Something Mark hadn’t heard in over a year, and hadn’t expected to hear ever again. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

David had never seen those, because Owen had always carefully checked the weather before taking him on trips, but he had heard of them: storm waves that tipped whole ships over and drove them underwater. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I never once heard him complain of anything, not even his bare feet, which were always swollen and must have pained him constantly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” Minli said, again thinking that this dragon was very different from any dragon she had ever heard about. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

In the Trobriands conception was the work of ancestral ghosts; nobody had ever heard of a father. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He heard her say “Jesse” once, but the bus was noisy enough that he could pretend he hadn’t heard. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Some of the expressions she heard every day astonished her, jarred her, and she wondered what Obinze’s mother would make of them. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

A breath of wind brushed across my face, and I thought I heard someone whisper my name, but when I looked around, nobody was talking to me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Inej had heard variations on the same exchange for the better part of an hour. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Before she could make up her mind which way to go, she heard voices and withdrew behind a column. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Frank Oppenheimer thought he heard his brother whisper, “It worked.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lost and Found When I heard that my parents were getting divorced, the first thing I did was run to my room, grab my baseball bat, and pound all my Little League trophies into bits. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

And at the same time we heard the loud report of a shot and running men carrying burning torches surrounded our house. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the kitchen, he heard her voice from the study, shouting a long string of words that he could not make out and did not want to. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

And if either of them heard...well, put me under that bomb. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Johnny guessed what the little tinkle was he heard. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The muffler on my beat-up black Honda had fallen off somewhere between Pittsburgh and Clover, which meant everyone in Lacks Town heard each time I passed. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“But if you make so much noise again the cat is sure to hear. If he hasn’t heard already.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

She too had heard everything—the bit about our cat, and Mom crying. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole ravine was full of monsters—column after column marching south, so many and so close, Hazel was amazed they hadn’t heard her shouting. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It had been a long time since Snuffy had heard that sound. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

At around 8:45, Dill heard his mother clatter up the driveway in their 1992 Chevy Cavalier and come in the house. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

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

When she was by herself in this inside room the music she had heard that night after the party would come back to her. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

As I raised the blind, and the morning sunlight flooded the room, I heard the Professor’s low hiss of inspiration, and knowing its rarity, a deadly fear shot through my heart. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

"I heard it was a week or so after you guys met." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He woke once late that night and heard some of the men still talking in the dooryard. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was on the porch wringing out Henry’s work clothes when she heard a truck turn off of the main road and onto the dirt road that led only to the Humble houses. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Surely he had heard the thin squeak of the leather hinges on Gebu’s bedroom door? The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The links slithered and turned and grew taut, and Arya heard the creak of old dry wood as the great iron rings strained against the floorboards of the wagon. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But even as he stood there, flooded with excitement, something Harry had once heard Mr. Weasley say came floating out of his memory. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She smelled him before she heard him, before she saw him. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am not saying that I heard any talk of revolution in the South when I was a kid there. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He thought there was a light somewhere before him, and he thought he heard a voice in front of him, above him somewhere, calling, “Come! Come!” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard that, Miss Rhode Island,” Ladybird chided. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I went to work, but the mood of the book would not die; it lingered, coloring everything I saw, heard, did. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then when Tommy was left standing alone, and the boys all began sniggering, I heard Ruth say: “It’s coming. Hold it. Seven seconds. Seven, six, five...” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spencer heaves a heavy, achy breath, rolls his neck, and says, “So I heard you have water.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

If I didn’t know better, I could’ve sworn I heard doubt in her voice. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He heard a groan, looked over to see the man he’d knocked out crawling to his hands and knees. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I heard them shuffling the papers and talking. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Every philosophical research establishment, so he’d heard, had to include on its staff a representative of the Magisterium, to act as a censor and suppress the news of any heretical discoveries. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘There was a massive lawsuit pending against her for manipulating investor returns. A man named Royal Rampling is at the helm of it. Ever heard that name before?” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Then, all at once, beyond the curtains, she heard the voice of the sleeper in the bedroom. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard her say, "I can add up a column of figures with the best of them." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

He charges on ahead as if he hasn’t heard me. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He heard hooves behind him, galloping, and something jumped clean over Harry, charging at the figure. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Sporadic gunfire was heard on several nights, although no injuries were reported. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He heard laughter and when he looked around the corner of the boulder, his heart went numb in his chest, and he wasn’t aware of his own rapid breathing any more. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Almost every time she ate I heard her mutter, “I wish I had a pickled egg.” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

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

I don’t answer, because I’ve only heard Dray’s last name once and it was from the detective. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

In his dream, Hugo was walking by himself outside the train station when he heard a loud crash and looked up. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

The one I heard the most and therefore learned first was “Curtis.” The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“But it was in the story when I heard it, so I suppose it’s some creature or other.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“The defendant here appeared on your doorstep on Thursday, September 9? Is that what I heard you say?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Esta muerto, and then as if he just heard the news himself, crumples like a coat and cries, my brave Papa cries. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

See, when you’re close to someone you get a feeling, and by me and my son being real tight, when I heard it over the radio I just had this premonition. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard her say to him, “I never meant to leave you.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

People continue banging their pots, shouting to make their voices heard. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

They saw no hulking behemoth capable of the enormous sound they had heard. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Shortly after this, I heard the slap and slam of sash weights as SanJuanna threw open the parlor windows beneath my room. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I knew English had already heard most of it from his sister, but I still gave the fellas the play-by-play, hoping that somewhere in it, it would make sense. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He heard Tozier behind him: “Dress it up, dress it up,” a muffled complaint, whispers, the far sound of hoofs pawing the ground. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was soon to be married for the third time, and one heard dark whisperings about the deaths of his first two wives. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

In the background the racket of Buster Friendly boomed and brayed, eradicating her words; he saw her mouth moving but heard only the TV. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He had a voice like none that Harry had ever heard: a rasping bark of a voice. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I had not heard the speech of America, smelled the grass and trees and sewage, seen its hills and water, its color and quality of light. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I crept to my bed and wrote what I had seen and heard, then wrote the ending backward. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several times they heard the drumming of a great woodpecker, the shyest of birds. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perspiring heavily, he looked up when he heard Okra barking at a mule-drawn wagon that pulled around the corner of Eliot Street and was coming toward the Meecham house at an unperturbed pace. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I just…I heard…it’s just, I’m new here, too.” Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I heard a throat clear behind me, and turned to see Emma glaring from the doorway. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Pretending to be in a trance, Woodhull passed along inside information to Vanderbilt about the business plans of his rivals, based on gossip she had heard from Mansfield. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Before the door shut, 1 heard him saying to her, “You couldn’t hear that, Vi, could you? I’m sorry. I’m sorry. You didn’t hear that. . . ?” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Staying close to Caesar ensured that her voice continued to be heard and her needs continued to be met. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

I heard the bone in his nose pop, felt it crack, slip sideways. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

At that moment we heard Auntie Fatmata screaming for us to come back. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

This wasn’t the first time I had heard such words. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Betty Jean brought up the radio from the kitchen, and it felt like a little party, until we heard the news. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he heard the shutters click, he relaxed. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I answered the phone on the kitchen wall and heard my grandmothers voice. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Everybody out! All Jews out!” he heard them shout. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Percy heard machinery creaking in the darkness, huge gears turning, and water rushing through pipes. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

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

The tick of the chess clock was the only sound heard. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Is not that the most beautiful name you have heard in your life?” he asks me vigorously. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Halfway through the movies we heard the sounds of big guns being fired in the distance. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard a scraping sound, wood against wood, like he had taken something out of the nightstand. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“N-n-o. It was...one of those jinn stories that I heard in India.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“This is my name tag. This is my walkie-talkie. On this I heard Luis and Kelly’s calls for help. “ Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Well, one day Alexander heard a man talking in the marketplace. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

When we heard footsteps in the hall, we scrambled away from the door. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The town became very quiet, and no gunshots were heard for more than fifteen minutes. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Today I was balancing myself just above the altar when I heard Dr. Carhart say that he knew what death was like. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we left, I heard Queen Daria say, “I don’t remember any orange coaches in Bast.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I heard her rustle through some papers for a minute before she began to speak. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Then I heard nothing for a long while. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Many Mexican- Americans were consequently shocked when they heard the student activist proclaim himself and his listeners Chicanos. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He heard his shoulder pop and saw a flash of white as pain shot through his head like lightning. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I heard he took someone’s pills and freaked out. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

When he turned to look behind him, he heard a noise in the distance: horses’ hooves pounding the earth. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Going down the last flight of stairs, she heard a hoarse guttural scream. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

His expertness was apparent to everyone who heard him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

"You. Yes, both of you. You heard the Hand. The king is too fat for his armor. Go find Ser Aron Santagar. Tell him I need the breastplate stretcher. Now! What are you waiting for!" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

This is the story most of your friends have been told, because I heard it later from several other people.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It felt, I heard people say at the Big Store, as if the company had chased even God out of town. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Lying in their bunks, the men heard the sharp shriek of air-raid sirens. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The vows are simple, the same kind of pledges I’ve heard at weddings of every faith. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

And then I heard my father’s voice in the room again. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Just every night since I heard you were back in Greenwood.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Cole saw a lantern flicker in the window, and he heard movement inside. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Only a few people on the south end of the encampment heard him. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

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

This is how it happened: I saw them coming over here and I heard Johnny say, “Let’s go to this vacant apartment on the fourteenth floor.” Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She just walked on like she hadn’t heard, but it was that Spareribs, and some day soon she would catch him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But he felt the sea breeze rolling beside him, arid he heard the rising of the gulls, and he felt the fire in his hands again. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Johnny heard blows and oaths from the street outside. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thudding and rustling were loud enough to be heard through the floor. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Big Bad Rose liked to bang up other kids, we had heard. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Uncle even got money from some kin and friends in the eastern provinces from whom he had not heard in twenty years. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

But then he heard the sound of two jars breaking against the brick walls of the deserted cotton warehouse beside the general store. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know if my sister had heard what I'd said at the end. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Henry, the light winking off the steel rims of his glasses, gave no indication of having heard her. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

We took refuge in a nearby nurses’ dormitory, where we heard bullets smashing into the wall of the building. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma raised her head, but I heard no response. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then she heard another splash, a bigger one. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

‘I have heard all about Sam,’ he said. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

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

It’s not possible that he could have heard it. 3RD JUROR: That’s idiotic! Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He then brought his billy club down on her head with a whack that was heard throughout the crowd gathered in the street.” Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We heard she crashed your rickshaw. Why in the world was she driving it, anyway?” Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

I heard Ultima’s command ring in the still night air, and a swirling of wings engulfed Tenorio. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“There were two of them. At first I was rather anxious—I thought they were from the State Department, or worse. You've heard of my problems with the Isrami government?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Back home I almost never heard it unless Mom spoke it or happened to be listening to something in Spanish. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I heard him talking about the game, how Latimer had to put out a hundred and ten percent, that old-time movie bull. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“We heard about the tire. Bummer,” he says. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I tried to get through but no one seemed to have heard me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just then, I heard the black phone ring and saw Dad through the living-room window as he ran to answer it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

But he also knew an apology when he heard one. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I felt my way down the cellar stairs with my toes and heard the sound of laughter from Madam’s company. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The orc had soon passed out of sight, and now only faintly could be heard the slapping of its feet as it went on and up. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I had never, ever heard her mention school before. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

She heard the sound then: horse hooves on the road, coming to a stop. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She was just about to summon up all her courage and go after him when she heard footsteps—rapid, firm footsteps, quick and impatient. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I’ve been wanting to hear a voice like the one Joan of Arc heard, and here it is! Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“Mom heard you might get transferred to the stockade in Key West,” I said. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

She heard the shrill voices of the boys and suddenly she nodded her head as if she understood. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she heard a voice full of venom and danger. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Guard exits and in the silence the sound is heard of the door being locked. 5TH juror: I never knew they locked the door. 10TH JUROR: Sure they lock the door. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked a few times, but she would pretend she hadn’t heard me. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He let go when he heard Naomi walk by. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I said nothing, because he was repeating what I had already heard him say. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was early one morning when we were seated at breakfast that my mother heard a car and looked out the frosty window. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard a clanging of glass bottles in someone’s bag. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I have often heard it said that cowardice is the mother of cruelty, and I have found by experience that malicious and inhuman animosity and fierceness are usually accompanied by weakness. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the daytime we can’t make any noise that might be heard downstairs, and when someone else is there, like the cleaning lady, we have to be extra careful. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Do you get”—Hangman loves giving me grief over this word—“nightingales in January, Dad? I might’ve heard one this morning. In the woods.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Miss Hilly don’t even act like she heard. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I heard later that poor Huang Taitai waited many hours for more people to come, and finally, when she could not wring any more guests out of her hands, she decided to start the ceremony. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The slaves, when they heard this, clustered close about him and embraced him; and he embraced them, and none could forbear weeping. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

She heard her own voice, calm as morning after a storm, no, quiet as death, say, “When will you be leaving?” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I had started praying to myself from the moment I heard the first shot, and I never stopped praying until I reached home. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, C.P. was alone in the room when he heard loud whispers outside the door. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was by pressing our ears to the air that we had heard Pa say, “No, Ma. They need to know her, and she needs to know them. They’re flying to Oakland. That’s final.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She remembered that as she mounted the stairs with John’s heavy weight in her arms, and as she entered the door, she heard music, which became perceptibly fainter as Florence closed the door behind her. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I was still wondering if I heard him right. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“So welcome to the sweet torture of reading An Imperial—” I stopped when I heard violent sobbing on the other end of the line. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I honestly didn’t think I heard him right. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I’ve sent you a lot over the years, but when I never heard back, I figured either you didn’t want to write me, or maybe your mom wouldn’t let you. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Turner felt the heavy air they dropped, heard their rumbling like the distant chariots of the Assyrians. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I thought it was just a corny cliché when I first heard that expression, but I think it actually applies to Coach right about now, which makes me sort of sad. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the following mornings, more than one kid was heard reciting the new “pledge.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

The noise could be heard from the boat works to La Ida. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Another county heard from,” scoffed one of the doctors indignantly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She didn’t say anything until she heard me open the front door. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

If you listened hard, you might even have heard the call of the fruit seller passing through Wazir Akbar Khan with his donkey: Cherries! The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Also he's never heard me sing and he's going to break up with me. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

It's the first time I've heard it spoken since Ma identified his body in the hospital. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Later I heard how your father was sending them as fought with Stannis to the Wall, so I made my way across the narrow sea and joined up with the Second Sons.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Away south upon the Hornburg, in the middle night men heard a great noise, as a wind in the valley, and the ground trembled; and all were afraid and no one ventured to go forth. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

As we pulled out of the driveway, I heard a shattering sound inside my head as if a glass had broken between my ears. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Also, Pauling had made him promise to let him know the minute he heard from me. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I was asleep in my room and shot up in bed when I heard the shattering glass. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Her mother must have heard the noise and come downstairs. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And not twenty minutes later, the phone rang: a reporter at one of the local TV stations had heard about our story and wanted to know more. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

I heard the creaking of the tin roof heating under the sun. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Darin’s still in Serra. I heard the spy who gave the report.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Mr. Weasley’s hand had suddenly spun from “work” to “traveling”; a second later it had shuddered to a halt on “home” with the others, and they heard him calling from the kitchen. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Lyra said, or began to say, because before she’d finished the question she heard voices outside the door. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

It must hurt her every time she heard me called “Mrs. de Winter.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

As brakeman Royal Albert Leeman stood and looked out the train’s windows, he heard a huge noise that sounded like metal tearing apart. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

He nodded, more to confirm that he’d heard her than that he understood. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He added, “He hasn’t heard of you either.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“But it’s not exactly helpful. You heard my mom. She said that she’d used his secrets to bind him, not kill him.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

