From a bed to his right the woman spoke again: “Buddy, get up from there! I got a big washing on my hands today and I want you-all out of here.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Another boy got up and came over to me. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I got up, took the chain off the door, and turned the knob just enough to unclick it. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I looked closely at it, then got up again. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I got up, walked behind Gasemu, and locked his neck under my arms. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I try to get up, but I’m only wearing one go-go boot. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

However, I talked quickly before he could get up and run away. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

One fell down and didn’t get up right away, so I went over to him. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I started to get up, but Grover pulled me back to my seat. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I got up and ran upstairs and into the bathroom and started to puke. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She ran with her baby alongside it, but the other boy had gotten up and found her. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We got up and marched down the aisle toward the cockpit. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I want to say, ‘If you like this so much, why don’t you put down the donuts and get up here and sparkle yourself?’ Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The third time the knocking came, I got up and opened the door. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you get up, you can see for yourself,” my mom calls. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He got up and put paper towels behind her head but couldn't stop the bleeding. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I get up, walk behind them, around the corner and into the back room. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Dad got up again, looked at them all, and asked simply, “Do you accept our plan for making restitution or not?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neeley begged off, saying he had promised to pitch for the Ten Eycks who were trying to get up a ball game in the lots. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t I get up, knock you out, and take those stupid glasses off?” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

It began with a dream I had just before I got up. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The week before Valentine’s, Maylene and I were walking home together, and I was trying to get up the courage to ask her. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He had to get up early to take care of a lawn down there anyway. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

It was obviously the wrong thing for me to have said, because he tried again to get up. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” I said, “but where they had trouble was at the top where it was flat. They got up to the top easy enough.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

They both got up from the table and walked away. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Lord, Will,” whispered Mama, and got up and hurried toward the bathroom. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

We stayed low for a while, then the cameramen started getting up and easing forward. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the time you got up in the morning until you went to bed at night. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“I wish I could get up. I’m tired of bed.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I get up in the middle of the night, put a comforter over her, and move her leg onto his bed. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Corinthians got up too and began to put her clothes on. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Elinor began snoring after only a few minutes, but hard as Meggie tried she couldn’t get to sleep, so she got up quietly and slipped outside. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Dr. Wilkins got up and stood next to me. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“I’ll be back,” I say, getting up from my spot on the couch, which Scruggs, a friend who was relegated to the floor, immediately claims, slinking up in one fluid motion. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Joe got up once more, and, with his hoe, diverted the water into a new row. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I could finally see the station outside the train windows, I got up and stood right in front of the door. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

They got up late, after I did, and would call to each other before hunting. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

An hour later she got up and walked away. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Well!” said Herbert, getting up with a lively shake as if he had been asleep, and stirring the fire, “now I’ll endeavour to make myself agreeable again!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

The initial prognosis was that he had broken some ribs, but he got up after several minutes. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Prosper,” Victor got up and went over to him, “come on, it's not the end of the world.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I get up right away and follow her, and Isabella follows me. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

She got up and opened the door to the hall. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“We can wear our winter overcoats and hats in the house,” said Mr. Popper, as he got up to go around and open all the windows. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Bridges sat down, but Coach Warner did not get up. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She got up and went toward the door, where she felt obliged to give us an explanation. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Come on,” I told him, and he got up and followed me. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He got up in time to see scientists scrambling out of the bunker. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew the rule—that you didn’t have to get up for a white person if there were no empty seats left on the bus—and there weren’t. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

It had been a pit of corpses and dead bones and he had struggled for years to get up from it. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

She got up on top of my bed, took one of the lightsabers leaning on my bookcase, and tried to jam one of the larger stars back into place with the end of the lightsaber. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Is that what you get up to in Jericho?” she said. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Then, abruptly, I got up and brought over a quantity of my personal notepaper and wrote a second letter to Sister Irma, using the floor as a desk. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The odor roused him; he lifted his head, and got up to smell it better. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Guillermo gets up and stands behind me, looking over my shoulder at my work, which, I see through his eyes, is dreadful. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“You were probably dreaming,” I said, getting up from the floor. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man got up slowly and dusted himself off. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Through his moans, he tells his friend to get up and fight—to get Albert for him. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Then I get up and rinse out my bowl and put it into the dishwasher. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I stood to discourage further talk and he got up, fairly bursting to continue. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Four gets up and stands between the tables. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It was the day my father was due to arrive, and from the time she got up, my mother was beside herself. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lay there for a moment, telling myself to get up, and then I did. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The youngest got up and poured everyone some more wine. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

If I had remembered my packet and made the mistake of getting up there, that owl on Kaylee’s shirt would be full-on rolling its giant eyes at me along with everyone else by this point. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

On school days I hated to get up. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I jumped off the car, fell to the ground, got up, and ran to meet them. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I have an impulse to get up, stand at the edge of the stage and open my mouth to sing. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Then he tried to get up and walk. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of getting up, she curls into me. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

It was like her self-forgetfulness to transfer the remark to my sister, and to get up and be busy about her, making her more comfortable; “that’s sadly true!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Mom gets up and throws away her paper dinner plate, even though she’s barely touched her meal. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

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

She gets up and comes to sit next to me. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I might have curled up on the ground like a Muselmann and never gotten up again. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

My father got up all pissy and took the dishes into the kitchen. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bando, Zella, and Miss Turner were going to join us for a wild turkey Frightful caught, but a big snowstorm struck last night, and no one got up the mountain. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I get up and throw my cup in the trash. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He got up and walked out to the road. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I got up quickly and ate, then reviewed the order of events to come. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Just as he was going to get up and come out from behind the bush, the tree branches parted, and there was Hooper. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Shriya got up to close the window, but I stopped her. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was easier for Maddie to get down off the plane than it had been for her to get up, just a light hop to the ground. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I got up before I began to bawl like a first grader. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Everyone goes from looking uncomfortable to embarrassed, and then Quang-ha just gets up and takes his plate and leaves the table. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I got up and followed Amil who ran outside to the garden. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And then the wolf got up and walked several paces to the right, and then turned its head toward her and fixed its gaze on her again. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

It was such a satisfying sound that he got up and slumped back down into it again. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

He got up and found his overalls and searched for the legs, and then the clock in the other room struck two. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

She got up irritably and walked away, toward the swimming pool pavilion, an open structure supported by three fluted pillars. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

When I get up in the morning I don’t even want to go to school, but I go. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark took a moment to get his bearings, then got up and felt his way to the end of the cot toward the middle aisle of the room. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I stare at him for a moment, then get up and bring the practice poster to him. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I get up and head out the gate to the front of the apartment complex. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He rubbed both of our heads and got up to leave. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I looked silently at the back of his head as he sliced an orange, thinking, I should order the special and get up and walk out. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, weary of lying wakeful in the hot stuffiness of her overheated compartment, she got up and peered out. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

She got up and ran away from the table. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The period was almost over, so Ben and I got up and put our trays onto the conveyer belt. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The latter got up and went to the door to give an order. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grabs the ball, gets up close, and dunks it in! Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now my mother gets up from the so-called love seat. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

They look delicious and I’m still hungry but Dad gets up and brings them to her with the tea. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Finally, a girl got up out of her seat and walked over to my chair. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Lili got up from the floor and inclined her face towards her husband’s in order to receive her nightly peck on the cheek. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

They got up long enough to slurp at the water trough and then flopped down again, raising puffs of dust in their shallow hollows. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He jerked my arm and I got up. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I flew really good when I got up above the surface, going over the shantytowns that had been built up around the cooling steeples. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I jumped up, but Father didn’t get up and I still couldn’t see him. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

After he shut the door, Eleanor got up and turned off the light. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you wish you could’ve seen the look on their faces when they saw that dead man get up?” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we get up to the top of one, I see more and more rolling away in front of me, hills under trees, a few so steep you have to go around rather than over. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t find the motivation to get up, not even when a roach crawled near my head. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He grabbed his knife, got up, and walked away. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gets up to go to the bathroom. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was about to get up and clear a path, when she stopped suddenly. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time the evening work was over, the coffee had worked its miracle, and Ellen got up from her bed, white and weak, but released from the pain that had tortured her all day. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

One new teacher said each of us had to get up and recite in front of the class, who was to listen. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And though her throat was parched with thirst and her feet burned with pins and needles, it was a long time before Mariam gently freed her finger from the baby’s grip and got up. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Scrap’s hair is half braided, half Afro, like he got up in the middle of getting it braided to go do something else. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Hassan did get up, but he just stood there, looking dazed like a man dragged into the ocean by a riptide when, just a moment ago, he was enjoying a nice stroll on the beach. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But not only did I decide to get up, I decided to get the hell out of that empty, boring, beige hospital room. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And then, almost as quickly as they started, the men get up and leave the table. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

First thing in the morning, when I get up before Emma and Finn. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Desdemona did not get up to answer it but only pulled a pillow over her face. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It rocked and swayed and the cubs fell on their sides and couldn’t get up without falling down again. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

But I kept thinking of the torn scraps in the basket, and after a moment I had to get up and look in the basket once more. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

When it was our president’s turn, His Excellency, the President for Life Papa Doc Duvalier, God did not get up from his throne to greet him. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Then, as he prepares to get up to change the sheets, something catches his eye by Daphne’s bedside. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She got up and left the room and came back with a hand towel from the hall bath. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I get up to explore and step into the little kitchen. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I got up so suddenly that the chair overturned. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning, I got up when the rooster crowed or when I heard the clatter of dishes as the women downstairs made breakfast for the men. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Even if you’re lucky enough to lose consciousness, you’ll find you still need to get up every half hour just to empty your bladder. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Then he got up and walked away, and called Sam to him. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I was desperate to get up, but I couldn’t make my legs obey me, couldn’t pull up my own weight with my stick-and-straw arms. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Lee got up and hurried into the house. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

My mom was just about to get up to pour drinks for herself and my dad when she noticed the marks on my neck. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The third Sunday she got up early and went out for a walk. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He looked torn between shoving her off the bed and pulling her close, and then he got up abruptly and left the room. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I get up and shuffle into the dark kitchen. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Ellis gets up to put her trash in the trash can. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I got up on the seat and almost bowled Uncle over. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

And of course, I also thought about when Ms. Jameson got up to speak. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“You were trying to get up there,” I say. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

As for me, I try to get up but fall. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I got up the nerve to ask my mom if I could go. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then I got up, wiped my face on the sleeve of my hospital coat, walked to the physicians’ lounge, and dialed the number I knew by heart. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Lie down with dogs, get up with rabies,” he tells me unsympathetically. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

And I was frustrated with trying, so after a little while, I got up to go. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Get up, get up, get out of your racks, plebes!” The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Dre slid down, and Red got up from the table, moved away from us. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“I don’t remember,” Momma says, getting up for more water. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

She said to Louisiana, “Get up. You can have some candy corn if you get up.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Always when I get up, though he is like a stone with sleeping, he has left a Post-it on the floor. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

I look up too, and I get up to try and make conversation and not be an antisocial nerd. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I’d sort of forgotten, but as I was getting up, it came to me. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Since I could not sleep, I decided to get up and join Papa and Roberto at breakfast. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

And she got up and almost ran out of the Herman W. Block Memorial Library. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

He hears, distantly, the sound of June swearing under her breath and getting up from the couch, walking off to a far corner of the room. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He began whistling a song and got up from the table. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

There have been times I’ve rushed away from my papers to answer the phone; gladly gotten up from my chair, hearing the mailman outside. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was still laughing, and I couldn’t stop, and I tried to get up and I fell down, and I couldn’t stop. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, he gave up any thought of more sleep, got up, dressed, picked up his Nimbus Two Thousand, and walked quietly out of the dormitory. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Marshall got up off his box and came over to where the rest of them were standing. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She got up to go visit her neighbor Edna Whaler; she had always wanted to get to know the pretty black American woman who sometimes brought her cloth-covered plates of American biscuits. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I get up from the table and gently knock on Matant Jo’s bedroom door three times before I say her name the way she wants me to say it. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I managed to get up ten rows, then duck into an empty seat just as the Furies walked past. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Kate got up from her bed and took a heavy dose of bromide. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, my mother gets up from her chair. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I get up in the morning and make coffee for him, I set two places at the table, with my newly acquired ovenproof earthenware in off-white, with speckles. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Thanks for helping me get up that hill back there. I never could have made it in time by myself.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was about to get up too, because I was sick of it all—I hadn’t started it, why the hell did I have to be in the middle of it? All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Girls are getting up and dancing in the aisles. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Sir Grummore got up, dusting mow out of himself unhurt, blaming his spear. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

As usual, I got up to meet him when he came over. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Then she got up, walked over to me, and said, “You know what I think? I think I’m going to remember this song forever.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She got up earlier and worked faster at her flat cleaning and was finished in early afternoon. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything after that became a series of steps, a dance that she had to execute perfectly or else she’d fall apart right there in that tomb and never get up. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She told her not to get up; that she’d sit in the bedroom and talk to her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lay in bed so much, she actually felt dizzy when she got up Sunday afternoon to eat dinner. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Coach noticed them too and knew that this just wasn't a good look, so he told me to get up and get back in the car. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He got up to take the joint from her. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I got up to take down more shoeboxes. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, get up. The ogres have surrounded the house. We have much to discuss if you and your friends are to escape here alive.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I set the blanket down and get up. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

When I saw him getting ready for work, I said, “How come you have to get up now?” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

They followed him a good ways but at his pace they were losing the day and finally he just sat in the road and did not get up again. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He got up and asked politely, in German,“Excuse me . . . Could you tell me where the toilets are located?” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Branwell got up and left the room with ten minutes left on our visiting clock. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to flatten myself against the building in case the aide had gotten up and walked toward the noise. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t been in bed when she got up. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I got up and followed Coach over to the end of the faculty lunch table, where he gestured for me to sit across from him. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

My knees and back were always aching—I would get up in the morning and it would take me at least an hour to shake the stiffness from my joints, especially in the wintertime. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Guy got up and angrily started walking home. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

When he looked at her, she motioned with her head toward the woods.Then she got up and announced she had to use the bathroom. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She got up and walked toward me, arriving in a cloud of vanilla-scented perfume. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“Don’t forget what I said about getting up and moving around. It’s important.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She got up and returned with a small white thingamabob that had thickened cow’s milk in it. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

How many do they gotta sink before we get up enough nerve to go over there and lick hell out of them? A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Immediately, all the people in the waiting room got up and started pacing, agitated, lighting cigarettes, running hands through their hair, or checking their wristwatches. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

That evening, though, Papa-Nnukwu felt well enough to get up for dinner, and the knots on Aunty Ifeomas face loosened a little. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She just gave me the ten-dollar bill and a door key so she wouldn’t have to get up and let us in. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got up and went out through the back and sat on the mound of cement blocks beside the house. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

