The king swept out of the room with his guards, and the doors slammed shut, leaving the boy and his father alone in the darkness. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later, the guard called Mpandhlani to his side, and the two exchanged whispers. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inej and Nina waited until the guards had finished searching the girls, their capes, and their little beaded purses. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But wherever people think that, the guards will unconsciously grow gradually more relaxed, until sometimes those can be the easiest jobs of all. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another well beneath another root was the Well of Knowledge, guarded by Mimir the Wise. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the passenger seat emerges what looks like a security guard. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The guard let them go, knowing that if they went very far, some other guard would stop them again. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The guards shielded their eyes from the dreaded sight of Mwari’s country. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She popped her head into the hallway, but the four guards only reached for their weapons. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She’d spent a dreadful night in the bathroom making sounds like a sea lion, but now that she was feeling better she was coming to relieve Martina from guard duty. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

We move closer to the direction of the guards and the drones, but keep some distance between us and the Midway so we can’t be seen. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The guard ignored her, seizing her arm and pulling her back toward the entry as the other people in line stared and whispered. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The guard stuck his head behind the curtain. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I peer around the corner to see the guards elbowing each other and grinning. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Even though I trusted the woman who’d guarded it for me I checked to make sure everything was OK. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

It didn’t matter that there were six of us in the bed, we were together, away from grandmothers and guards, Malachy could say ye ye ye and we could laugh as much as we liked. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The second guard readied her spear, gesturing frantically at Percy to hurry. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The troopers also shot ten guards in the process. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

In the first of what will be many firefights on this day, small bands of Union soldiers begin shooting at the Confederate rear guard. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

We followed the blond guard between battered shacks until we reached a log building in much better condition than the others. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The guards, a sturdy, solid lot, hustled me through the corridors and left me alone in a small room, very dirty and very brightly lit. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The two guards assigned to him and Spurge were standing stiffly, waiting with their pikes. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Atop each corner of the cell-block’s wall, rounded guard towers seemed to sag sadly at their edges as though the prison itself had exhaled a final dying gasp. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

She finishes writing and then nods at one of the guards. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Strangers slipped into the Petersen house before guards could be posted at the door. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

A guard rises to his post beyond an iron grillwork gate. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“You’re not sick. El Patron is,” said one of the guards. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that moment the loudspeaker was flipped on and the ro-tunda guard hollered "COUNT!" Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

And at that moment a face did appear, but it was only one of the guards, who thought the two were on their way to the chapel. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

“Then what do people think about all my guards?” she asked. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

A dark-skinned girl with tight rows of braids looks up and gives me a guarded smile. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I casually stroll toward the guards like I’m going to pass them. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Nathan pulled the bow guard up his forearm so that it wouldn’t slide up and down. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Others were on guard, as if expecting a siege at any moment. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

At their back stood a dozen stout mice guarding the gatehouse door under the command of Basil Stag Hare. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

One day when the guard told me that I’d been in for five months, I believed it, but I didn’t understand it. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

The coast guard boat fell farther and farther behind. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Here it's safe, here it's warm Here the daisies guard you from every harm The final lines are barely audible. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

One of the guards waved a bomb-detector around my body and motioned me forward. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’d been on television, a sea of men in orange sitting on a roadway filthy with feces and garbage, surrounded by guards with automatic rifles. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The king with his guard and Merry at his side passed down from the gate of the Burg to where the Riders were assembling on the green. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Any minute now guards would be storming into the courtyard, and they’d have to leave off this insanity to defend themselves. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He went to the front of the cell and there he saw the same guard. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I never would have been caught off my guard a year ago. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then he stopped and whirled round, with a lithe athletic power, and struck two massive blows, one to each side, at the guards closest to him. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The rifle dropped from the guard’s hands, clattering against the stone. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I hit the guard position and inspected it. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to ask him what he meant, but then the second guard shouted for an officer and we were moving. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The guard was not discouraged by my attempts to get away from his probing hands and I would have squirmed to the driver’s seat had not Dad opened the door and got in. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Already behind her, the two guards who let me in are peering around Judith to see what’s happened to the girl with the medicine. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

There was a change in the SS officers guarding us when we crossed into Czechoslovakia. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Doli, still muttering angrily about his buzzing ears, rode last, as rear guard, although he flatly refused to make himself invisible no matter what the circumstances. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

The gates of the New Castle had been closed, but a postern opened when he shouted, and a guard emerged to ask his business. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The guards, too, treated the common criminals with a certain forbearance, even when they had to handle them roughly. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The guard opened the door and Max walked in. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Please, don’t say anything to the guards. Don’t make them mad, Lina,” he whispered. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

But if this was his house, why were there armed members of the stadwatch guarding the door? Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Do you need a detail of guards to accompany—” the first guard began. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I freeze when I see the security guard. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The guard never stayed while I cleaned, but drifted back down the hall to his post. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

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

Later, it was the vaccine of the Reverend Hall, fetched from the mainland, that guarded the rest of the Ojibwa who had been exposed and who survived the smallpox of 1847. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Out here, the elements killed more prisoners than our guards did. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was both our messenger and our guard. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He felt as if he could let his guard down a little when it came to talking about his own financial circumstances. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He also mentioned counseling a guard who had put his finger on a sad truth that priests seem to understand better than doctors or social workers. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was she dreaming, or could the guards hear her? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

A big guard stood cross-armed in front of a closed door. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If Gaea is guarding those doors—” “Don’t worry.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

You could hear the report as the tower guards fired the gas gun, and then watch inmates disperse as the clouds of tear gas drifted toward the prison. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guard stepped aside and I jumped down. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Even though she was in a hurry, Nguyen stopped to talk to the guard. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I hear someone yell at the guards, who are spilling outside the gate to help the police control the Occupy protestors. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She climbed in beside her bags, and with a blinding flash from the chrome Mario polished all day long, the car disappeared down the driveway, past the guard at the gate, to the world. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

And the guards in charge of Camp 14, he expected, knew he had tipped them off. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Cofield sued guards and state officials connected to the prisons he’d been in, and was accused of calling the governor of Alabama from jail and threatening to murder him. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

We said our good-byes to Eurytion, Tyson pulled the cattle guard off the hole, and we dropped back into the maze. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The guard shifted his flashlight, holding it like a club. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Get the other mounts behind us. Mohor, guard the prisoners—" "Arm us!" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

From scouting the area, they knew there were about thirty German guards at the nearby railway station. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he brought all the dread with him from the guard station and the brutal, bloody words of his friends, and maybe the moths brought some of it on their furred twilight wings. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The next day at noon a guard came to his cell and poked a telegram through the bars. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Dauntless guards seem to have finished examining the truck. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

That’s how it had always been; my longing for her nearly always came late at night when my guard was down. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The compounds were often small, with few guards and not much fencing, but during their brief stays inside, many North Koreans said they routinely witnessed executions and deaths from torture and starvation. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

"We'll make sure to have imperial guards in any treatment room with him in it from now on," the Beauty Minister adds. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

And when the guards tell them that it’s time for lights-out, they all yell it back in their own language, so my papi hears all the languages and it’s like they’re singing him to sleep. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Tomorrow the national guard’s going to show up here with a court order and carry him out like a hero,” Pedro Tercero said. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was holding on to one of his guards, who was having trouble keeping them both afloat. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

For the first time ever, the Fruit of Islam do not guard the lobby entrance. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Catching Ben off guard, Bull kicked him into the open closet where his uniforms hung. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they pull me away from him, I feel the pocket ripped from my sleeve, see the deep violet pill fall to the ground, watch Cinna’s last gift get crunched under a guard’s boot. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The other guards are getting briefed at the Hub. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Silence fell, and half of the guards encircled the Champions, hands on their swords, while the others, Chaol included, rushed to the dead Champion and fallen guard. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Joseph and Frankie slipped past the guard and followed a well-worn royal blue carpet through a door, down another hallway, and up an ancient cast-iron spiral staircase. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

No more scuffling with older girls, no more arguments with guards. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

An hour later, Zeitoun heard the guards footsteps again, and again Zeitoun rose up to meet him as he passed the gate. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

This guard tower and the electrified harhed-wire fence at Auschwitz were typical of towers and fences at all the concentration and labor camps. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

The monstrosity outside the door tried to claw a bigger opening, while inside, the bossling alternated between harassing half a dozen Ridge guards and clearing rubble from the doorway. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Shemira, the act of guarding our dead, was one of our oldest burial traditions, dating back to the days when desecration and vermin were true threats. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

But for the first hour, while the new prisoners got acquainted with their new cells, there was much yelling from the guards about where and how to stand and sit, what not to touch. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

As MPs stood guard to make sure we didn’t start another fight, we, the army boys, went to the kitchen to look for food. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Jack was the first to get a clear view of the guard towers. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

All five guards followed the men down the hall. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

To the guards who walked up and down outside, each car became a single organism which ate and drank and excreted through its ventilators. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes servants were ordered to stay behind to guard the house against thieves; sometimes everyone living under a roof fled. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Jason imagined what the palace must have looked like when it was newly built, with Imperial guards walking the ramparts and the golden eagles of Rome glinting on the parapets. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he could smell the blood of the dead guards or the meat in die butcher’s wagon. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

As Fivers, we all did six months’ guard duty at Kauf Prison, far to the north. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He leaped up from the floor and scrambled out the door, where the guard clamped a brawny hand on his arm and led him off. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The prison yard was as quiet as a cave when a young Haitian guard escorted me there to wait. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

"The border guards cast cursory glances at our documents and waved us on," Wolf recalled. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He found himself watching the body language of the guards, of the other inmates, searching for a clue to the bad thing that was going to happen, as he was certain that it would. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

No other guard crossed his path, and soon he was vaulting over Capricorn's wall. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“With the two brothers guarding the two doors, and one door leads to heaven and the other one leads to hell?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Ignoring the guards watching from the shadows, she took a breath, swallowed her doubts, and began to turn. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Nameless guards started dragging away the body of the unfortunate guard. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

How many guards are posted, and which ones look alert? Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The path toward Pol was clear at last, and Kaede saw that the guard’s neck was bent at an unnatural angle, and his left thigh had been torn into a mass of bloody flesh. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

One of the Champions hadn’t shown up for the Test—and even his guards hadn’t known where he went. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

At first, I didn’t consciously think about becoming a guard myself. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Some guard,” said a groggy voice from beneath the covers. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Thankfully, the guards were raising quite a noise shouting encouragement at the horse and yelling to one another. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The inmates in them have minimal contact with each other and practically no relationship at all with their guards. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some days his dad got so mad, he turned beet red and twitched because he couldn’t lay a finger on Cole with the guards watching. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

And the prisoner is to be kept safe and intact, under pain of death for every member of the guard, until He sends or comes Himself. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The game began, and Felix played point guard—a position that allowed him to control the tempo. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

We march into the amphitheater to the applause of family, students, city officials, the Emperor’s emissaries, and an honor guard of nearly two hundred legionnaires. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She could not remember the last time she had eaten, so when the guards tossed some chunks of bread through the opening, she was grateful. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ve been guarding the door all afternoon. Thought maybe ye know something the rest of us don’t.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Con tells me you can keep up with us,” the guard said. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I’d spent years quietly guarding my possessions on the bus ride to and from Whitney Young. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lemoncello, his banana shoes burp-squeaking, stepped out of a room filled with dozens of black-and-white television monitors—the kind security guards watch at their workstations. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

A guard took them in and stood over them with a gun. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

She looks at the cards and occasionally up at Isobel, attentive yet guarded. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“That was a close one!” breathed a guard. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Alfonso Pena Valencia, an architect, volunteers six nights a week to work as a security guard at the church from 7 EM. to 1 A.M. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The guard led Stanley into the building, where he felt the welcome relief of air-conditioning. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Kaltain kicked and thrashed against the guards’ grip, but the king’s table became smaller and smaller. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I wished I had Annabeth’s invisibility hat but as it turned out I didn't need it Every time we came to a skeleton guard, Nico just pointed at it, and its glowing eyes dimmed. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The guards sit across from the four boys, take out a deck of playing cards. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Roger and Billy were still on guard, and there was still a noise of shrieking and laughter from the arena, because only a minute or so had gone by. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The re-maining guard flung himself behind an ornamental vase and fired at Eye. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Mother Paula’s vandal was finally in custody, so there was no reason to spend the night on guard at the trailer. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, for just an instant, he reminded me of my 101st guard—same stature, same uniform. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another time, he purposely stepped on the glasses of a guard he didn’t like and was given solitary again. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The shame the guards would inflict on us is made complete by the fact that we don’t leave. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Dime Lion led them around the tunnel to the third archway, where a prison guard dressed in a blue-and-gray uniform was posted, rifle slung across his back. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He then carried it up through the city and easily slipped past the palace guards. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Two guards had been posted at the door of the Widow's Tower. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Through her lowered lashes, Emma saw the guard bend down and pick up the piece of metal. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Sumac was circling in a tight arc, as if he was guarding against any possible dangers that might threaten me. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The guards directed us toward a large building four hundred yards away. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The guard, it is thought, wields all the power, but in truth the inmate has power too. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

How he’d gotten the weapon past his guards was a feat in itself. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, from the top of the bank, Buckthorn flung himself headlong into the scuffle, knocked one of the guards flying with a kick from his back legs and then closed with the other. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A guard unlocked the door of Shin’s cell and handed him the school uniform he had worn on the day he arrived in the underground prison. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

The canines on these hummers were as big as the canines on any guard dog you’ll ever see, and that was a rude awakening. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’ve heard that if a political complains, the guards in charge of that cell will be in very hot water indeed—maybe even shot! In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked over at the guard, then stretched a bit higher for a better view. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“And something about a talented friend who was guarding it. Whoever this friend was, she scared Otis. Anyone who can scare a giant...” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Even the camp guards joined in, alternately clucking and laughing, waving the children on toward the garbage pile. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The councillors and politicians began their procession from the castle, followed by guards surrounding the king and queen. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

But I can, I decide, create a distraction and sneak past the guards. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“The Masks! The Masks!” cried the train guards. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Take us back to the hut,” she said, turning to the blond guard. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I don’t whisper, not exactly, but seeing the guards everywhere makes me feel on edge, so I speak softly. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He faked as though he were going for the steal, then retreated as Rostelli switched hands and passed it to the other guard. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The savages guarding the neck muttered among themselves but made no motion. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The blond guard looked no more than twenty. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Then I suppose you have a way to get past the horde of hollows who’ll be guarding their entrances as well!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Now that they were in the ancient lands, they had to be constantly on guard. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

And right off I was on guard against Mencken’s books. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guard looked at the woman who’d just given birth, looked at Nguyen, then turned and stepped off the bus, gesturing the passengers to get back on. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He darted forward, through the shadows, onto the bare knoll at the top of the ridge, where large boulders stood like sentinels, guarding the mountains. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Spurge blurted, “This guard is an imposter! Help me seize him!” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

If I could find one of the guards and make them believe that I was part of Madoc’s household, they might take me to the rest of my family. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Sixty percent of the two hundred young men who were recruited with him as guards were also the sons of intelligence officers. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He was obviously telling him to guard the house. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Things had been rough here lately; there had been attacks on guards, he added. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guard shoved us both to the ground. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He left them with no other word, flanked by two of his guards. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Lord Tywin had laid the bodies beneath the Iron Throne, wrapped in the crimson cloaks of his house guard. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Turkish border guards burst into the sunlight from beneath it, guns pointed, ready to shoot. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Three fugitives were brought into Fortress Monroe by the Union picket guard. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two guards threw open the door of his cell. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Crosby arranged to have a large section of the clubhouse roped off and patrolled by guards, with admission restricted to Ligaroti rooters—the “I’m for Ligaroti” section. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are no houses, no huts, just wise old trees in spring leaf, standing guard over the sandy shore. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Well, you might, if you had your own Dauntless guards. And then all it takes is one shot—bam, he’s dead, and Erudite’s better off,” says Zeke. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

‘Ah . . . well, nothing. Except, of course, he’s guarded.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Before the startled Taran could draw his blade, a guard seized him and quickly lashed his arms behind his back. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

The manacles are off, but he’s still constantly accompanied by a pair of guards. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

They had another British officer in here one time, an English airman, very I-say tip-top well-bred chap, and though he was kept under guard he was always allowed to walk about with his hands free. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

When the Americans and their guards did come out, the sky was black with smoke. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My message is for you to mind your business. The guards understand this, and the boy over there definitely does. You’d be wise to follow their lead.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Do you think I could get one of the guards to play me a game of war?” he asked. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

