She tried not to think about what was probably happening out there: The show didn’t start for another forty-five minutes, but some of the early birds in the audience would be filtering in. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

But when Annie realized what was happening, she got this terrified, defeated look and said, “I think it’s time for you to move up to big boy board shorts, Ryan Dean.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

‘Where are you going, Master?’ cried Sam, though at last he understood what was happening. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

As I waited again I became aware of something happening in the room. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Baby George and Lois were fast asleep beneath my parents' bed—I was glad that they were too young to understand what was happening. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Axel,” Byrd says, like she isn’t the reason this is all happening. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Phil noticed what was happening first and nudged me to turn and look at Mr. Moss, who grunted. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She keeps hitting the big green button, but nothing is happening. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was like all those terrifying stories she’d heard about Hopkins her whole life were suddenly true, and happening to her. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

So this is what is happening to us. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"He loved to be a journalist. He wanted to write the truth about what was happening in Afghanistan. A house of lies was no place to raise a child. That's what he said." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Snapping is easy when you’re already brittle from the worst possible thing happening. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Unlike George, Axel doesn’t need to get up close to the nest to know what’s happening. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Kevin was in the main house somewhere, probably not even aware of what was happening. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

We tolerate cancer-causing agents in our environment at our peril, as was clearly illustrated by a recent happening. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Everyone has turned up, Maxim sent me up to find out what’s happening?” he said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

But they were greatly outnumbered; the prospect was dark unless they could get word to Aeneas what was happening. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s romantically interested, and I’m romantically interested, which means this is actually, finally happening. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Once again, Diana looked out the window to see what was happening. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The only person who did not speak about what was happening was Jaime. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But his mom looked like they were speaking in a different language and she didn’t know what was happening. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

At night, wonderful and mysterious things began happening in this place, but since I was forbidden to be out after dark, I missed them all. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

How could he feast tomorrow, knowing with every bit of honey cake what was happening yonder? The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The thought of something happening to her makes me a little sad, but I shove the emotion down deep. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Something was happening to her, and she was restless. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

But I think I can guess how it’s happening with you. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Before I knew what was happening, a vicious right landed on my nose. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was waiting for my eyes to adjust to the dark, but it wasn't happening, so eventually I had to give in to it. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He loved the scratching of pencil against paper when he was this focused: it meant something was happening. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

When Mr. James Ito first asks me to enter, I feel that there is something more happening than just white-haired me going into a house. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

I stared at him, not knowing amid these unreal happenings whether those were his words or only what I had heard. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is so much photosynthesis happening right here in this house that the air must be extra rich with oxygen. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt the tension, the consciousness of what was happening, take over completely. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

If I can figure out why, I can stop it from ever happening again. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

They wanted to find out what was happening at the harbor. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe what was happening to me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Or I could pretend nothing is happening, continue on with our lives as usual. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I look down like I can prevent this from happening if I keep it out of sight. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to make evil stronger, but how could I keep that from happening? Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was such a shock to see this little reminder of all that was happening in the country that for a moment he couldn’t continue. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the final moment came, Morrie wanted his loved ones around him, knowing what was happening. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In my view, then, this murder is an entirely admirable happening! You will pardon my slightly biased point of view.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, there was more happening than just cooking. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The police are outside, but they have no idea what’s happening in the bank. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I mean, there’s no on,* there, and nothing happening. The world only b gan today.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

This couldn’t be happening—they couldn’t have betrayed her like this. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

But odd things are happening to my body. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“Something else is happening at Trade Mart. People are changing, Leader. Mentor is.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I was more concerned about what was happening in the Mosses’ criminal case. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

As strange as Logan County was, as often as its residents dealt with odd threats and weird occurrences and mysterious happenings, it wasn’t all bad. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

As I cleared the door, he stood me up straight, and I noticed the same happening with Shea on the other side of the car. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to get more involved, but not knowing what was really happening might hurt me. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“I discussed it with Father Benedict, and he says the children can go on pilgrimage to Aokpe but you must make it clear that what is happening there has not been verified by the church.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

But Dad was looking at me with those Therapist Eyes, saying, “I want you to know: what’s happening with your mother has nothing to do with you.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“But that belief will not keep it from happening.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I don’t hear nothing happening in the bowl. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He flew backward and forward across the field past blurred red and yellow shapes, with no idea of what was happening in the rest of the game. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Nico and I,” she said carefully, “we think that what’s happening is... Death isn’t—” Before she could finish, a shout came from down the hill. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

As the ambulance pulled away, I kept thinking it was a dream, that it wasn’t happening, because I'd always thought Vinny was invincible, that we all were, actually. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

There’s nothing that I can do to stop any of this from happening. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“You have no idea what is happening, Perseus Jackson. I will let the General enlighten you. You are going to do him a great service tonight. He is looking forward to meeting you.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Not until you tell me what’s happening—” She whirled around to face us, taking in our bags. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

But the stupid brutes, too ignorant to realise what was happening, merely set back their ears and quickened their pace. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Maybe it is easier to say because you do not see it, it is not happening. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Like the waters of the river, like the motorists on the highway, and like the yellow trains streaking down the Santa Fe tracks, drama, in the shape of exceptional happenings, had never stopped there. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What is it that is happening out there at that ranch?” my father asked. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first it had only happened occasionally, but now it seemed to be happening more and more. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Our oldest child, Kate, was only four years old, too young to understand what was happening. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Again, keep in mind that all of this is happening on camera. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

When we have different things happening at distinctly different times, sentences get more complicated: Elaine says she made tea last Sunday, but she will make coffee next week. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luke nodded absently, trying to focus on what was happening on the mat. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

On the way to school, Momma has the car radio turned to a news station, and they’re talking about a big Black Lives Matter protest happening in front of the Wilshire Community police station. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I didn’t feel comfortable telling my dad what was happening with me. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Kaisha figured out what was happening last night, but most of us found out this morning. Dude, you really surprised us all. What a great idea!” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It felt like it was happening behind my back. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Then all of a sudden, something very spooky started happening. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Sure does,” I agreed, pretending it was a mystery when I knew what was happening over at Miss Trotter’s. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

We all had our down jackets out today, finally admitting to ourselves that winter was a thing that was happening. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Things were happening to me that really were beyond me. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something that would tell me that there were explosions happening inside of her, and that she was one of us—a mourner. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And though few realized it, the same thing was happening in laboratories around the world. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Between their regional championship and their trip to Albany, word had gotten out that something unusual was happening in Epiphany. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas followed to help, in utter disbelief at what was happening. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

If anything, Great Wexly seemed more tumultuous, with more people, more happenings than even before. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The massive disturbances to the ionosphere would knock out communications systems everywhere, so survivors would have no idea what was happening elsewhere or where to turn. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I felt myself being hauled up and out of my seat, and almost before I realized what was happening, I was slipping down the wet bus steps and tumbling into the pouring rain. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Before Polly knew what was happening her left hand had been caught in a hand so much larger and stronger than her own that she could do nothing about it. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

If our new number were equal to the first number on the list, it would also have a first digit of 3—but we can easily prevent that from happening. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I felt badly about the ruins until I thought that this had been happening to the mountain for thousands of years and the trees were still there, as were the animals and birds. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grin at him, and his face slowly spreads into a wide smile as he realizes what’s happening. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The thing that is happening will happen whether you believe me or not. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I thought, It's happening, the it too terrifying and vast to name with anything but a pronoun. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

And then everything was happening at once, too quickly: there was a burst of gunfire, and a cloud of acrid smoke billowed across the slope, though she saw no flames. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I stand there trying to think of something to stop this from happening. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

But she discovered that the opposite was happening: With each passing day, she wanted more time. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, on that first day I got here, I stared up at that flag thinking, this is happening all over America. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Percy. I will do my best to understand what is happening and advise Miss Dare, but this may take some time. Meanwhile, you should rest. We’ve moved your parents’ car to safety. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Mother! Mother! It’s happening again. I taste something in my mouth, but I’m not eating anything.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

For seconds he did not know where he was, only that the crash was still happening and he was going to die, and he screamed until his breath was gone. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was too dazed to follow right away, because there was something new happening, a wheel inside my heart I’d never noticed before, and it was spinning so fast it made me dizzy. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

If he knows what is happening in his house, Marie-Laure cannot tell. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Okay, so tell us—what do you think is happening?” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“It is a long and tragic story full of dark alleys and twists and turns and many unexpected happenings,” I said. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

When I wobbled back to Camp Four around 7:30 Saturday morning, May 11, the actuality of what had happened—of what was still happening—began to sink in with paralyzing force. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

You wish to know that your grief is happening on a local level, not on a national one. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

But this is precisely what Percival Lowell, not a hundred years ago, mistakenly proposed was in fact happening on Mars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw what was happening and turned around and left right away. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Jesus Christ on a pogo stick, what was happening to me? Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

As the truck began to pull away from the base, I started boiling with anger, because I couldn’t make sense of what was happening. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I must have seemed like an idiot to them, but I couldn’t grasp what was happening well enough to respond to it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

From snippets of conversation I gather that they want the sheriff to open the door, tell them what’s happening. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He wondered what was happening to Leader now. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

From the moment that Hitler took power in Germany and began to oppress the Jews, I tried to keep track of what was happening. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Washington Post suspected that something funny was happening at the monkey house, but the reporters and editors who worked on the story couldn’t quite get to the bottom of it. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sure, the words were simple, but it was happening. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

But then again, he looked so happy about whatever was happening between the two girls. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“If they are Long Knives, see what is happening. Don’t let them spot you! I’ll see if there are any of our people still here.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Maybe we can snag some cookies on the way out,” he said, pretending nothing unusual was happening. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I’m actually kind of happening at our school. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

For a while Edmond and I pretended that what was happening between us was totally reversible. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why I thought this would jinx it from actually happening. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The only way I know something unusual is happening is that the entire train car seems to be looking at something behind me. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe you’ll eat more later,” he says, realizing this meal isn’t happening. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“It took us a while to figure out what was happening at first. We’d be out gathering supplies, then someone would scream, and we’d never see them again.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“How is this happening, Mr. Benedict? These messages—whatever they are—how are they being sent?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The pain that the major had spoken about had started and all that was happening was without interest or relation. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He described what was happening, mentioned some of those who were present, and that the new heavyweight king was “in the next room, my bedroom here” taking a nap. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is really happening, you guys,” I exclaimed to my sisters as we sat around our dining room table and passed the dresses and tunics around between us. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She wanted to know what was happening down in Weep, and what nature of uproar had greeted the news of her existence. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

At first the square can make no sense of what is happening; it is utterly outside his experience. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But how could I do that now, with this terrible thing happening to Zach? The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We needed someone to help clear the air and bring some understanding to the turmoil happening all around us. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Still half-asleep and turned away from the door—I refused to believe this was happening—I heard the sound of boots approaching my bunk and then stop. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Life: it’s happening beyond the mills, beyond the gates. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“All I ask is that you keep your attention focused on what’s happening in my classroom. That’s all. Can you do that?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I could not take a chance of this happening in front of the whole class, even though I wanted to get the extra credit. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

"What's happening here," I said, "a new birth of a nation?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every single thing about what was happening was impossible. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He found two things happening to his thinking—first, he became angry. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Incidents like the Emmett Till murder were not limited to Mississippi; acts of racial injustice and violence were happening all over the South. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at the two of them, wondering what was happening. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I say, I’m getting infernally hungry, what on earth is happening to lunch?” said Maxim. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

One young man had not heard about the boycott and so Tornquist began to explain what was happening. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

By the time Reyna realized what was happening, the Cyclops had crossed the deck in two large strides. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

With all that’s been happening, I hadn’t even thought about my grandmother. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Something very strange is happening to the trees.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Branches caught at her clothing, but through the spiked leaves and dead vines, she could almost see what was happening in the clearing. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The second reason was because he knew he didn’t want to see what was happening. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“We decided on Newcastle because we know people there and London is too hot right now, too many marriages happening in London, yeah, so we don’t want trouble,” one of them said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Stub McMillin didn’t know what was happening, but he didn’t like whatever it was. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She feared something else was happening—something even worse. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Lay him in the guardroom,” the sentry told them, and as they did so, he turned the crank of the telephone bell and reported what was happening to the officer of the watch. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Of course, I didn’t know any of this was happening until the day he came to pick us up. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

A nurse in a white uniform said, “Well, now, how are we doing, young man?” and for a long moment I stared up at her and didn’t know what was happening. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Is there anything you can tell us? Like ... what is this place? What’s happening out there with the Bergs and the darts and the virus? What happened here? Anything you got.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It didn’t matter what was happening in the world, my job was to be Francis. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He tried to make out the words, but all he could tell was that something terribly exciting was happening. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Then I remembered Mr. Jeffries, my art teacher, telling us about an art festival in a town called Fountain Hills that was happening next weekend. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“But it’s happening, Lucy. We hope to tag our first sharks by the end of the summer.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Your Natasha is getting deported tonight after all. I couldn’t stop it from happening. The judge wouldn’t overturn the Voluntary Removal.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

But mostly she wrote diary entries about what was happening: going on with pain . . . we should know what’s going on with her cells from all of them that have her cells. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She was only vaguely aware of what was happening as Jerome Paisley grabbed her by the ankle and dragged her away from the safety of the bed. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He rushed forward, leaping into action before the man could begin to process what was happening. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It just kept happening to him, and after a while it felt almost routine. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t hear those conversations as they were happening,” he says. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

It was all happening so fast, and everything was suddenly in confusion as people gathered their few small belongings. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder what it feels like to be so unaffected that you can laugh even when horrible things are happening. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

What if you thought about what was happening instead? Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Hanako knew exactly what was happening: the ship had left the harbor and was now in the ocean, and she was seasick. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The grannies would talk about what was happening in their lives. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And just then, one of the football coaches saw what was happening and yelled at us to cut it out. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She looks at me and with her eyes, asks, Is this really happening? Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

So much was happening that I didn’t understand. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I swear to God I tried to concentrate on what was happening with the characters I was reading about, but after a while I couldn’t help myself. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Thank you for making a lot of the positive occurrences that are happening in my life possible. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

While we kept secrets from our enemies, our enemies kept secrets from each other, lying to their own people about what was truly happening. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

What was happening was that the clock was still running, like Goldy had said it would, and we had to keep on keeping on the best way we could. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

She had never seen anyone with destroyed vision before, though she had heard of such things happening through accident or disease. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He asked Kaisha to update him about what was happening on social media. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

If only they would tell her what was happening . A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I had to get Maxie home. Things just started happening. I don’t know.” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

As all of these financial shenanigans were happening—offers, discussions, negotiations, acceptances, and then rejections—Bobby was going his own way but under the influence and guidance of the Church. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

This begins the engagement of their top-down attention systems, as the children focus on what’s happening in the show—the content—rather than merely being drawn in by the lights and sounds. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Pupils were going around selling flowers and cards, and I had to go ask a friend what was happening. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I had watched it all happening without moving. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because nothing between me and Ice is on the program so you know it’s not happening.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think the meeting’s happening anymore,” I told her. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The chu- pacabras sucked your blood and left you to dry like an old cantaloupe skin.Things were happening too fast. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

This can’t be happening, this isn’t real, this is not my life. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Before Toby knew what was happening, Lily jumped off the picnic table and walked out from under the canopy of trees and into the parking lot. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“And I might hope to grow wings and fly, but that is no guarantee of it happening!” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

In our society, those who have the best knowledge of what is happening are also those who are furthest from seeing the world as it is. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

This thing with Stella has been happening so fast, I haven’t really had a chance to catch him up. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“But even if he’s in the wrong place at the wrong time, a good person shouldn’t go along. He should leave or stop whatever bad that’s happening.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I had no idea we had needles at the base, but in my condition I couldn’t ask what was happening. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He yelled something, loud enough that his next-door neighbors opened their curtains to see what was happening. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Even Daddy could rest assured that I’d be safe there; getting hurt just wasn’t something you thought about happening at church. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it seemed that when you were into a thing with schools and officials or just about anything that wasn’t happening in the hood you couldn’t even figure out what you were going up against. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He saw what was happening with Brandon, how uncomfortable he was, and he liked it? The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

