| 单词 | in time |
| 例句 | “Scythes cannot speak to the Thunderhead, and it will not speak to us. But in time you’ll come to appreciate the silence and self-reliance that comes from its absence.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “Of getting lost out there yourself? Or maybe not finding him in time?” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z They were walking in time to the music. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z The colonial government in time raised the bounty for adult male scalps, lowered it for adult females, and eliminated it for Indigenous children under age ten. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z He looked around once more in the entrance hall before leaving the house, but Meggie ducked down behind a chest just in time. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z There is some small part of me that wants to get home in time to see the Jones’s house decked out. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Aeneas came back with a large army of Etruscans in time to save the camp, and furious war raged. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z They are frozen in time, and fading, like old photos in an album. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z We rushed to the doors of the trailer in time to see the zebra galloping down a wide boulevard lined with hotels and casinos and neon signs. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z If your heart fails in District 12, it’s unlikely your family could get you to my mother in time, anyway. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He got out of sight just in time. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Lara and Spike come over just in time for “Independent Women” and we all throw our hands up at each other and laugh. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z There was a search, a hopeless one, in the sand, and so we set off on the long ride back without any breakfast, and got to Devon just in time for my test. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Not to mention, if I can’t get it written in time to make the mail tomorrow, it will put us yet another day later, shorting our chances to make the deadline. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Covered in sensors, the women pedaled an exercise bike in time to a metronome. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z Yet this is the way I felt about the animals who had become my friends and those who were not, but in time could be. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z She almost dropped the lighter, but her fist clenched around it just in time. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I looked up in time to see his golden eyes close again. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “Be home in time for supper,” she said as she handed it to him. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z “The medicine may save the baby from hurt, but I will come back in an hour. Perhaps I am in time to save him.” The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z She loves me, and for one moment in time, she needs to allow it. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z It was the gift he had ordered for Christmas that did not arrive in time. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Our reporter proposed to say that spectators “were literally turned inside out and shot backward in time.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Only it didn’t work out like that, obviously, and I didn’t notice in time. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I knew we wouldn’t make it to Idaho in time. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Twice, Ron only just noticed in time that Harry and Hermione were in danger. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Now he had pinned it down in time and place and person. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Right. The moment they weren’t touching it”—he motioned to that piece of asphalt hovering at chest level—“it refroze in time wherever they left it. Even if they left it in the air.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z I ran to the door just in time to see the storks soaring overhead. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Byrd says, “Thank goodness you got him there in time.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It’s a matinee: I can get there, see the show, then take the bus back in time for my evening shift at the Swiss Chalet. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She drove him out of the room and out of the house; and Digory came running down the stairs just in time to see the front door dose behind them. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z He looked over his shoulder just in time to see Koffi jolt, as though waking from a stupor. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z She needed to hurry if she was going to make it in time. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Then we came back in time for lunch. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z George looked up in time to see Malfoy pretending to faint with terror again. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The only problem was that I couldn’t just lie there on the springy pasture for the rest of the afternoon. back in time. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Nok turned back to Pong just in time to see him leap off the edge. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The driver was yelling as well, and then, just in time, she realized that he was yelling at her. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z She is looking at me waiting, waiting for me to explain it away, to go back in time, to fix it, to give her back her perfect daughter who never gave her a moment’s trouble. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Almost by accident he glanced up the ridge, in time to see a third man not one hundred yards away, on foot and also carrying a rifle, rise into view. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z There had been a knock on her door, and she blinked the sleep from her eyes in time to see Dorian enter. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z As the stretcher was maneuvered into position alongside the bed, Briony’s fingers went slack, she had no control over them, and she brought up her left knee in time to catch the weight. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She looked up the drive in time to see him disappearing around the trees onto the road, and then Mama gasped, “Anya?” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z This all happened long, long ago, in time out of mind, in the days when the gods still walked the earth. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “Speaking of family, mine is going to be mad if I don’t get my yearbook stuff done in time to get home and change. I should go.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I dashed outside in time to see a horseman come over the rise of the road from the direction of Danbury. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s eerie, like going back in time or something. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The owners, boys and grown men, raced around the cement shores hoping to arrive at the other side in time to keep the boats from bumping. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z Maybe I will be in time, but right until the night of our capture, I had the happiest life imaginable. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Even a healthy person would fall over in time. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z A summer when I got lost in time, when I rarely knew what day it was, rarely cared about the hour. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Portia stopped peeling her potatoes and her long, brown fingers tapped on the table in time to her words. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I would go back in time and never date Hudson. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z With such a center, they said, they would be able to go to work and in time earn enough to move out of the project. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Normally, he’d jump back, but she came at him with such conviction, such force, that he couldn’t get away in time. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I break out of my roll in time to trip a soldier flat on his back. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “Mr. Hughes!” snapped Mama, who came out on the porch in time to hear that. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I had not seen this youth upon our own ship before except in time of festival; he was not of our Company. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I couldn’t wash and dry my dress in time for Sunday school. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The old monk's walking stick clacked in time to his steps as he called to the people who came out to greet them. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z What fam’lies are for is to hep one another in time of trouble.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z She’d given me the roses to give to Mamá and I had failed to deliver them in time, because somewhere along the line they had lost their magic. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Billy traveled in time, opened his eyes, found himself staring into the glass eyes of a jade green mechanical owl. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d be lucky now to get his Christmas order in time. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “In a few hours you’ll be nice and full again—just in time for dinner.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z His arms barely shot out in time to catch her. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Beads clicking in time with my steps, like a clock ticking in my ears. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z She was about to call out, anything, a wild cry, but just in time she realized that it might wake Will or Lyra and make them reveal themselves, and she choked it back. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z These can likewise be experienced in time, space, and energy. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z She was back in time fifteen years, seeing this room on a different day. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She jumps out of the way just in time, and Ma’s cane crushes the metal breadbox instead. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Like a camera taking pictures by a strobe light, things would seem frozen in time, caught and frozen, and then there would be another flash and things would be different. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z He makes a rhythmic gesture with his hands, in time with the thumping bass from the faraway rock song. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Perhaps my kidneys were listening in, though, because just in time, they started working properly again. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z We come up the road just in time to hear Henry’s old captain’s bell signaling that he’s ready to start dinner. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Stopped dead in time, in midair, among the trees back there, in the act of falling. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z They arrived at the Greenwich station in time to catch the 10:42 local. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “The perfect name will come to you in time.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I duck behind a curtain of vines, concealing myself just in time. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z And Reynolds would not be here in time. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Pass me your quizzes, everyone—and no dallying, please. A stitch in time saves time, you know.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Sherman gasped so loud it made me look up in time to see the streak of a big blue meteor, yellow sparks flying from its head, coming out of the north. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I came down and did the same, hitching to Big Creek, just making it in time for the first class. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z "An attack in time of peace, without defiance sent! But we'll grease his oats for him. We'll be there before he is." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Billy traveled in time back to the veterans’ hospital again. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The gutters of the city overflowed with offal and refuse—but the mess found its place in time. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z "You came in time. I wanted to get a chance to say good-bye." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z When I heard her footsteps coming, my heart seemed to be beating in time with them until the door opened. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z I slipped off into sleep somewhere between Staunton and Lexington, and woke up just in time to get a perfect view of the towering white warehouse that was Roanoke, Virginia’s former Walmart. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z They moved everywhere, precisely in time to parry, precisely at the right spot to block. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I wish I could go back in time and redo the stupid math test. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Even if this was true, would they arrive in time to save anybody inside the camps? Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z Maya tried to step around her, but Claire stepped in time with her, blocking her path. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z I ran into the quad just in time to see two guys trying to break up the fight and Ocean started fighting them, too. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Hours later, when I heard light footsteps, I went to my door in time to see Cristiana pass by, her feathers bent and her cloak dirty. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I glance up in time to see Taylor charging toward me, hands clasped together like she means business. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z What could Helen do but place her hopes in time? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Red-tailed hawks, barred owls, a ruffed grouse, an osprey with brown wings the color of Byrd’s eyes, and even a male wild turkey, fluffed and frozen in time. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z My feet kick against the floor in time. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “I may, in time. Child, you do not want to run off into the woods at this late hour. Who can say what horrors await out there?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z If it hadn't started first time, even on a cold November night, Grant Burch might've managed to get his trousers on in time to stop what happened. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z But I hold the yell just in time. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But I knew that day would get a million times worse if we didn’t get back to Davis Square in time, and our parents figured out that we weren’t where we said we’d be. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z “Last night. I went to Mr. Govind’s and Tanu sent me here. But I must return to my village very soon. I have to get the lentils planted in time for the rains next month.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The more distant the objects that astronomers look at, the farther back they are looking in time. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Maybe I’d pass for Mom after she sucked from a helium-filled balloon, but I didn’t think of that excuse in time. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z We're all lined up like a row of eggs in a carton, moving in time with one another. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Over the last two decades, genetic technologies have advanced so rapidly that we can decipher how several of these genes operate in time and space to enable these complex functions. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z We need to leave at six forty a.m. to get there in time and get a spot right by the door so we’re first in line okay? Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z We sat down at the dinner table, but I was really sad that Mother Lois hadn't gotten home in time for dinner. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Cari arrived just in time to see her place being taken. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z One could use the laws of science to evolve the universe back in time to determine its configuration at earlier times. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I jerked my hands away just in time and shouted “Yeller!” at him. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z It was twelve-thirty, by her watch; they were just in time to stand in line for lunch. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z With his free hand, Ekon drummed his fingers against his side, finding an old rhythm as he chanted his ancestors’ words in time with it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He had terrified me at first, but in time I had seen the way he spoke soothingly to the animals we brought him, stroking their fur until they nuzzled against his palm. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z "And even if I did, I couldn't tell them in time." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Oppenheimer provided it, warning that a multitude of theoretical and technical questions still remained unresolved; therefore, design work should be initiated immediately if the weapon were to be ready in time to influence the war. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Belet joined us then, just in time to receive Ishtar's gaze. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z And now the villagers were choosing partners, forming lines, and moving in time to the cheerful melody. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z We then ran back to the center to make it in time for lunch. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z It was as if we were suspended in time and space, a little like a dream. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She’d held out hope that Jimmy’s hogs would lure Royal back in time, but he and his partners were still engaged in their mission for the underground railroad. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Without some kind of help, Anya was never going to find him in time. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The closest security guard bounded up the stairs from the sixth floor and onto the roof, in time to see the scythes stepping out. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I can hear her vest vibrating through the computer, the steady hum in time with mine. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Billy traveled in time back to the hospital in Vermont. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Just in time, too, because the glass is retreating and I’m standing free in the arena. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Hazel was yelling for the others, but even if they heard her over all the chaos, they’d never make it in time. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z And at that very moment, riding through the pine trees just in time to see it all, came the Treegap constable. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The stranger reared up and aimed a heavy cuff at Campion, who leaped back just in time. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “And I won’t get my last week’s pay either. But I got another job...start tomorrow...twelve and a half a week. I’ll get a raise in time, I expect.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “He was trying to kidnap that little dirty girl, but they caught him in time,” Spoade said. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I wonder if there would be time to get Natalie and then get back to school in time to play ball with the guys. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Afraid, I ran out of my room, just in time to crash into my father, who would later only be known as “that man.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Kropp seizes him just in time, twists the hand sharply behind his back and holds it fast. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “She’s alive. So is your mother. I got them out in time,” he says. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The chipmunk’s shrill voice cut through the silence, and its claws scrabbled up the dresser as the cat half sprang—but recollected himself in time and slipped but of the door after the grosbeak instead. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Apart from her own preparations, how would they alert the railroad in time? The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I peer down in time to catch a glimpse of the taillights of a pink car disappear into the darkness. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The terror on the stairs had been brief—a bare three minutes in time—and terror had served as an anesthetic. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagined him trudging through the falling snow toward Altai, arriving in time for Christmas with my handkerchief in his breast pocket. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “I’ve talked it over with your grandma. She seemed to think it wasn’t a bad idea, as long as we got you back in time for the new school term.” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Shortly after he went to sleep that night, Billy traveled in time to another moment which was quite nice, his wedding night with the former Valencia Merble. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sorry I didn’t get back in time to help.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And Ma may be a witch, but we still got lost in time, which means she needs more than magic on her side. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z In the sixties and seventies, during the social upheaval of freedom rides and cafeteria sit-ins and boycotts in Birmingham and marches on Selma, Odessa stood locked in time. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z "There's no way I can make it up there and back in time for my appointment." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z They walked down the hill in a slow procession, all stepping gravely, all in time, filling the road, five abreast. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z His heart pounded in his chest in time to the drums, and under his layers of leather and steel his brow was cold with sweat. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The crew was able to parachute out in time. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z She could feel Taisin’s heart beating in time with her own, and it made her light-headed. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He skidded to a halt in time; the pitchfork stuck in the ground just before him. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z I opened my eyes, just in time to catch Amaka watching me. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z It feels a bit like I’ve gone back in time, the wound he made years ago ripped open again, new and fresh. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Aunt Loma came up our walk with Uncle Camp and the baby in time to hear that. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I rush over to stop him, but I worry I won’t get there in time. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z ‘For,’ said he, ‘Minas Ithil in Morgul Vale shall be utterly destroyed, and though it may in time to come be made clean, no man may dwell there for many long years.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Schindler reaches the depot barely in time to yell Stern's name and pull him off the train just as it starts to move. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “I hope I’m in time for dinner,” he said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z It was on the tip of Jo’s tongue to ask, but she checked herself in time and, with unusual tact, tried to find out in a round-about way. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Until two years ago, he and his sister Bianca had been frozen in time at a place called the Lotus Hotel and Casino. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z They act as an identity marker and a kind of map, locating you in time and geography. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z I looked bade in time to see the Apollo chariot flip over. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z In the case of a sister-in-law of ours, who had miscarried and hemorrhaged, no one was able to arrest it in time, and she just bled to death in her hospital bed. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t know who the lawyer was, or why they’d been frozen in time or allowed to go free. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “Nineteen twenty-six! We have gone back in time! This is Earth!” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Now he shuddered to a halt and turned around just in time to watch the other quad fly off the cliff and into the air. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z But as Sigurd shifted the sword in his hand, she realized they were barely there in time. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z I would travel back in time and make it so the greatest day of my father’s life never happened at all. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The baby seemed asleep with its head on her shoulder, but even the baby was swaying its hands gently in time to the music. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z There are still bullet holes in her shirt; through them I can see her wounded skin, red but no longer bleeding, like she’s frozen in time. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He realized just in time that a section of mosaic floor in front of him was an illusion covering a ten-foot-deep excavation pit. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “If I could go back in time, I would never have married him. I was too young. I could’ve done so much better,” she says. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z As he approaches, she opens her eyes, and he waves and pulls his earbuds out just in time to hear her say, “What the hell are you doing here?” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Sit out there and watch the grass dry up, is my social life at this point in time. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z For a brief moment in time, Mom was all he had. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He made it just in time for the baby’s birth.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z His voice grew distant as if he’d traveled back in time, then it fell flat, drained of all emotion. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z “What about the Orkney faction?' “They will come round in time.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Midsummer—and their appointment with the Fairy Queen—was less than a fortnight away, and they had no idea if they would arrive in time. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Still, Werfel knew, there was no way they would make it to the waterfall in time. