He felt Koffi's back pressed hard against his chest, her body shuddering against his as she tried not to make a sound. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It makes it hard to focus on my schoolwork—hard to do anything. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

His smile shines like moonlight, and the soft glow of the night-lanterns smoothes out the hard edges of his pale white face. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Here, sweat is a metaphor for hard work, but seldom its consequence. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Trotter watched us gobble down the pie, her own cheeks rising in little, hard apples. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I had planned to turn it down and offer my share to the girls, but the smell hit me in the stomach, so hard I couldn’t make words. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I squeezed it and tried as hard as I could to break it. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it is very hard to know the difference. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then things got harder, and the government social workers started coming by our house. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t blame him for wanting to celebrate. That was a hard job.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He shook her hard, speaking as loudly as he dared. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’m trying hard to pretend he isn’t here, but he’s pretending I’m the only one here. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it was hard to spot him because he blended in with the green leaves and twigs. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

It will be even harder with Mama sitting next to me. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to reconcile this August with the other one, and to be honest I don’t try very hard. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

It was hard to believe that we had passed our second hurdle already. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The atmosphere was so playful and lively that it was hard for us kids to understand why everyone was actually there. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I suppose you think you’re harder to get past than a pack of enchantments!” she stormed. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

But sometimes, through reluctance or obtuseness, they seemed to have a hard time figuring out which seat was theirs. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The deeper they traveled, the harder it became to stay focused. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I bit into a hard biscuit, hoping I had enough spit to soften it up. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“My dad taught me how to make a really hard snowball.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Cluny knew that he was succeeding with his scheme against the squirrel as more hard chestnuts pelted down. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

That would make it too hard to go to school. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would be hard to forget it, with all the reminders I am given. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Milkman struggled for a clear thought, so hard to come by in a dream: Perhaps this woman is Circe. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I clutch the hard drive to my chest, lean my head on Tobias’s shoulder, and try to sleep. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I fear for you two hotheads, mixing yourselves up with dangerous business. What if these men catch you spying on them? It would go hard with you.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

This morning after my hot shower with plenty of hard scrubbin’, I packed me up a bag. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But her sister Corn Woman worked hard all day sweating in the sun getting sore hands in the corn field. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Khrazz slashed at his arm and caught him, but the arakh could only chip the hard enamel before it met the steel below. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, when Ms. Laverne asks us to write in class, it’s hard for me. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

It was very hard for her to talk. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She hugged me, and the bags made it hard to hug her back, but if I dropped them I might wake someone. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t hard to get him to do things first. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ll have a hard time holding on to what we have now,” she lamented. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

And so we pressed on to Monson, over hard trail and more rivers, collecting bruises and scratches and insect bites that turned our backs into relief maps. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy’s fingertips tingled and her breath came fast and hard, but she pushed June’s thanks out of her mind and went to work. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The attic is filled with boxes and furniture packed so tightly it’s hard to move around. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I let him go,” Peach repeated, his voice gathering a hard edge to it, like he was a murderer and was admitting to the crime of the century. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I had to tell her the good about Sophie, but it was hard to nail down. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“No, no, no, it hard for me to do anything very well. That just my nature. I work hard, that what I do well.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Jobs were hard to come by, limited at least somewhat by the fact that managers at some of the big factories in Chicago regularly hired European immigrants over African American workers. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to sit in my bedroom and read like I always did. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

"No harder than taking a new name, if you know the way." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I ripped it off so hard, the chain’s clasp snapped. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Lancelot saw these things as clearly as the bold Guenever —and, as their relations gradually worsened, he was hard put to it to keep his mind. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s perfect!” he said, as if it was actually hard to do. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Most souls go that way, but there’s a smaller path, harder to find. The Door of Orpheus.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He said, “The men have done all they can do. Heth’s division is exhausted. Pender says he has had the hardest fighting of the war.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stepped to the plate, hit a hard grounder to the pitcher, who fumbled it for a moment then threw it to first. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

It was a hard red apple stamped out of tin. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d like to be outside with Petey in the rain, one of those warm summer rains that was just hard enough to drench you, but not hard enough to chase you indoors. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Be good, work hard, and reflect credit on our school.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I could go back uptown toward Central Park and try really hard to get Gilgamesh to join the fight. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I don't have to wonder too hard who has made this alliance. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to hear Spoony preach about how hard it is to be black, or my father preach about how young people lack pride and integrity, making us easy targets. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Well of course no one’s accusing me—” “Don’t argue so much,” his voice tried for a hard compromise, full of warning and yet striving to pass unnoticed by the others. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was lean, hard muscle, where Reek was loose, grey skin and brittle bones, a white-haired starveling. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It’s so far away—on the other side of the world—that I have a hard time imagining it. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She jams the brakes on so hard the whole chair jars. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

It's too hard to talk about Amma, so I say, "How are we ever going to find my grandparents? Cities are so full of people. Isn't it going to be impossible?" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Moving between sadness and anger this fast and hard would give him whiplash, but he couldn’t stop. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I feel as if I’ve been awake for days and running hard; my chest hurts, my muscles cramp as if they’re out of sugar. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He half expected Wylan wouldn’t follow, but he could hear the merchling behind him, breathing hard, a low whistle in his lungs as they pounded toward the next stack of barrels. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I hear something in her words that’s right, but it’s hard to believe her right now. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I turn left again, my chest burning because I'm running my hardest. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He wanted to believe she’d wake up one day and realize how hard he and the twins had been living. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I threw spitballs at him, which is even harder to do when you have your hands clasped over your head. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I didn’t feel too bad — if I’d been a real bonobo mother I would have struck him a whole lot harder. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was having a hard time keeping his cigarette balanced between his first and middle fingers. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was much harder to see what was going on from here. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Having to start over with new friends and new teachers and new classes at a new school in a new town is hard enough. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

But then, before I knew it was happening, he threw his arms around my chest and squeezed so hard that for a second I lost my breath. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

On Christmas morning, it was snowing hard—again. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Papa has a friend whose father used to beat him. So the man wanted to love his father, but it was hard because of the beatings. Papa says that’s how he feels about America.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“A D. How hard is it to spell a couple words?” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

But even if they’d had a heavy glass bottle, something hard to conk him over the head with, what then? The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“This thing with my grandmother hit me really hard.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Then he came back and looked hard at my arm for a minute, and then at Father. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When I found out I was pregnant, I wanted to abort. I wanted to finish college and start a career, and I thought a baby would derail my hard work.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I pick at it so hard it starts to bleed. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

If Marigold had learned anything that week, it was that trying hard and being a good person didn’t always mean that good things would happen to you. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He blinked hard to end this nightmare, to shake himself awake. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Though most of it came gushing out, it was the hardest thing I’ve ever written. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

As I shook it, something hard pressed into my palm. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Lightning cracked bright and hard, blinding after the darkness of the ship. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Turns out not using the number is harder than Jus anticipates, especially when he’s alone with nothing but memories of his homeboy. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

None of the roads had been plowed yet, but enough buses had come down Lee Avenue that it was packed hard and slick. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“No kidding! I guess we need to work a little harder, huh, Jak? Loo is a total disaster!” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He gave the tiller a hard push away from him and then pulled it back. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe I hadn’t really thought about a hard candy maybe being dangerous. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“This is going to be hard for all of us, but we’ll get through it, right?” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“Michael has had so many strikes against him, and has struggled so hard, you just want to see him succeed,” said Deborah Hargis, a social studies and history teacher at Permian. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there he stood, a boy in a goofy hard hat with a beat-up flashlight and a bunch of batteries he hadn’t even tested to see if they still had juice. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He caught the cat and—live on TV—he kicked it and stomped it and beat it to death with a sjambok, a hard leather whip. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“If you do, you’re an even bigger weenie because it’s harder to take a punch than to give one.” Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to say who is more terrified—certainly the only thing any of the animals have in mind is saving their own hides. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

"It was a green dream, so I knew it was true. A crow was trying to peck through the chains, but the stone was too hard and his beak could only chip at them." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Seconds later Harry’s feet slammed onto hard ground and he fell onto his hands and knees in the yard of the Burrow. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Officer X, instead of ignoring me as usual, gave me a cold, hard stare. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t hard to identify my handiwork of the prior workday: my staples were crooked, catching the wire in a haphazard but adequate way to hold it to the posts. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She could summon up those memories by trying really hard. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I laugh so hard that my belly hurts; tears come out of my eyes. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

No matter how hard you try you will never be able to grasp just how tiny, how spatially unassuming, is a proton. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

We didn’t hand him up gendy through the chopper doors, we pushed him as hard as we could. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I work hard all day, and I expect to come home and see something burning in here.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile as Charles worked hard, not only on his geology, but also on his ideas about the transmutation of species, the more he learned, the more skeptical he became about religion. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I went to my room and slammed the door as hard as I could. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

We learned it the hard way after he was gone. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She listened at the door but it was hard to hear what they said. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I guess now it just makes things harder.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

It wouldn’t be hard, he said, if Estraven would take a false name and hire out as a cook or farmhand, which would not be pleasant, perhaps, but certainly better than returning to Orgoreyn. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know, son. I wish I did. The country’s fallen on hard times, and that’s a fact.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

They didn’t dare laugh aloud but Francie laughed so hard inside that her ribs hurt. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It got harder when I finished the book and I couldn’t even visit Aibileen anymore. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“It’s hard to see out there. He’s probably lost his way. It’s raining pretty hard.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled the rope as hard as she could. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

One of the hardest things was knowing that these other people were risking their lives for you when they didn’t have to. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know you don’t mind getting up with him at night. But the lack of sleep is awfully hard for me.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

First there was the halter-breaking, and that was the hardest because it was the first thing. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

She held them up to the candlelight and they glittered, cold and hard. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through a skein of fog, the sun gleamed as hard and silver as a freshly minted leu. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Her hands slapped against the counter or tabletop good and hard. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the hardest bed I ever sat on. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

She elbows me hard enough to make me grunt. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

For the next several days, going to school and facing Miss Scalapino was harder than ever. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

How hard can it be to push in the door? Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

And hands are the hardest part of all. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was a Twelve now, and all Twelves would be working hard this year on the preparation related to their Assignments. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to storm and shuffle at the same time, let me tell you. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dirt was packed hard by the feet of those who had passed that way before. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was still crying furiously and finding it hard to breathe. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

The man in green swung at Joey and Joey ducked a little and used his right to hit the other guy so hard it sounded like somebody had slammed a melon with an ax. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

“I started to work hard to keep him alive,” she said. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

It could be beaten like copper, and polished like glass; and the Dwarves could make of it a metal, light and yet harder than tempered steel. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was hard to see the E at first, because it was surrounded by such a tangle of other lines, and because she was expecting it to be an E drawn with straight strokes. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t push him very hard, but he was kind of top- heavy. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Her heart was beating painfully hard and she could not trust herself to speak, even though she knew she had to. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Milo tried very hard to understand all the things he’d been told, and all the things he’d seen, and, as he spoke, one curious thing still bothered him. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

This giant ate no meat at all, though he was a holy terror when served a basket of roots, crunching onions and turnips and even raw hard neeps between his big square teeth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He felt it rise within him: that anger, that fury and rage that he tried so hard to control. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I was just hard to type the words. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Getting used to hard conditions is good for revolutionaries. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m constantly reminded of the meaning of hard work. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He just kept at it, torturing the soft body of the creature, pulling harder, stretching the tender thing as far as it would go. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

There had been short thaws when the wind blew warm and the snow softened and the air felt like spring, but always the clear hard cold had come again and the winter had returned. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I was trying hard not to face the notion growing inside me that I was no longer normal, no longer like my other friends. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because it’s fun. You’re small, but you look strong. Shouldn’t be too hard for you.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It’d been hard for all of them, but Ivy never once asked her sister how she was doing. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I will work hard to improve my mind and strengthen my body. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Him being a teacher too, when I was done I said, “My reading is getting better and better, but when I read out loud it’s harder.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard to figure out who was Uncle Jet. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It was no harder to attack up a mountain than on the level, I argued. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The beginning was hard, but we got through it. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I didn’t really know how to cook, but his recipe hadn’t seemed too hard. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

As I turned my head to see where the yell came from, a rock or bottle—something hard—slammed against my mouth. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Hubbard's hard body forced him backwards, Hubbard's shoe tips slashed at his ankles, knotty shoulders bumped up into his chin, and the bullet head ground into his eyes. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Breathing deeply and swallowing hard to govern the pain, Mrs. Coulter turned her tear-dashed eyes to Will and said calmly, “So, Master Will, what do you think we should do now?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Surratt’s place was hard to spot at night—the plain two-story structure was unpainted, and the dull wood boards reflected no moonlight. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were jammed so hard into the swing, there was no way to get moving. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

It must have been hard for Annette, but she watched us play for the next two hours without a break. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stomps down the hall and into her room, slamming the door so hard the windows shake. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Was it harder to die, or harder to be the one who survived? Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Its enormous shoulders heaved up and down like it was having a hard time breathing. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I turned to look at the trail the animals and snowmobiles were blazing toward us, when something hard slammed into me from behind, throwing me into the thick snow. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“He worked all right. And the hands would work hard for him—mostly without the cowhide. But sometimes he didn’t show much sense.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Naomi made a face like she was thinking hard. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Life on the Wall was said to be hard, but no doubt it was preferable to castration. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But with a monotone voice and that far-off look she’d taken on since Dad had left with the lost Council, it was hard to take in the message. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I try to shrug him off, but he grabs for my throat, fingers pressing hard enough to cut off my airflow. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

As she whispered, “thank you,” Carney fixed a rusty junked look on her and pinched her cheek hard. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the quiet that got to me, the fact that she was trying so hard to be kind. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

If I was going to work as hard as a mule, it might as well be for my own benefit. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was going through the hardest thing, also the greatest thing, for any human being to do; to accept that which is already within you, and around you. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I said, “I didn’t want to talk to Mrs. Alexander. It was Mrs. Alexander who—” But Father interrupted me and grabbed hold of my arm really hard. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard to think what to say. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Gym class meant boys yelling at her to run faster or throw the ball harder. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

She kept her head down and pushed harder on mine. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then I pinch my leg so hard that tears well up in my eyes, and I look up at Eric, sniffing. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The free companies, well mounted, could reach Yunkai in six days of hard riding, or eight at a more leisurely pace. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then she rubs her bottom lip hard and looks at my carpet. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I’m praying as hard as I can them police get here now. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Once, leaving mass, I was thinking so hard that I forgot my shoes, which because they were too tight, I had left under my pew. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gripped harder, my fingers digging into his skin. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Here,” said Mig, staring hard at him, “you forgot the bones. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

I grab Manchee by the collar and hit him hard across his back leg. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

She was having a hard time knowing how much Loo was in control of his actions, and how much he was just very, very young. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She fell fast and she fell hard, but what did that matter, since she would have gladly dropped a thousand feet onto a bed of nails if Westley had been waiting at the bottom. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

But—and this is one of the lessons I tried very hard to impart in Blink—it is easy to disrupt this gift. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“It’s hard to tell. Angel cries a lot too, but I don’t know how much of that is teenage girl stuff and how much is because Monique is all messed up.” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve had so many firsts at this hospital, it’s hard to count them all. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He was crying so hard he was shaking. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed to Ralph, as he and Helen tried to figure out what paying their full taxes would mean, that mistakes were harder to erase than he remembered. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reaffirmed that we aimed for hard military targets, not people. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been exactly one hundred days since Fred Gray had filed papers to start this lawsuit, and they had been one hundred hard days of walking and doing without and praying. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

It’s started to rain harder, the kind of lashing rain that stings when it hits your skin. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Yep. Figured it would be harder for anyone to shoot me if they saw how devastatingly attractive I was,” she says, arching an eyebrow. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He had probably been conditioned by years of hard work. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

For some reason the dust had struck that species almost as hard as it had the birds—of which almost none survived now. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Her voice was harder than Leo had ever heard. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