No one realized what was happening at the moment he stepped out and approached the gentleman wearing the fine, gray suit. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“As if I’m not really me. As if this isn’t really happening.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he realized something: all this started happening after they had left the hotel. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as the kids saw me they knew exactly what was happening. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I have no idea what’s happening on his face because I don’t dare look his way. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I didn’t really know what was happening; I didn’t know much about sports, in general. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I try to catch Rani's eye, but she's gazing out the window as if her life depends on it and she doesn't care what's happening inside. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

When I came downstairs one morning and went into the dining room for my bowl of mush and lard gravy I felt at once that something sen ous was happening in the family. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is this real? Or has this been happening inside my head?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It kept me up-to-date on what was happening in other parts of the country and the world. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Momma’s always got to know what’s happening in the stock market. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

And since my parents split up, I have begun to wonder if this is happening to me, too: if I am getting more weighed down, harder to lift, as I move through this world. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

In his lonely wanderings he came into the country around Thebes and he heard what was happening there. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seems weird to think of emotions happening one at a time like playing cards being dealt out. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I knew you’d want to pinch my shell. Not happening. It’s my most beloved possession.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

If something is happening outside of awareness, how on earth do you fix it? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

What Goldman’s algorithm indicates, though, is that the role of those other factors is so small in determining what is happening to the man right now that an accurate diagnosis can be made without them. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

It did for me, and I could tell it was happening for the others. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aileen slipped behind me, sliding along the rock toward the little path that led around to where the rest of the party was happening. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

We must not only be concerned with what is happening to the soil; we must wonder to what extent insecticides are absorbed from contaminated soils and introduced into plant tissues. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The moon wasn’t in the sky; the air was stiff, as if nature itself was afraid of what was happening. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

If it wasn't happening to me, I would be all over this. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

That was the only way the queen had to know what might be happening in the city. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I get how the human body is put together, but I don’t get what’s happening inside a shark.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

But Sputnik was anything but fiction, and it was happening today. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The whole purpose of the Hab is to keep that sort of thing from happening. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I climbed inside and as I did, I knew that something wonderful was happening to me. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything I could have hoped for was happening. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

They both screamed and cried, pleading with Doreen to explain what was happening. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

There was another breakdancing battle happening that next weekend, not long after Ocean and I first started, officially, spending time together, and I was excited. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“It is happening. And I don’t know when, but I think it will be soon.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Paradoxically, he felt as if his getting dumped was the only thing happening on the entire dark and silent planet, and also as if it weren't happening at all. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

And then there were the rumors about the evil things happening on the Agua Negra ranch. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole time this was happening it felt like a bad dream. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The worst part of what’s happening to us has always been that we have no way to fight back. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

She was still working away with her hand, and nothing was really happening, and I tried to move away, and she had her arm around me and was starting to look worried. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was the only way he could fight his outrage at what was happening to his people. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Hannah, he would not be in the slightest danger. It would be so quick, he wouldn’t even be aware of what was happening. We’d make sure of that. He’s too valuable to risk.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

But I whisper, “I don’t understand how this is happening.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She always feared that one day she’d get in trouble for ratting out Mr. Pepperhorn, and now it was actually happening. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t notice it before because it was happening right in front of me, but he looks different than he used to, during initiation. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

And then I didn’t want to tell him anything that had been happening at all. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

It’s so bright it takes a moment for me to make out what’s happening. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Pinioned in his dream, Lee could neither move nor cry out, and he suffered the terror of the pilot as the man became aware of what was happening to him. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I knew that the room couldn’t be swinging backward and forward, so it must have been something which was happening inside my head. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a very scary thing, manifesting without understanding what’s happening to you, though it’s a fright nearly all peculiar children experience because so few of us are born to peculiar parents.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

That getting better was really happening to me. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before she knew what was happening, Scipio had grabbed her rifle and was pointing the barrel at her. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The tricky thing about the hood is that you’re always working, working, working, and you feel like something’s happening, but really nothing’s happening at all. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t really make sense to me, but then again, nothing that’s happening today makes much sense. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I saw—when I realized what was happening, my first reaction was the natural one. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to understand what is happening. But remember this day. You will recognize it later. You are part of it now.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Now the squirrels seemed to be interested in what was happening in the road. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

A long scream sounded and Bigger dropped the paper, jumped to his feet, and ran to the barred door to see what was happening. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

All over the inchoate solar system, the same was happening. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Sheriff George W. Smith said several days ago after the happening that he was afraid of foul play. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

But these words provide no protection against what he and Big Daddy see happening below. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Brushing snow out of her eyes, she rolled over to try and see what was happening, for the semidarkness seemed to be overflowing with confusion and noise. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The odds, as I have said, are against such an event happening in historical times. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once, before she left, my mother said that if you visualize something happening, you can make it happen. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

This wasn’t happening at all the way Klaus had pictured it. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

I understood why this was happening to me. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

The same thing was happening in high schools in every state. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She’d never slept like spoons, encircled by a man’s arms; she’d never experienced a man getting hard against her spine while trying to talk as though nothing were happening. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

His hard work on Battle Cry was a brief glimpse into the real-life drama that was happening on the other side of the world. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

And slowly she grasped the full horror of what was happening. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t even tell you what was happening in the dream. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then the roaring turned into a clattering and a squealing and it got slowly quieter and then it stopped and I kept my eyes closed because I felt safer not seeing what was happening. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And so, almost before they knew what was happening, the Rebellion had been successfully carried through: Jones was expelled, and the Manor Farm was theirs. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

The grief wasn’t only happening at the foundation. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Days and days and days pass, until they all start to blur together, and I think that my brother might’ve been right—everything’s happening all at once, and there’s no such thing as time. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

In every quasar explosion millions of worlds—some with life and the intelligence to understand what is happening—may be utterly destroyed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turner saw what was happening at the same time as the corporals, when they were still a good way back. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

As she looked, it moved again, and then she saw what was happening: various parts of it were revolving, turning this way and that, scanning the dark sky overhead. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Twice before, the dream had broken and stolen her away, but those other times he’d understood what was happening. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Dr. Morales and the other scientists knew that something was happening inside the volcano. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

That it was happening so far from home, unmonitored and unobserved by those she loved, had made it more miraculous still. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Although his family had escaped Russia, they knew that terrible things were happening to the friends they had left behind. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Right here and right now, it was happening. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Over dinner, we usually talked about what was happening at school. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Nobody talked about the changes happening all around us. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then came the night we returned, sacks full, and found a lineup happening in the courtyard. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

She didn’t think about what might be happening to him. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

That had to mean she had some concept of time, of what was happening around her. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

First the big grayling, then the sighting of the cart; large happenings for a small mouse. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Riordan never seemed to be interested in anything happening on campus that took place outside that classroom, and it seemed like he didn’t even notice that not one person was paying attention. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Some lift up ear-trumpets to listen to the conversations happening in the halls. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“It’s this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what’s happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That’s the world’s greatest lie.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was so much to see, and everything was happening so quickly. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What? What strange stuff is happening in this town? I haven’t seen any white bulls lately.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other kids had caught on to what was happening and gathered around. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Canton's mom had turned her back just for a moment, a split second, and by the time she realized what was happening, Kenzi was charging across the crosswalk, a school bus heading right toward him. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

On top of that, more people are now joining the circle of onlookers because everyone's a little curious about what's happening. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t get a grip on what was happening, but it was all my fault. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He could not see through it to understand what was happening. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, something continued happening inside Luna that she could not explain. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

After agreeing to a study session on Monday, I make my exit with a wave, walking to the more accommodating, less happening, front doors. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The woman shucked Matt out of his shorts before he knew what was happening and dumped him inside. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And believe it or not, he was pretty good, even with the occasional outbursts that, for me, had become so normal that it was like they weren't even happening. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

All I care about the cosmos is happening here on this roof. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Nothing’s happening to you, you’re safe, it isn’t real, I swear it isn’t real — take this, now, take this...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I never knew how well he could sing but he was always on the point of something very big happening. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

When my parents divorced, they didn’t sit me and Charlie down to explain what was happening. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Before I fully realised what was happening, the boys, now completely naked, had begun lining up along the three bunks. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He'd dreamed of seeing the prince whipped, but now that it was happening he found no satisfaction in it. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Something awful was happening, but there was no way any of us could do anything to rescue her. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

So there were a lot of changes in our lives, but the biggest was the one that was happening inside myself. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Susan blushes* “I just knew that something was happening. I didn’t mean to be curious; I just noticed things.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Every minute lets me know that something might be happening that I need to adjust or add to. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Behind them, too far back for the children to see, other inhabitants of the world of the dead had heard what was happening and were coming to join the great march. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Because along with my new height, something else was finally happening. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The boy seemed to know everything that was happening in the village. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I see ugly green puffs happening all on top of each other. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

He saw what was happening and ran up. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I figured outside the camp borders, there must be a blizzard happening. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I go into one of the stalls, shut the door, pull out my phone, and text Detective Stevens: Something is happening tomorrow on Anderdon on the east side. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It is showing what’s happening inside the subject’s brain, the electrical signals. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Time seemed to crawl, as if all the action around me was happening in slow motion. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Calvin says, “They just don’t want to be there while it’s happening.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

We need public information about what is happening every day to our farm animals. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I don’t think any of us really believe this is happening. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

On the contrary, I could tell Martin whatever was happening in my life, knowing he'd always take my side, no matter what. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

‘Look at it! The wind’s changed. Something’s happening. He’s not having it all his own way. His darkness is breaking up out in the world there. I wish I could see what is going on!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“The chances of that happening are not high, but even if it does, any witch can be a friend if you just give them a chance,” her mother said. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

If someone would attempt to create a vacuum, nature would do anything in its power to prevent it from happening. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

My gut craved to tell Mom and Dad about all the weird stuff happening to Sir Fig Newton: sweet-smelling breath, lots of number one clumps, and no eating. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Whatever was happening in his distant body now, he could not change or stop; his chest heaved, his laughter rose and bubbled at his mouth, like blood. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Then I scampered up the side of a house to one of the few two-story rooftops so I could see what was really happening. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

To see how this goes down—as if somehow being here will keep it from happening. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

My old lady passed two years ago, and ever since then I don’t know what’s been happening with my life. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing to do when Mom and Dad fought was to pretend it wasn’t happening or act like it didn’t matter. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“But the meeting is happening. I would like for you to be there.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Chubs eventually turned the radio on, filling the quiet space with a report about America’s gas crisis and the drilling that was happening in Alaska as a result. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Gay announced that it was time for us to leave, and before I knew what was happening, my reunion was over. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

None of their captors spoke to them, except to yell or curse, nor did they try to explain what was happening. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

What’s happening? but by that time Piper had started yelling and I practically had to smother her to shut her up because I was so scared of someone hearing us. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once when he happened in some connection to mention the war against Eurasia, she startled him by saying casually that in her opinion the war was not happening. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Strange things are happening,” Buttercup’s parents said, and off they went too, bringing up the rear of the cow-feeding trip, watching the Count, who was watching their daughter, who was watching the Countess. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

After a minute of nothing happening, I press the expel button. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

As Z grabbed a fistful of wires and tugged them another foot or so out of the ceiling, Frankie stepped toward the window to see what was happening. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

What she needed was just one person, one wise and sympathetic grown-up who could help her to understand the meaning of this extraordinary happening. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

They were on me before I knew what was happening. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Surprised? I guess I was. Will Tweedy, I swear I hardly knew what was happening. It was like being in a dream where you can’t move.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She took my hand and slid it up her sweater, and I couldn’t believe what was happening to me. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

This almost sounds better than what is happening: The Taker, killing her slowly. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I think of how the same has been happening everywhere. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to leave the world in a state of fright. I want to know what’s happening, accept it, get to a peaceful place, and let go. Do you understand?” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But it’s still happening, right? Like, there is still a meteor shower. We just can’t see it.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know how tomorrow will be, what with all the stuff happening at school.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

A slow heart rate tells our brain that something sad is happening. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Annabelle focuses on the daily steps, and she keeps the uproar away, as if it’s happening to someone else. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

And what was happening now didn’t change any of that. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I am already feeling some of the sadness now, and it isn’t even happening. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

It makes me sick just to think what might be happening in my old bedroom. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Amari looked around in fear and tried to ask what was happening, but all she received in response was a vicious slice of a whip across her arms and neck. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the worrisome reports of what was happening in Germany became harder and harder to avoid. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“In a short time, man will be able to see what is happening in any place in the world without leaving his own house.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

As they hiked down into the next valley, Piper wondered what was happening back on the Argo II. She was tempted to send an Iris-message, but Hercules had warned them not to contact their friends. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Quit blubbering. We don’t know what’s happening yet,” said the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Before he understood what was happening, something was slipped over each of them, something that muffled his claws. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Two ravens sat on Odin’s shoulders, and he would give the ravens scraps of meat as well, while they whispered to him of things that were happening far away. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

In the darkness something was happening at last. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Something different was happening, and different was never good. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course, he wasn’t! Or I wouldn’t be standing here. He saved me and let Henry fall when he realized what was happening!” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not happening. Dr. King tried the peaceful way. They came back at him with bullets. They brought this war on us! It’s time to fight back.” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Did they know anything else about what was happening? Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t feel real—like it’s happening to someone else. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

What could die black man know of what was happening? The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our Lady was covered with hands, every shade of brown and black, going in their own directions, but then the strangest thing started happening. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tells him, Do you see what is happening? A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

There was a commotion at the doorway, and when the gods and goddesses turned to find out what was happening, they saw that Loki had returned. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

"He's only three, he doesn't understand what's happening. He thinks everyone has deserted him, so he follows me around all day, clutching my leg and crying. I don't know what to do with him." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Why is this happening? I’m twelve now and ready to know everything.” The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Always wants to know everything that’s happening on the creek and round the harbor. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Suck in a deep breath and continue on: In the studio, I don’t have to worry about anything else that’s happening in my life, or in the world around me. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Daddy, what’s happening down there? Why does your guitar playing sound so much better than normal? I’m scared. What did you do with my daddy?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

And I am nauseated at work, sick with fear about what might be happening at home. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until his eyes met mine that the realization this was really happening hit me. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“I demand to know what is happening up there!” he shouts. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

And now, just a couple of weeks later, everything came together and was finally happening on a beautiful, cool, sunny November afternoon. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

But he hadn't anticipated it happening to me. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

What could be happening in there, now that for the first time animals and human beings were meeting on terms of equality? Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

I told him to “keep cool,” that he’d soon catch on to the happenings. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

And before Sarai could process what was happening, one of the ghosts lunged toward her and raised a knife, her face savage with hate and intent, and Sarai couldn’t get out of the way. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how my mom was so unstoppable despite all that stuff happening. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

This sort of thing had been happening a lot lately—bad smells, strange eruptions on her face. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

When she got sick, my dad acted like it wasn’t happening at first. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment we were dumb to what was happening. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What is happening in Lagos? Did they say what is happening in Lagos?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The audience, which had been yelling and stomping impatiently, suddenly stopped and applauded, glad that at last something was happening. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Again I met the Irish chap and we discussed world happenings, the vast armies of unemployed, the rising tide of radical action. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“God is very clear about this,” he would tell us some Sunday morning when something happening with gay rights, something undoubtedly happening on one of the coasts, had worked its way to the Billings Gazette. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

They had a radio—maybe even television—so they knew what was happening. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“It’s all happening at Hogwarts now, you know, much more exciting here than at the office!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Whatever was happening, they all wanted to record it. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I would like the opportunity now to educate people on what is happening in my "America" because until this "undeclared war" has ended, I am not free! The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Something funny is happening, Mr. D. It looks like trouble to me.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t any fire or storm or reason you could see in the picture why all this battle was happening. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It is important to remember this in connection with recent happenings. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“No letters, no newspapers; anything might be happening.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The weird thing about houses is that they almost always look like nothing is happening inside of them, even though they contain most of our lives. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m really sorry all this is happening. It’s going to make it hard for the rest of you.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suffice to say that there is a core of truth to Jefferson’s account of the dinner-table bargain, though it vastly oversimplifies the history that was happening at that propitious moment. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

