“Drug bust. I knew something was about to go down. That black car kept circling the parking lot. Looked like an undercover.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Leading the young Klan members, C.P. walked up to the man and pulled out the .38 caliber revolver he kept in his back pocket. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

You called in a midwife, a neighbor woman, or your mother, and you got through the business secretively and behind closed doors and kept the men out. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But that would sound too mushy, so I kept my thoughts to myself. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The preacher kept on saying he was going to have to do something about them, but he never did. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

He kept waking him up to drink the sugarwater, the boy’s dry throat jerking and chugging. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Kathy was shocked that it even existed, that any records had been made or kept. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Johnson shrugged, shouldered the sixty, and kept on. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d tried telling that to Thomas after I’d accidentally destroyed his favorite video game, but that hadn’t kept him from not talking to me for an entire week. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Many of the rooms in the White House have a similar hauntedness, a sense of history that hangs like cobwebs no matter how pristine the rooms are kept. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He smiled at Aileen, but kept looking at me from the corner of his eye. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I kept my hands firmly rooted in my pockets as if I were taking a walk on a chilly day. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Songololo kept pulling on it and screaming, yanking her leash taut, which made it impossible to turn the stake so it would pass through. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Daddy smoked. Our neighbors above us and next to us smoked. I had so many asthma attacks, it ain’t funny. We only kept canned goods in the cabinets ’cause of the rats and roaches. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Good. You did well. I want them kept alive,” muttered Cluny as he walked across to the ditch and peered down at the captives. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The monitor exploded but the music kept playing. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She kept hoping that Paul would resume the argument with Billy and win it, or at least convince Mr. or Mrs. Fitzgibbon that they should let her go. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

He had already been kept two and a half weeks; he could wait a few more days. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

And he kept on staring at the house. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She held my hand and kept telling me that I was going to be okay, and it was her tone that made me believe it. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

From these windows Ged looked out, as he kept by himself in his high tower-room, day after day, dull and heartsick and cold. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Everything kept working, but you couldn’t eat or drink. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

It swirled and floated back and joined the rain sound that the Thug and Dirty Deed kept going. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

She smiled and said thank you and kept her eyes on her newspaper. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Who knows how much they have kept for themselves to sell? We never have salt here because they keep all the salt to trade.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I bet your mother kept bees, too,” I said. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She licked all of Ma’s tears and wouldn’t quit even though Ma kept trying to wave her off. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

It was messy, but at least it kept her occupied licking it off, and the wound was getting cleaner all the time. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought that if I kept talking, and praying underneath, and if we kept moving along those mountainous roads, we had a chance. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The oldest girl kept her broom up as she hustled her companions toward the door. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I never saw his face, he kept his hood up.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

And the lady was pretty much screaming, “It’s over! It’s over!” and kept telling him to go home. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Dad kept trying to make it seem O.K. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eyes opened or not, he could swear he kept hearing the moist thunk of the arrow slamming into Ben’s cheek. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Claudia kept looking at the picture of the statue as she finished eating her baked beans. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grammy just kept talking about the lady with the kittens, but I think my brain couldn’t listen anymore. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Ever since Mr. Daniels kept her in for recess for making fun of Oliver, she saves her comments for when Mr. Daniels is busy or talking to someone else. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

She pulled the sword out and kept walking. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Two thousand years of training kept her alive. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I put Ben’s things on the floor and wiped Tilly off with an old bath towel we kept in a basket inside the front door. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Mr Joseph Hooper moved his hand towards the small, left-side drawer in the desk, underneath the drawer where sealing wax had always been kept. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He sounded as if he hadn’t a care in the world, but I knew that he was worried by the way he kept inching in front of me and Gram. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Tally kept her arms close to her sides. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He chased the mother away with a broom, then kept trying to shoo the baby in the other direction. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kept rooting through her bag and then with a satisfied smile she pulled something from an outside pocket. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

When my dad found out I kept the blinds open—even a crack—he walked out to the sidewalk to make sure no one could see me from the street. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He kept springing this question on her, hoping to startle her into a response by asking it when she least expected it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She kept telling me how good I was to be friends with Howard ’cause other kids were so mean to him. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I kept my hunch a secret but had the manuscript authenticated by an expert. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He kept his hood up, masking his face, hair, and anything that would have let me recognize him later. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She made me so nervous, I just kept on lying my head off. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Tori kept checking her phone, hoping that Brandon would call and ask to be picked up, but he never did. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Aunt Helen ... and the trees kept moving . . . they just wouldn’t stop moving ... so I laid down and made a snow angel. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to break into a run, but she just kept moving steadily, pushing toward the harbor. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I kept my hand to my mouth, now covering it. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

A medication, recently discovered, kept his limbs steady and his speech well controlled. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I kept thinking I could hear people moving outside. I even thought I saw somebody once or twice.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I kept glancing at the clock on the wall because I did not want to be late for the test. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

There we found the entirety of the pictures of my family in the same cabinet where my father kept the liquor. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when she kept talking, I got lost. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He kept clicking the flashlight on and off. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were wide and she kept opening her mouth like she wanted to tell me I was wrong. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Hey there, sis, everyone kept saying to Desdemona all afternoon, and each time she jumped; each time she thought her heart would stop. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

As for the secret, it would be kept from the citizens. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The green leather case was his mother’s most precious possession; he would never dream of looking through it, and he didn’t even know where she kept it. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He also drank a cup of shark liver oil each day from the big drum in the shack where many of the fishermen kept their gear. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just kept running until I got to the safety of the school office. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The girls kept their seats close together, their heads almost touching as they giggled and talked. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I did best pulling; I could lean into the harness, and the work kept me warm. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ve always kept an eye on the fringe, which is the nearest genetically damaged area outside the compound. Mostly just research, studying how the genetically damaged behave,” Amar says. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Mr. Turner was a banty-rooster kind of man who kept the entire school under his thumb. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

All these years I kept my true nature hidden, running along like a small shadow so nobody could catch me. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept looking, in the corners, under the bed. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

I don’t even know what kept me going. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

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

I kept to the back sides of buildings as I crept forward, checking for people before advancing, Otto’s hot nervous breath at my back. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The molcajete’s legs kept thumping against the table, making an ominous rhythmic sound. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

If that meant that Stimson partners earned rather less money than lawyers at other firms, so be it; they made enough, and kept their scruples besides. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was a certain nervousness that kept my heart beating slightly faster than normal. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Eventually, they gave up and kept their distance. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She kept looking behind her, her eyes wide and dodgy. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I kept my eyes on Vincent as he added more flour and milk to the batter. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I kept my head behind it and did not even look over it. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I was all nerves when I told Mitch I was going back to Harpy’s, but he shrugged it off and kept playing his video game. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

If she kept up that no-BS mentality, his sister would survive high school without a problem. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

But otherwise the subjunctive is found only in subordinate clauses, generally with mandative verbs and adjectives, which indicate that something is demanded or required: I insist that she be kept in the loop. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Secrets are kept from children, a lid on top of the soup kettle, so they do not boil over with too much truth. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

A couple of kids thought that was funny, but Nick played it straight, and just kept talking. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A brand-new pink Lady Kenmore, which they kept out on the porch because there was no room in the kitchen. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I knocked him down and I kicked him in the balls, and I kept kicking him there until he. was dead," Hot Pie boasted. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"Remind me how to turn on the TV, Say-So. Don't seem to wanna work for me," Cinder would say, pointing the case he kept his eyeglasses in at the television screen. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Minho blew out a big puff of air and kept running, and Thomas did the only thing he knew to do. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

But although he felt sick most days for much of the day and often slept terribly at night, he kept writing and publishing books and articles, on orchids and climbing plants. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept seeing his face and vacant eyes. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

But when I took the notebook and flipped through it, there was nothing but the lists she kept and her notes to herself. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

She kept him warm and fed him and he radiated heat in her hood. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beyond the fields, a mile or more away from the sea, rose a forest of oak, chestnut, and hickory, open and park-like, the underbrush kept down by expert annual burning. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I waited for him to explain about babies, but he just kept eating. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

We kept our heads down as we hurried past young rebels and soldiers. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I kept wishing he’d show up so my mother could slap him instead. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

He kept glancing in the direction of the hospital, then out across Buzzards Bay as if Mr. Sloan’s stolen skiff might appear at any moment, that bully man in the stern. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Gold writing kept dashing across it as though an invisible giant’s hand were scrawling upon the blackboard and then wiping it off again; watching it, Harry saw that it was flashing advertisements across the field. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It kept wandering up to the dormitory where his, new broom-stick was lying under his bed, or straying off to the Quidditch field where he’d be learning to play that night. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Tour guides kept yelling, “It’s just a reenactment!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Please stay just a moment longer. I wanted to ask you something. I wasn’t asleep long, was I? I trust I haven’t kept you up?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He kept laughing the whole time I was taking down my suitcase and getting the scissors out for him. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Lander traveled with one of the new abolitionist societies in New York, on a speaking tour of New England; they kept him busy. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

But instead of ripping the ropes out of their hands and smashing the canoes against the rocks, the force of the current kept the canoes pinned underwater. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

The demands of the job, at least, kept his mind occupied. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He discovered a scheme of energies—the same unfathomable force that kept the citadel in the sky—and he could feel it all. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Despite what I was feeling inside, I kept a level voice. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he kept a grip on me and looked me up and down. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Practitioners of medicine and the analysts will be in trouble if they are not kept separate. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept seeing James' face on the wooden floor, cold eyes in a swollen face. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t say I was surprised, though, now that I knew what kept him busy at odd hours. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I grabbed the small plastic bucket Mama kept my hair things in: pomades, combs, barrettes, and knockers. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He kept careful records of the weight he had stripped from riders. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was something different about sharing the feeling of making something, a feeling I normally kept for myself. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

She kept them open with her foot as she fought. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

All that night he kept recalling the faces of the peasants, whom he had seen come into this world on his property, as they moved off along the highway. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hand kept writing, automatically, until the page was filled with the dark ink of his name. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“I mean, Mr. Jackson didn’t say we were excluded because we made mistakes. She kept us out on purpose. Because she doesn’t like that we’re loud and not ‘traditional’ or ‘family friendly.’ The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

But I kept my eyes on Wishbone and told him not to be scared. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Milkman kept on staring at her fingers, manipulating the orange. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Francie kept her eyes on the floor so that she wouldn’t have to look at the flower-covered coffin standing on trestles before the altar. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We were dropping with fatigue. What kept us going was a growing pride in doing some- thing, little as it was, against the hated invaders.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew that this was alcoholic fat, but he kept on drinking. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Mr. Reese would always lend us a couple of old bats if we wanted to play, but balls were something else, because we kept knocking them out of the sandlot. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

However, even if you had an impossibly strong spacesuit that kept you from being stretched into a piece of astronaut spaghetti, you could never tell anybody about what you saw. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I had a little more trouble tanning these hides because the water in my oak stump kept freezing at night. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cadet laughed through the bullhorn, which made him seem as sinister as Poseidon was with Odysseus when he kept foiling his attempts to get home to Ithaca. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Rocky is different,” she kept saying, “but this one, he’s supposed to stay here.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ani­mals that are kept in unsuitable enclosures are the most obvious example. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Pauline kept this order, this beauty, for herself, a private world, and never introduced it into her storefront, or to her children. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept looking at him, hoping that we could have another eye contact and maybe he would then say something about what was going on in his head. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I stopped running, and Annie took about three more strides and stopped too, but she kept on talking. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Capricorn handed Cockerell, who was standing beside him, the book that Mo had kept from him for so long, and bent to open the box. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Most of the men kept moving around, living in one house and going on to another when the roof began to leak. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

On board, one of the ROC soldiers kept watch. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Dust, ants, and twigs showered over her, but the trees also caught the craft and kept it from being swept away. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But her dark hair was always kept short, so that must look all right. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her entire baggage consisted of a small trunk, a little rocking chair with small hand-painted flowers, and a canvas sack which kept making a cloc-cloc-cloc sound, where she carried her parents' bones. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“My brother was on the winning team. They kept the flag at the carousel.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He had curious feelings about her, which he kept to himself. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t on our minds, we kept telling each other. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Mama is somebody,” she kept saying to herself. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kept her distance when Cain lumbered toward the water jug on the table by the far wall, watching his every movement. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Carmen kept talking to fill the silence while I was thinking. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Then if you kept asking: “But is it a bumper crop?” they’d sooner or later smile and say: “Oh, I’d say so, sweetheart. A real bumper crop,” bringing a thrilled cheer. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But though she sometimes longed to rise up and intervene, especially if she thought Briony was in need of her, the fear of pain kept her in place. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Dedd kept trying to call Minerva, but the line was truly, conclusively down, and the operator became annoyed. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Momma always kept a little towel in Joey’s last jacket’s pocket so I could make sure her face and hair were dry. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had to pull Vonetta’s chin away from the direction of the boy on the flying T. She kept looking even after he was long gone. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

All through the long walk, the pain had kept me thinking, and by the time I reached the tree trunk, I had made two decisions. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I kept thinking my fingers would adjust themselves back, like a train switching to the right track. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, honestly, I was surprised at how I kept up for at least ten minutes before starting to drop back. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Esme kept a few feet between us, and I wondered if she was still being careful not to frighten me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

If he had been here to feel my anguish in the last five minutes, how could I have kept them from being suspicious? Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

They kept moving us over the water, stealing us away from our ghosts and our ancestors, who cried salty rivers into the sand. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were gaping rectangular spaces on the dashboard instead of air-conditioner vents, so the windows were kept down. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Jenkin’s central problem with Darwin was this: if hereditary traits kept “blending” with each other in every generation, then what would keep any variation from being diluted out immediately by interbreeding? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

These baby monkeys were kept in a cage so long, they wouldn't come out when the doors were finally left open. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Luke kept expecting spinning lights, unsure if the police would start searching for him immediately. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She was telling them that all animals were now comrades and that any sparrow who chose could come and perch on her paw; but the sparrows kept their distance. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

"What the hell's the matter with you?" he kept saying, and his stupid race kept getting redder and redder. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t always pay much attention when you kept talking about codes all the time last winter,” Chess said. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The fire dance kept up till nearly dawn. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

The nibs we used were very fragile and most boys kept a supply of new ones in a small box in their trouser pockets. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘You can’t get me! Nobody can get me!’ he kept yelling. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Normally Miss Honey was terrified of the Headmistress and kept well away from her, but at this moment she felt ready to take on anybody. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Talking back usually led to shoving and shouting and I didn’t know if I could pick myself back up, so I just kept my eyes on the door and made my way inside. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

His fingertips didn’t even reach the tips, which kept folding at uncomfortable angles. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She kept gnawing on the cloth and looking at my face. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

If you kept the small rules you could break the big ones. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Without knowing she did so, and taking no note of the answer, she kept asking the time. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They kept telling me I was going to Atmore, the women’s penitentiary. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“He’ll be here any minute, that’s what I kept thinking. Long John Silver will be here, lashing out at us with his crutch.’ Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Fear kept coming back, sprouting up anew as soon as Anya frayed those threads away. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I kept the fact about lightning’s love of big metal objects to myself. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I was thinking about it today because I remembered one time when we were shopping, she kept sticking the notebook into purses she liked, to make sure it fit. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The ram-carriers kept up their attack, but somehow the great door withstood them. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Dad kept trying to meet my eyes in the rearview mirror, but I avoided him. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

To my dismay, Hassan kept trying to rekindle things between us. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I kept my eyes on Liam’s shoulders until he reached back to take my hand. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She kept hunching her shoulders to keep the dress from slipping. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

But those of us who’d arrived from Hailsham kept sitting outside on the uncut grass—wanting to keep going for as long as possible the only routine we’d got used to. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

From here he kept the guard over the blue woods towards Wales. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept pulling on the necklace, trying to break the dental floss, but it wouldn’t split. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She kept her back to me as she flung the big wooden door open. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It made me nervous, the way she kept coming at me. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Son, read the Book of Revelations and pray to God!” she had kept telling Shorty, visiting him, and once me, while we awaited our sentencing. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It could be kept in the mouth. Once bitten through it would ensure death within three seconds.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept Fern near, my arms crossed before me. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

With his oiled-back hair and his smooth preacher voice intact, he leaned in close to his bible and kept chugging along, completely unfazed by the power outage. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Harry shook hands again and again — Doris Crockford kept coming back for more. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I don't know how long I kept at it. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

But night after night, she kept returning to the shack, and twice she was rewarded with the unfamiliar, blurry voice of someone introduced as Comrade Virgilio. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Henry kept saying, "Don't worry, Bryan, don't worry. Come back, okay?" Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He pushed himself up on his knees and dragged himself off the road to the ditch that kept it drained. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He went without a shirt but something about the wood smoke smell on him kept die insects from bothering him as he walked to the berry patch. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept coming to see me, off and on. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then his breath kept getting faster and faster like maybe in his mind he was somewhere winning a race. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I think about all the notes from her that I’ve kept, and I wonder if she knows that she’s helped me with much more than math. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Dad’s business trips to Europe sometimes kept him away from home for months, but then he was on the go and in a different environment. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Andrew kept on rubbing his hands and bowing. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

