The starter held the gun in the air again. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

She knew she should get used to carrying a pistol, but the weight threw off her balance, and guns could jam or lock in a bad moment. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Only an idiot brings a gun into a mess like that,” Shawn said. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But the guns began and the sound livened him. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Weeks later, they returned to Jerusalem to find their house “occupied”—filled with other people—Jewish soldiers with guns. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

But Grandpa grabbed his gun from the wall and got to the window, just in time to shoot the panther dead. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But why are you running? Where are you running to? Can you hear any guns?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Jumah smiled, clutched his machine gun, and went running into the darkness. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

We pounced on the MPs, pulled them to the ground, and took their guns away from them. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Vietnam veterans, some wearing their combat uniforms, protest outside the US Capitol, smashing toy guns, 1971 About a thousand veterans took part in the weeklong antiwar demonstration in Washington, DC. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

And rather than picking up a pen and finding a solution, they turned to guns and bombs instead. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It also carried Phoebe Anne Moses of Tiffin, Ohio, a young woman with a penchant for guns and an excellent sense of distance. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

David, Daniel, Silly, and I ran off to play a game we called Hunter and Hunted with water guns. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

O'BRIEN You testified that you did not have a gun when you entered the drugstore. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t see that she had a gun. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know,” I said, “for once I cannot argue with you. The gun, the bullets—I can’t explain any of it. So I’ll give you that much.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Frankie leaned down to press a hand against the man’s throat, then picked up the gun and rose. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

That would be daring all right: I didn’t have a gun, didn’t have a sword or anything but a knife and a stick. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped and searched around with his numb hands for the gun. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He forced Syl’s head out, then jammed the gun’s barrel in his ear. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

In my mind, only cops and criminals had guns. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I don’t bring my guns—I don’t want anyone to track me to the plague sectors. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The whole time the guns were pointed at him, he said, he’d stayed calm. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I can’t recall those nights, but do remember saying to him, and hearing the querulous keening note in my own voice, “He could have stopped. He saw the guards. He ran right into the guns.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

She just stood there with the gun raised. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The ones that were still alive were so bad off that Blake and his men just put a gun to them on the spot. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dark-skinned man with a gun in hand approaches Marcus’s window. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Shouting to my father, I said, “Shoot the gun. If my dogs are close enough to hear it, maybe Little Ann will come to us.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man, still pointing his gun at each of them in turn, is standing next to the windows. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Do you need a weapon, sir?” asked the pilot, handing him a gun. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

By inserting a bullet into the base of an extended antenna and then quickly compressing it, an inmate could fire the inaccurate but still potentially deadly gun. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he was already coming, with his gun, to take poor Bigwig away. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

So the Long Knives tried to find cover from the enemy guns and arrows. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

At that moment, Billy’s high forehead is in the cross hairs of a high-powered laser gun. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The driver gunned the engine—the bus lurched as it slammed into the womans body. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

In one motion he sprang up, using his gun as a staff, and twisted to look back. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

“They all carry guns. The only route for people on foot is beneath the canopy.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

We hear the machine guns in the streets. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

In the dusk, two Diamondback Sorrento mountain bikes flashed down past the Caldwell exit ramp from Highway 20-26, past a dingy cowboy bar, a pizza place, a gun store. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next thing Emily knew, Clyde pulled a gun out of his pocket and pointed it at them. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“We keep guns ready,” he says in his choppy Algonquian. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“That gun was stuffed full of live ammunition, can you believe it?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’d been walking about a day and a half and we were almost halfway to Pochala when we heard the booming of big guns. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gun lay under Johnny’s pillow for a month and was never touched. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t do this, Dad, please. You’re drunk. Just put the gun away.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“That’s the big gun, but it stinks to high heaven. Best to keep that container sealed tight,” she said. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

He gunned the engine and the J-3 began to jitter and lean forward, and once it started rolling down the runway it quickly picked up speed. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“What did you do, machine gun most of them?” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the Federals running, no guns set up, nothing but one battery and one regiment in line.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m gonna put in for a transfer. Better free your gun.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they’re done with our room, they nudge us with the barrels of their guns into the living room. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was already loaded in the Japanese gun from which it would be fired; maybe it was in an ammunition roll. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Billy’s will was paralyzed by a zap gun aimed at him from one of the portholes. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now Crab leaned the gun carefully against the wall, then plunked the brown paper bag on the table. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Jonathan, on the outer fringe of the group, strained to listen, glad to be able to rest his gun on the ground. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I am dimly aware that I left my own gun in the hallway behind me, sure I wouldn’t need it if I made it this far. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

How fast would the lumps of uranium need to be brought together inside the gun? Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The burst of flame shoots across the fog, the guns roar and boom. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The spark from the gun flashed across the room by the door that leads to the Pit. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Their well- polished boots were drenched in dirt and they sat away from each other, clinging tightly to their guns, as if those were the only things that comforted them. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Because at the apex of that confrontation, my dad’s hand had instinctively traveled down to his belt...where his gun was nestled in its holster. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Alexander’s guns were moving, realigning; horses were pulling caissons into position, stirring the dust. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I placed the guns carefully on the floor of the trunk. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was like bringing someone a tray of tea and putting a gun on the table next to it. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

His body began to tremble as he aimed the gun directly at the old soldier. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was Chris himself who had criticized a recent theft of weapons from an air force base; preliminary police reports suggested that the gun that killed him had come from that stockpile. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take off my bulletproof vest as soon as I get out, and offer it to Amar along with my gun. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Everything tightened up, and all my senses were directed forward at the man running at us with a gun. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

On his knees before the double doors is David, a gun barrel pressed to his temple, blood trailing down his chin. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

There were many Austrian guns in the woods on that ridge but only a few fired. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He didn’t move, so I drew the gun away. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then I grip the trigger, feeling the gun’s weight. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

When the guns began firing he had forgotten it completely. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They found the boy and his father standing outside, a gun still in the father’s hands. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

And if Masha and her crew tried to parachute out of their burning plane, they would surely be killed by the enemy’s guns as they fell. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Usually the only time the police in Sylvan got to use their guns was when they got called out to shoot rattlesnakes in people’s yards. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not just because it has always been a fantasy of mine to blast our neighbors with my paintball gun—but because whether my dad knows it or not, I saw what was coming next. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Jeeps with mounted guns were parked along the road. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The agent rarely carried a gun on his person, and had never had occasion to fire a gun at another human being. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They wear heavy clothing and carry guns so big I’m not sure I would be able to lift one. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He felt something heavy sagging in his shirt; it was the gun. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I gunned the engine of Link's car and began moving as fast as I could without attracting too much attention. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The officers said they thought the wallet was a gun, and fired forty-one times. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

But if they could find their way to the dogs with guns and bullets, wouldn’t it be just as easy to feed them? Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

My ears rang with the gun sounds, my body ached, and my index finger was sore. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Yakov had bought a gun, but maybe he decided that was too bloody. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I brought up my gun, then held fire while I hollered at Mama. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tall one stepped on the gun Jonathan had left. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Soon all the embassies were ringed with barbed wire and machine guns and it was impossible to continue taking them by storm; but then there were other needs to keep her busy. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wait, watching the shadows move, and when one of them stops, I step up, point my gun, and shoot. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The footage showed sailors standing at attention on deck, or dropping artillery shells into guns, or horsing around on a beach, waving to the folks back home. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

They said ’bout the only way to get a white man away from his gun and holster was to take it off of him whilst he was at rest in his coffin. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The men lifted their guns and pointed them straight down the road at the oncoming soldiers. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’d been warned away from this room and everything in it, so I began to shoot questions at the CSI as if I were firing them from a nail gun. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Just some faceless guy, a row of cigarettes, a gun, a bang, a searing pain, a wall of blackness. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Hell no, just save me burying that horse. I wonder where he got the gun. I wonder what he wants back there.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I point the gun into the alley and fire blindly. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Beaverbrook, the fatalist, practically burst into tears and said in a timid little voice, “Oh, it’s so awful. Oh, the guns are so loud!”—which is another way of saying “I’m so scared.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Ida Spavento lowered her gun, took a pack of cigarettes from her pocket, and put one between her lips. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

One of the guys looked like he was about to point his BB gun at me. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

There the boy stood, with the gun brandished, which he slowly untucked, tucked, then untucked once more, and in his small eyes I saw a surging rage that could, in an instant, erase my body. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

She brushes me out of the way with a deranged sort of confidence and puts the muzzle of the gun to the kid’s forehead. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Although nobody other than whites could buy guns at white-owned stores, people would come down from the North and bring arms to some of our men. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He didn’t even have a gun or a knife. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I push my family from my mind, set my feet shoulder-width apart, and delicately wrap both hands around the handle of the gun. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Get the car keys, and get their guns,” he says calmly. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Instead of the menacing green of army uniforms, the shine of boot and gun, he saw a brown caftan and flat slippers and a familiar face that took him a moment to recognize: Miss Adebayo. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Before I can exit, the fellow behind me gives me a none-too-gentle shove with the barrel of his gun, and I turn and give him my best side-eye. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Back and forth the flare gun flew, the girls never breaking stride. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Near the guns lay the cartridge pouches, Jonathan removed one cartridge. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The images came rushing back into his mind: the men in dark uniforms, their guns raised, bursting into his room, dragging him out of his bed, promising to finish what they started with his father. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Ragen’s Colts emptied their clubhouse gun racks and went looking for targets. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Kat says that they do not go back but are bringing up troops—troops, munitions, and guns. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like all Flops, Buffo was not allowed to carry a gun, but that made no difference to him. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

After the arrival of Europeans, the Big Island’s King Kamehameha I rapidly proceeded with the consolidation of the largest islands by purchasing European guns and ships to invade and conquer first Maui and then Oahu. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Moving down the wall, staying low and talking rapidly to people, he came at last on Ernest Testaverde, who was returning fire over the coconut logs with his gun held high and his head down. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

A few moments later, they heard the gun blast. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

He has a gun pointed straight at my chest, but to my surprise, he doesn't fire it. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The original writers show Tania scoring kill after kill as she guns down German planes and drops her bombs on German troops. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Most colored didn’t even have guns issued to us. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The firing began again, Rebel guns, farther off, but not many. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Except most people with guns aren’t using them to kill people,” I say. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

A gun advocate might argue that the high-school girl needs to have a gun to disrupt what has become the natural order: it’s the bad guys that have the guns. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“Go get your gun, idiot,” the man answers with a sideways look that leaves no doubt how he has always treated the woman. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“They held him down with a gun. There was nothing he could do.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“If it’s a coyote, this will stop it,” the watcher said as he raised the gun. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Just so you know: We're gun owners, so don't bring no drama when you come." Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He felt suddenly that he wanted something in his hand, something solid and heavy: his gun, a knife, a brick. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

And like all the others, he has a Taser and a gun. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“My gun will be here for me,” she says. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Standing in four rows in front of us are a group of people, mostly dressed in black and white, spaced two feet apart, guns held up and ready. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Flashlights built into our guns illuminate a large living room with mirrored .walls that throw our faces back at us at every turn. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Wow, that sucks,” the girl says, and presses my gun harder against his head. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Still holding up his gun, Tobias touches my wrist with his free hand, guiding the photograph closer to his face. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“People don’t come out of here alive,” the jittery teenager with the gun told Venkatesh. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The one who grabbed the cigarettes, the one who wrestled for the gun, the one who checked the place to see if the coast was clear. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

We poured out, expecting our welcome to be mortars and machine guns. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed the muzzle of his gun into the man’s spine, sending him sprawling on his stomach. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“No, but he’s wounded and very weak. The farm man shot him with a gun, you know.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a minute, Park thought about taking the gun—but he couldn't think of when he'd use it. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

At the crack of the gun, he ran far out on a limb and jumped. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew, of course, that Deborah had been gunned down, but I still had some vague, inexplicable sense that she would come back one day, as if she had taken a trip somewhere. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

A gun opponent might argue that the gun has to be kept out of the mugger’s hands in the first place. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The whole day at school, I couldn’t keep my mind off my new gun. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, she was holding a glue gun in one hand and pushing those letter tiles around on her desk with the other. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Anyway, King was trying to get the gun from him and I was going for the money. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

The soldiers fired their guns into the air and chased the people away from the camp. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before awed spectators, the army fought pretend battles, with guns, tanks, communication battalions, motorcyclists, and cavalry. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The driver shifted gears and gunned the engine as I crouched down in the backseat. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picked up the things on the filthy floor, a rusting gun and a bloated half-eaten copy of the Socialist Review. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The guns seemed to address this country, which invented the streets that secured them with despotic police, in its primary language—violence. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Tell them about the newspapers, David,” the pump gun smirked contemptuously. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Silly and I chose to be the deer first; David and Daniel would hunt us with their water guns. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

They're putting handcuffs on my wrists and my ankles and they're sitting on me and going, "We'll have to medicate him," and this one cop says, "With what, an elephant gun?" Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

The population of District 12 waits, sweating and silent, in the square with machine guns trained on them. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even with the gun it would be too dangerous. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Don’t worry at the way they’ve been mistreated, don’t worry about their punishments, don’t worry about the guns constantly trained on their backs. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Ay! There’s some of the birds flown from the cages. The guns have been going since dark, about. You’ll hear one presently.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe Holly had some wrongheaded ideas about Arletta, but if she knew when a glue gun was in order, she wasn’t all bad. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

He took out a gun and laid it on top of the plastic cover as if he wanted it handy. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

How was I going to learn to fire a gun, let alone hunt? The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

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

His other hand is wrapped tightly around the grip of his sheathed gun. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I ran back into the cabin and got my gun. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without even waiting to see if he’d hit the man, though certain he had not, the agent triggered open the chamber, bapped out the spent shells, and quietly, almost calmly, reloaded the gun. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He still had the gun in his hand and knew he wouldn’t be alone for long. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I’d never held a gun before, and once it was in my hand, I didn’t know what to do with it. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Red Duncan sleepily had the gun on him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The rumble of the big guns started as soon as it was light enough to see and sometimes lasted far into the night. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore dark glasses and had a gun at his belt. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because the bar of yellow soap was mixed up with the whole thing, she threw that in after the gun. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the front door stands another Guardian, with one of those snubby machine guns slung over his shoulder. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the other direction, they could now see gun flashes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

They chose to pass the guns on their left, so I did the same. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“No, no. Not held up with a gun. Just...interrupted somehow.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

On the shop floor, fights broke out on a regular basis—barrages of racial and ethnic slurs, sometimes supported by guns and knives. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

"I hope," Leroy said, "you did exactly what I think. And that there are still six bullets in that gun." The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Angel looked truly frightened and her large eyes looked like those of a deer, frozen in fear by a hunter’s gun. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

How he used to hide behind the couch when they played fort with their Nerf guns. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

My gun was ready if I heard a mosquito cough. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The northern armies got the best of most battles because they had more soldiers and guns and all of the airplanes. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What can we do? They have all the guns.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few soldiers gathered our weapons and others guarded us, to make sure that we didn’t try to run for our guns. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“It’s right here,” Jacqui says, flashing the butt of the gun, which protrudes from her waistband. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The rain was hitting my back like thousands of hard berries blown from air guns. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even so, I could see movement at the main building and knew the men with the guns were on their way. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The Hessian line was standing erect, guns high, aiming. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Get your gun away from his head,” I say. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He was a short pathway away from home when he saw two soldiers standing next to a van and holding guns. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

Herold relaxed his grip on his gun and said, “Follow me.” Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lifted the gun, aimed it at the despairing slave. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hear German voices, and I can feel the end of a gun barrel press against my neck. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

From the starting gun to the final salvo, they had rowed as if they could keep going at the same pace for another two miles or ten. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

At one point, my head cracked back against the plastic side paneling and drink holder, but no one was paying attention to the strange noises in the backseat when someone was firing a gun. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“I have nothing I’m gunning to do. I had my funeral and that didn’t exactly go as planned. Not really expecting a do-over, though.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The guns and the wagons float past the dim background of the moonlit landscape, the riders in their steel helmets resemble knights of a forgotten time; it is strangely beautiful and arresting. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trey is there, plus White Boy Brad and the dude who had the gun during the Halloween disaster. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Like the gun, it was a plain weapon, but it was sharp and well cared for. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The factionless flank her, but she doesn’t appear to notice them or the guns they carry. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