This family was especially marked, even among the other remarkable mythological families, by the very peculiar happenings which visited its members. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since the recent unfortunate happenings at the German Fraternal Hall, everyone has been on edge and the mood of the town has been somber. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Harry felt it shudder — he knew what was happening, he could sense it, could almost see the giant serpent uncoiling itself from Slytherin’s mouth. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“I just wish this wasn’t happening. I mean, for everyone’s sake.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

When l am not worrying over our valiant doughboys, I worry over what's happening here at home. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She apologized to all of them, of course, but the fact of it happening was itself an irritation. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

It may even be that those factors play a very subtle and complex role in increasing the odds of something happening to him in the next seventy-two hours. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

What pressed on our attention was that it was happening, sex was happening. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

They knew what had happened at school, and what was happening now, but they dismissed it in that self-serving way parents often had of pretending anything they can’t solve is not really a problem. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

And besides, my moms used to still like talking to me about school or stuff that was happening in the news or how our days went and all that. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Fred and George had been using it for years without anything horrible happening.... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The “let out” in the parking lot is already happening. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I hadn't realized what had been happening to them. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

But there was something else happening in the crowd too. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

God, I actually let myself picture this happening. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

How did I think we could prevent something bad from happening? The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I eyed his bandages, my stomach clenching at the thought of something happening to his skilled artificer’s hands. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“But after the attack, David and the council decided we needed more extensive surveillance set up there so we can prevent an attack from happening again.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

"I'm not doing anything, Mom. It's just happening." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rickon was running across the yard toward the gatehouse, the wolves following him, but the tower faced the wrong way for Bran to see what was happening. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They’d eliminated about a dozen people, cutting through half the crowd standing in front of them, when the rest of the infected seemed to finally catch on to what was happening. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

All this was happening, you will note, just downwind of a volcano that had been rumbling menacingly for two months. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Her hands dropped from where they were hovering over the plastic hanger’s shoulders, and it took me a moment to recognize what was happening. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I waited to see what be happening to you.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

What was happening now was like that, but odder, because the edges of things were losing their definition as well and becoming blurred. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

We didn’t get much of a chance to sit back and enjoy being orphans before things started happening. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reached into my bag and pulled my journal, started writing all the stuff that was happening to us. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

There was no way of knowing if the distribution had begun three blocks north of them, and no one was willing to leave in order to scout ahead and report on what was happening. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He asked what was happening and the girl immediately sang him the same song. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

But there was no need for Jane to reply, for he could see for himself what was happening. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

I said, but she was so caught up in whatever was happening she didn’t even answer me. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure what was happening, but I said thank you and backed out of the room. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“After this stupid week full of stupid weirdo things happening.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The frogs would hop out and let me in, and the woodthrush would come to the edge of the pool to see what was happening. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a lot happening in those times. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could not believe any of this was happening. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Working with wood and stone is a good way to keep my mind off what might be happening to Captain Smith. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Enough strange things began happening to the men who brought him to justice to make his claim seem almost plausible. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Hooper kept on watching him, as though he were trying to discover something, as though he wanted to make sure about what had been happening here, in this house, while he had been away. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Before I even knew what was happening, Rachel rushed at me, her sword slashing. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“All you ever think of is yourself. Go take a look at the bomb line if you want to see what’s been happening since you went to the hospital.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She had long suspected Pearl and Moody’s relationship was more than friendly—a boy and a girl didn’t spend so much time together at their age without something happening—and she was appalled. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I apologized for what was happening with my speech. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Every happening in the neighborhood, no matter how trivial, became my business. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

What is happening now is in large part a result of the biological unsophistication of past generations. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Whatever is happening, it’s enough to turn the sheriff’s expression stormy, as he sends the rider off with low-voiced instructions. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

In the living room, there was a map on the wall with pins in it, and Anne’s dad, Percy, would move the little flag pins to show what was happening at the front. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He opened his eyes and strained to see what was happening. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“This is it. It’s happening. You’re going to reach out, right? This is amazing. Hollywood will make a movie about you two. And a Netflix spin-off about your gay children.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

But in general, during the months that followed, two things were happening: First, we were learning more than any rats ever had before, and were becoming more intelligent than any rats had ever been. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Annnnddd it’s happening. Okay. Hold on. Hold on. Just waiting for the zip to download, yes, and opening, and...oh, hell yes.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

These were tears that came because we couldn’t do anything to stop what was happening to us. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It is the peculiar nature of the world to go on spinning no matter what sort of heartbreak is happening. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I say, but in the back of my head, there’s this voice asking me, real calm, like were just having tea out here, Is this really happening:? The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He crept on; and as he went he wondered how many orcs lived in the Tower with Shagrat, and how many Gorbag had, and what they were quarrelling about, if that was what was happening. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He stutters a moment, not knowing where he is and what’s happening. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

This same thing had been happening to me for the last couple of competitions, and I knew once I started fencing, the fatigue would eventually fade as swiftly as it had come. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

But what was happening to her with these visions really freaked me out. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

This wasn’t supposed to be happening to me anymore! Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“There’s an information session happening in two weeks. I have to bring an adult.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Others grimace, no doubt thankful that this isn't happening to them. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“And you already know what’s happening to the rest of it.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The blind man was still reeling with the news of what was happening in Forest. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

You only have twice as many positive answers as negative and noncommittal—how does this keep happening? Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

SCORPIUS: A bit of trauma now is nothing compared to what’s happening . . . and maybe when he then thinks — later—he might remember the faces of us as we — shouted — ALBUS: Help. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

By the end of the day, we are all agreeing that what’s happening is pretty cool. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

He had made transparencies of the letters from Dr. Barnes and put them on the overhead projector so the whole class could see them while he explained what was happening. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

How can this be happening if we’re all equal in the eyes of God? Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Things were happening so fast that he felt he was not doing full justice to them. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh Noah. I’m so sorry. Oh God, Noah. We have to get your sister. This is not happening. This is not happening. Oh God.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“I am just one man. I don’t know how to fight everything that is happening around me. I don’t understand how one man can own another. And I don’t know how to stop it.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s weird to picture anything bad happening in Arthur’s life. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“The police know it’s happening, they show up in droves, it lasts an hour, and it always ends terribly.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Every day she told me what was happening at school. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re my homeboy—I’m going to school you to the happenings.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What's happening," she sighed, “is that the world is slowly coming to an end and those things don't come here any more." One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Every day it seems you getting worst and worst. What’s happening to you?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Cap Anderson becomes the most popular, happening kid at C Average Middle School, that's the end of the world. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

As if we don't have enough problems with factions on the inside, we need to worry about what's happening on the street? How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“It’s not happening tonight, kid,” Jared says, the smile still there, except a little more unnerving. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

But what was happening between Gary and Deborah at that moment was the furthest thing from crazy I’d seen all day. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She tells herself that it is all right, that Jasmin doesn’t really understand what is happening. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

People were hurriedly going about their daily lives as if nothing were happening in the country. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Afore I knowed what was happening I was through Cooter’s gate and right in the middle of a good long hard run home. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Not much else happening, but it's starting to get real hot and humid down here. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I say, that had been my plan, and when the one-nighters kept happening, it unsettled me a bit. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I peered over her shoulder to see what was happening beyond. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

He discovered it himself; I did not know at first what was happening. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

In the old days there had often been scenes of bloodshed equally terrible, but it seemed to all of them that it was far worse now that it was happening among themselves. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Something is happening back there in the last of my chum slick. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

And what's happening means that suddenly my life is completely off track. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Faro was straining on the leash and was in the water almost before Mr. Loomis knew what was happening. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

A blazing TV monitor announces what’s happening in which studios: Gypsy in Studio F; Phantom in Studio C; Carousel auditions in Studio J. It’s...incredible. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He didn’t dare look at what was happening. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“Sure, I guess. Unless you want me and Sara to back out of the recipe contest, because that is not happening.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

What was happening with the black nurses was a classic example of demand exceeding supply, resulting in higher prices, and nothing more. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Harry could hardly believe that Dumbledore would not have intervened if such cruelty was happening inside his own house, and yet there was undoubtedly something odd about the story. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

George thought that Phoebe had gone to the promenade deck—that she’d been woken up by the commotion with the ice and figured that George had gone out to see what was happening. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

About two o’clock every morning, as the downtown white nightclubs closed, Reginald and I would stand around in front of this or that Hariem after-hours place, and I’d school him to what was happening. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wallace had no knowledge this was happening; he was too far away, in Ternate, Indonesia, for them to let him know in time. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is so much gyration happening right before our eyes. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Mom had to work because she’d just taken two days off, so it was just Dad and me, and Mr. Anderson, who explained what was happening. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

In the dark spaces of New Pretty Town, something was happening. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

When he came back, the handle on the toaster was still down, but nothing was happening. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn't quite pinpoint when Hassan had started to become like everyone else on the planet, but it was clearly happening, and it was clearly annoying. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I turned to ask my brother what was happening, but he was gone. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

For one hopeful moment, Roy thought the driver had seen what was happening and was pulling off the road to intervene. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As former US president Barack Obama has warned, “Climate change is no longer some far-off problem. It is happening here. It is happening now.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

More comfortable than trying to keep in mind what was really happening. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

There are always untenable events, freak happenings like someone recognizing you, or at worst, the trouble results from a foolish and negligent spy, like my time with Luzan. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jethro chose carefully from among the day’s happenings those things that he wished to tell them. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

"This . . . this happening to you, Bobby, it was a shock for us just like it was for—" No warning. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blind with arrogance as they were, even the knights and lords of the Vale could see what was happening below them, yet her sister could not. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He could write back and ask again what was happening in the city, but this would take an unbearable amount of time. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

The same thing was happening all over Lake Windsor Downs; the same thing was happening at all the other developments. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is what it feels like when your life starts happening, I think. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

There was something happening up north the next morning. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Outsourcing is just one dimension of a much more fundamental thing happening today in the world,” Nilekani explained. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

I couldn't move; too much was happening to me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Woolf heard the wave of voices and knew what was happening. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before she knew what was happening, they were boarding a Union Pacific train. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

What did she know—that nothing was happening between them, or that Brandon was gay? The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

How can this be happening—Mars defeating us! Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“You must go out there and see what is happening,” Kathryn Red Corn told me when I visited the Osage Nation again, in June 2015. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell him everything that had been happening. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She can state the cause first or the effect first, and the causal force can either make something happen or prevent it from happening. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

It was too much—too much was happening all at once. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I didn’t understand him, didn’t like what was happening to my heart around him, didn’t like that I had no idea what he was thinking. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I crept along the outer rim of the lava lake, hoping I could get a better angle to see what was happening in the middle. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

It’s happening because the Carnegie Mellon students are waiting. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t make out exactly what was happening, but he was holding something in front of him that looked like a bottle, and I think she was crying. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Right before we went onstage. It’s been happening a lot lately, not just with him, and I didn’t know what to do. But I guess I just...figured out how to speak his language.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard the music. I wanted to know what was happening.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She gave me talks only when something very, very serious was happening. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He said that what was happening was a good old-fashioned case of political correctness, the vilification of drivers and their cell phones. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I remember now that my father once said that great events have a way of happening uneventfully. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“My mom is returning to Nsukka at the end of this session. I have to be near her. The doctor said this thing will keep happening.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Matt wished he could see what was happening, but he had no chance of prying Maria away from the peephole now. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the lawyer realized what was happening he grabbed an ax, lunged outside bellowing dementedly, trapped one attacking dog inside the chicken pen, and literally hacked the squealing mongrel to pieces. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe nothing had happened yet, maybe Pet was there to stop something from happening. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Most of the time the war is an abstract event, happening somewhere else. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

And all this is happening in the richest and freest country in the world, and in the middle of the twentieth century. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Smaller fins, I thought, would keep that from happening and make them fly truer. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I know what’s happening to me, but there is nothing I can do about it. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I could barely even hear her; the only thing happening was the relief shivering out of my skin. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Shall we pound on the window? Shall we tell him what is happening?” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

For a terrible second, Sierra had no idea what was happening. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

She used to always talk about books with her mom, but that seemed to be happening less and less with everything else going on in their lives. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Ugwu moved closer to the door to listen; he was fascinated by Rhodesia, by what was happening in the south of Africa. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

And then on Thursday night, I go home and Tiny calls me, and some things start happening. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

In other words: Some of the same pathways and results seen in the abuse of substances is happening in the brain of heavy Internet users. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Written 18 July, things so strange happening, that I shall keep accurate note henceforth till we land. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“And I’ve been meaning to tell you there’s another apartment setup happening this weekend. Salma Auntie and I thought you kids could help.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

White observers noted that things like this were happening more and more often. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Most of the rabbits had very little idea of what was happening. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we reach the square, it’s clear something’s happening, but the crowds too thick to see. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Chamberlain, alone, wished he knew anything at all about what was happening. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was frankly hard to imagine real life happening there. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Living at the edge of the wild country meant that Thialfi and Roskva were used to miracles and strange things happening in their world. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

This was happening just as the old-fashioned sort of lifetime jobs—factory jobs especially—were disappearing. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

In a way, it seemed, he was part of the morning fog, or my own imagination, but there was also the reality of what was happening in my stomach. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of this was happening in my head in an instant, on the fly. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I’m never quite sure what to do in these uncomfortable moments, so usually I pretend they aren’t happening. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

With eight horses ahead of him, Woolf couldn’t see what was happening out front. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the deportation proceeded, I rushed downstairs to the shoemaker's apartment to get a street-level view of what was happening. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Something like that happening to a person, and nobody but nobody saying anything about it? The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was looking into the air like she could see it all happening again right in front of her. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Bad things are happening all around—theft, harassment, worse. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Once you wished a thing, it took you over, and you couldn't stop it happening. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

This flattening process is happening at warp speed and directly or indirectly touching a lot more people on the planet at once. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Two days later, Turner didn’t need Willis to tell him what was happening on the island. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Piper should have understood what was happening sooner, but she’d spent most of her life in Southern California with no major changes of season. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

How could she do what was best when she didn't know what was really happening? Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Though Daniel Ellsberg did not know what was happening in New York, he suspected he may soon need legal representation. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I can picture it happening as if it's a movie I've already seen. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She tries to get a glimpse of his face again—there is almost a dance happening here. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

“I know many unusual things have been happening, Anita,” she begins. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Half the crowd seemed to have realized what was happening; the Irish supporters rose in another great wave of green, screaming their Seeker on . . . but Krum was on his tail. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

But 1 also made up lies to prevent bad things from happening in the future. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Barricaded behind the cash register, holding the revolver in one hand and a ham sandwich in the other, Milton looked out the front window to see what was happening in the street. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

When I go on my nightly escapades I’m usually back soon enough to get a bit of sleep, but that’s not happening tonight. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

This is happening whether I like it or not. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A frantic feeling started to grow, travel through my body, as if I was supposed to find that plug, put it back in, and stop whatever was happening. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I can scarcely believe this is all happening, right now. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

It was noisy inside, but we felt what was happening, rather than listening to it. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hannah knew it meant “it would have been enough,” but she suddenly felt that nothing was enough except to get out of that room and that Seder in which nothing fair or fun was happening. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think I just couldn't get over the fact that it was all happening so fast, and it all was so awesome, but I was too uncomfortable. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He didn’t quite register what was happening when he first saw Simpson pointing his finger past the two teammates who were holding him back. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I grip it hard as his arm goes around my waist, to ground myself in what’s happening, to convince myself that I am here and that this moment, high above everything, is real. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Mommy was sitting on the living room couch while all this was happening, her feet resting on the coffee table. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I realized what was happening: the harvest festival. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But in the last few weeks, something has been happening. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His courage was coming back, and the hateful happening at the circus was fading. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

And unless she found out what was happening, they might all find themselves drifting away to oblivion, everyone. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He climbed with his dæmon down toward the abyss, and as they went they gradually began to see what was happening along the far side of the gulf, hundreds of yards away in the gloom. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

You tell some adult about what’s happening but all they do is say it’s normal. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Hazel couldn’t see it clearly, but she knew what was happening. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She might have known what was happening under her nose. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

As before, I was almost upon them before I knew what was happening. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

One close friend, the young lawyer Clifford R. Hope, Jr., had spoken plainly: “Do you know what’s happening to you, Al? Do you realize you never talk about anything else?” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