One big sailor got up on a barrel and yelled questions. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He made no effort to get up, but raised his hand to his lips and blew me a kiss. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

As Fadi shakily got up to leave, Ms. Bethune gave him a hug. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

It was in the middle of the night when I was asleep, but Stephen has taken to getting up secretly and looking out of his bedroom window at the stars. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

We sat for a while longer, then I started to get up, except I was still feeling the wobbles in my head. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

"No, I'll sweep it," he said, and got up and went into the kitchen. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

They got up and strolled on down Cannery Row. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked her when people started pushing back their chairs and getting up. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

We heard Mom in the kitchen rattling some pans, so Dad got up and joined her. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think I’ll go and have dinner,” she said, and she got up and walked off to the portrait hole, her head bowed. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I got up with the sun, found paper and pen, and wrote a letter to the Diamants. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I can’t lace getting up, getting dressed, getting onto the train, going into London, wandering the streets. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which meant Leo had to get up there and look for them. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Just as we got up to the slabrock fence that Papa had built around the corn patch, I looked over and spotted this gobbler doing our pea-picking for us. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Judy, the policewoman, came in and spoke quietly to Rhine, and then Rhine got up and they both went out to the counter. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

It took me ages to get up the courage to go into the station. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of them now seemed to be waiting for me to leave, so I got up. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lay in bed for two weeks straight, ignoring my AffloVest and my regimen, and when I got up, it wasn’t just my lungs that were a mess. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I see it when he sits down or gets up—the slightest hesitation when he bends his knee. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I still think not failing in the first place has got to be the better than getting up after you fail. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“I wasn’t trying to get up close and personal with anything in that world, but...there were Pteranodon flying in the sky!” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I got up and went to the kitchen and brought back a glass of milk. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

We get up from the stoop and head down Jefferson toward Broadway. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She knew the endless hours he put in, getting up at four-thirty every morning and often not getting home until midnight. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she did what startled Ugwu: she got up laughing and went over to Master and pressed his lips close together. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I got up to leave, afraid I might start crying in front of everyone, and something slipped out from between the pages and fell to the floor. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Gollum got up on all fours, and backed away for several paces, and then he turned, and as Sam aimed a kick at him he fled away down the path. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He knew that it was time to be getting back to work, but when he started to get up Nancy stopped him with a quick gesture. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got up and walked around the village and returned to sit on the brick again. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

While I was eating he got up and went and picked up this book, an oversized photo album, and brought it back to the table. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

On her nightstand, her clock glowed green, the numbers already inching toward the time she had to get up for school, but she had a good hour at least. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

At last I got up and found the others, one by one, in the dark. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She got up, slowly, from the edge of the bed. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Lydia got up from her bed, walked over to her desk, and opened a drawer. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

As soon as we got up, she announced that we were going to wash our hair. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, yeah, yeah,” he said, and then got up on his knees and began to bark at Prince Terrien. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

My coffee is cold on the table, but I’m too deliciously warm and lazy to bother getting up to make myself another cup Sometimes I don’t even watch the trains go past, I just listen. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got up, whispered “Hi,” surprised and happy to see her. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I won’t be able to see her once I get up there. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we howled and thundered in the stands, Stargirl got up and walked from the gym. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

“But I can address things and lick stamps and—” Miss Hilly get up from the table. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She heard the rustle of her sister getting up. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was already coolly getting up from the kitchen table, as if he was the saner of the two of them, gathering the morning paper, and heading to his home office. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He gets up on the wall, balances along it then deliberately falls off. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I started to get up, but my belly full of food kept me in place. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

As far as I can tell, they never get up before noon unless there’s some sort of national emergency, like my leg hair. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Didu gets up and goes over to the picture of our grandfather that hangs on the wall, which she keeps decorated with strings of fresh jasmine or marigolds. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

At suppertime my mother came in to ask if I were ill, and being too slow-witted to invent an ailment, I got up and went down to the meal. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then we all got up and left and she followed us out, and no one in our family said boo to each other all the way home. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally I got up my nerve and crept past him. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“We have to get up, Chip. We have to get up. We just have to get to the room.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Harry swung his bag over his shoulder, got up, and headed for the door. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Grandpa is quiet for a long moment, but then he gets up and goes into the kitchen. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Finally he got up and informed me in an uncertain voice that he was going home. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

That would throw her off balance for long enough that I could get up. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Every morning, as soon as she got up, she warmed his milk, tied his bib on, and held the bottle for him. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Harry swallowed his mouthful of chocolate with great difficulty and got up again. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Laughing, he got up from his chair and came over to me. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I carefully lifted Daisy Mae, my little calico cat, out of the crook of my arm and placed her at the foot of the bed and got up and opened my window. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The second it moves, we get up and drag the trunks from the wall. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Since I would be getting up at two to begin the day, I decided not to sleep. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

That evening I thought about telling Mama that the teacher wanted to see her, but I didn’t get up the nerve. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Just as it was her turn to get up to the register, though, Grace saw a few people come in. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

After a little while Irwin got up and went into the bathroom, and I heard the rushing of shower water. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

She put her hand over my mouth and motioned me to get up. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can get up close to the music afterward.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I get up and pull the ponytail holder out a Baby Girl’s head. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I can’t believe I’m getting up in front of people and talking about personal stuff, and liking it. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got up, walked over to the door, and listened. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sit straight, not like a slug. No, get up. Go, and dress your hair more neatly.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Betsy just shrugged, and when Mrs. Rouse got up to get something from the closet, Betsy wrote me a new note. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Before him, Pond struggled to get up while Wind Being spread the moon sands out. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Then I got up and did as she bid me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The other three girls in my row got up and moved back, but I didn’t. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I pull a chair out for her without getting up from my seat. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Whenever we invite Dad’s cousins to Passover Seder at our house, Bubbe will get up from the table and say, “The shiksa needs my help in the kitchen.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I groan and attempt to get up, forgetting the trauma to my back until agony explodes across my skin. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I was not quite sure whether they had locked the door; and when I dared move, I got up and went to see. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

"Oh, get up, ye layabouts!" the old man snaps. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Clyde Livingston got up and dusted the dirt off his uniform. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He lay upon the ground telling himself that he had to get up. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

When we were all afoot the guards would take us out to the plant to work; but after the third or fourth of these examinations I was unable to get up. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Once he got up completely and walked a few steps with outstretched hands and then lay down in a spot almost ten feet from where he had originally slept. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

No one had ever challenged that racist practice before, but she was tired, her feet hurt, and she just didn’t feel like getting up. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I got up and stepped between the human bundles toward the door of the train car. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Then he got up and made some notes on a pad of paper and, arms hanging down again, walked out of the cemetery. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

So I just get up, taking my knife with me, and walk to the door where Rafi’s guard watches the street. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Old T.R. raced me to the top and then barked at me till I got up there. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I knew she was going to make me get up and talk to everyone. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I held on to the idea that he had just fainted and would get up soon. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The actor dude smiled and got up and left. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Lupita got up, her head reeling, and headed for the room on the right. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“If this is happening in middle school, I shudder to think what you guys are going to get up to in high school.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He was still red in the face when he got up to speak, and you could tell he was looking out at the audience for the carpenters and plasterers. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The midwife returned the bottle to her petticoat pocket and got up to go. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was cold, and we had to get up early in the dark. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If he don’t pick up his body count soon,” Sergeant Simpson started to get up, “it’s going to be your problem.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She get up early in the morning and go to market Buy only stuff that’s fresh. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She got up and sprinkled soda on a damp rag and handed it to me without saying a word. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

When I got up this morning, she asks how things turned out. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

She drifted off to sleep, but when Tiller’s snoring woke her, she got up and went into the living room and opened the trunk in the corner. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

But that involves getting up and standing in front of a group of people. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, perhaps, tomorrow you can push someone down and grab his paper while he’s trying to get up. I’m afraid, though, that our budget won’t allow this expense.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He points at Amá as he gets up from the table. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Dill got up and grabbed a knife, two forks, and two plates. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“No, your brother is used to a big house with lots of help, where everything is perfect. And you are all the help I have. Now get up!” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I get up on my knees and reach for the zipper. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“You can go ahead and get up there now,” he said to Winn-Dixie. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I got up to walk around the playground. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning we got up and set off to find a road, a settlement. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I had gotten up and was sitting on a chair beside her. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I get up and turn to my open grave, which is maybe only three feet deep and uneven. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Towards evening, Katie got up and made some supper for them. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She got up and carefully handed a heavy parcel to Prosper: the lion wing, wrapped in a blanket and tied cup with a leather strap. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Maxim had not woken me when he got up at five. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

On Saturday morning, I get up tired and sore. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

When Lupita got up, she scooted to the side of the pickup to grab hold of the metal edge and look over the side at the road ahead. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

He sighed and got up and yawned and stretched his arms high above his head to loosen the muscles of his body. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I cross my fingers, wishing with all my might that Apa will soon get up from the table and go away so that I can turn on the TV in the living room. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

She got up and together we shook out the blankets and rolled them tight. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I get up from my spot in the back and I fold up the furniture pad. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The sun got up, the clouds vanished, flags were unfurled and the fun began. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Delaney was gone by the time I got up the next day. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She got up from Her bed and threw her robe around her and walked barefooted through the house crowded with Hamiltons. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When Maribel was little, she used to get up early in the morning so I could plait her hair in two long braids down her back. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He got up quietly, put his armour to rights, and rode off to challenge the victor. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thief got up, not quite believing that he was free. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I get up and quickly stuff my feet into my boots—I won’t be caught lounging on a bed while this filth is within ten feet of me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

In the orchard the bees sounded like a wind getting up, a sound caught by a spell just under crescendo and sustained. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kainene leaned against Olanna and then, as if she had suddenly remembered something, she got up and straightened her dress; Olanna felt the slow sadness of missing a person who was still there. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Pearl grinned, and Lexie got up, slung an arm around her, and kissed her on the cheek. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Nor can I risk getting up and walking anywhere, without the Commander. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the choir got up to sing, Mrs. Dantzler stepped out for a solo. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, I convince my feet to get moving and start to walk over, but that’s right when Angie and Carmetta’s ride gets there, and they both get up and run to the car. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Sure, yes, that,” he says, and he gets up and heads for the back wall of the room, where the Secret Service is stationed. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Still, I get up, put my hand on the wall phone. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I reckon she’d forgot all about me, because it startled her when I got up from the cot. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

And after Lil closed her book and got up and left without saying a thing, I didn’t even want to try to get it. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“She keeps getting up. I put her back in bed three times this morning.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I get up from my desk and walk over to the window and flip the shade. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She waited until he fell asleep, his arm flung over her, his snoring loud through parted lips, before she got up to call Kainene. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

In a panic, I get up and run after Kim and Chou out of the shelter, away from Pithy. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

About that time I saw Chops get up and sneak away. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I loaded my plate and was about to take a big bite when I noticed everybody getting up, carrying their plates toward the fire in the center of the pavilion. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

We got up and walked around the Pond, and stopped at an outcropping of boulders that fell out of the woods. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Mine starts at midnight, when Ben gets up. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

In the first blue light of dawn Matt forced himself to get up. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I get up slowly and walk to the bathroom. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I get up and hop off the table. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

After three wobbly seconds he landed in the prickly leaves of a rockrose, but he promptly got up, pulled a few thorns out of his foot, and tried again. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

After a few moments Matt felt strong enough to get up. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I just crawled in the bed with her, and now that makes two of us that don’t feel like getting up ever again. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he had gotten up I would have killed him. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She got up out of her chair real slow and took hold of my arm. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Come, my son, come . . .” I got up, with clenched teeth. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he gets up in the morning first he washes his face out of a dingered-up bowl in the chicken house and puts on his pants and his shirt. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A brown-skinned girl in a cotton gown got up and stretched her arms above her head and yawned. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He got up on wobbly legs and lifted his arms. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Hugo and Isabelle stared at each other until the owner of the cafe made them get up and leave. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Adam had to get up to pour his own. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I got up from my seat and went over to Sapo. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I started to get up from the table, but he reached out for me. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Lacey gets up and stomps off, her footfalls vibrating through the crumbling floor. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I got up from my desk and walked to the dais. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No one really knows if he’s actually the one who said we should get up after we fail, but I’m guessing he would’ve thought it was true. He believed an easy life doesn’t teach much.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I got up and staggered over to the door. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

We stunk and so did Regis but they got up by twelve points. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Other than the rise and fall of his back, he didn’t move for several seconds, then he got up on his hands and knees and puked river water. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I got up and went to the balcony and looked out at the dancing in the square. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Very quietly I got up and put on my clothes. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

After various lesser mishaps, Meg was finished at last, and by the united exertions of the entire family Jo’s hair was got up and her dress on. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was just settling himself to begin when the clock struck six, whereupon he laboured to get up, and said:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Once he got up but fell back down to the mat and I told him to stay very still. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could feel Mama getting up and leaving, could feel her moving away from me. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

But one day my mother, the doctor, said, “You’re ready to get up today. It’s time to get up and go to school.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he got up, and dusted the twigs out of his jerkin, and wandered off forlorn, taking the easiest way and trusting himself to God. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to Regina’s,” Hana says, and starts to get up from the table. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He got up and made a last tour of the stores. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I get up and start toward the hill to clean up the ground where Shiloh was attacked. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gets up from the couch to make room for me. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She tried to get up, but the soft bed of grass made her lazy and sleepy. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She got up to the third floor, set the tree right in front on his doorstep, and hurried back down to the second floor and knocked on the door. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Lily got up and hugged him, but I could tell it was a hug that was barely there. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“Certainly, certainly. Come in and say hello to Polly,” he said, getting up from his desk. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I’m just getting up to return the journal to the sycamore hollow, where Madeline can read it, when I stop. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

When I get up, I shift the Doorman and read the card again. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Like I just had to get up and get out and move! The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

There he sank down, rested, got up again and reached the foot of Kehaar’s run. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I couldn’t make anything he would give me some of his so the baby-sitter would let us get up and play. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I feel that one ought to make a serious attempt to get up to 60 or 70 million volts. . . With such particles, we should begin to learn the true mechanics of the nucleus.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Finally she couldn’t bear it any longer and got up and crept softly down the stairs. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

They were the first of the athletes to sit down and the last to get up. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He had got up late and was in a state of barely contained outrage because all the hot water in the downstairs tank was gone. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I jump off him and bark, “Now get up and keep walking or you die now” There’s a sound. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Then he got up, saying he had half a mind to go over to Klein’s hotel and play a game of billiards. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have,” the old man said getting up and taking the newspaper and folding it. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got up and swayed as I regained my perspective. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Aggie calls from her bed, The three of ye are to get up and go to Mass. Do ye hear me? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Here’s the referee. He’s counting. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven ... Is the contender trying to get up again?” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luckily the next day was Saturday, so Roy didn’t have to get up early to catch the school bus. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papá winced as he got up from the chair and shuffled back to his room. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