On top of that, he still wondered about that gun he had seen earlier, and reminded himself to tell Ernie about it. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Place the guns,” he bawled, “bring down some guns.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The assassin was buried inside a gun box that served as his casket. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

He was going among white people, so he would take his knife and his gun; it would make him feel that he was the equal of them, give him a sense of completeness. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the waning light, without the binoculars, I could not see what it was; only that it was small and it was not the gun. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

A tall, lean figure crossed the deck, holding up a smoking gun. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I saw the gun come out and point between my eyes. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The gun handle I saw sticking up, jammed between the driver's seat and the middle console. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Lori wasn’t as good a shot as me, but she pointed the gun in Billy’s general direction and pulled the trigger. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Hell, it’s your gun. One shot. Aim overhead, twelve o’clock.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Some people had to cut off their packs to keep from drowning and then struggle in to shore without guns or any equipment.” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But what made him think I had a gun at all? Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

She pushes herself to her feet and limps toward Evelyn, who calmly takes her gun in hand and points it at Tori. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I turn and stare right at his gun. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

To my left I see Paylor behind one of the guns, looking at us quizzically. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

With guns so cheap and so easy to get, the standard criminal has no incentive to fill out a firearms application at his local gun shop and then wait a week. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

And from there the wounded scarlet dragon had crawled over Charlestown Common, crossed into safety at Charlestown Neck, and were covered by the Somerset's guns. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, back to gun safety,” Dad said, and pulled back and down on the bolt and removed the unused shell from the chamber of the rifle. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But when footsteps could be heard moving past that point, Harvey issued a sterner warning: Manning a .50-caliber machine gun himself, he pulled back the bolt, which made a noise that the intruders recognized instantly. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Hey, Mom,” I said quietly before going to wash my face at the outside work sink, “please don’t tell Dad about the gun accident.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

They are floridly willing to stand in a circle around him all night, with their zap guns drawn. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He says one time he even put a gun in his mouth. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The tank, the submarine, the torpedo, the machine gun, even the rifle and the hand grenade are still in use. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

But he doesn’t touch his gun or hit her. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

For a moment he considered taking it, but he knew he wouldn’t be able to carry both the boy and the gun. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

He fired his gun again and again at the bodies. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stared at the gun for a moment, then I closed the lid and pushed the box back under the bed. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

A real chest beating sends the whole jungle running, as if the sky has broken open, as if men with guns are near. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

As I stood at the window, I thought, If I saw the boy or his father now, I would take a gun and kill them myself. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

But she knew Michael’s route had been carefully plotted to avoid guns and airfields, and that their most dangerous moment had probably been when they crossed the shipping convoy. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t a thing in the way of diversions, nowhere to buy a book or even a magazine that didn’t involve speedboats, customized cars, or guns and ammo. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

About twenty feet off, Tree and Zheegwon were back to back, arms intertwined, at the end of a gun held by Travis. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Now the gun was loaded, and Pa laid it on its hooks over the door. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the man, the woman, the boy, the gun all vanished. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He hunched over to secure something on the floor, and that’s when I saw the gun strapped to his side in a leather holster. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never did like dead people and I never did like guns. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wait in the hall until they come out again, Papi patting his shirt pocket, a gun handle visible under his belt. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Caleb holds the gun with just his fingertips, like he’s afraid it will shatter in his hands. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“What’s he scared of? That you’d strap on your gun and ride out to wreak vengeance on the man who killed your family?” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

There’s not a gun or a uniform to be seen. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

When the decks were cleared, the guns bowsed out, Prince went below with Nat. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lying on the floor of the flat-car with the guns beside me under the canvas I was wet, cold and very hungry. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I saw the long, black gun at his side and I froze in my tracks. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of the guns was so terrifying it confused everyone. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He shot until the machine gun ran out of bullets. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Bigger raised his gun and trained it upon the man and waited; if the light reached him, he would shoot. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The flame sped into the air, rising higher and coming closer and shedding sparks and smoke, and then fell with a great splash of fire near the gun. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She remembers Danny always having guns, keeping one stored beneath the driver’s seat of his car. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Never had he packed all his belongings or taken his guns. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“The family had an old gun-shy dog. We couldn’t understand why he didn’t bark. Unless he’d seen a gun and bolted.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He popped up with a dozen miniature plastic swords in his hair, grabbed the soda gun and served himself a drink. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

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

He had an indistinct, glimpsed darkly impression: of something merciless that carried a printed list and a gun, that moved machine-like through the flat, bureaucratic job of killing. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Mostly people wanted guns to go after the wolves that sometimes came down into the pastures after lambs, and for general protection. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I also hooked up radio lines, and I got my “gun” out and ready for use. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone in the crowd turns at once, but the boy with the gun doesn’t stop aiming at George, like I’d hoped. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Brian sighed, tired of it all, wishing he were outside on this beautiful October day, gunning around in the old Chevy his father had bought him when school started. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man stopped dead at the sight of us, his gun coming up and then, just as quickly, sagging again. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I pull my shirt up just far enough to reach the handle of the gun, and my fingers meet metal. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

They bolt the gun to a cruciform mount and cover it with camouflage tarps. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

We took up our guns again, wiping our hands upon the table to rid them of mush. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Sabatini: Quite a few times with drugs and guns and stealing and lying and cutting school. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Upon the sidewalks, to the front and rear of him, were long lines of policemen with drawn guns. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Those who have done the collecting are standing at intervals in the aisles of the plane, six of them, three with small machine guns, three with visible grenades. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I yelled up to Joey, “Stop gunning it. I’m going to look for something to wedge under the wheels.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I shove the gun forward and it slides away from us. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

What about guns with sensors in the handles that could detect if you were angry, and if you were, they wouldn’t fire, even if you were a police officer? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Dauntless soldier’s eyes widen, but she does not lower her gun. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, the officer’s gun went off—she says it was an accident—and your arm was hit.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The gun was about as long as I was tall, and had a bayonet around twenty inches long. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Plus there was the newest question that he’d just come up with, the one tick-tick-ticking in his brain ready to explode out of his mouth—What’s a blind man doing with a gun? As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later: two guns to his head. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Now that he has both hands on his gun, I notice the ragged hole in his cheek where something—falling stone maybe—punctured the flesh. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The gun goes off, and I hear a scream. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The lieutenant spots six tripod fighting machines, one partially damaged from an Army gun shell. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

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

Deputy Collins was standing there like he owned the place, hands on his hips, one of them near the gun strapped to his right leg. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Because Mr. Loomis was holding, or dreamed he was holding, a gun. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Three guards kept their guns trained on the prisoners while the fourth set off on foot back down the road—to find a telephone, I think. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Grandpa handed Papa his gun, saying, “You’re getting to be a pretty good shot with this thing.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We lost the feed just after Katniss’s beautiful speech, and then Haymitch said he thought he heard a gun fire, and I said it was ridiculous, but who knows? There are lunatics everywhere!” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dasch explained his desire to help the United States fight the Nazis, not with guns, but with propaganda. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

The weight almost comforting in the promise that the gun could do what nothing else had been able to. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I loaded the gun, found a hummock for a gun-rest, and lay behind it. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

What if someone with an unstable mind loaded a gun and drove to Washington? Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He paid no more attention to the pointing gun than if it were Janie’s dog finger. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

And the first time I felt powerful in the Dauntless compound was when I was holding a gun. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He claimed he’d actually gone to the trailer to bum a cigarette, but the foreman mistook him for a burglar and came after him with a gun. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We began to move swiftly among the bushes until we came to the edge of a swamp, where we formed an ambush, aiming our guns into the swamp. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Then he shakes his head and goes, "I know a real gun when I see it, you little monster." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Amazingly, it survived this as well and was up and running and thought itself home free—when the machine gun opened up from atop the dictionary. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

I’d seen the papers and heard Holly’s mom and dad talking about a boy who got killed for playing with a toy gun. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

‘Will it be good enough to hold this gun?’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I select the right practice gun, the one about the size of a pistol, but bulkier, and offer it to Caleb. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The front is getting closer, we shall soon hear the guns. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luke swung the gun down onto the drunk man’s head so hard, the crack shook the whole room. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The next time we saw him, he was in uniform, assigned to motion study training in assembling and disassembling the Lewis machine gun and other automatic weapons. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rolled off and under the bed; I was so groggy it didn’t cross my mind to grab for my gun on the dresser. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

While his brain was contemplating this morbid observation, Butler’s gun hand was coming up. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Everyone knew that its ports had been served up to the Russians at Yalta; also that the Russians, retreating, had surrendered their guns, not to Nationalist troops, but to Communist. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Secret Service agents, with their earpieces and guns and deliberately flat expressions, stood outside our doors, doing their best to stay out of our family’s private life. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

No— Flashes lit the air as several shots exploded from the gun, slamming into the woman’s body. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Then he moves the three guns on the floor, around and around, until my eyes can't follow the middle gun anymore. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t believe I even just said kindergartners and first graders who were gunned down. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The gun he laid carefully in his lap. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked up and looked at him straight down the barrel of the gun. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

As for Johnny, they fined him five dollars for violating the Sullivan Law—having a gun without a permit. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The powder horn and a small sharp hatchet hung at his belt and he carried the gun ready loaded on his shoulder. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lodged the gun under my belt and leaned against the car, trying to clear my head. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

They also carried food, flat wood, guns and powder, tools, clothing, and even water. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Will Turner’s mother snapped at him when he staggered home, howling in pain after being shot in the courthouse gun battle with the Howards. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

She turned to run and heard the click of the gun pressed to her temple. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He taxied away without looking back and as soon as he was clear of the reeds he gunned the engine, increasing speed until the plane was roaring across the lake. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

He took his hand away and left the gun in his pocket and said, “So that’s how it is?” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw a heavy gun sagging at the man’s hip. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“They’re on the sixth floor now. Four or five guys. One’s got on a cowboy hat. One’s got on a sweatshirt. It looks like...guns! They’ve got guns. It’s trouble!” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He got his gun from his pocket and held it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Go to the Frelimo soldiers, those women with men’s clothes and guns.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jacqui herself is a loaded gun with a hair trigger—and the fact that she, in this moment, is able to recognize that, makes her seem slightly less mental. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

In a banzai attack, every Japanese soldier would leave his post and come running at you with a gun or a sword or even just his bare hands. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tiara bumped into Petra, who fell backward, giving Harris a chance to grab the gun again. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Boy, I just shouldn’t have mentioned getting a gun. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It stops beside us, the window rolls down, and my heart stops, waiting for the gun to come pointing out, courtesy of a King Lord. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I figured that Bodega remained in the dark right up until Nazario reached for his gun to shoot him. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The camp was filled with tanks, and jeeps mounted with guns. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The word on the street was that a white person at the Angelus had aimed a gun out of a fourth-floor window, downing a black boy walking below. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

That’s why when Q put a gun in my little ten-year-old hands and told me to aim it at that guy with the Detroit Tigers cap, it wasn’t even a thing. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Luftwaffe planes fired their guns at her and at the other parachute as they drifted defenselessly to the ground. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He laid the gun on the porch hesitantly, as if he thought he were making a mistake. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He has the right way of standing, the right way of holding the gun, but he is rigid there, a statue with a gun in hand. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

His gun belt was looped under his arm and ’round his neck, with the holster and pistol hanging behind him on his back. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Or maybe trade it in for a long gun. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The German military gave special performances, showing off its tanks, machine guns, naval mine throwers, and other artillery weapons. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Remember everything I said about gun safety,” he whispered. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I saw the girl first, legs apart, gun drawn. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The man is Polish, smoking cigarettes, with a pink nose and his collar turned up around his ears, his gun leaning against the farm gate. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The crack of the guns is heard long after the roar of the explosions. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, no matter how you look at it, it's still, listen to your coaches at practice, and wait to hear the gun at the meets. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

In their hands, held above their heads to keep them dry, were guns. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I placed him flat on the ground and picked up my gun. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

If he held the gun improperly, he would end up moving in the wrong direction, or would turn around and around and crash into the ropes. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their hands linger too close to the guns at their waists. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Agent Jones spoke into his hidden mic and the troop of black shirts disguised as Republic of ChaCha rebels burst from the jungle bearing machine guns, shouting and shooting into the air. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The Benefit was three weeks ago and here she is already gunning up for next year. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Clyde inspected the hole in his sweatshirt pocket where he’d concealed his gun. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Icarus grabbed the wax gun and sprayed it at the king, who stepped back in surprise. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The gun had not fired off its round! Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I couldn’t figure out how that girl could be the same person who had put on a uniform, picked up a gun, and done the things I did in the war. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She was set to run in a competition, and then a gun went off to mark the start of the race. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Then one night, after I watched a movie about men in black hats with guns and feeble-minded horses, a different show came on. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Their guns were also glistening as though they had been polished, and the creases were sharp in the pant legs of their uniforms. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw them stacked in front of machine guns in doorways and on roofs and at the ends of streets. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry about me. I’m the one with the gun, remember?” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

A gun would be found to kill the hyena and put the zebra out of its misery. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were moving into line in the fields behind Seminary Ridge, out of sight of the Union guns. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sergeant Prothero was now being held by the neck, a gun pressed against the back of his head, his hands high in the air. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

This boy wasn’t pointing a gun at her or trying to harm her. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Ashton always keeps a gun in his study,” one of the men offered. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I pressed a small button set into the barrel and the gun emitted a tone. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

If he comes back around, if he has his gun on him, he might not give me another day to fix it up. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mitraillette was perched on the bonnet with one of the Sten guns propped on her knees, keeping a good lookout as usual. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Agents were also not authorized to carry guns. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Brian turned around and saw something in the car door. He thought it was a gun—” It was a hairbrush. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

And the animals heard, from the direction of the farm buildings, the solemn booming of a gun. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

But the gun was in his right hand. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The British had the best uniforms and the shiny new guns, but there was something exciting about the Patriots—being underdogs and fighting off the mighty British army. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had just seen his hand on the trigger when there was the terrible ping of the gun. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I jumped back, gun held ready, and caught my first glimpse of the screaming, howling battle that came wheeling into the circle of light. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was his good friend,” says Carlos; he swallows, blurts, “I gave him the gun.” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

I release the trigger of my gun and drop it. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He hung up his gun belt and stepped out of his boots as I bustled about the kitchen. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

During long dark nights, alone with her daughters, she watched at the window, her gun loaded and aimed, until her husband came home. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I will make him stop and drop his gun. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He pointed his gun at me and yanked at my ankle. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Now, as she looked at this woman, Alice heard her question like the pop of a toy gun. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

His left eye was white and dead: he’d been shot in the face with a paintball gun a few months before. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When Ma finally rasseled the curtain most the way off and got the gun level, it was too late. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

I lay there with my gun pointed in front of me, unable to shoot. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The end of the gun barrel was pinched together with tongs and given a rough, sharp edge. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

When I move to enter, their guns form an X in front of me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

We must have been walking for days, I do not really remember, when suddenly two men put us at gunpoint and motioned, with their guns, for us to come closer. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Jan came forward again and Bigger drew his gun. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

One day a soldier entered the clinic compound carrying a gun. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

How many times did we catch them with drugs and guns? Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is tender where Eric’s gun struck me— I will have to put healing salve on it so it doesn’t bruise. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

You can hear the regret of a Head Gamemaker who can only dream of such toys, who must make do with hovercraft and land-to-land missiles and plain old guns. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He turned his gun away from me and shot the computer. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

A short while after that he saw the enemy come out in the open, line after line, heard the guns open up, dozens of guns, watched his own line disappear in smoke. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I remember him as a kid—you should’ve seen him. He used to run around your parents’ living room, holding out his hand like a little gun. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

One of the girls’ chores was to clean the guns. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“American women? Don’t mess with them! They have little guns in their bags—small guns you can’t see. And if you bother them, they just shoot you.” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

In those days, guns were common, especially for white men. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moments later, Ellsberg and a few soldiers were crawling on knees and elbows through shallow water, holding their guns above their heads. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I saw myself, gun in hand, standing tall over the cop. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Soldiers were watching, their fingers ready on the triggers of their guns. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He said he went into Chatham to see if the gun belonged to anyone there but it didn’t, so he was laying claim that it was his own. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