While all this was happening, every couple of days a strange letter would arrive in the mailbox. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Us not going straight to Mexico was happening to me, too. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Lately, it had been happening more and more often. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guys loved to talk about music and the good things that were happening back home. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

She’d heard stories of the Bad Old Days, and the way in which much of what had happened back then was still happening even in 1923. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

JoJo’s too, but I don’t think he was looking out into the ocean as much as looking away from what was happening to Stef. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matt comes into Charlie’s room and dresses his son, and though the boy doesn’t understand what is happening, he is afraid. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

At four o’clock Grandma sent me to see if anything was happening at home. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was the day I knew Blanca would leave if she found out all that had been happening. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I met chicks who were fine as May wine, and cats who were hip to all happenings. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one knew what was happening upriver, who was dying, what the virus was doing. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as I turned down George Finkle’s offer, strange things started happening. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

It would often, he acknowledged, be impossible to choose between competing explanations because one could not see what was actually happening within the invisible world of particles out of which our visible world was constructed. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Again, he thought, It’s happening to me again. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

How could they not see what was happening? Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Or ’cause he was so wasted he didn’t know what the hell was happening anymore. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Imagine all three of those things happening to the same group of people at the same time. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Something big is happening, Beatrice. Something is wrong.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It was happening slowly, but there could be no doubt—the Fleece’s magic was seeping into the tree, filling it with new power and expelling the poison. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, shall I sit at the window and tell you what is happening outside?” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Bears, who didn’t cry, couldn’t understand what was happening to her, it was some human process, meaningless. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

And Lyra realized with a jolt of sickness what was happening: the man was being attacked by Specters. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even now she was thinking about the thing, he did not know what it was, that was on the point of happening. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Everything is happening too fast for me to process it. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Polly was finding the song more and more interesting because she thought she was beginning to see the connection between the music and the things that were happening. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

But while the nightmare’s happening, the burning or the cutting or the beating, you realize something you known all your life: the white lady don’t ever forget. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Even though kids flood the walkway, heading to class, no one seems to be paying attention to what’s happening to Alex. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He, Ron, and Hermione had gone...but the Harry and Hermione hidden in the trees could now hear what was happening inside the cabin through the back door. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

With so much happening, it seemed that no one had time for such things. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Who knew what was happening inside Froelich's head as he trained Arnold. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

It all seems so far away, as if it’s not even happening. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I lay in bed and shuddered and shivered and dreamed all sorts of nightmare happenings. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it is necessary they can be prodded into frenzies of fear and hatred, but when left to themselves they are capable of forgetting for long periods that the war is happening. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I make up scenarios in my head and then play ’em out for mad hours, like they’re really happening. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

My head pounded, I had trouble breathing, but I was starting to understand what was happening. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Or maybe because none of this was really happening. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I know you don’t understand what is happening with your family,” Tonantzin said gently. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

A rifle banged, and then another, as the gyptians realized what was happening. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

It didn't take much effort to imagine those same gossip sessions happening at some other dining table, with her own family as the subject. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was nothing, but if there was something fishy going on in Ravenskill, maybe there was something happening in Boggs Ferry too. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

There is something wrong with him, but you can’t tell exactly what is happening. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It might be wiser to wait on Jaime until she had a better notion of what was happening beyond the walls of the Great Sept of Baelor. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Events were like the details of a tortured dream, happening without cause. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“But stuff like that isn’t happening all the time!” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

So much was happening that I could hardly keep up with it. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

On these artificial hills, people hunker down to watch what’s happening. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I break into a run as we pass the orchard, like if I pump my legs fast enough, I can outrun this thing that’s happening to me. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Even as he said it, Nico worried about what was happening in the real world. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

And they proved in court that at night you can look through the windows of an el train when the lights are out and see what’s happening on the other side. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or I heard something scary happening in the prison in the background? From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

And in our household, we just didn’t talk about what was happening all around us or why it was happening. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t seem to know or care what was happening, because without argument, he let me slide an arm beneath his shoulders and drag him along, half asleep. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

But officially the French aid was not happening. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ever since he’d fallen through the hole in the wall, things had been happening so fast, it was all he could do to keep up with them. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

To keep that from happening, the United States needed inside information about the plans of South America’s Nazi sympathizers and the spies who were working with them. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Adults tried to protect us children from what was happening, but through no fault of their own, they failed us.” Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was too strange; he couldn’t bring his rational mind to accept what was happening. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It must be my fault this is happening is the only conclusion you can draw, because why are you the only one receiving his wrath? Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I carried my bowl over and stood next to her and kept eating, which, when I thought about it later, seemed kind of messed up, but at the time we didn’t know what was happening. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I was crying now, and something was happening inside me and I cried more, and they held me until it stopped happening. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t see nothing happening and I didn’t want to cause no problem either, in case she was just running late. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If we can,” said Hermione, looking back toward the door into the main hall, beyond which who knew what was happening. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But who would believe me if I told them what was happening? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s not true! She said she didn’t even notice it happening!” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I'd have to take the ramp apart to keep that from happening. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Longstreet sent Goree to find out what was happening and it turned out to be nothing much—skirmish of pickets in Anderson’s front. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kaira fell against the bedpost, and before she could even figure out what was happening, she was struck again, this time across her chest. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I blink and blink, but it’s still happening. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

When I watched it, everything around me seemed to disappear, and the whole world was happening on that little screen. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“Will somebody please tell me what is happening?” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Momma asked if Bailey had recognized the man, but he was caught in the happening and the event. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch, from a distance, and it takes some time before I realize something else is happening besides the cleanup. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The party that he got started was now happening, full-out, but now he was all of a sudden too shy to participate. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“I’m so glad you thought this through. Great. How long has this been happening?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I could not see what was happening, but I heard him screaming in terror. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Diana walked over to one of the windows to see what was happening outside. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I didn’t understand what was happening at first because her scoop-neck shirt was brown, and I couldn’t see the spilled soda until the rivulets reached her white pants. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Whatever was happening with the Oracle, it shouldn’t be taking this long. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Doubletree Mutt sat still, as though he knew some solemn thing was happening. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Clouds and thunder. That place up the field—it’s like the bottom of a river. Anything could be happening in there.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something strange was happening to Piggy, for he was gasping for breath. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Kaede was rooted to the spot, stunned by what was happening in front of her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

That’s where Dr. Newman posts his annoying inspirational quote every week and where we get reminders of the important things happening, like concerts and field trips. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Agent Fiona gives us another look like she can’t believe this is happening and then heads to go open the hangar doors. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The thought of Father off visiting someone in the Jewish Hospital and completely unaware of what was happening, the long wait for Mother, the heat, the suspense—all this reduced us to silence. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“It’s all happening so fast, Zoey. My whole life is different now. All of a sudden, everything is different. And it gets more different every day.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I continued to stare at the building as if I might see through the stone walls and discover what was happening inside. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t know what, but as surely as one feels the sting of shards when an hourglass tips off a shelf and smashes, he knew that something was happening. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It’s like the only topic in the world becomes his girlfriend, and I don’t ever feel like I can get a word in about what’s happening with me. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I look at Caleb, expecting to see the same thing happening to him, but all the blood seems to have drained from his face, and he is gasping. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

"But I guess if you're being brave it's only because something bad is happening." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He felt no love for her, and he hardly even wondered what was happening to her. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“What is happening?” said Mrs. Sylvester in her little bird voice. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

I had been so absorbed in myself and what was happening to me that I never thought about what was happening to her. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, we both really like the stuff about weird things happening that nobody understands—like people who disappear. And it’s cool that he found all that in newspapers.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Mama, I don’t think I can deal with another thing happening right now. Can we go?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Now I was aware of what was happening. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“It seems like every week there is some kind of terrible racist incident happening in this country. What did your mom and dad say?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He’s been known to do this every now and again, so everyone knows when he wants a time-out from whatever is happening around him. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He was torn between his loyalty to his family and friends, and his sense of guilt and responsibility for what was happening to the eight of us. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There I can look out at what’s happening in the street, while feeling safe at home. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t imagine this ever happening at Bombay Bistro, a tiny Indian buffet place that was her family’s idea of a fancy dinner out. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Only she knew what was happening in the city, the madness, the suffering and desperation. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

And the people in front of the crowd followed suit, realizing what was happening. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He tried to run and his leg rebroke under him and he crawled up the ragged slope to the roadbed where it was happening. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay. I convinced Chris that we should go and see what was happening in the hallway. So we went to the front door, and when we opened it...” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It tells you that a child understands what is happening on the screen and as a result is paying attention. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Siobhan didn’t think he even noticed what was happening around him. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how I hadn't put together what was really happening in the week before we left, when I accidentally overheard my parents talking. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She saw the movement before she came close enough to see what was happening. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s what’s happening right now, you think I’m hurt and you and every other punk Chihuahua in America is climbing out of the woodwork to try and get a bite out of me. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Follow the tales of witches and goblins, and unexplained happenings. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

You just never know, and I didn't want him leaving, and something happening, and me not catching him to say good-bye before he left. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

A man, dapper and lean and elderly, approached them, hand extended; on his face a harried expression showed, as if everything recently had begun happening too fast. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

They’ve taken away everything, even the story of what is happening to us. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

It took a while for the otters to realize that something was happening inside the crate. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

So you'll believe me, then, when I say that something was definitely happening between me and Sparkle today. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He snorted a big snore and awakened and cried, “OW!”—each thing happening on top of the other. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

For her part, Winnie, now that the running was over, began to comprehend what was happening, and with the comprehension her throat closed and her mouth went dry as paper. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad was working at the mine all day, so I didn’t get to hear his opinion on what was happening. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Finn and Roza walked past each person, some of them reaching out and pulling back as if they were afraid that she wasn’t real, that this wasn’t happening. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

It lasted only a moment, but I had the feeling that a whole conversation was happening between us. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No reading. So I brought you the radio. Very important things are happening, Reuven, and a radio is a blessing.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The sentry by this time had realized what was happening, and was trying to gather his wits, but Iorek Byrnison was already turning a corner near the harbor. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Dawn approaches without anything happening—only the everlasting, nerve-wracking roll behind the enemy lines, trains, trains, lorries, lorries; but what are they concentrating? All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Aurelia and Marcus, blithely ignorant of what was happening, hurried back to the atrium, to find the former sleepers wide awake and one, at least, in a state close to panic. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

La Reyna was like those pits on Wall Street, everyone screaming what they wanted, things happening fast. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He didn’t say children shouldn’t know about some things happening—he said children shouldn’t see. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Again, I got the feeling there was so much happening I couldn’t see. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They spoke of many things, old and new, and Frodo questioned Gildor much about happenings in the wide world outside the Shire. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Matt felt dazed by all that was happening. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is not decipherable in the moment, but eventually it will offer a picture of what is happening inside the study subject’s brain as she’s asked to distribute her focus more widely. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

But it wasn't cool, because it kept happening. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

If I hadn’t started getting nightmares again, and if Jack hadn’t punched me, none of this would be happening. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Rather, we rushed on the boy at the same time, and before he knew what was happening, we had taken the corn from him. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

But as I dealt with what was happening to me by becoming more and more the detached observer, I was becoming Mersault, the character, and not Camus, the author. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t say exactly what, but something was definitely happening to the mural now. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what’s happening, but I know this is the moment. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t understand, but some of the elders seemed to know what was happening. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I was fully aware of what was happening and where the focus of medical scrutiny lay. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

‘I wonder if they think of us at all,’ he said, ‘and what is happening to them all away there.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Ask her what’s happening under the sea,” I said, and we all died laughing. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I do not recall the chain of events but assumed Dad had known or suspected what was happening. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could hardly breathe, because I knew that something bad was happening, but I wasn’t quite sure what. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He was so astonished that Lyra stopped crying at once to see what was happening, and that made Malcolm laugh, and that made Lyra laugh too, her eyes brilliant with tears. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She sensed it was happening too fast and before she knew it, she'd delivered a stillborn son. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

In the stories I heard, it seemed like things were always happening there. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

If your friends try to battle them... well, I foresee see bad things happening. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“This is different. I don’t want anything happening to ... any of you.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I could see it happening: the flowers are turned upward, and if the sraf were falling straight down, it would enter their petals and fertilize them like pollen from the stars. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Here, in the control room, three monitors on the wall can show what is happening in each of the rooms. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“She didn’t understand why it was happening,” he said. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

The contest will be happening up in the sky. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Annabeth understood what was happening a split second before I did. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Spying me, he seems amazed that disobedience is happening and I’m not a part of it. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Then October leaned in close and whispered, “They’ve been happening here too?” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Nothing. Calm down. Jules, tell her. Tell her nothing was happening. I’m just drunk. She was helping me so I wouldn’t puke.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Matt was touched by her offer, although he knew there wasn’t a chance of it happening. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lina stepped slowly because of Poppy, and Poppy clung to her neck, unusually quiet, sensing the strangeness and importance of what was happening. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It’s easier to pretend it’s not happening when I’m not around her. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

While all this was happening, Mose Wright stood as calm as Jesus on stormy water, like he couldn’t see or hear the hell that had broken loose in Judge Swango’s courtroom. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“We were all liberal, hippie teenagers, so we didn’t even think of that happening,” Healy says. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I found myself staring at her, as if by looking closely enough I might be able to detect the changes happening to her—to see the still-human spark within her slowly winking out. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what was happening, only that I was getting another visit with my mother. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Lavender didn't quite believe that, but she was not prepared to risk it happening. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Adams himself warned Gerry not to confuse what was happening in France with the American Revolution. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I’m there nearly an hour, and to be perfectly honest, not a whole lot’s happening. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

And I still did not know what was happening to Bran. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And yet for me, the mystery of a happening has no magic anymore, no natural draw. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Chess, stop,” Finn moaned, because he didn’t understand what was happening, and the only thing holding him together right now was being able to hold on to Mom. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Oppenheimer’s solution was to plant a false, but believable, story about what was happening at Los Alamos. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hurried her up to the kitchen, too harried to find the words that would explain what was happening. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mathew Carey went around town noting carefully what was happening and would later turn these observations into a written history of the epidemic. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

By the time I got to the head of the line, I understood what was happening. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Once, she’d said she wished they’d hurry and get a divorce, yet when it was actually happening, she kind of shut down. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t get my mind to calm, not without knowing what was happening on the other side of the fence. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He should not have made her think that something was happening that he did not want her to know. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t focus on any one thing happening around him, though he was desperate to catch a glimpse of someone he recognized. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He could hear it in his head, and like a crack in the fourth dimension, a fracture of the Euclidean plane, Sergio could watch it happening on the television. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

‘Well now, what about a smoke, while you tell us what has been happening in the Shire?’ he said. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

‘Don’t you lose track of that Dove, Johnny,’ Paul Revere commanded him, ‘for if ever the British march out to attack us a colonel’s horse boy might well know something is happening, in advance.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But even that dynamic wasn’t unique; the same thing was happening in Wes’s neighborhood, where Hopkins was the driving force of change, aimed at improving the quality of life for students and faculty. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Or perhaps blowoff is happening, but the gases lost to space are being replenished by others released from the satellite’s interior. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anything to get away from what was really happening. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

All the other students were undisturbed because, just as Mr. Benedict had said, only minds with an unusually powerful love of truth noticed anything was happening. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I watch her face and try to understand what is happening in my world. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Every chance I had, I wrote some little news about interesting Nation of Islam happenings. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jane and Michael had a good view of what was happening, through a gap between a panther and a dingo. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

I couldn't believe all of this was happening right down the street from where Mrs. Baylor lived. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

A bad thing happened to us—is still happening to us. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

This was all happening so quickly it was hard to register the emotions. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The park looked like something bright would be happening any minute; the lilac trees were dried out in the sun, and bumps started swelling out on the brown boughs. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I hurt so bad that I didn’t quite know what was happening. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to know where he was and what was happening. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I thought that no man in his right mind would take on Narciso’s brute strength, but Tenorio had and so he must be desperate because of what was happening to his daughter. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I realize with a shiver that the scene upstairs is likely happening in many of the homes around us. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

