Almost immediately after leaving his house he heard a distinct barking, muffled, coming from almost the same location as the dogs he’d just found. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Did you hear Miss Riley’s sick? Some kind of cancer.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

And it’s quiet—so quiet you can hear the buzz of the makeshift lighting that has been set up outside. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

In the moment I grabbed the bar, I heard my sister Adria’s voice screaming my name from somewhere in the audience, and then I caught sight of Lexie jumping up and down and cheering. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He probably heard me tell the naked English guy I don’t go there. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I’d heard that so many times I was starting to think I was crazy, but the thing was, I wasn’t. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He heard her start sniffling about thirty seconds in, and saw her take off her glasses. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“You could have heard them from your room if your room was in Alaska!” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

From far away he could hear some kind of noise, but it was too late to think about it: he belonged to sleep now. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Once or twice he thought he heard the girl laugh, but he was not sure. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Last night I tried telling this to Johnny, who seems to be hard of hearing. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d hollered and hissed and they never heard her, pinched them and they never felt her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Then I heard an owl cry its welcome to the night, and I was reminded again of my purpose. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She dove under the blankets on her bed, peeking only her face out of them, and she could hear Babulya tutting in the kitchen: “Slamming doors like they’ll last forever. Children these days.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Would you like to hear, reader, how it all unfolded? The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

He moved his head from side to side and did not seem to hear me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I saw his lips move beneath the hand, and I heard the words “Psychology. Master of the Universe, psychology. And Darwin.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Later, I would hear that a lot of them were wondering if the mine had blown up or maybe the Russians had attacked. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Your paw say for you to come right on up stairs when you et supper. You heard him.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they were gone, I heard the man beside me give a little whimper, like he was trying not to cry. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was going to ask Mom and Dad about your Christmas plans the other night, but when I knocked on their door, I heard Mom crying. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“That document, you understand,” said Poirot, “is a mere precis of the evidence we heard, arranged that way for convenience.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ten minutes later, we heard another gunshot from behind us. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the hearing, the authorities grilled me as to how I got the newspaper, and I refused to answer. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’re all still way ahead of me, so I’m going to assume no one cares to hear my opinion. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

At the same time, they heard two enormous splashes, two voices roaring with pleasure. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had left before the fight, and you could tell by the expression on her face that she hadn’t heard about it yet. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

I catch myself leaning forward in my seat, eager to hear who they pick. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I had heard that voice before, at the volleyball game on the first day of school. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

All the same, she wondered; and wondering, heard the noise from downstairs even more clearly. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sam viewed the hollow with great dislike, now that he had heard news of their enemies on the Road, only a few miles away. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I will decide—on my own—what sounds I want to hear. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

He stayed crouched and bent, hearing the sound of his breathing filling the darkness. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Ash ...” I heard the catch in her throat. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“I hear you, human. What can I do for you?” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Bunderson responded: “We enter a plea of not guilty and request a preliminary hearing.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

"Sshhh,” Chester warned unnecessarily as we crept along, "don’t make any noise. We don’t want him to hear us coming.” Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

Kimberly leaned over to me and whispered into my ear, “Laugh like you just heard the funniest joke in the world.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Having students hum the melody rather than singing words helps them hear the melody separately from the lyrics. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I heard Robert put the suit-cases in the hall with the rug, and presently there was the sound of the car being brought to the door. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I haven't heard the cannons fire yet, so perhaps Glimmer is in some sort of coma, her heart still struggling against the wasp venom. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Maybe Javier here doesn’t want to hear adorable,” said Moss, and he shot a quick glance at him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They can hear the call of a male vervet and recognize whether it comes from their own group or a neighboring group. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why, morning, Leroy. I missed hearing your axe this morning, thought you must have been taking a break today.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

As I neared, I heard a cry from the air and felt sudden warm arms around my head. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

And heard, muffled and far off, a TV set. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Until they ask about my gap of unemployment. I tell them the truth, and suddenly I become another junkie in their eyes. I don’t hear back.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I had lowered my head to wipe my eyes when I heard the shocked gasp arise. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was so hushed you could hear the nurses’ rubber-soled shoes squeaking all the way down the hall. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I flush at being called beautiful and talented, but when he says indfgena, I freeze, then glance around to make sure none of my coworkers are close enough to hear. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have seen Mr. Jaggers. I have heard about it, Pip. So you go to-morrow?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I heard voices, among them my own, chanting harmonies in an ancient hall. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Aureliano listened to the news to the end without hearing anything that was of interest to his family. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Oh, that—that’s awesome,” I said, and then quickly got off the phone because I did not want her to hear me cry. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I knew that the stories I had heard about marshals weren’t true. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What do you mean? Are you hearing things, Tali?” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She says the last word so quietly that I almost don’t hear it, and her tense, worried look returns. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Um. Still here, Scarlett. Sorry. Not the sort of thing you expect to hear. It’s an old house, I mean, you expect things to happen a long time ago. But not...well, what happened?” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The gods of Asgard heard the screech and the boom of the wings, and they went to the high walls to see what was happening. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

There was no way he would be able to hear her, of course. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

“I—I, um, thought I heard something up here, and I didn’t want Mrs. Caruthers to worry,” she said, too fast. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

It was around eight in the evening, I was coming down the main staircase, and heard a burst of laughter rising up the stairwell from the ground floor. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The street around him was dark, empty, but the sound he’d heard was distinct. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The voices grew louder and then we heard a deep yell, and after, a high-pitched scream. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Of course I had heard of such a thing. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m kind of happy to hear you say that, Ben.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I was proud to hear Pa say, “We can’t do that. The boy didn’t earn a full month’s pay.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, my mom is a single parent, and we almost never hear from my dad. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dany could hear the singing of the red priests as they lit their night fires and the shouts of ragged children playing games beyond the walls of the estate. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I had read some of his speeches, and had heard fragments of others on the radio and on television, so I associated him with ferocity. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

He could hear the waves beat under the piles and he could hear the scampering of white rats against the wire. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This shank probably klunked his pants when he heard old Benny baby scream like a girl. Need a new diaper, shuck-face?” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Strauss apparently hedges his bets, giving the first necrophiliac kiss arguably the most dissonant chord that had ever been heard. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

When we don’t hear noises anymore, Lucinda turns the knob carefully, and we tiptoe out into the hall. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I wanted to hear him talk about math, even if it was only addition. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re not supposed to explain yourself after you say ‘Wait till my father hears about this.’” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

We heard shouting throughout the camp, and scrambled from the ground and beat at the flap of our tent that we might see what had transpired. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

But when nobody heard ’em they just went quiet and sat with their backs against the cabin, rocking back and forth, confused as hell. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Yes, our trusted Prieto has been reporting everything he hears in the Mirabal household down at Security for a bottle of rum and a couple of pesos. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he looks at me real seriously, and says, “Don’t you ever wear this, you hear me?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Beyond her, I saw the first zigzag of lightning, and heard, far off, the rumble of thunder. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helena tosses the ball toward the guard—an SS man, though not the same one—and he barks at her, yelling something unfriendly, though it’s hard to hear because a car is honking. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Now that wasn’t the way on all plantations; there were good masters and mistresses, as I’ve heard tell, but I didn’t happen to come across any of them.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Play like you didn’t hear it,” she chuffed. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I must have pulled twenty kids up before I heard Mr. Ward’s voice yell, “That’s it! That’s everybody! Let’s get out of here!” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard my name and called down the stairs. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

With a little shrug she turned away, and immediately she heard his voice. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Every sound they hear seems to urge them to run. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I was lacing up my boot when I heard a faint noise off in the forest, out of sight behind a stand of thick pine trees. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The rice was done and the okra soup was almost ready when I heard a single gunshot that echoed through the town. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

It was like hearing someone talk on a phone. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

He was in an uneasy sleep when he heard the voice of a guard. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He rested his paddle on his lap, coasting, trying to place the pets he’d heard crying in the dark. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

It was as if Pet couldn’t hear her, couldn’t hear anything. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Others could hear it, too, faint but distinct: “Help!...Help!” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

And were there to be any legislative hearings about texting, Reggie would have to testify. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Sure,” he said, “I like to hear about what’s happening at day care.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Metal ladder rungs appeared in the side of the wall, leading up, and I could hear people yelling our names. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“And Mama be in the Parchman jail,” says Benny for everybody to hear. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The sound I heard on the hill near Trebon was not a lion’s roar, but I felt it in my chest the same way. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Even Dadi didn’t want to hear about my love/friendship life. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They smelled the smoke before they heard the flames, because a breeze from the sea was lifting it inland. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I assume he means from Mom, who heard from Ellis and whoever else said whatever made her stay in bed today. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

"Sansa, did you hear? I'm to ride in the tourney today. Mother said I could." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It was something to tell somebody, and for a moment he smiled at what Lizzie would say when she heard. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

His father was talking, and Jonas realized that he was hearing the answer to the question he had started to ask. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

None of us had ever heard of the place and we got lost on the way there. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He could hear a blackbird, and sparrows, and a lark, for all the world as though it was already spring. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the book came to life when I heard her calling for me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Her cry reached her husband upstairs, who did not believe what he heard. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

My bedroom window looks out into the street, so I have the luxury of hearing his every coming and going. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

And the noise had been heard inside the priory. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

More attention was paid to that photo than to the reason for the hearing. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Flournoy said he and his wife would come, but most folks either acted like they didn’t hear the invite or else huffed out of the store without buying a thing. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

As I headed to the bathroom to get a drink, I was surprised when I heard the water running. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

And just as I made it to the aisle, I heard Callum’s voice behind me. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

There was one special fellow’s music that made her heart shrink up every time she heard it. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Some of the time when a growned person asks you a question, you’re smart to tell ’em what it is they want to hear, but that waren’t what I was doing. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry to hear that. Sounds like a touch of the flu. Some Sal Hepatica might help the young fella,” he said. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

"Well, ever since I first heard about it, even when I was a very little girl, I've wanted it to happen to me." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, Underwood,” he mumbled, barely loud enough for me to hear. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He heard Mr. Tiflin in the house, stamping his feet into his boots. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can almost hear what she doesn’t say. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I heard something—a deep whisper in the darkness. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“We heard about what you’re doing. We heard about what happened,” the man says. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I heard a small but deep moan seep from her. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

"What I hear is whining, and you seem perfectly fine," said Belet, expressing zero sympathy. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I hear a little gasp from over where the girl’s sleeping. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

She had barely started when they heard Mrs. Tallis calling them down to dinner. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

People come and go, talking to you, and you hear yourself respond, but don’t feel your lips making the words. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

She could still hear the hollow rustle of his words as she squeezed back out through the opening and rushed up the path toward Egypt Town. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I have to go, Sierra. You finish this painting, you hear me?” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Moss could hear voices coming from the next room and, feeling unusually bold, he reached out and grabbed Javier’s hand before leading him into the dining room where their friends were. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The woman with the snuff says to Mam, Missus, I don’t want to be forward but I think you should be sitting down for we heard about your loss. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I felt the shock wave a split second after I heard the detonation and instinctively dropped to the floor of my hideout with my arms wrapped over my head. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He heard nothing and, for him, nobody was coming. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

They looked like gold coins, and when the wind blew through them, she heard a thousand tiny chimes. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I know I’m not a very good Muslim, but I hope my prayers are heard. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t wanted to hear her; I’d just wanted to save her. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When he called and I heard his voice over the phone I would get this nauseous feeling all over my body. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

When he heard her approach he would put away his novel and begin typing sentences. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

As he worked, he could hear the voices from inside the tent. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I hear liquid hitting the ground behind me and turn quickly. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Bryan was detained by the authorities after the first hearing. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She had come looking for her sister—no doubt with the exhilarated notion of protecting her, or admonishing her, and had heard a noise from behind the closed library door. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I had heard him say to Peewee that Stewart had asked him to extend. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why is this the first I’m hearing of it?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She continued hastily, “Don’t you suppose he could tell from the tone used that the words weren’t complimentary? Don’t you suppose he’s heard the words used before and noted upon what occasions?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

They’d tried to stop him right up until that morning, when I heard him screaming that his body belonged to him. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I hear. This sounds very violent, no good for me.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Lupita, shivering in the nighttime breezes that came in with the fog from the ocean, heard coyotes howling that night, but none came to the ruin. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

It was unnerving to hear: as bad as things were, few Americans wanted to go down the Russian path. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I can hear her voice as I read her writing. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She thanks me a few times more, but the best words I hear all day come to me right when I think it’s over. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I held up three fingers to indicate the number of bodies I heard pushing through the trees. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She also urged interested citizens to come hear her speak the next day at the local Presbyterian church. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to hear it, Slam,” she said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I hear: “You’re always journeying whether you like it or not.” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

It was just what I didn’t want to hear. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought he heard a kind of softness in Mama Bellini’s voice. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I heard myself say, "Do you know him?" my voice rising. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hear that Lord Hamlet has created a most exciting entertainment this night,” Cristiana said, speaking aside to me with her hand held to her mouth. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He passed his tongue tentatively over his teeth and lips and heard far off the ululation of the pursuers. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Aside from sending her his books, she hadn’t seen or heard from him since the meeting with the king. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

A fellow student whispered to me that Nyathi was a member of the African National Congress, an organization that I had vaguely heard of but knew very little about. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was surprised that no one else could hear it. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Aziz lost her dad, then lost her mom, then the uncles arrived as if they had heard the news of their sister already. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Fine,” I said, but my voice was so quiet, I wasn’t sure she heard me. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

To grieve, to ache, to be torn apart, and then...to hear his voice call your name again, feel the touch of his hand once more... You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m taking pictures of the open house. When we open the doors to the community? Ever heard of the concept?” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He had a choice of three corridors, but then he heard the rattle of feet and knew that his choice had just become two. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I could hear the waves churning and I could smell the cold salty froth. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

While she pressed her hand against a painful stitch in her side, she heard a booming sound in the distance. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

In my mind, I heard Sr. Rivera ask him about Maribel, and I saw Garrett screw up his face because he didn’t understand what Sr. Rivera was saying. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

How long she stayed there she could not have said, but after a time she heard a bell ringing, far off across the city. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He pulled out a big sheet of parchment that he must’ve shoved under the table when they heard someone at the door. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Nok swallowed a surge of nervousness and bowed to the Governor, keeping her eyes down until she heard his deep voice say, “Welcome, child. Please come in.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I don’t say “Bye,” ’cause I don’t think Mama Ya-Ya will hear me. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

If there was any color prejudice in Salinas I never heard or felt a breath of it. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’ve heard how they sharpened their teeth and stormed the invaders in northeastern Congo, feeding on nothing but rage. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Whenever I heard about a good fighter, I went to see if it were you,” I said. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he felt her strong arms wrap around him and heard her booming voice holler, “Pull us up!” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I try not to make a nuisance of myself, but I’ve figured out how to get my voice heard when I have to. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pick up and hear the dial tone, dial the 800 number for the phone card...and then stop. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

A couple of minutes later, she heard Noa walk past the window of the hotel room. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He hears the brass bands, too, and the living room gleams bright with the showy flutes and trumpets and trombones. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

It’s getting so noisy in here I can hardly hear myself think. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Oh dearie me. Did you hear that, m’dear? They must be living in our home at St. Ninian’s Church. Oh, whatever shall we do? Our dear little home, full of dreadful rats.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Smiling, I said in a slightly trembling voice, “I think I just heard a tree get smoked. Aren’t you glad we’re not out there?” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I heard hooves and was certain it was a patroller seeking out the murderers; but it was a youth who rode past without so much as marking us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He could hear the flies before he entered the outhouse. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Deborah had never heard about needing to copyright anything, but the family had always thought they should talk to a lawyer about the cells, and Cofield sounded like one they could afford. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

El Jefe’s gaze is withdrawing further and further into some back room of his mind where he tortures meaning out of the words he hears. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

You could hear the Talib shouting, “Hold her down. Hold her hands down.” Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He ignored my question by pretending he didn’t hear me. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I won' dered who comforted her when she heard those bottles knocking together, those ghosts chattering about the things she had done wrong. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

And though, unfortunately, he could not hear what they said, their behavior was secretive enough to make Cluny sure he was right. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