When Katie saw Johnny’s derby looming up outside the window, she screamed and ran around frantically looking for the gun. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You are holding a loaded gun, you idiot. Act like it.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The rebels fired their guns toward the sky, as they shouted and merrily danced their way into town in a semicircle formation. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Followed by rows of men five across, carrying guns, marching in a line behind what has to be the Mayor’s horses in front. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Like how when that soldier pointed his gun at me, a part of me wanted him to blast my brain into the next county. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He lurches forward, knocking me back, and the gun flies out of my hands. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I pictured myself as a pheasant flying frantically over the men with the guns, swerving and dipping as the guns exploded below me. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“That’s what I thought,” said Mr. Haskell, and he levered the door closed and gunned the engine so the bus swayed sharply. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Rock or his men might have a gun! Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

Nick took the gun and fiddled with the hammer, pulling it back to various stops, but he couldn’t get the cylinder to rum. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spin on my heel, aiming the gun at the sky, and see the cloud of dark feathers descending. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Next on our schedule was a practice test of the gun, to see how accurately I could use it. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I imagined Ade Coker being pulled out of his car, being squashed into another car, perhaps a black station wagon filled with soldiers, their guns hanging out of the windows. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I stared at the gun, feeling that I was going to die at any moment. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t just the bombs Serafima and her navigator had dropped—now the German antiaircraft guns began firing up at the small Po-2. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“No, ma’am. But I shot the Preacher’s other gun, and it was just ’bout the same.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The runaways, ragged, dirty, hungry, cold, did not steal the gun as they might have, and set off by themselves, or turn back. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tiny versions of her guns and sword were included. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Crab pulled back on the hammer and handed the gun, barrel facing the trees in front of them, very carefully to Ernie. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

‘I was right there. Bubber had been aiming that gun at me and Ralph and everything around there. He just happened to aim it at Baby and his finger slipped. I was right there.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

And there was the arsenal of course: guns, pistols, shotguns, slingshots, knives, and swords, It’s no wonder kids grow up to be killers with all that rehearsal. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Despite the loaded gun at the Black Tips’ feet, Kaz turned his back on them and limped across the cobblestones toward the eastern arch. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The sergeant in charge was wild-eyed, scanning the room as he fanned the air with his Tommy gun, sure he had uncovered a nest of saboteurs. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Machine guns looked to me like praying mantises. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Mr. Loomis came on the tractor at top speed, with the gun across his lap. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

And of course a diverse collection of guns. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“As if we would harm you,” Arm said as he hung the Nirvana gun on a hook. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t breathe as she clutched the gun tighter in her sweat-slick hands and altered her stance to point it at Z, who was leaning over Tad, telling him everything was going to be okay. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Every few minutes Bubber would haul the gun up to his shoulder. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“One hold the gun and the other pull the trigger? Hear anything else?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Stephen gives me a gun and a knife and we play war. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He would arm them with pikes and guns so that they could fight for their freedom. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Two of the Director’s security guys walk out behind them, holding guns to the backs of their heads. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Gun advocates believe that gun laws are too strict; opponents believe exactly the opposite. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I pick it up and right away find that it’s much heavier than I had anticipated—and then I get a little freaked out realizing that I’ve never actually held a gun before. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Mulch felt the cold steel of a gun barrel against his temple. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

But the guys with guns are scarier than snakes. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

There were a couple of miserable wet soldiers manning the gun emplacements, who waved and shouted as the girls on their bicycles came barreling past, brakes screeching with the steepness of the descent. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I was always worried that Tateh’s gun would go off and accidentally kill him while he was cleaning it. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though the Crepuscule was armed with but sixteen guns, the noise of their detonation was great, and as we labored to stand in the darkness, cannon blasts quaked the whole ship from strake to stringer. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

It’s a man, and he’s holding an enormous gun in both hands, the muzzle already pointed at the spectators inside the Lincoln Building. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I decided it was time to use my “gun,” to propel myself back to the Gemini. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know this room is supposed to be more or less soundproof . . . but I swear I hear the sound of guns and the vibrations of distant screams. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

This was due in part to the fact that half of the central committee was composed of women who, along with the men, developed strategies and carried guns. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The two men left their hiding places and walked forward to meet in the clearing with weary disappointment, their guns down. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He handed her the sawed-off length of his gun barrel, the one that ruined itself after he struck the ghost sister’s feet. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Afraid to get closer, Jonathan’s first thought was to leave the gun. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Down in the city, the gunmen fired off their guns. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“If you say one word about my brother and the gun, you will be grounded until you turn eighteen no matter what your father says—do you hear me?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I looked again—it was the butt of a gun. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Vega and his gun had really infected me. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

So he drives with a gun, though I think he must know no weapon can save him. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I want to take a gun and get revenge, but what would that prove? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He stuck the gun in his jacket and got behind the wheel. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The Current was quick, and she didn’t have the double gun decks and the heavy artillery of the Crux. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Still looking straight at me, he reached into a wooden crate and pulled out the gun. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Out of the corner of her eye, she saw something move, and she swung the gun back toward Tad, who had inched toward her. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

At 0630, the guns of our support ships began to roar. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But the gun—I heard you fire it. Twice.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn the gun in my hands and press it into Tobias’s palm. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The other hand still had his gun trained on both me and my friend. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Seven kids killed by guns in this country every single day,” he’s muttering. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

She probably wishes now that she’d kept her gun and bullets. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, each one has a gun slung around his shoulder. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

It didn’t seem like much of a priority, jogging around a field with a gun with so many other things going on. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

What shook me the most was realizing that I had trapped myself under the bed without a gun. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do what soldiers do...pick up the gun...make them pay for what they’ve done....” The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I turned, stunned to find him standing a mere meter away, his gun aimed at my head. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The guns had just gone off on the ships to mark the evening when Corporal Craigie appeared and ordered us form into rank. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The old soldier, one arm around the boy, the other hand gripping his gun, inched toward the door. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

But when he got to the bathroom, he was shocked to see his reflection, with the gun pressed to his temple. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

So I just take my gun and follow the river. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The idea behind the gun was simple: if I held one trigger down, nitrogen gas would squirt out the two holes, or jets, in the crossbar. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was also the incident with the BB gun. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

He gritted his teeth and struck the white fingers with the butt of the gun. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I bet Uncle Will was the one who left the bullet in the gun the night I pulled the trigger,” I said. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The guns, the quietude, the serenity of those old geezers, and the idiotic TV program, the enthralled children without a care in the world—it had upset him, he couldn’t get his bearings straight. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luke dropped the gun and stared right at Lily, finally feeling the weight and the pain of Toby falling on top of him. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Without his horse and gun, Crazy Horse turned toward his men. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

“What if they hold a gun to my head and force me to take the drugs?” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I thought Ghost pushed off from the line at the exact moment the gun went off, as if he just knew when it was coming. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Then he remembered the game and rolled off his bed fingering a machine gun. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom never liked me playing with guns anyway, Amari continued. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Diana’s voice was firm and in control, but the way the gun shook in her hands told a different story. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Then he began fastening on the wings, using a metal canister that looked like an enormous hot-glue gun. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He placed the gun on the ground before his feet. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Far ahead there were tanks crossing the tracks, guns poking out of their turrets, jeeps with swastikas driving along by their side. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The Battle of Gettysburg had the largest concentration of Confederate artillery, 150 guns. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The gun pops and the girls take off. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Then he suddenly turns, reaches into a foyer credenza drawer, and produces a gun. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Union guns firing, men moving among the guns, hunched, a bloody horse running eerily by, three-legged, horrible sight, running toward the road. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the same, El-ahrairah could usually find a way in if he wanted to; but it was dangerous, because the man had a gun and often shot jays and pigeons and hung them up. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only duck in a shooting gallery with guns everywhere and no way out. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

When I’d used the Preacher’s old rusty gun to shoot stumps and stones, it didn’t feel nowhere near’s heavy as this one. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I stare at the gun in her hand. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I was going to tote this machine gun for a year and I would never have to shoot it,” he said. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Jethro walked closer, his gun raised, and after a minute, the human voice which he had been half expecting to hear called out to him. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the kite was the gun, then tar, the glass-coated cutting line, was the bullet in the chamber. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But he was alive, still mobile, and in the trees, and from here on in it was a whole new ball game— But he had dropped the gun. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first time I saw the officers, with their guns and uniforms, I thought there must be a war on the way. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

A careful and cautious man who picked his shots, never drank while carrying a firearm, and always stayed in shape, Kyril Montana thoroughly enjoyed the outdoors with or without a gun. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A hairbrush is not a gun! A hairbrush is not a gun!” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Someone lifted a gun and fired, but the range was too long. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I half expected to find an army of security guards waiting for me outside, their guns leveled at my face. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Lucky I don’t have the gun now, I think, but I know I’m all talk. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The abundance of the big deer of the north did Miyax no good, for she had not brought a gun on her trip. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Between them they pulled out pistols, submachine guns, rifles, and hand grenades, which they hid in Jaime’s room until Alba could take them in her cello case to a safer place. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Tito came running from behind the pumps, his buddies were already inside the truck, gunning the motor. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man next to her—her husband, from the familiar, tender way he touches her—tries to help her up, and the soldier lifts his gun and gestures for the man to keep going. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Together they passed forward a sword in a worn wooden scabbard and a gun. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Sides, you shouldn’t be out there without no gun, someone with a firearm should go with you.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Inside the gun barrel, they would fire one piece of uranium at the other. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Long-range artillery, percussion and solid shot, every gun on the hill. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several people wearing factionless armbands advance on us with guns held high. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I dive for the gun, but before I can touch it, he grabs me and wrenches me to the side. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“It’s a kind of gun, and it kills you dead. Mi mama—” His voice choked and he didn’t say any more. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since we were not eligible for armed conflict beyond marching with wooden guns, our mother’s war seemed to justify us. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jaime was led into the boiler room, where other men were lined up against the wall beneath the watchful eye of a pale soldier who kept his machine gun trained on them. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was shrewd too, never tempting arrest by carrying guns or cash. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“Damnit! You have a gun. Why didn’t you just shoot him?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

And it’s not until he’s just a few inches from me that I see it’s a gun. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Yes, the Nazis had clubs and guns, but there were far more of us than there were of them. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“No, Francis. I’m a big man always. Don’t need a gun, though I am capable of using one when I have to.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Janice brandished her silver cap gun at us tired and scared runaway slaves more than Sister Pat’s script had called for. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

They climbed out of the car, guns drawn, faces set, and advanced slowly. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dauntless soldiers surround us and point their guns. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Arm saw, with a tightening of his throat muscles, machine guns slide back into the walls. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Look, if you think my dad’s making guns or bombs for the rats, you can forget it. He would never do that.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

As long as the West Point complex of forts was held by the Americans, its guns would keep enemy ships from ascending the river. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man told Uncle to get up and leave his gun where it was. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You understand never to play with guns, right?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

My hands had stopped shaking after the second pull of the trigger, and I held the gun steady. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Somehow he manages to get a hold of the soldier’s gun, although another soldier instantly knocks it from his hands. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I looked at the guns the Ml’s carried and envied them. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I held my arm firm, but the gun was growing heavy. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

All the bits and pieces were there; all he had to do was recognize how they could be assembled to serve a new purpose, not to create a gun but to power a pump. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I keep one of the guns against his head. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I had the two guns and a box of shells for each. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

They were only studying him, the muzzles of their guns pointing toward the ground. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Everywhere around us are uniformed men with guns. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“You had satisfied yourself that with that gun you shot that bullet into her brain you had killed her, didn’t you?” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Terryl remembers her dad standing over her mom and pointing the gun down at her. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Miig turned back to us and motioned us forward with his head, still holding the gun at waist height. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

His dissolved army will soon turn over their guns and battle flags. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then he sat down in the chair by the computer desk, and rested the gun on his leg. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

My hands trembled as I withdrew the gun. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Offended by his friend’s bad taste, Amarante looked stonily straight ahead, his wrinkled old hand still lying firmly atop the gun. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You were the one about to pull your gun on them!” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

They talked on and on, using Milkman as the ignition that gunned their memories. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would carry through and blame the thing upon Jan. He got his gun from beneath the pillow and put it in his shirt. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was he, too, who placed his gun to Master’s head and said, “Are you sure you are not hiding Biafran money here?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He holds the gun I gave him straight out from his body, like he’s ready to use it. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I clutched my gun and smiled for a second, happy that we had found shelter. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Somehow, seeing soldiers with giant guns strapped across their chests always makes me feel more scared and less safe. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Then thirstily we drink the water they have for cooling the gun. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tremble uncontrollably, knowing that if I do this, I will have to press the gun into the man’s flesh or I’ll miss. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The Klan had neither the economic clout nor the political savvy to manipulate social institutions, and so it depended on overt violence of the most basic type: the fist, the rope, or the gun. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Longstreet swung in his saddle, saw A. P. Hill coming up, chatting with Pickett, and heads all turning at the sound of the guns. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of them are real dumb, but I love the one with the kid who wants the BB gun. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

But there had been a gun on the rocket. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gram's bad dream about Grim getting shot with his own gun seems pretty real right now, and I don't want to be the one to make it come true. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

And the husband had arrived that morning, and had gone to the apartment with a gun, looking for me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then there was the unforgettable gun, long and deadly. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Rafe held up his hands and looked around like Grace had just threatened him with a gun and told him to empty the register. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The sun hits its head on the horizon, and I fasten my hand to the gun. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Everybody wanted to be sent to the front, and young women who had grown up firing guns and flying planes in clubs and schools were just as ready to fight as the young men were. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The irony was, now that delusions and paranoia were starting to get the best of him, it was true—he wasn’t safe at home, not with all those guns around. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He enters, the door closes behind him, a gun's safety clicks off. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Somewhere above, guns were still firing, but the interior was strangely silent. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Before he can react, I whirl, yank the gun out of his holster, and point it straight at him. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The Belgium Army men all have shoes and guns and they come marching right straight through here sometimes, on their way to somewhere. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

At night, the mechanics cleaned machine guns—or they had to take turns guarding the aircraft. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

There was a loud bang, like a gun going off, and Bridge’s body locked itself down. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The living room, paneled in stained pine, served also as a dining room, with a fireplace at one end and a glass-fronted gun case against the side. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could sign up for a class at the gun range, the optimistic part of me would think. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The officer pointed his gun at Mother, signaling for her to be quiet. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

His intensity and loneliness are, and so are the gun magazines that she sometimes sees him thumbing through during boring lectures, and the way he doesn’t even seem to feel guilty for what he did. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Before moving away from the truck I make sure that there are bullets in my gun, even though I’m not sure if I’ll need them. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Maybe it is loaded, maybe if she shot her head off, everyone would forgive her for having made up the story of the gun. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

And in his hand—I just saw it for a second —the blue metal of a gun. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Sayle gestured with the gun and he walked over to a bank of elevators. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The sun glinted off Raymond’s gun as he handed it to me. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I’m nearing the young man, reaching down to help him, when he drags himself up to his knees and trains his gun on my head. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He sings along, stuff about fighting nations, and guns, and ammunition. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Tobias steps back, turns the gun in his hand, and offers it, handle first, to the nearest Dauntless traitor. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The policeman told us that some of the neighbors had reported seeing kids shooting guns at each other, and he wanted to know what had happened. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Sheriff took the others—with the butt of a gun.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You and I will walk into the building. If you think about running, remember that this gun is pointing at your spine.” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Crouched in her little canopied compartment in the back of the aircraft, Tonya could see in all directions, and there she was responsible for two machine guns that would protect her crewmates from enemy aircraft. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

A revolver was a gun for killing people. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun thought a man had been killed until he saw that the gun was shooting not bullets but beanbags. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I’m sitting at my kitchen table with a gun warming up in my hand. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

When we came into the clearing, gun raised, they jumped and hastily greeted us in stumbling Anishnaabe, all except the second female, who must have been in her early twenties. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know why I set that durn gun against the tree,” he said later. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

When Candless turned, Nailer said, “If you trust me with a gun, maybe you could trust me with some work, too.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to stay calm; it was the first time in my life anyone had ever pointed a gun at me. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He would be afraid to work outdoors, and would do nothing until he had thought of a scheme to catch me, or at least to get the gun. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

And then a gunshot—two more—four more from a different gun—a sudden immense shock, and immediately the freezing water began to gush in, and nothing would ever stop it now. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The gun first showed up in his hands ’bout three years ago when I was ’round eight. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

