Salva watched, fascinated, as little by little the curve of a prow and low sides grew from the piles of reeds. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is like pushing a baby carriage where the baby grows and grows. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Together, they issued false passports and provided money and guidance to a growing network of Soviet informers and spies. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

They always see you first, and grow still as tree trunks. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The young ladies put it off at first; but their mother grew so restless, and said, ‘Jane, Jane,’ so many times, that at last they consented. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was a spectacular sight, which grew in intensity as the air became denser. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t add that they were fleshy skin flaps that had been growing for months down there. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her fingers stroked the short, dense fringe of moss that grew across the top of the log. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

As it grew light, the weather got better, and once again Marina was able to pinpoint where they were. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

And by freezing cells at various points, they believed they could see the actual moment when a normal cell growing in culture became malignant, a phenomenon they called spontaneous transformation. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He tried to turn his head; but even with the effort his eyes seemed to grow glassy again so I gently put it back. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He searched the wound on Frodo’s shoulder with his fingers, and his face grew graver, as if what he learned disquieted him. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

As the nation spent much of 1866 and 1867 debating the issues surrounding the Fourteenth Amendment, tensions grew within the women’s rights movement. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Those were her plants growing in the garden. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“It’s not about age, it’s about stagnation. Some people grow stagnant before they turn their first corner. For others it could take hundreds of years.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

If you slice off part of most established plants—this mature plant can be thought of as the parent—and you nurture this severed portion, it will grow. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

A dreamer in whose mind the best version of the world grew like seed stock. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I started to think that if I were educated, when I grew up I could take care of myself and my sister. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

People knew about it but let it grow gradually like a pupa in the cocoons of their imaginations. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Having both, we were bound to grow, but Grandpa said he didn’t see how the population could change any. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The new musical style was already well under way by the time Mozart was a young composer, and he grew up in a Europe experiencing a sea change in cultural attitudes. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he grew so angry that he beat his wife until she could not stand or even cry aloud. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As I look up at the canopy of elms, the sky is just beginning to grow light. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“At least the water’s cold,” he says, which makes everyone crack up, eventually growing into uncontrollable giggles. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

As the summer wore on, and the windmill neared completion, the rumours of an impending treacherous attack grew stronger and stronger. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

In the weeks ahead, he would postpone his return several times, as reports reached him that the epidemic was growing worse. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

I was also listening for rioters, for the scrape of shoes on the dirt, the first sounds of yelling growing closer, or the crackle of a torch. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t as if they had a sunset or the North Star or moss growing on the north side of trees to guide them. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

In due course, however, as the black circular mass around each errant—and by now dried-up—sugarwater splash grew to the size of a half-dollar, the volunteer bestirred himself into action. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cecile let her hair grow and grow in thick, natural braids, and she stuck pencils and pens in it. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Starr, you know, you sure have grown since the last time I saw you. You and Khalil both grew up so—” Her voice cracks. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

But you could tell by the way Jadis tapped her foot on the floor that she was growing impatient. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Hers grow wide with a mix of curiosity and intrigue. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Harry could think of many reasons not to obey the summons, and yet his suspicions about her identity were growing stronger every moment that they stood facing each other in the deserted street. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He was also a restless man preoccupied with making a living to support a growing family. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

His face is growing pinker by the second. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

From among them, an unspoken sentiment seemed to grow and form into a unanimous decision. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It grew almost to the ceiling, wrapping itself around the cord to the blinds, all the way up. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

The inch of skin showing on Hilly’s neck grows taut. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

One day, Chief drank more cognac than usual, and talked haphazardly about people stabbing you in the back and small boys growing tails and ungrateful fools suddenly thinking they were sharp. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I do my writing either at Dar es Salaam or in England, in the dear old Birches where I grew up. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

It must be the mom—big and proud, puffed up as round as an eagle can grow. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The black silhouette in the distance grew larger. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The flowers grew and grew, until he could see only her shoulders above them and her flailing arms high above those bobbing, snapping heads. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boys began to tease me more harshly and more frequently about my growing breasts, making me want to hide. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

For her grandchild grew up protected and away from danger, and the only wish the old woman had was for that to never change. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

That stench burned Meggie’s eyes so that the letters blurred, but she must go on reading while the eerie creature grew taller and taller. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I felt like one of the oak trees that grew along the highway overlooking the Shenandoah Valley, with deep roots and a strong core. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

His voice had lowered and he’d begun to grow into his hands and fingers and feet, which for the past few years had been too large for him, like a puppy’s paws. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

In that day the railroads—growing, fighting among themselves, striving to increase and to dominate—used every means to increase their traffic. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She grew into a nimble young girl of seven winters, a thoughtful girl with shining brown eyes and a wide grin, only missing her two top front teeth. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

But we don't say that an acorn grows on an acorn tree. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“You would be ... oh ...” For die better part of three hours they ran before the wind, as the storm grew closer. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Colonel Catchart grew awfully depressed for a moment as he wondered what Milo was really thinking, and whether he had already got a black eye with him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

It rested beside a plot growing tomatoes tied to wooden stakes with pieces of nylon hose. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma was born in Belize City, Belize, where she also grew up. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

As Krishna grew into a man, so did his strength and his wisdom, and one day he fought the demon and returned to rescue his parents. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Plus, I still had a mouthful of braces, a nose my face would never grow into, and ears that stuck out if I didn't cover them up with my frizzy brown hair. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I climbed up the plum tree that grew by the next wall. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I’m a growing boy; I shouldn’t have trouble sleeping; I should be playing sports! It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I would have liked to grow wheat for flour to bake with, but I had no way of processing it—no thresher, no mill. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Early in the afternoon, one of Mark Antony’s commanders finally grew impatient. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

I demand, fear growing in the pit of my stomach. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

They don’t leave, because the crowd just grows, and they know they’ll never get back through security. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I could no longer pay the cook and the harper, and Lynesse grew wild when I spoke of pawning her jewels. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When my mother was my age, she was just about to have me after I’d spent nine long months growing inside her. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I have never once worried that a cucumber I grew from seed would kill me if I ate it. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

"He's not that heavy. And anyhow it's not fair everybody always says 'Poor Kevin,' just because he didn't grow." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t know the money for my fare is growing in the post office and she’d die if she knew what I was earning from writing threatening letters. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He stares at it, his fists clenched and face growing darker and darker. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

My uncle had two discrete eyebrows—not a single connecting hair between them—which was deeply reassuring, because I had always worried about growing a Persian Unibrow. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

A small tree, something that looks native to the palm family, sprouts from behind the woman, distracting me further: Do palm trees grow in New York? Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The smoke took a shape and began to grow a tail and a head. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

With another wild kick, she rolled herself over and stumbled to her feet, staggering in the direction of the forest A tickle grew in Tally’s throat as the pepper dust dispersed on the wind. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

And so the differences between the brothers grow. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Not only did he seem to be able to grow facial hair overnight, but a generous layer of black hair covered his arms and legs. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Branwell replied, “Yeah, either that or let my hair grow long.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hung drawings of squirrels all over the nursery, expecting that the constant exposure would soon cause the children to grow bored with the idea of squirrels altogether. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

The lines had something to do with being sincere...and growing in a palm tree? The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Then Tehlu grew angry, and he might have slain them all, but Perial leaped forward and laid a restraining hand on his shoulder. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When she grows up she should be one of those TV interviewers on Fox Five News who doesn’t let anyone else talk even if they try. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My mother teach me,” Amari replied simply, “and Teenie, too. But I not sure about plants grow here. Some I never see before.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“War is the devil. It starts and it consumes and it grows and grows and grows.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The willows that grow in the river bed were well leafed, and the wild blackberry vines were thrusting their spiky new shoots along the ground. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mama led Jumper in a long roundabout way, keeping as much as she could to the openings where the tall grass grew. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The summer world grew and swelled and ripened. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, God grew it here on earth, right? Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The fear that over the years would grow to consume her. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The congregation was growing angry because Roberto had imbued them with outrage. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

She grew it in the crags that rose behind her kitchen, up the hill from the latrine. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Marc and I met through some friends in Haiti,” she was saying, her voice growing slower and slower by the second. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“I’m all for growing,” says Gat, his eyes still not on my face. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

There is a seemingly obvious quality to his conclusions: Simple tasks take shorter time and that time grows with the complexity and type of process involved. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

His half-brother Charles, only a little over a year younger, grew up with his father’s assertiveness. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

We grew our own fruits and vegetables at Garland, but everything else had to be brought in from outside. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

My native land is the wide seaboard of Krete where I grew up. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

No flowers grew from the dry and thirsty earth, but Chasca bloomed so beautifully that the people couldn’t help but stare when she walked by. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Her breath grew shorter as the footsteps drew nearer, louder. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

If she stopped in the middle of all the thousands of things growing in every direction, she got what she called the “push-feeling.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Locked up day after day, month after month, the children grow desperate. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The music grew like a fog around the crowd, and then, with only a sly rim shot for warning, the drums kicked in full thrust. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“And then maybe I could grow my hair out and be a girl?” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

A rumor had been filtering through the streets for some weeks: a rumor that made some people laugh and others grow silent, as some people scoff at ghosts and others fear them. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He would have a child, and that child would grow up to rule my village. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Carthage had been founded by a woman, Dido, who was still its ruler and under whom it was growing into a great and splendid city. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The anticipation that had been growing in me turned suddenly sour. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

How many times did I hear that growing up? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Shushrooms were essential to any spell involving sneaking and quiet, and they grew exclusively along the marshy banks of the Boggy Crone River. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Flies with heads and tails make eggs with heads and tails, which make embryos with heads and tails, which grow into flies with heads and tails, and so forth, ad infinitum. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The rumor in the village was that before he joined the Force and grew his mustache, he was a trade unionist. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She stopped in its long shadow, marveling up at it, wondering what could have made so many trees grow so tightly lined up. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I suddenly remembered the rituals my father had forced me to learn, and the many times he had said that he wanted me to grow up the way he did. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a time, I attempted to grow peanuts, and used different soils and fertilizers, but finally I gave up. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We pull onto our street, but for some reason it doesn’t quite feel like the same block I grew up on. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

It was so humid that green moss balls grew on the electrical wires by the tracks. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

No one knew enough to connect butterflies with their pupae, and neither had they recorded what various caterpillar specimens ate or how they behaved as they grew. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Bit after bit grew, then slowed, then grew, and then slowed. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I'm afraid that if I open the door a crack, the sorrow will never leave, will grow in me like a cancer. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

And then he grows quiet, not daring to let his mouth take over, say something cheesy and ruin the moment. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The distant white walls promised rest and safety, a chance to heal and grow strong, and Dany wanted nothing so much as to rush toward them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“They need to give him time to grow. Why lock him up and have him institutionalized and make him worse?” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

At the same time, things grew noticeably darker. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As I stumbled after him, the mud grew even deeper still. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I wanted to talk to you, readers, about what it means to grow up looking and feeling different. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

A boy next door called Rupert Entwistle had told her that if you chopped off a newt's tail, the tail stayed alive and grew into another newt ten times bigger than the first one. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

The light was growing dimmer and, as I struggled to focus on objects outside our immediate area, I saw the place was empty except for us. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Most boys reacted to the twins because they’re so pretty, but watching Pita interact with him with such self-assurance made me realize she was growing up before my very eyes. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

"I tried my best to grow your seed, but nothing grew." When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Like any good deity, I was there to see them suffer and grow. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Beside this tiny stream, wherever enough earth collected for root-hold, colonies of plants grew, wild grape and little palms, maidenhair fern, hibiscus, and tall pampas grass with feathery rods raised above the spike leaves. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not surprisingly, without a high school diploma or job training— and with a criminal record—Wes found it almost impossible to find a job to support his growing family. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

As the population expanded, Malthus reasoned, its resource pool would be depleted, and competition between individuals would grow severe. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

It is the nature of a man as he grows older, a small bridge in time, to protest against change, particularly change for the better. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as they looked it seemed to them that the star grew brighter. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Hey. I have one whisker. Right here under my chin. Just one. I’m thinking of giving it a name, but I don’t know if I should let it grow out or chop its head off.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The tree grew taller and thicker, until only the Titan’s face was visible in the middle of the trunk. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

But as the days passed and the rumblings failed to develop into anything dramatic, people grew restless, and the view became general that the volcano wasn’t going to blow after all. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Nope,” Dad declared grandly, “this corn is growing in the way of progress.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I grew up in a house where the only regular guests were my relations. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of them were in the wide arroyo that the creek cut through Gallup, but the others were in the salt-cedar and willow thickets that grew along the stream banks. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

This was why the Elders and their families grew big and strong and rosy-cheeked on beef and butter and beer. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I had heard it many times, from various prophets, during all the years that I was growing up. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Barack was out doing the same, his voice beginning to grow hoarse. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

This was the ghetto: where children grew down instead of up. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Kaede sat still on the beach, watching the flames grow, and she felt a thick, ashen despair settle over her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

And then the two of us, before we could even get to our feet, saw him light a cigarette, grow tall, and become a stranger. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You like eggs and figs. And tomatoes. They were in our lunch. They grow outside.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She even came up with a strange strip of cloth with two bags at the front to contain Nhamo’s growing breasts. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pretty face grew sharp with tension, as the social worker leaned forward. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

But the younger lad grew adept and indeed more adept at petty thieving than at begging. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Billy wasn’t a Catholic, even though he grew up with a ghastly crucifix on the wall. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scyld grew up to be strong and brave, the terror of his enemies. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

A second swell of excitement grew in his belly. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The difficulties they encounter in acquiring the principality grow, in part, out of the new institutions and methods they are forced to introduce in order to establish their state and their security. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

He brought it into the boat room and lit it, and the room grew twice as bright. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

San Jose had a spy scare, and Salinas was not likely to be left behind—not the way Salinas was growing. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The soldiers, standing still, seemed to be growing more nervous. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

All the time they were steaming north, and it grew colder daily. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Alabama is among the growing list of states that make the murder of a person under the age of fourteen a capital offense punishable by the death penalty. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

As his collecting mania grew, he neglected his medical practice. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Why did government policy change to favor growing more and more corn? The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

To our left, uncut grass grows as high as the tires; I don’t see anything, although I worry that it’d be easy for a person to hide anywhere in that field. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

It grew darker and darker, as if it somehow absorbed the sun’s dying rays. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Faster than before he followed, but the shadow grew ever fainter to his eyes. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

All they do is expend fuel driving past smoldering cottages and chewed-up artillery pieces and unmarked graves, while Volkheimer passes his giant hand over his close-cropped head, growing more uneasy by the day. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

With a “dogmatic, pushy father,” as Wilkins would later write, Franklin grew up in a household where “her brothers and father resented R.F.’s greater intelligence.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Squatting down until the water reached her chin, she washed her hair and watched it float about her until she grew chilled. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pulse in my knee grows faster, more persistent. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

And the thought of seeing that, of seeing what could happen to gender-nonconforming people, made Andrew’s palms grow slick with fear. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He was watching them from a distance, half hidden in the shadow of one of the old chestnut trees that grew near the house. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Odessa was growing, the promise of good work in the oil field an irresistible lure. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun came out; the air grew milder and heavier; the little mountain streams became lively with the tumble and gurgle of meltwater. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

We grew cantaloupes that turned out pale and tasteless. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But among the twenty of us in A group, no one could see any signs that we were growing older at all. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not too old. That is exactly what I am. I grow in years, but some things, they stay the same,” he says. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He grew up in his father’s castle, far from the sight and smell of suffering, much less the experience of it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

There was every kind of thing growing everywhere. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The tree trunk seemed to shrivel into itself and it grew thinner and shorter. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

When I was growing up, my father took me to the barbershop around the corner one Saturday morning, but my regular barber—also the school board president—was not behind his chair. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

For some reason, it made us all grow quiet. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Nolan men grew handsomer, weaker and more beguiling with each generation. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was being dragged downward, the roaring growing louder... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

In third grade, Justin brought in a plane to school for career day and said he wanted to be a pilot when he grew up. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The days dragged slowly on, growing shorter as autumn set in. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

He became rather technical; spoke of the abnormal endocrine co-ordination which made men grow so slowly; postulated a germinal mutation to account for it. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I got older, my fear of being deported grew. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The only changes Charlie had ever made were switching the crib for a bed and adding a desk as I grew. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

His face, suffused now with growing torment, continued to twist and work spasmodically. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

A deep wood grew outside, with summer leaves of alder and black poplar, pungent cypress. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out there the trees grew huge, and the rangers said they seemed to brood and knew not men. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The patter on the zinc roof was loud and grew louder as they stood under the awning outside and watched the water sliding down from the roof in parallel lines. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

They were convinced that he was continuing to grow as a player, and that unless something were done quickly, he’d smash the Soviets’ hegemony. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They couldn’t have needed to stretch more than I did through those nine hundred miles—although Vonetta’s legs were growing longer. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Gardens—where we grow the crops. Water’s pumped in through pipes in the ground—always has been, or we’d have starved to death a long time ago. Never rains here. Never.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

In the Americas, the most important plant the Indigenous peoples grew was maize, or corn. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