A windy rain that stirred up the sea and kept us on the island. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

And it wasn’t just a question of having kept my mouth shut, I thought, staring with a sick feeling at my blurred reflection in the windowpane. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

On the first floor there they kept their extra supplies—tools, paints, brushes, drop cloths, everything—and on the second floor they had their offices, with their computers, files, maps, invoices, deeds to the properties. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Milton Frantig, the man who had thrown up on the lawn, had now been kept in isolation at Fairfax Hospital for several days. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the first floor of the tower there was the furnace which kept the magic water hot. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tyrion would gladly have kept her with him, but his lord father had forbidden it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He kept to the ditch along the river road so that he could duck out of sight whenever a rare oxcart came rumbling by. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

But he kept looking back at the ruined machine, and for some reason he couldn’t leave it there. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

I kept a binder in my hands, ready to use it as a shield if necessary. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

They were not love letters, but Lieutenant Cross was hoping, so he kept them folded in plastic at the bottom of his rucksack. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But instead, it had kept me still and made me listen. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

But, as Robert K. Merton kept pointing out, science isn’t only about individual success. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Respect your immortal best friend and tell me what’s happening. I didn’t go to hell and back to not be kept in the loop.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Both would survive, though they never got over the fear these near escapes caused and kept their doors securely bolted against all visitors throughout the plague. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

It surprised me, how beautiful it kept on insisting on being. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Octavian ignored their requests but kept communication lines open. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Over the ashheaps the giant eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg kept their vigil but I perceived, after a moment, that other eyes were regarding us with peculiar intensity from less than twenty feet away. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

She might cause him to lose his job if she kept talking about unions. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You must be on your way, and what kind of home would I be if I pampered you and kept you back?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She kept her head down but bent her mouth into a smile for politeness’ sake. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I kept picturing her not knowing what to do with all my suits and athletic equipment and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Hassan kept up his wheezing for the drive home, and as he raced up the Pink Mansion's stairs toward his room. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“It took us over four hours to get through it. We kept pausing to talk.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

In the meantime, the Carter Cowboys kept on winning. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept hoping I was wrong, but when I went to the doctor, she confirmed what I already knew. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I that evening shut my eyes resolutely against the future: I stopped my ears against the voice that kept warning me of near separation and coming grief. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

A she-bear took charge of her, nursed her and kept her warm, and the baby grew up thus into an active, daring little girl. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I kept telling her, ‘Lucinda,’ I said, ‘you stay on and I raise your pay, and you get two nights off a week, if you want,’ but she just looked set! The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he and Horse started off down the alley, they kept looking back at the two young people, until finally they turned the corner and were gone. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I was pretty creeped out by this point, and I kept wondering where the hell Mrs. Singer was. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“No. I kept asking for them. And I only had two!” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Madam Pomfrey, the nurse, was kept busy by a sudden spate of colds among the staff and students. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“Cook kept me alive, after. She’s good at remedies. She wanted to bandage you up last night, but...well, you wouldn’t let either of us near you.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I kept my eyes fixed on Lucy, as did Van Helsing, and we saw a spasm as of rage flit like a shadow over her face; the sharp teeth champed together. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

She seemed unaffected by the late hours we had kept the night before, looking as bright and fresh as ever. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He kept gazing mildly and curiously at me. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would start to ease as they saw that I didn’t try to mix, but stuck close to someone on our team, or kept to myself. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This can’t be happening, it’s just a dream, just a dream, wake up, hurry,” I kept telling myself as I stepped back into the store. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Driving to Daisy’s apartment complex, I kept forgetting why I was stopped at a stoplight, and then I’d let off Harold’s brake only to look up and notice, oh, right. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

It seemed more dropped behind than spoken, so that I kept walking into it: “Roadrunner. ” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Anyway, I kept thinking about all that while I walked. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I kept thinking of Salim, seeing his face with his lips turned up, fading in and out of the spokes of the London Eye. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept thinking how Jaden was supposed to take us to San Francisco in a few days anyway. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

We code talkers were kept busy, sending message after message from the shore to the command ship. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could hear her poking around, but I just kept staring at the wall. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Besides, I ended up choosing most of the props and costumes because Sahil kept going for these totally creepy, Victorian-era-esque masks and things. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He kept thinking of what Alby had said about the Flare, and what it could mean. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

So Lord Odysseus kept his place alone with Arete and the king Alldnoos beside him, while the maids went to and fro clearing away the wine cups and the tables. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They seemed to be blinded by the light and kept blinking their eyes. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Monique and Jordan’s room had a small window air conditioner, but she kept the door closed, watching what Gerald called “the parade of weirdos” on the talk shows. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe Dusty Muleman offered him more if he kept his mouth shut.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

There was a woodsman who came by sometimes, he had kindly eyes and an ax, and that kept the wolves away. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I kept my eyes forward until I heard her exhale the breath of a long day. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Big Ma kept pulling hangers of pleated wool skirts off the rack and putting them back. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

But they kept delaying their attack on the American forts. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Of course there were massive accounting problems in calculating the different state debts, not the least of the difficulties being sloppy records kept by several southern states, with Virginia topping the list for administrative disarray. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

She gave up on that bit but kept reading. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The knife sliced the water, and grew, and kept rising, until it was a great wall, a jagged cliff, a triangle of what looked like stone above her head. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

All this physical activity kept him in great shape. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I kept my eyes straight ahead, unwilling to look behind me at that gold shining dome that had accepted all our deepest wishes just a few hours back. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t smiling, and he kept pulling at the skin of his neck as if he were itchy. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I closed the cover before striking, but the cardboard of the matches kept bending on me. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I work on my app, double-checking that I worked out the programming error that kept coming up when I tried to run it on my phone. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I could hear the song winding down, and I was worried it would all end, but as the next song kicked in, they kept at it, and more people joined them. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

They drove new cars, vacationed at summer houses more commodious than C.P.’s tiny frame house, and kept fine stables of horses instead of a chain-link kennel with a couple of dogs inside. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I could feel the wind in my face, but the car kept going around and around in circles. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Open the kitchen cabinet where the peanut butter was kept and you were face to fossil face with an extinct fox. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I just kept walking across the huge room until below me was a pile of hay belles. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were successful in protecting their grain stores and, for a time, kept the British from moving beyond the Jamestown fort. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

I didn't have anything else to do, so I kept sitting on the radiator and counting these little white squares on the floor. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

They kept their distance from me, which was fine by me. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He quickly picked it out, and this time kept it in the grasp of his fingers. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I kept my forehead on the cool glass and my left hand on my dog and argued in my mind. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Dad kept telling me to hurry up and get dressed, which just stressed me out even more, and suddenly I started crying. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Denna kept up with me at first, then planted her feet when she saw where I was headed. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In Chapter 19 we shall trace it across the Indian Ocean to Madagascar, while in Chapter 15 we saw that ecological difficulties kept Austronesians from establishing themselves in northern and western Australia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Peewee and Monaco kept pumping rounds high into the village while Johnson sprayed the trail behind us. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I assume they kept these records before they developed a sophisticated security system on their network,” he says without looking up. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She was the hidden double stitching that kept armholes from tearing out. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Francis kept watch while Henry and I went up to the attic and searched through broken lamps, cardboard boxes, ugly Art I oil paintings. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The throng of marchers had kept up a steady hum of conversation. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

All these preparations require explanations to various people who we feel ought to be kept in the dark. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“My talent is in making war. The only thing that has ever kept me awake was denying it.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The older men called to Bud and Dr. Corey, who waved or shouted back, but Donatelli kept his fingers digging into Alfred's arm. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mourners kept their distance from the coffin. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cut through the sky, the wind whipping against my face as I kept my eyes high, staring intently at the horizon. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I kept my face neutral as I took wrinkled paws as well as brown hands like mine and lifted the Midfolk off the raft. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She kept rubbing them in court. 5TH JUROR: He’s right. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’d wrapped her in the windsurfing sail to keep the flies off her, but they kept coming anyway, more and more of them. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

They kept their heads down and wouldn’t look at us. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The organist switched over to a waltz, and the lights dimmed, but JT gripped my arm, and we kept skating. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt good to just walk and I kept on going. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was way behind the others, and the sun just kept getting hotter. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I looked at him, or rather, beyond him and at the blackboard mounted on the red-bricked wall, as he stood akimbo next to the cupboard where he kept his array of canes. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Percy, who hadn’t noticed that Fred had bewitched his prefect badge so that it now read “Pinhead,” kept asking them all what they were sniggering at. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“If I had, it wouldn’t have kept you and Isaac from being caught. It might have gotten you both killed though if anyone guessed what Isaac had done.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Those words had kept him locked up for so long. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The pain kept me awake; my own thoughts kept me awake. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I kept the Black Power episodes of Eyes on the Prize in my weekly rotation. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

In hundreds, and then thousands, and tens of thousands, until half that part of the sky was darkened, the minute figures flew and flew and kept on coming. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Johnny sat there with two exposed fish in his lap, one at his feet and kept staring at the ad. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We yelled at them to have a good trip, and after they were out of earshot and the sea had swallowed their engine noises, we kept waving. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew he was real excited, because he kept scratching his head fast. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Your rows must be straight. Some plants must be kept apart. Otherwise neither will thrive.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

They’d kept their weapons, but stripped off their telltale uniforms, begged or stolen clothes, and joined the tide of refugees fleeing toward Saigon. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

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

But the authorities eventually yielded, allowing the Treason Trialists to be kept together. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kept her eyes on the horizon, but Leo got the feeling she was gauging his mood, considering what to say. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The next morning, Dorian kept his chin high as his father stared at him. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Was this part of Schindler's plan that he had kept to himself? The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

The audience wasn’t helping either, because they kept shouting, “Is that you, Horse?” or “Is that you, Tony?” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We kept forward, though, moving toward them, and came upon a Valley with a Farm House of Stone, fallen to Bits, & a Paddock of Horses. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Other soldiers made their presence known, although they kept their distance. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But you could share in that future if you kept alive the mind as they kept alive the body, and passed on the secret doctrine that two plus two make four. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

She kept on rubbing and scrubbing the corn between her hands, and changing the water, until every hull came off and was washed away. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pressed his lips lightly against hers as he kept talking. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Although I tried to concentrate on Mass, I kept thinking of Amaka’s lipstick, wondering what it felt like to run color over your lips. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The raft kept sliding as he leaned back and rested his arms and back. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

He kept stretching his eyes all big and waggling his eyebrows. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I realized we kept piling up these presents because it was as good as free advertising for the firms involved, but I couldn't be cynical. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“My father kept your library visits a secret from me,” I reminded him. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The wagon was pulled by Red Rabbit, whom we kept along with the wagon in a livery stable a few blocks away in the demons’ section. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Obviously Gaia had kept some surprises in reserve. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He kept his rifle trained on the small space between their heads. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I kept them bottled inside, hidden away from my parents and my friends. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

For a while, Spurge argued, but Werfel kept trekking across dry pastures, and Spurge kept following him, pleading, until the city of Tenebrion was just a distant dot behind them on the horizon. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I kept my distance, not knowing exactly what he meant. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Wesley kept looking at the visitor center and the clouds and the rain and chewing on his lips. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The girls kept a safe distance, crouched low behind the cover of plants as they watched Taylor work. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She kept her words slow and measured as she told him about Pong and about her quest to find him that led her through the city. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Afterward he kept looking at the child with surprise. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

In 1969 it became clear to us that he was living in 1968, because he kept shaking his head over the assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert Kennedy. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I kept thinking about what to do or say. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept looking at the picture and wondering why this one bothered Momma so much. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“If you kept me from working that long, I’d fall ill from shock.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He looked upset and tense, and he kept playing with an earlock all the time we talked. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Who kept vigilant watch to tell the innocent stroller that the fields he was about to enter were deadly — all their vegetation coated with a lethal film? Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He kept his eyes closed, his fists balled at his side as he continued with his newest lines. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I put down the debit card Mom had given me—Daisy never had any money and my mom let me charge twenty-five dollars a week as long as I kept straight As. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

These were much too big for him, but he always kept them well polished—they were black leather, as black as the strange long coat that reached down to his knees. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

We laid him as comfortably as we could on a mattress of life jackets and kept him warm. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The TV was old and the sound kept shorting out. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

If YouTube kept track of individual views, the police definitely would have been sent to my house by now, I’d seem like such a stalker. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

His chest rose and fell and then kept falling, like it could carry us both straight down through the earth. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I guess I could have waited in the car, or in the lounge, but being with brave friends kept me moving forward. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

But she kept thinking of the end goal. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know how my mom could see anything, but she kept her foot on the gas. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

And all that first day she kept glancing at me with the “I got my eye on you” look. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The names kept coming as I walked into the wind, pushing myself up the hill, my suit jacket now a black cape flapping behind me. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He had kept his promise to help me when I asked for it, but seemed to take very little interest in my upcoming trip to Indianapolis. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

As the day passed, cars and buses kept stopping alongside the moving procession, discharging new marchers who had flocked to Montgomery to walk the last few miles to the capitol. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed good-natured enough about the whole thing, but he kept looking at his program, probably counting off the movements until intermission. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It did not cover the whole man, but kept most of him in shade, and when it was done Brian pushed the raft back out into the current and started moving again. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Sierra wasn’t sure how to answer that, but fortunately he just kept talking. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He sang in a low voice at first, but Master tapped his pen on the table and said “Louder!” so he raised his voice, and Master kept saying “Louder!” until he was screaming. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I have no idea why you kept going back.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

After high school, he’d caught an ear infection that had almost kept him out of the war. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy wished she would stop humming and tell a story about the Lord or King David, but she kept humming “That Lonesome Road.” Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sudden movement almost made Thomas stop, his brief moment of insane courage washing away, but he kept running. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

If I were Twig, I wouldn’t apologize for Clarissa, because at least she was walking around and talking and living—but I kept my mouth shut. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When the man came to Hannah, she bit her lip so as not to cry and kept her eyes closed the entire time. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had kept, precariously enough, what her aunt referred to as her pearl without price while she had been with Richard down home. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Oh, is that why my mom kept hers? I thought it was because of her work.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The Sleeper gestured to Mini with a fake frown on his face, but he kept his gaze on Aru. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She knew that if she kept her hood off someone would come along and say how pretty she was. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt like something that was meant to be kept secret, a new seed that might grow to something extraordinary if it wasn’t forced to bloom too soon. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The new prisoners kept their distance from us veteran prisoners as we were herded toward the main gate. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Throughout the collie and shepherd years we kept a succession of drowsy, secretive cats that seemed to enjoy a unique bond with our mother. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The card tricks had been good, but the disappearing coin kept him up at night. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The wish had settled like a cuckoo in the nest of her heart, where it kept fluffing up its plumage and making itself at home, no matter how hard she tried to throw it out. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

And then they all kept perfectly still for three seconds. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

She kept threatening to get it tattooed on her ankle when she turned eighteen. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Preparations for the voyage kept him running here, there, and everywhere. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Manolo and Minerva kept addressing all their conversation to me, though every once in a while, they’d start discussing something in low voices. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Getting down on his hands and knees, he’d inched across the matted carpet and found the small black bag his father kept in the closet. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Harry went right after Black, who was still making Snape drift along ahead of them; he kept bumping his lolling head on the low ceiling. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

We walked into the living room to watch cartoons, but when we got there Dad kept going and said, “If your mother gets up before I’m back just tell her I won’t be long.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept trying to step between them, but she wouldn’t let me. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

She kept her eyes on her target: a spot on his neck where she intended to shove the knife home. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

If she kept at it, chipping away at weak links wherever she found them, it might add up to something. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She kept crying out, “Oh, I feel light as a feather! I can barely feel the floor beneath my feet! If only my Fredrick were here to see,” and other blurry exclamations of that sort. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Daryl R. shrugged and kept drawing on his tablet with his index finger. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

And the people kept coming into the little station so that it was even more crowded than the big station. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She gave me an anxious expression, but the wide grin kept spilling out. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I kept saying that again and again in my head. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

And later she also dropped the bags of wheat flour and rice and kept walking like this for many miles, singing songs to her little girls, until she was delirious with pain and fever. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Samantha kept on barking and jumping, the chain around her neck slapping dust into the air. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She blew her nose but kept her eyes on Peach. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I tried four times; finally an exasperated central told me the wire was being kept open for long distance from Detroit. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

But they were running out of steam, and California and Cornell just kept coming. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Only my hand against the rock and Fang’s hands on my shoulders kept me from falling. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I caught a glimpse of where the ymbrynes are being kept. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Someone on the phone kept saying to me, “If you’d like to make a call, please hang up and dial again.” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