All the villagers cry and beg and start to get up off their knees. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I closed the back door and got up front. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

When I did finally get up, I had to walk to the bathroom all doubled up and holding onto my stomach and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

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

I got up well rested and thought, I think I have enough energy now to climb and pick more coconuts for the road. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t used to getting up so early in the morning. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

It was almost zero in the house and she did not hurry to get up. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Come on here to bed, so I can get up there before it starts. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He made it clear, however, that they were to get up from the ground immediately. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m outta here,” he mumbles, getting up from his recliner and taking his plate with him. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

When I finally got up, some of the crowd applauded. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

They got up, and together they walked down to Wilbur’s yard. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Willard was going to have to work hard to get up any excitement. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the bell rings, I’m slow to get up on purpose. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He told her how he would get up at midnight to weep in loneliness and rage over the underwear that she had left to dry in the bathroom. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Finny got up from the cot, picking up his cane as an afterthought. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when, some days afterwards, it was announced that from now on the pigs would get up an hour later in the mornings than the other animals, no complaint was made about that either. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

He got up and walked around the house. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I get up and walk, filled with restless expectation, though I know there is nothing to expect. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

I get up because I’m supposed to, but if it were up to me, I would stay in my seat for the rest of time. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

In the morning, before the people of the castle had got up, Lancelot heard the heavy door opening quietly. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So are you. But we still get up before daylight.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then she got up, opened the curtains, and let the soft morning light and the first sounds of the world enter the room. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I extended my hand and he got up from his chair to shake it. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Then he got up as if to depart. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Then she got up and went over to where she'd put her dress down, on the bed. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

It took place in his cell because he was too’weak to get up off the floor. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Time to get up,” she said, but Granny didn’t answer. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Linda tried to get up again, but this time Bloom’s fingers abruptly dug into her so sharply that she collapsed back against him with a tight little .gasp. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

At mealtimes, when he wanted something, he got up and helped himself. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since he was taller sitting than standing, he didn’t bother to get up. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once you got up into them, he had assured us, it was nearly all level walking, with sumptuous views over the broad valley of the Shenandoah River. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The baby woke up then, and I was glad to get up and give her a bottle. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

We can get up, anticipate that the day will probably have a few good moments and a few bad ones, and then just deal with it. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

We’d get up, go over to the next room, and sit up with her watching the late-night movie, eating that popcorn with hot sauce on it. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gets up early every morning and goes outside to paint by four o’clock. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Mr. Richard tried to help him get up and the pain shot up from his side and buttock to his head and eyes. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He laughed and then he got up from his chair and went to the window. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He went to his bed and pulled his blanket over his head and he didn’t get up all day. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When you come to America, it’s a chance to forget some of the bad Chinese habits. A person could get up one day from the gambling table and find her life over.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Left alone, Ginnie looked around, without getting up, for a good place to throw out or hide the sandwich. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I could have triplets and walk out of here while you w ere still trying to get up off the bed. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was because she was getting up so early in the mornings now, and being so busy all day. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told them how he makes my mother go out because he doesn’t want to get up off his butt and get a job to provide for us. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s a bit funny, isn’t it, that he can’t manage to come to the Yule Ball, but he can get up here in the middle of the night when he wants to?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Betsy got up, picked up the beer jug and walked to the door. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got up just to look out the window. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

It seems as though you have to get up onstage and make everything up, right there on the spot. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I avoided all contact with my parents, never approaching Dad’s bedroom, getting up early and standing in the dark an hour before the school bus came. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Lazy white people. Can’t even get up to turn a knob.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

In fact he decided that he would get up and persuade them to go on. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

And so, each morning she would get up at six, and walk all the way from Thirteenth Avenue to First Avenue —a distance of about two miles to and fro. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a standing ovation,” said Mom, getting up. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Harry, who was nearest the door, got up to look into the corridor. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“You get up there early in the morning and check out those koi. They’re really something to see. We had them flown in from Adanta. Stocked the lake full of them.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got up, tried the light switches in three rooms. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Martel gets up without a word and disappears into what must be the kitchen. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Never before had he been able to get up whenever he wanted or eat whatever he fancied. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I shut down the computer and got up, but I couldn’t get the wall post out of my mind, and for some reason it made me nervous and unhungry. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I got up and walked over to my stronghold’s elevator, which I’d modeled after the turbolift on the original Star Trek series. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I got up off Ely's bed, and started towards the door. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Get up, I begged, get up, get up, get up, get up... The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

My partner showed that our experience had reached its climax by getting up abruptly, and my main concern was how to get home quickly. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tonight you see those who had to walk and get up early and return home late. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got up and hobbled around for a while, all hunched over, howling and moaning like some injured werewolf. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He had taken off his glasses to cry, but now he had them back on, and he pushed them up the bridge of his nose as he got up to look outside. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He got up from his chair and went to a second huge cupboard. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t even heard her get up from her chair or felt her eyes on my back. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not going to get up in front of thousands of people to help George Finkle sell his poison.” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I get up and pull the curtain back. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

But he got up every single time, and he keeps telling me over and over about how that’s the most important thing. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I don’t get up here much,” he said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Joseph wanted to get up and look out the window, but for some reason he was sure the streets would be empty. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“I know you don’t mind getting up with him at night. But the lack of sleep is awfully hard for me.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

On Sunday morning, I get up and go to church. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we came in, a tall man got up from a cot near the window and weaved toward us. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“You see this button? Well, it’s not one of my buttons. It’s not off anything I’ve got. I found it this morning when I got up.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some guys in school hardly ever get up to recite or go to the blackboard. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Then I got up and T. P. dressed me and we went to the kitchen and ate. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had a hard time getting up, because I was tired from the day before. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

He gets up and sits at the other end of the table with the rest of the Abnegation. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not getting up in front of the whole school and giving a speech. I’m a behind-the-scenes kind of guy, okay?” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

How else would Mr. Curtain get up to the Whispering Gallery in his wheelchair? The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, the blonde one got up to dance with me, because you could tell I was really talking to her, and we walked out to the dance floor. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Rowan got up and moved to the safety of the threshold before turning back to her. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

She was compelled to get up; her muscles would not obey her own commands; and when she was standing before him she trembled from fear. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And you,” he said, pointing to Amari, “get up and help her! Hurry! I’ll ride to the next plantation for more help.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She got up and he wanted to pull her back. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He tried to get up and run, but I locked my arms around his chest. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

And when he got up, he had the knife in his hand. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some nights I wind up in the back hall with one or another of the painters, because I would rather not see what Jon may be getting up to with the straight-haired girls. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I get up from the table without excusing myself and ignore my mom when she calls my name. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Cole couldn’t believe he was getting up this early to go sit in a freezing river. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He changed into a rhinoceros and leaped into battle, but as fast as he could knock down the giants they got up again. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I finish the first round ahead twelve points, and Mabel gets up to find us a pencil and paper. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Before Mom, Dad and Ellis get up the next morning, I’m in the garage rolling out self-drying clay with a coffee can and cutting it into rounded tiles. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Later, he got up from under his greatcoat, pulled on his boots and groped his way through the barn to relieve himself outside. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Her Dad would have to get up and walk with her every night when she was Ralph’s age. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Lupin and Tonks had got up hastily and retreated so that Mr. and Mrs. Weasley could get nearer to the bed. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

A kapo was instantly above him, pounding him on the head, shouting at him to get up. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

But she didn’t get up like I thought she would. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

When we got to the trailers, he put his knuckle on my bruised leg and ground it in as he got up. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He imagined himself getting up in the moonlit quiet, leaping out, running until he got back to the yard in Umuahia and greeted Master and Olanna and hugged Baby. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Glossy black feathers the length of my forearm fluttered in the wind, and I glared at them, then got up on wobbly legs. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She said, “No, we just got up. We haven’t been outside at all.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The group was already on the move, springing from their chairs and stumbling over each other to be the first ones to get up the aisle to the two intruders. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

As I was getting up to go, Abby says, “Notice anything?” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

He got up clumsily; there was a lot more of his body than he was accustomed to. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I got up and started walking out of the hospital. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Ellen had managed to sleep a little in the early morning hours, but she got up when she heard him and prepared a breakfast that neither of them wanted. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

They slept but never deeply—I often heard them get up in the middle of the night. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Stunned only for a moment, he got up, glared at Gerald, saw the growing intensity of the fire, and moved toward the open door. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gilly got up, dusted herself off, then took him by the hand. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

As soon as I hear him say, “Well, hello, Suesetta,” I get up and go into the kitchen. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Arthur got up and walked three steps in agitation. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last he stopped to roll a cigarette, and then the mute nodded his head in the direction of the clock, smiled in that hidden way of his, and got up from the table. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The Ares folks got up, and Clarisse muttered a dazed curse. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I get up and listen closer at the door. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I try to keep up, but I quickly introduce myself to the girl sitting next to me as the other students get up from their seats and leave the classroom. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

One night, quite early in November, there was a blizzard, and when the Poppers got up in the morning, there were large drifts of snow all over the house. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Later, when it was time for the smaller children in the cabin to go to bed, Sounder’s master got up, put on his overall jacket, and went outside. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Papa rubbed his hands together the way he always does before he gets up and pushes his chair away. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I said in a low voice, and he finally got up and waddled back the way he’d come. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ma got up, pressed the back of her hand against my forehead, then to my neck. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

That would explain why parents of some of the victims were there, having gotten up in the wee hours of the morning to make the two-hundred-mile drive from Dallas to Austin. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Obinze checked his BlackBerry often, too often, even when he got up at night to go to the toilet, and although he mocked himself, he could not stop checking. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He stared at me for a moment, then got up, motioned me up. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He’d get up in the morning and his grandma wouldn’t talk to him, not even about the phone call from the headmistress. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Kainene got up and walked to the wall, where the mattress leaned, and then came back and sat down. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

"Then you can take them off and put them in the saddle-bag. We may be able to sell them when we get to Tashbaan. Ready? And now I think you can get up." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

The rebel pushed the old man to the ground, put a gun to his head, and ordered him to get up. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Valley was already getting up, brushing snow and soil off her cape and black jeans. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I know this isn’t what you wanted to hear, honey, but this could be a wonderful opportunity for both of us,” She gets up and shuts the laptop. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I still have half a drink left but I get up and throw my cup away. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I started to get up, then I sat back down and crossed my arms. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“You go on back to sleep if you want, Ob. I’ll put some coffee on the stove. And I’ll fix you some eggs and cocoa when you get up.” Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

He had less than five minutes to get up to the fire. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I got up slowly, cautiously, found that it didn’t hurt any more to stand than it did to lie down. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

‘Look here, Johnny, I’m not getting up ’cause you tell me to. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The officer got up, went to a cubby, and returned with a plastic bag containing the book bag and the blues harp, which he placed on the desk. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

He got up and walked out to the yard. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

After a while Gollum got up and crept forward again, muttering and shaking. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She swallowed the last drop of coffee and got up from her stool brusquely, startling Alicia, who reached her arms out to me and clung to my neck the minute she was close enough. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

With a sigh, Baba gets up and shuffles toward his room,taking his tea with him. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Then the Captain got up and went to kneel beside her chair. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl gets up and sprints toward the door to the stairwell. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He got up twice a week around six-forty-five to be at the early morning practice before school had even started. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time in his life he got up every morning with something to look forward to. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

I step over it as I get up to go to the bathroom. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

For others, it means getting up in your ear about God, the Bible. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Mrs. V looked from me to the phone, sighed, and got up to answer it. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t invite you. Wait!” he cried as Maria started to get up.“I do want to see you. I guess—I guess—I was a pig at the birthday party.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, there was oil in it I got up and went over to the fire, tossing a piece in. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She got up and began to pace the room to dispel some of the anger before Rishi and Ashish came back. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Mom popped her own seat belt and tried to get up, but Dad caught her. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

"Do not stop me, what I say, señor. I say it quick, or I lose the nerve. Two weeks—maybe three—I try to get up the nerve." Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra was awake before dawn, with Pantalaimon shivering at her breast, and she got up to walk about and warm herself up as the gray light seeped into the sky. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Jessica got up and came back with a box of tissues. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I wondered if anyone would think to confiscate my legs if I got up and tried to run. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Grammy gets up from her puzzle and steps next to me. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I wait to hear her footsteps go down the hall before I get up to go to the bathroom. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

"The stripped-down MAV will get up to twelve g's during the launch. He could be unconscious and may even have internal bleeding." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Odom put her arm around my shoulder, and when I got up my courage to look at her, she winked at me. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

When he got up to stretch, Joseph realized for the first time that day how tired he felt. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

After a while she got up from where she was and went over the litde garden field entire. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

This conserved our energy and vastly increased our chances of getting up Everest, but I found it hugely unsatisfying. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I have to get up and go after her. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He got up as I tried to get past him and grabbed my shirt. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody moved or spoke for a long time, until Special Julius got up and said, “They have gone.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Shiloh’s still there, and he don’t try to get up while I set to work. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was dark in the room and the orderly, who had sat by the foot of the bed, got up and went out with him. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Fern got up from her stool and started for home, her mind full of everything she had seen and heard. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

I’ll get up and bike to the Brooklyn Bridge and throw myself off it. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Dad usually stayed out at night until we were in bed, and he would still be asleep when we got up and left in the morning. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Out in the glade they were sitting motionless, and then Pickett got up suddenly and stalked, face wet with tears, rubbing his cheeks, grumbling, then he said stiffly, “Good cheer, boys, good cheer tonight.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good,” she said, and got up to open the door for me. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

That evening, after dinner, Adria and I got up from the table to head upstairs and get ready for bed. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The lion slowly got up so he could show us his full presence. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got up from the table, wiped his face, then left, saying, “I better check the rest of the fences before dark.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to get up and run, but that only made it worse. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Valley struggled to her feet, slipping in the mud as Thorn got up and helped Seven do the same. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The man on his knees got up and spat at the dopey. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bell rings for the end of sixth period and we start to get up and Kristina stops dead in her tracks. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, right after Mong said it a big Mexican cop wearing sunglasses got out and leaned against his trunk, waiting for us to get up to him. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Jessie had dressed Laney in so many layers that Isa feared if Laney fell down she wouldn’t be able to get up by herself. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

If I can get up an inch higher than my man I can do something he can’t do, if I can reach an inch further than he can I can get to the ball first. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

But he got up and ran limping and crying towards the bank where I lay. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mack got up in the dawn and hustled his pants where they bound him and he stood looking down on the bay. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pattie gets up from the table and starts unloading little square bottles of nail polish into the back cupboard. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I smoothed Dinah’s crepe wool hair and placed her on the bed, then shoved my hand through my Devil’s Shoestrings bracelet and got up to get ready for school. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He refused to get up and prepare for the night’s travel. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember this American chap, even drunker than I am now, he got up at the dinner table in front of the whole company. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Abra got up and put her arms around him and kissed him on the cheek, and it was the only time such a thing had ever happened in his whole life. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But when she got up to put away her tray, someone picked up the chant again, though not with quite the same zeal. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

