My brother is over there in front of BOYS. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was motion in front of him and suddenly he saw George Pickett, bloodstained. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He holds an arm out in front of me and starts making a path down the steps. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A half mile in front of us, a light turned red. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

It's about 9:00 a.m., and I spend at least five minutes in front of the mirror after my shower. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a mat in front of the door which said Welcome in twelve different languages. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Downstairs, in front of the building, I stood, not knowing which way to go. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He only said that once in front of Mama, but he repeated it often enough to me. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Others propose we send sections of Washington’s corpse to Charleston, Philadelphia, and Boston. They want to keep the fourth bit here, to be displayed in front of City Hall.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stand in front of the train car, trying to see into its musty interior. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He parked in front of Bud and Muff’s place to keep Naomi from hearing him pull up in the truck. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Balderdash!” he gasped at the Fat Lady, who was snoozing in her frame in front of the portrait hole. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

They crossed over the tracks, and there, underneath a scraggly tree, in a circle of bushes, Edward was dropped in front of a large pair of feet. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Holding it in front of him, he looked it over carefully. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The clock in front of the place where Mister Singer used to work pointed to seven. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He carries the s’mores back to the table and slides the plate in front of me. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I close Mae’s apartment door and stand in front of mine. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want to look weak in front of her. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Annabeth could only see about five feet in front of her. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

A photographer in a Tangerine Times cap started bobbing in front of Mr. Bridges, taking pictures of him trying to turn the mob back. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took several more minutes for me to connect the name with the image on the screen—of a dark-skinned man standing in front of a white marble temple and surrounded by a vast crowd. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

August holds his stiffly in front of him. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I was sitting in front of the trailer fooling with the calculator when Annie strolled over carrying one of her poetry books. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was standing on a chair in front of the stove, wearing a pink dress my grandmother had bought for me. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, it seemed, I had developed a new and stomach-clenching fear of heights, and it took all my concentration simply to put one foot in front of the other. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She’s coming around the desk now, kneeling on the floor in front of him in her starched gray dress, the folder held against her chest. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Her mom and dad sat at the kitchen table with family albums open in front of them. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

We walked through the gates of our complex, and I stopped just in front of Abuela’s apartment. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Obscure at the time they were spoken, the words were now as clear to Ranofer as the shape of the shelves in front of him. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

After dinner, I closed my door and sat on my bed with your notes spread out in front of me. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I shove my hand out in front of me. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

He squatted in front of Hazel and looked round him in silence, to make sure of his effect. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother stood in front of me now and lifted my chin. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The water in front of me thickened into a shield. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

She bent down, knelt in front of the girl. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Then I made myself turn away from the wall, and I made my legs move again, one step in front of the other, to the end of the street. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they seemed more interested in me than in food, and the fish started to swim away, he seized it with his sharp teeth and tossed it in front of them. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alex came over, and the three of us played Four Square in front of his stoop. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

‘Or the Precious will be angry. We are going back now, up the stream. Go on, go on, you go in front!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

His face distorted with pain, he grabbed her by the hair and hauled her in front of him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“And rather than say she was kidding or whatever, she exploded in front of everyone in the caf and said I did say that and that I was lying about never saying it.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

With a jolt, I realized there were almost three times as many kids down in the snow behind me than there were in front of me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The giants stood in front of Percy, but they paid him no attention. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

There was giggling from the stools in front of the soda fountain. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She went as far as the path in front of the house and looked around the darkness and saw nobody. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Dad specifically never talks about the past, and Mom never talks about much, period, in front of Dad. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“These are from last Christmas,” I said, pointing to one of me standing in front of the Christmas tree. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I shake my bangs down in front of my face and watch through my hair. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“That is what I did,” I said: “I stole a bike. Just like everybody says I did. One with a little pink basket in front for my panties, and tassels.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He could not have gone far because of his wound, but though I looked everywhere, around the ledge where I had been standing and in front of the cave, I did not find him. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rebuffed by the girls, Lloyd returned to his companions, stopping in front of Sasha’s sleeping form to shout an abrupt, parrotlike “Hey!” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

A car idled on the street in front of the church. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Night-lanterns wander overhead, leaving footprints of light in front of us. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The kitten landed on the ground in front of his master, then arched his back and hissed at the lord of the abyss. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She didn’t answer my question and kept her eyes on the road in front of us. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later, a delivery truck pulled up in front of the store and Jimmy went out to talk to the driver. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

My only consolation is that at least I don’t get nervous playing the piano in front of an audience. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

When I tried to sleep, I kept seeing the VC, just the way he was laid out in front of the company. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn't answer, just smiled awkwardly and headed down the steps in front of her. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

A laugh from the floor in front of her made her pick her head up. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I held the Hemingway up in front of her. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Actors circle the microphone in front of the control room. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

She rushes up to us and stands bravely in front of the loaded muskets. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I decided Ms. Griegson probably couldn’t steal my chickens in front of everybody, and I didn’t see her around anyway. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

All I can see standing in front of me is a man with blood on his hands. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The only really clear photo showed Liddy beaming in front of Fielding’s building. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

When we reached the bookstore, Zooey pulled in front of the doors to drop me off. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

A few seconds later, Shoto logged back into his account, and his avatar materialized a short distance in front of me, in the exact spot where he’d been killed a few hours earlier. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Push myself with slow, painful movements, grabbing the seat in front of me for stability. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I was standing in front of a black man just like my father, but this one was wearing a tie and let me play with his computer. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She only turned real again when she walked toward me holding the bowl carefully in front of her. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

We pulled up in front and a lot of my classmates just stared. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then the truck pulled over just in front of him. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Just his figure, striding away in front of me all the time. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The businessmen nod, crossing their arms in front of them, figuring, considering. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Milkman leaned his head against the cold handbar that was attached to the seat in front of him. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Across the street in front of the tavern a bum man on the stoop. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

A reporter will interview a sobbing woman who saw the accident in front of the department store on Bartlett Street. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Holding a toddling Fern with my right hand and a giddy Mattie with my left, I found a prime viewing spot on the boardwalk in front of Hanson’s Cash Grocery. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Runt dug up another worm and dropped it in front of Pax, and this time Pax got to his feet and took a few steps before sinking back down. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I join her in front of the picture window of the Vista Lounge whenever I can. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“This is our last chance — my last chance — to win the Quidditch Cup,” he told them, striding up and down in front of them. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Finally, the cab pulled up in front of my new apartment building, a slate-gray monolith on the banks of the Scioto, just at the edge of the Twin Rivers ghetto. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

As usual when we got to Aunt Loma’s, the dog plopped down on the dirt sidewalk in front of her house to wait. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

There was no mistaking the pure delight I saw spread across his face as he knelt in front of the panel. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

That sounds like a reasonable plan, so I save my questions until we’re back on the stone bench in front of the guardhouse, eating greasy burgers and fries. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

He planted himself in front of us and asked how we liked the job. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she took them out and laced them together in front of her, then behind her. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I’d nap too if you put a bed in front of me. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Besides, if I can’t handle the idea of walking down a hallway with him, how will I cope with him escorting me in front of the entire town? Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

After that, I clutched my books close, keeping my eyes on the road in front of me. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

When she came to Edward, she stood in front of him for what seemed like a long time. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

If I’ve embarrassed myself in front of an actual nice man. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I had a million questions I wanted to ask, but the car had pulled up in front of a small shop. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

After Eleanor got out of the truck, Park had waited in front of her uncle's house. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“You’re young and still got your whole thing going on in front of you. I know it’s not like it was but you’re still young.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They sat on the steps in front of the store. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

A man has stepped onto the path in front of us. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

By the time I had knelt down in front of Sam and kissed her, the silence was unbearable. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

And right in the middle of her thought, Cal’s dark face hung in the air in front of her and his lips were smiling with cruelty. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mama liked to stay in front of her work. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Lily plops another bottle of wine down on the table and places an extra glass in front of me. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

But I refused to cry in front of Hattie and Olive, even if they were asleep. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I knelt down and took out ten flares and unscrewed the caps and lined them up in front of me and then checked my wristwatch. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gerald was walking in front, so he didn’t see what happened. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She dreamed she was standing at the top of the steepest hill in Forest Park, St. Louis, in front of the art museum, on a fresh morning of new snow. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He caught sight of the horse out in front, but he still didn’t know who it was. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

After a few minutes my luck runs out, and my legs suddenly shoot out in front of me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

A skinny spotted dog ran out in front of the truck. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Wick file was splayed out messily in front of her, and she hunched, over it, her back to Sierra, flipping through pages and mumbling to herself. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The legs moved mechanically, the weapon stayed in front of the body. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked in front of us at the bushes where the crickets were hiding and thought for a sec. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Leaving the crowd in front of the library, I pedaled off in silence. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She grabbed the microphone pole like Diana Ross, stepped out in front of us—her Supremes—then cleared her throat. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was standing toe-to-toe with the Hill’s Guard when Mr. Dimblewit strolled out in front of them. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

They parted to let an old monk with a walking stick stand in front of them. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I stack the remaining cans of corn and peas on the shelf in front of me, pick up the empty cardboard box, and stand up slowly, hoping to determine who it is without being seen. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

We have children who have been shot on the street in front of school. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What? You better not call me old because I’ll take this cane and whack you in the head right in front of everybody.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I was eleven years old, standing out in the parking lot in front of the 7-Eleven, watching a crew of older boys standing near the street. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

You could almost feel the temperature of the room drop, like the way light dims whenever a cloud floats in front of the sun. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I look panicked because making faces and throwing my hands around in front of a group of people sounds like an actual nightmare I've had more than once. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He was about to choose randomly when a winged demon descended in front of him, hovering over the void on her bat wings, just out of sword reach. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I left Mrs. B’s and lingered in front of my house, not wanting to go inside. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The woman in front of him is wearing a hat with an entire taxidermied pigeon on it. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I looked it over as he pinched it in front of my face. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Why,” continued Wickersham, drawing out the word sarcastically, “are you in front of him?” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Shagga likes to kill with either hand," Tyrion said as a trencher of steaming pork was laid in front of him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Petra stood in front of it, admiring the elaborate Gothic letters. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I handed a plate of tart to one of the serving women, who carried it to the table and set it in front of Colonel Hawkins. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulls up in front of the student drop-off. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes, the red hatchback pulled up in front of the exit, and Dad came jogging out of the car, holding an open umbrella. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

So you can imagine that there was a good deal of pushing and shoving as they hustled and bustled down the passage, trying to keep up with the swift little figure in front of them. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

“A guy hit a car and it spun him in front of me, and I T-boned him. I think he’s dead.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Dark spots cover the man in front of me, obscuring my view of his face. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her face turned slowly and he held his face still, waiting for her face to come round, in front of his. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

We pull into the school parking lot and immediately notice that there are several police cars in front of the building. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to get caught just hanging out in front of the building, staring through the door glass, so I pulled out my skateboard and knife pliers and pretended to tighten my wheel truck. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Unable to hold anything in their systems, many of them starved to death, even with food right in front of them. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I’d cleared the Third Gate, the eighteen Sixer avatars who were still inside had been ejected from the gate and deposited in front of the castle. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The next thing he knows, there’s a group of genuinely thugged-out black dudes—and one white guy—standing in front of the Equality Brigade, looking like they wanna break ALL of their stereotype faces. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The Buckingham Fountain is in front of her, and this fountain in Grant Park is considered the city’s front door. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

A breeze stirred and kicked up dried leaves, making them skitter across the sidewalk in front of us. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

The sound parted the air in front of him, a low rumble Anya felt in her marrow. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He picked up the dead earthworm with tweezers and laid it out on the table in front of us. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She slammed a pot down in front of Tendai, causing several of the men to raise their eyebrows. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She squared the book up in front of her, then, as usual, quickly swung the conversation in a more sensitive direction. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

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

Not knowing what he wanted, I raised my hands in front of me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He had simply got up to teach one day and left his body behind him in an armchair in front of the staffroom fire; his routine had not varied in the slightest since. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Only then did Aru realize they were in a long line in front of the entrance to the Night Bazaar, which glimmered on the other side of a pane of glass. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was the first time I had ever cried in front of him. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I turn to glare at her but Agent Magnus steps in front of me. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I pulled off my gloves and rubbed my hands in front of the filaments as they began to glow bright orange. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He used to laugh at me, flailing in front of him. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I prayed Mum wouldn’t mention the poetry prize, not in front of Hugo. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The first time she ever went into his dream, she had stood right in front of him, secure in her invisibility, and wistful, wishing this strange dreamer might fix his sweet gray eyes on her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

When you go through, you’ll see a road right in front of you. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took two steps forward and kind of hovered right in front of me for a second, and then he kissed me. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I was committing the sin of embarrassing her in front of a guest. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The judge folded his arms in front of him and leaned from the bench so that the members of the jury could see, through the shadows, his shaggy, exhausted face. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I was putting one foot in front of the other, like a machine. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She added them to the line and then came back and made me sit on the couch while she knelt in front of me and inspected my feet. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Shanti cried, her words floating out in front of her in strings of black type. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Apparently, there are two accelerants: the first, the lethal one, is meant for fire, hurled through the windows in front and back in the alley. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Daddy sits with the plate in front of him. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The grass in front of the pool is covered in yard rakes and hand tools. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

My mother knelt lightly in front of the fire, warming her hands. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Castro was standing right in front of me, holding the pot of dumplings. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Seth sat down in front of a small door, little more than three feet high. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The folding tray in front of me would not open out. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ll do fine in Delaware,” Ma’s friend said, but from the moment we parked our U-Haul in front of our new home we were completely lost. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kid scuttled up the steps nervously when Park stopped in front of the house. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Some of the guys laughed, and I realized there were a few other student handbooks from years past on the table in front of him. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The thing to do now was to dig out in front of the wheels, put in brush so that the chains could grip, and then push until the car was on the road. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The young mouse ran, pushing the vole in front of him and calling out: “Run, keep going, Mr. Vole! Try to make it to the woods and hide.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“You sit in front of me,” he said. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then he passed in front of the jury box with his thumbs once again hooked inside of his suspenders and his one good eye leaking tears. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I will topple in front of a subway train without warning, I’ll plunge from a bridge without intention. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He stepped quickly in front of the TV. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

There were no more sounds in the house, but a light was shining on our landing, right in front of the bookcase. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

His gaze fell on the near-finished carving in front of him on the workbench. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The next day, in the Sunday paper, I saw a pitiful closeup photograph of Elizabeth, walking alone in front of Central on that first day of integration. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He finally spoke as he parked in front of the hospital. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

And before I knew it I was all the way back to the Lighthouse, standing in front of the door. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I slammed the tampon down in front of me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The water could be the Bloomington Empire Quarry or the Seven Pillars or the river that runs in front of the high school or about a hundred other places. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The unicorn went up to Meg the kitchenmaid, and bowed his head in front of her. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s all, “Mama, is that the museum?” when we pass a car wash, and, “What about that, Mama?” when we stop at a light in front of a real fancy restaurant. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

In a blur of motion he was standing in front of me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I brought the scale and stone up in front of me until I could feel them tugging at each other. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Yep, we have to send a kid down to the teachers’ housing compound behind the school to wake Mr. P, who is always conking out in front of his TV. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

She held the paper out at arm’s length in front of her, upside down so she could read it. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

When children first came to the Boxton Creek Home, they stayed in one of the bigger rooms in front. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

One afternoon, when I felt that I could no longer put one foot in front of the other, a voice boomed out of the dense bush. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat on one of the stools bolted to the floor in front of the big front window and watched me with his arms crossed over his chest, his hands tucked under his yellow-stained armpits. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Deborah dropped him on the ground in front of the house without a coat, slammed the door, and went upstairs to sleep. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

A girl is standing in front of the entrance, playing around on her phone. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Instead she put one foot in front of the other, her sneakers crunching the snow, her socks absorbing the wet and cold and transmitting it up her legs. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Sitting down in front of a stranger struck him as uncomfortable, if not a tad dramatic. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Once my feet are free, I get up and throw my body into a run, into a sprint, my feet quick on the stone, the red moon in front of me, the ocean gone. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I pull back into the closet and shut the door in front of me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Celia wanders past the desk and stops in front of the fireplace, watching the miniature pages turning through time on the clock upon the mantel. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Ampai chewed on her thumbnail as she paced in front of her desk. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Without Quentin, I might have been too embarrassed to fail in front of God and everybody. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

By things, Ignatius imagined that Mr. Gonzalez meant Miss Trixie, who was snoring loudly on the floor in front of the file cabinet. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had three goblets in front of him, the other four in line behind them. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