His squat, hard body pushed through the crowd with savage energy. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

One fist lanced delicately to get the range, and then the bitter-frozen work—a hard blow in the stomach, and Adam’s hands dropped; then four punches to the head. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But in that fraction of a second, past the hard glassiness of his brother’s eyes, he saw something else—a flicker. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She could not see his future, no matter how hard she concentrated. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

And I began to feel in the boys a curious, wary, bewildered despair, as though they were now settling in for the long, hard winter of life. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

She was trying to keep her voice level, but she was shaking so hard. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

As the engine bumped against the two cars, shaking them and making it hard to stand, Hannah managed to twist just enough to speak directly to the rabbi. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Your folks must have really worked hard," Sandy said. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

They camped in a dry gully bordered by a tangle of shrubs, and took shifts dozing on the hard rock ground and keeping watch. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I take a hit, and it makes me cough so hard my eyes water. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She nipped his finger, perhaps rather harder than she would ordinarily have done, but hooted softly in a reassuring sort of way all the same. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The woman on the bed was no more than a hard stratum of marble they had reached. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sadna shot her daughter a hard look and Pima fell silent. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Because it makes it hard to tell a story.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Icefalls glittered in the sun below them as a hard breeze buffeted their faces. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

"I heard your boy kicked him so hard, Steve cried blood." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“It was hard to believe what we were seeing, even when we were staring right at it. Was there really only one bomb?” he asked. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“It’s funny how it’s hardest to talk to the people you love the most.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“But not as hard as you might think.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She hit the ground hard and lay there as broken branches and pinecones and needles showered down on top of her. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was great because once I slowed way down and worked hard at the special-ed center, everything else seemed to speed up. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He banged a fist on the desk again, only this time it was hard. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Outside the rain was falling harder than ever. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Not hard enough to hurt, but hard enough to scare her. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“FYI, it’s hard to unbutton buttons when your hands are shaking,” I say, and even though it’s not a joke, we both laugh. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Ruth stood at my side and stared so hard, her thumb fell out of her mouth. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rashid swallowed hard as he spotted a man lying near a partially opened door at the other end of the hallway. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“You work too hard. One can't be up at all hours and expect not to be affected.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I kissed him on the mouth, I bit his lower lip as hard as I could; I could taste his blood in my mouth. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stop walking just long enough to bring my heel up, hard, between his legs. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was harder and harder for Papa to earn money as a farmer. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

If I weren’t laughing so hard, I’d try to help him. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

He had the long sleeves of his white shirt pushed up to his elbows, and his forearm was surprisingly hard and muscular beneath his light skin. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was hard to believe, but somehow now it made sense. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

He knew that it is often harder to write short than to write long. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sweats and breathes so hard I get tired looking at him. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He rains blows on the man’s arm pads in a blur of motion—the final punch lands so hard that the trainer stumbles backward and falls. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was grim and silent the whole visit, no matter how hard Sofía and her sisters tried to engage him in conversation. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

His answer to every problem, every setback, was “I will work harder!”—which he had adopted as his personal motto. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

It crawled up to my shoulder, adjusted its grip, then pulled harder. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

They thud against the wall, harder than I want them to. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I’m having to remind myself of that particular hard with each passing sunrise that takes us closer to them thieves and farther off from Possum Moan and the last time Cap’n Buck took a bath. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

The sand stings got worse, and it got harder and harder to walk, as if she were pushing into the wind on a particularly blustery day. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

To the non-artist, it seems hard to believe that this uncertainty, this need to take a chance, should be the essence of the artist’s work. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I said this, she starts shaking her head, shaking it really hard so I’m worried she’ll get dizzy. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think ...” I start, but it’s hard to get the words out. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I can even paint moving illusions now, which are tricky because you have to concentrate so hard to make the movements look natural. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The girl who rarely talks and, when she does, is very hard to understand. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to say which cost me more dearly: bleach, oranges, or water. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They try to come often, but the soldiers make them work harder, leaving no time to visit. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Malcolm was shivering so hard he thought he’d never be able to hold the box, but he managed to step into the drain, his back to the way out, and pull the box after him. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

That wasn’t hard now, was it? she thought. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“But I want to go, Father. And don’t forget, next year I’ll be going to college in Palo Alto. And that’s going away, isn’t it? Please let me go. I’ll work hard.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

So I hushed and Caddy got up and we went into the kitchen and turned the light on and Caddy took the kitchen soap and washed her mouth at the sink, hard. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a second that got me laughing so hard I almost forgot it was a sad day. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“No, me see King go. He not take belt or case. Search hard, we must find plenty quick.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It is Shayleen who stands looking long and hard at the cellar. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

My cheek slams against the hard, cold metal before I can grasp what is going on, and the voices and bodies blur around me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Actually, Anderson had to fight hard to win her place in American music history. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to know how many Hitler Youth were aware of the atrocities being committed in the concentration camps. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I hugged him so hard that for once I was the one who lifted him off his feet and almost cracked his ribs. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's a large, open space, full of hard metal, glass, and tiles. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When the second tore by I listened harder. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

It’s gone in a flash, but it’s hard to mistake me for anyone else when I’m wearing shorts. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“I’m a fan of hard work in all forms,” she said. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Aru squeezed her eyes shut and gripped Mini’s hand even harder. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Threw faster and swung harder than any players our crew had ever seen. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Flora had a hard time imagining what love would be doing standing in a bowl of soup and singing, but these were the kind of idiotic words her parents spoke. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Miyax stared hard at the regal black wolf, hoping to catch his eye. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just the same, it was a long, hard journey and could be risky unless she was extremely cautious. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

His return to hard labor, long hours, and skimpy meals at school made him almost insanely hungry. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

It’s pretty amazing that I can play “The Flight of the Bumblebee,” because you have to hit incredibly fast in parts, and that’s extremely hard for me, because I don’t really have wrists yet. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Captain of the Guard opened the doors reluctantly, the strong muscles of his back shifting as he pushed hard against the worn oak. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Ah . . .” He dropped his hands to his sides hard in frustration. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its very hard and Oliver went to bakers school for one year before he could learn how to be an assistint baker. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The wind was so loud that it was hard to tell. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mostly, I spent the day keeping my head down and trying not to think too hard about stuff, which I guess is kind of becoming my pattern. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He was company and what a hard time fitting him into family life! A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though we all now live in the newly liberated zone, after almost four years of living with secrets, it is hard to change. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I asked her to push me harder,” and she did. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“They do. But if some of them were willing to work hard and make compromises, they might not have ideal lives, but they could make ends meet.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

No matter how hard I try, I can never keep up in math class, and trying to learn Spanish will be even worse. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I struggle again, hard, and Max pushes me tight against the floor, muffling my noise with his neck. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

At first it was hard to keep track. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I had a big trout on the end of my line, and it was fighting hard. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

He stopped when he was about three yards away, and he stood there leaning on his stick and staring hard at James. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Must be hard finding a new job every time the kids get old enough for school.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It blew less hard, and for a while they went on fairly enough. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

They also told us how to interview for a job and how you should explain what a good person and hard worker you were. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned and ran down the wash as hard as he could. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Remember that getting to the summit is the easy part; it’s getting back down that’s hard.’ Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t thank me, Ibtihaj, until you win. Until then, your life is going to be harder than it’s ever been before.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I would eat mounds of it on my hard acorn pancakes, which I improved by adding hickory nuts. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her heart was beating so hard she could feel it in her throat. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Skinny Delivery Boy, do you have any idea how hard it is to collect a first edition like that?” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She thought it was the baroness’s voice, but it was hard to know. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Alex could feel Jordan’s hips flex as he pressed his feet into the floor, shoving his body harder and harder against Alex’s, mashing him against the side of the bus. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s hard to get close to her when all she does is yell at us or go to her room and cry,” Velia said defensively. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I just watched you die, she did not say, but she had a hard time pushing the image from her mind. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

"What are you doing?" she shouts, shoving me a little harder than I’m expecting. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

When I asked my mother if she knew where my jacket was, she put her hands on the back of a kitchen chair and held on hard. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I push my face into one of the shallow basins so hard, I nearly break my nose. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I’ve been working hard at the library, clearing out the room for Mama’s surprise, and she won’t even be here for my birthday! Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“Look, Brady,” he began, “I know it’s been hard. But it’s time to be gettin’ on. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He’s going down hard to the bottom of the sea and twon’t be seen again. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Amazingly, he was eventually hard against the right-hand door, without having found the wheel. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

A lot harder than the one I had with Sean last year. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

No matter how hard I pulled, Ben’s hand just limply followed along, like the beer was the string and his hand the puppet. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Her wet fists clenched and a hard look came on her face as the disappointment sunk in. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Throughout the years, Pittsburgh had welcomed all—anyone who wanted to work hard could come to the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

His mussed brown curls and full lips gave him an air of innocence, but his hazel eyes were as hard and wary as those of a meadow viper, his handsome face all sharp edges. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

After all his hard work, after all the time he had spent underground, there was no way forward. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I turn around and shake his shoulder hard. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

“What the—!” I drop the broom and act shocked, which isn’t hard because the crash was very loud and sent my heart racing. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then he’s going to think he got me to play hard by keeping me out the first half,” I said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The guards made sure they were hard to aim at. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

She holds it loosely, resting its end on the hard dirt. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

There were so many layers it was hard to figure out which piece to put on first. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

By now he’s laughing so hard, he can barely contain himself. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I give the outline a final brush with my palm and sit back on the hard ground. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I told her how hard I had tried to find names for them and how strange it was finding them carved in the bark of a sycamore tree. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to imagine my brave mother being so scared. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

And when my friends saw how hard I had to work to be a fencer, I know I earned their respect. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Sam grabs me with his giant hands, and shakes me even harder. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

His eyes sparkled in the sunlight, but the rest of his face was as hard as stone. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I am grateful you saved my life. But you did poke me kind of hard." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

And Turner, who found himself breathing hard, nodded. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

She fell hard, landing at the woman’s chained feet. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Malachy says,Ye, ye, and starts to giggle and I say,Ye, ye, and the twins say,Ye, ye, and we’re laughing so hard we can hardly eat our bread. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

"He seems to be working hard. He’s prepping the rover for a long trip and testing it. He plans to be there when Ares 4 lands." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

After that her other deceptions were harder to pull off. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Alby showed the slightest hint of a smile, a bare crack in his usually hard face. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

When he got to the door, he pushed against it hard—assuming his mom and Ricky were just asleep. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I’m reading her journal, and I guess I’m having a hard time figuring out how they even met, or why they joined Abnegation together.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Why do you think it’s been so hard to make a friend since Chocolate?” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

And no matter how hard I tried I still had a nagging feeling we were being watched. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Trying to control your own destiny. It’s not just hard; it’s impossible.” Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

I thought long and hard about this explanation, as I am always eager to expand my understanding of horticulture. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t hard to follow the original painter’s lines. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

They laugh so hard that no sound comes out. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She never notices how hard I try, how much I care, or that maybe I just need to be noticed every now and then. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She was invulnerable to praise, reason, and shame, which meant she couldn’t be coaxed or persuaded, and she was cunning, which made her hard to trick. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

My teeth dig into my lower lip so hard I wince. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Just before I heard the shattering crunch of the van folding around the truck bed, something hit me, hard, but not from the direction I was expecting. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He pushed her back onto Glover’s bed, kissed her hard, and tore off her tunic to let her breasts spill out. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“It must have been hard work getting this thing up here,” she said, patting the TV like she sometimes did me. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Breathing hard, he made his way across the room and fell heavily into an armchair, where he rummaged in his pocket for a cigarette. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It wasn't hard to imagine the refugees, huddled together with their meager belongings. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

They only paid four twenty-five an hour, and with all the casinos right across the river starting people at six twenty-five, well, it was hard to keep bodies behind the counter. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had to run the mile in PE today, so at first I worry I might stink, but then I realize Principal Trask is staring hard at my armband. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

"And all the other days," he says, patting me too hard between the shoulder blades. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

There he paused, breathing hard, his ears straining for any sound below. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Mike screamed and laughed so hard he couldn’t answer. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“There was nothing I could do. Not then. It’s too hard for me to explain. We don’t have the time to argue. You want to stop him or no?” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

If we are going to get the most out of art, we will have to learn how to look and think for ourselves in an intelligent way, which is perhaps the hardest task of all. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something with a name so hard to pronounce that people don't even try. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to resist her cute lisp, but Sandi says she has a better idea. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Then the first senior page was upon me, and I read every quote, stared hard at the baby pictures of all of these girls. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Snape gripped the back of a chair very hard and said, “How can you be sure?” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

They didn’t see how hard he was struggling just to stand. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

His jaw is hard, his shoulders are tense. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

How hard can it be to make something that looks like a pad? Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

But then when you’re friends because of who you were and not who you are, it’s hard not to find the common thread that stitches you together. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

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

Aaron laughed so hard that he just had to ease his body into Nia’s, leaning on her shoulder. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

A hard winter sunlight seeped through the clouds, and the north wind blew cold and fast. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I click out of the video and stare at the conversation with Angela, suddenly aware that I’m breathing hard. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The women were harder to figure out, but I could have opened a black market corner shop with the chocolate and cigarettes they slipped me. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to be a fully functioning Arthur when your heart lives in four envelopes. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He is breathing hard, and his panting is music. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did seem a bit sorry for hitting her leg so hard. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It was raining, hard, thunder snarling and rumbling and ripping through the sky. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think life is necessarily fair. But if you persevere, you can overcome adversity. It has to do with a person’s willingness to work hard, and I think it’s always been that way.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I tried to listen, but I had a hard time, because next to me Mother was getting more and more nervous. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hoped she couldn’t hear how hard my heart was beating. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

It was hard to think of anything but the cellar and what the men from the morgue were doing down there. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I know he’s known them forever, and it's none of my business, but it’s hard to see my boy hang out with dudes who are blatantly disrespectful to our people. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He pulled away, breathing hard, and leaned to kiss my throat. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

How hard was it to open your mouth and talk? Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

It was hard to imagine that the delicious sausages I’d had just the day before were encased in the small intestines of a pig. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Sometimes me and him would get to laughing so hard about something that we couldn't stop. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

It was hard to speak, but she forced out more words. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

His dad pushed him to study more and harder, but he wasn't the kind of prodigy who goes to college at eleven. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

It was hard to be frightened of something that was straining to pop out its head like a cartoon. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

After that Narciso turned to drink and lost everything, but he remained forever grateful to Ultima who worked so hard to try to save his young wife. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before he can fire, my knife hits him hard in the shoulder and he falls backward with a thud. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He turned his head to stare me straight in the eye, like he could read my thoughts if he only focused hard enough. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“Nonsense. We don’t own everything. And what we do own, why, we worked pretty darn hard for it.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then came another snag, more violent, and the two men were thrown hard against the rim of the basket. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And every year Kino refinished his canoe with the hard shell-like plaster by the secret method that had also come to him from his father. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hull had pushed his arm into Shawna even harder, had lifted her in the air, and Shawna was struggling to breathe. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I loved that about her and wished for the courage to express myself in the hard language she used. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Dany's hand, clenched hard around the reins, and she turned the silver's head. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Well, you weren’t trying very hard tonight,” Pita said. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Our teachers always told us, though, “God won’t give you marks if you don’t work hard. God showers us with his blessings, but he is honest as well.” Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Clover treated the hoof with poultices of herbs which she prepared by chewing them, and both she and Benjamin urged Boxer to work less hard. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

He pushed me hard right in front of the ref, but the ref didn’t blow the whistle. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

They never had to show their faces on the hard corners where the supply looked the demand in the eye. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I started hitting Mom on the shoulder, hard, and asking why she hadn’t told us. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re killing her!” the Sicilian screamed, shoving harder with the knife. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice lost all expression, became the hard mechanical voice of every day. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He whacked harder, but the head would not come off. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Look, pal,” he said, “I’m going to ask you to do some hard thinking and then you can go back to your boss.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