All he could see was the gun’s huge barrel, black and gleaming, as it moved toward his face. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is a WG Panther. It’s an airsoft gun, which means it’s nothing but a toy. Look, the orange tip is colored black with a Sharpie.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The boy with the gun dives into the nearest aisle, leaving George, Amar, and me alone. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She was the thirty-sixth person in Chicago killed in gun violence that year, and the year was at that point just twenty-nine days old. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I decided not to use the gun, but simply to come in by pulling hand-over-hand on the umbilical. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s receding now, growing smaller, but the woman—Boss’s partner—is standing there, holding her gun. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Hurriedly, Jonathan lowered his gun to the ground. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

We were a big target, and right away Golan began to empty his gun at us. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

But what good could a cane do against guns, knives, axes, a dozen boots and fists? The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Imagine, if you can, three million armed soldiers and an army of tanks and guns and bomber aircraft, all hurling themselves in a ferocious attack across the United States from Maine to Florida. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Reed smacked one of the sixteen-pound guns on the starboard side—eleven—and chuckled. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The crack of the gun rings loud and frightening in the hills. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I bought myself a nice pair of boots with that money, and even shopped for an electro-bomb on the black market—a weapon that disables guns in its vicinity. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Coulter turned briefly as the new sound came to her, but too briefly for Will to jump and seize the gun. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

When the butt of the gun hits the boy, he drops without a sound. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Upon his command, the soldiers lowered their guns. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Brown Bess was the type of gun most everybody around Connecticut had. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Donna, it was a flare gun. He probably wanted to scare the you-know-what out of ’em,” my grandfather said. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

They came down from the mountains with their hands up, and the generals gunned them down, every one. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

John had a standing rule that anyone who came into the place to gamble had to check his guns if he had any. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The typical gun buyback program yields fewer than 1,000 guns—which translates into an expectation of less than one-tenth of one homicide per buyback. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Four stands behind me with his gun slung across his back, just like mine. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

We shook hands with him and examined his gun. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Agent Jones made a gun motion with his thumb and forefinger. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The gun came to rest in Tiara’s hand. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

They held their standoff for more heartbeats than felt advisable, then Scythe Curie turned her gun aside and fired out the front door. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The man replaced the gun in sudden contrition, and the dog lay down again, his head turned away, his eyes miserable. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Lee, bring a gun! This man is crazy. Lee!” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

A black gun cursed to kill every time it was removed from its holster, and if you didn’t pick your target, it would pick one for you. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The gun he set quietly on the table in front of him. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Those bright mists and your gun on your shoulder and your eyes set firmly in your head?” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

When he finally got killed — gunned down outside the Showcase Bar on 125th — nobody went to his funeral. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hoped that whatever rock Vega had been carrying in him had just sunk to the bottom of the river along with his gun. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Before Wes could even react, a half dozen plainclothes officers were on top of him, the barrels of their guns trained on his head and the lights from their flashlights blinding him. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Deliberately he threw the lever of the rifle, and then he raised the gun and aimed deliberately and fired. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their guns were raised, but their voices were more bemused and curious than aggressive. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

While the roosters shrieked, the hens scrambled helter-skelter, commenting shrilly on the action: they clucked hysterically; they cackled obscenely; sometimes their alarmed voices were like machine guns. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A real gun! And noise. And fire on my arm. And then my head...” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“You're just as good with that gun as I am. And Clarence and Bullet can track. I’m getting too old for this kind of thing.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

That’s why I never let my children play with toy guns. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went to hit him over the head with the gun and he attacked me and my boy he run at us to get by us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

My heart stops racing and the field, gun, and birds fade away. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Just as strange is the second man’s claim not to have heard the sound of his gun going off. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

She didn’t wait to get me my gun or anything else. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

These numbers were astonishing to me and my staff, but the sad fact is that urban schools around the country were contending with epidemic levels of gun violence. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Here comes the fun, wait for the sound of the gun.... Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“It’s for the bullets and the gun that goes with them. A revolver. I don’t recognize the dealer.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I don’t understand,” he says, “how you could possibly be stupid enough to come up here with no gun.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know nothing from numerickly,” I say, “but they got guns.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

A man walked up to the Gladers as the others in his group spread out around them, sweeping their guns left and right as they shot at the observation windows, shattering them. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He moves again to help his wife; the soldier spins his gun around, using the butt of it to shove the man forward. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Nothing to report,” he replied, and then the first thing he said to me when we got into our truck was, “No matter what you do in life, never drink and use guns—and drive!” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“How did you know he had a gun?” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

There were four pops in rapid succession, like a cap gun. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He sort of snapped his wrist, and the cylinder of the gun popped open. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“It must have been one of our lot, firing from the air. And if it was this gun, it wasn’t you.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Maybe it will even be a place where I trade my guns and knives for more productive tools, screwdrivers and nails and shovels. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I tilt the gun back and fire at the guard running toward me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The one fact to remember was that eight thousand men, white men, with guns and gas, were out there in the night looking for him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Abel didn’t have a gun yet; he bought that later. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I crept to the flap, heard Rose cursing outside, and unzipped it enough to get a one-eyed peek and to push the barrel of the gun out. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

While he hadn’t found steady work, he always had mysterious ways of hustling up pocket money, and he’d come home at night drunk and gunning for an argument. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He clutched the gun with both hands, steadied himself and concentrated. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

A few giants threw javelins, and one flew straight between the wings of the plane, but the machine guns blazed. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

They were in full battle dress, with helmets and guns. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In some towns police were authorized to disable passing cars with ropes, chains, wires, and even bullets, so long as they took reasonable care to avoid gunning down the drivers. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carlos waves the gun wildly, pointing at Eddie, Mike, and Snap. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

He’d flown close enough to Galina in that air battle to be able to recognize her as a woman—and he’d chosen not to fire his guns at her because she was a woman. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

She had taken to flight as soon as the gun went off. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

There are one million young men roaming the streets in gangs, following in the footsteps of Ragen’s Colts, brandishing guns to protect their turf. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I step back to let Caleb practice, and watch Tris fire again, watch the straight lines of her body as she lifts the gun, and how steady she is when it goes off. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

So this is a pretty typical case, except they were a little bit young—most of the murders that I see are thirteen- or fourteen-year-olds killing each other with guns. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would dream that men were coming to get him with knives and guns. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later: two guns to his head. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The machine gun opened fire once more from a black rise above the motor pool, and orange tracer bullets skimmed like low-gliding dashes over the tops of the shadowy tents, almost clipping the peaks. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

One of the other guards directs his gun away from the boy and toward the mom. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

It was an awful thing to see them riding through in white robes with torches burning, guns shooting up the sky. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jonathan watched the Americans turn and, guns in their hands or on their shoulders, start to walk slowly back across the field. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The gun flew out of Clyde’s hand and skidded across the concrete. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

This all happened real fast—in milliseconds—and at the same time, I was bringing my gun up. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He gestured with his hand and the soldiers behind him made the same movement with their guns. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right outside the window, so close I could touch her if I stretched my hand through the window, is a Candor child, a girl,' holding a gun that is as long as her forearm. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Longstreet said, “Plenty of time. The guns will fire for at least an hour.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all, the statement was coming from a crook seeking to shorten his sentence, and Spencer, the one person who could corroborate Gregg’s testimony, had since been gunned down by a posse of lawmen. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I hide my hand from view so that it’s easier to ignore the pain and get up, still pointing the gun at her. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the shooting exercise, we were taught how to dismantle our guns and oil them, because the AKs were so old that they would misfire randomly and sometimes would stop working altogether. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

And were these weapons, or were they not, AK-47s and machine guns? Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The gun’s pointed at the back of his head. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Telescoping antennas were forbidden, be-cause they might be turned into “zip guns.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lay by her body, sensible still of the shock of the gun’s report. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Once Grandpop had the gun completely apart, he lined the screws and bits of metal all out on the table like Genie always did when he was about to start building a model car. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Afternoon, drilled: for two hours, the loading of the guns, and for another two, exercises in the fields, facings, wheelings, evolutions. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Most of them had guns in their hands, but there were hardly a dozen overcoats among them. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was brown, and got its name from Queen Elizabeth, whose nickname was Bess, because they first used that type of gun a lot during her time. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We know that the officer confronted Prince with his gun drawn, and no badge. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Somewhere nearby an incongruous sound shook the dark, an air hammer pounding like a machine gun. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

We went out two more times that week and I had no problem shooting my gun. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Nearly a dozen of their neighbors were shot and killed after being caught in the crossfire of gun violence. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I was preparing to burst out and fight when Rachel Elizabeth Dare started talking in that rapid-fire machine gun way of hers. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

So what, that one of their neighbors kept a gun? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moaning like a wounded animal, I let the gun fall from my hands and wrap my arms around my stomach. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Two police officers in dark green uniforms with brown batons and steel guns holstered at their waists sauntered into the marble foyer. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Criminology was still primitive: Emmett grabbed his gun, canvassed any witnesses to the crime, then mounted his horse and went in pursuit. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The gun had made only a whispering hum. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“You have a gun? You shot him? That wasn’t part of the plan.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The gun quivered in his hand ever so slightly. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

That frightened me because I knew if he used the gun to shoot that white man, the Klan and the police would come. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He always reloaded the gun as soon as he had fired it, for, he said, he did not want to meet trouble with an empty gun. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

They took the gun, the shells, the sword, and the dynamite and put it all in the car trunk. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The agents shot the dog, and Sammy, who was carrying a gun, opened fire. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We jump up and a gun blast rings out, splintering the branches over our heads, but we run anyway. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“There was a gun,” I say with confusion. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I never pointed a gun at the policeman. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

But the fire was dying; the guns ended like sparks. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Since getting in the way meant standing between guns and innocents, and saved a great number of lives.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was defended by trenches, heavy machine guns, and artillery. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Sir stood next to him with his gun drawn and pointed in the same direction. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

A snap, loud as a hunter’s gun, as the branch gave way beneath him. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Toby gunned the engine, faster and faster down the interstate until he whipped around a subtle curve and Lily grabbed the armrest with a quick, barely audible yelp. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“There are multiple reports that a gun was found in the car,” the anchor claims. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

A gun appears on it a!s soon as I think it. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

We had been driving for over ten minutes and were well away from the guns. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

That night, he had stood alone on the top deck of a steamboat called the River Queen, watching Grant’s big guns shell the Confederate defenders of Petersburg. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

A soldier with his gun at the ready peers in when our turn comes. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Long before anyone began manufacturing guns and steel, others of those same factors had led to the expansions of some non-European peoples, as we shall see in later chapters. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Lower down, his neck was peculiarly swollen, his throat collared in bruises, the traces of a gun butt. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“You don’t expect me to fight without a gun, do you?” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody knows where Charlie got the gun he used to hold up Poncho's candy store three years ago. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

He ran from me, and straight into the guns of the border-guards. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Special Duties planes need a lot of maintenance as they tend to go through them quite rapidly, bashing the undercarriages in the dark and getting bits blown off by antiaircraft guns on their way home. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

There were several guns and one of them had two barrels. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I asked about the scar he said it came from being shot with a flare gun. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

They watched him march his reluctant detachment away toward the woods where the machine guns waited. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I do, too, worrying Carlos is going to pull another toy gun. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

“A gun? What would I do. with a gun?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t care what they show on TV, these stupid boys with guns and these murderers they show on the news. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beneath the gun were several magazines with curling corners. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I thought that if black people were somehow able to get hold of bombs, tanks, guns, swords and machetes, then white people would be in for it. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, the gun show is starting in about an hour.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Come now, I’m not going to believe that story. You’re all Tories here. We want your gun.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, I’m not talking about the rescue,” I said, “I’m talking about what happened on the docks—about Luno and the gun.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Lac leaned against a barrel, clutching his gun in both hands. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Why? Because it’s politically correct to point at guns and say this is a terrible thing.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Cops are community helpers and all that, but a billy club and gun don’t ever look very friendly. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I spent some of my endless hours of leisure learning to shoot a gun, which I thought might come in handy someday, if not in the war then back on the streets of New York. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

We go down to the police station and they ask us about the robbery, what happened, and how I managed to get my hands on the gun. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

After supper Pa took his gun and went into the woods, and Laura and Mary went to sleep without any stories or music. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, then,” said Stuart, “I’ll catch the sloop broad on, and rake her with fire from my forward gun.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

She holds it out, and then her eyes find mine in the crowd of people and guns. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

High up among the bulging clouds thunder went off like a gun. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

And then she remembered the American soldiers who’d occasionally pointed guns at her in camp. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Near the start there’s a scene where Clint Eastwood doesn't know if he has a bullet left in his gun to shoot the baddie. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

His father’s huge gun popped out of the holster, disappearing forever into the sage—Amarante did not notice. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A detailed index of every kind of insane gun Americans can own and state-by-state regulations, which he has to comb through for research on a new set of federal assault rifle policies. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

My vision blurred so badly I could not distinguish the gun or the face of the man behind it. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

They were all carrying sticks, except Jones, who was marching ahead with a gun in his hands. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

It was a good thing Ma was gripping on to it with both hands; the recoil sent the gun jumping o’er her head. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

We sat quietly, except at times when I winked at Alhaji as we waited for the right moment to take the guns from the MPs and push them off the truck. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The gun jabbed into me, then slid out onto the ground. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

My shirt was untucked, so I pulled it down to hide the gun. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

What catches Yoyo's eye are their holster belts and the shiny black bulge of their guns poking through. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

That was all I could manage, that and a gun. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

We’d tackled gun control, the meaning of intellectual property, the structure of American education, and the future of networked computing. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a moment Lee poked the gun butt-first through the door. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

After Nick had turned the gun admiringly over in his hands once or twice, he set it back on the rubber mat again. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He crouched, waiting for the starting gun, which did not go off. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Charlie gunned it, trying to shift quickly through the gears, but it stuck in third, and the transmission chewed metal like it was grinding bones. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The big black thing that looked like a log turned out to be a big gun. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

She whirled the cylinder so that if he even did draw the gun on her it would snap three times before it would fire. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

He waited a second, then swung around and hurled that gun out into the night air, screaming. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

But once he gets home, off comes the gun and on goes the apron!” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Chase called down, and his machine guns burst to life, peppering the ground with bullet holes and startling the whole group of monsters into scattering. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Then I heard the other gun fire off. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sorry to say the gun was far too much to cope with following my first ever reportable prang, in a plane I probably shouldn’t have been flying, and I burst into tears. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The runners are set and the gun goes off, and the guy with hook legs fires out of the blocks just like the rest of the runners. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I grab the barrel of Bob's gun, spinning around and using my momentum to wrest it from his grip. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Or maybe there are ten guys with guns waiting outside this room,” Mark muttered. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

And then smoke and sparks pour from the guns. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“You also betrayed her and left the city when she forbade anyone from doing that,” he says, “and she sent people after you to stop you. People with guns.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

But the real problem with having a gun isn't the expense. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The girl carries an armful of clothing, her gun, an old bag stuffed with belongings. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Dale had a gun and everything. They know how to handle themselves.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

After witnessing a mass shooting, Heinrich Himmler, head of the SS, decided that guns wasted too much time and too many bullets. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I rise and turn slowly in a circle, addressing the machine guns. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She concluded that Amaroq tolerated her because she was young, had no gun, and was sad—a lost child. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guards in the watchtowers kept their machine guns on them and surveyed them with binoculars. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

He said that Mr. Nesbitt produced a gun that he owned. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smiled at the older monk, who was now cleaning the machine gun’s trigger assembly. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reached for the gun in reflex, nearly drawing it before it occurred to me that Grigori was not one meter tall. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I saw the gun, blurred, but seemingly only inches from my head. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Now the men distributed the guns and bombs, and their squad leader went over the details of the mission. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Four presses a gun into my palm without looking at me and keeps walking. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I'd let my mind drift and soon it was me behind bars as the snotty kid in Jail Bait saying, "I never thought that carrying a gun would lead to this!" Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The path we had to walk up was covered by a brace of M-60 machine guns. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the distance came the crack of a gun, followed by a shout. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I shouted—I may have shrieked; I cannot remember—and he turned toward me, swinging the gun around so it was aimed at me. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He stood rigid, holding the gun, watching, waiting. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was still holding up his hands even though the barrel of the gun was pointing down at his feet. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Wonderingly, Grandma asks, “You knew? You knew Jerome had a toy gun?” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

“Me, too. But he’s hurt, and we have his gun.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Shanti made a dive for the flare gun, but one of the black shirts kicked it out of the way. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