"And sons too, of an age with yours. When she hears, perhaps she . . . she may take pity, and ..." "Send my daughters back unharmed?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She was about to fly down and look more closely when she heard a cry of alarm. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

At times he could hear the faint sound of the winter wind blowing outdoors. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He heard the words the way Mom had said them eight years ago, and the way Emma said them now, and the tone was exactly the same. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Shady, I don’t think these folks want to hear from me,” Jinx whispered. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He turned, lifting his head as if he were listening for something she could not hear, and he said, “I will take you there.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He later heard the man moved to Worcester and became a cobbler. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Some had urged that very thing within her hearing after the battle in the woods. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When the doors were shut, the coolness of the air-conditioned limo was a relief but the stillness and silence made it possible for me to imagine I could hear Bodega’s heartbeat. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I did not hear the rest of her words. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could hear people saying underneath their cheerful rhetoric. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Before blacking out from pain, Stockdale heard the drone of American planes above. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Henri the painter heard for the first time the Book of the Dead and was so moved that he changed his medium. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the story that Mrs. Amos was hearing from her lying son was only that Todd had tried to wake me up so I could go to the bathroom. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Now I don’t want to hear you say that. No, sir, that’s the last thing I want to hear. Don’t ever start anything you can’t finish.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I say what I know my mom wants to hear. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I hear the whoosh of the little girl's blood racing through her body, and the thrum of her pulse floods my ears. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“I was on my way to the gym and heard the music. I wanted to see who was making it.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

As if what Joe said had started the sound, she suddenly began to hear the whine of a saw. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“So, I thought we’d talk for a while, and then you’ll have the chance to hear from Sparrow’s teachers. How does that sound?” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Not bad, ace,” said a familiar voice, speaking just loud enough to be heard over the music. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It had rocked him when he heard who and what his father was. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hear a muffled yell to my right. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Come and hear what I am being told.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t hear his side, but she didn’t need to. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He believed all the news he heard and had faith in none. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I need to be louder than the muffling snow, loud enough to be heard through the walls of buildings, loud enough to be heard through car windows and bus doors. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

‘And do not trouble: no one will ever hear of it. I would sooner walk than sit on the back of any beast so great, free or begrudged.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

As if she’s heard my thoughts, her eyes meet mine, that familiar pale blue offering me solace, even as she lifts the ax. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I hear he’s doing talk shows now,” another chimes in. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

She sighed with relief when she heard that Annabeth was safe. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“What possibilities!” he crowed, as if he hadn’t even heard me. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

So engrossed he was with the flight of the geese that he did not hear Bill’s footsteps until his brother was quite near. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I don't want you to get a wrong idea of me from all these stories you hear." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I would dearly love to read the reactions, the observations of each and every person who walks through the gates of Le Cirque des Rêves, to know what they see and hear and feel. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He would’ve gotten angry and thrown something, or gotten excited and jumped on the table so every one could hear him, and they would’ve listened. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

One day I memorized all of “The Walrus and the Carpenter” because I wanted Ruthie to hear me. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

But what I hear, still ringing in my mind’s ear, is the Glee Club I belonged to, made up of girls from the fourth, fifth, and sixth grades. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, while I’m on the toilet, I hear the truck pull into the driveway. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few neighbors who had heard Reba’s screams had gathered in Pilate’s backyard. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was scared to say more for fear she’d hear the shake. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

He tried not to think of the stories he had heard lately of mass killings; of men, women, and children being forced to dig their own graves and then being shot and thrown into them. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

As Shin heard it, LiNK would no longer provide him with a place to live. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“You can then? The day after to-morrow, if you please. You are to pay all charges out of my purse. You hear the condition of your going?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Harry had been braced to hear it, but it was a blow nevertheless. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She wondered what kind of music he heard in his mind that his ears couldn’t hear. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

When I tried to listen harder, I didn’t hear it anymore. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I had heard a great deal, long before I finally met him, of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, and of the Nation of Islam movement, of which he is the leader. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

They heard his feet and both looked up at him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though Bear must have heard me, he did not interfere. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I heard her pull up the quilt, I heard her turn over, I heard her sigh. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“I heard. He been sick. He’s okay now. Congratulations, man. Somebody sent me a link to your stuff.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“Go. Only thing I better hear is you studying.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

But she couldn’t help but hear the townspeople’s whispers hissing in her head, the new judgment in them. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Professor Rumfoord said frightful things about Billy within Billy’s hearing, confident that Billy no longer had any brain at all. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told him that I didn’t hear all she had said. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to hear about what’s going on, but I’m afraid that will only start everything again. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Dr. Treisman instructed the subject to listen to the passage coming into one ear—say, the left ear—and then to immediately repeat what he or she heard. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He sat propped against a tree, watching the red sentries passing to and fro in the firelight, hearing their quiet passwords and thinking about the excitements of the day. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t think I heard a single conversation on any other topic. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

His arm is now bent at an obscene angle, and we all hear a POP. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I had heard all those newsmen say “Screaming Eagle Division of the 101st,” but those were just words. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He heard a man snoring loudly just below his tree. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as soon as I heard her voice, the tears started coming again. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wrong person had been sent to hear Rosy. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“I hear you! I hear you. This is me...!” Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Playing in my grandmother’s house, I’d hear gunshots, screams, tear gas being fired into crowds. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

If I had a nickel for every time I’ve heard “The apple don’t fall far from the tree,” I’d be rich. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I think I heard it first because I looked toward the sound and then everyone else looked. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then I heard the sound of running feet. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then Laura ran and hid her head on the bed and stopped her ears with her fingers so she could not hear the hog squeal. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nathan struggled to maintain enough distance so the horned toad couldn’t hear him but so he was close enough to listen in on what it was saying. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He kept me one full month to hear the tale of Troy, the ships and the return of the Akhaians, all which I told him point by point in order. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Lilian would hear the noise and hobble down the hall. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Thomas waited for Chuck to laugh or smile, thinking it had to be a joke—who ever heard of someone being cut in half? The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Well, I heard little Loma threw a pure fit down at the store today,” said somebody else. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

In the end, he planted his feet and then spoke quietly, so only Nok could hear. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

It comes out so soft even I wouldn’t believe it if I heard myself talking. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

You made sure the world heard about the beauty of maple sugar children, and the artfully tattooed backs of Black sailors venturing out to foreign places. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she leaned in and said just loud enough for all of us to hear. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Although thick trees shaded the path and they could hear rustling in the undergrowth and unfamiliar cries of strange forest birds, nothing seemed threatening. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yep. Some strange goings on round here. But don’t put my name in it if you hear anything. Was just like this when that insurance man jumped off the roof. Ever hear tell of him?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They will not see. I can hear no more of this.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes we heard them pile back into their truck and restart the engine, and then, at last, they were gone. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I figured Howard probably wouldn’t hear me, but then I saw him give me a thumbs-up before the truck disappeared from sight. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She had heard this somehow, like she heard so much. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I was aware that they had heard rumors that I had strayed from the organization, that I was compromised, so at every turn I sought to reassure them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Have you ever heard an ant wearing fur slippers walk across a thick wool carpet?” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

But both Charles and Emma liked having visitors; Emma still ran to the front door when she heard someone coming up the drive. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I turned and faced her and told her what she had to hear. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

A few moments later, they heard the splash of an anchor being thrown down in the shallows, and the thud of a plank being lowered onto the bank. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He talked with my mother a long time and all I could hear was my mother’s voice: “I don’t know what you’re talking about. Search the house if you like.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now they could hear angry voices, growing louder and louder. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

A lot of people are going to read it and be upset, I thought, and just at that moment I heard something that sounded like a swarm of angry bees. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Here, it was as if I was sealed into a noiseless box, and even when I opened a window, all I could hear was the rhythmic whisper of cars driving on the nearby road. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I also heard the gruff voices of the security police who were in the process of searching the offices. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I never even heard of some of those countries.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“That sounds like that School of Hard Knocks I been hearing about,” Peewee said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coraline made a noise, a sound of revulsion and horror, and, as if it had heard her and awakened, the thing began to sit up. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“I never even heard of it,” he confessed. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I felt my lips form the word, but I couldn’t hear myself. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

My eyes started getting all this pressure on ’em after I heard her say if I was okay. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was not very long, though fear made it seem an hour at least, before he heard Sam’s voice calling softly from below: Elbereth, Elbereth. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Jon could hear the sounds of their feeding echoing off the rocks. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He listened to the world turned silent by the snow; there was absolutely nothing to hear. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I’ve heard them at it sometimes, caught whiffs of their private conversations. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, about six weeks ago, she heard the name Gatsby for the first time in years. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

He replayed it in his head, trying to convince himself that he’d said it so quietly, under his breath, that maybe his dad hadn’t heard. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I hear you. But why is the train gonna be stopping right there?” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knows the story of the accident, a story she first heard with polite newlywed sympathy, but the thought of which now, now especially, makes her blood go cold. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was sure they were just teasing me again, until I heard the creak and pull of the rope ladder. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I’d heard stories of old country burials with singers and dancers, but I wasn’t sure what to do, so we just dug a hole and said a passel of prayers. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“One day, a poor boy from another village heard about the girl. ‘Please make me a pot of rice and cowpeas,’ he asked his grandmother. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later I heard the TV go on in the living room. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

No others that dwelt in the wide world had voices so fair to hear. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He heard her leave, probably for a run, and she was gone for a good long time. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

We played the Would You Rather? game at the end of set crew, when everyone else was on the other side of the stage and nobody could hear us talking. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Inspired by his interest in hearing, sound, and speech, Bell experimented with using electricity to transmit voices. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I could hear Alke calling to me, singing the song that connected the land to its people. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Ogion's windows were shuttered fast, but they could hear the wet snow as it fell soft on the roof, and the deep stillness of snow all about the house. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

I heard a car drive in and park in front of the flat, and I clasped my shaky hands together, certain it was Father Amadi. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Considering how you’ve written some of the best rhymes I’ve ever heard in my life, I bet it is,” he says. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

When the wind blew, he could hear the creak and groan of branches older than he was. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Tom heard a horse’s clattering hoofs and he saw a small boy, elbows flapping, urging a tired horse toward the house. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When he heard my mother’s outburst, he rose from his chair, his eyes widening in confusion. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I hear Lily move to the other side of the table. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

When he heard this answer, Tortoise stormed off. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, my mom says that love is like music. One day you just—hear it.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

That we are notified by mail to come down to this place and decide on the guilt or innocence of a man we have never heard of before. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the yard she heard kids’ voices and the sound of water running. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

When Gram spoke, you could hear the rattle in her chest. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He does not hear me at first, just as I do not hear him. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

The superintendent had to shout to be heard. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I seem to recall hearing rumors that you provoked that attack,” says Tobias. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her words transported me to another moment, to the last time I’d answered a phone and heard those words instead of a greeting. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

"Well, even if he don't see it, he'll feel it and it'll still be good luck," Cotton said low so my mother wouldn't hear. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

And he wouldn’t have those waking dreams or hear those awful words his mother had spoken to him: What harm? Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“One more move like that and it will be your last. Do you hear me?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Keep walking down Broadway, boss,” Libby says, and then I hear her yell, “just a sec, Ma, I’ll bring you a glass of water in two shakes of a tail.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Did you learn anything?” the Englishman asked, eager to hear what it might be. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And how weird it is that I haven’t heard her complain about it. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Mary Toy heard only that Grandpa had “a surprise” for her, but Miss Love wrote other girls about a dress or pattern or a bolt of poky-dot material or some such. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Behind him he heard the cabin of the crusher open and a man’s voice called out, raising the alarm. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

When you hear that, you begin to wonder why we’re fighting this long and difficult war. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Lyra could hear faint cries of pain and misery. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes flicker, so I know she hears me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Its crack was louder, and I heard it through my body rather than with my ears. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mama puts her other hand on the doorframe and leans in so that the woman on the other side of the door can see and hear just how desperate she is. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

An insult Laila had heard on the street rose to her lips. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

It is unlikely that he could have heard Rosemont over the din from the crowd. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A low moaning sound could be heard in the tops of the tall sycamores. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The savages might as well come finish us off now,” I hear a man say. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I heard voices and shouts, and then Mr. Galanter was putting a wet handkerchief on my head. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He liked hearing that, but an instant later came the fear of not being able to go to college at all. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finn knew what she wasn’t saying: So you don’t have to hear the voice that sounds like your mother’s but isn’t. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

One night he heard an interview with an astronomer about what would have to be done to get the moon back in place. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure if I mean it, but I think it’s what she wants to hear. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I remember hearing the sudden barking of the dogs and a lot of queer sounds, like praying on a very tumultuous scale, from Mr. Renfield’s room, which is somewhere under this. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

"But we heard it," insisted Daisy, surprising me by opening up again in a flower-like way. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Of course I have heard all this before. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t forget the night, several months before the explosion, when she had been in bed with Ernest and heard a noise outside her house. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Ronny yells, “The only thing she takes is—” The rest is cut off by laughter and I hear him getting hit with something. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Then I heard a low, ominous hum, followed by a piece of music from that film’s score: “Also Sprach Zarathustra” by Richard Strauss. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He jumped awake, hearing a knock at the door. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard you were looking for me,” said Bod. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“Killer,” I hear again, whispered along the wind. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I heard the screaming and the shouting and the sound of the car squealing away from the curb. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Other than the hyena’s whining, I heard very little from the animals, no more than claws scuffing against a hard surface and oc­casional groans and arrested cries. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

But the voices inside were getting louder, so maybe she just didn’t hear it. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Never heard it called that before,” Mrs. Smith said. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Not to spring out of bed to warm up his dinner when I heard his key in the door. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

In the distance, I can hear the sound of kids yelling and laughing. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And then she said the words that her parents had dreaded hearing for the past sixteen years, ever since the day Grace had been born. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Remember that if conflict is not taken to the Council of Guardians, and if there is a death . . .” She heard a murmur. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard Beatrice shouting, “Hullo, hullo, don’t cut us off, exchange,” and then there was a click, and silence. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The men gathered at the farm were begun a sweep to ferret out any who had not regained the launches—we could hear them call to each other. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“Unused to hearing people speak from the heart?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Consequently, we do not have to wait until the publication of Geoffroy’s table in 1718 to hear the death knell of alchemy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I heard you. To be honest, if I had the choice, I wouldn’t. I don’t have much of a stomach for that kind of food. I find it quite distasteful.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I could hear the clucking and squawking of chickens. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

From my brother, however, I hear nothing of the sort. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He listened and heard only the cricking heat and the hiss of distance. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sound was muffled, not loud and earth shattering like the bombs I had heard so many times when Klan members dynamited black homes and businesses throughout the city. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I thought I heard noises in the distance—the sound of the tractor running, the sound of hammering—but I could not be sure. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I heard a door close and looked up to see Ma come into my room. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he pretended he didn’t hear me when I asked for cocoa. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard her clapping, the way she had applauded our good deeds when Caroline and I were little girls. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“We heard you are in the market for lawn mowing services, and we thought we’d do you one better. We propose a trade.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I heard stifled chuckles of approval from behind me. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'd hear Mrs. Wheeler talking to her all the time, too. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m almost back at the top when I hear Tats. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

My mom knocks on my door, but I pretend not to hear her. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He saw a man swinging a black rifle, grunts and yells and weird thick sounds unlike anything he had ever heard before. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart jumped when I heard the doors slam and the sound of the two big posts fall into their metal cradles, one locking the door from the inside and another from the outside. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Kaede heard the anguish in the Queen’s voice, and guilt burned through her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Oh my,” I heard a female voice gasp. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I could hear his hands jingling keys and nickels and pennies. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ekon heard the crack in his own voice, but he couldn’t stop it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Then there was a minor nobleman, another musician, and a pretty young lady that I thought might be my Aloine until I heard her voice. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Over the thudding of the engine, she heard Asriel shout something and thought she heard her name. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The dishes on the table shattered, everyone ducked and clapped their hands over their ears, and I thought I could hear, from the frozen floors below, cracks spidering through the ice. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“You’re a citizen, so you’ll be good. But make sure you take advantage of every penny, you hear me?” she says. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I heard a voice moaning and it was mine and the sound was terrifying, for I had not meant to speak. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What’s this I hear about you not working on your rockets anymore?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