She ducks and I miss, so I decide to tackle her, but not too hard, because there isn’t all that much snow on the ground. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I must not have pinched the other one hard enough. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Docia pulled as hard as she could on Aunt Ruby’s corset strings, and then Aunt Docia hung on to the foot of the bed while Aunt Ruby pulled on hers. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He fell hard and rolled down the hill. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Papa swallowed hard and pulled up on the reins so that the wagon stopped. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We all want to get to the bottom of this, Starr. We appreciate your cooperation. I understand this is hard right now.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The "shell" of an atom isn’t some hard shiny casing, as illustrations sometimes encourage us to suppose, but simply the outermost of these fuzzy electron clouds. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

For me, the work could be hard, but was usually more boring than physically wearing. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Is there anyone who has been giving you a hard time lately?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“You’re right, Stella. He loves me. And these past few weeks without him have been harder than I could’ve imagined. I love him.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

An instant later, the hulls came slamming together again, so hard the deck seemed to jump. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Of course, it’s hard to separate real memories from the videos of me that Dad took on his camcorder. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

It was just escaping her as the answer to the question on the test had...except this was even harder, for she wasn’t exactly certain of the question she was trying to answer. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gripped it hard in both fists and rose to his feet, still staring. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

In her next stride Tally felt something hard connect with her shin, and pain shot up her leg. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

His voice grew hard when I remained standing. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Lucky Edward happened to be standing next to me,” I amended with a hard glance at the subject of my statement. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I am not a hard man, he thought, I have more to regret about my own son than he had about me. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

How many times had she told him he just had to study harder—or maybe open a book for once? I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

I mean, DuShawn Carter is laughing so hard he is pretty near busting a gut. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

My father always promises me things and never comes through, which has made it hard for Mom at times since she’s a single mother. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Now it was hard to hear on the castle walls, now it was gone from the castle walls. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

This is a hard way to make a hundred dollars, Colin thought. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Her mother would take these relatives into their home during hard times. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It’s not easy to push yourself out hard enough to get you going, but not so hard that you fall flat on your face. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

And then we’ll just lay there, still breathing crazy hard, laughing at each other’s wounds. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He was trying hard to give the article his full attention, but he couldn’t. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

April and Melanie looked hard at Toby, but he shook his head so hard his shaggy hair stood out like an umbrella. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it's like this wave sweeps over me, and my eyes get blurry, and I swallow hard. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"A hard journey, was it not?" a voice said. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I thanked all those in the ANC and the democratic movement who had worked so hard for so long. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kyle pretended to laugh, but deep down, he knew the truth: No matter how hard he tried, he would never be able to win every single game he played for the rest of his life. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Most Westerners, however, have a hard time telling any of these shaggy beasts apart and refer to all of them as yaks. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Her heart pounded harder with every second that passed as she stood there—waiting. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Some people thought that, except for a few boulders, it would be hard and flat—and they turned out to be right. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I told her I was, um, having a hard time making friends. And she just said you guys were really cool.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Blossoms of hard cracked blood decorated the mortal wounds that covered him like a rash, breast and groin and throat. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The older one got an even bigger smile on his face and waved real hard at everybody, die little shrunk-up version of him smiled and did the same thing. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was trying as hard as I could, and in the back of my mind was a growing sense of mortification. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

We had heard two hard things, Mr. Turner said. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s done, anyway. Now it’s time for a rest, Son. You’ve worked hard.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I know it’s hard to believe a man in a cage, but please. Can I just give you her number?” Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Belly flat on the girder, he watched the workers pick up their equipment and put on their hard hats. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“We’ve been trying very hard for a very long time. All I ever wanted for you kids was the stability I didn’t have growing up. I never wanted this to happen.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

This was probably why she had a hard time staying in touch with her friends. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It’s pretty hard to imagine an outraged populace protesting, “Whom do you think you’re messing with! Get your hands off our pronouns!” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s hard for me to make friends. Sometimes it’s hard to leave the house.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He was hard as a rock and it didn’t take long before the Jewish congregations figured him out and sent him on his way, so we traveled a lot when I was a young girl. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her heart was pounding so hard she could scarcely breathe. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I struggle to fight back my tears, swallowing hard against the lump in my throat but losing the battle. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Prohibition, gambling and their related vocations were so obviously practiced that it was hard for me to believe that they were against the law. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spinning, Arya drove the head of the axe hard between his legs. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

This year is a little harder than the previous. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They all knew about hard traveling, and hard work, too, apparently. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The big rock was hard to see against the black sky. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helmuth weighs this answer, tries hard to determine if reading a banned book could harm another person. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Roy got on his borrowed skateboard and pushed off hard with his right foot. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cords were “almost as hard as a piece of wire,” Burr wrote. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the kitchen the small bodies squirmed on the hard benches, and eyes strayed from the primers to gaze through the door at the forbidden sunshine. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

My father jumps so hard, he yanks me to the ground and I bump my head. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“It must be hard. I mean, I’m sad about it and I didn’t really know him.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Just as she did, William reached down and grabbed the donkey’s leg and yanked it as hard as he could. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

When he saw me, his gaze didn’t turn glassy and hard and cold. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Believe it or not, you will find this task incredibly hard. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Which is every time the wind blows hard.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He did not immediately open his eyes when he had finished his patrolling; he was listening hard, as though he might hear the door pop into existence. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

It’s just hard because Sam and Patrick are in the Grand Canyon. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

My heart beats so hard it marks each second for me, but the rest of me is numb. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

In her face there was nothing but patience, as she turned to him, and said: “I'm praying all the time. But I sure will pray extra hard this week if you want me to.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

One time when my mother complained about him being so hard to please about food, Papa said, “Hon, what if you’d had to eat a rat?” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

After dinner we go back to the dormitory, and it’s hard for me not to sprint, knowing that the rankings will be up when I get there. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Our peasants are hard and cunning when they bargain. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two instantly formed a tight bond: both were willing to work hard and make tough decisions to save wounded infantrymen. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Hazel’s alive. He’s been wounded—it’s hard to tell how badly—but he won’t die.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was the end of the hottest season, or the building of a storm, for we were coming into hurricane season, or maybe it was just because most people had worked hard all day. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gave up her dreams and took over hard realities in their place. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She calls Lena, who’s sobbing so hard I can hear her from across the room. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Saying goodbye to it this morning was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

This is placing a cold, hard stone at Axel’s feet and then stepping away to see if it explodes. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Those were the good days, when Blanca and I worked hard to invent new people. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Scythe Chomsky, the largest of them, stepped forward and, without warning, swung his fist, connecting with Rowan’s cheek so hard, he spun around, lost his footing, and fell to the dusty floor. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Eight minutes of hard X-rays being about as much as an egg can stand. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had worked so hard for a Jewish state, and that very work now kept him from seeing it. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

But Atom said it would be too hard to do. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

It's hard to believe—here it is, August, and we're walking ankle-deep in high mountain snow somewhere in Switzerland. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Alex found it hard not to stare at the terrible wound. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I write out the registration card, pressing down hard as he commands. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, the exhaustion produced by so much hard work was not enough to suppress his robust and sensual nature. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was shaking so hard that my teeth were chattering. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And to meet the attack, Kino was already making a hard skin for himself against the world. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ideas began and grew and afterwards it was hard to remember just how. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now was the time to have faith, of course, but it was hard. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Frisby kept running, and her face struck a cold, hard wall of metal. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I bust out laughing so hard that I spit my ginger ale into the seat in front of me. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

It’s the hardest thing I will ever have to do. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But it’s hard to push it when you’re in the water. I hope it’s not long to sunrise. I’m cold. Let’s get on.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the past I had tried my hardest to be understanding, going so far as to allow the conjugation of nouns and the use of such questionable words as whateverishly. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Inside was a hard brown block that had a design of six squares. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Malachy says, Why are you all black? and Uncle Pa Keating laughs and coughs so hard he has to ease himself with a cigarette. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to see the screen with the yellow stuff oozing from my eyes and Malachy has to tell me what’s happening. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Punctuation isn’t some subtle, arcane concept that’s hard to manage and that probably won’t make much of a difference one way or another. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was hard as iron, saying that her nuptial chamber should not be subjected to the stench of the sea-bottom that accompanied this penniless wretch. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He worked hard and saved every cent he could until he was able to bring Aunt Hinda, her husband, and the daughter since born to them to Kansas City. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

I had worked hard at memorizing it and felt confident. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Without the daily soaks and carving the totem, Cole found it harder to end each day with his mind clear and still. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The words fall like nails on the floor, hard, pointed. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

It had to be hard to see your mother in the hospital and thinking she was going to die. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

She came hard upon my heels and I scuttled into the back yard, running blindly in the dark, butting my head against the fence, the tree, bruising my toes on sticks of wood, still screaming. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, Shay. That’s not what I’m saying. I know it’s hard. All of this is hard. But don’t start thinking that.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

My mom is apologizing to me or to him, it’s hard to tell. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I laugh, too, and it makes pulling the rope even harder. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

There is ample evidence that South Korean society makes it hard for defectors to fit in. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

It would be much harder for her to fail than to succeed. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He lived hard because inside he was dying. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Her coat is decent and clean, her jeans are plain, her boots look new, and her face is hard, but safe—like a schoolteacher’s. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I punch you with me house hard, many time.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

On this warm June afternoon, she walked so fast and thought so hard, she didn’t even see the people going past her. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s hard. I’m not sure. It just seems right,” she answered. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I tried to relax; the chair was beautiful but hard. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know it’s hard to believe, knowing her now. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“That’s right, Mr. Hoover worked so hard at making sure every city has got one that it seems like it would be criminal to call them anything else.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

She lay on the hard, hot metal with Salvador and looked up at the queer canvas. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

But the hardest part is, I have to ask Aibileen, again, about what happened to Constantine. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

A dragon that will suck you into the fog so hard, you’ll never get out. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Dad’s way of making hard things seem easy, and complicated things seem simple. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Losing my grip on the saddle, I fell to my knees on the hard dirt. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I clench my hands as hard as I can and conclude that this would be impossible, especially considering Therese’s weakness. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

After the textbook thing he started trying to put a little in the bank for hard times. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

What they do is really hard, and I don’t think most folks get that. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

When they were finished, Brad started to cry really hard. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I swallow hard, trying to push the stinging tears down. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes and tried not to wince as she pressed hard against the cut. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

He's grateful to Michah for smuggling us, but it's still hard for him to push away the image of Michah and me together. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He happened to be an unusually bright child and his mother had worked hard with him at home on spelling and reading. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

It touched something round and hard and smooth: a green apple. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Tilly and I headed upriver just as it started to rain hard again. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He looked toward the corral for the mare and the cattle, but it was snowing too hard to see anything. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He brings the bottle down on the table so hard I’m afraid it will shatter. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Even when hard practices made me cry at Bannon’s, some other part of that session would make me break into laughter. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

To stand in the farm equipment warehouse, surrounded by a million links of paper chain, piled to the ceiling, is an emotional experience that’s hard to describe. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He had seen his sisters in the dream, Maya and Grace standing on the edge of the ocean, calling for him as the waves crashed harder onto the sand. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She breathed harder and he breathed with the same rhythm. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He lifts a hand to wave to me, his mouth pressed into a line that could be a smile if he was trying harder. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It’s so hard to act when you also feel terrified all the time. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The father, 6, was harder than the others but very just. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the end, religion was a great aid to both, but not a substitute for the lessons learned from hard experience. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, it was a hard time for her. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He looks at the metal roof and thinks long and hard. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“It was hard to lose the boy,” he said. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I clutched hard at my bicycle with one hand and clung to the side of the car with the other. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

If indicted murderers have a hard time getting meaningful representation, what are the odds that small-time drug dealers find themselves represented by a zealous advocate? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The meals were all watery potato soup and occasionally bread, hard and crusty. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's hard to do that when you are blabbing away. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

In the United States, it was hard to get hold of these telegraph code books, but William had a few. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Annabelle is crying, and rain is falling on her face, so it is hard to tell if it is her own imagination again, or if she truly sees something in the road ahead. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I step left, and my foot lands on something hard. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Ford laughs so hard he almost chokes on his food, and Mom gets mad. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“He worked hard, but he could never make enough to pay off his debt. My daddy was a good man but not real careful with what little money he got. He drank too much sometimes. . . .” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, what it meant was their parents were tight, hard up, squeezed, strapped. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Hiking with packs full of tents, water, food is much harder. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

His palm smacked hers so hard he knocked her off balance. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He clenched his right fist and brought it up blindly over his shoulder, as hard as he could. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It will be hard to let her go. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

People were trying not to crack up, but his voice made it so hard. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Whenever I see how sad and lonely TaShon is, it makes me doubt Mama Ya-Ya is right about him clinging hard to life. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

The whole town was filled with the hope and promise that the hard times were behind them. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

When I got to the door, I turned to him and waved good-bye, then ran back over and hugged him hard. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

‘Nico, I have to admit, the first day you were unconscious, I didn’t know what to think or feel. What you did was hard to watch . . . hard to process.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I was so frightened that it was hard for me to breathe. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a little hard to maneuver with her leg.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Well, there are so many saints, it’s hard to remember them all. All doing God’s work in different ways.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I had never had to work so hard or so tiringly to clear an Appalachian impediment, and this was just the first of a series. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

As with every Warcross world, the game gets harder the longer it goes on. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Images from my videos of her in action, pointing out sights from a rickshaw, telling me a story on the roof, and laughing so hard that we both gasped for air. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

She started shaking and biting her bottom lip hard enough to draw blood. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m on go,” Minny say, frowning like her chair gotten too hard to sit in. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

At one point, I tore open a bag of Jolly Ranchers I’d brought with me and popped a piece of green apple hard candy into my mouth. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Maybe another time,” she said, giving them a hard look. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

A woman whose flank and jaw glinted hard as salt when she knelt around a fire with other women; whose pale eyes were fixed on a distance where he couldn’t follow. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sleep came hard, even when Daario came back, so drunk that he could hardly stand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“You know we aren’t here to make life hard. We’re here to help you build coping skills so you can get back out there and attack life again.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden Deluca jabs me hard with his elbow. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

He clapped so hard that his hands hurt. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time they started on their way again the wind blew hard and spits of rain warned them of more to follow. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

“I had great expectations about how my life would go and then . Nicholas Nickleby! — you fell on hard times and were living in a real bleak house.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Because if I’m trying this hard to find my parents, it’s likely they’re trying equally hard to get through to us. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

My first day of school in the United States was very hard. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It’s hard because I don’t know who’s going to…you know…get me next. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Cities worked very hard to stay independent of one another, but the Pretty Committee was a global institution that made sure pretties were all more or less the same. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Should she have pushed the doctors harder for a clearer diagnosis? The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Those that were left worked longer, worked harder. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“People gave at first but now they are used to me....It is a hard world.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hit the paper ball back as hard as I can. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He knew it would be indescribably hard, would take all of his strength, but he thought there might be a chance. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

My heart thumped hard as my feet pounded into the muddy ground, and my arms pumped. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Missing people—and dogs—you love is hard. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Immediately, I knew it was gonna be much harder for me to say those same words to him. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Certainly it would have been hard for Dukakis ever to play well in this part of the country. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed the tiller over hard to the left. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas had a hard time wrapping his mind around the possibility. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The work was hard, yes, but now that she was grown, she could do the most backbreaking jobs without effort. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Throwing his arms out, Thomas flailed, reaching and grabbing to stop his plunge to the hard stone below. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Away from the hard floor and the lumpy cushions into that other place. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The papers were covered in swift, spidery handwriting, in black ink, which was hard to read; it seemed to be a sort of long argument about mathematics, all in French. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