A soldier climbed out, holding a gun, wearing a uniform so smart that the lines of ironing were visible down the front. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Swept by shame, he crept back into the house and, afraid he’d be found out, quietly unloaded the gun and put it back where it had been. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

A line of soldiers hoist their guns, then point them at the boy. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

At 3:25 p.m.—almost a half hour after the announced beginning time—a starting gun sounded and the parade officially began. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

When he got up again, he had a gun in his hand. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

My hand scrambles to my pocket, but the gun is not there. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The detective raised his gun, but something shifted in the shadows beyond the chair and captured his attention. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

All the officials at the airport carried guns. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Remembering how wet it had gotten, he set it back down and picked up one of the Hessians’ guns. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

“What else? Master Lester had dogs and guns. We walked back, unrolled our blankets, and went back to work like before.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” said he, “all of it. I come in behind yourself. I didn’t see you, but I must have been pretty close behind you. By the by, the guns is going again.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Mark took the gun with his free hand, and by the weight of the weapon he knew it was loaded. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The guns that are turned in tend to be heirlooms or junk. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Or are they standing between Dauntless guns and Erudite innocents, taking bullets for the sake of peace? Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Grace backs up into the crowd that gathered as we were talking, then lowers her gun and jogs down a nearby hallway. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I ignore the gun barrels pointed at my head and focus on Lynn’s face, which is now yellowish instead of white. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Questions to write down: When were toy guns invented? As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Tried to take Claire hostage, but she chomped him with her backmouth, so he grabbed me instead. I tried to fight, but he knocked me upside the skull with his gun.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

If I let my imagination go wild, I could picture every man on the street hiding a gun, waiting to attack. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But it’s hard to run one hundred and thirty-nine runners into the ground, especially when the gun goes off and the thunder of all those feet takes over from the thunder in your heart. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

If you are primed with a black face first, you’ll identify the gun as a gun a little more quickly than if you are primed with a white face first. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Their argument is persuasive,” Shmuel answered, his thumb and forefinger pointed at her like a gun. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Get your friends into the safe room. Then go get your gun.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

They looked scared, but then one of them poked a gun in his face. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And they were shooting at us! Shooting! With a gun!” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“You’re weak and have no powers of your own, so you rely on guns and things. Now lay them on the floor! ” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She launches herself at the inked one, trying to grab his gun, but he’s quick. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She leaps from her perch, deploys a tiny parachute, and executes a soft landing—straddling the thrumming ray gun as if it was a bucking bronco. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I throw myself around the corner and click a bullet into the chamber of my gun. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

A few blocks from home, he was accosted by two robbers. one said, pulling a gun. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“As long as you are someone who doesn’t seem to value her own life... someone who can’t even pick up and fire a gun ...” He leans toward me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The people of Mingora were firing guns into the air to celebrate a peace treaty. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The moment the chopper opened up on the first machine gun, we started shooting at the second. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You killed her. Just as though you had put that gun to her head and fired.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then three other soldiers ran to the window, and while Bronwyn cried “Please, don’t kill him!” they raked the field with bullets, filling our ears with the thunder of their guns. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Something flying low was peppering the runway with machine gun tire; even buried mostly underground, even a quarter of a mile away, the shelter’s iron walls shuddered. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Doesn’t it just figure that if Bernard is doing track, he’d do something that sounds like there is a gun involved? A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

What I enjoyed most were the “fatigue marches” in which you are equipped with only a gun, bullets, and some water, and you must reach a distant point within a certain time. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they get divorced, is it my fault because I was the one who really wanted Ernie to shoot the gun? As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

When I opened my mouth, the sharp smell from the gun firing mixed with the smoke coming from the cabin, and I swallowed it. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She snapped the gun shut, held it up to her shoulder, and then carefully handed it over to Colin. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

And I gave him all of that, and then he said, ‘Give me your gun,’ and I gave him my gun. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Disbelief that a stranger with a gun had made the final decision. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I hear someone approaching, and I aim flashlight and gun in the same direction. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Partly it was to get guns for themselves—everybody knew that the Rebels didn’t have enough of anything, guns included. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Already Salva could tell that because of his army experience and because he had a gun, Uncle was seen by the group as a kind of leader. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The presence of Clyde’s gun should have terrified her, but a wave of grief swelled for Mr. Griswold’s current uncertain state, followed by a tsunami of anger. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The gun fired just as the tall man leapt to the side. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember that the police were always dropping by our house, shoving things around, “just checking” or “looking for a gun.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I crouch down and dart through the hall, dodging soldiers and guns, slipping out of the hands that reach for me. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I looked at the officer who was pointing the gun at my head less than fifteen feet away. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The thought of a child being shot through the chest with a neighbor’s gun is gruesome, dramatic, horrifying—in a word, outrageous. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I busied myself with drugs and cleaning my gun. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He dove even lower, arcing behind the ships and squinting through his gun sight. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

As we moved out through the town it was empty in the rain and the dark except for columns of troops and guns that were going through the main street. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Hill’s guns had stopped; there was a general silence. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Peck will gain respect by unloading this gun into the one who disrespected him. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I swung my gun up, hoping yet to get in a killing shot. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone’s foot clipped the edge of the gun, sending it skittering away. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He made sure that his gun was still intact, hearing, Steal away, Steal away home, I ain’t got long to stay here. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then she started to pray, and that’s when the gun misfired. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The shame was nothing I ever could have conveyed with thimbles or squirt guns filled with mayonnaise. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Those bursts of white fire from the guns, those red circles where shells landed, looked like exotic blossoms, flowers that bloomed, then faded in less than a heartbeat. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The CO had drawn his gun but Larson had shot him first—“too many times,” he said—and Larson had been sent back to prison, with a sentence of eight years to life. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Peeta looks down at me, gone, mad, flashing back into the land of the hijacked, his gun raised over me, descending to crush my skull. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Liam jumped at the ten gun barrels that swung our way. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

A tall man with grizzled hair was holding a gun to Papa Andrew’s head. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blows were random, unexpected, and undeserved: a rubber truncheon across the back, a gun butt to the ribs, a kick in the rear or the stomach. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Every few yards, there stood an SS man, his machine gun trained on us. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man, the gun, and me, in my red shorts and khaki tank top, frozen in time. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The giant manservant unwrapped a soft Velcroed case containing a syringe gun and two vials. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The gun seemed to be kind of vibrating in Ernie’s grip. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Another thing that happened in John’s gambling house contributed: the incident that made it known that 1 carried not a gun, but some guns. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure what comfort I could ever give to someone whose six-year-old had been gunned down at school. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

His hand went up on his hip, right to the gun that sat in its holster. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

As he did, the captain raised his gun and shot the man in the back. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Sorrel said, “We got most of our wagons from the enemy. Many of the guns. Their artillery is very good. But ours will get better.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside were four cans of spray paint, painter’s tape, and a staple gun. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

A radioman from K Company had set up against the seawall and was railing loudly about interference; every time battleship guns were fired offshore even the static died out, he complained. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Spareribs was ten years old and his father had died the month before and this had been his father’s gun. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want to go anywhere alone without a gun. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Remember during training, how the gun almost hit you in the face? ” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I kick the gun back with my heel so he can’t grab it and, ignoring the throbbing in my jaw, kick him in the stomach. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Mo bowed his head and stroked his hand over the barrel of the gun. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

One of us would have to get close enough to take his gun away. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He turned the plastic gun on me and started clicking, as if I were just another image from the screen. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the men will be militia and not the match of our boys, but they will come in thousands, bringing fresh guns. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had attached an extra magazine with adhesive tape to the one inside the gun. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Maybe we use gun to get food?” she asked Polly tentatively. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She got the gun from under the pillow, aimed it, and keeping it aimed, put it under her apron. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then the bus began to slow down and the trees were replaced by soldiers with big guns, all aiming at the road, at the bus. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Faro had always recognized the command “Close,” but in the past only when there was a gun along. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was said that his crippled legs were the result of a burst of machine- gun fire in Bolivia. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guns and drugs and all that, not really my thing. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“I thought we said we wasn’t never going to use a gun,” G.H. said. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’m halfway down the hill when I remember I haven’t fired my gun once, and wonder if Dad will say anything. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What were you doing?” he asked of his limp hand and the gun. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember guns and loud voices, and the splash of ice water over my head. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

As Salva watched, one of the men aimed his gun at Uncle. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he did not see the gun; instead he saw the safe-suit and began to shout: “It’s mine. You know it’s mine. Take it off!” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I hear the gun and then I shut everything out. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Begging your pardon, sir, but I didn’t hear you order me to handle the guns this morning.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would fill her with his big-faced children, all of them loud, boneheaded boys with a passion for guns and football and aeroplanes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then he gunned the motor and backed the car off the promontory. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The walls gleamed with guns, assault rifles, grenades . . . things they’d only seen in blockbuster summer movies. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He felt the gun nestling close to his skin. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

To them, I looked like a kid Bradley Cooper would have in the crosshairs of his gun. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Always carrying his gun, he went on grueling horseback rides and punishing hikes through the woods and fields, keeping a lookout for wildlife specimens to add to his collection. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

He had not known I had a gun, and I think he really could not believe it when he heard the shot. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He would hang his gun on the wall over the door, throw off his fur cap and coat and mittens, and call: “Where’s my little half-pint of sweet cider half drunk up?” Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A man on a horse, in front of that line. George, he’ll be the only rider in a line a mile wide. They’ll have every gun on that hill on him.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sergeant Knight came plummeting down from the top gun turret and began pounding them all on the back with delirious enthusiasm. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Before settling down in front of the television, Curly took out his gun and made a quick tour of the property. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The flashlight man lifted his gun down from his shoulder, and Cholly heard the clop of metal. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The real Adeline, the Lady of Mercy, the original owner of his legendary gun, didn’t wear makeup and wouldn’t be caught dead in a dress. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Crazy like he might come to school with a gun and start shooting people, or crazy like he just says amusing things about outer space?” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pick up a gun and a holster and a belt, copying Will, who is directly in front of me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It’s the first time he’s heard the gun at such close range, and it sounds as if the top half of the hotel has torn off. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“A hairbrush is not a gun! A hairbrush is not a gun!” a voice chants from another loudspeaker. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Some had their weapons raised, some had them holstered, their hands ready to snap the guns loose at a moment’s notice. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Bats cry almost inaudibly out the attic vent and somewhere far away, on a naval ship perhaps, or way out past Parame, a heavy gun fires. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

And she was right, once that gun commenced shooting, all the folks in this town would come running. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The sheriff grabs Katherine, Bob and Bill taking that as a cue to raise their guns as well. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The guard, a short girl with purple hair, throws her gun to the ground in a tantrum. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

‘They learned to walk with a milk bottle in one hand and a gun in the other.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The third and fourth shots happened so quick one after the ’nother that Ma didn’t have no chance to level the gun at the cap’n. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

He also had a dart gun, and practiced shooting at a target in his room. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Tobias still has the Dauntless woman by the throat, but this time, he aims his gun at the Erudite woman. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her glue gun dripped a glob of hot stuff onto her papers. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Then there was the time that a new recruit in Tom’s company was gunned down while trying to stop an assault. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It was quiet for a moment still, then from all the guns behind us the bombardment started. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I see a flash of light—a spark, from one of the guns— and gasp. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

From miles away comes the thunder of big guns, and still the German transport trains are being hit, bending tracks and flipping cattle cars and maiming the fuhrer’s soldiers and filling his officers with fury. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The sun showed flashes of the tips of guns and bullets traveling toward us. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I point the gun at the bird on my shoulder, and it detaches from my shirt in an explosion of blood and feathers. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

If I can hit them the gun will pull them down. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

His glance was empty, but I felt it, as surely as I’d felt the gun this morning. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I looked up, and I was staring into the barrel of a gun. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Then I quickly bent his arm away so it wasn’t lying across the gun anymore. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

At two miles Bobby Moch would tell Don Hume to gun it and start taking down the leaders, who would by now be starting to tire. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The dozen or so people in this car are all like me, going through the motions, stepping forward, trying not to run screaming from the train into the arms of Exclusion Guards with large guns. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He turned and pointed the gun at me. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

When the ejector snapped, Candy turned over and looked for a moment at the gun before he turned back to the wall again. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

They washed the cars for the Black Jackets, cleaned their boots and their guns, delivered love letters. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

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

He didn’t like the notion that he was the only one who held his gun that way. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mariya Smirnova, the squadron commander, noticed the silence and reasoned—correctly—that the only reason the antiaircraft guns would stop firing was because there must be German night fighter aircraft patrolling the sky. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

That gun—she had to find a way to get it out of the house. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes immediately trained themselves on the gun in Wes’s hand. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

She persuaded the czar to let her fly for Russia as a military reconnaissance pilot, scouting out the best direction for soldiers on the ground to fire their guns. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

His face looked pale, as if he was just as distressed as Emma at the idea of guns. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Then he thought about searching for his gun and his wallet. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I took the gun from his hands and put it back in the trunk. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

"What we need is some guns," one of them said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There were 180 guns protecting this site. From that alone, we could tell what an important enterprise it was.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

They come to ’tention after that first flinch and was staring up at the gun with their front legs stiff as stone and their chests all bowed out and their eyes burning. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

I am behind the crowd now; the one with the gun doesn’t know I’m there. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He’s still sitting in his wheelchair, but you don’t need to be able to walk to fire a gun. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Eye dropped his gun and flung up his hands. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

If it rained, he knew, it would come hard, making it difficult for them to fire their guns. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

He holds the gun up toward the ceiling, his elbow bent. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

After this he would never want to pick up a gun again in all his life. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Several witnesses later testified that a patrolman walked up to Smith, mortally wounded but still conscious, and struck him with the butt of a gun. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Several times the heavy gun almost slipped, from his hands. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Beyond the gun, beyond the embrasures, ramparts plunge forty feet to the green and white plumes of surf. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t shoot real bullets,” I say, “but it seems like they designed it so it would be as close as possible to one of the guns you’ll be using. It feels real, anyway.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Yossarian was making an uncouth spectacle of himself by walking around backward with his gun on his hip and refusing to fly more combat missions, Milo said. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Bigger had his hand inside of his shirt, on his gun. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The angle of the shot, along with the fact that there was no gun present, ruled out suicide. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The gun my father kept under his pillow never fired a shot. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Guys with tattoos are more likely to kill themselves with guns. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“When I was a boy, gangs were everywhere. I saw my brothers gunned down in the yard. I swore I would never expose my children to danger like that.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Thanks to their guns, horses, and steel blades, the foreigners won every battle, even with Tlaxcala’s huge numerical advantage. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Machine gun fire coming from the roof of the dirt brown warehouse across the alley. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Golan had stopped shooting, but we could see him standing guard by the lighthouse door, gun in hand. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Many did, including a man who was carrying a gun. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

The soldiers pointed their guns menacingly, daring anyone else to try to escape. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Already skilled at handling small guns, the boys quickly learned to operate the flak, the larger 88-mm antiaircraft cannon. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

A single guard stood behind him, a gun in his hand. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Others were more patient, holding the gun across their chest at parade rest until the first bird was released. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Give me a loaded gun and I might give it a try.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“For this fight, we let the boys have their weapon of choice,” he said, glancing at Archer’s gun, “with the exception of firearms.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

But it’s not guards with Tasers and guns and hate in their hearts who round the corner. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Their heads were tied with red handkerchiefs and they carried their guns behind their backs. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“He’s not a chief, but he owns one of the azungu's guns, and he’s very good at magic. I’m certain his magical calculations are strong enough to defeat this black rhino.” The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Disputes here, they had noticed, generally led to fistfights that poured out into B Street, and it wasn’t unheard of for knives and guns to come into the mix. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

After several people died in skirmishes, nine workers among them, state militia arrived, armed with Winchester rifles and Gatling machine guns. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

The warders pointed with their guns where they wanted us to go, and barked their orders in simple one-word commands: “Move!” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not for what they wanted to do with him, but for what they did to the earth with their machines, and to the animals with their packs of dogs and their guns. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Country Joe knew that the rosy scenario young peace protestors had in their minds—that you could just put down your gun and say “peace, man”—was not possible. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He stepped to one side as Secret Service agents swarmed past him through the door, carrying what looked to be guns loaded with tranquilizer darts. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Even though they found no gun to match the bullet in Dray’s head, no one digs for more answers. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Such behavior became lethal in the presence of peasant soldiers ungracefully blasting away with guns. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

