| 单词 | grave |
| 例句 | I open my mouth and say, “I’m wondering, sir . . . I’m looking for a grave.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Grass turf that had been removed when the digging had begun was then placed back on top of the grave. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He heard the authority in his own voice, the conviction, the sense of purpose that had come to him as he dug Dobby’s grave. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He was a tall, powerfully built youth of twenty, with a firm mouth and grave, dark eyes that gave him the appearance of an older man. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z They placed a spray of flowers by her grave and left for the station, where they would catch the train back to Tres Marias. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Thomas crashed to the ground; he felt a grave marker dig into his back before it snapped in two, burning a deep scratch along his flesh. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The stone slab that covered the grave swung open like a trapdoor, revealing a darkness beneath. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z This African patriot had helped found the organization in 1912, and casting my vote near his grave site brought history full circle, for the mission he began eighty-two years before was about to be achieved. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Did you leave the flowers on her grave?” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Stopping by the grave, he read REX in faded letters on the cross. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It could blow a hole in an enemy warship, dooming it to an underwater grave. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z Carefully they replaced the soil and covered the entire grave with uprooted grass. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z In minutes Butler would not only stop struggling, but go giggling to his grave. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I kneel on the ground in front of Gram and Grandpa’s grave. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z As Cliff and Fred lowered Henrietta’s coffin into her grave and began covering her with handfuls of dirt, the sky turned black as strap molasses. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Concerning this, it should be noted that men must be either caressed or wiped out; because they will avenge minor injuries, but cannot do so for grave ones. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Back in the house at last, there began a dreamlike time of grave arrivals, tears and subdued voices and urgent footsteps across the hallway, and her own vile excitement that kept her drowsiness at bay. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I was surprisingly snug in my bag and in no hurry at all to put myself through the foolishness of climbing hills, so I just lay there as if under grave orders not to move. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z It was clear that anyone connected to the boycott, anyone whose name or picture had been in the paper—was now in grave danger. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z When the grave covered them they became pure spirits, beneficent, the guardians of mankind. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She approaches and then sits by her sister’s grave, trying hard to fight the emotions as they come to her but succumbing all the same. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z “No, no. You don’t have to. My parents are actually waiting for me. I’ll see you at the grave site?” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Bill raised his wand, and the pile of earth beside the grave rose up into the air and fell neatly upon it, a small, reddish mound. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Everything, as one officer notes, is as “still as the grave.” Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z She drew a picture of the grave and mailed it to Luther. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z From his grave Westing would stalk his enemy, and through his heirs he would wreak his revenge. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z He longed for the music to continue, but Adaon stopped, almost abruptly, and with a grave smile handed the harp back to Fflewddur. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Usually, on the way home, we drive to visit my Aunt Helen’s grave. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z While Dorian had been all arrogance and amusement the previous night, his features were grave as he spoke to the duke. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Into the middle of the hill, to see the oldest grave. Only there isn’t anybody in there. Just a snaky thing called a Sleer who scares people.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z As loud as my Noise is chasing her, her silence is just as loud up ahead, even now, even knowing she’s going to die, still as silent as a grave. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z The fighting was over, and the silence of the grave had settled over the Red Keep. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z ‘You know your grandpa is just about flopping over and over in his grave. You weren’t brought up to act like this.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z And starvation made the International Red Cross call Biafra its gravest emergency since the Second World War. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It was the grave the runaways fought against, for that was their destination if these men prevailed and returned them to their master. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “So that grave robbers won’t try to steal all of my jewels.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z These were grave assertions, reflecting upon the integrity of two respected lawyers and a distinguished district judge, but if even partially true, then the constitutional rights of the defendants had been abused. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z It is unlikely that a few dozen members of a single band could have produced so many grave goods by themselves. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z In his wheelchair, in front of the grave, Pop talks to my mom and says he’s sorry over and over again, cries a lot, and is a guilty mess. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z If the grave makes you want to be somewhere else, that is the ghoul-gate. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “The one about the grave of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z I cannot call them handsome—they were too pale and grave for the word: as they each bent over a book, they looked thoughtful almost to severity. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z All the strength left my body, and I saw my own tombstone and an open grave, a coffin being lowered into the ground. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “I bumped it, on Mr. Jones’s grave. It was solid. I...” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “Maybe we can put some flowers on his grave. Abra would help us. She likes to.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “You want to follow your grandma Slater to the grave?” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z From our hiding spot, we could only see his knees poking up as his long legs butted against another grave marker in front. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z They each scraped up a handful of dirt and, beginning with Con, sprinkled it into the grave. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z My parents were rarely consulted on what should happen to me when my condition became grave. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It was grave dark and quiet except for the things that crawled in the night. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z They dig a shallow grave for Master Brookes, and we sail away, leaving him there on Mona. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z As we rise over the last ridge, I can see Grandpa’s grave clearly because the grass covering it is shorter than the rest. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z We have one foot over the border into the promised land, or possibly the grave. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The mourning regiment planted a little birch tree for the three young women over their grave. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z But when they depend on their own resources and can use force, then only seldom do they run the risk of grave danger. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Wash fallen into a grave, his ankle twisted. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He was a grave and courtly man, a soldier all his life. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In short, I shouldn’t greatly deceive you,” Joe added, after a little grave reflection, “if I represented to you that the word of that young woman were, ‘without a minute’s loss of time.’” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Nately, sitting trancelike on the floor of the truck, held his grave young face in both hands and did not answer him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Was there anything about India’s environment predisposing toward rigid socioeconomic castes, with grave consequences for the development of technology in India? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z To my empty grave of an apartment building. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Yet in the very grave he would hate him; his father would but have changed conditions, he would be John’s father still. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z In November, after saying Mass in the middle of the cemetery for the Day of the Dead, he leads a crowd over to a common grave in the corner of the cemetery. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z She wondered often if his grave were marked—if there stood over it, as in pictures she had seen, a small white cross. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z We pass a cemetery where I stare at dozens of fresh graves, most without even grave markers on them. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z That shadow would marry this shadow, and the peculiar, yellowish soil of our locality seal the wound in the whiteness, and yet another snowfall erase the traces of newness in Joan's grave. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The minute the words are out of my mouth, I fear I’ve made a grave error. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z So we did, not by digging a grave, but by covering him with a high mound of leaves and stones and twigs and earth. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Blount scowled down at the grave with his fist to his mouth. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The bull-like man was the first to reach the grave, followed closely by the man with the white hair who had done all the talking, and the tall blond man. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “I know. I’m sorry. I’ll show you where his grave is so you can put a stone on it.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Without another word, they returned to the work of the grave, falling into a determined rhythm. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Naomi stopped in front of a grave marked only with a thin metal nameplate. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z But there he is, standing over her grave on Thanksgiving. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z They were corpses waiting to be sent back to the grave. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z They looked upon one another with grave affection, knowing each other to be masters of the same trade. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Burying him in a common grave would cost three times as much. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Anything that disturbs mitosis is therefore a grave threat to the welfare of the organism affected and to its descendants. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z And then, just like before, a skinny arm came out from underneath the covers as if it were emerging from a grave. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z In the grave were the white soldiers who had died 138 years before. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z “Your trouble, Will, you ain’t got no shame! Imagine, actin’ like that right in sight of your poor granny’s grave!” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Bod tried to look up, to see the grave through which they had entered this strange world, but he could see nothing but headstones. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z He had never been impulsive, like Hill; there was even at this moment something grave and perplexed about him, a studious bewilderment. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When the weather's nice, my parents go out quite frequently and stick a bunch of flowers on old Allie's grave. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z In the morning Uncle Kufa returned from Vatete's grave and said the sand had been marked by the prints of a leopard. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He saw again the grave gray face, the dark reproachful eyes. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But the young soldier only stood in the shallow grave and began to dig hurriedly, throwing out the dirt while talking in muttering tones to himself, and giving Jonathan angry looks. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z “Thinking is easy enough,” said the grave lady. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Reyna stared at the cairn of rocks, her eyes full of torment, as if more unwelcome spirits might emerge from the grave. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Taisin fitted one of their few remaining candles into a lantern and lit it, setting it on the ground where the head of the grave would be. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Nearby lay a rectangular cairn - hundreds of stones piled in the shape of an oversized grave with a granite obelisk for a headstone. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z They attempted to rob a grave at the State Asylum for the Insane in Anchorage, Kentucky, this time on behalf of the University of Louisville. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z A granite bench had been placed near Uncle Edisto’s grave, but I wanted to get closer than a bench would take me. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “This is a grave situation. Your city is bankrupt. Your streets are littered and filthy. Your homes are rundown and your industry is gone. Something must be done!” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ll go up the hill to the row of palm trees and stand by his grave. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “I smell a thief!” he says in a grave voice. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z She assumed Mother’s spirit hovered near her grave, as the other ancestors did, but what if her body had been carried off by a leopard? A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “And the ground here on the ridge is soft enough to dig a grave....” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “That there’s a memory I’ll take to my grave,” he told me years later. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “Nor do I. I can tell you one human whose error caused me grave pain.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z And had been buried in an unmarked pauper’s grave. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I caught only some of the words—a lot about the dead and memories and returning from the grave. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z "What good is this, I ask you? He who hurries through life hurries to his grave." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Yossarian suggested casually, as he watched the four men in streaked fatigues shoveling heaping bladefuls of the copper- red earth back down inside the grave. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z In the morning, we would fly to Los Angeles and see my father’s grave. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z It is the mother’s special wish to put a grave marker there. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z After a little more discourse in praise of gruel, with some wondering at its not being taken every evening by every body, he proceeded to say, with an air of grave reflection, Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z It was East New Orleans, or the Lower Ninth, with its one-story houses so close to the levees, that were in the gravest danger. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The snow-white angel alone remains, hovering over Tara Burgess’s fresh grave, holding a single black rose in one hand. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z So why does Qhorin sound so grave, after such a victory? A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I’m still not sure if I can completely believe her, but I see the way her eyes watch me with all the grave seriousness of the entire world, and I know she means every word. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She had relinquished her daughter to another family so that she would be safe; now she watched as Little Anna, in her small plain box, disappeared into the grave. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He crossed his legs and sat looking into the fire and the strength came back, the face smoothed calm again and grave, the eyes silent and dark. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She had grabbed my arm and whispered that my refusing to see our father was a grave sin. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Grandpa walked in like it was the usual thing to go off and get a new young wife before your old wife is cold in the grave. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Behind her, the Beatles sang of Father McKenzie, walking away with the dirt of a grave on his hands. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z From the rearview mirror, his driver, Gabriel, watched with grave disapproval. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z For Lee Chong dug into the grave on China Point and found the yellow bones, the skull with gray ropy hair still sticking to it. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked across the grave at Con; his body was rigid, and his wide-open eyes reflected the flicker of the candlelight. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Their plan was to find a way back to Kilanga and finally to the sister’s grave. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He had seen her face, heard her voice so clearly that night he had lain by her grave on Copp’s Hill. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I moved through the crowd around the edge of the grave until I reached her. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z Yet he knew the grave was too narrow and not nearly deep enough. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Her mother, in rotting rags and filling the room with the stink of the grave, stood over her to curse the daughter who had denied her on her deathbed. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z They fight this battle all the way to the grave. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z He threw the gold coin into the grave with Laura, then he pushed more earth into the hole, to hide the coin from acquisitive gravediggers. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Stories circulated that she had conjured grave magicks to make herself look far younger than she actually was and that beneath her youthful face lurked the scowl of an elderly hag. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Steeling herself, she turned toward the Wood and her mother’s grave, and just beyond it was the track she and her mother had sometimes taken to gather mushrooms or wild plants. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry caught it and laid it on his parents’ grave. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He began by saying that he hoped we would all come with him too, “for,” he said, “there is a grave duty to be done there. You were doubtless surprised at my letter?” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z But Mr. Axelroot provides a grave temptation, as he is such an abominable curiosity. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “You mean, a tombstone like in a grave?” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z One grave in every graveyard belongs to the ghouls. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z They raise me from an earthen grave, newborn like Lazarus. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Broken plywood signs were scattered in the dirt like grave markers, their smeared slogans written in Yiddish, German, and English. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z You who called me Scout are dead and in your grave. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z He won’t go to school because he has to dig a grave outside where the stable was and he wants all of us to dig with him and say the rosary. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z 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 She herself arranged for them to put the letters in a box sealed with pitch and told them to place it in her grave in a way best to protect it from the dampness. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Fortunately, because what we were doing was digging up Dad’s grave, we didn’t need to see our hands in front of us. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Standing by Grandma Sarah’s grave, I said Marhabah, hello, and spoke to her as though she were standing with us. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z In a grave voice, his seriousness reflected in his intense blue eyes, he added that “all was not right in our city.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z The pallbearers lowered the coffin into the grave with long, creaking straps. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z When she passed away, Mama and Doc went through her things, deciding what to keep, what to place on her grave, and what to give away. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z With the OAS clamoring about all the jailings and executions, Trujillo was not going to murder a defenseless woman and dig his own grave. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Aisling’s father stepped around the grave and put a hand on her shoulder. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z "Well, you think about it, brother. Times are grave and you seem very indignant." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Most will sail through from cradle to grave with a conscience clean as snow. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “The world today is in a state of grave unrest,” Ignatius screamed against the mewing and hissing. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I draw a dragon breaking free from its grave and finally seeing what its wings and fire are for. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Paleolithic societies, too, had buried their dead, but we do not know what ideas they associated with the grave. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Ashes to ashes, we say at the grave site with each handful of dirt we drop gently onto his lowering casket. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, the sort of individual who is programmed to ignore personal distress and keep pushing for the top is frequently programmed to disregard signs of grave and imminent danger as well. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Turner and Lizzie stood by the grave as he gathered his tools and left, shaking his head. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z “And if the one don’t get you, t’other one will. They say they want to get you to show them where you got the brooch, and then dig up the grave and take the treasure.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z I remembered the story about how a bunch of angels came down and rolled away the rock that was in front of Jesus’s grave to let him go to heaven. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Though they didn’t have any shovels, the camaradas used axes, knives, and their bare hands to dig a grave. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z I watched them go by, a few hundred or so, their heads bent low and every one of them silent as the grave. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z “The ironmen will tell you that what is dead may never die, but rises again, harder and stronger. Like Reek. He smells of the grave, though, I grant you that.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The people from under the tree told one of the friends to stand by the side of the grave. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z "You get religious all of a sudden? If your gramps had a grave, he'd be turning in it." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Mrs. March shook her head, and did not take so romantic a view of the case, but looked grave, and repeated her opinion that for Laurie’s sake Jo should go away for a time. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z If Maryland had seceded and become the twelfth star on the Confederate flag, the Union would have been in grave danger. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z On the other side of the old man’s grave. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I didn’t know then if I had witnessed the gravest humility or conceit. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I placed the owl in the grave and I put a large stone over it so the coyotes would not dig it out, then I covered the hole with the earth of the llano. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The gravest issues seem to have occurred among the partisans, the guerrilla resistance fighters on the German-occupied side of the front lines. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z I had never seen such a grave expression on her face. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Sewing machines were considered more valuable than prisoners, and ruining one was regarded as a grave offense. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Behind the pesthouse by lantern light men were digging a hurried grave. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Annoyance is a fact of life; one ought not to lose one’s grip because of it, and in doing so Penelope realized she had made a grave and potentially catastrophic error. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z And he remembered the shivers when the goose walked over his grave. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z His mind revolved around a host of problems and schemes: the sword, Martin’s grave, defense of the Abbey, Cornflower. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Life is like a mountain railroad With an engineer that’s brave We must make the run successful From the cradle to the grave. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z In my heart I knew that there in the grave lay a man’s best friend. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He says impurity is so grave a sin the Virgin Mary turns her face away and weeps. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I watched them toss the first shovelful of dirt into the grave. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Beneath him, Loki saw a huge grave mound, and sitting on it, plaiting a dog collar, was the hugest, ugliest ogre of a giant he had ever seen. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z He had the sensation of stepping into the dampness of a grave, and it was not much better because he had always known that the grave was there and waiting for him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z His family never forgave the Confederacy for not marking his grave. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I imagine a grave dug beneath scrubby bushes, hastily covered up. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Before we left, my father and I stopped by my sister’s grave. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z And everyone, he said, giving them each a grave look, should behave as if he carries the real thing. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Next, if you wanted some peculiar person to ride by, there might have come a crusader who had promised to deliver the grave of God. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z With its new floor, the open grave now appeared empty. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z “I swear on the grave of my parents; may my mother’s soul forever sizzle in torment if I am lying.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The boys suggested we build a tent around the large grave, using it as the floor of our shelter, because it was raised above the soggy ground. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z With the last ounce of strength in her body, she had dragged herself to the grave of Old Dan. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “I found a carving of a lamb in the cottage, like the one on the grave marker but smaller,” I said. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Snail helped him carry the body of his mother to her grave. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z It would look after her soul, leaving supplies on her grave. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z To squeeze the body into a narrow, hand-dug grave, he had to push the limbs together. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Nixon saw this as a grave threat to American prestige—and to his own. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “I want to put a little roast pig on the grave of my father.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z A grave had been dug close to the lane that ran the length of the cemetery, and as the service began, a black Rolls-Royce drew up, the back door opened, and a man got out. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z “I am not aware,” observed the grave lady whose voice I had heard but once, “that to think of any person is to make a great claim upon that person, my dear.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z A breeze picked up and when Mr. Underhill crossed the street, walking in our direction, I thought for sure he’d pluck one of us for that new grave marker. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Stars, spattered out through lifeless night from end to end, like jewels scattered in a dead king’s grave, tease, torment my wits toward meaningful patterns that do not exist. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The corners of his mouth tug down, and he gives me a grave look. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Finally, late in the evening, they came down, their faces still grave. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I stay at Gram’s grave for a few minutes before walking back to Morning Glory Cottage. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Its black skin glistened with silver markings and tiny crickets hopped about and, in the silence of the damp underground that made her think of a grave, she screamed. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Sheriff Dean and Sheriff Nagelman approached the grave site just as Shady was finishing his few words of eulogy. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Thirty or forty feet from the last palm tree, I began to dig a grave for Timothy. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah. And you’re in the middle of digging his grave,” Rufus says as trees rustle and a shovel scoops up earth. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He moved through the markers until he got to a grave covered with a sheet of grimy plastic or glass, its edges slimed with filth. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Then I looked in the grave and I wondered. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z And both of these last statements are undeniable facts, related facts, containing the gravest implications for us all. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z And how he will go to his grave trying to destroy me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z And before I’ll be a slave, I’ll be buried in my grave, And go home to my Lord and be free. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z We pass the children’s grave with the overflowing brown and crispy flowers, fluttering in the wind like cockroach wings. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “Only favorites. They free them from the woes of the world, to accompany their beloved master to the grave and serve him in the afterlife.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Tottering over the grave, he now leans wholly upon the shoulders of his old Revolutionary friends.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z When she emerged from the Wood, she looked toward the grave and knew with a sense of rising dread that something was wrong. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It belonged to Master Clovell, whose grave I just helped to dig. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z It was the story of the white shell beads all over again, the white shell beads, stolen from a grave and found by a man as he walked along a trail one day. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z They had only just reached the grave of the unknown Abbott. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He had caused the blind to see, the lame to walk, and He had raised dead men from the grave. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Nico watched, paralysed, as the grave spewed forth more dead British soldiers - five, ten, twenty, multiplying so quickly that Reyna and her metal dogs were surrounded before Nico even thought to raise his sword. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I was the one who insisted on trying to find his grave, questioning the farmer about it because Rufus, like his father, like old Mary and Alice, had probably been buried on the plantation. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Uncle Kufa and one of his brothers set out at first light to dig the grave. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z His body was tensed as a strong leaf spring drawn to the breaking strain; his face was grave and gray, and his eyes were on the ground immediately ahead of him. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z There hadn’t been a suicide in Cold Sassy since the Crabtrees’ son, Arthur, got drunk on a cold winter night, laid down across his sweetheart’s grave, and took an overdose of laudanum. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He recalled the grave lines of the jockey’s profile from the days when they had crossed paths somewhere out West. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Do you realize how grave the situation is? Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z I reckon she was embarrassed at being caught with her knees showing, or being caught so happy when her husband’s real wife wasn’t yet cold in the grave. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z And if it changes me, or sends me to an early grave, I don't mind.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z But the Director’s face, as he entered the Fertilizing Room with Henry Foster, was grave, wooden with severity. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Luther mailed what little money he could spare to Mother Harrison to buy a grave marker. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Not that they needed understanding—young people were the same in every generation—but this cockiness, this refusal to take seriously the gravest questions of their lives, nettled and irritated her. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z It was a mad passion, unhinging, which made Fernanda's bones tremble with horror in her grave and which kept them in a state of perpetual excitement. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Saturday, April 15, and Booth was in grave danger. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I knelt down and set the violets on the grave. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “So, I’m going to get an exorcism from someone who knowingly buys stolen goods? I’m sure that’s going to go perfectly well. Like getting teeth pulled by a grave robber.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Looking down on the grave, he wondered yet again how the elf had known where to come to rescue them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I think because we had never been able to have a funeral, to visit her grave, to mourn her properly, it never became real to me. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Two men with shovels are waiting by a small open grave. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Hazel felt that he had better cement the grave over the topic of the abalones. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The two friends stood respectfully by the grave while people walked past and put money into a box which one of the friends had with him. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Inside the firehouse, the firemen were all standing around, looking grave. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z You patted your grave, tentatively, like you were considering his words. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “About the bird and the loop and the grave.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z It was 1:22 when we found Dad’s grave. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The single candle glimmered, and Ash could see the shape of her father as he knelt beside the grave. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The dead families are buried together in one grave. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We began to dig a grave, though there was no solemnity there, no rite, no sorrow even, at that chore. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The anchorman glanced up from his papers, looking grave but at the same time very pleased. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The lip of the grave crumbled beneath her foot as she climbed, sending clods of dirt tumbling into the pit. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “You’re getting confused, Ma. I wasn’t with you. We went to visit Daddy’s grave on the twenty-first, not the twentieth.” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Half an hour after, Jo went to ‘Mother’s closet’ for something, and there found little Beth sitting on the medicine chest, looking very grave, with red eyes and a camphor bottle in her hand. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Scott Mathis, the Big Hill Trading Company owner who was friends with Hale and Mollie, was asked to supervise the grim task, and he went to the cemetery with his undertaker and a grave digger. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Even the hunt for the grave of Nancy’s cat had come to nothing. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z When he too died, in 1911, aged fifty, he was laid to rest in her grave. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Each one of the family members in turn threw a handful of dirt into the grave after saying goodbye. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z We were flying out to see my father’s grave. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z It was only now that he realized it might lead only to a grave. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z But if the town was there like on Saturday night, Lige would come up with a very grave air. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z It is easy to distinguish the parts told by each, Aeschylus grave and direct, Ovid light and amusing. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Mam always says it’s the damp clothes that give you the consumption and an early grave. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Right in the spot where the bird had crashed By had dug a little grave, and on top of the grave there were two Popsicle sticks tied together in a cross. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She dipped two hundred oars and mounted the largest ram in the fleet, though Davos had grave doubts about her captain. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The Alexandria of Hypatia’s time—by then long under Roman rule—was a city under grave strain. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Will you extend the circle of protection to the grave?” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z At the grave site, standing with Ernest, Mollie could hear the old people’s song of death, their chants interspersed with weeping. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “And I will break your ship in half with my bare hands and send your friends to an early grave.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He says he has a cemetery plot already and should be able to arrange for a grave to be dug by tomorrow morning. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Whoever had done this had practically gone to Jesse’s grave, dug him up, and desecrated his rotting body. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z When it came to matters of grave importance, she behaved emotionally and irresponsibly and left it to others to straighten out. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Now, he comes to my shoulder and looks as if a stiff wind could knock him into the grave. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z There in the toilet water he saw a grave black face. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Up on the hillside, at the foot of a beautiful red oak tree, I dug his grave. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Beside the grave, a few chairs had been set up for the family. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z There are only about two hundred kouroi in existence, and most have been recovered badly damaged or in fragments from grave sites or archeological digs. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The four men in fatigues lifted the coffin on slings and lowered it into the grave. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z At the grave site my father cleaned off Lynnie’s small stone and laid down a bunch of white flowers. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Either way, I wondered if the lanky Mr. Underhill had measured out the grave. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The women who shrieked over the bier and at the lip of the open grave. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z My eyes got teary when I thought about Gramma dead in her grave and Grampa sad and all alone. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Raymie could see that the room was dark, as it had been before, as dark as a cave, as dark as the grave. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z His mother lay in an untended grave, a victim of throat cancer. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I looked at his grave and, with tears in my eyes, I voiced these words: “You were worth it, old friend, and a thousand times over.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. King thought the officials were digging their own grave. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Dill and Lydia stood at Travis’s grave gazing at the fresh brown dirt covering it, long after everyone else had gone home. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Later, Snail asked Tortoise to come and pray with him at the grave, which was in front of a small bush. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Like the oblong mound of fresh clay of a newly made grave, the red coals revealed the bent outline of Mary’s body. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The dirt under her nails, the healing scars on her hands, the ache in her shoulders and back from digging Pol’s grave. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z ‘I swear on my father’s grave this, I swear on my father’s grave that.’ American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z From the depths of that emptiness came an upwelling of rage that made her push herself away from the grave. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “He took stuff from his father’s grave, and from Wormtail, and me,” said Harry. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Hi, Grandpa,” I whisper, laying the painting down on the grave. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z And I could no more have gone to Gallatoir’s for an omelet and champagne than I could have danced on a grave. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z If he ever went back to Penikese and saw that little grave all turned up and raw, he would know. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z But how would this tiny child without family find her grave when there would be no marker for her anywhere, neither in the earth nor the family hall? The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He brushed past Michael Donovan on the threshold with a grave nod and passed down the corridor, oblivious to the astounded stare that followed him. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Reverend Griffin stopped by a grave with a whitewashed cross. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Harry had his retort ready for when they asked him why he had not simply created a perfect grave with his wand, but he did not need it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Great-great-aunt Florentine’s grave was mounded with fresh dirt and flower arrangements from the funeral. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z And beneath it all, the dream of the empty grave making her stomach turn. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z On one grave was a beautiful little cat with a pink sugar nose and a tail curled around its feet. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And like I said, it was only three weeks after Granny Blakeslee went to the grave. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I picture his grave, on the hill, overlooking the pond, some little nine-foot piece of earth where they will place him, cover him with dirt, put a stone on top. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z "Another hostage will follow her to the grave at first light, and another at sunset. Every dawn and every dusk will mean a death, until you are gone. I have no lack of hostages." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Mr. Maverick said it only leads to two things, the grave or prison, and I ain’t trying to see either.’ The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Then Donal lifted a shovel to begin replacing the earth into the grave. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I was starting to think I’d take it to the grave. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I killed him, but he stabs at me from beyond the grave. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The same open grave Jinx and Shady had used the day before for their prank on Sheriff Dean. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “Near it stood two tall poplar trees, against one of which I leaned, while my father threw himself on the grave, with outstretched arms, as if to embrace his child.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Doctor Quinn sat down on the edge of my bed with a grave face. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z “Petey Thunkle did not use his time wisely. Not a grave sin in itself. But, there was a single critical moment that changed everything. Would you care to hear about it?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Pardon me for asking,” said Bod, “but was this your grave?” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z The surface of the grave at Harry’s feet cracked. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He was grim and grave as ever, but Ged knew now his compassion, and loved him well. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z If the khal died at the hands of some enemy, they lived only long enough to avenge him, and then followed him joyfully into the grave. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Drug use, once considered a private, public-health matter, was reframed through political rhetoric and media imagery as a grave threat to the national order. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Glorfindel caught Frodo as he sank to the ground, and taking him gently in his arms he looked in his face with grave anxiety. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “And before I’ll be a slave I’ll be buried in my grave. And go home to my lord and be free. ” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Sitti ordered Poppy to give money to the poor before she died and more money to the grave digger and the women who washed her body. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, why did you tell us of this? It is my favourite seat, and I cannot leave it; and now I find I must go on sitting over the grave of a suicide.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z I can hear the news anchor say something about a mass grave found in Mexico. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z By the time he was done tallying the accessories, including gloves for the grave digger, the total cost was astronomical. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “I am deeper in death at this moment than if the weight of an earthly grave lay heavy upon me!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z First they turned the man into the grave. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z I gather my nerve and ask, “How come we never visit my mommas grave?” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Somebody walked over my grave, she thought, probably Jem on some idiotic errand. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z But I stay behind the tree till the mourners leave and the grave diggers fill in the grave. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z With the finesse of a mortician, 1 would lead mourners to the grave. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Jethro labored for long hours beside Bill, and both of them were grave; but no mention was ever made of the things that had been said on the night of Jethro’s nightmare. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z When we got to the grave and they lowered the empty coffin, you let out a noise like an animal. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “So help me...Give us ten minutes! Go dig the grave of someone who isn’t standing right here!” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “If the strike succeeds,” he proclaimed, “it might and probably would be the beginning of an upheaval which might bring on all of us grave and serious consequences.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z I typed the truth: Visiting my dad’s grave. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z You’d get right up out of your grave you know you would. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z That distant quality also gave the voices a ghostly resonance, like someone calling from the grave. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It felt like they were dancing on a grave with no thought to the suffering they had escaped. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, there is a windowlike structure near the ceiling, but it offers a view only of compacted dirt, such as one might normally see when looking up from the grave. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Letting her sit out there at her mother's grave every night — they will come for her.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z A short distance away, at a week-old grave, some men were stripping the withered flowers from the wire frames of the floral pieces heaped on the grave. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He will be buried in an unmarked grave, and she will never know what happened. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “I spend a lot of time up on that hill, and I’ve never seen any sign of a grave or anything.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Yawning holes opened in the earth, some deeper than any grave. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z I wrapped her in a sheet and Mac dug the grave. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The swales and small hills soon hid the officers from us, and us from them, but I felt very anxious about digging up a grave when they were on the island. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z As he said this he sighed and looked so grave and noble and mysterious that for a second Digory really thought he was saying something rather fine. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z One dived into the new grave and scooped something shiny in its beak before it flew away. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z A terrible nightmare follows, where I’m lying at the bottom of a deep grave, and every dead person I know by name comes by and throws a shovel full of ashes on me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z "He is the King's Justice, after all. Sending other men to do his office . . . some might construe that as a grave insult." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Both of us understand the very grave questions presented by any decision of this sort. We both recognize that the ultimate responsibility is not ours.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She stared in horror across the grave, trying to anchor herself to Con, who was gaping at her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z As I stood over his grave, on a rise above the small school below, I thought not of the present but of the past. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z His expression was grave, and it seemed to her that he was searching her face for information. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Father would turn in his grave if he knew you was squawing around. How was it?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z That my Aunt Fannie Mae’s grave is there, and the house she raised me in, and my friends who lived down the road. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He grew very grave; and, after thinking the matter over for a while asked me to take him to Renfield. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Harper screamed right before his pterodactyl plummeted to its watery grave. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z The grave robber was an Irish giant, imposing in frame, uncouth in manner and speech, and carried with him the reek of damp earth. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He was sitting about three feet away from the grave, and he had Grandpa’s eyes—round and kind and all-knowing. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z They rode past the blackened bones of houses and barns without number, chimneys sticking up like grave markers, the husked stone walls of ravaged mills and granaries. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Chouchou’s grave offense had been to mutter a disparaging comment about the condition of Highway 3, overheard by a soldier not even in uniform. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z His gravestone was not ready yet; until it was carved, his grave would be marked by the red banner that flew now, waist-high, a splash of color against the slate-colored sky. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Crawlers, we have grave matters to place before you. Take us to your king, take us?” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He might have made it unnoticed all the way to the grave except for his name. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Then she, who had been his favorite, would be able to take her marigolds, the flowers of the dead, to his grave on the special Day of the Dead. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Yet here Matt saw, on grave after grave, statues of skeletons playing guitars or dancing or driving around in little plastic hovercars. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The punishments for such acts are grave, but our hunger does not allow this to stop us from sometimes stealing. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Butterflies flew in and out of the bunches of field flowers now loosened from the top of the bier and lying in a small heap at the edge of the grave. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I even made her a mix tape and left it at the grave. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Instead of drinking it, he poured it into the grave. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z But Emma had grave doubts that science was the answer to everything. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Who was this madman who played the violin here, at the edge of his own grave? Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Jonathan let himself down into the grave and began to dig again, but the young soldier impatiently jumped back in, took back the shovel, and fairly flung Jonathan out of the way. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Later, to tell him something else, I’d place a larger bouquet than his on my mother’s grave. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then swear it now, upon your father’s grave.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then he plucked a couple of daisies and placed them across the tiny grave. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Then he came back within Harry’s range of vision, and Harry saw him pushing a stone cauldron to the foot of the grave. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z We drove away and when the cars stopped moving there was a grave and we placed him in it. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z At the cemetery, Morrie watched as they shoveled dirt into his mother’s grave. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Such grave wounds, they said, would have killed most people instantly. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z In the graveyard, he saw as the dead see, and no tomb or grave or crypt was truly dark to him. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z The playground, which up to then had been filled with shrieks and the shouting of children at play, all at once became silent as the grave. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z “He’s always itching to carve somebody a grave marker. Maybe he even killed a few bodies himself.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z The lad who found it says it come from a grave—think of a barrow filled with stuff like this.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z When I was done, he sat for a long time in silence, his eyes grave. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “One of them’s at the bottom of a deep grave, with a broken ankle. The other three are, well, they’re a long way away.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z They will be replaced by flowers, which will be put on his grave. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z It was easy to find his grave: It was the newest. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z There was only silence in him, like the grave. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Harry placed the elf into the grave, arranged his tiny limbs so that he might have been resting, then climbed out and gazed for the last time upon the little body. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z This woman put him in mind of the biggest mound he had ever seen: in Shandong, that was, Confucius’s grave. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z On the night before the race, a coach from Notre Dame knocked on Louie’s hotel room door, a grave expression on his face. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z “Last, but most important: make sure you always leave a gift for the person whose grave you get the dirt from, as payment. Otherwise, it’s stealing.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “We had been told to make no outside contacts except in the gravest emergency,” Poulsson said. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He was silent, yes, and grave like his mother, but the war had a part in that, Art realized. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “The Count is dead; the Prince is in grave danger. Hurry now and you may yet save him. All of you. Go.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z After the guards rolled him into the earth, they marked the grave with a circle of stones, and the caravan departed. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z If the tent disintegrated before morning, we would be in grave trouble. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “The men sent to desecrate the grave took it upon themselves to murder this saintly dog.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I wept as I put a bunch of wild flowers on the grave. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “She went to the grove where the dog was buried, and when she arrived, she found Gwenforte, the dead dog, resurrected like Lazarus, standing on her own grave.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z It was silent as the grave, and the pleasure Elinor had expected to feel as soon as she was back within her own four walls was slow in coming. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He looked half a leaf, as if the first strong wind would carry him off to his grave. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Donal lifted a shovel to begin replacing the earth into the grave....” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z She said nothing, and she did not smile, only looked at him with her grave kindness, now a little questioning, a little shy. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z I sat down on a grave in the middle of the cypresses and looked up at the moon. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, just before I was to go to bed, she uttered a paralyzing injunction: she ordered me to go out into the dark, dig a grave, and bury the kitten. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The house, which was normally alive and full of creaking, clattering sounds, was still, like a grave. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She searched for the light of the candle by the grave but saw only darkness. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Adam said, “I wish we could do that, boys. But I’ll have to tell you. Your mother’s grave is clear across the country where she came from.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She told me that a lot of people think me being in here is “a grave injustice.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Deborah used hers to buy a small piece of land in Clover, so she could someday move down to the country and live near her mother’s grave. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Baba took his memories of her to the grave with him. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z When she went back and told Charles of her failure, he sent a letter to his cousin Fox, who had visited Malvern before and had written to Charles describing the grave. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I could feel the air all around me, pressing in like dirt cast into an open grave. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I’m eighty- three years of age and I’d like to go to my grave healthy. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z How utterly ludicrous those words seem now, perched like a cheap toy on the lip of a grave. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Then suddenly, just on the other side of Isabella Fortune’s grave, I see a darting movement. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z “I did. I do. That’s why I hate this—his whole life gone—all gone. And his grave—they might even dig him up and throw him out.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z There was no reason for them to refuse to go to the grave, and already they were thinking of ways of fooling these people under the tree. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Lewis Powell, David Herold, and George Atzerodt reunited in the grave with John Wilkes Booth, together again, as they had been that terrible evening of April 1865, when the chase for Lincoln’s killer began. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I need to give him a grave in order to contain him. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z To walk to the cemetery to visit Santi's grave and ask her questions, hard questions, about boys. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z The presence of the Taiwanese on Everest was a matter of grave concern to most of the other expeditions on the mountain. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z They lifted Grandfather’s shroud by the top and the bottom and prepared to fling it into the open grave. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The three younger men looked happier at the moment as they seemed to realise the significance of her words; but Van Helsing and I, turning to each other, met each a grave and troubled glance. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z He had said nothing more, but Olanna assumed he must have dug a grave. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z We passed one grave, a child’s, from which grinned a faded plastic jack-o’-lantern. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The men coming out of the ground, squinting against the daylight, were like dead men rising out of a grave. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Shady stood by the open grave and removed his hat. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I cried and buried her in the back yard and drove a barrel staving into the ground at the head of her grave. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She had never kept overnight vigil at a grave before, and she knew she was not in the best condition for it. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z But her own children say Enrique has to go: she is seventy, and he will bury her, all right, by sending her to the grave. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Why are there flowers all over their grave? Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z The day after the renter and I dug up Dad’s grave, I went to Mr. Black’s apartment. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z "The matter is too grave to be left to servants." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Close by, fresher petals spilled across a newer mound—-the grave of Bonnie Jean Ashida, the Ashidas’ elder daughter, who while visiting Garden City had been killed in a car collision. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The darkness of the tunnel quickly turned the boxcar into a grave. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He looked ready for the nursing home or the grave. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z When she told them about seeing the greyhound on Gwenforte’s grave, the boys stopped listening altogether and turned their attention entirely to the white greyhound. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z She reached into the pocket of her blouse, and pulled out the gold coin he had thrown into the grave earlier that day. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z When their grief abated a little, the companions hollowed out a grave, lining it with flat stones. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Though Professor McGonagall was head of Gryffindor House, Harry had seen her in the common room only once before, and that had been to make a very grave announcement. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z We didn’t last long there because it was too cold, and she felt terrible when we walked by a freshly dug grave. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z But one twilight, as she was sitting at the grave, a rider came to the girl.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Thomas glances at me before stepping off the platform— his face is grave, even guilty, but I know with a sinking feeling that he feels guilty only for throwing me to the ground. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z He turned it upside down and shook the fries and hamburger into the grave. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Please God, I shall never, never forget them, nor the grave and sweet responsibilities I have taken upon me. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “Not at all,” the doctor said, still grave. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z I found her grave right in the furthermost corner, almost hidden under a line of firs. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, thirty-four years later, Charles had to see his own little baby put into a grave. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked grave, as if he had only just realized what he had done. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Briony was her last, and nothing between now and the grave would be as elementally important or pleasurable as the care of a child. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “If you go to Prince Dain despite my warning, if he gets his heir on you, tell no one before you tell me. Swear it on your mother’s grave.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The grave, now with a two-foot-high plain marble stone, had become one of Iceland’s sightseeing attractions. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z When I was little, I used to think that we visited my mom’s grave because she was somehow there—like we were really going to spend time with her ghost or something like that. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I couldn’t work a press; he couldn’t bring Grandfather back from the grave. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes. And he was lonely in the grave, so one night his ghost got up, walked back to the house, and whispered, ‘boo,’ in his wife’s ear. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Practically from cradle to grave, black men in urban ghettos are treated like current or future criminals. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It’s not until he turns around and we’re a little closer that I realize he’s not standing in front of Gram’s grave at all. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z The driver was killed and Anatoli received severe head injuries, including grave and possibly permanent damage to one of his eyes. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I mourned the loss of my grandma, and wondered if I’d ever be able to travel to Iran to visit her grave. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Old Johnny Mercer had finished digging Myrtis Rogers’s grave and had set the green tarp over it. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z We stand around the empty grave while the casket is lowered into the ground. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The sun burned down on them with savage heat as they stood around the open dank grave. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The hard rice scrapes down in a dry lump, thus I put a marker on the old woman’s grave. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Matty glanced over to the corner of their homeplace’s plot of land, beyond the garden, to the small grave where they had buried Branch two years before. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Love is as strong as death, as deep as the grave. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z When we were finished, we replaced the stone over the niche so that no one would suspect the grave was empty. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I dreamed of my mother’s grave,” she said, and as she spoke it seemed to help banish the magic a little. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It is a grave and solemn place, over which hangs the threat of an inevitable doom. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “He personally oversaw the burial. He said a prayer at their grave. It’ll be a token of thanks for his decency.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “Why, if he came only to be silent, grave, and indifferent,” said she, “did he come at all?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z “Though I worry how much Perrington’s courting will interfere; but I do adore the man for inviting me to Rifthold. My mother must be writhing in her grave!” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Small green shoots were forcing their way up through the red earth of Dobby’s grave now; in a year’s time the mound would be covered in flowers. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Bod skirted the ivy-covered Carstairs grave, and then he stood, panting as if out of breath, with his back to his pursuer. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z No, the fire could not hurt them, and yes, the lion’s jaws were stopped; the serpent was not their master, the grave was not their resting-place, the earth was not their home. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z It was large and four-sided, and it sat atop a mass grave. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z “You remember?” he asked, his angel’s face grave. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z For a while everything seemed routine: the crowd of people at the church, the line of cars with their head-lights on, the smaller group clustered around the grave for the final farewell. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z This law — known as the Ghetto Act — was a grave insult to the Indian community and anticipated the Group Areas Act, which would eventually circumscribe the freedom of all South Africans of color. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned to me, and said with grave solemnity:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “In the fullness of time—maybe a hundred years—this should be your grave.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to look grave, eyes down, face expressionless, the way people in velorios looked when Papi led them in prayer. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z As in the Pantheon, the domed roof was a waffle pattern of recessed square panels, but here each panel was a stela—a grave marker with Ancient Greek inscriptions. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z When I had completed the burial, I sighed and started back to the flat, but my mother caught hold of my hand and led me again to the kitten’s grave. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The grave markers had been painted white, but by someone in an obvious hurry—gelled globs covered them and bare streaks of wood showed through. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He began speaking with the peculiar grave courtesy that differentiated him from the majority of Inner Party members. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z As Deputy Collins tumbled and fumbled around, he knocked into a small bud vase I had forgotten to take and place on Gran’s grave. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “Some say that he himself is Garin, risen from his watery grave.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He was certain that she went to her grave worried about his addiction to compilation meat dishes. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z He had said that he would cherish her until the grave, and that he would love her nameless son as though he were his own flesh. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z She stood up suddenly, then ran, twisting through the stones, leaving Turner alone beside the grave. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z There’s nothing worse than a freshly dug grave with snow falling on it. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z They were assigned to a one-day work detail to load corpses onto a truck, then throw them off the truck into a common grave outside the camp. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Shovels were leaning against a nearby pine tree, and Kaede realized that she was looking at a grave. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The work of burial was then but beginning; and Théoden mourned for the loss of Háma, his captain, and cast the first earth upon his grave. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z I shoved the man who spoke to me, shoved him so hard he nearly toppled into the grave. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Declaration studied Old Johnny Mercer putting a green tarp over Aunt Florentine’s grave site. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z At last, he stopped at a secluded spot and began to dig a little grave. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z At my mother’s grave, I knelt and leaned my forehead against the wet ground, my eyes open, as close to her bones as I could get. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z No stone or tomb marks the grave of Herman Webster Mudgett, alias H. H. Holmes. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z But Gogol goes from grave to grave with paper and crayon in hand, bringing to life one name after another, peregrine wotton, D. 1699. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He had a grave, boyish dignity, that clean-eyed, scrubbed- brain, naive look of the happy professor. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z One was grave and quiet, with a look of warm understanding in her eyes, and the other seemed gay and joyful. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z He did this, but while he was moving into that position, the other friend hid in a bush which grew near the edge of the grave. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z “Something passed her, all dressed in white, and vanished”—“A great black dog behind him”—“Three loud raps on the chamber door”—“A light in the churchyard just over his grave,” &c., &c. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “Really I must say I should think not!” interposed the grave lady. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z I expected she would show signs of great distress and shame; but to my surprise she neither wept nor blushed: composed, though grave, she stood, the central mark of all eyes. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Harry told her, a slight edge to his voice, and he set off again, leaving her crouched beside the old grave. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He remembered wondering what it would have been like to witness Jesus roll the stone away from Lazarus’s tomb and watch the dead man walk out, still wearing his grave clothes. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z I nod toward Isabella’s grave, remembering how untidy and overgrown it had been the day of Gram’s funeral. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z “Well, where is she buried? You could put flowers on her grave. We always do that for Grandma and Uncle Albert.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “That son of yours is gonna put you in your grave.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Spassky had been informed that Bobby’s condition was serious, but he wasn’t aware that it was grave. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z But then I see that there’s already something bright lying there on the grass in front of the grave. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Trenches, hospitals, the common grave—there are no other possibilities. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z If I die weep at my grave every day until a seedling appears in the dirt, then cry on it to make it grow until it becomes a beautiful tree whose roots surround my body. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z If your gramps had a grave, if your gramps had a grave. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Speaking in similarly grave tones, the Secretary of the Army pointed to another Red menace, China, calling it “a crouched tiger ready to spring on any prey that is weak and wounded.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I cried out of my heart, “Now, dance! Sing! But as you do—remember Mandela, remember Sobokwe! Remember Lumumba in his grave! Remember South Africans now in jail!” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z A few hours ago he wouldn’t have thought it was possible to sleep when your life was in grave danger, but he’d actually fallen asleep, cradling Gulliver close to him. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z I thought about that old photograph, that same butterfly I saw on the placard by my father’s grave. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z The next day workers opened a double grave and filled this too with cement, then inserted Holmes’s coffin. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z This gave me grave doubts about Mr. de Klerk’s peaceful intentions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She turned to him, laughing, and was suddenly grave. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Adam sniffed and said, “That’s a smell could raise me out of a concrete grave.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The night air was as cold as the grave on her bare skin as she padded across the room. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It was precisely because we knew that such incidents would occur that our decision to take up arms had been so grave and reluctant. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I threw a rock at a jackdaw that waddled over toward Oliver’s grave. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Tali’s body had been wrapped into his blanket again—the closest they could come to a shroud—and Con and Pol rolled it as gently as they could into the grave. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He wondered if they had blundered into a nest of milk snakes or giant grave worms, soft and pale and squishy. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As soon as the grave was deep enough, they rolled Pol’s body into it. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “I like her. Know why? Well, she said to ask you where our mother’s grave is, so we can take some flowers.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Tearing her from the ship could condemn her to a watery grave. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z We do not want to bend over a dusty grave, wearing black hats, grieving for you. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z She was beginning to fall victim to a morbid fascination with things from beyond the grave. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s been a particularly hot past few months here in Louisiana, but today it feels like the devil came up out of his grave. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z “When I think of my dear departed father barely cold in his grave,” Ignatius murmured, pretending to wipe some moisture from his eyes. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z On the anniversary of my mother’s murder, just like every other year, Dad, Pop, and I lay flowers on her grave—Cathy McManus. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He'd never met his poppy, but he appreciated this insight from beyond the grave. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z This grave stood among many others, worn down and no longer known or cared for, on a hillside just at the border of Wang Lung’s western field. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z “Because you were grave and silent, and gave me no encouragement.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z A memory flooded into her: She was at her mother’s grave, and she heard her mother’s voice in her ear. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The most distressing repercussion of this lack of communication has been the rise in racism among Negroes, justified to some extent, but a grave symptom nevertheless. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z No aging, no death, no body in the grave. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z He stayed, and when old Mr. Thayer began to fill in the grave, Turner took the shovel from him and filled in most of it himself. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z In his grave, silent veteran’s way he was dependable and gentle. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Grandpa put his arm stub around me, and we lay there, staring down into the grave. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The voice had been his, of course, but everybody had thought that it had come from the grave. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z But Moron swore it on his nan’s grave. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z He was broad- shouldered, grave, and he wore a gray business suit. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Her voice is so serious, so grave, that I’m positive that anything she has to say must be important. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The sheriff parked the car and led me up a path toward the river, and there, on a little hill overlooking the river and the valley, was my mothers grave. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Laying down on my stomach, with my heart beating like a trip hammer, I wiggled my way to Rubin’s grave. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “She took the hand. Now that woman is going to pull Beverly into the grave. She is going to kill her and use her to fashion a new soul.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z She took with her to her grave the picture of her little daughter’s body laid out on the chaise longue in the drawing room of the Ayemenem House. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Turner took a vial of ashes from their own hearth and sprinkled them across the mounded grave. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z I could make out one figure, small in the distance, standing by Mother’s grave. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z To go down into the grave, unwashed, unforgiven, was to go down into the pit forever, where terrors awaited him greater than any the earth, for all her age and groaning, had ever borne. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z For my birthday my father took Silly and me down to Lynnie’s grave. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Pilate laid the bones carefully into the small grave. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Then we stood around the grave with the wooden marker that read Morgan, and Osh said, “Are you sure about this?” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z I go back through town and visit my father’s grave and stay there a long time. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Yet as late as 1964 when the Encyclopaedia Britannica discussed the rival theories, it was Wegener’s that was held to be full of "numerous grave theoretical difficulties." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “The camp is in grave danger,” Octavian said. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Even now that’s the picture that will wake me up in the night, not May’s eyes, open and staring, or the stone resting on her like a grave slab. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She flicked her eyes toward the ceiling, and her face became grave. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Come to think of it, I have never visited anyone’s grave, not even my favorite uncle’s grave. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z In the distance Old Johnny Mercer had finished setting up die large green tarp over Aunt Florentine’s grave site. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He felt like he was digging his own grave. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Exhuming Bobby’s corpse was impractical for many months: His grave was covered with snow, and it was difficult to dig through Iceland’s frozen soil until late spring. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He set the saddle down on the ground and looked at her with a grave expression. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z All my aunts and uncles talked it over as if they were choosing a prep-school for me and finally said, "Why--ye-es" with very grave, hesitant faces. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z It had not merely become silent; it had stopped existing, scared into its grave by his knock. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Its getting chilly out but I still put flowers on Algernons grave. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z When I described Lucy’s symptoms—the same as before, but infinitely more marked—he looked very grave, but said nothing. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Kabuo pulled into a turnout one rainy afternoon and explained to her in grave tones that he intended to repurchase his parents’ property as soon as the chance arose. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Your grandmother would roll over in her grave, Miss America,” Dad says. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “I had no cloth to cover my body, no goat for the people who dug my grave! I had no food for the people who mourned me! These things I demand now!” screamed Aunt Chipo. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I had a great yearning, lately, to pay my father back for all the years of neglect, and start tending his grave. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z I didn’t see another person for blocks, not even a grave digger or a physician. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When the committal was over, Turner told his parents he would stay to help the grave digger. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z He, he would live, and, smiling, watch her go down into the grave! Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Almost he yielded to the desire for help and counsel, to tell this grave young man, whose words seemed so wise and fair, all that was in his mind. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z But you can’t find the words to explain that you can never visit your sister’s grave, because she has no grave. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I can see her now, her ruined lace in the mud, pale arms exposed, reaching up, rising up as though she were clawing her way out of the grave. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Nor did he wish to endure the rituals of a hanging: being bound and blindfolded, parading past his own coffin and open grave, climbing the steps of the scaffold. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They filled the grave quickly and we left. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z If you visit the grave, you might notice something curious about the lettering of that last line. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The situation had become so grave he didn’t know how to react, felt a pit of emptiness in his heart. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Frog did not see it, but those who did claimed Cleon’s copper armor rent like silk, and from within came an awful stench and a hundred wriggling grave worms. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Do you ever find yourself climbing into an open grave during a bombing raid,” I said, “and just wish you’d stayed in bed?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “It tore me up on the inside, knowin’ y’all thought I was planted in some pauper’s grave in the middle of nowhere. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Boromir looked in surprise at Bilbo, but the laughter died on his lips when he saw that all the others regarded the old hobbit with grave respect. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He summoned his energies and lifted his head and struck out desperately, determined to rise from the grave, resolved to force upon Max the reality of his living. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Thus I heard, to my horror, how Hamlet, losing his composure, leaped into my grave to challenge my brother, who held my lifeless form. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z If I so much as sneezed, she would rattle off a list of infectious diseases that would have me in the grave by nightfall. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Here we are, two boys sitting in a cemetery as it begins drizzling, trading stories in my half-dug grave, as if we’re not dying today. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Arul peered through the darkness until he could make out the inscription on the grave marker. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Kira tended his grave now, taking the babies with her while she weeded and watered the soft blanket of fragrant purple thyme she had planted there. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z At the beginning, some grave sites were more elaborate than others, a testament to social stratification. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Where they occur, insect control measures that favor a vast increase of snails are likely to be followed by grave consequences. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z We watched McNair’s ex-wife rise from the grave to try to eat him. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z “I wouldn’t put it past Abdullah to toss you into the grave with your mother.” Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Daley thought he was doing something great, but he’s turning over in his grave now. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I visited his grave every day until we moved to Corcoran two weeks later to find work picking Cotton. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I returned through the streets as tired as though I'd dug the grave myself alone. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I look over at Jenna’s father, who is standing by his wife’s grave. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z It would soften the frozen crust of earth and make it easier for him to dig a grave for Sounder—if he found Sounder. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He held it over the grave and let it trickle from his fingers. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Their bodies were dumped into an enormous common grave. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Aisling and her father stood across from each other on either side of the grave, and at the head of it, resting on the simple headstone, was the burning candle. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked at the shovel and couldn't help but think that he might need it to dig a grave. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z “What would you do if you faced a grave threat, Miss Nebraska?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z When I peeked upward, I saw Mr. Milgrom sitting on the edge of the grave hole, his feet dangling toward us. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z We were going to pick out a spot in the park and have a ceremony there like it was really a grave. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In one grave they found the skeleton of a fifty-year-old man, covered with strings of mammoth ivory beads, containing about 3,000 beads in total. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Who had really left the flowers on the grave, and written the inscription in Gram’s copy of The World at the End of the Tunnel. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Will people at such a time be born in the grave and die in the womb? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s only really room for one. Get your own grave.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “You should be helping me out around here,” he said, “instead of working for that nut who’s got one foot in the grave.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Hands cupped in front of their faces, heads bowed, murmuring a prayer: “Merciful God, forgive him his trespasses. Make wide his grave and light his path. Raise him unto the highest heavens.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z In the midst of other grave personal problems, Kepler rushed to Wurttemberg to find his seventy-four-year-old mother chained in a Protestant secular dungeon and threatened, like Galileo in a Catholic dungeon, with torture. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But she, alone, of all that company, looked at him and signified that there was no speech in the grave. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z I shudder, as you’re supposed to when someone walks over your grave. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She had no more bad dreams, but the presence of the grave had spoiled the island for her. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Every time we go to see my Aunt Helen’s grave, my mom and I like to talk about something really great about her. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z The growing exposure of the population to radiation from various sources, plus the many contacts with a host of chemicals suggest a grave new problem for the modern world. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z So he’d never have to look down on little Missy’s grave again? Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z I’m not entirely sure what that means—grave. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The young Jesse—seen largely in photos of camping and riding trips up north—looked remarkably like the older one, grave and intent. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Twelve men, hastily thrown upon an ox sled, were being drawn to their single grave. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She often thought of the grave that waited at the end of it, and if she closed her eyes she could remember the smell of the earth there. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z When the high chancellor finished, it was my task to close the casket so Mother could be lowered into her grave. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The first day of rugby, a possible reason for rising from the grave of lunch. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Bod leaned forward, dug his hands into the wild weed-grass that grew on the unkempt grave. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z He told her to be careful of people looking to find out where Henrietta’s grave was because they might want to steal her bones, since her body was so valuable to science. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z "I'll dance on your grave, you sot," he said, and came on guard. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z And who would want to meddle with such a grave? Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z With the leftover money, she bought a small bouquet of flowers and laid it on the boy’s grave. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Grabbing my arm, she pulled me down on the bed—pulled so strong that if she’d really been pulling me into her grave, I wouldn’t of been scareder. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z With that, Lightfoot sank down on the empty grave of Mr. Royal Garnet Lacey, put her head against the angel’s stomach, and cried and cried. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “I mean the older generations. This family”—she solemnly indicated the grave of my baby brother—“has started bein’ buried here.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I thought it was now time to end the scene, which was becoming too comically grave, so I went towards the door, simply saying:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z By the time the rest of us had finished packing for the journey, Adam was back in his old spot, only now he was marking Victor’s grave. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z That, I’ll take to my grave: I was on the ground laughing, Assef straddling my chest, his face a mask of lunacy, framed by snarls of his hair swaying inches from my face. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z As they walk to the grave, Vincent's friends talk about Vincent, how generous and kind he had been to them, how devoted he was to his art. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I had been blocking on it, but now I remembered that Mom, Myron, and I were flying out in the morning to visit my father’s grave in Los Angeles. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Now that she was dead, he had become her grave. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z And let me tell you, it had taken them forever to dig that grave in the frozen ground. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Then she said, “It’s not that much to ask, is it? Something to mark my grave. I’m just down there, see? With nothing but nettles to show where I rest.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z I was standing at the head of the table shaking the principal’s hand, when Papa rose, his face ceremoniously grave, and acknowledged the other parents with his most respectful gesture. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Nehemiah drove his shovel into the mound of dirt and pitched some into the open grave. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Primroses and landscapes, he pointed out, have one grave defect: they are gratuitous. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z They were in the final stages of digging a grave. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z His grave had green grass over it already. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I stood over Jesse’s grave, my hands folded in front of me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z That afternoon also found three men who stood around an open grave. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Scolding the hound again, she knelt down and arranged the flowers on the grave. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z As the group trekked to the start of the River of Doubt, they passed by grave sites and the sun-bleached skeletons of oxen and mules from Rondon’s previous trips along the road. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z I hoped that taking her image to the grave with him would be a comfort. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Besides, his father and uncles were old, and the old lords were like that; they took their dusty feuds to the grave, forgetting nothing and forgiving less. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I imagine his little bones in his little grave, and it is the saddest thought in the world. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Not like this...not like he’s standing on a grave. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z Deeper and deeper Harry sank into the grave, and he knew where Voldemort had been tonight, and whom he had killed in the topmost cell of Nurmengard, and why.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z She said: “Once my mother told me a story: There was a girl whose parents died in an accident, and every night the girl visited her parents’ grave and laid flowers upon it. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The smell of death filled our small grave. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She sits several feet away with her back against the wall, her eyes pointed out toward the street, her face grave with concentration. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Any ambiguity, any tendency to wander from the matter at hand, will introduce grave hazards for the cells, and even more for the host in which they live. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z If one grave in a graveyard looks like a target for petty vandals, that is the ghoul-gate. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z A raw dirt alley confronted me, heaped with stacks of slates and wooden boards like grave cairns. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He’d given me straightforward directions that he simply hadn’t had time to explain: “The Old Man,” I realized, was what the locals called the bog boy, and his grave was the cairn. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Dad had stopped the car and we just idled there below Gus’s grave for a minute until Van Houten opened the door and, finally silent, left. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Doc pointed at the grave he sprinkled the liquid on. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Into a dungeon deeper than Hell, into a madness louder than the grave? Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z And who found her the island with the Portuguese grave? A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a grave declaration, and I knew it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Vernie and the rest of the family retreat across the grassy slope, toward the grave plot that was meant to be mine. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z And as everybody looked at her, she addressed the dead elf at the bottom of the grave. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Niran and Parsa picked up their shovels, levered them under the body, and tipped it over the edge of the grave, where it fell with a dull thump. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Seeing the grave was worse than hearing about it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “As quiet as the grave,” she said sweetly. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Muthu showed me a grave that was wider than the rest, beneath a banyan tree. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z When they reached the grave, there were many people milling about, calling out in sorrow and saying how sad they were that the chief had gone. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z A deep pit has been dug, and they’re lining it with bones, a mass grave for my people. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Already I was making plans on how to keep them both from the grave. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z If I’ll open the door and the house will be a grave. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The dress has the smell of old dead grandmother and I worry she might rise from the grave and curse me before the whole family and all assembled. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “I will spare your life,” he said, “only if you promise that nothing is to be written about this on Sir Patrick’s grave. Nothing about the Queen.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “While I was in the graveyard, watching the sextons dig your grave, Hamlet appeared. Indeed, I was greatly surprised.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z There didn’t seem to be anything else to say, so I just stood by his grave for a while. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like a mass grave of past lives. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Then I’m at my own funeral, looking up from my grave at a rectangle of gray sky. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z By telling the comrade sister my parents are dead, I have put a marker on Ma’s grave. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His brow was furrowed and he looked very somber, as if he were saying something of the gravest importance. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z With a grave gulp of champagne, Henry says, “I am.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z His sisters, the Heliades, the daughters of Helios, the Sun, came to his grave to mourn for him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Others approached with shovels, and they began to dig a grave in the soft ground. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z You could say those boys danced over a grave. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z He looked around, hoping to find Jack, but saw instead that Blunt was making his way toward him, stepping carefully around the grave. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z She skidded down the hill on feet made clumsy from suppressed emotion, and sank down on the ground beside her mother’s grave, clutching her knees tight to her chest. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He put on his singlet and went out to offer to help dig the small grave. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z As for what would happen, I could see little but an early death in an unmarked grave—if I were lucky to have even that. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Clouds like cement are paved in sections to the sky The cemetery looms up, and I turn to the area where my father’s grave is. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z At the head of the grave mound, the candle still burned. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Then he took the roll of matting, and going as far from the house as he had strength, he laid the burden against the hollowed side of an old grave. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z They nodded, a grave look on their face. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Here, close to Hull Street, his mother was buried in an unmarked grave. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I like it not, and I have grave doubts; but I fear to affright her, and so I am silent of it. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The First National Bank, which had dished out loans as freely as a doctor gives out lollipops, was in grave trouble. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The men waited until he was gone; then Shady and Jinx lurched away from the open grave, gasping for air. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Even with his beeper which let him know who was trying to contact him, and his wheels which let him style around, he was in a kind of grave. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z She kissed him, and she said: “I’m mighty proud, Johnny. You keep the faith. I’m going to be praying for you till the Lord puts me in my grave.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z The new house is built on the grave of all the trophies and symbols of the family: the New Yorker cartoons, the taxidermy, the embroidered pillows, the family portraits. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Johnny did not care about that, but he could not bear to think of poor old Mr. Lapham turning over in his grave. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z When the grave was filled, the young soldier tossed the shovel aside and then pointed to the watching boy, making a rising gesture with his hand. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z They’d talk on and on about the final illness, the dying, the funeral, and especially about the grave being lined with roses. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “They sometimes kill,” said Ron, who looked unusually grave now. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Salmon Chase and the cabinet members found Johnson grave, dignified, and deeply moved. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Mark thought he was joking, but the man looked grave.“It is a wildfire!” he shouted back. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The resulting hole evoked a giant grave and exuded the same musty chill, but this was not unwelcome for it provided workers with relief from the intensifying summer heat. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z That jumble of rocks and timber—it was her father’s grave! A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I wonder he did not remember the book”—was all Harriet’s answer, and spoken with a degree of grave displeasure which Emma thought might be safely left to itself. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Through that window he could watch his Western Star graving in the graving dock. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I walked my bike up the little rise and over to Aunt Florentine’s grave. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “This is the summer you dug your own grave!” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He took you by the hand and led you around, making a big show of touching each grave, like he was testing them for smoothness. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “The world went in ignorance of one of the gravest dangers that ever threatened the human race.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z There are plenty of good things I can think of about England: fields of heather blooming in the countryside; London’s busy, exciting streets; the chance to visit my mum’s grave. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z They were down in some subterranean place—the bottom of a well, for instance, or a very deep grave—but it was a place which, already far below him, was itself moving downwards. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The grave was extremely old, weathered so that Harry could hardly make out the name. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The Abbey creatures fell silent and drifted away from the heap of stones which blocked the hole, a fitting headstone for a mass grave of the enemy. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z For a few minutes—goodness, how confusing this was—I thought of digging a grave but then I realized that would be madness. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “You run a grave risk, my boy," said the magician, “of being turned into a piece of bread, and toasted." The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Later, they were not quite able to fathom this themselves; they sifted through the facts with grave purpose. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The ice was so hard, the grave was fairly shallow. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z His head bowed, he walked up to Clara’s grave and threw a spray of half-withered wild flowers on it that looked as if they had been stolen from some garden. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z In my dorm the hallways were littered with shoe boxes and coat hangers, doors ajar, everything dark and quiet as the grave. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Besides, we had nothing to dig a grave with. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z A green striped canopy, of the sort used for lawn parties, was set up over the grave. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “No grave for me. I’m gonna be cremated like my family.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z But now the silvery mist muted all the colors of the grave markers, the uneven ground dancing with strange shadows. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z How on earth could I have made so grave a mistake? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The men who had carried Saidu began placing rocks around the grave to hold the mounds of earth. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z However you looked at it—whatever the ijji had been, and whatever had killed them, angels or not—this mound of bones was an epic mass grave. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z They dug up purple crocuses and planted them all around her grave. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z A white wooden cross was erected on the grave mound with a placard that read: Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “For months afterward, at the twilight hour, I went with my father to the new-made grave,” she wrote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The bundle of robes that Harry had thought was a baby was close by, at the foot of the grave. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Overcrowding was becoming a grave problem, and this despite the fact that many of the does were re-absorbing their litters before birth. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The park’s gravest flaw, at least from Olmsted’s perspective, was that its shoreline was subject to dramatic annual changes in the level of the lake, sometimes as much as four feet. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Since this house strikes you old and grave, boy,” said Miss Havisham, impatiently, “and you are unwilling to play, are you willing to work?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z At twenty, when he was already an alcoholic, scarlet fever almost laid him in the grave; at twenty-three, malaria looked like it would do the job. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z If the Lord had ever allowed her to cross that swelling ocean she would have gone, among all the millions buried there, to seek out his grave. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z On her grave I planted a rosemary bush, and it proves as enduring as an evergreen tree. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z They left the lantern burning at Tab’s grave while they set up camp. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “Ifukwa gi! You are like a fly blindly following a corpse into the grave!” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He lies there still, but no headstone marks his grave. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “No more than he knew that the Beggar King would die young, or that Khal Drogo would follow him into the grave. Very little of what the fat man has anticipated has come to pass.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But he bellowed slowly, abjectly, without tears; the grave hopeless sound of all voiceless misery under the sun. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z For a wild minute yesterday, I thought Gram must have found some way to write to me from beyond the grave. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z “Sister Elizabeth,” he said—and she would carry to the grave the memory of his grace and humility at that moment, “will you pray?” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Someone has thrown sand in Luke’s face and he’s jumped out of his sand grave and thrown himself on top of Mark, thrashing and kicking. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z My feet sink into the mud at the grave site. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z She knelt down beside her mother’s grave, which was whole and untouched, and wiped away the dirt and moss that had overgrown the headstone. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z You know, just to keep that kid Nately’s body spinning in his grave, ha, ha! Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Nobody could be home, really, until he was in his grave. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z But I had learned that fear was fear, most of it not very smart, and I was happy if it gave the little grave time to heal. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z She had laid her head on his grave. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “The only thing I’ll regret is that nobody will hear my last words. People are always remembered for their last words. They’re almost like a message from beyond the grave.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The others he nailed into the grave’s damp red-clay walls while both of us lay on the grass, me holding a croker sack blanket and a long nail, him propped on his left elbow, hammering. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z After her father left for the City, she went down to the grave every day, usually at twilight. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Saw him on his way to the grave then,” said the surly bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He pointed with his chin at the lower left-hand corner of the mirror—at the same image I had seen in Bat Lady’s house, by my father’s grave, and on Ema. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z As he stands at the grave, he thinks of his father, and how hard it must have been to lose his firstborn son. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z She was horrified to be sitting next to Father’s grave—and yet relieved to know what had happened to him. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Both faces were grave, and when the Paqo was done, the messenger’s expression was fearful. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Her uncle's face was grave as he swung down off his horse. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Here she was, a young Norwegian in a foreign land, suddenly having to face all alone the very gravest problems and responsibilities. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z He emptied another twelve- pack of soda and three more Happy Meals into the grave, then began chanting in Ancient Greek. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z After staging a false “burial at sea” to throw the press off the trail, Booth’s body was buried in a simple crate in an unmarked grave at the Old Arsenal Penitentiary. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I follow him, my insides feeling heavier with every footstep away from my mother and my open grave, knowing I’ll be back soon enough. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z And instead of being grave and mysterious like most Calormenes, they walked with a swing and let their arms and shoulders go free, and chatted and laughed. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z It was raining softly on his grave now, in the hot evening. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z "I am afraid we have some grave news about your lord father. You must be brave, child." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The world would take him to the grave with a slimy goober on its face. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The figure stopped, and at the moment a ray of moonlight fell upon the masses of driving clouds and showed in startling prominence a dark-haired woman, dressed in the cerements of the grave. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z We’re so delighted we don’t mind helping Michael with the grave and we say three Hail Marys. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z If there is a statue on the grave it will be headless or so scabbed with fungus and lichens as to look like a fungus itself. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “Three weeks,” Nathan’s reply, grave, sincere, absolutely honest where another might have been tempted to easier words. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z I put my open hand on the marker at Elvan’s grave. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z In a grave voice, he asks everyone to please leave. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I can see the taller grave markers from one of the streets on the River Run route. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Caesar fought like he had struck many a white man, an impossible occurrence or else he would have been in the grave long ago. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z There was no laughter at all now and more grave watching. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z They also helped establish a truce with the Nauset of Cape Cod after Bradford promised to pay back the losses caused by their earlier grave robbing. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He quickly glanced around, but the yard was silent as the grave between its high walls. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The grass around the grave behind Gram’s—the one belonging to Isabella Fortune, Gram’s teacher who died really young—has been tidied up recently, and someone’s planted a little rosebush by it. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z As the year passed his friend seemed to grow larger in his mind, and his face looked out in a very grave and subtle way from the darkness at night. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Mr. Olin was waiting for me, his manner grave, his face serious. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes the process of a funeral and burial and doing things like putting wreaths on grave sites help give Closure. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The Professor stepped over, and laying his hand on his shoulder, said in his grave, kindly way:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Around here though, folks in jail get T-shirts in their honor just like folks in the grave. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z When I looked up, on leaving his arms, there stood the widow, pale, grave, and amazed. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Once the grave was filled in, we left small gifts on top of it. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He looked from one to another of his listeners, grave and statesmanlike. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z This was a grave disappointment, for Reverend Tantsi was a distinguished figure and had been selected in order to show the authorities that we were not just a group of young rabble- rousers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If only you could see them now, she tells his grave face silently. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The poetry you could write about Rufus helping me out of my grave isn’t lost on me. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Whoever it was, he must’ve been one of the first to die, because his grave looked the oldest. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “All right, little cowgirl. I’ll never, ever, ever pound on your sorry butt again. Okay? Swear on my father’s grave. That good enough for ya?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She slept on the earth over her mother’s grave, and she did not dream. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t believe Bat Lady, but today, standing by my beloved father’s grave, missing him so much I wanted to rip my own heart out, I was oddly unmoved. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z I sat on the ground next to the grave and talked to my uncle. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z She lay down on the grave, pressing her body into the warm earth and her cheek against the gravestone. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They buried him in a grave dug in the center of the plot destined for the cemetery, with a stone on which they wrote the only thing they knew about him: Melquíades. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z We carried the casket to a sand dune between The Shoe and the ocean, where Dad and Tom dug a shallow grave. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Old Johnny Mercer’s backhoe bucket clanged and dropped dirt into a big pile next to Great-great-aunt Florentine’s grave. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Or, if begotten, to have fallen from the womb Straight into the grave, And to be smothered, unknowing, In the dirt of Hades. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I’ll have to set up a goose fence around my grave, he thought. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll take it to the grave,” I promised, and then I shivered. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “No, no. Of course not. Father surrounded the grave with branches of mutarara, wild gardenia, to confuse them.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z They could not abandon their houses, fields and granaries without grave risk of loss. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z His face was long, with a high forehead, he had deep darkling eyes, hard to fathom, though the look that they now bore was grave and benevolent, and a little weary. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z We wouldn’t be interring him in the Atlantic, but a pauper’s grave was just as permanent. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z When I brought up the buggy, Grandpa stood by old Jack, absently stroking the huge gray forehead, and looked back at the grave site. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Late one night I was so tired, Miss Love, I jest laid down on the cool fresh dirt. Right on her grave. Hit felt like when we used to lay in bed together talkin’. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z For Galton, the continuous reproduction of softheaded women and men posed a grave genetic threat to the nation. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Loomis got his two oldest sons to go dig the grave. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The coffin was lowered into the grave, the head facing the east, in keeping with Islamic tradition. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Mandela and Tambo was falling apart as we could not be there, and both Oliver and I were experiencing grave financial difficulties. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I swear it on my own mother’s grave.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z She thought of her mother as already in the grave; and she would not let herself be strangled by the hands of the dead. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z The fallen hobbits were laid together in a grave on the hill-side, where later a great stone was set up with a garden about it. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z These were the adzukulu, or grave diggers, who are hired to do the job of digging and burying. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Sun on the white tombstones, on the fading flowers and the canvas tent covering the newly dug grave. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z And his efforts to ignore it, transcend it, seemed to work only when he spent his days looking for whatever was light-hearted and without grave consequences. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Like everybody else in Cold Sassy, she would call it worth mentioning that her husband got married just three weeks after she went to her grave. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Through Cora—that termite in the attic—Donald reached from beyond the grave to punish her for her joke those many years before. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Not even the homes of the dead were safe as wooden grave markers burst into flames and some marble vaults cracked under the intense heat. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Among the mourners, the Moslems knelt beside the grave to pray with their foreheads pressed to the earth, in the Eastern manner. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was told the earth over the grave moved for two days.” Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z In the meantime the task before us is grave and invites our strongest emotions. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Many of the attendants seem surprised by her presence but they take their cues from Lainie, who is delighted at the sight of the living angel standing over her sister’s grave. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z They had already buried Luke in a shallow grave of sand so that only his head stuck out. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite all evidence that Booth is actually dead and is buried in the grave bearing his name, various legends have maintained that he escaped into the South and lived a long life. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z I look grave in it, my hair pin-straight and at least a dozen different bright colors, my skin so pale it looks ashen. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “To say her name is to spit on your father’s grave.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He was the same guy I shared the train car with the day before, when I went to see my mom’s grave. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Afterward, they were shot with a bullet to the back of their heads so they would fall into the hole that was their grave. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z The candidates were huddled together to listen to a sermon in which the road of salvation was mapped out from the cradle to the grave. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Here it is. Listen. ‘After his death, the Hasidim took vengeance upon him by dancing upon his grave, and celebrating the day of his decease as a holiday, with shouting and drunkenness.’” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z These she scattered on the grave, where they fell among the crevices and seemed to spring from the rocks themselves. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z He dropped the rest of the Cokes into the grave and pulled out a white paper bag decorated with cartoons. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z She pulls out the moleskin notebook, walks back to the grave, and places it in the ground. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z “Actually, I’m going to go to Chicago first. Only for one night. I want to see Constantine, her grave.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z At about three a.m. on July 5, 2010, the grave of Bobby Fischer was opened by a team of experts from the Reykjavik Official Cemeteries Department. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I quickly fan out the flowers on Grams’s grave and tell Grandpa I miss him and that I hope he likes the painting. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z In this murmur that filled the grave, like a thousand wings beating on the air, he recognized a sound that he had always heard. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Her grave was simple and unadorned, covered only by a few stones and some upturned bricks, no different from the other graves at Qunu. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am willing to be patient in all things that are reasonable; but in this—this desecration of the grave—of one who——” He fairly choked with indignation. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z I knew that I was in grave danger. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z And because of his bad luck and because he was in his truck, driving eastbound on Route 27 this morning, two kids are now parentless and at least one of them is in grave condition. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I got some clothes from a penny sale, cut them up, and rubbed them with dirt like I crawled out of a grave. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “I've been looking,” Lana Lee said, becoming a grave personnel manager, “for the right boy for this job for several days.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When I visited Nairobi, years later, no one remembered where the grave was. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I did what he said, as fast as I could, sorry to leave the grave looking new, a clue for anyone coming along after us. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z “I guess I can go to my grave now, because I’ve seen it all.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A steward in white, a grave, elderly man, emerged to ask what they would drink. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z After the war, the Norkus grave site memorial was destroyed and his body moved to a common grave. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Bando finds some shelled beechnuts and hazelnuts lying at the base of a hollow tree near the grave. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z My husband, the late county appraiser, would be rolling over in his grave at this exercise in depravity. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I brought my passport for him to see, laying it on the grass among the wild daisies surrounding the grave. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z The flag was run up and Beasts of England was sung a number of times, then the sheep who had been killed was given a solemn funeral, a hawthorn bush being planted on her grave. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z That he had been buried in Lwów and maybe they could visit the grave after the war. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z She told me that her mother was dead eight years that day, and that she always put flowers on her mother’s grave on the anniversary, but she forgot that year. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z The news was delivered by a young policeman who wore a grave expression and carried his helmet in his hands. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He asked who would mourn Balder, and she stared at him across her own grave, as if she were seeing him for the first time. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z They would be placing their lives in grave danger, and the lives of those they lived with. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z And shortly afterward he had set to work, alone, digging the grave in the place that Bill had shown him at the end of the garden, between bushes. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I knelt and patted her grave, taking a handful of soil from it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Apollo promised that he, the disgraced, the homeless wanderer, would bring to the place where his grave should be a mysterious blessing from the gods. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d shut Cain up—in an unmarked grave for all eternity. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z As Jinx came upon the grassy opening, he saw Shady lowering himself into the grave that had never been filled after the quarantine. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “To deny these rights is a grave offense against God, against the dignity of man.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The rain poured down his thick glasses and he took them off and wiped them to see the protecting canvas unrolled from Gatsby's grave. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z She liked the campus, grave with knowledge, the Gothic buildings with their vine-laced walls, and the way everything transformed, in the half-light of night, into a ghostly scene. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z When she sees the villagers cover her girls with dirt, she runs over to the grave and attempts to climb in. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Adams went to his grave claiming that these laws never enjoyed his support, that their chief sponsors were Federalist extremists in the Congress, and that he had signed them grudgingly and reluctantly. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z If I was lying on somebody’s grave, whoever it was would be six feet away. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z There was no help or healing in the grave, no answer in the darkness, no speech from all that company. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z I knew this as soon as I saw the little kitten sitting by Grandpa’s grave that day, looking up at me with Grandpa’s eyes. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “Never mind about that,” said Brinker with his face responsibly grave. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z No one digs up a grave for food. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I buried Timothy, placing stones at the head of the grave to mark it I didn’t know what to say over the grave. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z As we began the walk home, I kept my eyes open for the grave marker, still curious about what lonely soul might be buried alone, but we never passed it. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z It’s even starting to be kind of fun when Pouncey comes running back from a bathroom break, his face grave. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z He made himself more comfortable on the ugly grave. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z I ignore them, ignore the soreness in my arms from digging a grave only a night before, ignore the sting of the wound through my palm. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z All I can see are scarred brown knees and white socks and shining black loafers, but the voice that comes out nearly sounds like a grown woman’s—it’s deep and grave. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I was relieved too for that seemed to promise another friend at Gatsby's grave. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z In the center of the dirt floor was a rectangular pit, like a grave. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z His face was grave and long and wrinkled more than it should have been. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He had told her that he would keep vigil over the grave all night. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She had not been walking for long before she saw her destination: the hawthorn tree and her mother’s grave. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Now the humming of the wheel barely slackened as she raised her eyes for one grave cool look. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “He’s a beast, not a man! He could create a sea with all the blood he has spilled. And is still spilling! That Vast Wall is just a vast grave marker.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I didn’t get all judgy, either, when they told me they’d buried you in a cemetery near Aunt Maureen’s, instead of here, where I can see the grave and put flowers on it. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Instead, every grave has a hidden compartment at the bottom—usually a smaller cubbyhole carved into the side of the pit—where the coffin slides in. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Trying to cut their way out of this was a sure invitation to an early grave. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z And then the hollow was reeling itself up, its jaws inching closer until we could smell its stinking grave- breath. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “In the Seven Kingdoms it is considered a grave breach of hospitality to poison your guest at supper.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then he said, “I found it in an old grave. But I can’t say where.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Whether it was a real grave or not, this was a piece of holy ground close by the remains of my mother and father. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z He gathered us around a thirteen-foot-tall stone column with a big sphinx on the top, and started telling us how it was a grave marker, a stele, for a girl about our age. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z What if we were digging our own grave? Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The inscriptions had worn off many of the grave markers, and most looked like they hadn’t been tended in years. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z It was a gray day, and when Muller’s service had lowered the casket with oiled and silent winches the hearse drove away and the husband filled the grave himself with a new shovel. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Her routes, stenciled in thick deep blue, embarked inward, toward an uncharted grave center. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Major de Coverley was a splendid, awe-inspiring, grave old man with a massive leonine head and an angry shock of wild white hair that raged like a blizzard around his stem, patriarchal face. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I stand behind a tree a distance from the grave. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z As for Despereaux, he was beginning to realize that he had made a very grave error. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Her mother did not think so; her mother’s voice over the phone line the next day was grave, the solemn tone that would be used to talk about somebody who had died. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He looked at her in silence, his face unresponsive and very grave—looked at her intently. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He might be Baron Samedi, guardian of the cemetery, but he is digging his own grave, and all I have to do is push him in. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Now, ironically, it was Hall’s expedition that was in grave trouble, and other teams were in the position of having to come to our aid. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “We got through by the skin of our teeth...It was a narrow escape from a grave disaster,” Roosevelt wrote. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z The old Roman came out of his grave with a yawn. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z His hair was long and shaggy, and he seemed extremely grave. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z This really was grave—a serious challenge, apart from anything else, to his promised equanimity. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Keeping his hand closed tightly on the wand in his jacket pocket, Harry moved toward the nearest grave. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Slowly, her pounding heart slowed, but Polly knew they were probably still in grave danger. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well,” said he, “what are you musing about? What does that grave smile signify?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The children begin to scamper between rows of the dead, over leathery leaves, looking for their own names, a handful triumphant when they are able to claim a grave they are related to. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s a sight that I’ma carry to my grave with me. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z A few days later, he walked with it into a London building which, from the outside, looked like a church, steepled and grave, but inside was shabby, harried, knotted with people. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z "If you come with us to the grave,” they said, "then we shall be able to find out whether you really are the sons of that great chief.” The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Some claimed it was the grave of the First King, who had led the First Men to Westeros. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As I walked from room to room, I saw videos about thousands of people being buried in a single grave. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z This was beginning to sound a trifle grave. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The men dug a mass grave in the forest, and the bodies were buried with as many of the proper ceremonies as possible. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Her own mind would always be an open grave. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The smiles and blushes that usually came at the mention of Shadrach were missing that day; Jenny’s dark eyes were very large and grave. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Frost is already whitening the fresh earth on the grave and I think of Theresa cold in the coffin, the red hair, the green eyes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z They set the urn in a hollow grave and piled great stones over it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The wizard’s face remained grave and attentive, and only a flicker in his deep eyes showed that he was startled and indeed alarmed. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Bet he turns over in his grave every day. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z “Because my mouth tastes like an open grave. Did you pack any toothpaste?” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Lainie and Mr. Barris stand next to Tara’s grave, the angel hovering over them close enough to lay its hands upon their heads. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Then, standing before the grave, Tortoise began to pray. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Three massive grief-stricken rock-giants who reminded me of us, the way Dad, Noah, and I must’ve looked standing over Mom’s grave as if we might topple in after her. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The minister blessed the grave and then sprinkled it with holy water. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Now he was sure that there was a grave misunderstanding taking place, and that unraveling it, disproving it, was going to take days. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Place a beehive on my grave and let the honey soa\\ through. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They warned him that an armed struggle was an extremely grave undertaking and they questioned whether the liberation movement had matured sufficiently to justify such an endeavor. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He sat down on the grave, forced himself to become entirely visible. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z And the grave looked so sad and lonesome. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z But the thought of drinking coffee, bitter as bile and as dark as the grave, made my stomach turn. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Fine, and—gravest of all—and this hasn’t been the case since Voldemort—Harry’s scar is hurting again. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z At least now her grave is properly marked; she’s not all alone by the train tracks. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Old master'll lie in the grave and stretch out his arms, To lay his body down. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Night fell before the grave was deep enough. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Alice lay on her side, her head at the west end of the grave. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Mr. Phillips's wife was sent for to bandage the wound, which was not so grave, aside from the damage it had done to Julian's pride and to her future as a player. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z It was too much like the eternal silence of the grave. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z It was a window into another grave—one that had the dusty remnants of a rotting body. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “I guess someone just ran over my grave,” he said. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z As far as my eyes can see, white and gray grave markers line the earth, each with a tiny bit of information. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Beneath her breath, she muttered a blessing ritual meant to keep a body in its grave. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z But what was foremost in my mind and heart was paying my respects to my mother’s grave. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as Deydey was better, he and Fishtail worked side by side constructing the grave houses for their loved ones. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “Cold? No. A goose walked over my grave, I guess.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The room faced the cliff-top garden and the freshly dug grave. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Where her house once stood was an empty hole, like a giant grave waiting to be filled. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Yeah, helped him into the grave,” someone said, and everyone else grumbled in agreement. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z They named him Timothy and buried him in a marked grave beside their small camper home. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He stood by the grave at the end of the world, and in that place he invoked the darkest of runes and called on old powers, long forgotten. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “I may be committing a very grave error. Are you Captain Yossarian?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “I don’t have the answers to any of those things,” was his grave reply. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z If you still persist in writing, “Good food at it’s best”, you deserve to be struck by lightning, hacked up on the spot and buried in an unmarked grave. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z She insisted the people who buried her should leave lots of space in her grave so she could sit up to talk to the angels. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z It must of been a relief to the Baptists when she didn’t appear, because nobody knew whether to treat her like a grave robber or just a repentant sinner. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “The only exception being when we are in grave danger and need help. Once she hears you singing my songs, she’ll know that I’m in danger and won’t harm you.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z When the job is done, the villagers walk away to the next hut to dig the next grave. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And who will dig a grave for met he thought. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z My mom alone in a green field staring down at my grave and my dad’s grave and my brother’s grave. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She became her father’s companion on his daily visits to the cemetery to visit her brother’s grave. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Her grave would have been the cold icy waters of the Illinois River. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “I went to see her yesterday. Her grave.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Just think,” she said to Meme, “what the colonel must be thinking in his grave.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z He did, taking one handle as I took the other, and we tried to lift it free of the grave. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z But the Thirty Years’ War obliterated his grave. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She brings her mother something each year, and her mother gives her gifts from the grave. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Declaration laughed like a maniac as she ran up the rise and into the cemetery, toward shelter at Aunt Florentine’s grave. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The note felt like a message from beyond the grave. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Two male villagers pull her out of the grave and hold her back until the last shovel of dirt is piled on top of Peu and Srei. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The Earl himself soon followed them to the grave, a month short of his seventy-seventh birthday. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Bury the feet that I’m standing at my mother’s grave after she left me in the world to fend for myself. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z We cleaned the grave and planted some flowers. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z There they took all the Jewish men in the village, some five hundred, to a meadow near the forest, machine-gunned them down, and buried them in a mass grave. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Old Johnny Mercer lifted me out of the boat like he was lifting me out of a grave. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Well, that’s what he was doing in his grave: not talking or asking anything. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Very tall they were, and the Lady no less tall than the Lord; and they were grave and beautiful. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Still in the grave, he and Nettle sang tunelessly for Turner’s benefit. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “He’s not a burglar,” replied Mo, but as he stepped back from the window his face was so grave that Meggie’s heart thudded faster than ever. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Columbus went to his grave convinced that he had landed on the shores of Asia, near India. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Whether you make it a grave or a garden of roses is not the point. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z I liked to mention that I was the great-great-granddaughter of a slave named Jim Robinson, who was probably buried in an unmarked grave somewhere on a South Carolina plantation. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z They sailed up and out of the grave, past Mr. Milgrom and into the rectangle of gray sky and the black falling teardrops of the bombs. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z “What good is an even keel,” Bud complained, “if I’m in a grave?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother's eyes gleamed with excitement, but she still gave Dad a grave look. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Odin traveled east, and he stopped when he reached the grave. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z She saw that Mama and Neeley were standing at the edge of the grave and dropping their handful of earth into it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Thank God for the aged,” sings the poet: Thank God for the aged And for age itself, and illness and the grave. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, it's one of the houses you can see when you walk to the grave of the Archduke,” Colin stated with great confidence. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z As for Mary, she was mistress enough of herself to whisper to Elizabeth, with a countenance of grave reflection, soon after they were seated at table: Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z He wouldn’t be the first body snatcher to open a grave to find the face of a long-lost cousin or a dear friend. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Dad set up a still camera on a tripod, connected the delayed-action attachment, and took a series of pictures showing us lowering the coffin into the grave and covering it with sand. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z That’s right, she says, me own teeth, and when I rot in the grave they’ll find me teeth a hundred years from now all white an’ shiny an’ I’ll be declared a saint. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Instead of the old, sure smile that flashed on easily and frequently as a photographer's bulb, his face was grave, even tentative—the face of a man who often does not get what he wants. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z She tells them that I am in “grave” condition. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Or maybe a memorial. I don’t think you can dig a grave in this earth.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The brothers stood by the grave a long time, then they went away and they didn’t mention Cyrus. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Then we passed a coffin, grave- less, on the floor—then a whole stack of them, leaned against a wall like discarded moving boxes. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “I don’t have much time,” I told the grass-covered grave. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “Anna,” she said, her face grave, “have you seen this?” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Seeing the flowers on Rubin’s grave, she picked them up and looked at them. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z As he walked past Schmid, the referee noted that he appeared intensely grave. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z We walked a few feet farther into the graveyard, and suddenly you popped out right in front of us, from where you must have curled up—on top of a grave. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “The sign of the Deathly Hallows on Ignotus’s grave is conclusive proof!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Then the smile stopped and he looked grave once again. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z He looked pretty much as April remembered him and his voice was still gravelly and grave, but he seemed younger, somehow, and more lively. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z She lived in town, a stout, grave woman with a slight Teutonic edge to her speech, over Lottie Opsvig’s apparel shop on Main. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Nel and Sula stood some distance away from the grave, the space that had sat between them in the pews had dissolved. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “Nothing grave, no news of battle or a prisoner exchange.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Let me see ’em again beyond the grave! Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Watching Gramma’s coffin get lowered into that grave just about broke me in half. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z At that point, Desdemona stood up from the kitchen table and, with a look of triumphant desolation, made a grave pronouncement: “God has brought the judgment down on us that we deserve,” she said. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The thought of that voice coming out of the grave and all the way down the hill from the cemetery and hanging over my head was enough to straighten my hair. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Our task is far from done,” said the grave voice of Adaon. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z I tried to remember exactly where he lay, but it looked different without the confusion of grave diggers and heaps of earth. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The city had started hanging grave robbers lately—which was ironic or fitting depending on one’s perspective, as the bodies of the hanged were given to medical schools for dissection. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z They looked very much alike, with heavy dark-blond hair and epicene faces as clear, as cheerful and grave, as a couple of Flemish angels. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The grave was not enough for punishment, for justice, for revenge. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z At the end of the world was the wise woman’s grave. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Once the grave was finally filled and covered with grass, I joined the mourners back up the hill. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Nothing worked, and more and more of Rush’s patients went to the grave. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z What a thing to put on a grave. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he took out a small bottle and sprinkled the liquid over the grave. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The whole family was standing around the grave, crying and holding hands, offering Grandpa up to heaven. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Then he raised his head off the ground, trembling with the effort, and breathed into my ear: “Find the bird. In the loop. On the other side of the old man’s grave. September third, 1940.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z She wanted his grave to always be pretty. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z But shutters swung out inside her and she saw the boy trembling on his sickbed, his mother weeping over his grave. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z These words, coming from the grave, as it were, from a faceless shape, filled me with terror. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “The cemetery plot. I need the deed to get the grave opened.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z In China, the Old Man had told us, there are days reserved for grave cleaning, where you make gifts to the dead. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z And so they sat together until the dawn light came, pallid and gray, and they saw that the soil of Tab’s grave was newly rimed with frost. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Carving Morgan into the wood that marked the new “grave.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Harriet thought, Eliza is right—it is as though we had died together and been buried in a common grave, and croaked, “We got to go free or die.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Because I had rid her heart of its gravest malady. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z With a grave expression she put her arms around my neck. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Morrie’s brother, David—who still walked with a limp from his childhood polio—lifted the shovel and tossed dirt in the grave, as per tradition. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The Crabtrees were so mad and hurt and ashamed, they took a pine casket out to the cemetery and put him right under, and to this day there isn’t a marker on his grave. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z At dusk the drums of calamity began; their grave, throbbing rhythm came clearly through the night, throughout the night, each beat, each tattoo, echoing the mighty impotence of our human endeavour. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z But he stood well back where he could not hear the words, and when the sons filled in the grave he had walked away and strolled in the paths where the white violets grew. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Had Max, knowing that he was to die, thrust him from his thoughts and feelings, assigned him to the grave? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z But all of that fog and greasy glass and snow disappeared when they lowered my sister’s coffin into the grave. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z She was on the opposite side of the grave, standing on the crest of the hill. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z The building had been Jewish, and now it was as empty as a freshly dug grave. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The grave diggers had dug trenches as deeply as they could, then planted layer after layer of fever victims. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And Halliday was obviously the dungeon master, even if he was now controlling the game from beyond the grave. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z As they were laying Mrs. Milgrom in her grave, the first bomb fell on the other side of the wall. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z The only thing that was real was me and Peewee, sitting in this spider’s grave, waiting for death. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Karl, Chase, Leafie, and I stood by the freshly dug grave, on the top of the coulee east of the house. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Estimo’s implication—that another body might have been substituted for Bobby’s and somehow placed in the grave—tested the credulity of many. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z But Faramir sat down again in his chair and began to laugh quietly, and then suddenly became grave again. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The steep decline of these numbers over the centuries suggests that, for one of the gravest human concerns—getting murdered—- the incentives that we collectively cook up are working better and better. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I felt a chill down my spine— like that old saying about someone walking on your grave. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “Were going to need a pit, like a grave. And food and drinks.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z The ground had been frozen, and the men had difficulty digging Ellen’s grave. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The bad news was that nearly a decade into two conflicts characterized by surprise attacks and hidden explosive devices, those injuries were plentiful and grave. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “Jason,” she says, looking at the grave, “if you’ll fix it so I can see her a minute I’ll give you fifty dollars.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “I never imagined the consequences would be so grave.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He was not my notion of a man burdened by such grave concerns. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z In case Billy died, which he didn’t, half of the tag would mark his body and half would mark his grave. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The silent sisters prepared men for the grave, and it was ill fortune to look on the face of death. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Unfortunately not, Signora,” Scipio answered with a grave face. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Ten days later, the poor farmer noticed a strange white flower growing from her grave. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Later, as he grasped the still-warm ankles and walked, with Harrison holding the wrists, to the shallow grave at the bottom of the orchard, he did not once look directly at it. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He is resting peacefully in the slave burial grounds and we made certain he had a Christian service and paid fifteen dollars for a marked grave. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I knew that the risks were grave, but there was no reason to wait any longer. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z She hummed their song: Place a beehive on my grave and let the honey soak through. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He wrote, “I can still see the horse with the man’s empty boots and carbine suspended to the saddle, and the firing over the grave.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They placed more cement on top and closed the grave. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The whole region where they go up becomes one grave. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z For a good ten minutes or so we stand there with the flashlight burning the grave with light. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Now the grass around her grave is overgrown and dotted with weeds. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z The faintly lit hatchway lay in the dark of the yard like a grave yawning at judgment day in some old apocalyptic painting. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z “Take one of me and my sister by her and my mother grave,” she said. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “The Crochan is destroyed, and with it Arawn’s power to add to the number of his Cauldron-Born. It is one of the gravest defeats Arawn has ever suffered. But I know the price you paid.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z His solemn young face was even more grave than before. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z His body was placed in an unmarked grave. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I have never dug a grave for a girl before, and I don’t want to start now. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Most of the special items we had belonged to Gran, and we’d placed several of them on her grave after her funeral. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z She had not visited the grave since the day of her father’s funeral, though she had passed the cemetery countless times since then. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Adam stood up, shivered, and walked slowly over the white violets and past the new grave. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The others began to push the loose soil back into the grave. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Ron sat on the edge of the grave and stripped off his shoes and socks, which he placed upon the elf’s bare feet. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “Father would turn in his grave if he heard you.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t feel like he was there or anything, but I still took one of Mom’s dumb little French flags and stuck it in the ground at the foot of his grave. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Sam’s wound was not deep, but it looked ugly, and Aragorn’s face was grave as he examined it. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Then Donal began shoveling dirt into the open grave while Shady read aloud the verse that had been engraved on the tombstone. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z |
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