After he drops it on top of my discarded dress, he steps out of his shoes and kicks them aside, then kneels in front of me to take mine off, too. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

But right now my only job is to make sure this absurd scene doesn’t turn into some ridiculous faux girl-gang turf war, so I pull Violet away and step in front of her. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Harry whiled away the hours until dawn in front of the fire, getting up every now and then to stop Crookshanks from sneaking up the boys’ staircase again. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

However, here in front of Denna, I was too stunned to speak. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Evidently, being yelled at by your girlfriend in front of your kids and a whole bunch of kayakers wakes up something inside you, and he drove off in the camper van and didn’t come back. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

My grandfather sees only the bearing in front of him, his hands removing it, grinding it, and putting it back as another appears. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I’m suddenly nervous at the prospect of revealing something about myself in front of all these people. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

But there are far more than a dozen soldiers in front of our house. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Most commonly it ends up there when it introduces an explanation that has been preposed in front of a main clause, as in Because you’re mine, I walk the line. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

She didn’t dare humiliate the old man in front of the family, but she could—and did—scream at him behind closed doors. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Woolf was dangling the rail slot in front of him, inviting him to take it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The night had grown cool, and when he breathed through his mouth, mist filled the air in front of his face. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

When I reach room 307 I spend forever standing in front of the door trying to gather up the courage to knock. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

First she lit the candles and the incense and the sacred fire, and put the fire-bowl on the floor in front of the altar. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was almost to the garage when Marcus came out of his door right in front of me. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

An elderly woman sitting in front of us clears her throat, loud. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

It will tell you that this person, the one in front of you, the one who caught your eye for whatever reason, is the One. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

When tiny ground squirrels popped up in front and zipped through the brush, he didn’t flinch, nor did he ever raise his gun as if to shoot the tiny animals. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

No matter how many times he did this, he always seemed surprised that he ended up with nothing in his mouth, and the unharmed stream was still out in front of him. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It landed on the ground, struggling mightily, right in front of the young man with scars on his face. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Sierra sat in front of her best friend’s mirror. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Muamer scored on a touch shot from just in front of the goal. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“We do those little golf claps,” Zach says, demonstrating with his hands stretched far out in front of him and his wrists pressed together. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

We were surprised that Emma Collins, being as smart and fra-gile as she is, would be brave enough to call them words out right in front of everyone! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

We passed through a town and stopped in front of the posada, and the driver took on several packages. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Emily Sue sat down in front of me and put her arm up on the seat, looking over it at me. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Barksdale was going straight for the guns, running, screaming, far out in front, alone, as if in a race with all the world, hair streaming like a white torch. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the sidewalk across the way the tobacconist brought out a chair, set it in front of his door, and straddled it, resting his arms on the back. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Now that she stood directly in front of him she could see the bruise that the careless missile had left. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Uncertainly, she walked around to the front of the house and stood in front of the door to the empty flat. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

We started to think that we had scared her off and both slid down below the window, our backs against the wall, staring out in front of us. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

This was a summery, watermelon pink, just the sort of color that a carefree young lady with her life in front of her might pick. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood up, his weight on the good leg, the other resting lightly on the floor in front of him. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were too far to the right of me, but my mother was directly in front of the door, sitting in her old cane-bottom rocker, knitting. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put a bowl of steaming hot cereal down in front of Gilly. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

The large door in front was the one she had entered on the day of her trial so many weeks before. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I say I want to be picked up in front of Century 21 Premier Realty on the corner of Truxton and A Street. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He lets go of my waist and waves his hand in front of his purple face until he stops sputtering. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He must have known I wouldn’t react on the site so he’d saved it, hoping that in front of Charles it might still have sting. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He nodded to the half-dozen men gathered in front of the buckboard and walked back toward the crowd. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Momly pulled up in front of the church, she said what she always said every week. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Until I happened to glance up and saw directly in front of us, not thirty yards away, four large black shapes in the shadows. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The officer walked by and stopped again in front of the recruit with the tie. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He led them past floor-to-ceiling bookshelves, haphazardly organized with piles of books on the floor in front of them. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The train is going much faster than it has every other time I’ve jumped, but I can’t lose my nerve now, in front of all these members. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Taking her lead, we parked our bikes in front of Hope Springs Hardware. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The taxi stopped in front of the embassy and the driver pointed to the green, white, and blue flag to make sure that I was at the right place. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

A blue-skinned creature was kneeling in front of me, and Collins was on the ground moaning in pain. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Ito took a seat at the head of the table, took out his checkbook, and placed it in front of him. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He swung into the saddle, grabbed Tyrion by the collar, and hoisted the little man up in front of him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When they are standing in front of her, Terry says, “Molly, this is Mrs. Daly.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

After class, people do their hair thing in front of the mirrors while I tuck it all in with one sweep of a scarf and a strategically placed safety pin. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Sherman and I crawled on our bellies, pushing in front of us our makeshift armor of corrugated tin taken from the blockhouse roof. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

We stopped in front of a cage with bars, only about three feet from where we stood. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Here he comes bookety-bookety with that spear stuck out in front of him and that shield on his arm, charging, man. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just as he was ready to bolt, the old monk stepped in front of him, blocking his way with the walking stick. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Then Jacqui gets in front of me, blocking my view of the woman, and moves me backward, down the hill. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Or we would form a long line and weave back and forth in front of the door, singing: Jew, Jew, Two for five That’s what keeps Jew alive. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, he’s right at the age where he’s learning so much. He grabs toys when we hold them in front of him—my father says he’s learning small-muscle control. And he’s really cute.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

A wide red plank of dirt—the so-called road—flat-out in front of us, continuous in theory from here to somewhere distant. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We skidded to a halt in front of the exhibition center, and the driver helped me with the box and we went running to my display area. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

A few feet in front of us was this hole in the side of a medium-sized cliff that ran right up along the sand and rocks. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

His bus stop is magically right in front of his house. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

We went on standing in front of the door of the suite, and I noticed that the daily paper was still thrust through the letterbox. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The boys in front of Gaines, out of uniform and away from the hue and cry usually sparked by their appearance, looked strangely vulnerable. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was in this house, in front of a warm fire, being read to from musty books. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

An oyster seller’s cart had overturned in front of the carp stall, and the two men were hollering at each other. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I meet my sisters in front of Madoc’s stables, where silver-shod faerie horses are penned up beside enormous toads ready to be saddled and bridled and reindeer with broad antlers hung with bells. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It seems like a good idea until I’m standing at the bus stop in front of school as a blizzard rips through the county. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Sleepily I followed them downstairs, where the car was parked in front of the bookstore. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It made birds fly out of the maples in front of the library. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The word had never been used in front of the children, and never uttered by them. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He just had to have Hume sitting in front of him. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He had some books in his hands and he put them in front of his chest when I walked up to him. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I shouted, jumping to my feet and charging down the steps in front of my house. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

She pauses in front of the door to the labs to open it with her ID badge. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Hibiscus stood in front of him, legs wide and irritation in his shoulders. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Still, I wasn’t dumb enough to change in front of the window. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

That was written in large letters on the big wooden sign in front of the mission school. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man’s face suddenly appears in front of mine. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Instead of giving the right time, Gen sat down with her legs stretched in front of her and grabbed her toes. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I could hardly see five feet in front of me. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He waited in front of me until I had sampled the brew. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The afternoon played across my mind as I got out of the car in front of the flat. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly a face is in front of mine and coffee breath goes up my nostrils and a voice says, I have someone I bet you ’d life to meet. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t be up in front of people, even in shadow. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Bloom, though brave enough to stand up there in front of us, offered information only in response to our questions, and even then not a lot. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A gust of wind blew against his calves and then began to circle in front of him, picking up grains of the dark blue sands. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I stare at the crack in the floorboards right in front of me, at the dust that has gathered there over time, and wait for a reaction, any reaction. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Seven crossed her arms in front of her chest and leaned against the door, Valley-style. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

We started the next afternoon in front of the gorillas. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abraham Lincoln’s head is visible over the top of his rocking chair, just four short feet in front of Booth; then Lincoln looks down and to the left, at the audience. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Lately, he’d been practicing in front of the mirror, thinking of stuff that made him mad while trying to keep his feelings from showing on his face. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Junior was in front of me and his hands didn’t swing as they used to when he strolled across the yard on his way back from school. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She knelt down in front of him and bowed her head to touch his left forepaw, the stronger, for bears were left-handed. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

After I had gathered what I needed for the day from the locker and was ready to go, I tossed another piece over the tarpaulin in front of Richard Parker. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Benji held his hands in front of him like he was imagining the final product. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

You should imagine yourself walking through the verse, he said, stopping at the chiasmus, the middle line: He knows that which is in front of them and that which is behind them. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The people who are standing in front of the door move to the side, and it opens again. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The sheriff was in front of a group of colored that was pressed into the crowd. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each rope was hooked up to a homemade noisemaker out in front of Jorgenson’s bunker—eight ammo cans filled with rifle cartridges. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crowd takes up the whole street in front of the hall. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He spits on the sand in front of him, then clambers on board with his family. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Seabiscuit reached out and clawed at the ground in front of him, then pushed off again. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the afternoons I was allowed to play in front of the store. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Beside it was a breathtaking picture of his sister Elsie, standing in front of a white porch railing next to a basket of dried flowers. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Then, every Sunday, at exactly 3:00 p.m., in front of the Apple Store at the mall, I am exchanged like a wrong-size pair of jeans. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

When we turned to sit down, she was over by the windows, in front of the heavy velvet curtains, holding us in a glare, like we were in a class and she was a teacher. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

A sea of faces spread out in front of me, mostly black, but also a number of white, carrying signs and cheering for Bucky’s release. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

As Dill walked home, a brisk wind blew, drying the leaves, which skittered and danced in front of him in the moonlit shadows. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

We stopped in front of one that looked like it could have been Bill Gates’s second home. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Quackenbush felt mellower by the end of the afternoon as we stood on the float in front of the Crew House, gathering up towels. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man in front of us was getting a wrist tattoo, the needle scraping the skin. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The ride isn’t more than fifteen minutes, but I wake up in front of our house, my head resting easy on her shoulder, my feet curled up underneath me. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

A sort of pad gripped his head from behind, forcing him to look straight in front of him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Paul’s plan involved having a continual lineup of women stand directly in front of the White House, holding placards containing messages demanding the vote—for President Wilson to see. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

The last thing he needed was to throw up in front of these people. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

After breakfast Bill and I were sitting warming in the sun on a bench out in front of the inn and talking it over. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

But when we got to this part, Sinita kept on stepping forward and didn’t stop until she was right in front of Trujillo’s chair. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no need to pretend in front of those Mexican peasants. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

These people slumped on their distracted circuits, looking this way and that, never in front. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He filled a glass of water and set it in front of me, then gently pushed the pills forward until they touched my arm. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We push the: stools together in front of the little intercom screen. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

On the case in front of him was a square of black cloth. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

My homework swims in front of my closed eyes—the Intro to Wall Street stock-picking game, the Inca history paper, the ding-dong math test—they appear as if on a gravestone. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

She was in her jeans as usual and sat there cross-legged in front of them as though that was the way teachers always did. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

I guess she was scared of having the subject come up in front of grownups, especially Father or the other Tories. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sunlight on the water had left spots dancing in front of my eyes. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

With more shouts, the demons began to drift away, until only a few remained in front of our store. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Danny called me during supper as soon as the ambulance pulled away from in front of his house, and I could tell from his voice that he was in a panic. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I didn’t answer her because when I tried to speak, I felt as if I’d either throw up or scream, and I didn’t want to do either in front of Ada Taylor. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Jason told us to hold our épées steady with the tip of the blade pointed out in front. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Please, I’ve never seen you like this ever, I know you do this but please, not in front of me. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He sat perfectly still, his hands folded on the table in front of him. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luckily, in front of the rehearsal building, a stream of teenage girls in indi'gena clothes are | moving from their cars to the doorway. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d remembered it because it had puzzled me at the time, and also because it was one of the few occasions when the Gallery had been mentioned so deliberately in front of a guardian. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put down identical plates in front of us. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Brooke’s convertible had been parked in front of the building overnight. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He nods, and with that, she pulls out a printout of a sign-in sheet and lays it down in front of me. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I thought I heard footsteps echoing mine when I turned down the alley in front of our house. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Notepads stacked to her right, a manila folder in front of her, and a calendar to her left. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“We figured that out this morning when those stormtrooper dudes were posted up in front of the school.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

When their Mother had gone, Jane and Michael edged towards Mary Poppins, who stood, still as a post, with her hands folded in front of her. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Him and his friends sitting on their bikes in front of the house, pitching pennies. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I couldn’t help it! She ran out in front,” said the car driver, a middle-aged woman. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Naima hadn’t noticed the shining rectangle of unpainted tin propped up in front of her. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Well”—the Doctorita shrugs—“either way, she’s definitely becoming a teenager, the way she primps in front of a mirror for an hour before she goes out. Even to buy a bag of eggs!” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slip into the seat in front of Monica and Violet, then get up on my knees and pivot around to film my establishing shots. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Beetee throws the whole thing into chaos by flashing a still shot of me standing in front of the hospital at three-second intervals. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Jamie puts his hand against my back—my skin buzzes—and he leads me in front of him. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Then he described how a branch had hurled down into the road in front of him; to avoid it he’d hit his brake pedal. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The tsar held her hand, resting their entwined fingers on the table’s edge in front of them. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Without saying anything, April put the letters down in front of her. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as they approached the spot, Minli realized that the yellow was flowers — in front of them was land full of blooming trees. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

There was a white cloth in the center with hay and fir boughs in front of each person. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Big Time Henson stood on the stoop in front of 171 West 145th Street and thought about what he had to do. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A man saw them in front of my cabin and offered me so much money for them, I couldn’t refuse. He said they were fine examples of Adirondack furniture.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I unwrapped my hair and forced myself to sit at my desk with my chemistry book in front of me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He reaches for the doorknob again, but I move in front of it. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The Second was watching him, the moon of her face rising in front of him. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She walked toward the stage and stood right in front of him, letting him see the wound, her red and seething insides, the place where her fury pulsed, where her fire lived. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

She folds her hands in front of her. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Aunty Uju shrugged; she was sitting at the dining table, a medical textbook open in front of her, eating a hamburger from a rumpled paper bag. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Always take any chance you get to perform in front of an audience,” Ms. Holly told our class. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I said, standing in front of him with my fists clenched. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Mr. Griswold turned to go through the fare gate, but the tall one stepped in front of him and blocked his way. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Father comes into view with a silver pail in hand, and he waves it in front of my face. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

No one in front of him was moving. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cursing her softly, the man went to a knee to grape for the coin in die dirt, and there was his neck right in front of her. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

One of the men walked among the group and stopped in front of Uncle. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the back seat Mrs. Das gazed out another window, at the sky, where nearly transparent clouds passed quickly in front of one another. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

When he was done, Talis kneeled down in front of Seven. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

My left eye’s tearing heavily now, and in the dimming light it’s all I can do to follow the boots in front of me. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She stands up, her arms folded in front of her. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I arrive to find a crowd standing in front of the blackboard shaking their heads. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Second, she’s got a great voice and will take any excuse to use it in front of groups of people. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

When the carriage came to a stop at last and the footman opened the door for her, they had arrived in the courtyard in front of Quinn House, which loomed dull and stony before her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Especially since they were sitting in front of five birdcages, which, Genie realized, if you looked past the entwining vines and leaves, were arranged in a semicircle. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Navy, California, and Penn now formed a cluster, far out in front, exchanging leads, cutting each other up. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But a man stood in front of Rosie’s, leaning against his red motorized bicycle, waiting to wave at any cars that might pass. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Thor stood in front of the funeral pyre, and he held Mjollnir high. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

All I can think about now is the sea of faces swimming in front of me, waiting and waiting in what used to be a beautiful theater. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I could see Ted in front of me, he was standing right there, but I knew he wouldn’t hear a word I said. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The bus turned down the street and stopped with a hiss of compressed air in front of the Trailways station. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“We shouldn’t have mentioned our understone funds in front of those kids,” Tiller said. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I cursed myself for my awkwardness in front of him. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I unleashed a flurry of punches so fast my arms became a blur in front of my eyes. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Nhamo squinted at the market area in front of the trading post. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take a blanket and walk outside, spreading it over a grassy patch in front of the cottage. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Kira came around the chair and crouched in front of me. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