What chance had he of hearing Sam Adams’s words? Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard one person compare it to being on the moon. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hear their whisperings like dry leaves swirling against hard earth. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“I heard him say you look like a seal,” Håkon said. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I feel wonderful, sweetheart. I’m sitting here talking to you and I feel wonderful. It’s a joy to hear your voice. I can’t tell you.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

It was the voice Rishi had heard him use in phone meetings when he was trying not to lose his temper. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Jack will want to hear all about this. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

We finish picking up our things in silence until we hear giggling. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Have you heard anything back from any schools?” she asks, her eyes focused on the road. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

We all ran outside when we heard his truck on our lonely road. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

After hearing Liam with Zu, I knew that he felt an intense guilt over what had happened the night of their breakout, but it sounded like it might run even deeper than that. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

For a few seconds, Frank could hear nothing but the fire crackling. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Nobody really wants to hear what you have to say. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Stoker speaks in a low voice that can only be heard if everyone is quiet. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I heard animals tittering inside it as I sprinted after her, keeping my eyes on the back of her gray T-shirt. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It was summertime, very hot and dusty outside, and I could hear cicadas crying in the yard. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She thought she remembered hearing that the parents of the lost child, Caleb, had been chastised. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I hear Grammy’s tires rolling up the driveway, so I stand and brush the pine needles off of my legs. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Have I heard of the new disease which will turn us all into deformed cretins unless the paper companies are forced to stop dumping mercury into the rivers? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment, I hear them checking the girl for supplies. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I had reached it and was debating which way to go when I heard the tractor engine, faint in the distance. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Intoxicated by what he heard from the prisoner he was supposed to betray, Shin made perhaps the first free decision of his life. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He walked to the window and stopped, waiting to hear someone challenge his right to do what he was doing. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

‘I heard one of the ruffians speak of him.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Going up the stairs I heard a voice from the Butt Room say, “Funny, he came all the way down here and didn’t even have a smoke.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart pounds so loudly I am sure others can hear it as my feet come to a complete stop. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can hear the rain coming in, though, pattering on the leaves a few hundred yards away. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

How could children benefit from hearing sounds in a new way? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“They heard us playing, and it changed their path,” she said, contrite, as if she felt responsible for whatever had frightened her. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, there are positive signs that these questions are, at last, being heard and, in many places, are being acted upon. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Every half hour, I check for a response, but by the time I go to bed, I still haven’t heard from him. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I heard them growl and saw them snap and lunge at fellow marchers—they even tore at the clothes of a couple of people near me. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She probably won’t like what she hears, but she has to hear it. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

Dolores heard a soft clack as something dropped to the floor. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

It sounded like Czech, from what I’d heard of it in the camps. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I could not hear myself screaming, Djo, but my throat was on fire. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could practically hear Tidings: “You let him go? A soldier does not abandon his charge!” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But Papa-Nnukwu kept talking as though he had not heard her. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

In some older recordings, the singing would be re-recorded by a Western chorus, which took away from the experience of hearing the song. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“Well, people would tell him what they most wanted. They'd say it loudly. Everyone could hear. And then they told him what they were willing to trade for it. But they whispered that part.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They applauded when they heard how Mary Miller rescued Luke after he was sent to the Mosses a second time, and they cheered when I announced that the Mosses had been arrested. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Now, as she found herself jostled by their thick, sweat- smelling bodies, as she heard their muttered angry comments and their shouts, she found herself both frightened and annoyed. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

You almost thought then you could hear the wind rustling the branches, and talking about it seemed to only make things worse. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm so excited to hear that you will be coming to see me, you're welcome any time. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She liked to hear me read the catechism in English, although she could not understand all I read, and I myself could not yet read with complete comprehension. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A singer had made a song about the axe that cracked his jaw in half, and the old man loved to hear it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Francie heard, as if for the first time, the sound the desk drawer made when she opened it to get her purse. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry waited until they could hear Xenophilius moving about in the kitchen downstairs before speaking. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I wanted very much to hear such a conversation and decided I would take the wallet from Hugh's back pocket as we left the train. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I heard a train in the distance, its horn so similar to the ones that had passed by Thurmond at all hours of the night. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He said, “I heard that a whole home ec class got buried alive in Portable 18. They’re just not telling us.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

By morning my parents are still waiting to hear from Dr. Randolph, so they decide to send me off to school. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

When I try to tell him 128 it wasn’t my fault, he doesn’t want to hear about sirens and broken taillights. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

Every time I look through things like this, I hear Metias’s voice in my mind. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

She said something else, but I could only hear buzzing. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Wart had heard about people who lived on berries, but this did not seem practical at the moment, because it was July, and there were none. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You will learn much, you will see much,” I heard her far away voice. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he came outside again a little after seven he was reminded of the conversation because he heard Mrs. Wilson's voice, loud and scolding, downstairs in the garage. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

As the door slams behind me, I hear kids laughing at my answer. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Sir,” he said loudly, “you’ll want to hear what Willodeen has to say. Trust me. We all need to hear it.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He then heard the flushing of a toilet from the bathroom and, as the door swung open, sat up to see who was there. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

She had heard this apology and it sounded real. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Mamá is in a lot of pain right now. She needs to hear that we still love her. Think about it. When was the last time you reached out to her?” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

As he stepped out onto the road to his house, he could hear the loud engine noise of approaching vehicles. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He thought he heard someone shout back, but the sound was too faint to make out the words. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

We hear her inside starting the fire, rattling the poker in the range, then yelling at us, Are ye goin’ to stand in there all day? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He tried to think of what little he had heard of snares. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were trotting along, following my dogs, when I heard Little Ann’s bawling stop. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The work on the trunk’s completed just as we hear the wave begin. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I called once and Ruth said she passed it on to her four days ago, but still I’ve heard nothing. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

As I walked down the hill to the boathouse, I heard a noise, like a door closing, and froze, midstep. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

When they heard what the doctors had said, they listened real seriously. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“I mean, I’d heard about the birdhouses, you know?” she says. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I’d heard several times that of all the Lackses, he was by far the angriest about what happened to his mother, and that he was looking for any revenge he could get. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Crouching in the house of Juan Tomas, they heard the shock go into their neighbors’ minds at the news of the broken boat. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Voices could be heard from inside the blocked fireplace. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

"I know, I know, you don't want to hear about it." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

But just as I reached the door, she said, “Of course, you’ll wait to exercise this privilege until after the court hearing tomorrow.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had reached the nurses’ station and Mom was saying goodbye to the nurses, who were waving back, so she didn’t really hear what Dad had said. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

John took extra long coming back, and I could hear him getting his roller skates out of the closet in the back room where all the pigs were. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

A hard frost was settling over the castle, and Jon could hear the soft crunch of grey weeds beneath his boots. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Speaking in a low voice so Hari could not hear, the doctor said, “I am sorry to have to tell you this, but the boy is gravely ill. There is nothing to be done.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Soon, in fact, they had pulled so far ahead that they could not even hear the boys in the other boats. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“See, that’s what I don’t understand,” I hear Miss Hilly say when I’m close enough. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

While I wasn’t sure she knew what she was talking about, I was relieved to hear the news. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I’m very sorry to hear that,” Mr. Landau tells her. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I’d heard of the Great Depression years before when I’d played Annie, but the slides of men in hats and long coats lined up in front of soup kitchens were new to me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Bran heard the breath go out of him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The room grew so quiet I could hear Uncle Holt’s pipe click against his teeth. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“A fascinating trio they are, though. Suitable for scientific study, what? I suppose you want to hear the story of where I found ’em.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I’m about to bolt back into the woods, when, in my periphery, I catch some kind of movement on the other side of the building, then hear the same crunching noises as the footsteps retreat. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Meggie wanted to put her hands over her ears so as not to hear the feeble tinkling sounds the fairy was making. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I heard you dragged me to the belltower covered in blood.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

They had flanked us with ease—they fired upon us from the side—and we, enfiladed, fled—hearing cries as men fell behind us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I thought I heard a splash in the water, but I couldn’t see anything moving. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Haven’t you heard of spelling reform?” he asks in a low voice. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It had been Mrs. Richardson who had held her, Mrs. Richardson who had heard all the doctors’ prognoses, the dire warnings about what might be in store for her. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He paused, and Thomas realized his face must’ve whitened even more when he heard that last part. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She points to Mr. Prentiss Jr. “I heard what he said. Don’t you wonder why they want you so badly?” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Because...did you hear that my mom doesn’t? Love me, I mean?” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

At another practice, the Under Fifteens had gathered in a circle at midfield to stretch, when they heard noises in the woods—snapping twigs and the crushing of dry leaves. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

By the time E. D. Nixon and other black leaders heard about Mary Louise Smith, her fine had already been paid and it was too late to mount a legal challenge. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Inside the jail, Ben and Sammy could hear the semisweet, candently primitive rhythms of jukebox blues diffusing out of unseen nightclubs. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Who ever heard of cheese coming in a box as big as a loaf of bread? The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have, sir,” he said, and although his voice was very scared, Harry could still hear the familiar unctuous note in it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Saying this, I know I’ll hear “anti-Semitic” from every direction again. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lissa held out her arms and spun, as if dancing to music only she could hear. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

And so Wang Lung listened, and what he heard was what he had never heard before. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“I heard you were helping to get the boys ready for the game,” she said. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I hear a high squeak as I approach the stoop. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Five minutes must have passed before I heard water running from the direction of the Franklins’ bedroom, though it felt like days. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I wish he would because I only just hear about him now, and I’d like to see for myself what he is like. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard the tinkle of a bell in the distance ahead. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind him he heard the lawn-sprinkling system jump up, filling the dark air with rain that fell gently and then with a steady pour all about, washing on the sidewalks, and draining into the alley. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I heard her call from the bathroom, ‘Oh, shoot! I forgot the shampoo.’ Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that’s when she heard the laugh—soft, feminine, and vicious. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I’m hearing what Dolores is saying, but in my head, her words are being drowned out by all my other thoughts. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Right after I turned the first bend I could hear a wagon ahead, so I ran through the woods to where they were gonna have to pass. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He had never himself been beaten or threatened on a bus, but he had heard more than enough insults and witnessed more than enough abuse of black passengers to last a lifetime. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“Who’s that?” he asked, hearing Thomas’s voice for the first time. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You heard the boy,” said the man in the shadows. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

"If you would take a man's life, you owe it to him to look him in the face and hear his last words," she'd heard him tell Robb and Jon once. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She wondered if the woman was the huntress who led the hunting party she had heard in the Wood that morning, their bugles ringing. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he heard voices, low and steady tones from the top of the hill. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

And there’s grace in being willing to know and hear others. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Have you never heard of the First Amendment? The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

I opened the lid expecting to hear “You Are My Sunshine.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Drawing a deep breath, she heard the rabbi begin to pray aloud. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hears the sarcasm in my voice and closes his eyes momentarily. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

At my door, before I can even get my key out, I hear my parents arguing on the other side. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He heard a jangling sound and found what he was looking for. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

If Ma heard me, she'd never let me come out here again. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m glad to hear that,” said Nero, with the smile that had been known to render parlors full of ladies mute and dazed. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I had heard your serving man was dead,” said the one with the stooped shoulder. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She arrived at the flat wearing a sequined bou-bou that caught the light, glistening like a flowing celestial presence, and said that she wanted to tell Ifemelu’s parents about it before they heard the gossip. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

"I like to hear you sing," she said. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Rowan knew what she wanted to hear, but that would just be another dance. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“I’m what the botanists call a hybrid,” he said the first time Cora heard him speak. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

These are the words I grew up hearing. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The bridegroom’s hand trembled visibly, and no one heard his replies. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got three steps up before I heard him. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I see one more punch over there, you two are back on suspension. You hear me?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ruthanne did such a fine rendition that we were pleasantly spooked—until we heard a clattering noise in the hallway. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

"And I know other people have said it, too. But I'm gonna keep saying it, 'cause I know you need to keep hearing it. There wasn't anything you could have done, Lafayette." Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

From the look on Momma’s face, the whole truth was as hard for her to hear as it was for me to say. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Cole heard the loud crack of bones breaking in his forearm. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I could hear the sough of it on the square surfaces of my camper top. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hyzenthlay had hardly disappeared down the run when Bigwig heard another rabbit approaching from the opposite direction. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Germans, who’d heard rumors about the place, called it “International Gangster School.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she had heard countless stories about her. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“How’d the work go?” she asked, and I could hear the ping of her setting a fork on the metal- topped table. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Once, in fact, when he’d heard I was broke, he had looked me up and handed me some money and grunted, “Stick this in your pocket.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fragments of melody he could make out were strange and tantalizing, but she sang so quietly he could hear next to nothing at all. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

We've all got strong opinions here, and \\Ms our responsibility to get them heard. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

As I stood outside and waited, I could hear my phone ringing. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said, “Susan...you heard that...the ship’s gone. I sent those two field men inside half an hour ago. You’ll have to see The Brain again.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Percy hoped the ancient lands wouldn’t be as bad as they’d heard. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And then a new voice began to be heard from the most profitable, slave-dominated sugar island of all, the very land to which Columbus had brought his first sugar plants. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Poor? Did I hear poor? When the dollars are literally flowing into this home from my labors? And flowing out even more rapidly.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fern only heard “war baby” and thought that was a good thing. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

At the same time the door flew open, and from the dark interior a hoarse voice inquired, “Have you ever heard a whole set of dishes dropped from the ceiling onto a hard stone floor?” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you hear?”—until most souls in town were swearing they had known long ago that Mr. Stonecrop was a scoundrel, and wasn’t it too bad about the Hurds? Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

That name even you hobbits have heard of, like a shadow on the borders of old stories. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

In the last few weeks, he hasn’t said anything that I haven’t heard from him before. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

"That great wad-dling sack of suet? His own people mock him as Lord Lamprey, I've heard. The man can scarce walk. If you stuck a sword in his belly, ten thousand eels would wriggle out." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“The Court is waiting to hear your plea,” the judge said. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sonny dances down the aisle to a beat nobody hears. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

As I ran up the stairs, I heard the phone ringing in the church office. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When I got to the court where the hearing would take place, about a three-hour drive from the prison, I went to see Avery in the court's basement holding cell. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The Orcs upon the Rock, hearing the rumour of dismay, wavered and looked back. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I am not sure now if I ever proceeded to knock; it is quite possible, given the alarming nature of what I heard, that I judged it best to withdraw altogether. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

She is glad to hear that he’s doing well. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

He was absorbed in Olanna’s voice and so he did not hear the sound—boom-boom-boom—from somewhere distant outside the windows, until she stopped stirring and looked up. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, I hear her jumping my father night after night until he begs her to leave him alone. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

For some reason I say this loudly enough for Mrs. Rylance to hear. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He heard Dimple’s sharp intake of breath and looked to see her bite the inside of her cheek to keep from smiling. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I heard about the bombing yesterday, and about the deaths of your friends.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

We often asked somebody to buy something in passing or get information in passing, but I had never heard of searching a house in passing. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he finally did get her, he could hear her friends laughing somewhere in the background as she explained that she was really busy. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He squinted at the window above, saw the same grey sky, heard the same strange quiet. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

In the awkward silence he adds, “I’m in Shadbush Crossing, not Mars. Yes, of course I’ve heard. Would you like to tell me why you would do such a thing?” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

But Bree did not want to talk about the wars as often as Shasta wanted to hear about them. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

All we could hear were the crickets and frogs and our own crazy panting. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Most people haven’t heard of them, but one old man tells me, “Sorry you came all this way. I’m afraid they been ate up by weather and the elements.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He was chasing after Nate with his bayonet held straight out in front of him, shouting angrily in a language Nate had never heard. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

This would help me to ignore it, because I knew that he would understand if he ever should hear such talk. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went on into the hall and listened, but I didn’t hear anything. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hear his voice, see his blue eye and brown eye, and suddenly I think of something. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard the bald man yelling in the shack behind us. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

As darkness fell, he heard Lyra come to lie down close by, and presently he heard a soft purring. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a hearing, but Katie was told beforehand that it was a technicality. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She leaned in like she couldn’t hear me. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Hazel heard her say as the two got out onto the sidewalk. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