One by one he heard the Gladers’ dwindling shouts and hoots up ahead. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

We were standing on the porch of the little blue house that used to be the Spiritualist Church of Glen Meadows when we heard these awful words. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

I heard Kevin make a wordless sound of surprise, heard him ask, “What happened?” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

But I had never heard of Cape Verde. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Only some of the few working-class people in the alley still seemed excited when they heard the drums and gongs. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ask, since this is openly spread knowledge—something that everyone whispers, because they heard it from their parents, though no one ever says it to Anise’s face. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I heard Sapo sit down on the couch and turn the TV on. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

After a little while Irwin got up and went into the bathroom, and I heard the rushing of shower water. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Ah heard ’em give one last whoop for him. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

When I just stood there, dumbly watching her, she lost her smile and said, “I presume you’ve heard I’m sick.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He had just closed and locked his own trunk when he heard angry voices through the wall, and went to see what was going on. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I knew that Finn was behind me and I knew he’d heard. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Most times, her answers are nods and shakes of the head, and I wonder if she really heard. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

It almost did when I heard a ding from my computer. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Immediately the deep pain of separation began, and he heard a stifled moan from the canoe behind him. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She heard the smile in his voice even though he kept his face turned away, his gaze locked on their enmeshed hands. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The others were silent; they had just heard something that had made Lord Asriel turn pale and tremble, and none of them quite knew how to respond. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I’d heard that phrase, nice to meet you, a thousand times. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Last time I heard that sound was on the morning of the funeral itself as she put on her makeup and pulled curlers from her hair. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“I heard some Muslim homes were burned not that far from here. Maybe they were angry,” Amil said, bending over, ripping up pieces of grass. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I heard them talking softly, and I heard Mr. Savo moan a few times. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

"Um, I live down the street, and my dog got loose, and I can't find him. I was wondering if maybe you heard anything?" Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Shortly after, I heard the tramp of feet outside. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard you were chillin’ with my boy Warren the other day.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

"The Prince will chase us," said another lord, whose name Shasta had not heard. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

I might have heard it, but wasn’t sure. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meggie heard a hollow groan; he had probably woken the guard with a kick. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

But this was my one chance to become someone who was looked at, not seen, listened to, not heard. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She retrieved a package of sausages and was walking back to the hotel when she heard yelling and footsteps. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

No sooner had the stars come out again than I heard Abbey snoring. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

As he rose he heard another, closer at hand. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

For his first three weeks on Alabama's death row, the horrific execution of John Evans was pretty much all he heard about. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It’s the first time he’s heard the gun at such close range, and it sounds as if the top half of the hotel has torn off. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He heard her crying and so went back inside. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The truck made a good deal of noise, and although the injured party was always eager to talk, he had to significantly raise his voice to be heard. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

She straightened up as she heard the car, but she did not see me smile. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was unnerving; Koffi hadn’t heard their entrance, the hut’s flap certainly hadn’t opened, but here they were, at least twenty of them. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

But I heard him from the kitchen: the thud as his feet reached the floor and the creak of the bed as he pulled himself back. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The next morning, Genie had just finished jotting down his star question when he heard Grandma’s car pull into the yard. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“You’ve probably heard about the incursion today. Two gorgons were swept into the river by this newcomer, Percy Jackson. Juno herself guided him here, and proclaimed him a son of Neptune.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Varys hooted as if that was the funniest thing he had ever heard, but there was no laughter in his eyes when he turned them on Tyrion. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I heard his parents are sending him to a different school. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Had they just heard about auditions this morning and decided to mosey on by? It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“I heard a man died of the fever in the middle of the street, and three black crows flew out of his mouth,” said Jeannine. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time we'd heard about Mo, it was over already. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Looking over his shoulder, the short boy saw where the snake was and heard its laughter. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“I heard one of your own people threw dirt on you,” he says. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

From a distance he heard the raucous singing. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some I knew, some I had heard of, while others I did not know at all. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was putting up soup cans in aisle 4 when I heard the voice behind me. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Then the match went out and I heard something fall softly upon the coal near by. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘No! I heard that one of them has got something, something that’s wanted for the War, some elvish plot or other. Anyway they’ll both be questioned.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

And that was when they heard the noise. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard everything that happ—” Buttercup began, and then she said “Oh” because she had never been next to a dead man before. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“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

As I helped her across the stream on big boulders, I heard a cry in the sky. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he heard somebody close to him shout, “Target!” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You heard what I said. There’s guns need unpacking there, and a crate of nails just come from Natchez.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had heard of it—I knew that Mayor Schmoke, President Clinton, and our state’s senior senator, Paul Sarbanes, were all Rhodes Scholars, but I didn’t know much else about the award. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Thomas heard the creak of an old wooden door, and then Minho was dragging a cardboard box across the floor; the scrape of it sounded like a knife on bone. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I made an effort to sound like an ordinary person talking about the weather, but I knew what MacDuff had heard. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

But during the afternoon, as he carried water and ran a dozen different errands, Jethro heard them talk of a battle in the East. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or does ownership consist only of a thin crust under which the friendly worms have never heard of trespassing? Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he lay in his bed, he heard Karen’s door opening and the sound of small, frantic feet on the stairs. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s two questions. Yes, you do. He died fishing. He fell off a boat. Isn’t that the stupidest thing you ever heard?” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I even had heard mention of new giant bombs being prepared. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

They slept but never deeply—I often heard them get up in the middle of the night. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

As they ran they heard the beat and echo of many hurrying feet behind. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

At 3:20 in the morning, wide awake in his bunk, Ishmael heard the order delivered to the troop hold: “All marines lay topside to your debarkation stations!’ Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he’d squatted for a moment, building a bowline into the manila, and heard the steam whistle of the passing freighter sounding low across the water. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

When his mother, Frigga, the wife of Odin, heard this she determined to protect him from the least chance of danger. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Downstairs, I heard the soft chiming of the old clock. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally she stopped panting and said, “You won’t believe what I just heard.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

And then suddenly he heard something that was not imagination. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Whoever heard of someone being told about a surprise before it happened? I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“I heard everything! You made Mom mad! You started a fight between her and Dad!” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Apparently, the lady had heard that the child was the subject of a witches’ prophecy, but she did not know what it foretold. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I heard nothing, but Nero’s back rose and his tail puffed to twice its normal size. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Mama smiled and asked, “Have you heard the legend?” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then I heard the unearthly shrieks coming from Mr. Gunthrie’s room. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He let his mind range more deliciously than any other, and it didn’t sound so silly when you heard what they were doing in San Jose. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I once heard Mum say that Kat had Dad wrapped around her little finger. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

We never heard from him what happened after he and Isaac split up. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though Lincoln heard the story from Grant yesterday, he is eager to hear more. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I have not heard the songs of the Fair Folk until now,” Taran said. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

I heard lots of talking, chattering voices that didn’t sound human—somewhere between a seal’s bark and a dog’s growl. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Not having heard from Nicole, I wasn’t sure if I was telling the truth about that. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

When I heard Dad on the phone downstairs, asking someone to come over, I thought it was Dr. Doris. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He heard a soft rusde and looked down at his hand; the kidnap note was shaking in his trembling fingers. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her mother heard something in her voice over the phone. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I tried to hear, inside a song I’d never heard before, the voice I had trouble remembering after twelve days. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

And the rush and drag of the waves can be heard as they splash in among the piles of the canneries. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unless Tibbets heard otherwise, his orders were to drop the bomb as soon as weather conditions permitted. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She heard his paddle dip in and out of the water, in and out. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

That night I heard Drum tell Grandma something. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Three times he whistled; and then faint and far off it seemed to them that they heard the whinny of a horse borne up from the plains upon the eastern wind. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Or maybe I could even find a new book that she’d never heard of and read it to her, even though she had heard of every book in the world. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I’d never heard of most of the bands, and I was surprised to learn that vinyl records were even being produced for the newer ones. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I heard a bone snap like a young branch. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Just then they heard the sound of thunder booming in the distance. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

“I have heard many stories about you, you know,” the stonecutter said. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

But if they halted and stood still listening, they heard no more, nothing but the wind sighing over the edges of the stones — yet even that reminded them of breath softly hissing through sharp teeth. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I heard a motorcycle engine moaning far off. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

At last, she heard a door opening upstairs, possibly the one she had heard slammed when she had knocked. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He was about to get off the phone with Ahmad when he heard Nasser’s voice from the porch. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Of course I have heard of trained seals,” answered Mrs. Popper. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Like Mrs. B crying happy tears when she heard the song from her sister’s wedding. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

His voice had lost the rough edge I’d heard in it since the moment I had met him. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

This really was Harlem, and now all the stories which I had heard of the city-within-a-city leaped alive in my mind. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard you guys arguing. Why did you hesitate when he asked you if you loved him?” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“There isn’t much left to tell. I saw the fire, came closer, heard more shouting and commotion ” “And the fire?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I was getting ready to cross back from the bathroom to the closet to bed when I heard someone moving around in the yard. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

She’d heard that phrase a lot when her grandmother first passed away, but she never knew the right way to respond. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They heard a sigh and a groan, and then heavy footsteps crossed the floor. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

All winter, we had been anticipating snow—everyone kept saying how strange it was that we hadn’t had any yet—but I’d never heard anything about falling ice. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

And then I heard my name, and 1 knew I was in trouble. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Which is of course why no one has ever heard of the Manson crater. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

She heard that he had been to college and knew more than the principal did. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard the good excuse of blowing his nose. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra had never heard it before, but she knew it at once: it was the howl of the Tartar guards’ wolf daemons. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He heard a man yell, “Stop it! The wind’s blowing it away! He’s throwing ’em back!” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

We're going to pack out every performance, because that African queen is going to be heard. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We went out into the yard, which was full of flat night; we heard an urgent whisper from the side of a shed, where we found Bono awaiting us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I heard Golan scream a spectacular array of curses, and then something clattered down the stairs, landing nearby. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Last year at this time, he had never even heard of Circle Justice—he hadn’t heard of it until his latest arrest for breaking into a hardware store. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

When he heard what Frodo had to tell, he became full of concern, and shook his head and sighed. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I heard it again and then again, a little louder each time. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

They had heard this story so many times, Jessie could mouth the words along with Papa. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

And—from Harrison— I heard that they told him I was eating raw meat for strength. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aphrodite in her winged car high over the earth heard her lover’s groan and flew to him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time it’s her turn, we’ve heard about affairs, deaths, abused gay children, bankruptcy, and deportations. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He came because he had heard that a man could make a good life for himself in Coalwood. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then I heard scraping sounds, slamming, pushing and shouts and then whack! whack! whack! The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled back and said, “I told you the truth. I was sleeping. Like a stump. And I didn’t wake up until I heard sirens. After that, you were pounding on the door.” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

But it was, beyond comparison, the most beautiful noise he had ever heard. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

I spent the entire day with Kapwepwe and heard from him the most astonishing tale. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joe and I flew home to America in the same plane, and on the way he told me about Prague, and his Prague had no relation to the city I had seen and heard. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he heard about the retrospective, he offered. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Thankfully, that only lasted for a second: the moment I heard August laugh his raspy little laugh, it was over. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

From the stage could be heard the hoarse barks of the seals, who were going through their act. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

The young mouse laughed back as he replied, “Not half as odd as your own name. Whoever heard of a hare being called Basil Stag?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I heard a sound from one of the other rooms. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I heard a noise behind us and started for the nearest door. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Miss Effie Belle had heard the scream as she was coming in from church. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

We’d heard rumors of disturbances there since our visit, the first week of March. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I knocked for a long time but nobody heard me.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

An instant later Taran heard a loud clucking and squawking from the chicken run. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

From above I heard the knocking sound again. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

If he never heard another word about it, that would be fine. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard Daddy whisper out in the hall. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I heard his boots mount the steps heavily. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

This is the first I’ve heard Russ talk about outer space since we watched the space shuttle launch on my roof to mark his birthday. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I heard a man’s voice yell, “So you’re Miss Rebecca!” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He turned them and heard the engine start up. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

‘Is there more in it than surprise at seeing four hobbits, not to mention the rest of us, where people are so seldom seen or heard?’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He had seen her face, heard her voice so clearly that night he had lain by her grave on Copp’s Hill. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve heard people try for their talent that were really good. Early this term an old man sang a song about... about this woman whose husband had gone off to war.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It meant that he had seen or heard of something so ugly or frightening that he was paralyzed as a result. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tiptoed to the next room and found it empty; but he heard the voices even more clearly now. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The minute she heard his words, Pita unfurled. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“You know, from what you have just heard, that no white money finances The Honorable Elijah Muhammad and his program—to ‘advise’ him and ‘contain’ him! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was thinking like that when I first heard the horses. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no life in his eyes, no hint that he’d even heard me. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I had read and heard that President Nasser’s administration had built up one of the most highly industrialized countries on the African continent. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He heard a splash and a rustle of feathers. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Nat heard the scrape of a chair and the thud of a log being pitched on the fire. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mole heard “good dog” many times and then his new name, General. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

It was the worst sound I had ever heard in my life. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

‘If it was a bird, it was one that I never heard in the Shire before.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I heard Mo in my head: They came here to start afresh, and this is how it ended. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

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

In the next room Baby Kochamma heard the noise and came to find out what it was all about. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’d heard rumors that service in the military was no longer voluntary, that everyone between the ages of twenty-two and forty had to serve—most of them in the army’s new Psi branch. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

We later heard that Major Knowlton of the rebels had led two hundred men to Charlestown to assault it; they making their way across the mill-dam. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

One of the deputies accused of shooting Fannie had been heard earlier threatening “to get her.” Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

I heard Lord Dunmore rise; saw the approach of his shoes. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Then letter followed letter for the first six months of his absence, while I heard nothing from Father, and saw nothing of him either. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve heard cats yowling so that they sound like babies with colicky bellies.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since her initial meeting with Princess Nehemia, she hadn’t seen or heard from the princess—not even chatter from the servants. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She thought she had heard Betsy again—that wretched hacking sound that sawed through her rib cage straight into her heart. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

After we said the last Hail Mary, my head snapped back when I heard the raised, melodious voice. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I had heard him say it plenty of times—that there was more out in the world than just being a farmer, like most of the other kids’ parents. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard people moving away from the base of the pole. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Who do you think you are?” he shouts, his voice louder than I’ve ever heard it. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had heard tales of people who tried to go out into the Unknown Regions. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was sometime later that I heard Dr. King’s speech: This afternoon, we gather in the quiet of this sanctuary to pay our last tribute of respect to these beautiful children of God. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He raced downstairs and I heard the hollow thumping of the basement steps as he went down them. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She spit every obscenity she’d ever heard through her teeth, but it wasn’t enough. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

But if they hadn’t heard from her by Thursday, he’d have to look for her. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I heard crowds ahead, though, and knew I’d soon be spotted by someone who cared if I continued tailing along so obviously. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I haven’t heard from her for a while, so she must have at least a fortnight to a month’s worth of abuse to level at me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Mom came running into the foyer, but instead of picking it up, I heard her tear the phone from the wall, open the front door, and throw it out into the yard. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Four days at Reverend Cooper’s house as his guest, and the purpose of long visits from every old man in the town who remembered his father or his grandfather, and some who’d only heard. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The barking dog he’d heard before got louder, and suddenly a white blur came barrelling through the snow. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

And that is how I heard of the news about Kim.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s harder than it should be — keeping track of you. Usually I can find someone very easily, once I’ve heard their mind before.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Toward the end of the summer I accidentally over- heard a conversation that shook me out of my state of blissful ignorance. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There was a moment of silence, and Matilda, who had never before heard great romantic poetry spoken aloud, was profoundly moved. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then, distinct and beyond mistaking, they heard—they all heard—words. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, thinking the kids were asleep, she passed one of the bedrooms and heard Aisha talking to one of Yuko’s kids. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The spring dust storms of the llano continued, and I heard many grown-ups blame the harsh winter and the sandstorms of spring on the new bomb that had been made to end the war. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their wings were the first thing he’d heard in more than twenty years. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“My name’s not Ralph,” I told her, but she acted like she hadn’t heard. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He heard the giant bellow and Arion whinny angrily, but he didn’t dare look. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