We all kept on watching her, not saying a word. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we kept walking, wiping forehead sweat every five seconds and constantly looking over our shoulders, I thought about that, why none of us complained. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

George wasn’t sure when Jeff would be back at school, and every morning, she kept nervous eyes out for the first sign of his spiky hair. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

They kept putting off the marriage waiting for him to get better, only he never did get better. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

So I kept reading about shark embryos that snack on their lesser sisters and eventually devour other siblings in the womb until the fittest shark remains and the mother gives birth to only one baby. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He towered over me, but he kept his distance so I wouldn’t have to crane my neck to look him in the eye. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Dad said and went back to the clock, but Brian kept looking over at me. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

When he had nothing everything was valuable, and so he kept the sack of trash. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sheriff was wearing a hip pistol, and when we started up the stairs, going to Nancy’s room, I noticed he kept his hand on it, ready to draw. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Piggy kept still for a moment, then he had his asthma. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I tried to retrieve the paper, but he kept it from me—an easy task, considering our relative heights. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I kept waiting for Dad to Therapist me, and when he didn’t, I handed him the last egg in the carton. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They kept saying I was poor and trying to give me stuff, Maria says. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

She kept her tongue tight in her mouth. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

I had to stand next to Miri, who kept bragging about the gold cross necklace her parents had given her that morning. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He kept on examining her, discovering the miracle of her intimacy inch by inch, and he felt his skin tingle as he contemplated the way her skin tingled when it touched the water. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

If they had really wanted to, they could’a kept on following me, right up the block and straight into St. Nick projects. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

We swore that we would protect the code with our lives, and we kept our word. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kept standing there while the sea lions were getting fed and I stood right behind her. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Trevor sat very still in his seat and kept his eyes on his mother as she walked up the porch steps and began telling Grandma that she caught us getting out of a cab. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Since the penguin kept looking over, Mr. Popper picked it up and dropped it in. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Their host, an antiquarian architect, had never truckled under to modern civilization and kept his house free of gas and electricity. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

She kept promising she would come home soon. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

When I came downstairs, everyone had left the dining room except Mistress Willingson, who cheerfully set before me a plate of food she had kept warm on the back of the stove. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The bacteria kept multiplying, and the pus kept flowing. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She knew only that hunger and cold cursed her life and kept her waking and walking and working for no other reason than to stop the pain. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

As for Bilbo Baggins, even while he was making his speech, he had been fingering the golden ring in his pocket: his magic ring that he had kept secret for so many years. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

That caution and secrecy kept many spy stories from ever being made public. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pet inclined its head, the horns angling, but kept silent. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Hate was like a fuel that drove him, kept him stumbling around in the darkness, picking up this and that inside the boat, slamming it down, swearing and hating, always hating. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their father, too, seemed uneasy around policemen; whenever a cop car was behind them in traffic, he kept looking at the rearview mirror and insisting on silence in the car so he could think. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Roman was there while we were lining up, and he kept telling everyone, “My name is Roman, and my brother is the one that threw the boy out the window.” Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the same time, he kept a lookout for killer whales, which nosed up through cracks in the ice. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I kept my eyes closed, trying to see Polly happy, joking, maybe stealing a kiss with Matthew, then bursting through the door to tell me. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Questing kept me busy and served as a welcome distraction from the growing loneliness and isolation I felt. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He kept her for some weeks, and then, seeing that she would not capitulate, sent her oil' to the coast in exile. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The Mews was neatly kept, with sawdust on the floor to absorb the mutes, and the castings taken up every day. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I named ’em anyway and kept it to myself. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Possessive of her eggs, the hen kept her eyes fixed on us, no matter how fast we moved. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

They kept him in the hospital a while and then sent him back to the trenches. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Cal sat two seats behind him, so Park kept having to look back over his shoulder to see if Eleanor had walked in yet. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Still, Chester kept eating, hoping that it would begin to taste better. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only Captain Reed kept them moving forward, seeking out sluggish currents in the still water, maintaining their course despite the blinding light and the blistering heat of the west. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I kept my eyes on the ground, carefully avoiding both the adults’ faces. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

But I knew better than to interrupt Abuela, so I kept my mouth shut while my tapping my fingers on the bottom of the table. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Roy’s mother kept track of the actress’s soaring career in the show business columns, where it was reported that she’d signed a deal to appear in the next Adam Sandler movie. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kept them there, until the first few days of school were over. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dad was meg uncomfortable and kept on moving from foot to foot. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"No, she's from the generation before me. She's the queen's favorite Belle. She kept her at court to work with Princess Charlotte." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Koffi looked at him a second longer, as though she wanted to say something else, then seemed to think better of it and kept walking. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

But the rain kept going, and when the last of us had emerged, the veranda was pretty crowded, with everyone milling around restlessly. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

My stomach started getting wobbly and I kept swallowing spit. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

So there he stood and kept the firelight high and looked the suitors over, while his mind roamed far ahead to what must be accomplished. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nailed a precious spare blanket over the door and kept feeding the fire. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

One Mogul emperor of India kept a stable of a thousand cheetahs. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Two kept their Greek names: Apollo and Pluto; but the latter was never called Hades, as was usual in Greece. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said I should have been kept behind and given extra help, but no teacher wanted to risk getting me two years in a row. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew instantly that he held in his hand Vola’s personal truths, the ones she kept hidden. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Other stars began to appear all around, but it was this one I kept my gaze upon. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

A green and yellow parrot, which hung in a cage outside the door, kept repeating over and over: The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

I was so lonely that I kept sewing on my moccasins to keep myself busy. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Sproul was startled at those words, he kept his reaction under wraps. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I considered turning around, but decided that I could make it if I just kept plodding along. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

When God bragged about how faithful Job was, said Elijah Muhammad, the devil said only God’s hedge around Job kept Job so faithful. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept pinching at his joints, asking if this hurt or if that hurt, to all of which Needles shook his head no, until I got to his wrist. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I kept my temper and let him amuse himself. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

They kept floating out there, suspended, as if the horizon had finally become what it always seemed to be from shore: the sea’s limit, beyond which no man could sail. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fact that the handcuffs and his boot on my shoulder had kept me from reaching Stick in his last living moments. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been asleep sitting up all day. The whole top of my head kept coming down over my eyes.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Then Victor explained how Esther had woken him up and how he had found Bo He found it hard to concentrate on his story as his thoughts kept returning to Prosper. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

"And playing cards with his friends all day, like it was their job or something, saying it kept his mind sharp when really it was about drinking whiskey and having company, right? And winning money?" We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The Darwin finches kept on hopping and eating. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

It kept tipping a little farther nose-downward, pulled by his weight as he hung in harness in the pit. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sansa kept her tone cool and polite, yet even so Joffrey's eyes narrowed as he tried to decide whether she was mocking him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But there was a small worm that kept attacking the drying meat. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

This unnamed secret was something passed silently among the three of them, like a pebble one of them always kept tucked inside a pocket. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

In the kitchen, Ugwu kept Olanna’s plate aside on the Formica counter and emptied the rest, watching rice, stew, greens, and bones slide into the dustbin. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The herd boys worked for a nearby farmer who kept many cows. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Then he ran over to another machine, a small shiny affair that kept going phut-phut-phut-phut-phut, and every time it went phut, a large green marble dropped out of it into a basket on the floor. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

And every night on his radio show, Fazlullah kept up his attacks, saying that girls who went to school were not good Muslims—that we would go to hell. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

When we first looked at the house, Uhmma kept staring up at it, wondering what it was for. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

All the wealthy West Side women kept secret candles to burn for good luck, even though it was against the law. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He was wearing Professor Quirrell’s turban, which kept talking to him, telling him he must transfer to Slytherin at once, because it was his destiny. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

She kept cursing in Ancient Greek and stabbing at the dirt. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He sat outside for a while, wishing it were not getting dark—something about the coming darkness frightened him—and his eyes kept closing. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

In those days, people didn’t talk about things like cancer, but Sadie always figured Henrietta kept it secret because she was afraid a doctor would take her womb and make her stop having children. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Hussey kept his toothbrush, and Shackleton ordered him to keep the banjo, because they would need the comfort of music in the hard months ahead. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

The flowers were gone; the birds flocked in great clouds, and among them were eider and old squaw ducks that kept to the rivers and beaches except when they migrated south. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We kept asking, and finally she said, “If I had anything to say about your father, I would say it, but I don’t. End of story.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

For two years now I’d kept these things of hers inside a tin box, buried in the orchard. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spider crawled onto the handle of his backpack and they kept going. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She paused, but I kept my mouth shut. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She didn’t know how to respond, so she kept her mouth shut. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He searched the room for another raised hand, but everyone kept their hands down, and Rukia knew better than to raise hers again. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The old woman cursed them, but they kept right on going. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I kept clicking back to this one wall post, written two months ago, nine months after she died, by one of her friends. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“He kept saying how we are part of history. How this is part of history.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She was in all the accelerated classes at school, got almost perfect grades, kept her room tidy, and always practiced for her piano lessons. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

They probably kept the good stuff in the back. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The back was where Brother kept all his pet supplies. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Since the day we first arrived in Ro Leap five months ago, the chief’s steady supply of leftovers has kept us from starving. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you feel that that club kept you out of trouble?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

They kept their arms close to their bodies, like angels hiding their wings. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

They kept coming in in pairs, and they milled around with nothing to do. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she just kept walking, a dozen or so steps ahead, then went in through a door—into “The Portway Studios.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meg stayed at home, lest she should infect the Kings, and kept house, feeling very anxious and a little guilty when she wrote letters in which no mention was made of Beth’s illness. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sentenced Claudette to pay a small fine and kept her on probation in the custody of her parents. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

As we climbed higher the horizon kept changing. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

After the war, they still kept on with that drinking to try to keep that terrible world of war out of their minds. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the shouting had ended and the lesson resumed, Shirley found herself thinking how silly Emily looked in curls, rather like that batch of old springs Father kept in the basement. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

But he kept pushing the stuff into his mouth with the dogged perseverance of a long-distance runner who has sighted the finishing-line and knows he must keep going. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

He kept his voice low and didn’t turn to look back at her. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Matthias kept his eyes closed, his face still buried in the creature’s fur. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The bitter riots were sparked by King’s assassination, but the fuels that kept them burning were the preexisting conditions: illegal but strictly enforced racial segregation, economic contraction, and an unresponsive political system. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Happy they kept the lid closed on her coffin, because she had long ago stopped looking like herself. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

They had a very long way to go still, but they flew without pause except for essential maintenance, and the commander, the Afric King Ogunwe, kept in twice-daily touch with the basalt fortress. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The women were so opposed to getting dunked in the river, even on hearsay, they all kept their children extra far from the church that day. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Little Jimmy kept his eyes on his notebook. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In faith, Crispin, you have a servile look. When you first came upon me, you kept your eyes upon the ground as if that was where you belonged.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

He laughed a little, kept his eyes stuck on me. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Eleanor cried a little bit, she couldn't help it, but she kept her back to everybody so there wouldn't be a show. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He kept tabs on the latest book reviews, the American League standings, and what the South Side aldermen were up to. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“So young she would dream this,” Papa kept saying as he watched Caroline drink the soup. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The sleet, snow, and cold kept Frightful confined to the mountaintop at Woodchuck Lodge. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Her letters also kept her family up-to-date about what was happening on the home front. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Her mother held her hand and wiped her hair back from her sweaty forehead and didn’t mind that Grace kept calling her Mommy, like she had when she was four years old. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

In the stunned silence that followed, Hunter said something miserable and then kept sinking into the shadows. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When he kept jawing, I picked him up over my head and slammed him to the ground. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He had gray hair that he kept in a ponytail, and had been a member of a famous folk-rock band in the ’80s that my dad, for one, had never heard of. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

He was bad to stumble, and kept stepping on her feet, but they were laughing and cutting up, just having the best time. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She kept shaking/it, as though she could rid it of the noise, or at least the pain, but both only seemed to grow more intense. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was a colossal tribute to his face that it kept my eyes away from his body. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

While I was in college, I kept up with a few of my high school friends, most especially Santita, who’d landed at Howard University in Washington, D.C. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The red priest rested by day but kept vigil through the dark horns, to tend his sacred flames so that the sun might return to them at dawn. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He kept eyeing my mother, who was now retreating slowly downhill, back toward the road, trying to lead the monster away from Grover. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He kept the soldiers in his sock drawer. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I remember their song because their song was my comfort, my lullaby. They kept me alive.” The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I kept telling her, “You’ll be ready as a radio, ready as a radio.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fear and shame, I was sure, kept him away. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I kept my head held high and watched, vowing never to forget. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was the sort of person who accepted what came and just kept moving forward. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

While many have kept their foreign flavor, others have adopted distinctly English pronunciations. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gritted my teeth and kept hacking away. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept closing my mouth and it kept falling open again. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Neil kept right on walking, didn’t look over his shoulder once. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am kept home from school for two days. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

We were all a little shocked when they first removed the bandages, but kept our smiles on just as Dr. Kumar had instructed us. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You! You! You!” she kept screaming in a parody of Mamá’s voice, spitting putrid saliva on my face. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“What the hell,” he kept yelling, off balance among the branches. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He disapproved, she knew, because he kept his flag folded inside the pocket of a pair of trousers. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Birth records are not kept in a very uniform or organized way for Africans, and Winnie found that it was not hard to modify her documents to show that Zindzi was bom a year earlier. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mom wanted him to take a nap, but he kept shaking his head no when she suggested it, so we just let him sit there half asleep in the chair for a while. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

He kept tripping, so he purchased a cane. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed off the branch and kept moving, as if our following was a foregone conclusion. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

If it was up to Tateh he would have kept me out of school altogether. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept his eyes glued to the floor. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t find the blanket at first, nearly called Moushumi at the hotel to ask where she kept it. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The woman kept song sparrows in small wicker cages and gave Liyana two fat olive oil soaps to take home to her mother, too. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“It is impossible to perform any act of kindness toward you two. Always the same phantasm! I merely kept all dials at equilibrium in accordance with the will of the Master.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Jackie and I kept spinning, spinning, until we fell down, laughing in a heap. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy picked hers up and tried to focus, but there was one question that kept bubbling up, bigger and bigger, and Ivy couldn’t seem to pop it. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

My feelings became divided; in spite of myself I would dream of a locked cupboard in a near-by neighbor’s house where a gun was kept. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas picked it up, completely fascinated that the Maze was so structured, and studied it as Minho kept talking. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Njemile and Bits kept their eyes downward when Moss looked at them. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The pig-run kept close to the jumble of rocks that lay down by the water on the other side and Ralph was content to follow Jack along it. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Ginny’s left hand kept holding on to, then letting go of Armpit. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The hand that was holding the bottle above my face kept tilting it farther and farther forward and the white liquid dripped and dripped on to the cotton-wool. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew this would puzzle the others, but I kept going—even when I heard Ruth’s urgent whisper to me to come back. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charles kept to his routine as much as possible, with Frank by his side. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

My hand slipped into my pocket, where I kept the ice whistle Quintus had given me. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Fiona kept a pot of wormy garden dirt pressed between her knees. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

But no one paid him any attention, so he sat down and kept quiet. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I kept kicking and punching as they dragged me out. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

But she was the only person I knew, so I kept sitting there for the rest of the week.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

TimeStar yanked it back and undid the crisscrossed ties that kept it sealed. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“He died fighting. He kept a whole company of Muscovites at bay while the man escaped. I found his body. He died bravely. I shall avenge him.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The day was foggy, and a heavy, cross sea and lumpy waves kept the men miserably wet. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

We had a good head start, because it was dark in the room now, and they kept reaching for the doorknob and not finding it. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

His kitchen had always been a loud place, even in the months after the funeral, and he was glad that his mother kept people in their lives. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I picked up the sunglasses and kept walking, listening for her, but everything was quiet now. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Ivy kept expecting June or Taryn to burst out of the house and follow her, but there were no footsteps behind her. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Something hurt me on the back of my arm as I ran, but I kept running. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

As part of my research I kept hearing about this incredible farmer in Virginia. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Keffers also kept a workbench in there, and so I put the magazines down on it, pushed aside some old rags and heaved myself up to sit on the tabletop. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The watchers expected them to slow down as they came to the bank, but they kept straight on and appeared actually to be going to run underground. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t even want to know what depressing thing she was reading, so I kept my eyes on my next vacation. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I kept laughing and laughing because suddenly I knew that had been a message from God: He was on my side. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The husband was constantly worried about money and kept reminding me not to use too much electricity. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

When the rocky bottom bumped against his feet, he kept thrashing his lifeless limbs. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

It kept bonking into buildings and spinning around. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He kept going, occasionally glancing at the screen to make sure he had it down. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It did not seem as if the camp could possibly hold any more, but still they kept coming: long lines of people, some emaciated, some hurt or sick, all exhausted. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stole a glance at Tsalig for reassurance, but he kept his gaze directed downward and wouldn't meet my eyes as we passed by the guards and through the gate. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