His entire body goes limp, catching his Dauntless traitor escort off guard. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m surprised you got to the front door without my gate guards alerting me,” the executive said, as nonchalant as could be. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

An hour later, a frantic Hughes was approached by a security guard with a young boy in tow. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

But while the Bottle Trees were guards, making sure evil spirits like Uncle C didn’t escape, the Tree of Power seemed like it wanted to protect you. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“It was just doing its job! Besides, it was a celestial guard whale shark,” Mini pointed out. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Karl's guard nods, agrees, then points the boys to a bench seat. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

I had already guarded the next inmate that morning, during a one-on-one interview with a caseworker in her office. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He steps aside and lets the prisoners pass one by one through the recreation yard door until only the guard is left. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chaol stopped before a door and informed the six sentries posted outside to watch the women and the princess’s guards. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I’d been stuffing my things into my backpack when he asked the question, and I was so caught off guard I dropped my pencil case. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

When I didn’t say anything, Eddie reached across the table and grabbed my hand, which would be trouble as soon as the guard saw us. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“In here, quick,” I say as the second the security guard looks away. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Asha held her horsemen back as a rear guard, to keep the stragglers moving and see that no one was left behind. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He sprinted toward the doorway as the guard, dazed by the shock of the fall, struggled to stand upright. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Sherman sent soldiers to guard the jail and protect the shooter from the angry crowd, just as Guiteau asked the general to do in his undelivered note. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

A pair of half-men waited at the gangway, keeping guard and another pair were on the ship fore and aft. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The story does not say what Hera was about at the time, but it is clear that she was off guard and her husband free to do as he pleased. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

On guard before the gate sits Cerberus, the three headed, dragon-tailed dog, who permits all spirits to enter, but none to return. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

For sustenance, prison guards took sandwiches, fashioned them into balls, and threw them over the wall of the stadium and onto the field. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“She informed the robbers. Where was she when she was supposed to guard the gate?” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

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

It catches me off guard every single time. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The guard in the front spoke through her face covering in a soft but clear voice. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The security guard barely looked at the book. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

If it was not possible to prevent them, then the guards must raise the village for help. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma was a little worried about me at first: She noticed I was a lot more guarded than before. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

We drive past the fences and stop by the front doors, which are no longer manned by guards. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I got somebody to guard the house. Don’t worry about that. It definitely ain’t gon’ be no crooked pig who may have been behind this.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

After they had made one circuit, one of the guards plucked me by the shoulder and said, “Mandela, come, you will talk now.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the men in the crowd clutched Dad’s arms, and Mom asked Dad to please do what the guard had ordered. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Above his head, the coloured beam of light fell upon a small and primitive piece of tapestry—a picture of some knights in chain mail, with nose guards on their painted helmets, chasing a boar. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like her, he had come down from the highlands, and she asked him to station a guard in the backyard because she had the impression that hens were being stolen. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Wasn’t it dangerous to lower one’s guard, even for a moment, when death could strike at any time? Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guard unlocked the door and Max walked in. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh no, miss, we—we—” one of the other guards started to stammer. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I had to guard against the easy, semiobscene language that Negroes use among themselves, for coming from a white man it is insulting. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

In other factions, he would give me time to recover, but he is Dauntless, so he smiles at me and starts toward the carousel, where our team members guard our flag. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

"We will keep our own watch so long as we are here. See that no one enters this wing of the palace without my leave, and take care that the dragons are always well guarded." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m not gonna guard you, Dad. I won,” Ben said, his voice almost breaking. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He registered Wylan’s panicked expression, but it was all he could do to stay on his feet as the guard shoved him into line for an ice-cold shower. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

‘They’ll wait for the Sun, curse them!’ growled one of the guards. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Two blocks away, a couple of guards were crossing to Greengate Square. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And after some refugee teenagers got into a fight near the field, Ransom insisted that the Y hire guards. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

She had two male guards with her, armed to the teeth with an assortment of curved Eyllwe daggers and swords, both of them studying Chaol and Celaena closely—weighing the threat. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I’ll stay up here and guard the entrance. After all, even though I’m the vice principal, I’m also the custodian.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

The guard took a scroll of paper from his waistband and tossed it to the stonecutter. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

She made no effort to hide, but approached the guard openly, as if Lord Bolton himself had sent her. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

This time the guards brought ham sandwiches to the cages and then stuffed them through the holes in the wire. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t understand everything the guard had said, but she’d caught enough. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Meters away, Ollie tells the guards that this isn't the right carriage; he needs to see the other one. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

There were no longer any people inside the building, but perhaps someone was standing guard outside. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Don’t freak out. He’s a guard here. He’s the one who got me the phones to call you. He’s helping me.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The guards drew together instinctively, rolled their eyes. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ampleforth marched clumsily out between the guards, his face vaguely perturbed, but uncomprehending. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

If only there weren’t a guard waiting in the hallway. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Like that complex, it was a vast grid of chain-link fencing with few walls, so the prisoners were visible to the guards and each other. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

All winter Wilbur watched over Charlotte’s egg sac as though he were guarding his own children. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

The night guard, an ancient Irish cat with a wooden cane, was staring intently at one of those seven-day medicine holders. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Beneath her cape, Nina lifted her hands, sensing the flow of blood in the guard’s veins, the tissue of his lungs. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It took the guards some time to open his cell, as ice had formed inside the lock. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

‘I must have nearly fallen asleep on guard,’ he thought. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She smiled slightly, tucked the card back into her pocket, turned to the security guard, and said, “Clarence? Will you do the honors?” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

When he demands to use a telephone, the guards don’t bother to laugh. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

They were going to protect Saratov’s bridges and railways from enemy bombers, and to guard the Saratov Aviation Factory, the very factory where their own planes had been built. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

In the end the guard strode away, muttering about time wasters. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“I sent the guards at this end away. And a buddy rerouted the drones, but you have five minutes. Tops. You hear me?” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

German guards apprehended him when he crossed the German border from Austria. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He then blew his whistle, which brought a team of guards over to us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Er, miss, we don’t have authorization for that,” the guard replied. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Thankfully, the guards didn’t say anything when she asked them to escort her to the library at midnight. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Only one man was set to guard it, but she knew there would be sentries up in that tower as well, and others nearby walking the walls. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Then he left her in a strongly guarded place and went to Procne with a story that Philomela had died on the journey. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the morning of April the 29th Dunstan Thorn drew guard duty on the gap in the wall, with Tommy Forester. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The emperor’s attendants and guards flapped and scattered in a large wave. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The boss let his guard down now, as he did but rarely, and then usually only when alone, or occasionally—as now—with his longtime secretary. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Welsh, yonder, long have wanted this castle, for it be strong. Now, with fog to help, and so few to guard the walls, there is chance they might get it, God forbid.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

She didn’t need to voice her other suspicion—that perhaps somehow Arobynn had bribed the guards in Endovier for her safety. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I reported it to Mr. Bow and he informed the guards. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I could double the guard again, he thought sourly. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He talked to the guards in excellent German. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Walking on, he met a third border guard and a fourth. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“But of course there are some others that were caught off guard by this water situation.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

When the guard announced the end of the visit, Aureliano took out a roll of sweaty papers from under the cot. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

They were still going downhill, which should have made traveling easier; but the ground sloped at just the wrong angle—too steep to jog, too treacherous to let her guard down even for a moment. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Andrius sat at the edge of the group, one knee pulled to his chest, watching the guards. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The Polgars, thinking of everything, had taken a chance on their way across the border and asked the guards that very question. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You have put her on her guard—and through her you have put the Colonel on his guard also.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Michael knocks on the window and waves at the guard. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He had seen so much—the submarine, the silver boxes, the death of the guard who had dared to drop one—and yet in the end he still hadn’t learned much of anything. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He came down with their guard all over him. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The guard was passing by, so I remarked instead about the plantain fritters we’d eaten the night before. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Troops were deployed to guard entrances to the white suburbs. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

A police car flew into the parking lot to meet the security guards escorting this idiot from my year, Dennis Biers. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

There were many more guards and many more guns pointed at her than the first time she’d come through this courtyard, when she’d stepped off the prison wagon with the rest of the crew. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

"Musicians' building for him, girls' building L410 for her," the guard tells the registrar while lighting a cigarette. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The guard put my suitcase on a table and flipped it open. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

And I do think that it allowed me to smile more, to feel less on guard. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“It looks like it’s the battle of the shooting guards, Kev!” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The Dauntless guards close the gate and lock it behind them. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He wanted no part of a plague, but the merch and his guards didn’t seem remotely concerned. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I back up, aiming over Caleb’s shoulder at one of the security guards. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Then I see the watchtowers, placed evenly apart, manned with armed guards, so out of place among the fields of wildflowers around them. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then he turned and called to one of the guards. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stared at the guard, who appeared well rested, clean, and fed. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Of course he knows. We had to ask him if he minds the Azkaban guards stationing themselves around the entrances to the school grounds. He wasn’t happy about it, but he agreed.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

More guards with machine guns balanced themselves, half leaning out of the windows. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“She’s cleaning the bowijidoworis room,” the woman told him, referring to the office of the guard in charge of the rice farm. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He looked like a guard dog snarling at a trespasser. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

She didn’t look up from her phone but held her hand up to my face, like a crossing guard. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

He could tell that he caught her off guard. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I knew there would be guards on the train, and I tried to see where they were, but, keeping out of sight, 1 could not. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“The guards were just about to drag me away when the Tiger King said under his breath, ‘He said I would not learn from my mistakes. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

They saw no guards at the front door or anywhere on the street. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Take our prisoner to the cells and hand her over to Otrera’s guards. And, Kinzie, be sure you leave before anything unfortunate happens. I don’t want my loyal followers held accountable for a prison break.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“One person! Two buckets. Any dead bodies in there?” the guards would ask. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

We’ve got code names for all the guards, usually some feature of their body or personality that lets you know instantly what to expect from them. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s too dangerous. If they got hold of Nico, or Rachel for that matter, Kronos could use them. You stay here and guard them.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Listen. Go around to the back of the hospital to the guard’s office. It will say ‘Emergency Admissions’ on the door, A-D-M-I- S-I-O-N-S. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

But others preferred to use household knights and men-at-arms for those purposes, whilst keeping their seven as their own personal guard, never far from their sides. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A guard came sauntering over to shut them up. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He yanked her forward, almost off the ground, and the two guards dragged her across the square at an awkward, lopsided pace that made her stumble over her own feet. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The guards and the Gustano kids reached the door in the clear wall between the stage and the crowd. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

"No, I mean to send away all my sister’s guards." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

One of the guards pressed a button and Pashtu music filled the room. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Wait. Wait. I’m sorry. I’m still stuck on the part about David getting snuck in by a guard. An Exclusion Guard. One that you’re on first-name basis with.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He knew he was alone and that someone had stolen the bow guard from him. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The young North Korean border guard had been watching Shin’s progress. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

If he were any closer, he would be too tempted to throw himself against the bars, grabbing for any part of the guard’s flesh. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

When she complained to the guard we heard him say, “Were they touching any of the exhibits or something? No? Listen, lady, I’m not here to defend you. That’s not my job.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

This beast is believed to be wizard-bred, possibly intended to guard wizard dwellings or treasure, as is often the case with magically created monsters. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

From a window, the tall young man known as Leader looked down and watched the slow and cheerful pace of Village, of the people he loved, who had chosen him to rule and guard them. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

"How did you get past my other guards?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The last evening of summer vacation, Nhamo sat in the ruined guard tower watching the twilight fade. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, for whatever reason, she let down her guard a touch. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I followed the guard into the back, all eyes on me, where I found a man with red kinky hair and a wide nose sitting at a low desk. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

When we were on watch, we took turns, one sleeping and the other on guard. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

After he died, the guards left his body, and then the sea buzzards carried it off in pieces. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The guards were arguing with the wagon driver now, and one of them was pointing at Inej. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

His breed was devised in Tibet for the purpose of guarding monasteries. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I fought to control a deep red anger, but couldn’t tell if I was angry at myself, the guard, or the world in general. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Bring forward their work detail!” the guard cried. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

He shifted down to second gear and crossed the cattle guard by the old graveyard. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Even Ress, one of the handsomer guards posted outside her rooms, had said so. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I hear the scraping of metal as the guards load the cannons. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The guards looked at each other, and the older one said gruffly, “Go on. You’re late as it is.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

So when Mom yelled, “Go!” and Chess grabbed Finn’s hand and pulled him along, Finn raced directly toward the guards. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

"Besides freezing your manhood off . . ." "I have drawn night guard," Jon said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The trip, the Confederate truck, the harassment from the guard, and now a request for a milkshake—this was becoming a bizarre day. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The bow guard now had the same effect as the communication stone. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

At home, an agent stood guard on our front porch. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

And that would endanger everyone, even if lights and guards and evil judges didn’t. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

What guards remained had thrown down their weapons. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A guard planted a kick in the old mans ribs. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

They decided that if guards discovered them at the fence, Park would take them out using taekwondo. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

My first thought was that it was a guard meant to stand against me and that he had fallen asleep. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

At the first checkpoint, a guard asked for his papers. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Their backpacks and the bowls went on a faded portable table and were slid across so the guards on the other side could have them ready in case of a possible search. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Okay, so were up against an armored fortress, with how many knucklehead-riding guards did you say, Mapper?” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Finally, after hours of waiting, the guard bade the boy enter. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I march past his guard post, hidden behind my shield. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two guards on either side, holding my arms. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two guards in black shirts opened the gates and waved them in, and for a moment, Adina had an uneasy feeling. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The arrest was a blind to put the killer off guard. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And gradually, he lowered his guard enough to talk about his mama and papa. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Black and white demonstrators, guarded by police, conduct a wade-in at a segregated beach in St. Augustine, Florida, June 29, 1964. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

On October 11, in Washington, D.C., an economist named Alexander Sachs showed his ID to security guards outside the White House. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or would he be a good person and guard it so no one else could? Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Being constantly on guard after a sleepless night was a good way to render one’s muscles stiff and clumsy, and that was the way Kaede felt when the wolves finally moved in. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Right now it seems to be heavy guard on the gate, no more crossing of the bridge. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

And then the guard let the driver through. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Finally the guards shoved us into a barracks. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I said to the guards, “I’m going in there, even if I have to be the latest dead relative. Kill me, too, if you want. I don’t care.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guards got a stretcher out of their own cozy car, opened the dead man’s car and went inside. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our forces being so sickly, the Marines have been landed again and prevailed upon to assist with guard details. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

In the dense fog, the nervous red glow of a guard’s cigarette as he sits dreaming, cursing the cold but probably rejoicing in the rain—most likely he’d be the son of farmers. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The security guards folded their arms across their uniforms and watched. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Our Dauntless guards lead us to the center of the room, where we are greeted with, at best, murmurs, and at worst, jeers. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He wiped them on his legs and said, “There will be more guards outside the pit.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In this guarded way they lived for two years before their irritation grew beyond control again. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then the guards commanded us to get dressed, by which they meant for us to put on our soaking clothes. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stare through the glass at the guards on the other side—they stand erect, their guns at their shoulders, facing forward. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

They had four, maybe five minutes left before the guards cleared the road. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They were buried in the snow near a clump of evergreens in the center of the park, and Brinker stationed his roommate, Brownie Perkins, to guard them with his life. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked like a security guard, and Shadow said so. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I asked then, to keep the conversation going, and Buddy told me about the waxy staff that guarded the baby's skin. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

If I receive and shelter you, it is not for your tales but for your trouble, and with an eye to Zeus, who guards a guest.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did you know some people have guard llamas for their sheep? Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

The two scholars backed away, with the guards keeping on the dinner party. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t take much to become a prison guard. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind them, all the Roman guards were tangled in a weird assortment of ropes and bones. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The black man called a black guard, and my mother was forcibly removed from blocking the line. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever he thought of what I said, it’s made him let down his guard. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

No guard in sight, only the chimney’s shadow . Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the wardens moved him here after he spat in a guard’s face for no reason at all, after they stripped him and flogged him with koboko. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Now a stranger was taking him into a heavily guarded building— and advising him to run if police tried to apprehend him. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I sat on a bench and waited, wondering if the discharge guard would discover my journal and read enough of it to send a search team to come and get me. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

While he was tying the bow guard to his wrist, Nali entered his room. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The Jackboots hired them to guard the Jews in the ghetto. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The desk guard slowly put down the papers he was shuffling through and gazed at Yuni with cold eyes. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“And what do you know about prison guards? That’s not a fair comparison.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I look out the little window in the door and see the back of the guard’s head. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