And how can I be free when my mind is all worried about Papi and my whole self is so sad, I can barely get up some mornings? Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Then the strange white man that was going to talk for her got up there. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Hadn’t he gotten up in the middle of the night to check the irrigation? Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to get up from my hammock and shout something that would flush them up like a flock of scared ducks. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I untied the cord of the canvas bag and got up, discovering sore muscles as I moved. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. It’s like getting up in the morning. I don’t want to get up but I don’t want to stay in bed either.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He finally got up enough nerve to speak to the woman sitting across the aisle. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

If he insisted she get up and go outside with the others and show her card, she’d be shot right there in front of her family. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

After while, they get up and drive off together. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Miss Celia gets up and comes over to the sink where I’m standing. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Everyone knows they get up to something secret. They have a ritual or something. And I just wanted to know what it was.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Dad put a hand on my shoulder when he got up to leave, which felt a little weird. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The jury filed out and the courtroom began to drone with talk, a few people got up and moved about. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry, okay? You keep telling me I should get up and out, and now I am, so you should be happy.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I get up, and almost immediately I wanna get back under my covers. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The next bell rang and we got up to leave. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frank was so stunned that Hazel had to yell his name a dozen times before he realized Alcyoneus was getting up again. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“We should get back on the road to Abuelita’s house. And this is the fastest and safest way to get there. So stop being so mulish and get up here. Come on, everybody up.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Kids looked around the room, to see if anyone got up to leave. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

When she saw that Francie was awake, she told her to get up and get dressed right away. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it takes longer to get to the attic from there, and longer to get up the ladder. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’m not sure if I am ready to get up yet,” the woman said. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

She got up and poured herself a glass of water and stayed standing against the counter. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I pushed back from the table, but didn’t try to get up. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning, Phoebe refused to get up. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

She got up in a hurry because her Dad would be worried. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

And then one morning when she got up, Lefty was sitting at the breakfast table. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

How could they know what mischief Soren might get up to, off in those hills? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I get up and walk into the bathroom and I feel raw, like my skin was scraped clean and every breath of air stings it a little, but stable. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I get up slowly so I don’t startle it, but it seems like a different animal than the one that faced me a few seconds ago. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She had a sudden, desperate desire to get up and check on him, but there was nothing she could do, because she felt like she was on the verge of vomiting again. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I got up early and had breakfast ready when Bando came stumbling out of the tree. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like any Buttles would get up and go on one of those. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I didn’t get up, and I didn’t answer him. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I got up to run to my tree, but had not gotten past the walnut before the patrol cars started up and screamed away. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He carelessly dropped the tin soldier to the floor, got up, and walked toward Prosper and Scipio. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Quite usual, sir. He used to ring the bell for the conductor and then send him for me when he was ready to get up.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around nine, M. Yoshoto took off his glasses, got up and padded over to my desk with a sheaf of papers in his hand. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I get up early to check Mama Duck. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

After a while I got up and went to my desk, but I couldn’t work, either. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

In the living room the voice-clock sang, Tick-tock, seven o’clock, time to get up, time to get up, seven o’clock! as if it were afraid that nobody would. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

After Uncle Joe invaded me, he got up for a drink of water. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The lights were dimmed, and Moss couldn’t bother to get up to make them brighter. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I got up and went to the dresser and slid my hand along it and touched the watch and turned it face-down and went back to bed. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mustard-pot got up and walked over to his plate on thin silver legs that waddled like the owl’s. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got up right away and went to get a medic. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I got up every morning, polished my saddle shoes, and went off to war,” I reply. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Julian gets up from the table and walks over to the china cabinet. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I got up from my desk and hurried to the blackboard. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I get up, sore all over, and start doddering barefoot for home. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Northern abolitionists like Ralph Waldo Emerson made Brown a martyr, and Southern loyalists got up in arms, quite literally, at the idea that this might be the start of a trend. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

First, there’s the usual getting up, getting showered, and getting dressed, in the kitchen, I can hear my parents talking loudly in a language I don’t know. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I got up and poured some water in the flour and mixed the dough quickly, forming it into little balls, then flattening them into circles. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When school let out in the middle of May, I began getting up long before dawn to go crabbing. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come on, get up out of there, you cringing load of catsmeat,” he bellowed. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The kettle begins to whistle, and he gets up to pour the boiling water into his teacup. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He got up and limped downstairs into the kitchen with the idea of refilling his hot-water bottle to ease the stiffness in his knee. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t any question mark in his voice, but she whispered, “Well, I...well, all right,” and I heard her get up. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

When Mom starts to go too haywire, Abuela gets up from her swing and walks away. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got up in the middle of the night and the whole thing straightened out in my mind. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

As I got up to get the sugar, I saw Mama fix Doc with a serious, hard look. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He got up suddenly and took his hat. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes, I was able to get up. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

After the sports ended, that was ten-thirty, and I got up to go. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a while I get up and look through the peephole. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I started to get up, too, but Momma put her arm across my lap. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have an urge to push back, to get up and shove. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the dust settled, Hymir got up and walked over to what was left of the granite pillar. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

However, they couldn’t convincingly explain how all those clamshells got up there. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Eventually, as though from far away, Omakayas felt the tentative brush of Tallow’s tough, creased palm, and heard the rustle of her clothes as she got up and quietly left. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

She is not the reason I get up. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Lena, Hannah, and I get up and do a football huddle in the corner. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

This time it was I who got up and went towards the window. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Saint Sarah gets up, looking at my brother with a mixture of pity and confusion. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I stayed in bed yesterday with a sore throat, but since: I was already bored the very first afternoon and didn’t have a fever, I got up today. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Sure. Come on now, get up on your feet.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed me away, he got up and began walking up and down the room, clasping his hands. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It’s drizzling so I get up from the swing, the chain rattling behind me. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to cuss as somebody sings about Jesus, so I get up and clean without a word. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

While he was trying to get up, clawing at the sword in his chest, Percy hefted the head of the statue. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Never cared much about birthdays,” his mom said, getting up to take the plates to the sink. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I got up, but I pushed right past my mother, and my uncle in Mexico, on my way to my room. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I got up early, met by the sweet smell of bacon and eggs, neither of which are actually sweet-smelling, but you know what I mean. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I got up and walked to the bathroom. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Not just the front rows, but the whole audience suddenly got up on their feet, whooping, hollering, clapping like crazy. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

She got up and dressed and ran downstairs and straight outdoors into the bright sun. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

But Big Ma got up out of her chair and turned off the TV set. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

When August 12 finally came, Daddy and I got up with Mother and Judy, in a reverse of the day last fall when Daddy and I had gone to school and they hadn’t. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She buzzed a second later, and I got up, slid the headphones across the table to Willy, and left the kitchen. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He got up and opened the door for me. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I got up one morning as usual and fed and dressed Leigh, who was five, and Joya, who had just turned a year old. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, then—get up, everyone. I need your help.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

There’s a horrifyingly long pause before she gets up and goes to sit in her desk chair. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I got up off my knees and picked up the gray rake. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

He forgot the butter in bed, got up from the bedside, and wiped his fingers on the tablecloth, exclaiming, “Lord bless my soul!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

We waited for a while and then started getting up from the floor. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got up and looked around at the low, snow-covered hills dotted with bare bushes. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gets up from her rock and walks over to me with them. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Someone said, “No, they’re trying to sneak out before we get up!” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

He got up and shot Frank an unspoken message that Percy couldn’t quite read. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He gets up early on weekdays, lights the fire, boils water for the tea and his shaving mug. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She got up without a word and went off for the shoes. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Natalie had to get up earlier, because middle school started before elementary school. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Mom,” I asked as she was getting up to leave, “what if I miss?” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Look it up, you say, and start getting up from the table. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He said: “Not exactly. I was stupid. I tried to get up.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

After a while, I got up, dressed, found the Hotel Filosoof stationery, and wrote him a love letter. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

She got up in the morning to fix breakfast and pack a lunch for her husband, then marinated a leg of lamb with wine and garlic. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

When Jazz got up, we did all the things we normally did. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Like my feet wanted to get up and march around the room in a conga line. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dante got up from the step of the porch and stood on the sidewalk. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

When I finally got up with sharp grains imbedded in my knees I found, to my surprise, that I no longer believed in God. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a minute his mother would be downstairs; she had got up when he and Macon had come in, but Macon sent her back upstairs. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pita shivered, pushing her wet hair out of her face and scooting over to stand behind me as if she were afraid the man was going to suddenly get up and come after her. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Dana, get up. You’ll be hurt more if I carry you than if you walk.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes, I get up, and Ford gets this look on his face like I’m leaving too. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

At the end of it all his wife got up to speak. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She gets up and shambles away on swollen feet, old socks poking through the holes in her rubber boots, glancing back over her shoulder. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

By the next Thursday, Mama was still in a good mood, and she had both me and Jay working for her in the kitchen from the time we got up. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I’m thirsty, so I get up and go to the condiment bar. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Once we got up on ’em I saw the Preacher waren’t there. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He missed Momma getting up and Byron getting up. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So the lady asked if I could handle getting up very early. When I said sure, she asked if I had my own car. ‘ The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

So I got up late the next morning, a Thursday. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Every day, I got up really early and hobbled over to my truck that was sitting in the garage. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

He got up at once, pushing back his chair. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I can get up onto the faucet all right,” he explained, “but I can’t seem to turn it on, because I have nothing to brace my feet against.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

She wanted to get up and go to him, but Bran was still holding her hand and she could not move. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I got up, snuck out the kitchen door and headed for the house two doors down. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I got quiet because I didn’t know what my hands might get up to when the day’s work was done. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I snapped out of it and got up to the steps, kids were yelling after the police tank. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

On Sunday, Mom and Jim and I got up as usual and dressed to go to church. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later two pigeons came racing in with the news: “Boxer has fallen! He is lying on his side and can’t get up!” Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

He said: “I’m cold,” and got up and went to the bedroom. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

We used to joke that if nobody remembered to wake him, he would just sleep through the day and night and not get up again until we called him for breakfast. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He always wanders into Dad’s room, and the minute he climbs into the king-sized bed, Dad gets up and comes back with a glass of water. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

I got up from bed and lifted my 30/30 carbine from the wall and listened again near the door of Rocinante— and I heard the steps come closer. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got up from the table and went into his room and slammed the door. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

It took him whole minutes to get up the stairs. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Oh, you think it is so much fun to lie in bed all day, never getting up. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It feels like I’ve done something so horrible that my own mom had to get up and leave me. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

"Hi," she said when she got up close. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I had begged to go, promising I would get up early and stay up late to do my work, but Maa said school was a waste for girls. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Erik finally got up and walked to the sideline to get his kicking tee. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We all got up and wandered through the drawing-room to the hall in great relief, Beatrice and I a little ahead of the men, she taking my arm. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

"You forget about that," said Wilson, getting up. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

At three o’clock in the afternoon, when it was time to get up again, the temperature was still killing. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Now my father gets up to make his rounds, turning out lights, locking doors. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She gets up from my lap and looks at me. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“No, not all people,” Doc said as we got up near the house. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She sat up, banged her head, cursed, felt around, and got up more carefully. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I thought of telling the waitresses about the cook, but I could not get up enough nerve. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slip into the seat in front of Monica and Violet, then get up on my knees and pivot around to film my establishing shots. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Means I gotta get up early with Daddy, ahead of the rest of the tenants, to get into the bathroom ’fore all the hot water is used up. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

When, after two hours, I get up to go, Caroline asks if I’m a vegetarian. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it faded I got up and put on my coat. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he struggled to get up and escape, but Gandalf held him gently and firmly. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I got up the courage to look into Styx’s eyes. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

We were all laughing and talking at once, and then Laura—typical of her—got up on her seat and did a hysterical impersonation of someone reaching out and getting electrocuted. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘You have such a crowd every night I can’t get up close enough to hear.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He got up and was out the back door before it would start. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

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

They helped the old man to get up and took him over to the shade of the parapet. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she gets up and does a full court curtsy out of Richard III, with the women shoppers having tea in Murray’s gawking at her. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dad gripped the edge of the table as if he were going to get up and come across the kitchen after me. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

When he said to get up, he expected people to get up, and they did. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Aunt Julia got up and walked through the living room and into her bedroom. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I got up and stood next to him in the dark. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

He got up off the floor, went into the kitchen, and headed out the door. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Before she got up the courage to ask the woman to leave, she turned away from the photograph saying, “I’m not the one you need to be scared of.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Miss Grump got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning,” Mr. Morrison told me, winking to show he was teasing Lissa. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Father got up and paced around the room. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, at 5:18 I get up and get dressed. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

She gets up and smooths down the back of her sundress. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He got up and brought her his pillow. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I got up and went outside and sat on the stoop looking into the night. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

When I get up even, I see that this person is a woman. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

At some point he gets up, laboriously removing his shoes and socks, and walks calf-deep into the water, regarding the surroundings with his hands on his hips, his chin thrust pridefully into the air. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She got up from the edge of the bed and hooked the screen door. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard you tossing and turning all night, Mr. I’m- not-nervous. And I heard how early you got up this morning, even before the rooster crowed. Even before the spring sun.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He starts to get up to bring sugar to the table, but I grab his arm. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She got up on shaky legs and walked slowly down toward it. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I felt sleepy, but it was hard for me to get up. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I got up and tried to run to the other side of the field, but he caught both my legs and yanked me down again. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

He got up from the table slowly; all his energy had drained out of him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He got up from the writing table—rather slowly, for him—and, taking his cigar stub with him, reassumed his one-foot-up stance at the window seat. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

He got up and went back to the others. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got up on the stage and the conjurer waved his cape over the boy’s head twice. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

When I got up in the afternoon there were some forms to sign about accepting my admission to Executive Pre-Professional and a physical to schedule—how glorious. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

She got up and started walking among the tables. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

She gets up and imitates the host and makes a joke in Urdu. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

We’d get up at dawn, my favorite time, when the shadows were long and purple and you still had the whole day ahead of you. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He gets up and calls Shay to present first. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

When the violin started playing, they became attentive, got up, and went on tiptoe to the hall door, at which they remained standing pressed up against one another. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

The effect was galvanizing: his muddied half-chewed tail stirred and he raised his shoulders, then his forelegs, with a convulsive effort, like an old work horse getting up after a fall. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jonas got up and went to where the teakettle was simmering. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She heard Mother getting up and then the sound of footsteps down the stairs. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Robert Cohn got up from the table and said he would go to the station. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