But the young man had evidently not heard the question. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“It has been a long time since I have heard Nuwa’s tear called that.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

They heard the faint sound of soft feet on wet leaves. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“You should have told me before now,” I heard Julian say. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

When she heard Dolly she looked over, puzzled. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rashid claimed Z had headed for California, but no one else had heard from Z. No one knew what to believe. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I fancy that he heard our conversation, but that he paid even greater attention to my heart. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

One can be, indeed one must strive to become, tough and philosophical concerning destruction and death, for this is what most of mankind has been best at since we have heard of man. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Nobody knew who wrote it, but Bob said he heard it before, and he heard that it was some kid’s suicide note. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He and Cari had come running from the bedroom when they heard the door. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He heard movement in the run behind him. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But what he heard now was something else—it was real—and it sent icy buckshot through his body. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

A few months later, when Emmett heard Henrietta needed blood, he and his brother and six friends piled into a truck and went straight to Hopkins. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Just then, I heard the engine of some sort of truck coming my way. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

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

As I walked into the game room, I heard a Bryan Adams song blasting out of the speakers mounted on the carpeted walls. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

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 heard them moaning to the few passersby, pleading for gold, insisting that they were really wizards. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Every shop is full of things I've never seen before, and every restaurant is filled with foods I’ve never heard of. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

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

He heard his wife cough, water run in the girls’ bathroom, a toilet flush, and Matthew yell something at Ben. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they moved out of sight, Ash heard the woman ask who she was, but she could not hear Kaisa’s reply. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I played soccer daily with my friends but had never heard of field hockey and was not sure how to say the word. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

One day long ago Snuffy was fishing toward the hot springs from downriver when he heard voices at the bigger pool. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crownpoint the buck had heard enough, and he slipped into the forest with his family. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Tell them I’m sorry,” Magdalys said, but she didn’t know if he heard her over the wind. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“I hope we go to trial,” I said, “because even if I don’t win anything, I’d like to be heard.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He had stopped to catch his breath and ease the pain in his hip when he heard the scuff of boots on stone, and came face-to-face with Ser Davos Seaworth, descending. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Reaching the State Floor, we made our way toward the tall set of doors leading to the North Portico, when we heard a voice. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I heard about full scholarships, but they seemed few and far between. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I think I had not heard him cry for six years. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I was doing research in Colorado when I heard the news. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“They made the boy get dressed and dragged him out to their car, and nobody’s seen or heard from him since.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Apart from hearing that the queen was powerful, she had heard only that to set foot on her island meant certain death. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly, crash! something was upset; he heard people moving about quickly, and there was another crash and then a noise like hitting a mule, only not so bony; then Linda screamed. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard stories of how they had “persuaded” people with lead pipes, wet cement, baseball bats, brass knuckles, fists, feet, and blackjacks. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard my mother enter her kitchen, her realm in the castle the giants had built. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’d like to try some of this here chop suey I heard about.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last thing they heard from the garden under the ground was the hyena’s distant laughter dying away as the gates closed behind them. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Sorry?” said Harry, sure he had not heard correctly. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I heard him cry out and felt him scramble against the plastic and squirm his way out from under me. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve heard that they are the color of our mealie meal, and you can see the sky through their eyes,” Kadiatu answered. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a small crowd standing off to the side from one of the lockers, and then Moss heard another noise. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She went to the window and put her head out, heard the wind rusding in the pine trees and the white birch. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I had heard white folks say that colored didn’t need school, that school would be a waste ’cause the colored couldn’t learn their reading anyhow. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead the only sound I heard was a kind of rattling like a couple of pieces of paper rubbing together or like dry leaves blowing around in the wind. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe the stories I had heard about the place were lies, things that never happened. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

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

Had they been in a fan boat, the noise overwhelming, they would have heard nothing. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

And Lauren, a standoffish girl who had always ignored me at the lunch table, could ask Tyler; I’d heard he was still available. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She says, “But you have heard, right? Calvin is going to be all right.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Kids whose voices had never been heard before spoke up in class. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

“I heard his dad’s dead. Looks like his mother’s okay, though.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She held a hand to his chest, and he looked straight into her dark eyes, and he heard her say, “No.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I heard August move across the porch, felt the air thicken as she stood behind me on the other side of the screen. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She heard, quite distinctly, the sound of ordinary carriage wheels approaching. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She cried—hers was the little mewl I’d heard from outside the door. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

"You've heard the nursery rhyme about the little old lady who lived in a shoe?" Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

After an agony of silence, the crash of pottery was heard on the rocks far below. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“She gave them to her homeroom, I heard.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

No sooner had I said that than I heard the front door slam shut. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Illustriousness was a word she’d once heard in a film where people kept addressing a grand empress. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

So often Nathan had heard that his father would be at one of his school events only to be told that work had come up. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I heard the door and opened my eyes to see the nurse with a cold compress in her hand. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

For a second, he thought he’d heard...but...no, not here. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I asked, “Are you mad at me for snooping?” but he must not have heard me, because he kept talking. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I never heard Farmer complain of having too many patients, and it seemed clear that he couldn’t feel comfortable anywhere not having any at all. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I heard his voice for the first time as he repeated the marriage words. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Our old radio was broken, so I hadn’t heard his latest broadcasts, but I heard them at friends’ and relatives’ houses, and my friends at school repeated his nightly sermons almost word for word. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“From Oman. I have been in Oman. It was a long time ago. Have you heard of the city of Ubar?” asks the taxi driver. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

One day when the tiercel was brooding the eggs and Frightful was looping and gliding, she heard Sam whistle from the mountain that rose above the river. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Still breathing very fast, Harry heard Snape walking away down the corridor; Filch handed Moody the egg and disappeared from view too, muttering to Mrs. Norris. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Only the sounds of chewing and the clinking of bowls were heard. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A moment later we heard the footsteps of an invisible boy pounding up the ramp outside our cage. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I heard the outer door open and shut behind me, but Ambrose didn’t pay it any attention as he walked around to lean against the front of the desk. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And the women were so real that he could nearly touch them; and he heard again their laughter and their sighs, and felt beneath his hands again their thighs and breasts. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I heard her sigh, and she must have shuddered too when she thought of Ultima living alone in the loneliness of the wide llano. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He heard Jessie stop at the top of the stairs, but she didn't come down. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

But when sung, the very precise-looking rhythm notated above is not what is heard. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

After a moment, they heard the sound of a woman’s voice. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I heard a big thud, then a voice cry out in pain and several people scuffle about. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard exclaimed many times by people in die Holy World who had read the popular book. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man coughed, and continued without answering her, “When they made us lie down, I remembered what I had heard.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom said how nice it was to meet her, that she’d heard so much about her—all that polite stuff she says to everyone at church. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I never met any of the Clutters myself, but from everything I’ve ever heard about them they must have been very fine people. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t guess Biddy ever heard my whole name. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Above the sound of liquid on frozen ground, I heard Jenny say, “Why’d you bring her?” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I heard Mama scrabble around in the kitchen for a bit, and then she came out with a mound of folded tinfoil that she handed over to Susie. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Just then I heard growling, and a commotion off to one side. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the spring and early summer she waited for further word from him, and heard nothing more. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I never heard from you about that Christmas present,” Rockit said. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I took a deep breath and started to open the envelope again, but then I heard Mom come down the stairs. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. Maybe someone heard us talking about it.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I heard the soft groaning of hydraulic pumps as the boom extended. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She had a terrible disease, tuberculosis, which he had heard about. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

"You've heard it? Now, there's more to chopping someone's head off than giving them a healthy whack. A real master aims for the gap between the second and third cervical vertebrae. That's the sweet spot." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

When, thirty minutes later, he heard the noise of distant helicopters coming from the west, he struck out away from the timber trail and into the woods. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

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

His voice was so low, I barely heard him. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

At that moment I heard a crash and the kitchen door swung open, and there was a demon girl about my age lying on her stomach. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had heard stories about the merfolk of the Undersea keeping drowned sailors, but I didn’t believe them. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Right then we all heard the sound of a glass window shattering. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was in the kitchen doing my new job—cutting food coupons out of magazines and newspapers—when I heard my mother yelp. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Skeezie: Has that bozo who took our order never heard of first come, first served? The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Moss couldn’t see anyone, but he heard the words that erupted out of the bullhorn. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He shook Gloria Dump’s hand and Miss Franny Block’s hand and said how pleased he was to meet them both and how he had heard nothing but good things about both of them. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps we could walk there,” said Mother, “and send letters. Maybe someone has heard from the men.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Harry stared around the bathroom, thinking ... if the voices could only be heard underwater, then it made sense for them to belong to underwater creatures. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

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

It seemed ten times louder than I had ever heard it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard about someone getting a thirty-talent tuition. Do they usually get that high?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She stopped, turning a little pink, fearing a loss of tact, but I agreed with her at once to save embarrassment, and I heard myself saying, boldly, brazenly, “Rebecca must have been a wonderful person.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Harry pressed the Extendable Ear deeper into his own: Over the murmur of the river he could make out more voices, but they were not speaking English or any human language he had ever heard. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

"Otto says we probably met in a New Jersey Greyhound Station, but we've heard all these exciting stories about how we met in Brazil or Colombia or Perú that we got to believing them." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Well, and what have you heard about a baby?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I heard him try to talk the reporter out of this idea. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Once or twice the travellers heard the rush and whine of swan-wings, and looking up they saw a great phalanx streaming along the sky. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“It seems to me I’ve heard of them, but I never knew what they were.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard it was a silver saddle. It’s all over town about that saddle.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Toward late afternoon, when one side of the shed was already deep in shadows, she heard footsteps, the bolt drew back, and the constable’s face peered through the door. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

If, after becoming a successful student, I no longer heard intimate voices as often as I had earlier, it was not because I spoke English rather than Spanish. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard Mr. Jordan’s vague, distorted sounds of victory. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I heard something yesterday,” I say, testing the waters. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

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

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

Sometimes Omer stood behind her and she heard his breathing as they viewed the same piece. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then he heard the mumble of something...someone yelling. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Distant but deep there came up on the wind a roaring sound like the roll of thunder heard far away. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He poked the leaves with his stick and heard something—this time, from the ground. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I heard a bellow and stopped to look back. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The seventh time we drove into the alley we heard sirens . . . real quiet at first, but then louder. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In my dream, I heard crying and I was so worried...” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Whispers echoed, and I heard a nasty laugh. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Mom heard me say your name on the phone this morning. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Then, as dawn began to drain the dark, both men heard a sound. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“You have not heard of it? It is a famous thing.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

I keep watching Sandy for a second, thinking about everything I heard my mom and dad talk about last night. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Sounds heard in a wilderness at night by the trembling traveler were supposed to be made by him, so that it is easy to see how the expression “panic” fear arose. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man’s face went away and came again; he heard paper rustling. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

If Martians attacked and carried out that much destruction, she reasoned, they’d create “so much static that a radio program could not even be heard.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

I heard a little song in her voice and immediately relaxed. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

She has to shout over the roar of the sea to be heard. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I heard them, loud and scared, cutting through the sound of the fire. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Well, I was setting the table, so when I heard the phone I asked one of the boys to answer it—Paul. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Right,” said Harry hastily; he had heard about Professor Trelawney’s Inner Eye all too often before. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Still, she heard Miss Josie’s rich voice singing a gospel tune. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I heard that in Indian Territory they tried to send Natives from the Five Civilized Tribes to combat schools, but they quickly figured out what was what and all ran off. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Their applause is getting a little weaker, because it’s been two hours and they’ve already heard about forty girls give one-minute speeches, and they’re ready for the queens to be chosen already. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I even thought I heard the window shut, but did not pause to look. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

They had all been a little drunk, but he knew he’d heard correctly, toward the end of an evening much like this one. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

After a moment or two Lyra heard a confused babble break out: cries of horror, loud protests, voices raised in anger and fear. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

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

I saw the throng of men at the door, I heard the stomping, the running, the yelling. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And more importantly, why had she never heard of them before? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I’d also once heard a doctor say to Mum that my developmental path was skewed. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought he might have heard someone shout a greeting at him over the din, but the moment passed. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“It’s the Witch,” she heard the man say. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Luke heard his father's hand on the doorknob. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Pearl heard the door close, but it was a few minutes before Mia came back upstairs, her feet slow and heavy on the steps. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Sir, she never sang these songs to me, in my memory. I was an infant. You are the only one who heard them.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

A couple of the younger nurses, the ones who probably listen to pop radio or watch MTV and have heard of Bikini, look up, their faces excited question marks. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

We heard an electric hum behind us as the jet’s staircase retracted and the hatch closed. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

From the wooden bridge, Roosevelt heard someone shout, “Good luck!” Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“Come on, baby,” he heard the drunken soldier urge determinedly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

As I got closer, I heard a low woof. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I heard you didn’t have any Black friends in elementary either,” Stephanie says. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He heard the guard coming down the hallway, picking up the breakfast trays. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He made himself stay in bed whenever he heard weeping. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I remember the jazzy horn sound I heard in the subway station. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

To him it seems appropriate, to me eccentric: it’s a defiance of convention, but of a convention he’s never heard of. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Roberto and I were doing our homework at the kitchen table when we heard the dogs barking. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

At first, Elinor thought Capricorn's words had set it off, but then she heard the bell. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Before I could answer, we heard a splat. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard the whole thing from the top of the stairs. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Lena whispered her answer: “Voice. You may have heard it called charm magic.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The boy knows we’ve heard him, and he starts following us and chanting “Fake news! Fake news!” and his friends laugh like hyenas. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Lazlo heard the words, but they were spoken so evenly, so casually, that it took him a moment to process them, and then he could only blink. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I almost felt relieved until I heard the sound of bronze gongs high in the castle. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I heard branches bending in the canopy over my head. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

As he left the stable on his piebald gelding, Tyrion heard the sound of music drifting over the rooftops. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Editor Hicks said he felt every voice in the community deserved to be heard. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moss dropped his lock on the ground, heard it clatter against the tile, and Shawna tried to yelp. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Oh. I just thought I heard something ... I don’t know. Maybe it was in my head. Did . . . she say anything?” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

All this explains who I heard leaving our room the night before. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“They’re allies, real allies. They put their lives on the line. It’s not just talk. You heard them,” Clarence insisted. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He thought he heard a voice say, “Ghoul-gates are made to be opened and then closed again. You can’t leave them open. They want to close.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Through eyes blurred with pain, Taran glimpsed a tall figure against the trees, and heard a shouted word he could not distinguish. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

We waited until we heard her door click closed. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Once or twice he heard Ron stir and was sure that he too was awake, but they were sharing the sitting room with Dean, so Harry did not speak. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Then Ellen’s voice was heard, timid and a little tremulous; farm women didn’t enter often into man-talk of politics or national affairs. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I was going down the sidewalk, I heard the door open. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had heard that Japanese houses were usually built north-south, but the houses in this little village faced every which way. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

We had heard that John Vorster, the minister of justice, had told friends that Prime Minister Smuts’s greatest blunder during the Second World War was not hanging him for his treason. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She heard Mo talking quietly to Dustfinger, but she couldn’t make out the words. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I’m so loud, nosy Ms. Gladys next door probably heard me. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He heard through Radio Bemba, which is how people are referring to gossip, Radio Big Mouth, that the compound is now a SIM interrogation center. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

The Congolese kids at school were calling me Rwandan all the time, dubbing me a foreigner, repeating what they had heard at home. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