His own security guards hold him back as he screams at them. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The guard looks at my card and directs me to the entrance to the women's camp. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Carver got the pill, busted it down- court, and Carver’s shooting guard threw it up for Ice. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

A moment later, one of the guards appeared and handcuffed Burns’s wrists together and fastened them to the cell door above her head. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Haskell’s Dregs were old guard, con men and crooks from another time. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

That would have been an unpatriotic and risky schoolyard taunt, since all students were under orders from teachers and guards to inform on their families and on each other. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I’m simply a basketball player—a point guard. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Take her,” he said to two of the guards. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He could have found enough footholds to jump his way up the walls to the second or third floors—all while using the guards’ weapons against them. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Two. guards in bronze armor marched in, holding an old man between them. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

They say he has kept his identity a secret to guard against assassins. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

So quick guards had to guard power forwards, and vice versa. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

As his health improved, guards began to call him out of the cell. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Two of the Moon Brothers had the door guard. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

So accompanied the old man passed the guards and came into the presence of the man who had killed and maltreated his son. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw newsreels of long lines of defeated German soldiers, just peacefully walking away from the battle, guarded by only a few Americans. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guard unlocks the door and enters carrying a curiously designed knife with a tag hanging from it. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw a few guards around the station, but they were not checking IDs, and they made no effort to keep traders away from freight trains. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

As if in response, there was a clatter of the guard returning. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He paused a moment in the doorway and grumbled to the guard, “Much good it will do to put ’em up. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The streets were thick with guards, and all the guards carried weapons. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She apologized, but the guard grew increasingly angry. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Oh, and our two other brothers are guarding this side of the Doors, so you’ll see them soon enough!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“There was nothing for me to do at home. My family is not rich, and King Cai offers a steady wage to his guards.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Once you are a fence guard, there is some potential for advancement, but not much. You may be able to go on patrols beyond Amity’s farms, but—” “Patrols for what purpose?” asks Will. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Bull switched the button to 243.0 and he went immediately to guard channel. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drop to the ground between the guards my father just shot and lie as still as I can. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I have heard scores of new prisoners swearing back in their cells that when free their first act would be to waylay those visiting-room guards. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The baby being thrown against the wall, the guards laughing, the crumpling mother. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“We do not heavily guard it, for only an immortal could take it from Sea Bottom. Your emperor must have gotten an immortal to steal it for him.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

His father, of course, would have gone hours earlier directly to Lew Fielding in order to show him the coast guard shipping lane records for the night of September 15. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

We entered the prison yard near a corner of the main structure, beneath a guard tower that stuck out from the outer walls like a castle’s turret. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Ketchup-wigged french fries would march across our plates, engaging in brief affairs or heated disputes over carrot coins while burly chicken legs guarded the perimeter, ready to jump in should things get out of hand. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, that means a lot,” the guard said. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The emperor waved his hands impatiently at one of the guards. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The guard had reined up well behind them, at the bottom of the ridge. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The commander of the national guard ordered his men at the palace to leave because the police had just joined the coup. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first he was a guard dog—all eight pounds, well, nine and finally ten when the raw meat kicked in—and then he began to make judgment calls as well. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But it was so sad about the door guard. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Michah slips an envelope into the hand of the British guard at the gate, nods, and we cross the threshold of Bergen-Belsen for the last time. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

A half dozen guards hoisted him into the air and began carrying him by his arms and legs. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The guard was in his twenties, pale faced and puzzled. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He’d kept his gloves on, something the guards might have easily taken note of, and a frustrating concession to his weakness, but if he hadn’t, he felt fairly sure he’d have gone completely mad. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A guard, escorting the arrivals to their cells, introduced them: “Mr. York, Mr. Latham, I’d like you to know Mr. Smith here. And Mr. Hickock. And Mr. Lowell Lee Andrews— ‘the nicest boy in Wolcott!’” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was about to turn around, but Flatnose, who had finally remembered he was meant to be guarding Elinor, seized her arm roughly. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I’ve played ball with the guards twice to see if it works, and it does, so it’s easy.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The second guard, a slender, frail-looking young man, was deathly pale. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Thieves had dressed as police and had gotten the night security guards to let them in. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Scanning the field to check for guards, I shove the seeds in my mouth as fast as I can. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over time, through such innocuous routines, Seacrest accomplished the first part of his mission: lulling KGB surveillance teams into dropping their guard. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Probably that spiteful-looking security guard with the patchy goatee I saw before. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Mitraillette and a few of her chums kept guard, Paul provided lessons and gun. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Had he just assumed Inej would find her way to the guards in time? Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The guards opened the hatch of the doghouse and lifted her effortlessly, because she was very light. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A guard at the gate on Lwowska Street let us through, and we saw right away what was different: There were no more people. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

While Marshall stood guard halfway down the alley to see if anyone was coming, they shoved the whole stack out through the hole in the fence. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was far better to sit in the night alone with the beautiful horse standing guard above him. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why would a pretty thing like that marry a guard?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

From time to time the guards waved their spears to chase away the kestrels, gulls, and carrion crows paying court to the deceased. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The sound was loud enough to get the attention of the rebels on guard, and they pointed their guns toward where the sound had come from. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Unless you want to introduce yourself to a group of angry guards.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Rachel flew off of the guard line, and this time I had the wherewithal to retreat. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It was easy to be absent from a study hall Mr. Tuffett guarded. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The first things we see once we’re inside are the merry-go-round unicorns standing guard at the foot of each side of the double staircase. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Yes, there are records of union members blatantly attacking company guards and killing scabs. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

On the north side of the bridge, the crowd was parted by palace guards. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She worked nights as a security guard in the projects, a job that was dangerous and equally dead end but paid a bit more. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Activist pastors from South Korean churches invented the escape trade in the late 1990s and early 2000s, hiring border operatives who greased the palms of North Korean guards with cash donated by parishioners in Seoul. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I crashed into the campsite, startling the twins, who had finished tying up Travis and were guarding him with the handgun. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

No one was sitting at the guard’s desk, so Lina left the note there, placed so that the guard would see it when he arrived. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Chaol hadn’t shown up for breakfast, but rather sent her guards to bring her to the training hall to practice on her own. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I served on the first ship, the Fowey man-of-war; and then back to the Palace, where I stood as a picket guard when the population was got all restive. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The word, and my tone, obviously caught him off guard. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She saw a man’s dark shoe on the other side of the circle nudge something round and metallic toward the clump of guards. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Yes, and see how she guards it,” she comments to Miss Larsen. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

‘Back to the Black Gate and deliver myself up to the guard? What do you know against this place that makes its name so dreadful?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I stole a glance at Tsalig for reassurance, but he kept his gaze directed downward and wouldn't meet my eyes as we passed by the guards and through the gate. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Five days after that first air-raid siren, we heard a rumor that there were guards on the bridges of the Vistula River. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

The guards had given me a mat and a scratchy blanket. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He whistled to the guard at the gangway and pointed to me. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

At first glance, it looked like an idyllic pastoral setting—except there were guards in Nazi uniforms on the premises and a stone wall with a barbed-wire fence surrounding it. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

The guards, thinking that they were summoned, sprang up the stair. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

And in this moment, I realize that Soheil was lucky that guard did nothing but brush him off. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Jack could see that you treated them with the same deference you gave the guards. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You think we’re going to hold off the guards with wires and rubber bands and bits of string?” he asked incredulously. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Their twisted, giant trunks were bunched together like some sort of crowd...or guards. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Rocks, dirt, barbed wire, ferocious dogs, menacing guards, and acre after acre of drab barracks stretched as far as I could see. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

If so, who guarded the poisoned area to keep out any who might wander in, in misguided search for unspoiled nature? Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

They were both older, bigger, and broader of shoulder than Joost, and they were house guards, private servants of Councilman Hoede. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He was an even-tempered, soft-spoken, and mature grandmaster who represented the old guard, and over a lifetime of tournament warfare he’d played many of the game’s legendary figures. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Daddy stands guard in the entrance of the store. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The first guard stops at the top of the stairs. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood in front of the men, ignoring the guards. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sliding my shawl over my head to shield my eyes from the bright sun, I approached the gate and the stocky guard holding a rifle. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

So we conversed, and grimly, at a distance, with my long sword between, guarding the blood, while the faint image of the lad spoke on. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Théoden had sat silent, hidden from the man’s sight behind his guards; now he urged his horse forward. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The guard looks up from his book and raises his eyebrow at me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Davai!” yelled a guard, grabbing the man who wound his watch. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The transcribed transmissions had gone into a manila folder, and the folder had gone into a file cabinet in a room stuffed full of coast guard records. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Like all the others, this one was surrounded with electrified barbed wire and had towers where guards with searchlights, binoculars, and machine guns kept watch on the prisoners. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

A police officer—not the one who did this to me, but a different one, the one who fingerprinted me—stood outside the hospital room on guard, making sure I didn’t run. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

"How you hear about this job?" he snapped suddenly, as though trying to catch me off guard. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My father commanded all the guards to shoot to kill if any of you tried to escape. I don’t think Chaol would ever have given that order,” he added, though he wasn’t sure why. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Only then she'd have no one to scout ahead of her, or watch behind, or stand guard while she napped, and when the gold cloaks caught her, she'd be all alone. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Capricorn had also reinforced the guards on sentry duty, probably because of all the treasure Silvertongue had brought him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Falcons watched us from the trees, their eyes flashing in the firelight, and I got the feeling they were on guard duty, too. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

A purple-and-black banner hung outside the emporium, guarded by two huge blue Hyperboreans. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The Governor's guards held their own staffs ready. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

It looks the way it did the first few weeks I knew him, like a sentry guarding his innermost thoughts. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Her hope chest was securely hidden away and guarded. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I may be angry with her for fighting me in Jeanine’s laboratory, but she’s still Tori, the woman who guarded the secret of my Divergence. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

At least the guard was wearing an ordinary uniform instead of drüskelle black, Jesper considered, still unable to shake the image of that banner from his mind. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The other guard ran for the nearest alarm box. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Another guard, alerted by the noise, ran over. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

He had more important things to do than guard the world’s most famous criminal, did he? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He steadied it on his palm and thought back to the battered cookie tin he’d found at his grandfather’s, the one with its heap of soldiers guarding the surprising photo. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Then the far door of the chamber was flung open and one of the king's guards stepped into the room, a cup of ale in one hand and a sword at his side. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

A lot of the guys are wearing these long-sleeved spandex shirts under their soccer shirts, and a few of them are wearing shin guards. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The guards stripped off her clothes in front of the prisoners. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The brow of the head is formed specifically to guard against these kinds of injuries. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Or were guards normal men who became violent once enmeshed in the system? Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the room stood a young woman in a black pantsuit, with long auburn hair and a security guard’s earpiece. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He grabbed Uncle Jet’s bow guard from under his pillow and the communication stone that he kept in his duffel bag. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

They saw no one until they reached the dock, and the first man they saw there was Tony Costa, guarding the gates. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

And when it was finally time to scrimmage, Coach asked us to play hard, and he let the point guards call whatever plays they wanted. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

As a result, the full prisons were threatening to overwhelm the guards, and there were also whispers of revolt. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Provided we get lucky,” she thought, “and the entrance isn’t guarded.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The spark must be guarded like a treasure, it must be nurtured, it must be fanned into flame. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Two years later, they cursed the armed guards from Ford who had beat up their leader, Walter Reuther, in the “Bat- de of the Overpass.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Holmes’ idea was evidently to guard his remains in every way from scientific enterprise, from the pickling vat and the knife,” the Public Ledger reported. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Father, I keep my eyes guarded,” I said, pretending humility. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The concrete guard towers were turned into headquarters for service clubs like Interact and Junior Achievement. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The stump of an elm guards a bottleneck in the path through the woods. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

On the seventh night, Saturday, he guards until dawn. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The trains lurched off with the guards watching anxiously from the windows. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

A pair of half-men guarded a yacht of some swank, staring at Tool with an open challenge in their eyes and guttural growling of acknowledgment as he went past. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

My panic filled the whole room, and the guard filled the whole doorway. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The supervising guard did not halt work after the accident. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

When I slept it was under a canopy of white organdy, and a nightlight guarded me from the hall. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“The Security of the Holy Spirit—they guard nunneries and monasteries and that….So we can’t go in that way.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He could hear the security guard calling for a doctor. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Dad was half potted and kept trying to pick fights with the security guards. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The East-mark is my charge, the ward of the Third Marshal, and I have removed all our herds and herdfolk, withdrawing them beyond Entwash, and leaving none here but guards and swift scouts.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The guards always thought they could rely on someone else to catch a mistake or fix a problem. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I spent the night in the empty ward under heavy guard. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The officer at the outpost sent the “suspicious papers” to Washington—who never received them—and sent Anderson, under guard, to Arnold. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

To ordinary citizens, the sentinel ships might have been protectors, but to Sefia, who had never been ordinary, they were prison guards, barring her escape. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

How was one to foresee and guard against everything? Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d dropped his guard, let his mind give in to distraction. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

"Three of us, and a fourth man wasted guarding us . . . four men can be the difference between life and death up here." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The second guard rolled back some of the chain link and waved me through. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then, almost the same instant, the guard screamed and I roared like a bull gone mad to drive him off. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Morrison carried the cases past armed guards and into the building. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if the guards let us pass, there is no way through the outer wall. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The gates in the wall were guarded by Jackboots and Flops. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The guards, also in disarray, are too busy trying to sort out the power situation and help people up to notice the twenty or so of us who slip out the door. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“Lift her, quickly,” said Mrs. Rimas, looking around for the guards. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

A marching host of Elves had come up silently: they were hastening toward the northern borders to guard against any attack from Moria; and they brought news, some of which Haldir reported. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Meera said, "All of Winterfell knows you wake at night shouting and sweating, Bran. The women talk of it at the well, and the guards in their hall." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

One of the guards who is standing by the Director turns to him. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The waiters stood guard over them with cooking pots. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

After all, the crenellated guard towers of the city were as tall and warlike as ever. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Charles Guiteau sat in jail, guarded by police and soldiers. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Also, it could only afford one guard, and he was lazy. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

There, they could talk Reynolds numbers and aeronautical shop and let their guard down about the challenges of their jobs. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I was now married to one of the most heavily guarded human beings on earth. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

By the time the count guard came by I was sitting on my bunk, half shaved and trying to will my shaking foot into a shoe. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

But the guard wouldn’t be unconscious long and Alex knew he had to get out of here, not just back up to ground level but out of Sayle Enterprises altogether. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Many years later there were those who still insisted that the royal guard of the intruding queen was a squad of regular army soldiers who were concealing government-issue rifles under their rich Moorish robes. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Major Nancy Jaax entered the building through the back entrance and showed her security badge to a guard behind a desk, who nodded and smiled at her. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A different guard motioned them through the gate, waving a torch at them impatiently. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

At the gate to the cemetery on Gesia Street, Mr. Milgrom gave the guard a bottle of pills and we were let in. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Celaena stepped closer as the guards shuffled out, shutting the door. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

If my sister was more guarded with secrets until I got older, then I was an open book with Kia. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I meant to wave, to send them an encouraging sign, but I froze in fear when I saw the German guards marching beside them, prodding them along with their rifles. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

The guard at the museum quietly locked the galleries. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Somewhere in the halls that lead back to his old cells lie two guards passed out on the floor. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He gave the guard one of his pinch-backed laughs, and descended, by joints, from the car. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

First, he made it clear to the guards that they would have a better chance of survival if they left on their own. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

To Canton, crossing guards, especially his mother, seemed to have special powers. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

When it was empty the others left, but the two guards remained, leaning on their spears. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The fighting, when there is any, takes place on the vague frontiers whose whereabouts the average man can only guess at, or round the Floating Fortresses which guard strategic spots on the sea lanes. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He said something to the guard on the other side of the door, who nodded and returned a minute later with a polystyrene cup filled with cold water. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

We were met by guards with automatic weapons; the atmosphere was tense but quiet, unlike the boisterous reception I had received on my arrival on the island two years before. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“One guard each is not much. The King will not support it.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

We stopped at the guard gate to announce ourselves, but the old man in the booth was snoring and the gate was open, as was often the case, so we just drove in. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The guard ducks into the fear landscape room, and he’s gone. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The guards, most of them probationary prisoners, were not much better off. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Smuggling to prisoners was the guards’ sideline; every prison’s inmates know that’s how guards make most of their living. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Keep a watch on the rooftop guards. Geels may have them in his pocket.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Even the streets leading up to its outer barriers were roamed by gorilla-faced guards in black uniforms, armed with jointed truncheons. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The guard opened the envelope, read the message, nodded his head. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Long Island in 1997, an inmate who annoyed his guards by calling out for methadone died of a ruptured spleen after two of them beat him in his cell. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the dais, Piper stood guard over Nico as the leopards advanced. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Yessir,” the guard said, confirming this, “they got the death penalty.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he gestured to the guards around him. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She told Heather where to buy a mouth guard so her braces wouldn’t cut up her lips if she got hit with a ball. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