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z "Have fun. And be home in time for the fireworks, okay?" The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z Just in time a hand grasped her elbow. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Adele urged him to push on, or they wouldn’t make it to Denver in time for the party. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Then, pouncing, it had aimed a blow of its great bill at Fiver, who just managed to dodge in time. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z In contrast, villages were closely associated in time with the rise of food production in much of Eurasia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z But as his skinny, bent fingers could not release the projectile in time, he wound up drilling it against his own foot instead of at the bird. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But had I been more obedient, would I in time have become upright and virtuous? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “I will destroy the—” He turned in time to see the ruby sphere take off with the scrolls. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “I hope you did not venture far, Miss Fairfax, this morning, or I am sure you must have been wet.—We scarcely got home in time. I hope you turned directly.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z I buckled my seat belt and relaxed into the seat, happy we’d at least get back to Davis in time. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z And she always regained her sight in time to scold the two dogs for sniffing in her room, digging in the garden outside her window, or wetting on a table leg. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Some wanting charges, others not, but all of them, in one way or another, seeing themselves in Reggie, viewing this tiny moment in time as a projection of how they would’ve handled themselves, or have. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z That genes could be regulated—i.e., turned “on” and “off” by particular cues—deepened the understanding of how genes function in time and space to specify the unique features of distinct cells. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z And in time that would finally drop as well, returning to the soil. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z I looked up in time to see a twenty-ton scowling Hera topple over on us. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Harry realized their mistake just in time: He launched himself sideways, shoving Ron and Hermione out of harm’s way as Xenophilius’s Stunning Spell soared across the room and hit the Erumpent horn. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z ‘For what help is there to send thither, and how could it come there in time?’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Dimly lit glass cabinets filled the room, displaying swords, clubs, pistols, and every type of weapon in between, going back in time to a flint ax someone might have used to take out a mammoth. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z For me, there was no math to do: Even if Barack had made it back from Hawaii in time, his vote almost certainly wouldn’t have changed the outcome. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The truck braked just in time to avoid running over Hitler’s car and crushing him. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Sheed was still in his black suit, though the stovepipe hat had gotten lost somewhere in time. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Which, in time, made the Knot practically priceless. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Here she is, just in time for dinner,” she says a little too brightly. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I'd hoped the Augurs had, at some point in time, expanded on their original prophecy—perhaps even described what the Aspirants should expect. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z But everyone made it around in time, and Nigro, who might have had trouble negotiating the course himself, looked relieved. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At one point in time Kilanga was a regular mission with four American families and a medical doctor who visited once a week. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I rush to the door in time to hear him grumble to Maddy, “That Arab lady is your teacher?” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z It rose up and down in time with his snores. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z I was just in time to see him puli' on his boots before he went outside. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z What if we get too cold while sleeping and don't wake up in time to save ourselves? We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I turned just in time to see Tyson punch Skull Eater in the face. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z And for the briefest, smallest moment in time, I feel like I don’t have a mother at all. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Just in time, too: They had arrived at the Tower du Burgh. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z So zealous in their charge were those proud cats that they bent the last joint sideways for safer custody, and in time the faithful tails became crooked forever, and their childrens’ and their childrens’ children... The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He ran to the shoreline in time to see two boats round the point and enter the bay. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The flashlight came on just in time to catch the doll starting to walk across the floor toward me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “It’s whatever you want. No limitations. If you’re into angels and halos and ghost dogs, then cool. If you wanna fly, you do you. If you wanna go back in time, knock yourself out.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z True, they were ill fed and ill equipped, suffering from low morale and yearning to return home to their families and farms in time for spring planting. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The waterfalls splashed in time, keeping the beat. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I rushed to the edge, just in time to see Otto and his captors hit the city center. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “And you were still considering, at that point in time, whether or not you should tell him your battery story?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He turns just in time to see someone running out of the gymnasium. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I can’t place the memory specifically in time; I imagine this is one of those traumatic moments that Dr. Keyes worked so hard to help me forget, but somehow it still lingers. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z I glanced up at the DJ booth just in time to see it crack open as the Great and Powerful Og emerged from within. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He was quick and rolled out of reach again, just in time, then fell back to the ground and lay there, yelling louder than ever. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z I pushed it back open in time to see her dash out the door at the other end of the stockroom, heading out into the rain. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The names, Sarah, Bruce, Rube, were familiar...Ages ago, in time well outside the mastaba, they had heard these names—in a classroom, on a school bus... From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Good,” said the King pleasantly, realising that he would be in time for the Barber, after all. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z He wanted to get back to Pyongyang in time to vote in the August election for the Supreme People’s Assembly, the rubber stamp parliament of North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Captain Stewart was still saying that the VC were trying to get into place in time for the Tet holiday. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It has been longer than that, further removed in time, I told myself, and yet I knew that it hadn't been. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Victor interrupted him, but then he remembered just in time that Hornet, Prosper, and Riccio had been in his office to feed his tortoise. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z She turned in time to see Oomen’s ugly face split in a determined grimace. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Laura clapped her hands in time to the music, with all the other clapping hands. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z It is strange, but true, to relate, that at this point in time I was still capable of being upset by the fact that my career at Hampden had pretty much gone down the drain. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “The other team’s penalty gives you a wrinkle in time.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z I was hungry and I wouldn't get back in time for supper. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z They followed the ridge to the mountain and climbed all the way up to the craggy peak just in time to see the sunrise. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z They planned to arrive in time to see Ginger play Annie's Sandy. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z I looked at Newcharlie in time to see him glance at me in the mirror, then cut his eyes back at Aaron. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z It was just in time—another step and Reynie might have collapsed into a useless heap. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z And will we act in time to save the planet for those who come after us? 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Three times a week from some bar, supermarket, or tire-and-tool-cluttered service station, I put calls through to New York and reestablished my identity in time and space. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Other types of cancer may in time be found to have a relatively short latent period, also, but at present leukemia seems to be the exception to the general rule of extremely slow development. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He came to a few moments later, just in time to see an enraged Harry Secor chasing the warden down the river, wielding a gaffing pole like a spear. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z She stops herself in time, but everyone else in the room fills in the blank: idiot! You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Scrambling forward, I wove and dodged through the crowd, tables and stalls, just in time to see the soldiers—with Aycliffe—drag Bear through the open doors of a large building. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The danger was that our ideas had become frozen in time. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked up just in time to see the woman leap off the roof, flying through the air with her arms outstretched like wings. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I made it to the den window just in time to see my father leave. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Somehow we made it to the hotel in time, though. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z All I can do is put in time waiting for the inevitable, observing as the ghosts of my past rattle around my vacuous present. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “You can rejoin your team when you’re finished. But I can’t wait. I need to be back in the studio in time to prep for the ten p.m. newscast. There’s a cold front moving in.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z I wish I could go back in time. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “We’re never going to get her back over the sand in time.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Looking dignified in his military uniform, he pounded his cane in time to the music. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z And in time, we had six children; moved from the shotgun to a duplex apartment to a house, and lived the dream—high school football on Friday nights. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It turned out to be a good thing really, because they were just in time to find out about a plot. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Animals in the wild are, in practice, free neither in space nor in time, nor in their personal relations. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z And in time the boy would take the oath as well. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Could one reach back in time and expect them to be as merciful as it was possible to be fifteen years later with a mind and body unviolated by gods? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z It was like going back in time, an unwinding of America. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Father Mike was going much too fast to stop in time. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I left early in the morning and returned in time for roll call, and then hard bread and thin soup in the barracks each night. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z The cat came very fast indeed and although both of them had been braced ready to move on the instant, they were barely out of the yard in time. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Today we are again seeking messages from an ancient and exotic civilization, this time hidden from us not only in time but also in space. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Werfel reached up and grabbed her tail just in time. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z The appearance of the constellations changes not only in space but also in time; not only if we alter our position but also if we merely wait sufficiently long. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I raise my flouncy skirt in time with the others and hop into and out of the reeds as the audience cheers. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Jo, your turn will come in time, perhaps, so listen to my ‘plans’ and help me carry them out, if they are good.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The first indication that the laws of physics might really allow people to travel in time came in 1949 when Kurt Godel discovered a new space-time allowed by general relativity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The room pulses with a deep, rhythmic beat that makes the ground vibrate and my heart beat in time. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I sure was glad he got his health back in time for my rat joke. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Sometimes she got so lost in the flood of sights and sounds and infinite moments in time that she wasn’t sure if she’d be able to find her way back to her own body again. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Holes to fly to in time of war, to store fodder in! The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Her hands suctioned onto the stone, and Celaena heaved herself upward just in time to hear a shriek, a thump, and then silence, followed by the shouting of onlookers. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Yes, I do. I have to tell you. My father and Gretchen Silver and even—in time—Tina will understand what happened to me, but you, Connor, are the only one who recognizes it.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “If all we do is make lists, we’ll never have a recipe ready in time.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Right now there was far too much to do, especially given all the work that lay ahead to complete the hotel and furnish each of its rooms in time for the world’s fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z We can’t go back in time and diagnose him, but from here it looks like a form of epilepsy or, most likely, the beginnings of bipolar disorder, which is also known as manic depression. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I heard her key in the door and I scooted back to our room just in time. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Tuttle said he wanted them built in time for Easter Sunday, and I told him that was plenty of time. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z I run for Peeta, to knock him to the ground, to protect his body with mine, even though I know I won’t make it in time. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I would tell Noah in time so he could reapply, but I didn’t. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Travis said, “It will be nice to have wool socks when it’s cold, don’t you think? I hope they’ll be done in time.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “If you could travel back in time to any point in history, what would you pick?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He came slightly unstuck in time, saw the late movie backwards, then forwards again. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z As matters turned out, Pegasus was not only a joy, but a help in time of need as well, for hard trials lay before Bellerophon. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I roll over and sit up in time to see the door to our room slide shut. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He slept pretty well nearly all day but woke up in time for supper. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Usually she would return home from work just in time to throw something quick together for them. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z This time the bat somehow made it around in time to smash into the invisible ball. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Pietro Crespi returned on Sunday midnight to sweep up the ashes of the party, after having worn out five horses on the road in an attempt to be in time for his wedding. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z My heart is still thumping in time with the percussion group, making my hands tremble, but I steel myself. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z DRACO: Consider the alternative—consider if people had known that I had the ability to travel in time. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z Thomas Browne protested in 1646 against the general assumption that the further back in time one went, the nearer one approached to the truth. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I wish I could go back in time and take a shower and put on better clothes. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Thinking that I could find a breadcrumb trail to follow back in time, to when I had only one color of skin. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z “Oh that we had known it before!” he said, “for then we might have reached him in time to save poor Lucy. However, ‘the milk that is spilt cries not out afterwards,’ as you say. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z They’d been saying for years that the ghostly Destroyer would take care of things in time. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Thomas followed his gaze just in time to see Newt walk though the slanted door. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Just in time, because his legs had no strength left. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Our computer can carry us in time as well as in space. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I said nothing, thought of him sending his horse charging over the spot I had barely leaped from in time. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I looked away just in time to catch Amy rolling her eyes in my direction. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The moment stretched, a snag in time’s stream, and still no one moved, no one spoke. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Percy realized what it meant just in time. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z That meant she had gotten out in time. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Then she sees him, picking over the mangled bodies of those who didn't get to safety in time. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z If she could get there in time to warn her — that was as far as she could see just now. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “We were just in time,” said the Professor thankfully. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Then she looked out her window just in time to see Evan pedaling away on his bike, his backpack on his back. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z After twenty-four hours of hard work, the men finished the track in time for the president's arrival. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I flipped the clipboard over on my lap, and just in time. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He got up in time to see scientists scrambling out of the bunker. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I knelt down and crawled under my table, pretending to pickup supplies, just in time to hide the first tears that sneaked down my cheeks. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Riker’s tyrannosaurus looked up and bellowed just in time to catch a horn through its thigh. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Horse aimed the two-by-four again but Miss Violet stopped him in time. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The Witch, with a magnificent jump, had sprung clear just in time and landed on the horse’s back. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z We started back to our house in time to see Pa shuffling down the steps—and Papa’s no shuffler. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Just in time, too, because the mayor came up the steps moments later. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Well, that stupefied us all for a special moment in time. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He raced for the door, reaching it in time to see his favorite young maple tree crash to the ground. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z “You will never get around them in time.” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Janie dozed off to sleep but she woke up in time to see the sun sending up spies ahead of him to mark out the road through the dark. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z He peered around the corner in time to see Diana step into the yearbook office in the middle of the hallway. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z There was just no easy way to get the number of faded orbs they needed in time. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Tyrion barely got his shield up in time, and the wood seemed to explode inward under the force of the blow. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He woke the next morning just in time to see Gebu cross the courtyard and let himself out the gate, with the bundle of shentis under his arm. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Both Zu and I whirled around just in time to see the SUV swerve back into the right lane. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “My husband says all these big estates will be chopped up in time and bungalows built,” said the woman. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Glad I got Moonie home in time for his supper. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Miss Love was not one she had in mind when she said what fam’lies are for is to hep in time of trouble. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The fourth and final approaching creature was able to stop in time, teetering on the very edge of the cliff, a spike and a claw holding it in place. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I feel like I need to go back in time to explain it all. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z For the first time, Bush had received an unequivocal endorsement of the idea that an atomic bomb could be developed in time to influence the course of a war he knew was coming. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z This happened just in time, for frustration over the lab’s focus on engineering was again on the rise. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I turned in time to see Cico hurl his spear at the monstrous black bass that had broken the surface of the waters. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just in time” isn’t good enough? innocent bystander. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Funny, if she traveled back in time a few years, it would have been Matthew dragging her along for an adventure. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Thomas ran to the jagged, gaping hole, looked down just in time to see the Griever land and start scooting across the Glade, Gally’s body appearing and disappearing as the thing rolled. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The creatures wheeled around to talk together, their trunks moving elegantly in time with the sounds they made. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The midpoint in time of our journey as planned, the thirty-fifth day, Odorny Anner, found us far short of our halfway point in space. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z And she turns in time to see Aaron coming outta the woods behind her. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z I held a desperate hope that I could cutpurse that much in time. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She finished it that evening, just in time to go get Torito from the hospital. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z And what if Ekon hadn’t opened his eyes in time, what if she’d...She shook her head before she could think about it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z If he tried to climb over, would the man come out of the hole just in time to see him? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “Lucky that Linda warned you in time. Often la migra come back again soon, so it would be best for you two to leave here now.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z She began to wail rhythmically, in time to his pounding feet. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to discover that we couldn’t make it in time. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z She helped Mrs. Farkas bathe, took care of the house, and prepared the evening meal before she left in time to catch the 5:35 city bus back downtown. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The wood had made everything seem far off, not only removed in distance but in time, too. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Now I knew how he happened to come out just in time to catch me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I pop my head out just in time to catch him in the act of shoving something through the slots of a locker. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z The reverse is also true: many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z If I could get to the boat in time, the tide would help pull me away from New York. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z She said possibly she might and he negotiated with her for some Parisian studies to reach him in time for the holiday trade in December. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z This was just as well, for I saw only just in time a hen crossing my path in the most leisurely manner. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z For a moment everything seemed stopped in time. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He caught himself in time and hovered about a foot off the stairs. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z They were coming the evening of the Fourth of July and that meant Lily would have to cut short her fun at the beach with her friends and get back in time for dinner. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z "He did mat with his tusks. I couldn't get my spear down in time." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z I close the door, just in time, so we don’t have to see what comes next. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z It’s terrible, terrible, says Uncle Pa, but you’ll get over this in time. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z From where we were now, running, looking at reality from this one point in time, it seemed as though the world had suddenly gone mad. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z I hit the top of Half-Blood Hill in time to see the camp’s van disappearing down the farm road, probably Argus taking the quest group into the city. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z With his leg, Peeta is too slow to make it down the slope in time. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “Actually, I’m just in time for the upswing, it would seem.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “That may come, in time. It has been known to happen that way.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z TimeStar rolled from the path of the beast just in time. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z But I capture and cherish those moments in time, replaying them in my mind's eye, feeling grateful for human interaction and contact. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z When she cantered into a long ravine, Taran lost sight of her for a moment and hurried forward in time to glimpse the mare as she turned sharply around an outcropping of white stone. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z I grabbed my backpack and dashed outside just in time to make the bus. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The BFG grabbed the dangling rope and was hoisted out of the pit just in time. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z You turn just in time to see a nurse pulling away a hypodermic needle, its lethal load already delivered. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The four dogs dove into the shallow water just in time! Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Westerberg found the station in time to catch the tail end of the Paul Harvey broadcast, and he was forced to agree: The few sketchy details made the anonymous hiker sound distressingly like his friend. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Near the king’s guardroom I nearly met my father head-on, but I hid myself in the shadows just in time. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “That’s the one. I know some folk who got stronger conjure than I do. Might be they can save our pilot if we can get her there in time.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z We had pulled up just in time for dinner. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel like we’re back in time, in a kind of Cuban version of an earlier America. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Kim said that in the five years he was based in Pyongyang for the state insurance corporation, bags of cash always arrived in time for his leader’s birthday. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z A few close friends hear the news too late to come in time for the funeral. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I was just in time to catch a little girl trying to get the top off my Excedrin bottle. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I sure hoped I could locate the hogs in time to pay it a visit while I was close by. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z He pulled himself forward some more, but she was too far, too far to reach in time, and he felt so heavy— A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Frodo was just in time to grasp Sam by the hair as he came up, bubbling and struggling. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Yes, and as the apple’s fair outside finally shows its inner ruin, so evil thoughts in time corrupt a man’s features.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He hits an imaginary cymbal in time to the one in the song. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Cracking jokes, drinking Monday to Friday, though a little less now, and walking the poison out to make it in time to worship the good Lord on Sunday. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z My heart is beating in time with the song. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z What if Constance slowed her down so much she couldn’t help the boys in time? The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z This was Theon's hour—his plan, his glory, and in time his crown. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I rolled my cheek against the cold tile just in time to see Lance Winters breezing out of the can, his blond ponytail bobbing behind him. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z As time went on and the benefits he had conferred upon the town receded in time they sat on his store porch while he was busy inside and discussed him. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z I looked up in time to see Holly roll her eyes. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “There’s a portal up on the hill. You go through the portal while you’re wearing that necklace you found and go back in time to 1973. While you’re there, you have your picture taken.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z His eyes popped open in time to realize that his basket was being picked up and tipped over the side. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Thinking: I wouldn’t have made it in time. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The theory then turns an observed rough correlation in time into a postulated chain of cause and effect. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Then Pa walked out into the dining room in time to catch me. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I didn’t know that this was the moment in time and the place where I was leaving my mother and Tzipora forever. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z And Bruno has arrived, just in time for a huge potluck. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I made a beeline for a porch railing and jumped just in time to keep my pant leg away from his snapping jowls. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z If you can bend space you can bend time also, and if you knew enough and could move faster than light you could travel backward in time and exist in two places at once. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z If he had not, if he had not been there in the room to wake me up in time, I do not know how it would have ended. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z After we finish using our AffloVests, Stella hangs up to give her mom a call and to check in on her friends in Cabo, vowing to call me back in time for our nighttime pills. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z It was late afternoon, just in time to catch Auntie Su preparing Sunday dinner. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z At first too stunned to move, he recovered in time to shout into the phone, “Send all available rescue vehicles and personnel immediately—there’s a wave of molasses coming down Commercial Street!” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “First, we went back in time—by accident. Then Trub took me to the realm of magic to find Ma. Then we came home.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Awaking to the sound of school buses, he ran back to Room 5 just in time as his former friend was hanging up his parka. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z He couldn’t get his front hooves out of the way in time, and the toe of his hind shoe gouged into his right forehoof. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z For the fair to be even barely presentable in time for the ceremony, everything would have to go perfectly. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z But he would teach on: “So let us separate from this white man, and for the same reason he says—in time to save ourselves from any more ‘integration!’ The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I glance up just in time to see the massive jaws of a great white clamp down on a sea lion. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I ran to the back garden in time to catch Mum hurling her Prince Charles and Princess Diana mug at a gigantic heron, perched on the rockery. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “The doctor said it would fade in time.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I’m just about to tell her about herself but remember Elsie’s warning just in time. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Shattered legs may heal in time, but some betrayals fester and poison the soul. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z We returned to the front of the boat, just in time to see the dock moving away from us. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The two savages looked at each other, raised their spears together and spoke in time. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Maybe it isn’t a good idea to tell a newly arrived human being that he’s been born into a world of chaos, pain, and poverty just in time to watch everything fall to pieces. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z She is undergoing tremendous sacrifice at this very moment in time.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z "We can delay their mission if JPL gets the payload done in time." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z When others took up European intellectuals’ books and histories, images of Indian freedom exerted an impact far removed in time and space from the sixteenth-century Northeast. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He saw the headless body of the sow and jumped in time. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Nothing more was said about Dresden that night, and Billy closed his eyes, traveled in time to a May afternoon, two days after the end of the Second World War in Europe. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Anyway, my namesake, Perseus, had saved her just in time and turned the sea monster to stone using the head of Medusa. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Danielle stretches out a hand just in time, and I grab it and keep from toppling to the ground. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z 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 Losing on the world stage stings, but I knew in time the pain would fade and I was going to be okay. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z ‘So how can we possibly get to Camp Half-Blood in time to save it? It took us months to reach Greece.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Now all the mute objects of my life seem to tell my story, to stretch back in time, if I look closely enough. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Even if you had a device that could travel backward in time, they say, you would be unable to do anything that would make any difference. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It took them so long to find her classroom that, early as they had left Divination, they were only just in time. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Kendra shoved past Seth and jerked the window shut in time to impede the entrance of a coldly beautiful woman swathed in writhing black garments. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Hermione screamed in pain, and Harry turned his wand on her in time to see a jeweled goblet tumbling from her grip. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z David Hume, in his 1748 book, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, wrote, “There appear to be only three principles of connections among ideas, namely Resemblance, Contiguity in time or place, and Cause or Effect.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z "For an instant in time I was free and alone in the dark night," he recalled, "poised between two worlds, belonging to neither." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I’m jolted back in time, to another wound, another set of bandages. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Beth was soon able to lie on the study sofa all day, amusing herself with the well-beloved cats at first, and in time with doll’s sewing, which had fallen sadly behind-hand. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z I leaped to my feet and lunged across the room, just in time to catch a glimpse of him descending the fire escape. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Ah, Rowan! Just in time,” he said cheerily. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “You are just in time to put your training to use,” Father said. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Grace closed her eyes, praying that it was a dream, that she could go back in time and wake up in her bed a year ago and have everything go back to normal. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The Paqo said, “Strange how close the two names are. Micay. Millay. Beauty and horror just a click of the tongue apart. One moment in time, and a life veers off on a different path.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z But Hester sensed her coming and flattened herself in time, and the owl’s claws just missed. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “As...well, you know. If there is, I sure wish I’d heard about it in time for my weddin’!” And we both died laughing again. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z She managed to orient herself, sorting out up and down just in time to see the edge of the roof coming toward her. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z We walk on the grass, stepping over and around the tarnished markers that remember lives and moments in time. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Gum Baby’s warning came just in time—a rusty collar snapped shut inches from my neck as I jerked back. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z She reached the cliff”s edge in time to see the turtle lunge and snap Sciron out of the air. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I sat up in time to see the backs of Harp and Gully making it down the block. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z What if he hadn't warned me in time? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Thirteen thousand to fourteen thousand years ago, he suggested, a window in time opened. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Everyone was practicing their parts in a play for the rally, and she said we had arrived just in time. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z And it’s a good thing for both of us I did; I woke up jus’ in time to help y’all on your journey.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z We had early supper so that we could get to the theater by seven o’clock, in time for the first show. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t quite catch myself in time to say Mister Rufus. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The men who were not rowing stamped their feet in time to help the rowers keep a steady rhythm with the oars. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Their Dad yanked it away from him just in time. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He studied Aron, saw his quivering lips, but he noticed in time the flaring nostrils. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z But only being able to go back in time for five minutes—that’s a serious flaw—it isn’t something you’d sell to true collectors of Dark Magic. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z They tore into a deserted classroom to their left just in time. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z This was when Billy first came unstuck in time. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Superior men help one another in time of need.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Will’s missing agai—” She saw it coming just in time—the arc of spit heading down the hallway, straight toward her. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I opened my eyes in time to see the Story Box glowing, and projecting images on the bulkhead. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I play in time with Lev's breath, breathing in the warm trace of printer's ink on his skin. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Being here makes me ache to go back in time. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Another review of map skills, one week of Native Americans, Christopher Columbus in time for Columbus Day, the Pilgrims in time for Thanksgiving. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z The school, thus improved, became in time a truly useful and noble institution. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z He wept with all the emotions a young, small mouse who has been sent to his death and then been delivered from it in time to save his beloved can feel. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z No way the outfielder could get to it in time. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z In his stupor, he was unable to react in time—the man reached out and tore the Transvice out of his hands, breaking the strap in the process. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “I really hope he wakes up today, just in time, you know.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z She’d dozed and awakened in time to see the barbed wire and the rows of dark barracks blurred by blowing dust. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z They arrived at the house just in time to get the mother into bed. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He nearly tossed off a careless assurance, but he saved himself in time. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he eased the door shut, peering just in time to see a door in the hall opening. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The land was tilled and the first crop planted in time for the pale light of spring. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Thanks for helping me get up that hill back there. I never could have made it in time by myself.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “Just in time,” said the crow, and she heard the angry scream of the cat as he leaped at where they had just been. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z My lungs burning, I bang on the door, praying I’ve made it in time. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Down the cleared path now, striding large, feather nodding in time with each long step, came Old Tallow. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z We made it to the corridor and turned just in time to see the other columns toppling. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z I whip my head around just in time to see, one block away, a cloud of blue, a flash of gold, and a surprisingly familiar face. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I almost bang my head against the bunk but duck in time. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I saw him about to laugh, hard, and he stifled it just in time. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z But I caught myself in time, and stayed quiet. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “She is going to Saint Adelbert’s quickly to light a candle, and she will be back in time for your gorging. Now, out, all of you.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z The Pigman got there in time for us to get the eleven forty-five boat to Manhattan. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z He ducked just in time to avoid a rotten green tomato to the head as the Rudes drove by in their old pickup, their cackles wafting behind. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Pa gets there in time to hear Keav tell him how much she loves him and he gives her our messages of love. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry ran back upstairs to his bedroom, arriving at the window just in time to see the Dursleys’ car swinging out of the drive and off up the road. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z She turned in time to see an explosion blast a new crater in the forum. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I looked up in time to see Stanchion take the last step onto the stage. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I barely made it to the rover in time. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Somehow, by sheer force of will, the girl had frozen herself in time—not just her body but everything. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Then a bunch more druggies got in there and burned the whole place down. Almost took my house with it, but the fire trucks got here in time.” Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Trembling he looked up, in time to see a tall dark figure like a shadow against the stars. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The party were expected to arrive on Thursday afternoon, in time for dinner at six. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Through persuasion he managed to get the majority of houses painted blue in time for the date of national independence. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z We passed through the changeover, and forward in time again— but not to a version of the tunnels I recognized. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He told a tale about how one old range hog had caught him when he was a baby and his folks got there just barely in time to save him. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite the best efforts of my chain of command to get me back to the Bronx from Afghanistan, I could not get there in time to say goodbye. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z I gulped down a bit of fried egg and chapati with my tea and raced out the door, just in time to catch the bus crammed with other girls on their way to school. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Kate, who had pulled back just in time, also heard the voices. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The evil, jiggly-chinned thief is plotting to blow up the world, and I am the only hope to unlock the drawer in time. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned in time to raise his sword, but this time he was disoriented, he didn’t anticipate the trick. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Mine, as the victory will be mine, and in time the crown. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z If the present could remain unchanged, then she would have gladly gone back in time to get more action. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z He must’ve cruised up the hall just in time to hear my corny answer. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Didn't get the gun in my hand in time. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z SCORPIUS: At this precise moment in time, I take no pleasure in being right. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z Penn ducks out of the way in time. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He was just in time to wave and put his finger to his lips, and she slowed, realizing that he was aware Sir Charles had returned. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But both times I caught myself in time. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I was not at all sure Mike's rods would come from Scotland in time, so we hunted a tackle store and finally bought a rod for Bill up-stairs over a drygoods store. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Sometimes we have no choice but to disturb these relationships, but we should do so thoughtfully, with full awareness that what we do may have consequences remote in time and place. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z His left arm dangled out, slapping the door in time to music blaring from the car radio. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I laid a hand on Kevin’s arm just in time to stop him from saying whatever he would have said. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z He’d miss Friday Mass at Vincent de Paul, but he could still do his work and get to school in time for lunch. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z A laugh bubbled up inside of me as I watched the driver bob his head in time with the music. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He even shoveled out First Congregational in time for Sunday services, which Deacon Hurd now led and which Turner and his mother did not attend. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Marc is a former social media manager for a soda company, which he’s mentioned twice in his profile, and he isn’t sure if his daughter will reach him in time. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z If only she could go back in time, Jule felt, she would be a better person. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z They reached the shanty, Burnham wrote to Margaret, “just in time to hear Col. Rice tell some yarns about the war and life in the plains among the scouts and Indians.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Can hear Shiloh howl like he’s being torn in two, and my breath comes shorter and shorter, trying to get there in time. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I barely made it to class in time this morning because we were running late. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z And I tell her, “I am pro whoever is right at any moment in time.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But she was so witty and clever and warmhearted that she made of living a high joyous thing and in time he began to overlook her illiteracy. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She had at least managed to get them down in time before she sprayed the floor. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Billy is spastic in time, has no control over where he is going next, and the trips aren’t necessarily fun. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew he wouldn’t get there in time. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z He looked down just in time to see the sun flash off something metallic—a toy rat—scurrying past him and toward the small forest. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I wonder if maybe, in time, if I never see Shiloh again, I’ll forget about him. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Eventually it was agreed that the man was a deserter and denner addict come to their little town just in time to go crazy. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “This is the music of my soul,” he said, nodding his head in time with the music. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I ran upstairs at top speed, hoping I would be in time but knowing that the odds were stacked against me. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z She wheeled her arms, stopping herself just in time to keep from falling in. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “Whether you like it or not, you’ll get to be twenty-five in time no matter what you do. You might as well be getting educated while you’re going towards it.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Salamanders will dry out and die next to fish that never made it to the lake in time. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z She christened the child Sarah, but in time everyone called it Little Sissy. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Ray slips out from under the table just in time to stand next to his friend. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He dodged in front of the truck just in time. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Sixteen wasn’t sweet on me, but I want yours to be nothing but sweetness, in time. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I fidget and smooth my hair down, looking back over at Poe in time to see him raise his eyebrows at me. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Indeed the waste in time will be waste no longer, and there will be people and fields where once there was wilderness.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z I stepped outside in time to see the two policemen, flanking my father, go up a rocky slope leading out of the yard. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z It was through gene regulation, Monod argued, that cells could achieve their unique functions in time and space. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z Then, when at last he felt himself slowing down, he threw out his hands and came to a halt in time to prevent himself from falling face forward out of the Weasleys’ kitchen fire. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z A group of elementary school kids in Florida hold a bottled water drive—as if any of their water will actually get here in time to make a difference. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “Do you think lieutenant Baker will really be home in time for strawberries?” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Shawn had meant it to humiliate me, to lock me in time, into an old idea of myself. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z At first Fernanda did not talk about her family, but in time she began to idealize her father. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z With his blank eyes he seemed to be looking backward in time. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Jamie looks back at his computer screen, tapping his finger against the edge of the keyboard in time with the music. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z It took them a long time—too long—but they all knew those weapons could make the difference between victory and defeat if they got them back to camp in time. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z If I'm not back in time for dinner, Mom will have it out for me. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The terrific acceleration of the saucer as it left Earth twisted Billy’s slumbering body, distorted his face, dislodged him in time, sent him back to the war. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z My rubbery legs almost giving way under me, I reached the toilet just in time to empty the vile contents of my stomach into it. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z You would go backward in time, so the first floor would have the current century. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Ekon dodged just in time, rolling away over leaves as it struck at a nearby tree and splintered the wood. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I screamed louder then, knowing I could never get to my feet in time to escape the rush of angry hogs roaring down upon me. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Moving in time with the melody, they entered the circle that had opened to admit them as Claire watched from where she and Alys stood at the edge. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The danger was recognised in time and the species protected, the most notable factor being the substitution of the Golden Snitch for the Snidget in the game of Quidditch. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z There were three regiments, whose march in time to a galley drum made the earth tremble. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z She tried to believe that William still loved her, and that in time he would come home. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “We must all go home. It’s very late, and I heard your Mother telling you that you must be home in time for tea. Besides, I must get back, too. Come.” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Winnie had killed a wasp once, in fear and anger, just in time to spare herself a stinging. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z To steady the boys, Moch began to chant their newest rowing mantra in time with the stroke—“Save, Save, Save”—reminding them that this was all about conserving power. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I tumbled head over heels, but I soon righted myself in time to see the greatest aerial display a man will ever see. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z She wanted to show Jaja and me the campus and get back in time to cook. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z She remembered him just in time and leaped aside. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He lay on the brass bed and went back in time over his sullen and miserable childhood and his fretful and vicious growing up. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z He could walk out the door and catch a cab to the airport and still make it to Springfield in time to vote. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z We planned to be back Wednesday afternoon, in time for me to go with Mate and Patria to La Victoria the next day. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If they had noticed it in time, they could have freed it, but now all they could do was throw it back into the Mediterranean. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “Okay, so before we begin, I want to take a few minutes and journey back in time,” she said. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z There was a crippled man down there, as spastic in space as Billy Pilgrim was in time. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She weaved dreams in time to the soothing monotonous clicking. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She knew she couldn’t get to the grandstand in time. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Those willing to pay the exorbitant fees are shifted backward in time to view history firsthand. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Her vision went black, and she slipped back in time. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Freddie began a slow clap, and the team followed, chanting along in time, stamping the floor as they sped up. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z My first trip had ended as soon as the boy was safe—had ended just in time to keep me safe. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “Ixtali, can you tell us where we are? Why are we traveling back in time?” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I returned to the end of the camel ride in time to watch Frankie offer Bailey his hand as she dismounted the camel. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z So much for the teachers easing up on us in time for Halloween. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z They could look at identical cells at different points in time, to study how they changed with age. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z They’ll be lucky to arrive at Ford’s in time for the second act. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z I looked up in time to see her disappear around the landing above us, that endless mane of hair trailing behind her like a blurred afterimage. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He got there just in time to see the taillights of Nixon’s limo disappear through the gate. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Bob froze just in time, the point of his spear hovering an inch above the head of a tiny calico kitten. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I didn't have a basic grasp of the complex appeals process that shaped death penalty litigation, a process that would in time become as familiar to me as the back of my hand. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z And worst of all, I could see that I’d never get there in time! Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z With her wings snapping to gain speed, the great bird aims for Alice, who ducks her head just in time. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Prim, who came home from school in time to see the last two dresses, chatters on about them with my mother. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z But would he ever get to the bridge in time? A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Dany watched as the women arched their backs and coiled their legs around their partners while the flutes wept and the men thrust in time to the music. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I was thankful that I had arrived in time. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z That he worked from early morning and was home in time for supper most days. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I use Elisabeth's quill to write the information on my hand, and step out from the office just in time to hear her angry voice echo from the hallway. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z And this is why I like timetables, because they make sure you don’t get lost in time. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Percy and she couldn’t possibly reach them in time to help. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Thank God, Minerva saw in time what was going on. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Will you be back in time for the dance?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The new cells resulting from these divisions have the same ability to escape control, and in time enough such cells have accumulated to constitute a cancer. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “They still smoke in here, Aaron. They’re kind of back in time.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z I almost said “It’s not funny,” but I stopped myself in time. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Padma was sitting with her arms and legs crossed, one foot jiggling in time to the music. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Malfoy only just got out of the way in time; Harry made a sharp about-face and held the broom steady. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z When the shadow of the sash appeared on the curtains it was between seven and eight oclock and then I was in time again, hearing the watch. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom chased after me, her housecoat pulled tight against the cold, and caught me just in time to hand me my brown-bag lunch. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Our plates jumped in time with her palm. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z On his balcony Hitler peered out from under the visor of his hat and rocked back and forth in time with the chant. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I left the meal early to return to my hotel room in time to prepare, win or lose, for Barack’s speech later that night. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z They were beating in time together, a perfect rhythm. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I left the kitchen, hoping the awkward feeling I got around Josephine would go away in time. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The mechanic drove up in the buggy in time for the midday meal. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The trolley was waiting for a light, and we made it just in time. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z It was better than anything he or Blink could have imagined, and for a brief, bizarre moment, Joseph thought he might have actually fallen back in time, or stumbled upon a portal to the past. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He agreed to it, as he agreed later on to the leash, because he thought it was a passing fancy that could be overcome in time. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Soon she would join the League of Women Voters, where in time she would become a local leader in the fight for women's rights. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It’s made of blue glass, an abstract shape that looks like falling water frozen in time. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “You’re just in time. I heard a noise, and came out and found these—creatures—trying to dig up your house.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z We lift the weapons up into the ready position, adjust our grips, take a breath, and slash them across the space before us in time with Miss Duncan’s count. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z As if summoned across the new ice by his favorite dish, he arrived in time to eat until he could eat no more. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z They had to paddle hard, hard, hard, but they made it to shore just in time. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z The wrench crunched into his forearm, which Gong raised just in time to protect his head. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z ‘Whether I came in time or not is yet to be seen,’ said Gandalf. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z It had been dumping metal deposits there for centuries, or however long rivers lasted, and the board’s magnets had found purchase just in time. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z But they hadn’t found out in time to save her stuff. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Of course the critics are right in that concepts such as discovery are problematic: discoveries are rarely made by a single individual at a precise moment in time. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The boy thought in time of his own danger. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I grab it just in time, before someone else takes my place on the bench. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I shout, "Hey!" and he looks up, but he's not stopping, so I grab Alicia's arm and pull her to the right just in time to keep her from getting nailed. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He says he got up, went out into the hall, down the hall to the front door, opened it and looked out just in time to see the boy racing down the stairs. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The truck was empty—and he was only just in time. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z "We must support our country, especially now, in time of war, and that means supporting our leaders." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Axel turns just in time to see his best friend lift his leg on the indoor tree. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z However, if we do discover a complete theory, it should in time be understandable in broad principle by everyone, not just a few scientists. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I whip my head around in time to see Magnus and the beast tumble down the aisle. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z He finishes just in time to play Uno with Ms. Dale before Friendship Club. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z High John took a few steps back down the ramp to where the charging fetterlings were suspended in time. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Having seized the lead, Cal dropped its rate down a bit, to a more sustainable thirty-two, and Grover Clark began blowing his whistle in time with the stroke count. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I opened my eyes in time to see the darkness of the night sky, then the fist flying toward me. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “How did you know I would get to Van Daal in time?” she asked. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The battle of living things against cancer began so long ago that its origin is lost in time. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z The refugee village is so large that in these surprise raids, the Youns are not able to arrive in time to protect us until people have been killed. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z His sense caught up with him in time for him to tack on the “sir.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z And he said, “Caught you just in time,” and he was breathing really loud and holding his knees. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Flying out of the water, I opened my eyes just in time to see an enormous brown shape, mossy and slick, pushing away at an incredible speed. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Everyone sings and claps in time, and at the end of it, I finally see Tony He pushes through the crowd and stands next to me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z While I waited for the television to warm up, I looked out the window—just in time to see Nigel walk my sister up the porch steps and whisper something in her ear. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z "We must get across this accursed river if we're to have any hope of relieving them in time." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I pull back just in time from the doorway. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z We rushed up onto the porch just in time to hear Styx shout, “Everybody get off my back!” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z S. L. and his wife of Los Angeles, California, tuned to The Mercury Theatre in time to hear the newsflash about the meteor. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z He would have thought Hoagland was typically American, crazy, self-indulgent, too rich in time and money. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She imagined a bright light flashing from some hidden chamber of her heart, pulsing in time with the spirits’ lights. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z You will never reach home in time, taunted the voice of Gaea. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Adele had promised to make me a princess costume for Halloween, and I kept hoping I would get back in time—just as we had the year before. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “If Old Timothy hadn’t seen what they were in time to stop me, I might have gotten off a shot or two.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z He saw Kaira’s stepfather just in time to raise one arm. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z He told about having come unstuck in time. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I hurried down the stairs and was in time to see the gentlemen proceeding into the smoking room. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z They pushed open the door just in time to hear the customer say, “You said the Welty would be in! I came all the way across the city.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I sat down on my bed, cringing through another flush of embarrassment, and kept turning pages, going backward in time. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I got to the road just in time to see it go out of sight. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z As always, the crowd clapped and shouted in time with the blasting band. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “It wasn’t that bad. It was only for—” Tally stopped herself just in time. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z When Hanako left the bedroom, her mother was just sitting there kneeling and watching Akira like she was a statue, frozen in time. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Miss Sarah nodded, and I imagined the two goddesses beating their wings in time as they shot toward the tear in the sky. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Funny, if she traveled back in time a few years, it would have been Matthew dragging her along for an adventure. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z As I consider, I set my sights back on the buildings before me, just in time to see two figures emerge from the Skulls' barracks. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Aneurisms, for instance; how else could they ever defend him in time against an aneurism of the aorta? Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z She was just in time to hear his last selection. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Before long the whole thing collapsed with a tremendous crash and the startled Humbug leaped to his feet just in time to see the castle drifting slowly off into space. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Still in a daze, I get to the doorway last, just in time to see Brian Li lying on the floor rubbing his shoulder. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z On one of the smaller screens above her is an image—a piece of the surveillance footage we just watched, frozen at a particular moment in time. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z We finished just in time to line up for our march to the quarry. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Moss swore and scrambled back to his feet in time to see Kaisha shove Reg’s chair into the room after them, right as the first group of stampeding teens surged past. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z So when I saw him at Perk, I almost walked right into the display by the door, but I stopped myself just in time. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Great— I’m relieved of my tiercel duties, and just in time.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z We don’t want to upset them and it’s bound to smooth itself out in time.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He returned to America in time to be elected the first vice president of the United States, which most observers, including Adams himself, interpreted as a popular mandate on his historical contribution to independence. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I walked out into the hall just in time to hear my father’s old Chevy Nova sputter loudly to life. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z X suddenly felt sick, and he swung around in his chair and grabbed the wastebasket—just in time. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z The triangular shape of the boy leaning on the ledge gives stability to the painting, which helps to suspend the fleeting instant in time. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z She hadn’t made it to the tunnel in time. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Then he would shake his head and snap out of it and start paddling again just in time to make a turn, at least at first. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z Their steps were slow—Brother Ugo wasn’t as fast as he’d once been—but in time, they made their way to a corridor that led to the temple’s library. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I was hungry and I wouldn't get back in time for supper. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The boy turns his head and pivots his body just in time; the Roman candle’s projectile misses my parachute by several feet. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z When they got to the Fillmore intersection, Emily and James turned up the street, away from the music venue, running to cross in time before the light changed. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Laughter comes later, like wisdom teeth, and laughter at yourself comes last of all in a mad race with death, and sometimes it isn’t in time.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She leaned back just in time, and we all laughed. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z If I book it, I can maybe make it there in time. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z I made it to the common room just in time to sign off on our check-in sheet with Mr. Farrow. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Look out!” called several voices, and the policeman jumped a step backward just in time. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z They dashed straight for Snowball, who only sprang from his place just in time to escape their snapping jaws. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z “I always say, you’ve got to have faith. This job upset is a flash in time. If you just believe, it’ll all work out in the end.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z This is a black hole, an object so paradoxical that some scientists believe that black holes can be used to travel faster than light—and backward in time. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z In a move many believe was intended to distract attention from the Vietnam War, Nixon announced that scientists would cure cancer within five years, just in time for the United States Bicentennial. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Audrey and I turned in time to watch a plume of fire and sparks shoot into the air and explode like a supernova. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “Not to advertise: and to trust this quest of a situation to me. I’ll find you one in time.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I got the preacher up off the floor and out of the way just in time. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z After the explosion blew a hole in time and space, the air rushed into it, taking with it boulders and dirt and trees shot like arrows into the void. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Then Chas said, “Do you guys want to pull over and play Spin the Bottle, or should we just get to the airport in time to catch our flights?” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z They could hear him; he didn’t seem to ever get any further away but they couldn’t get any nearer and maybe in time they could not even locate the direction of the howling anymore. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z They planned to finish it in time to slide downhill Saturday afternoon. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Trace moved his head to the rhythm and his wife snapped her fingers in time. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It clanged and slipped backward, but Alec grabbed it just in time. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z She flapped her new tail fin once and shot ahead of me, her body undulating and thrusting in time with the machine-gun beat as she swam through the air. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The girls around me are snapping their fingers in time. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “The Free African Society is having a meeting about the fever. It should prove a lively gathering. I’ll return in time for supper.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I explained that I was worried that my mother wouldn't come home in time to celebrate my birthday. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z My parents came in then, looking expectant, and 1 just nodded and they fell into each other, feeling, I’m sure, the harmonic terror that would in time come for them directly. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z There’s a strange moment in time, after something horrible happens, when you know it’s true but you haven’t told anyone yet. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He closes his eyes, his body bouncing, his head bobbing in time to the music running in his head. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z We get to school in time for the last three classes, since there are only ten minutes allotted for teachers to summarize their lessons. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z It will be her face America sees reassuring the nation in time of crisis, promising vengeance on the shores of the ROC. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He turned his head just in time to see a man climbing over the edge of the roof, from the street side. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z We always responded to the slightest change in weather, the most minute shifts in time of day. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Auntie Seema yanked her back to the sidewalk just in time. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Moss saw the baton raised in the air, but it happened so quickly that he couldn’t shout out a warning in time. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry I didn’t get up in time to help you make the fire, Mama,” Stella said, wrapping her fingers around a hot mug of apple tea. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The long-lost lover came home just in time to pay the mortgage. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z In the distance, I hear a splintering crack and my head snaps up just in time to see a short branch fall from the canopy, crumpling in the undergrowth below. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “The Authority established it in the early ages. Why do you want to know? You will see it in time.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Gwenforte shimmied out of the way just in time and snapped her jaws shut on the back of the adder’s neck. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Occasionally, when the gambling instinct got the better of him, he’d try to turn around and administer one swift disciplinary stroke, and then turn back again in time to smile before the camera went off. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z “We seem to have gone back—way back—in time.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Back on the Roses’ street, I make it just in time to see. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z When the fighting had broken out, it was enough of a surprise that most of the Watch kids couldn’t get to the cabins from the outer gates in time to make a real difference. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I catch myself gaping curiously and manage to stop just in time to extend my hand, too. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They turned just in time to see the shadow of Argus Filch looming over the wall behind them before the man himself turned the corner, hunchbacked, his jowls aquiver. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Morphine had calmed him, and he swayed slightly from side to side, as though in time to music in his head. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “Yes ma’am,” I say, even though I have no idea how I’ll finish two maids in time, much less write stories about Constantine. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Here I am washing my hands and the cracked mirror shows me to myself, suspended as it were, in time; this is me, this moment will not pass. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Dad bought a special box for me, the kind they use in time capsules. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z You think that we will break out of the clouds in time to see the runway. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z One stayed a newborn, frozen in time, while the other grew from a baby to a toddler to a freckled, redheaded little boy. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “So very happy! Honestly, I didn’t think you’d make it past the nymphs, but it’s so much better that you did. Much more entertaining. You’re just in time for the main event!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She looked up at the ceiling as if she had moved back in time to when they were living on the Island. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z My lip throbs in time to my heartbeat. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Lord Asriel was out a hunting, but they got word to him and he came riding back in time to find your mother’s husband at the foot of the great staircase. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z "You become used to it, in time," said the woman. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z I replay in my mind as much as I can of his first interview with Caesar, searching for anything that would place it in time. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Something huge flapped overhead, and Tyrion glanced up in time to see the sail taking wing, with two men still dangling from the lines. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But in time, something in Seabiscuit’s demeanor—perhaps a conspicuous lack of sweating in the workouts, perhaps a gleam in the horse’s eye that hinted at devious intelligence—made Fitzsimmons question his assumptions. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z "If we had another fifteen days, I'm sure we could get it done in time." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes he throws up into paper bags, or beside the road if my father can stop the car in time. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z This was before Billy had his head broken in an airplane crash, by the way—before he became so vocal about flying saucers and traveling in time. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He did not travel in time to the experience. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z After a while, he said, “Do you honestly believe you traveled back over a century in time and crossed three thousand miles of space to see your dead ancestors?” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z My greatest hope is that, in time, our wisdom will become as perfect as is our knowledge. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Stella and Jojo jumped out of the way just in time to avoid a muck shower. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The ground, like a wound, would heal over in time. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Who, for example, would object to the term ‘the digital revolution’ on the grounds that it is not a singular and discrete event, localized in time and space? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z And so the following weekend, Ron joined Hermione and the rest of the sixth years who would turn seventeen in time to take the test in a fortnight. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z My breathing falls in time with my mother’s, with the tempo of the waves outside. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Was then not all sorrow in time, all self-torment and fear in time? Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z I barely get there in time for first period. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z He pulled up to his feet just in time to catch another blow from Ripred’s tail. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Laurie opened his mouth to ask another question, but remembering just in time that it wasn’t manners to make too many inquiries into people’s affairs, he shut it again, and looked uncomfortable. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z I pushed further into the crowd of people, who were now clapping louder, in time with the drums. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Judy and Granny were coming in the afternoon, just in time for dinner. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z We motored, I remember, leaving London in the morning in a heavy shower of rain, coming to Manderley about five o’clock, in time for tea. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He had put in time, now they must do the work. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I opened my stride early to make up for lost time, and it wasn't long before I caught up to the pack, my beads clicking in time with my heartbeat. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z The policeman left his car just in time to see the other kids clearing out of the alley and sprinting away. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The spell hit the skrewt’s armor and rebounded; Harry ducked just in time, but could smell burning hair; it had singed the top of his head. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I looked up in time to see white wings hanging from above in the quick flash of the opened door. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though I didn’t physically experience a war, my family managed to escape one just in time from Nicaragua. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I am walking along, in time to the music, Keep happy with the Happy Gang, my head empty except for these words. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Just in time, I dove into the bushes. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z She could see it beating in time with the music. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The bitter word was forced out just in time. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Or should they begin the long hard walk— and hope they reached help in time? A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the clock on the wall seemed to stop ticking, its hands stuck in time. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Years and months had become weak, and people could push against them and wander back and forth in time. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I thanked the Lord for showing me the stupidity of my ridiculous and dangerous proposition in time. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z My mom and Jeffrey were down in Philadelphia, but they were due to get back in time for the concert. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He had remembered just in time that his girl had no clothes on. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Both are variants of Holmberg’s Mistake, the idea that Indians were suspended in time, touching nothing and untouched themselves, like ghosdy presences on the landscape. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Throughout the history of music, periods of complication and innovation are followed by periods of simplicity and consolidation, which are then in time followed by more complication again. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z "We went as far as we could . . ." "On your personal re-spon-si-bility," Brother Jack said, bowing his head in time with the words. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It begins like this: Listen: Billy Pilgrim has come unstuck in time. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt all of the mingled relief and horror at having pulled back only in time to have just his knee slammed by the fender of a car hurtling by at ninety miles an hour. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z I almost said so aloud but caught myself in time. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z G02 released by the volcanoes into the atmosphere will in time serve as an insulator, holding in the long-wave heat-energy reflected from the earth, while permitting direct solar heat to enter undiminished. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z “You’re just in time for a big hot bowl of chicken soup with noodles, made from scratch, the best you ever tasted.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z The distant herd of long-necked sauropods doesn’t worry me, but then Ma points at something in the sky, and I look up in time to see a flock of pointy-beaked Pteranodon soaring overhead! Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z “I want to go back in time to before the war,” I say. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z The way I figure, I can check on Freak and be back in time for breakfast, no harm done. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z They kind of made a lane and we went out the door just in time to see Dilsey driving Ben and T. P. back around the corner. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z But Charna reappears through the door in time, flushed with excitement. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Percy looked up just in time to see the creature make a second pass. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The sun had not yet shown itself, and I hoped I might be at Mr. Pope's in time for breakfast. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z A child whose very life depended on her arrival—and she needed to get there in time. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Mr. Hancock did not recognize him as the apprentice of Mr. Lapham who had rashly promised a sugar basin in time for his Aunt Lydia’s birthday. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I turn just in time to be withered by Jupe’s stare before she rotates on her heel and heads up to the house. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Ernie made it back just after Genie had “done the deed,” and just in time, because Grandma came out onto the porch. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He should, therefore, never take his mind from this exercise of war, and in peacetime he must train himself more than in time of war. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Momma and other ladies caught him in time to bring him back to the bench, where he quickly folded upon himself like a Br’er Rabbit rag doll. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Gum Baby had flipped into the air and landed in my hood just in time. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Due to bad weather, it looked like the fingerprints would not arrive in DC in time. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Airborne for a moment, Otto stretched, grabbing at a frozen brick that had been dislodged then restuck in time when the Time Suck crashed through the wall. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Say something, Ignatius,” his mother pleaded, turning around just in time to see Ignatius stick his head out of a window and vomit down the side of the dented car. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Marlena claps a hand over her mouth, but not in time. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I remembered the man, his blade pressed to my neck, Amil yelling, Papa arriving just in time, and coming here. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The wave smothered the boat and sucked me down into darkness and backward in time to Woodhull Road, three years earlier, the car crash under the elevated train. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Samson flicks his fingers and Cantos walks, perfectly in time with Samson’s movements. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z I began to resign myself to my misfortune and to ask no longer that she be resurrected but simply that I would arrive in time to see her one last time before they buried her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I run around to the front, just in time to catch her as she falls forward. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Figs heaped along the quay, not loaded in time, begin to bake, bubbling and oozing juice. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Jam whirled around just in time, throwing herself on the ground and covering her face, squeezing her eyes shut. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “All of us did. Just in time. The Martials took more than a hundred Scholars last night.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z It may seem very big now, but in time it will become a small thing, like the difference in the size of his hands and your hands. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “You probably wouldn’t have died because you would have been able to get out in time. But if your parents are asleep here, the fire might have reached them before they woke up.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z He made some remark, and I looked up in time to see the absolute disgust in her face. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z They wanted me to take the class, too, but I forgot to sign up in time. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Mrs. Weasley entered the room just in time to see Ron throw the sprout knife at Fred, who had turned it into a paper airplane with one lazy flick of his wand. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Knowing the law people in the area was elementary for the hustlers, and, like them, in time I would leam to sense the presence of any police types. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z If I left immediately, I could join the emperor’s entourage and be in Sacred Sun City well in time for the Inti Raymi festival. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z If you didn’t let go in time, the pull-back could wrench you off balance and spin you overboard. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z It was not a serious disease anyway if you took it in time, they said. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z I shook myself and sat up, just in time to see one of Bunny’s shoes flying through my open window. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He crouched down and peered through the gap at the bottom of the cubicle, just in time to see a pair of booted feet climbing into the toilet next door. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z It says, I wish we could go back in time and climb frees together again. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Once she almost fell headlong down the steps, but Syrio Forel had taught her balance in another lifetime, when she was the girl called Arya, and somehow she recovered and caught herself in time. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He followed her, staggered a little on landing, then straightened up in time to see the gleaming scarlet steam engine pick up speed, round the corner, and disappear from view. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Just in time, however, for as the rocks clashed together again the extreme end of the stern ornament was shorn off. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He was just in time to hear an unusual sound. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The last betrayal that sent Velutha across the river, swimming against the current, in the dark and rain, well in time for his blind date with history. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But Grandpa grabbed his gun from the wall and got to the window, just in time to shoot the panther dead. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z We get home in time to catch a playoffs game. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z We stepped onto the train right in time, and collapsed into two empty seats. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z She had been standing in front of the glass when the girders broke and she hadn’t been able to get out of the way in time. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Wallace had no knowledge this was happening; he was too far away, in Ternate, Indonesia, for them to let him know in time. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z A territory is only possessed for a moment in time. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They were just in time to buy tickets for the last train south. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I sang like Fern, “Lucy, Lucy goosey,” in time with the record playing. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z He hid the muddy rags in the trash and scrambled back to his place on the stairs just in time to meet Mother coming down. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z We all jumped and turned around just in time to see a tall, male, gray-haired avatar appear directly behind us. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Down the halls they raced, but Yoyo was quicker than he and made it into her room just in time to lock the door as her father threw his weight against it. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z She scuttled out of the kitchen and looked to the top of the stairs just in time to make out the Owner s surly face. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “Jump ahead in time and ask yourself how you will feel if you don’t invite him.” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z But let her be spared the knowledge that will come in time. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Like going back in time and remembering the warm love we used to have will help us. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z I made for the pond, bringing my feet down gingerly, in time to see meerkats swimming—actually swimming—and bringing to shore fish by the dozens, and not small fish either. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly there was a flash, a pricking sensation on my leg, and I looked down in time to see The Baron leap from my pants to the cover of fern. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I heard the rocket and I knew I could not get into the ring in time to see the bulls come in, so I shoved through the crowd to the fence. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z If, instead, it were the particle member of the virtual pair that fell into the hole, one could regard it as an antiparticle traveling back in time and coming out of the black hole. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z We’d run into the TV room in time to catch the commercials with colored people using deodorant, shaving cream, and wash powder. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Charles Leale, seated in the front of the first balcony, about forty feet from the president’s box, had arrived in time to witness it all. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He wasn’t going to reach it in time. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z I slowly put the letter down and picture Lev's life before I met him, going backward in time. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I think, we did that just in time. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She beat her fist on the thin mattress in time to the I-hate-hims. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z It’s supposed to orient us in time, in preparation for later, more specialized courses. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I could see the battle ahead in time and space. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z This culture emerged at a particular moment in time: before it came into existence there could be no science as we understand the term. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I got back here in time for a late dinner; went my rounds—all well; and set this down whilst waiting for sleep. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “He’s in the intensive care unit. He had a pretty serious stroke, but they are hopeful they caught it in time,” my dad answers. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z I look over at the hospital— just in time to see the rest of the structure give way—and the fight goes out of me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z "Every man that fives or will five in time to come in this land of Danes will honor and praise your name, O Beowulf. Thank you, thank you, from the bottom of my heart." Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as I was through it, I turned around just in time to see the Crystal Gate transform into a large wooden door set into the castle wall. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z At that moment in time, all that mattered to me was my daily bowl of soup, my crust of stale bread. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z No tests, no hallways, just driving to somewhere I’ve never been before...as long as I was back in time for her. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z My eyes scan the woods just in time to see the first creature leap onto the plain. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Grinning maniacally, he spins in rapid circles, swinging his arms and head in time with the song, flawlessly cycling through several signature ’80s dance moves. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z They say coming to Lanternwood is like stepping back in time. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z She scrolls back in time on their accounts. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I twisted around just in time to see Gum Baby leap out the window, fleeing into the night with my pack, green light escaping from the slightly open zipper. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z My heart started beating in time with the windshield wipers, only twice as fast. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z His crime was an anchor weighing him safely in time; it added to him a certain confidence which his gun and knife did not. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z She slipped back into her own consciousness just in time to see the flickering shadow scatter toward her. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Mr. Hoo asked, hoping to get back in time to watch the football game on television. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z “You can just thank God you got there in time,” he said over and over to Mrs. Ames. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z They reached it in time to hear the pounding of the hoofs on the timbers of the bridge and to see the waving banners. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z He can then convert the difference in time to a distance in degrees. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z I couldn’t react in time to catch him before he crashed into a bush. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z He dreamed on, and traveled in time and so forth. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’re pretty far into the trail. I don’t think we can make it back to your car in time.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z It suddenly felt like everything was frozen in time. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Jinx peered over the bush in front of him just in time to see a young woman raise her parasol and march off. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z ‘He would get all right in time, wouldn’t he? Be able to rest in peace, I mean?’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Heaving dirt from a pit, I would hear on another man’s breath some song half-sung in time to his swing; the engineers called their instructions, wending their way through our deep, loamy fosses. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “He’ll be okay. No one dies if they make it back in time to get the Serum. It’s all or nothing. Dead or not dead. Just hurts a lot.