Not as he would have a week before, as somebody in a parking lot in Ventura, California, who would think of waves growing larger. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, Liam was banging metal against metal—growing more helpless and angry by the second. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It began to appear in films and television commercials, and from there its profile built and grew and blossomed. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The silence grew until it had the weight of age so hard to lift aside. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The mist crept over them and they grew cloudy and insubstantial. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I grew frightened at their wild actions, but I found enough strength to shout at them. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m gonna be Percy Jackson when I grow up,” she told Hazel solemnly. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I felt my eyes harden, grow flat and narrow as pennies. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But, Brother Malcolm, there is something you need to know. You will grow to be hated when you become well known. Because usually people get jealous of public figures.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The land was green: in the wet meads and along the grassy borders of the stream grew many willow-trees. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

A few hundred feet below, Scott Fischer was struggling down the Southeast Ridge, growing weaker and weaker. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Hour after hour, Elizabeth heard the rhythmic gasping, the silence growing longer between each lungful of air, until, finally, the breathing stopped. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The rabbit sat perfectly still and his eyes grew large. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The cat eyes above the snub nose were alert, blinking and resetting their attention to the growing noise beyond the flats. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

First, we had an audience of ten people, but eventually it grew to twenty, everyone sitting shoulder to shoulder in those long pews. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Feral looked like he might press the issue, but all of a sudden Ruby’s voice grew louder. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

When he grew weary of gathering rice, he would sit at the edge of the field plaiting handfuls of rice straw to make mats and sandals. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“Seriously, I want to be as confident as Teacher there when I grow up,” she said. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Little tufts of sad dry grass grew between the stones, grass that had sprouted with one single rain and headed, dropped its seed, and died. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were swollen with hundreds of red welts, pinprick bruises that would grow into a blue stubble across my skin. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could be five years older than I—but then, she grew rapidly like a weed. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She grew pale and sweaty but did not require purging or leeches. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I grew up very poor and so did my husband,” said Wanda Brown, the fifty-eight-year-old wife of a retired planner for the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard who lives in Puyallup, Washington, near Tacoma. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

From the darkest corners of her mind, a chilling image grew vivid. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

This Mark has been growing clearer all year. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Well, like I said, I think it’s tragic that you all are wasting your summer away. I didn’t grow up in New York,” Dad says. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

I grew up in a poor, rural, racially segregated settlement on the eastern shore of the Delmarva Peninsula, in Delaware, where the racial history of this country casts a long shadow. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Flaws and irregularities told how the trees endured fires and lightning strikes and windstorms and infestations and yet continued to grow. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Pa would not kill either of his calves, because they were heifers and would grow into cows. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I let my voice grow progressively softer as they talked. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

No white strands grow in her partner’s mustache. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jack Dandy’s smile grew wider and chillier and even more perfect. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Despite growing evidence that the “French cure” was effective in keeping patients alive, it still came in for wide criticism. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

In their living room, at the empathy box, Iran swiftly snapped the switch, her face animated with growing gladness; it lit her up like a rising new crescent of moon. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

As the reading went on her head grew heavier, and twice she jerked herself painfully back from the brink of sleep. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe how fast you’re growing up. I remember when you two would watch a movie together curled up on blankets in our living room. Now you’re going off on your own, meeting friends.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The splendor she had taken from Adiah was no longer a mere tingle beneath her skin; it was growing hotter, painful. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Cora’s mother and Ava grew up on the plantation at the same time. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Moms pretty much thinks milk is what could make me and Diego grow up to be big and strong like our old man. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He took a step towards the hobbit, and he seemed to grow tall and menacing; his shadow filled the little room. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Moss put his elbows on the table and leaned on them, a smile growing as he examined Javier’s face. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The fire was growing bigger, stronger, and angrier. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He keeps clutching something in the left pocket, where the stench grows. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

My bangs are finally growing out, and I’m starting to look like my old self, even if I don’t feel like her. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And all around him the swells grew still, and the sea breeze quieted, and the perfect sky above him vaulted like a painted dome. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Some of the Danes grew restless and apprehensive. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She did? Yes, I suppose she did. She was a woman who grew hard later in life.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Nguyen grew up watching French colonists abusing workers at plantations and mines, ripping out and exporting the country’s natural resources. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

When they grow up they’ll be our new laying hens, some of them. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The classroom grows noisy, and Helmuth feels lost in the din. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

You could plant seeds in mud and grow a crop to feed your children. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He had imagined the descent would be very difficult, and surprised himself by handling it with ease, his confidence growing as he slid swiftly and noiselessly to the fern-covered ground. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The days and nights were growing colder and in the mornings my clothes were touched with frost and my feet were numb. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Horatio’s eyes grew wide with understanding and his brow creased with firm intent. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

For a time they could hear the sound of her footfalls, but they grew softer and softer until they faded away entirely. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“From all over around here, boys we grew up with…” The tall man’s next words were nearly drowned out in cries and shouts. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Thales brought back from Babylon and Egypt the seeds of the new sciences of astronomy and geometry, sciences that would sprout and grow in the fertile soil of Ionia. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

So these sailors stayed in San Francisco, growing in number and attracting others, until the city became the gay capital, the homosexual Hauptstadt. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

See how one chamber grows out of another; see how the court is tight with wall and coping; no man at arms could break this gateway down! The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The people around you are growing restless from waiting, a sea of shuffling feet, murmuring about abandoning the endeavor in search of someplace warmer to pass the evening. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

There were many small waves and I was soon wet, but as I came out from behind the spit the spray lessened and the waves grew long and rolling. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t help that the panic inside him was growing stronger and more uncontrollable by the minute. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

No two following acts were the same, lest the crowd grow bored. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

But growing up he liked to spend much of his time alone. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas wanted to say something, tell him to grow up, tell him to think, tell him to explain everything he knew. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Keck and stinging nettles grew up as high as his chest, obscuring the path. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

After each futile birth, her love of children grew stronger. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Always the noise of the running water was on their right hand, and it grew nearer and louder. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

It’s in my desk drawer and it’s got a lot of growing to do. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt as if there was something atrophied between his eyes, where the base of the nose grew into the skull. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was nothing—nothing but pungent darkness and something that grew and grew as it rushed at her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we moved to New York, she worked multiple jobs, from a freelance writer for magazines and television to a furrier’s assistant—whatever she could do to help cover her growing expenses. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Nine Lords there were, and after the return of their Master, which they aided and prepared in secret, they grew strong again. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He grew a mustache for six days, then shaved it, then let it grow again. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then his face grew gentler, and the shadow of a smile appeared. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Yes. And if I could grow wings, I could fly. Only people can’t grow wings,” he says. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The fiddler came from this or that plantation, the banjo man from another state: Every day the musicians in the dormitories shared the melodies from their regions and the body of music grew. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Another thing, I grew six and a half inches last year. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

It was timid, like a lute’s first notes, and then it grew stronger, warmer. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

So they passed on, until the woodlands grew thinner and the land began to fall more steeply. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“I thought you and me was gonna grow up and be old playas like the Ray brothers, but you closing your eyes every time you kiss a girl!” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“We couldn’t suffer them to live, not with magic that would set them above us, to conquer us all over again when they grew up. The risk was too great.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It’s all right to take time and see what grows. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The bed would grow heavy at the top and slowly tilt. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if it drew in on itself, gathered the momentum it needed, and then began to grow. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could not see the gap or anything else, because the green lights were opening again and growing, and the top of the mountain was sliding sideways. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Selitos spoke the long name that lay in Lanre’s heart, and at the sound of it the sun grew dark and wind tore stones from the mountainside. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As the baby grows, so, too, does their circle of Bengali acquaintances. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes their bodies grow over with lichen or bloom with mushrooms. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

In the night it is so thin it sounds frozen; one must stand close up; it would be much better in a room—out here it makes a man grow sad. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, of course, he was responding to an economic situation where the demand for power was growing rapidly. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The trees grew straight, then arched overhead like the vaulted ribs of some great church, their stained-glass windows the green leaves dappled with golden sunlight. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Tell him she’s growing, and happy, and ready for a family. Tell him she needs that family. Tell him that he and his father should let her go.” Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

There were young strawberries growing on the plants around him and their fragrance filled up the night. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I remember growing older, growing taller, growing stronger, all while attending ballet. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

But out here in Saint-Malo, the dune grass grows long and blue; German sailors still run drills in the harbor; gunners still stockpile ammunition in the tunnels beneath the fort at La Cite. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

But the world grows less and less perfect by the minute. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Where the grass is cut with a scythe, where rooster combs and sunflowers grow in the yards, and pots of bleeding heart, ivy, and mother-in-law tongue line the steps and windowsills. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was growing, and if I could not name my anguish precisely I still knew that there was nothing noble in it. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

There were more and more of them on the slopes now, brightly color-washed, with flowers growing outside their doors. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I ran like Jesse Owens with the Big M. Meanwhile, the story of the rats grew larger. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Around the corner of a fancy brick building with ivy growing up the walls. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

As I grew older I started buying my own books. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I grew up in the pastures and hills of Texas, but I had been to thirty-four states before I learned how to drive. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to do the assignment because I grew up not knowing anything about my family’s past. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

But I knew she was meant to grow into something fearsome. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Both boys still wore the youth-lock, a thick strand of hair left to grow from one side of their shaven heads and fall in an ebony curl to the shoulder. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Why was the boy surprised to find celery growing out of his ears? Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

A strong affection grew up at once between father and son. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the top some mottled-red boulders provided shelter from wind, and between the rocks grew more thick brown grass. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The team was growing rapidly, with experienced people recruited to look after the finances and handle advance planning on events. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“When I was growing up, we didn’t come here, because the area was so overcrowded with shops that this part of the city was congested and hard to get through,” she adds. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I thought about getting the sides faded, or maybe growing my hair out and doing a man-bun. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He slept and woke and stared at what passed him, and when he grew weary he slept again. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

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

The leaves of the birch grew big enough to flutter in the wind. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“There’s no privacy. No proper toilets or kitchens. No facilities for a growing family.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

ALBUS/RON: You know, he hides it well, but Uncle Ron’s got a bit of a gut growing. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

And, to the naked eye, most cells growing in culture look the same. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The tidy basket, with the bit of work she left unfinished when the needle grew ‘so heavy’, was still on its accustomed shelf. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Speaking of which, have you shown your boss that article yet? The one about growing up in Romania?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I feel a lump grow in my throat when she says all of this. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The so-called “GPs” grew up in this community, their worlds saturated by experiments and observation and learning. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“I obviously don’t know the whole story here, but good friendships are durable. They’re meant to survive the gaps and the growing pains.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Where I grew up, there was no such thing as an African doctor, and going to see a white doctor was unheard of. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yuccas grew tall among the rocks of the ravine. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not long after Henrietta’s death, planning began for a HeLa factory—a massive operation that would grow to produce trillions of HeLa cells each week. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

They liked being together, and in the early afternoon before he grew too tired, Jethro would walk along with Jenny when she took her turn at the plow, preferring conversation to solitary rest. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The President meant to say that the Prime Minister’s head was fertile, just full of these nutrients where ideas can grow. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, my, it is growing late! Taisin, you had better come with me; I’ll need your assistance sitting up with our invalid tonight.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“And they grow into...?” said Ron, looking apprehensive. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Then came hurried footsteps, growing louder and louder — and then Ron came leaping into view, dragging with him a bedsheet. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

In spite of her new weapons, Nhamo’s food supply grew smaller as the dry season struck with full force. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scientists wanted to grow cellular clones—lines of cells descended from individual cells —so they could harness those unique traits. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The manor was growing quiet, preparing for evening and supper and bed. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I carried these things until deep grooves grew in my hands. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were all still wide awake when it grew light. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

His grandmother had not needed to grow her favorite herb, arigbe, because it grew wild everywhere. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“When I was growing up, it was still in business. It was huge and had these great wooden banisters and old wood floors. Everything smelled of wood.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

‘Thus have I walked, and thus now for many years have I slept,’ he said, ‘lest with age the body should grow soft and timid.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The thought of the dark globe seemed to grow stronger as all grew quiet. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She celebrated all the Jewish holidays and, when she grew up, had an unorthodox bat mitzvah ceremony in the woods upstate. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He was growing old, and beginning to need rest and an unperturbed spirit. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

We know he still has plenty of supporters, but they’re mostly silent, and the scope of the questions keeps growing. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He turned back and his head began to grow. He opened his mouth wide.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the hope growing inside me has withered. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The young otter grew fast and soon were taking fish from my hand, but Won-a-nee liked abalones better. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The development of writing in Zapotec society went hand-in-hand with growing urbanization. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Would I be happier if Isabella got her braces back on and let her eyebrows grow together? A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

And one disdainful suitor added this: “May his fortune grow an inch for every inch he bends it!” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to holler, to alert her in some way, but he worried that if she knew they were behind her, she would grow nervous. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“And these sea monsters,” Kate narrated up ahead, “can grow five hundred feet long in the deep ocean. They have over a thousand teeth. And these? Their favorite food is demigod—” “Demigod?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Fast as she took out a hem, I grew some more. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

This book is about my experiences as a black child growing up in Little Rock, Arkansas, in the 1940s and '50s under the umbrella of the rules and traditions of my oppressors. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Hope they call us soon,” Genie said, growing more and more impatient as doctors and nurses came back and forth escorting patients through the double doors to the emergency room. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I had heard all these sounds growing up. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I saw her grow paler and more asthmatic, with dark rings under her eyes. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every second Etienne’s house grows colder; every second it feels as if her father slips farther away. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

For those of you who haven’t spent your whole life with a botanist mother, orchids don’t grow blue in nature. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The roar above is thunderous, growling, growing closer. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She described the camp and her years growing up there. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Robb wants me safe, I cannot fault him for that, but his pretext is growing threadbare. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Some of the trees were enormous, and she liked to pause to imagine how long they had been growing—probably hundreds of years, for some of them. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She had groped her way along, fingering the bark of trees, finding out on which side the moss grew the thickest, moving slowly from tree to tree. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as he watched, it seemed to him that Denethor grew old before his eyes, as if something had snapped in his proud will, and his stern mind was overthrown. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Stubble was growing on the back of his neck. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“You don’t know what Aunt Goldie contends with all by herself, and it’s none of your business to judge. Peach will grow up and he will grow out of this phase...” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She lost all interest in the lusty thrashing in the wrought-iron bed, her waist swelled rapidly, and her breasts drooped with the weight of the new life that was growing inside her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the day approached when e was to leave her for a comparatively long stay, she grew melting and affectionate, remembering his many acts of consideration and his repeated expressions of an ardent attachment. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

A year ago we watched them nesting; the young ones grew up too. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were no pictures, no mementos, none of the normal clutter of growing. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He and Christopher, his best friend, used to play with lightsabers and Star Wars stuff whenever they got together, and they had both started growing their braids at the same time. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The Detonations grew exceeding fierce as the Patriots brought forward their Cannon & began firing at the Schooner that had been discharging at the Islands & there was fighting even in the Channel near our Hiding-Spot. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

If anything, their viciousness grew even more intense. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

In Salinas in California, where I was born and grew and went to school gathering the impressions that formed me, there was only one Negro family. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hitler’s Nazi government was growing increasingly bold, and boasted that its air force was now second to none in the entire world. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

As time passed, I grew more mature and more aware of the sacrifice it had taken for my people to live and grow up in the South all those many years before me. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

By the time all the new knights had been given their sers the hall was growing restive, and none more so than Joffrey. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

After I returned home, something beautiful happened: Mom and I began to grow closer than we had ever been. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He grew a few inches in eighth grade, and that’s about when he started listening to good music and not wearing those giant wolf face T-shirts. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Behind the hut grows a big, luscious vegetable garden. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hear those voices and my own heart grows calm again. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was cold up here, and growing colder. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

What if we grew vegetables at the White House and helped advocate for fresh food? Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The little collection of fruit- bearers growing by the river was his attempt to contrive, rain or no, a patch of the paradise, the green, apple-scented Eden, he envisioned. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those shoulders that bloomed in Nsukka, that grew wide and capable, have sagged in the thirty-one months that he has been here. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“When you’re my age”—Leslie gave a little sigh—“you just don’t play with paper dolls anymore. My grandmother sent me these. You know how it is, grandmothers just forget you’re growing up.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you ever sit still? You are five years old. You are the most troublesome child. Why can’t you be like your sisters? How will you ever grow up to be a proper young lady?” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She went without even grumbling. It’s almost like she’s growing up.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The cheers of the other covens faded, and silence grew around them until it was a bloated monster waiting to pop. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“As soon as I got together with Patricia, got engaged and married, what I had to lose grew very much worse,” he later said. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

There was mist across Marsh Creek, ever whiter in the growing light. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the bacterial cells had stopped growing, as if reconsidering their diet, switched to lactose, and resumed growth again. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

They nodded, and another one said, “See there where it grows up out of the trunk? Sap running all over.” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Knacks don’t go away so easily as that. When I was growing up in Staup, I knew a young man with a knack. Uncommonly good with plants.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As I grew, I longed to wear the uniforms I saw the big girls wearing when they arrived each day: shalwar kamiz—a long deep blue tunic and loose white pants—and white headscarf. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He spent nine months in the service, most of it sitting in the hole, growing angrier and angrier. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