By the time I got up to where my car was, they were clean out of sight, the horn still blowing. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning, I do my routine, get up before the rest of the girls and brush my teeth and shower. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I got up and took my shower, and I got dressed and went downstairs and had one of my dad’s Granola Squeezes, and went out to my upcar and started to drive to School™. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As my heart calms down, as my breath softens, I get up to work on my altar. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I see the hurt look on Erin’s face, but I don’t say anything when she gets up and throws her trash away. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shifted his weight as if he were going to get up out of his wheelchair, but I knew that was impossible. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

And with that Cabot Searcy got up, walked through the door, and shut it behind him. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

After a very long time, the teacher gets up and goes to her desk. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

But Pablo fell and got up, Green on his shoes, With the football Out of reach. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gets up, and as she leaves, she holds her fist up and so I hold mine up too. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I got up first, and I could have eaten it. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Dadi, who was sewing, got up and grabbed us away from the window, brought us into the kitchen, and pushed us into the pantry. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I got the top bunk, CO”—the newest guys always did—“but I still got a bullet in my knee and I can’t really get up there.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tino, Victor, and the boys got up to go back out, so I struggled to get to my feet. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got up and went past him into a large simply furnished office, thinking, Now, I'll know. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He drops to his knees, gets up again. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You mean—?” He got up off the bed, and she did, too. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Lee got up and went to the window, and he finished the story, looking out at the stars that winked and blew in the March wind. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I get up and follow her down a series of hallways. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He would get up and go to school with Lydia, their rides mostly quiet, with Lydia trying to get him to talk. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He tried to get up and run, but there was nothing left to run on. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got up and went into the bathroom. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Welcome to Calhoun High School, brother and sister Meecham,” the principal said, getting up and punching Ben on the shoulder in an amicable gesture. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I leaned on the ottoman next to the couch for support as I got up. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

He’d overturned the chariot and destroyed several buildings, but every time he threw off a wave of attackers in his hurricane, the ghosts simply got up and charged again. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He got up, on one knee, then on both; when he was on his feet he turned toward the drug store, still clutching the paper, amazed and angry with himself for having been so clumsy. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

And she suspected that Miss Adebayo knew this; it was always when she spoke that Miss Adebayo would pick up a journal or pour another drink or get up to go to the toilet. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Holly got up from the bed and started walking fast, back and forth, across the room. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I need to get up there as well and sort through all of Mama’s stuff.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He had simply got up to teach one day and left his body behind him in an armchair in front of the staffroom fire; his routine had not varied in the slightest since. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

She smiled and then got up, saying she had to go say hi to someone before lunch was over. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Derek ran to it before I could get up and tell him not to answer it. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

How the leg got up by itself one day and walked on off. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Lili got up with the break of dawn the next day. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“I put it on the top bunk for you. Can’t get up there myself, I’m afraid—when I tried the whole thing swayed like a ship at sea.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She smiles and gets up from the table and goes into the kitchen. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I was just fixing to get up and wade across when I chanced to look up at the train trestle. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I got up and walked to the library which was at the edge of the park. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

The physical therapist comes in and makes me get up. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I saw her sit on the side of the bed for a while before getting up, drawing in deep breaths through thin, pursed lips. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got up with the flashlight and climbed the stairs and raised the hatch and played the light across the yard. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Two of the kids got up and went to the next stall, another horse. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I was just getting up the next morning when Daddy knocked on my door. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Even when I got up they were still as tall as me. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“I thought old people got up early,” Molly mumbles. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Then she got up and went into the kitchen, leaving Francis and me to one of the more torturous silences I have ever experienced. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I'm sure he got drunk just in order to get up the nerve to walk in the door and tell me he loved me, and after that eruption of sentimentality, he wanted out. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The ankle twisted under him and he went to his knees, but he got up and plunged into the crowd on the sidewalk, pushing through. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got up to go sleep on the couch before he came back. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

That night I got up in the middle of the night and took my blanket into the bedroom so that I could sleep on the floor next to Lynn’s bed. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She got up and pulled up her panties. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She gets up and walks the room, pacing. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Ivy got up and limped toward the checkout counter, where she found a piece of plain white paper in the printer. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It’s funny, but I hardly feel tired when I get up at six. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“I will fetch you a candle, sir; and, in Heaven’s name, get up. Somebody has plotted something: you cannot too soon find out who and what it is.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He got up and got another hunk of ice and put it in his drink, then he sat down again. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Then I dropped my gaze and began to scan the area, desperately trying to figure out how I was going to get up there. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Chilled by his face and his voice and his smile, they got up silently and followed him through the doorway into the dark long hallway which led back to the front hall. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

After a while I get up and pace, stretching my arms above my head. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

It hit me that he wasn’t going to get up only after he was lowered into the hole, just in the shroud, and the diggers started covering him with the earth. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He got up and walked out of the room, closing the door behind him. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

How did such a monstrous thing ever get up to the sixth floor? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The man gave us directions; and told Olakunde and me to stir a bone and get up—we had a real long journey ahead of us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Papi rolls a few strokes, squinting as he gets up near the top. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

It made us think of the empty chair at home; so we got up and walked down Piccadilly. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Slowly, stiffly, the man got up and went over to where the young soldier was sleeping. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Hey. Before I forget. We gotta get up at five tomorrow and drive to Hamburg or someplace. Pick up Eisenhower jackets for the whole detachment.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“But once he’s told us, we must get up there in no time at all. Bigwig’s going to need us as well as Kehaar.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Otto was still an unsteady walker, staggering a stretch and then holding my hand for a second before getting up the courage to toddle farther. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Which is church speak for “You better get up out my face.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Finny got up with a shrug and walked to the center of the floor, between us and the platform. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to push the nurse’s hands away, try to get up, but I’m too weak. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

But then she got up and went to find a calculator. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He knew that it had to be borne, however, and got up obethently enough, after giving Cavall a last reluctant pal. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel my heart rise like a kite, and I get up and run to the door. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Ebony, who’s been sitting over there, goes through the arduous process of getting up with her cane and walks toward me. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

She gets up and trudges into the hallway. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Lina got up from the cramped desk and went to the window. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They got up, folded the blankets, and started preparing breakfast. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I pull my pants back on and twist my body to get up. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got up and looked out, but the glass was covered with a sheet of thin ice, and the only thing I could see was the crazed pattern of the streetlight outside. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

For three days she had stayed there, getting up only to go to the bathroom. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

My mother got up, fetched a plate from the rack, and filled it with stew from the iron pot on the fire. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he got up and went back to work again. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

When he saw her, he got up, said, “Adiós,” to the boy, and came to her. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I start to get up, but Coach Rockford holds out his hand. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I made to get up, but pain shot through my whole body in exquisite little packets. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I got up and hugged my uncle, and he embraced me harder than he had the first time and kissed me on my forehead. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I got up and walked over to Alhaji and the rest of my friends. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Finally he got up and went into the main house to dust the furniture, something mild and mindless that would keep him occupied. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I can sleep in broad daylight,” Shae said, getting up and gathering her bedroll. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I got up, stumbled to a bucket of water, splashed some on my face, brushed my teeth with my finger. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Well, what we think it is—” As she began, the kettle boiled, so she got up and made the coffee as she continued. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The detention aide got up from her desk and sternly warned us, “Mr. McClaren and Miss Gaither,” to be on our best behavior while she left the room for a few minutes. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Matthew got up from the table and went back to the kitchen. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

We get up there by elevator and a nurse, kind of fine-looking, tells us where to go. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I got up and followed her into the living room. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I got up when the others had been quiet for some time. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I got up to grab a glass of water from the kitchen. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Nali got up and walked to the area where she kept all her aluminum cans for recycling. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Even the Jesuits had allowed him considerable indulgence, such as permission to get up late in the morning, which became not so much a habit as a way of life for Descartes. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

He made Guenever get up, and took her hand, and led her down into the arena. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hall, who had climbed Everest four times previously, understood as well as anybody the need to get up and down quickly. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He raised his glass and drank his rum, then got up and filled both glasses. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I got up to add wood to the fire, my feet wandered themselves to the pantry, and my hands pulled the loose board there. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the small hours he got up and came to Frodo, whose turn it was to watch. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Daddy steered the boat around trees to the corner of County Road 2435 and Rural Route 2, where there was no Purgatory Hill and we could get up and out of the grove easily. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

His grandmother would be getting up right about now. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Justin gets up and pats me on the shoulder before brushing past me up the stairs. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

She looked taken aback, but pleased too, and got up. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He got up and went out on deck again. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Valley got up and walked to the blackboard. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The next morning, I heard my parents get up and get ready to leave for work. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I got up one Satiddy morning and seen me a sight. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Slowly he got up and went out the back door. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Which meant she'd have to get up to let him have his spot by the window. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Sam got up and tugged on his leash, but Mole would not move. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Okay, she signed, and got up from her chair. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The Dwarves and the two or three strange Men that still remained got up and said good night to the landlord, but not to Frodo and his friends. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I had to get up, slip into the bathroom, and throw water on my face. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gradually a few of us are allowed to get up. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She thought about pushing it back, but instead she got up to do the dishes. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Knightley immediately got up, and in a manner decidedly graver than usual, said, Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

She gets up and we go to the middle of the floor and shake our hips at each other, never touching, never talking, just smiling and keeping our eyes locked. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

There was a lot of talk about basketball scholarships, and I thought about trying to get up my interest in ball again. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He got up to follow her, but Piper gestured for him to wait. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Dragonwings lurched forward, bumped, stopped, and lurched forward again, like some great lumbering beast coughing to itself as it got up out of bed. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the old days, whenever she had to confront something scary, she’d just get to wherever she was going and sit in the car and drink until she got up the courage to go inside. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I put my journal pages down and got up to turn off the television. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

King Pellinore had not only lost his temper but he seemed to have been a bit astonished by the impact He got up facing the wrong way, and could not find Sir Grummore. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got up and knelt at the bench and turned each one all the way to the left. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Slowly, sadly, poor James got up off the ground and went back to the woodpile. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

So I get up, get my history book, and start reading. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I got up, making sure I took Bear’s sack as well as his hat. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

We got up just as something began to bite me—the ants, probably. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Ma looks annoyed, but she nods again and waits for me to get up. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Unable to resist, I got up and crept out the door, then out to the dim hall. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Lennie looked helplessly at George, and then he got up and tried to retreat. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

To his credit, Nuah gets up and kicks Muhammad’s legs off to join him, which gives me a spot on the now vacant sofa. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I get up and walk hurriedly to the lounge room. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I ran and stumbled and got up and ran again. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’d rather buy the worst dress here than go to another mall. Let’s get this over with,” I say, getting up with a new sense of determination. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I managed to get up on all fours. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I woke up with August shaking my shoulder, saying it was gonna be a scorcher, get up, we had to water the bees. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got up closer so I could hear what he was singing. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I got up at once, shaking the table clumsily as I moved my chair, and upsetting Giles’s glass of port. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to get up and touch the things in the room, but I knew that if I upset the principal I might not be accepted as a new student. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I’ll get her,” he says, and gets up and leaves the room. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thanks for showing me your houseboat. I mean, your floating home with no motor,” I say, getting up. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I got up and went over and hugged him. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“Buphead, I thought for sure when I got up this morning that my Ups was working fine, and now when I feel ’em like this they still seem like they movin’ just right. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He isn’t used to getting up this early. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t swallow and I almost got up to run to the bathroom. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He got up from the couch and walked over to where we were sitting. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I need to get up to the tower, to go through all of Prince Balekin’s correspondence and hope I find something to do with Locke’s mother or Dain or the coronation, something I overlooked. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

At once Gollum got up and began prancing about, like a whipped cur whose master has patted it. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Several cedar chests, so large that Molly wonders how they got up here in the first place, are lined up against a wall next to a stack of steamer trunks. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Before he could get up, the other two females joined the attack. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

He got up, stumbled, and got up again. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

All through the night I would get up and check on her. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Very queer he was, and as soon as I had roused him, he got up and ran back here like a hare.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He tried throwing the spear but he was not good enough and not fast enough—the birds could fly amazingly fast, get up fast. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Often he sat propped on the pillows for an hour before he got up and dressed. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He remembered sitting on a hard church pew swinging his legs while his mother lay in a box at the front of the church and would not get up. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Immediately after one explosion, we got up and ran together, with our heads down, jumping over fresh dead bodies and flames of burnt dried trees. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

After a short while he got up, rubbing the back of his head, and moved toward her. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“We’d better get up there. We don’t want Coach Hedge tying bells around our necks.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Ada whispered, “Get up, get up,” into my ear as I stretched my arms and legs and let out a groan. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

His newest schedule was to work for ten to twelve hours, then eat and sleep a few hours at the hatchery, and then get up and work six hours. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She got up and went to a cabinet for a bottle and two glasses, and when she turned back she noticed that he was looking at her fattened ankles. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

We all get up to make room for her as she slowly eases down near the armrest. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Will frothed inwardly and finally he balled up his napkin and got up. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I got up and took Oscar around the back. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Will could see her getting up and walking away. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

It takes him awhile to get up from the flower bed and wipe the dirt from his hands. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Tats gets up and starts going, but Marjorie’s standing there, looking at me. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“I just cain’t understand it,” Mama fumed, getting up to pace the hall just the way Grandpa had. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

My clothes were all folded up in a neat pile the same way Momma used to fold them when she’d go to work before I got up. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Someone gets up to leave, prompting others to leave. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had gotten up early every day all summer to run. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

He got up and slowly waded in, trailing his fingers along the surface. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

And yet, every morning, I did get up and go to school. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

His phone buzzes on my desk and he gets up to check it. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“Look,” said Roy, “every day we’ve been reading about regular people, ordinary Americans who made history ’cause they got up and fought for something they believed in. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got up and looked down the length of the train. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Instead he plans to dig a tunnel down there, into the side of the hole, and to get up and down to it by a rope ladder. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was a leak in the shed roof over the pantry, and she got up to empty the pan she’d placed under it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He says he got up, went out into the hall, down the hall to the front door, opened it and looked out just in time to see the boy racing down the stairs. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got up to go into the house, but it wasn’t there. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I had gotten up in the middle of the night and stolen the rice. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Monique got up about seven and decided to go to work early to put in some overtime. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tripping over a dead limb, I sprawled through the darkness and didn’t bother to get up. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard Grandpa get up from the cot and start pacing the floor. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

After dinner they slept until it was time to get up for work. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Timorous answered, that they...had got up that difficult place: but, said he, the further we go, the more danger we meet with; wherefore we turned, and are going back again. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Dad got up and they did that weird man-hug where they pat each other’s backs for a few seconds. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Mary Louise Smith told of her refusal to get up from her bus seat for the red-haired white woman, and of the policeman’s arrival. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I quietly got up and went in the shed to bathe in the aluminum tub. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He gets up and points the camera my way. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He would get up even earlier in the morning, read it by flashlight for a while, sneak it back, and go trotting with Bow Wow. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

So she got up, cleared a spot on the floor, and made a fire. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I yell, getting up, and once again they open. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