One of the soldiers stopped, lifted his gun, and fired. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

“If I don’t have, the gun, some Lobsterback will kill me. Besides, it belongs to the family, doesn’t it? I have as much right to it as anybody, don’t I?” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Men in planes and tanks, or armed with guns, artillery, and advanced weapons, tore apart the bodies of millions of soldiers and civilians. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Matthew pointed his Flush poster at the gun, and James ran to retrieve it. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“He pointed his gun at you. That was more than enough.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The night the man held a gun to my head, I thought I had no future. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Shut your mouth and get on your knees,” Frankie said, in a smooth, calm voice that promised violence as efficiently as any gun. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He kept the gun hidden, stuck in the back waistband of his pants. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He frees Boggs’s gun from his shoulder and slings the strap over his own. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He reached in his side pocket and brought out Carlson’s Luger; he snapped off the safety, and the hand and gun lay on the ground behind Lennie’s back. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I figured I had to find a way to protect myself from these fools, and the only way was to get a gun. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The big gun detonates a third time, and glass shatters somewhere close by, and torrents of soot rattle down the chimney, and the walls of the hotel toll like a struck bell. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

They saw the flash and heard the sharp rattle of the aircraft’s machine guns in the dark, and bullets raked the wings of their Po-2. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“Let us to watch episodes of Captains Bodacious now, and in the morning, we kill defenseless animals with our big guns.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The boy lifted the gun from the case and held it. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He unhooked a pair of handcuffs from his belt; they were clipped on next to his gun. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Eyes murderous, the poli whirls and goes after his gun—and after easier prey. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

They had no guns to lose or forget about. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Two guys with guns, one dies—it's an everyday story. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The Dauntless traitors aren't holding lethal guns, only ones that shoot whatever it is they shot at us before, so they all scramble for their real guns. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Keep your guns shotted and your powder dry!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

A lot of rabbits said there was nothing in it, but some thought that Fiver might have foreseen men with guns and ferrets. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ran to the hollow tree and got my gun, then doubled back along my own trail and moved north, crawling through thick brush and saplings. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He stood and adjusted his gun belt over his gut. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t shake the memory of the gun against my head. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Most agreed that was a pretty high number, but mention of gun control was as popular as a suggestion to change the Ten Commandments. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wes moved the sand around, clouding the already murky water even more, hoping it would hide the gun. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I watch, then, as each factionless soldier holds up a gun. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

‘Now,’ he said, ‘we is waiting for the gun and flames to begin.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Riddle was pointing Harry’s wand at Fawkes; there was a bang like a gun, and Fawkes took flight again in a whirl of gold and scarlet. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He could barely breathe as Cas tilted the bag and said, “The gun is gone.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I would rather face a villain with a gun than a man with Ray’s 360 back kick. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

But her thin, fragile form has become slim but muscular, and when she holds the gun, it looks easy. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The man stood off to the side, the gun still in his hand, just staring. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“This is the makeup splat gun. You pour a small amount of foundation in the end like so,” she said, letting Brittani demonstrate. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Accuracy on matters Irish are not the forte of the English. Truth is, we're the friendliest people you'd wish to meet. Even north of the border. We just gun each other down occasionally, that's all.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Now they openly patrolled the streets of Mingora with guns and sticks as if they were the army. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Then the soldier turned the gun on us in the roll call ranks. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

A minute later, three different guns rapidly went off. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I threw down the flask and grabbed the gun. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

And the number of surrendered guns is no match for even the number of new guns simultaneously coming to market. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

She slides over a huge box and hands me a tape gun. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Brian’s a machine, a machine gun, two at a time, three, four, underhand, overhand, both hands. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He was firing wildly now, a line of bullets tock- ing into the gun, hot casings popping out the other side. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Three days earlier, in broad daylight, two masked men had run into J. Browns Jewelers waving guns at the customers, ordering them to the ground. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Uriah wrinkles his nose at his brother and puts the pellet gun away. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

A gun scrambles the outcome of any dispute. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I see a man in black pointing a gun at me. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

At the gun, they got off slowly, falling behind all three other boats: Navy, Syracuse, and Cornell. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

However, when he inspected the aircraft up close, he wasn’t impressed with the grease on some of the machine guns. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“What kind of gun would you suggest for that sort of thing? Like, what kind is that one over there, in the comer?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He points the glue gun at the boys and chases them off. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Clara Harris and Henry Rathbone married, but eighteen years later he went insane and murdered her, using a gun and knife, the same type of weapons Booth carried the night he killed Abraham Lincoln. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the witness stand, Guiteau explained that he bought the gun in order “to remove the President for the good of the American people.” Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

It sounded like A1 Capone had arrived in Manifest with tommy guns blazing. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Half a dozen border guards with guns and walkie-talkies move between the buildings and the canopy, between waiting vehicles and people standing around. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

But it was his gun they were staring at: silver filigree, and an ivory grip inlaid with mother-of-pearl. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It may be more comforting to believe what the newspapers say, that the drop in crime was due to brilliant policing and clever gun control and a surging economy. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Knowing the gun was his to use, he felt a deep glow inside. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

“My dad got rid of all the guns,” Kelton tells me. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He looks almost comfortable, holding that gun to his shoulder. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Did he take his eye off the target? I mean, was he aimin’ the gun right?” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

A Dauntless man pushes a gun barrel into the back of my neck. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes were wide open; he still held his gun. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Maddie, nothing if not mechanically minded and trained to react positively to orders from people in authority, clawed her way up the gun. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Immediately, camouflaged white soldiers, about a dozen of them, jumped off the back of the trucks, machine guns in hand, and raced every which way. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day, I was on the front lawn of the property and aimed the gun at a sparrow perched high in a tree. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And each generation, of course, owned somebody who had lost an eye to a BB gun. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

On April 20, Colorado National Guard soldiers aimed a machine gun at a union camp during a strike in Southern Colorado. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

“I want one gun on her at all times,” says Eric. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

We watched boys in their yarmulkes scrubbing the streets beneath the eye of a German machine gun. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t a lot of gangs and guns and drugs then, so it was better for kids. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His office revoked officers’ firearms permission several times a week, he said, for infractions such as being caught drinking while wearing a gun, menacing somebody with it, or having it stolen. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, he turned away and said: “Go get your gun. It doesn’t belong to you. It needs returning.” The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps they have a different sort of spaceship or ray gun, but in battle—and science fiction loves to portray battles between civilizations—they and we are rather evenly matched. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But even if nobody had got hurt, the people in Redding were good and angry about losing so many of their guns. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pa filled this cap full of the gunpowder and poured the powder down the barrel of the gun. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were big guns too that passed in the day drawn by tractors, the long barrels of the guns covered with green branches and green leafy branches and vines laid over the tractors. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

But the rebel boys were persistent, and finally one of them got the gun and shot two boys on our side. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“What do the bullets for a gun like that look like?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t even see the person who had the gun. What’d they say on the message? Do they know who it was?” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

It was the barrel of a gun pointed at Monaco. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He now made his living speaking at gun shows. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Some of them carry guns over their shoulders. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

A lot were about guns and Southern identity. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

As Alex leaped headfirst through the nearest door, they brought up their machine guns and fired. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Some carried ammunition boxes, the length of two cement bricks, between them, and others had semiautomatic machine guns and RPGs. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

"Yeah. Give him a gun. If he's on our side, let him show it." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

He rolled his eyes, looking longingly at the gun. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He tied his gun to his back and took out his bayonet, rubbing his finger on the flat edge, holding it in front of his face. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

But just as guns did not determine the outcome of conflict in New England, steel was not the decisive factor in Peru. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then I place the muzzle of the gun under his left ear and pull the trigger. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

My vision is too blurry with tears and my hands too useless to fire a gun. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ultimately, he decides that the threat outside our home is more imminent than Jacqui, who clearly will not part with my gun—so my father doesn’t ask how she got it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Johnny shivered and put the gun down carefully. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched him collect his guns from beneath his bed and put them in the new truck he had brought home, saying it was his new “toy.” March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Woke to the sound of the continuing guns. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That machine gun she has for a mouth is more than enough to handle Spizz.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Through Hall and Fuchs, Kurchatov learned that a gun assembly bomb with plutonium would not work. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not move; he lay with gun in hand, waiting. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, his eyes dropped to the hand Hull had at his hip, which rested on his holster, his black gun sitting in it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Okay, now, draw that stack over near the edge of the table by your right arm,” the pump gun hissed melodramatically. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just trying to give you perspective, perplexive, perspiration, expiration. If you expire, I’ll give you a twenty-one gun salute, but your next of kin will have to provide the twenty-one guns.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“What you doing—going hunting? I see your guns in the truck.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take a step to put Helena behind me, and two guns swing my way. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The soldier had to bite the end off his cartridge before he loaded his gun. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned right as if to make a move, and suddenly I felt an awful burn on my upper right arm before I turned to see him holding a smoking long gun. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Everyone at the south end of the village could hear the guns now. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

“If I ever do get married,” Tariq said, “they’ll have to make room for three on the wedding stage. Me, the bride, and the guy holding the gun to my head.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Like you were the Snowy Heron and you could feel that something was wrong but you weren’t sure, because you hadn’t seen the hunter with the gun coming across the horizontal yet. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Holding the gun steady, I look over my shoulder. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Artemis had to take your little gun away, and all those other toys. Couldn’t have you hurting yourself.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The end of the hose from my gun had a metal collar on it which was supposed to clamp over the end of the valve coming out the side of the spacecraft. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone shouted to me that he had a gun, like a warning, and I backed off. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She carried a gun with her on these trips. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

A blockade of chairs, benches, and tables lay across the road, and men stood there with guns, forcing us to stop. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Sounds of the Long Knife rifles, and the big gun; images of the brief and furious battle, and of soldiers falling. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

She remembered Abel pulling up and pointing the gun at Andrew. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Dozens of people were killed and hundreds were wounded in pitched battles with machine guns, pistols, and rifles. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You can go, compaheros, but leave your guns behind,” the President said. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were armed with stun guns, and the boys retreated against the walls. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spender lay there, his hands clasped, one around the gun, the other around the silver book that glittered in the sun. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Pick up your gun,” said the Martians in chorus. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every morning early the sound of guns came through the windows at Maple Hill. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Duntz, not to be diverted, reminds him, “Hickock had the knife. You had the gun. How did you get into the house?” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pick up my screw gun and drive screws with my left hand, but the pressure is uneven, and with my weight gathered on one foot, my balance is poor. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The fighter planes started firing their guns, and more and more aircraft joined the fray, until there were nine Soviet fighter pilots battling forty Luftwaffe aircraft. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The “agricultural engineers” speak blithely of “chemical plowing” in a world that is urged to beat its plowshares into spray guns. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Kaz squinted up at the big guns pointed out at the bay. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She found herself fascinated by the gun in his holster, the club at his side. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Dad looked up from painting the gun in a cowboy’s hand. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I stood still for a moment, but when he reached for a gun my hands instinctively went to the bottom of my shirt. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

You could smell the stink of gunpowder and hear the distant burping of the machine guns. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

His feeble hand resting lightly atop the mammoth gun lying on the bar, Amarante said, “Sometimes it’s necessary to carry a gun.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Searching for his footing, Jonathan looked at the Americans—their guns ready. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I—the gun in the car stuff. On the news they said there may have been a gun in the car, like that changes everything. I honestly don’t know if there was.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

We still had no guns, most of us. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oppenheimer’s scientists assumed this same gun assembly method would work for plutonium. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder what made a young boy desperate enough to aim a gun at one of them. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Hey,” he says over the roar of machine guns, “I got you an iTunes card if you want to listen to some Taylor Swift or something. It’s on your bed.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

They herded the hastily formed Volkssturm platoons into parks and gave hurried instructions in the use of the machine gun and Panzerfaust. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

For perhaps a month I kept the machine gun at Shorty’s before I was broke and sold it. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But the general consensus was that we weren’t going to get anything worth using if we locked her in a bunker somewhere every time a gun went off.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I was coughing and hacking, trying to bring air into my lungs, but I grabbed the gun and stuffed it into the waistband of my pajamas. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Around eleven-thirty, Charley Bloom threaded his way through the members of the Senile Brigade still trading gun stories on the porch and entered the store. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lay awake in a funk nearly all night with Paul’s dratted gun in my hand, my ear pressed to the trapdoor listening, expecting him to come back and try again under cover of darkness. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Barack now traveled in sleek black SUVs provided by the government and was trailed by a team of suited, earpieced men and women with guns. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I practically jumped out of my skin when I realized that he had a great big gun strapped to his hip. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

With trembling hands I took the gun, saluted him, and ran to the back of the line, still holding the gun but afraid to look at it. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

National Guardsmen with fixed bayonets and guns on “lock and load” opened fire. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Maybe all that fame’s going to your head, Captain,” Hatchet sneered, “because you seem to think you can waltz in here and get what you want with one gun, when the truth is you’re outnumbered.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“You’re starting to act like one of those girls. Do you need to get me a gun?” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I raised my gun and pulled the trigger, and I killed a man. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

But then he aimed the gun and fired it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Over by the campfire, Tyson let loose with his paintball gun. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Outside the prison entrance were dozens of men with guns sitting on the backs of trucks that lined the long road to the prison parking area. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

White peoples with guns, pointed at colored peoples. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The other two soldiers brought their guns around and checked the priming. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The air becomes acrid with the smoke of the guns and the fog. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to claw my gun strap to pull the weapon into my hands and to the ready. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“I know this sounds funny, but I just never owned a gun before.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you’ve any followers—housebreakers or such like—anywhere near, you may tell them we are not by ourselves in the house; we have a gentleman, and dogs, and guns.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I imagine that the bleached-blond surfer twerp caught a glimpse of that when I stuck the gun between his eyes. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

From his worried face I could tell he’d clearly decided these weren’t true police but the other kind: drunk men with guns and a hunger for bribes. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

When he hit the ground his gun went off and a shot came through the window of the restaurant. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stare into the black pinprick that is his gun barrel. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

But the other gun remained in its holster, with only its black grip showing beneath Reed’s restless thumb. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It was then I noticed he was carrying a gun on a shoulder strap, the barrel pointed up. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

But right now Bloom was furious because his territorial imperative had been violated by this stubborn gluttonous beast, and if he’d had a gun he most certainly would have started shooting. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In that dream I couldn’t remember how my gun worked, if the safety was on or off. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Because,” Collins growled, “he sailed on privateers before he was knee high to a capstan. He knows guns. If we have trouble with the French he’ll be worth the rest of the crew put together.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He was waving his gun. A police car is a coffin. I had to react.” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

The original inhabitants of those homelands thereby gained a head start toward developing guns, germs, and steel. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I jump over a puddle of—well, I don’t want to know what it is—and emerge into a kind of courtyard, where a tall, gangly boy has a gun pointed at George. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The four Africans drawed back once they saw that gun and the way it was jumping ’round in my hand. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Lola hooks her arm with mine and we spin, tape guns in the air, around our homebound boxes. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Jennifer “exploded” and rolled offstage while Sosie blew on the jar as if it were a gun — eliciting chuckles again — and placed the jar in the sand at the end of the runway. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She rotated the only visible handle, and the nose of the long gun tilted into place. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Q runs a business out of that club. Dray is there. And...there is a gun.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Nearly two-thirds of U.S. homicides involve a gun, a far greater fraction than in other industrialized countries. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“We better take our guns this time,” Bigger said. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I raise my gun, and then I think how the sound might scare the dog off. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, trying to make no noise, he squatted low and placed his gun on the ground. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

But we didn’t drive off any Yankee guns. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gun is in my right jacket pocket. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

When she returns, the gun and the food she stuffed inside her clothes are both gone. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

He took a step—a brave step—forward and reached for the gun. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

My mother walks through the snitch box—a metal detector designed to make sure no one is bringing guns on the island. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

In my mind I see Therese, taking Uriah’s gun when she already had one herself. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“They could run in there with guns right now.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He stops running and mirrors me, his feet planted and his gun up. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The two soldiers with them were very tall and one held his gun pointed forward. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It took time for him to find his gun, buried as it was beneath the rubble of the room. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