It didn't look as hard as catching cats. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The wind blew even harder, sending a swirl of dust over the basin. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have to take deep, hard breaths to get enough air. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Running a farm is terrible hard work—plowing and hoeing and milking cows and such and being out in the fields all by yourself with nobody to talk to all day long. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found it hard to work out what to say because I was starting to get scared and confused. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ordinary Owsla—sentries—were not too hard to find, but officers were another matter and he had lost three in less than a month. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pain made it too hard to focus. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“You will kill him if you do that,” the greenwitch said, her tone low and hard. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

His sister, who was a hard, rather practical person, used to complain that there were too many scents at Manderley, they made her drunk. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Plum stopped crying as the black hard stools ricocheted onto the frozen ground. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Jonas swallowed hard, trying without success to imagine what such pain might be like, with no medication at all. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’m Abilene. I’m twelve years old and a hard worker,” I said, like I had a hundred other times in as many towns. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She tried hard to make me into something she could reasonably accept. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dodges the punch, but instead of trying again, I seize his arm as hard as I can and wrench it to the side. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Desire=DOOM, how hard is it to learn that? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was hard to hear what he was saying. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s kind of hard for me sometimes,” he went on. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Through his thin nightshirt, he was all heat and hard muscle. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

My finger squeezes the trigger, but not hard enough to fire. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Phony rules, which proliferate like urban legends and are just as hard to eradicate, are responsible for vast amounts of ham-fisted copyediting and smarty-pants one-upmanship. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I picked up a big, hard chunk of ice to get ready for Byron’s trick. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard to control the breathlessness of his voice, even for those two syllables. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

For the first time since Gram died, I laugh so hard my stomach hurts. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

We have come to learn not to doubt Ms. G. Dear Diary, I didn’t realize writing was so hard. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

And if she, Dede, thought long and hard about what was right and wrong, she would no doubt be an enemy of state as well. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even for men accustomed to a hard life in a terrifying ocean, they could hardly believe what Shackleton and his men had endured. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Her hands shook slightly and she swallowed hard to keep calm. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is even harder,” she said, and she wrote something on the next piece of paper and told me to read it out loud. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was easier after the first cut, but I went carefully, my shovel slicing through the sandy soil, for fear I would hit something too hard. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The next day Gogol sees his mother sitting in an angled bed, a plastic bracelet around her wrist, her stomach no longer as hard and round. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Far from blossoming, the economy of Midland-Odessa had fallen apart during the Reagan-Bush administration, and it was hard to think of any other single area of the country that had suffered as much. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of my mother I remember next to nothing, only hard eyes that seemed to float like relics in her forehead, and her voice, so queer and feathery. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came out soon in his black suit and his hard shiny shirt and collar. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Anya swallowed hard and pulled the ring out of her pocket. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

‘We have come at last to a hard choice,' he said. ‘Shall we rest by night, or shall we go on while our will and strength hold?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

But one day standing before the marble and golden magnificence they fell to talking about the former life, which had been so hard and yet so happy. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kate stopped glancing back and pressed on, hard, until she and Constance came to the stone wall. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

They crouched as close to the fire as they could, eating a supper of dried fruit and hard, round crackers that tasted, ingeniously, of cheese. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

No matter how hard I tried to convince them that I had not read the words in a book or that I could not remember having heard anyone say them, they would not believe me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

By now, the rain was coming down really hard. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I thought about her dealing with mine too, and how much harder it must be with two of us. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The boy’s arms and legs were trembling so hard, it seemed likely he’d fall over before Jorge laid a hand on him. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you know how hard it is to see someone you love in such a dark place?” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

His job was to take the shells off four dozen hard-boiled eggs, cut hard cheese into inch cubes and stick a toothpick in each cube, and slice big pickles lengthwise. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is so hard to live without you. I am so sick of missing you.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tilly was barking at my heels, and it was hard to hear. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Whether it’s the emotion of the moment or just plain nervousness, it’s hard to tell, but Mommy has never given a speech before. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I release my grip and shove him hard enough to make him fall to his knees. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Laurie and I are both so proud, it’s hard to beg pardon. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He swung harder, held the hatchet so it would hit a longer, sliding blow, and the black rock exploded in fire. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

She opened the side door to the auditorium, and we marched in behind her to what sounded like hard rain on a tin roof. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He swallowed hard and looked at her walk away. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“It was because I thought too much, lived too much in the mind. It was hard to make decisions. I felt immobilized.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He actually earned his money through hard work. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I had learned to be self-confident as a Marine, to believe that I could succeed even in the hardest battle. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The harder the men pushed, the harder he held back. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

A few feet away, Malik focuses on his phone a little too hard. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Reaching across the fence again, the Corporal turned Jonathan so hard that the boy stumbled. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

“So you and Denna ...” “Stanchion still gives me a hard time about chasing after a girl half my age.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Once an animal has been caught and tamed, it is very hard for it to go back to the wild. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone talked about Jackie, so it wasn’t hard for me to follow him. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It means he’s seriously injured, but beyond that it’s hard to say without more information,” her mom had said. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She said to him, “I’ll get your mother. I bet she hits harder.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Then there was a hard brown lozenge called the Tonsil Tickler. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Runs six fast, hard miles to Fremont and back. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

"See that you never forget it. The hard truths are the ones to hold tight. Fetch me my plate. Is it ham again? So be it. You look weary. Was your moonlight ride so tiring?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They were red and rough to show he worked hard, but not muscled enough to give them any dignity. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wouldn’t of been much trouble for Mama; all Grandpa ever wanted in the morning was four cups of coffee and some yeast bread, toasted hard and dipped in boiling water and then buttered. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The sun was bright and gave the day a hard reality as we climbed up the steps to the second floor. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s hard to be a woman,” she said, and poured Mary Lou a glass of milk in a Princess Pony glass. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

All the while I was working, it was hard to keep my mind off food. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dug in, lifted my knees high, and pumped as hard as I could to get back up the hill into campus, trying to put all the people from Fullbrook out of my mind. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Maya could hear her voice but not her words, which made it hard to tell if she was slurring or not. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

These were plants, they discovered, taller than they were, with stems as hard and thick as the walls of houses, and leaves that spread out over their heads. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Not so hard. Take her light, take her light.” Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard to estimate how much had fallen, but he guessed at least six inches, maybe more. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“You’ll never know how hard I worked in my own time to avoid doing jobs like this.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

There aren’t nearly enough bathrooms and the ones there are are hard to keep clean, get freezing in winter and are generally too far from the donors’ rooms. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard work, though—Hatsue and her sisters would do a lot of it in their lives—stoop labor performed in the direct sun. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

When he held them up to his face he saw that they were scratched and bruised—and the veins were swollen as though he had been grasping hard at something for a long time. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I take my fist and punch myself hard in the face. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Don’t take it so hard,” I told him. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

As the ambulance swings around a curve, Mami grabs my hand and squeezes hard. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

They blew the whistles and just before I lined up, Sister reached over and squeezed my shoulder so hard that I felt her fingers on my skin for ten minutes after I was inside. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Times weren’t as hard for him as they could be. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The absence of dirt and three weeks’ worth of hard travel had a noticeable effect on his smooth face. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It’s not hard to do since Morris loves to talk about his work. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night she lay upon her thin blanket on the hard ground, staring up at the great red comet. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Then he spread his wings, flapped hard, and took off—but after flying four feet he stopped with a snap and crashed to the ground again, shedding a flurry of black feathers and squawking loudly. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I took another drink of water, then lay down to sleep, not caring that the stone was cold and hard, or at least pretending not to care. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s kind of not fair for us to feel guilty for getting what we deserve. We work hard.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She grabs my stuff so hard my books fall on the floor. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Old fishermen with time on their hands built bonfires out of driftwood and warmed themselves while the sea made breaches in the hulls of ships that had come hard aground. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. Sometimes it’s like, I haven’t said anything for such a long time that it just gets too hard to start.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

So they saw that they had to plant more seedpod trees for the sake of the oil, but the pods were so hard that they seldom germinated. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

My lovely, tall mother with her pretty coil of hair and her hard, bitter mouth. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile at meets, my hard work in the gym was starting to pay off. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She peered down at him through bifocal glasses and handed him a hard plastic debit card. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

"One morning his skin went all greyish-yellow. Then it became hard and crackly, like the shell of a nut. By evening, the boy had turned to stone." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

I struck the first chord hard and waited as the sound of it began to fade without drawing a voice from the audience. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She plants the brown stuff in our nostrils and we sneeze so hard the women stop crying and laugh till they have to wipe their eyes with their shawls. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

It was a powerful point, made in an offhand way, but it hit Reggie hard. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

When I told Uri what had happened, he laughed so hard he fell into his bed. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

He still found it hard to believe that this ridiculous man could have created anything so sleek and powerful. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I looked at him carefully, but it was hard to tell if he’d just spoken with mischievous affection or else a kind of disgust. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chronicler swallowed hard and seemed to regain some of his composure. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The point of overlap was on that Christmas Day of 1989, when Nicolae Ceaujescu learned the hard way—with a bullet to the head—that his abortion ban had much deeper implications than he knew. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

A baseball bat could not have hit me harder than that smile did. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

To say goodbye to Mr. James Ito, that will be hard. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

There is a lump in my throat as hard as a pebble, smooth and obstinate. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned and saw Lily Andrews pushing her furious face into Harry’s, which only made Anton and Sully laugh even harder. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

She changes her voice with those last few words, as if she has a little bit of old-school hood hidden behind that hard face of hers. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

To listen to the coaches, it was hard to believe Permian had won the game, much less by a 35-7 score. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I find it hard to believe that they didn’t.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

As we bumped over the top, the smell hit me hard, like a wildly thrown pitch. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

It’s also hard because I try not to hold her hand while running the brush over each nail 3 times. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

"It's hard to believe in coincidence, but it's even harder to believe in anything else." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

They didn’t always like hard work, goodness knows, and sometimes they figured all kinds of ways to get out of it. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The hardest part was afterwards, when Nico and the six demigods from the Argo II met on the porch of the Big House. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Harry fought hard to keep his face straight. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“And sorry. This is hard, you know. I’m really going to miss Gramma.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

She feels transparent, as if the hard lines of her hulking form were disintegrating. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could see I was having a powerful hard time taking my eyes off the Preacher, so she pulled at my arm. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He swung harder, then lost his balance and fell into the sea. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s hard to tell with her,” Grace replied, reaching for one of her apple slices. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

My aunt was thrilled to hear about me and told Gay how she and Lorraine had tried hard to parent me when I was a baby. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The work wasn’t hard and she never complained about anything but my sewing. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I threw a wild overhead right at one of his cheek scars, but he caught my fist in his bare hand and squeezed so hard I thought he was gonna break all my stupid fingers. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Now I thought about how hard it must be to clean a whole house, dress up, and cook dinner when taking care of a newborn that needed constant attention. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“It ain’t hard to act crazy when you are crazy, CO,” he said. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The toothbrush's bristles feel firm but not hard. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Mom works so hard—going back to school, putting in extra hours. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I knew how hard it was for him to say what he’d just said. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could see Mrs Pratchett’s piggy little eyes staring hard at the face of each boy she passed. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now Helena is crying too hard to answer. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“To be contaminated by that atmosphere? It’ll be hard enough as it is, with the heritage she already has.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If a man works hard, the land will not be lazy.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“Because it would be too hard for you, if I were that . . . close?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

This was turning out to be one of the hardest things he’d ever done in his career as a veterinarian. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He named thieves and quoted statistics, working hard to relate what he knew of the far past and the near past to the present. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought hard, but I couldn’t come up with the answer. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“It is hard to choose a tent, you know, when there are so many.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

As the centrifugal force pushed them sideways, Jordan slid across the seat and slammed hard into Alex, ramming him into the side of the bus and smashing the cupcakes into the wall. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I was somewhat ashamed to have him see me, because working so hard I was dirty, hot, and sweaty. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

With a demand like that, and an ample supply, it was hard not to make money. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Turner went back to the oars, turned the bow toward shore—it wasn’t hard in the long swells—and tried to row in again. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I take a deep breath and even as I’m thinking about how hard it will be to explain everything, the words start spilling out of me. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Our coffee filters and a few hard golden kernels left as evidence of our sneakiness. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“A few weeks, maybe a month,” he said as he ran the wet cloth under his arms and the hard planes of his chest, water trickling down his torso. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The work will be hard and brutal, he might have added. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She raised her head and looked at me: her gaze hit me hard and sweet as a shot of morphine. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

At the top, I’m stuffing as hard as I can, while yelling, “Stop! Stop! Stop!” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Like if he looks hard enough, some squirrel will appear between the pine needles you can touch and the ones cast by pine shadows. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

One of them, Bobby Joe Shaw, bumped Valentine so hard she almost dropped her books. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to make out all his details in the night, but my imagination can fill in the gaps just fine. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It hit the ground harder than he meant, then bounced and skipped into Derek’s briefcase. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

The Rude boys suddenly forgot about the stuff they had to do, because they took their time and gave it their all, their knuckles almost as hard as their boots. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He ran a hand over his unshaven face, evidently thinking hard. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Alarmed, many of those countries began creating new systems that were much harder to crack. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, he understood: this was work, and it was hard, but they were equal to it, all of them. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t too hard to get Little Ann to loosen her hold. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

What a combination you are: soft heart and hard head. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

If students volunteered enough transgressions, punishments were usually a smack on the head and a warning to work harder. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“You seem like a hard worker. At my old school, I was the one who always ended up doing all the work.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said my name hard so I’d know not to push any further. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Billy rolled the finished rope on the floor under his foot to make it round and hard. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The realization hits me so hard and fast that I can barely breathe. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Just five and a half years of hard living. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Saturday, April 18, was a lovely day on which to watch a crew race, a hard day on which to row one. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Not even fifteen and already so independent—that’s a little hard for other people to understand. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Mami scrubs my shoulders and the nape of my neck so hard that it hurts. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

The crowd at the Plaza would most likely be dressed up, and I worried that she might feel out of place in an outfit most people associate with hard manual labor. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

This time, when we got to Malone, my dad came down immediately and hugged me so hard, I thought my shoulder bones would crack. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

But today the boy lifted his pet and buried his face in the fox’s white ruff, pressing hard. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Why is it so hard to have a disagreement with someone that doesn’t mean anything? Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She stood in the ice fortress, her fingers curled into fists, and gazed out the window—yes, this was real glass, hard and unyielding—at the landscape before her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Coins from other lands and cities were harder, especially those from far away. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

After the watchman slipped out, Johnny lay on Burt’s narrow cot and felt the hard revolver through the thin pillow. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He scrambled to the edge of the seat and held out his hands, hoping he could at least stop the bookcase from hitting his brother and sister quite so hard. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He pushed too hard, and she planted one hand beneath the water behind her to keep from falling over. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Is it hard having your nephew on the team?” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

He squirmed and whined, but I only squeezed harder. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

And then I saw the curtains blowing wildly, and outside rain was falling harder, causing everyone to scurry and shout. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was trying hard to make them understand when I heard someone coming. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You said it’s harder if there are loads of them,” said Harry. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Maybe he was working too hard,” said Rose- water. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not hard to guess why no one else has chosen to sit here. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“I do. And I don’t. You would think it would make things easier, but it actually makes them harder.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He heard the slamming of cabinet doors, the tapping of shoes on hard tile, the whir of a ceiling fan. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

His uncle’s green eyes, which had been as hard as jewels, suddenly went wide. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

People think it’s such a hard read, but it’s really just a soap opera with lots of characters, people falling in love, fighting for love, dying for love. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He grabbed a large wrench and swung it as hard as he could, trying to crack open Gong’s skull. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He finally pulled so hard I felt my thumb snap and separate to go with him. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

However created, the conventional wisdom can be hard to budge. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