As the morning wore on the wind fell and the air grew heavy with expectancy. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The pavement turned to dirt, then roads turned into paths, and dwellings grew increasingly forlorn and miserable. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

One of the most amazing things about the speakeasies was how quickly and how spectacularly they grew in number. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew, That one small head could carry all he knew. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Yet from morning till night we work in the scorching sun, growing food for the army. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sneaked around the side of the house and crawled into a thicket of bushes growing wild by the wall. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I asked George Naylor why he doesn’t grow something besides corn, and he laughed. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

But here and there small purple flowers shone iridescently, and in the upturned earth and ragged dunes a few delicate asters grew; for some reason, hundreds of tiny fuzzy caterpillers were chewing on the asters. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad’s voice grew louder and louder as he went on. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned and added, "When you two grow up, I really hope you become more than horse and jockey, because people lose a lot of money betting on horse races." Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

That problem grows astronomically as the number of people making up the society increases. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I would save the roots and nuts for hard climbs, the places where nothing grew, the emergency should I not find the hut. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In my imagination, the man I thought was trying to get inside the Secret Annex had kept growing and growing until he'd become not only a giant but also the cruelest Fascist in the world. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The very air people breathed was somehow permeated with mud—nostrils grew clogged; ranchers hawked out great brown globs from their throats. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Kuti was gone—with a bland indifference that mocked our loss—the abundant grain grew ripe. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the Church filled my life, I grew to the assurance that my life, my every action and thought, was important for good or for bad. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the days that followed she grew strong and fat. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Robbie grew up with the run of the nursery and those other parts of the house the children were permitted, as well as the grounds. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“But I advise you to eat. If you want to grow, that is. Maybe you could share some of Chacko’s chicken.” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The same morning the man set to work to dig out the doe and her growing litter. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it grew dark, I was afraid I would miss something if I didn't keep my eyes glued to the window. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Wild garlic grew around the exposed tree roots, giving off a thick stench. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

"I have one bottle left of a color that’ll be just perfect for you. It’s a little more red than what you were asking for, but it’s just right for a young lady growing up." The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

In his magazine, Rodale wrote about the health benefits of growing food without synthetic chemicals— “organically.” The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

On the way back I picked some flowers, some wild roses that grow beside the road, and at home I put them in a vase and took them to his room. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

As the searing flames surged and rolled higher along the sides of the shelter, his laughter grew hysterical. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The mist seems to thicken in the canopy above us, like the tree trunks are growing directly into the clouds. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“You know, I always wanted to be a teacher when I was growing up in Minnesota.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Still, people thought I might grow strong someday. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

We eat around the fire, which turns brighter as the shadows grow out from the trees like darker branches. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Here in the tropics the days were now growing shorter, and Frightful pointed her beak the wrong way. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Well, that’s because I grew up and realized you probably weren’t talking to Obama every night.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

What did I want to be when I grew up? It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He asks farmers if they need any help, that he grew up on a farm and can do anything. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The noises grew as the guards clambered down the stairs, loud Fjerdan reverberating off the walls. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“The more civilians you bomb, the more resistance you grow.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

When a pirate grows rich enough, they make him a prince. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I’d have to grow a bit more scruff than I have now.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“But what about you?” he asked her, pausing to pluck a flower that he had just willed to grow. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Doubts were growing about the public demand for color sets. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

His weariness was growing but his will hardened all the more. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I felt sad that I was growing up in South Africa, where I would probably never get the chance to realise my fullest potential in the game. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The grounds, in places, bore signs of the geometric Victorian trimness which had been their original form: drained fish-pools; the long white colonnades of skeleton pergolas; rock-bordered parterres where flowers no longer grew. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Because she grew up in a house full of dead people she wasn’t afraid of anything. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He emerged from the bathroom long before Claudia and growing impatient, began wandering through rooms until he found Hortense and asked her the whereabouts of his sister. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

With every step, he grows more visibly distressed. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

There were pages and pages of gloom about the immediate likelihood of war between Japan and China, and the growing likelihood of war in Europe. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Each begins its life as a rather abstract scientific concept, but grows to invade multiple human discourses—thereby transforming culture, society, politics, and language. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

This one, the tanti, grew on trees, and it was delicious and perfectly edible. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Since some of the other students chose to grow beards and mustaches, his own beard was sometimes interpreted as a personal choice instead of a mandate of faith. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He grew up running around their house wearing her neon vest, blowing her whistle. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

My absences were beginning to displease Gertrude and she grew testy with me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Their slow progress down the River of Doubt continued to intensify everyone's growing anxiety. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Huge, isolated, it grew in unlikely soil—entwined in its own roots. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within hours, the patients’ forearms grew red and swollen. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“He’s so old. He’s like twenty-two years old. Denise said he’s hardly eaten in two days. And that thing growing out of his head—well, it can’t be comfortable.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

After the heat of the summer, the year turned toward the fall, the nights began to grow cooler. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Listen, kid, when you grow up and get your own apartment in New York City, you can get all the bathrooms you want.” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

This would be her basket name or pet name, and would be used until she grew older. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The castle won't grow no smaller, I promise you that, only now there'll be fewer hands to tend to it. You lot of slugabeds are going to learn what work is now, yes you are." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They reproduced and grew up so fast that there was barely time to sell the tickets for the raffle. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The mills kept going as long as there was cane to grind—the season varied between four and ten months, depending on the local growing conditions. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

He stood with his hands on the ndoro, and it seemed to grow warm beneath his fingers. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

With a ready flame he didn’t have to know how to make a spark nest, or how to feed the new flames to make them grow. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

What little we have goes for clothing and foods we do not grow ourselves. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

The rhythm of the California boat seemed to waver, then grow erratic. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Will I grow up and spend my whole life here? March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Werfel still didn’t say anything, so Spurge said, “I was surprised to see farms. Can’t believe anything would grow here.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

From the time I was old enough to read, adults had asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

With the melting of the last of the twilight there grew a kind of expectancy and tension, as though it were thawing snow about to slide from a sloping roof. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Vendors in the bazaar, sitting behind pyramids of oiled, shining vegetables, grew to recognize him and would attend to him amidst the clamoring of their other customers. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wake up just as it grows light. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure about the idea of hairs growing on my face. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

About how it grew and bloomed and how we loved it. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The streets grew broader, the buildings more imposing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I would grow furious reading any harsh attack upon Mr. Muhammad. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only grass to be had in the barrio grew in the alley, along the edges of fences that kept chickens and scrawny dogs separated from one another. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The students heard the low voices of the mourners growing louder and louder as they approached. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

C.P. watched with growing discomfort as she circled the room slowly and with great dignity, as if she were an honored guest attending the opening of a show at a prestigious museum. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

So I grew up convinced that science was supremely dull, but suspecting that it needn’t be, and not really thinking about it at all if I could help it. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

He was growing very stout, and his voice was hoarse with the fat that pressed on his throat. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

As in many rural white families, Butler grew up in close proximity to black people. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The young man’s sentences grew jumbled as he continued, but his face remained earnest. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

An accident—say from a moose attack or the like—perhaps because there is more time to dwell upon it, does not lessen, but in some ways grows, fills out. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She dried her eyes, and grew cheerful at the prospect They were still talking of the dinner and the allurements of city life when Mrs. Pontellier herself slipped around the comer of the house. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lights grew brighter as they sped away from the shore. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Then her face grew dark again as she continued. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As the pile of refuse grew, Anne swung her torch closer and closer to it. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

The object of the walk was a wild vineyard where the muscadine grew. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

No living creature, beast or bird, was to be seen, but in these open places Gollum grew afraid, and they walked now with caution, flitting from one long shadow to another. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The Muslim truths—listened to, thought about—reaped for us a growing quota of young black men and women. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grew up in Ireland where Dad lived when he was a boy in County Antrim. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The wall, however, had been growing imperceptibly steeper, and as it did so, the frost feathers became thinner. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Normally, it's not an ideal way to grow crops, because it spreads disease: Human waste has pathogens in it that, you guessed it, infect humans. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

A large building, spruce and white; not only money has built it but men’s hopes and pity, as I know who have seen it grow brick by brick and year by year. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Tour kills,” the boy insists, and the terror inside me grows at the sureness with which he speaks. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Bells so his enemies would hear him coming and grow weak with fear. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“We all grew up before we were grown up. Did he—?” Jutta says, “He died.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

As they grew closer, it turned into two lights. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In my memory, the stick poked into my side over and over again, and I grew angry once more. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

They were bushy herbs with purple, daisylike flowers, growing as high as her knee. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Athena was unwrapped, the air around her grew warmer. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

One tree grew close by and I could see the rain streaking its bark and its sticky buds. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

So the madam was safeguarding her growing operation by offering me a steer- er’s job. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as the dot grew larger, it turned blaze-orange and took on the shape of a helicopter. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Any dead man whom you allow to enter where the blood is will speak to you, and speak the truth; but those deprived will grow remote again and fade.’ The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You will have to grow your hair for the wedding,” they tell Sonia. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Their love would have space and a society to grow in. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It grew louder: the fussy whimper of an infant. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I placed the cash in a big envelope, and I watched the envelope grow. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Then the scanty supply of food was distressing: with the keen appetites of growing children, we had scarcely sufficient to keep alive a delicate invalid. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

His eyes grew feverish and his hands twitched. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was to grow up an ugly child. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the more he struggled, the fester the roots grew. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

After half an hour or so, Hermione, growing tired of the endless Quidditch talk, buried herself once more in The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 4, and started trying to learn a Summoning Charm. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I held my breath as I watched the ash grow until it seemed ready to drop. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She appears, overall—I don’t know how to say—like maybe a fawn who grew up with humans. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Outside the door Snout gave a low bark, and then the air grew so quiet I could hear the food being ground up in T. Ray’s mouth. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A growing number of white Americans expressed alarm over the Osage’s wealth—outrage that was stoked by the press. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The square grows so quiet, and the sounds of the ocean swell. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

When you are part of a place, growing that moment in its soil, there’s never a need to say you’re from there. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The chorus of “Cut him! Cut him!’’ grew louder, like Romans chanting for the gladiators to kill, kill! The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Flames licked at the little wooden house, and grew and blossomed on its sides with a bright yellow-orange flame. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

"I was just unable to grow your seed." When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Despite the void left by the death of her parents, my grandmother grew up to be an ambitious young woman. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

To grow them year after year without dread of flood or plague, in soil that offers up green stems that bend to the scythe again and again, bread from a bottomless basket. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She grew up with him, found out how her eye could quickly level on a scene, instantly figure the possibilities, aggressively fight and broker the way they’d want to shoot him. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grew up victim to a disabling confusion. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A fence surrounded the top layer, from which grew fir trees made of green gelatin. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Now that left leg was growing tired and felt moments from quivering. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

His mother having married Granny’s daddy, they grew up together like brother and sister. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

They sailed ahead and by three o’clock could make out the faint patches of green tussock grass that grew among the snowy rocks. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“It grows dark, Lady,” one said, and another, “You cannot ride out now.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby grew to hate Vasiljevic, claiming that he was a Zionist agent. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You that grow well here in the arroyo by the dampness of the river, we lift you to make good medicine,” Ultima intoned softly and I found myself repeating after her. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But all the while he was feeling a growing exasperation with his whipping boy. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Our family is growing a little bigger this year. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The farther they went, the brighter and noisier it became, and with every step Sefia felt Archer growing more and more tense beside her, until he seemed hard and brittle as glass. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Riptide grew into a three-foot-long bronze sword, its blade glowing with a faint golden light Tammi’s smile turned to a sneer. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Once, on top of a moving train, he grew so hungry that he jumped forward to the first car, leaped off, and raced to pick a pineapple. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

"Don't worry about it," he says, his voice growing tense. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It wouldn’t grow any larger than this tiny prickle of attraction. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

When Holly noticed I wasn’t bringing up any theories about SmartMart scouts, she came over with a slight scowl, but as she listened in, her smile grew with each call I made. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The moon was growing pale and there was a faint light in the east, but a strong wind began to blow. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hair grows down the left side of her head—only the left side. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

One or two sleepers were beginning to stir as the light grew stronger. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The guava bushes grow close to the ground, their branches laden with green then yellow fruit that seem to ripen overnight. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

In the face of William’s insomnia and growing tension, Elizebeth could do little to help, except to keep their home life as normal as she could. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Finally, when the boy could only crawl, they grew bored of the sport and put an arrow through his back. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She was going to grow up and grow old and fill her head with memories that time would never be able to steal from her. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She had wanted something practical, something she could use to stave off her growing fears. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt a growing sense of panic as she looked in all directions for her mother. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

And he was not going to grow out of her overnight like she was an old puffy purple jacket. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

As it slowed to normal, he felt a pain growing inside, a pain spreading through his body, pressing from within. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I can still hear Matthew grunting to get his machete outta the floor and the ruckus from the town is growing louder. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The sounds grew more and more distant behind her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Dicey stood for a minute, letting her eyes grow accustomed to the darkness. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Human beings grew up in forests; we have a natural affinity for them. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t took no notice that I’d been doing a lot of growing in the pass couple of weeks. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

My hands grow cold and my flesh creeps; and yet the night is warm. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is encrusted with mussels and barnacles growing a foot above the waterline, coming almost close enough to touch the scarecrow’s work boots. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The weeks passed and the water started running again and the butterflies were back in the front yard and Baby’s hair grew jet-black. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Her hair is growing out—it’s still short, but I can’t see her skull anymore. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The first three grew into trees that stopped short of the ceiling of the Third World. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

They could grow floating in a culture medium that was constantly stirred by a magnetic device, an important technique Gey developed, now called growing in suspension. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

It was hard to believe that anyone, man or woman, could grow up to adulthood without ever having used a gun. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

We even grew a little patch of corn with seeds we’d brought from down south. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

They brought in soil for this project because the desert dirt wasn’t conducive to growing things. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

As stories of the physical abuses that had accompanied the Palmer Raids continued to grow, several investigating committees were formed, including one made up of the nation’s most respected lawyers. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

I laugh out loud, my fear dissipating, a dangerous sense of my own power growing. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever I stopped praying, the buzz of the locusts grew horrible in my ears. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile the crowd at the Parthenon grew larger. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Despite the growing darkness, I could see my father turn pale. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I listened with growing uneasiness to the conversation fuzzing away to a whisper. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her cheeks grew so hot that she felt like metal. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Yet because the plant would grow only in a small coastal area in north Africa, it was only available “wild,” and there- fore worth its weight in gold. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

These particular boys caught Nel once, and pushed her from hand to hand until they grew tired of the frightened helpless face. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to bring it home in ten days. Just as soon as it grows fingernails.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could feel the pressure pounding in his ears as the darkness grew thicker and more oppressive. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The ship was drawing closer, growing larger and larger in the mist like a shadow at dusk. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The air smelled of the black soil brought down from the mountains to make Tía Mimi's giant ferns grow tall. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

But Josiah said they would grow up heavy and covered with meat like Herefords, but tough too, like the Mexican cows, able to withstand hard winters and many dry years. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Clippinger swore at us at first, calling us fools; and, when he saw that this booted him nothing, grew fearful as the boat dipped lower in the current. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The flame, nearly invisible at first in that bright sunlight, enveloped a small twig, grew, was enriched with color and reached up to a branch which exploded with a sharp crack. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He grew thin and gaunt, and the angles and bones of his face and hands jutted like sharp peaks from beneath his skin. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Small holes grow, like white stars against the green paint, covered again and again by our mother. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Trucks roared by and the sun grew hotter. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rapidly growing tissues of a child would also afford conditions most suitable for the development of malignant cells. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The idea of their children growing up and no longer relating to them was a terrifying prospect. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

This leads to a breakdown in moral standards, to an alarming rise in illegitimacy and to growing violence which erupts, not only politically, but everywhere. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We keep walking, our hearts growing heavier with every person we recognize. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The Mark of Athena...She resisted the urge to check her pocket, but she could feel the silver coin growing wanner—the cursed gift from her mother. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I looked away embarrassed, staring into the rapidly growing crowd. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as his investigation grew, more names—and equally likely suspects—appeared on the FBI agent's radar. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, within just a few short millennia, it was growing all over the world. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bigger hoped that no one would try to look into it now; his throat grew dry. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Though Scottish by birth, he grew up in the far south of England, in the New Forest of Hampshire, because his mother was convinced that Scots were feckless drunks. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

She seemed determined to grow tragedy out of herself like a bad haircut. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Freeman’s smile never grew, it stayed at the same intensity. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hearing the undercurrent of excitement, her class grew quiet. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

The muscles in my arms grew numb from the weight of the pole. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fyrian tripped on his growing wings, tumbling forward and falling down so hard he shook the ground. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