When he spoke, he waved a paw in front of his mouth to dislodge the fries that clustered there. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Unhooking the Mameluke sword, Bull threw it on the desk in front of Captain Bledsoe who was the junior officer on duty with Bull. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I almost left the money on the counter and disappeared, but Mrs. Lynch appeared with a thin textbook and placed it on the surface in front of me. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The second scroll is a long narrow photograph of the graduating class with the school officials seated in front. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marcus had come into the room, and he was standing in front of our table, looking right at me. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

We skidded to a stop in front of the office and Faith cut the engine. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The wet scent of an armpit hung in front of my face. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

But we were boys who liked to think and talk about elements inside the literature he put in front of us—relationships, emotion, conflict, ideas. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to. Soon. We didn’t want to keep fighting in front of you, so I decided to stay at Spencer’s until we finish some more counseling. But we’re communicating much better now.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“But I will not stand in front of your happiness. I will not even stand in front of misery that you choose for yourself.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I wondered how he could paint so many different colors in one night; red, wine, yellow, and rust My dogs were trotting along in front of us. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t see anything except the back of the man in front of me. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He lifted one hand off the wheel and held it out in front of me, palm skyward. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

As always, Grant’s battle plan is simple: Get in front of Lee. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

A bird suddenly erupted in front of him, a ball of brown feathers that spun around on itself before taking flight. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Mother had one hand on her forehead and was leaning against the seat in front of her. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went upstairs to pick up Mr. Black, and he was waiting in front of his door, snapping his fingers next to his ear. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Doug’s mom let us eat in front of the TV in the family room. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Malik stretches his arm out in front of me. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“So,” Audrey said, moving to perch on a low table in front of the couch, “what kind of boyfriend do you want?” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Welcome to Divination,” said Professor Trelawney, who had seated herself in a winged armchair in front of the fire. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The man in front of us started yelling to his family. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He stops in front of me, breathing hard. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Otto stopped short a few feet in front of them, peered at the man with the gun, then ran back to my arms. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Yishan stepped closer to the edge of the bridge, holding the Paper in front of him as if offering it to the sky. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

A few weeks later, Nixon sat at his desk in front of television cameras reading his speech and calling on the “great silent majority” of his fellow Americans to support him. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He stopped in front of me and raised his white eyebrows enthusiastically behind the round rings of his spectacles, “Eh?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I placed one foot in front of the other in the snow. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The only thing she could make out in the dark was the gravel forecourt in front of the house. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He sat with his tray just in front of his knees, confronting his reflection in the hand mirror. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Somehow I am the first initiate in line, right in front of Uriah. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Harry bent down and the goblin clambered onto his back, his hands linked in front of Harry’s throat. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

We were clad only in our blankets, and as the ceremony began, with drums pounding, we were ordered to sit on a blanket on the ground with our legs spread out in front of us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, if it were not for the Jade River in front of her, Pinmei would not even know which road they had already traveled on. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

A girl, with a baby strapped to her back with an embroidered orange cloth, stands up and puts her hand in front of me. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

They followed the River Phlegethon, stumbling over the glassy black terrain, jumping crevices, and hiding behind rocks whenever the vampire girls slowed in front of them. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Luke didn’t care if he embarrassed Toby, at least not in front of this woman. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

With something shiny in her beak, she returned to the ground in front of Samar. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The sun loomed larger and larger, closer and closer in front of the ship, as flurries of light broke over the masts and rigging. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The next morning the matchmaker made her proud declaration in front of Tyan-yu, his parents, and myself. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Here's the soldier, to the left. Do you see? Giving instructions to the prisoners. And just in front of him is his partner." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I started walking—I just wanted to get out of there—but when I did, I bumped Garrett’s boot, which was on the floor in front of me. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He did not like to stand in front of artillery. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seven jumped in front of her right as the cuco stretched its long snout out, opened its mouth, and CHOMPED. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

A man stood in front of him, blocking his way. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

His focus narrowed to the ground in front of him. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The girl, who’s got pretty far in front of me, stops. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

In the nylon webbing pocket in front of him was an in-flight magazine with an article in it about camels, which he’d read, and another about upgrading your business wardrobe, which he hadn’t. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was the perfect business idea, and it had been in front of my eyes the entire time. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

At lunchtime, James staked out a table next to Maddie’s in the library, his latest code work spread in front of him. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Harriet moved in front of the doorway, stood there, blocking it. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Feeling at a loss, he wandered up into Great Hall and stood in front of the tapestry. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The other kids cheered and stuck their posters in front of the camera. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Great. Come on, Tater Tot. Let’s go be cute in front of a camera.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I stared at the different colored vegetables in front of me. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

At a little before six each day, little Willy would position his sled in front of the old church on Main Street. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr Wormwood had to keep his hat on all through supper in front of the television. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

We could see the light from the flare through the grass in front of the spider hole. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had seen her once, at, the end of the L-shaped corridor, standing in front of an open door with bars on the square, inset windows. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Then I let it play until the instant the electric shock had happened, when Zero suddenly stood in front of me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I argued, “I suppose you’d get on that roller coaster even if the car in front of you skipped the tracks and splattered everyone riding in it all over the pavement.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Marlena is a few people in front of me, looking back through bobbing heads and desperate faces. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He was sitting in a trancelike state in front of the screen, with the green light of the “Erik—Scholarship Offers” file washing over his face. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He waded ashore shivering and coughing and wrapped himself in a blanket and sat in the warm sand in front of the fire with the boxes beside him. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

They were waiting for me right on the corner in front of the barbershop like Daryl’s message had said. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I encountered a repeat performance of unfamiliar fans cheering me on in front of the medieval, storybook-looking restaurant. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Just in front of her, she was reassured to see the large nest that Einar had told her she would find. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He padded out in front of Jon, his teeth bared in a silent snarl. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But having the kind of fun that seems daring and embarrassing in front of strangers requires a special bravery. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Then the darkness edges in and the street light comes on in front of Dora’s—the lamp which makes perpetual moonlight in Cannery Row. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I imagine him sitting at home watching the History channel or reading a massive biography in front of a crackling fireplace. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Something red flashed in front of me and the plastic cover of a Precious Red Book was in my hand. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped right in front of Robbie and looked him in the eyes. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Lori opens the file on the table in front of her. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She jumps, seeing me right here in front of her. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were a bunch of dusty spiderwebs in front of the little window and someone had pasted old yellow newspapers over the glass so the kids who got locked in here couldn’t peek out. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

It was a modest vehicle, square and bulky in the manner of a Dodge, so long in front as to look out of balance and with its radiator grille low over the bumper. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Help me forward so I don’t fall and embarrass myself in front of the soldier.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

We didn’t know what was going on, but we could see soldiers running along Pademba Road and army trucks speeding up and down in front of the prison area. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Right in front of me stands a set of scales like the kind Justice holds up, each small tray bearing a set of dice. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon, my mom’s brown and white checkered apron is in front of me. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

On either side and in front wide fens and mires now lay, stretching away southward and eastward into the dim half-light. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The boy stopped in front of a tavern and waited, his mouth twisted in irritation. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bigger watched one man stand in front of the furnace. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She inched around them, turning sideways to squeeze through the narrow space, and crept forward, holding the candle out in front of her. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And right before my eyes, he reaches over the podium in front of Charlise and kisses her on the lips. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He was in front of his car, in front of my house. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

If Howard stayed for supper, he and I would eat pork and beans or potato chips or a bologna sandwich in front of the TV and nobody would say the blessing. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

To tear her down in front of me and put her in her place. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

One man was lying on the path in front of us, dead and staring at the sky. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pointed to the papers in front of me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

By the time we get down there, the only open spots are right in front of the stage. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Nicodemus closed the door behind her, then sat down on one of the benches, facing Mrs. Frisby; the others sat down, too, Mr. Ages stretching his splinted leg in front of him. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The men were already running to the end of the bridge to come down and claim the man whose dead hands dug into the soft, wet sand in front of me. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our cab sat wedged in back of Betsy's cab and in front of a cab with four of the other girls, and nothing moved. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

She gave one to Cain, then walked over to Celaena and handed the other to her before pausing in front of the king’s table. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He puts his hands in front of him. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Celia says, holding the card out in front of her as she enters. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, Google was pretty useless in that regard,” Maya said as she arranged her condiments in front of her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

We hadn’t gone ten feet when suddenly a minibus swerved right in front of the car and cut us off. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“But you go in front and take the risks first,” answered Blackberry. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

At her touch, Malfoy put his hand into his robes, withdrew a wand, and passed it along to Voldemort, who held it up in front of his red eyes, examining it closely. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Small bursts of light danced in front of her. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

A violinist is standing on a milk crate in front of the pawnshop right next door. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

She was all dressed up like she’d been invited to a party, and she wasn’t the least bit shy about sticking her nose in front of the cameras. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t need a ride, thank you,” Stephanie said, her arms crossed in front of her. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Albert Einstein, a hero of mine, once wrote, “Our situation is the following. We are standing in front of a closed box which we cannot open.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Jam ran ahead and jumped in front of it, blocking its path. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Visualizing his white pawn in front of his king on an imaginary chessboard, thirteen-year-old Bobby Fischer announced his first move to his opponent, Jack Collins: “Pawn to king four.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The following day, June 22,1917, the picketers took their places in front of the White House, just as they had been doing since January. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

But the word contraband still hasn’t left his mind from when they were in front of the Evers house. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

In his dream, he realized that each statue had a name burning on the floor in front of it. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to tell him in front of everyone what Will and his goon had done, and definitely not before the game. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

A beggar shuffled in front of it, then dove out of the way as a dark purple stegosaurus trundled by, nearly trampling him, bags of mail and packages flapping at its flanks. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Abuela went into the pew in front of me, looked over, seemed confused, got out, then knelt next to me. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Ahhh. Closer come can we, closer come?” said the roach, delicately sweeping the space in front of it with a leg. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Melba June gave me a kiss right on my mouth in front of my mother, making me turn nearly purple with embarrassment. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

A mat was brought in and rolled out in the semicircular space in front of the rostrum. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He stood up, started pacing in front of her. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Hand in hand, they followed Redemption up the stairs, down the hallway, and around a corner, until they were all standing in front of Moss’s bedroom door. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She took tiny steps in the dirt in front of her house, sometimes making a slow twirl, sometimes smiling to herself. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wander over to another boulder and kneel in front of it, brushing some loose dirt from its face. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

While I balance myself on the back step and place a stack of flat boxes in front of me, I notice the little logo on the back. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Charlie is standing with his hands folded in front of him, staring at the casket. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The crowd in front of the initiates splits in half, making a wide path for us. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“An honest-to-goodness spy!” cried Lettie as the three of us crouched behind the wooden Indian in front of the hardware store. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Hazel eyed the wolf, who still stood in front of the path. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I grip the rail in front of me as the starter calls, “To your mark! Set!” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

It's parked in front of a tan building with the number 345 in white scrolled numbers on the glass door entrance. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t sure what Anthony and the other women intended as they stopped in front of him. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

But there’s the evidence right in front of us. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“And we simply parked in front of the bank because there were no other spaces,” he explains again. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Five or six people who had been landlords or counterrevolutionaries or rightists—people in the Five Black Categories—bowed in front of Chairman Mao. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a small concreted space in front of it that wasn’t a garden, a green Mini parked on the street. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Then he took out a small golden bowl filled with dried koka leaves and set it in front of the rock. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I knew she was holding back on her impulse to hug me in front of everyone. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

We crossed the field in front of Dolly just as she drove a perfect corner kick, five feet off the ground. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whether her outpouring in front of Czarnecki was the spontaneous result of having reached a breaking point or something more astute, she picked the right person to vent to. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I wanted to be careful not to embarrass myself in front of Americans. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m so ecstatic, I’m certain I would kiss him if he were in front of me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

And then right in front of her, the thing happened, the coordination failed, the hands fumbled, the muscles panicked, the nerves telegraphed to a dead operator, the responses did not come back. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just started running down the sidewalk after the rock, which I had kicked as hard as I could in front of me. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He came to a sudden halt in front of a tall suit of armor. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Everywhere we saw overlander trucks parked in front of shacks made of planks and metal. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After talking in school in front of everyone, I guess my words were all used up. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did Headmaster take you to Baba and scold you in front of everybody?” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

They were black and iridescent green and without number; and in front of Simon, the Lord of the Flies hung on his stick and grinned. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The dress’s skirt stuck out like a tutu, and I liked to spin around in front of the mirror, thinking I looked like a ballerina. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Dandelion, well in front, dashed up to the gap and checked, twitching and staring. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She says it as if I’m in danger of disappearing again, right in front of their eyes. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Darius starts the car as his grandmother stands in front of her house with her arms crossed. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

They got off the bus near Washington Square, a flat stretch of grass that sat in front of an old church. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Our legs both stuck out in front of us, making an L shape. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

When Ma sees me eyeing the box, she moves her empty old-lady purse in front of it to block my view. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

She glanced over at Pearl, who stood quietly in the empty living room of the apartment, hands clasped in front of her, and the girl smiled shyly. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Instead I practiced in front of the mirror alone in my room. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Showing it all around, he ended up in front of his older son, who during the past few days had barely put in an appearance in the laboratory. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The Giant had stopped now right in front of Mr and Mrs Goochey’s house. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was in her tiny bedroom, arranging her hair in front of a hand mirror propped against the windowsill. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Dad sits, long legs stretched out in front of him, and wraps an arm around me. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Wernher von Braun’s autographed photograph sat in a place of honor, and in front, lying down, was the Auk XXV casement. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I laid them all out in front of me in short rows, took a deep breath, pictured the lions at the zoo and dialed Liz’s number. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a furlong to go, Aneroid’s head bobbed in front, just as Rosemont’s had done a few months before. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'd planned on following Faith out the door, but at that, I stopped in front of the desk. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Jon said, "My lord father believed no man could tell a lie in front of a heart tree. The old gods know when men are lying." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When I arrived at the wedding, I had the red scarf over my face and couldn’t see anything in front of me. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat, lost in thought, on the hard chair in front of Ida's desk, and looked up at the picture of the Madonna. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mikey’s in front of me before I can even take another step, a big boulder I nearly run right into. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

The eyes of the man directly in front of me moved slowly over my shoulder, and I turned to follow his glance toward el patrin some distance away. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we sat down, Kyle’s dad put a plate in front of me that had an open bun topped with a giant dome of hamburger chili. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Not till the first stripes of dawn start appearing down the valley in front of us do we stop to take on more water. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Perhaps she’s trying not to look weak in front of me. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Now came the time to decide what to wear to look presentable in front of whites. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pet crouched down in front of her, still holding her hand. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She pulled the silver shoes from the box and set them down in front of me. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

At random times Aru’s weapon, Vajra, liked to shift into lightning-bolt form and zip across the sky before turning into a ball and bouncing in front of her. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Alex was saved only by a narrow ditch in front of him. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Whatever it was, or whoever it was, kept continually in front of them. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

As we’d line up in front of the house before getting into the car, Dad would look us all over carefully. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gaps in front, the newly dead, piles of red meat. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Uncle Drum tapped on the table in front of me. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

"You don't mind me butting in front of you, right? I mean, it's not like you haven't had cafeteria food before. You probably had some last night, right?" Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

This part he says in Korean because the last thing my dad would want to do is air our dirty laundry in front of a miguk saram. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“What if I build a wall in front of the house?” he begged. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Up ahead, the train, like a snake, was making a gradual right turn, granting me a clear view of the engine and the cars in front of mine. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

We sat on the broad steps in front of the entrance. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suesetta assures me, “It’s just like having to say our Christmas speeches in front of the congregation, only we don’t have to memorize it, so it’s even better. You’re good at speaking anyway, Betty.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Thwaites took it out by its tail and waved it in front of our faces. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still clutching the scythes, the massive golem came to a halt in front of Dale, looming over him. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He and George lift the sheet over the back of the nest, let it drop down in front of the open side. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The three of us sat on the couch while the Colonel stood in front of us, outlining the plan and our parts in it with an excitement I hadn’t seen in him since Before. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I stood for a few moments in front of each cell, checking whether an inmate was breathing by the rise and fall of sheets and blankets. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The penguins under their firemen’s helmets were parading in front of the policemen, while the seals, in their policemen’s caps, were barking at the firemen, when Mr. Popper and Mr. Swenson finally opened the door. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Kainene was not sitting on the steps in front of the Point of No Return, as she sometimes did. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He snapped his fingers in front of her face. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