This catches me off guard, until I realize he’s talking about the fact that I’m walking on a pipe. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Jack knew the guards believed these things, for they said so often enough to the prisoners. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Trevor dropped his guarded stance and shook Matthew’s hand, pulling him in for a back pat, too. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The twenty Angels enter, newly returned from the fronts, newly decorated, accompanied by their honor guard, marching one-two one-two into the central open space. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, some of the factories on their target list had no guards of any type even though what they manufactured was essential. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

We approached the entrance to the harbor, cordoned off by a line of armed guards. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“We’re moving up to Fort Washington, to guard the King’s Bridge.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there’s still a guard at the gate of the ghetto, so someone must be alive. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

In the meantime I warn everybody to be upon his or her guard. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

He swung again and I shielded my head, but he got me in the chest with his other fist, I lost my guard and he slugged me across the cheek. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Stop!” said Werfel, grabbing the guard and trying to pull him away. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

On our way out of the menagerie, Char said, “Tonight I shall triple the guard around the ogres. And soon I shall catch a centaur and give it to you.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The guard tipped his hat when he saw me and left the room. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then she fainted against the nearest guard, knocking him over. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

No guards here to control my every move. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

His father turned and glanced at the guards. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

What if I let my guard down and something terrible happens? Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The two scholars climbed up through the levels of the city, the guards marching behind them. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

The guard gives me a pointed look, but I rush to the palace gates anyway and look left and right. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Paul and a couple of other men had a quick whispered council and decided to work their way beneath the bridge and try to attack the guards from behind. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Twice more he stole the ball from the opposing guard, dribbled the length of the court, and laid the ball gently in the white square painted on the glass backboard. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under the direction of our guard we carried and stacked sawn boards from the mill to a huge shed where lumber was stored through the winter. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

There the guards had lately seen a ghostly apparition. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

In the ring, their heads encased by black leather guards, two fighters danced around each other, ducking, bobbing, bouncing on and off the quivering ropes. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Company guards threatened, thrashed, and sometimes shot striking miners. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

Percy tried to help him, but two more guards pushed him back at sword point. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Other guards press close and Officer Bomini up in the tower trains his Thompson on Mrs. Capone. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The small, sensitive, gentle, brown face that I had studied in photographs, until I had dreamed about it, was fixed straight ahead as the Messenger strode, encircled by the marching, strapping Fruit of Islam guards. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were no daring helicopter rescues, no tunnels, no ingenious plans to dress up as a guard and stroll out through the front door. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“The worst monsters aren’t in the trench, they guard it. The monsters come before you get there.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

And I remember that hole, or whatever it was, I saw at the fence before Soheil got in that scuffle with the guard. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Still, it seems safest to guard the secret of my roots. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The archway leading to the royal bedchamber was guarded by a pair of sandalwood lovers, shaped and smoothed and oiled. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They brought Ice back in and I came in to guard him. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The grey walls, the blue bars, the strip searches, the showers behind bars watched by guards and cameras. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The rear guard was gone, bound for Thorn Valley. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

On both sides of the fence were armed guards dressed in green uniforms. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

From across the street, he watched the cars drive by the manned security gate—a simple red-and-white metal arm, operated by one guard in a wooden kiosk. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“No, not the floor. It was standing on a trapdoor. It’s obviously guarding something.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Unable to bear the cold and without the approval of his guard, he joined several other students who tried to wade out. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

One afternoon when she was trying to put the parlor in order, Úrsula asked for the help of the soldiers who were guarding the house. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

We scrambled down the stairs, through a corridor, and past a guard’s station—out into another block of prison cells. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Over four days in my first months on the job, I got to enter another realm normally guarded jealously by senior officers: transportation detail. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the guards swung a sword and hit her with the flat. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Pong nodded to the building that used to be the prison guards' quarters. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I thought of the guard who touched me and all the things I should have done—slapped him, kicked him, screamed in his face. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Here there were of course soldiers on guard but the officer knew Lasaraleen quite well and called his men to attention and saluted. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

I glanced at the guard, but he gave me no sign. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Shin walked to the guard’s office and found the front door locked. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I see. Maybe we should, uh, move on. Didn’t you tell the guard guy we were going to Piper’s house?” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Katherine must have decided the same thing, because she crosses her arms and gives the guard that narrow-eyed look of hers. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The time Max always prefers, because he says the night guards are sleeping on their feet. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

We talked about the guards at the prison and his experiences dealing with other prisoners. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

This was a cold and distant world; a world of white secrets carefully guarded. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He rose and gestured brusquely to the guards. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Really?” the guard said, tucking away his flashlight. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“And notice I said ‘correction officers,’ not prison guards. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bright lights from the guard towers moved across the White Island, and Nina could hear the shouts of soldiers closing in around the palace. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Nina felt the guard’s pulse leap and sighed. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The guards blocked her view, so she couldn’t even see who had kicked it. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

For over a thousand years it has been used by witches and wizards to guard valuables and secret hideaways. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The city of Winchester, Virginia, ordered “a guard at every avenue of the town leading from the Potomac, to stop all suspected persons, packages, etc., coming from Philadelphia.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Most of the King’s army having been called away to fight the war, there were only a handful of personal guards to defend him. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Her great strength caught him off guard, and he lost his footing. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The guards followed behind them with Laertes in their custody. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The guards stopped us and told us the frozen ground would once again be our bed. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

A guard sat slumped over the front desk, his snores echoing. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I close the door behind me to keep in the steam, look over my shoulder twice, and then pretend that Jenna is standing guard for me at the top of the stairs. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

We’ll have to pass by guards; there’s no other way out. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She’d worried that the clothing would be gaudy signals to the commandant, but clearly he already knew—as did the guards—where the children hid. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guards yelled and began pushing people out of the shack. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Inej barely had time to gather up her cape before the guard bent double and heaved her dinner over the tiled floor. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Their guard came down center court and I went after him when he got a foot from the mid-court line. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

And the guard would laugh and say “I don’t know no names; I only know numbers. Besides, you can’t visit here, you can only visit in jail.” Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked over to the violinist, who had been pushed to his knees by a guard. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guard bent forward and told the boy to roll up his sleeve. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Marshall, normally quiet, had told me that the guards respected him because he hadn’t testified against the cop to save his own skin. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pinned his hopes on seeing a new guard, a new employee of the prison, some visitor. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Michelangelo di Bologna was pushing his way through the crowd on the north side of the bridge, past the nobles and then past the guards. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

It’s harder work laying out the wire than guarding, and she’s had a long turn. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He looked over his shoulder at the guard standing by the corridor. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I feel like my skin is coated with crushed glass, ready to shred me to smithereens if I dare close my eyes and drop my guard. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“And send your friends away. You’re supposed to be on guard.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Just beyond the hedgerow, park security guards are talking to Dean Anderson. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The security guard was standing at the foot of the stairs, speaking into his telephone. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guards shoved Gendry inside with the boy and barred the doors behind them, fust then, a breath of wind came sighing off the lake, and the banners stirred and lifted. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A guard takes his trousers, his shirt, his shoelaces, and hands him a pair of blue prison pants and shirt. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

“None could find you . . . the guards had not seen you and we feared . . .” “You feared the King of the City of Bright Moonlight had been spirited away?” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

He did not think that Mace Tyrell would be so clumsy as to try to murder either Pycelle or Swyft, but if guards made them feel safer, let them have guards. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Some nights it was just the two of them; at other meals they crowded in with Moqorro’s guards. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I keep my eyes open for the drones and guards. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Bobby was like a caged panther, pacing up and down, continually complaining about everything, from the food, to the temperature, to the disrespect his captors showed him, and screaming at the guards. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The guard surprised me by making the same gesture to the bird. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

But the guard locked the banquet room door. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

‘I was without my weapons at the time. You don’t bring your bow and knives when you’re courting a princess. The guards took me easily. Her father the king had me blinded and exiled.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Forty-eight hours, starting with oatmeal and prison coffee and a guard named Wilson who tapped Shadow harder than he had to on the shoulder and said, “Shadow? This way.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

An armed guard with a grim expression let us in at the wrought-iron gate. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Plutarch turns to the guard, who’s just appeared in the doorway with Gale right behind him. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Two guards chase down a reporter and cameraman sprinting toward our dorms. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And at once he was on guard against the man. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She sprinted toward the gate, and the guards yelled for her to stop. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Amah quickly took some stones from the stonecutter and brought them to the guard. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

At once the guard leaned into the car and caressed my cheek. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The gate guard wouldn’t let us visit you the other day. Seriously nasty dude.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

A few feet away, they dropped him on the pavement, and with the help of two more guards, they tied his hands and feet with plastic handcuffs. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

One of the guards grabbed a gaff hook from the wall and pierced the boy in the lower abdomen, holding him over the fire until he lost consciousness. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He didn’t say anything back, though, because the security guards of our school came to bring all of us out of the cafeteria. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

When she stepped out into the darkness of die yard, the guard on the door nodded at her and said, "Storm coming. Smell the air?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Large crimson doors are guarded by two giant stone lions. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I stand guard, fidgety and hot and raw with the emotions of the day. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Our birthday, in December, caught me off guard. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shrews struck down the enemy guards as Sparra braves released the prisoners’ bonds with short slashes of their sharp beaks. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

But I felt a soft hand upon my shoulder as I stood guard while the room was searched. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Ahead of them, a medik was emerging from a cell accompanied by guards, one carrying a lantern. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Corporal Reynolds is talking to the guards posted at my block. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

After their fight with the werewolves, the dogs looked a little worse for wear, but Reyna placed them on guard duty. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Nor did the farmers foresee that in good years their bulging granaries would tempt thieves and enemies, compelling them to start building walls and doing guard duty. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She marched straight to the guard who was reaching for Emma and looked him square in the eye. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

His story was vetted and scrutinized by former prisoners and guards from the camps, as well as by human rights lawyers, South Korean journalists, and other experts with extensive knowledge of the camps. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

If he had his bow guard, Nathan knew that he would have heard the Ash Being tormenting Uncle Jet. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I envied my classmates who had been penciled-in to easy posts: patrolling the parking lot, guarding the sally port, perched atop a wall tower. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘You won’t have to. I’ve ——’; but just then a savage kick warned Pippin that the noise had died down, and the guards were watchful. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Of course. With coast guard and with planes.” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s useless now, when the guards could recall it and connect a servant girl’s disappearance to the household of the person who stole her. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Lining the deck were zombies in gray uniforms— dead soldiers with shimmering faces that only partially covered their skulls, like the ghouls I’d seen in the Underworld guarding Hades’s palace. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“This gets ugly, I’m shooting from close range. Maybe your guards get me or my guys, but no way you’re going to dodge this bullet.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The second guard glances over at Sophie and her wild eyes. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“The water not deep, Donay. And anyway, we don’t have to stay always in the ditch. Is just to get past guards. Other times we can walk along, you know.” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

If a guard entered the corridor behind her, she’d have nowhere to hide. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He explained that the screws were the prison guards. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He sat up with a start, realizing his turn at guard had almost passed. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

“How, exactly, are you going to get to the ball? I don’t think your guards will let you just walk out.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

All those things the guards say, they are true of Donay. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sisters and I stood guard for one another in the bathrooms at every rest stop. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Even still, Chaol had to push his way through a crowd of gathered guards and servants, Celaena keeping close behind him. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Just as they were about to emerge from the passage, two guards rounded the corner—both in black-and-silver drüskelle uniforms, both carrying rifles. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“I can still press a button. And I have a good cat to guard me.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Inej thought as she looked for the guards patrolling the roof above, trying to pick out their shapes in the dark. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“The Iron Rod is not in the treasury, Your Majesty,” one of the guards said. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“They say he killed three men before the war. The Germans put him in prison, but when the war started they made him a kapo. We've got murderers for guards.” Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

It is well known that Neuengamme is a concentration camp near Hamburg, notorious for its subhuman conditions, where brutal guards force prisoners to do hard labor with inadequate food and live in squalid cells. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

This seemed to catch the young man off guard; his expression changed entirely. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The guard turned quickly, and somehow his gaze landed not on Henry but on Francis, who was standing staring into space. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The security guards stopped, and when I looked up, I saw Wilfrido had plucked my sign from his post on the stage. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“I just wandered around the streets for a few minutes. I had to breathe. I am a poor scholar—I am not used to guards following my every move.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

They spent the night in a Polish village, too worried to sleep, and shared their “pilots’ rations of vodka, biscuits, and milk” with the boys who guarded their plane during the night. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“He tried to get past that three-headed dog on Halloween. It bit him. We • think he was trying to steal whatever it’s guarding.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

It took me a week of long hours to develop all the X-rays and when I finished I had sorted the prisoners' shots in alphabetical order, and I did the same with the guards' stack. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

A round of gunshots echoed in the distance, signals from the night guards who had no other ways of speaking to one another. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“We were wondering if you could tell us what’s guarding the Sorcerer’s Stone apart from Fluffy.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

With him were the guards, the other questioners, the men in white coats, O’Brien, Julia, Mr. Charrington, all rolling down the corridor together and shouting with laughter. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The guard in her arms released a tiny squeak. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They had expected a guard to be posted outside the house. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

A guard walked past them, his chest thrust out. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

The two guards nodded, then walked away, Teresa in tow. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

His eyes are guarded again, his face empty of any emotion but a sort of professional detachment. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The guards had covered their faces with handkerchiefs so no one would ever be able to identify them in the improbable event that circumstances changed. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I do not even regret shooting the guards outside the control room, because it was so important that I get past them. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

There had been days in late April when no guards were visible to us in the hallways. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to be a rabbi. Vasya said she wants me to stay in her guard and one day be the captain of it. She wants me to lead the army’s archers.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

In the late afternoon one of the guards brought out a thick-barreled gun and shot it into one of the cages. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The guard said, “They think it’s from last night—from the way the blood’s half-dried.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

But Coach Hedge promised he could guard Reyna for a little longer and, on the off chance the spirit had something useful to say, Nico decided it was worth the risk. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

That night, Nathan finished tying the bow guard on his wrist. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

There were no guards to be seen on the Orgota side. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“If she puts a guard around the castle we’ll never get out.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“It became routine for us as the corn ripened to pull all-night guard watches because the army would pick us clean,” he wrote. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Guns were for the guards, specially picked from the Angels. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve mostly been trying to avoid looking at the guards directly, but as I turn to leave, I raise my eyes to meet his. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Puma was a guard himself, and a former Teamster, from Brooklyn. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clarence the security guard marched into the reading room and, folding his arms over his chest, took up a position near the three envelopes. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He didn’t say anything about Nick guarding Ice, or even about changing. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“None of the guards ever smile, Mom. They’re guards, not the fun squad on a Carnival cruise.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Two of the guards pushed open the double doors. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I wave to the security guard, who peers at me suspiciously as I rip the balloon off the vase, struggling to catch my breath, my lungs protesting all this running. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Eventually, CIA analysts discovered that the trench connected the Soviet Ministry of Defense with a closely guarded installation on the outskirts of the city: the Krasnaya Pakhra Nuclear Weapons Research Institute. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The guard gave the boy a pat then slashed a bright red cut across his forearm. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The guard has a son twenty-three years old, and the slaying impels the young man to go to the United States. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Finishing up, he asked Raymond how he made his living, and when Raymond replied “warehouse guard,” the prosecutor informed the jury that it was common knowledge that the witness practiced the profession of procurer. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

The Commander has on his black uniform, in which he looks like a museum guard. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly my cheeks were stinging and the guard was tossing my beard up and down in his hand, giggling. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, Rafi’s guard speaks: “Here, there’s a chance that if you die, someone will care. Like Rafi, or one of the other leaders,” the guard says. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Foremen in the factory, who were prisoners chosen by guards for their toughness, generally looked the other way when seamstresses were beaten. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Moments later, the guard reappeared, leading a small television crew. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Mr. Taphouse stepped back to make room for them, and so did Malcolm and the nuns, so that there was almost a guard of dishonor for the men to walk through. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Their point guard was quick but he was skinny. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