"Ah, those days in which he tilled his mighty fields, those days in which he watched the crops take hold and grow, those youthful, summery, sun-bright days . . ." Barbee's voice sighed off in nostalgia. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the longer he sat there, the more tense he grew. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Dawn came glimmering, and slowly a grey light grew about them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I had watched them grow, had tried to protect them, sometimes in vain, but always unhesitatingly, from the harsh elements of black life—violence, hate, poverty, hunger, ignorance, suffering, death. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woods grew hot and humid around her. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Outside the cave, the waterfall roared beneath them, growing louder in his silence. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Finally I insisted we return home, but there matters soon grew even worse than before. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She looked at the little tree growing out of the concrete at the side of the house. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grew larger until he was in his true form—his face still human, but his body that of a huge lion. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

My body grows round again with recovered health, and my belly swells more than the rest of me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Every kind of fruit and vegetable I knew seemed to grow in the garden, and there was even more abundance here than on my uncles’ farms. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just when it grew unbearable—just as Thomas realized the Griever was right outside the window—everything fell silent. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The “GDs” grew up in the experiments, where they only had to learn enough to survive until the next generation. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Joseph knew she smoked more when she was nervous, and there was a growing pile of cigarette butts at her feet. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

It all started on January 17, 1912, when Alexis Carrel, a French surgeon at the Rockefeller Institute, grew his “immortal chicken heart.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

As the paper in the king's hand flapped like a nervous butterfly, the father grew angrier. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He ran his large, freckled hand across the side of his head, where his hair was shaved close, and then through the tousled crown, where Mother lets it grow longer. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Calluses formed on my fingertips, my eye grew skilled at selecting friendlier fabrics to piece into the same block, and my neck is now accustomed to hunching over my work. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Because if growing up meant getting better at hiding your feelings so you don’t get in trouble, then he was all for it. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear knew that the rice must be from last year’s crop; in the fields surrounding the village this season’s rice had only just begun to grow. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Already he could feel his arms growing numb. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

With all the new developments, demand for HeLa grew, and Tuskegee wasn’t big enough to keep up. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The grass, growing in three- foot tentacles, lassos his feet. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I ask, the black feeling growing just a smidge. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Just before sunrise the wolf prints grew closer together. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Even I never dreamed of Magic like this. We’re in a world where everything, even a lamppost, comes to life and grows. Now I wonder what sort of seed a lamp-post grows from?” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

A little house by the river, right down the road from where we grew up. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

But after dinner Estraven grew taciturn, and cut my talk off short. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He waited for the people to grow quiet before beginning. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

He thought of the baby growing and moving in his wife’s swollen belly. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The cows would grow thin and sometimes starve to death. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile the voices coming from the street grow louder. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She and Stuart became fast friends, and as the days passed it seemed to Stuart that she grew more and more beautiful. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

So all the corn the farmers grew was put on the market, driving the price down. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I hear “Mrs. Walton grew some balls,” and “She ain’t playing around with us no more,” among other things. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“You are a stubborn old man. Your sweet-faced boys will only grow up to be Sons of the Harpy. Kill them now or kill them then.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He had been growing more and more uncomfortable. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

A souffle grows in the oven because the heat causes these air pockets to expand. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“He shouldn’t see you letting it go, or he will come to question the purpose of his work and eventually grow disheartened.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She grew restless on the roof, and so for some exercise, Boori Ma started circling the neighborhood in the afternoons. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

They forded the Red Fork late the next day, upstream of Riverrun where the river made a wide loop and the waters grew muddy and shallow. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Rest, my little puppy,” Halmoni said, “so you can grow strong and healthy.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The villagers grew calmer, thinking themselves fortunate not to have been tempted by the Devil and then found out in so public a fashion. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of our street in Eden Park, right in a bend at the top of the road, stood a giant mulberry tree growing out of someone’s front yard. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And all the rest of the time she was growing up, she’d get these strong feelings whether or not to do something, feelings that told her which way to go. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Weeds that did well to grow waist high up the state were eight and often ten feet tall down there. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

There was a growing excitement among the host The young geese flirted outrageously, or collected in parties to discuss their pilots. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nitrogen runoff has creating a “hypoxic,” or dead, zone in the Gulf that is as big as the state of New Jersey—and still growing. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

As I grew older they made me read every day, do all my homework, and little by little, this became part of my daily life. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Throughout childhood my younger sister said, “When I grow up, I want to be a slave,” and my parents laughed, encouraging her. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Babulya’s garden grew close to the house and had a good, solid fence around it to keep the goats out. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Freak says he looks cool with a mustache and he can't wait to grow one, and he makes Mrs. Donelli leave the picture up. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

He grew even more worried about Uncle Jet’s ability to drive. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

With six children to feed we could no longer afford to eat all the vegetables we grew. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

They looked reasonably well-cared for, but there was no denying that this was a grim place in which to grow up. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The newest crop of cadets grow wild in their urgency to prove themselves. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She was unusually pale and very quiet She stood on the front veranda as he quitted the house, and absendy picked a few sprays of jessamine that grew upon a trellis near by. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cole hiked the shoreline a few days early and found a little scrubby pine tree barely three feet tall growing against the trunk of a larger tree. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Daniel’s voice grows louder as the uneasy feelings start to spread from the center of Axel out into his limbs. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

In fact, the novel, as time passed, grew upon me to the extent that it became a necessity to write it; the writing of it turned into a way of living for me. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then it had started to grow towards the sky again. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had continued to grow and was yet again larger than when Glerk had last glanced him. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“It was a shock,” Maria said, growing solemn. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wish I could tell her something so she’d stop looking at me like I have a mushroom growing out of my forehead. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“We had to put your daughter in a body cast. She’s growing. We want to prevent one leg from ending up shorter than the other. We hope it will work.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

As the months went by, the straws grew shorter and shorter. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I realized just how similar were the challenges the young boys here and kids like the ones I grew up with faced. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“That reminds me so much of my maid growing up.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Well, my dad is. He sells lamps. And when I grow up I’m going to be a salesman, too. I’m going to sell hangers.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

He could do nothing but nurse his resentment, so nurse it he did, his mood growing blacker by the hour at each insult to his person. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And indeed, he did grow into a handsome, muscular young man. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Mars has no insects, parasites, or blights to deal with, and the Hab maintains perfect growing temperature and moisture at all times. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few low trees grew there close to the water, and behind them rose a steep rocky bank. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

For a moment he could only stare at her stupidly, while the food in his mouth slowly grew heavy and dry. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He could not get out until the bones strewn around him grew back into living creatures; he had become joined to the metabolism of other lives, and until they rose he could not rise either. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

But in four patients, the nodules grew back. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

After that, the fields and farms grew fewer and farther between. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

By comparing our knowledge with theirs, we would grow immeasurably. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hair was tangled with weeds and seemed to be growing through a rusty crown; his skin was greenish, and his long beard trailed over his throat and down into the water. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The night grew dark, but the stars above were strangely bright, and there was a glimmer on the face of the River. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

And if he grew too weary in the day he laid himself into a furrow and there with the good warmth of his own land against his flesh, he slept. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“I grew up surrounded by concrete and brick, crowded freeways. People everywhere in cars, on buses, subways, trains.” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He arrived at the station punctually just as the sun was filtering through the pine trees that still grew in thick groves in the white working-class neighborhoods south and east of Durham proper. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Cordelia reads one about a man who gets cursed by a voodoo witch doctor and grows a big red lobster claw on his hand, which turns on him and attacks him. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I, and the rest of my family, grew to love El Perico. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ruby sighed and held her breasts, laxly rubbing the nipples until they grew stiff, letting her body flow and twirl with the currents, her toes stepping lightly off rocks, pressing gently along patches of sand. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes grew large and stared at Dicey. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind her glasses, Fina’s eyes grow wider and wider the longer I speak. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

This issue of tuning came to a head with the growing dominance of keyboard instruments in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Terupt did a lot of wrestling while growing up, and even into college,” he started to explain. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

But after hearing twenty-six of the cases, the judge grew weary and gave up on the process, freeing the women who had not yet been tried. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The sun grew misty as the day grew old, until it gleamed in a pale sky like a high white pearl. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Plus, he suddenly had a late growth spurt and grew a few inches. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The chill that went through me was the same coldness of that winter day in 1941 when Caroline and I had begun to grow up. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But my corn grew tall and golden, my potatoes were abundant. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Marsh sedge grew there, pink, sweet-scented valerian and the drooping water avens. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Calm down, Duuzuu,” I chided, but his coos only grew more spirited. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Major Major grew despondent as he watched simple communications swell prodigiously into huge manuscripts. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

It was as though someone waited down there, in the little garden where the nettles grew. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The officials in the lobby were growing more impatient and gestured at the visitation officer, who came back into the room. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Here they encountered a melting pot of Afroasiatic and Nilo-Saharan farmers and herders growing millet and sorghum and raising livestock in drier areas, along with Khoisan hunter-gatherers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Well for him, she exclaimed—she was growing madder every day, and it hurt people to watch it—well for him to wrap himself in his new delight. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

While I regretted the friendships I was losing, I cherished the growing ties to the eight. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He heard Trina shout at him from below, but the ground fell away, the people growing smaller by the second. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I look down at Voxy, as the only home he’s ever known grows smaller in the distance. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

In desperation the family began to question whether he would ever stop growing and whether he really was a dog. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Fifth Avenue and the slums grow ever more hopelessly asunder. Fifth Avenue despises the slums, and the slums hate Fifth Avenue.” The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

I even promised that if I could grow just a tiny bit taller—even an inch—I would offer a hundred raakat nafl, extra prayers on top of my daily ones. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Unlike my embroidery, which came from my head and heart, the threading of tiny glass beads grew tiresome. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The probability that this will be sooner rather than later grows more likely with every passing minute. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

One grows accustomed to eating regularly and the body is not used to being deprived. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we stood in the dark a while longer, calming ourselves, I had this eerie feeling that we were already dead and looking longingly at the house where our children were growing up without us. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her father talked to her all the time about growing up in slavery and how he learned to read and write but kept it a secret. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Its wings grew, and light curled through the air, like calligraphy made of starlight. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The light, as it grew, began to show the upper field, while the distant hedge and brook remained dark, linear shapes below. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can tell you’re really growing up since you listened to me and got a job.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Personal uses of writing by nonprofessionals came only much later, as writing systems grew simpler and more expressive. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

For my brother Alex, who was born small, my mom spun a song that he was kindhearted and genuine and would grow up to become strapping and tall. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“I’d rather look at you. Darling, why don’t you let your hair grow?” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

HeLa cells grew much faster than normal cells, and therefore produced results faster. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He was old, and the whites of his eyes seemed to grow more yellow every week, and he coughed like something was ready to rattle loose inside of him. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The rain grew stronger and the sea rougher as the night pro­gressed. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as the action on the board began to grow tense or complicated, the boy would grow more pensive and often have to kneel on the bench to get a better perspective. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

As the night progressed, it grew stronger and stronger until finally it tickled my nose and I sneezed myself awake. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

No blemish or sickness or deformity could be seen in anything that grew upon the earth. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Before I begin to patch him together, lest a number of men grow nervous, let me declare that his name is not Harry. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shook his head, and as he worked things out, slowly a new dark thought grew in his mind. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She was standing bare-legged in the jungly weeds that grew up between our houses. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I looked at my friends because I didn’t want to look at the puddle of yellow, growing bigger and bigger around our egg. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The strange, lovely smell in the air grew stronger. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

As the door swung shut behind her, the room seemed to grow a little dimmer. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Hardly taller than I, she was much wider—not stout, but wide, which is the direction gnomes grow after they reach adulthood. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Colonel was going home to his mother to spend the summer watching the soybeans grow, but I could call him longdistance, so we’d be in touch plenty. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

ROSE’s face is growing colder by the minute. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Mr. Popper was beginning to think, however, that he had better be getting back to Stillwater, for the penguins were growing irritable. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

He and she were growing up, growing older and further apart in this alien land to which they had never chosen to come. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“I want them to stop bothering us now. I want them to treat us like they treat their people. I don’t ever want to be treated like that when I grow up.” March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She had made the roses grow in a barren, rocky hill, a hill much like ours. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t notice when the pears grew heavy. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day, he will grow too old to be told that a wandering man is a mirage and that naked flesh is a dream. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

You could almost watch them grow, pressing their fat green tongues up through the black earth. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

No matter how much my parents wanted to shield me, there was no way of protecting me from the growing fear that soon we would be at war with Germany. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Any mention of her ‘works’ always had a bad effect upon Jo, who either grew rigid and looked offended, or changed the subject with a brusque remark, as now. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Overhead there hung a heavy roof, sombre and featureless, and light seemed rather to be failing than growing.' The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Now heal me, for I grow weary of our talk.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

That's the summer I grew so fast that Grim said we'd best let the boy go barefoot, he's exploding out of his shoes. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

The kids made me cry, and I could not make my hair grow fast enough to stop the insults. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

But American dollars, they were informed, did not grow on Island trees. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Maybe you can grow up, study science, and explain it to me.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The fire was exhausted, but it had served its purpose; the red spot on the sky grew larger. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby could concentrate on puzzles or chess for hours, but he fidgeted and grew restless when confronted with reading, writing, and arithmetic. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It’s cheap stuff, probably made from those bland sea grapes that grow in ocean water. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

A breeze ruffled the weeds growing tall on the lawn, turning brown now, their seed pods emptying into the air. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Back then, when I was growing from baby to little girl, I had two white dresses. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the boy returned to the cabin and told his mother, her lips grew long and thin and pale. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The potato was beginning to grow moist and sag. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Withered rosebushes grew along the sides of the house, planted years ago by his grandfather. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“I think it’s hard to grow up,” Rashida said, holding her rag doll close. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes grew wide with shock, but a glint of admiration twinkled in their depths. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I was going in the right direction because the scratchy sound grew louder. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The months pass and the government continues to increase our food ration, allowing me to grow a little stronger. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air’s cool, but not cold, and with the days growing longer, there’s still plenty of sunlight and lots of spring color everywhere. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

My mother always loved anything that normally grows or lives out of doors— anything—lizards, trees, cows, caterpillars, birds, flowers, crickets, toads, ants, pigs. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“No, that is the great fallacy; the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

So now I was never going to grow into my clown clothes and I was stuck being a clown. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I can’t leave you like this, Xan,” he said as Luna made a cricket grow to the size of a goat. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

But the greater truth is that I was most like Joe when I was growing up, although I lacked his self-confidence and wasn’t as “out there” as he is. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Never thought the sight of growing plants could be so thrilling.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She understood that as I grew I would have to choose to be my mother’s priest or my father’s son. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

From early fall until gathering time, the father and boy kept their eyes peered for the golden-green clumps with white berries that grew high up in the forks of water elm and sycamore trees. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

In each container, herbs I recognize from class are growing next to vegetables I’ve never seen before. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

His mouth grew stubborn and he would not look at her. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel my heartbeat grow faster inside my chest. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

A small mole of melted candle wax grew on Princesse’s hand as she sat posing stiffly. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

He’d been wondering how it would feel for him to grow up without relatives. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Beidleman began to grow concerned about the lateness of the hour. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Rue is a small yellow flower that grows in the Meadow. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“There’s nasturshalums growing wild over here. Why don’t you pick some for me, and put them over by my stone.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

So day by day we lingered, feasting long on roasts and wine, until a year grew fat. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was fun to gather the large round walnuts and the smaller hickory nuts, and the little hazelnuts that grew in bunches on the bushes. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had always been nice about her morals; she grew nicer still. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wrote better than Lucy, so I grew cheerfully anxious to get my paper. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I realized that in order for them to grow, they had to branch out and explore new ground. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The growing paranoia and anxiety as they wane. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Will the baby grow up to be a giant like you and Xan?” he asked. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

With a growing sense of wonder, I realized that the same thing was happening with the dance. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

There was a river nearby, where she could draw water, and the family’s cattle enjoyed the sweet grass which grew by the riverside. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

When her third kit grew too weak to stand, our mother defied him. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Like Washington Irving, he could be reversed with good effect whenever he grew monotonous. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The acorn that will grow into our eventual marriage. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

After a while the other boys will grow up, she says, he should ignore them. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Your old nose wouldn't grow back if you hated the new one. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

So Charlotte sang a lullaby, while crickets chirped in the grass and the barn grew dark. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Compared to what I grew up in, it’s pretty nice. They have gas stoves, air-conditioning, electricity, TV.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

In the open area the fog grew thinner. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know whether the smell of the barn got less or our noses grew used to it, but after a while we stopped noticing it. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to keep him in her mind—to picture, as she lay upon her own cot, how he was growing and what he was doing. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The others said, “Boxer will pick up when the spring grass conies on”; but the spring came and Boxer grew no fatter. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

The hatchways had to be closed, and below deck the air grew so foul that the very lanterns burned dim. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Down below, Brooklyn grew taller and denser as it sloped toward the river. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

At first they moved cautiously, but before long they grew confident at finding no trace of any creature larger than a mouse. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You couldn’t do any good by yourself, Hazel, even if your leg was all right. You’re trying to eat grass that isn’t there. Why don’t you give it a chance to grow?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The frenzy around her, already unbearable, grew wilder. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I kept growing and by the time I was fourteen, I was strong enough to do as good a day’s work as any man. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa was not at home the day the debils burned the rice and palm trees that grew on the nearby hillsides. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was to be a testament to German ingenuity, to its cultural superiority, and to its growing power. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