We heard the sounds of the traditional dirge grow louder, and so did the screams and wails coming from a memorial ceremony in a private room. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had begun to worry that darkness would fall before I found Hassan when I heard voices from up ahead. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the distance, I heard a carriage escaping from Philadelphia. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Candice heard the familiar sound of creaking wood as Tori ran upstairs. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I heard the roar of an engine pull up in front of the house. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I heard Dad’s voice up ahead and looked up. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The parents, instead of applauding her, called her a noisy chatterbox and told her sharply that small girls should be seen and not heard. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’m sure you’ve heard it all from Henry,” she said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He said, “We also heard there was some sharp talk and some blows passed twixt your ma and pa at the Tanners’ store in the past weeks. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Violet heard the door lock behind him, and then listened to his footsteps fading away down the stairs. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

How could he feel otherwise when all he heard, all he read about, was how smart the Japanese were and how dumb Americans were? Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Opening the cereal box, Bridge heard Alex say, “You don’t know what blackmail is?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The call got passed back like a relay baton, and everyone who heard it found a new burst of energy. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I heard the remark ironically as a reminder of my separation from los braceros. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard some of the stories the prisoners told during those interviews. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

The jury was shown the murder weapon and heard testimony from the store owner who sold it to Guiteau. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

How many times had I heard: “Be careful of police”; “Be careful of white people.” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

“Harmless? Really? Well, you do seem rather gentle. And I heard someone say that you don’t eat any food at all, which makes no sense, but hopefully it means you won’t eat me?” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I heard from Nina who heard from Zach that Sandy went to the library yesterday.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

When she heard no response, she called out again, louder this time. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

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 didn’t know how long I had been sitting there when I heard a noise out on the porch. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took and stored in her brain and her heart what she heard the midwife say and do about babies and birthing and easing pain. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she heard huge, her mind tried to adjust—okay, perhaps it was like the Galapagos tortoise she’d seen in the zoo once, with a shell big enough to ride on. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He heard horns blaring to his left; cars were trapped at the light at 5th because of the throngs of people streaming by. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then when the engineers heard of the Princeton group’s work, they realized that they had found the cosmic background radiation. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Later, I heard Grandma talking to my father on the telephone as Mother Lois came in the back door with her usual cheerful greetings. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come inside,” she said loud enough to be heard over the wind. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Why don’tcha take that stuff about the old man—the old man who lived there—and heard everything. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Still...a pretty impressive try. I’ve heard legends that the Romans confiscated the writings of Archimedes, but—” “Archimedes?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But now all I heard was a beetle buzzing past; up the hillside I saw a few fireflies blinking, the first I had seen this year. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Here is what happened on Monday morning: I heard my word. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

And just as I was thinking it, I heard someone else ask it: “Will Rashad be there?” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He heard her voice, the calm in it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He had never heard of a man named Brooke but could relate to it being a girl’s name because Genie was a girl’s name too. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“If it’s true, it’s the best news I’ve ever heard in my life. Blackberry, you really are sure? What happened? Tell us.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard Miss Hilly and Miss Leefolt talking about it plenty. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

But as we sat in the dark living room, I heard them, one by one whispering their regrets. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

More than a month had gone by since his meeting, and he hadn’t heard a thing about his status. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he came out of his room, he heard his mother talking to his father on the phone. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Only a minute or two after we settled in, I heard voices speaking in Arabic, along with gunshots and laughter. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was now living in Germany and hadn’t even heard about my parents’ accident until a month after the fact, and then she’d sent a huge bouquet to me. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Joinville is pleading, thinking back, perhaps, to the stories he heard at the inn. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

It suddenly occurred to her that she hadn’t heard the motorcycle go chugging by the house for several hours, and she immediately grew suspicious. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beside me, I heard Jay gasp and felt his body slump, but he stayed on his feet. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I know, George, and here it is. I was talking with Mr. Little down at the flour mill a couple weeks ago. He's heard that you are strong and can do a man’s work.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the first time in over a year that we had heard it. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

They had heard somebody strange splashing around in their drinking place and had to find out who it was. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Only once I heard him call: a slight whisper that barely reached me. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve heard people say grief brings you closer, but the griefs he and I carry are so different. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard August scolding, “June, what got into you?” but her voice was so distant. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never heard of none, but judging from the way these kids were stretching and jumping around on the track, some of them probably had. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Of course, my dog, Wishbone, heard his name and ran over to Cotton, probably thinking he was about to get something good to eat. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He heard her roll impatiently; the bedsprings squealed. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

In it we heard a shrill laugh from a high window in the tower. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I never heard my father speak her name in all the years she was with us. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw a red heap of seething coals and heard the upward hum of the draff. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I heard him go out of the kitchen door and I knew that he had gone into the back yard. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He heard a weak sort of moan beside him and looked around to see Mrs. Weasley gazing, dumbfounded, at the poster. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

In my mind I heard the bees fanning their wings down in the dark music box. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark heard her crumple on the ground of the chamber. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He stands just a few feet behind me, grinning, and I’m once again reminded of the stories I’ve heard of alligators. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I stumbled out behind the rest and was mechanically following them when I heard my name. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I heard him open the door to the outside, and go out into the night. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

A few seconds later she returned her head to her husband’s chest—and heard his heart beating! Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

As I heard their truck rumbling away, I shuddered, my face mirrored with sweat. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

My father said, “There’s a name we like haven’t heard for a while.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Daily I asked him if he had heard from Granny only to learn that there had been no word. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard footsteps, a deep echo in the ground, and then branches breaking. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I waited till I heard the voices of all the doctors die away. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Meggie heard him trampling up the narrow wooden staircase that led to the attic. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I heard all the words and instruments, complete with stereo highs and bass lows to “My Girl,” fluting out of his long but happy face. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Nathan and I joined in, and it was the most beautiful sound I'd ever heard because it made me feel certain that it wouldn’t be long before someone would sing that song to me. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

"Two," he says, as if he hasn't heard me. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Practice stringing them together in ways that make sense to you, but are different from what you've heard. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“They heard Joe was down there, you know, and everybody went, I guess, just to make sure the cops didn’t rough him up, and while they was there everybody signed your petition.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Many of the younger lieutenants and several of the captains had never attended a Mess Night; they had only heard. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally she heard the door closing in the other room and roused herself to stand up. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was at that moment that she heard the far-off sound of a car approaching, and Daddy’s face shifted, a combination of rage and sadness twisting his features. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I heard them whisper at the impropriety of my roving about unaccompanied, but I didn’t care. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She heard more sounds like the words that the winged creature had spoken. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

After a long time they heard his voice: “Okay.” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

They had been so involved in their conversation that they hadn’t heard him come up the stairs and open the door. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Just when he was about to tell them he needed to rest, Gregor heard a familiar roar. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He heard horses’ hoofs plodding on the road and far-off pounding on wood where a neighbor was shingling a barn. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know if this is true, mind, but I heard this story in the market, just a few days after you’d left with your grandfather. The oldest Ogilvie girl, the one who got sick?” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lurvy took out an enormous handkerchief and blew his nose very loud—so loud, in fact, that the noise was heard by stableboys over at the horse barn. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

I knew that was coming, but I just nod like it’s the first time I heard it. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

And Jasper, dear Jasper, with his soulful eyes and great, sagging jowl, would be stretched upon the floor, his tail a-thump when he heard his master’s footsteps. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I...I heard there might be trouble?” he said. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I’ve heard of it, have seen it on TV, but my parents have never taken me, just like we’ve never been to Disney World or watched The Sound of Music. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

As she crossed the library with the vase in both hands, she heard what she thought was the sound of bare feet on the hallway tiles outside the library door. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I had never heard of Birkenau either, but the word spread through the train in scared whispers. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I heard the toot of a horn and saw the Sub-Debs leaving. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sure, Texas has all the famous landmarks that everyone’s heard of, but we have all these unknown gems, too. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I had not tried to imagine the end of slavery: surely the call of justice had been heard by all, and the issue had been resolved. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

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

Then I heard the hinge and Papa’s whistle. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He heard her calling her father's name in a desperate voice. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

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

She heard a few muted laughs and turned back around to see Hussein still skipping and flapping his arms. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Applesauce!” he said, and the children murmured, “Applesauce, applesauce,” as if they had never heard the word before. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The hurricane teasing, making me think I heard sounds that weren’t there. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

I heard a car door open, heard a loud pop, then heard Byron say, “Awww, man . . .” Me and Joey cracked up. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like Axel hadn’t heard all the things Aunt Nancy just said. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Why not Theon the Clever? It was a daring feat, the way we heard it. How many men did you have? A hundred? Fifty?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Last winter, Grover had heard a voice in his head: I await you—a voice he was sure belonged to Pan—but apparently his search had led nowhere. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

As he drifted off, he thought he heard Temp, or maybe it was Tick, whispering, “Honors us, the princess, honors us?” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I heard feet shuffling against the loose asphalt outside; all I could smell was smoke and blood. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

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

He barely heard the sound of the door closing behind her. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

The cockney accent had disappeared; Winston suddenly realized whose voice it was that he had heard a few moments ago on the telescreen. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Which is when I heard the sailor waking. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“I heard that you’re smarter than Einstein. That you’ve already graduated from college. And that you can move stuff with your mind.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

When Olanna heard her mother’s raised voice the next morning—“Good-for-nothing! Stupid man!”—she hurried downstairs. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t remember ever having heard her cry aloud before, and there she was weeping for the benefit of the entire Truitt village party line. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Petra heard her dad’s rumble and parts of what he said: “Sorry, honey...letter in the mail this week...you’ll see...be over before we know it.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Based on what she had heard from Lena, there would be naiads eagerly waiting for her to get near the water. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The dwarf heard the sound of a keyboard being manipulated, and suddenly his right eye zoomed like a camera lens. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

She pushed herself up, dazed, as she heard the dull slam of Sigurd’s boots on the barn floor. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

And then he heard a new sound, a cracking and groaning, above the wind and rain. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

They heard a scuffle of monkeys feeding in the trees, a hum of insects, an occasional low huh-huh call of a monkey. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the jockeys’ room, Pollard surely never heard the end of it: George Woolf had ridden Heelfly. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard the distant rattle of wheels on rails, felt the air rush past, and then there was silence. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

How long was it now since he had heard this voice, since he had soared to any heights? Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard they called Reverend Cross as a witness,” he told me. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment all they heard was Sam's heavy breathing and the wet sound of Dywen sucking on his teeth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Though many new people who resettled in their village were taken away and never heard from again, my family’s status as base people protected them from the killings. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was just about to turn on the music for him when I heard a car pulling into our driveway. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Interesting. I’ve never heard of anything like that,” Mr. Das said. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I heard Mom speaking to her in the kitchen. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Judge Ramsbottom, who heard the case, was an example of a judge who refused to be a mouthpiece for the Nationalists and upheld the independence of the judiciary. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But maybe in the darkness the guards heard them as terrifying weapons; maybe the thin columns of smoke seemed to be the first sizzlings of a larger explosion. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I heard a shuffling in a dark corner of the room. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I heard Mama whacking Jumper with a stick to make him go. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

We heard the toilet flush then—in Mrs. Baylor's bathroom at the end of the hall. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

We heard Oskar singing from around the comer, his voice was getting louder, the old man said, “He’s a good boy,” and walked away. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” he says, and I can tell he hasn’t heard of it, but he smiles and sits back down on his barstool and pulls me closer. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

She had heard the same story with insignificant verbal variations twenty-seven times before. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

No one had ever heard of these avatars before, but their names seemed to indicate they were working together, either as a duo or as part of a clan. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I was positively afraid to think; but the conviction of what was coming was on me, as I have read of men who have heard the death-watch. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

She smelled the flowers and heard the neighing of the plumed horses of the funeral carriage. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was an oversimplification if Park had ever heard one. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Unless my ears deceived me, I heard the voice of the Count:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

As we faced days of grueling punishment, I was also coping with the fact that despite the newspaper article, we had heard no word from the North Little Rock school administrators about Mama’s job. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moody had dared to think it was affectionate, but then he’d heard the word at school and understood what it meant in Shaker slang. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I heard the sound of the door opening, then slamming shut. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shortly thereafter, he heard from his supervisor that the company leadership wasn’t particularly interested in pursuing the safety question. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

All around the table came cries of delight, sighs of relief: Hermione and Fleur both squealed, “Congratulations!” and Ron said, “Blimey, a baby!” as if he had never heard of such a thing before. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“It’s the seaweed,” I heard some fat know-it-all say. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“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

Faintly, he heard the sound of water flowing over rocks. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Went down stairs, and then I heard the sideboard. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The howling wind and pounding rain made a frightful noise, and yet through it all a single, chilling sound could still be heard—the awful tolling of the church bells. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

When I got home from work Saturday night, I hadn’t heard back from her. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Mama Bellini was untying a bundle of Herald Tribunes when she heard the chirping. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Bo, despite his efforts not to listen to them, had heard it all. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Like most places on the Mississippi, I heard that if there was any work, a person could find it along the river. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I shuffled into the hallway, I heard Nan on the phone. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

When Park's dad heard, he said, "Somebody needs to teach that Murphy kid how to make a fist." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She had been lying in the semidarkness nursing this palatable sadness for half an hour when she heard the sound of the police car parked below her window starting up. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I heard a noise: the wind, I thought, shook the door. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

"The girls are having such fun," she heard her mother confide to Mrs. Fanning. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I have never heard my father’s name spoken aloud by Madoc before. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

What I heard was new, so new that I couldn’t grasp it at first. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I heard you playing...so faint. I tried to listen...” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Just as lie was about to throw the water on Miss Annie’s still unopened shutters, he heard a car door slam out on the street. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl went pale when she heard this, spilling the contents of her spoon on the tablecloth. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard that David Martin wants to marry you?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just as the bells stopped ringing Robin heard a noise as of a door opening. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

I heard footsteps of people entering the house. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I heard my grandmother’s footsteps even before she reached the door to the yellow house. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Another son might not have heard his mother’s last words as a prophecy but as drug-induced gibberish, forgotten soon after. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I was known back then and still am for my remarkable ability to whistle any song I’d ever heard. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I heard that,” said the seal hunter. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard Lorraine yell from the foot of the stairs, and the split second in which I turned my head gave Norton the chance he was waiting for. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Later, Jaja said they came to bribe Papa, that he had heard them say that their pickup was full of dollars. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

"He's taking his suit off right now and can't reply," Beck reported, "but he heard the order." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was about to go into the house when she heard a giggle from the carriage house. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They just heard “Communist sympathizer” and took them away. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I sprinted for the exit, but heard a ripping sound and realized the skeleton warrior had taken a chunk out of my sleeve. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Just as I turned to leave, I heard a girl's voice from inside ask him who was at the door. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

It depended on whether he could remember Miss Lupescu’s lessons, remember everything he had seen and heard as a child. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

During my first week of living with my family, I heard about an opportunity for older, uneducated kids to attend school. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The courtroom was so quiet that the ticking of a clock on the wall could be heard. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Instead of the comforting sounds of cars and trucks and sirens and people talking on the street, I heard cornstalks rustling in the wind. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She moved closer, and it touched her on the breast, where she had pointed, and she heard her voice coming back to her from the creature’s throat: “Merry.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

And what’s more, she was sure she had heard the word before—though, for the life of her, she couldn’t remember where. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“I heard him call you Cora. Is that your name?” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. How was your mail when I was gone? You heard from Loretta?” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The memorandum reiterated most of the points I had made in our secret committee meetings, but I wanted to make sure the state president heard them directly from me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the only time I had ever seen a lion, and the only time I had heard one roar. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She heard the rattle of chains as the portcullis was slowly lowered, its spikes sinking deep into the ground . . . and then another sound, a shriek of pain and fear. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I heard a heavy metallic thunk as my purchases slid into the steel tray near my knees. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I heard my dad on the phone saying that the hospital bills were running about $2,000 a night, so I knew our financial picture wasn’t getting any rosier. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shin, who was standing next to her, heard a scream. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