And before that he had managed to dry himself in front of a full-length mirror without so much as glancing into it. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I caught him at the end of the driveway and ran in front, stopping him with my hand against his chest. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I hold my hands in front of me like I'm carrying the samurai spear some of the others held. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

But by the end of the first mile of the four-mile varsity course, the two western schools had pulled out well in front of all the easterners. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Right in front of Jinny’s face, staring deep into her eyes, Loo began to tug. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

A low moan came from a bald man in front of me. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Papa pulled in front and Francie and Neeley pushed in back and they began forcing the big tree up the three narrow flights of stairs. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looks smaller out here in front of the school than she does at home. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Scarlett looked around, and saw a man in a fawn-colored raincoat squatting in front of a gravestone. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

She’s right about walking toe to heel with one foot in front of the other. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

As Bolles continued, Joe clenched his fist at his side and gave it a subtle little pump, unwilling to celebrate any more demonstrably than that in front of the boys who had not been selected. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Once he forgot to take the key, and when he returned, he made a big point of counting the rings in front of me. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Before she pushed through her school’s main entrance doors, Emily studied the idling vehicles in front. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Her china dress was laced across in front, and she wore a pale pink china apron and little gilt china shoes. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I jump out of my seat and see the flashes of red and blue in front of the duplex. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It was hardly more than a footpath, just a few feet wide, so the soldiers who’d been riding alongside us had to park their jeep and walk, one in front and two behind. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

As we stood on line, a guy who should have kept walking stopped right in front of us. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

A crowd formed in front of the museum before it opened. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

So far away, it looks half the size of the behemoth in front of us. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Not far into the ride, he saw the local mailman in front of a house. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He walked the length of the picket fence in front of the house, seeking for a walk leading to the rear. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

So does Butterscotch, who jumps up, gives three short barks—almost like Mom using three names—and calmly walks in front of Penny to block her path. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He looked round for the cats and saw that, as he feared, both were crouching in front of the farmhouse a little way off. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had met, as usual, in front of the Ekpo refectory after their morning lecture. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Jamie's hand presses against my lower back, and he steps in front of me so I don't have to face the crowd in the background. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“So maybe I’ll see you tomorrow,” she said, in front of her apartment building. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Celia stops walking, putting out a hand to keep Widget, who is oblivious to anything other than his popcorn, from continuing along in front of her. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She didn’t know where she was until she was right in front of the place. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I came to stand behind them just in time to watch Liam wave his hand in front of the hubcap. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He pulls it in front of me now, and in the dim light, I see that he’s labeled all the parts with long words that jumble in my mouth when I try to say them. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He stood all hunched over in front of his brother, holding yarn and needles, his whole body heaving. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

No wonder they hardly seemed to love me half the time—I couldn’t step in front of my husband to shelter them from his scorching light. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The backpack comes off and then the new guy slides into the seat in front of Annabelle. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Jean Louise drew up a chair and sat in front of her old friend. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Later the authorities installed microphones and speakers in front of the glass, a marginal improvement. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I face Ms. Washington, standing in front of the whiteboard, and when she sees me look her way, she glances at Zoey and then crosses her hands over her chest, hunches her shoulders, and smiles. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

My hands usually shake before I start to cry, and I can’t cry in front of everyone. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Before today, I wouldn’t have paid much attention to a homeless man sitting on a bench in front of Prospect Park. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

All of them crossing in front of us was unusual. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

We were sitting together along the wall, with our legs sticking out in front of us. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Conked out in a big armchair, with an empty plate in front of him.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ronnie’s head snapped up, his eyes huge, and he stopped dead in the road in front of us like an old cow caught in the glare of a car’s headlights. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“You were found with a wand in your hand!” barked Mr. Diggory, brandishing it in front of her. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Our shadows stretch long in front of us and crisscross with the shadows of other people strolling along. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not pleasant. And there’s no countercurse. There’s no blocking it. Only one known person has ever survived it, and he’s sitting right in front of me.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Dave had bitten through both of Sol-leks’s traces, and was standing directly in front of the sled in his proper place. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he stands in front of my desk and looks me dead in the eye. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Amarante’s eyes popped open, and he fumbled in his suit pockets for his glasses, which he finally located and lodged in front of his eyes so as to identify the oncoming aircraft. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a little bump, a slight protrusion just in front of the sinus cavity. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He stood in front of everyone, facing east, vigorously reciting a long sura, and once prayer had started, no one was allowed to say anything that was not related to the performance of the prayer. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“There were so many of them, just lined up in front of the entrance, and I think only a few people slipped past them before they started firing.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

As we turn to continue our walk back to Block 2, the Director’s very large presence steps in front of us, blotting out the sun. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Ma and Ba sat in front of a small fire that Ba had built. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Gasemu was in front and he knew where he was going. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Like him,” Echo sighed, still waving her hand in front of his face. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

A face floated in front of her, fat, bearded, brutal, his mouth twisted with rage. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I read the newsprint again, the words swimming in front of me. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The door broke open, and the monster spilled out—right in front of Percy. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Eilonwy still stood, though a third animal crouched in front of her. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

There she was, slumped all the way back in a recliner about two feet in front of the TV. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Did you do that in front of him?” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I done answered,” he said, “already before my God. I ain’t got to answer now, in front of you.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

She protested that she didn’t enjoy filling in for her husband, but her ease in front of a crowd argued otherwise. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She held her foot in front of my face. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

His face is serene, and he only glances at the open book in front of him occasionally. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

She’d ripped right through it—the circular crest with a seagull soaring over water in front of a bridge. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

A quick motion, a sideslip, and he was in the door and standing in front of Arnold. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

It was weird, but before this, I would never even have dreamed of singing in front of people, let alone a boy I had a crush on. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He stood in front of his locker, fumbling with the lock. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man was holding the woman, and she had one arm flung out in front of her as if she were pointing the way home. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

He held the bundle in front of him as if it were fragile. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

My brother crossed his arms in front of his chest and stuck his lower lip out. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t be sure if it was near or far, but he remembered what he had heard under Block D, in front of the metal door, and he knew that he had arrived. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Now, in the long, lingering twilight of a late June Northwest evening, Joe sat on the hood of the Franklin, in front of the office, and studied the lay of the land before him. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Uncle Jet sat in front of the hogan, staring at the rising, slim moon. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I drove us back through town and over the Yazoo on the Fulton Street Bridge and parked in front of the Leflore County Courthouse. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

She hesitates and stares at the page in front of her. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Now I stand in front of the polished wood doors, lit by two lamps of trapped sprites who fly in desperate circles. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

One man stepped in front of them, but his captor gripped the hilt of his longsword and drew it just far enough to show a foot of naked steel. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A tray of pastries for the womenfolk was placed in front of Loki and Thor. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

But even as I marveled at my baby sister’s potential, I couldn’t shake the nagging feeling that something wasn’t quite right with the boy in front of me. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t actually thought about what I might say to her once she was here, standing in front of me. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I can feel a drop rolling down my side as Mama takes a visitor parking space in front of a four-story brick building. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

He was about to point that out to the others when Kaisha flung her arm in front of Moss. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But they called her as soon as we got to the hospital, and when she got there, she gave me the third degree right there in front of everybody. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The boys in the band loved having us out there in front of them all the time, bending back and stepping high, in our snug satin outfits and short skirts. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was out-stripping him when he rolled one of the apples directly in front of her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stop in front of the entrance to Prospect Park. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

She pulled a chair out from the table and set it in front of Taisin. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

But Lara just nods and takes a seat in front of the desk. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

She takes it out of her pocket and holds the mirror up in front of me and says, “Look at yourself! Just look!” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

And suddenly, right in front of me, was a golden opportunity to paint myself with the Cap Anderson brush that would make me A-OK too. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Makgatho, then eleven, was old enough to know and he had been instructed never to reveal my real name in front of anyone. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My avatar’s level and hit-point counters both had infinity symbols in front of them. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The sun started to darken, like the moon was passing in front of it. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I folded inside myself, wishing I could go back to the dusty road in front of our house and grab Raymond off the bike before Jenny rode away with him. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I was trussed like a festival-day goat, but they tied Helene’s hands in front of her with twine and propped her on the back of a pony, assuming she was harmless. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Luke turned around and left, scared he might cry in front of Dad. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I stand in front of a mirror looking at my dress and my first shoes with a heel on them. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I shout, to my surprise, in front of everyone. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

It was as if there were some sort of force field in front of the Fire’s goal, deflecting the Fugees’ shots. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I didn’t think there was any need for her to take that tone, especially in front of a visitor. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Pickett was in front of him, out in the open, waving his hat and yelling wildly. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It describes a thing, so it can usually be found right in front of a noun: “I just love my everyday diamonds, ” said Magda. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Breathing hard, I came to a stop in front of them. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I coughed violently, and nearly fell into the red-hot brazier in front of me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You kissed me, just a few days ago, in front of the Green Police." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He stood and looked at the painting for a long time, then sat on the floor in front of it for what seemed like hours. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Bast held Chronicler easily in front of him. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I stood in front of him for what felt like hours, but he didn’t look up, so I blurted out what I’d come to say: “I want to go to school.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Finally the wagon stopped in front of a big house. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The students in front of me swiveled their heads around to stare. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It just sucks that she’d want to air all that gossip in front of the entire school,” Maddie said, shaking her head. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

A man is standing at a lectern in front of a huge audience. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was really hot in the room, so I took my clothes off and sweated in front of the television. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

And then again until finally he opened his eyes and saw a hand appear in front of his face. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

So the time came when it was finally my turn to stand in front of the class and talk about my future. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I hesitate in front of the door and finally call, “Yes?” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He pointed to Esther, who almost fell forward in front of him, as if someone had suddenly kicked her in the back of the knees. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a tug on her elbow and he was in front of her, smiling the bland smile. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Standing in front of a smallish brick house with a yard that was probably pretty nice in the summer but was pretty bare right now. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Back on the line, knuckles in the grass, I looked at the two guys in front of me and let them know I was going to beat them both. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then I sit in the kitchen with the black-and-white notebook in front of me. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“I have rather a busy afternoon in front of me, and I hope you will excuse me dashing away.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Fina lives practically across the street from the main Hampstead College gates, in a little lavender house with a neat square of grass in front. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Though a large vase of flowers had been placed on a desk in front of the small window, their perfume could not disguise the lingering smell of what Harry thought was gunpowder. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

There’s a news announcer talking in front of our dorm, then interviewing Hammie, who looks awake and dazed as she clutches a blanket around herself. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A shape began to appear in front of them, something high and towering and dark. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“Pretty much. He and I are standing in front of the same painting. I’m smiling, he’s frowning. I tell him I think the work is remarkable, and he says, ‘a remarkable burden.’ Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Gum Baby stood in front of the weirdest tree I’d ever seen. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He pulled gently away from her and knelt down in front of the fireplace until it burned his stomach. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

My last few steps put me in front of the German officer in charge of the transfer. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Octavian stood in front with a knife and a Beanie Baby lion, just in case anyone needed to consult the god of cutesy collectibles. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It was the first time I’d been called out in front of the class for bad schoolwork. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

When they returned to the house, a horse was tethered in front of it. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would regularly punch, kick, and verbally abuse her in front of the children. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Chas stood in front of the small circle in the grass and crouched in a hitting position, just staring at me. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She stood in front of him, afraid to ask what was wrong with her clothes. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Alfhercht stopped in front of it, holding his stone up, examining it. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

One morning two butterflies play in front of our trench. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something whizzes overhead, then an explosion goes off in front of us. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

As he dropped him off in front of the school, Mr. Eberhardt asked, “Think your friend will be at the ceremony today—Beatrice’s stepbrother?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ahead of them a grocer sprayed down the sidewalk in front of his corner market. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The entire field surged out in front of them. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Werner stands with his hands crossed in front of his belt. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I held it low in front of my chest and took a picture of my ugly reflection in the mirror. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

They're going to line him up in front of a wall and shoot him.’ Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

You see them standing on corners, especially on Fifth Avenue, in front of the big department stores and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He stood in front of the doorway, staring at the road, thinking. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

There’s a peeling bench in front of the building. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He let the arrow fly, and it hit the ground in front of the boy. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

"Have fun," I said, climbing out of the car at the exact same moment Becca was walking between Momly's car and the car in front of us. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Emily is already seated in the row in front of ours. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Piles of oyster shells made small pointed hills beside the shacks and behind them and in front of them. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

It sat on its haunches in front of him, and it waggled its ears and crinkled its nose at him. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Art stopped in front of a two-story house that looked like staples held it together at the corners. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“I can carry her,” I said, but then I had to stop, because another Customs officer stepped right in front of me with his hand up. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Then, my mom told my brother to not use such language in front of me, which was strange considering I am probably the only one in the family with a friend who is gay. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then she drew Sam a pot of beer from the tap and put it all down in front of him. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to help her, but the human wall in front of us would not be moved. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fadi called out to the two people sitting in front of him. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“I know you missed me, but don't go jumping in front of traffic for me!” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The small squares of lawn that lay in front of each of the houses like perfectly aligned placemats seemed to stretch and join together as one great field of white. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He stopped in front of a tall apartment building. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Next thing I know, I’m tripping over something and almost face-plant in front of everyone. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

The guard came to a startled halt as Heleen shoved in front of him. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

At her words, the girls abandoned the tray of petit fours and scrambled to sit in front of the television set. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I had to come up with something fast, a question—and there it was, right in front of me, where it must have been all my life. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Grandpop was slapping at the ground in front of him, trying to find exactly where his grandsons were. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

With it in hand, Liam knelt down in front of Zu and tore off half the sheet of paper Kylie had given him. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Midnight rises up on his hind legs, his forelegs curled in front of him. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

In the days that followed—and then the months and years, as he grew into a man—he was rarely to be seen without one open in front of his face. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Then his attorney stepped in front of the camera and addressed the reporters. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He also had a red brick in front of him on the table, broken into big chunks, and he was pounding them into powder when we arrived. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Constance and Matthias stood in front of the Council of Elders. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He tossed the drabs onto the table in front of me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She was cold around me, but too excited about Minerva to unleash any real venom as I protested her involvement in front of the others. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He held up his knife in front of her eyes. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The last thing I want to look like in front of him is uncomfortable. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I spot Abby and Nick sitting in front of the games, holding hands and eating popcorn. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Waving his hand in front of his face, he could just make out his fingers. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He grunted loudly and scratched on the ground in front of him he kept watching the entrance of the bear cave. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

We walked in silence, Augustus a half step in front of me. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

They each put their feet up on the empty seat in front of them and leaned back, waiting for the lights to dim and the movie to start. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I could turn my car around right here and now in front of these gates and go away from here, and no one would blame me. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Instead she stood with large eyes, staring at the figure in front of her. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Only thing worse than crying in front of Daddy is hearing Daddy fuss when I do. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Annabeth stared at the wall of blackness in front of them. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The Christmas tree beside their table rose a few inches off the ground, drifted sideways, and landed with a soft thump right in front of their table, hiding them from view. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

It boots the breath from my lungs—the teacher is hanging from a rope in front of the blackboard. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He had laughed the first time I made the comparison, waved his fingers in front of my face like he was casting a spell over me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I stood in front of the closed doors and concentrated, imagining myself a princess, making a grand entrance at a ball. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those in front had to shield their faces against the heat. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Spread it out in front of you," I said. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

An elderly woman was in line in front of me. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

There were no flowers in front, nothing but a big, brown tumbleweed, which had been blown to one side of the front door. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

The windows were blown outward, glass littering the grass in front of the house, nothing left of the door but a few charred scraps swinging on their hinges in the breeze. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The two of us remained silent in front of the fire for a long time after that, thinking about these wonderful things. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

He was wearing track shorts; his legs were spread in front of him in a forty-five-degree angle, so he was taking two-thirds of the seat. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m the one who got drunk and paraded it in front of my parents.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I had my legs pulled up to my chest and my arms wrapped around in front of them and my head resting on the dark dry skin of my bare knees. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

I scoot near the piano, scrunching my legs up in front of me. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I turned the heat on and held my hand in front of the vent until, after a minute, warm air pulsed through. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Finally, Charles suggested that they take all the wood left in the woodpile and stack it in front of the door. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I found Maxie sitting with a group of girls in front of her building. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Harry hurried along it, stumbling now and then on the uneven floor, holding his wand out in front of him. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Mom turns red from trying not to laugh in front of her new bosses. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m so sorry, Yanek. The Nazis grabbed them as they were coming back from buying bread. I saw them taken, right there in the street in front of the building.” Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t angry just for that day when he punched me, it was for every day he found a way to hurt or humiliate me in front of my classmates. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I get the same uneasy feeling when I see Sheriff Snyder the next morning, after telling him off in front of the drovers the night before. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

