a bright, shining ball. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Slowly and sadly he gathered up all his presents and his birthday cards and hid them under the loose floorboard with his homework. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

A small crowd had gathered at the Washingtons’ house by the time they arrived. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

As I gathered my thoughts, a summit worker scurried onstage and handed Charlie a bottle of water. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It was quiet here, the sun had grown sultry, and although magpies were gathered in the cottonwoods by Indian Creek, they made no noise now. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The light-beaming crowd that had gathered around them let out a deafening cheer. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

One cold winter afternoon, Erasmus gathered some friends and family around his dining room table. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

At this, the two little boys drew nearer to the dog and the rest of the band gathered around. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

We gathered at the dark opening, waiting to know what to do. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

This woman’s hair was gathered up into a bunch of curls at the back of her head; some of the curls were fake. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, a small group of kids gathered near the front. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

That all the sighs drifted up the sky, gathered into clouds, then broke into tiny pieces that fell silendy on the people below. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Outside, sunlight has gathered from all corners of the earth. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He gathered up two more stones and dropped them one by one into her open palm. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Two days later, Friday the thirteenth, six hundred men gathered at the park to protest McArthur’s use of what they alleged were “imported” workers. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He saw the scarred woman standing proudly in their midst beside her son, and the people of Village gathered to listen. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

They gathered the silver to them, mounding it around, piling it high. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He gathered up dishes from the table and piled them into the sink, scrubbing everything with extraordinary zeal. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

All the people that were milling around earlier are gathered by the ledge now, and the air smells potently of alcohol. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I swung the wok, splatting a few, but more and more gathered. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I gathered a can of water, a can opener, four biscuits of sur­vival ration and four blankets. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

There, visiting pilgrims, knights at arms, merchants, and minstrels gathered, each awaiting the attention of the Prior. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Then I thought about my dream of Rachel’s sketch—dark clouds closing on the city, an army gathered around the Empire State Building. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The sky darkened as a crowd gathered around us. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

At camp, women and girls made clothes, gathered food—wild plums, blackberries, grapes—and tended babies. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Even from this far away, Percy could see people gathered in the plaza, shoppers milling around an open-air market, parents with kids playing in the parks. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The show over, I sat trembling in the stands, watching the contestants who now gathered around the concession booth showing their battle scars to anyone who would look. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Maybeth gathered the fragments of shells that nestled among the grassy seaweed. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Such wonders you have never seen, ladies and gentlemen, acts and performers gathered from the four corners of the earth to delight and entertain you, acrobats, and tumblers, and aerialists of the highest caliber.... Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The visitor nodded to me as I gathered their plates and cups onto the tray. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Carefully, Tanin gathered up the five letters, shuffling them into place between her hands, and approached the mirror. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I gathered my books together, then stood and walked to the door. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Several Gladers he didn’t know were gathered around the table, standing; they all looked exhausted, their eyes sunken. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

In the animal kingdom the mother bird brings back all she’s gathered for the day and drops it into the open mouths of each bird squawking to be fed. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kit lowered herself gingerly and gathered a halfhearted handful. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

As they do, the Director walks out among the crowd that has gathered inside the camp. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

In the confused and unmemorable time of that early dawn, Briony gathered that Cecilia was refusing to leave her room, refusing to come down to be interviewed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

A crowd of crows had gathered around the gate by the time Melisandre and her escort arrived, but they made way for the red priestess. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The old man hurriedly gathered up his things and took his leave. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

When he’d been moved to tears at home, when he was much younger, his mother had known what to do: she gathered him into her arms and rocked him gently till the crying faded away. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The newsmen gathered by the rails, watched Pollard ride, and commented on his obvious soreness. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few blocks away, swarms of emergency vehicles gathered with their lights flashing. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

All around the truck, villagers have gathered to take their first look at us new people. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We wandered on and found some orégano, and we gathered plenty because this was not only a cure for coughs and fever but a spice my mother used for beans and meat. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turner and Lizzie stood by the grave as he gathered his tools and left, shaking his head. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“December 6 “Everybody gathered for the opening of the sawmill. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

A hands-off policy had backfired, the insurgents had gathered strength. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gathered two more canoeloads of abalones soon after that, mostly the sweet red ones, which I cleaned and carried to the house. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gathered her things with the precision and care of a first grader, but it did not matter. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

In spring and summer he had gathered data in Vermont and Maine, and in autumn he moved to a university north of Boston, where we lived, to write a short book about his discoveries. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He picks a path to take and along it, between the entrances to the surrounding tents, there is a small group gathered around a raised platform. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The She Elephant gathered an armful of statues and was using them with great skill as missiles. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I knelt down and gathered them in my arms. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

About 150 gathered outside a local public hospital. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Like a mother hen, he gathered up his chicks, sometimes nudging, sometimes snapping, and shooed them out the door. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He tapped some more with his pen, as loudly as the ticking of the grandfather clock, and finally gathered all four together, arranged them neatly, and handed them back to Turner. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