When the guards finally saw us, she refused to let go. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Don’t the soldiers treat you as kindly as they can? Are you not covered by a guard’s own coat right now?” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“We’ll post a guard here at the rocket and go armed, just in case.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I better try to quiet her,” said Mother, getting up, “before the guards become angry.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“That staircase leads to a bottleneck. You think the guards won’t check under that mask before they let you through?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

We whizzed by, arcing back up into the air, and the guards followed my attack with their own. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Instead of one, two girls will now guard the camp at night. You are to shoot the Youns dead when you see them.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Burnham and an army of workers and guards converged on the building and together spent the night fighting the leaks. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

And then they placed a guard outside his door to make certain he obeyed. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The interference took the form of scything tusks that ducked below Butler’s guard. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, the door shook as the guard gave the chained padlock a rattle. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

To Jack’s amazement, even when the guards overheard him, they did nothing. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

One of the guards was moved by the women’s hymns. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wished Grandma could tell the reporters how she stood guard. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After talking to my parents, I know that the drones and the guards aren’t the only eyes that are on me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Nathan was wearing the bow guard, but because it was still pretty bright outside, it wasn’t working. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

That way he wouldn’t have to steal the bow guard from Nali. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

No car was likely to pass us—I hadn’t seen any motor vehicles since we passed the guard’s house early in the day. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the same time he became aware of voices, and two guards walked slowly across the garden, patrolling the back of the house. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I was so afraid the guard would call me back, tell me I had to leave. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Drilling, shooting, marching over, they stacked them at their barracks and there was always at least a sergeant guarding these stacked guns. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did he really need the bow guard at all? Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

As he wrote in his memoir, Long Road Home, he could never have escaped from Camp 14 because “the guards there acted as if they were on a war front.” Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

The second guard was carrying something that looked like a fire extinguisher. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

But the guards either didn’t think we would try to sneak anything back in or figured there wasn’t anything left of value in the ghetto to smuggle. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

His guards had gone to join in the fray. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

But by this time, the Inner City guards had seen them lingering by the gate. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Servants darted past, eyes wide when they beheld the princess and her guards. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The guard began humming again, the cigarette between his lips. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The two Specials guarding them glanced at the still writhing figure. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Two other guards came out of the bus and fired random shots into the bushes at us in the dark. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Celaena offered her a slight smile, and the princess stepped closer, her guards tensing slightly. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

One of the soldiers who had guarded his house during the first days of peace would go sell them in the villages of the swamp and return loaded down with coins and news. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The war lord had made camp in a wide clearing, well protected by trees, its approach guarded by a deep ravine, and the tents had been blended in with a line of underbrush. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

The guards led him to a large cement bathroom with showers along the walls.They gave him a brush and a chunk of green soap. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stops when she sees the guards, picks up her can, and goes the other way. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The guards are under the simulation; they keep moving even when the bullets hit them, keep moving until their hearts stop, but they don’t reach my father. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I pictured her eyes when she finally looked at me outside Juvi, just before the guards took me away. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I wanted to be sucked down with it, away from the guards and the humiliation. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Her ladies-of-honor fan out around her like a guard, surveying the area, running off people who wander by. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Maybe you can train the snakes to guard the property,” Chuck Muckle was saying, “since the dogs didn’t work out.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guards had a long conference over that. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Moreover, he later claimed that the guards brutalized him and deprived him of food. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You two guard the Doors while I go up to the mortal world. I have some Greek heroes to wreak vengeance upon!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It would take only a word to the guards for Matthias to put an end to all their scheming. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

During and after the storm, he stayed in the city with members of his family, guarding his house. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The guard folded, his pistol falling to the ground. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The guards came forward to stand on either side of Magister Spurge. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Later, he asked a guard about his father and brother, who had been sent to the left. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

If the guards recognized Bobby and knew he was a wanted fugitive, they gave no evidence of it. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered back almost three years ago when Hatun left to work for the Sapa Inca, guarding and repairing the many roads that wove their way to the four corners of the empire. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The guards walked into the circle and started searching our pockets. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I pace my bedroom, waiting for Arabella or the queen's post or her guards. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The move was so swift I am not certain I saw it clearly, but I believe he thrust his point through the guard of the other's weapon, then jerked upward. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

When everybody was lined up on their faces in the mud like sardines, one of the guards shot six of them in the head. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“I know. Should not have been possible. He knows that, too. A part of him fears it could be a guard.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

People naturally let their guard down when they slept, so much so that sometimes, if the dream was frightening enough, I didn’t even need a touch to be drawn into it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

This day, the rebels again changed guard full in sight of our fleet, as if to mock us for our inactivity; they paraded with their hats hung on their bayonets. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The guard tightened his grip on her shoulder. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Even the guards lost their minds at that. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The guard stopped the car and hollered for him to come back—he promised he wouldn't tell anyone that he had tried to escape. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

For almost three months, he had been kept in detention, guarded twenty-four hours a day. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

From here it looked solid, its surface polished bright as a mirror and illuminated by the guard towers on the White Island. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He might have taken the guards for a pair of Little Walder’s snowmen if he had not seen the white plumes of their breath. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But when you ask him what he does, he’s a “warehouse guard.” The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

But when the guards pushed open the doors, Zeitoun took a quick breath. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Nor did he have a king to guard. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A day in jail is mostly silence punctuated by passing guards shouting profanities at you, doing roll call. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The older guard behind the desk then looked at our boarding passes. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe the other kid knew the rhythms of the neighborhood, too, and let his guard down only during times he considered safe. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was shapeless and yet significant: like a landmark, or a guarding finger, or more like a warning. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

A couple of guards, in their red and brown uniforms, ambled across the square, laughing. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Into this guarded world, she could not enter. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It’s so soft and sincere that it catches me off guard. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

When the guards brought in the captive, Robb called for his sword. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"I want the current guards dismissed and thrown off my patrol." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The guards leaning against the wall laughed as they watched the chase. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

As soon as they opened the door to the hallway, the guards were waving them over impatiently. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Any trespasser found by the guard is to be held at the tower. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Coach whispers hurriedly, “Heads up. Another strip. Another field. See everything. On guard, Donte. On guard.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

They must swing free on hinges like the one the guard appeared through. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Like other camps, it had a commandant and guards, but Schindler's presence made the critical difference. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

A large man wearing a black suit walks to the center of the stage—it’s the same blotchy-faced man who watched the guards take down that kid. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“The guard who helped me make the call to David.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“You asked King Lords to guard the house when King Lords may have put us in this position?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Before anything could happen, a guard in a uniform appeared and told Mom and Dad and Lori and Brian that they would have to leave. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

And now, in addition to those, each guard produced one of those polished clubs the patrollers had been carrying. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

After waiting until the restless guard moved as far away as he was likely to go, I darted forward and squeezed into the breach I’d found. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, what if he didn’t tell the guards and they found out? The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“I added some extra guards around her rooms.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

During the procedure, three or four prison guards pinned the women down and forced their heads back. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The first thing he does is instruct Soldier Jackson, his second in command, to set up a two-person, round-the-clock guard on Peeta. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

One night, the old guard in the museum forgot that Hugo’s father was up in the attic, and he locked the door, trapping him inside. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

The three Gustanos were screaming and scrambling away from these new guards in a panic. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

And for the next few days, whenever I saw the secret guard conferring in a corner or as they walked across a field, I’d feel a flush rising to my cheeks. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, one of the prison guards sighed and signaled to his cohorts. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The Doorman keeps eating—a beautiful individual but a useless guard dog. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The guards hit the fence behind me and couldn’t follow. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

A guard at the main gate stops us. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The guard, he thought, they left a man to guard my door, Ghost smells him through the door, that’s all it is. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

In that brief time, he vaguely remembered opening his eyes and finding himself slung over a guard’s back. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

"I guess they agreed to let him live if he acted as their guard. But he's not very big." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“He expecting you?” the guard asked, his hand starting for the gun in his holster. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

My eyes dart around, then land on the face of the guard from the train. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Then one of the military guards spots us and locks eyes. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Crawn would be even less so; his Moan Brothers had the guard today. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

While the guard deals with the thieves, Mr. Shephard walks me to a small room and unlocks the door. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, the guard was important to her. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both children were annoyed when the guards plus the push of the crowd hurried them past the Angel. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Milling around on the other side of the fence are Dauntless guards carrying guns. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The challenge was, how to make copies when the documents were constantly under guard? Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

From press reports, conversations with visitors, and even the remarks of prison guards, I learned that a large and vociferous turnout was expected. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

To reach our apartment building, we had to round a corner by one of the ghetto gates where several guards always stood on sentry duty. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I scan the Midway for the face of the guard with the compass tattoo, the one who seemed—I stop that thought. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Instead of sitting among the dead bodies, the bundles of food, crates of ammunition, and bags of drugs, we took cover in the nearby bushes and guarded the village. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She seemed an aged woman, such as in great houses care for the children or guard the storerooms. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

A thick stand of rose of Sharon bushes guarded the path with strong woody branches full of wide pink blooms. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Put down your weapon!” the guard screams at the end of the hallway. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She half drags me back toward the door, flashing her identification card to the guards and depositing me outside in front of the theater. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Beside her walked the guard who had arrived to escort Cole back to the detention center. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

She’d expected some kind of office or retiring room for the guards. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

When they pull her up, the guard she punched stomps up to her and rips off her hijab. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Along these same lines, I think we should take the lead of European countries in trying to blur the sharp line that exists in our prisons between guards and other employees. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, the guards from Sayle Enterprises had formed a line stretching back almost to the point where the vehicles were parked. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“That’s what I’m worried about. Keep sharp eyes out behind, everyone. You guys are the rear guard. See anything, and I do mean anything, you let me know. Got it?” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“You sure you don’t want me to handle them guards?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

When he and Kerling had taken the train to Cincinnati, they noticed that the railroad stations, the railroads, and the factories they passed were well guarded. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

When it ends and the rest of the stadium starts filing out, guards come to usher the wild cards and the professional teams out through special exits. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Shin ran to the guard, begging him for help. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I am stopped by a pale-eyed faerie guard, who grabs my arm. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun knew their prayers were arousing interest from the guards, but he and Nasser did not pause. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Your father has two jobs here, Moose. Electrician and guard.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Put on these clothes and come along quickly,” the guard said. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Ten minutes,” said the guard, poking his head around the jamb before he shut and locked the door. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Guards were posted at every entrance, and more guards patrolled the lowest terrace, where they could look down on the street. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“She’s guarded, but she lets people in if she trusts them. Not the people who suck up to her, but people she cares about and who care about her. We have that in common.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The guard picked the book up by the spine and tapped it on the table as if he were shaking sand from a shoe. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Armed guards were also protecting the food and supplies as well as the canoes. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Everybody offers to guard while the others rest, but in the end, it’s Johanna and I who stay up. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I have fuzzy memories of the trip: a large house with a green metal gate, and a guard in front, and a big buffalo in the backyard. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The commandant of the camp took one look at us and started screaming at our guards. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Three days ago, I heard that two guards caught a man leaving the Hub after curfew. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I lunge toward them, but another guard slams his hands against my shoulders, forcing me against the wall. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Why did you decide to become a guard?” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then he turned and without looking back he left them and went to his two guards that stood at a little distance away. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

We wait, hanging around as close as the three guards will let us. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

"He's my mother's dog, in truth. She has set him to guard me, and so he does." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I am still naked, now sprinting past stone-faced guards, trying to prove to them how fit I am. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

The guards reeled backward, clutching their heads as if they couldn’t figure out what to do. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Celaena took a seat on the rail, and waved at the guards with their crossbows aimed at her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

His bow guard thankfully was still tied to his wrist. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

After each execution, the dead body was taken to the basement under guard. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

At last I pluck up courage to enquire of the guards—it needs courage, for they are in uniform, and have lathis strapped to their wrists. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the minister gave the nod, the honor guard raised their rifles and fired three rounds. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Two German guards, holding rifles, paced the narrow bridge. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dead remained in the yard, under the snow without even a marker, like fallen guards. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not easy to see things you don’t want me to know, but I’ve been picking up bits of it lately. You haven’t been as guarded as usual.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Cecile was right there, guarding whatever she was hiding in her kitchen. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

By her position, leaning up against the trunk of the tree, I'd guess Glimmer was supposed to be on guard, but fatigue overcame her. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The fourth guard came back and began to chat casually with his mates. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

"I have a mile of Wall to guard. Will you walk with me?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The guards exchanged smiles and rolled their eyes while the tinker gave an impromptu sermon on the subject of temperance. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The guard stood still to light a cigarette. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She had protected him, at least for the moment, by sending the guards to the wrong place. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“The guards don’t want the Americans to see us, to know what they’re doing to us.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

As the carts passed through the huge gatehouse, royal-blue-clad guards stepped to one side and moved to kneel to the king—until they saw who the king was riding with. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Everyone seemed to want to get away from the spot where the guards had found the device. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Forget baseball or swimming at the public pool, which was just an excuse to stare at the college girls who spent their summers guarding from those tall towers. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the guards would think they were a dream. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I thought that right up until the moment the cell door clanged shut behind me and the guard yelled, “Lights out!” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

We reach the bottom of the stairs, where another group of security guards lets us in. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Lacking men, Theon had been forced to abandon the outer defenses and post his guards along the higher inner walls. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The other girls scrambled down past the unconscious guard and the other two men who had taken arrows in the legs and butt. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I was relieved to not have to go to the moon house, or walk Vonetta there and stand guard, or carry Fern’s pot there for dumping. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Some young people took up the weapons abandoned by the guards and performed sentry duty. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“This is our target. The Ridge. A heavily defended, fiercely guarded, fortified city high up inside Isihlangu.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The boys were pouring water into the huge soup kettles when guards descended on the kitchen. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

A guard appeared, taking up a position outside the door of the little office. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Four years after Osborne left, however, a former guard from Elmira named Lewis Lawes took the helm and in twenty years on the job became America’s most famous and admired warden. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe then he’d hire somebody to keep it clean, or an armed guard to stop people from plugging up the toilet, smoking, or writing on the walls. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

The moment they tried to set a foot outside, a guard blocked their way. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guards smiled at him from their niches as he wound his way down the turret stair, carrying the sword in his good hand. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

My safety from the ogres hadn’t been enough; zhulpH’s rescue hadn’t been enough, especially not with guards about; my slavery to Mum Olga hadn’t been enough. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

"The king and council have determined that no man in the Seven Kingdoms is more fit to guard and protect His Grace than his sworn shield, Sandor Clegane." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A guard tower rose from the fence line about a quarter mile to the north of where the prisoners chopped wood. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Like all the company, he had heard of Dark Gate, the twin mountains guarding the southern approach to the Land of Death. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Is shot to death ten days later in a delaying action guarding the retreat across the Potomac. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Taisin looked at the guard, who was working on the wagon horses several feet away. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

We stick close to the walls as we approach, but the frenzy from the blackout compels the guards to rush from their posts to secure the Mess and the Hub. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Tali had been his personal guard since he was a boy, and he was trusted by both the Chancellor and the King. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I mean to talk to Hizdahr. If he understands ^ do not intend to kill him, he may command his guards to yield.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Sooner than she would have liked, the iron and glass gate of the castle appeared, latticework doors opened, and a dozen guards flanked the cobblestone path that led through the archway. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Earlier that day, he’d left his wife and five children, ranging in age from two to six, to work his second job as a security guard at the jeweler’s. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

A trio of imperial guards block the entrance. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

All around were red columns, decorated ceilings, court attendants, and guards, but Pinmei noticed none of those. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

By the litter walk eight guards armed with “foray guns,” also relics of a more barbaric past but not empty ones, being loaded with pellets of soft iron. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

We had as many guards as prisoners, and they enforced every regulation with threats and intimidation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Would guards wait outside the door, listening for the sharp pleasure that signaled his departure? Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

"My fellow magisters have doubled the size of the city guard," Illyrio told them over platters of honey duck and orange snap peppers one night at the manse that had been Drogo's. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Here's me in the mall, mugging behind a security guard. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” said the guard, “but I go off when the train arrives.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jimmy drove them back to the bodega, where Alex noticed Benny was no longer standing guard. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

When I was first looking into the lives of guards, somebody at Council 82 suggested I speak with the union’s chaplain. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he turns it, the swing itself rises and the top of the cage opens, allowing them to climb out, escaping into a dimly lit temple guarded by an albino Sphinx. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It turned out to be another Russian guard—he hadn’t answered because he’d forgotten that night’s password! A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Escorted by security guards down a long, dark, and narrow hallway, Bobby demanded to know what was going on. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