"Don't waste my time with trash," said Red, getting up and walking away. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

And suddenly she got up from the table and ran into the living room. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I get up and look out—and see the scarlet kimono disappearing in the distance. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, the kettle whistled, and the man got up to make the tea. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

So he got up from bed, changed into his pajamas and got back into bed. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, all right,” she murmured, getting up to go back to the window. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He got up, put a hand into his pocket, found the box containing the ring in there. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was fine, we told each other, because he still got up and went to work every day. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I slide my laptop off my crossed legs and get up from my bed, swaying to the side, feeling really faint. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The colt tried to get up on its feet, but its fragile newborn legs folded under it and it fell down, looking helplessly up at its mother who neighed a greeting to the morning sun. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got up and went to the cookhouse. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I get up and move to the first row, where there are a lot of empty seats. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The next morning, Annabelle gets up an hour earlier than usual, and then heads out. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He placed me in a comfortable chair, and arranged the phonograph so that I could touch it without getting up, and showed me how to stop it in case I should want to pause. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The Ghost stretches his lanky body as he gets up. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I take to getting up early in the morning, before Sarah is awake, to paint. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

On Saturday mornings, he got up to listen to the five coaches tear the team apart during the critique of the game on film. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wearily, she got up to climb the wall and try the door again. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Young children flooded to the center and danced till they were exhausted, only to get up and dance again. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

I got up from the terrace and went slowly through the hall to the library. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Tried to get up and fell back again. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I got up and went to my bedroom door. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when the crying had cleansed my soul of the great weight of pity, I got up and ran home. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She got up and put on a dressing gown and brought a hand mirror back to the bed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Gogol gets up, shuts the door to his room, muffling the noise of the party that swells below him, the laughter of the children playing down the hall. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He poked my temple with his index finger as he got up to get himself a Diet Coke. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

What d’ya think these people get up on the witness stand for—their health? Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt so strong that he was sure he soon would be able to get up and walk. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Olanna nodded and brought her bag closer, ready to get up and leave. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Please, Mr. Leroy, please get up. Please don’t leave me here alone!” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

When Adam finally got up from the ground and moved, bent over, into the kitchen, he found a basin of hot water standing ready for him and a clean towel beside it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But he smiled this time, and got up from his place by the door. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

That is, she wasn’t well, but some days she got up and ate dinner with us. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She got up and walked to the railing. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Once my feet are free, I get up and throw my body into a run, into a sprint, my feet quick on the stone, the red moon in front of me, the ocean gone. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

And so I know her coming to school on her own this morning was not about being too tired to get up early. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Why, my dear boy,” Sister Ignatia said as she got up from her desk and walked across the heavily perfumed room to take Antain’s face in her wiry, strong hands. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Finally, he got up and pulled on his trousers, his movements slow and reluctant. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Um, maybe later, girL” I stared at the dark waters, trying to get up my nerve. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I get up off the duvet, feeling as if I haven’t slept. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She sat down to more applause, and then we got up, one by one, in varying states of misplaced confidence or paralyzing terror. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She gets up and stands behind the members sitting in the doorway. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Minho got up and walked over to the Section One trunk and opened it. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Joe got up and grabbed it, bashing its head against a rock. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the time was up, both of them knew that they could get up, but both wanted to see if they could hold out a little bit longer, and they did. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was just fixing to get up off the back steps and go gather the eggs when Campbell Junior started squalling in the kitchen. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

By the time she got up, Uncle Shepsel was munching on his half. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

"Do we really have to get up at 4:30?" Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Hamilton replied that she didn’t feel like getting up. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I was about to get up to use a computer when somebody sat down at the table across from me. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

She waves me over anyway so they won’t stare off and I get up and join them. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I get up too, putting myself in her path. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Those inside got up a line of their own and hopped along. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

His hands and feet threshed in the tangle of the wild grapevine, and he whimpered and gibbered as he tried to get up. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of the boys, who were lying on their mats, got up and joined us as Alhaji continued: “It is better to stay here for now.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She got up to see why and was surprised to see that Papa was using an electric lamp. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She didn't get up from my lap or anything, but she gave me this terrifically dirty look. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Both my parents go off to work before six, which is when I get up. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Cheryl got up from the ground even though acid was eating away at her skin. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It belonged to one of his fellow workers who had been able to get up on the roof of Number 3 freight house to escape the flood. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

One was a sharply climbing swallow kite that was hard to get up, but there was nothing as fast as the swallow once it was up. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wednesday, January 9,1935 I hear something funny when I get up the next morning. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one I knew was sitting by me, and I squeezed the arms of my chair to keep myself from getting up to cheer. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sam and Merry got up and walked away from the fire. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He kept getting up to wash his hands. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

She gets up and walks me back to the nonfiction section. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Being unable to sleep in bed, I got up and opened the window. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

A horrible thought came to her, and she got up, stumbling over the kids and the blankets. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She got up at four o’clock in the morning and waked everybody in the family. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I get up to go to the door, but Mama beats me to it. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Instead he got up to take a walk around die cay, saying he’d be bade in a few minutes. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look at the door; I think I can hear Dad chewing the last bite he took when he got up from the table. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

‘You have shown your usual cunning in getting up just in time for a meal.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

And just like that, we got up and started moving. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Finally the boys were hungry, and I got up stiffly to follow them back. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Are you kidding, Ari? He gets up a half hour before he has to be in to work. He won’t get up a minute earlier.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Good,” he says to Richard, “we can go home. I’m getting up in”—he looks at his watch—“five hours.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He tapped her gently on her shoulder, and gestured for them to get up. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Eventually, I got up the nerve to ask about what was always on my mind whenever we came to Montauk—my father. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I got up just before dawn and got the fire going in the stove and put water on to boil and cooked our morning rice. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

My shoulder crashes into the wall and I get up to my knees. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He let go of my hair, and I watched him get up and run back to the boys on the field. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Will you get up and get into the car so we can all go back to the squadron?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

No Persian can get up early enough in the morning to bomb anything. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Bigwig got up with difficulty and they saw that he was still bleeding. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cap’n give the man a kick to the ribs and said, “Now get up.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“Come on,” she says, getting up from the computer. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I get up on Dain’s desk to put some distance between us. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She got up and left a big tip on the counter. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Time to turn these lights out and go to sleep. Tomorrow’s Saturday, and I don’t want to hear any fuss in the morning about getting up ’cuz you were up all night reading.” Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

One call that I never will forget came at close to four A.M., waking me; he must have just gotten up in Los Angeles. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got up on top of a car and began waving my arms and yelling at them to quiet down. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he walked into a room, I would get up and act like I was going to the kitchen, then when I reentered the room, I would make sure I was close to the exit. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It takes me almost a week to get up the courage to ask Mom and Sam. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“No other reason. Good night,” he says to Gogol, getting up from the bed. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was thrashing about and laughing and I tried to get up. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got up and softly opened his door. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I figured by her silence that I was dismissed, so I started to get up from the swing. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Professor Binns had been very old indeed when he had fallen asleep in front of the staffroom fire and got up next morning to teach, leaving his body behind him. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

But then, when you do get up, he will probably become very excited and start bounding about. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to get up and was instantly slammed down by a boot on his chest. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got up right away because I was hungry, but Marie told me I hadn’t kissed her since that morning. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I’m going to get up and I’m going to kiss her. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mama got up and handed the baby over. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The rest of the team was trying to hide their laughter as Simpson got up, wiping his nose and looking for blood. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Then she says, "What are you talking about? You got up one morning and you ran away from home?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Dessie got up in the morning Tom was already at his drawing board, beating his forehead with his fist and growling to himself. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped: but there was no answer and after a moment she raised her eyes, got up, and began to slice some onions into the stew pot for supper. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Questions later. We have to get up there.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Minho got up with a grunt and put on his backpack. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She knew that if she fell in that corridor she might never get up again. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

I put down my e-reader and got up to see who was there. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I get up and keep moving, but it’s no use. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It was the best music my brothers and I had ever heard, with gorgeous cascading chords and an electrifying ragged timing, which compelled the audience to get up and dance. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

And even though I know it’s probably the cheesiest thing I’ll ever say, before she gets up, I tell them: “I’m just glad to have friends like y’all.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Guzzo probably realized what we were talking about, because he got up and walked over to us. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Indeed, when Mr. Marsden got up to stroll the room he always stopped at her looms. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

It took me a week to get up the nerve to visit Grandfather again. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, she sure got up and hightailed it when I come in and bulldozed poor Gilly clean through the carpet.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

But each time he got up, with a big sigh, to say good-bye, Ida had brought him a glass of grappa, or a caffe, or asked him to put the toothpicks on the table. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s get up into the air. You’re going to help us find them.” I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

I'm sure nobody ever expected the dead to get up in the middle of a pitched battle and start eating people, which is what they did at the Battle of Little Round Top. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Thank you for understanding,” said Mom, getting her pocketbook ready as if she were getting up. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

"Dad says that if you don't get up, he's going to let me have all your presents." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Uncle shoved his chair away from us and got up. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She got up from the bed and pulled the closet door wider. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“You’ll get used to how this house is run on Sundays. Nobody gets up early and when they do they’re almost famished.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Jam got up quickly and left the studio, closing the door firmly behind her. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

A heavy feeling of shame twisted inside Anya, and she got up from the table. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

She got up shakily, and went to stand before her uncle. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you wonder how only Dog’s mother got up to the sky in the first place?” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Eloise got up from the window seat and felt in the dark for her shoes. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I got up early and started a small fire by myself. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Walters gets up and walks over to the stool and sits down facing me. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they got up the hill they even started running, which seemed weird, but then I thought how Flaca’s girls were still scared about what happened with Rondell at the party. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

When Dad got up from the table, he cupped the back of my head and kissed my forehead. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Hey, let's get up at the crack of dawn. We'll try it out down on the beach! Just you and me, right? Before all the little tourists stake out every square inch, right?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Even as my cousins get ready and tell me over and over again to get up, I stay there. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She stared at Jethro for a time without saying a word; then she got up and went into the pantry, closing the door behind her. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

A white rider yelled from the front, “You got to get up!” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

She got up and went back to cooking, while I wandered away, bewildered. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He puts Natalie’s buttons down in two careful piles, gets up and brushes his uniform off. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said, “Hi,” but did not get up, just lay still listening to the birds, the snips and sputs of insects moving in the dry leaves, and the air stirring the newly leafing trees. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The casting assistant with blonde ringlet hair and a hoarse voice gets up from the desk and walks over to us. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

As I got up from the Mouse House, something in the bushes caught my eye. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

He looked in the pint bottle, saw it was empty, and got up to leave. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood, surprised to find my knees were shaky, and Izio got up from the floor. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Without a word, Sissy’s tall husband got up, gave over the baby and its bottle to Francie, and still without a word, walked out of the room. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment he wished it was just another day, get up, out to the park, suck in the cool October air, and listen to his sneakers crackling over the fallen yellow leaves. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got up, adjusted his clothing, and picked up his pouch. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

So Harry got up and left through the portrait hole, wondering where Justin might be. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The big railcar door slid open and Seabiscuit got up, shook off the straw, and poked his head out. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next morning, however, he had gotten up to find his hair exactly as it had been before Aunt Petunia had sheared it off. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Frank got up so fast that he almost toppled the picnic table. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Kate got up, gently pulled the table aside, and sat down on the floor. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t say a word, just gets up and goes to stand by the train doors. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He fell, and when he got up, his nose was bleeding. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Janie walked towards the stairway slowly, and Tea Cake sat where he was, as if he had frozen to his seat, in fear that once he got up, he’d never get back in it again. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Mama got up from the bed and put her hand on Loma’s arm. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I’d get up early some Saturday mornings and drive south on Highway 17, push the Ford up the winding road through the mountains to Santa Cruz. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I turned around and got up on my knees. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“You should get up. It’s dark and damp here, and our clever sons have gone off and left us.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watched them leave, wondering whether to get up and ask for her contact information and yet knowing he would not. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She got up and peered into some store windows, talked to no one, and then she started on the long walk back to our house. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got up, and went into the bathroom, and began to run my bath. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Would you get up and give an old lady like me your subway seat? Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

He got up to get a drink of water, and I examined what he’d circled on the page, because that’s how tricky he could be. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I apply myself to a module in which Sam Walton waxes manic about the perpetual inventory system, then I cautiously get up from the computer to see if Howard is anywhere around. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You sure you don’t want to get up here?” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The Gryffindors around them were so miserable, and felt so sorry for the Weasleys, that nobody tried to stop them as they got up, crossed the room, and left through the portrait hole. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Bigwig got up and tottered forward into the devastated Honeycomb. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ignatius got up on the seat and looked out of the rear window. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got up and put me on some shorts and working shirt and went downstairs to the little garden. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Now, she and Doc had to get up earlier and cook, then clean up the kitchen before going off to work. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I’m still mad,” she said, getting up. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Kate got up stiffly, trying to avoid the pain of moving her hip. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And that business about getting up early to see the first show at Radio City Music Hall depressed me. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

But he would go on in a second, and she resisted an urge to get up and leave, leave before he told her things she didn’t want to hear. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

When the president of France reached the gates of Heaven, God got up from his throne to greet him. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Hudson runs down the steps and please, please, please fall and don’t get up until Arthur and I are long gone. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

And I couldn’t stop wondering how you had the nerve to get up and do what you do every day with everyone knowing what they know about you.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

After a while Gandalf got up, closed the shutters outside the window, and drew the curtains. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I probably should have been getting up to pull my crab pots, but my parents didn’t care if I took a morning off. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He was also trying again to get up from the bed, to sit, to raise his arms. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I feel sorry for the rich people who will get up in the morning and go to the door and find their bread missing but I can’t let myself starve to death. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to climb up the way the float is so high and packed with bags and I try to get up by climbing the wheel. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I got up from the stool and went and touched the dressing-gown on the chair. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He’d sometimes talk about Australia or Alaska, but he never took any action, and when we asked Mom, she’d start singing some song about how her get up and go had got up and went. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Percy the Prefect got up and shook his hand vigorously, while the Weasley twins yelled, “We got Potter! We got Potter!” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Solomon gets up, leaves his tray disgustedly at the table, and moves out of the room with alarming speed. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

And I got up once to take Tilly outside and stood for a long time in my mother’s butterfly garden outside the back kitchen door. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Scipio wanted to get up, but Prosper pulled him down again. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dad got up and snapped off the TV. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t even bother to get up and see who it was. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

Roy Lee was no match for my brother, but he gave me time to get up and wedge in beside him. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I got up and walked over to him. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I get up, shut the door, and go back to reading my journal. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Annie tripped trying to get up, laughing even harder when Luke tried to explain why they were still in the gym. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

As he got up, he put that money in the apron too. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Osbert got up and left, he’s sixteen and the oldest in case I didn’t say it, which is a year older than me. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, my ears feel frozen in the shade of the dugout, so I get up and walk across the park and then home. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