White teeth red apple hard juice deep bite. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I shrugged, my heart beating so hard, I was sure they could see it through my sweater. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maddie sighed so hard I felt my hair move a little. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She swings it hard through the air, like a bat. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Well, I wouldn’t mind if she tried a little harder to please people, actually,” said Brooke. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“And they say it’s too hard to meet a nice guy,” Javi said. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Robbie was biting his lip, obviously trying very hard not to talk. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Jonathan’s mouth felt hard and dry, his tongue thick. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

It had been hard to abandon it, but Jon was not so lost to honor as to take it with him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I don’t see her; it’s hard to see anyone who isn’t in the column closest to me. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The word comes out all scrunched up like it was hard to get out. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

When Bridge got to the light board at the back of the auditorium, breathing hard, Mr. Partridge was standing in front of it, scowling at the cue sheet. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The second mortar hit hard, cracks splintering through the rock of the wall. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t understand why Bunny had said he was hard to live with. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then in the Clarkston area of Washington the insects became refractory — they were harder to kill than in the orchards of the Wenatchee and Yakima valleys and elsewhere. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

A few trees twisted out of the side of the hill with leaves as hard as thorns. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Turner was sitting in a front pew as hard as Jacob’s pillow, and he shifted now and again to let another part of him take his weight. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

But when Emma mentioned Miss Wren to the girl, she gave us a hard stare and her snake hissed and showed its fangs, and we moved on. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The fish was pulling so hard that the little boat was plowing and lurching through the waves. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The air in the car gets soupy, and Scoob can tell the question is hitting Dad harder than Scoob realized it would. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

If his first-pitch fastball is where I want it—low and over the outside corner of the plate—I’m swinging hard, making contact, and driving the ball. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I have been working hard in school and in the gym to be ready for football at the college level. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I hear that hard line in her voice, the same one she gets around new men in the neighborhood, the one that says, Hurt my child and I’ll kill you. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Her soft face turned hard and glasslike, as if it could break into pieces if something hit it. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

My jaw aches from clenching it so hard. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

My heart starts beating fast, making it hard to breathe and speak at the same time. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to keep it on my face. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Jimmy took a broom handle and smacked one of the cats hard, skidding it halfway across the yard. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I always had a terribly hard time trying to imagine people in bed together. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Their personal papers were even harder to collate. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Eventually, however, Morgan had become convinced by Bateson’s evidence; it was hard to argue against “Mendel’s bulldog,” who came armed with charts of data. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t want him to know how hard it is without him here. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

She strode up to it as if she were coming to collect the rent and knocked hard, twice. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, the sky darkened, and it rained harder. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

And while he said what he was saying, Brian Boss turned to look at me, and Joseph brought his right knee up as hard as he could. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

In fact, if I messed up, I was much harder on myself than she ever was. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I know that as soon as he says it, but a laugh rises in my throat anyway, and I let it out because it’s harder to keep it in. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I gasped as if I’d been punched hard in the stomach. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was in a bad mood because the floor was hard. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She shook some more, then he saw her grip the steering wheel even harder. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

"It's a hard morsel for him to swallow. But even harder for Julian. They'll never let him go on performing." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“There have to be some hard ones to separate the men from the boys—apologies to Mrs. Stenson there.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I told him I was studying hard because I wanted to become either a veterinarian or a geologist specializing in the Miocene period, when the mountains out west were formed. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I feverishly resumed hauling on the starter cord, one hard pull after another. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Which is pretty hard to do when you have lungs that barely work. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

It’s hard enough to formulate a thought that is interesting and true. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Aru still didn’t like it when her mom went away, but now they both tried harder to enjoy the time that they did have together. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

"Ivy," I whisper hard, hoping it will somehow travel all the way inside. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Her sofa buddy kept her from stumbling too hard into the nightstand. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“I know the holiday show was hard. Maybe a birthday party will be easier.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

But nothing was badly damaged, and the camaradas continued to work hard. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

The little creatures were cunning and hard to catch, but their meat was tender and rank. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I've been doing my best to be brave since I saw my mom being taken away, but the truth is being brave is hard. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Oh, he’s just been giving me a hard time. Never mind.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

One measure of his exhaustion was the fact that the contorted syntax he usually worked so hard to suppress had now resurfaced. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The hard expression she wore a moment ago melts away, and she touches my shoulders, lightly. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

"Now, take this rock and hit me hard here on the jaw. I'm gonna lie down right over here. Okay, hit me." March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Sounder was jumping at the wagon and hard to hit,” the boy’s mother said. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look how they’re arranged. It’s hard to see because the place is a shambles, but it looks like they were growing in rows. Like someone planted them.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

That’s why, even though I liked being, bad all the time, I tried hard to be good. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard to know what to say in this kind of situation. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

It was hard to summon the will to speak, to recall the words she had practiced so assiduously. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“He still has a fever,” Papa said pensively, “His stomach feels hard. Maybe it’s something he ate. If he doesn’t get better soon, we’ll have to take him to the hospital.” The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

This meant the regular household staff had to work twice as hard, and nearly twice as long. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“That’s none of your business, Sergeant McShane. You can see that I work hard and we don’t need anything from nobody.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

With their sonarlike senses, the brothers had discovered a low wall of reinforced concrete—it had sounded hard—and pulled Melina behind it just as the bomb exploded. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

But the explanation, once they had stumbled to the banks of the stream, came hard. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ladies and gentlemen,” the Old-Green-Grasshopper said, trying very hard to keep the fear and disappointment out of his voice, “I am afraid that we find ourselves in a rather awkward situation.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

At least I know what to expect—hard mattresses, rough sheets, strict matrons. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

So I jump, hitting the ground hard and stumbling forward a few steps before I regain my balance. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The desks were in a half circle facing the chalkboard, so I chose the desk in the middle toward the back, which I thought would make it harder for anyone to stare at me. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

And Jon thought, “Ice,” she said, “and daggers in the dark. Blood frozen red and hard, and naked steel.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Ever since Father smacked her over the owl, she’s been trying twice as hard to win him back over. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rolled up his sleeves, as if chess were hard, physical work. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled him back hard, and he fell on top of my legs on the grass. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

No matter how hard I tried, I wasn’t ever going to be a perfect speller. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Nydia stepped forward, swung her shovel hard, and caught it smack in the chest with a dull thud. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Look, Ben, I know you didn’t agree with it, but as hard as it is, I’m glad I stayed. I truly am.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

When I get to class, I settle into my seat, breathing hard like I just finished a race. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Poor, poor, Jude. It’s so hard to overcome so many disadvantages.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And that the arms that held the flags and banners were knotted and hard. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My breaths were hard and fast, and my stomach was starting to feel sick. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“It wasn’t so hard recognizing me, was it? Even without names.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Our house was not very big, but it was hard to eavesdrop from behind a closed door. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The higher I climbed, the harder the wind tried to take me, the sharper the rain against my face. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He put a finger in his other ear, listening hard. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

There’s something painfully hard in Alex’s throat, but he pushes past it. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The Po-2s were hard to see in the dark as they bumbled along, and the German fighters couldn’t fly slowly enough to get an easy shot at them. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

As he leaned up against a merlon, breathing hard, Theon could hear the shouting from below, where Frenya was fighting half a dozen guardsmen in the snow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They had a nice flavor, though they were small, hard and quite sour. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Presently Sam appeared, trotting quickly and breathing hard; his heavy pack was hoisted high on his shoulders, and he had put on his head a tall shapeless felt bag, which he called a hat. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Her voice had taken on some of the hard edge of Pima and Nailer’s own inflections. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

If he ain’t got sense enough to eat it, dat’s his hard luck.” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“That’s why it hurts so much, to lose to someone you know hasn’t worked as hard as you,” he said as he closed his eyes and tried to fight back the tears. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ash shifted uncomfortably on the hard wooden seat, and as she pulled back the hood of her cloak to look up at the blue sky, she heard hunting horns in the distance. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

His face was deathly pale, and the lines of it were hard like drawn wires; the thick eyebrows that met over the nose now seemed like a heaving bar of white-hot metal. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

What she can do, I think, is go to Henek and kick him as hard as she can. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

It was something that day, so strange, too hard to be liquid, too cold for the second Thursday of September. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The petrified Muggle-borns brought in for questioning sat huddled and shivering on hard wooden benches. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I swallow hard as I start to coil the hose, thinking about how to explain Lolo, or even if I should say anything. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“My present thought is that their virtuous army will give them a government in time in spite of all their conventions but of what nature it will be, it is hard to say.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

My tribe’s migration came amid the time of European colonialism, and life was violent and turbulent across the region, as Africans were seized as slaves and forced into hard labor. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

But, hard as she wished, hard as she tried, she was only a girl. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I was wondering about that, wondering why it was that feeling good made it so hard to breathe, when my phone buzzed again. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

But it wasn’t so hard to find where the hippie lived, after all. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

My hands were shaking so bad that it was hard to fold the letters into their envelopes. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’d fry it in meal and egg batter, you know, and when it was all brown and crisp—not hard, though—we’d break open that cold beer. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were handsome little things, although rather hard to see without putting on your spectacles. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Her wrist was wrenched so hard she could hear the bones snap. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard enough to say all of this. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I did say that these three black girls were giving me a hard time because we were so poor. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Resilient means the ability to withstand or recover quickly from difficulties. It doesn’t mean things aren’t hard. It doesn’t mean we aren’t hurt. It just means we keep going. We keep living. We keep trying.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Which means my husband couldn’t possibly have been the arsonist,” Mom said, “unless you’d care to demonstrate how a person with all ten fingers sealed in hard plaster would go about striking a match.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I push my fists harder into the dirt. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The cyclotron’s celebrity as a technological phenomenon fed on itself, fueling its inventor’s preference for engineering and salesmanship over the tedious drudgery of hard science. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

It is hard to take orders from a man you laughed at in your cups, Will reflected as he sat shivering atop his gar- ron. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I began working even harder at my game because a few youngsters in Alexandra saw me as someone worth emulating. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have worked for my food,” I said, “harder than anyone.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Some of them were drinking from canteens, or chewing on hard loaves of bread. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The same wind that blowed so hard the sun came up late and Sunday didn’t get here until late Tuesday evening?” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Mom nodded and she and Willow started laughing and soon everyone at the table was cracking up so hard that tears ran down our faces. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But how hard your mind must have worked and how you endangered yourself to the extreme point where vertigo is inevitable.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Baby, I know it’s hard,” Moms said, handing me the plate. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The trick was they had to hide their superpowers, which is hard when you are so awesome at baseball. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Olivia called late last night: I know this is a hard day. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The snow was packed hard and smooth by the hay- sleds and wood-sledges and the logs that were hauled down the mountain. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The story over, the demands of their own hard, rough lives began to re-assert themselves in their hearts, in their nerves, their blood and appetites. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Father looked at Mama hard for talking back to him. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, it’s so hard to explain over the phone. It will cause so much commotion.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sachems, given more power and more to defend, pushed against each other harder. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Her face is calm at the moment, her chin lifted high, her breasts and chin and belly jiggling as her feet hit the hard ground. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard to tell who rode them in all that brightness, but it seemed the riders weren’t adults, but children like him. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, Arkush writes, Chinese proverbs are striking in their belief that “hard work, shrewd planning and self-reliance or cooperation with a small group will in time bring recompense.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

When we finally got up to the table, she introduced us as Speticia and Larrow and we both laughed so hard we had tears in our eyes. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The father reached over the seat again, and after saying something to his son in a soft voice that didn’t match his hard lie-scent, he grasped the fox by the scruff of the neck. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

And Alex apparently hasn’t been biting his tongue hard enough, because he blurts out, “We could still do that.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

My handstand would have lasted longer if Irene hadn’t poked at my belly button, hard. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

I was beginning to believe that the long hard fight was over, that finally this American way of life was going to pay off. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But before I could step in and say any of that, Hannah said, “Sometimes the friendships we make when we’re little can be hard to see honestly.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Although some readers found it hard to get through—especially if they couldn’t buy his argument. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shout, trying not to touch my face too hard. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

It turned into something hard, like a pebble. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

“Ben, getting you a date to prom is so hard that the American government believes the problem cannot be solved with diplomacy, but will instead require force.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I think of pressing a gun to his head and threatening his life, and swallow hard. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

A time when motivation wasn’t so hard to come by? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Lashing my right hand is much harder, so hard it brings tears to my eyes, but I finally manage to pull the knot tight with my teeth. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Still, it was hard to find any real emotion. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was not in terrific shape myself and had a hard time hauling him up the stairs. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

"I'm willing to work hard so I can get ahead." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I gave the shoe one more hard tug and it popped loose from a frilly white sock. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think back to what she said when she was doing my makeup, about it being hard to make friends at her new school. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“We’ve tried hard, Lord knows. But Ishmael here, my boy Ishmael here—he’s a match, easily, for two lads, for three! We have high hopes for him.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Every few minutes, I am bounced off the floor so hard that I wonder if this truck has run over a small car. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I get out of bed, go to the window, kneel on the window seat, the hard little cushion, faith, and look out. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

All through that first hard year, gifts had arrived, of produce that the Ashidas had not yet planted—baskets of asparagus, lettuce. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Embarrassed for a quite unimportant reason—because my hand was hard from working and his were soft, from wearing those plastic gloves so long, I suppose. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

She shoulder-punched him again, this time hard enough to make him yelp. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Annie looked back at the apartment one more time and—with an air of urgency—leaned forward and kissed Luke hard. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I start coughing because I’m laughing so hard. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“You work, write . . “It’s hard to believe that,” I murmured. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The schoolmistress lay on the kitchen table, deep in sleep, and Xan kept both palms on the sides of the young woman’s face, concentrating hard. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

"I can't leave. Where would I go? I worked so hard to get here. All I ever wanted was to be the favorite. I'm supposed to be here. I'm supposed to help." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Here I’ve been working like a slave, much harder than I’ve ever worked in the onion fields, but I feel as though nothing mattered except just to be alive right at this moment. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

But he knows exactly where to hit Tobias, and how hard. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He folded his wet arms about his head to save himself, but soon the steps had pounded his elbows and arms so hard that all of his strength left. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Which is harder than it should be, because the stage lights suddenly make him uncomfortably aware of how fresh and handsome Henry looks for the cameras. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He seemed self-conscious and tried to be inconspicuous, but a man of such mighty girth, festooned in gold, was hard not to see. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I press my fractured elbow, grimacing through the pain, then grip it harder still to see how much I can bear. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The first member of our llaqta died from the hard times. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

But the look on her face was a hard and distant one; it separated him from her body by a great suggestion of space. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He scrambled to his feet and took a few trembling steps back for a better view, finding it hard to believe what his eyes were seeing. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“If you think bumping my backside on this hard seat all day long is an adventure, you better rethink, girl.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

As he shinnied back in the saddle, Count Atlas leaned hard into Seabiscuit, buffeting his right side as the field bounded away from them. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Percy’s intense green eyes were hard to read. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

We’d probably watch TV all weekend, but it’s hard to find anything good ’cause we don’t have cable. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Big and hard as it had got, it wouldn’t probably come back out without a whole lot of choking involved. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

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

Facing us, she wipes her hands on her pants and holds on to the railing so hard her knuckles turn white. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I have the hardest time trying to maintain a normal facade when I’m feeling so wretched and sad. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The harder you stomped on the plastic bottle, the more thrust you generated, and the farther the foam-tipped rocket flew. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

They fell about him with a series of hard thumps and he was not touched. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“My dog. He’s white, so it’s hard to find him in the snow. His name’s Marcus.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She never complains, though, so it’s hard to know. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

But still it was hard for me to think that Father was wrong. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jam knew how hard it was to stick one to your face around people you didn’t have to do that with before. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The Chancellor gave me a long, hard look before saying, “What?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Choked them down so hard my throat hurt. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The corpuscule grabbed the bat and yanked it hard, pulling Sierra off balance. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