If he had been a piano player instead of a guitarist, one might say bebop grew from the solos of his right hand while rock and roll grew from the accompaniment of his left. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

You grew up knowing what to eat and how to cook it. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Most kids in the township spoke only their home language, but I learned several languages because I grew up in a house where there was no option but to learn them. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The eyes seemed to grow in size as Nathan could clearly see red veins streaking across their white roundness. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Joseph’s eyes grew wide as he listened, and Frankie said, “Oh!” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Then extravagance grew frenzied, encouraged by this lapse, and I could not stop myself from taking out two more annas to buy another cart. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the doors opened, we followed Christoph single file through a long narrow hall, its walls and ceiling vibrating with a deep whirring sound that grew louder as we walked. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

"Everybody is always changing. My problem is, I'm growing on the inside but not the outside." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

We drive west of the city into Brookline, to an area where the streets widen and the trees thicken and the houses grow bigger and more spaced apart. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know what you did. You know how remarkable it was. There were nine hundred kids out there who just grew up a little bit. All I can say is thank you.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Over the walls, vines grew, as they must have done in bygone days, before the shade. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It grows louder and louder, barking, bellowing up from somewhere and squeezing my head with noise. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The University of Chicago was an elite school, and to most everyone I knew growing up, elite meant not for us. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

After a time the hinge squeaked less frequently, then only rarely, or else, as his muscles hardened and his work grew correspondingly less exhausting, he slept more deeply and did not hear it. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He grew over the past year and is now a few inches taller than me. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Students joined the demonstrations in growing numbers, cutting classes so they could appear at that day’s assigned meeting place. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without the solid earth beneath my feet, my stomach grew even queasier. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I can feel my skin growing hot, my heart speeding up. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I’m a huge fan of your work. I grew up playing Halcydonia Interactive’s educational games. They taught me how to read, write, do math, solve puzzles...” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The loggers had had their pick of the virgin timber still growing along that section of the Dungeness— towering Douglas firs and massive western red cedars. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Hubble was born in 1889, ten years after Einstein, in a small Missouri town on the edge of the Ozarks and grew up there and in Wheaton, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I watched him repress the anger, watched as his eyes grew speculative. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The light grows dim around us, with only faint rays of blue and silver dancing against the stone formations. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He grew unbelievably fat, as thick as a sausage. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Turner’s stomach grew tighter and tighter with the slow sprawl of her words. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

As I sat there in the silence, the fire grew larger. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today her skin was smooth, but someday testosterone would grow a terrible beard all over her face. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

At times, he was so happy, he felt he would never grow tired of being a prince. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The earth is scorched bare; not even briars will grow. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She made Moon Orchid sit in the kitchen sun while she picked over the herbs in cupboards and basement and the fresh plants that grew in the winter garden. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, the canoes were flying down the river, bouncing and bumping over very rough water, and in the distance the sound of a roar grew louder and more thunderous. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

The horses had ceased to moan, and lay still on the ground; the snow fell on them softly, and they grew whiter. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The spirits’ hymn grew louder and louder, erupted from inside her, but somewhere beneath it all she heard a voice singing softly. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

As his subjects grew older, Terman issued updates on their progress, chronicling their extraordinary achievements. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Outside, the crack was tiny, but farther in it grew as wide as her little finger. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

That meant that while he stayed young, you would grow older, and older, and finally die. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The sun grew hotter as it rose, and before long her head was pounding. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Her pulse slowed, her eyes grew bloodshot, her skin took on the pale-yellow color that gave the disease its name. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Tally remembered growing up surrounded by Sol’s woodwork, abstract shapes fashioned from fallen branches she would collect from parks as a littlie. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

They took him through the door and the roar grew louder; as soon as he was visible the roar reached a deafening pitch and continued to rise each second. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to know about growing up in Iran. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The sky was growing brighter, and along the river the mists of morning hung in the early light. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

As the sun rose higher in the sky, Sefia grew more and more nervous. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Maybe someday you’ll grow up to be a stewardess like me.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

No method had been developed for growing the disease organism in an artificial medium, but a satisfactory substitute was evolved; infected grubs are ground up, dried, and combined with chalk. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

In this growing twilight, a child could hide and never be found. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

With every step the silence grew, as did my sense that she knew—had known all along—that she was being followed. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Three of the segments grow the fly’s six legs. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The lights in the office grew brighter and brighter, bleaching out the memory. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

You can dye them blue, but they don’t grow that way. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It was dark and seemed to be growing darker. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want us to grow apart,” I blurted out. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She considered them old-timers, men of dignity and dedication who grew up in the South and remembered what life was like in the old days. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It means that some of the molecules in his cells are destroyed, so that the cells no longer work normally and cannot grow and divide. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I moved behind her and pulled the hair growing out of her weak neck. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I would feel that heavy rock grow weightier on my chest, while I was lying there on my back, still in bed. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The ground between the two armies grew less every moment. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

I realize that the colors are not so important after all; it’s the dot and the growing size and faster spin of the clouds. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

The soldiers around us grew tired of staring and returned to their low conversating. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know who “everyone” was, or when “always” was, and as much as I wanted to understand her ambiguities, the slyness was growing annoying. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

The trees grew close together and were so leafy that he could get no glimpse of the sky. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

The illicit buzz grew as the other boys noticed their absence. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Half a dozen thorns and two or three elders grew together above and below a bank. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sounds— clashes, clangs, screams, moaning wails, roars of engines, spinning saws, snapping blades, the screech of spikes against the floor, hair-raising pleas for help—it all grew to a crescendo, became unbearable. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He giggled, and the giggle turned into a chuckle, which grew into a hearty laugh that sounded wet and loose. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Soon the crowd grew so thick that Chess could no longer see where they were going. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

My mom grows quiet for what feels like a really long time. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“I told you, it’s always expanding, adding pieces. It’s the only work of architecture that grows by itself.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

All night they struggled through the forest, which grew denser the closer they approached the Ystrad valley. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

He grew uncomfortable and then infuriated by her silence. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as I heard the water running in the kitchen, my hatred for him grew. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

In contrast to the horrible stench that was growing stronger by the minute, he remembered the fragrance of her when she had kissed him goodbye. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

To Shay, her new attitude was simply the result of growing up, moving on, leaving all the overheated emotions of ugliness behind. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The light of the open field grew brighter and brighter as it approached. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

This country's economy was built and grew on the backs of slaves. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I could resist St. John’s wrath: I grew pliant as a reed under his kindness. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The old people used to say a pinch of dirt in the mouth can tell tobacco's story: what crops are ready for picking what needs to be left to grow. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

And although it is hazardous to assume any of this had formative effects on his character, it is equally an exaggeration to say that Eratosthenes grew up breathing an atmosphere of pure royalist docility. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

It reminds me of my favorite tree fact: The older a tree gets, the faster it grows. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Whether at the Job Corps or behind bars, he had missed many of the milestones in her growing up. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He had been looking at the apple tree by the woodshed, trying to see the tiny green fruits that would grow all summer until they became apples. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Plants grew in clumps both in and out of the muddy shallows. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jean Louise had lost touch with nearly everyone she grew up with and did not wish particularly to rediscover the companions of her adolescence. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The pile of marbles beside them kept growing larger and larger. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

A slight wind picked up and made the trees that grew in sullen clusters along the ridge sway menacingly. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ignoring the waitress’s growing anger, Blair continued to press for service, arguing, with a logic that only infuriated the woman, that if Woolworth’s didn’t want to serve the public perhaps they should sell membership cards. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Not only had my appearance changed with my new haircut, makeup, and growing curves, but I felt different inside. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I can trust them. I mean, we grew up together.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

It takes three years for Natasha's natural hair to grow in fully. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Scout has the kind of hair that grows up instead of down. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hydrofoils kept the Dauntless above much of the chop, but as the waves grew higher, the prow of the ship was starting to bury itself in foam. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

No low bush or grass could grow in that dim light, so the ground was carpeted with golden needles. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

In fact, he entertained a growing stream of visitors. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His correctness grew on him as we neared the city. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t long before Matt added musical ability to his growing list of accomplishments. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And nowhere else have people living at such heights—in places where most crops won’t grow, earthquakes and landslides are frequent, and extremes of weather are the norm—repeatedly created technically advanced, long-lasting civilizations. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I quickly carried the scraps bowl out into the yard, walking past the privy, all the way back to the stable wall where straggly holly bushes grew. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

One thing that happened over the summer, I grew even more. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

As FOR his deliverer — we turn now to her story, which curls from this sad truth: that as much as Ralph, growing up, should have been her, she should have been him. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Who here wants to be an astronaut when they grow up?” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

My ears ring and the side of my face grows numb. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

The memory of Therese keeps me from too much pride in my abilities, even as my reputation for healing grows. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Their backyard is full of vegetables that they grow and send to us to eat. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Birds sang from the branches of the fruit trees growing near the curb. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Other guards hack at the vines with their swords, but it only makes them grow back thicker and bolder. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

His second chance, I thought Maybe he’d live and grow big enough to become a keeper one day. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

We already grow groundnuts in the damp soil and squash in the poor land. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Underneath the spread branches of the oaks the plants grew pale and tall, and on the hills the feed was smooth and thick. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

"On the side of Mount Calamon a grove of glass flowers grows. The journey there is perilous, and the journey back is more so." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

There is much talk upon the Road of Boston & its Captivity, for Parliament’s Army hides within — silent — mum — & its Citizens trapped, while without, our Numbers grow. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

His trees began to sprout and grow, as if time was in a hurry and wished to make one year do for twenty. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Neither of the boys screamed but the grip of their arms tightened and their mouths grew peaked. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Robins eyes grew wide when she saw the stump of his right hand, and I knew I would have some explaining to do later. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They put that piece of skin into a special kind of cow. You grew inside, and when the time came, you were born. Only, of course, you didn’t have a father or a mother.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alex grew up with a mother who was a sometimes baffling combination of intensely organized and committed to lines of emotional communication, like an overly invested life coach. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Then indeed are they growing poor. Land is one’s flesh and blood.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t even know what he’ll be like when he grows up. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Now only a few feet away, the visitor grew louder and louder until Thomas caught a shadowed glimpse of a skinny boy limping along in a strange, lilting run. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The light faded from the cave door, and the grey veil of falling water grew dim and was lost in gathering shadow. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I struggle to my feet and watch as the rocket grows smaller and smaller and finally winks out of sight in the stratosphere. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

For a while this was fun, but then a hollow feeling began to grow inside Matt. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted me to grow up in a free country. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she said that growing up and as a young adult, she never had a dentist to go to, so she had done her best. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

If he could not grow and process sugar in the Caribbean, he needed another source. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

He kissed her lips, a long lingering kiss, and felt them grow soft beneath his. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dropped dry twigs from the bird's nest onto the little fire, which crackled in the night and began to blossom and grow. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Looks like the coward grew a spine! Well done, champ.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Bob stumbled, the wispy comet tail of his life force growing longer as it was sucked toward the face of the god. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Behind it trailed a growing bunch of revelers, dancing along with the beat, drinking and throwing their empty bottles to shatter against the huge, impervious machine. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

As the summer days grew hotter and hotter, Chandra and I would stand in the courtyard every afternoon, looking up at the sky, waiting for the rains to cool us. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

His constant fear of being arrested was only growing with each passing minute. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

If you spat on each grain of corn that was planted, the corn would grow tall and bear well. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He described its skyscrapers and explained how each year the buildings grew taller and taller. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It seemed like the alcove was growing more distant, like she was looking at it through the wrong end of a telescope. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The stench, growing at a steady pace as they approached, rose up suddenly to greet them like an excited puppy. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Some days, after siesta, we combed out her hair, remembering now and then to change the part in her scalp so that it would not grow too broad. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

"You could not grow a simple seed? How incompetent are you?" the emperor barked. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I felt a bubble of fear and it grew as I checked Lily. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Something in his chest hitched, a seedling of doubt that was rapidly beginning to grow into a proper tree. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

But then Ma mashes the box with her fist, and they whimper before growing silent and still once more. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Arm often dreamed of the countryside around Hwange, where he grew up, but this place was different. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I had vampire nightmares; every night the fangs grew longer, and my angel wings turned pointed and black. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even after Papa’s hand grew cold, and Carmen understood that some things get taken away, no matter how hard you try to hold on to them. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

I asked him if we could grow a mango tree, but he said my land was too dry for that. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

This was exceedingly hard to do, because one of the heads was immortal and the others almost as bad, inasmuch as when Hercules chopped off one, two grew up instead. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The figures grew larger every time I looked up, and then when they were still a fair distance away I recognised my daughter. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coalwood, West Virginia, where I grew up, was built for the purpose of extracting the millions of tons of rich bituminous coal that lay beneath it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

From this experience, Alvarez drew the lifelong lesson that “a scientist can stay active as he grows older only by staying in touch with the youngest generation.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She says that Grace started to grow pimples in Grade Eight: by now they must have increased in number. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It was written by a man named Montaigne, who was a soldier. But he grew tired of being a soldier and spent his time studying and writing. He also liked to walk on country roads.” Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Islam in New York City was growing faster than anywhere in America. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now his life had the sun and the soil to keep growing. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

When I asked Lily about this, she explained that our mother grew up poor in North Carolina, one of nine kids. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Mark couldn’t help but scoot backward, crab-walking until the rope around his neck grew taut. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

American Muslims are a diverse and growing population with a thriving social and cultural scene catering to their unique needs. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It grew louder and louder and louder and closer and closer and closer until it became a deafening, ear-splitting roar that seemed to be coming from inside the tiny bottle. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then days and months grew full and waned, the year went wheeling round, the seasons came again, before at last the power of Iphiklos, relenting, freed the prisoner, who foretold all things to him. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grew adept at manipulating the shapes of cooking hot dogs and, for fun, developed an entire line of gag frankfurters. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The group of students grew to about thirty. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He was also growing bald for a dragon: He was so old that the scales at the top of his head had begun to flake off and expose the soft, golden skin beneath. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

They raise cattle and sheep, grow wheat, milo, grass seed, and sugar beets. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as there was no way to disprove these rumors they grew marvelous and very real. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The years went by, and Mary Alice and I grew up, slower than we wanted to, faster than we realized. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

As Netscape began to grow, they reached out to Barksdale for guidance and insight into how best to go public. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Javier shouted a greeting, and Moss couldn’t help the wide smile that grew on his face. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Schools closed, parents panicked, and the public grew desperate for a vaccine. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Her nose lengthened to a snout and a tusk grew on either side. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The local racetrackers grew fond of the odd, bookish boy, nicknaming him Red, and a few let him ride their horses. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Good, Z thought, because the whirring sound of a chopper grew louder, drowning out anything she had to say. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

As I’ve mentioned, my brother didn’t pay much attention to me while we were growing up. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

This is an annoying and common occurrence when you are trying to grow a virus, and it wipes out the flask. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hair on our heads was growing in thin and scraggly from not-too-recent shavings. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’d never noticed before, but it had tiny legs that grew from it like a centipedes. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Bicycle Bill sat on the outskirts of the growing crowd. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Mama opened her mouth to say something, but the far-off car engines grew louder in their approach. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Her cough is nearly gone, and she is growing quite fat with Mrs. Phinney’s cooking. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I think he takes his boredom out on me—my viola lessons grow more intense. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Some people walked some miles to see this man sitting outside his hut with a tree growing out of his head. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

I remember when Wendell, shortly before his high school graduation, grew a little beard on the bottom of his chin— just a few hairs that formed a goatee. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I remind myself that she’s a California girl and probably grew up swimming in the ocean. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But by this point a faint suspicion I’d had ever since the first time she’d asked “I go too far?” had started to grow. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

That meant an embryo— Matt’s brother—was growing inside a cow. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You think we’re going to grow old here?” she asked, looking back and forth between them, gesturing to the walls around them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I wondered what King Jerrold planned to do with him when he grew up. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I pushed even harder on my policy advisers to continue growing the reach of Let’s Move! and Joining Forces. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

There were several hours to daylight, two at least, maybe a bit more before the sky started to grow fight. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Annabeth watched, Small Bob began to grow, his form flickering until the little kitten had become a full-sized, translucent skeletal saber-toothed tiger. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

A tilled, fertilized, watered, weeded garden provides growing conditions very different from those on a dry, unfertilized hillside. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He stood up, and seemed suddenly to grow taller. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The oaks grew thick and close to the ground. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He’d been one of just two Asians in his class—the other had been Susie Chang; kids had teased that they would grow up and marry each other. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But as soon as they start eating the crumbs sticking to the bottom of the bag, their scaly, writhing bodies start to grow some more. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

The rope chafed his wrists raw and seemed to grow tighter as the night wore on. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

By the time we saw the Wolf Wall in the Fossil Lab and its four hundred wolf skulls, I was growing weary. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Winston Lacks was a burly man with a beard that grew to his belly—he drank almost every night in a saloon hidden in the basement beneath the general store. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“You had a dog when you were growing up.” Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

The bonds between humans and grass grew even stronger about 10,000 years ago. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

"Pay close attention," Ivy whispers to me before slinking backward into the growing pack of onlookers. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

When the police asked what he thought he was doing up there, Joe told them he was practicing to be a sniper when he grew up. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