A tiny bubble where the cameras and guards and drones aren’t looking at us. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Smith grasped Seabiscuit’s rein and led his grand little horse down the avenue of guards. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He feared anyone in uniform: the meter maid giving out parking tickets, a museum guard approaching to tell him not to get too close to his favorite Goya. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes the yard’s guarded at night,” I warned her. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

And he ducked back out of the frame.“Our security guards will continue holding your cell phones,” said Dr. Zinchenko. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Some went off to write letters or party or sleep; the others trooped down to the base perimeter, where, for the next eleven hours, they would pull night guard duty. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when they returned— when, she told herself, not if—he would also return to his obligations, and they did not include falling in love with a guard. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He came in the train from Klausenburg, and the guard was told by the station-master there that he rushed into the station shouting for a ticket for home. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

One guard walked out the way he had come. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

A reporter later observed, “Hale’s face expressed a guarded eagerness; Ramsey’s was a mask.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The guards,tried to hit him, but Percy ducked. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Soldiers, their chests covered with iron plates, were guarding the entryway. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

He heard the shouts of guards, and then the roaring of a great cat, the trumpet of an elephant. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The queen waves her hand at one of the imperial guards. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He passed the ball to the off guard and got it back and started dribbling between his legs. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

All the soldiers were watching the desk guard to see what he would do. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

One of the other guards directs his gun away from the boy and toward the mom. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The prince should be on guard against them and fear them as if they were declared enemies, because they will always help to bring about his downfall in adverse times. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

“We will bring you more stones when these are finished,” the first guard said. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Ten minutes later the guard released him from the room and escorted him as far as the main gate. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The barrels would travel under heavy guard, and German planes would fly overhead to watch the land on either side of the tracks. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guard put his face to one of the holes and shouted, “Meeker, you’ve got a visitor here.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, Johnny, the security guard, opened the stage door at intermission. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I could get the guards to take you away you’re that much of a danger to the children. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Cerberus, the guard dog of Hades, appeared out of the gloom—a threeheaded rottweiler so big he made Mrs. O’Leary look like a toy poodle. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He hissed and stomped the ground, but I guess he was well trained to guard that tree. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The dachshund gave a little yelp, then cringed forward, shimmying with ecstasy, till his mistress, shouting something at him, stepped hurriedly over the wire guard surrounding the tree and picked him up. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

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

Without another word, she gives my phone to the guard. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

"Aye, soon enough," Osha agreed, "but we need food, and there may be some survived this. Stay together. Meera, keep your shield up and guard our backs." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Any kind of musical, artistic or storytelling talent was wonderful to them and they felt it their duty to nurture and guard these things. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood shivering under the stream of water, washing as well as I could, hoping the guards would not be waiting for us on the other side of the wall. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The guards on the walls had doubtless spied her banners some time ago, for the port-cullis was up as they approached. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“But I stand by what I said, Mrs. Jackson. The guards treat all of the students the same.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

We bend low beneath the neatly clipped bush, listening for the footsteps of concealed security guards. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“So we have to unlock, unchain, and incapacitate six prisoners, take their places, and somehow get the wagon sealed tight again without the guards or the other prisoners being the wiser?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

There was a slaughterhouse on the farm where fifty or so pigs were butchered twice a year, exclusively for guards and their families. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

In the end the nagging voices broke him down more completely than the boots and fists of the guards. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

A guard came and caught Bigger by the wrist. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Though the jockey was probably not at fault for Exhibit’s change of course, it was common for stewards to briefly suspend riders caught in his situation to guard against foul play. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was stunned when the guard let me in. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

"The same age as Bran. Please, Ned, guard your tongue. The Lan-nister woman is our queen, and her pride is said to grow with every passing year." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Many of the prisoners were women, and some of the guards had been sneaking them out to warm their beds. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I was in the garden with Nehemia—with my guards, don’t worry—and he approached us. He knows all about me—and knows that I hold back when we’re with the other Champions.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Namontack tells us how the Englishmen kept up a guard half the night, standing with their muskets ready. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Donay tells the central guard I will sicken if he does not give me cardboard. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Go with words of guard and guiding on you,’ he said. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Her father’s gun hung over the door and good old Jack, the brindle bulldog, lay on guard before it. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tam Lin had energy to spare, and he didn’t nearly use it up guarding Celia’s apartment. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, it would certainly hurt if she jammed it into a guard’s neck. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Sophia's eyes are like pinpricks of ice as she addresses the guards. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She was too happy and excited to be guarded. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“The guards must’ve been distracted by the laser-tower explosion. Well, let’s not waste the opportunity. They know something’s wrong. We need to get in, grab the Story Box, and get out.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I opened my eyes and saw his guarded expression. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I did not enlist to guard an assassin.” Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The guard grabbed the canvas from Mother and threw it on the ground. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Had he purposely tried to catch me off guard to see what my reaction would be? Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He looked like the security guards at the UN offices. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

A mage’s name is better hidden than a herring in the sea, better guarded than a dragon's den. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Ben pretended to dribble a basketball down the street while his father pretended to guard him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, thank you—but on no account.—I would rather walk.—And for me to be afraid of walking alone!—I, who may so soon have to guard others!” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

He organized the group, giving everyone a job: scavenge for food; collect firewood; stand guard while the group slept. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two guards had squeezed their triggers simultaneously. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

It is also possible that senior guards in the camp had found out that a disgruntled teacher was mistreating a reliable snitch. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

A pack of guards—and three small, huddled shapes. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The men on guard look at her and raise their eyebrows. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Eumaios found a stick for him, the kind he wanted, and the two set out, leaving the boys and dogs to guard the place. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

If questioned, Sam would doubtless tell them the truth, but Jon could not imagine him braving the guards in front of the King's Tower to wake Mormont from sleep. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They were going to play that game all day about who were the guards and who weren’t. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The area would be enclosed with high walls; the few gates would be guarded at all times by German soldiers. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

When the guards came through for the next head count, the prisoners would have bad headaches but not much to tell. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Too burdened with sorrow, too weary even to set a guard, they huddled in their cloaks and slept. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Dauntless guards lie dead next to the door. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

One of the same guards grabs Kim’s elbow and leads her out. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was walking toward the Hub, and there was a crowd watching him run from guard to guard, frantic, asking questions about his boyfriend—where he was, when he’d return. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

El Museo del Barrio was the only museum where I could look at the paintings without having a guard follow me from wing to wing. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Down the tracks a way was a flag-station and I could see soldiers on guard. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“One or two lonely souls,” the guard said. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

One night the guards pass round a bottle of rum. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shin remembers that when one of his classmates, Byun Soon Ho, complained about a fever and feeling unwell, a guard gave him a lesson in the benefits of stoicism. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He was caught off guard, but Esperanza pushed past it, and he was thankful she did. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The current Butler had been guarding young Master Artemis for twelve years, since the moment of his birth. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

That night, she set up her guard post near the window to the side yard where she thought we were most vulnerable. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another guard tried to handcuff him, and he started twisting and turning to thwart the process. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Another visitor, hunting for an exhibit of wax figures, asked a guard, “Can you tell me where the building is that has the artificial human beings?” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I’m guessing he’s being about as helpful as I am, standing guard over my wooden wedge. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Outside, the guard struck out with his newspaper again, and below her Fenoglio tossed and turned restlessly on the narrow bunk. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The door of the Gathering Hall opened, and the mayor came out, flanked by two guards. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She watched them with a sneer, and for this she felt guilty; she had guarded their memories so preciously and yet, finally seeing them, she watched them with a sneer. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“You were off being a little goat pellet. But your mother heard this and started sobbing. She almost fell, but we caught her. And the guard said, ‘Go, go find your son.’ Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I pumped even harder and we finally reached the guard’s box. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guard was more interested in rice pudding than my patchwork story. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

About four o’clock in the morning we reach a record: all eleven men, guards and visitors, are squatting outside. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guard made his way to the privy doors. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Rich men had guards about their courtyards, and light-dozing hounds, and servants who slept across the storeroom doors. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Her hands are too high; they guard her nose and cheeks, leaving her stomach and ribs exposed. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Two guards in light blue camouflage uniforms and flak jackets got out. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

At night he had trouble sleeping— a skittish feeling—always on guard, hearing strange noises in the dark, imagining a grenade rolling into his foxhole or the tickle of a knife against his ear. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pong was ready to give up and get out, but now the guards had moved back into position and would see him if he climbed out of the basket. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He is the Iwa who guards the gates to everything good—to everything bad, too. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The sergeant came in and picked three guys for guard duty. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our teachers didn’t want to play parent or security guard, but that was his actual job. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

But Gwenforte bolted forward, past the palace guards, and into the smoke and the flames. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He stuck to the point guard, who was trying to receive the pass. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

There were no guards in the halls when we changed classes, no guards just outside the cafeteria doors, within shouting distance, as they often were. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nathan was very aware of how light his forearm was without the bow guard. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

A small caravan of cars drives down the road and stops at the Mobius entrance gate so guards can check IDs and inspect the vehicles. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

They had to use the toilet in open stalls in front of male prison guards. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

"I've promised the City Watch twenty of my guard until the tourney is done," he told him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

What would Capricorn do to a guard who fell asleep on duty? Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Soldiers who have been stationed nearby on guard duty in the neighborhood come running. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The soldier handed my letter to the guard at the door. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first guard punched in the code, and try as they might, the girls couldn’t make it out. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Then one day—a bright, soft morning with a whisper of rain in it—we got there to find the gates closed and guards posted along the iron railings that encircled the compound. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guard stared at the dead man as if seeing him for the first time. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“There are daily about twenty men on guard,” wrote Burr, with gun, bayonet, cartridges, &c. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once the lock clicked, I scratched my guard kitty under his chin. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

A cortege of guards in dress whites came through, followed by a handful of sorry-looking boys, their skulls visible under their shaven heads, their eyes big and scared, their faces swollen with bruises. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And at the stables, a big glowing red dude with the head of a wolf guarded a herd of... The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The guards rushed forward, but each got a stream of hot wax in his face. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Jesper grabbed the fallen guards’ guns and pointed them at the door. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Behind the closed and guarded doors of the SR offices, an SR officer deciphered the message by hand, using a one-time pad. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Nay, I came rather to guard the hurt men that can yet be healed; for the Rammas is breached far and wide, and soon the host of Morgul will enter in at many points. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

At the age of ten, Butler children were sent to a private training center in Israel, where they were taught the specialized skills necessary to guard the latest in the Fowl line. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The scrawny man is handcuffed to one of the guards. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was because I had let down my guard a little for the first time since I was six. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The young guard, the one who shot her, comes back to his post. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I’m the point guard so it’s my job to get the ball to the scorers. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would be too easy to claim it was just Ruth who kept the secret guard going long after we’d naturally outgrown it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hookahs were extinguished, and the guards stood at attention. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

A flare of pride caught her off guard. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

It stank of fish and seawater, but all Kaede saw were the black uniforms of the guards around her, their thick leather boots splashing through slimy puddles. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Usually something happens: the criminal's resolve starts breaking down, and he begs and pleads with the guards or tries to cut a deal or an extension, or sometimes even tries to break out. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

We still occasionally had discussions about the egg, but these conversations were always guarded, and we were careful to avoid talking about specifics. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Before I go to Nita’s room—identifiable by the security guard sitting by the door—I stop by Uriah’s room with Christina. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Armed guards stood at each doorway, watching the work with blank faces. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I was constantly on guard against Lamar and Sam Houston on the trips to and from school, and it started to wear on me. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I can only glimpse part of the guard’s face, but I see his shoulders relax. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

They strode forward, talking to each other in low voices, and as they passed, the chief guard threw a quick glance at Lina. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Armed guards stopped us at the border gate and asked us for documentation. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Once winter comes, though, your lordship might be wise to post guards down here.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The guard, a short girl with purple hair, throws her gun to the ground in a tantrum. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Now the fence was finished, and it was only a matter of waiting for the guard- dog trainer to arrive. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matt saw a pair of Sisters guarding a bed. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You stand in the doorway in case it gets away from me!" he told the guard. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Event is in the ballroom,” said the guard as Jule went in. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s got your shorts and T-shirt in it, shin guards, and Mom ordered you brand new cleats with Velcro.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Tam Lin was with El Patron, and not even Matt was allowed into that heavily guarded part of the house without permission. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without guards, we put down our picks and our shovels and hurried to peek around the corner behind them. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

But whenever it was possible, without detection, the men would pick up old quids of tobacco that had been thrown away by the keepers or guard. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What about the Xi? They aren’t to be trusted. It would be better to send more guards with you.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

At a call from Morgant, armed guards strode quickly into the tent. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Great stores of provisions were delivered for feasting, musicians were summoned, and new livery brightened the guards and soldiers. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I lean in to tell Imani, “I guess they bring out your size,” and as I do, the security guard leans in as well—almost like he’s listening. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Men with guns guarded the train whenever it stopped, the same men who had threatened to kill her. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

Thomas turned his focus back to Ben and the guards. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

First the guards checked my shoes to see if they were once alligators. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

White threatened to fire the guards if they ever abused an inmate again. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The other two guards fix their rifles on me, but they don't fire. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He laughed a little, but there was something guarded about it, like there were things he was keeping hidden away in a mental lockbox. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I let Cinna’s sketchbook fall at the guard’s feet with a loud bang. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

It would be able to hear him without the bow guard. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

As soon as he gets inside, the guards will ask him about us. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

‘Here at least you are guarded in the strongest fastness of the Mark,’ said Aragorn. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He gave it another half-hour, until he could actually see some of the guards on top of the wall nodding off at their posts. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

There was a guard standing next to it, a cigarette slipping out of his hand, looking around to see what was happening—but looking the wrong way. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I came another way. Your guards never saw me.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

One wrong movement and a spooked guard could kill her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Like nearly every guard in the camp, he was a nameless, bullish-looking man in his early thirties who demanded that students avert their eyes and bow their heads when they spoke to him. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Too gloomy to guard his words, Ellsberg shot back, “Henry, there hasn’t been a rotten decision in this area for twenty years which wasn’t undertaken for very complicated reasons.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“How the hell do you know the security guard at the SunTrust Building?” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t do a two-step dance and first find out who was the truthful guard and then ask him which door to use. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

The captain of guards had never seen a larger skull. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Even with the guard's snores reverberating through the door, she couldn’t ignore it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

They passed the Municipal Trade Bank, a huge, elegant fortress with marble pillars and an iguanodon-mounted guard on either side of the mighty doorway. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“They are kind of small,” the other guard said. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

We drew sticks to see who would play guard. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone seemed to be standing still except for a uniformed court guard who was reaching toward me. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The prosecutor, the judge, and the guard in the room are taken aback. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I laid him at the door of Hrothgar’s meadhall, still asleep, killed the two guards so I wouldn’t be misunderstood, and left. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perimeter guards that he had never even seen. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, the guard nodded reluctantly and allowed Cole to walk freely during the transfer. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Up I went, above the room where Doc and Dinah guarded my body, up above the cabin. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

"His guards saw no man enter his chambers, nor did they find any within afterward." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"We found this on the captain of your household guard, Sansa. It is a letter to my late husband's brother Stannis, inviting him to take the crown." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The Villac Uma was speaking with the guards and pointing to the rest of the travelers. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

They could change shape and charmspeak, tricking mortals into letting down their guard. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He guarded the world most nights through that next week. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

She's the meanest of the guards but also the most elegant, with her neatly combed hair pinned into a tight knot. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Ducky was a guard because he was too small to be anything else, not because he could play. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

An insignificant stonecutter’s apprentice would get no farther than the first guard. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

With a sigh, he held his bow ready and began his turn at guard. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

This is the Loid Commander’s Tower, it’s guarded day and night, this couldn’t happen, it’s a dream, I’tp having a nightmare. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The guard led Stanley to a small building. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Fat Tom was at his post, guarding the door to the Tower of the Hand. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I said, caught off guard by another crazy name. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Both times I was scared so witless that the guards had to carry me along by the arms. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is different, I don’t know what’s going on, he wants to catch me off guard, it’s a new trick. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The young commander of the guard gave them permission. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The guard’s gloomy sulk made it clear he couldn’t care less. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I saw my mother pass through the gates without incident; when my turn came, a guard yanked me out of line. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“That was a good trick, brother. You really caught him off guard.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The guards clamp an iron collar around my neck and hobble my legs. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The guard at that door told them that they would have to use the Fifth Avenue entrance if they wished to see Angel. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He brought his right hand up to his neck to free himself and the guard swatted the hand away. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He didn’t know what to expect as the guard removed his handcuffs outside the meeting room and let him walk in alone. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The guard appealed, and the Court reversed the verdict because the correctional officer had not been permitted to tell the jury that Trina was in prison for murder. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I tell the guards, and they slide the doors open about a foot. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Adam made one desperate jump backward and raised his hands to guard his face. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