A couple of feet from the entrance, Marlena lets go of the halter and leans hard to the left. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I think the hardest part of being a parent,” Stella added after a while, “would be keeping your babies safe from harm. Protecting them.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Before lunch my seat felt like any old hard seat, and I felt like any old kid. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I shifted in my seat, the wooden board hard and cold against my rear. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I swallow hard, thinking of the millions of times he opened that watch to check the tides. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

So it came as hard news when I found out that there were people in Pakistan who were critical of me. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

In fact, no one noticed anything until four weeks and four inches went by and our cook, Viola, gave me a hard look one morning. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I tore my ankle away from his hands and kicked him as hard as I could. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She tried hard, which impressed her supervisors, and was moved up quickly to the stitching work she loved. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Pity wasn’t strength, and Grace had had a hard enough time holding it together. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It was hard to keep the floors clean. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hits him hard enough to send the wireless mouse flying from his hand across the room. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

But then Ice made a spin move like he was going into Nick, then head-faked back toward me and went left hard. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Rawiya held Moss for a few seconds, and then Bits was there, their eyes alight in pride and respect, and Moss hugged them, hard and sincere, before leading them all away. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Joon lacks the can so hard it bounces off the wall of the house and lands behind him. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to picture your ma being gave to a little white girl to play with like a pet, but that’s what happened. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I ask and stare hard at the face. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I can definitely see how that would be hard.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I know it’s hard to believe, but that’s the way it works. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Her skirt was hanging neatly in place and her eyes were hard. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“You ask many question as you want. Even though it hard work answering your question!” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Cerberus was half transparent, so he’s really hard to see until he’s close enough to kill you, but he acted like he didn’t care about us. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The insubstantial frost feathers ensured that those last twenty feet remained hard, scary, onerous. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said I had an ear for languages, that if I studied hard I could be a translator for world leaders. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Too much to explain, too hard to believe. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

There are no streetlights so it’s hard to say who else sees me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She was having a harder and CiJ harder time climbing stairs. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I go to hug him hard and my book hits his side. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

“We hope you’ve been comfortable. This . . . ordeal. . . must be very hard for you. So difficult.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was hard to tell where one stopped and the other started. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would see my patience and my hard work. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned the ingot out and tried to lose himself again in his tasks; but the thought of Gebu, like the ache of a tooth, was hard to lose. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I squeezed him as hard as I could. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He nods and says, “I know it’s hard to believe, but your mother is a really hip lady. Or—she was. Once.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He remembered hearing the blood beating hard in his ears, like the rhythm of a clock. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

He was pressed so hard against the tree that the rough bark tore his shirt, the skin beneath. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It would be hard to be nakeder than this open thing. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, it was hard to imagine a happy ending with all the dark thoughts in her head. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t as hard to take at the laundry as at home, though. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a few seconds all I hear is both of us breathing hard. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Just last week she’d scratched at the inside of her nose hard enough to fake a nosebleed and get out of dodgeball. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Ceceil George remembered that she “come up in hard times—slavery times.” Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

I swallow hard and manage to squeak out one word. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

At times his eyes linger for many minutes on the fresh bruises on Kim’s face, and he swallows even harder, trying to make the food go down. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found it hard not to stare at the enormous mustachios that sprouted under their noses, especially when the men combed and waxed them, and twirled the ends. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their father, stretched out on a hard bench in the hospital corridor, was drunk. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her chins jiggle extra hard with every bump in the road. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can tell Jasmine’s thinking hard, her face all scrunched up and her balled fists clutching her backpack straps tight. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

If somebody had told me then that some day I’d know them all personally, I’d have found it hard to believe. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cardan swings his sword in a desultory manner, and Balekin brings down his staff hard, smacking him in the side of the head. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The contours of things became hard to distinguish. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had pushed his straw hat hard down on his head before he hooked the fish and it was cutting his forehead. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I yell, “No, ” and hug my dad harder, dig my face right into his chest. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

It was important to him that his children experience the hard work of farming, and the family spent the summer and school holidays there. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Thalia opened the door and pushed me hard. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Fun, I couldn't imagine that, no matter how hard I tried. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The big hand paused in its healing journey around and up and down her back, then began again as Trotter said softly, “Don’t make it harder for us, baby.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

He didn’t have to think very hard to know what Mr. Benedict meant by that. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Digging for fossils under the hot tropical sun was very hard work. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

The only other problem was that every now and again it made me gag so hard I almost threw up. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still we hug their hard plastic close and imagine they're calling us Mama imagine they need us near. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Was it hard enough to knock him out? Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ron read the message, swallowed hard, and looked sideways at the empty seat usually filled by Hermione. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes, Winston. Sometimes they are five. Sometimes they are three. Sometimes they are all of them at once. You must try harder. It is not easy to become sane.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Cynthia was working hard to iron out any extra meanings. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Stubbornly, Arya dragged all the harder, pulling the crying girl along. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I clench so hard, I feel a tooth crack. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“We are hard hit by the news of Kiehl’s death,” Pa writes. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Whether it was comments from other fencers or their parents or being given a hard time by coaches or referees, Faizah had to deal with it all. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

We leaned against the rough bricks and breathed hard, staring at each other. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

They order espresso and share a creme brulee, their two teaspoons cracking the hard amber surface from either side. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Because it’s going to be hard, with the kids and all. I don’t want to get five miles into the woods and have you—” “I’m sure. I’m completely, entirely, one hundred percent sure.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I can still hear Mama humming the Charlie song, and I pray real hard that the whole day is just like right now—happy. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

He thanked them for his food, encouraged them to talk about their hopes and histories, answered their questions politely, and never pressed too hard with queries of his own. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was crucial that Dell look professional, which was one of the hardest things for him to do. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Authority, coercion are what is needed. Put your foot down good and hard; the only way to manage a wife. Take my word for it.” The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

“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

“It’s a hard business. But if you’re hooked, you’re hooked. I was hooked by my granddaddy and my daddy set the hook.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He's fighting it, probably more for me than for him, and it's hard because unconsciousness would be its own form of escape. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

His heart pumped so hard that he felt the rush of hot blood flow to his head. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

People jumped to their feet, clapping and whooping so hard, the ruckus nearly shook the building. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

Down there, for us, had come to mean the south, the world below the plateau of ice, the region of earth, men, roads, cities, all of which had become hard to imagine as really existing. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Instantly a rumor started that Brad had hit Ryan so hard he had injured his hand. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

But it was hard work making suggestions and not blatant declarations with her ever-changing Puerto Rican body. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

It’s my fault for not trying harder, not fighting to keep my place in the friendship. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

But people are giving him a hard time. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She felt a hard determination growing in her, and though the feeling was new, it was not unwelcome. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The two of them are making this even harder than I thought it would be. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

At any rate, in San Francisco in 1974, life was working hard to give me one. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I love my parents, of course, and I feel guilty for wanting to leave them, but living here would be too hard. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Suddenly both of them were slammed, hard, against a wall by an unseen wind. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I had no idea how hard the classes would be, Mom”—truth. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He knows all his hard work will pay off. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It was sort of hard to do while they walked, but they managed somehow. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

In a few seconds Brutus made a gulping noise, swallowed hard, and spoke. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Catching up to him kept getting harder, because the water was getting deeper. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

It surprised me to see how hard these things were for the white recruits in the other platoons at boot camp. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The words flowed out clear and easy, even though I trembled hard, I was so scared. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

A rocket, then, was sort of a hard balloon. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It scrapes his neck so hard that I see blood spray from the impact. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The pump wasn’t crated, and it was hard to get a grip on it. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to figure out from the names whether these people are boys or girls. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

It’s hard to see with all the ivy growing over it. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He talked about his childhood, leaving out things that would be hard to explain. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time Hot Pie and Gendry came up with the horses, the rain was falling hard. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She liked fluffy pillows, I liked the hard ones. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I had a very hard time sitting still and doing nothing. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

It’s hard for me to forgive her when she doesn’t fully understand her crime. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

His hard collar stood up against his strong red neck, and he wore a pale blue knitted tie with a horseshoe tie pin. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And now the lords Bran glimpsed were tall and hard, stern men in fur and chain mail. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Lupita let out a deep sigh of sadness, asking herself if even the effectiveness of hard work could be trusted. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

They talked about hard times, and broke down. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The most obvious is that a negative statement such as The king is not dead is harder on the reader than an affirmative one like The king is alive. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

There are days when the questions are too hard and he torments us by dropping the apple peel into the wastebasket. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The sugar cane is sticky, and I chew it so hard that it hurts my teeth. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She grabs them and tugs on them hard. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Axel is called to help his friend, no matter how hard it is to see. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

So getting hold of mercury was no problem; it was the glass tubes that were hard to obtain. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It was hard going, as the saliva refused to come; it felt like my molars were crushing paint chips. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

It’s so predictable that it’s hard to work up enthusiasm. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He had a hard look in his eye, and I've been around Underhill long enough to know a guy doesn't come by that kind of coldness so casual. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Liars and fools,” she said, rearranging the Mason jars full of peaches on the shelf, pushing them hard against each other until he thought the glass might break. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She jumped from the bed, slamming into the wall so hard that her shoulder made an ugly cracking noise. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It was hard; rain or no rain, it would still only be in the high forties, if we were lucky. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The peculiar thing was that even though he was having a powerful hard time talking, he didn’t sound atall like hisself. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

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

It is hard to reconstruct in our minds a mental universe where Pascal’s explanation seems obviously unsatisfactory and an explanation in terms of nature’s purposes seems obviously preferable. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It was like swimming against a current that swept you backwards however hard you struggled, and then suddenly deciding to turn round and go with the current instead of opposing it. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Eventually, though, Herbie had the presence of mind to drag his sleeping bag outside and shake it hard; he shuddered as four skinny little water snakes blinked puzzledly up into his flashlight beam. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bodega looked hard into the old man’s eyes as if he wanted them to look back at him and share his strength, come back to life. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

But even with this incentive, getting through the law books in Justice Strauss’s private library was a very, very, very hard task. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Every time they looked at me, they laughed harder. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I manage “That was so hard” before I can’t say any more. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Despite a hard day’s walking, he was still on the road when night fell, making the rutted dirt road a stumbling ground of half-seen shapes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Sure, he’d have to create a convincing lie about how he came by so much money, but when his parents saw all that cash, they wouldn’t question him too hard. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

That they deserve that much for all their hard work. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

But it was hard to congratulate her because she almost never peeked out of the Main Administrative Office. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

"I will not lie to you. The way is harder than I dared think." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Alex wanted to strangle Harvey, choke him so hard his rotting teeth would fly out. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Can’t he see that he’s just making it harder on me? Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“I jumped at the chance. I had been helping out in my uncle’s factory, wanting to do my share, so I was learning what hard work was.” Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

And all four of us Liars, laughing so hard we felt dizzy and sick. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

She sobbed so hard, she ran from the kitchen, and in a moment we heard her bedroom door slam. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

One of our favorite things to do after a storm was to head to the beach to see what we could find, because a hard rain helps the metal detector pick up signals. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

The words cut me through the ears so hard that I expect blood to ooze from them. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The three of us take turns moving wood, and soon we're breathing hard. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I try to calm it, but it pounds maddeningly harder. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

For someone who knew the system and had the right code books, it wasn’t too hard to work backward and decode the radio message. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to be disappointed when what you expected turns out to be true. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Then my mom and I sit in the hard plastic chairs, and I’m confronted with the reality of the old man and his leg again. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I’ve done this before, so it doesn’t strike me as hard. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The boy wanted to quit because the work was so hard and the hours were so long and the pay was so small. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

And you look like you ain’t no stranger to hard work.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Pearl Stone opened her mouth and laughed real hard because she didn’t know what else to do. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Henry looked hard at the total, his face motionless. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I folded my hands, squeezing them together hard. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

When I was first imprisoned, the hardest thing was that my thoughts were still those of a free man. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

But Jason’s mother fidgets — crossing her legs, picking up magazines, putting them down, smoothing her short, Hipped-under, brown hair — so she’d be harder to draw. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he wasn’t whistling when he saw his father, who took two quick strides toward him, opened his hand, and slapped it flat and hard against Turner’s face. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

It is because of her nattering on at me while I was hard at work that she has fallen behind. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t as hard as I had feared. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

This test was quite a bit harder than the one before it, wasn’t it? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

As if high school isn’t hard enough, this would make it ten times harder. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Salmon are slippery fish, and Loki was the slipperiest of salmon; he wriggled and tried to slip through Thor’s fingers, but Thor simply gripped the fish harder and squeezed it tightly, down by the tail. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I pound the stairs so hard my bones rattle. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grabs my shoulders—too hard, his fingers digging into my skin where the bullet was. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Adrian dropped a handful of them at my feet, laughing so hard, he looked like he was going to give himself a hernia. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Why are you two working so hard?” asked Sally when she heard about our plans. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, the idea that there is a current of brutality in corrections work is hard to deny. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even her patients, on hard times themselves, have their hands out. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it’s hard to speak such personal emotions out loud. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Strong character, high courage, hard work—it seemed that none of these were determining factors in the fates of Tex John’s children. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stood so close together that she could see only their faces, which were lifted up toward the sky, with the hard bright lights shining down on them. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

“Sí, fifteen miles. If we walk hard, we can be in Indio tomorrow morning.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Helen was thrown so hard against the door that her head bumped the window glass. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I give him my hand, and he grips it hard. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

And I don’t even have it as bad as most—there are millions of young men and women living the struggle even harder than me. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It will be very nice to have you at home for a vacation, of course, but it is a little hard to sweep with a man sitting around reading all day.” Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Polly said nothing more, but she looked long and hard at the slave girl’s face. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a hard hat in Mrs. Strawberry’s barn. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He kept squinting at the sun and breathing hard. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t pretend to know everything, and she worked really hard at every challenge. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The next time he sees you, he will grab you when you are not looking and pinch you even harder. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Initially I had thought with hard work I could overcome a fundamental squeamishness and distaste for my subject, that perhaps with even harder work I could simulate something like a talent for it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it’s a little hard having a mom who’s hipper than you are. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

The winds were light, and Frightful had to work hard to keep up her speed in the warm air below the tropic of Cancer. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

There were a few guys in there who were giving him a hard time. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

The central cavity of the massive room is so stark and white, I blink hard, thinking I must be in the wrong place. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

We burst into laughter, so hard that I have to wipe tears from my eyes. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“You’re learning to read already. I can teach you whenever we have time. It’s not so hard, I promise.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

My belly is cramping hard, and I'm aware of long-dormant places within myself. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The Freedom Writer family has worked hard to stay together and the word “together” is very symbolic for me! The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She looks like she’s thinking hard, holding her fingers to her forehead. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

‘Harder, Max, harder,’ she would say, laughing up at him, and he would do as she told him. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was cold outside, so cold and so glaring with white sunlight on white snow that to leave the fetid shelter of the truck was very hard, and some of us wept. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

It's hard to get past that, but then he scrapes the mud from his Baltimore soles before he enters a cabin with a dirt floor and I don’t hate him much anymore. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sensed something hard under the cushion of his overstuffed chair. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

We needed Monica to hold on to the lead, but we knew it would be hard for her against Gregorio, who was a strong contender. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

And I kissed him back so hard, like I was trying to merge our bodies through our lips. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He took me from Rekh because I—because he—because I—” He stopped, swallowing hard. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

It was, I had to admit, hard to give the Wrestling Unit my full attention. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I think you can sort of slip out of your life and it can be hard to find a way back in. But you kids are my way back in.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Meggie stroked his little head as he chewed—and her fingertips found something hard under the silky fur: tiny horns growing beside his ears. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

During Easter vacation Tom said good manners were no harder to learn than rolling over or playing dead. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emily knew the cipher challenge would be a touchy subject after Maddie had ruined all his hard work, so she tried to distract him by talking about Mr. Griswold’s latest clue. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

"Charlie," I said, "that vet guy said you did the right thing. That dog was hit too hard." Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