But there was something happening between Dante and his drawing pad that made me feel invisible. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“We can’t fight back in here—not by ourselves. Jake told me there’s stuff happening on the outside. We need to make those people see what is happening on the inside.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She just stared into space, and then, shaking her head sadly, asked, “Can you explain its happening a third time?” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever’s happening between Tats and Jeremy must be developing at drama club. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“This is not a time to take things easy, Reuven. You read what is happening in Palestine.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I had long ceased to fear Grandpa; he was a sick old man and he knew nothing of what was happening in the house. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s your responsibility as citizens to be informed about what’s happening in politics,” she said often. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I was desperate to learn about what was happening back home, but even on days when there was no news about Cuba, I still read all the articles. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Matter of fact, imagine all three of those things happening at the same time. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I flicked the television on and off a couple times, then went over and gave it a smack, hoping to jump-start the entire central Michigan cable network with a well-delivered blow, but it wasn’t happening. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Tabitha was six now, old enough now to know that something was happening. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The most happening spot on the yard, though, is Coop and Rae’s Sharpie tie-dye station. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“The other reason your grandma was mad at me was because she doesn’t think me or your mum have been honest enough with you. About what’s really happening.” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

I hug Dad and start to feel the finality of what’s happening. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought I understood what’s happening to her, but this isn’t like being robbed a penny at a time. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Adults were trying to control it all, and none of them knew what was happening. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I liked Staff Sergeant Max Mayhem, even though he didn’t have much in the way of a technical personality, but mostly I liked that his adventures kept happening. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

And presently she began to see what was happening. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

But now it was happening, it was the truth. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I was so incredulous at what was happening that it was hard to form words with my brain and my mouth. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is it crazy to think the MTA won’t need any station staffers in a few years because machines—maybe even robots—will take over their jobs? It’s sort of happening already if you think about...” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

When she took her eyes off the peanut she looked from Margaret to me and asked, “How do you explain its happening twice?” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are events happening almost every week throughout the summer, but the student gallery isn't until August. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She knew something was up—she knew something was happening at nine. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

At the time, I thought it was a real awful curse happening to me, but instead, it turned out to be a big blessing. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The moon hid behind clouds to avoid seeing what was happening. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Esther must have noticed what was happening to me, because she took the cassette from me and put it in her bag. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, before I realized what was happening, these bullies dragged my father out of the apartment, down the stairs, and into the night. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I had been listening and silently rebutting each sentence with my eyes closed; then there was a hush, which in an audience warns that something unplanned is happening. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woods were full of unpredictable happenings—snapping creatures, falling branches, stinging insects. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Like the same things are happening over and over. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I watched a whole afternoon unfold under my nose, and I misread everything that was happening, from start to finish. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

As he turned Lyra saw the wild white rims around his pupils, and then the other children realized what was happening and stopped to look. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She runs out of the room, shrieking: “It’s happening to me already. I’m forgetting everything... I’m forgetting... I don’t remember anything I learned any more!” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“All that happening, and I was asleep,” she marveled. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Writing today, in this book, I realize I sometimes saw things the wrong way around when they were happening. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Yes, but—well, I don’t know when that’s happening,” I tell her. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Strange as it might sound, it was only after a long time that I looked to see what was happening in the lifeboat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Well, I knew what was happening then, hut I didn’t say anything. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It hurts him that he has no control over what’s happening with his family on the outside. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He laughs at that and before he knows what’s happening I push him down and climb over and straddle him, holding his hands over his head so he’s helpless. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She loved bugs, all bugs, except for crickets, sawing away no matter what was happening around them. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He had sent a little bit of blood and tissue to the Army for diagnosis—and look what was happening. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And what was happening to Nick’s word during those ten years? Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s all happening just as all the books on prepping said it would. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

And being away from the hardware store so much while all this nonsense was happening had put him weeks behind on his paperwork. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The controversy over Constitution Hall had started while Anderson was on a nationwide tour, and as she said later, she wasn’t fully aware of what was happening until she spotted that San Francisco headline. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

I bring them back up and cue the sound, and I realize that it’s happening, just like Ms. Smith said it would. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Some small, rational part of her brain that wasn’t screaming internally decided that none of this could actually be happening. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

At once she saw that something strange was happening in the sky. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Something was happening; something was changing and it was scaring me. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It had been happening for years but no one ever got used to him. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t say much; I just summed up what had been happening to him and said it wasn’t really very fair. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thus we shall have two more hypnotic messages from Mrs. Harker; either or both may possibly throw more light on what is happening. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“He’s not tight with her. Anyway, there’s nothing happening between us.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The large snake heard her weeping and came out to see what was happening. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

I needed to tell Doc what was happening. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

But theirs are the most important voices of all in understanding what happened and perhaps even how to keep it from happening again. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hit the ground and ran, more worried by what was happening in the moment than what might happen tomorrow. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It had seemed as if we were all in slow motion and now everything was happening so fast. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Simultaneous" means the melodies are happening at the same time. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“I put in all the words and one by one they appeared on the screen; then something beeped and they’d disappear. But it won’t let me type in the last word. Nothing’s happening!” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I stood there, a person in a crowd, was I watching the images, or was something more complicated happening? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I tumble off onto the sidewalk and explode into the street, my hands on the door of the police car before my mother can figure out what's happening. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

As though back onshore, all of France is left to bite its fingernails and flee and stumble and weep and wake to a numb, gray dawn, unable to believe what is happening. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I never saw it, but I kept hearing about it happening. It was pretty common back then, I guess. Poor medical care or none at all.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Plus, she understands that when your coach pays a house visit, it means that something important is happening. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because if he was being completely honest, he wasn’t sure this would be happening if his mom hadn’t told Annie. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Just then, Dog came by and saw what was happening. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“But it’s like a dream of being poor and fighting. They don’t really feel these things. It’s like it’s all happening in a dream.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went on digging in the brush with my pointed stick as though nothing at all were happening on the sea. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was destined for greatness, and no one—or rather, no boy—was going to stop that from happening. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I’d see it happening on the walls or on the floor. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I cover my face with my arms because this isn’t happening. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

And before Dolores knew what was happening, she found herself chasing a ferret down the New York City sidewalk. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

A couple of days after spring break ended, Mom found out that Via hadn’t told her about a school play that was happening at her high school the next week. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He pressed my cheek so my skull was against his palm; and he said, “Prince, he don’t care today. There ain’t any measuring happening today. No samples.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Why was any of this happening to them? Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When Willis saw what was happening, he snuck up behind Joey and knocked Joey’s arm from underneath. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made me realize that a real hero should try to prevent this from ever happening again. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She almost ran out the door without a word to Luke, who was still trying to figure out what was happening. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I think that what’s happening to me is so wonderful, and I don’t just mean the changes taking place on the outside of my body, but also those on the inside. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“That's what I wanted to talk to you about I was hoping . . . well, if you had gone with us on vacation, I was hoping you could have helped me figure out what’s happening to me.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He’d been gathering information for a story, but the moment he spotted the new fire, he ran to see what was happening. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

A big part of the reason for our ignorance, interestingly enough, is that traditionally there has been little effort to coordinate what’s happening on top of the Earth with what’s going on inside. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Something terrible was happening, and Mr. Benedict needed them to stop it. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It’s frightening to think that the same thing might be happening to me right now. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Houseman was trying to alert him to what was happening at CBS headquarters. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Someone opened the front door of the house: A boarder had heard the shouting of the crowd and had gone outside to see what was happening. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Like yesterday, when you didn't have to tell me about what's happening to you, right?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It broke Mark’s heart—they’d gone several months without tears, and now it was happening all over again. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I wonder now that I was around them so much and yet knew so little of what was happening at the end of that term. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But now the girl’s hints made me want to know what was happening over there. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they let it run its course, fulfill itself, and never invented ways either to alter it, to annihilate it or to prevent its happening again. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Besides, there’s nothing happening in the capital Nelson could get into, believe me. The Jaragua’s empty. The Olympia has been showing the same movie for a month. No one goes out anymore.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just letting them do whatever, like she didn’t even know it was happening. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t itself any more, but a frame for things that were happening. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know you said I was too young, Seer. But I’m not. Ramon’s going. And maybe it’s important for me to go. Maybe I can figure out what’s happening.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Then it does and I’m remembering Dad’s dream because it’s happening. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I have a lot on my mind—mostly about my children and what’s happening on the streets. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry this is happening. I’m sorry about it all.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes the foster care system gets its signals crossed. But I think we just figured out what’s happening here.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Have you noticed this is what has been happening for the last three or four years at least?' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Though, if this moment really belonged to me, it wouldn’t be happening. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Something so terrifying was happening that Matty did not even try to assess it. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

What else but try to tell you what was really happening when your eyes were looking through? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had told a reporter a few days earlier that he had never seen anything like what was happening in Durham. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Rishi nodded, though everything seemed to be happening from a great distance, like he was viewing his own life through a telescope. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

When the people looked down to see what was happening, they saw the strange animal drinking greedily. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“None of this is truly happening,” he said to Shadow. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Before anyone else knew what was happening, the frame hit the ground near the boys and exploded, buzzing and transforming into an angry cloud of stingers. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Returning home with the same empty assurances as Brundage, Sherrill began to systematically deny the increasingly obvious evidence of what was happening to Jews in Germany. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I could tell this was already happening with Mama since I was now allowed to go into town by myself to do quick errands. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Let me remind you where all this was happening. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

While many of the changes in Clarkston were hard to notice at first, certain events caused locals to wonder what exactly was happening to their town. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The drug had made everything seem as if it were happening in slow motion. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He wanted to believe the image was a lie, but he had a bad feeling it was real, and it was happening right now. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Mother told me, “To be a true student, you can read what is happening now, but you need to do research into the past to find out more, because history always repeats itself.” March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“For us. For the students, for the parents, for the community. Anyone who wants to stop this from happening again.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Ifemelu obeyed, feeling herself in a trance, with things happening that she did not understand. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I haven’t cured anything, but something seismic is happening in me. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

They tell themselves that this is the year things will happen, never realizing that things are always happening; they’re just happening without them. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Then, after a moment, while Matty knelt, still mystified by what was happening, the frog’s body twitched. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Which is what is happening now!” the first woman said, glaring at all the others. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The “impossible” is now happening on two broad fronts. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Janey,” Doc said to Mama, “you know things are happening around these kids. They need to be able to protect themselves.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

But as the animals outside gazed at the scene, it seemed to them that some strange thing was happening. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

A chair flew over the heads of a mob, and it was impossible to make out what was happening. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But as Bunderson thought through the possibilities, he figured there were some very good ways around that ever happening. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Only when they slumped clumsily across the dog traces or lay unexpectedly still did the nearest men notice what was happening, and then it was already too late, because more arrows were flying at them. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Too much was happening in his life and Ayemenem seemed so far away. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pleaded on the radio, and I knew something terrible was happening there. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

And I know she ain’t saying what she want a say either and it’s a strange thing happening here cause nobody saying nothing and we still managing to have us a conversation. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Something was happening to Guitar, had already happened to him. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she smiled at me it was like she meant that smile just for me personally and anybody else who saw it wouldn’t even understand what was happening. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t fully comprehend what was happening, and as Andrew stepped aside, Isaac started crying. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

As more victims disappeared from hospitals and institutions, family members realized what was happening to their loved ones. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“How can this be happening!” he screamed to the walls, turning in a circle. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The big stableboy never understood what was happening, and Bran could taste the fear at the back of his mouth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Now when the bell rings, instead of wondering what’s happening out there in the halls, I’m out there too. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Surveillance missions, mostly. We like to keep an eye on what’s happening in the fringe, in case it threatens what’s happening in here.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

But it seemed like it was happening, so... Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Something was happening between us, something very real, and it was getting more difficult to ignore. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

After a while, she became aware that something strange was happening. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Heart pounding, I strained to listening, trying to guess what was happening on the other side of the wall. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

"You just seem like yourself, no matter what's happening around you. My grandmother would say you're comfortable in your own skin." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Any response felt weird and didn’t match up with what was actually happening, so Ivy nodded. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The happening no sixth grader could avoid, unless her parents forbade her to go. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Because what’s happening now is not what people think is going on.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I wonder why Mr. Patterson broke the news instead of my dad, but when my mom collapsed on the boat, things stopped happening in the usual way. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Nothing was happening, really, but the moment was thick with mattering. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I want to tell her exactly what happened, or what I remember happening, and then I want to say to her that as a little girl she was absolutely right. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There, there, old girl. Don’t fret. Many times in our history has tragedy been forestalled by miraculous happenings.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

At most, she might leave Jasmin when she is old enough to understand what is happening. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

—Going to the “movies” in my head, imagining what is happening at home right this moment. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

What was happening was only the working- out of a process that had started years ago. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

All kinds of wild stuff started happening up in there, from crackheads to hookers. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

If it were happening now, to a child of my own, I would know what to do. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Loki asked the other gods, but none of them would tell him what was happening, and none of them would meet his eye. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Though I understood and could analyze what was happening, I could not break through. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you hear that,” he said quietly, “I’ve only been in love once? It happened when I was eleven. And it’s still happening.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But never again should any other parent have to worry about this happening to their child. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, all the TVs inside the house were running video of my routine at Worlds, and people would stand around the screens and cheer me on, as if it was happening right then. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Joe and other sharecroppers went to see the rancher to tell him what was happening. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

As we make our way there, I try to take stock of what’s actually happening around us, but it’s too dark—just shapes and outlines. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

If Amil doesn’t know about it, it’s like it’s not really happening. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Some of the old men want to know what is happening he said. “They sent me to find you. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Well, I guess I just wanted to say I’m sorry about everything that happened, I mean, that is happening.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Her own version, passed from her grandmother, and her grandmother’s grandmother—each of them a slightly different version depending on what was happening in their world at the time. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He liked the way they always ended with the right thing happening. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry and Joyce and the kids couldn’t make out what was happening, but they were all on their feet. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“There is nothing I can say to him. I just wanted to let you know what is happening so that they will not say I did not tell somebody.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was glad that this was happening, but he had no physical desire. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

It was as if Bunderson was saying: Go on, nothings really happening, and I don’t much expect it to. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Vic didn’t understand at first why Dawn was talking to him, or why she seemed so nervous, but then he slowly realized what was happening, and that he wanted it to happen, too. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to be in this suspended state where I can see what’s happening, where I’m aware of what I’m feeling without being able to actually feel it. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, homeroom isn't happening anytime soon, so find a place to be,” she said. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Before she realized what was happening, the lane began to curve at the bottom of the slope. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was terrifying, not to be able to understand what was happening and not to know what was to come. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sounded relieved when we hung up, and I wondered what was happening. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The wiring in her mind has been snapped in vital places, she fears, and now the strangest things have been happening. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Things will be happening soon for which there is no protection.” Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

He described as much as he knew about the organization of the Manhattan Project, saying he’d heard that the bomb design was happening at a secret site somewhere in New Mexico. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many sentences, though, have several things going on in them—actions happening at different times, each with its own verb. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so...what was happening was in fact what had to happen. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He basically turned a blind eye to what was happening on the island. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jonathan wished someone would tell him what was happening. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Wasn’t anything more important happening than some dumb kid running away? The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Or like it's still happening, again and again, every day. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I couldn’t sleep, so I took my board up the mountain to watch the sunrise. They went right over me, twenty hovercars at once coming across the ridge. But what’s happening now?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

And I guess all that detention this week had thrown off my mental calendar, because I totally forgot that the Friday Thing would be happening in town. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“When I was growing up, I wanted so much to meet all of you. Now that it’s finally happening ...” I shook my head. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“I see what’s happening in the news. Why should I have to pretend that I’m fine with you going to school here?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Now the timbers of the Current told him what was happening on the ship so clearly that he often forgot he no longer had the use of his eyes. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She saw right away what was happening and she took me to one of the visitation rooms, away from everybody. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“A guard going into a woman’s bedroom—let’s say it’s probably happening, and the Director doesn’t care.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He knew that what was happening had to be impossible, and it made him wonder about his mental state. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Chess felt like there could be all sorts of things happening that he might have missed. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

And today the white man is faced head on with what is happening on the Black Continent, Africa. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The things that were happening no longer seemed connected by anything except his own dazed senses. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

His brain could not interpret what was happening at first. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I have seen the nature of things that are happening, and I have heard things from sources which are reliable. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at me and I swear to you that he understood what was happening. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