When he was growing up, Wes would occasionally follow his mother to the New Metropolitan Church on Sunday, but even on his sporadic visits, he never felt any connection. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

If I ate more liver my patience would grow; if I ate more spleen my hatred of white people would grow. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned that Jerome grew up in Aliceville, Alabama, where his mother taught school. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The spirits’ steps grew wider and their hum stretched across the open sky, filled Sierra’s soul with a melancholy contentment. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Day followed day; the river rose steadily toward its banks, growing broader, fuller, swifter. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Not the growing green of the trees all around, but a dull olive, a color death might wear when it claimed these trees. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The room was growing dark; something had happened. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"In that case,” said the charm woman, "you must have been planning to do something bad. If this were not so, then why would a tree grow out of your head?” The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

And he warned that the numbers of these “fatherless, Godless, and jobless” teens were growing. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Christoph knelt in front of an incubator, reached inside, and pulled out a dish with HeLa growing in it. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

It looked deserted: trees and bushes grew thick in the property behind her house, and long grass and weeds filled the front yard. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

A milkweed plant was growing by a heap of rubble. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Winter was long here, and in the good weather seasons they prepared for it: growing, catching, storing things away. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

As the tan and white fur grew closer, Ignatius’ eyes dilated, crossed, and closed, and he lay wanly back among his four pillows, hoping that he had some Kleenex in his room. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suppose Dr. Schultz grew suspicious and put locks on our cages? Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

It grows, now it is the sound of many little feet. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mealies grew in clumps as though they had sprouted from entire ears dropped from unharvested plants. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Black Consciousness was less a movement than a philosophy and grew out of the idea that blacks must first liberate themselves from the sense of psychological inferiority bred by three centuries of white rule. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The size of things began to grow shortly after we started out on the third morning. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He thought she had been cheated out of something very important and might grow up thwarted. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then there’s the growing pressure in my head. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Penelope grew so worried, she started to pant, just as the children would do. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Water systems, electrical plants, school systems, and hospitals all struggled to keep pace with the growing population. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

They crept down 200 yards, feeling the angle of the slope grow easier with each step. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

My dog’s breathing grew faster and faster, and there was a terrible rattling in his throat. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He told Nathan of how years and years ago, before the excavation of the nearby mining cave, this land was green, and grass would grow as tall as Nathan’s knee. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Or maybe the pea growing wasn’t going too well. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

As her family continued to squabble over money, she grew impatient with the world of human society—so full of suspicion, prejudice, and greed. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She had a squat, almost bulldoggy figure, and her odd black hair, when it grew, grew upwards so it never covered her ears or chunky neck. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She loved the sooty sparrows and thought that the very grass that grew in the lots was beautiful. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The attic was huge, and the more Ophie explored, the brighter the small fire of jealousy in her heart grew. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The more alfalfa he did not grow, the more money the government gave him, and he spent every penny he didn’t earn on new land to increase the amount of alfalfa he did not produce. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

As her happiness grows, so does her willingness to try new things. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I will always wonder what it would have been like to grow up with my mother. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Soon tumors grew on the prisoners’ arms just as they’d grown in the cancer patients. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

During all our years growing up together, he never complained about his affliction and I never gave it any mind. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

A cup of Lipton tea grows slowly cold by her hand. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the band stopped when they felt the land grow rough underfoot, but others pressed right on, seeking the phantom village, following dim wavering shapes that fled just out of reach before them. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

As the seconds dragged on, my body grew heavier and my movements turned sluggish. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then, way down ahead of us, a pinpoint of light winked into being, small but growing fast. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The command to grow up at once was more bearable than the faceless horror of wavering purpose, which was youth. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Buchi said “Amen!” with that delight, that gusto, Obinze feared she would grow up to be a woman who, with that word “amen,” would squash the questions she wanted to ask of the world. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The walls of the ravine grew more sheer and rocky as they progressed. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I grew up exuberant in body but with a nervy, craving mind. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She grows from baby to mother to old woman and then turns into a baby again, and on and on she goes, living a thousand, thousand lives. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Hamlet, absent from me, grew a mystery to me, a masked god with two faces, both of which hid yet another self. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

And then, “I wasn’t sure that you were going to grow up to be pretty.” How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The silence rattled between us and I felt sorry for the reprimand that grew from me to him in the silence. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She keeps talking, the volume in her voice growing with every word. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

We grew suspicious, for a stranger in our midst probably meant a SIM plant with a fabricated name. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said, “You’re growing, little man! Last time I saw you, you were this high.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He paced in front of the bathroom, growing increasingly annoyed. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The post office ceased doing business when three of its clerks grew ill. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

The smell went along with her fatherlessness, and with growing up poor. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

A fiery outline of twilight shone around her silhouette, burned red-gold in her hair, grew diffuse in the fuzzy texture of the woolen skirt pulled carelessly about her knees. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The land before them sloped away southwards, but it was wild and pathless; bushes and stunted trees grew in dense patches with wide barren spaces in between. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

If a company grows to twenty times its original size, the relative proportions of its departments will not stay the same. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stand there taking it all in, shoulders growing ten feet tall. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

When the second of his three children was born, his sister had a stern talk with him about getting a legitimate job so he could watch his kids grow up. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Losing his job made him quieter, and a thin wall grew between him and the world. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t let them grow up. I taught them useless things like ancient military strategy. They didn’t even know how to go to the store and buy rice!” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She was always waiting for me to grow up. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

So, my sister spent the first hour of the party opening up all the gifts, and her smile grew with each check, sweater, or fifty dollar bill. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

She and Demetrius grew close after his brother died—she was the only one who ever knew what to say to him. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“You have to clear out the rocks before you can plant, sugar. Or nothing will grow.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t know that I’ve always been on my own—except for Mama Ya-Ya and the neighbors who watched me grow for a long time. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

A few of the portraits change—hair grows shorter or longer, noses shrink, skin tones flush over with enhanced or brand-new colors, hair textures morph, mouths plump up. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Rosaleen’s eyes grew even narrower, if such a thing was possible. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My breath grew short as terror rose in me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“It originally comes from Malaysia but grows very well in Puerto Rico. She likes our weather.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

The insects buzzed, whined, hummed, stridulated and droned as the air grew warmer in the sunset. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the oddest part of it was that in the space left by the broken-off fingers two new ones grew at once. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

It grows into a yell, which transforms into a scream, and then I’m standing on the ledge of the Merciless Mart, screaming as the chair sails toward the ground, screaming until my throat burns. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Chapter 4 sketches how food production—that is, the growing of food by agriculture or herding, instead of the hunting and gathering of wild foods—ultimately led to the immediate factors permitting Pizarro’s triumph. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you ever going to grow up and think about other people?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

All of us grew close to our agents over time. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

There was even a tree growing from a hole in the floor, all the way up through one of the open skylights, about twenty feet over our heads. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Inside the city, the welcome for Milo grew louder as the truck slowed and eased deeper toward the middle of town. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

"So you grew up in that house alone with your aunt," Matilda said. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

And so am I. A few steps into the woods grows a bank of wildflowers. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

We ran around the yard a couple of times to throw them off then sneaked into the oregano bushes that grew thick and fragrant behind the outhouse. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Mom had helped me grow pots of seaweed on the balcony, as all my classmates did. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A magpie fluttered out of one of the rhododendron bushes growing near the house, and a couple of fat sparrows pecked busily at invisible insects in the gravel, but that was all. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

His hands were growing, his head was enlarging, and where baby fuzz had once covered a pale new scalp, now long tentacles were emerging. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

You probably raise goats or sheep, and the kind of culture that grows up around being a herdsman is very different from the culture that grows up around growing crops. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Here, in the Smoke, objects grew old, carrying their histories with them in dings and scratches and tatters. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I felt a strong bond grow between me and my roommates. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Now is the time to grow and develop, so keep in mind where you are, where you want to be, and how you might get there. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

But she was growing roots where she stood, and staring open- mouthed at the dead man. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

About this time, Dr. C. Eric Lincoln’s book The Black Muslims in America was published and the Black Muslims became a subject of growing interest. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grew angrier while he talked, and his voice rose. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The daylight grew and the air became warm; the dew faded off turf and leaf. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She is going to grow up without a father just like I did. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

When I grow up, I want to be an artist. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

As for me, at least one thing was going my way: My hair was finally growing longer, so I could start braiding it and shed the scratchy wig. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Every day without Monday made her absence grow bigger and bigger in my head, like the tumor my great-aunt Jackie died from. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Still,” she said, her smile growing, “I’ve always wanted to go to Paris.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She’s birthed babies, and when they grew up, helped birth their babies. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

As they passed between them, the press of men grew thicker, the sounds louder. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I began to sense that they had their own kind of Bigger Thomas behavioristic pattern which grew out of a more subtle and broader frustration. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

One was about a greedy girl whose belly grew fatter and fatter. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He counted the distance as it grew smaller. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Her eyes are wide and growing more blank, like they did when she closed up on herself and started rocking. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Shadows fell down from the hills, and all grew dark before them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Did you know that potatoes are fed night soil so they can grow big?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Victor grew silent, reliving last year’s game, getting angrier and angrier. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The landscape grew familiar and suddenly they were back at the camp. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

They kept out of the sun so they wouldn’t grow dark like Indians. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the day approached, my warm bed and comfortable house grew increasingly desirable and my dear wife incalculably precious. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She grew rounder and rounder and bigger and bigger. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The kitchen grew dark and light again as the clouds covered and uncovered the sun. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The sound of the king’s music made Despereaux’s soul grow large and light inside of him. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“No, nor felt such thorns,” returned Laurie, with his thumb in his mouth, after a vain attempt to capture a solitary scarlet flower that grew just beyond his reach. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The baby was a beautiful little thing with white skin and downy black curls which grew down into a point on her forehead, like Mama’s. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then it would be passed through the one just smaller, and so through every hole in turn, growing longer and slimmer all the time, until it changed from an ingot into wire. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Major Major went back to Washington Irving when John Milton grew monotonous. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He smiled, then realized that his smile threatened to grow into a giggle and that he might be slightly delirious. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“This is where I grew up. Even if I hate it half the time, it’s mine.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

There where the wild mountain flowers would grow in the spring, I laid him away. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nothing, beta. You’re growing up. Hina was right. You are a wonderful young woman. May God grant you a long life and every happiness.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“The new tech is growing at exponential rates and we’re asking the court to take that into account.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Evidently there were nesting holes in the sheer face below them, for as the light grew they saw three or four martins dart out over the stream and away into the fields beyond. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stop to pick a few blackberries from prickly stems of bushes growing between them. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They see as their responsibility to care for their children but to let them grow and develop on their own. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

As she grew older, Violet could neither stay where she was nor go away. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Crystal must have led Alice to the power lines. All kinds of edible plants grow in this habitat.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned the same charm he had used to gather pupils for his Spanish dance class to collecting a growing number of disciples. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Erik stared at me with growing fury, with growing hatred, moving the bat in a tight circle. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

No trees grew there and it was open to the sky; stars were shining already in lakes between shores of cloud. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Now his clothes seemed to be disappearing and brown fur was growing all over his body... The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

With a growing sense of isolation, he answered the question: NO. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ambrose looked up at me, his expression growing suddenly amused. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

If all Allied ships were saved, the Nazis would grow suspicious and guess that someone had broken their codes. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

As the boy grew to manhood he saw even more clearly than she the terrible situation. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the trip to Alaska, he had watched Hazel and Frank grow close. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The growing economic power of the South has helped lift evangelical Christians into the middle and upper middle classes, just as earlier generations of Roman Catholics moved up in the mid-twentieth century. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Originally, Nathan was supposed to stay with his father while his mom went to document a growing protest against a company laying pipelines across designated tribal lands. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I think of your grandmother calling me and noting how you were growing tall and would one day try to “test me.” Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Before I was born, when there were lots of young children growing up in the community, all those diapers used to be fastened by squares of duct tape. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

A caterpillar becomes a butterfly, a bird raises its brood in the forest, and a greenheart tree will only grow from a greenheart seed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A couple of the windows are boarded up, and weeds and vines grow up the walls. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I grew up in the big house on Rose Hill, and even I didn’t have manners as pretty as Katherine’s when I got to Miss Preston’s. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

While Francie was admiring the costumes, she began to grow uneasy. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Which means, Mum,’ Salim said, ‘you’ll grow old twice as fast in Manhattan.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was because enough enslaved children were born, lived, and grew to become adults. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

He squinted, willed his eyes to work in the growing darkness, wishing he had a flashlight. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Orange and purple shadows crept over the land as the sun went down that night, and Miyax crawled into her sleeping skin noting that the days were growing shorter. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought growing up was just something that happened. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if Napoleon could find a place to grow cane, he could not get it past the English ships. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Then I realized that when I grew taller, and my legs longer, the number of strides would decrease. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lost in longing, Louie imagined himself on a train, rolling into country he couldn’t see, growing smaller and more distant until he disappeared. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she would pass by Pitipiti’s fields and jeer at her, asking her why she grew crops if she had no mouths to feed. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“Do you know what Cordelia says she wants to be when she grows up?” she says, in her husky, mock-serious, confiding voice. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

At the same time his eyes grew cold, and hard, and angry. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You kids are growing up so fast,” she sighed. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“It is nothing,” Kino said, but his eyes and his voice were hard and cold and a brooding hate was growing in him. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hassan taught him to read and write—his son was not going to grow up illiterate like he had. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Pattillo grew up in the thirties, the son of a blacksmith turned railroad worker in a small segregated Louisiana town. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

It goes without saying I grew to hate it. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I felt perfectly awake while everything around me grew almost painfully bright. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Momma and Ms. Rosalie’s youngest daughter, Tammy, were best friends growing up. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I watched my mother’s eyes grow wide again, watched her chest heave as she breathed faster and faster. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Abel Martinson stood at the end of the examination table exerting himself, Horace observed, to grow accustomed to this idea of conversing in the presence of a dead man. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He says, “Mason, is this room growing laundry?” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

He found a place where a few trees grew so thick and close to the ground, no moisture could penetrate them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know I would have ridiculed them when I was young: I would cringe and grow ashamed and angry at those funny tones of my father and his workers, all that Konglish, Spanglish, Jive. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

We can plan for the future, and we can discuss things—one person’s idea can grow and change as other people contribute their ideas. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

The house is a shrine to the War Between the States and I wonder what it must’ve been like for Stuart, growing up in a home where you can’t touch anything. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

But as I’m saying the words, my muscles tense and my breathing grows loud. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Regular people going to regular jobs having regular kids who go to regular schools and grow up to be regular people with regular jobs, and on and on. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

As she does, the crabgrass begins to grow, pushing gaps in the asphalt wider. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Weren’t you ever afraid to grow old, I asked? Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a while, as the night breezes picked up, growing cooler, shifting, Shorty sat on Rael’s porch near his quiet horse, looking across the road at the Pilar Cafe. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

You can’t keep a new fire low; it must grow or die. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun set, and the woods grew darker, but before the last of the twilight was gone the moon rose. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The silence grew oppressive and Piggy held his breath. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

It was growing like a smoke cloud from the sky to the ground. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

But eventually she grew drowsy, and she did not know she had nodded off until she awoke to the sound of the cellar door opening. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

His smile remained, but his eyes grew even colder still. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I knew that he would never grow up and say stupid things like, “a girl is like a tree.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

They began to grow serious in a way they had never been before. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The problem is people grow up thinking that material things are what makes them worthwhile. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I grew up with a roof over my head too.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Foaly twisted a tiny cylinder into the thick tufts of hair growing from Mulch’s ear. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“I put some on my lip to grow me a mustache,” he said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when a shrieking wind pierced the sky, bursting it into darkness, she grew frightened. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The bigger the vat of medium, the more the cells grew. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I was aware of a growing sense of horror, of horror turning to despair. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually the side streets grew too narrow for the four-wheel drive. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Neeley, who was a year younger than she, grew suddenly and got to be a head taller. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Axel responded to the suit by explaining that cells couldn’t grow outside of tissue culture and that there was a world of difference between culture contamination and HIV infection. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

All during his growing up, boys would brag to Ben about their fathers. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because there’s no way a kid can grow up in an environment where ninety-three percent of the families are on some form of government assistance. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

This symphony grew slow like a big flower in her mind. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

As the Nazi concentration camps began to be liberated, the end of the war grew very near. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I began to grow irritated at a handful who continued to ignore me; at an upstate prison, I knew, this would never be tolerated. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Mom finally grew a pair and announced that she wanted a divorce, I got out of there. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

So each spring he set forth with his army and each autumn he returned, and year by year the kingdom grew larger and more prosperous. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Since the 1990s, North Korea has been unable to grow, buy, or deliver enough food to feed its population. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Back they went, to the Dormitory, greeting old friends—many of them larger in size now, their bellies growing as they waited—and taking their places again in the group. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“French toast,” he said at last, and grew silent for a long period before inclining his head towards me very slightly and saying: “You?” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