No one else stirs in their cot— Tobias’s arm is draped over his eyes, but his shoes are now on, like he got up and walked around in the middle of the night. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Ma simply got up to pick up the pieces of the clock she’d been fixing for Earl Baker. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

He was about to buy some more beer when the old man suddenly got up and shuffled rapidly into the stinking urinal at the side of the room. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I got up twice to get a drink of water. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Then he rubbed his hands together one more time, got up, and set out for the hospital. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He got up at dawn just for the chance to sit on the stairs and watch the rest of his family eat breakfast. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sunday morning I get up early, before Hilly and William, before the kids and the church traffic. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Salvador got up, took Lupita by the elbow, steered her into the bedroom on the right, and closed the door. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I get up from my chair so suddenly, she startles. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“I have to read this, and I have to get up early for work.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

She got up from her seat and walked all around Bod, nostrils flared, as if she were sniffing him. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

She put her hand on Quincy’s so she couldn’t get up. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I stay on the seventh step till it gets too cold or Dad gets up and tells me go back to bed. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The chance for me to talk to Ice came and went and I didn’t get up the nerve to talk to him. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Ron got up, panting, and watched as Harry pointed his wand deliberately at Mundungus’s nose. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Frodo and Sam got up, rubbing their eyes, like children wakened from an evil dream to find the familiar night still over the world. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Nor could he see any way at all of getting up as far as the tower. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The day of his first paycheck, he had crossed back and forth outside the establishment before getting up the courage to go through the door. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And was that maybe the reason she decided to get up and work instead? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I got up, though the feeling was as strong as ever, and felt my way back through the forest and over to the cliffwall and back to the mere and to my cave. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if he was too tired to get up, he lay there looking down, and so did I. It wasn’t awful anymore. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Dr. Bulkeley had said that Judith might get up this morning. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Ma was still at work, Willy still snored in the trundle bed below me, and so I got up and stood in the living room, staring out the window. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I told myself not to get up in the night and walk across the floor unless I wanted to cut my feet to smithereens. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gets up from his seat and hands it back to her. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Sapo got up from the sofa and, without saying goodbye to Bodega, placed his half-empty bottle on the floor and headed out the door. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The following week when Flipper came on, I’d gotten up and turned the television set off. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Beatles are apparently the cue for people to get up and dance. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Or maybe he gets up super early and goes for a run or eats eggs or some other thing that morning people do. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Strangely enough, Lucy did not wake; but she got up twice and dressed herself. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

For Dr. Martin to get up the driveway to the nest. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

So, I got up and wiped away the sleep. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

We get up and start back to the main square. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I want to get up and take a look out the windshield, but I'm afraid Liz's mother is on her way back and will spy my face in the window. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I get up early like Dad and go on long walks into the country. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Jethro got up in the quiet of the night, lighted his candle, opened Ross Milton’s book, and began to write on a piece of rough lined paper. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grab my knife and get up, trying to ignore the ache in my shoulder. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I got up and went to the window to look out at the river. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I get up to find a stick but almost immediately come across the arrow that bounced off Cato's body armor. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He got up and weaved his way between the chairs and tables to the toilet at the back of the room. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Do not get up. I have to inspect your limbs,” the Gran said. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Hunter was the next game and I knew I had to get up for it. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

When they got up again, a huge cloud of black smoke was hanging where the windmill had been. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“If we can’t get up there, that hole will keep growing, and those iron monsters from the bone ships will keep boiling out of the Burning Sea!” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Except for having to get up to catch the school bus at six-thirty in the morning, I liked high school right off. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Cole slept the closest to the icy air and had to get up to close the door to keep from freezing. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Dylan gets up from the bed and hugs me. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

"She was probably too scared to get up in case Bo woke up—imagine the fuss he would have made." The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Out at the barn, feeding the mule. He got in late, so I managed to get up a pretty good supper for him,” she said. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

When he saw she had the water pail in her hand, he got up and walked ahead of her to the spring, just the same as usual. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then I get up and go to the bathroom. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I got up and went down to the water, feeling my way toward the reef. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I know where they slept the night before, I get up very early, in the dark, and arrive at their nests just as it gets light. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

One man did not get up, but lay awkwardly across the stairs, his legs higher than his head, and screaming hoarsely, almost inaudibly, as though in a panicky dream. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

A home with a floating bed, and books that knew when to flip the pages, so you didn’t have to get up from your pillow or move your hand…. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was about to get up again when he realized that he’d been looking at the fasteners in the bulkhead on the far side of the cockpit. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Sir Mador got up and began doing some wild swipes at the enemy with his sword. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got up, stared me hard in the eyes, and then spit on the floor. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

I got up and walked away from her. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Charley likes to get up early, and he likes me to get up early too. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I don’t get up and say something now, I’ll never get another chance. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Lillian had already gotten up and was putting on her robe and house shoes in preparation for the impending predawn ritual at the tree. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It sounded so horrible that I often thought Rev. Owens, our minister, would get up from his seat and stop the song. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She got up and dressed quickly, hurrying to help. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He got up and wandered restlessly around the library. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t get up to stretch my body. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then they made me get up, and took me off one way and him another, I going to prison and he into the dark. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Percy. I do. And I’m trying to get up my courage to tell him. But you can’t do this for me. You can’t solve my problems.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I went to bed tired and got up tired, though I was having no physical exercise. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chuck turned back and got up on his elbow. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

"I used to get up very early and go for walks while my aunt was still asleep," Miss Honey said. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I got up to go, because my session was now over, and Dell Duke was smiling. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“You and your numbers! Look, Nat! We have to get up early tomorrow! Mr. Baker’ll be here before sunup to help us move back to Salem. Now settle down and go to sleep!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning she got up early and went into the bathroom and locked the door. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I get up and answer the call in Arthur’s bedroom. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

My heart just isn’t in it, so I get up off the table and into my car and start driving toward the college town where Donna lives. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t asked him why he was getting up in the middle of the night. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Billy got up and tried to clap it between his hands. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

You only have six minutes, my mother says, and no, you can't get up and walk across the stage to make your point. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

So early the next morning when Grim is still snoring loud enough to rattle the windowpanes, I get up and sneak out of the house. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

To get up there, she would have to climb the sea cliffs. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m getting up to stretch my legs. Sorry” “Sometimes I just want to burn down all the rules and start over,” Mary Lou said. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Stephen’s dad gets up and tries to peek, but our principal closes my binder and puts it on his desk. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Without waiting for an answer, Molly gets up and retrieves her laptop from her backpack. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if I should stay here or get up and go home but who wants to be wandering the streets when a guard might ask you what you’re doing out. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I notice it even before I get up close, because the words are in a different color marker. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

And the tent, that blurry bright three-dimensional A, was so foreign to the cotton field, that it might just get up and fly away before my eyes. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had got up before the question was completely out. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I got up around seven-thirty, completely groggy from the weed the night before, grabbed a shower and some cereal and was on my way to school when I got this really weird feeling. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Sergeant Simpson got up and left the hooch. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I notice, out of the corner of my eye, that my mother is nervously piling dishes and then getting up to take them out to the kitchen. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a slight shiver, the Prime Minister got up and moved over to the window, looking out at the thin mist that was pressing itself against the glass. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Then he got up, drew the grey elven-cloak about him, and to keep his mind occupied, began to walk to and fro, prying and peering into every corner of his prison. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“What took you so long to get up here, anyway? Paying court to your bevy of maidens?” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“All right. It’s time to get up and get dressed. We’re going out.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He nods over at Armelio, who has finished his food first and is getting up to return the tray. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Meme sensed the thought of her great-great-grandmother very well and the day after the dances she would get up earlier than usual to go to mass. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

When his breathing grew deep and rhythmic, I got up and tiptoed out of the room. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She gets up and sweeps the broken halves of the pencil off the table, into her left palm. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I started to get up, but before I could, the fullback stretched out my goggles from my face, scooped up a handful of mud, and smeared it in my eyes. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I said that, he got up from his chair and started walking towards me and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

One day I got up my nerve to go to school and see what was going on. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

So that last summer, before the war, he got up before dawn and rode the bay mare south to the spring in the narrow canyon. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Once, I got up in the middle of the night because I was thirsty, and I saw Mom standing outside Auggie’s room. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

All I ever wanted to do was go to Hogwarts and have a mate to get up to mayhem with. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

When it finally ends, the girl gets up and goes inside. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

But Gwenforte had decided that it was indeed time to get up—either that, or she liked the salty taste of William’s sweat—because she began licking his ears and forehead. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Grover tried to get up, but ropes sprang from his black- satin bed, too, and lashed him down. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

But I had to get up, because the person next to me wanted to get through. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Matt got up and wandered into the kitchen. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got up out of bed and went to my desk and wrote a little note to Mom. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

We get up and move out of the kitchen. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“It was really just an ordinary silk handkerchief—you could see when you got up close,” said the woman in the beach chair beside Mrs. Carpenter’s. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

She just fiddled with her glass while I talked, and when I was done she gave this long, kind of whistling sigh and got up to phone my dad. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He got up to pile more wood on the fire and he raked the coals back from the dead leaves. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Tomorrow I’m getting up, I’m getting dressed, and I’m walking to the post office. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Carl’s grandfather watched game shows on television the whole time, except when he occasionally got up to tell us we needed to hurry because he was late for work. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Someone got up on the wrong side of the bed.” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“You can either get up or I can drag you down the hallway. Your choice.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

"Time to get up," a voice calls out. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She was getting up all hours of the night to doctor our wounds, bathe us in cold water, and feed us when she could get us to eat. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

She got up from her chair as he came up the steps and gestured at the bright sun and cloudless sky. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I got up and Fern and I ran around to the front. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“I love it,” I say, taking his hand as he gets up from the ground. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“We need to get up there, see what’s going on—see if we can help.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

We slip into them as they get up, and high-five. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

‘Well, sir, there is a Council early tomorrow, I hear, and he only got up today for the first time.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Sunday morning he would get up very crudo and complain about having to go to early mass. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your show ended two minutes ago,” Calista told me, getting up to grab the remote. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I get up and walk to the end of the bed. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“It’s time for you to get up now. We’re all worried.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She learned to walk on the hard-packed earth outside the cabin, getting up, falling down, getting up again— a small naked creature, who answered to the name of Minta or Minty. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay then, why don’t you get up now and I’ll drop you off at school. If you don’t mind being a little early.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He kept slipping and getting up, and slipping and getting up, and all the while the audience had gone wild with laughter and hysteria. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time the boys got up to the farmhouse Mack was in the kitchen. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I get up to leave, I spot Guillermo’s note that I gave Oscar on the bedside table by the photograph of his mother. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I got up stiffly, painfully, and went to find something that would make me sleep again quickly. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Toby got up, walked quietly to the bathroom. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She gets up and pulls me and Maya up too. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

And if she got up, it wouldn’t be to whip Vonetta but to get me. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Then he got up and stalked out of the room. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Why didn’t you get up and give it to him?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

When he and X-Ray were at Camp Green Lake together, they were forced to get up every morning at four- thirty. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He got up, found a plug for the record player, and turned it on. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

AT Sunday church service, Shirley Boon gets up in front of the congregation. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Prosper got up and walked to the window. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She should get up and leave, and not be dragged further into Aisha s morass, but she could not get up and leave. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She gets up groggy and confused, but Darius helps us up the stairs and out the door. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Finally he uncurled his stiff limbs and got up quietly, shivering; and with the knife at his waist he set off higher up the mountain, to calm his restlessness. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Riccio looked worried, but Prosper just got up and silently started putting the loot back into his bag. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Cathy gets up early to clean the house every Saturday, no matter what. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll see you guys outside,” I say, getting up and chasing after him. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I got up and left the room, leaving the door open behind me. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

His lungs still sore, Clayton got up off the sidewalk and trotted after them. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

I needed to get up and defend myself. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Now Kino got up and wrapped his blanket about his head and nose and shoulders. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I struggle to get up, the crowd around me slowly dissipates. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Andrés gets up from his chair and approaches a cactus in the corner of the yard. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I shrieked, struggling to get up, but he dumped the snow over Twig and me before we could squirm away. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Look what they did after World War II,” he said, getting up on one elbow. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“See you there,” Charles said and the man got up and left. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She got up to give me a hug, but almost immediately sat down again. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tomorrow is Monday. We all have to get up early.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Good work. What time are you getting up?” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He got up from the bed and walked quickly over to the door to the room, closed it, locked it. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Okay, sure. Just get up the ropes. Now.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But as the others began to bed down, I found myself unable to sleep, despite my exhaustion, and I got up and paced the room for a while, watching the children from a distance. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I’ll never get used to everybody knowing what time you get up in the morning and what you’re cooking for breakfast. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

“The two sides of the attic are not interconnected. When we get up there, I’ll fill you in on my strategy.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Several people are already finished and getting up to leave. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He got up, pretending to be offended, and looked out into the night, Riccio and Mosca nudged each other, and Prosper couldn't hold back a grin. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I kneel down and tell Tiny to get up, but he just keeps crying and crying, so finally Jane and I get on his left side and roll him over onto his back. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Palmer got up and paced back and forth. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Like nearly the same time Genie and Ernie had gotten up to “take care” of Michael Jackson, an event that Genie was trying his best to not ever think about again. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“As a matter of fact, I didn’t need to. She just got up and went along quiet, like she was supposed to.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Oh, whenever it happened the people would get up a petition and complain, but it never did much good because the soldiers were gone and the beef was eaten. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t remembered to make it that morning so I got up and tucked the sheets in and fluffed up the pillow like Momma does. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then she got up, stopped the tape, lay down on her stomach across the couch, and mumbled something. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

When we get up the stairs and into the correct office, we have to wait. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I just figure he ain’t letting nothing pull him off getting up there to talk to that there white man. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Then Bronwyn got up from the table and threw her arms around me. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Without a fight, I got up from the rock and walked with them back to campus. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I put the pencil and pad down and decided to follow Clarissa’s instructions and get up. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But I was most nervous about the Mike Wallace show, and told Benn Hall that if Wallace asked just one wrong question, I would get up and walk out. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Each time it gets easier. Someday you’ll want to get up and come here.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The woman in the pink striped frock with the little boy got up and wandered off along the path towards Kerrith, the man in the shorts following with the picnic basket. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Officer David Delinko looked forward to getting up early to scout the construction site. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m telling you, as sure as God made little apples, that if I get up from this table you’ll be calling for your patron saint. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I got up from the table and stomped off. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got up suddenly and Monique moved deftly out of his way, but she wasn’t quite swift enough. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I suppose I meant never to get up again, but of course I did. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got up and clenched his long hand into a bony fleshless knot, shaking it towards the East. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Bumped it this morning when he got up, he told me. Just nervous. Got a right to be.” Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