But Dad don’t want to hear nothing about Mom; he says it only gets him down and what’s the use and better not to think about it. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

From far away, I could hear Rufus shout—strangely soft shouting—“You didn’t have to do that!” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Now, standing here in the faint February sun, I can hear the same stupid things that we said to each other that morning, that we always say to each other. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Yes, he could hear something, but not a voice. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I saw some tears and even heard some laughter. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I heard Dad from my bedroom; he’d said it with that much force. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I heard her laugh, and I whirled to the sound. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I heard her hiss “Lucky” once after I scored. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Thought it might end with X. I hear one. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

This time she smells acetone Enrique’s Journey and hears the rustle of plastic. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She’d tried to tell me, to tell us all, but I hadn’t really heard her until that moment. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“So at the hearing, the judge tells them they can accept Voluntary Removal or file for Cancellation of Removal.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He crawled through it, and before he had time to glance up and see where he was, he heard a voice saying, “Look who’s here!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

And then the beaded curtain parts, though she heard no one approach. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

And then from up above I hear a screeching almost as loud as the squid’s. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

One of Bobby’s closest friends, Anthony Saidy, said that he never heard Fischer make an anti-Semitic remark until at some point after the 1972 championship. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She ran out into the fields, far enough from the house so that she could no longer hear their voices, and pressed herself against the earth, her own land no more. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dropped a quota, thanks to Pima, who had had the sense to run for her when she heard that her missing crewboy was down in the shallows instead of up in the ship. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was lying in the bed with his eyes closed, but when he heard me, he opened them and said, sounding very tired: “Is he gone?” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then she heard the shot, followed quickly by another, like thunder in the dark. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m here because a friend of mine heard of an Arab who . . .” But the caravan began to move, and it was impossible to hear what the Englishman was saying. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she rides the elevator down and heads across the floor, she can hear them laughing and talking loudly. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I’d seen the crowds circling the dead in the mornings, heard the wailing in the halls when a second shifter lost a pocketbook to quick hands in the dark. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

“What have I said? What have I done? I know nothing, only that I was lying here, half asleep, and heard you say go on! speak, I command you!’ Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Siddhartha thought a great deal at this time about the dying sage whose voice had stirred thousands, whose voice he had also once heard, whose holy countenance he had also once looked at with awe. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

If we were far enough away from the child, we just walked away as though we didn’t hear him. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I rhymed! Did you hear that? I’m a poet and didn’t know it, although my shoes kind of show it.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Luke bent over, like he didn’t hear him correctly. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“You have heard of a certain Frank Churchill, I presume,” he continued—“and know him to be my son, though he does not bear my name.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

She still wishes Will felt that way, even though she hasn’t heard from him since the day at Whole Foods. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

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

I could almost hear the beating of my own heart; and the blood surging through my temples sounded like blows from a hammer. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Helmuth tells them what Hugo had said, that Brother Worbs was denounced by someone who heard him criticize the Nazis, and now he was taken into protective custody. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if any of them heard about the roofing tar, so they think I might be Swastika Guy. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I had heard this all before, how hard he had worked, how much the missionary Reverend Sisters and priests had taught him, things he would never have learned from his idol- worshiping father, my Papa-Nnukwu. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Papa had just checkmated Jaja when we heard the martial music on the radio, the solemn strains making us stop to listen. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You hear not as he hears not. You are both very young for deafness. Unleash his hands and leave us,” he said to the guards. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

We heard all of it, though there was a lot of technical stuff we couldn’t understand, especially at first. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

And now here it was, plain to hear as a Flop’s whistle. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The giant Texas-sized air conditioners hum loud, but I can barely hear anything over the chattering of my teeth. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Laura and Mary ran to lean on his knees and hear the rest. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I need you to hear what I’m saying even if you’re too young to understand. You can’t have everything in life that you want. Some things are meant for you. Some things just aren’t.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“I need an ambulance,” I hear him say. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It would be good to shed these shabby woolen garments and feel once more the softness of silk against her skin, and to hear the rusde of petticoats wherever she moved. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Harry was trying to hear what the voices were saying. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The return of my hearing was just one miracle. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Why does he hear footfalls behind him when there are none? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

That’s one of those words that no matter how many times you hear it, it always freaks you out. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“So undignified!” they heard her moaning as she shut the door behind her. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Late Sunday night, I wake up because I hear my mom’s anxious voice talking on the phone. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

After several hours they found Highway 60 and walked along parallel streets within hearing distance of it. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

He first heard the shots as he trotted through the playground, past the sliding board where he had once rowdied with the guys. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was the second or third thing they’d hear about me. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He hears of atrocities: knives, a rifle to the chest, beatings with tree limbs, demands for shoes and money. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Z was in his usual place leaning against the door as Mr. Trepid paced around the shack, anxious to hear about Z’s progress. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Or perhaps the disappointment, after finally arriving at Aunt Cilla’s house, and finding only Eunice there, whom they had never heard of. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she was tired of hearing me read, she thought of other things for me to do. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Radio programmes analysed the merits of different interpretations of the same pieces, while there were always new reasons to hear, say, Mozart afresh, thanks to the selling point of newly researched performance techniques. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

When she heard no heartbeat, she cried out his name. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I hear a hushed gruff laugh behind me, muffled words. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Every fool loves to hear that he’s important. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I heard about kids working in private offices in the neighborhood or at one of the insurance companies on 23rd Street. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

They had heard it on a cartoon, and it had made them laugh all day. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I chow and watch TV until I hear Dad’s Jeep in the driveway. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I went out the door and I couldn’t hear them, and I went down to the gate, where the girls passed with their booksatchels. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would hold the fly inside his huge fist long enough to hear its frantic buzzing. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“By the way; I don’t want to hear you say that people hate you,” she calls out. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

None of them heard it, she thought with joy; nobody heard it but me. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The servant’s prayer, after the cloudless thunder of Zeus, Odysseus heard with lifting heart, sure in his bones that vengeance was at hand. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard the truck motor start; a second later the floor lurched beneath me. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I hear it all and yet, I hear nothing. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I found that their sight isn’t as good as it seems, but their hearing is much, much better. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want you talking to that woman anymore, not for cleaning tips, not to say hello, you hear?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

"You have to look," Jon told him, keeping his voice low so the others would not hear. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They don’t hear me because they are too busy talking about Mickalene and where she went to school and where she lived in Portland. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I heard Granddad grumbling to himself, and I tried to ignore it. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Sydelle was pleased to hear someone come to her defense with a loud click of the tongue. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

They look small like ants, but we can hear them clapping. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I heard a lot of shouting and laughing ahead of me. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I woke once and heard the snow ticking thick and soft on the tent. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

‘He’s getting near now, near enough to hear a whisper.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The man next to the dealer, with hair combed straight back, put down his cards and said, “Did you hear that? We got ourselves a model citizen.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Having heard it many times, I know when to break into the obligatory claps and screams. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought it must’ve been midnight because I heard shouting, but I ignored it. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Mr. Trepid said, “I heard that. Keep that up and you’re going to be down there all day.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

This meant I couldn’t see them either, but I could hear every word. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

If I ran, whoever this is might have heard her and take chase. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

You have heard it, and it—this true story of rich implication, this living parable of proven glory and humble nobility—and it, as I say, has made you free. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then on the second night I wouldn’t hear anything. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

And out of the corner of my ear I hear myself. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we walk into the first patch of light, I hear a gunshot and drop to the ground. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It was important to me to hear how Littmus survived after losing everything he loved. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I heard the bald man yelling somewhere behind us. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The hearing progressed inexorably to the point when Ernest Lawrence would be called to testify. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

"Could I have one?" she heard herself say. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Not much. You know what he’s like. No one hears it until it’s finished. Not even me.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Judge Harry Lemley of Hope, Arkansas, had been named to hear the Little Rock School Board petition asking for a postponement of integration for public schools. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her face is somber, strained like when we hear shots outside our apartment window. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

He hears her cries when she begs Ma to give her food. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe not on your end. I heard it in her voice.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“We could hear them before we could see them,” Paul said. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Their heads whip from side to side, as if they’ve just heard astonishing news. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He wanted to hear her say his name, he wanted to make her feel so good she’d never leave him, he wanted so many things he lost the words for them all. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

And there simply were too many English-speaking people in my day for me to hear American accents anymore. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They felt their knees fail, and their hearts—but heard Eurymakhos for the last time rallying them. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Pappa and Ma were letting it slide for now, but he’d heard them discuss having Celia over for dinner one day soon. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She never cried in front of Turner but Turner could hear her sometimes, late at night. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“These disappearances seem to me to be linked. The Ministry disagrees — as you may have heard, while waiting outside my office.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She heard more, felt more in some way, and I realized with a start that she was listening to every word, every single word. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

When I heard these things, actually, they didn’t anger me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Have you ever heard of this Yo-Yo Ma dude?” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, of course, when the news of the king's visit was heard, all expected the girl to hide the fish. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The wind began to blow, and he raised his voice further to be heard. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Seconds later, the rhythmic crying of Little Ann could be heard. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He heard admiration voiced for a brilliant young officer named McClellan, who had been put in top command of the army in the East. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of those dots is the mother of public enemy number one, I think when I hear a faint wailing behind me. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The conductor stood in the aisle next to her seat and spoke a bit louder than he normally would, in order to be heard over the screechy din of the train’s brakes being applied. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“Bundle up best you can and go feed Muff’s chickens, you hear?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I would be on my knees, scrubbing, sweating, pouring out what limited energy my body could wring from my meager diet, and I would hear feet approaching. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I heard what Georgie had heard, a voice calling, rising and falling with the wind. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I must be the only one who can hear Bad Leg’s song tonight. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

And when Joseph finished, he went up to the Big Barn, and we could hear Rosie mooing. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

But around six o’clock we hear her return. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I beat my chest till the whole world hears. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

In Montgomery, students stopped one another at bus corners and by their lockers, saying things like “Have you ever heard of Claudette Colvin?” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

He put my hand behind the hearing aid. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

She cried because girls who believed in happily ever afters could be murdered in attics, and because men who just wanted to have their voices heard could have their words choked off forever. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I heard them talking about it, in the kitchen. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Deep in the underwater hall he heard another noise. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

How much of our conversation did Grace hear? A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“If you’re going to pretend to be listening to music,” she said, “you should also pretend not to hear what I’m saying.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

At that moment Sam felt a tremor in the ground beneath him, and he heard or sensed a deep remote rumble as of thunder imprisoned under the earth. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

While she dined, sweet music breathed around her: a great choir seemed to sing to a harp, but she could only hear, not see, them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now,” he said, speaking softer so only I might hear, “after None—when my business is over—you and I shall leave Great Wexly.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Homer, for God’s sake,” I heard her say in a small and worried voice I hadn’t ever heard her use before. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Hears his number called, hears himself challenged, hears the rattle of the muskets, hears the orders ‘Make ready! Present! Cover him steady, men!’ and is laid hands on—and there’s nothin’! Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

They did not talk but we could not have heard them because of the noise from the river. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I heard sirens coming up the street, and I swear I would have stayed staring if it hadn’t been for the cop car that pulled up onto the sidewalk between us. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

After a while, when no one had heard anything from those first twenty-nine Navajos, people began making jokes about what must have happened to them. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The driveway is crowded with trucks and cars, and I can hear the laughter from inside. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She said that for the rest of her life she could hear her two murdered sons calling to her in that ear. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Most of what I read and heard was negative. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

But it was a nicer sound than that, a more musical tone: only so faint that you could hardly hear it. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“I heard him say that,” I said, alluding to statements my father had often made when quarrelling with my mother. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It must have been terrifying for him to hear this. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I heard the old things: the Negro is this or that or the other. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now you hear it and you get scared because it sounds like a word that makes you want to disappear. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

We could hear the loudspeakers outside playing the Republic’s national pledge. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

It was always weird to hear him call Ma Charles “Aunt Naomi” and Big Ma “Aunt Ophelia” and even weirder to remember they had names of their own, although I never used them. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

With his face burning and his head bowed, he walked through court after court, hearing that voice roaring ahead of him, hearing tinkles of laughter on every side. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

It was too far from my bed for me to hear what they said, and they spoke softly. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was common to come into the bathroom and hear somebody sobbing in one of the stalls. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He heard in the sound of their voices a patient certainty; he saw their eyes gazing at him with calm conviction. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I would dearly like to hear more about Elves; the dark seems to press round so close.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I heard he was singing again, but tonight I didn’t feel up to asking him where or when. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

‘You heard Sam Adams. If possible, the ships will sail home again with their tea. We’ve got twenty days.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard Webb didn’t like the way he yelled at us,” Luis says. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I could hear the sound of the tennis balls from the court. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I think I heard Britt-Marie mutter something about being “appalled by the tacky linoleum they used to call flooring.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

"I know you did, Grandmamma. I heard you talking to each other. Didn't you think she was absolutely foul?" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

‘I wonder where he is. I wish he was here and could hear all about it. It would have made him laugh. The cow jumped over the Moon! And the poor old troll!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

When she heard the doors of the big green yanqui car shut and the tourist start the engine, she slid forward, scraping her back on the rough white stucco. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

All I can hear is the sound of the hearts again, shouting and screaming and beating through my ears. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Not so soft. The rest of us would like to hear your sweet tones.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Excuse me,” I say, but not loudly enough, because no one seems to hear me. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I heard the crack of bones breaking, the thud of a body collapsing. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Throw that in the trash and go to bed. If I hear another word, I’m separating you two.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

They mete out justice to the world, and Tehlu is the greatest of them all—” “I have heard enough.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When he heard my footsteps, he turned my way and smiled. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I was a little late for the briefing because no one had heard of the journalism lab, which turned out to be just an ordinary classroom. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

When she begins talking again, her voice is too low for me to hear. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

His ears seemed suddenly clear, so that he heard the chickens cackling and the east wind blowing over the ground. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

The Russian soldier’s grin never faltered when he heard the translation. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She heard a shuffling noise, and a light came toward her, swinging from side to side. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Downstairs, entertaining company, Desdemona heard her son’s clarinet and, as if orchestrating a harmony, let out a long sigh. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She could hear Hibiscus screaming, his voice warped and bending as it went on and on, scraping his throat. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

As I ran toward him, I heard sounds that stopped me. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stunned, trying to take in what he had just heard, unable to speak, Joe reached out a hand and laid it on the rough-hewn cedar railing, steadying himself. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I heard the chair he was sitting in scrape on the floor as he jumped out of it. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Her face says she’s trying to figure out if she heard me right. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

So carefully did she work that he heard only the lightest sound when she moved the fireplace stone. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry thought he heard Percy discoursing loudly on broomstick regulations, and was quite glad of the excuse not to stop and say hello.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“If you stood very tall up there, and if you had some tool, you could hit the ceiling and I would hear you.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The modern population of the world now hears all music through the filter - some would say imperfection - of Equal Temperament. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

"I heard that from a man who knew all about him, grew up with him in Germany," he assured us positively. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

He heard metal crunching and glass shattering, but this was coming from the cars ahead. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, no one could hear how hard her heart was hammering against her ribs. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Every American radio operator on Guadalcanal heard our message,” Bill said. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so last night, it touched me, Oh so deeply, to hear him say it was the same for him, too. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She began talking rapidly but I didn’t hear much of it, I was so tired. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I see him swallow, I hear his sadness everywhere. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The boy whispered something I couldn’t hear, then he pulled out a small knife. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He could hear the vixen’s yips as she scuffled with her attacker, but they sounded more irritated than afraid. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I hear Grandma’s voice blowing like wind at my back. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“I heard the emperor himself will follow the coffin,” another woman said, “wearing mourning robes!” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

If you could hear other people’s thoughts, you’d overhear things that are true as well as things that are completely random. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

It annoyed me to hear my father’s teasing: that I would never know what ‘real work’ is; that my hands were so soft. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

About three-thirty the next morning I heard sirens again and I looked out the window and saw that there were two police cars and an ambulance down in the street. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re a good boy,” she said, and though she was smiling, he could hear sadness in it, too. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