There was a mirror behind it, a sawhorse in front with some wood clamped in a vise, and an abundance of sawdust all over the floor. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Bertha knelt in front of me and took both my hands in hers and said, “Your mama loves you very much, Charlie. But sometimes, she just loses her way.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The men spoke Russian in front of her and clearly had no idea that she understood the language. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Tom soon disappeared in front of them, and the noise of his singing got fainter and further away. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

While passing through downtown, I recognized The Spirit of Detroit, the Marshall Fredericks statue that stood in front of the City-County Building. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She’d put her hands up in front of her face and Joey was, very gently, tapping them with loose fists as she taunted him. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally Baelish drew rein in front of a ramshackle building, three stories, timbered, its windows bright with lamplight in the gathering dusk. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Bars came down on both tunnel exits, behind us and in front. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Then I made out my report in my room, sitting in my trousers and an undershirt in front of the open window. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

They had just embarked upon the immensely difficult topic of human Transfiguration; working in front of mirrors, they were supposed to be changing the color of their own eyebrows. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

A video-game console and controllers sit on a gray rug in front of the couch. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

And there, on the road in front of her house, she saw a small stranger calling out quietly. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

He got behind them and shut that door too and stood in front of it. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Whatever happened the next time she saw Trip, she didn’t want it to be in front of Lexie and Moody. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A man was kneeling in front of her mother with his hands raised high, palms upward in supplication. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I drop them in front of her and have a seat on the bed. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

And my mouth stayed zipped until we pulled up right in front of—wait for it—Everything Sports. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Dylan’s head rises into view above the seat in front of us. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

This time yesterday Maxim and I were standing with Frank in the little garden in front of his house, waiting for his housekeeper to serve lunch. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He had a tall tankard in front of him, and was smoking a long-stemmed pipe curiously carved. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The smell of burned rubber and smoke curled my stomach as we crouched down, and I was concerned the trail of sparks in front of us would turn into a wall of flame. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Maya had handed Ellie a note in front of everybody, and the note was full of really “venomous” things about Ximena. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Not until Harry felt Wormtail’s anguished breath on his face did he realize that Wormtail was right in front of him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The others around her see me, and then pinch their noses and wave the air in front of their faces impatiently, and there’s Kalinda in the middle of all of them, looking right at me. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

After a moment, the elephant lifts her foot and holds it in front of her. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He hurled it, and the fire spread across the storefront in front of us. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I hold the frame out in front of me. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

On weekends I hustled in front of the A&P, carrying packages for women, and sometimes I ran errands for neighborhood people. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The members of Marina Raskova’s regiments would meet—and a dwindling few, now in their nineties, still do—in front of the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, in May and in November. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

After circling the lot in frustration, he lined up in front of the only available spot he could find. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“They look more natural standing on the street than in front of the picture-man’s cardboard church window.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put it on the table in front of her. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

It’s sifting through the situation in front of us, throwing out all that is irrelevant while we zero in on what really matters. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Some of us would go away, or suffer, or die, the future stretched away in front of us, unknown, unseen, not perhaps what we wanted, not what we planned. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She knots her arms in front of her chest and takes a couple steps forward, looking serious. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Like him, she had already gone through a simulation of the job in front of her. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

He held a bowling ball, attached to a cable that hung from the ceiling, right in front of his nose. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The ride ended too quickly, in front of a large, shabby building. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt ashamed of crying in front of Sam, and embarrassed, but it was all so terrible I couldn’t stop. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Witchlings were pinned: the Cursed Toads and the Nightbeast in front of them, the raging water behind them growing wilder as Barbatos waved his hands in the air and mumbled an incantation. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Right!” said Hermione, red patches blazing in her cheeks as she pulled a very old piece of newsprint out of her pocket and slammed it down on the table in front of Harry. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Ever since Dad had gone, they had vowed not to fight in front of Mom. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

I stand in front of the unlit candles. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

They had nodded together, not only father and son, but two people with an open world in front of them. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Harry,” she said, crouching down in front of him and using the kind of voice he associated with visiting the very sick, “you don’t think you’ve been possessed, do you?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

In fact, it had grown increasingly insane, with nasty confrontations between picketers and replacement workers, people arrested, beaten, lying in the street in front of delivery trucks. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her laptop sat on the counter in front of her, but it was tilted up, so Finn couldn’t see what was on the screen. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She hands me her bowl and stands in front of the TV. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know where I was headed until I saw Papa’s bank in front of me. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Now the official procession is approaching the stage, mounting the steps at the right: three women, one Aunt in front, two Salvagers in their black hoods and cloaks a pace behind her. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Take away the tans, that beach in front of Sully’s was Mayflower, top deck. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It just hurt to have it there in front of him, drawn starkly in black ink. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“On level three,” said Marty, who I discovered was still sitting in front of me. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A satyr inched forward nervously and set a plate of barbecue in front of Tantalus. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Why would the Freedom Writers want the most outrageous student in the whole group to represent them in front of someone who could change their lives forever? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, the waiter appears, setting a pale pink mixed drink in front of Ben. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“Thanks,” said Harry, but he knew this couldn’t be all that Bagman wanted to say, because he could have congratulated Harry in front of Ron and Hermione. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Just knock me down so you can look good in front of Abby. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

After I drink it down, she sits in front of me, her scars inches from my face. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I slow to a stop in front of the green couches. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He recalled the peace of lying at his boy’s feet in front of the fire. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

There’s a clown in front of her, a lanky man who alternately does back flips and cartwheels. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I found Lauren and a few other friends hanging in front of our lockers before homeroom and blurted, “Guess what? Martin is alive!” I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

A man stepped in front of him, a vicious grin crossing his face. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Then, without saying a word, she placed a stick of butter, the wrapper half-open, on the counter in front of me. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He was at it a long time, and I lost interest, closed the Venetian blind, and joined my sisters and brothers in front of the television set. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Piled-up bodies in front of you to catch the bullets, using the dead for a shield; remember the sound? The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Monique climbed into the back of the ambulance, an orange ball of fur leaped in front of her. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A house with a sloping red roof and a barn where cows mooed, a sheltered well right in front. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Ron roared, trying to get a clear shot at Ginny around Harry, who was now standing in front of her with his arms outstretched. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I ran around and got in front of him, holding my hands up as if I was trying to use some kind of magic force to push him back. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He headed toward the lake for no specific reason, just because it was in front of him and he needed to keep moving. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

We did our summons after dark, at a twenty-foot-long pit in front of the septic tank. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I see Darius’s sleek sneakers in front of me and look up. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The morning flies buzzed close to the ground and the ants dashed about in front of the steps. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The drama girls take over the beat-up couch and the rug in front of it. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

I get the paper from her desk and stand in front of the class, feeling awkward. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I really don’t want to pull it out in front of Darius. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He pulled into a parking space in front of what used to be the veiy exclusive yacht club. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Nyame and Anansi faced each other, the sky god on his throne and the Weaver standing in front of the dais, hands still in his pockets. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

We drove to my aunt Angie’s and parked in front of the white picket fence she shared with Grandma. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We were barely back on the road in front of the Rydells’ house before R.C. was rummaging through my lunch bag. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

My head throbbed in time with my heartbeat as I knelt down in front of her, and for several agonizing seconds, it was all that I could hear. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

And as they thrust forward, jostling and desperate, the Gallivespians flew down and darted to and fro in front of them, to prevent them from crowding too close. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It hadn’t been last year, when he’d lit the joint right there in front of everyone and passed it to me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I cried, putting myself in front of the door. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He leaned against his book bag and poked his pen into the hair of the girl sitting in front of him. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man in black was riding him, and his arms were locked across Fezzik’s windpipe, one in front, one behind. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I banged on the door I was standing in front of and waited. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

We’d see a “For Sale” sign in front of the Yacker family’s house or a moving van in front of Teddy’s and know what was coming. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

A man pushes in front of him, another woman blocks his way to the side, and he loses sight of the girl completely. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The woman in front of me lurches to the right, losing her balance, and then erupts into giggles as she falls against the man next to her. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The needle goes in my other earlobe, and small bubbles, like multicolored marbles, enter from the left and zoom in front of my face until I lose sight of them. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

My actual birthday, two weeks away, was about twenty-four million miles in front of Julia Bishop and me. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Bull was dressed in his dark green winter uniform when he parked his squadron car in front of the bank and walked the six storefronts to Hobie’s. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jesper bounced from foot to foot in front of the incinerator, the dim clang of alarm bells filling his ears, rattling his thoughts. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She'd heard her father say different versions of it through the years, whether it was, In case of emergency, the bath water is in front of you. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

And strange having to wade through the gaggle of press still camped out in front of the Johnsons' building. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Before Chess knew it, Ms. Morales was pulling up in front of the Greystones’ house. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He peered in my ears, waved a light in front of my eyes, and then examined my mouth. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Okay. So clearly he didn't fall for Janae. But still, that was really shady. He played her right in his own house in front of all those people.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He stopped in front of the fountain at the hospital entrance and sat by himself. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Start a fight, right here in front of everyone? Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Lloyd Jacobs, the president of a splinter Klan organization, in front of Durham’s City Hall at a march for open housing, 1967. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I sighed and put the key away, then laid the wrapper flat on the control panel in front of me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

They sat across a desk from each other; the man had Shadow’s file open in front of him, and was holding a ballpoint pen. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I got down on all fours in front of Big Henryk. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Sapo stopped his car in front of the poultry house on 110th and Second where you could buy live chickens, turkeys, geese, and ducks. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

A major stood in front of them sucking on his pipe stem, with his right elbow tucked into his left palm. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

While Grandma stopped to drop our money in the change box, I took a seat right there in front across from the red-faced driver. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Not so fast,” she says, sticking her arm out in front of me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The Valiants shooter surveyed the open net in front of him. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Moss reacted then, cowering in front of the man, and it was the wrong reaction. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Sparklers blazed to life in front of the sea serpent tank. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She started zooming around with her arms stuck out in front of her. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The social worker rounded us up and sat us down on the steps in front of Shanon’s house. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

"The usual method," Mr. Pope said, "is to pay your penny and stand in front of the stage." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

We all bounce to our feet and take off, and by the time we’re running along the warning track in front of the outfield fence, Luis, Ben-Ben, and I are in front. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Jenny followed us on her bike as I shoved the kids in front of me toward the house. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Coop has appeared in front of me and is reaching up to take my face in his hands. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

She was the only one I let myself cry in front of, because she was the only one who never asked what was wrong, or if I needed anything, or if she could help. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She waved a hand in front of her face. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Then he stands in front of the rocking chair, facing Lincoln’s slumped head. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Sam stood in front of her, his dagger drawn to protect them both. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“So I took him to the vet. That’s where he got the bandage. But he kinda scraped it off when he scrunched under the fence in front of the druggie house that burned down.” Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

And standing in front of the class taking my poem from her my voice shakes as I recite the first line: Black brothers, Black sisters, all of them were great. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Bobby Gene and Cory rode their bikes and I balanced on my own handlebars in front of Styx. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She sank down in her seat and put her feet up over the seat in front. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Already in my safety harness, I step in front of her. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

On the table, my father had left a single flower in each of two juice glasses—a black-eyed susan in front of my place, and a white petunia in front of my mothers. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He had three sports books from the library open in front of him—one on football and two on tennis. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

All that evening we continued our vigilance on the couch in front of the television. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His stubby round legs poke out in front of him. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Had the story of his collapsing in front of the dementor traveled that fast? Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The black Chevrolet was again parked, this time in front of a Catholic hospital on the outskirts of Emporia. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Let alone in front of a boy she actually liked. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Dalio asked again when we stopped behind a large rock, staring at the wooded landscape in front of us. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Dr. Zinchenko paced in front of the players, her hands clasped firmly behind her back. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

If I did this, I’d have to be onstage—the real me—in front of the entire school. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It was stopping in front of each house. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trueba stood in front of it, forcing the driver to stop. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry I got all angry at Mom for never being around, especially in front of Dad.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

They ran along uneven sidewalks in front of stores, then houses. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stood frozen in front of him, because of obvious reasons. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The regular hospital is around in front and there's this new building added on out back. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

He stretches one arm out in front of him, makes a dismissive gesture with a flick of his wrist. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When Annie and I hopped off the bus that Friday after school, we were surprised to see my mom and her dad sitting next to each other on lawn chairs in front of our trailer. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

At school the next day, after Tyler’s visit to my window, I told a girl who sat in front of me what happened. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

They were standing behind a large wooden box in front of an empty barrack. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He was about to move and then suddenly, one by one, all his reflections pointed to the wall in front of him. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

As he followed the plain trail, a shadow cut across in front of him. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, I found Dad standing in front of it, waiting for me. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

His fear of standing in front of the massive and angry Mother Water Monster vanished. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Definitely,” said Snape, and even with his poorly cut hair and his odd clothes, he struck an oddly impressive figure sprawled in front of her, brimful of confidence in his destiny. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

There’s a bite on my fork in front of me. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Still standing on the dock in front of everyone, Cole. smirked as he undressed. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He stopped in front of it and leaned in, pressing his ear against the door. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

So when I sat down in front of her and bumped her desk, knocking one of her pencils on the floor, Shamika leaned over to pick it up, noticing my new and improved sneakers. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She sits in front of a mirror with half of her face peeling off, like the villain in a horror comic I once read; this one is called Leprosy. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

They started descending from the Col with Athans directly in front of Beck, telling him where to place his feet. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

At the McIntyres’ a coffin was placed in front of the door, and Mr. McIntyre rose from it in silence, his face covered with chalk, and deposited a fistful of candy corns into our sacks. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

On the road they passed a half dozen brightly painted houses, some tidy and some not, and then they were in front of the only thing that looked like a store. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He heard mass standing, as he always did, and at the end he stepped in front of Remedios the Beauty and offered her the solitary rose. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The baron and his family —all of his family—were knocking their heads on the floor in front of their ancestors and thanking the gods out loud for protecting them from conscription. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as they passed in front of his house, he saw it was a woman, the lawyer who lived four doors down. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

She went to stand next to Papá in front of the kitchen door and clung to his arm as if to show that she had possession of him now. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

But then I see that there’s already something bright lying there on the grass in front of the grave. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Dunstan paused in front of a stall covered with tiny crystal ornaments; he examined the miniature animals, pondering getting one for Daisy Hempstock. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He arranged the clementines in a perfect line in front of him, then checked his phone. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I’m standing in front of a wall of calendars featuring shirtless surfers. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

One of them wonders if the police officer is going to make them move the truck that's been taking up two parking spots in front of the apartment building. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Darkness slammed up in front of her like a wall. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The same way one used to hang from the huge old maple in front of Clairmont. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

He stands in front of a tabletop divided into compartments, placing tiny rectangular prisms of leaden letterforms into a bracket in his hand. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We ate in front of the fire, my grandmother in her armchair and me on the table with my cheese on a small plate. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

The Paqo wouldn’t distract me from my unease; he would place it in front of me for inspection. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Then I closed my grail diary and studied the Pac-Man machine in front of me, like a gunfighter sizing up an opponent. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

There Tasha was, standing in front of a man who I was ninety-nine percent sure was the preacher. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Forcing my way quickly through the crowd, I stood on the steps facing those in front, talking rapidly without thought but out of my clashing emotions. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Me and Peaches, who are both on a conservative tip, were standing in front of my crib checking things out. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guy looks at a sheet in front of him, and then up at me, his face all funky. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

We couldn’t hear them any longer, but we watched as they sat down on some hay bales in front of the barn. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

One by one, my fellow initiates climb into the train car in front of us. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

When I got back to the block, some kids had set up a hoop in front of the bicycle shop and were playing some rough three-on-three. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

They might have smoked in front of him, or sipped from their canteens, or eaten bread and let the crumbs drop carelessly on his body. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I spread a napkin out in front of me, then lifted out my Cheetos, apple slices, granola bar, and peanut butter and jelly sandwich and arranged them on the napkin. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I held my hand in front of my face. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

How could we let this stuff happen right in front of us? Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He passed in front of the appliance repair shop, which was about to close. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Each house had a small flower garden in front and a corral for animals at the back. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Al himself climbs from a car right in front of the caboose. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

This time he was right in front of us. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“As soon as he starts running he’s the easiest horse in the world to handle. All he wants is to get out in front and go.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he finished speaking, he stayed in front of the jury, looking again into the eyes of each one. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I pace back and forth, the lounge a blur in front of me. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I’d wanted so badly for this school year to be wonderful, and all I’d managed to do was make enemies and look silly in front of the whole class, every day. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