And now his gun was pointed at my head. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Diana blinked and tilted her head as she studied him over the gun. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Mary Lou climbed on board, startling the sleepy guard, who leapt into action with his gun leveled right at her. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Because I couldn’t hold a gun, okay? Not after shooting . . . him. My friend Will. I couldn’t hold a gun without panicking.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The one in the gun- nysack was even tighter and more ragged. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I drew the gun from under my coat. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I aimed the gun at the stove and pretended I was shooting at a elephant or a dragon or a tiger, or best of all, Todd! Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Within moments the man emerged from the dark, a gun in his hand. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

My guns had been at the cave all of the time since his arrival, and I was quite sure I had never mentioned them. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Soldiers carry guns,” Amari said, remembering the men who had attacked her village. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reluctantly, Agent Jones climbed behind the wheel and gunned the engine. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The Plutos almost witnessed the death of their best friend, Rufus, as a gun was pulled on him. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

You faced way worse shi—I mean stuff than sitting in handcuffs for a few hours, but you stuck to your guns...Well, your lack thereof, actually. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

All I could do is hope that whoever was coming to get me didn't have a gun. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Holding the loaded gun before him, pointing it waveringly forward and up, he reached for his powder horn and brought it around. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

There wouldn’t be time to get the canoe into the water, and even if they did, the man still had that gun. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I stop in my tracks, fingers tightening around my gun. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Again he bent over, this time making sure the gun kept pointing up. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Next he put the ramrod back in its place against the gun barrel. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No one has a gun to your head.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Yossarian charged out of his tent for revenge with his .45, ramming a clip of cartridges up into the grip and slamming the bolt of the gun back to load it. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Four men with guns to a single corner. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“You barge into a man’s room in the wee hours of the night, where he pulls a gun on you and tells you to leave, and now you wonder if you might ask some questions?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I don’t have enough bullets in my gun. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

"Stand back or I'll shoot," the man called, his eyes wild as he drew a gun and backed into the doorway where the two trusties stood bewildered, their arms full of articles. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sal, do you detect any signs of lunacy? There doesn’t ap-pear to be any place he could be hiding a gun. His jeans are really tight. Maybe he has a knife tucked into his socks.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

After them, gun in hand, came the man who had shot at him and Silvertongue. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I suppose men with guns are better protection than I am. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The thunder of the guns swells to a single heavy roar and then breaks up again into separate explosions. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet another type of explanation lists the immediate factors that enabled Europeans to kill or conquer other peoples—especially European guns, infectious diseases, steel tools, and manufactured products. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

As we stood waiting, some of the soldiers returned from the front line and reloaded their guns and side packs with ammunition. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The boy with the small eyes reached into his ski jacket and pulled out a gun. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I pull my gun out of its holster. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

It was either shoot or bust wide open, so I whipped my gun up to my shoulder. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gun spat at Alex and he felt something slam into his heart. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Tea Cake, put down dat gun and go back tuh bed!” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“What? A gun? What do you mean, ‘He bought a gun’?” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She crams her gun in a crack in the wall of the ruined house, with her belt of bullets. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

But there’s a sloppiness that comes with speed: the poorly placed boot that results in a splash, the accidental clang of a gun against a pipe, even my own commands, issued too loudly for discretion. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I use a gun, sometimes they ask me to shoot with my bow and arrows. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Sabatini: And they had just been shooting off that gun the week before. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guns arrived in narrow tin boxes and were packed in Cosmoline, a brownish substance the consistency of lard that had to be stripped away. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The Dauntless traitors walk into the lobby, their guns held up. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

When urban renewal tore down my parents’ laundry and paved over our slum for a parking lot, I only made up gun and knife fantasies and did nothing useful. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ahead of him the guns were firing into a line of blue soldiers and Longstreet spurred that way and Goree pulled alongside, screaming, “What are your orders, General? Where you want me to go?” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

British ships continued to land at Staten Island, hundreds of them carrying thousands of soldiers armed with countless guns and bullets. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hand shoots forward and smacks the weapon out of Boss’s hands—the gun fires a wayward shot just as it spins away, clattering on the floor. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I turned the gun on my own face and pulled the trigger. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

At that point in American history, no police department fired its guns more than that of Prince George’s County. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The most intense storm of howitzer and mortar shells, machine gun, and small arms fire any of us had ever experienced was raining down on us. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

None too soon, it seems, for less than five minutes later the guns were booming so loudly that we went and stood in the hall. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He was huge, like a big, black, squawking, enraged and murderous turkey, and if he’d had a gun, or a knife, or access to a nuclear device, I would have been gone instantly. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She lifts her shirt and slips a gun from under the waistband of her pants, offering it to me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

In the stories I always start with a girl or a boy, and he or she is running from something like a man with a gun or a knife or a big fiery torch. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

As he turned around, his foot came up against his gun. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

She hugged me, and I pounded her bade where I knew it hurt, while the boys danced around pretending they had machine guns. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each has a submachine gun slung ready, for whatever dangerous or subversive acts they think we might commit inside. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

His right hand glided across his holstered gun, lingered over the handle of his knife, then came to rest on his belt’s brass buckle. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

A small crowd of people surrounds the boy with the gun. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

They shouted and gestured to my brothers to drop the gun. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

We had gotten close enough, and I had aimed my gun at the group that I intended to start with, when Alhaji tapped me on my shoulder. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He drew out his gun, extended his arm, aimed at the president's back, and pulled the trigger. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t parted with my gun since the day I became a soldier. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The training room where I first fired a gun is not far from my hidden hallway. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The guns are huge, and I wonder how they feel to shoot, if you can feel the deadly power in them just by curling your finger around the trigger. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

His crime was an anchor weighing him safely in time; it added to him a certain confidence which his gun and knife did not. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

But it seems likely that he did not want to ally with the foreigners primarily for their guns, as they believed. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Once the Lakota and Cheyenne guns started firing, and their arrows started flying, they did not stop. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Bigger shoved the gun in his pocket and ran to the corner. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I hear the gun slide out of its holster. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Turns out one Howie Holman from Detroit, Michigan, had been gunned down behind the counter of his own store, leaving a wife and three kids behind to clean up the mess. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Looking down, Kaz saw rows of heavily armored wagons capped by domed gun turrets. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Oh, we never do anything like that. Elil keep away from here. There was a homba last winter, but the man who comes through the fields, he shot it with his gun.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said, “L.D., get yourself back from the door; that bull has a gun. Don’t be making fun of him.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

You could walk into one or another room in this house and get a hot fur coat, a good camera, fine perfume, a gun, anything ffom hot women to hot cars, even hot ice. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He leveled the gun to shoot, but the man got over and left his line of vision, disappearing under the tank. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You haven’t been able to touch a gun since the attack,” he says. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

But then I look again, and I see only fences and razor wire and guns. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Beebe reported that firing guns next to sleeping or feeding sloths elicited little reaction. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I practice mostly with a gun, but they reserve an hour a day for specialty weapons, which means I get to use my Mockingjay bow, Gale his heavy militarized one. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

They had their guns in ready positions, as if they expected something to happen. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I ducked underneath his raised arm, thrust the gun in his direction, and fired blindly. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He plucked the red-faced jumper from the water, gunned the motor on the launch, and headed for the shell house. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The guns to the right, on the Rocky Hill, would enfilade the line. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We cheered again, raising our guns in the air, shouting and whistling. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Mr. Redfern walks behind us, gun leveled at our backs just in case we get any fancy ideas. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I picked up my gun and walked trembling toward the door. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not only would he be risking his life in a fight by not using his machine gun, but also he’d jeopardize the lives of the men he served with. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“I saw prototypes when I was working with a gunsmith in Novyi Zem. Multiple guns in the turret, and that big barrel out in front? Serious firepower.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“I saw something on the mayor’s television. I wasn’t supposed to. There was a crowd, and fires, and the Peacekeepers were gunning people down but they were fighting back....” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The idea of sleep and hot food is so tempting, I forget for a second that she ever pointed a gun at us. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The crash was followed by a noise like stones falling from the sky, or guns firing. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They surged over the rail with their guns and machetes, followed by the rest of the crew. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“A brigade of Chicago gorillas armed with Tommy guns might be able to get to Seabiscuit—after shooting down everybody on the lot,” said Howard. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tide of drugs was matched by a tide of guns. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“And Dad thinks I put the bullet in the gun. It’s not fair and now my whole summer has been ruined.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

In the end I lowered the gun barrel and they moved on out of sight. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Other leathernecks were tying and retying their boots, checking and rechecking their packs, their guns, their ammunition. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stand before the sinks in the women's bathroom on the newly claimed Dauntless floor, a gun resting on my palm. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Inej could only hope she could get the big gun working. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

To tell a woman not to talk too much was like telling Jesse James not to carry a gun, or telling a hen not to cackle. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the edge of my fingernail, I eased the gun back inside the tower, uncovered. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

She picked up the gun and shoved it down the back waistband of her jeans, like she’d seen people do in the movies. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Mr. Wednesday spotted an exit sign promising a gas station, and he gunned the engine. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Only the men with the guns didn't hide. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Miguel also agreed to go with her and dig up the guns and ammunition buried in the mountains, because that was what he most needed in his reckless fight. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rashid kept his eyes focused on the gun in Diana’s hands. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I raise my hands, exposing the gun tucked in my belt. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Freak is pointing the squirt gun right in his face and he says, "Guess what I got for Christmas, Mr. Kane? Guess right, because your life depends on it." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

She said, “But nothing. Maybe it be best if I keep this gun.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He raises his gun, pointed at the door, preparing himself for whatever comes next. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I gunned my car and sped down the causeway, skipping from key to key until I arrived in Key West. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Throw me the gun!” the soldier yelled at him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

And then there was Rob, walking right behind her with the gun in his hands. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Tobias fires over and over again, until his gun runs out of bullets, and the trigger makes a clicking sound instead. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Stubby-looking gun, but scary enough when it’s pointed at the bridge of your nose. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only then, after we had collected our weapons from the wall tower, were we, our guns, and our inmate all finally united inside the van. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They didn’t stand a chance. We had guns, they didn’t, and that was the end of the Spackle.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

No one shot play gun fingers at her with a wink. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“A gun,” I told him, showing him my finger gun. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Navajo men took their guns, packed supplies, and rode their horses in to report to the Indian agent. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

A young man staggers out from the station, one hand pressed against a bloody cloth at his cheek, the other dragging a gun. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Sometime around dawn of the next day, he reloaded the gun and killed himself. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suit #1 nods at Suit #2, who points his gun away from me and reholsters it under his suit coat. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I didn’t see how they were gonna bust outta here with just the gun if they couldn’t get off of the wall. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The guards on either side of us raised their guns. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

My eyes flicker to the gun, but that’s not what freezes me to the spot. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“The guns’ll be real,” says Russell, still prone and firing, the stock of the toy gun tight against his cheek. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gun fell back into place with a well-oiled click and the dog whined. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bud hands each of us a paintball gun, and I load mine. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

That evening we learned to fire our guns, aiming at plywood boards mounted in the branches of tiny trees at the edge of the forest. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

And it looks like I’m not the only one harboring homicidal intentions, because Jacqui pulls out my gun and aims it point-blank at Henry’s forehead. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

As he pulled the gun from the man’s hands, Better Joe berated him in their own tongue, over some protocol or gesture necessary for quieting a murdered enemy. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He paused, watched the men around him moving into motion, men mounting on horses, cannon moving past and swinging into position, the artillery people beginning to dig trenches alongside the guns. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’re probably one of the least likely cultures in American life to commit homicide; their weapons of choice are electronic flames, not machine guns. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The window was full of jewelry and guns. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Three steps back was a Pole with a Soviet gun, following me—a Prussian carrying enough secrets to blow up the kingdom. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I reach for Eric’s gun, so panicked I can barely see, and when I look up, I swear the amount of Dauntless in the room has doubled. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

My friend asked why are you drawing guns, Holly said. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“The whole island will hear. Have you still got that gun?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He had a gun, but he didn’t use it. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Hicks and the other owners hired guards, passed out guns, and sent men to patrol company boundaries. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

One day during recess the boys were playing with sticks and pretending that they were guns. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Walking around with a loaded gun never seemed like a good idea. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, there is 1 child killed by a gun for every 1 million-plus guns. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He carried no gun, but there was a sword in his hand that Hashed in the steel-gray light. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

A wallet could be mistaken for a gun. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

So you can see that the gun was important to us. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shot putting, I found out, has nothing to do with guns. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

"Then here's some advice," the same man continued, pointing a finger as black as the barrel of a gun at me. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Without missing a step they snapped their bayonets onto their guns, presenting the glistening blades directly at the Americans. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

It’s nothing compared to the guns the people here have, in all their abundance, but in the city, I know it’s valuable. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The cost of weapons is small here because the Black Disciples had a side deal with local gunrunners, helping them navigate the neighborhood in exchange for free or steeply discounted guns. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The first row of snake women wailed as the machine gun’s volley blew them into sulfurous yellow powder. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

It was pitch black behind the boarded-up door and Victor’s heart nearly stopped when, by the ticket booth, he ran slam-bang into a cardboard cutout of a man pointing a machine gun into his face. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t want to see the gun or me. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

For a split second Frank thought he’d be crushed under the weight of the massive assault rifle, but the gun changed in midair, becoming smaller and thinner. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

One of the guys who had never seen a gun before grabbed it. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

We assumed fight-or-flight positions, some of us crouching with fists raised like boxers, others like sprinters before the starting gun, though no one knew which way to run. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The gun flashes were everywhere but the north. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The boy who was holding the gun when it went off has not been seen in the neighborhood since that day. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The gun goes off and Vanessa shoots from the blocks. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I point at him and shoot a finger gun. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He holds his gun in one hand and beckons to me with the other. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Understood. But a gun is worthless if you’re not prepared to use it,” he says—probably something his father drilled into his head. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Their guns—some were rifles, other pistols—looked . . . archaic, rustic. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He stands with his feet apart, holds the gun in both hands, and fires. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

To carry it out, he needed a gun. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Amarante cracked no smile, but he did move his hand from the gun to the glass, and the two old-timers drank. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was hoping there would be some kind of smoking gun. But it didn’t exist.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Instead, he was looking at the business end of a gun. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The guards with guns watched about fifty convicts and visitors. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly there’s a mistake, a tussle, and the gun’s with the second person. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The same gun that was tucked in the back of Rob’s jeans. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Armed with his loaded gun, he intended to kill the president that day. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

A merciless fusillade the machine gun laid down, and the troops regrouped and joined the fire and the roar of war did not cease until the eraser was dead and cut to ribbons. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t enough for them to look, though; she needed those guns trained away from the gate. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

‘As you stood there holding that gun, it was the first time I’ve had a good look at it. Was it kept flat while healing?’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Dauntless draw their guns, almost in unison. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

And the gun would keep me from going away again. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I asked, “Why do you want to drop the gun offense?” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Then, one night, when a gambler tried to pull something slick, I drew a third gun, from its shoulder holster. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He meets the local villagers and discovers that an evil man with a machine gun has enslaved them, forcing them to grow poppy flowers that he turns into drugs. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eased the hammer back and lowered my gun and plain walked off. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Some said it was the most beautiful gun ever made, crafted by a Liccarine gunsmith for her lover, and never a more perfect expression of yearning and devotion had there ever been. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Oh, yeah. He’s shelving some glue guns in the back.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Charlie was hanging up his gun belt and stepping out of his boots when I came in. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

His second day up, he sent down word that someone was shooting at him with an air gun. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guns were on their way to the drop-off point, the mission disguised as a school ride for us kids. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I am alone in the barrel of the gun and no one can save me. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He’s going to get a good education and my baby is not going to be sitting around here selling drugs or holding a gun on anybody. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tobias straightens and stiffens, like someone is training a gun at his chest instead of jeering at him. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Arm stuffed the Nirvana gun back into his shoulder holster. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The children got so used to his toad face and grabby hands, they began calling him Tio CapitSn and asking to hold his gun and ride on his knee horse. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept his army gun in his room, standing in a corner, loaded. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I keep my gun in hand and start toward the path that leads to the glass ceiling. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The stunner has a pneumatic-powered ‘gun’ that fires a steel bolt about seven inches long and the diameter of a fat pencil. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