I can hear Sweets listening on the other end of the phone. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I do. I do. But not the way I do here. I don’t hear ghost sounds. I don’t stay awake listening to walking in the kitchen. I don’t hear the doors and windows unhinging.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hear Marie up front, slapping fresh hot pies into boxes and slicing them, and I claim the order, even though it’s not my turn. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mostly wasn’t enough for me or what I wanted to hear. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“No. Maybe I heard a story about him. It’s a common name, you know.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Hannah could hear her voice beginning to rise into a whine she couldn’t control. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Radio say his family run out the house when they heard the shots. Say he bloody, stumbling round, all the kids with blood all over em...” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

When he didn’t hear anything else, he put his book aside and decided to search the kitchen to see if he could find where his mom was hiding the double chocolate pecan cookies. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

In fact, I could hear it getting closer. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

They heard the tolling of a bell, ringing slowly and deeply, and as the hours struck, Ash remembered that the time she had been granted that night was coming to an end. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But even in her alcove, back where they couldn’t see her, she could hear them still whispering “Save us, help us,” until she thought she might go mad. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I was so stunned by what the officer said, I didn’t hear the other officer bring Avery into the room. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

You think I wasn’t smiling when I heard that? Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

They heard the key in the door, and Tab’s face changed. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I heard a little song in her voice and immediately relaxed. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Your father’s court was never half so lively,” he heard Drink- water japing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

These drowned voices you hear aren’t coming from classrooms, but through the partitions between life and death. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Nearly every evening there was at least an update on the case—which, as of yet, had only recently been assigned a hearing date for March and entered into the docket as Chow v. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I want to hear your answer—it must be interesting if you’re so ardently resisting.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Fine,” Eric says, “but you are not allowed to leave the compound without supervision again, you hear me?” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

You could hear the water and the sound of the mouth organ man playing a sad song back in Hooverville. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I think it’s the sweetest, most complimentary thing I ever heard in my life,” Mrs. X said warmly to me. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Then he heard the PA announcer call out the thousand-meter-split times. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I heard the word if loud and clear. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

It was hard to hear his faint voice above the roar of the fire, the shouts of the men, and the snorting of the horses. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dimple heard the wobble in her voice and tried not to wince. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

As I heard her key in the door, I whispered to my mother—I don’t know why— “Norma’s home.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

If I strained I could hear it all, but I don’t really need more details than what Father Rico has already given me. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

What's the point of saying anything if no one can hear you? Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“I do apologize, but we have strayed off topic. Where are my manners? I believe that introductions are in order. I don’t recall hearing your names.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I could hear the children arrive for what must have been a party and hear their laughter and chatter. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She could not see him, but she heard his voice speaking to her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jonas had heard again and again now, reference to the previous failure. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“To be fair. I didn’t talk to any girls. I still don’t, really. You should hear my mother go on about it.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

But I slowed my pace and pretended I couldn't hear a thing. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He lay on the cot and wrapped his arms about his head, torn with a nameless anxiety, hearing the man’s screams in spite of his need to escape them. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

After they passed, I could hear them howling with laughter. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

That is the first we ever heard about that. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

We could hear the fire and the roof. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could hear the murmur of voices and then the door close. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Grover seemed to be singing his sad song forever, but she thought she could hear now that he wasn’t really sad. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he heard Riddle’s hissing voice: “Kill him.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

It was good to hear Mrs. joke for a change. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Closing her eyes, Marian Anderson began to sing, and her thrilling contralto voice carried across the Mall, touching every person who had come to hear her. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

My laughter subsides, and I hear her soft voice over and over in my head until I just sit there with satisfaction wrapping around me. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

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

After hearing the details of Just Renee’s nightmare, she knew exactly what the problem was. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

All I hear after that is her scream. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“You heard the prophecy. Five shall go west to the goddess in chains. We can get five hunters and go.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I hear bits and pieces as I walk by groups of students. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I think,” said Joe, after meditating a long time, and looking rather evasively at the window-seat, “as I did hear tell that how he were something or another in a general way in that direction.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

The silence in the class was the kind Goober had never heard before. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her wrist was wrenched so hard she could hear the bones snap. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A small crowd of dark people had gathered to hear all this. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

But one day, after we d been at the camp for about three years, we heard the megaphones, and it wasn’t the usual thing. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Janie wanted to hear the rest of the play-acting and how it ended, but she got up sullenly and went inside. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

It was dark; Bigger heard a sharp click and the light came on. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’m at the moment you hear the landing gear of a plane grind loudly into place, in that instant before your rational mind tells you it’s just the landing gear. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“They did, sir. When I graduated with my platoon, one of them told me he had never heard a voice like mine in boot camp.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pop Pop always keeps the TV loud so he can hear with the one good ear he has left since the war. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“He’s fine. He misses you. He wants to hear about the islands. I want to hear about the islands.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All her schoolbooks are still here,” I heard Ben say. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

But most of all, I didn’t want to see my mother’s face and especially my father’s if they heard me say the truth. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, the air was unbearably hot, and all she wanted to do was throw herself in the pond so she couldn’t hear the rest of this. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Each story Werner hears contains its own flaws and contradictions, as though the truth is a machine whose gears are not meshing. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay. We never hear the door,” I say to Oscar, walking over to him and taking his arm. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She didn’t say anything, but I could hear her breathing. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“She is doing fine, I believe, though it’s been an hour or so since I heard any news. It will make for a memorable birthday for the twins, I should think.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He heard the POP of his parachute opening. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Isabelle will recover quickly from the trauma of having a stillborn baby,” she heard Mr. Derby say. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Park was holding her hand, Eleanor couldn't even hear herself think. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“Seriously, don’t you Romans have nature and trees and stuff? I’ve got some news you need to hear. Plus, I’m a card-carrying protector. I’m here to, you know, protect Rachel.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

We would be saying good-bye to people we loved—other families from the massacre who were still waiting to hear their fate. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He was too angry to hear the music in his mind that had put him to sleep for the past two weeks since Cool Papa died. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

“We’re still waiting to hear from the vet, but he probably has the silent cat killer.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

But I heard her call out, “Nelson . . . Nelson!” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could hear Dad’s voice in my head. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I heard that woman’s voice again: Percy, take the sword. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Once, when both youths had lived with the Samanas about three years and shared their practices, they heard from many sources a rumor, a report Someone had appeared, called Gotama, the Illustrious, the Buddha. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he couldn’t stand to hear another word about the Underland. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Sam woke up thinking that he heard his master calling. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I see her mouth moving and hear sounds coming out, but nothing sticks. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I can hear the buzz of insects, the calling of a wildcat or wolf, and sometimes the voice of a person, a man or a woman calling out a name or yelling at their children. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It's the music around the words that I hear in my head, even though everyone swears I can't hear it. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

She heard footsteps and then a sound like something being pushed aside. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Don’t tell me what I don’t know. I heard my foster folk talk about this five years ago.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Mi amor” I hear Minou say in the background, and I feel goose bumps all up and down my arms. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look at her and I think, as loud and clear as I can, Can you hear me? The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He heard the splashing of the oars and he rushed toward the sound out into the sea. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He heard them in his head, all those screams and sighs, he thought he could feel tears on his gray skin. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He’d probably spent his entire life hearing stories about the Academy’s killer courses and crushing workload. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

I have heard the expression “trick of the light” applied to sights within Le Cirque des Rêves so frequently that I sometimes suspect the entirety of the circus is itself a complex illusion of illumination. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

You only would hear the birdies twirping and the church bells ringing. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. I haven’t heard anything out of the ordinary.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The individual parts played by other instrumentalists— crickets or earthworms, for instance—may not have the sound of music by themselves, but we hear them out of context. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could hear Mrs. Kahn yelling, too—a first—which meant it was Charlie they were yelling at. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Why is it a guy can have an entire conversation with a girl and it’s like she’s hearing something entirely different from what is coming out of his mouth? Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Jaime gave one of his deep laughs that rose up from his stomach and that, since he was a taciturn man, she rarely heard. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“However, I will give you one bonus answer, which Charles, of course, will also hear. Your bonus answer is ‘lodgepole, loblolly, and Rocky Mountain white.’” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He must have heard it a hundred times from Piper. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was when he heard it; the soft scrape of a boot on stone, the sound of a latch turning. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“In came this whirlwind, this storm, this huge man, and his bellowing voice...could be heard all over the library floor.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She could hear the crash of the surf below. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“All I know I heard from Golan, that night in the icehouse. He said they gave you away to a traveling circus?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

By the time the information lady calls out our number, “Ninety-three,” Apa has somehow managed to find an old Korea Times newspaper and is so busy reading that he does not hear her. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

He tried to draw maps of the United States, discussing details he had heard from friends or relatives. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I do just that so I can be seen, noticed, and heard. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“You will be surprised to hear from me after so long. I have thought of writing many times, but you know how a man puts it off. “I wonder how this letter finds you. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to scream, but instead of his own voice he heard another’s saying, “Pinch him harder. Did ya get bare skin?” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Mr. Larson’s wife was active in the Chicago teachers’ union, and each elementary, junior high, and high school in the metropolitan area received a copy of the press release about the hearing and the charges. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

The message I heard everywhere—from television, from people at school—was that I should exercise and eat healthy food so that I could stay skinny. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Until that moment, I thought it had been an accident, but then I realized I had heard those tires squealing once before. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

A week after we heard that he had been caught by the field gendarmes, those despicable military police. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard them whispering at night that my uncle had been bewitched, a bruja had put a curse on him. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you hear that sweet, sweet sound?” he said. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Must be nice. My mom might work all the time but she’s got the neighbors trained to keep an eye on me. Whenever I sneak out I know she’ll hear about it.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

While they were singing, she heard Calpurnia calling in the dim distance. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

She spoke so sweetly that Ged hardly heard her words, moved by the promise of her voice alone. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Of course she’s heard that saying—A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I hear him and feel him moving around me as the door closes, and then his knees are pressed to mine. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Had he heard anything the night “my folks”—as Detective Hayes called them—were killed? Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Anya had only ever heard of legal magic use by one group of people. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

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

“Maybe Jesus was talkin’ in His sleep, son, or folks heard Him wrong. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

At any moment, I expected Miss Lilian to scream, “Stop, thief! Do you hear me? Stop!” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

My heart jumps as I hear noise outside the doorway, and I yank my hand away from the keyboard, worried we’ve been caught. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

My heart skips when I hear the name of the next train. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Hoagland, not hearing from me, sent in Jack Kalantzakos to retrieve my remains, my exposed bones. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I am not going to Winterfell," she heard herself say, surprised at the sudden rush of tears that blurred her vi-sion. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

My sisters and I heard the promise of a whipping behind that kind of hush. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

It surprises me to hear this, because black people generally don’t go to the Irish Pride Pub, although Rod did play ball for Coach back in the day, so they know each other. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

If it’s true that babies learn love from their mothers’ voices, then this is what Lourdes heard: “I will not remember her name.” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And make that stupid dog be quiet. She’s bound to hear the noise he’s making!” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I heard the voice saying, “Hello? Hello? Please.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She said something so softly that Kaede could not hear it. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Outside it was a lovely warm evening and I could hear the waves breaking on the beach just across the road from the hotel. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

I heard his footsteps and the drip of water on the floor as he stepped out. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every step I took toward Grand Rapids I could hear the sounds of mouse bones and bug skeletons being busted up by the teeth of bigger things. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

"I hear that. Listen, we need to set the record straight on this. That cracker was in the wrong, and we all know it." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Pantalaimon heard before she did, and became a leopard and knocked her over, making her less of a target. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

As we sat there talking, we heard a noise, boys yelling across the street. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Finally I rang her number, hearing her voice, delighted, gay and discreet; but no mention of the night or the man. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But you heard the ranger—they’ve been looking for a way to get him off our island. Sounds like he can’t risk breaking any more laws.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Leon Betterly stepped in front of me, said something to me, but I didn’t hear him. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I know it’s odd for him now that people want to hear from him because of me and not the other way around. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Cady had just dropped Toby’s cake plate in the sudsy sink when she heard the thud from the main storeroom floor. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was the first time I had heard the Chief swear. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“I was just bringing up fresh towels and heard the bell.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Every boat I saw, every noise I heard, every helicopter that spanked through the air, every searchlight that spun its bright eye toward us made me jump. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I heard one of the generals say that he never saw no unit, white or colored, fight as fierce as we did. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t say anything. If the soldiers hear us we will be in danger.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I see that you have a band of music with you....I have always thought ‘Dixie’ one of the best tunes I have ever heard. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sammy said that white women were very practical; he had heard so many of them express how they felt. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard my teammates screaming, so I took off my goggles, cleaned them the best I could, and put them back on. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The birds and animals see, hear, smell, and feel approaching danger long before I do. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hear Dad rev the car a few times and then open the front door. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Everyone in the place heard the gasp that came from the Trunchbull's throat. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

And then I hear a dull steady pounding sound. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have heard you, Eugene,” Aunty Ifeoma said, with an exaggerated formality. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going for a walk,” he said, although he was sure she didn’t hear him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

That’s what I think of when I hear the sound of a brand-new bottle of Coke being opened. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I was the first to hear him speak. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then she heard him dress quietly and go out. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hears a whisper in her head: Leave well enough alone. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Arthur did not notice it, but I could hear the deep hiss of indrawn breath which is one of Van Helsing’s ways of betraying emotion. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Ferguson hearing, the court ruled in favor of the Jim Crow laws. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When the girls returned from the fields to the big house, everyone at the house could hear their laughter, because saffron has an aroma that makes people happy. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Grace smiled and kind of swatted at him before her mom heard. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

They loved to hear stories about themselves, Gram said. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He heard the girls whispering, and soon others were whispering too. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

She just needs to hear about everything and talk about it. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Booth is just settling in for another night in the swamp when he hears the first whistle. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

He heard voices raised from down the hall. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Finally, she threw herself forward, and, though I could not see her, I could hear the beating of her naked hands against the door. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Then I mumbled, ‘Sorry, Mum, sorry, Mum,’ because I knew she was angry, but she didn’t hear me. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I picked up the sad, tattered souvenir, hearing her wails in my head. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I said no more tonight. Did you not hear me? Do you think I am made of iron?” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

That didn't mean that he wasn't very concerned about what he was hearing from folks on the row, especially about race and the kind of jury he would get. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The word “together” said with more animation than Ifemelu had ever heard from Morgan. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“We sat there for a while nobody saying anything. Then Mrs. Trace got up to answer a knock at the door. I heard voices. ‘Just right here and right here. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could hear my mom screaming on the other end of the line. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

‘Good luck. And let me hear from you.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I don’t really hear all of what Mom and Dad are saying. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

Maybe he would never be ready to hear the answer to that question. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He nods as if this makes all the sense in the world, which it probably doesn’t, and says, “You tell that girl of yours hello from us. But you drive back home, you hear?” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I could see the empty keyhole, but I couldn’t hear a sound. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lena stared as Ruth hurried past and when she heard her mother running up the stairs, she put her fingers to her lips in disbelief. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the clatter of knife and plate and the low mutter of table talk, he heard Patchface singing, . . dance, my lord, dance my lord,” to the accompaniment of jangling cowbells. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She tried to ask but her voice was too weak—mumbly and scared—and no one heard. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

At least the dead get talked about and you get to hear stories about them. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I almost laughed at how quickly the roomful of grown men snapped to attention when they heard Ma. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The hearing with Dr. Strayer made the meeting imminent. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Yossarian knew he was lying, but did not interrupt as Chief White Halfoat went on to claim that he had never heard from his parents again. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I repeat every word he said, just to make sure I heard him correctly. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

But of course back in December I had never heard of Studio TV-15, Mom didn’t get her postcard from The $20,000 Pyramid until a couple of weeks ago. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Of course, it was not long before the elephant and the hyena heard what was being said about them. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“Paco says his mother has locked her up in their house. She has heard that Dorotea met me the day before yesterday when she went out to the meat market.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Although there was a service led by the village philosopher, Ash did not hear a word of it. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Downtown the firemen pulled on their greatcoats, but when they arrived at Mercy, Mr. Smith had seen the rose petals, heard the music, and leaped on into the air. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought I was imagining it when I heard the cackling, but then I looked at Amaka—and sure enough, she was laughing. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