We step away from the garden and see a young man yelling at a guard. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She understood why: The bow was a weapon, and without Tali, they were one guard less. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I watched the guards and lay down on the embankment so that I could see both ways along the track. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The brothers on guard eyed him solemnly as he approached. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Nobody got sent down there unless they had done something really bad—like get into a fight where someone gets seriously hurt, or try to escape, or assault a guard. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Melisandre took that as a sign and dismissed her own guard as well. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

If Snape had been in on protecting the Stone, it must have been easy to find out how the other teachers had guarded it. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The ceremony was a blur: solemn faces, the patter of rain on the graveside awning, the crack of rifles from the honor guard, the casket sinking into the earth. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

On Thursday he shared the sweet milk candy with the guards and put on his clean clothes, which were tight for him, and the patent leather boots. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

And I wanted to hear the voices one truly never hears, the voices of guards— those on the front lines of our prison policies, society’s proxies. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guards alternated between the pepper spray and the beanbag gun, shooting the men and women in the cages. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

And not that long ago, maybe they could have been guards in her camp. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It took a four-man team to guard the lowliest politician, but he was expected to contain this impossible situation on his own. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He guarded the house and regions beyond and became a great hero, the Hound of Ulster itself. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The guard leads me to a glass-enclosed booth with a lady seated inside. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“No,” Moss repeated, his eyes locked on the tinted visor of the guard. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The guards are all worried about the rumored coming of the OAS. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am not locked in or guarded anymore. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The Dauntless guard’s mouth is open—he must be screaming. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

We had no medicine or speed balls, no proper boxing trunks or shoes, and no mouth guards. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of returning the salute, Bull stopped the car completely and stared with visible truculence at the guard who held his salute as rigidly as some umpires who call strikes on batters with exaggerated formality. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around the rim, a dozen bronze statues of Cupid stood guard with wings spread and bows ready to fire. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

It may have been a spectator, wrestling the fire from one of the palace guards. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Calling them hostage photos was like saying we were “guards” in a “prison.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the prisoners arrived at the Department of Justice, they entered in the basement and were taken into a specially reserved elevator, which stopped on the heavily guarded fifth floor. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

As his private guards close around him, I break away, struggling against the sea of guests rushing indoors out of the rain. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now she led Merry to a booth among the lodges of the king’s guard; and there an armourer brought out to her a small helm, and a round shield, and other gear. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

As we removed each item of clothing, the guards would grab it, search it quickly, and then throw it in the water. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The upper town was a rambling extension of the city below, a sprawling collection of shops, markets, and inns that served the guards and staff who worked at the Ice Court as well as visitors. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

One is guarding me, striking me, stomping me, raining punches down upon me, grinning all the while in a crazed and chilling way. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

One found its mark in a guard’s thigh. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

My cleats and shin guards are in my bag. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

"Nice if you like it," said the guard. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Lock her up,” the Governor told the guards. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Everyone else was on the ground, handcuffed and under guard, most of them gathered near the rabbit pen. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“I did. But one of them got off a few shots. Another guard came running. That was when the bells started.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

We must stay there until we’re sure all the people and guards have gone home.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes in jails like this, the guards resist uncuffing clients, arguing that it's not safe or permitted to take the handcuffs off a suspect during a legal visit. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The MPs guarded us that night as we sat on the verandah of our halls staring into the night. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The second guard, a rotund fellow with a scar down his right cheek, nodded. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I was thinking of maybe later taking a walk in the park with Blanca, when the guard returned. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Go on,” Nina translated, and then continued as the guard spoke. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And then he ordered the guards to stop and said, ‘Put him in the dungeon. I may have need for him later.’ When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

We were back at the Panther apartment, alone, except for the guards in the hall. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The guards dragged the men to a solid wall that stood next to the gate. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guards know little, and most do not speak Spanish. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Take a good look around. Never be caught off guard.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

We ran straight across the parking lot, ducking and weaving between parked cars, the guards right behind us, yelling. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

All the guards had clustered on the right side of the onager, trying to see what was going on down the ranks, which gave Nico and his comrades a clear shot to the left. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Then came a band of six royal guards, dull and bland as porridge. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Harry went down to breakfast the next morning with the rest of the boys in his dormitory, all of whom seemed to think the Firebolt deserved a sort of guard of honor. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She felt as if she had left her pearls lying loose for too long and it was time to gather them and guard them more carefully. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I have a mom in the United States,” Enrique tells a guard. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Two of the Aunts came out of the building, with the guard. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sing out when you need me,” the guard said with an unsettling wink. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would lie always in its hollow like an enchanted thing, guarded by the woods, safe, secure, while the sea broke and ran and came again in the little shingle bays below. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I had to get Sumac off the guard immediately and beg forgiveness. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I will walk up low stone steps past stone lions guarding and into a courtyard where a fountain plays and the queen waits, weeping, for the princess to return. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

No one was standing guard, because there was no fancy machinery to protect. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Twice, he fired straight rights through Alfred's guard, stinging, rib-bruising rights that took Alfred's breath away. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was only in that tent for a little while, but it made me feel extra safe being guarded right along with the general. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Americans and four of their guards and a few dressed carcasses were down there, and nobody else. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They looked at each other, and the guard’s dark brown eyes were troubled. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then, with a guard holding him on each side, he was marched out of the room and up a flight of stairs. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

It was impossible to say in front of the guards what Natalie needed to do. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He was aware of alarms ringing, guards running toward him, and two cars, still some distance away, tearing up the main drive, heading for the house. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Be careful who you talk to. Don’t let your guard down, okay?” he whispered. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

When she reached the iron gates to the palace grounds, the guards asked for her invitation, and she said, “Is not every eligible woman invited? You must let me through.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He examined the ball-handling skills of Pinkie Taylor who had been a starting guard on the team the year before. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to look away from the books, to the guards that were arraying themselves around the pyre. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The border is now empty of people and traffic, but crawling with Turkish guards in gas masks. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Usually, there’s something about the set of Henry’s mouth that betrays a bit of friendliness, but sometimes, like right now, his mouth pinches in the corner instead, pins his guard resolutely in place. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Two buff guards walked in, struggling with a big wooden crate. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Other guards occasionally walked by with their German shepherds, but the night was otherwise uneventful. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

After flagging down the durian boatman, the guards would carry the enormous spiky-skinned fruit to the wooden table under their shaded pavilion. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Security guards swarm around our limo as we pull up to the nightclub’s entrance. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They rode down the guards at the gate and vanished from the Shire. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Bristle retreated to guard Runt, and Pax trotted into the clearing, eager to find the telltale hole that would allow him to try the move himself. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

As far as I could tell, the guards below hadn’t seen me. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Yes," Lysa said glumly, her voice as cold and dead as the captain of her guard. " A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He explained to the guard that he was a coordinator for the Lost Boys and that the woman inside had asked to see me. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the back entrance of the cave I saw several guards. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He responded to the threat by arranging for several hundred Boy Scouts to stand guard along the route. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

His panic subsided when a guard barked out his father’s name. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

One of the guards ran down the stair. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Meggie looked anxiously at the door, but obviously the guard outside had heard nothing. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Finally, I went back and showed the guard my admission letter, and he let me in. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still unconvinced, Fflewddur settled himself against a tree root for his turn at guard. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

The guard took the cigarettes and gestured for Shin to pass. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I approach one of the fallen guards and take his gun, keeping my eyes away from the injury that killed him. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The door behind the guard slides open again. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

They would probably get close enough, while Gollum was gorging and off his guard. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

If I guarded him, he was going to score seventy points. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

The guards seemed to relish concocting variations of their denials. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

There were a dozen other guards roaming behind the terminal. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

They were blindfolded, and to guide themselves each had his hand on the shoulder of the man ahead of him, watched over by armed guards. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This one has four guards. If they see you, they’ll sound an alarm, and these tunnels will be swarming with soldiers.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

With seven guards around us and Rémy behind me, it's going to be difficult. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Maybe the fourth guard had been pulled away for Yellow Protocol. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“If you call the guards, I’ll kill you,” I cried, pushing his face to the floor. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

At last, just as Dustfinger was beginning to feel he would be crouching behind this ruined wall for the rest of his life, the guard turned and strolled off. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“How many guard towers are on the White Island again?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“We’ll be locking this room up tight and posting a guard.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The petitioners clustered near the tall doors, the knights and high lords and ladies beneath the tapestries, the smallfolk in the gallery, the mailed guards in their cloaks, gold or grey: all stood. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

For a moment he was silent; and then added, in a tone much more guarded and demure, Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

As I expected, Mechtild now kept a vicious dog to guard against robbers. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He asked the guard if he would like to marry me. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was surprised to see a new checkpoint on Aggrey Road and even more surprised that it was guarded by soldiers. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The twelve sentry rats were locked in the hut they had been set to guard. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

After cutting short their lesson in favor of a stroll, Celaena and Nehemia walked through the spacious halls of the castle, guards trailing behind them. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I could tell by his manner he was still on his guard, as though waiting for a further question from me. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

‘And was it Saruman that ordered you to guard his damaged doors, and watch for the arrival of guests, when your attention could be spared from plate and bottle?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I also see the body of a guard, his arm dangling over the edge of a stair, and standing over him, a factionless man with an eye patch. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

As I stalk past the gate guards, I fervently hope not to run into my mother. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It’s like there’s a crossing guard holding a big stop sign in front of me. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I see him bend forward, spewing out his life, until the guards block him from my sight. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Seniors had to guard freshmen, and vice versa. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, like every day, security guards checked the ID badges of everyone coming and going from Rand headquarters. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

What was the border patrol guarding that was so valuable? A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They could ward off these guards with toys. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Curfew was ringing as they turned up Creed Lane to Ludgate Hill, and only because the guard knew Brother Luke’s habit were they allowed to pass through the city gate. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Though Jesper didn’t think anyone would be lying in wait, some guard might be charged with protecting the gate mechanism at all cost. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why the State felt they needed a militia to guard the entrance to the prison on the night of an execution. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Jesper was no Wraith, but if he could just make the drop silently and sneak up behind the guard he could keep things quiet. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Security guards check the freight cars, catch every rider they can, and hand them over to the authorities. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

When the guard brings our uncle to the waiting room that is filled with other families waiting, he is not Robert. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

They shuffled up the steps, past the armed driver and a handful of armed guards, and sat down. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He went back to where Buckthorn sat guarding the foot of the single open run—Kehaar’s run, as it was called. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is so much like what a family would say, a mother or an aunt, that I’m thrown off guard. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The guards on the bridge will assume we passed through the embassy gate and had our papers scrutinized there.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A pair of guards was rushing toward the helicopter with crates in hand, and in the distance I heard commotion, heated complaints in Lingala. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The trash baskets sat near the river dock, on the other side of the guards’ storage hut. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Outside, one of the guards looked at him and said, "Be strong, boy. The gods are cruel." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I told the guard Andy wanted me to have them, left them to me in his will. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would hold her and kiss her if the guards permitted me, and toward the end of the interview, hand her back to Winnie. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I challenged, stepping into the space between me and the guard who’d disarmed me earlier. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The guard straightens the back of his navy blue baseball cap with his left hand, curving the bill with his right. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

But before he reported to his new job as a prison guard, he went to the Abwehr headquarters, and offered his services in any capacity in the United States. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

They must have seen him attack the guard. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The library closed at seven PM, but I quickly discovered a way to sneak back in after the guard made his last rounds. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Jaqen touched one of the dead guards and showed her his bloody fingers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"The boy. did not know. The guards would." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I was almost asleep when the owner of the shop opened the door and kicked at me, telling me to shove off or he’d call the guard. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I’d forgotten about the guard, somehow—guards had never been a problem when I was with Mom. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Forty floors of cheap windows and a lobby with a guard who slept most of the night. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“I want to be the starting point guard and team captain.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The door opens, and at last I stand face-to-face with my enemy and her Dauntless guards. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Looking through the fence, they could see the guards’ and officers’ housing—all empty. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Jennifer leapt up from her hiding place and pinched the guard’s neck near the clavicle. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

On warmer, happier days, after school ended in the afternoon, Shin’s class would sometimes march into the hills and mountains behind the school to collect food and herbs for their guards. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

The sun has gone down over the rampart walls, and the guards manning them turn into silhouettes. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Maddie was quite relieved to see the unflappable wireless operator with her guard down. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry,” he says in a gentle, low voice that catches me off guard. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

With enemy forces advancing, the Joint Chiefs requested permission to broaden the mission from merely guarding the base to engaging in what was described as “limited offensive operations.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Clarence and Clement, the security guards, appeared and escorted Peckleman out of the building. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

‘And when their spears have rotted and rusted, long still may their mound stand and guard the Fords of Isen!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Basta’s heart would probably have missed a beat at the sight of it, but Dustfinger was much more concerned about the guards outside Capricorn’s house. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“This belongs to you. One of my guards picked it up after the duel.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

There was no mob, and night and day armed citizens guarded the ships. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at the guard who sat slumped in his seat and wondered if he had fallen asleep. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

As often happened on the island, we had learned significant political news before our own guards. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’ve got the barbecues, and we arrange for Ritchie and a few of his friends to guard the beer while the sermon’s on. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Eric was guarding me, and he looked like he would eat me alive if I let him get too close. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

"Did you assault a cadet standing guard at the edge of the Alta sector's quarantine zone?" Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I draw my own gun, which is heavy with unused bullets, and put it in the container the security guard holds out to me, where all the others’ guns are. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Cecile guarded the kitchen’s swinging door and pointed us to the living room, where she had laid out a waxy tablecloth on the floor. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guard was holding his gun in front of his chest. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

From behind him there emerged a broad-chested guard with a long black truncheon in his hand. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

There was a guard on the freight-car ahead but he was looking forward. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

It was late afternoon, but Shin promised to be back in plenty of time with food for the guard. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

There’s only one way in or out of Dove Canyon: a single gate guarded by rent-a-cops. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He has guard duty in another tower somewhere on the island. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She leaped over him, and immediately a swarm of guards came at her. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

But a chain gang marches single file and I saw no guards on horseback. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rémy and the remaining guards work to establish order and clear out inquisitive onlookers. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Who was yelling?” the guards demanded again and again as they stared out into the crowd. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

—Writing in my book during guard change as I can get away with twenty minutes at a time. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Except on days when I shave new prisoners, I cut the hair of SS officers and guards and and give them shaves,” he said. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Seeing as I had regularly petitioned my parents for an electric fence, the business with the guards strikes me as the last word in quiet sophistication. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“You two are in there together,” a guard said to Shin. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He explained all that he had heard in his mother’s house and what he had said to the night guard at school. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Two guards flanked the gate, and they stepped forward as she approached. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I ran to guard Teddy, but before I got to him, Doug made a basket. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I just have to get my shin guards.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“But even as he said it, he was guarded.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Yes. You are. And like I said before, call me Jake. I think it’s fair to say I’ve crossed the guard line, here.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

How the Director didn’t flinch; how the guards delivered those volts with such ease. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I think now it’s why I guarded myself so carefully, why I still wasn’t ready to let him in. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Just because Beckendorf was a nice guy didn't mean he wouldn’t send us both to the infirmary if we let our guard down. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The guard outside his door could hear Dasch talking to himself. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Finally they came to a pair of huge iron doors with rusted hinges, guarded by Unsullied. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“They were a step ahead of me. And they even taped over the doorway to the tunnel, to try to guard it.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

All of us met one afternoon in the courtyard, without guards watching over us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw a long line of dark wagons, a band of Provost guards, men gathered in groups around stacked rifles, small fires. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hopped over one of the guards’ kieries and dashed to the other side of the stage, all without losing concentration. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

In a few minutes another lot of guards came crowding in as escort to a thin-faced man with an air of authority. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Firemen were instantly summoned by the four policemen who had been guarding the sidewalk entrance to the mosque. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would take Mr. Katz off guard when the man least expected it. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“You’re coming with me,” the guard says, over and over again. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But when Toby turned to Luke, he was still guarding every emotion he had behind a big, fake smile. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Armed guards in black shirts nodded as the agent passed through security and into the secret compound. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Down the hall, at the guards’ station, a warder twists the knobs of the wireless back and forth but finds only hiss and crackle. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

They had decided earlier that they would bide their time until dusk, when it would be more difficult for guards to track their footsteps in the snow. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Cerberus, the three-headed dog, guarded the doors, but if she gave him a cake he would be friendly and let her pass. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ll find the Head Office on Level Seven,” says the guard, extending his arms to corral us back to the elevator. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Ten guards and the warden couldn’t have tom me out of those books. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