But before we got away from the buildings, we saw a group of slave children gathered around a tree stump. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The soldier was shouting, “Don’t waste your bullet! I say one vandal one bullet with immediate effect!” while the little boys gathered around him, taunting him, laughing at him, singing praise names for him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Hall had made it very clear that I was to climb no higher until the whole group had gathered at this balconylike roost, so I sat down on my pack to wait. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The men gathered around Farmer, airing their grievances about the Soviet justice system, which they accused of giving longer sentences to anyone who had HIV or AIDS. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Before we left our picnic site, Dad would insist that all of the sandwich wrappings and other trash be carefully gathered, stowed in the lunch box, and brought home for disposal. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Rowan gathered his supplies and headed to his fishing cabin. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

But the Captain gathered his tools, waved, and headed for home. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he was gone, but as she gathered herself to leave, she heard him whistle the song of the bird once again. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Undeterred by his weight she fed the hens, gathered eggs, fetched water, then sat at the table stringing dried mushrooms. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

You handed me the paper, said, “This is going to be great!” then gathered up your stuff and left. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

When the bus arrived at school, Hazel gathered her things slowly, waiting for everyone else to get off. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The five in the citadel gathered on Sarai’s terrace, watching, watching, watching the city. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The children gathered up empty lard pails to collect the greens in and headed off to the coulee. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Several of the diggers had left their work and were gathered nearby, listening. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The oxen were being unharnessed, the carts unloaded, while the Brave Companions clamored for drink and the curious gathered around the caged bear. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In fact, the eighty-five citizens gathered there seemed strangely subdued and contemplative. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Kids gathered around it in the student parking lot after school, and tried to look as cool as he was. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He gathered the nerve to tell his father something else...tell him about his role in Mariam’s loss, but the teakettle whistled, and as Habib turned away, Fadi lost his nerve. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

They gathered in the drawing room around the piano. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon all the boys from Group D had gathered around him and Zero. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Kids gathered around as Sam repeated Dr. Morales’s story of Mount Pelée. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Every morning after I had gathered food for the winter, we went out on the sea. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

But here is the funny thing that happens: Zola leads Mr. Pomodoro into the first tower room, where all of the childrens have gathered to eat the bread and cheese. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Joe flashed her a sheepish smile as he gathered a pair of rubber gloves, a plastic bowl, and the half-empty container of hair dye into a shopping bag. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

If I had stopped the night and bears had gathered to my cooking, I dare not think what would have happened. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Near the water fountains, a bunch of boys are gathered together, laughing. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Lowering myself, hunched over like one of those not-quite-bipedal wild boys who’d been raised by wolves or monkeys, I gathered up my discarded clothes. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Many of the citizens gathered there wore overcoats, shoe rubbers, and woolen scarfs, having elected not to leave these things in the cloakroom: there’d been a rush to find a place to sit. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Solemnly the three friends gathered around the carving upon the ramparts. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

As the helicopters lifted off, Caputo gathered his platoon and set out on one of the first American patrols of the Vietnam War. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She scrambled for her own books and had them gathered up before Lamar could reach them, and then she took off, her long braid flopping as she ran. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Many who were involved in it now and would be involved in it tomorrow were gathered in Bud Gleason’s living room. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I reached the cliff, the animals had left the reef and gathered along the shore. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day I decided to linger near the place where the actors gathered and hope to gain Hamlet’s attention. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The two sorts did not love each other, he soon gathered. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

This gave him a harsher, older look—until he smiled, of course, and the sagging cheeks gathered up like curtains. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gathered up the net under Nike’s chin and raised her face to his. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

We were going on an adventure—outside, where people were gathered—and we weren’t going to ask anyone’s permission. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I watched in slow, dawning horror as a dozen girls jumped down from their bunks and gathered in a buzzing huddle at the center of the room. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Neighbors gathered, giggling, muttering words of pity and astonishment, asking my mother how on earth I could have learned so much so quickly. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned around and I carefully gathered her hair into my hands. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They believe we have gathered enough supplies to last the long trip to Bat Deng. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once Wielaf was panting and wincing on the floor of the upper level, Anya gathered up her bones and lifted him to standing. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

A few women gathered around and helped her up. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

By this time a small crowd had gathered around, and two men in white coats had even come out of the drugstore to watch. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Before the pump was used for the first time, the villagers all gathered around. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I gathered in the sheets, I watched the gate, waiting for the rebels to arrive to arrest the Locktons and reward me with our liberty. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I had been infected by the smell of evergreen boughs being gathered into piles and set ablaze in celebration of Tehlu’s triumph. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Give these to your grandma,” he said while we gathered up all the buckets of chicken. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Adam sat on a rock, and all the animals and birds, big and little, were gathered around him anxiously waiting to be told what kind of animals they were. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched as the men gathered wheat into sheaves and the women, with bent backs, gleaned the shorn fields. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The crew gathered around the bonfire, swapping drinks. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The whole family was gathered around the TV, even my great aunts, who never watch football. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