On the way back, out on the street, I heard a whistle blast. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Outside the house, a shadow moved, an autumn wind rose up and faded away But there was something else in the silence that he heard. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I heard the Nazis were rounding up workers to send them to another camp, I made sure I was at the front of the line. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Afraid so. When I heard about the Sixers this morning, I decided to hide an uplink camera in some trees near the tomb entrance, to keep an eye on the area.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I’d heard stories from all the young warriors who told me, “Wow, you know yesterday we chased this lion—” bragging about it. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody could have told him The Tales of Beedle the Bard when he was a child, any more than Harry had heard them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But the only time I had ever heard about any protests actually working was Dr. King’s. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I heard his roar, and I had to run while pulling up my pants. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

When Calvin is quiet I ask him, “You ever heard of the Caves of Lass-Co?” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

All that could be heard now were Ron’s stifled moans of pain and rage. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. ... I thought I heard you saying something.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

You don’t expect to hear rock and roll guitar in Shostakovich or a bluesy sax solo in Bartok, even though these composers would have heard both, often, during their working lives. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Even when I heard them putt-putting into the area I would tense up. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Prosper had liked that voice as soon as he'd heard Hornet speak, even before he'd been able to understand much of what she was saying. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, Finn hadn’t heard Mom in the basement last night saying, “This is exactly what I was afraid of.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He heard voices; they seemed to be coming from the room in front of him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He wondered whether all the sounds he heard were made by wind and percussion, or whether there were tapes as well. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I heard a dry snap, and I wasn’t sure if it had come from the branch or the explosion of heat in my arm or from further up the path. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I heard yelling from our side of the creek. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“So I heard you cut class today,” was the first thing my brother said to me. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“If you heard I’d committed some great crime would you turn me over to the police?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

God heard my prayer, but he answered it in a way I never could have imagined. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In a moment we heard him and Auntie talking. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then they heard the sound of a train. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

And some of them were from places I had never heard of. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He had just time to realize that the age-long nightmares of falling and death were past and that the morning was come, when he heard the sound again.' Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I heard it looked like he had been microwaved. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

When I returned, many days ago, I heard the ill news. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Aureliano Segundo discovered that friendship a long time after it had begun, when he heard the child talking about the killing at the station. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

It was the first time I had ever heard her laugh. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Lyra sat down carefully, and heard the door close itself. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did I hear what I thought I heard? P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Egypt,” he says in a clipped voice, and it’s the first word I’ve heard him say that he sounds happy with. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Okay, everybody, let’s get right to it. You all heard the principal, so you know what this is about. Our unit on tolerance education starts today.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“I heard you singing in the shower. What was it?” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“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 heard my granddaddy was so busy pulling in big money that he didn’t have time for Daddy. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

We had all heard Miranda harping for months about how Naomi was greasing up the school. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I swear I heard some girl ask "Why are black people so angry all the time?" as I left Blake’s house, but how else am I supposed to feel? Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

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

“Yes, of course you heard that—who would dare accuse him openly? Mark my words, one day he’s going to hurt the wrong person,” Fozia said. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Mrs. Brenner told me about your roommate. I heard the police bells last night, but my parents wouldn’t let me leave our flat. What happened? Is he going to be okay?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

There was a gasp that reached my ears even over the wind, then a wail unlike any other sound I’d ever heard. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

When Fd first heard his satiny smooth voice sing “Like a song of love that clings to me,” I knew Miss Patty Cake was like that song of love to Fern. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard him talking about it with Noodle the other night. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Charlie, I’ve never heard you talk like that. And stop looking at me as if you want to swallow me whole.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

They heard later that the Long Knives would not come out to fight. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Soaphead was reflecting once again on these thoughts one late hot afternoon when he heard a tap on his door. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I heard her call him that, I knew that there was something special between them that I was not to be part of. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We heard his heavy footsteps on the wooden slats of the porch. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sensible that I should speak and join the frolic, I opined that I should like to hear their especial call, having never heard human imitate that animal’s cry. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Lefty stands up, nothing broken, and watches as Zizmo hurdes crazily on into the darkness . . . sixty yards . . . eighty ... a hundred . . . until suddenly another sound is heard. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Helmuth collapsed when he heard the sentence, but the guards yanked him to his feet. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I saw nothing, but I heard a voice somewhere cry— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I heard nothing but a squirrel chattering on a branch and saw nothing but a crow winging from one tree to the next. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He heard her crying, and cast about wildly to left and right, looking for her. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The sun nearly blinded her, and she heard him whisper behind her: “So long, baby. Be good.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

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

“I’ve heard of bad hair days, but wow! You look like your head exploded!” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

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

I heard him pull the heavy drapes shut. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Just the same,” I said, and I think we both heard the Osh in my voice. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, he’s already starting with the big vocabulary words,” I heard Molly whisper to Claire. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He had probably heard me addressing Rufus a little too familiarly. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Gene Nora Stumbough, a flying instructor at the University of Oklahoma, heard about the astronaut testing from Wally Funk at an Oklahoma college aviation gathering. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

He heard soft footsteps on the hearth and a gentle breathing. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard that there was a kid involved, but I don’t know who,” Evan says. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

‘Your tongue is strangely changed; but the name sounds not unfitting so. Hobbits! No report that I have heard does justice to the truth.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

And that was what I heard in Malcolm, but never like this—quiet, pure, and unadorned. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I’d heard Dad use it, so in one sense I knew what it meant. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

In the brooding silence I heard Nathan shift his position again, and I thought, Naturally he is impatient; he has good cause. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard from people in Kenya, Uganda, and Mozambique. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“But...maybe...somehow...someone by accident...someone might have heard me talking to Bradley....” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

They flowed into one another in a singsong pattern that reminded her of chanting, but she had never heard any chanting like this. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then he adds, “Have you heard Link practice? In the space of a couple of months, he’s picked up what it takes most kids years to learn. It’s a good sign for his future.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I heard the death carts rattling in the street and did not look up. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve heard my cousins say this, but it’s the first time that I’ve tried to wrap this curse around my tongue and I say it all wrong. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“It was like a joke to him. I heard him tell that Chinese dude to take the kick, ’cause he was tired of scoring.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then one day his neighbor showed him his bedroom, and on the walls were pictures of bands Kenna had never heard of. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Chess hadn’t recognized her until he heard her voice. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Faber heard, and Beatty, thinking it was meant for him, heard. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

But just as I reached to brush the years of dirt from the marker, I heard a scream. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

And they heard the sound of Peeves whooshing away and Filch cursing in rage. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

She heard the voice of the Savage parleying with silence. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well I don’t know how you’d have heard that. As the news was fresh last night and we just docked down here ten minutes ago.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Of course, I had already heard similar sentiments a few moments earlier, but Mr Morgan actually said: 'It's a privilege to have a gentleman like yourself here in Mos- combe, sir.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

The first time I heard my parents tell the story about leaving Panamá, my mom said, “Our hearts kept breaking each time we walked out the door.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“They do. There’s plenty of other things to be told, and all. You ever heard of the Nalkainens?” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Someone knocked at the back door, and Petey heard her mother talking to the vet. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

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

But I had heard the grown-ups rumor that Tenorio’s second daughter was dying and that she would not last the summer, and I remembered his threat. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d never heard the expression applied to a member of the staff before, only to inmates. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last I heard we pretty much hated each other. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I have heard that Sanaubar’s suggestive stride and oscillating hips sent men to reveries of infidelity. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

John Brooke laughed then as he never dared to laugh afterward, and the derisive Scott smiled involuntarily as he heard the hearty peal, which put the finishing stroke to poor Meg’s woe. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He never heard of civil rights, but we all had our pride. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now the look he was giving me was really ugly, and I wondered whether he’d heard a New York accent recently and found mine a poor match. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

During the last week of February, Mama's birthday month, I chose a word I had heard on television, apartheid. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It sounded vaguely familiar, but she couldn’t remember another time she’d heard it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

If you sat around there long enough and heard all the phonies applauding and all, you got to hate everybody in the world, I swear you did. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I heard some one coming down the hallway. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

After a moment, Kingshaw heard the opening and closing of a door. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The girl and her companion obediently fell silent then, realizing they had been heard through the microphones embedded in the walls of the dining room. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But I hadn’t heard her utter a single word in the entire time I had been with them. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Behind it, I heard barely audible movements and a low sigh. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I heard shovels and saw dirt flying out of a hole. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

"I don't think I've ever heard of it, sir," I said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think I heard that right. Did you just say...please?” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Then I heard his voice among the others. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wondered if she could convince Frank to turn into a giant eagle and carry her, but, before she could ask, she heard footsteps in the sand behind them. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Soon, she heard the muted chatter of the night-soil men as they collected the sewage; she fell asleep listening to the scraping sounds of their shovels as they worked, shielded by the dark. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Loud enough for this guy to have heard if he’d wanted to. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

“It does sound familiar, like ... I don’t know, like a prophecy. Maybe it’s something she heard Phineas say?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I crumpled to the metal floor and heard the sea demon children howling in delight. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I heard them talking but I did not listen. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I could not pretend I had not heard him, and no one would understand any excuse for my not coming down to hear his report. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And not until he heard it from the mouth of the princess did Roscuro realize that he did not like being a rat, that he did not want to be a rat. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

I shouted, but not loud enough to be heard over the guys around me shouting louder. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

When Harriet heard that long slow wail from the fields, she knew he was dead. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I recalled the voice I had heard; again I questioned whence it came, as vainly as before: it seemed in me—not in the external world. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

She heard it clanging to the ground beyond the post. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She must have been working in her greenhouse when she heard about us. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Where have all the black men gone?” is a common refrain heard among black women frustrated in their efforts to find life partners. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He heard the cow shifting her weight by the shed. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw stared at her in horror, not wanting to believe what he had heard. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

That’s what I heard here, now, beside the water with this beautiful girl pulled into the bony shell of my arms. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“Ust” "You heard me. So perhaps you had best pray again/ Sansa, and for a different outcome. The Starks will have no joy from the fall of House Lannister, I promise you." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Moss heard the applause first; then someone yelled out Reg’s name. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Just as soon as Mom heard from Heidi, she must have packed up a dusty bottle of booze, jumped in the minivan, and time-warped to New York. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Now you ain’t never heard a man scream until you hear one with a knife ripping into his balls. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later I heard my dogs bawling treed. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I got off at the edge of the Los Angeles yard, I heard tell that I wanted a train to Arizona to keep me in the right direction to Texas. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Janice didn’t see them but heard they were covered in a film of ash, as if they’d slept through a gentle, black snow. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess the only person who heard me was Pastor Ted. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

That was the trouble with the clans; they had an absurd notion that every man's voice should be heard in council, so they argued about everything, end-lessly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I heard the Toyota drive up to the front of the flat awhile later. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Will heard an intake of breath from Lyra behind him as she saw it too. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was late afternoon, around the time the bonobos would have been eating their fruit lunch back in the sanctuary, when I first heard a high-pitched call. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“But that laughter of yours has been rare lately. I can’t even remember the last time I heard it.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It is a walk she has heard before. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I let loose a string of curses—probably every one I’ve ever heard, plus a couple I make up right here on the spot. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a key member of the Transvaal Indian Youth Congress and had heard I was opposed to the May Day strike. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He heard her steps on the porch, on the crisp dry oak leaves on the path, and then he could hear her no more. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

To the nurse, I heard him say, “You’re a combination of Grace Kelly and Princess Diana!” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had gone to Uganda when he had had to flee Southern Sudan, then he had heard that Yar was at Kakuma, so he came there to be with her. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Have you heard the one about the violist who played in tune? What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The trinity blast was heard in El Paso, Texas, 150 miles from the explosion. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Having heard that, the boy became even more interested in alchemy. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked into his face as hard as I could and it was like I heard him screaming inside, “Come on! Don’t just stand there. Do something!” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doha heard his mother yelling at his father one night. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The other ghosts heard him uneasily, but he was all the guidance they had, so they followed without arguing. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t heard Rose’s footsteps, and her voice in my ear startled me to curse. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

They’d passed the yellow brick road that led to the center of town and cut through the entrance to the Cursed Forest when Seven heard a low, rumbling growl. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I heard him saying, “Ginger, honey, you sure are looking good,” but we were out of range then, and I couldn’t hear her reply. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Like the universe just heard me, from the depths of the jungle a swooshing noise and then screeching vibrate the air. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I was almost to the stairs when I heard tires squeal. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

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

When Prosper lifted the basket he heard rustling inside, He nearly dropped it again in surprise. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of rushing water could be heard somewhere in the darkness, and Meggie remembered the bridge they had crossed on the way here. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Behind me, I thought I heard her laugh. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

And I heard about this when I was eight! Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had heard stories about the Long Walk from my great-grandfather. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard their rumbling roars and ran through the pear clumps toward the sound. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I heard the watch on Maxim’s wrist ticking close to my ear. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Armpit had heard the song before, but never with such fire behind it. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He heard how people killed, and how they died, and their voices infected him, coursed through his body, poisoned him. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard ... it was on the new s. I just wanted ... is it him? Have they arrested him?” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hi,” said her younger brother, Ben, who had just come to his bedroom door, having heard the deep peal of the scythe’s voice. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

There was only a second between when we first heard the rattling in the nearby shelves and when Liam jumped in front of me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The offensive was going to start again I heard. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Billy had heard about this racket from a speaker at the Lions Club two weeks before—a man from the Better Business Bureau. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard you on the phone with Isabel when I was going to sleep last night. It sounded like something bad....” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

They heard the sound of fire engines and Big Time looked down to see a fire truck go up Amsterdam Avenue. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d only heard that voice once before, but she had replayed it in her mind thousands of times. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

When you say Durham! the wheels begin to turn, the smoke rolls in massive clouds from every stack and the sweet assuring music of busy machinery is heard. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t add but his own,” interposed Estella, “for I hate that class of man. But he really is disinterested, and above small jealousy and spite, I have heard?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“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

Then, very faintly at first, they heard a low rumbling that sounded miles away. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Have you ever heard one call at night? A screecher, I mean?” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

But we heard loud voices of people approaching the village. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I heard someone bang on the desk, and then Professor Nemur shouted: “I’ve already informed the convention committee that we will present the paper at Chicago.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want to go to school in New York; her guidance counselor had floated the idea of Columbia, but Lexie had heard the area was sketchy. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I heard Papa walk upstairs to his room for his afternoon siesta. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

But recently I've heard of public records buildings burning down, and I wonder if some of them are resistance jobs meant as acts of protection. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

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

From things she heard she learned that the tall man was the sheriff and wanted to question her, and that the young man named Adam was protecting her from the questioning. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Having heard me, out of my head, babbling telephone numbers, they have already passed news of me to my family. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

She had gone about a mile when she heard Kapu bark. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard waves, too, gently lapping on a rocky shore. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I don’t even know what the noises were exactly because I didn’t hear them myself, but Via heard and she just started yelling at the kids. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“You heard the lady,” Jimmy said, pushing him in the direction of the bathrooms. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t heard of odes or atmospheres before, but as she worked through the pages, these creatures took up residence in her mind. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

And then Wormtail lowered the creature into the cauldron; there was a hiss, and it vanished below the surface; Harry heard its frail body hit the bottom with a soft thud. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

When she had heard my story, she put her hand softly on my arm. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I heard her let out a sharp laugh as she threw her arms around his neck, knocking into him with so much force that the sunglasses flew off his face. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The hearing, which at one point was transferred to Lansing, where Judge Thiele heard Smith and Hickock testify, took six days to complete; ultimately, every point was covered. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hua-hua was sleepy and did not want to play patty-cake or any of our usual games, but we stayed at my Fourth Aunt’s apartment until we heard the footsteps going down the stairs. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last thing he heard before he dozed was the sound of a wolf. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