"My fords," he said formally, "I am sorry to have kept yon waiting." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It must have been one of the other grown-ups on the floor, and I kept my head down as I figured out how to explain what I was doing there. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I kept thinking about how easy it was for Dusty Muleman to get away with what he was doing. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I noticed that she kept to my left so that the blotch on her face was hidden. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

But Will kept his head: instead of slashing wildly and getting in more of a tangle, he watched the flow of the net and cut it through in a matter of moments. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I kept turning around to see what he was doing back there, but he was just strolling along smiling. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

We kept trying to shush one another by cupping our hands over each other’s mouths. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Witnessing my predicament, Faith said it would be okay if I crashed with her, provided I kept my clothes on. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

George kept on jigging, but his boots did not thump as loudly as they had thumped at first. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept certain books hidden in my locked trunk, reading them late at night by the flame of a candle. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Travis visibly tensed up, but he kept reading, also ignoring them. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

And he showed her a liquid kept in a stone bowl, which would eat through any wood in only a few hours. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I lay like that for a few moments, and might easily have fallen asleep if Tommy hadn’t kept prodding my knees with a toe. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hera looked like she wanted to argue, but she kept her mouth shut. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He relaxed—which he hated because he kept telling himself he wasn’t tense. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Lots of buyers to take it if you won’t,” was all the man kept repeating. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

This was the place where he kept his files. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

They kept talking—apparently, the ideal level of pleat-fatness is a conversational topic to which hours can be devoted—but I stopped listening as I waited in the Pizza Hut line. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He had an eyestrain headache from trying to read in dim natural light, and even though the school kept its thermostat at fifty-five degrees, he hadn’t been able to shake off the morning chill. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He kept his eyes on hers and inclined his face slightly. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Poppy kept announcing in English, then Arabic, like some kind of television host, and everyone would cheer. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“And it worked perfectly! Good job, Kristina Houck. Mission accomplished. You set up your best friend after she kept your secret for over two years, and then you lost her. Nice job.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He kept moving his hand and dropping books, small ones, fairly large ones, yellow, red, green ones. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we kept moving, however, I struggled to catch my breath and never stopped perspiring. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

As she ate her bread and meat, she kept one hand curved about the cup enjoying its warmth. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Jake was surprised by some of the correct answers that kept tumbling out of his own jelly bean brain. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

His breath caught in his ribs, but he kept running until he got his second wind. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Vega kept walking over to what we were building. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Already she saw her mistake: this was a private thing, something that should have been kept between them, and by including the Richardsons she had breached a barrier that should not have been broken. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

That’s the way farmers had always gotten their seed—they just kept some of their crop to be planted for the next season. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She kept them in the small pocket in the front of her bag. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

All the standardized tests said I was a below-average reader, but Mrs. Stancil kept me after school every day to tutor me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

But he also kept falling into silent spells. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I kept jerking around, backward, as though somebody might be listening. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept my arms stiff in front of me and bam! Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I kept an eye on all of the black-market data sites, because you never knew what might be up for sale on them. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He smiled, then opened the drawer where he kept the bet money. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

City Hall kept the Savoy closed for a long time. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The flat has always been kept in perfect order, and she finds the sudden upheaval disquieting. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But instead of answering me, she kept repeating that it was important to keep Uncle Jim’s land—land that had belonged to her father and his father and his father before that—in the family. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Hot Pie kept stumbling in the dark and losing his way, and Arya had to wait for him and double back. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I wanted to say more, but the thoughts kept coming, unbidden and unwanted. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I couldn't tell if he was getting it or not, but he kept saying he was. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

She kept to her sleeping alcove, as though she were hiding from the ghost guards. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Homo sapiens has kept hidden an even more disturbing secret. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept working and whistling Old Flap on, pretending I hadn’t seen nothing atall. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Some people watched, horrified and weeping, from their windows, but a surprising number kept their heads and were forming a bucket line from the town’s cistern atop the city hall to a nearby burning building. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I kept thinking about that gun I saw. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

About that time, too, the varmints got to pestering us so much that a lot of times Old Yeller and I were kept busy nearly all night long. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Needles kept trying to talk, but he couldn't get the words out. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I stood paralyzed with fear and willed myself to raise the sword inch by inch above my head as Mom kept her eyes locked on the hunter’s eyes. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The conditions in which they are kept are often so bad that many of these animals die. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sure, she struck all the right poses, but she also kept up a running series of rude remarks. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Tyrion had kept the truth of that from Penny, but she needed to understand how things stood with their master. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He made a few calls from his crooked wall phone and kept assuring us the guy was coming. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Perhaps its knowledge and wisdom kept it separate, like a shaman living on the edge of a llaqta, feared by the people. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

He kept baying the bulls till I jumped down and picked up a rock. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept trying to balance the rake upside- down on the palm of his hand. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

All those years of talking, all those street corners—I kept my sister to myself. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I thought about these words during my journey, and they kept me moving even when I didn’t know where I was going. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She said, “Yeah. You know, I think death is shallower now. It used to be a hole you fell into and kept falling. Now it’s just a blank.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a few hours the cur­rents kept us near the island. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I told you the PSFs would catch up to us!” he kept repeating, like we hadn’t heard him shout it the first ten times. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I lay in bed staring at the ceiling, trying not to think about anything, but my stomach churned and my eyes kept tearing up. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“But nobody knows...I kept it from everybody. I got used to keeping it to myself. Please don’t take it personally.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell, to explain what had happened to me so that people would understand, but I gave in and kept quiet. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Still when winter came he could speak only with a stammering tongue, and the Master Herbal kept him there in the healing-chambers, trying to lead his body and mind gradually back to strength. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

My heart thundered at his touch, but I kept my breathing calm. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She started laying out her clothes weeks in advance even though my dad kept telling her she only needed two outfits—one to go and one to come home. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Still, I kept writing, and checking the mailbox daily for a response. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

In the months after that talk with Roger, I kept thinking about it a lot, about Hailsham closing and all the implications. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was wearing a lace dress and the lace kept tickling my nose. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

I put my arms around you, but you kept crying her name. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe they wanted to eat people but they kept getting stepped on first. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Natalie kept typing away on her own phone, as if nothing else mattered. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I had always felt this power when the Paqo was near, but my fear of him had kept me away. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

They wiped their hands and kept it moving. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She slipped off Hugo so she could get closer to the automaton, but she kept hold of one of Hugo’s wrists. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Before the accident, he had worn the hat only when riding horses, but now he kept it on all the time, even in the house, which Dad said was disrespectful. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Joey climbed off Momma’s lap and Byron’s eyes got bigger and bigger but his traitor hands kept him pinned to the couch. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sparrow kept her eyes on her hands and worked on her present, humming softly to herself. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

They kept adding new ones to the blueprints every day. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I kept quiet and watched them go at it, talking about anything and everything. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

But I kept my mouth shut the whole time. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

All the while she kept whispering, “Something here is wrong, I feel it, I know it, but I don’t know what it is.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept my mouth shut, though, and turned around. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The column of vehicles did not move but the troops kept passing alongside. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

On the bus ride home, Roy kept a wary eye on Dana Matherson’s hulking friends, but they didn’t glance once in his direction. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She nodded tersely, and despite herself, she kept her mouth shut as she continued down the hall. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Florian kept his feet in the boat and held on to the nets. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He kept telling me it was just like dancing, and to remember the whoosh part of my dance. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

All day and all night, Spot kept right on doing what she did from the start: she walked and she bawled. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d even kept a stray donkey in the back alley for a few days, wanting it to be his, to take care of it. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I kept looking until it got cold and dark and I had to go home. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

But the poster board was too thick and the scissors kept twisting over onto their side and the harder I squeezed the more my fingers hurt. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kept them, to return to Lithuania in a clean set of clothes. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

We got back into the car, and Mom motioned for me to take out the notepad and pencil she always kept in the glove compartment, so I could take notes as she dictated the menu. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I kept telling myself that we wanted to make Christmas last but whenever it was my turn to open a package, I yanked at the ribbons and tore off the paper because I couldn’t wait. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had kept begging Buddy to show me some really interesting hospital sights, so one Friday I cut all my classes and came down for a long weekend and he gave me the works. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

By contrast, plans for Y-12 kept expanding even as the plant rose from the valley floor. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

What secrets, what male totems are kept in here? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once, Ess slipped and fell, but she didn’t cry, and she popped up right away and kept going. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Evelyn is in that city, and Marcus, and all the grief and nightmares and bad memories, and the factions that kept me trapped inside one version of myself. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The lights were brighter than the ones back home, and I kept looking for the utility poles that the electric wires hung on, but I couldn’t see any. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Even when Ghost's teeth closed savagely around the ranger's calf, somehow Qhorin kept his feet. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I just dribbled and kept Paul slapping at my forearm and side. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Someone had left a message in my head, which I found, and then kept finding everywhere 1 went, which said that there was no transmission signal, that I was currently disconnected from feednet. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I couldn’t figure out why this woman kept saying that this girl loved me. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Brobeck kept up with the engineering profession through frequent visits to the Berkeley campus library. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

They floated down lazily but were followed by smaller, drier flakes that kept coming for days. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

There were lots of little roads that kept turning in among the trees and brambles and flowers. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Jam nodded, but Bitter kept looking at her. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He winked and patted his pocket, where he kept the scrap of canvas Sefia had given him a week before. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I just shook my head and kept going until I found the room. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

She wished the tsar would speak to someone else, but he kept talking to her. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear made his way cautiously to his favorite spot, behind a paulownia tree whose low branches kept him hidden from view. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Lauren kept screaming, and Maya followed the sound of her voice down the hall and into her parents’ bathroom. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Mom kept saying she had this feeling, a feeling that something bad was going to happen. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

My grandmother kept saying things like “What’s the matter with her? She don’t look sick to me. Just don’t want to worship the Lord.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything I’ve kept down for months rises and erupts in my throat. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He kept saying to me, my uncle told me, ‘Go get her. Please go make her wake up.’ Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Instead, we kept one car open for the thud of Madam’s feet on the stairs. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I let out a groan, stared up at the ceiling, and kept talking. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The man behind me was laden with two baskets; he kept prodding me with them until at last I turned round in irritation. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

To Sefia’s relief, they hadn’t come across any more men on the way back to Hatchet’s camp, but she kept them off the trail and covered their tracks all the same. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Anne kept saying, “I have no one left.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

All four Tucks kept their eyes and their attention on the business at hand. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

A hundred smudge pots had to be filled with fuel, fired up, and kept burning all night. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

At his daughter Megan’s swim meets, he ran the computer that kept time and the score. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

If I kept my eyes closed and lay perfectly still, that is. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He also kept his leather necklace with the beads, the silver ring, and the probatio tablet, and of course he had Riptide in his pocket. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I had seen into the dark doorway that he kept hidden inside, the terrible place he would seal up now and never return to if he could help it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cables kept coming every few minutes or so, reporting more torpedo attacks and bursts of automatic-weapon fire. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

But I kept up with her, and in the end we were both exhausted. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But he kept his rifle in the crook of his arm. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was where the finest paintings in the house were kept, for Esteban Trueba had made this his refuge, his office, his sanctuary, and he liked to have his most cherished objects close beside him. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whether or not he kept to his route, Cora couldn’t tell. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

There were delays in the post because the owls kept being blown off course. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I kept the news of my scholarship award a secret for several days, still doubtful that it was all true. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How come this one walks in daylight? I thought they could only walk at night? There’s one that kept stealing some seeds from my nali’s cornfield. I think sunlight harms it.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She kept her hair cropped short and dyed jet black and smelled sharp and clean like cut grass. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

He could not see very well now, and he knew that it was the disaster which kept telling him to go directly and get something for his head. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He just kept repeating that he saw McMillian at the cleaners. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

For some stupid reason, I kept smoothing my frizzy hair down as if it were a meeting and not a phone call. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Blindly he stumbled and swayed through the thicket, but the barefoot boy kept him from falling. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bertha kept shaking her head and her face got redder by the minute. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I kept my face still as a plaster mask, but inside my brainpan, thoughts chased round and round. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the Emperor, who had kept his voice down till now, let out a roar of rage. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

From long habit, Jemmy kept his eyes peeled for treasure. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

They stopped at a hundred miniature stores with crooked floors so Poppy could greet the owners, kiss-kiss on both cheeks, introduce the family, and be offered coffee or tea, though he kept saying no. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The green-and-white road signs kept teasing us along with mentions of Capitol Street so many miles ahead, and we strained our eyes for a glimpse of the gold-leafed dome, like Columbus looking for a continent. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

I kept my head down and glanced up under my lashes. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I kept clinging to him until the day I finally realized that if I continued to chase after him, people would say I was boy-crazy. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I kept my eyes down as I went to sit by him, bewildered by the antagonistic stare he’d given me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Valentine no longer kept count of how many families lived on his land. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Cornflower and Silent Sam kept busy supplying cool drinks and sweat cloths. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

His crew appeared busy swabbing decks and picking oakum, but their gazes kept drifting toward the quarterdeck. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Still, he kept his door cracked on the faint hope that she’d want to bridge the distance. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Although he sketched a variety of things and people—buildings, his house, what looked like students in a posh school cafeteria—he kept coming back to Aditya. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I kept my eyes on his, watched as the excitement in them faded and gentled. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He told everyone who would listen that his grandfather kept Belgians, huge working horses, and boarded horses for others. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

After Calista left me under the covers, I kept waiting and waiting for her to come back and tell me it was time for me to get ready already. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes that kept the discussion from really getting going. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He kept his eyes narrowed, ready to clamp them shut at the smallest sign of movement. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Billy poured in more water and kept the steam rising for fifteen minutes. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the injury was fresh and I was still struggling to walk or move at all, books kept me going. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She took her meals to her bedroom and annatto water for her to wash in and she kept her up to date on everything that happened in Macondo. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I tried to focus on the one thing I could be thankful for—the thick haze of rain clouds that kept the sun from beating down on you and the rest of us. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Now he simply kept a tight hold on me and looked at me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Doctor Copeland still did not speak, and they all kept glancing at him and waiting. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

As we folded and stamped all the flyers, I kept talking, telling Liz all about the Christmas float our church was doing. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Lelia was away I kept thinking how the same could happen to her. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without meaning to, he kept turning toward her, to see her better, to see what she would do. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

They kept going farther and farther away from the quarter on the plantation, where she had been bom and brought up. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kept wiping tears off By’s cheeks and said, “Don’t you worry, Baby, we gonna get you off of this.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept waiting for her to make fun of the way he talked, but she never did. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept looking for a long time, but I couldn't think of a single thing it might mean. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The lampshade fell off, but he kept running, weaving in and out of sidewalk people. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

She kept picturing Archer lying on the ground. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He said that love and dark matter were the same—the only thing that kept the universe from flying apart. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I kept my distance, but a large crowd of people had already gathered up ahead of me, standing as close to the blaze as they dared. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Bunnicula liked his liquid diet so much that the Monroes have kept him on it. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

Jon had seen an abandoned hold-fast once, a drear place where nothing moved but the wind and the stones kept silent about whatever people had lived there. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Sam gave the party a good deal of thought and then he went over his treasures which he kept in a big locked box behind the boiler. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was an engaging fellow, a champion stick-fighter and a glamour boy, whose many girlfriends kept us all supplied with delicacies. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I kept count of your years, for I thought the time would come when you would like to know how old you are.” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

But old Stradlater kept snowing her in this Abraham Lincoln, sincere voice, and finally there'd be this terrific silence in the back of the car. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He kept trying to put his near-side front paw to the ground and then drawing it up again, hopping on three legs. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept one arm around Chubs’s shoulders and used my free hand to reach up and grab hold of the dock’s algae-slick supports. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I always checked if he was in his office, kept one eye in his direction. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Koffi's free hand curled into a fist, but she kept walking. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She wanted it to stop, all of it, but Pet kept talking, its voice like many hands dragging over an infinite drumskin, creating a thrum that crept under her skin. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

And strange, icy winds kept blowing the mist past him though they never blew it away. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Two of the turtles kept their heads tight against their shells. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

After Briony had disappeared into the house with his letter, he kept on walking, agonizing about turning back. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

We had been kept in detention and had functioned without our lawyers for more than five months. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knocked aside its blade, but the other three kept coming. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I kept my mind busy with thinking about how one day I could help to turn the tables on them with bitter revenge.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

If we kept to our budget, we believed, we could afford new clothes and shoes and coats, and buy a ton of coal at the cheaper off-season price. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

So far she had even kept the snake king from biting, just like in the old Cherokee story. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

People kept thrusting leaflets at me and sticking stickers on my sweatshirt. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept awake with them, but not very wide awake. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