“I think you just need to look a little harder,” he said, and winked. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many of the things that happened during our first three days on Iwo Jima are hard for me to remember clearly, grandchildren. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to go into that house again, no matter how hard it rained. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

With water so hard to come by and the weather usually so cold, keeping clean was a luxury. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“Healing up there is much harder. I don’t know what the justice system will do with you now that you’ve burned your bridges. I’ll stop by the detention center tomorrow and we’ll talk.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

That's when his hands start to tighten hard and fast around my neck. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

If he had fallen that hard earlier in the day, surely he would have cut himself. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

She bounces her legs so hard that the whole table shakes. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“I don't know about you, but I work hard for my money. It's mine and I'm not tipping anybody unless they give me the kind of service I expect.” Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“And Latito, one very important thing,” Bull said, the hint of a suppressed smile stealing through the hard lines on his face. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In real life, I’d be almost seventy now. It’s hard to be sure when you never have a proper birthday.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

But it became harder and harder to balance all the parts of her life. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Some of the games were hard for them, but we all helped. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

That was when he told me he had lived in Paris and that he had found it hard to forget it. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Artemis flicked through his hard copy of the Book and selected a passage. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He bit his trembling lip hard, and his voice rose with emotion when he continued. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

It was still hard to wrap my head around it. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

She wanders through a hard winter, taking shelter beneath trees. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Marie’s in the office finishing the part-time drivers’ cashout receipts, smoking a long menthol cigarette, and listening to a hard rock radio station. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

We had to work harder for her smile. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“I’m still working on it. It’s hard to find the perfect candidate.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Salim grinned at me and shook my hand hard before they went through passport control. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shook her head and scrubbed the soup pot hard enough to bore a hole through it. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He squeezed me hard, as if he knew it was goodbye forever. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Mine are so watery it’s hard to even see him. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you notice she laughs a little too hard even when he says the least little funny thing?” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s bound to be harder to clear than the first two.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I could almost see the widow cleaning it behind closed doors, her big, meaty hands moving with as much care over the hard metal surfaces as they would over the planes of a corpse. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, the rain had made the going hard and slippery. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The doorknob in her hand as she turned it felt obtrusively cool and hard. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He seemed a druggist in name only; he more closely fit the prevailing ideal of the self-made man who through hard work and invention pulled himself rung by rung into the upper strata of society. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Mancuso works hard. He’s got a hard road at the precinct.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure some of the kids who moved here used to take lessons, or want to, and maybe it’s hard for their parents to find out where to take them, or to pay for it.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

What mattered more than how hard a man rowed was how well everything he did in the boat harmonized with what the other fellows were doing. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I wake up exhausted, not knowing why, as though I’m working hard in my sleep, moving my thoughts like so many stones in the dark. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

My big toe smacked against something—hard—and Fig’s water bowl slid across the floor. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Sometimes her voice takes on a hard edge when she talks about her little girl. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

So I went back to the gym, and I trained—hard. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kurleket grabbed a handful of hair and yanked his head back in a hard jerk, baring his throat. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The Agency was still smaller than its Russian counterpart, and its agents had to train hard to learn the techniques of spycraft—which Soviet operatives had been mastering for decades. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately the goddess sent another blessing, too—a gentle rain of gluten-free R.O.F.L. cupcake simulations, which Percy figured would either make cleaning up harder, or rebuilding easier. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

"I guess she was once a real person on a real lake. It's hard to imagine." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The man behind the counter set his eyes on us really hard. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no plan in place, other than to continue to train hard. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It had a few comic books, some lollipops, gum, jars filled with hard candy, and a Pac-Man machine. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

It is another task that cannot be done, no matter how hard you try. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

It was a cold, hard thought written on that cold, hard stone. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I picked up the bread and tried to break it; it was stale and hard. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I wasn't thinking of Daisy and Gatsby any more but of this clean, hard, limited person who dealt in universal skepticism and who leaned back jauntily just within the circle of my arm. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I wanted to be in total control of the outcome of the game, so when I lost I was the only one to blame, and I could train harder to do better the next time. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Ishtar made it hard to stay focused on... City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He set his teeth and breathed hard through his nose, trying to keep silent as long as possible. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

It is very hard to watch the movie because Sam walks around in her underwear when she plays Janet. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The words were barely out of my mouth before I felt something hard and cold smash me between the eyes. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ron yelled, trying to force the rat back into his front pocket, but Scabbers was fighting too hard; Ron swayed and overbalanced, and Harry caught him and pushed him back down to the bed. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

One of them reached out and pushed Sal in the chest—not too hard, but Sal stumbled back a few steps. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I slapped him hard like Elizabeth Taylor in the Hot Tin Roof and I guess that showed him a thing or two. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Weight must be measured on a hard surface. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

“I’m here because I don’t know why you get to keep track of that hard drive,” he says. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, no one could hear how hard her heart was hammering against her ribs. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I smiled so hard, my cheeks ached for hours. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The first few lines I draw are too awkward, too hard. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t think I’m jealous of Jopie, but I long to have a really good time for once and to laugh so hard it hurts. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It made it hard sometimes to separate good from great, great from greater. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I had a hard time staying in bed and resting. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

There, in full view of the whole room, stood Ron wrapped so closely around Lavender Brown it was hard to tell whose hands were whose. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Even in ancient days they were, as a rule, shy of ‘the Big Folk’, as they call us, and now they avoid us with dismay and are becoming hard to find. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Why are you so interested in the hard drive anyway?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Hands closed around her throat, hard as stone, choking her.- A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She reached for it, intending to rub it away, thinking that perhaps she had leaned too hard against the windowsill. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hand felt her small breasts through the silk of her dress, touched the hard nubs of her nipples. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was impressed by how organized they must be, how hard they all must work. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

While I was trying my hardest to fence my best at every competition, they were plotting to get other fencers on the team instead of me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

This is why the typical chicken yard quickly winds up bare and hard as brick. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Vincent is still working hard and is making progress. His paintings are becoming lighter, and his great quest is to get sunlight into them,” Theo tells Lies. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The hide shrank and pulled joist and rafter tight together, and the leather ropes became hard as iron and nearly imperishable. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But Fermi had a hard time remembering his new name and felt absurd pronouncing it with his thick Italian accent. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s been a hard week, don’t you think, Moose?” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to pretend like she wasn’t embarrassed, but it was pretty hard since she had just eaten it in front of everyone. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

How hard could it be to heal a water monster? Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“You may find this hard to believe, Gilly, but you and I are very much alike.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

It was all very hard work, but Hanako loved it because her father’s ambition rubbed off on her. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Through sweet and smoky air, great columns rose to dizzying heights, while enough multicolored light poured down through stained glass so as to turn the hard stone floor into pools of liquid hues. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

"You will rise to the task; it is only necessary that you work hard and follow instructions." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had a hard time keeping my eyes open. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The night balloon he’d been trapped inside popped like a soap bubble, and he landed on a hard floor surrounded by Clock Watchers. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Mam says it’s hard enough keeping a fire going to cook the Christmas dinner but if I’m going to Christmas dinner at the hospital I’ll have to wash myself from top to bottom. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

It was hard work, and soon the animals got bored. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Government justifies keeping everyone else in poverty because people seem to work the hardest when they’re right on the edge of survival,” he continued. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Were . . . well, it’s hard to explain, but we re monster fighters. Where’s your family?” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

"You can soften my temper while you're at it, too. I need to become nicer. Sweeter. I'm a hard edge these days." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Why he was shaking his head so hard, almost like he wanted to put his hands over his ears, when I tried to explain what Erma had been doing to Brian. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It made more sense to keep both of your feet on the hard concrete. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Then Dawn leans over and kisses me hard, and I kiss her back hard, and it’s not the door we’re propelled toward but the bushes. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The doctors told Mom and Dad they wanted to operate again in the future, but the hard work had been done. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

If you found one, it was hard to get access to it; if you managed to get access, renting time on it cost a fortune. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

It’s hard enough being the new kid even when you have a normal face. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

They had worked hard to keep their team together, and the season had fallen apart anyway. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

If people could die from laughing too hard, I’d be a orphan. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“I guess you took that hard. You was alius a pet of Bill’s.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Shay’s tried hard to make up for chickening out that first time, and for giving you directions when she promised me she wouldn’t,” he said. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He was hard to read, like all those dry British comedians her father liked. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When I climbed out, I stood up and slammed my helmet into the roof so hard it almost knocked me to my knees. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then she placed her hands, vertically, over her eyes and pressed the heels hard, as though to paralyze the optic nerve and drown all images into a voidlike black. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

He realized it would be hard to get back to them. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

My throw was hard, but it went high and a little off to the side. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I worked hard with that goal in mind. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pacing the floor, hands behind her back, she confronted each of the heirs in turn with a hard stare. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Vivienne shrugs, and I am reminded of how, despite her being my sister, we differ in ways that are hard to comprehend. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It was hard to imagine her learning to be a socialite. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

It took them close to an hour to accomplish the move, but, sweating and breathing hard, they admired their fortress effect. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

This was harder than I thought, and in the end, I used my teeth. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Oh, baby girl, I know this is hard. But there is just no way to get you to Washington.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Over the past 10,000 years, Homo sapiens has grown so accustomed to being the only human species that it’s hard for us to conceive of any other possibility. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s hard when you’ve been invited to a better lunch table. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

He stared at me hard, waiting for my answer as if I hadn’t given it to him already. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He startles, and his foot—missing a sock—strikes something hard and sharp-edged. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Wasn’t hard. You leave footprints the size of a horse.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because supplies had become scarce after week two of the plague, Freneau had a hard time finding paper. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

“Boys keep back!” barked Professor Grubbly-Plank, throwing out an arm and catching Harry hard in the chest. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I think it might be. It’s hard to trust it. But I think I might be having fun. That’s new.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Kaz waved a hand in front of the captain’s face, then gave him a hard flick on the ear. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Don’t ever tell him, but I prayed even harder that we wouldn't have to go and the Holy Virgin kept the bus from leaving. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Preparing for his final act of defiance, Cole drew his chin back, then he spit hard, flinging the saliva with a desperate throw of his head. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

She loves him more than anyone, and it’s hard to see this kind of love not being returned. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

That made it extremely hard to take when Parliament sided with the sugar planters. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

It's hard to tell if the ambient light is less or more than it was yesterday. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even Hannibal the elephant was having a hard time wading through so many monsters. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to fill another man’s shoes, but he’s wearing them tonight. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Freak hasn't got his crutch tonight, just the leg brace, and he's laughing so hard he falls down. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Iorek didn’t falter, but they found it hard to hold on. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Moss slammed his legs down as hard as he could, his quads burning, and sped through the intersection of Lakeshore and 18th, avoiding the red light. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Walking into the homes of strangers, sitting on their furniture, and drying the tears of their children was harder than cleaning up the sick. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the dim light it was hard to see her face, but it was easy to know how she felt from her voice. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Given the hard times, it gave his boys a powerful incentive to make it into one of those top boats. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Frank looked straight in front of him along the hard white road. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“JoJo, don’t push it so hard. It’s straining. Do we have a flashlight?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

How can water push so hard? she thought. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Twelve makes you know better than to wish for things that only eleven would wish hard for. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

‘The labour would be hard and long: there are no stones that we could use nearer than the water-side,’ said Gimli. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The life of a hunter is one of hard, seemingly continuous overland travel.... Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know it looks hard,” said Elisha, “from the outside, especially when you young. But you believe me, boy, you can’t find no greater joy than you find in the service of the Lord.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Sam heard the noise of their harsh voices, flat and hard in the dead air, and he could distinguish two voices from among all the rest: they were louder, and nearer to him. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“From now on when you dance,” Father said, without allowing the trace of a smile, “you will dance hard enough to shed your lice.” The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

She slammed hard into dry sandy dirt, coming down on arms that hadn’t been braced hard enough for connection with solid earth. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

It hits me hard, but in a strange, hollow kind of way. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

And then, after a while, she said, “Christopher, let me hold your hand. Just for once. Just for me. Will you? I won’t hold it hard,” and she held out her hand. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They based this speculation on the hard lessons learned during the twentieth century about the behavior of children of similar character. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It is hard for her to tell the difference. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

He was clutching it so hard his stubby fingernails dug into her skin. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

His eyes were hard and cruel and bitter. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, most of them had been celebrating hard and were in no condition to chase after me. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He’d learned the hard way that if somebody was going to have your back in a fight, it was better if you found some common ground and trusted each other. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I was brought up to look at the atom as a nice hard fellow, red or grey in color, according to taste,” he remarked years later of the plum pudding model. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I try to push him aside, and he shakes his head hard and puts a hand over my mouth. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Yossarian attended the educational sessions because he wanted to find out why so many people were working so hard to kill him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“It must be pretty hard for you to come into a lab at Hopkins after what you’ve been through. I’m really glad to see you here.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Once when Doc was at the University of Chicago he had love trouble and he had worked too hard. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The truth that I was having a hard time telling myself. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But of course, rice seedlings can’t be planted in hard clay, so on top of the clay, there has to be a thick, soft layer of mud. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

It was a hand that said: I don’t have to work very hard and I’m too clever to have accidents. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

But the hardest part was convincing marginalized people—black and white—to take part in the process. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

She made hard ugly noises because she hated herself for crying, yet couldn’t help it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it’s hard to tell someone’s marriage intentions when you can’t say things aloud. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drew my foot back and gave him a sharp, hard kick on the calf of the leg. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

She gripped the pistol by the muzzle and brought it down as hard as she could on the man’s face. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Twig squeezed my hand so hard I was pretty sure all my bones shattered. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Yet Svetlana worked harder than everyone else to prove she could succeed on her own. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

With the onset of the Great Depression, Dorothy’s parents, like a third of all Americans, found steady work hard to come by. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

So what protected Marina from being arrested during the Great Terror, if hard work, success, and national glory weren’t enough to keep you from suspicion? A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I hadn't noticed before, but now I saw that the rain was coming down hard and steady. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

They were absolutely confident of victory, because they had worked very hard. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The hard bed hadn’t helped, either, and she gingerly eased herself out of it, trying to avoid waking Shae and Taisin. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

But Dad drank hard liquor only when we had money, which wasn’t often, so life was mostly good in those days. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Hearing Paul’s voice on the recording hit Percy in the gut so hard, he could barely speak at the tone. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

They pass hard, legitimate judgments, unlike the purblind guesses of men, fogged with romanticism and ignorance and bias and wish. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was a hard knock at the back door. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“They were tenant farmers. Your papa didn’t want his children to have that life. That’s why he worked so hard at the restaurant. And now he has brought you back here, so...” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She stretches the words really long, like I have a hard time understanding English or something. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

A progress meter appeared on my display, showing that my hard drive was now being zeroed out and wiped clean. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It’s hard for them to single out any one of us or hear what’s being said. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was still, in his bearing, a trace of his teenage history: the one who didn’t try too hard, the one the girls wanted and the boys wanted to be. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I cry hard, like a child cries, until my face is hot and I feel like I might be sick. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The protection is little needed; peach palm wood is hard enough that in the Beni it was used for saw blades. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Neutral words or phrases were a lot harder to find. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

I come to ask for counsel and the unravelling of hard words. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It is hard to imagine being afraid of a number. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

She looked me over real hard and said, “Honey, you look like an angel come down to earth. Don’t know why you’re wearing that coat in the summer, though.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It had been a mistake to take off his hard hat to sleep. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mom smiled all sad and hugged me hard. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

I tried very hard not to look like a sulky child. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He drops a hand onto Henry’s thigh, feeling the electrical pulse there, the smooth fabric over hard muscle. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He was banging it pretty hard so it was good that he was wearing a helmet. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice was calm, but it was a forced calm, as if she was trying hard to sound nonchalant. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mom stepped on the brakes harder than usual and we jerked to a halt at the stop sign. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

The deck was so crowded that it was hard to move, but I went from one end of it to the other, calling his name. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