This time Ruth heard me, but she must have thought I’d meant it as some kind of joke, because she laughed half-heartedly, then made some quip of her own. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had heard that rich people in Zimbabwe have parties and get presents on their birthdays, but mine always passed like any other day. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Just before he turned ten, she left a voice mail that Scoob accidentally heard while trying to call Drake on Dad’s phone. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Under her breath, I heard her say, “The next time he stops in for a visit.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

If I couldn’t hear Margo, I could at least listen to what she once heard, so I downloaded the album of Woody Guthrie covers. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The only noise to be heard: bare feet slapping pavement and my name being hollered into the night. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Dear Diary, Today I heard the news; along with the news, I heard the rumors. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He heard Master’s raised voice, excited and childlike, followed by a long silence and he imagined their hug, and her ugly body pressed to Master’s. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Yet those memories can be awakened and brought forth fresh and new, just by something you’ve seen, or something you’ve heard, or the sight of an old familiar face. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Big Ma had heard all the spite and evil going on and emerged from her room. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I don't know how much she heard, but it seems to have been enough. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Ophie had grown up in Georgia and had heard the stories. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I heard somebody come in the front hall. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He heard the step of a horse behind him, but before he could turn, a hand caught him by the overall straps and lifted him off the ground. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned the faucet on and washed my hands a few times, staring at the sink until I heard Sheila step out into the hall. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She heard a loud droning sound and glanced up. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But it wasn’t necessary, since we heard Mother and Mr. van Daan downstairs talking to Hello, and then the two of them came inside and shut the door behind them. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He made sure Peeves wasn’t inside before shutting the door behind them, then he told them what he’d seen and heard. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

But her pep talk shook something loose in me, because I heard my mother’s voice in Mrs. Attison's. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“But let’s keep going. We haven’t heard from you yet,” she said to Jack. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

When Dad had returned home the night before, I heard his truck roll up the gravel driveway. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Inej wiggled forward so Nina had a better view through the vent, and a moment later, she heard four soft thuds as the Menagerie girls collapsed on the dark blue carpet. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

‘It may be well enough for this lord of the race of Gondor, as he claims,’ he said, ‘but who has heard of a horse of the Mark being given to a Dwarf?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I heard him cutting something with his sharp knife. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard Mother tell a room of devoted faces that sixty-five percent of Dad’s upper body had been burned to the third degree. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

After finishing the round, which took about twenty minutes, he started again just in case some had fallen back asleep or had not heard him the first time. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

When I first heard about the triangle test, I decided to try it on a group of my friends. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

On the third floor, I knocked on the door to Mom and Dad’s apartment and heard Dad’s muffled voice. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve heard of it before,” he said, picking up his book. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

When he had heard enough to memorize the melody, Chester joined in. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Go, play, and come right back!” were the orders I heard as I began to dribble my basketball up the concrete sidewalks toward the courts. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m afraid my husband won’t think we can save the house,” he heard his mother say. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I heard a voice say, followed by the sounds of breakage, and finally footsteps receding. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

When I heard footsteps coming my way, I ducked into the linen closet and shut the door behind me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Molly Atwood, a fellow Dauntless transfer, suggests a disturbed and abusive upbringing might be to blame. ‘I heard her talking in her sleep once,’ Molly says. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t as dangerous as I had heard it was. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

On the one hand, it was frightening that he’d heard Baba’s voice so far away from the jungle, but worse still, the old woman had known it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Although I had never heard one, I knew what it was. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This might sound weird, but do you have any idea what happened to my brother? It’s been six months since we’ve heard from him.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Have not heard from Seward for three days, and am terribly anxious. Cannot leave. Father still in same condition. Send me word how Lucy is. Do not delay.—Holmwood.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

One day Janina and I heard a commotion in the courtyard. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

On the drive home, we all wept, unable to console each other, for my sisters had heard the same grim news from Pedrito and Leandro. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She read Wilbur’s lines and heard Kelly echo back the words she had read aloud moments ago. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I really, really wish Max hadn’t heard that. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

In the distance, he heard drumming and singing. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Though we talked quietly, the waitress heard, and her high chortle was quickly muffled in the kitchen. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Very soon it was so loud that they could not have heard one another even by shouting. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“I’ve heard roommates don’t generally get made partners,” Dimple said, pushing her empty plate aside. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

They spoke to him in English, and when he did not answer, there was a discussion and he heard the Japanese words vividly. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Later.—After lunch Harker and his wife went back to their own room, and as I passed a while ago I heard the click of the typewriter. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Do not tell me you have never heard of the Civil War?” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Their melodies were bland in comparison to those of the colored musicians she’d heard, on Randall and off, but the townspeople enjoyed the denatured rhythms. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It was so quiet behind the door that Meggie scarcely dared breathe in case the two men heard her. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Hazel had heard that the Greeks used those a lot. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The teachers herded us into a narrow, sandy courtyard where, I heard a veteran schoolgoer say, morning assemblies were held. announced the principal in a loud, excited voice. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He listened again, holding his breath, but he heard no one, and saw not a soul from Nones to Vespers, when the bells began to ring again. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

When they heard the notes of the hunting horn, Kaisa shouted at them to follow, and the hunters plunged forward through the trees with Kaisa in the lead. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right then we heard a cow making a rasping, guttural sound, and we knew that the lion had her by the throat. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Kabisa heard my father was in jail awaiting a trial, he paid a personal visit. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

After several minutes he said, “Is one allowed to speak as a human being, or does the thing about being seen and not heard have to apply?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

During those dark, dull days, we heard rumblings about secret talks with the Taliban. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The old man yelled something after him, but all Hugo heard was the clicking of his own shoes echoing off the station walls. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Anya heard her mother scream her name, but Anya had to focus on the Varangian before her, or she was going to lose every last bit of her nerve and collapse to the ground. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t know. I’m just telling you what I heard.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Lily had stopped to take out her compact and reapply her orange ice lipstick as if she’d already heard all about West Africa and Ghana and people from Ghana. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He was, in fact, the talk of the whole street, and more than one person had been heard to say thankfully that they were glad he was not their dog. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

But instead he heard another voice, not Leader’s. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

The first villages we passed through were full of people who say they haven't heard from Istanbul in years. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m fine. But what about you? I heard—” Her words catch in her throat, and she covers her mouth with her hand. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

As soon as they got outside, they heard Grandma, standing at the edge of the cliff, hollering their names. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

An hour later, just before dawn, the travelers heard a soft whooshing noise above their heads and they glanced up and saw an immense gray batlike creature swooping down toward them out of the dark. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

In the silence I heard May’s breathing grow loud and a little ragged. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard footsteps slapping quickly away into the night. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Arya heard a loud crack as the sword went clattering to the stone floor. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I was in the middle of the letter when I heard the pounding at the door that would cut off my inspiration forever. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought of the stories I'd heard all my life, the way Shaukat's jaw clenched at the mention of his name. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Nothing,” I heard him say, speaking away from me, moving away from me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Whoever broke into our room, he attacked me, too. If Mrs. Brenner hadn’t heard us, I don’t know what would have happened.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“First thing I heard was him trying to blow me away. His weapon didn’t work. If it had, he would have got me, Peewee. He would have got me!” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Houseman heard Welles read, he knew that his hunch about the actor had been right. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“You suppose she ran off?” he heard Britten ask. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was sure I heard Miss Willis out there. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Can’t we take out a loan? I heard you have to spend money to make money.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I asked him if that was all; he replied that it was all he heard. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

No one had ever told me that the picture could be so clear, that the cries of pain could be heard so distinctly. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

My ears had never heard so many noises or picked up such small sounds. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Tonight after dinner, I was taking the trash outside when I heard footsteps running up the street. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

He said it beneath his breath, but he could have sworn that the Midgard serpent heard him. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

He heard the voice of the woman created by a marriage that had its own surprises and labyrinths, its own shadows and secret minotaurs. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matt heard a dove calling from the roof of the hospital. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

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 could hardly believe what I had just heard. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next sound he heard was a drawer slam. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Twenty minutes later we heard them coming back. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard a shout and we turned to see the men start after us. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

"I've heard it before. I just don't have it memorized exactly." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He’d heard a man coughing too hard a few cells down. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then one night, we heard a commotion in the bush. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

These thoughts were running through my mind as I heard Buzz counting the seconds to ignition: “9-8-7-6-5. . . Beautiful!” Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s what I’ve heard from every South Asian parent or teacher my entire life. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Kathy would be relieved, he thought, when she heard he was finally on his way out. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Frisby heard the chug of the tractor and the soft scrape of the steel against the earth. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was the first time I had ever heard her say it—usually it was Spoony. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“You heard Elinor—it’s not far away. And by the end of the day after that you’ll be back in Elinor’s huge bed, the one that a whole school class could sleep in.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Woman operator in Bangalore trying to help an American woman with a computer problem that she has never heard before: “What is the problem with this machine, ma’am? The monitor is burning?” The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

They burst through the door, each high-pitched voice shrieking to be heard over the others. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth said it was the most beautiful thing she’d ever heard. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I had to get away from the library door where I had been eavesdropping very quickly as I heard him approach. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She fought it, delayed its full impact until the party was done and the guests had gone, until she’d fed the children and bathed them and heard their prayers. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nearest thing to it Harry had ever heard was the ghost orchestra at Nearly Headless Nick’s deathday party, who had all been playing the musical saw. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Aunt Daisy shouted in a tone George had never heard her use before. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then I heard a familiar voice on the machine. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

When they heard of the misfortune of the people who lived by the river, the pumpkin people walked across to the houses by the river and held a meeting. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

The noise was unbelievable, yet I seemed to be the only person who heard it, who couldn’t divert her attention from the rustle of turning pages and the scratch of pencils on paper. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I only heard Dad’s end of the conversation when he called the head of the student sound studio. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘But what I have heard seems to me for the most part old wives’ tales, such as we tell to our children. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

For the first time she heard the cry of a child she had borne. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

All at once she heard a metallic braying sound, a shout. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“If you mean Miss Fairfax and Frank Churchill, I have heard that already.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

But Mama held him and rocked him and sang songs that Hanako had not heard since Akira was a baby, songs about falling asleep and moonbeams and angels. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

No one had worked harder than she to gather signatures on petitions and contact state legislators; she had a right to have her opinions heard. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He heard a low snarl, met the gaze of an ancient creature with cold, empty eyes. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I heard Maya, who was next to me, give a little happy scream when she heard my name, and Miles, who was on the other side of me, patted my back. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Behind him, he heard Nala shout, “Dog Squad to the rescue!” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“You heard what I said. Through the chest.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In the meanwhile,” he observed rather elliptically, “the voice of the nation will perhaps be heard.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The night passed heavily, and it was nearly time for Ellidyr’s turn at guard, when Taran heard a rustling in the shrub. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

They heard a train whistle in the distance. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

What moved me most was a brief image of Winston Churchill weeping after he heard the news of the loss of the British vessel. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, Ivy heard the bed creak as someone stood up. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

If just look ing at me made people stare, what would happen when they heard me talk? Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She saw the ghosts of all those unknown dead, heard the great house pant with the labored breath of an old woman. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once, when I was back from college over spring break, I heard steps in the night on the back stairwell, up and then down. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Before I had finished the first page of my book, I heard a dog barking. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I felt the tremor of gunfire and heard myself shout. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When I was younger, I heard the most beautiful birdsong coming from the top of that tree. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

We heard talking outside and calling back and forth. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He heard her singing, “On Blueberry Hill...,” and he smiled. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

Immersed in my own experiences, it was with horror that I heard, toward the end of my year’s travels, that yet another tragedy had struck the Dumbledores: the death of his sister, Ariana. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Of course, I’ve told that family story before. You probably heard it from a neighbor.” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I stood and pulled my T-shirt up and over my belly and before I had it over my head I heard my Mom gasp. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We never stop speaking out, but we begin to hope that our words won’t be heard: we don’t want people to suffer because they don’t follow their hearts.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We heard that the British shoot first. And if you don’t die from a musket ball to your gut, they’ll finish you off with a quick stab in the heart with a bayonet.” I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

They say when you die your brain lives for awhile longer, and maybe he could’ve heard me. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Dicey heard noises from within, voices and the yapping of dogs. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

And here, he heard the yew tree say behind him, is the fourth tale. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Here, at first, it was silent, or he thought it was silent, but when he started to listen, really listen, he heard thousands of things. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the quarter she heard a great deal of talk about the reasons for this. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though I was sure Mr. Loomis had heard it, I wanted him to see it, too, so I drove the tractor to the house and parked it outside his window. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

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

The play was still in progress, and Houseman heard the actors’ voices on the stage below. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

From the hall I heard them talking, but when I opened the door they all fell quiet and looked at me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I heard no lapping like a dog drinking. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the tales I heard were long and tall, but I believed them all. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother first heard about Riverdale Country School when she was a girl growing up in the Bronx. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I heard people on the street, jolted from sleep and probably still in their pajamas, with ruffled hair and puffy eyes. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

"Still can't bear to look, can you?" she heard him say. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I think I heard Miss Hilly say something about that, bout her mama getting skinny.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

They had been going for an hour when they heard behind them a rhythmic thudding, like the ticking of a gigantic clock. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Two nights ago, and again last night, she had awakened and thought she heard their voices downstairs. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I heard the old women talk about how he was stupid but very rich. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had told him only what she had heard, and her parents had only heard it too. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They heard the key in the door, and Tab’s face changed. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I got the feeling that she hadn’t actually heard a word I’d said. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

There were flowers from dozens of Johnny’s friends that Katie had never heard of. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first I think I must have misremembered it, but how could I misremember a sound I'd heard one hundred, two hundred, five hundred times in my life? Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t have done much better in Panamá,” I’d heard him say before. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Good morning,” James Daley said, and there was no humor in his voice, no arrogance, none of the fury Moss had heard the last time. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then it was 1:20 a.m. but I hadn’t heard Father come upstairs to bed. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I once heard Farmer say that he hoped a day would come when he could do a good job just by showing up. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

After a conversation, she would walk away slowly and sit somewhere private to think over what she’d heard. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am going to the market first. Yesterday I heard a man say that overripe fruit and vegetables are given away in the market here. Perhaps I can get something for us.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“What happened to him I heard from one of the nurses,” Abdul Sharif resumed, tapping his chest with a fist as if to ease the passage of the pill. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Nhamo had heard a story of a witch who had her eyes poked out with a sharpened stick. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard his voice sailing along the floorboards of the house. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She heard the noise of Jack taking hold of Bod... The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

She was just explaining Leo’s plan to fix the ship when she heard horse hooves clomping across the deck over their heads. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Then I heard his announcement come over the PA system. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard you were in the water during that storm and your father had to go in after you. Is that true?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

He was the mysterious figure I’d heard of all my life but never seen. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

We had not heard her and were startled at her approach. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were more punches and I heard Hamilton cry out, "Okay, okay, don't hurt me. Don't!" Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

He had always heard that love was a wonderful thing. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah,” he said, in a soft voice unlike anything we’d heard that day. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She had heard a noise behind her and turned swiftly around. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I heard the officer, his voice tired and uninterested, asking his obligatory questions. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He heard himself talking: “If only he had come to me and talked it over before he shot anybody, we could have worked it out somehow.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like other Germans, the boys had heard horrible whispers about places like Dachau. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

No one knows if Aziz felt better when she heard that sort of thing. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I heard a wail of outrage from the ship behind us, but we were already out of weapon range. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, sir, and it was laughing right in my face. Then I heard this long moan, ‘Agh-h-h-.’ I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the first time I’d heard her speak since the junkyard, and I was worried about how bad she sounded, like somebody with the flu. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