"My God, put a camera in front of that girl, and she'll shine like a diamond! Between the single men and the job opportunities, her phone is going to be ringing right off the hook!" Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Joon stands in front of the refreshment table greedily piling his square napkin with doughnuts. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

She took me to her room and stood me in front of her dresser, which was covered in a pillowcase with pretty colors. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

When I hit the red button, the letter A lights up on the screen in front of me to lock in the answer. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Twilight has faded to a blue-gray evening by the time I arrive in front of the crumbling Hunts Point, Bronx, apartment complex I call home. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He presses something in front of him, and the shuttle spins toward the open sky of the launch portal. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The other boy had his back to the tree and Jay was in front of him, holding out his hand. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

We went around not bothering to smile, even in front of May. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lavender, looking relieved, stood up, took an enormous teapot from the shelf, and put it down on the table in front of Professor Trelawney. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

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

I saw the way his head was slightly tilted, his eyes focused on the empty space in front of him. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She took out two beers and put one of them in front of me. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I bolted down the hall, clutching Fig against my thundering chest, and planted myself in front of the TV. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

But the car that pulls up in front of my house tonight isn’t playing it. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The sentries out in front are a troll and a goblin. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I was very much against this for the simple reason that I was still inept with knife and fork, and I did not want to embarrass myself in front of these sharp-eyed girls. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when business was slow, he paced back and forth in front of the store window, monitoring Sam’s Pizza. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked up in front of the doghouse, laid them down, and growled; not like he was mad. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pong waved his hand in front of his face, as if brushing away cobwebs. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Joseph sat in front of the stack of papers. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Jake is standing in front of us; he turns and looks at me, softening his eyes for the briefest of seconds. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I looked out my bedroom window and waited until Ali and Hassan went grocery shopping to the bazaar, pushing the empty wheelbarrows in front of them. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The writing blurred in front of Hazel’s eyes. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He put one of the papers in front of the glass and made five dots. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He planted himself in front of the redheaded boy. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to pretend like she wasn’t embarrassed, but it was pretty hard since she had just eaten it in front of everyone. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

O’Dell had assembled protective shields for us—baseball caps with squares of clear plastic, rescued out of some garbage can, taped to the bills so they hung down in front of our faces. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’d been on one of those miniature ponies once, the kind out in front of old- school drugstores. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

He must have seen the Frog on his radar scope, right there in front of the ship. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Brunner, who’d been out in front of the museum a minute before, wheeled his chair into the doorway of the gallery, holding a pen in his hand. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

She let herself down on a dragline until she hung in the air just in front of the big pig’s snout. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

I scan for the nearest door and see the familiar purple-blue light under a doorjamb in front of me. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

In a glass case right in front of him was a row of Chinese goddesses, carved in ivory. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Here we are,” Brum said, stopping in front of a door that seemed identical to the others. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Just then the Waiter stopped in front of them, beside a large white doorway that looked as though it were made of thick chalk lines. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

I need a way to know if the ground in front of me is safe. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sister folded her arms in front of her and started whistling. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was almost directly in front of them. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I take a seat, and within seconds, her 36Ds are in my face as she puts a plate down in front of me. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Val had been standing nearby, but now she was right in front of them. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

There was one horse in front and pouring it on. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her father stands by a window, intently watching his arm as he holds it out in front of him, the sunlight filtering in through the frosted glass and falling over his sleeve. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Jenny’s chair let out a plaintive squeak as she leaned back, steepling her fingers in front of her, serious now. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He told the people in front of the broken machines to get in line behind the people at the machines that were still working. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

When he reached the driveway the snow was falling so thickly that he could not see ten feet in front of him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The propeller was spinning invisibly in front of it, and then, like it was nothing, it made a lazy loop above us. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

They all march stoutly in, shaking the church, and place Sofia mother in front the pulpit. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The domovoi sat in front of the oven, his shoulders slumped, picking at the toe of his shoe. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

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

She crossed right in front of me without seeing me and floated into the pastry shop on the Plaza de Armas. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She folded her arms in front of her on the desk. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A man behind the counter with his hair cut short in front and long in the back shook hands with him. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

There are seven of us total, including two new freshmen who always seem ready to go, with their journals already out in front of them. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

They pulled up right in front of us and the cops come out with their guns out. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit down on one of the benches on the edge of the interrogation room, and Tobias pulls Niles’s chair over to sit in front of me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then, abruptly, sun filled the clearing, it was like a curtain being drawn back in front of a brightly lit stage. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

It was a bear pit: an endless procession of vexatious litigants and political opportunists settling personal scores in front of a shouting, hooting, uncontrollable rabble of, um, jurors. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

I have no choice but to set a mug and saucer in front of her. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

In his wheelchair, in front of the grave, Pop talks to my mom and says he’s sorry over and over again, cries a lot, and is a guilty mess. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ate egg after egg, right in front of us. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He slides into the seat in front of her, but first, he gives her a shy smile for the millionth time. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Charlie approaches the body scanner and watches the guy in front of him step into the machine and put his hands over his head. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

The Underwood devil’s horns glowed through his slicked-down hair, as he sat in front of the window facing my mother. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She placed the podaegi’s wide quilted blanket around Junha and took the long strap and wrapped it under his bottom, across his back, and then tied it in front of Jinjoo. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I’m waiting for him at our usual meeting spot—the flagpole in front of the school. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

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

Malfoy was in front; he was wearing dress robes of black velvet with a high collar, which in Harry’s opinion made him look like a vicar. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Here we are,” he announced, stopping in front of a vacant lot. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Michael moved in front of the machine, interposing himself between Octavian and the two Greek demigods. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Tobias crouches in front of me, his hand on my left shoulder. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He took her by the arm, led her into the next room, and stopped in front of the gilt-framed mirror. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

She knew where the cabbages were lined on burlap in front of a radiant old woman who raised one hand to Liyana as if she were blessing her. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Pennsylvania, Navy, and California quickly moved out in front of the pack, rowing high at first, then gradually dropping their stroke rates into the low thirties. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Then one night after work he followed the two men for several blocks and as they turned a corner he cut in front of them. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Miguel, however, stood in front of him with his hands on his hips. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It feels a little next-level to kiss Arthur in front of his parents, so I hug him and shake their hands. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Amaka did not look at me; she gave his hair one last pat—a caress, really— and then sat down on the floor in front of him. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The chief spits into the dirt in front of us again and walks away. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Zu’s lips puckered in thought, her eyebrows knitting together as she surveyed the Everest of undergarments in front of us. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I fold my arms in front of me. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

We entered what appeared to be an inhabited area, and the truck pulled over in front of a wooden building. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The sudden appearance of a man’s face and arms, hanging upside down right in front of him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

One of the men in front of me stumbled, and a piece of salt clattered off the wooden boardwalk beneath us and splashed. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

He twisted his body until he got his feet in front of him, then tried to hold his hands out to slow himself down. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Masaccio’s painting shows Christ on the cross in front of a chapel with a barrel vault—but of course the chapel does not exist; it is entirely a painted chapel. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The recruiter ran after them with his arms out in front of him as if he were chasing turkeys. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Now Harry opened his eyes a fraction, and saw Voldemort striding in front of them, wearing the great snake Nagini around his shoulders, now free of her enchanted cage. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

For eight hours a day, he dangled on a rope in the furnacelike heat of the canyon, pounding at the wall of rock in front of him. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It was really hard for her to be in front of people. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She looked back at my father, and he pushed himself past her and stood in front of Lucas, who sat there the whole time, facing straight out, even when someone spit on him. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

We were kneeling in front of each other. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

After school, my brothers and I cowered in front of our beloved TV—the volume turned down to a whisper. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Soon as I wake up, Momma is right in front of my face with a big smile. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leaves and small branches in front of us seemed to jump into the air. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our pegasi set us down in the outer courtyard, in front of huge silver gates. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Thirty minutes later, they walked into the adult detention center and stood in front of the receptionist. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

When she stopped in front of the barbershop she said, “Ask Mr. Fred how much we owe him. I forgot to take the slip out of the sack. Said you’d pay him.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

We stationed ourselves on the porch in front of the office, for something like two hours of anguish and hunger, waiting for a change of heart. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nok flew to Pong's side and crossed her forearms in front of her, blocking the Governor's fist. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Feeling curious, he took out the knife and cut a small window in front of where he was sitting. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She turned to face the exit and began to execute a series of elaborate gestures in the air in front of her while whispering the words of some incantation. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

We sat next to each other at his desk in front of his computer. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He gestured at the ledgers on the desk in front of him. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“But I might. Relationships are so hard. Maybe it’s just me. I don’t know. But I couldn’t make it work with Hudson, even when he was right in front of my face.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Miss Pat took seven dollars from the money she had and put it down in front of Big Time. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I passed the house and inconspicuously parked next door, just in front of their neighbor’s fence, away from the lights strung on trees and all around the dead man’s yard. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

When the play was finished and after all the players had taken a bow, Arnold-as-Sandy walked in front of all the actors and sat down, center stage. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

They could be aimed to cover a target area and wasted anything within sixty meters in front of them. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

On a drowsy Sunday afternoon, a man in a long dark coat hesitated in front of a house on a tree-lined street. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he slept right through the day, getting up only to eat and doze in front of the television set. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom places a plate of wheat crackers covered with cheddar cheese on the table in front of me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Max crouches in front of them with his hand out, telling them to be quiet. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Jonathan’s impetuosity, and the manifest singleness of his purpose, seemed to overawe those in front of him; instinctively they cowered, aside and let him pass. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I heard a few shrieks of laughter and stopped to let a few little girls rush by in front of me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

There’s a leather couch in his room, right in front of the flat-screen TV and video game systems. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

We were starting away at last when a strolling policeman stopped in front of our path. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

In the past I had put up with her tantrums and said nothing when she'd yelled at me in front of the deadbeats, but this was asking too much. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

James asked once they stood in front of the third bench down the pier. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

When Miss Cowper found out about the Broadway play, I thought she was going to walk on air right there in front of us. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The horror transpiring in front of me, suspended for one disbelieving instant. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The manager stands in front of me, smiling graciously. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

When Grandma pulled in front of our house, Trevor’s brother’s car was parked in the driveway, with the trunk still open. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

There is an enormous crowd in front of Ford’s. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The burned one hangs herself in front of a mirror, out of jealousy. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Barbarossa slipped off the sofa and stood with folded arms in front of Ida. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody else, no citizen from Milagro, that is, parked in front of the meter because there was ample parking elsewhere. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He made a magnanimous wave of compliance and settled back into his chair, folding his arms in front of him, confident in his safety. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In line for lunch, there’s two girls right in front of me. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

When he looked up, surprised, I put a stack of nonfiction down in front of him. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I grip the knife harder and hold it out in front of me. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Since the statues were really holographic projections, they had chisel-type labels floating in front of their pedestals identifying who the famous people were. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I got up, squatted in front of it and gave the power button a hopeful push. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I adjust the napkin holder in front of me till Tony’s booth is reflected in the polished silver. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

All he was supposed to do was to stand outside and push a garbage can in front of a potential pursuer. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

It shows a row of people in front of a chain-link fence, their arms slung across one another’s shoulders and backs. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Papa called my mother Miz Tweedy in front of Queenie or neighbors, and Mama in front of me and Mary Toy, but I knew she was “hon” or Mary Willis when they were by themselves. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Even Don Hume, sitting just eighteen inches in front of him, couldn’t make out what Moch was shouting. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They were gunned down in front of their house on Christmas Day. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Knowing that everyone in that line would be shepherded in and out, in front of and past the statue in a matter of minutes, they decided to enter through the rear entrance instead. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked up in the middle of a Led Zeppelin drum solo, and my dad was sitting on the beat-up old couch about 8 feet in front of my bass drum. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He focused his vision directly in front of him and waited to see what would happen. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I hold the box in front of me with the long side almost touching my stomach. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

In Polly’s she was riding her bike with the stupid basket in front of the library. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

We have a maroon chesterfield which has come out of storage, with an oriental-style maroon and purple rug in front of it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

From beneath the cloth Brokk produced a hammer, and placed it in front of Thor. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

He kicked at me, his boot landing in my calf, like I was a tin can in the road that he might as well kick because it was there in front of him. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, well, yes,” Dr. Cullen agreed, suddenly occupied with the papers in front of him. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The visor presented me with a three-dimensional view of the Sixers’ database, with dozens of overlapping data windows suspended in front of me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The open sky in front of him was a deep purple, slowly fading into the bright blue of day, with tinges of orange from the sun on a distant, flat horizon. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The wandering boy suddenly appeared on the road in front of us. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Jimmy was still crouched down right in front of me. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

When I float through the house, I see Mr. Pomodoro in a baggy robe standing in front of the mantel, staring at the photo of the little boy. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

He was leaning casually against the shabby pine desk, which is all the permanent furniture in that room, flexing his bony hands in front of the electric heater. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I am several steps in front of him before I realize that the Colonel has fallen down. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Same truck he’s driving now, right here in front of me. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Bridge had once believed that state borders were something you could see, actual black lines that you could walk along if you wanted to, one foot in front of the other. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

A pizza box rested on the reclaimed-wood coffee table in front of them. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Returning home one afternoon from her hospital shift, Regina was approached in front of her apartment house at 560 Lincoln Place by two sunglassed men, conservatively dressed. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

And at first Hazel thought he had, because three boys appeared in front of her where she had been expecting one. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

As we wait our turn at the register, a white woman steps in front of us. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

There in front of us was a huge in-ground swimming pool. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I tighten my fist and lift it in front of my face. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

When we pulled up in front of my house, Coach put the car in park. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Are you crazy?” she scolded virtuously, shaking an indignant finger in front of his eyes. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He rushed through the light at 7th and rolled to a stop in front of it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Denna obviously wasn’t interested in discussing things in front of the farmer, and I was glad to have a moment to think things over. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Two media vans sped down the street, pulled up in front of our house. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Cool fingers circled Finn’s wrist and lifted his hand to the table in front of him, to the plate on top of it. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

On February 8, state and local police, erroneously believing that one of their officers had been shot by demonstrators, let loose a fusillade into a crowd of students gathered in front of a dormitory. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

But then reality kicks in when I see that line in front of me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

There was a clearing directly in front of her, at the center of which an enormous tree thrust up, its thick roots rumpling the ground ten feet around in every direction. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned my feet back toward that cemetery and made them walk, one in front of the other. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

And then she’d gotten food poisoning—a box of leftovers that had sat too long in the fridge—and thrown up right in the library, in front of the social worker. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She gripped the leather handle and held her knife in front of her for me to see. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I’m standing in front of my door feeling like I just kicked a friendly dog. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Instead Inej had a close view of the gatehouse and the wagon parked in front of it. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Prints,” Valley said, pointing in front of them. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The family in front of us had a baby that the mother held in a sling on her side and two young boys. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, two giant forms appeared in front of me. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

And this I know for sure about my husband: You don’t dangle an opportunity in front of him, something that could give him a wider field of impact, and expect him just to walk away. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

We’d come to a stop in front of the last door in the hall. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“He’s shy about speaking English in front of folks he doesn’t know well,” Perilee told me to explain his silence. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Idiptu sprang out and landed on the ground in front of me with a heavy thump. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Sat down right in front of me and started talking like I’d never said a sideways word to her. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I stopped the car in front of a small building with white pillars like those of an old plantation manor house, got out and opened the door. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Katie and Jean called, already climbing down over the side of the truck and running for the sidewalk in front of Montgomery Ward. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I look as if I’ve been put there in front of the door and told to stand still. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I stood in front of the girls, ready to protect them from the witch’s rage. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She stood in front of Carlos’s Corner Store, a few blocks from the Junklot. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

This happened maybe four or five times a day for the first few weeks: on the stairs, in front of the lockers, in the library. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Across the square were the two lines of men in front of the ticket-booths. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Sit here,” Bridget said as she rose from the toilet lid, flapping her hands before taking her spot in front of the mirror. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He stood there perfectly still, rooted to the spot and staring down at the ground in front of his feet. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

A truck came bouncing over the goat path and pulled to a screeching stop in front of the kitchen door. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

At dead of night in front of the dark cavern on the bank of the somber lake she slaughtered four coal-black bullocks to Hecate, the dread Goddess of Night. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a bit of bright fire burning on the hearth, and in front of it were some low and comfortable chairs. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I hated things like swimming and changing in locker rooms because I hated being so bare in front of other people. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