My own medical story was only a reflection of what was happening psychologically to everyone in those years. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I shook my head silently, but inside I was thinking, Look, it’s already happening. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Desperate to see what was happening and why, Harry opened his eyes by a millimeter. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

And this buried life with Antonapoulos changed and developed as did the happenings around him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“You’re young. Too young and too foolish to understand what’s happening here. We have no rights and no power, and no one in this family is going to take any risks. Do you understand me?” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

People in rowboats were standing up now, risking a dunking to see what was happening. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

While these things were happening at home, Amy was having hard times at Aunt March’s. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was talking to her neighbor Miss Cissy, who was calling to tell her about something happening right down the street from Mrs. Baylor's house. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

A thing that is happening happens whether you look at it or not. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I all but check under the bed, even though I know it wouldn’t be the style of what’s been happening. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Piper couldn’t see what was happening inside the ruins - just the heads of twenty or thirty giants standing in a circle, mumbling and swaying, maybe doing the evil monster version of‘Kumbayah’. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

That has about as much of a chance of happening as my Hogwarts letter coming. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

To what extent did each really change events, as opposed to “just” happening to be the right person in the right place at the right time? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was so amazed by all that was happening that I do not recall being handed a pencil and paper, but somehow I found them in my hands. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you see what’s happening? You’re projecting your thoughts into her, just as you did with Mr. Thirsty. What were you thinking about when you came into the room?” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

That everything’s happening all at once, from the first bang that started the universe to the very moment everything comes to an end. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I’ve already had that experience with my sheep, and now it’s happening with people. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I intend to take every possible precaution against such a thing happening." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

But really it’s not, because what the hell is even happening? Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

It is more important that I fully understand what is happening to me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, boys,” she said, “here it is. The worst is happening at last.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He died, Mr. Jacobs! He is dead and he’s not coming back and you didn’t stop it from happening!” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

We jotted down questions for Kevin to ask in case the jury ran out—fat chance of that happening. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

As this was happening, I was arriving at the Combined Military Hospital in Peshawar, where a neurosurgeon named Colonel Junaid examined me and discovered something surprising: The bullet was still inside me. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Not now. Tomorrow. I’ll give you tomorrow. Because that’s one way to know, isn’t it? If what you say is happening is really happening—I mean, I need more than a day.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I don’t want whatever is happening between us to happen, but it feels like trying to stop the weather from happening. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

They didn’t know what was going on or they’d have never gone to look, Amélie says, but they arrived just as it was happening and they saw it. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The sight of boys of so many ethnicities in one place began to open Luma’s eyes to what was happening in Clarkston, just down the road from her own home. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I tried to think how I felt about what was happening. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

My sister and I stood equally thunderstruck a couple of feet away from her, clinging to one another in fear, wondering what was happening to our mother. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her letters also kept her family up-to-date about what was happening on the home front. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

If there’s something else happening, which I’m not sure there is, then I want to find out, she said. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The physician's mouth was moving and she could hear what he was saying, but it didn't mean anything because this wasn't happening to her. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I can make out the words but they somehow don’t seem to apply to me, to what’s happening to me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How can I not speak up when something so wrong is happening? If we are silent now, then they will still come for us later. It will not stop.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

In my opinion, if the world were perfect, everyone would wear lab coats in educational settings, but that obviously was not happening. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He never anticipated something like this happening, and he prayed that Garfield would survive. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I suppose with all the crazy stuff happening, my imagination is going wild. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I made vague assurances, but I could hardly wrap my mind around what was happening at this moment, much less in the future. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I was far away; it wasn't happening to me or to her and I felt a certain confused pity which I didn't wish to feel. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was much more horrible afterward than when it was happening. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Out in the hall, away from the cameras, I ask, “What’s happening to him?” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He didn't want anything happening to that money. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

"Come on, we have to wake our people up, things are happening, man." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because I spent so much time alone during our competitions, I dedicated far too many hours to trying to dissect what was happening with my team. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Were the other children aware of what was happening, and were they helping, or were they just in the way? The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

They did not point to what might happen to her but to what she herself might keep from happening. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever is happening to me is my own fault. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The girls—the women—hop up and down and squeal, “I can’t believe it’s really happening!” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“To see what’s happening down deep? What does he expect to find?” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I try to work out what’s happening and who has sent me what could be a piece of destiny in the mail. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“The poverty, and the thought of what was happening to those human lives was just intolerable, sickening.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“What? No, uh, it matters, and it’s called Poets for Peace and Justice because we want to use our art to disrupt society and push against what’s happening in the world,” I say. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

What happened to me in church is happening again. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I wanted her to know how much I hated what was happening, but when she finally looked back at me, I knew it was me she hated, instead. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

But as I lay there, the same overload would start happening in my head. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

One thing was for certain: With her in his life, everything was happening so fast! Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Do you see any evidence that this is happening? Or any reason why it should?” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Gregor tried to imagine to himself whether anything similar to what was happening to him today could have also happened at some point to the manager. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, I settle on an auction happening for an item that makes me light up. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Poor Pittini was so old and blind he didn’t even realize what was happening, but kept right on intoning the Kyrie as the assassin was being wrestled to the ground. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My parents didn’t, though; they eventually got so used to it happening that they started getting to my bed and grabbing me before I even woke myself up. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

By Wednesday morning, September 4, I could hardly believe it was really happening—I was going to Central High School. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But happening to look up at Mrs. Pocket as she sat reading her book of dignities after prescribing Bed as a sovereign remedy for baby, I thought—Well—No, I wouldn’t. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it was that nothing seemed to happen, except the same thing happening over and over again. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I join a second auction happening for a power-up that looks like a round, growling, fuzzy black creature with two large paws. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She normally saw me in the library by myself, scouring the newspapers for stories on what was happening in Cuba. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

And it is happening on a wider scale. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, when I don’t like what is happening, I make lists of things in my head. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The Cold War wasn’t happening just in the skies above Korea or in a Europe that was being divided into a Soviet-allied East and a US-friendly West. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Quieter for you. More space. Fewer people coming and going. And you’ll be so much closer to us, for when things start happening.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Something is happening: there’s a commotion, a flurry among the shoals of cars. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Attracted by the flaring blaze that lit the night, defenders rushed from all quarters to see what was happening. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I seriously don’t know what the hell is happening. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Javier put his hand on Moss’s leg, and Moss wished this was all happening in a different context. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

In the moment before the explosion, before the white light becomes too blinding to discern precisely what is happening, they dissolve into the air. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“It’s happening. Were finally witnessing something more painful than Nick’s bar mitzvah.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He shook his head sharply to clear it of the numbness of shock and pain, and then, glancing round, saw what was happening. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Is this really happening, or did I hit my head harder than I realized? Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

But she maintained that cell phone use was happening more and more, becoming a regular part of driving, and probably dangerous. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

"Kim should be over here in a second. I asked for her to come and give us—well, really, give you the rundown on what's happening with him," Black said as compassionate as he could. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Only two weeks since he had left, and it was already happening. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Someday the war would end, but it didn’t look to be happening tomorrow. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Thomas was filled with a queasy fear, disbelief that this was happening at all. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Like Miss Preston's, the building gives off the feeling that important learning is happening somewhere, somehow, someway. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

When there is more than one independent melodic line happening at the same time in a piece of music, we say that the music is contrapuntal. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

We answered a few more, and by the time we got near the end, something strange started happening to his voice. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

How can all these people be going about their lives totally oblivious to what’s been happening to mine? The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

"It's all happening twelve light-minutes away. That means it takes twenty-four minutes for them to get the answer to any question they ask. The whole launch is twelve minutes long. They're on their own." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ’member the minutes after Pap got knocked down as though I was watching it happening to someone else. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

All over the country, and in Europe, too, people waited for word as they tried to guess what was happening. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The revolution is always going to be happening. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Today, the banner advertises betting on a Warcross game happening inside. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Absolutely nothing is happening on the intercom screen. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“But now, see here, look what is happening,” she said, laughing, as if all her prayers had been answered. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something bad was happening in my head, man. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“He’s saying, I don't know where I am or what’s happening. Reassure me. Be kind to me. Tell me I’m safe.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The silence in the bar now was profound, and even customers in other parts of the inn had become aware that something was happening, and had come to the doorway to watch. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She senses when something is happening to me, and she moves quiedy around the apartment, making breakfast, cleaning up the place, or going out and leaving me to myself, without any questions. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the country that she came from, poised forever between the terror of war and the horror of peace, Worse Things kept happening. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Weston, not quite comprehending all that was happening, felt, rather than saw, Robbie brush past him, and came to a sudden bewildered halt. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Now that I've read your book, I am educated on what is happening in Bosnia. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Though something told him there was a better chance of Gaily bringing him flowers than of passing a day in the Glade with nothing strange happening. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

While this was happening, the boy had the time to reach up for his drum from the branch of the fruit tree. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“Sorry! There’s so much happening. Got caught up overhearing.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“I guess it would be a big deal if it was happening to you,” Imani replies, her voice hard. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Even a little squeal sounds loud in a library, and that brings four other students to see what's happening to the girl. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seeing what was happening had somehow made it worse, as if the rubber was fusing with her flesh. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

In my dealing with whites I was conscious of the entirety of my relations with them, and they were conscious only of what was happening at a given moment. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally Raleigh went to see what was happening. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

In some ways, he wanted to tell Minho about how he and Teresa could talk, to share what was happening before it made his brain explode. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Life Drawing is not what’s happening, Action Painting is, and for that you sure as hell don’t need to know how to draw. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I see it now but I didn’t see it when it was happening, when it mattered most. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

For that is really the best description of what was happening. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“What we have today, with the things that are happening in today’s society, is ...” She held my hand—we found each other’s hands through the like, the waterfall, and— .. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

These went round and round in his head, sometimes losing their proper order and happening backwards or by bits. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The suffrage movement, while having made great progress at the state level, badly needed a dramatic happening at the national level if it was to succeed. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

The woman with the sandwich didn’t seem upset or even particularly surprised at what was happening. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Reggie's own adoption of technology very much paralleled what was happening around the country, a phenomenon documented in a series of pioneering studies initiated by the Kaiser Family Foundation in 1999. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

In astonishment he asked her what was happening. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole plan was to limit oxygen and keep an explosion from happening. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew that if my father was hanging out with him, nothing good was happening. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But before I knew what was happening, we were headed out the door, down the hallway, and up the stairs. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Lelia cried easily, but back then in our early days I didn’t know and each time she wept I feared the worst, that it meant something catastrophic was happening between us, an irreversible damage. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is my chance to step back and stop whatever this is from happening. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“The Taliban came in and made gradual changes. When people finally woke up to what was happening and tried to stop them, the Taliban silenced them with threats and fear. Fear is the biggest factor.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Over the radio, with the pauses and the strains of the crowd noise, it was hard to tell exactly what was happening. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She dreaded this happening again to her mother and young brother, because of her this time. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

But the entire cafeteria, the conversation he was having with Luke and Annie, felt like they were happening to somebody else. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Cadence Sinclair Eastman had no memory of the events surrounding the fire, no memory of it ever happening. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

"The point is, Ricky will be so focused on what he's doing with his hands, that he won't worry about anything happening with his mouth. Understand?" When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

When lessons weren’t happening, the first floor was deadly silent. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The only thing happening was a lot of radioing between mission control and the astronauts. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Everything was happening too fast, and all wrong. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

If anyone looked out of their window now, even beady-eyed Mrs. Dursley, they wouldn’t be able to see anything that was happening down on the pavement. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

It’s the stuff of nightmares—and precisely what Gideon had said was happening. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

‘Then you’d best learn something, if you wish to understand what is happening. But not just now, and not from me: I have too many pressing things to think about.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He had no idea what was happening, or why she was suddenly pushing him away. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Augustus,” said he, “what is happening in the world outside these walls?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Many of the changes would prove to be permanent Brian had gained immensely in his ability to observe what was happening and react to it; that would last him all his life. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

You could leave the impression that unlikely things are happening at the same time: While Dopey sleeps late, he enjoys vigorous exercise. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before the official meeting begins, the women eat and sip tea, and catch each other up on the community happenings. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Did the relief officials realize what was happening? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped asking and let Jazz zone back into whatever was happening with whoever's baby's mother on the TV. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The more I thought about Big Ma getting that phone call, the more I regretted being in detention with Danny the K. I missed being in class where everything was happening. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“I just don’t know what’s happening to the clergy these days.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The event is happening tomorrow after our regular Sunday morning service. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Even after all the explanations, she still felt responsible for the whole mess, especially for what was happening to Mr. Larson. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

While we waited on a bench outside the motel office, I bought a copy of the Nashville Tennessean out of a metal box, just to see what was happening in the world. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

You didn’t want what was happening in Detroit to happen out here. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“No, you don’t understand,” I pleaded, unsure of what was happening. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

In those days, adults in the black community didn’t talk to their children about painful happenings. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered what was happening, there was so much noise and shouting going on and a radio was blaring. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I became less active in my play, and for the first time in my life I had to pause and think of what was happening to me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Walking down the street, you can't help but notice things that are happening. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“He told us about what’s happening to our people. It wasn’t easy to hear, and was he frantic, tried to leave right away, looking for this Isaac fellow.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

A prisoner on an errand saw him and stopped. as though he knew exactly what was happening. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

He tried not to imagine what was happening just below the attic floor: every single thing they owned—their furniture, Cleo’s toys, Mom’s cookbooks, Dad’s trumpet and all his music—being covered with water. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

Having something written, or printed, means that what you thought was happening really did happen. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It was as loud as a hundred car wrecks happening all at once, but no one, including me, even bothered to look in its direction. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

And it's worse because I'm starting to see what's happening to my life. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I need you to help at the bodega. Wake up your sisters and get dressed as fast as you can. “What’s happening at the bodega?” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

She never used to care that much about what was happening in the outside world. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“So you didn’t hear of anything odd happening?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Right away, the script had to reveal where the story was happening and who the characters were, providing enough details for the listener to form a mental picture. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Months in the wild had taught her the wisdom of sitting perfectly still until she found out what was happening. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because the aids virus’s penetration of the human species was still in its early stages, and the penetration was happening inexorably. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one can open the top of a head, peer inside, and see exactly what is happening inside another person. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She did not report happenings truthfully, but gave them color, excitement and dramatic twists. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything felt like it was happening in slow motion and that I wasn’t in my body, like the way I felt when the man pressed the knife against my throat. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

So when he heard Jack-Jack say his name, followed almost immediately by Petey’s loud wailing, he wasn’t sure what was happening. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“He’s the only person I wanted to talk to when all that was happening.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Or should they just sit tight and let this terrible thing happen the way terrible things had been happening now ever since the 1848 war, trusting that, like Amarante Cordova, they could somehow, miraculously, survive? The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Carolyn! Dr. King! And riots are happening every-where—all over the entire country!” they shouted as they ran down the hall and pounded on more dorm doors. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But Malfoy said nothing: He was still listening to whatever was happening below and seemed almost as paralyzed as Harry was. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

A very unusual combination of circumstances has so far saved the runs of the Northwest Miramichi from the destruction that was anticipated — a constellation of happenings that might not occur again in a century. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“You mean good people who you’ve known your whole life. People who don't follow every little thing Fidel says. Who actually have minds and question what is happening?” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Harry sat there staring at Snape as the lesson began, picturing horrific things happening to him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Not sure if I should leave, stay, or act as if nothing’s happening. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was all happening too quickly for Will to be frightened. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I understood what was probably happening, but I wasn’t ready to face it. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“I followed you here, though you didn’t see me. I have been waiting for you to come out into the open. What is happening?” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

To keep this from happening, she often made the long drive down to the Marshall Library. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It takes me a moment to realize what’s happening, but when I look over, Feathers is already reaching up to unfasten her visor. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The gods of Asgard heard the screech and the boom of the wings, and they went to the high walls to see what was happening. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Lancelot gave her his hand, and she stood up, and got out of the bath, and all the people outride began cheering, as though they knew exactly what was happening. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I could forget what was happening, and I could laugh again. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shadow particles knew what was happening and were sorrowful. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

His mom wasn’t blitzed enough to be blind to what was happening. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