During the meeting Luke kept kicking a desk, but I mouthed, Ice cream. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He was a very good skater and all, but I couldn't enjoy it much because I kept picturing him practicing to be a guy that roller-skates on the stage. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Black applicants who had taken time off from work might be kept waiting in line all day until the office closed, only to be told to come back some other time. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyddie and the Irish girl beyond kept Brigid’s looms going between them as best they could. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

She kept her eyes level—she felt all of a sudden if she looked up and saw how far they reached into the sky she would disappear altogether. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

It didn’t help that Finn kept trying to walk so close beside him that the two of them might as well have been glued together. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore stood and swept over to the cabinet where he now kept the Pensieve, but which then was full of bottles. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

"I texted them from the airport, but they're so nervous about this. They kept giving me tips about driving in the snow. I kept saying, ‘I’m not going to be the one driving.'" We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I kept those up because it’s nice to see them and know they don’t matter anymore. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

They'd kept the faith through the five years that had passed since Walter was first arrested, and now they had cause to feel energized and encouraged. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Sela kept wishing the floor would open up and swallow her. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He wore little spectacles, was developing a beard that never quite sprouted, and kept his long hair in a man bun on the top of his head. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He read books and kept up with the newspapers every day. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Fives, which many of you will know nothing about, was taken seriously at Repton and we had a dozen massive glass-roofed fives courts kept always in perfect condition. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard Osh yell behind me, but I kept on, the wind shoving me off balance, the current tugging at my legs, and my nightshirt heavy with water. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

But as Brother Matthew kept his steady gaze on Robin, anger evaporated. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Numbly Harry thought of how the Dursleys had once shut him up, locked him away, kept him out of sight, all for the crime of being a wizard. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He kept sticking his nose into her elbow and flipping up her arm and wouldn’t stop until she stroked him. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Instead of turning in the proceeds, he kept them. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Tidbit jumped from one foot to the other, and Polly kept covering her mouth to hold back a case of nervous giggles. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roosevelt kept his mind and body in constant motion, trying to fend off his grief and depression. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Then a bug-eyed one that kept cracking his knuckles to make the sound of breaking bones. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the same stubbornness that kept her going to church despite a broken-down car. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Everything I’d kept inside seemed to knot up and work its way into my throat, like I needed to scream to get it out. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I grabbed the metal canister of rice Mama kept on the counter, the shaking grains sounding like a rattlesnake’s warning. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Your mama would be a lot better off if she kept her watchful eye on that husband of hers instead of on you.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The girl had kept the rainbow cloak when she discarded the rest of her blood-stained clothing, she knew. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He didn’t flinch, just jerked his head in my direction and kept his gaze on Faith. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He kept running the stick over his chin. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Whatever accounted for the unnatural stasis that had kept her a child for fifteen years, it was beyond the reach of reason or persuasion. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Back on my first visit to the Princess Andromeda, my old enemy Luke had kept some dazed tourists on board for show, shrouded in Mist so they didn’t realize they were on a monster-infested ship. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

My thoughts kept flitting around all over the place, sometimes thinking about Wishbone and sometimes thinking about Mama being up there at Gus and Bertha’s. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

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

I kept having those “What’s the point of... ?” moments, but plugged away at life pretty consistently, anyway. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had kept her mouth shut—this time. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“That’s what I said. There’s no peace to disturb. I kept telling the cop: No. Peace. To. Disturb. Man.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Another kept time on a small drum made from an animal skin stretched across a hollowed gourd. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

While his thirteen-year-old daughter Kelly, an exceptional young athlete, swam measured laps, his eleven-year-old son Burt kept flipping gracefully off the diving board. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kept things like soft drinks and milk in the fridge, and sold them along with snacks. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

We kept walking and Lovey kept stopping to take flicks of other plants: Ivy, and something called Anemone. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Up it went,” reported William Laurence, “a great ball of fire about a mile in diameter, changing colors as it kept shooting upward, from deep purple to orange, expanding, growing bigger, rising as it expanded.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mac kept his eyes closed, trying to hold onto the image, trying to make it come true. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

She kept her head bent over her notes; she did not raise her hand. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Plus, Mr. Yang kept the house in impeccable shape, repairing leaky faucets, patching the front concrete, and coaxing the stamp-sized backyard into a lush garden. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Seanie got off me, and I stood up, but he stayed between me and JP, who bent forward and kept his back to me. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The paper flew in two directions and I turned and said, “Sorry!” but kept running toward Big Ma, whose arms weren’t outstretched like mine. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I selected the back leg of a chair and squeezed up against it and kept very still. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

I waded through the trash and sludge, and kept moving forward. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The wind from the mountains around Shiraz kept a light breeze spinning through the Apadana, quieter and more subtle than the Dancing Fan could ever hope to be. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I've always kept my journal longhand, in spiral notebooks,” she said. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Nobody saw Patrick and Brad fool around, but Brad kept saying it anyway. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

She generally kept back a small slice for him. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I kept waiting, hoping to see a tiny fragment of shadow break away and come running to the wall, to me. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Mr. Dye sold far too many black armbands for mourning and kept selling them right into November. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I kept trying to still my breathing, but it was impossible. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“So they kept you on litter like a barnyard fowl. Tell me, boy, did you learn to cackle?” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The manager, a paunchy man with sweat patches under his arms, kept flashing smiles and telling me that no one in the bank had touched the money. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

We kept the program largely behind closed doors, rather than thrusting these girls into the media fray. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I had to share a room with Charlie, and his snoring kept me from sleeping. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

But she had come, and she kept coming back. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I kept a weapon out of some dangerous hands, that’s all.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Over the next few years, Harry and Joe kept pounding nails when they had the time. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They have been kept for years in pill boxes, and yet on subjecting them to moisture, have crawled about appearing as well as ever. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He dint show me he just kept saying think imagen theres something on the card. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Frances was a little drunk and would have liked to have kept it up but the coffee came, and Lavigne with the liqueurs, and after that we all went out and started for Braddocks's dancing-club. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The other tiger kept creeping closer, belly touching the ground, eyes down, making a low, singsong sound. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I burst through a door onto deck six and kept running. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I kept thinking about what I had done. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He kept a gallon jug under the bar and in the mouth of the jug there was a funnel. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept his head down all day, but I saw it, we all did. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kept trying to block out the memory of boots coming down on her friend’s body. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I kept waiting for it to be a trick, for them to turn and say, “It’s you!” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Supercargo, the white-uniformed attendant who usually kept the men quiet was nowhere to be seen. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her job was to fill two bowls with fresh yogurt from the sacks hanging in the basement larder, where the floor was packed dirt, and where the old cook kept his pickling jars. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The giant backed away, but my shadow children kept him hemmed in so he couldn’t escape. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I tried to sit downwind of her breath, but it was right after lunch and she kept burpin’ little bursts of garlic. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kept muttering to herself, counting out yards of silk and calculating the number of strands her project would require. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

So Debussy’s hanging chords, with the dampers kept away from the strings, represented a kind of return to nature, a move away from the more artificial sound of block chords. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Ma had pots to mend, so she kept to the brick oven out behind the barn, heating up metal scraps to melting so she could build little dams out of that steaming hot liquid. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

When the master made his rounds, she kept her hand over her mouth, lest she call attention to her affliction. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He had very black, springy curls that were slightly too long and kept falling in his face. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Nervous about talking to congressmen, she kept flipping her shoes off under the table. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Plus I kept running into my old friends, who were getting into bigger and bigger trouble. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sathaz had finally learned that if he climbed into the pool and kept very still, the moon would come to him and let him be near her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I think of all the ways I could have kept Olga from getting on that bus. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

My legs kept doing the opposite of what my head wanted them to do. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Mr. Wopsle’s great-aunt, besides keeping this Educational Institution, kept in the same room—a little general shop. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Running so effortlessly that he couldn’t feel his feet touching the ground, he took the lead and kept pulling away. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

The drive had been wider then, and smoother too, better kept. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

"What am I to do? What am I to do?" he kept saying to himself. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Fever kept him curled up on the cold floor, where he expected to die. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“They are funny, the mice. They get things wrong. They got your name wrong, you know. They kept saying Coraline. Not Caroline. Not Caroline at all.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

But I was afraid to talk to her and so just kept myself busy. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

There is not a worse feeling in this world than the feeling that someone knows something about you that he has known for almost a whole summer and has kept to himself. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

He held on, kept the man in position—half in, half out. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Sorry. I slept in after the mutilated-tongue nightmares kept me up half the night.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

And you kept saying that you didn’t do anything wrong. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The silent and stealthy natives kept a close watch on the expedition’s every move, with their poison arrows primed and ready to shoot. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

The president kept saying America was winning the war. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Don’t let me hold you up,” she kept saying. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The long ride on the trains was like a bad dream to me, the first letter from Jenny ran, but Mr. Milton talked to me with the greatest kindness and he kept my spirits up. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slow enough that the old hogs kept chasing him, thinking every second that they were going to catch him the next. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He set the sack out beside the wheat berries and stared at all the food, so casually kept in the ship. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Smith kept his eyes straight ahead, chin up, his face proud and sober. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wouldn’t have kept smoking if my mother had been there, although he didn’t always pay attention to my mother. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything was a blur and I just kept going at him. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

But they kept their distance, and the Gallivespians flew above, keeping watch. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I press into the distance between us until it is gone, crushing the secrets we have kept and the suspicions we have harbored—for good, I hope. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Harry and Ron kept losing on purpose, trying to finish the games quickly, but even so, it was well past midnight when Fred, George, and Ginny finally went to bed. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He kept the package in his hands, lost in thought. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Guards with binoculars kept watch from the roof. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It was quite rough; but I kept on rowing, until suddenly we were close ashore against a point of rock that rose beside us; the waves striking against it, rushing high up, then falling back. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Ben Bones, the old man who kept his lordship’s beloved hunting hounds. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In one single day, with a brutal slap, life threw on top of her the whole weight of a reality that her parents had kept hidden from her for many years. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

In a new galley made by wrapping canvas around four oars stuck upright in the snow, Green kept the hot potato can stoked. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Whenever he had a moment, he kept schooling me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I didn’t care when Mustafa told me my head wouldn’t fit through the door anymore if it kept growing bigger from all the compliments. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Also, hand clapping was to be kept at a minimum, lest the solemnity of Mass be compromised. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I kept thinking about how southern Manhattan had always been Ground Zero for us. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

We didn’t say anything and so he just kept talking. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kept meeting women coming out of their flats. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shadow had promised himself a bath when he got out of prison, and Shadow kept his promises. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“I am fond of looking at your nose. I would rather that you kept it.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I kept my face to the wall, my eyes glued shut. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

He kept one hand on the cloth and with the other dribbled more of the liquid between his fingers into its folds, delighting in the sensation of frost where the chloroform coated his fingers. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She grabbed the beam tight and kept climbing, looking for the next desk leg or metal beam or cabinet that didn’t shift when she took hold. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

If I kept running him around, I would eventually wear him down. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Behind the counter, Mr. Paul kept an ice chest full of soda, and on the right side of the display case he kept a cooler filled with ice cream bars. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

She kept mewling and shivering, as she rubbed and rubbed the soapy washcloth against her face and neck until they reddened. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He turned his back to her to put the sheet of paper into the locked drawer where he kept his poetry. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

But I kept my mouth shut and laughed along with the others. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

There’s even a list of prom couples, kept up to date in the notes section. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

They were on top of the bureau, and Alex packed them, then went to his parents’ bedroom and took the framed picture of the six of them that Mami kept by her bedside. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

She kept that thought in front of her in order not to think too much. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

That meant that even if some of William’s papers were later reclassified, the collection could be kept together. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

One of the guards, sitting a few yards away from the man’s cage, kept insisting that he stay in the middle of the enclosure, where he could be easily seen. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Charlotte had worries of her own, but she kept quiet about them. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

She kept thinking about Reginald Bradley at that secret tennis game that night. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I rested my hands on my bare knees while I laughed, but I kept my eyes on Declaration. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I felt myself stiffen a little as she kept playing with my hair. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

We kept walking with nothing to eat or drink. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spent lots of time at the Crowell home, and I enjoyed being around Mrs. Crowell even though most all the women in our neighborhood kept their distance. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He kept delivering warm meals to Cole in the tent. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

From the pile of belongings Boori Ma kept only her broom. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He has kept his eyes averted since I sat in the chair and they cut the strip of plastic binding my wrists together. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“We’d be here all night if we kept negotiating. See how much faster that was? Much more persuasive to our target.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Adele kept the appointment with the psychologist and took me along. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

But recently he has kept his distance, either because he’s afraid of me or because he has finally given up. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I kept going over what had happened at the table. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He kept pulling at his collar and wiping sweat off the back of his neck. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Under the water I kept my eyes shut and touched the sandy bottom with my hands and feet and felt a couple slimy seaweed limbs brush over my back and legs. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I kept telling myself that the sweating palms, the tightness in my chest, the desire to put my arms around her were merely biochemical reactions. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the labyrinthine Ministry the windowless, air-conditioned rooms kept their normal temperature, but outside the pavements scorched one’s feet and the stench of the Tubes at the rush hours was a horror. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Liyana had a stomachache when they learned it so she kept picturing the inside of her stomach coated with silver. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Later I kept expecting Maurice to search me out, and when he missed dinner I went up to his room. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I kept thinking of those two little bonobos on the back of the bike. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The joy and freedom of the church Christmas doings kept my spirit up for the entire weekend. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I kept my voice even, willing the spell to keep them charmed by our lies for as long as we remained in their house. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

On the drive to town, I kept replaying my conversation with Momma. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

We rose and fell over the swells of a larger boat, but I kept my eyes on the trees. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Rarely had I worked so hard at anything, and yet no matter how incompetent I pretended to be, Shelley stubbornly kept me on the payroll. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

My hand crept instinctively toward my pocket, where I kept my lethal ballpoint pen, Riptide. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The wind got so strong it almost blew me down the mountain, but I kept going. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Not again, she thought, and kept eating her sandwich. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

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

As she opened a book herself, she tried to push away the thought of Ess’s reading, but it kept circling back, distracting her from the words on the page. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I caught a glimpse of my father opening a closet that he kept locked at all times, and for a good reason—there were several guns in there. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Isabella is right that I would be mad, so I don’t get why they kept talking about it. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Maniac kept trying, but he still couldn’t see it, this color business. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t fair, I kept thinking, even though I had no right to complain. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He kept her photo on his footlocker and wrote her love letters several times a week. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

I don’t see how they kept up a continuous culture for five thousand years. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept reading, moving a finger along the lines of words. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The shop assistant looked toward them more frequently now, but luckily a party of tourists came in and kept her busy for the time being. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

And as much as I wanted to direct my attention to the hori­zon, to where my salvation lay, it kept straying back to this maniacal beast. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Trucks lined with drag kept rolling in from the ’Glades and other oudying parts, each with its load of twenty-five bodies. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I had a stockpile of Moss horror stories that kept them entertained for weeks. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Thereafter I kept away from the groups as much as I could and worked alone. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The raspy whisper kept burning through her thoughts. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“He kept me on that ram for two hours.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Uncle George kept on jigging and Grandma kept on facing him, jigging too. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He called himself Shelley the Playboy, and speaking in code on the radio, he kept us abreast of the plans to march. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, a rainbow of hanging file folders kept numerous papers in place. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“It’s the only thing that kept Buddy in that crib.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

She meticulously kept the record for three weeks, and in the fourth, she went to my school and had a talk with the principal. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her feet could not find a safe place—the sand beneath the water kept shifting. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bodega kept pacing around the room with the energy of a shadow' boxer. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

They weren’t sure exactly what they were looking for, but Bruno kept stating that a good explorer would know it when he found it. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 2006-01-05T00:00:00Z

But the sign kept scooting out of reach. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

As they started out, some of the women found the banners unwieldy, but they tightened their grips on the wooden rods and kept moving forward. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

It was as if Frank had turned into a bull and then back to human, but he’d kept some of the bullishness. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Tents and trees were in flames, and Milo’s planes kept coming around interminably with their blinking white landing lights on and their bomb bay doors open. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Art had a gun, a pre-Second World War surplus clunker of a thing, which he kept in the barn. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He kept his distance, not offering to shake my hand. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It made me mad the way they wouldn’t listen to me and kept on believing whatever they wanted to believe about Gloria Dump. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Nok must have known he was looking at her, but she kept her head tucked under her arm, like a pigeon using its wing to shelter from the rain. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

My mother, for her part, kept every one of these letters, binding them carefully in neat bundles with green tape, but this was her own secret. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hands were shaking slightly out of anger, but he kept his eyes down, as though he couldn’t hear what Snape was saying to him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He didn’t need any light to find the notes, and the feeling of something so familiar on his fingertips kept him from thinking about a ghostly Mrs. Cobb. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Big Rose just kept on staring at the floor. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He flinched as an egg sailed past his nose, but the men holding his elbows kept their backs straight and their boots marching forward. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our Arts Master was a shy retiring man called Arthur Norris who kept himself well apart from the rest of the staff. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted his cap to the lady and kept walking. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