We pour the buttons in front of us and use our fingertips to spread them into a one-button-thick layer. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

We stood against the chain-link fence in front of the dead man’s neighbor’s house watching the gargantuan canine panting and licking his chops and whining inside the car. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

His hands were in front of him, palms down, and his eyes were on the scorpion. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ground ran in front of me, thinned beneath me, became a spiderweb of truth and lies. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

When Mom steers our old two-door Toyota hatchback into a parking space in front of Kroger, I mumble, “I hate grocery shopping.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He extended his arm in the direction of Nadia and Noah and took a small step back so that I could pass in front of him. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was staring straight in front of him at the floor. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It feels appropriate somehow, to have reached the edge of the continent, to have only the hammered sea left in front of him. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She tugs at the hem of her shirt, then clasps her hands in front of her. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

You look down and see a beautiful day-old baby in front of you. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

A speech impediment, which she'd had since childhood, had led to a dislike of speaking in front of others. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Wilkin, a laid-back guy, told us all to take a seat, put our brimmed “bus driver” hats on the table in front of us, and just talk to him for a while. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spread his arms in front of the staircase, and Harry had a sudden vision of his mother doing the same thing in front of his crib. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Lily pulled out a blue long-sleeved knit top and held it up in front of her. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I had even passed some of the eighth graders, and I could see the leaders in front of me again. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I managed to get through speaking for two whole minutes in front of an audience, which I think is the longest ever. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Henry laced his fingers and made one big fist of his two hands and laid the fist on the desk in front of him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He twisted around and handed her earphones, and showed her how to put them on and bring the microphone round in front of her mouth. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She pulls up to a curb in front of an abandoned building. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Oh. yeah, Irene. You come by for me in that car of yours. You remember the fender came loose entirely right in front the bowling alley.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tree is right in front of him. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The man who drove the car sat in front, and Mrs. Devi and I in the back. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Down on the mall in front of Buckingham Palace, there’s a mass of people with banners, signs, American flags, Union Jacks, pride pennants streaming over their heads. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

About her mom’s hysterics, about how she lost it in front of my relatives, who were very gracious about the whole thing. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gives us an embarrassed smile when I dangle the earring in front of her. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Dill stopped strumming his guitar, leaned forward, and wrote in the dollar-store composition book open on the floor in front of him. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Biting his tongue to prevent himself retaliating, he sat down in front of the boxes and pulled one toward him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Then once again, after all the white people were served and we’d finally gotten to our turn, suddenly the butcher called for a woman named Mrs. Wishart to step in front of us. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Dodds stood with her arms crossed in front of a big marble frieze of the Greek gods. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

There were media vans in front of the school and the first thing I thought to myself was they were there to welcome the Freedom Writers back and to write an article about us. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

They made a perfect half circle in front of the synagogue doors, like a steel trap with gaping jaws ready to be sprung. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom moves to kneel in front of me and holds my hands. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

It’s not just having to stand up and talk in front of people. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Alvin Hooks began his cross-examination by perching himself on the edge of the prosecutor’s table and crossing his well-shined shoes in front of him as though he were relaxing on a street corner. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I stood in front of them and breathed the cold clean air. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly an idea rises to the surface, floats in front of Helmuth. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

They stopped short at a comer just as a truck sped through the intersection in front of them. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

As I stopped he dived and came up in front of me. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still,” she continued, “everything you’ve told me, and being a magical girl on top of all that… Oh my, what a road you have in front of you.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

His bad leg stretches out in front of him as dead as a fallen tree. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The Silent Sentinels gathered in front of the White House. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

A wavering, brilliant red color flittered in front of her. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

She flung her cloak in front of her and fell on the explosive arrow, determined to shield Blackjack and the other pegasi and hopefully protect the mortals sleeping belowdecks. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

After a while, her brother now properly subdued and her irritation spent, Bristle retrieved the morsel of rat and dropped it in front of him. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Pettigrew squeaked, turning to Lupin instead, writhing imploringly in front of him. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Dad removed the seats, except the two in front, and in their place he put a queen mattress; then he heaved himself onto it and didn’t move for the rest of the drive. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The clothes inside his suitcase were wet, too, and his books were damp, so he carefully placed everything in front of the fire. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The big yellow bus was already at the stop in front of the Todds’ house, and Jack Martin, the driver, waited for no one. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Only one reserved table is left in front of the dais. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few women lifted up their wraparound sarongs and tied them in front, to cover their breasts. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bowing my shaved head in front of my father's portrait, I repeat the age-old Bangla prayers in a strong and steady voice. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Even Ruth looked daunted that sunny day the minibus dropped us in front of the farmhouse, circled round the little pond and disappeared up the slope. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked up the steps and stood in front of the door. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mom’s car was parked in front of the duplex, but it didn’t feel like anyone was home. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

When you were done chatting to the person in front of you, Courtney, I tapped you on the shoulder. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

But after a series of switchbacks, twists, and turns, they stood in front of a three-story redbrick building, tucked behind the Science and Engineering Library. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Amah led a large iron pot, rolled in on a rough wood platform by two of Da-A-Fu’s uncles, in front of the dragon. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Werner Pfennig sits on a folding chair in front of a workbench, checks his battery level, and puts on headphones. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Reynie waved his hand back and forth in front of the window. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

One time my parents took me to this place called Crystal Caverns where you went underground and couldn’t even see your hand in front of your face. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

She stands me in front of the mirror so I can see the final result. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Kinshasa residents with money lived like colonists in a hostile land, shuttered into manor houses with guards stationed in front. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was still closed, so he decided to go up to the hotel and get a bath, and I sat out in front of the café and then went for a walk in the town. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Frank would stand for hours in the hot Saturday sun, leaning over so he could get a good look at my stance, sometimes standing in front of me, sometimes behind, sometimes beside. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“You will never, as long as the grass is green and the sky is blue, make me look like a fool in front of strangers!” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Naomi laid the plate in front of him and sat down again. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

We fight our way through the bustling streets and land in front of Je’s Restaurant. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I scan the scene: shaking hands, nervous smiles, grim faces, a group kneeling in prayer a few feet away, their hands cupped in front of them. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Moss laughed, but it was cut short by the sound that rose sharply from in front of them. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I had never informed upon a boy in the public school, and I was waiting for the boy in front of me to come to my aid, lying, making up excuses, anything. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chester Cricket’s new manager, Tucker Mouse, was pacing up and down in front of the cricket cage. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was at this moment—standing in front of the whole class for a presentation on Iran—that I knew for certain, he didn’t speak English. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

That didn’t seem like something a ghost would put in front of his apartment. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

It swings in front of her like a pendulum, an enormous and muscled worm. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Out in front, far away at the horizon, he could see lots of them, glittering blue in the late afternoon sun. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Percy tried to decipher the banners and symbols hanging in front of the buildings. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I’d ask you not to mention that word in front of them.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

They threw enough rocks to cover the entire left half of the area in front of them, covering the distance anyone—or anything—could possibly jump. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The human girl is kneeling in front of a huge fireplace, sweeping up ash from the grate. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I paced up and back in front of the cafeteria until the policeman began to eye me suspiciously. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ben mentioned Evan's name, and before I had time to react, Kia piped in with: "How dare you mention that name in front of my sister?" Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Zazi’s father beat him in front of all of us, spit in his face, and begged for forgiveness from my father. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Val filled a glass with beer and put it in front of Toby. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She makes a disgusted noise and cuts in front of me. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shook it out and held it up in front of him. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I nodded and stared straight ahead as if the phone in the back of the seat in front of me were the most fascinating object I had ever seen. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I sure hoped he didn’t call me Butterbean in front of Jackie. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Once she’s fixed in front of the Vista Lounge window, she rarely leaves until someone makes her leave. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I kneel in front of June and clutch my head in both hands, then sink to the floor. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Their hands were handcuffed behind their backs, and their feet tied straight out in front of them with a length of bright yellow rope. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

They stood together in front of the tank. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Then Dalton Tatum was in front of them. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Day after day weary black passengers remained standing over empty seats in front. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“You know, I still get really nervous every time I speak in front of an audience,” Imam Malik confessed. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I'll have to go up there soon, in front of all those eyes. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I will never smoke one myself—they are closely tied to vanity—but a crowd of Candor smokes them in front of the building when we get off the bus. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Men were coming in with machine guns held in front of them. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now she was standing right in front of them. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Snow was drifting past the window in front of them. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He set the lawn chair in front of the store and sat down on it. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They piled tables and chairs and forebears in front of the door before closing it. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Word of it crept in among the nuns; the beggars in front of the church spoke of it, for they would be there to take the tithe of the first fruits of the luck. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stand in front of the door and listen. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Montag did not hear, he was far away, he was running with his mind, he was gone, leaving this dead soot-covered body to sway in front of another raving fool. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dale placed Seth in front of the door. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Gum Baby was standing in front of a sack of carrots Chestnutt had brought along. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He held the device out in front of him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“In any case it would be impossible to bump you from the back, because the forelegs are in front” The bump! The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We admired,” she said, “the courage it took to stand in front of us and do what you did.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Walton darts from the register and stops in front of a mannequin dressed in an ivory princess-style gown. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Victor answered, gesturing toward the chairs in front of his desk. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He just put his hands in front of his face and took it. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Ever colored person in Jackson gets in front a whatever tee-vee set they can find, watches Martin Luther King stand in our nation’s capital and tell us he’s got a dream. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She deposits me in front of a meticulously arranged place setting. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

My finger hovered in front of the start button. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Old Chao and Theresa were stiff with each other, embarrassed in front of Helen. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

A photo showed a family, holding each other in front of a blackened mobile home. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I heard the impact of the bullets in the ground in front of Captain Stewart’s feet, I saw him leap backward. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dismay ran in front of the mower, barking and spinning. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He plucked a well-read copy of Face Value out of the bag in front of him and pitched it into the Toss pile. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I stand in front of the mirror and study my face. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And then I’m standing in front of Erudite headquarters. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Each was housed in a large rectangular wooden box containing a cathode picture tube with a set of crude game controls mounted in front of it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

In a mad rush, Sumac came flapping down and landed in front of me, raising a small cloud of dust. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

It’s horrible to think about, with her picture right in front of me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clouds of seagulls take to the air in front of us, quarreling and shrieking. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw Wayne stop in front of the house, the cloud of poison still five yards behind him. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought of my mother to keep my feet moving, one in front of the other. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

On the second Saturday, after my deliveries, Lucas was waiting for me in front of the Marysville Free Public Library. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I stand there for a minute, my arms crossed in front of me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He pushes a glass of ice water in front of me. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

All of them but Alec up the short flight of stairs and onto the landing, grouping together in front of the door. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She nodded at the bald expanse in front of them. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I opened my eyes to find her standing behind me, facing the white bus driver, who was in front of me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She never saw where he came from, but suddenly he was right in front of her. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The table had a drawer, and a blue wicker chair in front of it. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I stopped in front of the iron-studded oak door and frowned. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bird looked like it was made out of the same colors as the flowers in front, with a rich purple body, a yellow mask, and a bright red belly. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t want the man unloading his gear in front of me. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

And then, straight in front of her, she did see something green. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I sweep away my illusion and step out onto the stage in front of the microphone Dylan left for me. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Only in strict emergencies did Bailey allow me to speak Pig Latin to him in front of adults, but I had to take the chance that afternoon. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Even if the girl in front of you slips and falls on her bon-hooney and then catches on fire, too, you just keep smiling like nothing happened.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He ambled up to Thomas slowly and stopped right in front of him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

When we returned, the judges were waiting for me in front of my display. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Han squatted in front of Doha and wiped his tears away with a clean handkerchief. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Once in front of her, he suddenly swerved the moped, tacking from one side of the road to the other. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Who is that girl sitting in front of my bathroom mirror? Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Sharing our list with our parents sounded like a much better idea before we were actually standing in front of the three of them in my living room. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Man!” one of the truckers said, waving his hand in front of his ugly nose. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m talking about beating Marcus to a pulp in front of all the Dauntless for no apparent reason.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

You think Malvonne would have covered her mouth in front of them? Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reporters lined the street in front of Sasha’s house, pushing up against the front door. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“You just lied to me,” she said, standing up in front of me. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

A borrowed jacket and tie, however, made me superficially presentable as our bus driver let us out in front of the huge country house. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“Well, would you tell me you found me attractive in front of your mom?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The only thing on it was a small drawing of a black bird in front of a bridge and ocean waves, and a short string of numbers. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Barack hung his suit jacket on the back of his chair and took off his wristwatch, laying it on the table in front of him to keep an eye on the time. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She made us kneel with her in front of Ultima. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood in front of my bed all bit up by mosquitoes and scratching through a new suit. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a cluster of young guys gathered around the hood of a car, down in front of the barbershop. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It happened to be standing out in front of the house, right where the ground broke away in a sharp slant toward the spring and creek. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead he tried out one of Victor’s disguises in front of the mirror. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The clinic was an unassuming beige building with clean, shiny windows, flowering shrubs in front, a parking lot. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

One of the ladies-in-waiting was standing in front of the Queen’s tub, holding an embroidered mantle for inspection. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Al, who was in front of us, turns around once we reach the Pit and announces, “I want to get a tattoo.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

A particularly large white man dressed as a butcher, with a blood-spattered apron and a meat cleaver, stopped in front of them. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He had found a broom out back and was sweeping the board sidewalk in front of the store when they walked up. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

First, I wished that the boys wouldn’t be in front of the garage. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I start to shuffle backward, with David whimpering in front of me, still under the influence of the serum cocktail. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Apa throws me on the couch and stands in front of me heaving, his nostrils flared, eyes thin with anger. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Before we rounded a corner I looked back over my shoulder and saw the night-watch guy bumbling into the road in front of the house. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

My attention has gone back to where Hideo is still standing in front of a podium, flanked on one side by Kenn and on the other by Mari, answering a series of questions. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I double-check the address as the truck pulls up in front of Ethan’s house. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

El skids to a stop in front of me, panting. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

A barge was unloading right in front of me. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A black and white police car was parked in front, with a red glass searchlight on its roof and a radio antenna, like a buggy whip, fastened to the windshield. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I chose a picture of my father and me playing basketball in front of the house. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Roza plucked the cherry from the top of her sundae, dangled it in front of Finn. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

While they were still able to give heed to such things, they could hear his breath hissing and gasping just in front of them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was because Zane was in so much pain that he found it hard to follow the events that unfolded right in front of him. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Flittman couldn’t stand it so he got in the habit of washing the horse in front of his house. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

One more block and we stop in front of another building. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Running a few feet in front of him is Sasuke—clearly the younger of the two—all grins and laughs, his boots crunching in the leaves as he sprints forward. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Penn remained out in front by three-quarters of a length, and even continued to slowly draw farther ahead of California. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

We head there and walk the way we did as children, Gat in front and me behind. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

And if he was selected, how was he supposed to react in front of Benji and Mr. and Mrs. Porter? Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Not in front of you,” I say with a laugh. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

There was a ford in front of the drugstore, but I didn’t even look at it. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The quality or condition of being depraved or corrupt, ” Rahel read, with a row of sternmouthed nuns seated behind her and a sea of sniggering schoolgirl faces in front. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was seated in front of him and the two detectives sat on a little couch by the window. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I pause in front of the romance section, where they have a dozen books wrapped in brown paper stamped “Blind Date with a Book.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Another plate is put in front of me. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

No touching the person in front of me. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few minutes after I emerged from the door in the cargo hold and stepped onto a large floating piece of wood, I watched the giant ship sink in front of my eyes. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Maybe he was just embarrassed. Who would want to admit anything in front of those jerks?” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Lula quaked in front of me, shivering all the way to the tips of her braids. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The man goes over and plants himself in front of Dutchy. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

When I finished, a pretty blond girl in front of me said, quite innocently, “Gee, I didn’t know you could speak English.” Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wiggled her fingers in front of her face, felt the air move, saw nothing. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I’d have to tell the truth, especially in front of Joey. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Black Santa took a few gulps from his own glass, the same kind of glass that now sat in front of Genie, Ernie, and Tess. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Mateo stands and his face is flushed, like we got into a snapping battle and I played him hard in front of mad people. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