High walls topped with searchlights enclosed his cell block; guards with machine guns patrolled the perimeter. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

More guards followed, carrying a litter behind them—the sort of thing an ancient king might be carried around on. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

A guard came in, carrying something made of wire, a box or basket of some kind. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The first guard took a cautious step forward. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Although he could see the camp directly above him, he chose his old route—up the gorge and across the ridge—because the guards on the wall were facing the river. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

They were the only ones, therefore, who understood how the young commander of the guard had died of love and how a gentleman from a faraway land had been plunged into desperation. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

A family steps from the hordes to speak to the border guards. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

He turned and stood as a door opened and a guard led in Dillard Early Sr. Dill’s father was tall and gaunt, rawboned. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

A guard sat squinting against the sun watching for trains and every few minutes lowered a crossing gate as yet another locomotive huffed past. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I took all the guards' shots, and the prisoners', but Dr. Sokel, the head of the prison hospital, took Miss Kentucky's. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

One of the guards, an aging man with thinning hair, saluted a second time and said, “Captain—you’re needed.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It shocked him to see North Koreans going about their daily lives without having to take orders from guards. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

The shot pinged off the wall, but it was enough to get the attention of the guard manning the howitzer. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Between meals, if his mother did not stand guard, he was constantly pilfering at the wretched store of food on the shelf. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

At certain intersections were deposited mortars and cannon, a few idle powder-monkeys lying atop them to guard them, awaiting commands or playing cards in the shadow of these engines of destruction. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“Um...thanks,” Ivy said, but she decided right then to keep her guard up. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

With no identification papers, Shin knew he would be arrested if border guards did their job. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

The three of us were taken by boat to Cape Town and then to the dentist’s office under heavy guard. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the video, Reggie’s hands are up against a wall as a guard pats him down. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I look at the Syrian guards, who have little to do in comparison to the Turks. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the others still looked thoughtful and guarded. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mother translated my words into Russian for the guard. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He’d been training with the guards at seventeen, but he’d still lived here, still had a roof over his head and good food and friends. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes Shin sees himself through the eyes of his new self, and sometimes he sees himself through the eyes of the guards in the camp,” said Andy. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Then, to his surprise, she suddenly lurched forward and kissed him, catching him completely off guard. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Convinced now that the woman was joking, the guard cheerfully quipped, “Three blocks under the lagoon.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It startled both me and the guard, who stopped his pushing. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I hurry to the gate, show my note to the guard, and to my surprise, he lets me out. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Something catches me off guard—a TV show, a funny one-liner from my dad, a comment in class—and I laugh like nothing ever happened. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The guards make their rounds every minute and a half, stand for twenty seconds, and then move on. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Where have you led us, dwarf? My horse does not leave my side. Climb into this rathole, the rest of you. I shall guard Islimach myself.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

The guard opens the door, probably to yell at me for overstaying my welcome, but I’m already making my way out. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

A guard on the wall would hear them if they were too loud, so she heeded Alfhercht and didn’t say anything. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He did the same to a few more guards. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

"I am not afraid of his guards. I am as good as any of them. I should never have fled." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Throughout our meeting her manner had been guarded, as if we were being watched as well as bugged. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guards kissed their fingertips and bowed deeply from the waist as the eight footmen carried the litter these last few paces of the journey. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

He was like an early-warning radar, always on guard, always alert, and if that was all he did—watch the forest when I was outside—it would have been enough. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The principle of the Farm was work or die; but there were leniencies in practice-gaps between work and death, provided by the guards. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

OHe of the guards stiffened as Chamberlain approached, looked past him to his captain. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

One guard picked up Gum Baby and Chestnutt by their necks. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The guard towers are gone, and the mess halls and shower rooms, the hospital, the tea gardens, and the white buildings outside the compound. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

In prison, she’d had to practice holding it in since she didn’t like going out to the latrine with strange guards in the middle of the night. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guards, wisely, didn’t let their amusement show. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Tens of thousands of Hitler Youth, storm troopers, and helmeted military guards lined his route from the Brandenburg Gate through the Tiergarten and out to the Reichssportfeld. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Pearl turned her eyes to the TV screen, where burly security guards were wrestling an orange-haired woman built like a BarcaLounger back into her seat. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I was never sure if Ruth had actually invented the secret guard herself, but there was no doubt she was the leader. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It'll be tricky to figure out how, though, because our doors are always locked, our window always barred, our guards always awake. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Before leaving, Met Bong instructs another girl to guard me and make sure I do as I am told. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we finally found a guard, he heard me out and then said there had been a bunch of kids who had come in the night before. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

On the phone, she’d sounded guarded, faintly suspicious, as he had. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

As they reached the guard’s station wagon, Garvey turned to Cole. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The guards shoved the last of the prisoners, including the boy with the red-brown hat, through the doors of the prison and closed them with a loud metal clang. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guard shouted something at him in Fjerdan and cuffed him hard across the face. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The guard slipped a notepad on the table without my saying anything to him. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Taisin heard him, and she twisted in her saddle to see Con trying to fight his way closer to the fallen guard. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I took out the notepad that the guard had given me, and dug around in the bottom of my backpack until I came up with a pencil that didn’t have a broken tip. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Getting desperate, Harry asked for the train that left at eleven o’clock, but the guard said there wasn’t one. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Nam was another one of the guys on the team, our point guard when English needed a break, and he dodged around a few people to catch up with me. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The guards warmed themselves with drink after work. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

There was a guard with him, and when the door slammed behind them Tyrone jumped like he was real nervous or traumatized. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I dribbled to the hoop, the tall dude guarding Todd came up to block me. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The other guard also smiled, but Reynie could tell he was studying them with great attention. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

For six weeks consecutively I did guard every Sunday and was hut-orderly for the same length of time. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

To demonstrate its effectiveness in controlling lice, guards asked five men and five women in each of the infested dorm rooms to wash themselves with the cloudy liquid. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

For some reason it hit me hard right then—as one of the guards took me by the arm and started leading me away—how mad pretty my mom is. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Dozing security guards, and surgeons angrily shaking the broken vending machine by the lobby, the same white tile floors and the same dimly lit hallways, but everything seems different with Will next to me. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He felt the strings of the bow guard unravel and the bare air blow across his exposed wrist. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I was left alone in that room with a handful of guards. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We tried for three days to sneak Onas baby out, but the guard stood near whenever the doors were open. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Or maybe this time it was because the guards were so close now. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Border guards send drivers into the building while they search the truck,” Bushra says. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

One of the guards noticed them talking then and slashed at Besa with his whip. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of this about Miss Geraldine reminds me of something that happened about three years later, long after the secret guard idea had faded away. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though he was supposed to be the king’s guard, his helmet had the emblem of the emperor—the face of a snarling tiger, the metal already turning green. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The other bug was just Dr. Cable’s way of misleading the Smokies, getting them to drop their guard. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The guard thought the woman was resisting, so he twisted her wrist and yanked her forward. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I leaned over to one of the guards and asked him why he was doing that. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Poachers from Uganda had been coming over Mount Elgon and shooting anything that moved, including people, and now the Kenyan government required that visitors to Mount Elgon be accompanied by armed guards. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, after school, Canton, with the broom dog tucked under his arm, slowly walked up to the corner to watch his mother—to guard the crossing guard. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

The Zosma guards were like mounted statues, eyes blank and fixed on nothing. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The guard moved on toward the Egyptian wing to cover the rest of his tour. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only the king and his guard were going up into the Hold. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Four soldiers guard the entrance to the hall marked Special Weaponry. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Their escorts would collect them shortly, the gate guards said. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Prince Jones, murdered by the men who should have been his security guards, is always with me, and I knew that soon he would be with you. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I dart around the distracted guard, push open the door marked 3908, and find them. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The closest thing I have to a friend down here is Tyrell Waters, a junior point guard at nearby Weequahic High School. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Ser Kevan leapt up swearing as the captain of the guard went flying across the room to smash against the hearth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was just before nine o’clock when the door opened and two guards came in with Mr. Grin behind them. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

All his mind was bent on getting through or over this impenetrable wall and guard. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Two guards brought forward a chair for Clivers to sit on. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

He recalled that the cranky foreman had threatened to unleash vicious guard dogs, and he assumed they were the ones that bit Mullet Fingers. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nice work. They probably saw who they were guarding.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The guards were a young man and woman wearing sunglasses, smiles, and expensive suits, with well-polished shoes that gleamed in the morning sun. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He doubted any counselors were still on guard. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“He’s this half-blood kid we brought to camp last winter. He, uh . . . he asked me to guard his sister on a quest, and I failed. She died. Now he blames me.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I managed to ask a guard where we were. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Push the picture of a goalie cat with skates and a mouth guard out of my head. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

"I want the guard doubled," he told Fat Tom. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I look over my shoulder to see the security guard watching us until we pass the black gate altogether. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Would he have to constantly touch the turquoise or would touching the bow guard be enough? Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

"Camellia, the queen has assigned you a personal guard." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

We finally reached the heavy stone door of the Atrium, which was now closed and flanked by two guards. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The second nighttime guard was under orders to keep the first one talking so neither of them would doze off. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I turn back to look toward the internees, I see guards seizing some, pulling them out of line, shoving others. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

No guards are posted in front of this building. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I can only hope these two particular guards subscribe to the antigerm fanaticism that the Nazis are well known for. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

My father jumps out of the elevator and sprints down the right hallway, drawing the Dauntless guards after him. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Most of the guards, he said, were eager for bribes. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

The guard reminded them to wipe away their tears so they would not look like girls. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

I myself counted one hundred and thirty graves, or rather holes, loosely covered over with earth, close together, many of them large enough to hold a corporal’s guard. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Usually these groups guard treasures hidden from the waves of conquest, the golden artifacts of an archaic Montezuma, or a mine so rich that its discovery would change the world. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom had had it all reinforced a year ago, after she discovered that one of the night guards was snipping away bits of wire to sell in the scrap metal markets. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Crouching marines, their machine guns aimed outward, guarded the landing zone as about sixty people shoved onto each helicopter. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Old men guard it, sitting behind four red podiums. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Paying attention to the guards who seem a little bored. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Visiting hours were only on weekends and no one ever came to see me anyway so I was surprised when the hospital guard rapped on my door one weekday afternoon and unlocked it. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

‘Strange names you give indeed! But I will report them as you bid, and learn my master’s will,’ said the guard. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I had ended up making friends with the head guard, who used to make the rounds with the kitchen hands at mealtime. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want any trouble,” the guard said, placing a hand on his walkie-talkie. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Instead of ordinary guards, two drüskelle stood watch by the heavy door. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Adam objected, “and art cumbered with crutches as well. And how wilt thou cross the river? The bridge is well guarded at both ends.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

It would only take one wayward guard to ruin their plans. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A small town in Minnesota that I’ve passed through countless times en route to family reunions has a prison with a massive brick wall and turretlike guard towers, which I have spent hours thinking about. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard scuffling inside the car and glanced down to the guards. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

White stationed extra guards at the jail after attempts to break out the outlaws who were going to testify against Hale. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He said good night to a security guard at the front desk and drove home. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chiron had decided we needed to guard the Labyrinth exit at all times, just in case. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

And as soon as the guard passed, I got back out of bed onto die floor area of that light-glow, where I would read for another fifty-eight minutes—until the guard approached again. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Four heavily armed guards inform me that I am to be taken to headquarters for questioning. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Nali didn’t let him borrow it, he needed to know where it was so he could take the communication stone and leave the bow guard. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He had no matches, but the never-speaking guard who brought his food would give him a light. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Dr. Begbie is driving her home for the night. Dr. Rogers’s car will be here overnight—please inform the morning guards when they do their tally.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

And for him a new refrain: I am the guard who opened the gates and let the foe march through. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A pair of border guards lounged at a table in front of another door made of reinforced glass.They were playing a game Matt had never seen. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped by the Inspection Office on my way down the corridor, and I being the guard none stopped me from entering and looking till I found the wall-panel that contained the alarms and switches. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then—and this caught me totally off guard—there's a gunshot, which is the thing that tells you to go. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Pastor, you remember my oldest son, Randolph,” he said, caught off guard. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

At home, the aunts had drawn the older girls aside and warned us that soon we would be señoritas who must guard our bodies like hidden treasure and not let anyone take advantage. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Flanked by her Roman guards, she consulted with allies and generals and made decisions. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

The ground-level lobby was an open space with gray walls, stone floors, and a uniformed security guard standing behind a desk. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Between her murmurs of appreciation during Chaol’s brief tour of her rooms, she’d counted the windows—twelve—the exits—one—and the guards posted outside her door, windows, and balcony—nine. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

When the train gets to within four blocks of the station, the guards drive alongside, arresting migrants as they jump off and turning them over to la migra. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

One of the guards was shaking his finger at Sadge and saying something in a voice almost loud enough for Lina to hear. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The guards hauled her back through the prison gate. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Like all guards, he acted stern and unfriendly and often threatened to beat them if they did not work faster. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Any contact with the chain link or the coils of barbed wire that guard the top would mean instant electrocution. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

One of the other men stumbled and collapsed, and the guards fell on him with sticks and clubs. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

They purchased guns, burglar alarms, rifles and guard dogs in unprecedented quantities. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He positioned himself on the wall behind the guard. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I wish I knew for a certainty that Heqet can guard a secret. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

A couple security guards rush through the hallways, walkie-talkies in hand. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

This ring, she told me, drew coveting stares from women and made them inattentive to the children they guarded so jealously. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Screams and shattering glass fill the air, and security guards run past us without noticing that we are running away from the dormitories, running toward a place we should not be. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Besides the regular prison guards, a group of U.S. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The guard crumpled, the pistol falling out of his hand. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Before I could fall back to sleep, I would go sit with the night security guard and sip a glass of water. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He was notoriously independent and didn’t align himself with the old guard or the new. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I looked at the guard at the bridge. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Get moving, girl,” Kinzie ordered, loud enough for the guards to hear. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Two military lorries with canvas sides, with half a dozen armed guards in each. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

It got down to fifteen seconds and I reached my hand up like I was going to push the guard again but instead I swiped after the ball. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

It became so tedious and draining to watch that I eventually turned my head to the side, trying to keep guard with the corner of my eyes. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The vehicle was stopped by a young African guard, but he was overwhelmed when dozens of armed policemen and several police dogs sprang from the vehicle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The young blond guard appeared at the back of the truck. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Riffraff like them don’t usually pay, so I’m on my guard already. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The guard raised the newspaper, to which a couple of dusty moth wings were still clinging, and slapped the door frame with it, smiling broadly. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

East German guards kept watch over random checkpoints, demanding identity papers for anyone wishing to pass through. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” came back sourly, “but here you are in the officer’s room with two robots standing guard at the door. That’s not knuckling under, is it?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Unnoticed by Travers, who was looking through the bronze doors at the inner hall, each of the guards gave a little start as the spells hit them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Where’s your ID?” the security guard at the library entrance demanded. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

As anticipated, guards split the group into men and women, then led both rows, chains jangling, through a nearly round archway fashioned in the shape of a wolf’s open mouth. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

My fingers hurt, and when I looked at them I saw that they were bleeding, too, where they’d got ripped out of the trigger guard. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fearing a first-strike nuclear attack by the United States, the Soviet Union resolved not to let its guard down. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

A guard appeared in the doorway, and then another. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The guard turns and begins his walk down the length of the fence. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Mother tried to speak with a guard, but he ignored her. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The guards ignored him for a couple of minutes. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Seward might be attended by nurses, doctors, servants, maids, family members, and guards. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the first men had fled, the guard Julie had attacked held her down with his heel dug into the back of her neck—he wasn’t giving her a chance. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

More often a guard would chase him away from the gate or from standing near the high fence with the barbed wire along the top of it. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

There sat other guards, with drawn swords laid upon their knees. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

A crazy person was a bug—slang used by both guards and inmates. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Four steps away from the fence, where he was talking to a female Dauntless guard with a gun balanced on her shoulder a moment before. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

After, Gerold Hightower himself took me aside and said to me, 'You swore a vow to guard the king, not to judge him.' A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Behind her, a security guard appeared, with Dari trailing behind him, and the guard stood right there in Mom’s doorway. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

My besties guarded my secret feelings with their lives, but it was my little brother who accidentally let the cat out of the bag. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

It makes my eyes look super green in a way that almost catches me off guard. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Finally she worked up the courage to ask one of the gate guards if he'd gone. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Reggie shifts to the right, and I make eye contact with the guard. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z