I kept track of them in a little notebook. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

Doctor Copeland coughed and spat into one of the squares of paper which he kept beneath his pillow. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Cole swallowed hard to keep from throwing up again as the storm kept attacking the sky and earth around him. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He seemed to be unaware of the two hounds hanging from his body, and kept staring at me. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the next few days, as Tree-ear trotted about the village to and from work or on errands for Min, he kept his eyes wide in search of Kang. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

All the studying he had to do kept his mind off his misery. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

They kept their arms linked at all times, and every few steps, they made loud clicking sounds with their tongues. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

For he kept it hidden safe in a hole on his island, except when he was hunting or spying on the orcs of the mines. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

If he kept walking in a new direction, he also might come across a dirt road. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

My jaw was clenched shut around the leather muzzle they had strapped to the back of my head, and hands kept my head still as wires and monitors were hooked up. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I kept my hand extended in front of me to avoid stumbling into anything. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Still, the notion of a memoir kept coming back to her. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The others kept shaking me by both hands, and Dr. Van Helsing said:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I thought Francie Nolan and I were practically identical, except that she had lived fifty years earlier in Brooklyn and her mother always kept the house clean. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Bleak as the area was, there was no money for anything better; the low wages paid by Swift and his fellow packers kept the unskilled masses living in squalor. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But we kept slowing down, groping our way across the totally unobstructed plain, and it took a strong effort of will to speed up to a normal pace. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Al kept up a steady stream of talk as he taped Billy’s hands. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, of course not. And no one knows, of course. No one at all. I’ve kept it a secret for eight whole years.” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I knew because once, last year, I had gotten really bored, and I’d kept track of who she’d called on for a whole week. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept that cane for years, and it served him well. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he was very still, he thought, and kept his eyes on one thing, the tears would not come. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Salva’s feet kept time with the thoughts in his head, the same words over and over: Where is my family? A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Truman had any misgivings about using the atomic bomb, he kept them well buried. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sol Bloom kept order on the ballroom floor. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Occasionally, Francis would look disgusted when my daydreams kept me from observing that he needed my help to keep the model from collapsing as he rearranged the supporting ring stands. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

The linen’s ends kept slipping out, refusing to be tied. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

And he’d kept himself from staring adoringly at her face the whole time. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He headed downstairs toward the kitchen, which he kept visiting because he was sure that was where Kreacher was most likely to reappear. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Through all the years that we kept our secret about having been code talkers, I worked hard for our people as a teacher and a member of our community. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

A number of the crowd turned down the lane that led to what I assumed was the theatre, but Falconer kept on straight ahead. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Watches were kept for seals, and if the ice was favorable, a hunting party would go out to kill them. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Just kept staring straight in front of him and said: “She’s coming.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“It was the only thing that kept me sane.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I kept such meticulous records that soon I gained the trust of many of our customers. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad was often kept late at the theater, and sometimes he did not come home until after we were in bed. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could chop wood, haul the water from the hole Nokomis kept open in the ice with an ax and a long, sharp pole. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

After that, the onlookers moved much farther back and kept their distance. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She kept walking, and spoke to me while looking at the ground. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t say a word back, thinking maybe they’d get the hint, but they just kept on talking. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“When my husband died”—Jesse could hardly imagine Mrs. Myers ever having had a husband—“people kept telling me not to cry, kept trying to make me forget.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

The only way to ensure that nobody found out how rotten I was inside, was if I kept my distance. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Behind her, the guards kept up their shouting, and she knew that if other guards were nearby they would come running. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

If he kept pushing himself to the limit for seven more days . Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

This was a little difficult because the inquisitive bird kept reaching over and trying to bite the faucets with its sharp red beak. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jule kept up a steady stream of chatter until Brooke was in the car, but as soon as the cab pulled away, Immie’s phone pinged in her pocket. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Genie was the kind of kid who kept a small jacked-up notebook and pen in his pocket just so that he could jot down interesting things whenever they came. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She was obviously as bored as I was—her head kept bobbing around. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Nobody let their children go to Aunt Carrie’s gatherings after that, but she kept letting everybody know what happened to the excrement at her house. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

In that way, even when I was sad and afraid, I kept it in mind that the Holy People would not forget me. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they got ready to move again, they kept watching the house into which the woman had fled. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

What kept Minli from becoming dull and brown like the rest of the village were the stories her father told her every night at dinner. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

We rented a car, and it took us more than two hours to get there, even though it wasn’t far away, because Mom kept stopping to go to the bathroom and wash her face. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The man just looked at me and kept shaking his head. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I kinda stole glances as I kept on working. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wish he had kept his creepy little face hidden away like in The Phantom of the Opera or something. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

They kept coming and coming, filling every space, small men with sunken cheeks, dirty faces, and black eyes that Hanako knew had seen worse things than she ever would, ever. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But as long as she kept quiet, I wanted to keep her a secret a little longer. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

‘It was. You have wisely kept that ring secret all these years, and it seemed to me necessary to give your guests something else that would seem to explain your sudden vanishment.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The ground kept sloping up and the cows ran up the hill. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a good deep laugh and it kept coming out of him. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

They kept running back to the den to look at and touch the trophy. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

They thought she was a secretary; they kept asking her what she did with all her money. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The picture kept changing, and that was the way he liked it. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

As we got closer, the older man who was with us kept telling us to be careful. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, my mind kept returning to the phone conversation with Dad. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

It had kept this small plot of land safe. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

When ordered to do so by teachers, I untied the plastic cup I kept tied to my belt and waited for my turn. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Lucky there was one in the room,” said Harry, who kept turning cold at the thought of what would have happened if he had not been able to lay hands on the little stone. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I dressed her in the white tunic she kept in her wardrobe. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood there for a lifetime, carved out and desolate, and kept saying Otto’s name. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Bangs came twice a day, Hannah sat up at night, Meg kept a telegram in her desk all ready to send off at any minute, and Jo never stirred from Beth’s side. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was planning to flag a cab but the traffic was backed up so I just kept walking. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

My mind kept replaying clips from all those slasher flicks I’d rented. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

The men had been kept from the women, housed in a separate section of the prison. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ugwu kept himself from glancing back at his mother; he rolled his window down so the air would rush loudly past his ears and distract him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Harold kept trying, and still he had no wind in him, just those little bubbles. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were on the waves and if they had a grumble they kept it to themselves. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s about time you showed up! Those starving old people kept calling every two minutes and ruined our meeting.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I kept walking and walking, and I kept thinking about old Phoebe going to that museum on Saturdays the way I used to. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I kept trying to crawl away from the blows, but I didn’t have the strength or the coordination to get far. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

It kept reminding me of the stupid email. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

For the rest of that day Milton kept after me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

When Grandma had been alive, she had, by nagging, shouting and threats, kept my father’s junkyard contained. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“What the hell do you think I am? Blackie? Who the hell do you think kept him safe last night?” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Dewey had had several conversations with her and had requested that everything they said be kept secret. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was still that sensible and pathetic part of my mind that kept telling me Annie Altman only thought I was a little kid and nothing else. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

White and his family kept an uneasy watch. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

All I kept thinking was, This is unbelievable. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

White observed the way Ramsey kept saying “the Indian,” rather than Roan’s name. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

And the very first thing he did was to grope in his wardrobe for a bottle and a wineglass which he always kept hidden there where Aunt Letty could not find them. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Did you ever stop to think that the report sounded similar because you kept doing the same things to the children?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Smoke kept pouring out of the clay-daubed chimney, hanging heavy in the air. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept his voice kind but firm, controlled. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I kept my dolls’ outfits in a child-sized vinyl suitcase covered in a floral print. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Tad looked at Frankie and kept his hands at his side. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She kept stealing glances at me; then her eyes would dart away nervously. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He almost stopped walking altogether when he spotted Gaily up ahead, arms folded and glaring, but he kept moving. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Professors McGonagall and Moody kept them working until the very last second of their classes too, and Snape, of course, would no sooner let them play games in class than adopt Harry. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Look, what was I supposed to do? You kept calling me back, changing your mind. Sell the tickets. No, don’t sell the tickets, I’m taking Tatiana. No, I’m not taking Tatiana. Sell ’em. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

About noon she got into a sort of lethargy which we did not like; although we kept silence to the others, we were neither of us happy about it. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

They kept all this in a room without windows. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bought myself a clothbound black book with purple flowers on the cover and kept it next to my bed. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Listening, always listening, and I kept going, explaining Joey Pow and finally Rock and his gang. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

On the top shelf of a tall cabinet, Mom kept a jug made from a hollowed-out gourd, much like the ones that she used back in the mountains of South Kivu. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

But she kept praying and praying and praying. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He kept the Sabbath on Saturday, observed Passover and other important Jewish holidays, and belonged to a small neighborhood congregation, whose members called themselves Hebrews or Israelites. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

He kept his head down, fixed upon the old stale rushes scattered on the floor. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

As they kept walking, he focused his attention on the other side of the Glade, the section Alby had called the Deadheads. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I used the sleeves from my t-shirt to wipe the sweat dripping from my forehead and kept my head down to block the unforgiving sun. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He kept trying to push himself over the edge, but again his head was lifted and more warm fluid flowed past his bps. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He just kept looking at the report card and shaking his head. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

While he listened to her shower melody, ‘i’m as Corny as Kansas in August,” Shorty just kept on lying there, puzzled about the strange sensations buffeting his body. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I jumped onto solid ground before the carriage had stopped moving, stumbled forward, regained my balance, kept moving. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He kept his head and eyes fixed on the front of the courtroom, never once looking behind him to see the family of the police officer or even his own family. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I kept glancing from my mother to Autumn. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Anyway, this van kept driving, right off the blacktop and over the grass toward our field. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

For some reason—perhaps because they were smaller—the mice were kept in cages-within-a-cage. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I kept holding onto the phone, sort of, so I wouldn't pass out. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The other young males kept bothering Mushie, and like rowdy teens they engaged in some good-natured jostling, ending in all- out wrestling. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

And yet he kept holding on to her. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Will felt Balthamos dig tiny claws into his shoulder, and kept still. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I thought about saying thanks, but I just kept my mouth shut and my eyes down. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was made of yellow plastic, and we kept it on the floor in the kitchen, and that was what we used whenever we had to go to the bathroom. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She kept the glare from the mirror on the back of his head. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

She kept awakening to think of the climb they would soon have to make through the mountains and of the desert that lay on the other side. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ray didn’t say much on the way, but I could tell he kept glancing over at me. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Fred and George had had a great success with their Canary Creams, and for the first couple of days of the holidays, people kept bursting into feather all over the place. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Ms. Banks kept checking on us, making sure we had enough change or, one time, dropping off some cold drinks. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I held my job, managed my own money, kept passing grades, and stayed out of deep trouble. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t the best one for hiding behind: she’d chosen one in the very center of the room, and unless she kept very quiet... The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The Ministry kept it before, do you really trust them not to keep it again? Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

The Fugees kept fighting, firing a series of quick shots from around the perimeter of the box. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The anxiety I’d always felt about how I was made had kept me from exploring the way most kids did. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Charles had also kept something in addition to his memorial of Annie. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was good to have, though, so she always kept it close. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But the exercise of searching the room kept her busy and that was good for her to keep moving, even though she wasn’t doing anything but turning around in her tracks. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Janine kept whimpering, but she also stood up and started to dress. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

But none of us had thought to follow the woman, and as the seconds kept ticking on, it became like we were agreeing, without speaking, about how we now saw the situation. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

During the entire visit I kept thinking about how he was much more enthusiastic and excited than I had expected him to be, given his history. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Because the city’s numbers kept increasing, the forest could not return. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

And he kept swallowing, trying to gag down a whack of big sloppy emotions. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He kept giving me those mean eyes, sharp green now in the reflection of the traffic light. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

He kept saying that the press was making light of his statements about the threats on his life. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whale oil lamps stayed on nearly the whole day in the factory, so water buckets were kept filled on every floor. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

He kept telling himself that their plan was good, that Griphook knew what they were facing, that they were well-prepared for all the difficulties they were likely to encounter, yet still he felt uneasy. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“What did you see, Elias? You were coming for the mountains, but you kept falling, clawing at the air. You talked about...about killing me.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It kept us from cooling off, he said. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Well,” he said, “maybe she should have kept a closer eye on her daughter. Maybe she should have raised her to be more responsible.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There were but few lights in sight at sea, for even the coasting steamers, which usually “hug” the shore so closely, kept well to seaward, and but few fishing-boats were in sight. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The other hand he kept behind his back. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I kept hearing everybody saying that they was there to help. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But after she regained her footing, she kept her hand resting lightly on my arm. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Baba kept choking him until the young mother, the one the Russian officer had fancied, begged him to stop. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Over by the truck another white man kept looking at his watch. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept his head, however, and held fast to his golden apples. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kept looking toward the cave, but she said nothing more about it. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he walked he balanced himself with the help of a fence and kept his dark eyes on the ground. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Conor kept moving forward, people scrambling to get out of his way. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Kat kept winding a strand of hair around her little finger and then unwinding it. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

His dad kept them in the shoe box behind a suitcase in the back of a closet. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

They wielded blades called hreshtek, sharp enough to slice a man off his shadow, and kept scorpions in brass cages hooked to their belts. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She took my hand and kept on laughing. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Daddy wiped at his eyes with a Snowberger’s handkerchief and spoke over Peach and just kept going. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The other group—the wagon attackers—kept going and found another place to hide. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

The General and Arm glared at each other like a pair of lions standing over the same antelope, but they kept quiet. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Wes didn’t act up in class, which kept him under the radar; his teachers spent 90 percent of their time dealing with the 5 percent of kids who did. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

They broadcast from so-called wildcat stations, which were secret and unlicensed and kept odd hours. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

But they kept moving, jumping, they were everywhere, and our slow-motion journey through the bouncing wetlands only seemed to prolong the slaughter and make the crunch of bodies seem sharper and more deliberate. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I faced Mecca with the help of a line I scratched into the pale yellow ground and carefully kept up. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mike kept up a string of complaints on the way to building four. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

To be sure, butter and honey were seldom seen in King's Landing of late, though Lord Gyles kept them well supplied in the castle. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

If he kept hope from his mind, then whatever happened would seem natural. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

While the gunman on the roof kept Blackie in his scope through the window, the outlaw sat across from Burkhart, who looked stunned. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She spat on the doorknob twice, a ritual that, she once told me, protected the innocent and kept all evil spirits away, including the police. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The chain was still warm from where it had been kept against her skin, but I was surprised to find that the pendant wasn’t anything more than plastic. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Even after the twins had gone, Naomi kept watching from the woods. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Wes asked, but Cheryl just kept repeating the same response, as if they were the only words she knew: “I’m sorry.” The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

They kept going, one step at a time. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The two girls turning the rope kept it going and the jumper kept jumping—making a point of ignoring me. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I wish I could’ve kept the anger out of my voice, but I had buried everything deep for so long, and now all of it was bursting through the surface. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And you pitched it, and I missed it by a mile, and you kept pitching it to me all day long, and I never even hit a foul ball on it.” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart kept bad time, and my lungs had forgotten how to get air. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“My cousin left it at my house, and I kept it,” he says, smiling. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She probably read all their lips and kept a diary of their secrets. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Some of them were in poor condition, and Darius, who had begun to draw up a catalog of Elinor’s printed treasures, kept interrupting his own work to watch Mo at his. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Edward kept busy in programs planned for children his age and the grown-ups made friends and talked their usual boring grown-up talk. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so the rumors in Santa Fe kept flying. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the way up that cliff, bullets kept spraying the sand in our faces and bouncing off the rocks around us. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that’s what I was doing too, because Coach kept telling us to leave everything else at the door, but I was thinking about it the other way around. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Joey and Vivek kept saying stuff about “beginner’s luck” and how she must have cheated, so the girl started to walk away. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

His grandma kept calling it his room, but he only ever called it the guest room, which always made his grandmother shake her head and mumble to herself. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

My mother kept all of us on a diet of rice and guava leaves in the form of hourly cups of steamy tea, with sugarcane swizzle sticks. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Smoke kept pouring from a hole in the building. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

He kept up his habit of returning to the lifeboat at the end of every day. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He kept remembering how good he had felt in the park, jogging over the gravel, the wind in his face, his muscles heating up. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept replaying the walk to the bus stop, her proud bearing, the men’s stares, their promises, and the nakedness her accessible beauty made me feel. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Oh, this is so perfect,” Basil chirped, and kept writing. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I kept knitting for you, and I kept thinking about the father of the missing girl. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

At first Rowan kept a tally of the lives he temporarily ended, but as the days passed, he found he couldn’t keep up. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