From behind the line of waiting, oncoming traffic, a column of men appeared, with red flags and banners and a hum that grew and grew. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But most cells died quickly, and the few that survived hardly grew at all. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The low rumble of pursuit passed over them again, and David pulled her deeper into the blackness, down a long, twisting path that grew colder and darker. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He had reached the true marsh now, where thicket gave way entirely to the dense fringe of papyrus growing in the shallow margins of the Nile. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

As the virus grows inside a cell, crystalloids, or bricks, appear at the center. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of my biggest worries in those days was that around the time I turned thirteen, I stopped growing. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I am a Delta girl, homemade, born and bred. So I did not grow up with air conditioners and I can breathe without a room being cold.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

For at that moment there were two titanic, marrow- jolting explosions that grew upon themselves, followed by a half dozen minor concussions. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

She always stopped herself when her heart grew dark, but oh, these wishes were satisfying! The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

She explained that we were growing up, that we needed to be with our parents, that Uncle Willie was, after all, crippled, that she was getting old. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Plants grew down here without the help of the gaslight the Underlanders used. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Ah, perhaps you are right. Jon despaired of me often enough, yet I grew into a good king." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

In betwixt me and the brazier, dandelions grew in the mud. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The skies grew sullen and the air chillier, but it wasn’t until the third day that the snow came. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The girl would grow up highly educated and extremely powerful. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Right where his belly button should’ve been, his T-shirt ripped open and he grew something like a horn—no, not a horn—the glowing tip of a blade. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

And as he claimed this his voice grew warm and he forgot to squabble with his children and he was full of plans and activity. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Running through the woods north of her house, it amazed me how green things grew on top of green things that were still green and growing. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He returned to his booth to rest and grew even more depressed. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The leaves were growing right out of his head. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Uncle Jet’s footsteps grew louder and were actually getting closer to Nathan! Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The growing number of mills and factories changed the landscape as well; towns and cities were expanding, as was the division between rich and poor. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Throughout history, not surprisingly, the people who grow rice have always worked harder than almost any other kind of farmer. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

It was a stocking cap, basically, except the tapered part at the top seemed extra long, almost too long, like a tail growing out of the back of her head. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

So when I was growing up, me and Darryl would work on puzzles of my mother every single day. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

It was a relief to everybody when, after our Glorious Fourth celebration, Cudn Temp said to her, “Sugarfoot, come on home with me and stay till the color grows out.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The white cottage and the three figures grew smaller. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Her expression grew serious as she watched me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Two hundred brave men had left the Wall, and the only one who was not growing more fearful was Sam, the self-confessed coward "We'll make a ranger of you yet," he Joked. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Perhaps for that reason his accomplishment took root in my mind and grew rapidly in the darkness where I was forced to hide it. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the Boreads raised their swords, the dragon’s metal skin grew warm under Piper’s hand. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I protested, but a sinking feeling grew in the pit of my stomach. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The lights grow brighter as the earth lurches away from the sun and now the orchestra is playing yellow cocktail music and the opera of voices pitches a key higher. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“And she grew up in the South, so I swear it’s good.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The imaginary conversations were back, but much worse than they had been after Peris had left A thousand times she’d fought with Shay in her head—long, rambling discussions about beauty, biology, growing up. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Harry’s lamp seemed to grow dimmer as the cold gray light that precedes sunrise slowly crept into the room. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I had to get more specific, so I put “Malden” after his name, since that’s where he and my mom grew up. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He felt his entire body grow taut and then begin to quiver with surprise and humiliation and...anger. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Pond was growing weaker with each passing day, and he only had one more braid of sweetgrass to help with the radiation poisoning. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

So the kids in Chokecherry all grew up together—like from the cradle. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Living cells ordinarily stick to the bottom of a flask to form a living carpet—cells prefer to cling to something when they grow. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the detention room echoes with shouts of triumph, which grow even louder when Mrs. Lemay lets everyone go early. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

They sat in the growing gloom for a long time. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Was he doomed to lose the rest too, to spend all of his years with a weirwood growing in him and through him? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He could not bear to see his hands grow again and he was frightened of the voice in the apple-green suit. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The day was still fine, though it was growing hazy, and it was hot for March, even so far southwards. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Oddly enough, they often grow ten times the size of everyone else,” said Alec thoughtfully, “and I’ve heard that they walk among the stars.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

The eighth grade days flowed in their hungry path and I grew more conscious of myself; I sat in classes, bored, wondering, dreaming. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were already long shadows on the lawn as Eleanor and Theodora came up the path toward the side veranda of Hill House, blessedly hiding its mad face in the growing darkness. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was growing late, and Miss Bates became anxious to get home, on her mother’s account. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Only the exceptionally bright student from the poor neighborhoods was encouraged and nurtured, like a rare orchid found growing in a patch of crabgrass. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her fever grew worse in the evening, as it did every evening. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He said I’d grow up powerful if I had nothing else but two eggs in a pint of porter every day. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

His thighs became quite short A web of skin grew from his wrists to his shoulders, while his primary feathers burst out In soft blue quills from the ends of his fingers and quickly grew. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

They grew quickly and could be harvested within a few months of sowing, a big advantage for incipient farmers still on the borderline between nomadic hunters and settled villagers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing would ever exactly fit together and solidify; she would never grow calm, never feel at ease; life was a hell on earth of loose ends, uncertainty, violence. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Infest him, sire, with maggots in his flesh and spider eggs in his eyes. Put larvae inside here"—it tapped its forehead—"so he can hear them buzzing as they grow." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Tall grasses grew in abundance on either side of it. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

But years later, after Mom started her own business and put all her girls through school, encouraging us to learn and grow, Grandma said that she could see the value in girls. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

There was a foot of water in the ditch, and the tall grass grew up from its sides. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I have lived with the family for a month now, and the longer I am with them, the more my hatred grows. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lupita’s eyes grew wide as she leaned over the table to speak softly. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Small but growing larger and not slowing down, thundering their hooves like there’s no tomorrow. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

There is a growing trend toward aerial applications of such deadly poisons as parathion to “control” concentrations of birds distasteful to farmers. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The absence of green, growing things made the city seem dead. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ankle bells grew louder as she approached me until it seemed as though they were ringing inside my head. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Slowly the river shrank as the grain sprouted, grew, and covered the black with emerald; continued to shrink under the ever more powerful sun as the emerald ripened into gold. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Caroline grew up picnicking by the Shaker lakes in the summer, skating on city-flooded rinks in the winter, caroling at Christmas. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She bends down to look and her eyes grow wide. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

His eyes looked deeply into the Greek’s dark eyes and he saw disbelief and amusement and then as he stared the Greek’s eyes grew troubled and then worried. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s weird to think that my mom’s and Lucy’s rooms are the same rooms they grew up in their whole lives. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Some girls and boys obliterate their rooms as they grow older, thinking they have to banish all their younger incarnations in order to convincingly inhabit a new one. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Everyone I pass stares at me from a distance and then, as we grow closer, looks down at their feet and mumbles buenas tardes, senorita in heavily accented Spanish. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this way their friendship would grow, and flourish. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The edges of his vision were growing faint, fuzzy, and black. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I remember his asking if I had had any heroes growing up, figures actual or imagined that I cherished, admired. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was reaching out my window, picking berries off the mulberry tree that grew outside. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

In a low hesitating voice Pippin began again, and slowly his words grew clearer and stronger. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Shasta stared into its great eyes and his own grew almost as big, with astonishment. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

One summer when his fur grew matted and mildewed I clipped him to the skin. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the Maifeld, the boys began to hear the distant sound of crowds cheering, the noise slowly swelling and growing nearer, then loudspeakers blaring, “He is coming! He is coming!” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

That is how it is when a man grows as old as Pycelle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I didn’t move as it grew dimmer still. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Sigurd’s horse was on the other side of the flat area, tethered to a live tree that grew beside the river that roared over the cliff’s edge. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Gradually, this informal history grew into a course of study, constructed by the High Organ, which became known as Syllabus A, involving two years of lectures on the ANC and the liberation struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the clang of the pitched shoes, even the voices of the men in the game, seemed to grow more quiet. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a militant idealist who crusaded against racial bigotry by growing faint in its presence. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

But the back of his neck grew as red as boiling sin, and I knew he did begrudge the extra time. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Perhaps some part of them does, but they are young, and drunk, and busy knowing deep in their hearts that they will never grow old or die. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She seemed to be detaching herself from the world, growing ever lighter, more transparent, more winged. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he had no close friends, until some of his younger cousins began to grow up. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“The real story is dead boring. I grew up in London with me mum and dad, sister, brother, and a parakeet named Benny Hill.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Later, when he visited his father at his clock shop, Hugo watched him carefully, and then when he grew restless he made little mechanical animals out of the extra bits and pieces lying around. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Bobby favored Zsuzsa, but she stated afterward that she wasn’t aware of his growing affection. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It so happened that Beth’s funny loan was just the thing, for in laughing over the kits, Laurie forgot his bashfulness, and grew sociable at once. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

One or two of the wizards barely repressed a shudder as the hissing grew louder; something heavy could be heard sliding across the floor beneath the table. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

In England, a new industrialism was growing, and on the continent, a new nationalism. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Back when George’s grandfather started farming, farmers grew their own seed. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The room grew quiet as the entire company listened in. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We grew tired of the spectacle and turned to go. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Hitting it sets off vibrations in the note of A—vibrations that keep growing, and growing, until the harmonic pitch fills up the room. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The housing shortage continued to grow, compelling more families to push into new neighborhoods. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

As the days passed, the cough grew worse until Howard arrived one day and found Smith barely able to stand. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Viserys told her tales of knights so poor that they had to sleep beneath the ancient hedges that grew along the byways of the Seven Kingdoms. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Years of wind and no rain had finally stripped the valley down to dark gray clay, where only the bluish salt bush could grow. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

And the feeling that there was someone or something else around kept on growing inside me. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tea grows tepid, then cold, in their cups. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Grass grew on the floor of the throne room. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“We right here, sugar,” she said, like she was growing annoyed. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Haltingly at first but, as his confidence grew, each note flowed from the one that preceded it. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She had to move now, quickly, before the stones grew slick and the rain became an enemy. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I pull at them as if I could make them magically grow longer. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

On the Ice nothing grows and no beasts run. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

With the trees farther apart, the underbrush grew higher and the bushes bigger. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

She grew so tired, she barely even recognized the house when they arrived, just trailed after Jiichan. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

A growing anxiety that already had filled him, and now threatened to overflow. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

My whole family grew up at the far north of town, which is kind of like everyone’s dirty secret. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Gabriel was growing rapidly, now crawling and giggling across the room and pulling himself up to stand. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

The rustling sounds grew louder, as if someone in a silk dress was crossing the room. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Each day that Meng is gone, my anxiety grows, and I wonder if he will ever come back. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Alice,” I said, “wasn’t Rufus a friend of yours? I mean...did he just grow out of the friendship or what?” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Water plants grew thickly at the edge, and as Malcolm slowed down, his eye was caught by a movement among the reeds. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

As societies grew increasingly complex, the old classes became more heterogeneous. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Ms. Saintima’s accent, with its hint of something special from when she grew up in Haiti, adds music to the poem. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Yet while Woody grew, Papa seemed to shrink, losing potency. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had been well conditioned by the world in which I grew up, so I did not yet dare take the idea of becoming a writer seriously. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

You deserve to grow up where you don’t worry about saving half a bite of sweet potato. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Their leaves grew so strangely enormous Ruth May could sit still under them and win at “Hide and Seek” for a very long time after the rest of us had stopped playing. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They found a house—a one-story white one with a slanting roof and late chrysanthemums growing in the yard. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everywhere I went nothing grew except near lavatories. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Quite the opposite. You seem to be growing.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

According to Ms. Bethune the results of the competition had been mailed out earlier in the week, and Fadi’s nervousness was growing, despite his attempt at patience. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

He felt his stomach tighten, his breath grow sharp. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Cable’s pendant seemed to grow heavier and heavier, wound around her neck as tightly as the vines, brush, and roots grasping the railroad tracks. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“He’s a character, all right. He was just like that in college, too. He just never grew up. Some people don’t have to. They’re lucky.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

"And beyond a doubt the most useless," lyrion Lannister had added with a grin, but even the Imp grew silent as they rode closer. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But with each passing day, his resentment grows. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Two green thumbs that will grow into orange-yellow delights smelling of summer. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“He’s normal! He’s normal! He’ll grow up like other people. Better than others.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The exodus continued, fueled by growing dismay in the Rad Lab at Lawrence’s refusal to oppose the oath. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“With more water you can grow fruit like crazy from your fruit trees,” the thugs’ mellifluous voices crooned. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, thank you. Karl—” Her voice grew louder with this word and nearly cracked. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Lighter and lighter La Llorona grew until she was more than translucent; she was a silhouette of radiance. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The waves rose in growing fury, each overtopping its fellow, till in a very few minutes the lately glassy sea was like a roaring and devouring monster. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Except: He did not have the quiet demeanor of someone who grew up in Abnegation. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Every time she caught his eye, she would glance away embarrassed, but with boredom she grew bolder. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

As I grew older, Maa gave me peacocks and ducks to embroider. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

But the matchmaker laughed and said, “Not so, not so. She is a strong horse. She will grow up to be a hard worker who serves you well in your old age.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

We visit the Indiana Moon Tree, which is a giant sycamore more than thirty years old that grew from a seed taken to the moon and brought back. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

TJ lies on the snow, lifeless with a pool of blood slowly growing around his face. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Even as I watched the others weaken, I could feel myself growing weary and nervous. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

So Harry, his voice now growing hoarse from all this talking, told them about Fawkes’s timely arrival and about the Sorting Hat giving him the sword. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

They were growing out of the ground along a little stream that was flooding down the valley just over Maple Hill behind the house. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

How do we laugh and feel happiness despite the buried things growing inside? I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

This assurance is important to her; along with the Sanskrit vows she’d repeated at her wedding, she’d privately vowed that she’d never grow fully dependent on her husband, as her mother has. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

And it’s printed with bright multicolored flowers: tiny on the bodice, growing bigger toward the edge of the skirt. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The dread in my chest grows bigger with every step I take. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

First, it seemed that all normal cells growing in culture eventually died or underwent spontaneous transformation and became cancerous. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The dark rooms grow darker: the parlor needs a struck match to see the face. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I look around, the cars are beginning to grow a fine layer of gray dust. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I already told you I don’t want to grow up,” Akira said. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Started on a shoestring in 1898 by a former slave, the life insurance company grew vigorously, spinning off a black-owned bank and a fire insurance company. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

As the baby grew older, she cast an envying look at pink. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The more children we had, the tighter we grew. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

In the corner of the Palace they built a wire cage and in it their collection of angry tom cats grew with every night. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Balkans provided ideal growing conditions for most Mesopotamian crops and livestock, and received those domesticates as a package within 2,000 years of its assembly in the Fertile Crescent. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The most important consequence of the miracle of the garment industry, though, was what happened to the children growing up in those homes where meaningful work was practiced. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Wheat and com and barley grew high in its fields, and even in High- garden the pumpkins were no larger nor the fruit any sweeter than here. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He would finger himself here and there, trying to make sure that it was not an illusion that his muscles were growing rounder and his skin tauter. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

A kraal was a homestead and usually included a simple fenced-in enclosure for animals, fields for growing crops, and one or more thatched huts. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The idea for the move grew on Bobby slowly, instinctually at first, without any conscious rationale. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

My trees grow at an advanced rate for anywhere from two to five years before tapering off to normal, and they are a wild success. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Rose Hill mostly grew tobacco, which Momma and a couple of the bigger field hands would ride into town to trade for cloth and other essentials. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

After six more searches had been conducted in our alley, they were no longer exciting, but the adults I knew grew more and more tense. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just before dawn I heard her sigh loudly three times and finally grow quiet. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All your apprentices are temporary, Ma! Watch yourself, kid—on-the-job training in our line of work can be risky. Say, Ma, what happened to your last apprentice? Did his hair ever grow back?” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

His face appeared between some stalks, the top of the corn looking like it was growing out of his ear. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

For this reason the plants grew tall and the people would all think of the delicious corn that would soon be cooking in their pots. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

The sound of the engine grew louder and closer. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Like a child touched by tragedy, who grows up suddenly and abandons his playthings, Chacko dumped his toys. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"When your mother said that she was divorcing your father and wanted to move to New York where she grew up, my grandmother set things up with Dr. Gershom." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

There were sounds in the world now, too: insects were stirring, and a very slight breeze was rustling the dry grass stems growing higher up the dune. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She grew an answering hardness against her mother and this hardness, paradoxically enough, brought them a little closer together because it made them more alike. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

So in a land which nature found suited to grass growing mixed with and under the shelter of sage, it is now proposed to eliminate the sage and create unbroken grassland. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

If devilgrass could grow between the paving stones, other grasses would grow when the stones were gone. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A familiar buzzing grew in my fingertips, the sign that a story needed to be let out. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Sure, it works for the Amity. But what happens when not everyone wants to strum banjos and grow crops? What happens when someone does something terrible and talking about it can’t solve the problem?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The pavement is smooth and pale, nothing like the patch-riddled street I grew up on. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Ttt was there, watering some flowers that grew in the center of the room. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kyushu would have seemed a paradise to Korean rice farmers, because it is warmer and swampier than Korea and hence a better place to grow rice. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Lloyd: Mookie, what do you want to be when you grow up? Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, fine, on the parsonage grounds, there also grew a yew tree. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“And now do you want me to stop growing my beard or let it go on? “Go on. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