"You think I can keep that from him? Everyone's heard about the break-in at the hospital by now, and John knows you're hurt. He's pretty angry about it." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I shivered and wondered if she had heard me last night and if she would tell on me. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I again heard my mother’s words: “There were four little girls in the restroom who never made it out. They’re all dead.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I thought I heard Buck knocking on the window and wailing something, but not much more. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Never heard sounds like that come out of her. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t said no to the beach trip till he heard where we were going. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

As he heard the drums and the firing, he lifted his head even higher. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard a strange buzzing noise in here. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

They heard a shotgun blast from down in the hall. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I’ve heard the word before, but I’m not sure exactly what it means. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

"You heard the lady. She said we have five days to show them that our son is alive and well." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The word was so small she wasn’t even sure she’d heard it. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Before long we heard a siren in the distance. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I heard them thud against Ernie’s body and clatter on the road. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard about it,” said another, “but I didn’t believe it.” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard it was an accident,” I suggested, looking daggers at Nussbaum. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

He heard the shot thump against the wall behind them. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The kids in the street who had heard the doors thrown open piled in and milled around Francie who had already reached the counter. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was just about to clear it when I heard Nergal roar behind me. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I could feel my heart rate starting to slow, and then it raced again as I heard him ask me, “You work in public relations, is that correct? Huntingdon Whitely?” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your mother was a bit like a shark, wasn’t she, Tandy? No disrespect, but that’s what I’ve heard. She worked all the time, but still, she had some pretty unhappy customers lately. Very unsatisfied customers.” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Each day when his students entered his manic kingdom, they heard music emanating from a stereo behind his desk. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He only woke up because he heard music. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

But I heard that word “brother” echoing long afterward. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ironic thing is that I have never heard any woman, white or black, express any admiration for a conk. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I never heard such a fool thing in my life. Didn’t you hear your mother tell you to shut your mouth, girl!” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

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

I heard him shuffling paper through the phone. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I imagined Sookie’s blood vessels popping when he heard the news. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

It was rare that she heard such excitement in his raspy voice. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I was hurrying back to the barracks when I heard a great commotion inside the mess hall, men shouting wildly, as if a fire had broken out. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first he thought he dreamt them; it had been so long since he had heard anything but the sound of his own voice. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then I heard a step behind me and turning round I saw Mrs. Danvers. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

We were somewhat reassured by the fact that between eight-fifteen—when the burglar had first entered the building and put our lives in jeopardy—and ten-thirty, we hadn’t heard a sound. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She’s so holy her husband ran off to Canada to cut down trees, glad to be gone and never to be heard from again. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

"I thought I heard them here, Doña," Florentino, the gardener, was saying. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

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

I crossed the grass quickly, placed my person behind the bush, and before long heard Mr Cardinal's footsteps approaching. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

First thing in the morning, when the sky was lightening up, I heard a sharp knock on the front door. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I heard some movement and then more commotion. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

She squeezed him again, and then Benji heard someone clearing their throat. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I heard an announcement over the police radio of my capture and the order to fold up the roadblocks to and from Natal. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I retreated underneath the bleachers, shut my camera off, and tried to make sense of what I’d just heard. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

But when he knew he heard Odysseus’ voice nearby, he did his best to wag his tail, nose down, with flattened ears, having no strength to move nearer his master. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard her laugh through the canvas; to each command, she whispered, “Yes, sir.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The only indulgent thing I did, just once, was a couple of weeks after I heard Tommy had completed, when I drove up to Norfolk, even though I had no real need to. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She bore herself with dignity, and although she was very small she was ready to do battle with all the terrible evil about which I had just heard. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I heard from Jamie that Park's going steady with one of those kids who live over with Richie Trout," his grandma said. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Some she heard over radios, and some was in her mind already without her ever having heard it anywhere. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I heard you the first hundred times. No.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I’d never heard his voice so loud; it was deafening in the confines of the Jeep. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Two nights after we first saw the trains, as we returned from the garbage cans of Heaven, we heard the sounds. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

When he heard Mama singing, he slowed his tempo so she could keep up without straining. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy was trying to read aloud, for he could understand better if he heard the words. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he was standing next to her, he flipped it out in front of him and Bridge heard something go thunk when it hit the roof. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

When I heard that Negroes were dirty I remembered Mrs. Cooper’s shining kitchen. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

We heard some acorns hit the roof of the bus as the coach called out, “How many heads, Victor?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, as they both took a fourth piece of chocolate from Madam Pomfrey, they heard a distant roar of fury echoing from somewhere above them.... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

All his life he’d heard the tremor in the word: “I live here, but my people . . or: “She acts like she ain’t got no people,” or: “Do any of your people live there?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Peregrine nibbled casually at a mite under her wing, as if she hadn’t heard any of this. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

We heard the piano start up in the parlor, a limpid, haunting melody; Harry had been pressed into playing for our visitors. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“That doesn’t do much for me. Just...Have you ever heard that Willa Cather quote? ‘I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do.’” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I was about to ask him if he got to watch any basketball in prison, but then I heard shouting in the background. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I—well, I mean, I’ve seen them come into school a few times before, and I’ve heard things, but it’s not like I’m in with their family.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I heard him call my name as I struggled to unlock the door and then pulled it open, the wind pushing it back against the wall, rocking me where I stood. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

A blur of hurrying bodies streamed past me, leaving me feeling like a stone in a creek, and then I heard someone calling my name. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

When he heard Hooper begin to retch, he shot round in terror, it was like hearing the dead. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

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

Anya halted the onion cart in front of the house, and once the crunching of the wheels on dirt faded, she heard her mother’s voice from inside the house. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I’ve heard of such dogs, they’re similar to the dogs the slave patrols used to hunt down runaways in the old days. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Because genius is nine-tenths perspiration. Haven’t you ever heard that? As soon as you think you’re a genius, you slack off. You think everything you do is so great and everything.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Lloyd: How did you feel that morning when you heard about the crime? Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We wrote the message on walls all over town, sometimes just part of it before we heard somebody coming. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d heard there were sharks in these waters, but he knew they wouldn’t touch him. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She heard running water maybe thirty or forty feet below. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

We heard always the Shots in the clear Air. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He heard the chink of money, which meant that she was going to send him to the store. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Way I heard it, the guys were under heavy fire. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Have you heard anything about a wedding around these parts?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She heard Gleeson Hedge in his room next door, humming a military song—“Stars and Stripes Forever,” maybe? The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When I looked to the right I heard her breathing stop, trying to swallow the tears. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

His voice is faraway, a sound heard through a wall; yet the corners of his mouth crease and tear with effort. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The drum major rushed past the men toward the car, and I heard the cane bang down upon the hood as he rushed toward me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The forest filled up with the screams of Red and the growling of the pack until gradually only the noise of the dogs was heard. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And a few nights ago, when they thought I was in bed, I heard my parents talking about him getting “out of control like those American boys.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

She heard laughter through the window of the nearest brownstone, and what sounded like a metal spoon scraping a pot, getting the last little bit from the bottom. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

When we don’t respond, he adds, “I know you’ve heard me.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

But then he heard it too: voices, coming out of the kitchen. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

In her mind she could remember about six different tunes from the pieces of his she had heard. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Moss was sure he wouldn’t be heard over the noise, but he had to say something, anything—the last thing. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why I thought of Rubin Pritchard at that time, or why I thought of these words I had often heard: “There is a little good in all evil.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Basically, he heard Jack bad-mouthing him and saying really horrible things behind his back. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I also hadn’t heard a single peep from the gossip fence about my parents moving. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mingo had been distant to her on account of the attention that runaways brought to the farm, and when he heard she was wanted for murder, shunned Cora altogether. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She'd heard their excuse—different versions of it—time and time again, but they were always so entertaining that she was game to hear it once more. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

We heard its wings flutter as it brushed past us. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Papa put his hands under my arms to carry me out, but I heard Mama say, “Let me, please.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, I walked over, pretending I hadn’t heard anything. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

She was trying to think of the name of this fellow who had written this music she heard over the radio last winter. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Isa heard the rain stick’s pebbles shift back and forth on the water wall. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

At fall of dusk Odysseus and his son heard the approach of the good forester. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard Papa telling Dadi there are riots everywhere and, if we don’t leave, we could be killed or taken to a refugee camp. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

In those days, had the Lord Himself descended from Heaven with trumpets telling her to turn back, she could scarcely have heard Him, and could certainly not have heeded. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The heat and what I had heard made me sick. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

She had learned where we were and written a letter explaining that when she first heard we had escaped to America, she had been worried that we were being taken into slavery. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was in bed with all of his clothes on and his pillow over his head when he heard a knock at the door. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

She listened for a long time before she heard the snow scream as footsteps pressed it. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt myself beginning to blush furiously when I heard a familiar voice behind us. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He leaned back; she thought she heard him sigh. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

He must be really busy, though, because I haven’t heard anything yet. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I’ve heard so much about their lives together before me, but sometimes I wonder about what they chose not to tell me and it’s those blanks that I like to fill in. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She heard the sound of glass exploding and ducked as flames burst out and flickered toward the dark sky. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

"I swore a vow. Three times I swore. You heard me." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Just after I turned out the lights and opened the door, I heard her say softly, “I want you to stop smoking, you hear?” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Nathan’s heart swelled when he heard Pond call him his friend. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Bobby was indignant and then irate when he heard about it, proclaiming the film a misappropriation of his name and, therefore, an invasion of his privacy. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Despite my many letters, I have heard nothing from you. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It’s bad enough that I heard Mom crying again last night. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

And then suddenly he heard cries and voices. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Madame Rubenstein would have a heart attack if she heard me. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Someone tripped over a mattress and went down, and then I heard a scuffle break out in the dark. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

From beyond her heartbeat he heard her voice. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Folks that heard me tell that story claim the fish gets bigger every year. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How’d you know—” “I heard you tell your brother that Vandalia Eubanks was a puppy. I can hear all over the house. I got ears on me like an Indian scout. And I don’t sleep.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

This time we both heard him perfectly, his soft reply to his wife. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

She listened listlessly and turned it off when she heard Ugwu talking to somebody. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I heard him moving stuff around in the room, and then he came back and opened the door again. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t the androids keep you company? I heard a commercial on—” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Fadi hadn’t heard of either one, but kept his mouth shut. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

As I passed the bedroom door where he was sleeping, I heard a shout, and then another. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

You probably got sick to your stomach when you heard what I did. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

As soon as I heard that voice, my whole body froze up. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

You can imagine Wilbur’s surprise when, out of the darkness, came a small voice he had never heard before. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

I spent half my time wandering the halls, asking people directions to rooms they’d never heard of. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“I’ve heard them talk. He talks like they do in minstrel shows.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

A loud scream came from Merry, and from far inside the tree they heard Pippin give a muffled yell. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I braced myself, for what I wasn’t sure, then he said, “I wanted to tell you that your singing is about the best I ever heard.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I do not realize, I have not heard. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Werfel heard Druzmilla warn him beneath her breath, “Archivist...game is up. There’s a vork headed this way with its snout to the ground. It must smell elf. Get ready to run.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Ms. Steck, I know you sat in that faculty room and heard every stupid rumor. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Who ever heard of opening the Games without the sacred fire from Olympus?” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bruno scrunched up his face, not sure that he had heard the litde boy right. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 2006-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Let’s stop—I want a soda,” he could also be heard to say frequently. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The idea of his trying to tell me what to say in a conversation only part of which he could have heard! Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Rhoecus met some companions and forgot all about the bee, so much so that when he heard one buzzing he drove it away and hurt it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she went to her room, and I heard her open and close a few drawers in her dresser. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

After Ugwu brought the glasses, Special Julius said, “Have you heard that Harold Wilson is in Lagos? He is bringing the British army to finish us off. They say he came with two battalions.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The scarred woman turned her back on Kira and she heard the growl again: a human imitation of a beast. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Item #12 was an old boot box from an Alexandriaville shoe store Haley had never heard of. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

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

Last time I heard such a sound was when Mrs. Anderson’s son got shot by a drive-by. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

He heard water rushing over the side of the basin. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“For decades I’ve heard old coots like you talk about carrying water for elephants and I’m telling you now, it never happened.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Incredibly, I heard myself say, “Would you like to read one of my stories?” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as they heard his truck tear out, Eleanor's mom picked up the bowl with what was left of the rice pudding, then skimmed the top off the pile of pudding on the floor. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“Because I’ve always heard about them,” the boy answered, saying nothing about his dream. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

That boy done heard everything we said out the window. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

After some time the hobbits heard him murmuring again. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I reckon Grandpa found her mouth before God could answer, because for the longest time the only sounds I heard were little moans and gasps and Grandpa’s hard breathing. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Amelia, is that you? I heard your rondeau.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Then, where the faint path from the House in the Woods meets the main path to the lake, I heard a boy, gasping for breath, pounding this way. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He dropped his gas can and I heard his metal lighter flip open. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“You’ll compete under an alias. I don’t suppose you heard about what happened after your trial.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Even as he spoke they heard again the pursuing drum-beat: Doom, doom, doom. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

We screamed, not caring that anyone heard, and turned to run back to the house and to Mama. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

But one day it wasn’t footsteps we heard; it was voices. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Two figures leaped up in silhouette when they heard him and fled into the night with taunting laughter before he could get there. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I heard my mom yell when the ref handed me the ball. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I heard my mom’s footsteps move through their bedroom and down the hall. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

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

Squinting to-ward the sky, he had seen the sleek jet, almost a blur at its high speed, go past, and a second later heard the blast of sound that followed. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

And real far away, I heard an ambulance siren. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

As though it had heard its own name, she felt that extra power twinge within her and winced. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

George heard whispers, clear in the quiet room. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“All of this was elementary stuff at Los Alamos,” he recalled, “but they had never heard of any of it, so I appeared to be a tremendous genius to them.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“More like Twitter Man. I never heard so much gabbing in my life. The way he promised stuff and then figured out how to take it away—what a sneak.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

She was so lost in thought that when she heard footsteps closing in behind her, she jumped. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Finally she heard a satisfying click, and the window swung open on a deserted office, its walls covered in maps marked with trade routes and chalkboards listing share prices and the names of ships. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Cora heard Ethel descend the stairs, and when her host returned she handed Cora food, a jug of water, and a chamber pot. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

If Navid had heard about this, things had to have blown up. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

They’d heard the part about the army, but none of the rest. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

When we heard her screams and throes in the night, when her wrists were bound with ropes and stinging poultices pressed upon her, we named her in our prayers. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I heard about what happened yesterday. About the books.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She heard footsteps—soft dragging footsteps coming up behind her. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

"You said her name. I heard you. You kill her?" The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Have you ever heard of the Rhodes Scholarship?” The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Near the corner of Banks Street, he heard a female voice. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Carrying the tarp we used as a dining room table over to the tents, I heard her call. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Roza had heard this many times before, but it had never scared her so much. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

She heard it as she had never heard it before, and there were other sounds as well, grunts of pain, angry curses, shouts for help, and the moans of wounded and dying men. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

As he pondered this, he heard footsteps in the hall, followed by a timid knock at the half-open door. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

If Grandpa had ridden home in the back seat with his arm around Miss Love, I’d of thought everything I heard was just a bad dream. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

We heard from some of our men that the most senior PAC prisoners had expressed regret that we had not been hanged. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard the legs of a chair dragged hurriedly across the wooden floor. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted them to know that when they spoke they should be heard. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I heard the three policemen say to one another: “You heard that?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

People were packed outside the kitchen craning to see into the back courtyard. “. . . jumped out the bathroom window ...” I heard. “. .. through the awning of the courtyard blood ...” I looked around in a daze. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I first heard how bad he was from Lucinda, I felt so confused. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