She kept telling herself it was a dragon but then telling herself there was no way it was a dragon, and back and forth. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Segregated pools kept generations of inner-city kids from swimming,” adds Coach. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He pulled his hand back and waved it through the air to sum up all the ways the San Antonio schools kept Mexican students apart from whites. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Let me claim that Africa and I kept company for a while and then parted ways, as if we were both party to relations with a failed outcome. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept glancing at Sahil as we drove; it was like my eyes were magnets and he was Iron Man. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

When Mama didn’t answer, Doc kept at her. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Anyway, Kelly was with her sorority sisters, and they started to leave, and she dropped her book right in front of my brother, and she kept walking. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I kept thinking, everyone is in such a festive mood, and Leah is just not that far away, in miles. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the men were working as fast as they possibly could, but the machine kept right up with them. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gripped the stem of the pipe in the most manly fashion between his strong white teeth and kept it there while talking to you. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Word was he’d once crushed a man’s skull with his bare hands, wiped his palms clean on his shirtfront, and kept right on drinking. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She kept the door to her room closed, and I was forbidden to enter without her permission. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

While the East Computers had flowed out of their office and into the larger operations of the laboratory like a river, segregation kept the outmigration of West Computing to a trickle. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

But here are the words that kept ricocheting around me all day: Nobody says the words anymore, but somehow the violence still remains. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The dock kept ticking in the other room. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He kept up the calm manner, as if I had come to the Clinic with nothing more than a sprained ankle. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Through the long hours of the night, I kept this up. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

But John kept making mistakes and asking us to start over. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

He dug and loaded, his excitement kept in check by the rhythm of the work. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“No, no, it was my fault, I’m afraid. I kept your boy here listening to the wanderings of an old lady.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was known to stroll past the coffeehouse from time to time, but Mother kept me busy when he approached. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We kept our voices low and our heads above water by holding on to the side of the boat. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cole kept striking the wood together for Garvey as he stood for his turn. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

My eyelids kept getting heavier, my full stomach making me sleepy. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

If what they kept and clung to seemed strange, part of me sympathized: it was all they had left of their home. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The fourth one kept his back to us, but I saw his hunched shoulders tremble. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Wexler turned up the heat in her apartment and kept the windows open for the next three days. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I still kept my head down, vaguely wondering if she were intimidating me or if she really wanted me to repeat my curses. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kept saying I had to go faster, but my legs wouldn’t work right and I couldn’t see, maybe my eyes were shut, I don’t know, but I was so scared. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

They watched the darkness fall softly and the first stars begin to twinkle in the sky, listened to the croaking of the frogs, and kept their silence. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s what I kept telling my manager. I'm a nice guy, I kept telling him. Is it my fault I got clopped? But he lost faith. Lousy manager.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I kept the mending basket close to hand in case I needed to hide my crime. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

They knew where everything was and stole my tools, even a chain saw and my shotgun that I kept back there. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She probably wishes now that she’d kept her gun and bullets. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

She was careful that Rocky did not share these things with Tayo, that they kept a distance between themselves and him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I never saw it, but I kept hearing about it happening. It was pretty common back then, I guess. Poor medical care or none at all.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The 586th Regiment was kept so busy that almost every single one of its aircraft was in the sky on the morning of March 19, 1943—with two exceptions. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Obviously my father had let his hopes go sky-high, but since I wasn’t the one sitting in jail, I kept my mouth shut. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He kept coming back to one point: “They didn’t want to meet me?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Neel trod carefully and kept the light on the ground around their feet. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

If he kept moving the raft with the paddle he should come to where the river narrowed again, and pick up the current. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

I just kept hearing Sally saying she threw away her hairbrush. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

What if Lorena tells the SIM about how I kept a diary hidden under my pillow that I erased every night? Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

But the hope that kept the grief at bay is dwindling, slipping away with each word she speaks. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I asked Aunt Maggie why he kept the gun so close to him and she told me that men had threatened to kill him, white men . Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pong kept hoping that they would turn away from the pillowy clouds of smoke, but their path to the Mud House was taking them straight for it. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

But my stubborn curls kept going up instead of down, and I was cursing the good Lord above for giving me hair that would’ve been better suited to sheep. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

They kept her, because there was nothing else they could do. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Remember when you were a little kid and kept asking why and your parents gave you some half-baked answers? Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Instead of answering, she got the box where she kept all my report cards and certificates to get the photo. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

We bathed and swaddled her and kept her pressed to our chests. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The temple’s front doors, in a sweet reversal of most American entrances, let blacks in and kept whites out. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Babi too kept walking in and out of the house aimlessly, looking, it seemed, for something to do. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

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

The ground around his feet kept erupting in flames, but I kept dousing it just as quickly. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Next I gathered up the mouse bones that I’d kept in my pockets, realizing I didn’t need to carry them around anymore. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon we saw the entire plain full of Indians, halting periodically to wait for more Indians who kept filing out of the camp behind them. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I kept her company and kept watch for her as she tried to rub a twitch out of my shoulder. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shut his eyes and pressed his fingers against them, trying to squeeze out the vision that kept recurring. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

They kept trying to turn their backs to it, and it took Father walking on one side of them and me on the other to keep them going straight. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was going to bleed if she kept it up. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He kept sheathing and unsheathing them with a feeling of intense wellbeing, and used them to rip off its fur. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

My curiosity was piqued by his unusual life, and once back in the States, we kept in touch via email. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

At least that’s what I kept telling myself, in a vain attempt to stave off the epic loneliness I now felt. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He just sat, holding Security on his lap and listening, and if he had any theories about mysterious powers or hidden watchers, he kept them strictly to himself. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The god struggled, flinging the dead aside, breaking off ribs and skulls, but the skeletons kept coming, pinning the god’s arms. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She kept calling up her sisters with every little thing to see what they thought. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“What did I do, man? I didn’t do anything wrong,” Wes pleaded with the cop who was reaching over to cuff him while the rest kept their weapons on him. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I kept trying to picture my mother or somebody, or my aunt, or Sally Hayes's crazy mother, standing outside some department store and collecting dough for poor people in a beat-up old straw basket. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Sean kept the bathroom so clean that the box didn’t have a speck of dust on it, but Finn wiped it down anyway. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I kept my eyes closed, acting like I was out cold. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

He explained patiently how some of the sixth- grade classes moved around for math and reading and science, but Miss Harris kept the same group all day. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

He tried to brush it all aside as he got on with the morning, but the image of her face kept intruding, and the haunting echo of her words: Everyone will die. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She also kept me supplied with glue, which she made of flour and water. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The space kept by the Murray twins is particularly vivid. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I did not listen to the next speaker, a tall white man who kept dabbing at his eyes with a handkerchief and repeating his phrases in an emotional and inarticulate manner. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as he had arrived, he had walked over to the cupboard where the boys kept their food, and helped himself. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the women who’d volunteered for her aviation regiments were going to have to face disappointment, because they were going to have to do jobs that kept them on the ground. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

She didn’t cry again, she just kept making the noise. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

His pegasus kept shying away from him, reluctant to let him mount. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“My daddy’s uncle kept a lot of the colored Lackses as slaves,” Ruby said. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

And if other people in Salinas knew, they must have kept it a loyal town secret. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She had kept me going for months, yet I had no idea. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although his grandfather had been French, he was raised and considered himself Ojibwa and kept the rules of his mother’s dodem or clan, the catfish clan. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Like one of us should have kept talking until we ran out of things to say. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

By now Raleigh was familiar with some of the judges and administrators working to process the post-storm prisoners being kept at Hunt. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Nearly through the night, my telephone at home kept ringing. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pleased with the response, Boots kept repeating, “Where spider? Where spider?” to appreciative laughter. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

And this, too, she did like a man: knowing that she had kept the faith, she waited for Him to keep His promise. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Dr. Doris kept steering our conversation toward my parents, and I kept steering it away, so we talked a whole lot about nothing. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It pulled at me and kept me stuck in one place at the same time. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Their heads were lolling onto their shoulders, and fine streams of bubbles kept issuing from their mouths. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I kept turning about, trying to see and hear the all of it, asking Bear what this or that might be. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I got back into the car and parked, while Daisy kept telling me we were going to be rich. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

But Darwin kept returning to the mechanism of heredity: What had made the long-necked antelope emerge in the first place? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

When Nailer returned to the con, the captain said, “They kept their high sails up longer than we did. They’ve got a more stable ship.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I kept my mixed success with the lamp to myself. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

After all this research, he had worked up a slightly unnerving spreadsheet and kept a copy tucked into his wallet. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He jammed Mr. Canton’s car over the embankment and into some trees—which kept it from rolling completely. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

But I know whatever we are that it’s great because we kept jumping through the hoops in the first place. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

What also kept many from trying to escape was knowing that even if they succeeded, many fellow prisoners would be killed in retribution. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

She let go then, but kept looking at me, taking step after step backward. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I kept coming back to all of the extra work I’d have to put in. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I kept looking until she was out of sight behind the huge, old oak tree at the end of the block. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Taking care of the animals kept us very busy. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

They started and Sam only just kept his footing. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Not that he had seen anyone, but someone or several people had kept him in sight. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lifted the top of the chest where he kept the war souvenirs. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

And new bales of cotton kept arriving on the wharves at Alexandria every day. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Now those fountains were the same; only the colored fountain, they never cleaned and kept up. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mostly he kept finding different ways of letting me know if everything didn’t work the way it was s’pose to, it wouldn’t be no one’s fault but my own. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

The Greek was very fretful, and kept finding fault with the fruit drinks and food that Singer prepared for him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She just kept right on dancing in her red shoes while the kind old lady suffered and died. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Miss Susan said it wasn’t done properly and went and got a whip and kept whipping her and shouting at her; and Harriet screamed. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, your dad pulled the cap back over your head while you and your mom kept on sleeping. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Despite his feelings about Salvador, Ortega had kept Papá on his crew. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

My mother kept thinking that I had a cold. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

For the longest time, it kept us together. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

They kept it very dark in there because the light hurt his eye. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She offered him a smile, but she kept her eyes closed. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hardly anyone had seen Harry play because Wood had decided that, as their secret weapon, Harry should be kept, well, secret. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

She kept making more and more, as if the longer they were gone the hungrier they were sure to be. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was a Tory paper and he wasn’t supposed to have it; it was illegal, so he kept it hidden. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cal jutted his chin out to keep his glasses well back on his nose, but he kept his hands close to the tree. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the meantime, the Kecoughtans are very close by, and my blue beads have kept us well supplied with corn from them. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

She kept track of the balance on an old envelope that was always out on the kitchen counter. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mr. Weasley kept close to Harry’s elbow all the way into the station. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He was dreading the thought of leaving me and the girls for long stretches, he said, but he also kept reminding me of how secure our love was. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“My whole family is full of artists. They kept signing me up for art classes but...I wasn’t very good at it.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She also kept postcards and letters from the trip, as well as newspaper clippings about the plane crash. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

As for the shaking, he simply kept stones in his pockets — a rough one in the right pocket, a smooth one in the left. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept going over it all, every detail. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sorry to Lucy Hummer for calling her a witch after Rafik's ball skipped into her yard and she kept it a week before pitching it back. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was why she hovered so close to him, why she never strayed too far away, why she always kept him in her peripheral vision. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I kept telling myself not to think about the wrist, and I kept thinking about it. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept my voice light and the children busy so they wouldn’t get a look at Karl’s feet. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“My pilot had a stupid navigator and I had a mindless pilot.... By her fifth sortie, Dina felt very tired and kept falling asleep.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

She kept looking at the houses of the village, though she knew it was dangerous to do so. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Get it? A boomerang. He wanted to buy a new boomerang, but he kept getting the old one back every time he threw it away.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why not? The world was a different world in 1905; they could have kept it a secret much more easily.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fezzik kept getting thrown down or falling down or tumbling down or stumbling down. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Abbot Mortimer in his homespun nightshirt was kept to one side with his captains. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

If you ask me, there are so many dummies that about a quarter of the class should be kept back, but teachers are the most unpredictable creatures on earth. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

But her excitement popped as she looked at the carefully preserved page and remembered how the king had had it on his person, carefully and preciously kept in the pouch around his neck. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“My mother kept our winter coats in our closet.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Cassiopeia is tired from being kept too long out-of- doors in the cold weather. That is my fault.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, I started chuckling too as he kept laughing. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Blueprints may be kept secret, or they may be unreadable to someone not already steeped in the technology. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

You must listen carefully, because the rules are to be kept and any breaking of them will be punished.’ Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

By then Bibi was sleeping downstairs again, though they kept her camp cot in the corridor, and would not let her touch the child directly. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He kept hold of my arm while he leaned down to pick it up. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Philemon, however, was clearly proud and happy at being able to add such cheer to the supper and he kept on the watch to refill each cup as soon as it was emptied. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s very smart—’cause I kept him in the house. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Miss Lucy’s words had puzzled me and I kept thinking about them on and off for the next few days. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept on yelling and Lieutenant Wilson started yelling, and we finally got in order. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Patricia kept her car parked at the curb and watched us to make sure we got inside the movie theater okay. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

She walked slowly, pausing before each step to gather strength for the next; her hands kept up a slight, shuddering movement like the nervous flutter of a bee on a flower. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

At nine o’clock on that Friday morning, he put on a surgical scrub suit and a paper mask and went into the Level 3 lab where the flasks were being kept warm. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the way home the words she hadn’t said kept crying out inside her. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I suppose it was mutual tolerance because the Austrians still kept a bridgehead further down the river. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

That year, 1831, when Harriet regarded herself as sufficiently grown up to wear a bandanna, she kept hearing a strange, fascinating story, told and retold, in the quarter, in the fields. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of learning that she’s kept him from experiencing something, even if it is a tornado drill, just because she doesn’t believe in him. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

While he is smart and all that, his English has not kept up with the times, so he pays me to make it more accessible. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The cake a driver delivered the next morning, with “I’m sorry my love” written on it in blue frosting, had a bitter aftertaste, but Aunty Uju kept it in the freezer for months. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

They were laughing and talking in low voices until they saw me, and then they stopped talking but kept laughing. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

They tried to make her lie down on a cot but she kept wanting to get up because she was shaking so hard. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The summer kept them busy, and by early September he and Rocky had enlisted and were gone. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I kept afloat and swam your sea, or drifted, taken by wind and current to this coast where I went in on big swells running landward. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept my voice cold and flat, just the way I thought she’d want it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I darted from car to car, but she kept slipping all over the place. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“No. I just kept it simple stupid. K, I, S, S.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Kaori would have kept going, but a text from her mother said it was time to come home for dinner. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

They drew imaginary subway maps and worked out math problems on a whiteboard the family kept in the breakfast nook. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

A man's work kept the back and arm strong for war. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The cells on each side of them were empty, and each saboteur was kept in solitary confinement. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

‘Better. I... I have to admit, when I was choking on that poison, I kept thinking about Akhlys, the misery goddess in Tartarus. I almost destroyed her with poison.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Seeds kept the living from despair, they explained. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she pushed open the door and stumbled into the pitch-dark hall she quietly cursed the man who usually kept an eye on the house and garden whenever she went away. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I kept my eyes steady ahead until we were a hundred yards off, and then I looked back. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

They kept coming, with bundles on their heads, children riding on their mothers’ shoulders, all of them ragged, dirty, the children naked. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dari kept waiting, and I realized there wasn’t a non-awkward way to get out of this. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They kept pulling on the hay and chewing, like they do. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

I kept seeing Maxim’s eyes blazing in his white face, and behind him Giles, and Beatrice and Frank standing like dummies, staring at me. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

They beat the brims of their hats against their legs before putting diem on and trudged down the road like old promises nobody wanted kept. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“When you might have kept it, and been someone yourself.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

After paying for a private room last night and breakfast and bath this morning, the drab represented a good portion of my worldly wealth, so I kept my finger on it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She lied, or else Mance kept it secret even from his own. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

For some months I had been keeping a close eye on her stomach, and it kept on getting bigger and bigger by the day; while George, Florah and I were getting thinner and thinner. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept trying to get into this story but I couldn’t stop hearing them. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

And yet it occurred to Penelope that the children should not be kept indoors too much at first; it might prove a shock to their systems and cause them to catch cold. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

My face was burning up like Ghost Rider’s fiery skull, but Elle kept a straight face as she turned back to study the photo in front of her. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Sitting next to me on the plane, she kept batting her white-rabbit eyelashes and adjusting her bright pink hairband, trying to get me to notice she had secretly painted her fingernails bubble-gum pink to match. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

House Blackwood kept the old gods, and worshiped as the First Men had in the days before the Andals came to Westeros. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

For a long time she kept on smelling Pietro Crespi's lavender breath at dusk, but she had the strength not to succumb to delirium. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Of all the secrets Elizebeth kept, however, there is one that stands out from the others. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I shook my head and staggered to my feet and kept going. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He kept nibbling, spacing, arranging, and rearranging until sleep overcame him and he curled up tight and nodded away. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I went around the house piling up Luke’s toys and bottles, but they kept ending up back in their original places. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Yeah,” he said, and he wasn’t looking at her, but he kept talking. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Each day he kept busy cooking, carving, soaking in the pond, fishing, carrying the ancestor rock, washing clothes, doing schoolwork, and cutting firewood. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Gymnasts set up their apparatuses, but with the ship swaying, they kept getting bucked off. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