It grew louder and louder, a locomotive that couldn’t possibly exist out here in her family’s little part of rural Georgia. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They were growing up, and it worried her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

From this spot, you could spy Jim’s soddy—at least the roof, from which grew a cherry tree that Jim swore bore the best pie cherries in all of Montana. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Half in a dream he wandered forward to the riverward side of the tree, where great winding roots grew out into the stream, like gnarled dragonets straining down to drink. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Georgia asks, and I realize this girl is growing on me. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Now it looked like he was growing, and his scales were pushing outward, making his shape look sharp and dangerous. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

They grew and grew, twisting and turning toward me, and too late I realized they were slender branches, thin itchy switches with barbed hooks. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Walt grew up in Greeley, Colorado, an agricultural town on the high, windswept plains up near the Wyoming line. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some midnights, her room grows so cold that she half believes she can hear frost settling onto the floor. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Giant fernlike trees grew some way inland; low dunes extended for miles along the shore. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

No one in the state box speaks as Dr. Leale works on Lincoln, but its list of occupants grows longer. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The ground grew soggier, the grass grew taller, and soon the robot and the gosling were looking across a wide, murky pond. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“My husband is growing very fond of him.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“They grow up too fast. So are you and your mom attending services somewhere now?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Now she merely ground her teeth as she stepped out to the porch and made her way around the side of the house through the nico- tiana growing all wild and out of control. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Trees is living and growing just like you and me,’ he said. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mia’s hand drifted down to her waist, as if one palm could hide what was growing there. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

So I continued climbing, and as I did so I grew colder and colder. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

But on a brighter note, my strange, tragedy- induced popularity at school was growing. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Göbekli Tepe suggests that the temple may have been built first, and that a village later grew up around it. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air grew thick, hard to breathe without choking. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

"He wanted to be a police officer when he grew up." Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The doctor stopped in his tracks with a look of elegant amazement and distaste, and the ward grew still. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

No trees grew there, and it lay open to the sky. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

In late summer, I was washing up in a pond when I noticed the plants growing around me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

But then year after year went by, there was the war, Catherine grew up, and one day I realized I loved my husband. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Not because I want to be a prima ballerina when I grow up, but because I intend on becoming a Broadway star someday. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Raw liver is stuffed with tapeworms, little boy. Once they’re inside, they grow in a bunch until they’re as big as a soccer ball.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“They are big. I’m glad I stayed here. I learned a great deal from seeing the boys grow and helping a little.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then he said, “Junior, what do you remember about growing up in this family? What do you remember about your father?” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They wanted me to grow up and fall in love and maybe get married and have children, like my friends would. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t have a lot of money growing up.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Crooks seemed to grow smaller, and he pressed himself against the wall. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sounds of the onrushing Grievers grew closer, but he had to see. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Behind us I heard my mother moan and cry because with each turning of the sun her son was growing old... Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laleh grew up with the ear for it—the uvular fricatives and alveolar trills that I could never get quite right. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

And the nation’s economic depression was growing steadily worse, its labor situation more volatile. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

A tree was growing out between the stones on the north side of the Gatehouse Tower, its gnarled limbs festooned with ropy white blankets of ghostskin. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Because he was so dedicated to the Captain and the company, I saw little of my father while I was growing up. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

And the Dark Lord took it, and nursed it with fell meats, until it grew beyond the measure of all other things that fly; and he gave it to his servant to be his steed. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Lyddie kept the knowledge of the night cough tight inside herself, but the fear grew like a tumor. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

That’s all great, but I wish I could grow into my body now. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

She was flat chested, insisted on wearing glasses and no makeup, refused to grow out her hair, and commonly occupied spaces—like Insomnia Con—that seemed to be implicitly reserved for men. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The bundle I carried, for all that it contained so little, grew heavier with each step; my neck was stiff with the effort of holding my head steady, for the bundle was poised on top. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet the horror grew in him, seeming to hold him bound in his chair. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

He walked through the bedroom he’d arrived in, hearing the dogs grow more hysterical. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Then we studied geotropism by observing how our plant grew toward the ceiling, even after we tipped the plant on its side for a few days. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

If she could be this wealthy and have power over so many people but couldn’t grow her own garden, what kind of freedom was that? Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I give you this name to use with honor, to use when other names grow too heavy. I name you Elentiya, ‘Spirit That Could Not Be Broken.’” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The idea grew as he worked that day and in the early evening he closed down the station and drove over to the area the man had indicated. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The kids fear water, yes, and when a pipe burst last year there were screams and nightmares, but slowly they’re growing stronger. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Everything was pushing up into the sun, trying to grow taller and bigger. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

But Parker didn’t forget everything about his true identity as his wealth and power grew. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

In one neighborhood near where Enrique’s mother grew up, fifty-two children arrive at kindergarten each morning. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

In the late afternoon sun, tall trees growing along the bank cast long shadows over the starting stalls and the boats, but the heat had not abated appreciably. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Once, my sisters and I took bets that a tree would grow right in the middle of the floor and it would keep growing and take the house with it. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It was already the middle of summer, so she had us plant radishes since they grow fast. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I would always know what he looked like even when I grow up. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tried not to resent withdrawing money to send to her mother, but she could see the balance grow each payday. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

He squeezed his thumb tightly and felt his forehead grow hot from hiding information from Nali. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

But she knew her mother had visions of the boy growing up. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“I am seeing skulls. And you. I see your face every time I look into the flames. The danger that I warned you of grows very close now.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But the girls were terrified of the dog, who, growing more and more excited, barked and lunged at Callie, and nipped Mona’s socks. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was sure her nervousness was growing as we drove farther and farther east. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I felt the sadness growing inside me, and if I thought about what this meant, that sadness would take root and never leave. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Tortoise had become a farmer, and had done nothing but grow crops; Snail, by contrast, had become a trader, and had many trading posts in all parts of the country. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

The room grew quiet when I pulled away. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I grew tired, but still they cheered until, finally, I gave up and started back toward the chairs. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know what I want to be when I grow up,” I say. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Then you can grow up bothered by “neither ghosts nor deities.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air grew cold r, and they heard the call of eagles far below them. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Maybe when I grow up I could be like a stand-up comedian, and just get onstage and make those noises.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

As I patted, her eyes grew wide at the sight of a thick slice of buttered bread perched near the edge of a table. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as I head across the river, my confidence grows and I loosen my grip on the wheel. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She grew restless and unhappy in the convent. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Weeds need to be uprooted if the seeds are to grow.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

A mass exodus from North Korea could substantially depopulate the country, undermine its already inadequate capacity to grow food, and weaken—or perhaps even topple—the gov-ernment. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Ferns grew along its bank, and its rocks were upholstered with moss. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother spent two months at my side in the hospital, watching me grow in a warmed incubator instead of in her belly. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or fertilised by education: they grow there, firm as weeds among stones. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The voices grew around her in a cloud of sound. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Jaime had various strange habits that became eviclent around that time and grew more pronounced over the course of his life. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There was this day...I was seven or eight, and me and Mahvash had gone to the park to play. We were friends growing up. Did I tell you that?” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

But I can’t stop this horrible feeling, and it grows inside me. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

They might not grow in your world, Atal said, but if not, you have the oil. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

One of the contestants was from San Gilberto, which is really close to where I grew up, only five or six miles away. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Sister told me it meant I was growing. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Soon there may be just bare rock left, and nothing will grow. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Like right now: We have the grass under our feet and Fluffernutter’s wagging stump and the spinning and the laughter and the sky growing dark above our heads. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The girls might grow up without a father. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Only when he was already in the door did he turn his head, not completely, because he felt his neck growing stiff. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he walked down the hall, the stench grew stronger. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll never grow old with you, honey,” she whimpered, and reached out for his face. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Ben’s wails grew, and his father’s grip tightened on him. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

But she just gets louder and her face grows red. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

To obtain fuel and construction material and to grow food, they cleared trees and vegetation from the bluffs to the east and planted every inch of arable land. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

My parents grew up amid these conflicts, and were sometimes forced from their homes and villages. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He floated out of his seat to mash up the growing hill in front of him and felt a bolt of nervous energy in his stomach. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The ones that made a pulsing, rattling drone on a sweltering morning, signaling that the day would only grow hotter. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

My sister says the only reason Mom married him was to give me a male role model so I’d know how to grow up into a man, and so we wouldn’t be on welfare. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Depew’s oratory on the fair quickly grew tiresome, but the man had a way of capturing with wit and brevity the true character of a situation. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Her movements slowed and her gaze grew distant. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I leave, I won’t get to see Oak grow up. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He emptied the last drops of rainwater from a gasoline container on the mushroom, wetting the bulging toes sticking out of his sons’ sandals, which were already coming apart around his endlessly growing feet. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Something creamy and delicate burst forth from the dark earth and began to grow. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

As I grew fluent in English, I no longer could speak Spanish with confidence. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If they keep loading you like that, you’re going to grow up crooked. Here, let me tie a zango on your arm. I have more than I need.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

By enabling farmers to generate food surpluses, food production permitted farming societies to support full-time craft specialists who did not grow their own food and who developed technologies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I stumbled along behind her, careful to avoid the dust she kicked up, and struggling to steady a flutter of growing nerves. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Yet other segments sprout bristles or grow antennae. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The hour grew later and Biff continued to wait silently behind the counter. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

A lotus flower doesn’t grow in a swimming pool, but grows in a muddy pond. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

There was a growing fear that people would soon be killed without ever having their cases reviewed by skilled counsel. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It was thin and drawn, with tufts of beard growing on it. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the sound of the jingling bells began to grow faint. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Ma once brought home a chick for Easter, and it grew and grew until she came home from work one night, opened the door, and saw eight kids chasing a rooster around the living room. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

His face was swollen and his head look liked a pumpkin, too large and heavy for the slender stem it grew from. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The bacterial cultures will take a few days to grow, and there’s still a chance it will grow in her sputum. But as of now...” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

It’s a pocket of culture—some of it my culture—surrounded by the world I grew up in. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

When I looked up, I saw a crop duster plunging his little plane over a field of growing things, behind him a cloud of pesticides parachuting out. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It grew, a ghostly green spot, bigger and bigger. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he grew a little older he discovered machine guns and tanks and bazookas and, of course, bombs. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Following this advice, my teacher said, the colonists grew so much maize that it became the centerpiece of the first Thanksgiving. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

For an extended pensive moment Ruby stood with her hands on her hips, an ash growing long on the cigarette held tightly between her unpainted lips. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My limbs grew heavy, and after a time I found myself sitting on the porch, the corners of the boards digging into the backs of my thighs. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I imagined that Carole would become the president of something when she grew up or a leader such as Dorothy Height or Mary McLeod Bethune. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was strange to know that the night grew later, that darkness should’ve swallowed the world around them, but to see only the pale gray light outside. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I have been dwelling on latitude, readily assessed by a glance at a map, because it is a major determinant of climate, growing conditions, and ease of spread of food production. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It’s got poor- looking soil and it’s too rocky to grow anything. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But usually we’d arrange the pictures chronologically, put them in order, so we could see Fang and his achievements grow before us. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The symphony stayed inside her always and grew little by little. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But at night a storm rolled in, and while the novelty of a pitching boat at anchor entertained some of the children, Ginny and even the Warden grew nervous. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“It’s a result of all your body heat trapped inside the cast. And you’re growing up—as fast as I feared! Good thing I put you in that body cast.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

The time of year had come when the after-school hours were growing shorter and shorter, and I had pumpkins to attend to. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not that pretty smell, like by the holler creek, where those itty blue flowers grow along the bank.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

My father grew thin, and his skin became waxy and pale. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The lady grew quiet, and for the rest of the trip, no one said much. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The people of her khalasar had welcomed,the chance to recover from the ravages of the red waste, but now that they were plump and rested once again, they began to grow unruly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I moved on, clattering my stick as the trees grew thick around me. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

When it grew better, panic took hold of him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The tree which sprang from the Apple that Digory planted in the back garden, lived and grew into a fine tree. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

For each day I crossed out, my excitement and anxiety grew stronger. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to see justice is done to Rebecca,” he said, his voice growing louder. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

A whistling had begun to sound in his ears, growing louder by the second. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

From eight to ninety-six buds, and every bud will grow into a perfectly formed embryo, and every embryo into a lull-sized adult. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sound grew in anguish, and it filled the night sky as it spread across the castle grounds, over the walls, even into the Great Square beyond. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed that his strength grew not just from tournament to tournament and match to match, but from day to day. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Multicolored mushrooms, poisonous shrubs, and weird luminous plants grew without sunlight. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

In religion class especially, they would grow impatient with the relendessly questioning student. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The neighborhood grew hap-hazardly a century or so ago and today looks hardly urban at all. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sounds of the crowd grew louder and louder.“How can you be so sure?” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The light grew dull and they could smell rain approaching from the west. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cries of the cliff-ghasts and the crash of the waves grew fainter as they climbed, and presently the only sound was the ceaseless crying of seabirds. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

She stared at me for a moment and her face grew red. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

According to the sign, this boy stopped growing at the age of five, but he went on to live to the age of eighty-nine. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You must grow the most magnificent flower," the father commanded. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

An odd enthusiasm for this drive and its dangers had been growing in him ever since he’d left First Hill. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He starts by talking about his experience growing up Black in Mississippi and moves on to talk about systemic racism and how we don’t even realize how embedded it is in our world. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Her head was growing fuzzy now, and the world tilted as she fell forward. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

They have a garden and some laying hens but don’t grow most of their own food. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Shaking it much too long, and a knot grows in my throat. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“You say”—Albert adds and then pauses to think—“that you’ll grow up to be nobody. But logically...if nobody’s perfect...well then, you must be perfect.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

But then something worse happened: Terrible droughts struck the parts of the world that always grew the most food. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was astonished to see this herd grow, and wondered what signals they used to inform each other of my services. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

But not hornbeam trees: these were tall palms, and they were growing, like the trees in Oxford, in a row along the grass. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But normal human cells —either in culture or in the human body—can’t grow indefinitely like cancer cells. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

We grew up in this house together when we were children, even though we lost touch some years ago. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He filled his fist and tossed the raw red morsels into the cage, and the squawking and squabbling grew hotter. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He surveyed his ragged band of brigands: near three hundred Stone Crows, Moon Brothers, Black Ears, and Burned Men, and those just the seed of the army he hoped to grow. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Act Two: The Door and the Boy I sit there transfixed as a second shadow figure grows upward from the base of the window. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Dusk thickened, conch shells were blown, and the air grew dense with the incense of prayers. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

It sometimes entered Mr. Pontellier’s mind to wonder if his wife were not growing a little unbalanced mentally. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

Each day, though, their plans seemed to grow more elaborate. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

No matter how regularly Samira and I brought each other to tears, my mom swore we'd grow up to realize we couldn't live without one another. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Some were entangled in the plants, leaves growing between the skinny bars. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

We, as a nation, are as hungry for history as was England when Geoffrey of Monmouth concocted his History of British Kings, many of whom he manufactured to meet a growing demand. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another boy grew so anxious about his family that he deserted, hopping a train for home. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Problems of the immigrant and black communities were swept under the dazzling carpet of success, where they grew until they forced their way into the open. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

In late August, as the days grew shorter and the air turned sharp and autumnal in the Brooks Range, McCunn began to worry when nobody arrived to fly him out. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ever and anon the furnaces far below its ashen cone would grow hot and with a great surging and throbbing pour forth rivers of molten rock from chasms in its sides. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“It’s a seed! Oh, would you look at this! I wonder what this will grow into.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He had felt his face grow hot with fury as he battered at his imaginary assailant, and he had felt strong and satisfied afterward as if the fight had sparked some inner reservoir of well-being. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I suppose it resembles Killdeer, Mississippi, where Father grew up, and played the position of quarterback in high school. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Festus became an indistinct ball of fire in the sky - a second sun - growing smaller and hotter. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

As they unfolded it, the silk grew and grew. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Quite soon he grew to have a feeling of positive dread when the appointed day came round. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Then I thought about my father’s death, growing more certain that it involved foul play. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He said that he was going to take the stuff home and make a fortune growing hair. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

"They say it grows so cold up here in winter that a man's laughter freezes in his throat and chokes him to death," Ned said evenly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He detected the strength of the gossamer threads of affection that sometimes grew between a pair of young men or among a boatload of them striving honestly to do their best. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

With their fields disappearing beneath their feet and a growing population to feed, Maya farmers were forced to exploit ever more marginal terrain with ever more intensity. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Though she had been too young to witness the spectacle herself, Cersei had heard the stories growing up from the mouths of washerwomen and guardsmen who had been there. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They grow up to be eighth graders who remind me of sumo wrestlers, but we know to keep out of their way. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

He could shrink the hammer down and hide it inside his shirt, and he could make it grow again. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

She took off her shoes as the boy waited beneath the crossbar, rocking back and forth and growing more anxious by the moment. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z