One afternoon, while the grandmother and I are outside the hut, squatting near the well scrubbing pots and pans, I hear the unmistakable whizzing of bullets around me. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could hear his blood in his ears, thudding excitement. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Later on, he heard about his sins, arid he repented sincerely, but he thought the amending was harder than it had any right to be. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Downstairs he could hear Dad stomping around, muttering every now and then about the time and topsoil being lost with every raindrop. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I did not see the face or hear the voice of another prisoner. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I raise my voice so they can all hear over the wind. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

A rich man, himself a former quiz champion, heard of the case and gave a large sum of money to the Washingtons to aid their search. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

While he normally never heard the crowd, today it was impossible not to. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

From somewhere nearby I hear water trickling, and I pick my way toward it, guided by the moonlight. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I could not see him, but after a while I heard a shout, then another, and I knew that he had found my fire and the canoe. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man with the ear issue goes into a back area and returns with a book filled with the notes from hearings. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I hear some whispering behind me but I don’t look. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m glad to hear you both remember those stories.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Shame, really. I heard the Crunks are performing The Tempest tonight.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I grew very attached to that little boy—I had seen him take his first step, heard him utter his first word. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Over the roar of the crowd, Piper could barely hear herself think, but she replayed Enceladus’s words: these two would lead the assault. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“This here young lady was just looking for him,” she heard the landlady say. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Where’s that shoe! Give it to me! You hear me? Right now!” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there is a great difference between a noise heard letting you in with your friends in the morning, and a noise heard alone at nightfall, shutting you out. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

She can hear it from where she parks. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

A lot of students had joined PIH after hearing him talk. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

He felt that he must get counsel from the oracle and he would not hear of her sharing the perils of the voyage. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they’d slept at all they’d have risen early to meet her as soon as her moths returned, and hear what she had to tell. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He heard nothing until he woke up to a most disagreeable noontime the next day. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He nods, gives me his signature smile—I can see the dimple—and then says, “I don’t know if you heard, but Roamer went after Finch today in gym.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He heard men talking and their voices came to him from far away. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the train going to Royaumont, however, he looked off-color, giving no indication of wanting either to read The Times or to hear me gossip about the phage group. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“Don’t go dreaming your story all by yourself. I want to hear it.” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Curly muttered a reply that was difficult to hear. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thruster was so close now, just below and to his left, its roar the loudest thing Mark had ever heard. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Mostly they remembered only that it was a delight to hear the voice speaking, all that it said seemed wise and reasonable, and desire awoke in them by swift agreement to seem wise themselves. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Ice clung to their eyebrows and beards and eyelashes, and I’d hear them whining and groaning as they walked. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Fred? We’re secure in here. But I hear some nasty barking in the other room. And Duke’s whining and whimpering. I have a feeling he’s in trouble!” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Nailer could almost hear his father laughing at him. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope what you’ve heard about me is good,” I parried. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

From what street noises I could hear, I sensed the sweetness of evening coming on. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“You hear how I fought six boys one day—all by myself?” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

She didn’t hear it over the buzzing, but she could tell that’s what he said. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but listen, it’s still true. Those six guys, they heard wicked sound out there. They heard sound you just plain won’t believe. “ The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember my family’s religion, and I hear the whispering voices of women. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He doesn't turn to face me, even though he'd have to be deaf not to hear me stomp up behind him. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The men spoke so quietly I couldn’t hear them. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Preliminary hearings,” she says, “don’t determine innocence or guilt. They determine whether there is enough evidence for a trial. Whether Officer Moore should be charged with murder.” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

“I hope not,” I say, low enough that only Elizabeth can hear. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Had she said I heard you write or I heard you’re a writer? The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I put my hands over my ears but I could still hear them. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just as she got to the third landing she could hear Hannah and some child’s voice. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Technically, I heard it myself, but I still don’t want Ms. Singh to know I was standing outside her door when she lectured everyone about being nice to me. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I’ve heard that things work differently in the Great Wood. That people get lost, even if they have a map. That magic goes awry there; rituals go bad. That sort of thing.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Child psychology had not been heard of in Williamsburg in those days. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I... I had heard that there were three.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And with the bass thumping, no one heard him walking across the room. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Everyone must have seen them, or heard their muted laughter, or smelled the heavy pomade on their hair—or perhaps failed to see them at all. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve heard such strange things about you, Brother Michelangelo. Red, fat, and wicked. Don’t they say that?” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I smacked her again and practiced a curse word I’d heard on the train. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She stands there, all silent, waiting to hear what I’ve got to say about the fact that she likes me, instead of trying to fill the silence. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“Your words twist a knife in my heart, Ghalib. I have to listen to them. I have to hear my family.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then I hear them—the muted thump of footsteps in the dirt coming around the corner. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She picks up the phone on the fourth ring, and I can hear her say good evening, how are you, yes I’m just fine thank you. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He turned them and heard the engine start up. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Would it not be well to hear what I have to say?” said Van Helsing. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

All the bugs and toady- frogs shut right up, they quit chasing and biting each other ’cause this had to be the loudest whistle they’d ever heard too. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Oliver heard Jimmy L sigh through the walkie-talkie. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Did he seriously think she could possibly have heard any of his mysterious mouthings? Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Jethro had never heard her talk so much as she had in the few minutes he had been there. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eleanor’s sister dwelt richly upon experiments she had heard these doctors did. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mark didn’t respond, concentrating on what he could hear. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

But I was fiercely sad to hear that my teacher might be gone when I returned home. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Then he’d set up a yell you could have heard a mile off and go chasing after the butterfly. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had to tune out everything else to hear her. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“You must be the lovely Dimple I’ve heard so much about,” he said, taking her hand and pumping it enthusiastically. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I asked her why she left the door to the baby’s room open like that, and she said that she wanted to hear if the baby cried. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes shut and I feel the pull of sleep, but every time I come close, I hear Al again. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. I’m still waiting to hear.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was possible that Mrs. Cullinan had friends in St. Louis who heard about a girl from Stamps being in court and wrote to tell her. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then I heard people calling my name. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

But I wondered if he was lying to me, because even though I don’t speak Spanish, I could hear that she said a lot more than just no. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Because he possessed what seemed to be an unusually reliable memory, I was particularly interested to hear how his version of the events jibed with my own. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

They just watch, wait for things to happen, and record what they hear and see. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Carton family never saw her cry, not even when her parents died, never heard a word of complaint from her. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of them, like “the second wave,” I’d heard before even if I didn’t know what they meant; others, like “the hegemonic masculinity,” I couldn’t get my tongue around let alone my mind. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Good massa” always heard just what he wanted to hear from these “house” and “yard” blacks. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas was just about to say something when he heard sounds from the other end of the long alley—he looked to see yet more Grievers. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

As we passed from the barn, we heard the muffled and frightened moo of the cow, the frantic squealing of pigs, and the rustle and cackle of hens and roosters. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

And then I heard them: Russian planes strafing overhead. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

We hadn’t heard Doc come up from the cellar of the cabin; we were too wrapped up in our fight. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Never be ashamed of what you can do, you hear me? If you hadn’t been there, we wouldn’t be here.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

But at this point, my heart is beating so fast and fierce I hardly hear them. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

A glorious strength was in him and he heard himself laughing aloud as he fought. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“But I heard a man’s voice and I’m sure it was Papi’s. I think he said something about Puerto Rico.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He heard Garvey still snoring loudly as he crawled out into the brisk air. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He had just turned back to Chapter 1 when he heard Julia’s footstep on the stair and started out of his chair to meet her. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I heard them talking about his journeys to the North, and I don’t reckon he’s got anything to do with the Gobblers. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t think I knew how much it bothered me until I hear myself telling him off. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

They sang songs, including one that Nate had never heard before. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

I watched Dadi’s hands shake, and I heard the sounds getting louder and louder. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I shot him,” Bodega said, making sure Vera didn’t hear anything. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Actually, I didn’t have to avoid him because I didn’t see or hear him anywhere. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She could hear a man’s voice across the water, but the fog rolled tantalizingly between her and the ship. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Well,” said Jo, laughing, “if my people are ‘philosophical and metaphysical’, it isn’t my fault, for I know nothing about such things, except what I hear father say, sometimes. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to wait till I hear news from America.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t say anything, so maybe he didn’t hear that much. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I barely heard her all day, barely saw her. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I do not suppose you will have heard of our bitter & cruel loss Thank God, she suffered hardly at all, and expired as tranquilly as a little angel.... Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

To hear them tell it, they were right there when Moses came down off the mountain. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

She was eighteen now, and her mother’s story held more weight than it had when she’d heard it earlier. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I thought I heard him trying the handle. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I heard was water falling, water echoing. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The lower we went in the building, the less people would open their doors for us—a lot of them said they never even heard of Eric Morse. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think she prayed a little bit harder hearing me coming up behind her. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

She carried her into the bathroom to change her, and I heard the baby let out a real loud cry, then go quiet. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Sarah White, the ladies' waiting room matron, heard the first shot, she glanced over. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I heard one of your own people threw dirt on you,” he says. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

And yet, none of that has made my heart skip like this earnest, hopeful look on his face as he waits to hear if I enjoyed the food he made for me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

From her bed, she could hear her family continuing their lives without her. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Where are you taking me, you little squirt?” they heard; a voice say. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Still waiting to hear about this thing William knows that I don’t.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

She did not care if all the neighbors on Montego Drive could hear her. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The only thing that mattered to me was that Maxim should never come to hear of it. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The reason is that until he fell in love with Brett, I never heard him make one remark that would, in any way, detach him from other people. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

For a few moments, all they heard were the lapping of waves and occasional grunts and snorts from Missy, her snout resting just at the top of the water. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

His words were not just something a student liked hearing; he or she needed to hear them at that moment. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Happy possibilities were still racing each other through Ranofer’s mind when he heard the gate crash open and Gebu’s heavy footsteps start across the courtyard. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

At other times, he’d hear late-night preachers, often of a fundamentalist bent, giving sermons and talks, usually about the meaning and interpretation of the Bible. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The old man heard the father’s body falling and then he saw the boy run out of the house fifteen seconds later. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thinks the hearing aids will get noticed too much. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Only two months later, Congress’s Joint Atomic Energy Committee convened yet another in its seemingly endless string of hearings on the topic. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“Don’t want to hear no more ’bout it!” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

That first night I heard the muffled sound of someone shouting. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

First a rumbling roar, followed by a humming, and then a softer sort of whistling noise, piercing enough to make Thor’s head ache and his teeth hurt each time he heard it. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

He heard that from his uncle who fought in Vietnam. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Right before I enter the mailroom, I hear the English-accented voice and a whole percussion section bursts to life in my chest. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He was usually animated and excited about something, although when he didn't hear from his family for a while or had to deal with some bad incident at the prison, he would become extremely depressed. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I thought of their voices and I could almost hear them and almost smell the food they pressed into my hands and I took a step forward. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I could hear the underbrush popping as he ran to join her. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you had heard me shrieking, you would have thought someone was being murdered too. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

From behind they saw nothing amiss, except that she did not seem to hear their entrance into the room. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

And in the late night, as the early summer sun is just beginning its rise behind the hills, I hear a rumble. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Werfel didn’t turn back around, but he heard Spurge slink away. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

He somehow sensed that hearing about Dorothy made Carmen feel better, like she wasn’t the only girl who sometimes felt completely lost. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

She sits by her fancy swimming pool and hears only her Sony Walkman, her cordless phone, her big, important husband asking her why they have charcoal and no lighter fluid. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So? Let’s hear it. I don’t have all day.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Each night, just as I was dozing off to sleep, I would hear a light tapping on Aunt Maggie’s windowpane, a door creaking open, whispers, then long silences. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hear a crackling and a crash—the cannonball hitting a tree. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The cop scans left and right and hears the mechanical voice warning passengers to stand clear of the closing doors. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I watched him hand out the trays and heard the clinking of silverware. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Then, behind me, I heard Baba and Karim discussing the arrangement in Jalalabad over a smoke. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I heard from one member that “a growing disillusion” could be sensed throughout the organization. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come on, Mateo, it’s me, Roof You hear me, right? It’s Roof. Wake up now. Please wake up.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Down the hallway, I heard a mob of kids coming out of the gymnasium. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

In any event, we heard that the firefighters were winning. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, after Vietnam and Watergate, who the hell wants to hear “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”? I used to like the Fourth of July okay because of the fireworks. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

We heard footsteps—cowboy boots, unmistakably loud and clear as they walked on the linoleum. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“But you must have heard something,” Mother persisted. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

As Arnold and André were meeting at a riverside safe house, they heard gunfire. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Arrest those boys!” he shouted, loud enough that we could hear his voice through the receiver. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were far enough into their dream that neither of them heard the next shot. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes at night Tristran would hear her sobbing softly to herself. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

She was being extra clever, she knew, changing the sex of the sufferer, just in case the healer had heard of the woman in the cave. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Since I think I’ve mentioned the new cleaning lady, I just want to note that she’s married, sixty years old and hard of hearing! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

A second later, I hear her backpack vibrate. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He heard his father say that they had been out of Georgia for a half hour. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was climbing, and he could hear warbling meadow birds and mourning doves calling from the tall grass beside the road. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t hear the rattling in the little bag any more, but he could still see Emo playing with it. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“But don’t say that here, you hear! Not here!” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gray arranged for the high school principal to issue passes for students willing to testify at Claudette’s hearing. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t you hear what I just said? I’m in love with you! And I want to be with you. More than anything.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Maya wasn’t sure who she was talking to at this point, Jessica or Joaquin, but she knew they both needed to hear it. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He heard the guard coming down the hallway, picking up the breakfast trays. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

As the ambulance speeds away, he lifts one muff to say so only I hear, “My Amelia Mouse roared.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I actually don’t feel like drinking, but I hear Kyro’s voice in my head: Be smart—stay hydrated and keep your fuel up. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Did you hear what happened to Brother Eugene?” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I was a b^by, I bounced those pearls with my fingertips and heard the rhythm of my grandmother’s thoughts. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Should the queen hear that you gave audience to this traitor, she may question our own loyalty. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He heard movement in the run behind him. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The radio was sputtering and then we could hear the announcer explain about a man named Jackie Robinson—one of our folk playing with the Brooklyn Dodgers. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

First he heard the buzz of airplane engines. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hear her talking about weather and termites. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“It is so delightful to hear you, Joe! But I interrupt you in what you said to Biddy.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t hear anything,” she mumbled, moving slowly, catlike, and then settling back to sleep. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

With a smile on her face, she asked, “Do you believe God heard your prayer and helped you?” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He coughed so loudly that Violet could not be certain he had heard her. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t taste a thing, I didn’t hear a word. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard Maxim laughing as I went out into the garden, and he said something to Frank which I did not catch. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

From there I heard sweet words of love and soft laughter. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carelessly, she let her shaba fall, satisfied to hear it clink loudly against the temple’s polished stone floor with each bounce. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

But then he heard a rustle and saw a little eddy of dislodged snow in the bush to which Hermione had pointed. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Those on the committee received due praise from the returning council members and from the state legislature, but voices of criticism were also heard. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

I think she’s telling me she can hear something in the attic. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Last night I was walking back to my room after brushing my teeth and heard Mom crying. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He runs out and I hear him say to Mami, “We don’t have any? Not even one?” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

She heard Ginika ask, “Did you know they use something from animal bones to make that breath mint?” and the others groaned. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Someone called out, “Jay, enough,” but I don’t think Jay Perkins even heard him. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

She didn't want him to hear her cry. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The sound he had heard was now quite loud, and before much time had passed he saw the head of the great snake appear from a crack in the rocks. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

The phone rang and he grabbed it and felt his heart begin to jog when he heard Madu’s voice. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I once heard my mother and father blaming each other for my hair,” I said. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“We heard that! It's terrible! But—who shot him?” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

We could hear the car several blocks before it actually hove into sight, because it was equipped with an exhaust whistle that was allowed to function as a matter of routine. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just after Thomas heard the grind and rumble of stone against stone announce the closing of the Doors for the day, Alby showed up to release him, which was a huge surprise. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