There was nothing magical at all about the things outside the window in Mrs. Jacobs’s room, but it was still more interesting than the things happening in it. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Rishi was fairly sure he lacked the lexicon to put into words what was happening in his brain—and his body—right then. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Then she reached the summit, and saw what was happening. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He stayed there, staring at Pearl’s window, for what felt like hours, trying not to think about what was happening inside, but unable to look away. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Tap your foot to find the beat, and then notice how often important musical "events" are happening "in between" your foot-taps. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Instead of recording, I just tell him all about what’s happening in school and how everything is going. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Dr. Rush had no time for such silly notions, but he, too, sensed that something odd was happening. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

They had no chance at all to understand or anticipate what was happening. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t know what was happening with your uncle,” he says. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Papa turned around, saw what was happening, and shouted, “Hey! What are you doing?” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just didn’t know how to tell them what was happening. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I can see what’s happening, I can hear what’s being said to me, but I don’t have to pay any attention. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The children are awake, still in their pajamas, standing dumbfounded behind their mother, watching Mina and me and obviously trying to figure out what's happening. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He had no idea of the whereabouts of Ewell, who was supposed to be in command over there and who probably knew less of what was happening than Lee did. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think I understand what’s happening here. I’m not going to let them drive you off this job.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was old army cavalry, Kentucky-bom, raised in the Indian wars; he was slow, he was careful, but he sensed something happening, a breathless something in his chest. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

None of this would be happening if Hudson and I had just stayed friends. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

It was foolish to think some things were beyond happening, even being attracted to Negroes. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

News traveled as soldiers talked about the terrible things happening in Poland and elsewhere. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Time passed and my uncle paced and asked the guards what was happening. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I don’t want anything bad to be happening to Redemption, Jam said, pushing away tears before they could fall. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

It was grainy, black-and-white security-camera footage, but you could see what was happening plain as day. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“If this were happening to another student at Granger, would you ignore it?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t talked to Dad about what was happening with Charlie since Valentine’s Day. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

On the bus ride home from the doctor, the strangest thing was happening to Mariam. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

But thanks to what was happening, money no longer counted for anything. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

It is the same frenzy that must be happening on the streets. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

With one eye pressed against the straw weave of the basket, he could see a blurry, golden view of what was happening outside. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I skim through the text, which seems to be describing exactly what’s happening to me. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Then he must have turned down the TV and went to the window to see what was happening. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are no other bar mitzvahs happening at Chokecherry Middle School today. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I tell myself that this is a good distraction, because it keeps me from spiraling into thoughts of nasty things that may or may not be happening at school. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I'd barely slept all night, for thinking about everything that was happening. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

A want to find a monster, to think something bad could be happening to your friend? Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I try not to wonder what is happening to them, what could happen, but I surrender my imagination to its most terrifying conclusion. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Before I could stop him—before I even knew what was happening—Charlie charged across the room and clamped his hand around my throat. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

LeAlan: What are some of the things you think could have stopped that incident from happening? Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was pretty much the best thing Magdalys could imagine happening. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Perhaps they were afraid of what was happening but didn’t know how to express it; he wasn’t sure. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I knew there was not the slightest chance of that happening. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I was impressed, not enough to clap—really, I was just happy something unboring was finally happening—but definitely impressed enough to stop sorting seeds in my mouth until he was done. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Cap was new, and surely he had questions about everything that was happening to him. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Renee stretched her neck to see what was happening, and once she saw the mess, she just tightened her lips and shook her head. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Fresh waves of screams erupted from all directions as people saw what was happening. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I get into bed and lie still, but sleep is not happening. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It was no wonder, Ranofer thought disgustedly, that all his spying, and Heqet’s and the Ancient’s, had gained them nothing; everything was happening while they slept! The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

It feels strange to be in the center of all this beauty when so much ugliness has been happening. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

So that the day began with two extraordinary happenings. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

There’s something happening every day, but I’m too tired and lazy to write it all down. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It was then that he stopped being completely aware of what was happening. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“Frey? What has happened? You are angry. Or you are downcast. Something has happened. You have to tell me what is happening to you.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Besides,” she went on, her eyes twinkling, “some incredible things have been happening in the real estate market since the sixties. I just sold Garland for seventeen million dollars.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

They were talking about the lake at our development and about what might be happening to the koi. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sure,” he said, “I like to hear about what’s happening at day care.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was naked and she was on top of him before he even had a chance to process what was happening. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

An extraterrestrial civilization monitoring the radio emission from Earth and receiving such signals could not fail to conclude that something interesting had been happening here lately. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Phineas had one of those minds which could record what is happening in the background and do nothing about it because something else was preoccupying him. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It did not seem strange that they should be, for all his life he had felt that things had been happening to him that should have gone into them. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

These things that were happening that had never happened before...they weren’t accidents. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I know all this happened to my mom a long time ago, but it feels like it's all happening to me, for the first time, right now. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He thought: I was so distracted by my phone device that I wasn't aware what was happening in the car, and had no memory of it. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

They were standing at the rail, pointing and laughing at something happening on the well deck, one level below. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

There are Syrians who blame Kurds for the war, for rebel strikes on schools and hospitals, for lots of bad things happening all over Syria. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then just as the television cameras began rolling, with Beutel and Malcolm X talking, the telephone rang again and it was Life magazine reporter Marc Crawford to whom I whispered what was happening. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

As in all things, they did not appear especially surprised or emotional over what was happening. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I realized the magnitude of what was happening, and was glad to be moving to the U.S. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Now envision this kind of fertile back-and-forth happening in a hundred ways with a hundred cultures—the gifts from four centuries of intellectual exchange. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

From that vantage point, I couldn’t be seen, but I could still watch and hear a little of what was happening. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

‘I know. The Lord has given me leave. But, Beregond, if you can, do something to stop any dreadful thing happening.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

A great complexity of surface activity, but all happening as a result of the tick-tock of a simple pendulum. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Because they were on duty, the operators hadn’t heard the radio program and didn't know what was happening. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Even with their big, fancy house on the corner, those Darcy boys couldn’t care less about what’s happening on this block, much less this neighborhood. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She tried to follow its instructions, think about what was actually happening, but she hit a snag almost immediately. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

It seemed unbelievable to me that people would stand by while such awful things were happening. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Suddenly aware that his heart was beating fast, he felt a great need to know what was happening and what he had to do. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

He did not know whether the thing was really happening, or whether the effect was electrically produced; but his body was being wrenched out of shape, the joints were being slowly tom apart. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Annex: “Because we’ve already been through it all ourselves. First in Germany and then here. What do you think’s happening in Russia?” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

But a senior officer saw what was happening and came up to me. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When all the children were sitting and still and silent, all the more quiet because of their sense that something unusual was happening, the headmaster came in and everyone stood up. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Malcolm let go of the canoe and quickly picked up Lyra, and Alice, turning to see what was happening, said, “Oh, God, no.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Could the physical environment change what was happening inside the head? A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He was halfway across the street before I realized what was happening. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

They walked down through the levels of the city as if nothing was wrong, as if nothing interesting was happening. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I cringed, already knowing what was happening, but I had to look anyway. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

No one could imagine this happening in the president’s backyard. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And at the end you said, “It’s constant! It’s always happening! That’s why we don’t feel it!” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Ammu was incoherent with rage and disbelief at what was happening to her—at being locked away like the family lunatic in a medieval household. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The computer causes the dials and gauges to move just as they would if various things were happening to the real spacecraft. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had our outward lives, but now there was something inward happening, a baby growing, a tiny girl. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

For a third—things had been happening, all at once. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of it, the survivors on both sides drew up a treaty to prevent such destruction from ever happening again. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Not knowing what was happening, the rest of us followed her out. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It was past the time to start the game, but nothing was happening on the field. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trouble—the “Old World hatreds”— in other words, came not from the Nazis but from the Jews and their allies who dared to speak out against what was happening in Germany. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

"It's an autobiography. The story of my life, so far. There's lots still happening every day, so I'm just trying to keep up with...well, myself." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Strange things were happening in the pit of his stomach. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Whatever was happening inside her body, I was sure I couldn’t fix it. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ran out into the yard and saw what was happening. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Stop this, Calpurnia. How did you find out about her? And what is happening to your face? You look all blotchy.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“With so many incompetent people on the mountain,” Rob said with a frown one evening in late April, “I think it’s pretty unlikely that we’ll get through this season without something bad happening up high.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Even after finding Archer, she’d been so alone in this, muddling through the words, struggling to control the Vision, with no one to help her understand what was happening, what it meant. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

You could tell by the degree of intensity in the shout how bad a thing it was that was happening. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

This was the most important way he kept himself informed about the hundreds of things happening in the fledgling nation. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

“This has been happening every night since the riots began,” Mr. Ngwenya said bitterly, as he awakened the rest of his children, ranging in age from three to ten. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Do something productive to take your mind off of what’s happening. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are worse things happening in this world. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

If you can think of anything more terrifying than that happening to you in the middle of the night, then let’s hear about it. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Damnit, there must be something mighty crazy about both of us, Dana. I never heard of anything like this happening to anybody else.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

A couple of little kids—toddlers—run around, ignorant of what is happening. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“Mmhmm. Oh my god. I’m just—Arthur, I’m so proud of myself right now, you don’t even know. This is—like, this is actually happening. Are you ready?” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

One bird singing is bearable but not with the other sounds happening all at once. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

My parents, Garrett, and I gravitate outside as well, all of us standing, strangely, looking to one another for some kind of guidance, or at least validation that this is actually happening. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

To understand more clearly how the pollution of our world is happening, we must now look at another of the earth’s basic resources, the soil. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Whoa. Put away the big words, bro. I’m not trying to get militant. Not my style. But new things are happening out there. It’s exciting.” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have time for doctors or therapists; I needed to know what was happening with Diego. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

There was no way Anya could go home and do her normal chores when clearly something was happening in the village. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Before I know what is happening, my arms come up under his, and he falls into me, heaving hard into my neck, washing my skin with answerless tears. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He wanted to be included in whatever was happening. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I think about walking across the street, swinging the door open, and sneaking my mom out the laundromat's back door before these guys can even figure out what's happening. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Before he knew what was happening, Ricky improvised a hip throw and Luke landed on top of the flimsy coffee table, splintering the wood and glass. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“It’s all about stopping Voldemort, isn’t it? These dreadful things that are happening are all down to him...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I guess it’s pretty around here—everything looks like those paintings that are just scenery, with nothing actually happening. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

I worked with them, wondering what was happening to me. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could not believe it was actually happening. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

What if everything had changed, so slowly she hadn’t even felt it while it was happening? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I can't tell if it’s because of Dad being home, or because the citizenship test is finally happening. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

It's not like that, not when it's really happening. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was too drunk and too happy to see what was happening. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was frighteningly obvious now, with the population gathered, that something terrible was happening. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Even as I was falling in love—full throttle, intense, can’t-erase-that-goofy-smile love—I didn’t really register what was happening. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their words were becoming increasingly vile, fueled by whatever was happening directly in front of the school. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The people gathered around this glass jar all have auction paddles, and I realize that an auction is happening for it right now. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I wondered why teenagers do that sort of thing, but I’ve seen it happening in classes ever since I can remember. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But this was the year something unbelievable was happening on the basketball court. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

The lawyer suggested that Leila keep him apprised of anything happening in the case, such as it was. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I had no idea what was happening there. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, what I don’t get is why. Why this is happening to me.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“It’s an odd sign, no? Have you heard about anything unusual happening in the capital?” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

So we sat at the table and before I knew what was happening, Howard grabbed my right hand and Dwight grabbed my left and they all bowed their heads while Burl said the blessing. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

As they roared past the streetlamps, people emerged from their houses to see what was happening. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Like I had some kind of magical thing happening in me. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

"You never paid attention to what was happening right in front of you. Always had your head in the clouds." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I know how irrational that must seem, given what I saw happening around me; but until that evening I had thought I had a special immunity, that somehow the violence wouldn't touch me. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Some older girls were sitting off to the side watching the happenings listlessly. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Moss couldn’t see what was happening, so he asked his mother. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He understood what was happening here, if Chella and the girl did not. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Some older ones—especially those who’d started their training—would sigh quietly and leave the room when this sort of talk began, but for a long time we didn’t even notice this happening. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But because all this is happening in such a thin layer, it also leaves the tree terribly vulnerable to invasive organisms. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I feel her press tentatively on my chest— that old nervous habit of hers—to see if anything is happening there. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He pushed himself slowly toward the door, still groping awkwardly with his feelers, which he now learned to value for the first time, to check what was happening there. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just couldn't believe that any of this was happening. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

What my father had anticipated was now actually happening. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“What’s happening? I don’t understand — Tiara was fine after she ate that fruit. You didn’t see or hear anything strange, right?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The thing that struck Linton as he reviewed Strayer’s research was what was happening inside the brain. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Sometimes that desire would subside, and Taisin thought she might succeed in preventing her vision from happening, but then her feelings returned at the most unexpected moments. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

What’s happening today with technology, he argues, is comparable to what happened in the seventies with drugs. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

One morning as I was baby-sitting, and watching my mother go about cleaning the house, my suspicions about something that was happening to her reached a peak. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was happening now, and he couldn’t take it back. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Okay, I know we’re just talking about a few puny little owls, and I know everybody is crazy about Mother Paula’s pancakes, but what’s happening out there is just plain wrong. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Michael knew now what was happening to him. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

The old one, seeing what was happening, glared at the young soldier, but then turned back across the field, distracted, when the cow bleated again. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Before I know what’s happening, our fathers are shaking hands and talking politics. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Nothing good, I imagined, could be happening inside if so many locks had to be breached to go in or step out. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I intended to deliver the food this evening on my return, but now I can see that won’t be happening. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She might not even know what was happening. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The black Christians we “fished” to our Temple were conditioned, I found, by the very shock I could give them about what had been happening to them while they worshiped a blond, blue-eyed God. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then I felt down under my stomach the urge to go, and I understood what was happening. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Jane did not reply, for a curious thing was happening to her. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Now that the dig has produced something exciting, the publicity is going to start pouring out of here. It’s happening just the way I pictured it.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Our information on what was happening in and around Philadelphia comes from Washington’s reports, letters, and diaries and from family stories handed down generation to generation. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was happening all the time, unnoticed, and it was the thing that really mattered. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

What’s happening to my brother in prison while I stand in this joyful crowd? An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I’ve heard of it happening when the werewolf gets carried away.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Then after the step show, Sandra swore she knew about a small party that was happening that was going to be “totally low-key.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

As I went to my afternoon classes, I couldn’t help being very anxious about what was happening to Minnijean that caused such a jovial uproar. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Harry, what’s happening?” said Lupin, meeting him at the foot of the stairs. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

They could not see clearly what was happening at the front. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to the window. Maybe I can see what’s happening.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

People are getting hurt, and just because it’s not happening to you doesn’t mean it’s not happening. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It's a purely natural process happening at the atomic level. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to know what was happening in his head. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She felt like she had set him up for whatever was happening now. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“It’s easy. You barely know what’s happening when you’re under. It’s only when you resurface that you even know what you said. I went under when I was a kid. It’s pretty commonplace in Candor.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The changes in the drug trade, the population, and the economy are all long-term trends, happening all over the country. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know,” she said, shaking her head, “I don’t know what’s happening...I know it so well, but I can’t seem to see what it means...” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

And just like with those days, I had no idea why it was happening. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

For a moment I did not know what was happening. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want something bad happening to you, too.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The crowds along Charlottenburger Chaussee were so thick that people in the back rows had to use rented periscopes to see what was happening up front. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Pong couldn’t see much of what was happening, but he swore he spotted his friend’s silhouette standing at the gate. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He decided the public had a right to know what was happening with their president. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The driver was down in an instant, and the driver of the other cart, seeing what was happening, was running to the king, too, his sword drawn. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what was happening, nobody seemed to know, but I was not about to miss the action simply because I was a child. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they arrived at the arena, it looked deserted: no concert or game or circus happening today. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

When a girl acts cool like that in front of her friends you know something is probably happening. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

They went along the strip, and followed its imaginary line over the park and over the chase, keeping their eyes skinned for some miraculous happening. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What if, what if, what if. None of that even came close to happening.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment, she didn’t grasp what was happening. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