How he might have tried harder to get along with her, to sympathize with her own cramped circumstances, maybe even to see at least some of what his father had seen in her. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But then, of course, we English also fought the Germans long and hard.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Nathan realized how hard it was going to be to convince Uncle Jet to participate in a diagnosis meeting, much less an N’daa. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Good training, that; it brought home how hard it was to fight your way up a spiral stair against determined opposition. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He shook me, hard; I thought for a moment he was going to slap my face. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Nazis have forbidden us from photographing them, and even if most of us wanted to, film is hard to come by. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He was allowed to submit a list to stock the kitchen, but apparently it was too hard to get Helados on short notice—all that’s in the freezer is UK-brand packaged ice cream cones. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He whipped the shovel forward, but not nearly hard enough. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It was a hard task catching fish every day, especially if the wind was blowing and the waves were high. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finn tried very hard to look like he was reading about Commander Toad standing at the edge of the black hole. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Their first stop along that hard and painful way was Fort Wingate. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Can someone please help me out a little? I’m having a hard time understanding.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Still the terrible anger that they had felt that night had been hard to understand. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I’m glad that she’s now working so hard to stay clean. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She realized that she could never satisfy her father in this way no matter how hard she tried. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

It was hard to believe how content Stephen Kellner looked, cradling me in his arms, his lips resting in a kiss on my fine baby hair. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

My shoulder hits the floor hard as I roll again. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But inside the walls of the CIA, the spymasters absorbed hard lessons. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She stood there, arms folded, staring hard at me. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

It was hard to believe that after all these months, his wicked scheme was minutes away from fruition. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I remember, and punch Tori hard near the bullet wound in her thigh. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

They grumbled continually as they built and rebuilt with leathery, deliberate hands their pyramids of mottled greenish oranges and mangoes and curved embankments of hard green bananas. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could hear the stamping feet of our horses, and the grinding, crunching noise made by their strong teeth as they ate the hard, yellow kernels of com in their feed boxes. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how she sleeps in those hard curlers. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

By the time we reached the hidden grove, Quinby was working hard to escape the wheelbarrow. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

But then I thought real hard about it. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Why is it so hard to know what that truth is? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

And the boys from Washington were having a hard time sleeping. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She bent her face into the palms of her hands and pressed hard against her closed eyes. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Lancelot looked at him hard, trying to warn him and to bring him to his senses. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

For years, Elizebeth had taken danger in stride, but now she was finding it harder to dodge questions of mortality. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

In fact, I hit the seat so hard that I loosened something, which fluttered to the ground. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was so hard to stay mad at my sister, even if I wanted to. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

It was still raining hard and 1 thought some of the stops in the movement of the column might be from cars with wet wiring. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The smile vanished, and his mouth tightened into a hard, thin line. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He talks about teamwork and hard work and how we’re going to become a unit—a family. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kept glancing over at Rowan, who, once more, couldn’t seem to get away from the other apprentices, although she didn’t know how hard he tried. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Shasta cried only a very little; he was used to hard knocks. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Oh, that’s too hard,” she said, shaking her head no and scribbling something down on the attendance sheet. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

For a hundred yards the river moved straight, then curved hard to the left around a small hill, where Brian quickly found that a log raft is not the same as a boat. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a secretive, watchful forest, though hard to get lost in, so close to the shore. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was something hard and curving in a corner, wrapped in a scrap of cotton rag. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Knowing this is where Khalil...I stare too hard, the crowd disappears, and I see him lying in the street. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Keeping up the appearance of having all your marbles is hard work but important. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I put my hands up, between my stomach and her knee, and push as hard as I can. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

But Galileo described nature as inexorable and immutable, and it is very hard to understand how there can be exceptions of any sort to Descartes’ laws. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Elaborately carved bows, a quiver of obsidian-tipped arrows, frighteningly muscular crossbows—even a mace, although it was hard for them to imagine Scythe Faraday taking someone out with a mace. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It was hard to believe that they could do the things the trophies said they did. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can assure you that being a grump about it is only going to make things harder” she said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Then she sits down hard in a chair and lets her head fall back against the cushion. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The tastes of Serena Joy are a strange blend: hard lust for quality, soft sentimental cravings. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m shaking so hard I can see my own hands tremble as I keep one on Shiloh’s head, the other on a front paw. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried hard to find some type of goodness about him. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I tucked the scrap up under my head, hoping to use it as a bit of pillow against my ear, but there was something hard inside it. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The accelerator was the harder technology, yet that they had mastered. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Grown-ups don’t get how hard it is to be quiet all day. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I read hard, discarding a writer as soon as I felt that I had grasped his point of view. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The jars of hard candy sticks lined up on a shelf hold dazzling combinations of colors and flavors. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Tyson clapped so hard he woke up Mrs. O’Leary, who was dozing in the corner. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was hard to find an unlocked door. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I vowed to work hard for His favor, surpassing all others in my devotion to turning the soil for God’s great glory. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But of course, the beauty of your voice makes it hard to concentrate on the words alone.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Everyone was upset at first, but Coach Douglas worked hard to build trust with the staff—especially her father. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Don’t knock Angelo, neither. He’s got him a hard road, boy. Santa says he’s been in the bathroom at the bus station all day.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Never fear, Mrs. Clarke, we shall be very careful not to track snow indoors. I know how hard the staff has worked to make the house sparkle for the party tomorrow.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I twisted her beads so hard I thought they might snap. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Katie told him in her new crisp hard way that it was janitor or no home, as it was harder and harder each month to get the rent money together. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hope this is the hero’s errand, because not following her is the hardest thing I’ve ever done. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Not yet. To be honest, it’s been hard to talk about this with anyone. I keep finding ways to avoid the subject with Esperanza, and I usually tell her everything, Mama.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But I keep pushing, as hard as I can, until the disc lifts from my skin enough for me to get my fingers around it. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The left side of the Belle's face is fused into hard wrinkles, like melted wax. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Or at least part of the hard part. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Bricks are crumbling in places, and the front door is so swollen you have to push hard to get in. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you think it’ll be long on the market? Will we have a hard time with it?” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Enraged, I slapped her hard across the mouth; she staggered but did not fall. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the hardest things I ever had to do was tell Link. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt his heart beating so hard that its pulse pounded in his throat and ears. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slams hard into the back wall and vanishes. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

It was hard to believe that someone who was involved with this would have cared if he’d gotten caught in the blast. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“That was mighty thoughtful, sister,” he said, staring hard at her to let her know that he knew she had been drinking. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

How hard he fought to stay with us, even if it made him into a Borg drone. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Would even be hard for any rescue teams to make it up,” he added. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I swallow hard and open my lips so I can get the stupid line out and go hide in the woods and — that’s when I start crying. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The most daring thing to do would be to track down Father, which wouldn’t be too hard in the snow, and rescue him. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I smiled, but I had a hard time maintaining eye contact with him. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Dead Poets Society, and a movie called The Unbelievable Truth, which was very hard to find. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I walked fast and hard back to our home. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He shuddered at the description of the tailor Petrovich’s big toe, “with its deformed nail as thick and hard as the shell of a tortoise.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

As a reward for their hard work, Luma had registered the Fugees for the Tornado Cup, a tournament that would feature some of the best teams from around the state. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Milo tried as hard as he could, and, as he did, his feet floated slowly off the ground until he was standing in the air next to Alec Bings. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

The largest one was filled to the brim and was so heavy they had a hard time lifting it. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

And on the beach the white and blue canoes that came from Nayarit were drawn up, canoes preserved for generations by a hard shell-like waterproof plaster whose making was a secret of the fishing people. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I bounce harder and higher until I get giggly and breathless, my heart beating like crazy for already disobeying one of the zillion rules. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wait for him to pressure me to try harder. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s what you get for working too hard,” added Grandfather. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The British boat, once it got going, also went out hard, charging furiously back up into contention. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

This led into an even longer argument—hard to follow and, to me, intensely boring—about whether Hesiod’s primordial Chaos was simply empty space or chaos in the modern sense of the word. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I called out, which only made him cry harder. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The change in his demeanor upon seeing the children was hard to describe. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

She yanked the reins hard, pulling Missy off to the left just as another blast rang out, bursting through the water just inches from where they’d just been. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I tried to avoid fishing with R.C. after that, but it was hard to say no to him when he asked. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to tell how many of them there are altogether, because of the identical pillowcases. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her finger had found little hard lumps there, and Tariq had told her they were spurs of bone that sometimes grew after an amputation. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I swallowed hard trying to regain my composure. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

This made everyone laugh so hard that Monsieur Duval lost his balance. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to read Fischer and Orasanu’s study and not be just a little bit alarmed, because a hint is the hardest kind of request to decode and the easiest to refuse. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

It was a hard noise, a vaguely metallic thud, as if someone had dropped a heavy bar of iron. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Even though it’s January in Indiana, she is shoeless in tights, a pair of boots in her hand, and staring either at her feet or at the ground—it’s hard to tell. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

My neck was clenched as hard as a tree stump. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

But my head was spinning so hard I didn’t even care. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I have a calendar, but it is hard—really hard—to keep track even so. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

My father yanked my leg and I clawed at the chimney harder. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I used to ask my mom if it was hard for her to raise me alone without a husband. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

That is why they are so hard to catch. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

If she had known that in this country of “dreams” everybody talked about, things would be harder than they seemed, she wouldn’t have brought us here. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was hard to keep up with her studies when she had to “make dresses and comb hair for other folks.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He pushed her hard into the corner, between the books. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

So hard that roughly two thousand feet of steel disappeared every day from the bit ends of all the jackhammers and pneumatic drills at work in the canyon. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“He’s admitting to you that the gap is closing. That he has to practice if he’s going to beat you from now on. He’s admitting some hard things. He’s admitting that he’s getting older.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kevin enjoys every meal, in part because of the need to maintain his weight for football and because, beyond that, he has a hard time sitting still. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Grandma Sands didn’t yell or scream or anything, but the way she said those couple of things nude everybody who heard it shut their mouths and listen real hard. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I concentrated hard enough, I could almost hear his voice: Malcolm, my son, you can he and do anything you put your mind to. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s kind of hard to focus on driving your son to school and watching him do his homework when you’re strapped to a hospital bed, busy trying to keep cancer from killing you.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Rabi stitched together the new lab’s sponsoring consortium, known as Associated Universities, from nine large Eastern research institutions that would have been hard pressed to compete individually in the multimillion-dollar world of postwar high-energy physics.* Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I tried really hard to control it, but I just couldn’t help it. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Peeta’s panting hard as he fights the nightmares raging in his head. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He advocated thrift and hard work and disapproved of loose women who turned him down. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“If I wished to scare a spoiled rich protected creature, I would not have to try very hard.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The hardest part for a new officer, though, was inmates’ love of testing a newjack. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

No matter how hard the job assigned to her, she could always pause for a moment in her work and watch the slow drift of the clouds overhead, study the swift flight of the birds. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing hard about it was the fact that he had me read the book so long ago, and it was difficult to remember. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing was very funny that day, the work became hard and unvarying; I began to sweat under my layers of clothes. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Glaucus was in despair, for he was madly in love; and he determined to go to Circe, the enchantress, and beg her for a love-potion to melt Scylla’s hard heart. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had heard enough Spanish from Mexican workers that following the language wasn’t so hard. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Who we are being so many hard facts held like candies or coins, just up one’s sleeve — one’s father, one’s mother, all the things that might quaintly be termed one’s station. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Almost a year of hard work finally coming together. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He wore a pair of grey sweatpants and a droopy wife beater that showed the sagging skin on his arms and the strength still hard in his chest. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The walls were covered with shelves of polished mahogany except on either side of the fireplace, where there were two glass cases filled with marble ana hard stones from the Orient. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few times she glimpsed motion, but the buildings were so far off it was hard to be certain. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"It is a hard thing to tell a man, my lord. I was fearful how you might take it. Can you forgive me?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I'm having a hard time breathing because of the car. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve never seen my dad run that hard or fast before, except for the morning of the funeral, my mom sinking to the floor. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He was breathing hard, as if he’d been running a race. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

But it was hard to imagine the scenario. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gives me a hard look, to see if I mean it, which I do. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The energy I would normally use for thinking up what I was going to say went into listening hard and watching well, and I remembered everything. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shot a hard glare at Mr. Jordan. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The Council started giving Antain’s scars, which until then they had pretended to ignore, a hard, almost disgusted, look. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Francis, however, remained lukewarm, and in the absence of any hard facts I knew it was futile to try to bring him around. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

The next day I was yawning hard as I trudged up to the Tea Water Pump. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her nose leaked a few drops, which started everyone laughing harder. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

And then the rain comes down hard, slapping sheets of it. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Too much hard luck can create a permanent meanness of spirit in any creature. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes looked odd and unfocused, and at first I thought he did not know who I was, he stared at me so hard. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

As he wrung her hand, he asked, “No hard feelings?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because she was thirteen, everybody supposed her nature was coming down, but it was hard to put up with her sulking and irritation. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard to imagine where Song Po-po heard so much news. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

His broom was vibrating so hard, it was almost impossible for him to hang on much longer. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

We laugh so hard I’m snorting mashed potatoes. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Hazel dug once more, his forepaws throwing up the soft, wet soil and slipping against the hard sides of the peg. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The chained ones had a hard time getting down to the road, tripping each other up as they climbed off the bus. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Coffee in its own can was simmering on its own rock, far enough from the flame so that it did not boil too hard. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

All gray and brown and dark and hard. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He swallowed hard and waited a minute to collect his voice. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, I looked cute, but it was hard to relish in it when the one person I wanted to see me more than anyone wasn’t there. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I suspected that part of the reason I wasn’t attacked was that I was a girl — Mom always said the bonobos had a harder time with men. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

But Vincent is working harder than ever; he needs to buy more supplies. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

My heart beats so fast and hard that I can hardly breathe, and I wonder if anything will ever get better. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“No one knows. And that makes it extra hard. It could last a week or a month or a year or forever.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The plaza’s empty...so’s the rock garden...the shoreline and the bridge are harder to see, but as far as I can tell they seem deserted.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Me too. It’s going to be hard, though, you know.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

By the time we passed Wichita Falls, it was hard to be sitting still in my seat. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nelson raised his long pole and shoved hard, hitting the wall above the nest so dust rained down on the dark, quiet hens. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All you need to do is work hard.” Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He also retrieved “a large charred mass, which upon being cut, disclosed a portion of the stomach, liver and spleen, baked quite hard.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I should’a been more forceful about it sooner, but I guess I’d been so caught up in my own drama that it had been kind of hard. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

And then I stopped running because I was breathing really hard and my legs hurt. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The closer they came, the harder it would be to stay off the roads. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The father would lay a hard box, flat and thin and made of many layers of paper, across his lap. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The fog was good as well as bad, because it hid us, but it was just so hard to see. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Someone said later she’d gone off into a daydream, but I was pretty sure, as was Ruth, that she was thinking hard about what to say next. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know how hard that is because I was a parrot-parent. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Or anyway I’m not having enough. I’m working too hard for what I’m getting, and I don’t have to work at all.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The log walls are chinked with bark and clay to keep out the cold, but they don’t do the job when the wind blows hard. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the last second, I turn my hips and shoot hard with my left instep. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She glared at him so hard his whiskery chin trembled. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He adds that hard work is involved—“the tedium of going through what has often been written and read, and of masticating repeatedly, as it were, the same food.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

She is forced to imagine an effect without a cause, which is as hard to visualize as Lewis Carroll’s grin without a cat. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t tell; she was hurled this way and that, crushed onto a hard surface which then began to lurch and bump like a sledge. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, they pushed me down into that hard wooden chair and held me firmly—as if I were a sheep about to be sheared. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not hard, not enough for the ref to call a foul, but enough to throw me off. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

It felt like flying four kites in a strong wind—hard, yes, but not impossible. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I hit the rock hard, all along the front of my body, knocking the wind out of me and banging my knee. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z