After expressing great relief to hear from him, Ahmad got serious. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I looked to the other end of the stable and the Preacher was still standing there, pretending he waren’t hearing none of this. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

My first feeling was one of thankfulness that Maxim was not there to hear. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard most of it. It was hard not to. It’s a flimsy toolshed; it’s not soundproof. He’s desperate, that’s all.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

As the Regulars neared the town center, they could hear drums beating in the distance. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. Hear you the rats, hear you?” repeated Temp. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was just in time to hear his last selection. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had told Papa about them, yet he quickly put them back into the fridge when we heard Papa coming. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I waited, not wanting her to stop, not wanting to hear the rest of her story. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Mom always pretended she was getting a work call, but I could hear her saying things like I don’t know, Jim...No, The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I try to hear as we approach them, then realize Heather’s speaking to me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, the father stuck his head out of the door to his apartment upon hearing the screen open. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She half carried me to her chair, pulled me onto her lap, and rocked me back and forth, back and forth, humming a lullaby I’d never heard. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

After hearing a researcher talk about cloning, Deborah asked Sharrer whether it was possible to take DNA from HeLa cells and put it into one of Deborah’s eggs to bring her mother back to life. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Hitler was so delighted when he heard the results of this agreement that he is said to have exclaimed, “Now Europe is mine!” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Despite this muffling, she heard the knocking continue. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

His voice keeps going but I’m too busy bouncing in the backseat to hear the words. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed a lot easier to be in trouble when you could point to someone else and say, “Wait till you hear what they did, though.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“I’m setting the record straight about my, er, vitality this afternoon, but after all you’ve been through I wanted you to hear the news directly from me first.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

As I came downstairs I heard Mom’s voice, tense and upset. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

On top of that, I've heard students whispering that the Emperor is days away from Serra and planning vengeance against the Aspirants and anyone associated with them. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I was doing research in Colorado when I heard the news. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Such a horrid, bloodthirsty din of hungry and angry brutes he had never heard in his life. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

The closet door opens, and then Carlos hears her breathing close by on the other side of the wall. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“If you should hear anything about—her, let me know, will you?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the distance, beyond the rocks to the right of the beach, I heard a short, sharp bark. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Birds were singing that they usually didn’t hear until later in the spring. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Ranofer could hear him moving about in his room at the top of the stairs, but he did not come down. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The way I seen it, the boy was home watching cartoons when he heard all the noise outside. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Morrison, if he hears, just thinks it’s another diatribe against smoking, but let’s face it, he doesn’t hear. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Sam thought that he heard cries and wild shouting also, but the sound was faint, as if it came out of some distant cave. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

When I heard this I let go of anger and laughed; at the pit’s bottom is no anger. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He found the trees and began to pick the fruit, but a little later he heard the sound of something in the bush beside him. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Thanks to the coast-to-coast radio hookup, millions of people heard Marian Anderson sing that day. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

Mom would’ve had to be in a coma not to hear it. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“No, you’re not,” she crooned just loud enough so only she and I could hear. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

When he asked the local investigators to explain the contradictory evidence we had presented, he wasn't impressed with what he heard. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

All the breath rushed out of me and I heard it scream. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

But only four days before my birthday, we heard terrible news and Mother canceled the cake. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

But the craziest thing was, I felt like the shot—loudest sound I ever heard—made my legs move even faster. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The girl darted sideways, her stick spinning, heard a sound behind her, whirled in that direction, struck at air. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And I can hear the air dragging in but it’s less draggy. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Rowan heard none of what transpired between Xenocrates and Goddard, but he did see the High Blade hurl himself into the deep end, creating a cannonball splash that drew everyone’s attention. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

We wait to hear the click before we resume talking. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

That’s why whistles: because people that sweat, and if just far enough from sweat you wont hear whistles and in eight minutes you should be that far from sweat in Boston. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind him, Charlie Bucket could hear the shouts of the people in the crowd as they pushed and fought to get a glimpse of the famous children. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

I would know that The Baron Weasel was about, but I would not hear him. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s forget it. Say, I heard a joke about Yll yesterday, I meant to tell you. What do you say you fix breakfast, I’ll tell the joke, and let’s not talk about all this.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was more exciting to work at a real bench, to draw the sharp knife along the clean wood; to hear it “snick” as the knife took hold, then slither off into shavings. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

“I expect they called the movers when they heard the flood was coming,” she said. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

What we may hear as music in the West may not be music to others. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“Suitors of our distinguished queen,” he said, “hear what my heart would have me say. comes with a certain aura of divinity into Odysseus’ hall. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She whispered to herself, “Don’t ask a question unless you are ready to hear the answer.” The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Above, from the other end of the hall, I hear an odd cry, like someone in pain. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I heard him whine a little at the end of his plea. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

There’s scuffling, and then Kareem’s muffled voice says, “Give me five minutes. I’ll be right behind you,” and then I hear something like a kiss. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“Your mother and your father both. I held you when you were just a day old. I heard she passed away last year. My condolences.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could still hear the clock between my voice. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

His part of the deal was that if he saw or heard anyone mess with my tomatoes, he'd come at 'em full speed, holding the pitchfork. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon she’d be saying it was just like having a preacher live with them to hear Johnny Tremain read Holy Writ. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they heard her bedroom door slam, they returned to the windows to look for Jessie. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

There was more laughter, Mwombeki himself laughing loudly, as though he had not heard his own jokes before. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

As she reached the end of the dock, she heard her name called. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anna Auntie rolled her eyes good-naturedly, like she’d heard this a million times before. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Rishi had heard once you were attracted to someone, your brain could actually rewire itself and make you think all kinds of sucky things about them were perfect. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Over and over again, I heard the same story: the police and the defense force were destabilizing the area. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His voice sounded muted and distant, like he was speaking with a pillow against his face, but she still heard him. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Of course the boys wanted to hear what had happened, and Kate was happy to oblige them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He could hear far-off sounds, which meant only one thing. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He flew in circles, lower and lower, brushing the top branches of trees until he heard voices. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The red bat echoed the last words Gregor had heard clearly. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

And with that music playing so loud, Mr. Buono wouldn't even hear this conversation. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She sat under a tree throughout the following day, thinking about this sad event, when she suddenly heard a bird in the branches above her. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Who ever heard of a robin moving her eggs every week to a new tree? Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

They all heard the lock removed, and the bright sun shone in like a harsh surprise after the darkness of the smokehouse all night. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could hear the splatter of the Uzi. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to hear it, Odilia,” Mamá warned, her upper lip getting thinner and tighter as she spoke. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The other dassies fled with shrieks, but Nhamo barely heard them. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t tie the smile down anymore, that was about the best name I’d ever heard in my life! Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

"You can hear everything the police are saying on that?" The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then I hear a low groan from the rails. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She sometimes heard what we either weren’t supposed to know at all or know yet. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I could hear my breathing, could feel the rise and fall of my chest, gases seeping across nothing boundaries. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Through the gentle sounds of water, Dicey could hear their breathing. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“See, Callie, don’t you think Jesse James is the best one? He purrs real loud. You can hear him from way far away.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

They could hear the wind playing the chimes that hung just outside the front door. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

After a long time, the footsteps of the six men went toward the back door, and I heard the inside wooden beam lifted out of its cradles. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The sound of the last word, the way I draw out the vowel, makes me hear how much I wanted that. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

The Abbot took his seat among cries of, “Hear, hear.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I KNOW, I told him because he said it a lot lot lot and sometimes I don’t want to hear the same thing over and over and over. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard her say, “Thank God, my prayers have been answered.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was washing wool on the bank of the River Kan. Suddenly a noise like the fluttering of the wings of a frightened bird was heard ... and a kind of swell came up the river. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard her call him that, and I didn’t hear him correct her. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He heard her breathing heavily and heard his own breath going and coming heavily. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He has heard Laura in the living room speaking with two men, one of them with a ripply, tricky voice, the other with a coarser voice, a thicker laugh, a big man, no doubt. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Go on, boy—go try it out. But don’t go too far, and stay out of the street, you hear!” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Mr. Kane says to the people on the queue, Did ye hear that, ladies? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Nobody wants to hear his dog’s been hurt, though, and we wanted to make sure he was going to pull through.” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet she always heard the unnatural high pitch of her voice when she said these things, unable fully to convince even herself of her own madamness. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I’m changing my vote to “not guilty.” 3RD JUROR: You’re what? 7TH JUROR: You heard me. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clearly they had never heard of the Swiss. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I hear rustling and the sounds of jars clanking, and when she returns, she's carrying several jars of food. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I suppose I have an ambivalent attitude toward it” Major Sanderson sprang up with joy when he heard the words “ambivalent attitude.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

One starry night Miyax heard a whimper and opened the tent flap to see Silver at the door. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The summer nightfall was unbroken by owls and so quiet that they could plainly hear the intermittent, monotonous “Chug chug chug” of a nightingale in the distant woods. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I do not hear a word that Drew or Brittney says. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

The glass door to Rosie’s closes behind me, and I hear three locks immediately slide into place. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The sun had been slanting through the chinks in the shed wall for hours when Kit heard the heavy bolt withdrawn and the shed door opened. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

As if he heard me thinking, he says, “Yeah, dude, I followed you, wanted to check out the woods, but I’ve been busy with my own stuff.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“He is in Umunnachi. I came immediately I heard where you were. I am on my way to Okija. They say that some of our mother’s people are there.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” she said after hearing both sides, “go ahead.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Once they were through the door I heard Brandeur ask, “Weren’t you wearing a gram?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

With each sound she heard—a lorry rumbling past, a chirping bird, a child’s cry—she ran from the veranda bench to peer down the road. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

And like everybody else in Marshall, I heard music in church on Sunday, not in clubs. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t you hear Imam Malik talk about it before prayer?” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I heard my mom’s footsteps move through their bedroom and down the hall. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

And she realized that he already knew of the child, that he had heard the talk of it. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

We could hear the sound of whetstones being drawn along blades as some of the other Marines sitting on the decks behind us honed their already razor-sharp knives and bayonets. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time he shot a foul shot, he heard the crowd stir as he made the sign of the cross. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back on the street, I heard a shout. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

We’d heard stories of people throwing acid in the faces of girls in Afghanistan. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The draft could not be heard in the furnace now at all. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

A variation, I am saying, of a story you have heard before. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“The last I heard from her she said she was ‘thinking waterfalls.’ On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The drawbridge came creaking down before she could reply, and they heard the sound of oiled chains as the portcullis was drawn up. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Meggie looked anxiously at the door, but obviously the guard outside had heard nothing. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

At eleven past seven, Lucas’s car could be heard making its way to the end of my gravelly road. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The cliff-ghasts heard Lyra’s exclamation of dismay, and their flat heads all snapped around at once. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Do you hear that?” the man said, springing to his feet. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

John heard him in the toilet, and then over the thunderous water he heard him knocking things over in the back room. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I barely hear Mrs. Fisher yell at me to get out of her class. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Coming around bend, they heard voices approaching on the path, and three rangers carrying rifles came into sight. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

He attempts to point out that it might be a mistake, but I hear nothing of it. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“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

Mom was asleep—I could hear her snoring—and then the front door slammed. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I could hear my mother clearing the typewriter and the papers from the card table and laying out the silver for supper, but I didn't move. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know, sir,” I heard Monaco say. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t hear the response from inside the litter, but I saw the footman making a jagged gesture down his right cheek and knew he was describing me. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I already knew the answer, but I needed to hear it. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He had just set foot on the marble staircase when he heard it yet again — “Kill this time... let me rip .. . tear...” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He remembered how his mother’s family had balked at the idea that the police had a permanent presence at school when they’d heard at Thanksgiving the past year. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then I heard Katie crying, and I ran out as fast as I could. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Say I’m in his care until my hearing. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I’d guess he’s been losing weight ever since he heard Sirius was on the loose again....” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I guess they heard something in my voice, because Liz grabbed Curtis’s arm, and Betty Jean pushed them both into the kitchen, where Pastor George was talking on the phone. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard the yelling before I saw them. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

In it we heard a shrill laugh from a high window in the tower. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the storms came so fast and so close that one had hardly finished tapering off before the next came, with winds Turner could hear before he could feel. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

But his three sons who were not yet dead heard nothing at all. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not an artist like you, Jade,” Lee Lee says, like she didn’t even hear what I said. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I have never seen him think of himself, never heard him insist on anything but selflessness. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I want Will Tweedy to hear what I come to say. He’ll know soon enough anyways.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“I keep thinking it will get less frustrating, not hearing your thoughts. But it just gets worse and worse.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Still, the thought of hearing my mother's voice makes me bold enough to risk it. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

For example, what if other people could hear your thoughts? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

When she heard that, Annabeth had to try hard not to cry. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He heard the wizard sigh, and mutter: ‘When will Faramir return?’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I heard some girls talking. Apparently, Ruby wanted to go to Edie’s Halloween party. For reasons beyond human comprehension, she wants to be friends with that little brat.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He heard the lock turn and he gently opened the door. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only human sound Turner heard, piercing the din of engines, was the crying of babies. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

There was an urgency to Mama’s voice that Ophie hadn’t heard since Georgia, and she squared her shoulders and gripped the tray as hard as she could. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Tendai heard water slosh and scatter a few hissing drops over the coals. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

They were enjoying the morning breeze when they heard an odd noise. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She listened for David, but couldn’t hear anything. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The thrush should have been singing, but Hazel could hear no thrush. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day, he says—so soft, my brother, sister and I lean in to hear—I'm gonna go to New York City. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“She can sew, though,” I heard my mother say, “and sweep.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa and more than two hundred other men were imprisoned in the stockade, some for as long as nine months, without a hearing or trial. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I blew the dust into the air and heard strange sounds coming from outside. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He was heading back to the house one night when he heard a noise through the bushes. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

If I don’t cry, I turn red and hear the ocean. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I went walking through and I heard her talking to someone at the Sheriff’s Department. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was studying that big Catholic-looking cross around the neck, and probably thinking over all we’d heard about Brother Fowles going off the deep end, plus every curse word ever uttered by the parrot. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a conference, none of which Mrs. Frisby could hear, accompanied by gestures toward the rosebush and the waiting bulldozer. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to walk back into my room without disturbing her, but she heard me and walked over to me. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He crept almost halfway down the stairs when he heard his mother say, “I can’t deal with him right now. Come and get your son.” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

He ground his teeth together and tried not to hear as Sergeant Whitcomb chirruped exultantly over the tragic event. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Frank Oppenheimer thought he heard his brother whisper, “It worked.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother used to say, “Auntie Ying is not hard of hearing. She is hard of listening.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t see what was happening but I could feel and hear it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I hear Sarah sobbing, “Oh, oh, oh,” over and over and over. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

“Why are you asking me? The General doesn’t tell me anything. Oh, my! I can hear the limo now. I simply must fly.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

In some families the children worked out a sign language, but here the children spoke English, which their parents didn’t seem to hear. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was now standing way too close to Bijan, Carlos, and Jacobi, and I did not want them to hear this conversation. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

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

Yet she could hear, and the valley rang with echoes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I heard Mr. Hubble remark that “a bit of savory pork pie would lay atop of anything you could mention, and do no harm,” and I heard Joe say, “You shall have some, Pip.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I could hear her clothes falling to the floor. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He hears the words “painting” and “wall,” so he looks for paintings on the wall. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Cross it? Who’s going to cross it? What do you want to cross it for? I never heard such nonsense.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A terrible sense of fear filled her, and she heard a noise, a hideous crunching noise, accompanied by blinding pain. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I heard you outside banging the basketball on the driveway last night,” Mr. Bullens said. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

As I entered the apartment, I heard a strange, strangled noise coming from the direction of Maud’s study. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

‘It went off better than I expected. I don’t often get asked for a second hearing. What did you think of it?’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

And don’t you know the dog looks up when he hears his name. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“Let us interview next the Swedish lady before we discuss the evidence we have heard.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I saw you walking toward the food court when I was on the Demon, so I ditched the guys after and headed back to find you, to talk to you. Then I heard you scream.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