During the last nights we had heard the cannons in the distance. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard the door close quietly, and almost simultaneously he was outside my door, opening it for me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was a man’s tenor voice, a very pleasant, generic voice — the kind of voice that you heard in the background of luxury car commercials. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He heard the engines puffing and snorting by the roundhouse and the crash of freight cars being assembled. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“A smorgasbord. Yeah, my mom says what really convinced my grandpa was when he heard about the smorgasbord, all the pies and Swedish meatballs and stuff. ’ The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

I always woke before I could see his face, but once I thought I heard Papa’s voice. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

But what was truly unnerving was that the people around her were not speaking any language she’d ever heard before. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

As soon as I heard that voice, I knew who it was: Mr. Dolan, the guidance counselor. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard that the ocean has gotten higher,” said Chitchat, “but I don’t see how that could be true I mean where would all that extra water come from?” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He said to Bono, “You refuse still to tell me what you heard?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I heard the rounds whining and buzzing around my head like angry bees. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If it had happened last night we should never have heard them,” said Frank. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

If they had heard, no one let on. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

A long low moan, it seemed to hang above the battlements, lingering in the black air, soaking deep into the bones of every man who heard it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, they heard about the destruction on the car radio. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Loretta says, "I heard he seen the light in there. He's got religion, is that true?" Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

He heard Alec’s footsteps behind him until there was the loud bang of the door slamming back open, followed by the rush of bodies and their continued battle cries. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The last sound she heard was Fenoglio's pen scribbling over the paper, writing word after word as fast as a weaver's shuttle turning black threads into colorfully patterned cloth.... Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Ji-yong had been playing with his friends and had heard the trouble start. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t heard him really laugh in a long time. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

While trying to make sure she never heard a single thing about this week, that is. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Sam woke up thinking that he heard his master calling. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I rushed over to check on him, but then I heard Grover’s voice: “Percy!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Think of how often he had heard him say, “They can beat me blind, I’ll never tell them anything.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a faint note of pride in his voice that Harry had rarely heard there before. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I heard he had a secret romance with the illusionist,” Elizabeth remarks, smiling over her glass of wine. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I longed to accept her invitation, for I had heard from the other women in the workshop that Mala’s room was often crowded with artists and musicians. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Or I heard Justin is going to do a sculpture of himself like The Thinker—you know, the Rodin statue? The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

We both stand there, wondering what she might a heard. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He groaned again, and didn’t care if he were heard downstairs, at the memory of how she had taken off her clothes in front of him—so indifferently, as though he were an infant. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I heard Daddy say he hasn’t had much time for Pretty Boy lately.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I say,” he exclaimed, “do you know? Have you heard? Is it a secret, what?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You okay? I heard you were here so I asked to escort you,” she says as we leave the holding room. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

One evening, as I searched for a tree with a forked branch to sleep in, I heard grunts. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“I thought I heard somebody at the door.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel was yelling for the others, but even if they heard her over all the chaos, they’d never make it in time. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Nadia said, "Stand on her own two feet. Have you never heard that expression, Noah?" The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

She boosted Jonas up into the car and then I heard the sounds—a baby crying and a man moaning. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

They knew it sometimes before the masters heard about it. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

They heard the Stuka climb from its dive even as they heard the banshee wail of the next attack. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Behind him he heard another horrendous noise as the wave of molasses hit the elevated tracks. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Then he heard them in the dry leaves. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Then he heard something that he knew was related to the picture. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard her climbing the stairs, dragging her feet and grunting and groaning like they were straight up and three feet apart. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry was halfway along the passage to the bar, which was now very dark, when he heard another pair of angry voices coming from the parlor. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She looked to the east and thought she heard her mother call, “This way. This way.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Soon I heard Lily approaching, shaking the keys in her hand nervously. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He and Alec charged up the three levels, reaching the top just as Mark heard their pursuers reach the bottom. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The only hint of happiness I got was when I heard Pa shouting at John Worth for doing something city dumb again. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

He no longer felt relaxed and happy with being in the wood, he had lost interest in what he saw and heard. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I feared the man meant to use me as I had heard men used small boys, but in truth the only part of me he had need of was my manhood. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When they heard him call, Lyra and Roger turned reluctantly and walked, dragging their feet, into the great musty-smelling dimness of the oratory. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Penelope heard of the outrage and declared that she would herself speak with the ill-treated man, but she decided first to pay a visit to the banqueting hall. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hugo ran into the crowds as quickly as he could and disappeared into the walls, his head still reeling from what he had just heard. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

When we heard that we couldn’t believe it. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

We were crossing the intersection when I heard a voice yelling. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

His face had softened as he heard Redemption talk about killing him. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She heard it then, the sound that haunted her dreams. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

From the ceiling she heard a thud, then three fast thuds, followed by another thud. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

At that moment, I heard a sound like a thousand trash compactors crushing metal. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

She heard church bells ringing somewhere in the distance, and more and more people came running. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone was nudging each other and I could tell that some of the other folks in the room had heard that story before. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“A policeman took us to jail,” I said, and I heard how strange the words sounded to my ears. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Johnny heard the story and contemptuously dismissed Gussie from his mind. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, but she’s simply charming, you must meet her—” This about me, a whisper on the fringe of a crowd, and I would turn away, pretending I had not heard. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I heard that another person scheduled to testify in the case had received death threats. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In the first startled moment she heard Bull scream, Lillian had started downstairs. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

LeAlan: When I first heard, 1 was in my room listening to tapes and my momma said someone just got thrown out the window. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He heard us all from down the hall. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Though I knew he heard my question, he acted as if he hadn’t. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I had heard from adults that this was a revolutionary war, a liberation of the people from corrupt government. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

It rolled and down he went As the cold river water touched his body, he let out a yell that could have been heard for miles. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Omakayas thought she heard him tell her this was the best day of his life so far. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

He heard his wife say, “Sam. A friend of yours to see you.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Two days before she left, when I first heard her raise the subject of leaving, she said, “I feel so rotten in comparison.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Papa spent some time chewing and swallowing before he said, “Yes, I heard about it.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I heard a chuckle, and looked over to see Edward’s patronizing smile. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Last night on the retreat we had heard that there had been many Germans in Italian uniforms mixing with the retreat in the north. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

As he passed each gorgeous peony and peach blossom, every elegant chrysanthemum and lily, he heard horrified murmurs. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Ophie did not know who that was, but she could tell a story from a True Romances magazine when she heard it. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Outside, everything was quiet; we heard the sound of a car passing. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

BaiMa’s steps made a hollow, mournful echo, and when the swallow stopped in front of a red carved door, they heard the unmistakable sound of weeping. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I sent the child out and went to Nathan, thinking he had had another of his attacks, but he seemed to wake up when he heard my voice and waved me away. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I took six steps—was it six? It might’ve been seven—to the left when I heard it, the loud hiss, like all the air being let out of a big tire.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

"No, it wouldn't change it," I heard myself say softly, "that's all past." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somewhere Ben, the one person in the woods who would come when she needed someone, heard the call and was coming. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

And then out pour more words from her than I ever heard before. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t used to know that, but I do now. Also, I read all about the Innocence Project. Have you heard of them?” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

In my life, I’d heard plenty of empty words coming from important people, lip service paid during times of crisis with no action to follow. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

On the second night, while Karl stood guard duty, he heard rifle fire. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Luke was terrified Dad would ask where he’d heard of hydroponics. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t see much through the dust, but I heard my friends calling out for one another. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I had never heard anyone scream that way—an animal sound. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Once, Robert heard her as he was leaving for the fields. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

But when he heard himself say this, he flinched and began to cry "Oh, my God!" again in his groaning voice. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I feel like maybe I should tell him I heard some of that row, but now’s not the time. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Because they had no ideology. between you and I. This commonly heard phrase is often held out as an excruciating grammatical blunder. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I heard Shaker schools are the best in Cleveland,” Mia had said when Mrs. Richardson asked why they’d come to Shaker. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I heard Daisy run off, but I stayed, waiting for the photograph. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Two willing skippers helps mightily, yes. Takes a bit of maneuvering, you see. Tying up against another man’s will—I’d think that impossible, Mr. Gudmundsson. I never heard of no such thing.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Peach sobbed and sniffed, and I heard leaving noises, the kind of settling-down, murmuring noises that drift across people when they are all talking at once, softly, ending a conversation or starting the next one. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I felt an outgush of warm air and heard country music from a radio when she opened. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first essay is on nature, by a writer I've never heard of who spends pages describing a lake. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She raised an eyebrow to punctuate her point then walked down the hall, and I heard her descend the cellar stairs to the laundry room. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Listen to Side B of my dad’s cassette of Missy Elliott’s excellent album So Addictive, which—because it would not eject from the cassette player—I’d already heard hundreds of times in my life. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I tell him about how I passed the cafeteria during fourth-grade lunch and heard some kids yelling that the food sucked. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I heard a metallic click, and I froze, thinking I was going to be shot for saving the boy’s life. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

When he heard that the price was only six dollars, he said he would buy the pig. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Strawberry waited politely for him to finish speaking and Hazel could not help feeling pleased that he must have heard. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard that one of the boys cried and said he never stopped to think about how he was hurting real people. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

That winter on Boston Common, Harriet heard the word “overcoat” become a joke, a slang word for “warmonger.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard one say, “By God, this is idiocy.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

When Hayes first heard Marian sing, he urged her to start professional studies, but her family had no money for high school, let alone voice lessons. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

They must pick them out from the general din by their insect-like hum—we explain to them that these are far more dangerous than the big ones that can be heard long beforehand. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

But at the same time, and for the first time in months, I distincdy heard the sound of my own voice. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Armpit shouted, partly out of frustration and partly to be heard over the crowd, which was now stomping their feet with impatience. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

They were repeating what they heard from their parents. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I figured they’d probably know I didn’t have real legs—they would have seen me around the playground or maybe heard about it from someone else. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

When the preacher finished, Tom heard a familiar voice. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I had heard nothing of the runaways and Rufus seemed to have forgotten about them. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He heard nothing but the wind swirling down the alleys. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I’ve heard the men say that there are dissidents everywhere—even among the armed forces and policemen and cabinet members—just waiting for a signal that El Jefe is out of the way. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Then I heard Katie crying, and I ran out as fast as I could. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I made it all right until I heard a timber wolf howl. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard him saying, looking straight at me, “Hello, hello, hello—” And I knew that Sophia, taking no chances with the strange voice, had hung up. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was crawling to the other ledge, over the snow, on his hands and knees, when he heard the man yell, “There he is!” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

She was climbing a cliff on the way home when she heard a loud noise behind her. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She heard distant music and happy voices talking and laughing. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He heard the yell and jumped to his feet. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

About eight weeks later, I heard a sound that erased all traces of resentment: a swishing, watery heartbeat picked up on ultrasound, emanating from the warm cave of my body. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The pot-shops would give you a fistful of coppers for a litter of pups, she'd heard, but she didn't like to think about that. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

George heard her name coming from kids talking to their parents, as well as the word boy. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

But Bayona, who both listened and spoke with great care, wasn’t totally convinced by what he heard. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

We heard the clanging of doors in the distance. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the kids had been going to a dance down at St. Mary’s Hall, but when they heard Lorraine and I were having a party, they ditched that idea. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Alba heard the vehicles, the shouts, and the gate being closed. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You never heard of America! You say you’re from Earth and yet you don’t know!” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, I don’t know that I’ve ever heard Sam shout, come to think of it,” said Ben. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

You heard the City Clerk testify that the gun used to kill Mr. Nesbitt was registered to him. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had heard the story before, of course, but never so plainly from Beowulf's lips. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she pulled her head back in, Melanie guessed the awful truth before she heard it. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when she had to let her breath out at last, she began to cough desperately and Gitl pounded her on the back. “. . . lie down” was all she heard. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although once Penelope could have sworn she heard someone say, “And where are these famous savages, I wonder? Locked in cages no doubt! Anybody seen Ashton? Where the devil can he be?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“Not much of a school anyway,” he said when he heard what had happened. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

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

He heard no alarums, no voices, not so much as a footfall. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Ugwu began to run until he heard the gunshot, so deafening, so alarmingly close that he fell to the ground and waited for the pain to drill into his body, certain he had been hit. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The story I heard was that fifteen minutes later Shawn wandered onto the site. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

You will have heard how Mrs. Askew has been brought low.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I only imagined I heard the bones crack, but her arm from her elbow down was facing the wrong way, and a slick red bone tip pierced her skin. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The prisoner cast them aside into the sand, and a second later Nina heard it—a roar that carried even over the excited baying of the crowd. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He disappeared down the spiral staircase and they heard the front door open and close. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She looked further and when she saw “horse,” she heard him pawing the ground and saw the sun glint on his glossy coat. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll keep it like this, thanks. He tried to sit up, but the pain was terrible. He heard a familiar clicking noise nearby. “I don’t want a photo of this, Colin,” he said loudly. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

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

The one he heard on cartoons and at the end of old video games. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Someone had heard that his father was moved. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went in my tree room for a snack of beechnuts when I heard a faint “halloooo” from far down the mountain. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

They hadn’t heard her crying in some time. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Lee said abruptly, impulsively, “I cannot imagine what’s become of Stuart. I’ve heard nothing. You understand, I know nothing of what’s in front of me. It may be the entire Federal army.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we passed along the Road, we heard the Battle commence in Earnest, the Field-Pieces answering Parliament’s Cannon. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

When I was next to the lifeboat, I heard Richard Parker. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You called me—It was my brother. It was his voice I heard. He’s dead. You called me—you called me Therem? I....This is more terrible than I had thought.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“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

Armistead heard once more that sweet female voice, unbearable beauty of the unbearable past: it may be for years, it may be forever. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He heard Robin stirring and greeted him with his blessing. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

The birds heard about this village and decided that it would be a good place for birds to live. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

These words no one else heard, and Frodo kept them to himself. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

When I was seven years of age, my prospects changed, as some say they do every seven years of a person's life—the grand climateric, I have heard it called. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Have you heard about the Daylight Saving Time plan? Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I think that red R’hllor has more worshipers in this city than all the other gods together. Have you heard Benerro preach?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Some had heard about life on Mars and accepted that the creatures had come to Earth. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“It is your cause I find wanting, not your courtesies. I have heard your arguments so often I could plead your case myself. Shall I?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Regardless of what you may have heard, “irregardless” is irredeemable. reminisce. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mo had only just sat up, wearily, and Elinor was rubbing her aching back and muttering crossly when they heard the footsteps. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The docks had been packed with sailors from all over the world, lugging crates and barrels and shouting out in languages he’d never heard before. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

He had heard about it through young Matt, a newspaper reporter. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

At least none of the silk feathered hats had heard how Twinkle Mehra couldn’t even afford an iced mocha. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Bob heard from a rat, a reliable sort, that they tossed Stella’s body into a garbage truck. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

It was a blues, and I walked along behind him remembering the times that I had heard such singing at home. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Have you heard anything from the Brits? You know, any family willing to sponsor you?" What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Harry watched the grass flatten in patches all around the cabin and heard three pairs of feet retreating. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Then we quit eating and we looked at each other and we were quiet, and then we heard it again and I began to cry. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He heard the new ones singing in their own languages— a hundred different tongues, but they understood one another. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Behind me, I heard a buzzing sound, like a two- hundred-pound hummingbird in a nosedive. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He hardly had time to sit back down when he heard Ann's voice booming down the hallway as if through a bullhorn. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I said it softly, but a pupil seated near me heard, and she told the others. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Harry heard the stone doors close behind them with a soft hiss. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

But when Lawrence saw the publication and heard the lame explanation, he turned his back on Kamen and strode away in wordless fury at the Rad Lab’s subordinate position. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

We heard the faint sound of creaking metal. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I still hadn’t heard from Patrick or Sam or anybody, but I knew I would see them at graduation, so I tried not to worry too much. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z