A woman in a paisley apron was sweeping with demented vigor in front of her house through whose open door came the smell of fried breakfast. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She stood in front of a small photograph in an oval frame. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Halima’s customer tilted her head this way and that in front of the mirror and said, “Thank you so much, it’s gorgeous!” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Although the house was not much cooler, there were at least fans in there, and Mrs. Moss parked the babies in front of the TV during the hottest part of the afternoon. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He wiped his mouth with the arm of his sweatshirt and stared up at the bridge, which was right in front of us now, a huge mass of steel and cement and wires. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I stare at the floor in front of my feet as the room bursts into conversation. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“I don’t understand,” said Tendai, who had never seen the Praise Singer do anything except cower in front of Father. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Before I could unstick my throat, she stopped in front of me and pulled open the door to the art building. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

She stuck up for me in front of Lettie and all the popular girls. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

And, as I feared, the credit counter at the bottom of the screen had a numeral one in front of it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

But in front of her, from here to the guards, was nothing but prison cages. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Then the shadows in front of us began to move. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

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

No goddess was there, but a marvelous object lay in front of him, a bridle all of gold, such as never had been seen before. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He always had two heavies sitting in front of the place and two pit bulls to keep the Man off his case. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

To them it would look like I’d just attacked a helpless cheerleader in front of a group of witnesses. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Riccio whispered when they finally stood in front of the movie theater's emergency exit. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

A moment later, an identical package landed in front of Ron, crushing beneath it his minuscule and exhausted owl, Pigwidgeon. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The teacher stood at a podium in front of a single blackboard. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Aunty Ifeoma came hurrying out to the verandah, drying her hands in front of her shorts. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

We met her in the sand, Mama breathless, small in front of him, looking up saying, “Ko! Ko, it’s a boy!” Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

She got up to the third floor, set the tree right in front on his doorstep, and hurried back down to the second floor and knocked on the door. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He practiced what he would say in front of the mirror, the gestures he would make, although he was aware that she would not see him if they spoke over the phone. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“No thanks, pal,” said Scruffy, beating the water in front of him with both paws. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Jason put his hands in front of him, palms up. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The postman wiggled his fingers in front of the fire once more, then picked his coat back up. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He keeps putting it in front of me. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The cop walked back around to stand in front of him, and the amusement was still on his face. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Td also like to spend more time in front of a camera, so that I get used to the sensation of being taped. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Out in front, the Japanese, still rowing like demons possessed, stretched their lead over the British to a full length. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He sets Marie-Laure in front of the barn doors and knocks softly and waits and knocks again. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Rockit was sitting on the passenger side of this monster SUV—bananas—right on the street in front of St. Nick. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He remembers their vows spoken in front of God and everyone. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I backed away, waving the wok in front of me. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

It rolled past them, then came to a halt in front of the tree. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Suddenly a bright flash lit the compartment, the light from the explosion reflecting off the clouds in front of us ... A few moments later, two sharp shocks slammed the plane.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Ten minutes later they stopped in front of a huge white building; he was led up steps, down hallways and then halted in front of a cell door. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Marriage was dangled in front of prisoners as the ultimate bonus for hard work and reliable snitching. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

She could hear the cat, too, padding in the dark in front of her. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Tucker pulled up in front of Miles’s house. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

We started walking together on the path that circles the island, Gat in front and me behind. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

The rope bounced in front of his nose. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

When we stopped to let Fang off, the roving-eye boys were right there, idling behind us, and they were already parked solidly in front of our place when we scrambled out of the car. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Ms. Fleming steps in front of her podium. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

After Ivy unwrapped Taryn’s present—a new turquoise messenger bag that Ivy loved, with a nice wide strap and magnetic closures—they settled in front of the TV to watch a movie. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It was no rooftop, simply a flat piece of land in front of the wood. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The branch released the magistrate once the vodyanoi had fled, and he collapsed onto the ground in front of Mama with a wet squish. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“I think there’s an ambulance in front of your building,” he says. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It appeared as a jumble of cascading windows floating in front of me, displaying text, maps, photos, and audio and video files, all indexed, cross-referenced, and pulsing with life. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Mom immediately started singing along—sounding even better than when she sang to herself in front of the bathroom mirror. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He imagined standing in front of a firing squad or on a wooden box with a noose around his neck. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Dad squatted in front of us, one knee to the floor, his arms folded across the other knee, cowboy-style. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Aimee lay on her mother’s big bed while her mom stood in front of the full-length mirror, this time in black slacks and a gray top. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“I guess sometimes you can’t see things that are right in front of you,” she replies. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

And then they were in front of the woods. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

We both stop immediately and take in what’s in front of our eyes, all in a flash. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The first thing she did was to push a tall cupboard in front of the gap where the tiles had been. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Howard yelled across the paddock to the horse’s owner, “This is your last chance to be in front!” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seconds later, another one passed in front of the rock and disappeared into the shadows. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Nick planted himself in front of me, a distinctly unpleasant smile on his face. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

As I look at their fancy chicken wraps, I decide that I don’t feel like eating a fried bologna sandwich in front of these two. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

After Congo, Calista picked the reptile house, which was warm warm warm—so warm that the glass in front of the snakes and turtles was half steamed up. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

He tries to give me a punch when we pull up in front of his school. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I opened it and held it out in front of me. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Most of the girls sat on the couches or in chairs, but one first year stood in front of all of them, holding a banana. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She sits in a chair between a few of the bunks, her wounded leg stuck out in front of her. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He darts in front of me and kicks me hard in the stomach. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I stared at the yellow glove in front of me, streaked with dirt and black grime, and, despite what had happened a few minutes before, pulled it right off her little fingers. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

To break my paralysis, I reminded myself that the person operating the avatar in front of me might not be a woman at all. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

To be more accurate, I’m just glad he was there before I fell off the ledge and killed myself in front of everyone. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Henry and his fellow usher walked up the center aisle and stood reverently in front of the altar. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Bathing is even more embarrassing, because I have to strip down to my birthday suit in front of a nurse. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Not if we tell him tonight at the campfire in front of everybody. The whole camp will hear. They’ll pressure him. He won’t be able to refuse.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Streaking past me, just right there in front of me, goes a dark face in a black hoodie. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Ben was sitting cross-legged on the ground in front of a woman in a pink robe. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

And all forty-two of his legs were sticking out straight in front of him, like rods. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Aragorn picked up Frodo where he lay by the wall and made for the stair, pushing Merry and Pippin in front of him. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Seven’s parents left for town after putting Beefy to bed, and Mrs. Villalobos had come over and promptly fallen asleep in front of the telecast of Real Witch Wives of Hastings-on-Pumpkins. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Hey!” the crazy drunk shouted, wavering unsteadily in front of the sheriff. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ma looked up at me with her tinker’s eye perched in front of her forehead. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

She remembered him crouched in front of the stone hearth, feeding her toys into the flames. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It was bad enough having to come to this broken-down old school but to be behind—to seem dumber than the rest of the kids—to have to appear a fool in front of. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

She puts a plate of food in front of me, and I stuff my face. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know how to tell her this in front of everybody, though, so instead I gave her an awkward grin and a thumbs-up. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

We stood in front of my father’s body for the final time. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

And he was in front of me again, standing two feet away, still as a stone. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

A clean, cherry-red Camaro screeches to a stop in front of me. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I took out the quarter and held it up in front of my eyes. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I have a second chair set up in front of me as an art desk, with stacks of board games on it and a chessboard on top. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Please? I’ll walk in front of you. No one will see.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The person in front of me points directly at the targeted spot below the smallest waterfall. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Anatole has set out in front of the school a collection of big clay bowls and next to each one the knife, the bottle, or the matches. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You were horrible,” another guy says from his spot in front of the TV. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

When she returns to plunk a plate down in front of me, her lips are pursed primly. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

As he worked, his stomach growled for food, but he wouldn’t admit he was hungry, not in front of Edwin and Garvey. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Ludo Bagman, you have been brought here in front of the Council of Magical Law to answer charges relating to the activities of the Death Eaters,” said Mr. Crouch. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Violet takes a bite out of the samosa in front of her and gulps down her juice. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I just look at crusty rock in front of me, the faraway plateau below me. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I asked Sarge if our escorts in the jeeps felt as odd as we did about being propped up there with those big guns mounted in front of them just to take us to school. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She seemed quite willing to take orders if she saw the sense of them, so he told her to go and clear a table in front of the café. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oliver asks before his body has even come to a stop in front of my desk. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

She remembered when Aphrodite had claimed her at the bonfire in front of the entire camp, zapping her with a magic beauty-queen makeover. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She awkwardly wiped her face on her shoulder, sniffed back a runny nose, and stood up, her bee-stung hands stretched out in front of her. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

As I wondered what the examination this time was I saw a muscular black man stand in front of the white man as if waiting for some command. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

This made Sergeant Rojas stop in front of the open door of the police cruiser. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

To avoid the enormous crowd of our supporters, who had grouped in front of the building, we were driven into the rear of the building and taken in through great iron gates. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Madam had once again set herself on her walnut linen chest, which sat in front of the hearth. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

My grandmother, dressed in black lace, went thumping across the floor of the Lounge and halted in front of the Jenkins's table. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Sandalwood fans flick-flacked in front of sweaty faces, barely stirring the hot air. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

We set it up in front of the neatly made bed, lid open, with Lucinda’s bloody sheets spilling out the sides. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

At Turner’s, he stood in front of a shelf of crackers, baffled by the variety. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Just when I thought I’d gathered myself together, Chase’s face would flash in front of me and the faucet would turn on all over again. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I knew people's memories of each of them, and I stitched them together to form a person, but it’s a different person than the one standing in front of me. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think you should eat like that in front of the children,” she said. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She paused only a while in front of the ducks, which honked madly, the down flying as some passer-by bumped into their cages. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he quickly gets in front of me to open the door. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“What about you guys?” he asked, glancing over at Rishi, who, totally unself-consciously, was practicing a few moves in front of the mirror. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Dear Diary, Ms. G made us do an oral report in front of the class about what we wanted to be. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

About a minute before the bus pulled up in front of the school, I decided to ask Charlie straight out about his health. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

A kombi in front of me attempts to go, but I look right instead of staying focused on the van. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

And then she ran out in front of it, waving her arms. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as I walk into room twelve, and before it gets too crowded, I stand in front of Mr. Fabian’s desk. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Another holler went up in front of me, and a large woman flopped over, her arms above her head like a candidate for baptism. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been waiting and waiting for you, trying to act like things were fine in front of Dad. You made me worry.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Scoob rotates back forward and a surge of tears blurs his vision as Dad pulls up in front of the place. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

It was a bit of a mind melt to see the roving-eye van still parked in front of my place, a nasty reminder that this nightmare was way real. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She sat them down in front of a black-and-white television set, gave each a chocolate bar, and they spent the entire day watching cartoons, while Tata smoked and drank beer. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

As I came to stand in front of the drench I dropped the glass to the floor, concentrated, and stepped down hard, crushing it with my heel. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The car screeched to a halt in front of Harry and Ron and the doors flew open. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He sank into one of the cracked leather armchairs in front of the fire grate with a sigh. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“How was your first day?” my mom asked, stopping in front of me. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The chauffeur drove them to the residence of the Papal Nuncio, passing in front of a police barricade without anyone attempting to stop them. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A crowd of teenagers in front of the White House, wearing homemade T-shirts that all say the same thing in crooked Sharpie letters, a phrase he recognizes from one of his own emails: HISTORY, HUH? Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He started smashing the bat into the mud ruts in front of him, grunting with rage at every blow. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She alternated between burying her face in her hands and staring at the body on the wall in front of us. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“And she’s sitting in front of a sign that says ‘Judge Susanna Morales,”’ Chess added quietly. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Her mother had frowned with mild disapproval at first, but eventually, the three of them ended up laughing uproariously in front of the hearth that whole evening. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our faction allows me to stand in front of it on the second day of every third month, the day my mother cuts my hair. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Wear innocent expressions,” Mom told us kids the first time we dropped Dad off in front of the bank. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He glanced at his watch as she hovered in front of him: It was a quarter to midnight. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

When Mike had his back turned to us, Liam snuck a hand in the top box and held an orange out in front of my face, a shy smile on his lips. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He marched up and plunked down two big clay voting bowls in front of Leah. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel like I've thrown my armor away, and I'm standing in front of her completely exposed. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Yule May, Miss Hilly’s maid, setting in front a me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She paused in front of a stand of hardwoods and studied the trees. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Absorbed in watching her as she floats past me toward the concierge desk, I don’t notice the tall, thin man with blond hair until he is standing in front of me. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Wielaf crossed the first and middle fingers of both hands, touched the crossed tips in front of his body, and then swung his hands out. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

There was a light popping noise, then a sizzle out in front of Bunker Six. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The host and judges are on the floor in front of the stage, with their backs to the audience. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

It’s weird, Noise, but almost wordless, cresting the hill in front of us and rolling down, single-minded but talking in legions, like a thousand voices singing the same thing. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

His front door is open, and when the bus pulls up in front of his house I can make out his mom in the doorway with him, pushing a travel mug into his hand. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

It’s about four feet high and extends in a large rectangle in front of the mansion. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The bus stopped in front of a posada and many of the passengers got down, and a lot of the baggage was unstrapped from the roof from under the big tarpaulins and lifted down. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I hate being put on the spot in front of strangers. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Bodega stopped, and held his index finger in front of his eyes. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

She’s sitting in a chair in front of her vanity, dressed in a midnight blue negligee and smoking a cigarette. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Please,” La Llorona pleaded, standing up and stepping in front of me. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Magically I was on the Hoboken ferry and then ashore, far downtown with the daily panic rush of commuters leaping and running and dodging in front, obeying no signals. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Down on the street, when guys got cut down in front of me. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He was right in front of me now, a head taller and at least thirty pounds heavier. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

An older man wearing a white chef’s coat and a black-and-white bandanna on his head stood in front of it, peering inside as the huge beater spun around to mix the batter. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Instead of just standing stiff and stumplike in front of her, he waggled his arms and legs. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Sit up!” she’d shout, and clap her hands, and I would, with my little arms up in front of my face and my wrists curled down like paws. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mam says he’s talking a lot of bloody nonsense and he says she shouldn’t say bloody in front of the children. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He paced up and down in front of the fire. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I walked past Rosie’s house, turned, and passed in front of the Longhorn Saloon. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She left the oven door open, and we took turns sitting in front of it warming up. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Paul didn’t live here, and yet he stood there at the grill, like he was at the helm or something, and the whole party radiated out in front of him. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The lady was in front, going like mad, and the knight was after her. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Along this path the hobbits trudged, side by side, unable to see Gollum in front of them, except when he turned back to beckon them on. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Meggie, I know I said we would,” said Mo as they stood in the square in front of the war memorial, feeling rather at a loss. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Buddy ran to a wooden box and shoved it quickly in front of a gaping hole in the molding and then backed again to the door, holding the skillet ready. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The small wooden door of the window slid open in front of me, and in the dark I could make out the head of Father Byrnes. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Loraine sits down in front of me with a glass for herself. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He stopped in front of one of the posters and read the slogan: “Nixon’s the One.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

But if you meditate in front of your locker, someone might steal your sandals while your eyes are closed. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

A figure standing in front of a seated group, a box strapped to his back. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

There he stood in front of Pippin, looking him up and down. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Someone had spotted where the firing was coming from and estimated it to be four hundred and fifty meters in front of us. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reached in front of him and took both of Sybil’s ankles in his hands. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I did as she told me and sat in front of a tall black Royal typewriter that was sitting on an unused sewing table. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Beside the main gateway there are six more bodies hanging, by the necks, their hands tied in front of them, their heads in white bags tipped sideways onto their shoulders. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just stretched my arms out in front of me and grabbed my left foot, pulled myself down until my head was on my knee. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“The play was right in front of you,” he says. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I came inside cautiously and found Mom sitting at the kitchen table in front of her painting. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I work quickly, piling bones back in front of the crypt to cover my trail, my senses primed for anything out of the ordinary. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He squatted in front of the apple crate the dealer had set up as a makeshift table and flipped down another nickel. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She moves into the kitchen as Sophia pulls up in front. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did my presence make her feel so insecure that she felt she had to punish me in front of the pupils to impress them? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes a bonobo would come over and sit in front of Otto and me, back turned, expecting to be stroked. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I slip out of my seat and find myself in front of Kalinda’s house, shouting her name. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You’re Jack,” she said, putting the mirror in front of him. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

We were all sitting in the living room in front of the fan, trying not to melt. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time he found fabric in front of him—heavy green velvet: the curtains of the study. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stops in front of it and smiles. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

He could see Grover Clark’s backside in front of him, but he continued to hold Washington steady at thirty strokes per minute. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He could hear Papi laughing at him for his weakness, and he used his anger and resentment to give him the energy he needed to clear the snow from in front of the door. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z