So he woulda been stupid to have a gun on him, just walking to the grocery store. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But the soldier suddenly shouted at him and hastily lifted his gun. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled onto a side road, not far from the wreck site, that led to a gun range. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Ruthless as a gun dog, he picked up with rapid and unflagging instinct the traces of everything in the world I was most insecure about, all the things I was in most agony to hide. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I had to chase him out of here at gunpoint—it was of course his own gun, the one he gave me and taught me to use. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

In the case of the gun it meant—or, I thought, it might mean—not that he was planning to shoot me, but that he thought I might shoot him. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Navy provided the Swift boats, machine guns, and training. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Night after night, Kelley picked up his gun and considered shooting himself. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The shock of the blow was so great, I didn’t even realize I had dropped the gun until I heard it clatter. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Also, there are gun rooms and trophy rooms, a billiard room and a smoking room, two libraries, innumerable retiring and drawing rooms, etc. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The policemen who are not holding him down have their guns drawn. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

There’s a gun a few feet to my left. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

My face, my hands, my shirt and gun were covered with blood. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I shift the gun back to his head, ignoring the pang of guilt in my chest. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

But I’d been around enough street cats to know the code: they hit you with a knife, you find a gun. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

In philosophy, or religion, or ethics, or politics, two and two might make five, but when one was designing a gun or an airplane they had to make four. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Nhamo told her about the man with the dogs and gun. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

This man was dusty and a little crumpled, machine gun limp in his hands. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I can’t say stuff like how much the gun thing sucks, Ashton said. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I hold the gun out with both hands and stand at the end of the alley, pointing at the Dauntless soldier. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Least of all, Stick, who had done nothing but leave a gun in a tower. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was a shell from the Japanese guns that had suddenly opened fire. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He must know how much I’d like to blow his brains out with his own gun. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Two German sailors, who were armed with light submachine guns and carbines, were with them. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

“Were you surprised later when the gun turned out to be a toy?” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

“I guess people don’t use guns very much there any more.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When Paul was hit by machine gun fire and died, he called out to Jimmie Gleason, the other Navajo with him. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he lowered the gun to his side. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

A machine gun fires somewhere, a sound like a chain of beads passing through fingers. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I had seen several guns, but never one with two banels. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the funeral train left Washington for Cleveland, warships in the Navy Yard fired their guns and bells in the city's churches and schools rang. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“But he can’t see now, so why would a blind man, of all people, need a gun?” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

When my hair slips through his fingers, I dive at the gun and my fingertips close around the cool metal. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Few of them made it more than a few feet as the chopper guns swept everything in their path. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Darkness fell over the grove again, hiding it from the guns. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Four guys from my neighborhood were chilling in the living room of an apartment; one of the guys had just bought a gun off the streets. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I may never have used a gun before but I’m sure I can manage to pull the trigger.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He tiptoed into the room and lifted the top mattress of his bed and pulled forth the gun and slipped it inside of his shirt. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

This town would actually be pretty if it weren't so chaotic, with soldiers and guns and these massive crowds everywhere. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The muezzin’s call for namaz rang out, and the Mujahideen set down their guns, faced west, and prayed. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Sayle raised the gun and took aim, his eyes wide, the pupils blacker than they had ever been, mere pinpricks in the bulging white. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Thought you said that stuff doesn’t work on him,” the man with the gun says. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

As I have said, a gun was as much a part of my dress as a necktie. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were denied the chance, for Mr. Clutter, an abstainer aggressively opposed to drink and drunkards, seized a gun and marched them off his property. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I step forward and retrieve Twill’s gun before lowering my bow, though. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m afraid so, honey. It seems you reached for a cell phone, and a police officer, well, she thought you were reaching for a gun.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The child’s privileged position allowed him to see at that moment that the wild mass was starting to get to the corner and the row of machine guns opened fire. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Many of those attackers were killed by our machine guns, but others fought their way through. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned to hunt small with wires, and bigger with that gun. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to put the gun away—and the sword,” I said. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Hatchet holstered the gun, but didn’t loosen his grip on her throat. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I raised my gun and took a few steps forward. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

What if those two Germans who had put guns to my head knew who I was? The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Smooth row after smooth row of knives and guns. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

In that moment, with the gun to my head, people rushed all around us in a fiery blur—shooting, fleeing, screaming. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Like, in all this junk in this room, there might've also been a gun. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Without any warning, one of them raised his gun and fired into the air. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Were you planning to give him a gun?” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“You can’t bring a gun in here,” he said, confronting the soldier. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

He drops to his knees, his gun clattering to the ground. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

After all those days searching for the Missouri River, after being trusted to carry a gun, after being listened to, after having some kind of say, York returned to St. Louis with the others. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

They had spent hours shouting his name, firing their guns into the air, and even starting a fire, with the hope that the smoke would help Julio find his way back to them. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

On the morning of January 21,1970, Scruggs was in one of the mortar pits getting ready to clean his gun when a truck loaded with unused 81mm mortars pulled in to a nearby pit. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The sweet, slightly chemical scent of gun oil; the raw wood of newly constructed shell crates; the mothballed odor of old bedspreads—he’s in the hotel. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The reason is that it would be virtually impossible for me to pull a gun on the officer if he’s standing behind me. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

But he felt his finger sliding onto the trigger, felt the gun lifting to his shoulder. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

While the cops were still speaking to witnesses, he told her where the gun was. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

As a part of a gun crew, he had helped to fire one shot in anger—from a 57- millimeter antitank gun. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Garretts expected a gun battle to break out in their yard at any moment. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I aim and shoot, I feel the same rush of power I felt the first time I held a gun. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Here we go— Then CRACK!—the report of a gun, stunning and sharp. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Sayle gestured at a glass display case and Alex noticed three harpoon guns and a collection of knives resting in velvet slots. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

When Milkman was dressed in World War II army fatigues with a knit cap on his head, they opened some Falstaff beer and began to talk about guns. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby Rush, the incumbent congressman, had tragically lost a family member to gun violence in Chicago only a few months earlier, which cast Barack in an even poorer light. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I lift my own gun, propping it up on my left shoulder instead of my right. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, he was ten whole yards behind me, and had his gun aimed right at my back. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He aimed his gun at it and fired. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Matthew pointed his Flush poster at the gun, and James ran to retrieve it. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The searchlights from the watchtowers sweep the grounds with swaths of light while guards patrol on foot, guns and Tasers at the ready. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

That he owned a gun, that he was a man with the needs of a man? A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“We can kill him the first thing tomorrow morning when he drives back from his farm. I’ve got the gun right here.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He struggled to hold the bike upright, then gunned the engine, breaking free of her grasp. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

But before he could turn around, the gun went off. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then she holds her free hand out to Alyssa, keeping the gun against the kid’s head. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Food for weeks, tent, a rubber boat, first-aid kit and mosquito repellent, fishing gear, a gun—a gun. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

One of the men swore and struck at him with his gun butt. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wrested the gun from Camey’s grasp, turned it on him, and pulled the trigger. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I turned back, fully expecting to see Rob’s gun trained on me through the blown-out back windshield of our van. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Mostly just sitting by the side of the road with someone’s head and arms sticking out the top, smoking, and holding on to a gun. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

My fingers brush the gun barrel, and I shudder. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He stood and went to the door and found himself staring into the barrel of a gun. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

O'BRIEN How did you know—how do you know now— that the gun that was used was not brought into the drugstore by whoever it was you were with? Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

The grind and thunk of guns being loaded. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

When I pulled into the parking lot, I once again saw that loathsome truck, with its flags, stickers, and menacing gun rack. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Now that the guns have come,” said Arthur, “the Table is over. We must hurry home.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had my gun in a shoulder holster, under my coat. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once again taking up the stashes of guns from their clubhouses, they piled into cars, revved up their engines, and sped across the deadline into the Black Belt. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But if the not-so-tough guy happens to have a gun, he stands a good chance of winning. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

"But he had a gun with him?" they ask. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I’m a gun at your head, When I pass the oil drum. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, unexpectedly, the antiaircraft guns fell eerily silent. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Behind him, his buddies were busy keeping their heads down and loading the other two guns as fast as they could. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Having a gun in your hand when you knowed you were gonna use it to shoot a human person made it feel a whole lot different. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“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

A harsh war horn sounded, and as the dead soldiers formed up ranks with their guns and swords and spears, an enormous chariot roared down Fifth Avenue. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The deck of the Astrea was alive with action—men running to secure battle lanterns—to loosen the guns. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

But his hand doesn’t move away from his gun. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The hornbeam wand let off a blast like a gun, and a number of small, twittering birds flew out of the end and through the open window into the watery sunlight. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Before the agent could extinguish his cigarette and find his gun, Taylor caught his jaw in a roundhouse kick, the same one she’d perfected in countless aerobic kickboxing classes. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

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

“These people taught you how to use a gun. They taught you how to fight. You think they’re above hurting you? Above killing you?” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

My gun clatters to the ground, half buried in the snow. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Ames went over the matter of the body and the gun in detail. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Because, well, the circle changes how you see it. Like, what are we looking through? A telescope? A peephole? The sight of a gun?” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Maybe he did have a gun—I just didn't see it. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The red fluid was already in the pressure gun. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nobody has a gun to my head,” Ishmael had answered her. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Henry stared down at the gun in his hand. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I stuck out my hand and he lightly placed the gun into it. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

And it quiets them down like a tranquilizer gun. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It says: Race across the forest floor when you see the man with the gun. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The man dropped his gun and fell to the floor. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“All right, an accident, but was the gun in her hand?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I pull the stun gun out of my backpack. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But it gave him a fix on where the man was, and he lunged forward and slashed with his stick at the darkness, connecting with something—arm? hand? shoulder?—and knocking the gun away. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Pouring onto the avenue, taking cover in doorways, behind vehicles, guns blazing, hoarse voices shouting commands as they prepare to meet an army of Peacekeepers marching toward us. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Hidden in a stack of props is the jar of Lady ’Stache Off and the flare gun, their twin hopes for making it out alive. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Attached to the gun’s tip was a killing sword—a bayonet. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

His instinct was to go in all guns blazing, but training took over. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“I’m her friend too,” I say to the factionless pointing guns at me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

King reaches for his car door, but some of the officers draw their guns and order him and his boys to the ground. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He hands me the gun and drops two shells into my other palm. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The flashlight was at his side; the gun was lying beside the flashlight, the handle pointing toward him, so he could get it quickly and be in a position to use it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The officer pulled his weapon and the two were grappling over the gun when it discharged, shooting the officer in the stomach. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

That a paintbrush is better than a gun so why doesn’t everybody just leave me alone? Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

And just like that, the crowd entered into an unspoken agreement that guns were fair fighting. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Everyone better stop asking me if T had a gun in his hand. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Just like my father, he never explained why he had a gun. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Mrs. D. C. Taylor, a frequent visitor to the fair, called Krupp’s biggest gun “a fearful hideous thing, breathing of blood and carnage, a triumph of barbarism crouching amid the world’s triumphs of civilization.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The problem in Sarajevo began when a sniper fired a gun into a crowd at a peace rally. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Can’t you see he cannot talk well? He is an imbecile! How will he carry a gun?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

That evening I return to my room and slide my hand beneath my mattress to make sure the gun is still there. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I stuck the muzzle of the gun against his head and pulled the trigger. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

And according to legend, a few minutes later, the employer and his guests heard three gun shots. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

An elderly woman fainted, and before people around her could help her get up, a soldier rushed over and hit her hard with his gun. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Julius picked up the gun and put the cartridges back in the cylinder and balanced it in his hand. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He placed his gun against the tree and studied where they were. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

He drew a small gun from his belt and pointed it at the trader. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He didn’t buy the gun to kill himself.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The “enemy,” a Khmer Rouge soldier or a wild beast, a monster or a ghostly man-creature, comes after me with knives, guns, axes, machetes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had just come to me that I could get my gun and shoot the bulls when Chongo crowded Roany up against the cart. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were apparently waiting for the effects of the Nirvana gun to wear off the Gondwannans who had been shot by the strange man. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He captures the small force and sets the rebel guns ablaze. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

They thought that the issues of gun control and the Pledge of Allegiance were emotional fads that would quickly die out. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Abel didn’t need a gun to put the fear of God in you. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Something happens to a person when he picks up a gun, and the animals sense it. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Rambo jumped from the top of the mountain and was still firing his gun when he landed. Everyone in front of him died and the entire mountain exploded.” The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

“You are not having the gun,” Father shouted. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Papa,” Annemarie had said, finally, into the silence, “sometimes I wonder why the king wasn’t able to protect us. Why didn’t he fight the Nazis so that they wouldn’t come into Denmark with their guns?” Number the Stars 1989-04-24T00:00:00Z

Getting out, she kept her gun on John, then sidestepped to me, the screaming banshee in her grass. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

My father looks from the gun, to Jacqui, to me, calculating how this unthinkable thing happened—and perhaps assessing Jacqui’s threat level. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“We cannot but pity the boy who has never fired a gun,” he wrote in his famous book Walden. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He motions to the other guards to keep their guns away, moving his palms down, like he’s pressing the air. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

There was a little stream and a bridge, and Spanish carabineers, with patent-leather Bonaparte hats, and short guns on their backs, on one side, and on the other fat Frenchmen in kepis and mustaches. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

That’s when I raise my gun, exhale, and pull the trigger. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Ma, we are starving to death. Many people are dying in the village. Yet the government trades our crops to buy guns to kill more people.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have some of my students who know more about gangs, guns, and sex than I do, because they have observed things. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What do you think you’re going to do? Storm into his office, guns blazing? His security detail will shoot you in a second.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She went into the bedroom to see if the gun was still under the pillow. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You have a gun? You shot him? That wasn’t part of the plan.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Silently, Jonathan moved across the room and picked up his own gun. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I squeeze the trigger, hesitantly at first and then harder, cringing away from the gun. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The gun made a ripping sound like the opening of the zipper on the fly of God Almighty. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reeled in the hose, grabbed the gun, and started squirting nitrogen. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama took in a deep, shuddering breath, as her fingers slid over the smooth metal of the gun. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Milligan sat near an open window with his tranquilizer gun at the ready. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I guess the only thing that is all mine is the scar above my left eye, where Mundín once hit me with a pellet from a BB gun he had aimed at the sky. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Looking like an expert, Lindsey cracked open the gun, pulled two cylindrical shells from the paper box, and inserted them. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

The mynah lifted on a rise of warm air as it coasted over the garden wall, over the snapping electric wires and broken glass and machine guns. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The gun slid out of his fingers to the floor. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone notices the gun and pandemonium rages in the club. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Here was a Talib with a machine gun just inches from my face. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

If seeing the guns waren’t scary enough, the sounds I was hearing were worst. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

They could load two pieces of very pure uranium into a specially adapted artillery gun. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can see in the corner of my eye that her hand is tightening around the gun. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Since Senator Oscar Diaz is in California speaking at a rally for gun control today, Alex punches the button for the fifth floor instead. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I asked Aunt Maggie why he kept the gun so close to him and she told me that men had threatened to kill him, white men . Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He screams, his face contorting, and drives the heel of the gun into my jaw. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Now she thought the heat might make the gun go off by itself. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He never brought anything into the room like a flashlight or a gun. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The impact shocks him, and his gun topples from his hands. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You really think this type of gun would be the kind to use on a skunk?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Halfway through the movies we heard the sounds of big guns being fired in the distance. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could not watch television because she was afraid she would see a gun. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, instead of pushing, if he held the gun in his hand and squirted in the right direction, the same thing would happen. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A German policeman walked behind me, his gun pointed at my back while I followed the rest of the patrol down the sidewalk in a slow parade. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She fired her gun at the intruder, and the blow knocked him over. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

One was dismantling and reassembling his gun—a 9mm Browning High Power pistol. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

If all the Blackwater mercenaries were carrying at least two guns each, that would mean hundreds of 9mm Heckler and Koch sidearms, hundreds of M-16 rifles and M-4 machine guns. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Officer Delinko slapped his right hand on the butt of his gun. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rab, so concerned over a gun as he was, did an uncharacteristic, foolish thing. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

George raised the gun and listened to the voices. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

While we were running away from the area, another Land Rover full of more armed men arrived, and they began firing and knocking people’s heads with the butts of their guns. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He tiptoed back into the kitchen and took out his gun. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t trust someone who has a gun on you, and you shouldn’t, either.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“You summon the goddess with a spray gun?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The guns are still in the policemen’s hands. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Like machine guns that fired hundreds of bullets a minute, and poisonous gas that burned soldiers’ skin and lungs. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z