She hurried me into the sitting room, where in a panic she gathered all the kids she could find and then stomped off to find a few who had ignored her shouts. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“If the Lioness’s son is in trouble, we owe it to her to help,” Sana says to those gathered behind her. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Early that spring I started to gather abalones and I gathered many, taking them to the headland to dry. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Malcolm gathered his strength to sit up and answer, but he had none left. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Miss Maggie took a half step closer to Osh, who bowed his head a little, the gathered mist running off his hood in a stream. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Downstairs, the family has gathered for packing duty. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

When they were all gathered again by the fire, Ben scrambled some eggs and picked a few choice sprigs from the herb garden. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Sarai ate five plums, then crawled around on the floor until she had gathered up all the rest of them and shoved them into the pockets of her robe. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I nodded, gathered my books, and walked out of the school. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The worst part about it is there was a crowd of people gathered there, just listening and staring. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I went to his wagon, gathered tripod and kettle, water and tea. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But the thought faded out of his mind as a rumble of voices passed through the gathered crowd. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Some of the Knicks and Lakers had filed out of the locker room and gathered at the edge of the court to watch. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

They threw themselves at him, and he knelt and gathered them into his arms. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

That tulip tree where Indians gathered looked like a king. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

While she gathered plants, he watched the cattle grazing in the tall yellow rice grass that grew above the arroyo just to the edge of the juniper trees. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

There was a sliver of a moon above the horizon, enough to make a pale light, and the white of the sails caught it, gathered it and shone it down on him. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

They gathered all their garbage into the brown grocery bag. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I search the faces of the crowd that has gathered. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

For two days they had been boiling the small gray bayberries that Kit and Judith had gathered in the fields, and Rachel had skimmed off the thick greenish tallow. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

In all directions, loud partying brigades from public and private high schools, from Lost Cove U., are gathered around kegs, bonfires, picnic tables, drum circles, car hoods. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Out from it he fished and gathered wild tubers and greens. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The tub was filled with clean water that had been gathered in a cistern or pumped from distant pipes. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Father glanced toward the tent where the old, wise heads of the Tang people had gathered to work out some strategy. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, they all knew the useful skill of fishing, and the women and girls often gathered shellfish at low tide. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

It was dusk and the red priest had lit his nightfire in the great iron brazier amidships as the crew gathered round to pray. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And again the harvests were good and Wang Lung gathered silver from the selling of his produce and again he hid it in the wall. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I gathered up the things and put on my hat and went up front. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

A woman was pressing moist compresses to his forehead, and gathered around him were almost all his tenants, staring at him with intense curiosity. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her bracelets clinked as she opened her arms wide and gathered me to her. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

After the first few days Six-Fingers would not let the boys throw stones at them, but the boys still gathered to jeer and taunt the sweepers. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few people had already gathered in Harken Square, though the workers were still getting it ready for the Singing. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Now he let her help when he gathered the sheep in for the evening. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Johnny gathered his family around him and explained about the gun. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nancy took a breath and gathered her thoughts into stillness, using her martial-arts training to get her breathing under control. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, Clarisse and her friends were sprawled in the mud, and a bunch of other campers had gathered around to gawk. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

There’s fifteen or twenty buildings gathered round the pond at the bottom of the falls before the river starts up again. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He gathered the bags and carried them to the trash cans behind the house. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The men, tired from fishing, farming, and hunting, had gathered in the dare, the men’s meeting place. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A large crowd is gathered in the street to our left. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

A small crowd of other coaches had now gathered around to watch me fence with Brandon. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

After the service, I follow Bo to the candles where a few other people have gathered. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He gathered from her that his mother wasn’t right in the head. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The actors gathered around a nearby microphone where they could watch Welles’s hand signals. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

A small crowd of people had gathered on the airport roof. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

And she gathered up her dishes and went out to the kitchen. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

After a while he gathered up his things and left class ahead of time. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was no use selling 8800 since kinfolk from Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina were now moving in, and on most days, they gathered on the sidewalks and the porches for gossip and cookouts. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Nonetheless it cannot be doubted that when Denethor saw great forces arrayed against him in Mordor, and more still being gathered, he saw that which truly is. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Books grow old faster when they’re not being read and the ones gathered here were long past retirement, leaning tiredly against one another for support. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Ahead of him, the beach was covered with stones, their hard outsides rubbed off and smoothed so that they glowed as the waves gathered them up and down. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Small children are gathered around trying to get a peek inside. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone else was on the ground, handcuffed and under guard, most of them gathered near the rabbit pen. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Dimple gathered her hair into a loose bun and looked down at her feet. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The boys stood in the kitchen and gathered quick impressions. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever the crowds gathered at some intersection where we were stopped by traffic, the inevitable question came sooner or later. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

The darkness of natural as well as of sylvan dusk gathered over me. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

She didn’t know much, but over the years she’d gathered this: Her parents had been on the run. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

When they did, Beowulf knelt on the beach and gathered up shingle in his fists and kissed it. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cool white in the darkness, the freckles gathered on her shoulders and cheeks like cream rising to the top. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z