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z A cup of coffee together, as day was breaking, became in time their habit. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Zu spun around us, waving her arms in time to “Wouldn’t It Be Nice.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Jody looked back in time to see the hammer rise and fall again on the flat forehead. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z “I hear your wife’s frock never turned up in time,” said someone with a mottled face and a sailor’s pigtail, and he laughed, and dug Maxim in the ribs. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Dad hums for a few seconds, moving his head in time to the music, and when he stops, he smiles. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z The stumps of his thighs jerked in time to the music. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z He was ill, as I told you, and he didn’t wake in time. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z They were surrounded by Indians, and it would cost them too much in time and physical labor. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z And then Billy traveled in time to when he was sixteen years old, in the waiting room of a doctor. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Pong's stomach fluttered for a moment with the worry that Yai and Yord wouldn't be there, or that they wouldn't have been able to get him a boat in time. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z She sat on the floor at the woman’s head and watched through half-closed eyes, breathing in and out in time with her. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z This creates an awkward moment, so I tell them both, “See ya,” and hobble over in time to see Fiona’s approach. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z She begged the officials to return us in time for Christmas. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z What I want is to go back in time—to a childhood I didn’t have—and be a carefree girl like Blanca, giggling with her big sister, sharing jokes and dreams. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I turn in time to catch Rufus snapping a photo of me; capturing moments really is his thing. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I looked at row after row of faces in photos, portraits, and sketches that stretched back in time—way, way back. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “But I saw it in time—just as a dark blur, but clearly enough to see that it was small and harmless. And I see what you’re saying.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t know if I would make it in time. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z For just one second, Toby was sure that his face had betrayed him, but he managed to shift everything back in place just in time. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z On the third day, I began to despair about reaching the giants in time. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z When she comes back, she holds a towel to her front, the way I’ve seen Mother do after she vomits, when she doesn’t make it to her toilet in time. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z There had to be a faster way to raise enough money in time. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z If they didn’t make it back in time, she would be voiceless until dark fell and a new hundred were born in her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Could she get back up there in time? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He usually hung out with his friends after school—but he was always home in time for dinner. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Clarisse ran in from the left and set her spear against the ground just in time for the Cyclops to step on it. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z But if we see an object twelve billion light-years away, we are seeing it as it was twelve billion years ago in time. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He spun round just in time to see Mrs. Parsons dragging her son back into the doorway while the boy pocketed a catapult. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z He was frozen in time with his crazy grin, his curly black hair, and those beautiful eyes. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Even the largest, most conspicuous ones find ways to conceal themselves in time. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “The capital of Hungary is Budapest!” she had recited in her mind, in time to the clickity-clack of the train wheels. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Just in time he threw himself down in a patch of long grass behind a tree that overshadowed the road. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Sir, you have come in time. You are the lover of our dear miss. She is bad, very, very bad. Nay, my child, do not go like that.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z In addition, receptivity to innovation fluctuates in time within the same region. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z When Nathan led them to the chorus, they were in time and sang the exact words. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “We have to open our hearts up to the miracles around us, Axel. You found Ray. He made it to the clinic in time. He’s going to heal.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He brought the pole up, and just in time. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Mo did not return in time to meet them as they walked to Basta's car. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Bunny turned, startled—I did, too—just in time to see Henry step out of the shadows. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He jumped back just in time to avoid a quick, darting blow of the beak. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Luma looked at her watch; if this didn’t take too long, she could still get to Athens in time for a full warm-up. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z When they got to the Fillmore intersection, Emily and James turned up the street, away from the music venue, running to cross in time before the light changed. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z If I could reach Alice in time—without thinking about it, before it overwhelmed me—maybe the panic wouldn’t happen. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Key teammates rallied around him, and in time, the harassment abated. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Disease-carrying insects become important where human beings are crowded together, especially under conditions where sanitation is poor, as in time of natural disaster or war or in situations of extreme poverty and deprivation. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z My heart pounded in time with the music as I cleared the unblemished left half of the maze. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Lucky that he'd managed to pull himself together in time after that business ten—no, fifteen years ago. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Milo caught it just in time when it began slipping. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z ‘Tour feet will be healed in time for school,” Mama said. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z None of them could pull it together in time to say anything back. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z On the other hand, Arkush writes, Chinese proverbs are striking in their belief that “hard work, shrewd planning and self-reliance or cooperation with a small group will in time bring recompense.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Not finding them, she turned back in time to see a fox ripple like a ribbon as he pounced and sped off with the lemming. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The man, the gun, and me, in my red shorts and khaki tank top, frozen in time. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z It would be eighteen hours at the least before she was in time again. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Just in time, too, because Gale looks on the verge of collapse. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Sometimes we think if we could just go back in time we would be happy. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I rolled over just in time to see her with her hands in the air, a clear surrender, and still—still—they shot her. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z ‘A boy in time of peace and a man in time of war.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z That might seem to rule out both rapid space travel and travel back in time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Axel throws back open the front door in time to see Dr. Martin’s truck stirring up dust when it pulls behind Frank’s in the driveway. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z These forms came to have enormous influence on twentieth-century music, first in the Americas and then in time around the world, through popular music of countless genres. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The game was a struggle, however, and he found himself in time trouble. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “He’s not feeling well,” Velia explained, getting between the young man and the car door just in time to prevent a catastrophe. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z "They needed a lot of velocity to close the gap in time. They used all the fuel they could spare to get going fast enough. But now they don't have enough fuel to slow down." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But I get it across the line just in time. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z And certainly, in time, he would discover his foolishness. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z It was then that she heard Nox shout, and Celaena looked in time to see Grave shove him from their perch atop the gargoyle’s back. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Hold on, Harry, this’ll do for ’em!” roared Hagrid, and Harry looked up just in time to see Hagrid slamming a thick finger into a green button near the fuel gauge. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “Time for underground down here—come on. But if you two race up the hill, you’ll probably be in time for some more sunshine at the top. Good night.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Next he must plan his trip in time and space, choose a direction and a destination. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z It sent Toby back in time, when his mom was still around. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Ragtime’s syncopation was drawn from a relatively limited menu of possible variations, and could therefore also be written down and mastered, in time, by any competent pianist. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z I couldn’t go dreaming about Hirohito Woods getting on a plane in his Sunday pants, knocking on my door in time for the sixth-grade dance. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z He dashed up the stairs then just in time to see Ruth step into a car, and to jump into another car himself. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Anyway, what I was doing was swaying about slowly in time to the song, holding an imaginary baby to my breast. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He made it in time, and after a few seconds I was again in control. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Cedric looked around just in time to hurl himself past the thing and avoid colliding with it, but in his haste, he tripped. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z People were coming to save them, but if Z had a gun and knew where another bomb was, the rescue workers weren’t going to make it in time. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z They lay on the far side of a great divide in time, as significant as B.C. and A.D. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z 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 The extra help was necessary to make sure the house was ready in time. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I got dressed quickly, then dashed outside with my script just in time to see Jennifer leaving for dance class with her grandmother. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Thomas landed against the wall and spun just in time to see the second creature tumble over the edge, not able to stop itself. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Would his father have arrived in time to save him? Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I might take to gardening myself, and in time have one or two things altered. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I got there just in time for her to close the door and slam her hand down on the lock. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He looked stuck in time, like an old black-and-white photograph wedged into the side of a mirror frame. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He was yelling, clawing at the ground, but the winged shoes kept dragging him toward the pit, and it didn’t look like we could possibly get to him in time. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Mundín says that our uncle has been feeling bad that he got out just in time, leaving my father and Tío Toni and others to bear the brunt of the dictator’s son’s wrath. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z I went back to the second and arrived just in time to lend a hand digging it out. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The gift I ordered for you did not come in time for the Christmas box. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z They pushed open the door just in time to hear the customer say, “You said the Welty would be in! I came all the way across the city.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z And this can be extrapolated backward in time, so that when I speak, Desdemona speaks, too. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z This is not surprising, because in time of physiological stress the organism, be it fish or man, draws on stored fat for energy. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z She pulls her head back just in time, and my elbow grazes her chin. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Before I could ask what had happened or how my hardware got made in time, Roy Lee pulled me aside. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I leaned around the side of the van in time to see Miigwans, both arms shoved through the window, struggling. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Izio died because I didn’t come in time to save him. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “Bergner makes it just in time for the double-team. What a move!” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z What’s more, unlike the paintings bequeathed to posterity by Constable or Rembrandt, his music has not ossified, frozen for ever in time. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z For that one instance in time, everything is good in the world. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z After a second or two of disorientation, I reflexively began to play, moving the joystick left just in time to avoid losing one of my ships. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Biting the inside of my cheek, I wondered, Will I raise enough money in time? Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Carthage, South Dakota, population 274, is a sleepy little cluster of clapboard houses; tidy yards, and weathered brick storefronts rising humbly from the immensity of the northern plains, set adrift in time. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe she thought that if she kept every routine the same, then he really would be home in time for strawberries. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z And it did so just in time to let paleo-Indians through. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “We returned this morning. I arrived here just in time to watch you dash up the stairs.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I jumped to the hole just in time to see the tip end of his long tail disappearing. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know,” she said, and shifted her gaze back to the duel just in time to see Renault cry out and stumble back. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z We wipe away the fresh snow on the bridge’s railing and hop up, our legs swinging in time with one another. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Gogol will arrive in New York in time for dinner as well. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z In the moment it took her to take another labored breath, she fell backward in time and remembered another day, another hut. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Sometimes it can make you look like an elegant princess trapped in time. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z The sheriff flies back, but I am frozen in time and space. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z As my samba music filled the arena, the crowd began to clap in time with the beat. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “I got a ticket for Wednesday’s train. My dad wants me back in time for school.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z His eyes were wet and he tapped his fingers on his knees and moved his head in time to the music. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z “If you could go back in time and un-tattletale on someone...would you?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “We’ll save him, Hazel. We can make it in time. Right, Leo?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Our feet flew and our hands clapped in time to the music, and for a few shining minutes we lost ourselves in it. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Trampita offered to help me clean the gas company on Friday so that I could finish work in time to make the performance at eight o’clock. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z “New library opens Friday, just in time for summer vacation,” Kyle’s mom mumbled, reading her computer screen. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z You sidestepped into a bodega just in time. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z The wind was gone, the birds silent, the fields frozen in time. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “The fire department got there in time before it burned down, but Saleem said it’s really bad,” Mama says. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z For these he was still very punctual as a rule, and he seldom failed to wake up in time for them. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “Bottom line: new bat for me. And just in time, right?” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z I sat still, praying that he would come back in time. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I ducked back behind the bush with my bike, and just in time, because the orange pickup came right back down the road. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z It is easy to observe something that is frozen in time, like a fossil or an image of smiling family members eating around a big round table, and a dog snoozing on the floor. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I smiled and said, “I forgot to get up in time.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the last day for citizens to get their names on the voter rolls in time to cast their ballots in the presidential election to be held the following week. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “He tried to throw himself in the water. I caught him just in time.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z A lie being an ever-present help in time of trouble, I just said, “Gosh, I wish I knew!” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Laser beams sliced through the smoky darkness in time to the music. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z The second reason we would be quite unlikely to see any little green men is that possible civilizations are bound to be scattered in time, coming into existence and then dying out. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s all in time for the morning edition. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He woke in the morning and turned over in the blanket and looked back down the road through the trees the way they’d come in time to see the marchers appear four abreast. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Magdalys turned and shot him a smile just in time to almost get thrown again as Missy cut a sudden right and nearly barrel-rolled underwater. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z ‘You have shown your usual cunning in getting up just in time for a meal.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Gray as rain, you were, but your color came normal in time. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z These pictures of her, like everything else, are drenched in time. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Just in time Lyra tucked her head down, and then Iorek bounded over them, roaring orders to his bears to go left, go right, and crush the enemy between them. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The moss is the greenery that, in time, will spring even from a rock. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z No reliance can be placed on receiving advance warning which might allow treatment to be had in time. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Root lifted his gaze in time for the next chilling statement. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I turned around just in time to see Special Agent Aaron Gonzales spin and twirl Mamá to the beat of a fast paced cumbia. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I whirled around just barely in time to duck another that would have caught me square in the left eye. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z I barely dodge out of the way in time. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z At that point in time, I knew it was all up to me, since nobody else wanted to do the job. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z He cleared the crud from his vision just in time to see the boy run off, the rattraps clattering like castanets on the toes of his shoes. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Only Big Ma and sometimes Papa when he came home from work in time. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z With help from some of the miners, he rebuilt the bridge, made it to Bonners Ferry, and returned just in time for the doctor to deliver his first daughter, Rose. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z There’s no way I’ll be able to get my hands on enough money in time. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I could memorize the movements and, in doing so, step into their minds, lunging when they lunged, reaching my arms upward in time with theirs. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Gibraltar,” Miles said, then he lurched out of his seat and made it to the trash can in time to be violently ill. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z My tasks were simple but many; I milked the cow under her supervision, gathered eggs, swept, and was through in time to serve breakfast. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus the radiation by black holes shows that quantum theory allows travel back in time on a microscopic scale and that such time travel can produce observable effects. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, you don’t. But all will become clear in time.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “Demons,” Mark said, almost rolling his eyes before he stopped himself just in time. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He was, in time, to discover that hatred of white men—but not now. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z It made Nhamo’s spirit happy to see the old woman nod her head in time to the music. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Once, in tenth grade, Joaquin had had to write an essay in his English class about where he would go if he could travel back in time. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Whirling away from the one he had crippled, Rontu faced him, but not in time to fend off the first heavy rush. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Billy, knowing the plane was going to crash pretty soon, closed his eyes, traveled in time back to 1944. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I wedge myself in tightly and only just in time. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z They would come around to his view in time, he knew. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z The cement scrapes my face, and I turn just in time to see a car bearing down on me, like a giant shoe about to crush me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “What’s happen — ?” Ron gasped, staring through the windshield, and Harry looked around just in time to see a branch as thick as a python smash into it. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z If the difference in time is one hour, the traveler knows he has gone fifteen degrees. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Just in time too, because the sky split open and the rain fell. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z A person who travels through a wormhole will emerge at another point in space—and perhaps in time. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He wrote, “Stan went to get coffee. He told me to give this to you in case he didn’t get back in time.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Overhead I hear the sound of a jet engine, and I open my eyes and look up in time to see the plane pass by high in the sky. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z He heard the door behind him open; he turned his head just in time to see another white man look in questioningly. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He slipped past the principal, who saw him just in time to put a hand on his shoulder. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I wished for genies to be true, and for me to find one someday, and for it to come back in time and make all the Kellys and Jennifers stay home sick today. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z ‘If we make the damage too obvious, we’ll never get to the other ones in time. Can you recalibrate the aim - like, towards the other onagers’ firing lines?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Lucky for the Toyota, I stomped on the brake in time. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z She threw off her sheet and cracked her door just in time to see Matthew careening toward her on his skateboard. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z We can go to the early show and still get home in time for dinner. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z So far, we’ve always gotten back to the tent in time. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z I figured that in time everything would work itself out. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Further confusing the matter is that the stages or ages in North America have different names from the stages in Europe and often only roughly intersect in time. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z She arrived in New York just in time for the first Thanksgiving Day of the Great Depression. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Most of the workers had gotten back from the rig in time, but a few men were covered. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z But Pa began to play “The Arkansas Traveler,” and everybody began to clap in time to the music. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Suppose that a time machine could have transported an archaeologist back in time, for a world tour at around 11,000 B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z They weren’t dancing exactly, but just stepping back and forth in time to the music. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z They had no chance of making it in time. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Not only would they have to convince her to come with them, but they’d have to travel miles west to get her to the Kusonga Plains in time for the Bonding, all while avoiding detection. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z They finished their thousand-page treatise just in time—and it won the prize. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It was husbands—who had left home in time to stop by this St. Nicholas Avenue house before they went on to work. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He dived to earth, then pulled up in time. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Far behind us, another group of Dauntless run down the alley, toward us, moving in time with one another. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z While Char and the knights discussed ogre transport, I thought about the wedding and despaired of getting there in time. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Of course, in time I learned his soft spots, like bruises on a piece of fruit. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z I looked up in time to see Derrick lower his gun. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z They had walked in just in time—not too late to miss the beginning of the movie, but just late enough to miss the opportunity for decent seats. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z But if black South Africans could go back in time and kill one person, Cecil Rhodes would come up before Hitler. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z But there was no way back in time now. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z If he can’t get food he’s bound to look for it, and mayhap he may chance to light on a butcher’s shop in time. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Maybe I could call the school and tell them not to let Maribel get off the bus if I wasn't there in time. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Nate peeked up just in time to see him crumple to his knees. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z Harry almost said something apologetic to Percy but caught himself just in time. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The sound of boiling water shakes me from my thoughts just in time. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But old Grandma always used to say, “Back in time immemorial, things were different, the animals could talk to human beings and many magical things still happened.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Just in time, I pull my hair out of my face, bend over, and throw up onto the curb. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I turned in time to see Sam lift Esme into the ambulance, then bend forward to plant a kiss on each of her scraped knees. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “So many clever riddles as there used to be when he was young—he wondered he could not remember them! but he hoped he should in time.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z It would be a perfect moment to freeze in time and make into a little diorama that I could inhabit for an eternity. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Several of the guests moved quickly toward Beatriz, but her grandfather reached her just in time to stop her from hitting her head on the edge of the curved driveway. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The girls’ restroom—the place where the bomb exploded— has also remained frozen in time. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z This was just an insignificant point in time, like my parents stuck in their funk. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z At some fixed point in time and space he senses that he need not waste the effort of a glance. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Would he be able to get help in time? The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z He does not see how he can empty his stewpot in time for coffee. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I move my hands, and you pull yours away, just in time. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I turned in time to see her fall, clutching her arm. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I found Mabel and joined her on a blanket just in time to hear the punch line of a joke I already knew. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z She would get here just in time to rescue them. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m hoping we’re able to weather these storms in time for the playoffs,” Webb says. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z If he has a gentle heart as well, I may grow fond of him in time. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Having a companion fixes you in time and that the present, but when the quality of aloneness settles down, past, present, and future all flow together. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z A horrible vision of his lanky cousin frozen in time terrorized Otto. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z But if she took two grammes, she ran the risk of not waking up in time to-morrow morning. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I see its glint in the light just in time. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “You couldn’t have made it there in time anyway. I ... I picked up my phone to call you. I flipped it open, then I looked at the rest of the kids on the team.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z We got to the bedroom door in time to hear Grandpa say, “Best go on now, Miss Love. They short-handed at the store.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I watched, entranced, and my body began to bob up and down in time with his movements. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z On my way out I was even going to shake his hand, but just in time, I remembered that I had killed a man. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z One time, I asked if someone were to wave a magic wand and make him all better, would he become, in time, the man he had been before? Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s wet. I thought we jumped back in time.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z He said: “I know. We didn’t get the generator going in time.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Even if it’s to get there just in time to be shot. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I came out on the west side of the school, jumped down the handicap entrance ramp, and made it to the northwest corner in time to catch Celia in the stomach with my arm. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “Good thing we caught you two in time,” Haskel said, his brown eyes bright and cheerful beneath a thatch of curls. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Zu had been sitting right behind him, moving in time with the music, her entire body rocking out to the wailing electric guitar. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Now Scott usually came home just in time for dinner, if not later. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z “Well, that was—” Helene’s eyes go wide, and I lunge to one side without needing to be told, turning just in time to see a knife hurtling through the air. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The consequences of uncoupling could indeed be disastrous for any organism from embryo to adult: in time it could lead to the death of the tissue or even of the organism. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z According to one source, he also pivoted north in time to repulse a Seleucid counterattack against Egypt. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Johanna and I are the only ones who get our masks on in time. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She lunges for me, but Dylan shoves her back just in time. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z They went accordingly to Delphi, the Greeks’ refuge in time of trouble, to ask the god if they could hope for a child. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z And because of God or Fate or Sheer Rotten Luck, Charlie walks into the kitchen just in time to hear her say it. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z As for extra gestures, overacting—any trash, dirt, or spots—he can clean those up in time. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Grandma sat before us with her knitting, nodding her head in time to the music. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Chunks of his life fell away, so that while we were moving ahead in time, he was moving back. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The browse line on the trees went higher and higher as they sought food, and in time many more deer were dying of starvation than had formerly been killed by predators. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Maybe, in time, even something close to what Mom promised. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z And Adam said, “I didn’t kill my brother—” Suddenly he stopped and his mind went reeling back in time. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z They could never make it to Alaska and back in time. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Finally Michelangelo and the children, with William catching up with them just in time. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “I never thought I’d be going to it. I’m really glad I saw that movie in time, you bet I am.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Ten thousand men and ten thousand machines worked ceaselessly through the night under powerful arc-lights, and the massive task was completed only just in time. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I turned the lock and jumped back in time to avoid the door slamming into me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z All the swirling angels suddenly seemed much closer together; the military man was making out with one of the mermaids; even the palm trees swayed seductively in time with one another. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z If people in the Congo could go back in time and kill one person, Belgium’s King Leopold would come way before Hitler. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Thus this observer would think that a spaceship could get from A to B in time if only it could ignore the speed-of-light speed limit. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He arrives only in time to watch the last of a flock of candy pink birds, equipped with long, thin beaks, skewer her through the neck. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Just in time Bilbo saw his peril, and he fled blindly up the passage away from the water; and once more he was saved by his luck. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z A crow cawed and thunder clapped, and everyone in Isihlangu froze in time. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I sneaked up to my spy position on the landing in time for Dad unchaining the door. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Mr. Hofacket’s powder lit us up like summer lightning and caught us for that one second in time. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z It should be emphasized that this beginning in time is very different from those that had been considered previously. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Lustig said, “But suppose, by accident, in space, in time, we got lost in the dimensions and landed on an Earth that is thirty or forty years ago.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z He had washed the cut, poured some boiled vinegar over it, bound it up, and thought little more of it, trusting that the pain would fade and the hand heal itself in time. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z That had to be it, since Petey was stuck in time like everyone else. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Padva turn at the sound just in time to witness the creeping black fade into snow-bright white at the bottom of the skirt, until all evidence that the gown was ever green is gone. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z One ot them all but closed his jaws on Snowball’s tail, but Snowball whisked it free just in time. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z The gold bar popped out of the ground just in time for her foot to hit it. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Harry Cat leaped up to the shelf just in time to keep his tail from being burned. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh yes, we were just in time,” he said, then started laughing in that way that made me so happy, his big chest heaving and causing the wooden chair to squeal. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z But the other kind, when I think about how in time I will be dead, it seem more true. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Barrabas kept his tail, which in time grew to be as long as a golf club and developed a life all its own that led to lamps and china being swept from tabletops. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They were all dancing in time behind their own fifers and drummers. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “You cant never get them out in time to catch yourself, fat as you is.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I prayed that we would not get in an accident, that we would get to Lewiston, Idaho, in time for my mother’s birthday, and that we would bring her home. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Hence seven years’ distance in time and focus now separates me from GGS’s writing. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Isn't it fortuitous,” Lady Isobel gloated one night at supper, “that the prince has returned just in time to meet my most beautiful daughter?” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The next morning Quentin hitched over the mountains in time for breakfast. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, they knew that a fox in the open, plain to be seen, is not dangerous as long as it is spotted in time. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagined how each circle would look as it moved in time to the beat, all those arms and legs moving out and in at exactly the same moment. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z People in their deck chairs were joining in, and some were clapping in time. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “Well, be back in time for lunch,” said her mother. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z All of them looked upward in time to see the crystal chandelier tremble; then, with a creak and an ominous jingling, it began to fall. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He made it home just in time for dinner. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z “The priory collapsed in the flood. We just got her out in time. Then we got swept away.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z But whereas I always had to go home in time to milk and bring in stovewood, he could stay all night if Grandpa wanted him to. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Released the rope in time,” the Spaniard said. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I noticed Mop trying to get a spoonful of congris, but he couldn’t get to the ladle in time. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z We all turned at once, just in time to see the PSF with the flaming red hair launch the butt of her rifle into the teenage boy’s mouth. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z It took longer for the kids to return, but in time Elizebeth had her whole family together again, safe and sound. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Turning over on my back, I was just in time to see the big marshal plant a number-twelve boot in the seat of the last kid. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She jerked the lure away just in time. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Once, a shingle came loose under Dustfinger’s boots, but he managed to catch it just in time, before the terra-cotta tile could fall and break in the street below. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z If you evolve such a universe forward in time according to the laws of science, you will end up with the lumpy and irregular state you started with. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tonight,” said the psychologist, “if the cables can be laid in time. I’ll tell the robots now what they’re to be up against.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z “I know the bear’s special to you,” I said slowly, “but it’s special to Georgie, too. He used to have one just like it, but Miss—” I stopped myself just in time. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Just holding it in my hands felt like I had traveled back in time to our kitchen. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z These days, whenever we talk about Milton, my mother and I come to the conclusion that he got out just in time. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The adult lacewing feeds mostly on plant nectars and the honeydew of aphids, and in time she lays her eggs, each on the end of a long stalk which she fastens to a leaf. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z In particular, he wanted to get his book out in time for copies to be shipped to Frankfurt ahead of the spring book fair. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z And as if the universe heard me, as if, for one moment, all the feet in the world leapt and landed in time with the song, another body squeezed into our tight circle. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Then, because he can’t stop it in time, lets out a tremendous yawn. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z If he wanted to get to the bridge in time, he'd need to be closer. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z He checked himself in time to turn the nod into a bow of respect, then fled, leaving the scene of his failure but not the knowledge of it. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z “I am happy at this moment in time.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Francie got used to it in time and as she grew older, she seldom noticed it any more. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z With Florent’s help, they plunged the entire neighbourhood back in time. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Perhaps in time it would come to seem rugged, this chin like a wedge of cheese. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z His rescue had happened just in time for him to save the Princess Pea from the terrible fate that the rat had planned for her. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Worse, she’s taken up ice dancing; she goes to classes at the local indoor rink, and tangos and waltzes in time to tinny music, holding hands with other women. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I was really scared and I wished that I could go back in time, to before summer, when you were still here and Fig was fine. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z As it plays, I watch David’s lips mouth the words, every pause, every word, perfectly in time with Arnold Lobel’s voice. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He steadied himself in time to hear Snape say, “— your little bit of hocus-pocus. I’m waiting.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z And in time, I may find myself his first mate whether I want to or not, journeying to points exotic so that I might make another dive, and another, and another. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z When it gets to the point at which the virtual particle/antiparticle pair appeared together, it is scattered by the gravitational field into a particle traveling forward in time and escaping from the black hole. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Dude, I got this,” Michael always said, a joking reference to the impossibility of sprinting upstairs to the platform in time to catch the train. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He should have just gone on with his unremarkable life—because then, maybe, just maybe, he might have had the chance to do something remarkable with it in time. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I knew I could never get to them in time. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He popped another log into the river, and this one spun just in time to ram its full weight into the robot’s chest. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z And if she could rescue Nin, if she could get to her in time, maybe that would make up for letting them take her in the first place. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z She had this sensation that America was suddenly far away not only in distance but in time as well. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I’d have to wake up real early if I wanted to get to the mission in time for breakfast, if you were one minute late they wouldn’t let you in for food. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Layla and Ivy turned in time to see their van lifted off the ground. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I opened my eyes just in time to see the black grille of a real train staring me down. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Larry Dunn threw an apple core from the back of the bus and the new kid got his hand up just in time to block it from hitting him in the face. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Tree-ear felt an enormous wave of relief wash over him, but caught himself in time to show no emotion. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z “What if Dumbledore wanted us to work out the symbol in time to get the wand?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z A red kite was closing in on me—I’d caught it just in time. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He felt he had stepped back in time. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “Well, hello, there. I see Mrs. Caruthers’s new caretaker is here, and just in time, too.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “TimeStar’s trying to go forward in time. There is no forward when time is frozen. Unless we win, were at the end.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z In theory, a naked singularity with no event horizon might allow you to travel faster than light or backward in time. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Manet tapped me on the shoulder, and I looked at him just in time to avoid being blinded by the initial burst of flame as the cloud caught fire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z If Native Americans could go back in time and kill one person, it would probably be Christopher Columbus or Andrew Jackson. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “I hope so too. We will start cleaning the room in time. I want it to be spotless for her.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Just in time to see him skip down the front steps, pluck the morning paper off the hibiscus bush, look at it for a moment, and then toss it back toward the front porch. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z It was about the same size and shape as Mendel’s garden—and in time it would become an equally iconic site in the history of genetics. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z “My present thought is that their virtuous army will give them a government in time in spite of all their conventions but of what nature it will be, it is hard to say.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Only then. did he leap past the other passengers, screaming in his mind, plunge through the slicing door only in time. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z She threw off her sheet and cracked her door just in time to see Matthew careening toward her on his skateboard. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I ran to the entryway, slid the bolt, and pushed open the door just in time for him to carry a long wooden crate from the trunk of the car to the front hall. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Through almost every afternoon he slept, waking in time to feel dusk settle in and to watch the light die beyond the window three beds away to his right. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z He looked back just in time to see Ekon’s deepening frown and raised his hands defensively. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z She reached them just in time: her friend Atal was waiting, and as Mary scrambled on her back, Atal beat the road with her feet, speeding away up the slope after her companions. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z It is the nature of a man as he grows older, a small bridge in time, to protest against change, particularly change for the better. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, there is a long list of other things to do if we are to change the way we live together, especially in our cities, in time. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I lifted my arm in time to stop him from hitting me again and he grabbed me around the neck. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z She tried to turn and leave before Dill saw the tears begin to stream down her cheeks in force, but she didn’t quite make it in time. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z He rushes forward and says, “Now if you hurry down, you’ll be there in time not to miss anything.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to send Grover into a panic, but I knew we had another huge deadline looming, aside from saving Artemis . in time for her council of the gods. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “Depend upon me—but ask no more questions. You will know it all in time. The most unaccountable business! But hush, hush!” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z Hopefully we’d be done in time to play down in the marsh. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z If I’m going back in time, I’ll focus my memories on the good days. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Would he be home in time, or would a gleaning in his family take place in his absence? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “Just in time for supper,” declares the cook, and he begins to ladle pease porridge into the mess pots. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I put the baby down quickly—just in time, as it turned out. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z If Doc left Monterey on Wednesday morning he could be there easily in time for the tide on Thursday. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I needed to be home in time for Hadley’s bus, but if I moved fast enough, I could make it okay. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z No surprise fire drill alarm would sound in time to rescue me from having to look at, let alone talk to, Ellis and the K. Rukia wasn’t so bad, just annoying. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I move forward in time and watch the Mother Jaguar attacking me to protect her children. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z And then there is this strange fold in time, and I realize I’m not writing anymore. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I spun in time to see him toss himself, spread-eagle, into the sky above us. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z She whirled in time to see the cell door slam shut. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z But their success didn't come in time to help Garfield. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z When astronomers peer at a distant galaxy, they are looking backward in time. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z She is walking out the door for a trip into the country, but Booth catches her just in time. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The security cameras haven't triggered an alarm in time to lock down the stairwell. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z For a moment, everything seems frozen in time. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Just because we live in time loops doesn’t mean we’re stuck in the Stone Age!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Thus began the new life that, in time, would make him forget Rosa. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Others were already out on the dance floor—spinning, flying, twisting, and tumbling in time with the music, which thumped out of floating spherical speakers that drifted throughout the club. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Faces are distorted, arms strike out, and the beasts scream; we just stop in time to avoid attacking one another. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I look back just in time to see him flap his arms. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Her hands moved in time to the song. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z Should they show the plant at a moment in time, or show both flower and fruit in a single illustration? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Night came to the garden of the giraffes, and Billy Pilgrim slept without dreaming for a while, and then he traveled in time. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Had he just assumed Inej would find her way to the guards in time? Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Then they set off towards the ambulance, a little procession, marching in time. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z My body shook in time with the bursts of static, curling in on itself like an old, yellowing piece of paper. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She just stayed, a puff of wool frozen in time. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z It’s better worth being late for a chance of winning you than being in time for any other girl in the world. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z I looked up just in time to see the Volkswagen slam on its brakes right in front of us, jolting to a stop and sending another blinding glare of sunlight our way. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I scrambled onto its roof just in time to see Tyler close his trunk and turn in a circle, as if he wanted to say goodbye but there was no one to say goodbye to. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z As we left, I turned back in time to see him shovel my letter into a mail sack, his hand wrapped in newsprint. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z I wanted to tell her that I had tried to come in time, but I could not speak. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I spun around in time to see a bag of garbage—into which I’d tossed the match I’d used to light the stove—flare into a small conflagration. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just in time for a piece of blueberry pie,” said Mrs. Zuckerman. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z I speed toward him, then slow down just in time to confuse him on my approach. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “Didn’t finish in time for the trip,” Tyson mumbled. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t suppose you two figured out where you were in time,” Trub says doubtfully. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z “And even if we do get back in time, he’ll see the odometer. He’ll know we went somewhere. What am I supposed to tell him?” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z “Come on,” said Will to Lyra, and they splashed through the icy, bone-aching water and scrambled up the far side of the gully just in time. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He may not even have known himself when it would take place—only that it would be soon, and that everything had to be ready in time. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z A city so young that, in thinking of its short history, one’s mind, as it travels backward in time, is stopped abruptly by the barren stretches of wind-swept prairie! Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “Just as long as you’re getting everything you’ve got coming to you. We came all the way from New York. We were afraid we wouldn’t get here in time.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z She hit it in time to the song that had been in her mind when she woke up. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The flowers look beautiful and savage in the daylight, like vicious creatures suspended in time, motionless. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “I have sweatpants in my gym locker. If I hurry I can make it to class in time.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Not only will it have to get here in time, I’ll have to have time to read it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Wash got to the end of the path just in time to see her smile. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He sat in a slotted swing on his porch, rocking in his brown three-piece, his wide Panama nodding in time with the whir of insects. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, a man’s mind can’t stay in time the way his body does.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, no! On the contrary, I think in time I shall get on with my scholars very well.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z No-Name swerved out of reach just in time, and Will hustled Lyra over toward the door, because she was numb with shock and half-blinded by the blood running down her face. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “If we both finish in time, you may have one of the cream puffs.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Startled, Harry looked over just in time to see her burst into tears over her copy of Spellman’s Syllabary. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “How did you know I’d be right here at this exact moment in time?” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Why weren’t they stuck in time like everyone else? The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Penny’s lance descended just in time for its blunted point to brush his shoulder; his own lance wobbled as he brought it down and banged it noisily off a comer of her shield. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I had screamed before he began choking me, and my grandpa heard it and stopped him in time. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She had attempted suicide three times, and she survived the last attempt—an overdose of pills—only because someone found her in time and rushed her to the hospital. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z I look down just in time to see two men come out of the building. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z In the confusion they didn’t cut us off in time. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z These processes need not be constant in time. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z "From your ma —" I started and caught myself in time. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He started pulling the door closed, but Alec threw the sledgehammer just in time. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “A couple of weeks, I guess. Dad says I’ve got to get back in time for school.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z “Look. It’s like every moment in time is a diamond sitting on this ring. Pretend the ring is really big, with diamonds all around, and each diamond is one moment. Got it?” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Jam gazed at the floor, focusing on a small splatter of blue paint that looked as if the sky had bled and no one had cleaned it up in time. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Now I have to do the real thing, in time for the International Festival, ten days away. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z If a bomb were built in time to affect the outcome of the war, it would need to be dropped by plane. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He came over the side in time to see Captain Candless grappling with the other captain. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Emma lit a flame just in time to see Caul dragging Althea away from us by the hair. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He was twenty-two years old, born in Ireland in 1868; his family emigrated to the United States in 1871 and in August that year moved to Chicago, just in time to experience the Great Fire. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Suppose you went under and your mask filled all up with water and you couldn’t get to the top in time? Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z He stood on tiptoe and peered toward her in time to see several people lead her away. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z I went home at the beginning of December, just in time to finish grade one. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z As though her life depended on getting there in time. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He landed on the sill with a thump, as owls are apt to do, did not stop himself in time, and toppled straight out of the window. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z A tinge of panic sent her attention reeling back to the fifth floor just in time to see one of Robbie’s painted giants swing down on her from the rafters. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Steady Eddie started snapping his fingers real soft, in time with the piano and the drum, his toothpick jumping right along with his fingers. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Imperfection is his ideal, because it's real and tangible, and he knows how to translate it into a frozen moment in time that will be beautiful forever. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z When I heard the door slam, I looked out the window in time to see Lily hurrying toward Lydia’s idling car, passing Nathan without a word—not even glancing his way. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Finn said, spinning on his stool, just in time to see the mare rear back, kick her front legs, and charge past the diner. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Do certain events in our lives leave a permanent mark, freezing a piece of us in time, and that becomes a touchstone that we measure the rest of our lives against? The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z They pulled into the airport just in time. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I feel his muscles shift as he pinches the trigger and duck my head just in time. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I give you now the entire pregnancy in time lapse. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Billy and Valencia went to sleep nestled like spoons, and Billy traveled in time back to the train ride he had taken in 1944—from maneuvers in South Carolina to his father’s funeral in Ilium. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z He bent down just in time to grab Crookshanks by the end of his bushy tail and drag him outside. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I look back just in time to see the elephant pull her trunk from the trough. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Hands yanked him down in time, the bullet skidding off the rock and into the gravel with a sharp hiss. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z And somehow the mountains will never sound right to us; we’ll give them new names, but the old names are there, somewhere in time, and the mountains were shaped and seen under those names. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew Hoagland was still wondering if he had done so in time. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed as though gaps in time were a tradition with her. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “No. I never do. And it doesn’t really matter, just so long as they get here in time.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The vast paintings churned and swayed in time with the music. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z To top things off, in recent weeks his freshmen had begun to beat his varsity in time trials and head-to-head races. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “I’m saving for my Tech Crew T-shirt. I need to have it in time for the Talentine show.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z "Just in case somebody don't make it out in time, especially since she make us all walk so slow. I don't know about everybody else, but if there's a for-real fire, I'm outta there." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Daddy was glad we got home in time for the preseason football games. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z He ducked, just in time, so that I missed him by a hair. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z After the sun had fallen beneath the rooftops, we arrived at the Collbran house in time to see the body of the last Collbran taken out to the death cart. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z William Levitt regarded the land he had acquired as frozen in time, belonging to a previous century, and marveled that such a backwater existed in the corridor between New York and Philadelphia. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z She clenched her teeth, driving hard forward for as long as she dared and then dodging to the side just in time to avoid a burst of artillery. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I turned in time to see scales reflecting the sunlight as the fish slid downstream. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Jim and I had arrived just in time for a banquet honoring the project. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z But Charles wrote to him and reassured him that in time he would remember her with much less pain, as he did Annie. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I passed a jeweller’s window, but I looked away in time. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I stopped and stared at the ground just in time to see what looked like a monstrous spider scurry into a hole. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z At first I thought my parents would put up a fight when one Sunday morning I just didn’t come back from the crab house in time for church. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She moves it in time with the music, rolling her ankle. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z I lift my head slightly, just in time to see the tallest man aim a bottle at the storefront. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Jam whirled through the door just in time to see both Aloe and Bitter sit up, sleep slithering away from them, leaving that unpleasant disorientation of an unexpected awakening. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z If you get this message in time, please call me. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z I turn around just in time to see Logan toss a french fry right at us. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z In an unchanging universe a beginning in time is something that has to be imposed by some being outside the universe; there is no physical necessity for a beginning. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He marched in time, step by step, and he looked ready to fight. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The light goes out and I look up just in time to catch Olly’s black-clad hand and flashlight retreat into the window. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Nana was lost in time, and I wished I could have traveled with her. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z And, even while I loved my job, I knew that it was just filling in time. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z I’m writing this on the tram, and if I get to you in time, I won't have to give this to you at all. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The staffs living standards would improve in time, but not until the appearance on the scene of an especially well-heeled patron, the United States government. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “You all are just in time,” Mom says. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z “Hope we make it in time,” Henry was saying. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “See, I told you sunrise shapes are best of all. But wait. Just wait a minute. This is only the beginning. We’re in time for everything. Hang on....” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Dearest Celie, I meant to write you in time for Easter, but it was not a good time for me and I did not want to burden you with any distressing news. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The cab swerved just in time and one brother was slipping on the snow and almost fell in the path of a delivery truck. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Pinkie and Jim Don began to clap in time with Art’s voice. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z All the people he loved the most, bright-eyed, grinning, frozen in time. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z There was a soft scamper across the linoleum, and we turned just in time to see a little white tail bounce out the door into the living room. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z And Billy traveled in time from that delightful bed to a bed in 1968. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just in time for me to get dinner started.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I remember to duck in time before Hamid Uncle pinches my cheek, and repeat the words of farewell. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z As I neared the street, I looked back in time to see the woman’s face leave the window. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z They were now scheming to finish the war in time for the New Year. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked down at the house just in time to see something new. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z I raced off to the burning library, thinking I might, if lucky, be in time to salvage a few books. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Our teacher, Mercedes Garcia, was a bosomy woman with jackhammer feet who taught us how to drop our heels in time to her claps and castanets. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He had to study hard if he expected to graduate in time to attend the university in the fall. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Just as wormholes can, in theory, send you halfway across the universe in the blink of an eye, they can send you backward and forward in time. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “I wonder if we’ve arrived just in time for a thunderstorm; or an eclipse.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Startled, he reacted quickly, looking just in time to see a flash of silver. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z HERMIONE: And can you still only move in time, not space? Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z I got there in time to see my dogs swimming for the opposite shore. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She glanced out of the window in time to see her father cleave a log into three separate pieces, which he then heaved onto a growing woodpile. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Katherine and I are just in time to see Jackson tackled by the three men a little ways down the street that leads away from the rail yard. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z And so, if you get lost in time it is like being lost in a desert, except that you can’t see the desert because it is not a thing. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z My arms flew out to catch her, but the girl recovered just in time. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “You know yourself, Mrs. Dowdel, boys will be boys. They’s high- spirited. They’ll settle down in time and all be good Christian men. Their maw and I have set them a good example.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes a moment is so remarkable that it carves out a space in time and spins there, while the world rushes on around it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He says he has a full subtrans map saved on his phone, but he’s visibly worried about them being able to make it in time. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I remember leaving early with Laura, to get her home in time. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Professor Croaker’s law—the furthest someone can go back in time without the possibility of serious harm to the traveler or time itself is five hours. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z The placement of the sounds in time is the rhythm of a piece of music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z And Despereaux’s love for the Princess Pea would prove, in time, to be all of these things: powerful, wonderful, and ridiculous. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Our legs match rhythms, like paddles beating in time. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z ‘Doubtless it will be made clear in time.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z We get to the gallery just in time for Sabrina’s introduction. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He got there just in time to see the fire taking hold of his neighbor’s shed and fence, while the breeze blew a rain fire on his property. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z Then, just in time, Joseph and I, who went down the first time, noticed something. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z And Billy zoomed back in time to his infancy. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is their second. That’s where they got those weapons. After the first raid, Evelyn had most of the weapons relocated, but this storehouse didn’t make it in time.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Maybe in time. she replies, which is something Eleanor used to say. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I turn around in time to see Billy Henkle waving excitedly from the window of a passing car. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Once he’d dragged me out of Birdsong Creek when I was about to drown and another time he’d given warning in time to keep some raiding Comanches from stealing and eating our mule, Jumper. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z It was almost evening and we had to return to the center in time for dinner. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I got there just in time to see her standing in the doorway, reaching for the box of jars and accidentally touching Nathan’s hand. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z As soon as the guard wandered over to the other side of the area, swaying in time to the music that was filling his ears, Dustfinger clambered up its woody branches. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Or what if it was something ordinary, a common crisis, and she panicked, froze, failed to stop the hemorrhage in time? Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Too bad she didn’t have the sense of a deer and hadn’t looked in the direction she was going soon enough to see the giant maple in time. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Celaena turned just in time to see one of the larger Champions—one of the discharged soldiers—shove a nearby guard, knocking him to the ground. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I go back in time and imagine myself being a little slower, maybe tripping, and losing valuable time and losing my valuable friend as bullets rip apart his beautiful heart. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z There were so many of them, all marching in time together, their shiny green helmets and polished black jackboots glinting in the sun. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z “You’re not going anywhere,” a voice said from behind him, and Moss whirled around in time to catch a baton on his shoulder, instead of somewhere much more painful. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I hesitate—I know it’s already too late, the doors are about to close, I’m in the middle of the carriage, I won’t be able to push my way through the crowd in time. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Roosevelt’s team slowly scraped away sediment, traveling backward in time with every inch. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The spirits all pulsed in time with the same glowing rhythm. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z All around, the spirits hummed their harmonious spirituals and murmured quietly to one another, their glow pulsing in time with the shimmer growing in the dark waters. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z I began to think at what point in time I could have done things differently. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z If the kid is lucky, and the dog isn’t too stupid, people find out in time, and they get someone with no collarbones to go down the well and fish the kid out. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Shirley’s ponytail bobs in time to the ropes hitting the sidewalk. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z The woman shook a dirty, beribboned tambourine and listlessly punched it with her elbow in time to the music. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He lifted his tail off the ground and held it at an angle and marched in time to the music the minstrels were playing on their guitars. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z |
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