More critical is that it kept fire companies located near De Koven Street in their stations. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas kept up with Minho as best he could, having to sprint every once in a while to catch back up. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It was a place with sound and people, a place where life just kept going on. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Yet what frightened him, and kept him more than ever on his knees, was the knowledge that, once having fallen, nothing would be easier than to fall again. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Angela said she loved me—“love you so, so much, Brett”—and kept saying it over and over, even after I told her my name was in fact Jay. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

But whatever they were talking about must’ve been super interesting, because they kept on talking. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

These were aunts and cousins and other relatives, and they all had large huts where they kept all their property and ate their meals at night. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

And really, about the scorecard: Omi could have kept it to herself. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I kicked my legs, tried to get up, but my feet kept slipping in the mud and I couldn’t get enough of a grip or a foothold to move away. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The only cause of delay was Blackavar, who seemed uneasy and kept hanging about in the rear. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe in twenty-six notches, if they kept this up, Ess would know her letters. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Pong rolled his eyes and climbed into the shallow-bottom boat Ampai kept tied up in the canal behind the Mud House. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

When one of the maids, a skinny little thing, brought their supper Fenoglio hid the written sheets he had kept beneath the covers of his bed. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I explained to Billy as best I could some of the things that were going on, and he kept telling me his uncle was the pilot of a big plane that dropped bombs. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I realize that I’d been holding it in while his eyes kept me frozen in place. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

But still, he was grateful for them: they were one of those small miracles that somehow kept recurring to make his life worthwhile. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept my back to him and took as long as I could to put my shoes away. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Be smart like your mother,” she kept saying. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They kept out of the sun so they wouldn’t grow dark like Indians. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now the hyena had a bad wound, but it kept running, and as it ran, some of its insides fell out. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kept smiling and congratulating me, her voice booming. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She kept her eyes on the street, watching the men and women walking by. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She held on to them, and the memory of them kept her, and tended to them all. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Momma didn’t say anything when she got home and I didn’t ask her but I kept my eye on the clock. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Layla glared at Ivy, but Dad just kept staring at the yawning pile of junk where their house once stood. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Dad nodded, but he just kept standing there, running one finger over his eyebrow again and again. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Your PopPop kept it safe for a loooooong time, and he asked me to pass it to you to do the same. That way both men live on inside you. You’re carrying their legacies.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

It was impossible that these two whose hearts were on fire should be kept apart. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

A doctor was called—I was afterwards told—and he ordered that I be kept abed, that I be kept quiet, that my very life depended upon it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maman and Auntie had kept me home from mass and were sitting on either side of me like jailers. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sensing Hannah’s timidity, Gitl kept her close as she greeted everyone by name, thanking them for the gifts as if she were the bride herself. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only the fact that she was so matter-of-fact kept me from being startled. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

For the month after, Heleen had kept her in golden chains, not even letting her go down to the parlor. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But as long as no one nearby thought DNA was at the heart of everything, the potential personal difficulties with the King’s lab kept him from moving into action with DNA. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Concealed partly by the raised barrels and their concrete emplacements, partly by my tilted umbrella, I kept hidden, but still managed a good look. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She kept close to the shuttered storefronts that lined the square, avoiding the pockets of flickering gaslight cast by the streetlamps. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“I had the pilot in my house, and at the time my daughter was three and a half and she kept watching it over and over again,” Anderson says. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Partly by design, then, and partly by custom, blacks and whites were kept apart in the tobacco factories, working on different floors and even in separate buildings. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

If this kept up, he’d have to be dealt with, blood or no. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

It’s their faces I kept seeing every time I closed my eyes to sleep. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

If I’d been in a car, and not on foot, I might have kept going, too. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Whatever nerves she felt, she kept them hidden from him as she gave an exaggerated sigh and collapsed into a chair with the grace of a large beast. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

They walked barefoot; they kept their faces down. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

When the weather permitted, the crew kept busy catching penguins, which were numerous and noisy in the nearby rookery. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

From far away on the north side where the Italians lived and kept chickens in their yards, came the crowing of a rooster. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept my head low so that I did not have to look at anybody. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Chip followed me the first mile, laughing about the awkwardness of saying good-bye and then not actually parting ways, until he turned right at the Safeway and I kept going straight. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I kept thinking, it’s okay, I can handle this. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Neither of them answered, but on our walk to shul, they kept glancing at me worriedly. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Even so, I kept breaking needles and accidentally stabbing myself and showing up to school with too many Band-Aids on my fingers, prompting my teachers to shoot me even weirder looks than usual. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

But she was in pain and she kept crying, “Mother.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

There’s one thing Gram kept from me that I still don’t understand. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I kept feeling her, touching her body, her hands, her arms, up and down, again and again. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Still, I kept wondering: How on earth was I going to roller-skate in silk stockings? Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had her collection of antique Indian jewelry, which she kept in a self-storage locker. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I kept asking Andrew questions, trying to get more details. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I know you’re not being mean, I said, but I kept my eyes on the doll. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He tied another knot—another loose knot—around the ring and kept a length out long enough that he could hold on to it—which he did, for dear life. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

She kept stroking my hands, and I couldn't think of anything to say. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Drew followed, but Erin kept her back to him, excluding him from the conversation. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Kamala kept a small rare songbird in a small golden cage. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

So much so that I started wondering if maybe I was wrong, if maybe it wasn't mere coincidence that kept bringing us together. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Lord, Mrs. Myers was liable to crack her face if she kept up smiling like that. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

I only saw them once or twice, because the demons and demonesses were so old that they kept to themselves. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though the Niffler is gentle and even affectionate, it can be destructive to belongings and should never be kept in a house. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they kept looking at each other like there was something they wanted to say. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The lawn’s cut, the bushes are shaped, and the house itself looks well kept and inviting. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The plates kept piling up, and within minutes the glass racks were out of control. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She spent a good portion of the following day with sweaty palms and a racing heartbeat, and kept one eye fixed on the passing woods. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

As long as I kept my eyes on the spire, I almost believed he couldn’t touch me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He proved good as his word when a rawboned major from Minnesota curled his lip in rebellious disavowal and demanded his share of the syndicate Milo kept saying everybody owned. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Most of the cars were taking it easy in the right lane, but the big rigs kept barreling by, shooting up walls of slush that hit the windshield so hard we jumped every time. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She kept her eyes down as she served him his bread and ale, barely daring even to breathe the same air, she who was too stupid to be a midwife’s apprentice. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kept having dreams about them, vivid dreams in which she saw them sold and sent away in a chain gang. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bells of the church kept ringing and calling, but I did not go. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

On weekends, during our first year on the island, we were kept inside our cells all day except for a half hour of exercise. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spent his time reading Jaime’s books, which Blanca brought him on the sly, and listening to the street sounds and to the whisper of the radio, which he kept at the lowest volume. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept aloof, I waited, I fantasized, misleading myself. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Sheriff Dean eyed the wheelbarrow but kept a safe distance. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The promise was kept but the solution was a disaster. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

He knows something’s up, like when Feather could tell we were going to have that one, famous Pittsburgh tornado, and kept knocking Mom’s Sleepless in Seattle commemorative plates off the wall with his tail. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

She kept telling him it was okay to be angry. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

They had had virtually no contact during this summer or last, as Harry had come back to Privet Drive so briefly and kept to his room so much. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I kept looking for her the rest of that day, puzzled by her reaction. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Aru was about to ask if Mini’s nose was working right, but Mini kept talking. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

For a week he had kept trying to get near to Fenwick, to talk to him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t describe where we were to him, so I just kept calling his name, and he found my voice. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I kept glaring at Will, letting him know I wasn’t going to be intimidated. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I kept thinking of how ashamed the original Julian would be to know that someone who carried his name had been so mean. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The toasts the daughters had prepared kept getting interrupted. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

A false rumour that the whole household was being distributed free spread like wildfire; and before long the place was packed with people who had no business there, but could not be kept out. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

They kept as close as they could to the western side, and they could see the dim shapes of the low cliffs rising ever higher, shadowy walls with their feet in the hurrying river. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He just kept plugging away at the trees like he always did, making the same music, stopping every time someone came up only long enough to see if they were gonna tell him something. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The title was largely honorific, but it enabled him to carry a badge and to lead posses, and he sometimes kept one pistol in his side pocket and another strapped to his hip. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The Corporal kept his eyes down the road. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I crept away along the path, and for the next day or so kept dreading what Miss Emily would say when she saw me. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even some insects have been domesticated, notably Eurasia’s honeybee and China’s silkworm moth, kept for honey and silk, respectively. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I kept out of his way, retreating to a chair in the living room to read Dad’s latest Newsweek. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Especially if I kept staring at him like I had in chemistry. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Farmer was away much of the time, and even when he was around, darting from meeting to meeting, it was Jim who often made sure he kept to a schedule. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Then she went on with her mending, but she kept on smiling. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kept the pressure steady against my hand. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would take fifteen drops from the base formula—which was kept in Mother’s sewing cupboard, where it would not be used or polluted—and add them to a small bottle of distilled water. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She stared at the ground, but kept glancing up at me. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He believed that children, like little monkeys, were born with certain instincts of self-preservation, but that the instincts vanished because babies were kept cooped up in a crib. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

It simmered now in the huge iron kettle, beneath which the fire must be kept glowing all through the long hot day. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“He has kept his wild-card choices surprising and mysterious. Why did he pick them? We’ll have to see. But don’t count the Phoenix Riders out yet!” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As she hit, she kept an eye on the rearview mirror. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I used to live with my auntie. She kept a candy store. I used to get ever so many candies. As many as I liked. When'll your dad rescue us?" Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He kept his eyes on his plate and began to eat. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I kept ‘ ‘cased’ ’ in my head vulnerable places and situations and I would perform the next job only when my bankroll in my pocket began to get too low. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

So Hazel took it, and she kept it on her bookshelf, and sometimes she looked at it and said to herself, That is a Joe Mauer signed baseball, and she understood. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

These were highly intelligent, able-bodied men who were denied access to stable high-paying jobs, which in turn kept them from being able to buy homes, send their kids to college, or save for retirement. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Its trunk was wide and knobby, and its leaves kept her mostly dry from the rain. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I have trouble remembering the details of her illness because she and my father kept it from me until they couldn’t hide it any longer. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

That an institution of learning should keep a library was not as obvious then as it is now—Plato, for all the reasons we have already discussed, kept no such collection at his Academy. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

She just kept talking about the office, personnel and scheduling, holding up the beat. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept waiting for Dad to come in and say "It wasn't what you think" or "I can explain." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He said ‘girls’, but he meant Jo, for she was the only one who kept up the old custom. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kept her back to him and went down the line, yanking the last clothespins off one by one. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at the sand and kept moving and didn’t think about anything else. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The minute she left the hall, she felt its light begin to fade, heard the boy’s disgruntled shouts, but she kept running with the sparkles overhead. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I kept my eyes on the floor throughout it all, rubbing my throat. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Onions were best gathered in the cooler morning, but if Zvezda kept delaying her, it would be midday before she finished. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

But the Fjerdans had kept his son alive for a reason. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She’d told me the ring was a little big and kept slipping off when her hands were in the soapy wash water. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Unlike Calvin and Deemer, who advertised their weirdness from a hundred yards away, Jordan kept his face so empty that the emptiness alone was menacing. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

She always kept her floors clean, especially in the shop. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Her long black hair was in a ponytail, but the wind kept whisking locks of it across her face, into her eyes. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I must’ve gotten thrown off by the endless geek rants about globular clusters orbiting galactic cores, rants that I see are being kept under wraps in present company. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Guzzo’s nose kept bleeding, right through all the yelling, so Coach told me to get him into the locker room and cleaned up. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

We cut grass, trimmed trees, cleaned the bam, ran a gerry tractor, and kept busy all day. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He also began to be feared even by those he kept around him, so that a centurion murdered him in the midst of his army. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

“And it isn’t as if I haven’t kept things from you in the past.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Diana kept her eyes directed out the window, but inside, she went still. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He kept looking at it in his hands, reading it over to himself. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z

Nok kept her head bowed, but she couldn't resist popping one eyelid open. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I kept telling myself I'd done my best, trying to drown out the little voice in my head that whispered, But did you really? Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

They found no Gobblers, but the catacombs under the oratory kept Lyra and Roger busy for days. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Hey, wait!” one of them called after me again, but I kept my head down and rounded the corner with a sigh of relief. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Half the lunchroom kept staring, half started buzzing. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Just listen to me!” he kept shouting in synagogue, between the prayer at dusk and the evening prayer. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had kept it: he had plenty of others, a whole boxful on top of his dresser, every day tucking one into the point of each collar to keep it stiff. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

So I kept quiet and went through the lentils, making sure there were no little pebbles or grit and rinsed them off with water. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The thick seal fat that kept the animals warm would provide valuable calories in the men’s diets and keep them from freezing. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

They kept still, tilting their heads to the wide silence, straining to hear. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We noticed that people in the restaurant kept looking at my hair. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Even so, they’ve kept away from the windows as much as possible. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

If they kept getting mowed down, though, there wouldn’t be enough of them left to organize. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I kept secrets about how much I understood of our world. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They will be kept by me, and they will be read by the world. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I kept my church hat on a shelf in a hatbox, and every Sunday when I’d pick it up to take my hat out, roaches would crawl out. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I tucked it in properly at my waist, it was hard to walk, and it kept slipping off my head. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to picture the race at Franklin Field, but—funny thing—it kept being shoved aside by another picture. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

When we got on the bus, Audrey kept busy on her phone, texting with her cousin Sylvia, who lived in San Francisco and was in high school. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Bod took the new list up onto the side of the hill and tried to read the words, but his attention kept sliding off it. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I took a deep breath and kept my hands in the air. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

They kept their beaks faced toward the stranger, and Luna felt for sure that they had somehow become harder, sharper, and more dangerous than before. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

His waist kept getting longer, rising above his belt. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

A few escaped to fall onto the dirt, but most of them she kept inside. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

And while I kept seeing Paul’s Popeye arms at the back of Rashad’s neck, nobody else seemed to be wondering about why the Galluzzos felt the sudden need for a party. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Ged lay sprawled on his back, his arms flung out as if they yet kept the wide gesture of welcome and invocation. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Pretty soon, Robin knocked on the door, but Ivy kept drawing. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Mama, who had come to sit by me on the davenport, put her hand on mine and kept it there while Cudn Agnes finished the story. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Once at the church he would discover where the piece of tapestry was kept; then he would create a diversion of some kind. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I kept walking, sloshing angrily through the rain. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Usually, he kept his hunting knife in the tin box that had stored our biscuits. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pollard somehow hung on, Howard kept his grip on the lead rope, and they pulled Seabiscuit to a halt. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

So in order for people to see me and not shoot me he had also bought me a large blaze orange cap which kept slipping down over my face. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I kept seeing my father’s excited face and heard his voice telling me over and over again about the rally. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I grabbed his long black coat, but he kept on running. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

And afterward, in the small cabin, they’d do this, this tangle of bodies, this blurring of the edges that kept people distant and lonely. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The cop kept writing in his thick pad. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Once I found it, I kept going until I'd gone as far as the electrical line would reach. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept sneaking peeks at him as we drove from my house to his place. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Why had she kept that in her head? The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Perhaps my chronic anxiety kept my weight down. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But the eggs kept breaking. We probably need help.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

My mother shot an alarmed look at my father, who kept his eyes on me. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I sat at the table across from Roberto, but I kept my head down. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the people in my village finally decided that the man had chosen wisely, but everyone kept talking about what the tortoise had said. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We kept quiet about it because it’s not legal here.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He kept his brown, wide eyes on Singer’s face. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She kept twisting the ends of her soft yellow headscarf around her fingers. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“No. I haven't been anywhere. I've been here all the time operating. Look, baby, this is your old tooth-brushing glass. I kept it all the time to remind me of you.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Bryce clawed at the ground and the plastic bouquets, but his body kept sinking. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Just how long are we going to be kept waiting?” a man in wine-colored velvet asked. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She kept close to Ma Costa, and Pantalaimon became as big as he could and took his panther shape to reassure her. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He kept this up for a little interval, then flipped the pencil toward the inkwell. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

The other kids stared at us, whispering among themselves, but they also kept their distance, as if they hadn’t decided whether we were predators or prey. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

‘I could at any rate; and you could too, if you kept your head and followed me carefully.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

And he kept discovering new species of barnacle. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But at last he was gone, and only the rain kept drumming its wet fingers on Meggie’s window. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

This also served to dye the nasty brown hairs that kept growing from the roots underneath. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Our superintendent kept trying to get him to quit school, but Hosie vowed he was go’n graduate if it took him till he was thirty years old. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z