At 4 A.M., when I heard Dad get up to go crabbing, I got up to go with him. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Uncle got up slowly and left the room. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Gregor wanted to answer in detail and explain everything, but in these circumstances he confined himself to saying, "Yes, yes, thank you mother. I'm getting up right away." The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Remembering where I was, I tried to get up to go look for Cecilia, but I couldn’t focus, much less keep my eyes open. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Black Dog got up and ran off into the trees. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She wouldn’t even look at it. She just got up and went into the bathroom and stayed there,” he said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He caught his leg on the fence as he got up. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then the cops took off without even telling us to get up. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is our practice time! We got up specially! You can clear off now!” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

After a long time of passive happiness, she got up and opened the window and let Tea Cake leap forth and mount to the sky on a wind. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

"Because I have to, I guess. Now don't go trying to get me to say what I can't. You're the talker, not me," he said, getting up and limping toward the door. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel woke up to her mother’s knock on the door and a gentle whisper, “You don’t have to get up. School’s canceled.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He told me his name the first time I met him at a dance, and later he got up the courage to come and stand outside my house. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the end of the week, Pita got up and hobbled about the courtyard of Hacienda Dorada, clapping and laughing at the girls as they chased mariposas around the wide, robust bougainvilleas. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

When the song ended, Fern got up and went home. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

It was a narrow stair and only one man could get up at a time. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a while, I got up and went to my room to write about Augustus. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I could get up at 6:45, shower, eat at 7:15, catch the bus at 7:37, go to school, and have a regular day. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I laughed and got up and kissed him and made sure the sheet was snug around him. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

But I keep Ending a way to get up again. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was too early for anyone to be getting up yet. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got up from the bed then, because what I wanted to do, I wanted to phone up this guy that was my English teacher at Elkton Hills, Mr. Antolini. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

She was a sweet old lady in her mid-seventies, and she always seemed to get up ridiculously early. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Relieved, Harry got up, picked up his bag and turned to go, but then a loud, harsh voice spoke behind him. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He held her for a moment longer and, before he got up, he pressed a five-pound note into her hand. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I crawled in bed, with only a few hours before I’d have to get up and catch the school bus. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I watched Seanie get up and walk across the mess hall, stopping for a moment to say something undoubtedly creepy and demented to a group of freshmen, and JP just smiled and shook his head. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“How was your night, muchachos?” he asks, getting up and tightening the belt of his bathrobe. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Harry whiled away the hours until dawn in front of the fire, getting up every now and then to stop Crookshanks from sneaking up the boys’ staircase again. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Joe got up at ten in the morning and ate a monster breakfast at Pop Ernst’s. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s all I can do to get up, to get up and face the next round. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rob decreed that Tuesday, May 7, would be a rest day, so we got up late and sat around Camp Two, buzzing with nervous anticipation over the imminent summit assault. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

When I got up, the Object was already out of bed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

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

She got up from the couch and went to see what her brother and father were doing. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I reach out without getting up and open the door to the attic. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

On Saturday I got up before dawn, sat in my closet, and wrote some remarks to give at Dismay’s Life Service. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, well! who knows what may happen?” said Mr. Lloyd, as he got up. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I said lightly that I had heard nothing at all, and a few minutes later I got up to go home. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

She sat still for a long time, and then she got up and paced, unable to focus, wondering whether to call him, debating with herself. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I haven’t even gotten up from my chair,” her husband answered. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, I—” She gets up and walks quickly down the narrow hall. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She scrambled along the path, fell on her face, and got up again, wailing as she sped into the dark. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

In the morning Chuck Day got up and wrote in his journal, “Final Olympic trials, very nervous but confident.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I get up from the table, walk to the door, and turn the lock. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Quietly I get up and nestle myself next to her in her chair and wrap my arms around her entirely. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He got up from his desk and walked over to her. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I got up, stretched, and asked Baba if he wanted a Coke. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I get up to sort my lunch trash into the recycling, compost, and waste cans. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Four boys get up from the crowd, with mandolins and homemade drums in hand. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kids were constantly getting up and trading places, spreading rumors about who liked whom and all the other gossip. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Helmholtz got up, tiptoed across the room, and with a sharp quick movement flung the door wide open. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I flip it over before he can see himself, then get up, motioning for him to go back into the woods so no one inside hears us. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

By the time we got up to Tallahassee it was dark. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

They said a short prayer and got up. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I get up, and again, try to stop Mom. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“I must get up there myself one of these days. I hear it’s real nice.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

One almost dare not get up in the mornings. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

Every few minutes he gets up and asks me to critique his art. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Then someone called, and they looked to the door, and those who could move surged toward it, leaving several pinned beneath the iron stairs or dazed and struggling to get up from the rubble-strewn floor. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In ones and twos the does, utterly bemused and scarcely able to move or to understand what was said to them, were urged into getting up and stumbling their way down the field. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, Olive gets up and the three of us file down the basement steps. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Emma got up and left, heading to the back of the car where no one would bother her. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Seven got up and tried to run after them, but Valley held her back. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

My mother suddenly got up and held a mirror to Lynn’s nose, apparently hoping to see a fog of breath on the mirror. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

From far away the store on the edge of town looked about a hundred years old, but when we got up to it, I saw it was actually older. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sergio gets up and makes a call while I sit silently for a moment. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“Why do I have to get up, then?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mack got up almost happily and crossed quickly to the door. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got up and kicked the snake carcass off the dock. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

We listen for a few minutes; then Elizabeth elbows me in the side and gets up from her stool. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I got up and said, “They don’t have to look for me anymore. I’m going home.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He struggled to get up and, as he did, Sullivan discovered that his wooden leg had gotten stuck between two boards and come off. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Yesterday me, Wesley, and Sterling got up to do a cipher for Open Mike Friday and here come Steve, jumping up to join us. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s important that you get up and purge yourself from this sweet emptiness.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

George got up from the spot where she had been flopped on the couch for the last hour, barely noticing the talking dogs and superhero kids who flashed by on the television screen. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I got up from my seat and kept shaking my head. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I look around the gallery, and I can’t wait to get up close, really study the work. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He got up, dressed in the pale dawn light, left the dormitory without waking Ron, and went back down to the deserted common room. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Sage gets up to give me a hug over the table. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I need a clock that will turn on a 300-watt bulb when it’s time to get up. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

He got up and strolled about the room, and asked Frith to bring the coffee in the library. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Each and every Sunday, no matter how tired, depressed, or broke, she got up early, dressed in her best, and headed for church. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing but the shock of hearing that voice could have given Harry the strength to get up. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He gets up and walks to the door. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I got up and began to walk along the highway in the darkness. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry got the wishbone, and while we waited for SanJuanna to cut the pies, he got up and walked around the table to share it with Travis. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Unique says, and I quickly get up to see why she’s examining Donna’s face so closely. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Then he searched me and got up in my face. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I wanted to get up and slap him on the back. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

As they got up to leave, she looked at him and smiled but kept herself from saying thank you because she wanted to leave him with both his surprise and his remorse intact. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Otis Bottom, hanging about halfway up the climbing rope, looking like there was no way in creation he was going to get up any higher. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I try to get up, but Bernard has me trapped. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Eh bien, then, you received the summons and you got up. Did you put on a dressing gown?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

How had someone managed to get up here without my noticing? The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There was a jam around the lifts with trolleys waiting to get to the operating theaters in the basement, and others still trying to get up to the wards. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Powell got up and dusted himself, “Hmph. All right. Take away the blueprints and burn them.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Nathan got up from the table to look for the ingredients for a peanut butter jam sandwich. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The bed lifted on your side as you got up to leave the room. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

So Nancy got up, stomped into the kitchen, and clicked off the radio. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It represented an additional delay, an additional period or interval in which something could happen, and I just for once got up on my hind legs and almost flatly refused to go to New Mexico.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We have to leave our mark,” I say, getting up from my seat. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The stairs were carpeted and I managed to get up them without making much noise. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Finally, I lay face-down in the dirt, unable to get up. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Jean Louise got up from the yard chair she was sitting in, walked to the corner of the lot, and vomited up her Sunday dinner. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He gets up and backs away, adjusting his clothing. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

We all waited for Victor to get up and stalk to the front. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kept getting up to pull reference books off the shelves and flip through their pages. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

When his father got up, he chopped some wood and sat by the fire. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got up and walked around the table in her study. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I still don’t understand. How did he get up there? You need a whole crew to fly these things.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Ida gets up and looks at me as I scratch my arm. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Uneasily, I got up and headed back to the bedroom. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mommy gets up to give you a glass of water in the middle of the night. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, Isabelle Derby got up from the table and walked over to her husband. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cowboy got up from the boulder stiffly and spat out the last of the tobacco wad. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Claudio and Hero—Shakespeare wasn’t all that good about his names—Claudio and Hero would have a whole lot to do just to get up to where Romeo and Juliet were. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

She got up and walked out of the room, her robe billowing behind her as if she could open the front door and float away, never to be seen again. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He got up eagerly and scanned the shelves. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I’m so proud of you,” said Dad, and then he got up out of the bed. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

She got up and announced breezily, “We’re not moving,” and walked out of the room. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Colonel got up and dusted the dirt and moss off his pants. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I get up and pull my dressing gown around me, hurry downstairs and flick on the TV. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Raymie got up and went in the house and into the kitchen. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

“How many rings before she gets up to answer?” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Hadn’t Mr. Dalton said that they did not get up early on Sunday mornings? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Aside from that we were both covered in bruises from sleeping on stones and being too exhausted to get up and rearrange things once we were lying down. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

My little sister came up and said Momma was on the floor, and I was like “Tell Momma to get up an’ I’ll be right down.” Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a path, but how he was to get up the slope to it he did not know. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Weylin struck again and again, until I couldn’t have gotten up at gunpoint. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

But I got up, leaving my books behind, and walked toward the Smoking Hole. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Mr. D got up with a huge sigh. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

For the next week I got up each morning and left as if I were going to school, carrying my notebook and something to read in the park. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He got up and went into the kitchen, enjoying the coolness of the cracked linoleum under his bare feet. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve been waiting for them to move for the better part of a half hour, but I don’t immediately get up. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Like they wanted to say something but couldn’t quite get up the nerve. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He got up, stood facing them stiffly, his bad hand jammed into his breeches pocket. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Man, did you get up on this table? Look at these footprints." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She got up, went to the bathroom, inspecting the new swath of white hair on her head. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He got up and went out and trotted up the street. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got up, wrapped himself in a towel, and went over to the bed. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marc’s father gets up to speak, and his body seems at war with his sentences—every time he tries to release one, his breath stops, his shoulders seize. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I know he was his usual self when I got up there, but I didn’t imagine the coughing, and teetering. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“A friend. I came here to ask for help, but right now, I’d rather give it. When you feel able to get up, I’ll help you inside.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He got up and sat on her lap, leaning his head against her neck. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

After a few moments he tried to get up, but a faintness came over him and a feeling of turning over and over in a ditch of leaves. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a long silence in our cell as I got up off the floor and sat back in the chair, tried to stretch out my neck and jaw. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

So Freak and I get up to go and the teacher says, "No, Kevin, you stay here. Mrs. Addison was very specific. Maxwell is to go alone." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

He got up and went with her into the kitchen. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Dr. Finch got up and poured more coffee. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“You still don’t have a saddle. How am I supposed to get up there?” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Soon they got up and left, for they had decided to try their luck with the fishing nets let down through big holes chopped in the ice. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

He got up to leave, knowing that nothing had changed for him either; he would feel the same way he had felt since he returned from Kano. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“We’ll meet you back in the common room,” Hermione told Harry as she got up to go with Ron — both of them looked very anxious. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Once we got up, she stripped the sheets from the beds and washed them too. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Then they tried to get up without spoiling the marks they made when they fell. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay. Alex. Do you think you could get up and say something for the crowd?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

As soon as Kem cleared away their bowls, Sparrow got up from the table. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He got up and walked to the far end of the room; the sounds came louder. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He thought she was sleeping, so he touched her arm, saying, “Dale, time to get up.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I stood and got up in his grille. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Trying not to scratch at them, I got up and stretched. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Then he throws the burning cigarette into a dry patch of grass before he gets up and stumbles away, not even turning around or saying good-bye. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I want to get up and write it down and tack it to the wall. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then I got up and ran across the field and fell over the other stone wall. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She got up in his face and walked him forcibly away from the others. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He got up, put on a pair of gloves, and walked over to the tray that contained the rings. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

But then the girl got up and pushed the door open all the way and said: "We're almost out of here." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He got up from his desk, all smiles. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom had to help him get up to speed. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

But I didn’t have to get up to feed the chickens at dawn like I did in Marshall. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some are so sick they cannot get up to relieve themselves. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Great,” said Ron, getting up and walking carefully past Professor Lupin to try and see outside. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He was getting up already, and she had to grab him by the forearm, pull him back down. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

If I fell, it would be hard for me to get up again—and impossible for me to lift the boy. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

He sat downstage, center, for only a second before glancing over his shoulder, getting up, and walking a few steps upstage to line up with the other players. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

When she was living, Mama would sit with me and Jay and eat breakfast Gran cooked, then get up and head right for her food stall when she was finished. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She gets up and puts him back in the crib, drawing the blanket to his shoulders, then returns to bed, shivering. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

So I get up, wipe my mouth and hands with a napkin, toss the rest of my food into a nearby trash bin, and start heading back to his car. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

When we got up, June said, “Lord, I feel woozy, like somebody has pulled the plugs in my feet and drained me out.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You punch the button and the channel change and you don’t even have to get up from your chair.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I get up because somewhere near here, Rhiannon is alone in a hunting cabin, waiting for me. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

After which I got up and tossed the hoop so that it rolled like a wheel. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He came to the door and said, “You’d better get up, Billy. Breakfast is ready.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no way to get up without stepping on one of them, and she didn't even know where the bathroom was. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“She has a private laboratory on the top level. Insane security measures protecting it. I was trying to get up there when they figured out what I was.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“All right, I’ll get up and heat some water in case you need it.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe if she didn’t get up right away, she could slide back into those delicious moments before Taisin awoke. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I tried to get up and felt I did not have any legs. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I got up and walked down the hall and into my mom’s room. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“It was,” Fred whispered to Harry as they got up from the table. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

So repeatedly, the white folks asked him to get up, but he refused to leave. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She got up from her desk and looked out the window and saw Mrs. Tickham running around the backyard with a shiny, oversize vacuum cleaner. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Family and subpoenaed witnesses first. Step on back and let ’em get up here.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Every morning I get up and I wonder what I might learn that day. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Halfway through looking for it, I remember that today’s the day Meet a Priest Day I abandon the search and get up. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I start to get up from my seat, but Pri grabs the phone from my hand and answers it for me. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

When he got up to the street, he pressed in the number. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“That was–” I start to say, but she’s getting up and holding out her hand for her bag. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z