She told the monk how sorry she was to hear the news. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He had heard that my mom had lost some of her children. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He’d heard, from friends with younger children, that the expensive doll line now had one Asian doll for sale—and a few black ones, too—but he’d never seen it. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Neither the master nor the overseer had heard or seen anything unusual in the quarter. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now Wang Lung was the more astonished when he heard this talk, for here was a young man whose life he had not seen, even though it was his own son. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I hear shouting up ahead, and glass shattering on the pavement. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Abilene’s parents found it charming that Abilene considered Edward real, and that she sometimes requested that a phrase or story be repeated because Edward had not heard it. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Before I can think much about it, I hear footsteps and then a voice approaching the pier above us. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“Stabbed it through the eyes with a pair of sheep shears! When’s the last time you heard of a peculiar so young doing anything like that?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She heaved the fish through a window, but the sirens were so loud I could barely even hear the glass break-ing. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

With a straight face, Mr. Larson said, “You know, I’ve heard that, Phil. But it’s remarkable how many days I get by just fine without going to the office at all.” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as I have three perfect avocados, an announcement comes over the loudspeaker and roars in my hearing aids. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

All I could hear were their voices calling out sharply to one another, giving directions. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In her chamber, Buttercup heard it, and it frightened her, but she had not the least idea what it was. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I just wanted to hear people discuss me and my problems. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I already knew the truth, but I wasn’t ready to hear her or anyone else talk about it so freely. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

I heard the fire growl like a living thing, heard myself yelling Pa! Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He is the only customer; he can hear the sound of a vacuum cleaner running at the rear of the store. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Fabian pauses and bends down to speak so only I can hear. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Every member there considers herself a hostess and will be heard asking one another, “Is it going alright? Has Hilly said anything?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Pretending not to hear, Amarante hurried as fast as his bowed and decrepit legs would carry him toward home, scattering a slew of yellow and red grasshoppers in his wake. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would be a warning cry heard thousands of times during the next thirty-one hours. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

One of the books was written by Cousteau and Cousteau, which looked interesting because I had at least heard of one of the Cousteaus. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I expect to hear my parents start fighting, but that’s not what happens. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I’m serious. Did you not hear me before? Ma and Pappa are worried sick about you. You can’t just walk out on them and think I’ll cover for you.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

As soon as she crossed the garden, Anya could hear the chickens raising a huge ruckus inside the barn. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I hear the satisfying clang as my sword knocks his away. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I held the phone so she could hear, but it was my turn to speak and I had nothing more to say. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

As if to confirm my fresh insight, I heard him growl. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe Ms. Morales was leaning in closer toward her daughter, because Finn had a harder time hearing. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She convulsed in his arms as the pain took her again, and heard the knight shouting for her handmaids to help him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

George could practically hear the devious grin on Kelly’s face, and she could certainly feel the grin on hers. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Even from a hundred feet up, Frank could hear the drone of cicadas buzzing in the trees—a sleepy, otherworldly sound that made his eyes heavy. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t believe him. Then why, when you heard about the thing that happened out here, why did you think he was the one that was guilty?” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is like that person you never heard of who wins one of those MacArthur genius awards for creating astonishing success in the most unlikely of settings. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Then Wang Lung, when he heard this, turned himself about and he laughed and he rubbed his hands together and said, “Here is a good day, indeed!” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I heard gunfire and kept my head down. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Did I,” his voice rolled out slowly, like dark honey, “hear someone say Lanre?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Zinzi laughed and said, “I hear you, but it’s not the process you should focus on; it’s the joy you will feel after you go through the process.” The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Our host beamed and disappeared back into the kitchen, and I heard a cabinet squeak open and the tinkling sound of glasses being set up. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The more I hear, the more it sounds like “okay” means “not dead.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

I hear her get out of the car, and then I hear my door open. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I heard the noise of the street just as I’d heard it that night, and I felt a zip line of fear rip right into the pit of my stomach. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They heard twigs snapping, footsteps on brush, and then nothing. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Oh it’s just the same thing you’ve heard before a hundred times before,” I said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I press my ear against his chest, to the spot where I always rest my head, where I know, I will hear the strong and steady beat of his heart. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was incongruous to hear her starched Puritan voice and see her holding hands with Sammy at the same time. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The second elevator was opening, and I heard an unmistakable sound— the clattering of skeleton teeth. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

She heard them, but she did not understand. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Did you ever hear any of your leaders make speeches?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“No. I knew that she’d planned to go to Detroit Sunday morning. When I heard her come in I wanted to find out why she’d stayed out so late. ...” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was so great to hear your voice out loud. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Meggie saw the dogs' broad skulls pushing through the grass and heard them snuffling. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I wffl not” “Meg, you wicked girl, you are not to run away, do you hear?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard Dad’s whoop and looked up and saw him on his office porch with two other men. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Daily Telegraph of London offered an atypical reaction to the impending match: “Imagine that you can hear the end of Schubert’s ‘Unfinished Symphony’ or Beethoven’s 10th, or see the missing arm of Michelangelo’s Venus. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I hear a whimpering and realize it is mine, my lips are salty with the tears trickling down my face. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When the Soviet Union heard that the United States was planning to launch the country's first female into space aboard the space shuttle, the Soviet space agency committed to putting another Soviet woman into space. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

He could not always see, could not always hear. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mouse became nervous and, after the manner of his kind, began to say what he thought the rabbits would like to hear. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could hear that she was smiling, too. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they shouted loud enough for me to hear — they spoke Swahili or some other language I didn’t recognize. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I read anything good that I can get my hands on. I'm reading Hemingway now. You’ve heard of Hemingway.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

And here am I holding on to the one word that could explain everything, and the girl cannot read it or even hear it. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

For this reason I never saw him leave, but each night as I drifted off to sleep I would hear them, anticipating the birth of a nation on the other side of the world. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I like, I like, I don’t know, I never heard of...” he says. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“I heard about your sister’s house,” I said quietly. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I get a little nervous a what Miss Leefolt gone do if she hear this Mama stuff. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I hated the word never and hoped that, hearing it, my father might find some way to change our plans. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the minutes ticked by, he could hear guard dogs sniffing at the car. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard my parents talking when they thought I was asleep. I want to tell you something, and it’s hard to tell and it’s good to tell.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nor did he seem to hear Piper pleading. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fifty feet away you will hear it, a humming that sounds like it came from another planet. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I hear a car skid into the driveway. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I could feel the water covering my ears so that I heard nothing but the blood in my head pulsing and saw nothing but pinpricks of light above. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

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

“I thought I heard mice in the kitchen. I’m afraid there will be white of egg on the boys’ pillows. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t say anything back, just pretended I didn’t hear him and let Chris go on inhaling his food like a human vacuum. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Dany could hear sounds within the walls, a faint scurrying and scrabbling that made her think of rats. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"He was my friend," Arya whispered into her plate, so low that no one could hear. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

At midnight, I can hear them shrieking at the creepy '80s slasher movie they rented. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Who had ever heard of young women being pallbearers? Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I remember that at Pinyudu I could always hear the sound of pounding, as people pounded the dry corn kernels into meal to boil. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stared at the woman scrambling over the rugged ground with her hairpins falling out, and opened the windows to hear what she was hollering about. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

When he heard the rustle of leaves, Bran used the reins to make Dancer turn, expecting to see his friends, but the ragged men who stepped out onto the bank of the stream were strangers. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I could hear people talking and laughing, some voices from the front of our boat, some from other boats next to us. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or I can hear the feedback when Dead Moon played “D.O.A.” at the X-Ray, even though I’ve never heard Dead Moon play live, even though the X-Ray Cafe shut down before I was born. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stood up then, and it seemed to Milkman that he heard the shot after she fell. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luke was walking to the gym, and actually, he more heard her than saw her. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

My father shooed me into the other room as this mufti and the elders crowded into our little house, but I heard every word. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I called O’Dell, and a couple of hours later I heard the familiar rumble of the garbage truck pull up to the shop. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Yep. He sits in his doghouse all day, watching videos, eating bowl after bowl of Frosty Paws ice cream. I hear he’s very happy.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The doorbell was ringing, and I heard voices on the front porch. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just then, Chucha and I hear the cars honking their way up the driveway, doors banging shut, excited voices in the front of the house. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

All around us we could hear the wights spreading throughout the camp, kicking things over, throwing open caravan doors, shoving people. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she would yell out for her son to get her some medicine, and young Morrie, playing stickball in the street, would pretend he did not hear her. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your mom told my mom once. They were in our kitchen, and I was coming down the hall. They didn’t know I could hear them.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I hear her voice and smell it in the dimly lit hotel room overlooking Sydney Harbor. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

We hear a thud and a howl—the sort of howl that came from the punishment block in jail. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The garage is below my bedroom, so I hear his Rover 3500 growl into life. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Even as I heard myself say it, the words hacked at my stomach. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meggie heard the rustle of grass and the barking of a dog. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Her voice trickles to a whisper so that I have to lean forward to hear her. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The radio produces a vivid, full sound: Werner has never heard another like it. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It sounded like bells I’d heard in St. Anna Bay and in the Schottegat Small boats and tugs use them to tell the engineer to go slow or fast or put the engines in reverse. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He met her on the wall where she had gone in terror to watch the fighting when she heard the Trojans were in retreat. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard the boys call out for God’s protection and dash away, raising a racket as they stumbled through the dark graveyard. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Heaving dirt from a pit, I would hear on another man’s breath some song half-sung in time to his swing; the engineers called their instructions, wending their way through our deep, loamy fosses. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Chess heard the footsteps behind them getting closer and closer. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I nod but then realize Trub needs to hear me say the words out loud. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

The rest came to sit near Ruta Skadi to hear what she could tell them. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A memory flooded into her: She was at her mother’s grave, and she heard her mother’s voice in her ear. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though they had heard a lot about Dobby from Harry, they had never actually met him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Few criticisms of the legislation could be heard en route to enactment. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I could not hear what was said; they seemed to be talking in their own hideous language. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I hear about you two talking and you’ll be in a heap of trouble. You understand?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She lit a cigarette, as if she had not heard his question. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

How many times had we heard of drowning victims turning up on its banks? Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The cold of the water feels like a vise but I hold it there, hearing the bubbling of the water rushing by and the wordless barks of a worried Manchee hopping around my feet. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Pressing himself into the shadows beside the door, he listened hard, and hearing nothing, he looked around carefully. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Thomas once again felt a pressing ache of confusion—hearing so many words and phrases that didn’t make sense. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I still hear the whoosh of the ocean even now. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father has come home and I hear them talking in low, anxious voices out in the hallway. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Anyways, we all heard the sound before we saw it. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first I only heard pitchy whispers stabbing the air around me. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He didn’t even realize he’d fallen asleep until he heard his mom laughing and saw the early morning sun lighting the apartment. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Here, people had heard about the experiment, and most of them knew who I was. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then all at once she heard voices whispering in Spanish. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

It nodded back up when I heard Momma say real soft to Dad, “How you doing? Cincinnati’s just ahead.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Is like a monster to me, and if I hear it in a dream, then I know is rime to wake up and listen to the rooster. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But you heard an odd laugh? You have heard that laugh before, I should think, or something like it?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I told people Ipuda was my Korean name, until Dad heard me saying it and told me to stop. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

‘You is hearing only thumping loud noises with those little earwigs of yours. But I am hearing all the secret whisperings of the world!’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Listen! You can hear the machines! They’re all whirring again! And you can smell the smell of melting chocolate in the air!’ Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

I was willing to bet that no one in this little town had ever heard of them, let alone seen one. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

For ten years, Mother had been the primary breadwinner, while continuing to cook meals, clean the house, do the laundry, and I had never once heard her express anything like resentment. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Even as desperately wounded as I was, I could hear the difference. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His voice was low and Pickett did not hear it, was not even listening. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

For he had heard a sound—a very faint sound—somewhere outside his bedroom door. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

I could hear his wet wheels squeak against the linoleum as he followed. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

As we stumbled forward together, I could hear her breath close to my neck. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I heard Ben shout into the phone, “Tell him he better be naked!” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“My father heard the shout ‘Woman’ and he knew. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I thought I heard some soft plashing and a sniffing noise, a while back; but you hear a lot of such queer sounds by a river at night.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

People try to talk to me, and I don’t even hear them. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

But I hear what it means when the old women from down the road come by, from their dead friend who whispers it under her breath. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I am halfway to my locker when I hear Isaac calling after me. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

Audrey’s fingers hold on to mine, the light remains a few moments longer, and I hear the words again from this morning. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I must have fallen asleep, because I jerked awake when I heard her ask, “How’d it go?” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said I wanted to hear his voice. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I reached Schindler's office, I was so afraid I scarcely heard him as he attempted to calm me with small talk. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

It was one thing to understand his fate and very different to hear Maria say it out loud. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Please, if you can hear this, if you have any humanity in your hearts at all, don’t harm my children. Just let them go. Let them come home.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Somebody I know said she heard this “folksinger” guy is really a Baptist from Alabama. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom comes out of the kitchen when she hears the bell on the door jingle. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Abeg. I’ve heard that before. I still regret that day, my plantain seriously suffered. I think you ate most of them as soon as I removed them from the frying pan.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Around me I hear small grunts and sighs as those lucky enough to have slept stretch out their cramped limbs. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

But I can hear the preacher shouting from the stage. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

He heard the echoes of a helicopter above him, and the crowd craned their necks up as they moved. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I heard a deep sadness in her tone. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Theon and the others fell farther and farther behind, until Bran could no longer hear their voices. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I knew this would puzzle the others, but I kept going—even when I heard Ruth’s urgent whisper to me to come back. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if she understands, but she’s quiet like she hears. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Asha could hear the north gate groaning as the ram slammed into it again. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

All was chaos, noise and heat and blood, until finally over the tumult Alyce could hear the cries of a baby, the moans of a tired mother, and the laughter of the triumphant midwife. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to know more, but there is one piece of information I absolutely hope I don’t hear. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“So I hear you got into Yale,” she says. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I suspect that Judge Norton had scheduled the final Rule 32 hearing in part because he wanted to get this contentious, complicated case off his docket and out of his court. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

When he heard these words, the lion roared again— a louder roar than the hare had ever heard. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

His back is mostly to me, so I can't see his face, but I can hear the taunt in his voice. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Now that I have heard the good news, I am ready to hear the whole story. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I could hear her groaning behind the door, so I hurried on around the corner to the bathroom in the next wing. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

They spoke too softly for Lyra to hear, but she enjoyed watching them sip dewdrops from the marram grass to refresh themselves. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I heard Caroline say something about what the other girls in the class would want to wear. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

And then he said what he knew his mother wanted to hear because maybe by saying it out loud he could convince himself that it was true. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

I shall hear any story you have to tell. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“What do you hear?” he said in a low voice. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I wish I could hear it all over again.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I filled his cup and heard him belch and removed his plate with the meat half gnawed from the bones. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He heard her laughter on the terrace and smelled the sweet, subtle aroma of her skin and hair when she walked past him in the midday sun. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But my father didn’t seem to have heard me. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

As she folded up chairs, the librarian said she’d heard the town policemen had enjoyed my presentation. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We heard a knock on the door of our room as we changed for bed. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I could hear the terrified cries of teachers and students, could see the blood cover the dance floor. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

In his imagination, he wasn’t at the jungle’s edge anymore, he was in the jungle now, hearing everything, seeing everything, things he didn’t want to... Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

And then they heard their target squawking back to him. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“There’s more. I want you to hear it. Will you?” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

During the summer of 1942, a group of courageous University of Munich students took action when they heard about the plight of the Jews. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I can hear the twelve Hogan Songs that began the evening, those songs that Talking God sang about the home of Changing Woman, those songs that were sung around the Mountain Where Traveling Was Done. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, I could hear a bass beat thumping loud enough to rattle the windowsills. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I guess I just didn’t want to hear you criticize everything like you usually do. My Spanish or my clothes,” I said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

As soon as my dad came home from his newspaper shift, he asked if my mom had heard anything, but she told him no. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Each time I would hear the kitchen door click shut behind me and I would almost turn back, it sounded so metallic, like a mousetrap or a weapon, but I would not turn back. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know nothing about this Security of the Holy Spirit; I never heard of them. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“You know what, Mr. Curtain? Jackson heard a mouse, too, not half an hour ago. We’re having a real problem with them lately.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z