My furry friend didn’t seem to appreciate the enormity of what was happening inside the shed. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

This—being crushed inside the wave—lasted much longer, and it wasn’t happening in slow motion either. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The seats are narrow and jammed together on these commuter airplanes, and you notice everything that is happening inside the cabin. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Raymond reached up with his skinny arms and grabbed her by the neck tightly, as if that alone would keep the thing from happening. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

For the first time since that night when I sat in the back of Bo’s truck, watching the meteor shower, I feel like my life is happening. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He was letting me know that he’d pushed every button, but still nothing was happening. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

And I don’t know how it relates to what is happening in my school. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

It tells meteorologists what’s happening and can help them to understand the approaching weather systems and make predictions. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And when you were there, something bad was happening at home.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

While it is impossible to know exactly what was happening, it is clear that power was shifting within the palace at Alexandria. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Part of him was hurt, part ashamed, part relieved that the awkward conversation he had been dreading wouldn’t be happening. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Miss Cissy had her own theory about what was happening in her neighborhood. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

When I looked around me, fate seemed to be the only explanation for what was happening. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was writing from the privacy of my bedroom, using a secret identity, but thanks to the Internet, the story of what was happening in Swat was there for the whole world to see. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I had learned enough from the elders who had gathered in our village to realize what was happening. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

What is happening to me is my own fault, for not having more backbone. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

As Seabiscuit streaked past the three-quarter pole, several dockers saw what was happening and jammed their thumbs down on their stopwatches. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When a teacher asked why this was happening, he was struck brutally in the face. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

This was it happening, right now, right here. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

I hear the footsteps of kids running over to see what’s happening. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Harry Hawk, the only actor onstage when Booth made the leap, did not understand what was happening. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was to be hoped that I’d see something to help me understand what was happening. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t tell people what’s happening in this house,” he said. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

So I left before there was any possibility of that happening. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It is the color of a summer sky, with sparkles all over it like stars, and it looks like day and night are happening at the same time. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She had no idea what was happening or why Gigi was here right now. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A Jew had to read the Yiddish press now if he wished to know everything that was happening in Palestine. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

On the way out of the clinic, Lexie was having trouble processing what was happening to her, what had just happened to her. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I have a problem? You're the one acting so weird. A terrible thing is happening to me, and you don’t even care.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

A moment ago the man had been cheering wildly, not understanding what was happening. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This time, miraculously, I understood. I decoded their speech. I penetrated the words and understood what was happening inside.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We are going to have to let all the groups we invited to our events know that they won’t be happening anymore,” Mama adds. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

As I circle the island, searching for signs of bonobos, my heart races with a sense of all that’s past and all that’s happening now. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

At the moment the fire trucks arrived, though, and for quite a while afterward, no one knew what was happening. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I had the feeling of a boy who thinks of what is happening at a certain hour at the schoolhouse from which he has played truant. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

If you dropped a dime in the telescope and pointed it at Earth, perhaps you could see the big war happening there. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one knew what was happening, but somehow everyone now knew it was something bad. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what to call it, what was happening between us, but I liked it. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

If something happens literally, it actually happens; if something happens figuratively, it feels like it’s happening. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Both of them knew—in a way, it was never out of their minds—that what was now happening could not last long. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

But the bear’s attention was not human, and he could see what was happening, and he knew it was yet another extraordinary power at Will’s command. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

And you might be preventing it from happening again. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

This couldn't be happening right in front of us, especially not to Bucky. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“What’s been happening, Uncle Jack? What is the matter with Atticus? I think Hank and Aunty have lost their minds and I know I’m losing mine.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The emotions crash inside me like a carriage accident happening over and over again. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Nice to meet all of you. I just want to give you all an update on what’s happening and what’s ahead of us.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He needed to put her in a category of Strange as soon as possible so that he could disconnect from whatever was happening in the room. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“If you need a cott, that is. What be happening in there?” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

After our visit to Islamabad, where we also held a press con-ference to share our story so that people would know what was happening in Swat, we didn’t quite know where we would go next. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It was hard to make out what was happening, but the screams of the horses seemed loud even at this remove, and beneath them Catelyn heard the fainter clash of steel on steel. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I felt bad about what was happening, but was not as scared as these people, who had not experienced war before. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The Feeling was shifting inside me, and being touched while it was happening made it harder to interpret; interrupted its development somehow. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

President Woodrow Wilson sent a representative to the prison to find out what was happening. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

We talk as if none of this is happening, as if we can’t feel life pulse through all the spots where we’re touching. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

But nothing is happening: so far we are safe. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It feels like it all happened a really long time ago, but also like it’s happening right as you read it.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The class erupts, some laughing, most sighing in disbelief that this is actually happening. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

“This is happening fast, I know. But I really do want to help you. I can get you out of Faerie. Tonight.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She had no idea what was happening when she suggested one of my main hangouts, the bar of the La Marr-Cheri on the comer of 147th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I read that they are happening everywhere and how everything is so dangerous in the United States. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Can we imagine this happening while most black men landed decent jobs or trotted off to college? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He would follow his usual routine as though nothing were happening. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

August acted like this was the sort of normal behavior happening in every household in South Carolina. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man let out a long and heavy sigh, as if he’d been in this situation many times before and couldn’t believe it was happening again. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Some part of me still insisted this wasn’t happening. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Then in late June there was a sudden happening so important that it changed everything. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

‘Not happening,’ Frank said, though Leo noticed Zhang’s right eye was twitching. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

For all that was happening to him, his voice was strong and inviting, and his mind was vibrating with a million thoughts. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wondered vaguely if what was happening in there was causing him to become so oddly solemn and solitary. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

That, it seemed to me, was where something exciting and important was happening. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I could see him touching me, like I was watching a film of what was happening in the room, but I could hardly feel his hand at all. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It had been so busy in the clinic that Doha had no idea what was happening in town. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t believe this was happening, and he had not prepared himself for Javier and his mama to be in the same room. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“What do you think is happening”—I kiss him gently—“at the Obama party right now?” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to pretend it wasn’t happening. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Then everyone forgot about me and squealed as if the dance was happening tomorrow. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The cops were still sitting in their car and one of them called over an emergency guy to see what was happening. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

They liked to sit on the rocky hillsides, where they could look down and see what was happening below. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Things were happening around us, but nothing was happening between us. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

All I could do was hope the same was happening to him. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Furthermore, it was happening in the present, not in bygone days of fabled deeds. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

But she seemed calm, as if everything was happening the way it was supposed to happen. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Come on, we won’t even know it’s happening. You just have pretty dreams the whole time.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He had tried to be discreet, but it was all happening without him, without one decision; it was all in God’s hands. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s happening, and my whole body knows it. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

With all the scandals happening, the final between Team Phoenix Riders and Team Andromeda is already poised to be the most widely watched game in Warcross history. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

On their way, they met a friend of this man, who asked them what was happening. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Audrey’s car didn’t stand out, which was a boon to us, as were the Christmas Eve parties happening at a few of the Franklins’ neighbors houses. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

For once in his life, he was going to be the one who decided what was happening to him. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Was something happening to him that would happen to me three weeks later? Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How many of you have been watching on TV or reading about the school protests happening around the country?” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I mean, it’s not right, yet it’s still happening as we speak. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“But you know what happened to Fuchsia, and if that’s happening to Fuchsia then what’s happening to Crystal when no one’s around to see?” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“What is the big deal about this happening at night? The only thing different is that there’s no sunshine outside.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The third time I did this, I knew something was happening in the forest. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could never guess whether Suzanne knew unconsciously that something strange was happening in the cells of her body, that a silent hijacking was already under way. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She realized he must be feeling terrible shame— shame that he could not rescue himself, or Amari, or change any of what was happening to them. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hey, I know it sucks to see your friend go through that, but I just want to know what’s really happening up there. Why do you call it the Changing?” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Later, we found out this was happening all over the country. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s all happening so fast. I didn’t see it coming, and on the same day—all at once.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I must see what is happening, Mary explained. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, I realized what was happening and I screamed—I think I screamed. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

"It's happening. If I just lie here and do nothing it will happen." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“What on earth is happening?” somebody said close by. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

She didn't want this happening to her, not now, not here, not now, not now, not now, not now. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

‘Every night unpleasant things are happening in Baghdad,’ the Sultan said. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to be hit and not even realize what was happening. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hideo shows me other videos, of events all happening simultaneously around the world. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“What’s happening to Julius?” was his first question as soon as they were able to creep away to their favorite courtyard and be alone. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The thought of my dad planning some sort of hit was crazy, but I knew that's what was happening. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

When public trials were happening she had taken her place in the detachments ffom the Youth League who surrounded the courts from morning to night, chanting at intervals “Death to the traitors!” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

But—though this was one of the crimes that the accused in the great purges invariably confessed to—it was difficult to imagine any such thing actually happening. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Was Abuela right about something bad happening to him after all? Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

As usual, Dove was too wrapped in his own woes to think much of what was happening about him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted me to write about my gratitude for at least one big thing that was happening and describe how it affected my life. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“But I didn’t even know this was happening. Honey, I didn’t even realize you felt this way. About anyone.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then, sometimes, the day’s watch commander, a lieutenant, will step up and say a few words, often a rundown of notable happenings from the shifts before. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Think of this as a game, Jack. Above all else, do not take personally what is happening to you. Play the game right and you might outlast the Nazis.” Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t receive any memo about anything happening today,” he announced. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Too much was happening to me in one day. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He was holding my hand but staring at the man, chirping worriedly, wondering what was happening that was making me react like this. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I had been so caught up with the N’daa I overlooked what was happening with you. I should have been paying more attention to you when you were feeling down.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

They had no idea, I thought, what was really happening in the bushes in the entire country. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

If the chief had been alive to see all this happening he would have said that this was the right outcome. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

It was a frightening pain, because he could not see what was happening, and he had the feeling that some mortal injury was being done to him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He was then a young lieutenant new to combat, and his first thought was always to get on the radio and ask the troops in the field what was happening. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Blow- off does not seem to be happening. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He glared at Shawn as if to say, Whatever is happening here, it’s done. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

So instead we have made progress by finding partial theories that describe a limited range of happenings and by neglecting other effects or approximating them by certain numbers. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when all this commotion was happening, because people were yelling, a soldier came around the building. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Nobody was paying attention to what was happening in class—even most of the teachers were just letting the day run, so we could all get out of the building. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Somehow I’m afraid to stop because my flesh doesn’t seem to be burning and I know Cinna must be behind whatever is happening. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The isolation only worsened what the press had begun calling the “credibility gap”—the gap between what Johnson was telling the public and what the public believed was really happening in Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

There he stood motionless for a long time, managing to stay erect as if he were sleepwalking, still not understanding what was happening and tormented by the screams coming through the walls. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bad stuff never stops happening: it lives in its own dimension, replaying itself over and over. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted so much to reach through the bars and touch him, to press my fingers against his skin, because it seemed only by touch that I could be sure all this was actually happening. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t register what was happening at first. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She must have realized what was happening to me, or that something was. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

They all look so similar—dim lantern light, smoke and chaos, the occasional Skiz fight happening in a dark corner. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

When Safford stuck his head out the window to see what was happening, someone shouted the news that Lincoln had been shot. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I took my time shaving and dressing, and then I called Haldeman to find out what was happening.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

That won’t stop it happening tomorrow night and the night after. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

It felt as if she were watching something happening to other people, a surreal drama that had turned into a game of Murder in the Dark. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

He began to allude to what was happening, to that idea that something had happened. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I had to let Clancy in if it meant I could avoid the same thing happening in the future. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Jones looked out of the bedroom window, saw what was happening, hurriedly flung a few possessions into a carpet bag, and slipped out of the farm by another way. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

What was happening in Durham was part of a nationwide process of increasing dissatisfaction with the status quo and a growing willingness to do something about it. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Josef has crawled out of bed to see what is happening. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Lee can only guess at what’s happening—and he guesses wrong. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

He pored over her flowery script as she recounted the happenings of her life. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“I really didn’t even know that meetup was happening,” Arthur says. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“The girl’s going blue and purple all over! Even her hair is changing color! Violet, you’re turning violet, Violet! What is happening to you!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Was there something happening next door to where I lived that I did not know? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

With people being trucked into the ghetto every day, this was happening everywhere. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

A slow dread built up inside her as she began to make the obvious, logical and completely mistaken connections between the night’s happenings and the missing children. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure what was happening between us, but I didn’t want it to happen without me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Near the Gathering Hall steps, something unusual was happening. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

There’d been a time when he and his brother had shared everything with each other, but that was happening less and less lately. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I do not understand what is happening and long to go back home. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I never know what is happening. Not anymore.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Before it’s on top of us, Soheil quickly murmurs, “Friday. Dinner fast. Everyone here is in. This is happening.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“Isn’t there enough happening in the world that you shouldn’t have to go into the city for a baseball game?” he said. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

What reason could there be for this awful thing happening? The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Inside my heart, odd things are happening as well. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

While I was in a windowless room, unaware of what was happening in the outside world, the outside world knew exactly what had happened to me. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“It might also be helpful to figure out what’s happening in here.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Honey, something is happening and I need to document it. I love you and tell your nali ’adzqq that I said hi.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“It’s happening again now. There have been three attacks and no one seems to know who’s behind them. Who was it last time?” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

They could tell that something was happening such as they’d never seen before, and they couldn’t tell what it was. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She could have resisted any torture but what was happening to her dæmon now. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And yet nothing’s happening,” Z said, kneeling down next to Kaitlin, who had started to cough. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

You speak for us; take our stories and let them know what is happening here. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

First an invocation by a Negro preacher; then a woman spoke of what was happening to the children. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even with their diseased minds, the others in the house knew something extraordinary was happening. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

If I worked in the kitchen I could pretend none of this was happening. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Fifty thousand people at the Pentagon, Holling. Fifty thousand. Something big is happening, and it’s starting right now. Maybe it’s time to think about growing up.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

But something is different tonight, something is happening . . . the girls don’t disappear as usual when the cops show up. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I can see it happening in my head. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Ulbrickson needed one or the other of them to break through, if only to put him out of his misery, but it just wasn’t happening. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

This is the second day Dad and I have spent here, and already strange things are happening. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I could see that nothing really great was happening,” John recalled. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Though everyone was always afraid of what was happening outside of Chris’s building, that night me and Chris learned that maybe we oughta be scared of what goes on inside, too. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And, crucially, it showed in the fullest detail yet just what really may have been happening inside Reggie’s mind on the morning of September 22, 2006. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I didn't know what was happening, but I wanted it to end. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It felt like this was happening for the first time. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

It took quite a time for Grandpa Joe and Charlie to explain to everyone exactly what had been happening to them all day. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

It had its work cut out for it because there was a lot happening on our float. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Smiling and crying at the same time like her brain can’t make up its mind any more than Axel can make out what’s happening here. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

There are whispers about terrible things happening in Poland, about low-flying planes that shoot women and children, about German soldiers who machine-gun Poles and Jews over mass graves. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

It probably reminds them of what could be happening at home. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Dany looked away from the coupling, frightened when she realized what was happening, but a second warrior stepped forward, and a third, and soon there was no way to avert her eyes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

There were hundreds of stories of bizarre happenings, many of them similar. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Nothing’s happening here,” is what they say, and many of their conversations revolve around their plans for escape. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the widespread media coverage of the Moore suit, the Lacks family had no idea any of this was happening. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Multiplication and exponentiation in the complex plane became geometric ideas; you could actually see them happening. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I wanted to seize those gentlemen by their starched collars, shake them, and shout, couldn’t they see what was happening here? The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Indeed this tragic event may cause the white South to come to terms with its conscience.3 Dr. King was right, but that redemptive work wouldn’t start happening right away. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“No! That’s not what I meant! There are more important things happening!” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Something was happening to her which neither she nor he could control. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was this internal scream happening, a pull in every one of the tens of trillions of cells that had woven together to make me. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

This can’t be really happening after everything, but miraculously, it is. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“No, just...I have to help my mom. I like you, Kasim. But I have to focus....Too many things happening now.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Has everyone been beaten up while other kids videoed what was happening and posted it online instead of going to get help?” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She could see the calculations happening in his mind. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z