| 单词 | landing |
| 例句 | They screamed for more and I obliged, squiggling my feet and slip-sliding across the wooden floor, jumping into the air and landing in a near split by the blackboard, shouting “Eeeee-yowwww!” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Just then a door on the second landing opened, and a face poked out wearing horn-rimmed glasses and a very annoyed expression. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She swipes through a few more pictures, landing on a brightly lit shot of two women grinning at each other under a floral arch. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z He leaned back, and Tino flew past him, landing on the desks of the next group. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I hesitated, then turned left, coming upon a broad landing and another staircase. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Planes were landing and taking off like clockwork. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Thorn nodded and pressed the foxglove dart to her lips, shooting it out and landing it right in front of the monster. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z At 10.05 I crept out onto the landing just as Kat’s shape appeared through the frosted glass of the front door. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z “One machine is airborne, another is landing, and still another is being inspected and refuelled,” Sofya said. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Instead of landing on a soft cushion, I hit a piece of wood that hid beneath the fabric. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The odds of landing in the back of a police cruiser, on the other hand, were much better. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z They went down only two floors to the nearest limo landing. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z We thought it best that he should stay in his own rooms; and we left him on the landing outside his door, holding a light over the stair-rail to light us downstairs. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Percy didn’t care much about history, but he wondered whether landing here was a bad omen. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z In honor of the moon landing, there was the Apollo 11, whose skin gradually stretched until, bursting, the wiener appeared to blast off into the air. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I stretch, looking up at the pale-gray sky, the predicted snowflakes finally drifting slowly through the air and landing on my cheeks and hair. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z There’s a door leading to a steep set of stairs, and at the top is a wide landing and a large metal door. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The doors on the next landing were closed, and he tiptoed so he wouldn’t wake anyone up. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z What a landing party we were as we stalked about, identically dressed in saddle oxfords, long-tailed shirts, and pastel cotton pants, but all so different. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Lefty grew familiar with the shoreline of the Detroit River, its screened inlets and secret landings. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She hops down from the table, landing silently in her pig slippers. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He victuals himself and his little army by sending out small sail with landing parties to seize upon such provisions as are necessary—flesh and fowl—from rebel farms and plantations. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The seven of them tumbled away from the front door, landing in a pile on the front lawn with Anya on the bottom. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Stepping onto the landing outside his office, I heard voices in the hall and stopped. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z In a few minutes we stood on the landing above the hall. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Even though gas was rationed, Haupt was supposed to drive Kerling down to Florida to pick up the boxes of explosives that the second team had left behind after landing. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z He had no idea how long dragons could fly without landing, nor how this particular dragon, which could barely see, would locate a good place to put down. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Revere was spirited across Boston Harbor to the ferry landing at Charlestown. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Following a skillful amphibious landing, more than 75,000 American and South Korean troops punched forward against the North Korean army. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Suppose the boy had been caught again, somehow, someway, in his travel down to the landing, running through the midnight streets between the dark houses. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The shuttle is above me, flying to the landing pad. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They weren't entirely sure if they were landing in their planned spot of East Hampton. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z I can see straight through them to the tarmac, and I can even see the front landing gear. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Briony was listening out for footsteps on the landing, and it was to distract herself that she attempted a conversational tone. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Even as her hand moved out impulsively towards him he sprang, landing with a soft thud. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I turned, my gaze landing on three Cossack riders trotting past, relieved of their duties. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z On the opposite side of the landing was another door, ajar. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z We’d climb into our landing boats before they were lowered into the water. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Sass ran after the dog with a stick, landing several blows. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Progress was slow and they paused on each landing. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She slid down off the saddle, landing with a splish in a dark puddle, and wrapped herself around one of his great big tree trunk legs. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The initial danger of landing on the enemy's shore and being captured or shot was behind them. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z I told them whatever I could, racking my brain for nuggets of twentieth-century history from Mrs. Johnston’s class—the moon landing! the Berlin Wall! Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Operation Forager was under the command of Admiral Nimitz, and Marine General Holland Smith was in charge of the amphibious landings. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z "He has many matters yet to settle at King's landing. He will not march on Harrenhal for some time." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Maria Teresa and Minerva and I managed to squeeze up on the landing together. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside, on his landing, there was no moonlight, and he felt his way in the dark, first on the carpeted upper staircase, and then, for the last two flights, on the bare, polished oak. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z They swam swiftly in silence to the middle of the river, turned, and swam slowly to the landing. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z She felt the thump of her sister landing cross-legged beside her. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z I’m not sure how I intended to land—maybe an artful somersault or something—but at any rate, I spilled onto the asphalt of the road, landing on my left shoulder. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Charlotte had already gotten to the top landing. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Stella the pteranodon swooped out of the night, landing with one huge claw on the neck of the tyrannosaurus, pinning it to the dusty ground. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He fiddled with the dial a moment, landing on some mariachi music that was as equally redneck and sappy in its own way as were the cowboy songs. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Fortunately, there was a technique that enabled us to determine the roughness or softness of a candidate landing site: radar. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Sister Wanda reached the landing—“In here our training class”—and threw open the door. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z With a powerful leap, the creature jumped out, landing on the counter. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He heard them pause on the landing above. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Harry heard the cart smash into pieces against the passage wall, heard Hermione shriek something, and felt himself glide back toward the ground as though weightless, landing painlessly on the rocky passage floor. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Dr. Somerset looked up, her weary gaze landing on Ivy, a frown wrinkling her eyebrows. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I slid down the tree, landing in a rough heap on the ground. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z He slipped on a piece of broken barrel and slid down the dune, landing on his fake rabbit tail in a tidal pool. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Slowly, wheezing a little, she climbed to the upper landing, turned immediately right, and led him into a low-ceilinged bedroom. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Hermione pressed her lips together, looking angry and disapproving, but was distracted by a third owl landing in front of her carrying that day’s copy of the Daily Prophet. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “It’s supposed to be Apollo 11. The moon landing, remember? One giant step for humankind?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z A flock of pigeons startled and took off, swooping over their heads in a wide circle before landing back in the same spot again. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z But it was also clear that our search for safe harbors had led us to landing sites that were, by and large, dull. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They did so for the equipment we used—like the name “alligator” given to our landing boats. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Alec looks nothing like an old man as he sprints past the far edge of the station landing and slips back into the darkness of the train-sized tunnel. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z There was faint moonlight coming in through the landing window and it illuminated the hall below. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z One time, when I was in a blind in a tree, waiting motionless for game to wander by, I dozed off and fell ten feet to the ground, landing on my back. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Celaena hit the landing, ran for the tomb door, and prayed to gods whose names she’d forgotten, but who she hoped had not yet forgotten her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Our alligator would not be the first to touch the beach, even though we were in the initial landing wave of 7,000 Marines. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Our work complete, the row of buildings all along the riverfront given over to flame, we returned to our landing and stood in formation, awaiting the order to embark. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z We didn’t have any trouble finding it, because we had been studying maps for months and had memorized a series of craters and other checkpoints leading up to the landing site. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But as we were climbing onto the barge, she came running down the landing stairs, clothed in her costume from Love’s Labour’s Lost, her skirts lifted so high we could see her ankles. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Rows of blue runway lights stretched out along the valley floor behind us, delineating Og’s private landing strip. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Werfel and the Foreign Secretary reached a landing where there was a giant metal orb covered with spikes next to a huge crank. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z They arrived at a taxi stand just as one was landing. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Five minutes later three men stood on an upper landing and looked at each other. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z Salladhor Saan was not the only captain who felt that King's landing was ripe for an attack, but a smuggler must learn patience. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Good practice in case you ever have to ditch or make a crash landing. Tee-hee-hee.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Harry hissed as Professor Flitwick went whizzing resignedly past them, landing on top of a large cabinet. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He bundled her into his arms and leapt down from the crates, landing roughly, his bad leg buckling. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The images of Africa on American TV were all the same: There were the ads for charity groups showing a white lady holding a starving black child, flies landing all over the kid. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z And as the U-boat inched closer to their landing spot, the rift continued to widen. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Madame Manec whisks a broom across the landing one floor up. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Draco was on the upper landing, pleading with another masked Death Eater. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Using the rudders beneath her feet, she teased the pod through the circle of light and into its clamp on the landing pad. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “Then I would pull the nose up and sink to the ground for a landing.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He followed her, staggered a little on landing, then straightened up in time to see the gleaming scarlet steam engine pick up speed, round the corner, and disappear from view. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Genie was back in staring mode as Grandpop lifted the jug higher and higher, a waterfall of tea all landing in the quickly filling jar. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “Yes,” I say as we come to the landing. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z We stood at the landing and watched Papa descend. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Victor jumped on Arthur and started pummeling him furiously, landing roundhouse blows to his head so fast that his arms were a blur, like the nylon strings on a Weed Whacker. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “So,” Bridge said, landing cross-legged on her bed. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z After landing in South Carolina, she realized that she had banished her mother not from sadness but from rage. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Then she sits on the third-floor landing with her back against the telephone table. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It envisions an initial landing of small guerrilla forces in four different areas of South Africa and the attacking of preselected targets. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z That night, the Ghost shows me how to climb far higher than the landing where Taryn and I tarried the last time. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Tree leaves, coated with mud shells, fell off their branches, landing with audible thuds. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He took out all the wet things, the blankets and pillows and Lyra’s sodden clothes, and laid them flat on the planks of the landing. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z But Dan did make an effort to branch out, landing the role of a wisecracking detective in the school play. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The landing wasn’t so graceful— I banged my chin on the gunwale and nearly capsized us. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “See? There’s a landing dock at the top.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “Now. Here’s the interesting bit....Nice smooth landing, hangs up the wings. Holly takes off the helmet.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Sierra heard her friends reach the landing and freeze as they noticed it. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The landing was clogged with the cars of men who were already on the water looking for Bull Meecham. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Between the second and third floor landing, she fell into his arms. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Just before he reached the landing, Ekon glanced over his shoulder. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z As they mounted to the bedroom floor, they saw through the landing window Rogers carrying out a tray of cocktails to the terrace. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z These few, even after today, still wouldn’t have had the experience of landing in an airplane, just taking off and jumping out. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “There’s a bench at the bottom of the hill,” I said, leading him down to the landing beside the bookstore that overlooked Front Beach. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Two guys I didn’t recognize stood on the landing by the door, holding guns. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z “I think that will do,” said the white-haired Dumbledore at Harry’s side, and seconds later, they were soaring weightlessly through darkness once more, before landing squarely in the present-day office. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I open the bedroom door quietly and tiptoe out onto the landing. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z My mother must remember the incident on the fire escape landing, where she found me, shivering and exhausted, sitting next to that container of regurgitated ice cream. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “O Lord, let us pray,” he concluded, landing abruptly back down on earth. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z All the main lights were off; only the center-stairway landings were illuminated. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Finn dove into the tent after it, landing on his elbows, pain ringing up to his shoulders. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Soon they fell into a rhythm, both of them landing on their feet most of the time. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The problem was that there was nowhere at Pochala for planes with food and supplies to land, no landing strip. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “A Berg might be landing any second—this is our chance.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He went up on to the second landing, and along the corridor, into the room with the dolls. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “I came home from practice and the boys were on the landing, scared to death.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z It leads up to a landing and a door. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Most of the guys around the landing field were in fatigues. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Lennon and McCartney first started playing together in 1957, seven years prior to landing in America. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z The cow relieved of a great weight was landing on the fill with Janie before Tea Cake stroked in and crawled weakly upon the fill again. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z I knew my father and stepmother would be thoroughly amazed, and my mother would see the act of man landing on the moon as cause to write an oppressed woman’s poem. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Then a purple-brown blur blitzed in from the side, landing on the charging beast. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Whether Richard Parker skulked up in masterly tiger fashion before landing upon them in a thunder of roaring, or slouched by indifferently, it was all the same to them. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I tumbled out, rolling a few times before landing on the shoulder. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “Didn’t you see—” I start to explain, but she cuts me off, grabbing hold of me and hauling us toward the stairs, toward our landing of shimmering stone, where we can hide. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I rock in the dark hollow of the landing, feeling like I am back in the silent vacuum where my voice is never heard. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Finally Dad took me and Beth and Zack up in the chopper with him to show us how easy it is to spot the landing site. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z He runs an extension cord out onto the landing and plugs it in. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He looked about him carefully, on the landing and up the first flight of stairs. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The murky smell of incense and ramen noodles at the landing meant Timothy Boyd was home and trying to cook. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Immediately after landing, the first pictures were to be returned. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Several lieutenants rolled up tablecloths to act as landing cables and stood on either side of the far end of the beer-slick table. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I creep out onto the landing and tiptoe down the stairs in the half-light. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn't need to modify a landing strut after all. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Through the large windows I see afternoon light winking in the side panels of the parked airplanes on the landing strip. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Once they got there, it wasn’t a pretty landing. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He had put her up in a walled manse at the far northeast corner of King's landing, not far from the sea, but he had not dared visit her there for fear of being followed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They climbed the last few steps and emerged onto a tiny landing, where most of the class was already assembled. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The officer stood alone at the foot of the dock, surveying the deserted town as more boats splashed toward the landing spot. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I tuck myself between the two windows of this third-story landing and look down. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z As I was twirling through air, I already knew I was going to stick the landing—bam! Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z It was not a graceful landing, but she managed to sit up. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The driver closed the door, and they watched him maneuver out of the narrow taxi landing. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z We run down Broadway all the way to 170th Street, then take a detour to J. Hood Wright Park to look at the GW Bridge on the first landing. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z “We need to get inside this beast and get her ready to fly. And get that landing pad open.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z When she reached the landing, out of breath, Henry was already sprawled out on the boards. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The Soul Stealer produced a noise like a thunderbolt landing in the hall. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Once on the landing, I again crawl along under the sill until I’m at the same vantage point as last night, then rise just enough to see into the studio...He’s still there. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The city pier and square, however, afforded a place still for landing parties, and ’twas there we disembarked, formed, and began our mystified sortie. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Stepping onto the dark landing, I feel for the light switch, but they turn on a second after the door closes behind me. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Our country’s symbol is the eagle, and one night I traced a landing eagle out of a bird book, and sketched the moon underneath the bird, with the earth in the background. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I say, “But then maybe I would have found you on the cellar floor. Like with two broken feet. From the landing.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Then he’d have to swing onto a landing eighteen feet away, before making his way to the other gargoyles on which Grave and Nox now quarreled. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The buildup to a lunar landing would demand many times more people than could be reasonably supported by Mother Langley. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Pinpricks of light speared up from the ground like miniature searchlights guiding us in for a landing. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He fell to one knee in the scuffle, landing hard. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The room outside was much lighter than before, meaning the landing pad was probably about vertical in its rotation. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Zach had been staring at the window, trying to get a better view of Kat’s new friend—yours truly—and he tripped over you, landing beside you on the curb. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z But she looked so on edge—her eyes darting every which way, landing on Ashish for a brief second, and then on Rishi, and then lifting off—that Dimple couldn’t bring herself to. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z On the landing above—Turner and Nettle could just see boots and lower legs moving stiffly from side to side—a fight was developing, with wrestling grunts and a smack of knuckles on flesh. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z South Korea’s safety rating was downgraded by the US Federal Aviation Administration, and Canadian officials informed Korean Air’s management that they were considering revoking the company’s overflight and landing privileges in Canadian airspace. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z We could meet you in the air, beat you back, keep you from landing, distract you till your fuel ran out and you turned tail until the next wave. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Soon, she could no longer see the top landing, and the bottom never came any closer. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The distance through the front of the wardrobe, across Henri’s room, across the landing, and to her doorway runs twenty-one paces, give or take. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Hovering over Mission, Officer Crams’s police car prepared to descend for its landing. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z When we reached the landing, she led me down the hall to the library. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “Delighted, we watched the daredevil make an excellent landing in very poor visibility,” said Léon. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z My voice trips forward, landing on the ground at their feet. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Upon landing in Calais, I walked like a drunken man on weakened legs unused to land. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Just before the sun set, he sped earthward, landing lightly on his dead branch. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Bringing the helicopter in for a landing could be harrowing, with hidden enemy forces eager to shoot them down. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z She followed James’s lead when they reached his entry landing, sliding off her shoes like him and adding them to the row that lined the wall. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Above there seemed to be another hallway, going the width of the house; she could see a wide landing and then, across the staircase well, doors closed along the upper hall. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z In the landing at Cape Gloucester and the fighting afterward, our code talkers did a lot. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z She passed the first landing and went on to the second. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z At the top of each landing there was a gaslight fixture that was no longer being used now that the building was wired for electricity. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z They couldn’t use the automated landing system because it wasn’t set up to handle a plane with that much weight. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z In midair, he had grabbed me by the shirt, and Annabeth by the arm, and was trying to pull us out of a crash landing, but Annabeth and I had all the momentum. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z For all the tantalizing and provocative character of the Viking results, I know a hundred places on Mars which are far more interesting than our landing sites. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Ours was a small landing ship designed for troops, not one of the huge LSTs that carried in trucks and tanks. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z They probably just wanted to make us laugh a little bit so we wouldn’t be too nervous about landing on the moon for the first time ever. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But they couldn’t see the planes, and the pilots couldn’t see the landing lights. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Best landing place on the island,” Major General Turnage said, nodding his head. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The son of a career Air Force officer, Beck had spent his childhood shuttling from one military base to another before landing in Wichita Falls to attend college. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Now she jumped off the porch, landing a foot away from them. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z After an hour and a quarter of delay, Avianca was cleared for landing. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z We passed out together on to the landing beyond, and I saw we were at the head of the main staircase now, behind the minstrels’ gallery. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes I imagined myself flying out of the classroom and over the fields where Papa worked and landing next to him and surprising him. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Marina had, in fact, survived her own landing. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z By their soupy yellow glow she moved quietly across the landing to look toward her mother’s room. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Just as the scuttlebutt had it, we men of the First Marine Amphibious Corps were heading for the Solomons to force a landing on Bougainville. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, they found it, came in for a rocky landing, and released their steeds. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I figured the chances were about fifty-fifty for Apollo 11 to be the first flight to try a landing. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The burning paper floated in the night breeze for a while, landing in fragments on the grass. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z The Moon Squadron use them for nighttime parachute drops, the Hudsons being bigger than the Lizzies, not so suitable for short field landings. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The first couple of days we spent in a classroom, studying an Air Force manual designed to help pilots who made emergency landings in strange places. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I went to the end of the landing and listened. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z The landing was soft as a whisper, the craft skimming over the tall grass until Soulzeren dropped the sail and they came at last to a halt. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She lowered the pail back down, grabbed the note, ran down her stairs and out the front door to their building’s landing, and pounded on the Lees’ door. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z And the names of junctions, counties, crossings, bridges, stations, tunnels, mountains, rivers, creeks, landings, parks, and lookout points. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “Seriously? The moon landings were all faked? Someone should take away your Internet.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z I took two steps and then I fell, landing on top of a pile of boards, sick to my stomach and unable to catch my breath. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The vessel swayed with the jolt of his landing. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z My understanding is that the reception committee who prepared the landing field is not connected to Julie’s prearranged contacts in Ormaie—more accurately they are all different members of the same circuit. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z But Valentina was worried that if the hatch to Marina’s cabin was crushed, Marina would be stuck in the forward cabin even if she survived the landing. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z She goes flying through the air, landing with a splash in the churning open ocean beyond the wall. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The bridge looks massive from our landing, and the Hudson rough and wild below. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z Behind it, there’s an elaborate iron choir screen standing broad and gorgeous on the landing above. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It had been a fine house once A wide black walnut staircase rose to a landing window with most of its stained glass still in. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z My ship’s cloaking device was already engaged, and I left it activated when I set the Vonnegut down on one of the Tyrell Building’s landing pads. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z As I went down the stairs he was standing by the windowsill on the landing, looking out, blind and unseeing. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z They passed the weasels that became brass door handles, the carved flute player overhead, the stone lions mounted high above the landing. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z The two small hills are under a kilometer from the landing site. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Mechanical Hound is now landing by helicopter at the site of the Burning!” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z “Straight up and first door on the landing,” said Miss Persimmon, and she went hurrying away down the passage saying: “Mrs. Wigg indeed!” to herself in a high, thin, outraged voice. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z I wasn’t into the space race, but there was no way I’d miss the moon landing. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z He leaped again instantly, bringing both legs up to either side in a split, touching his fingers to his toes before landing again. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z By the time Piper had showered, changed, and grabbed a bagel from the mess hall, she could hear the ship’s landing gear extending. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He kicked at me, his boot landing in my calf, like I was a tin can in the road that he might as well kick because it was there in front of him. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The landing site was at the near edge of the great desolate region, a peat-marsh too boggy to be farmed or settled, and now in mid-Irrem a flat frozen waste many feet deep in snow. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z She leaps from her perch, deploys a tiny parachute, and executes a soft landing—straddling the thrumming ray gun as if it was a bucking bronco. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z "Folks," he said, "this is going to be the most 'ghetto' spacecraft ever built. There's only one way to finish that fast: no landing system." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z She opened the door and met Maria in the landing place, who, breathless with agitation, cried out— Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Lifted up, he scrambled onto the top of the gates and jumped down to the drive, landing on all fours like a frog. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Leo’s brain was still kind of muddled from the crash landing. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z In bits and pieces he explained the plan: one night, he would drug the warders on duty at the lighthouse to allow for the landing of a boat on the beach. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Marina did exactly what she was supposed to and then made a faultless landing. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z These triumphant landings were due in considerable part to the great skill invested in their design, fabrication and testing, and to the abilities of the spacecraft controllers. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Ben grins up at me, his eyes landing first on my face, then my chest, then the wadded-up button-down in my lap. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z He jumped down among them, landing rather heavily. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Police didn't arrive right away because they had gone to the supposed site of the Martian landing outside the city. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z It floated down, right into my outstretched arms, like some beautiful white bird coming in for a landing. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Just as she got to the third landing she could hear Hannah and some child’s voice. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I pictured folded morning papers tossed from cars, landing in driveways all over Mica. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z He patted her hand with gratitude, the soft snowflakes landing on them like resting stars. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z They have just blown their first shot at a landing. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Nina tumbled down after her, landing in a heap. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z We were slowly making our way toward our eight landing craft, ready for the signal to board. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Theodora came up the heavy stairway after Mrs. Dudley, looking incredulously at the stained-glass window on the landing, the marble urn in a niche, the patterned carpet. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z “What will we do with her?” said Mother, and I froze on the landing. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z High above them she stalled out and fell, landing in a treetop, her wings spread across leaves and twigs. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Then she ran downstairs and jumped on the landing. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I left his room, closing the door behind me, and paused for a minute in the dark, on the landing. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z There were no more sounds in the house, but a light was shining on our landing, right in front of the bookcase. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z If the movers have bothered to look upward, I can't tell, because as soon as I got to this landing, I unspooled the carpet, using it to make a solid floor on the fire escape. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Haiyi, after landing on the ground himself, ran to the fallen bird. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Our phone's in the hallway to make it uncomfortable to use, so if I creep over the landing to my surveillance position I can catch just about everything. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “He met Arthur at Dover and fought a battle to prevent the landing. It was a bad engagement, half on sea and half on land, but the king woo. He won to land.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Imagine, if you will, five thousand years of Jewish history landing in your lap in the space of months. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She sped back through the halls and threw open the door to the landing. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Patches of orange lichen made the only bright color, and a high-water mark on the cliff walls showed that their landing site was not at all safe. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z With her large bag in her hands she slid gracefully up the banisters, and arrived at the landing at the same time as Mrs. Banks. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Stunned by what I had seen, I backed into the shadow on the landing, too shocked to move. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He planned—and again Athena had put the thought in his mind—not to go directly to the house on landing, but first to the swineherd to learn if anything had happened in his absence. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Mark made it to the top, across the landing, through the haunted faces that stared at them from both sides—and then he was in the hallway. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He was fast, determined, and alert, and the instant the swimming coach blew the whistle Bobby would kick off, often landing in the water when the other swimmers were still in mid-dive. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Months before our flight, scientists had picked a landing spot that looked nice and smooth. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The only reason I had high-res images of the Pathfinder region is because they were included for landing purposes; in case Martinez had to land way long of our target. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z It is safe to say that in the forty minutes that passed between the passenger’s stroke and the landing in Helsinki, there were no more than a handful of seconds of silence in the cockpit. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z He squawked like a dying seagull as he flailed through the air, landing facedown. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z I could imagine, for example, a key instrument failure in Chryse just after an unfortunate crash landing in Cydonia. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Now I’m on top of him, landing punches. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Some of the Marines on our landing craft cheered. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Dozens and dozens of planes used Sulphur Island as an emergency landing field on their way back from bombing Japan. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of a gallant two-footed landing on the stage, Booth topples heavily from the state box and lands awkwardly. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z We had just one more hurdle to clear, that of landing safely in the ocean. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z We also wanted an emblem which didn’t show the spacecraft themselves but which somehow said our country was making a peaceful landing on the moon. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But this time Bongo surprised Samar by landing on her shoulder and presenting her with a mangled piece of paper. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z It wasn’t easy, and in landing they made quite a bit of noise. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z While we were taking Bougainville, General Mac- Arthur’s forces would be landing on the western end of New Britain Island at Cape Gloucester to establish a new airfield there, too. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The French coast was bombarded with 5,500 tons of bombs during the night, and then, at six in the morning, the first landing craft came ashore. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Dunbar missed completely and sailed by her over the bed to the floor, landing on his skull with a soggy, crunching thud that knocked him cold. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Suddenly, on the stairwell landing, he startled a group of teenagers shooting dice. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Not because of the perfect landing, but because he left so much fuel behind. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Just for a laugh, I imagine him landing in our tiny front yard, maybe in a personal-size flying saucer, which would probably just fill the center circle of a basketball court. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I did, eventually, and woke to the landing gear coming down. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Ravens were already circling and landing to feed. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z But Aunt May gardened, and when she said it your mind would see some lovely person in a yellow-flowered hat snipping soft pink roses, little robins landing on her shoulders. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z “I guess I’m just about the best pilot around now when it comes to ditching or making crash landings. It would be good practice for you.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z It felt like soft kisses from heaven landing on my nose and forehead. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z A brick shatters the front window, landing on our dinner table along with a note. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Completely out of breath, I stood on the landing—I don’t have a clue how I got there—and watched the lights disappear. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Matt carefully pushed them aside for Maria, and they found themselves on the edge of the hovercraft landing field. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a national project to select landing sites for future passenger airports in the Crimea, Caucasus, and Sea of Azov areas. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Finch’s Landing was used only by travelers: the steps gave the ladies an excellent excuse to swoon; their luggage was left at the cotton landing— to debark there in front of the Negroes was unthinkable. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “This ain’t landing day,” Georgia Boy said as we sat watching more and more troops and equipment follow us up onto the beach. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I closed it just as Miss Peregrine was reaching the landing. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z In one leap he jumped onto the alarm clock, landing right on the button that set off the alarm. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z My father plowed under our fields to make the landing space for his helicopter. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Several steps from the landing, the whip caught me around the ankle and dragged me off balance. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Mopane flies circled her face, landing to drink moisture from her lips and eyes. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z At last they came to the top landing. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z She was wedged in the bottom left corner of the stairwell landing, standing on her toes, her green uniform barely visible. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z As I reach the second landing, red emergency lights flood the arena. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Anyway, I wanted you to know. I was just being annoying—about the moon landing.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z On the second day of May, as she came out on Wethersfield landing, a trim little ketch was already tied up, fresh-painted, with clean white canvas and not a barnacle on its hull. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Neil and Buzz would be landing just below his left eye. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Capsule goes up, capsule comes down, its path defined by a big parabola, its landing place the Atlantic Ocean. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He’d fly into France on his own for a bit, then turn back without landing. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The scent of lilac filled the air, and that’s when she saw a length of blue skirt flash at the edge of the landing, just beyond where Ophie could see. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z It was semidark, not long before dawn, and planes were regularly taking off and landing, their landing lights sweeping the runways, or their wing and tail lights blinking in the sky. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She got another bull’s-eye on the third target—aiming for the edge, but landing within the border. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z We were camped at an old landing strip just north of Tam Ky and less than a thousand meters from Highway 1. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z At least the snow cushioned her landing, which was solidly on her backside. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I was on the second floor landing when I heard a scuffle downstairs by the front desk. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Obviously, the best approach to landing Tina as my girlfriend would be to study the way generals plan military maneuvers. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z That meant we would be called upon to attack the beaches, jumping out of boats and landing craft. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Like its Soviet predecessors, the Viking landing maneuver involved an ablation shield, a parachute and retro-rockets. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z That was because The Cottage is fairly out-of-bounds, even to people landing at the big airfield on legitimate business. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The first stairway consisted of about nine steps, a sharp turn, and then seven more steps to the landing of the second floor. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z The Yank said it was a whale of a landing, which he meant as a compliment. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Thorn followed after, gracefully floating across the water and landing gently on the ground. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Perhaps there are large lifeforms on Mars, but not in our two landing sites. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Dasch had carefully distributed a large amount of money to his team the day before the landing. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z It was a direct hit, landing perfectly on his back, right in the middle of his white T-shirt. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z One evening on her way to dinner, she collapsed on the third-floor landing, pounding her fists, kicking her feet, sweating buckets, lost to this world. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z We lacked the men to keep them from landing or to save our lives if they attacked us, which we were certain they would. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The building consisted mainly of one narrow and profoundly vertical room—a giant stairwell, essentially—dominated by a skeletal staircase that corkscrewed from the floor to a stone landing, more than a hundred feet up. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I push off with my feet and start to climb, one rung at a time, hand over hand, until I reach the first landing. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z As we glided in toward a landing in the early morning or late afternoon, we could judge how high we were by the shadows on the craters, just as we would on the moon. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A curtain in the room directly across the landing has caught fire. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He heard voices—shouts— over the cranking of the landing pad, and his mind slammed back to cold reality. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I finished the routine the best I could, nailing the tumbling part of my dismount but taking a big step on the landing. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z On the landing she stood me up and got me to hold on to the railing. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z I spun twice around in the air, my body fully extended, and added another half twist before landing. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z She focused on her feet, on keeping upright as she bounded down the stairs, making for the landing below, illuminated by moonlight leaking from the tomb. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z This spectacle arrested us with its strangeness; for the landing parties had been ordered to fire merely the docks and buildings by the water, not the town itself. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Father threw open the door to the landing dock. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z His hair was cut just as flat on top, so miniature airplanes could’ve used it for a landing strip. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Likewise, if his landing is very bumpy, then, by chance alone, his next one will likely be better. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z When each of the two Viking orbiter-lander combinations was inserted into Martian orbit, it was unalterably committed to landing at a certain latitude on Mars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry continued up the stairs until he reached the topmost landing, where there were only two doors. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Fearing another landing of more Nazis, the coast guardsmen moved behind the sand dunes with orders to resist an invasion. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z The limos swooped in a tight pattern to settle on the Gondwannan landing dock. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The early winter evening was falling when they saw a cove that might give them a good landing. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z We would spend hours playing pretend games about missions to deep space, or landing on Pluto. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z He finished his dance with a bit of a flourish, landing on one toe on the center of Luna’s palm. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The landing at the top of the stairs ended in a single door painted red, with a peephole in it. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z He stepped back and realized what it was: a huge tire attached to an airplane’s landing gear. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z The Mars revealed by the Viking mission is of enormous interest—particularly when we remember that the landing sites were chosen for their dullness. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z As he’d expected, the landing was pitch-black by the time he reached it, save for a single wedge of yellow light coming from the Kuhani’s study. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z We should send a landing party of four - two Greeks, two Romans. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The landing pad in the central chamber was rotating open once again. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He looked about the hallway and to the landing below, at the champagne glasses and half-eaten samosas and napkins smeared with lipstick abandoned in every comer, on every available surface. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z And so, by the time she reached the second-floor landing, she had already drawn to the whole building’s attention the menu of her third daughter’s wedding night. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z They made a three-point landing on the outskirts of Capetown, and she told Jem he hadn’t given her anything to say for ten minutes and she wasn’t going to play any more if he didn’t. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Then the landing gear sank into the soil, the engines powered down, and all was quiet. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Apart from the occasional night landing, there wasn’t much to the actual flying that Maddie found challenging. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Instead of landing on soft earth, his feet hit something much harder. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The rubber plant will be on the landing, not much bigger. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z At the end of the passageway, before an enormous mural of Saint George and the Dragon over the staircase landing, he folded the ship’s newspaper into quarters and put it into his left hip pocket. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Luke’s mom walked onto the landing, and the smell of perfume was immediate. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z She did some filming but didn't make her log entries until after landing. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z Deflating its balloons, the onboard computer reported the successful landing back to Earth. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The German coastal batteries were destroyed even before the landing; a small bridgehead has already been formed. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Helicopters were landing like wasps all over the hill, and out of them poured swarms of newspaper reporters, cameramen, and men from the television companies. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Renault, refusing to take up the defensive, swept forward again, landing a few strong blows on Cain’s blade. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z On the sixth- floor landing, she pauses beneath the chandelier and tries to listen. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z There were two aircraft next to the landing strip. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z After what seemed like an eternity, Gregor felt Ares coasting in for a landing. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The paper lifts and flies, soars like a feather, landing softly on Carlos’s stomach. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z On the third-floor landing a door flew open as a guard burst into the stairwell. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Everyone else had left the landing by then. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Before landing she slips into the bathroom and changes, miraculously in that minuscule space, into a fresh sari. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z My legs shudder with the force of my landing, and I run a few steps to regain my balance. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Immediately upon landing in Washington, Oliphant called on Briggs, only to learn in dismay that “this inarticulate and unimpressive man had put the reports in his safe” without even showing them to his own committee. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The police did receive a higher volume of calls, particularly near the imaginary landing site. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z I made my way back to the elevator and up to the landing platform without incident. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Nails were popping off tin roofs, and they flew, landing on nearby thatched roofs, increasing the wrath of the fire. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z We arrived at Baltimore early on Sunday morning, landing at Smith’s Wharf, not far from Bowley’s Wharf. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z I heard the landing gear retract with a thud just as I seated myself at the controls. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Milton was thinking back to his early navy days, to his time in the landing craft. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I kept my head down and took the stairs faster, swinging myself around the rail as I reached the landing. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z When Central Park looks like nothing but a landing pad and there’s so much blue between my body and the ground. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z She listened and then said, “He’s just reminding me. On the first floor there’s a small landing and a door that opens on a corridor where the nursery is.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z But much more importantly, it means a precision soft landing can be done remotely by a pilot in orbit. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z His hands were cut up from landing in the briar bush. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z His eyes drop, sweeping past my breasts, landing with confusion somewhere in the middle of me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z They had spotters who saw where the shells were landing, and who were directing the fire. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z When he reached the second landing he was breathing so hard that he stopped, closed his eyes and let his chest heave itself to stillness. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z On the plateau, the team would set up camp, scout routes to the target, radio weather reports back to Britain, and light up a landing strip on the edge of a frozen lake. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z A blowout on a landing like this could take out the windows. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I followed Sorrento off the shuttle and into an elevator adjacent to the landing pad. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z On the second landing was the bedroom in which he and Ron had slept last time they had been here; he glanced into it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z But his mother, who had an excellent sense of dramatic timing, beat him to it; she executed a beautiful, flawless swoon, landing right at Despereaux’s feet. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z As I pile shards of ceramic on the tray, I hear a rustle on the landing. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Her second stride seemed longer; she hovered in the air for a split second before landing and then hurtling toward the sea. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Amaya looked up and leapt out of the way, landing with an impressive forward roll and springing back up. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z One requirement, therefore, was for a landing site in a low-lying region. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought it was strange that I would be sent to school so soon after landing in Rochester. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Sketching in the air, I do the living room: a deep, sunken green, and a school of shad angles toward the landing. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z A greenish light seeped out of it onto the stones of the stairwell, which continued on past the landing and into darkness. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He had been the Colonel's batman in the war, he explained; they had been in Belgium together when the Germans had invaded and they had been together again for the Allied landing. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Maybe her imagination wasn’t just something that would keep landing her in trouble. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She scaled the steps swiftly, following the curve around to the upper landing. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z There was a collective feeling of relief that they hadn't been captured during the landing. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z The envelope slipped from my fingers, landing on the floor. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z “Maybe she went down to the landing like we’re supposed to,” said Sticky. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I sneaked up to my spy position on the landing in time for Dad unchaining the door. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Upon landing, Columbus was to thrust his sword into the ground and claim the New World for Spain, while his men assumed positions that mimicked those depicted on a two-cent postage stamp commemorating Columbus’s discovery. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The combination of Soviet successes in landing on Venus and Soviet failures in landing on Mars naturally caused us some concern about the U.S. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Her Grace had posted men on every landing to keep her safe from murderous wildlings. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His stallion leapt from the end of the quay and over a splintered gunwale, landing with a splash and a scream in ankle-deep water. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Mark didn’t have to look to know that the landing pad—presumably with a Berg perched on top—had begun to sink into the ground. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z She could see the angel Xaphania gliding above the landing ground, and then rising and wheeling up to the tower as the craft made for the ramparts. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z However, the main concentration of Japanese defenders had been where we made our landing. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He was whistling as he crossed the landing. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z A portrait of another world: strewn boulders and gently rolling sand dunes at the Viking 1 landing site in Chryse. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z We saw a simulation of the landing but we heard the real thing. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z They survived the landing, but Olga was killed by a mine. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z As we walked across the dirt landing strip to await a second flight into Kathmandu, Stuart, Caroline, and I were approached by three ashen-faced Japanese men. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z But within six months of the vuvv landing, she was fired. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Three half-open doors frame the landing: one to the left, one ahead, one to the right. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She opens the door for me when we reach the landing. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z It unfolded awkwardly and something rolled out of it, landing with a thump against the floor. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z After one particularly deep dip in the road Polly was tossed across the bags of seed, landing hard against the slave girl, who opened her eyes and looked around frantically. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a yellow two-seater with a 450-horsepower radial engine, a low wing, and retractable landing gear. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He took a drink from his beer and tossed the can behind him, onto the landing. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Otto hurtled down from the canopy, swinging around the fallen trunk and landing hard in my lap. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Enrique leaps from car to car, finally landing on a boxcar. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Ben jumped off the baseball players’ shoulders, landing in an awkward crouch, and then swayed a bit on his way to standing. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z JPL would quickly figure out what was going on, especially when they triangulated the signal to my landing site. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Permission for flight obtained from C.O. and I had made 4 successful night landings, 3 on simulated flare path, immed. previous to departure. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Above us, the screens said which flights were landing and which were taking off. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Something flopped to the ground behind him, landing with a hollow thump. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z On my first pass over Tranquility Base since their departure, I told them: “Eagle, Columbia passing over the landing site. It sure is great to look down there and not see you!” Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z At his side, my mother, wearing her gray-streaked braids in a high bun, supports him by the elbow as they finally reach the landing. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Powell inched toward the staircase, backing Bell up to the landing. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The chamber in front of him, where the landing pad rotated before lowering down into the ground, was empty and vast. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z "And will see more of them one day, I hope. Come to me in King's landing when I am on my father's throne, and you shall have a great reward." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z But there were no airplanes anywhere, nor any evidence of a landing strip. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z For example, we could imagine a landing site at which the winds were so strong that all mobile dust had already been blown away. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was just a small thing—an inconvenience, really—that made the task of landing a plane just a little bit more difficult. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Trembling at each fresh burst of thunder, they made their way down to the landing. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z On the sixth-floor landing, they turn left, and he pushes open the door to what was once her grandfather’s room. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z We were really eager to get a look at our landing site. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They would have had to destroy the plane anyway, to make it look like a crash rather than a planned landing. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Never have tampon strings seemed so beautiful as they rolled up and down with the wind, landing on the ground and then twirling and floating up again, falling and rising and falling and rising. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z I opened our iron gate and we climbed the stairs to the landing. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He had a lot to learn about physics, but we were already landing. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The landing curtains were still drawn 'cause Mum and Julia’d left for London when it was dark. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z British intelligence, with its thorough knowledge of the French landing, was ahead of the Culpers. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the stars answered by plunging down from the sky, landing in a fiery ball behind a hill. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Soon they are on their feet, on the landing. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The driver brought his bus to a landing outside a high gray wall. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Tell them how you felt about the coup, the president thrown out before the year was over, the rebels up in the mountains, the civil war, the landing of the marines. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He pulls me closer and kisses me softly on the forehead, like a butterfly landing. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z He flew over the fence, did an unintended somersault in midair, then stumbled to a landing on the opposite side. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z At long last we bumped to a landing in a field of tall yellow grass. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Pennypacker was already heading for the field where the biplane was coming in for a landing. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He pushed it into the quiet water by the landing, and water began to well softly into it at once. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The rest of them had waited outside on the landing, in the dark. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The pilot informed me that we would be landing in Kanye. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He tiptoed to the door and, cautiously opening it, found himself looking on to a broad landing. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He has the entire fifth floor—one big room, except for the landing— to himself. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z In the month the glide scope had been under repair, there had been about fifteen hundred safe landings at Guam airport. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z The players had set a ladder on the uppermost landing of the outside stairs, and several of them were now on the roof, beating at the smouldering thatch with their capes. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Her gaze bounced around the room before finally landing in the corner behind me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z We flew down the stairs, but I stopped at the landing. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z We moved the rest of the people out to the landing zone and burned the whole place down. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The plane flew southeast over the Gulf of Tonkin, landing four hours later at Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z We had a hurried conference out on the landing, then followed the rest of the class down the stairs and loitered just inside the main doorway. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d known as soon as I punched off the vault that I was soaring too far out and wasn’t going to stick the landing. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The giant careened back into the junkyard, and his right hand fell off, landing in the scrap metal with a horrible CLANG! The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Then, without any warning, Alice leaped from the bed, landing lightly on her feet. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z There were no doors off this landing, but Ron nudged Harry and pointed at the ceiling, where there was a circular trapdoor with a brass plaque on it. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z He was told that they had accidentally left his clothes behind near their landing spot. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z I went up to the next landing and there wasn’t anybody there either. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z His pace was fast and sure, and he reached the ground before Otto, turning his last bouncing step into a somersault and landing in a superhero crouch. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Miss Peregrine turned a few more pages, this time landing on a group portrait of women and children gathered humorlessly around a paper moon. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z As soon as they do, I scramble up the ladder and onto the next landing on the fire escape. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Kendra focused on climbing the ladder and landing as lightly as possible. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Mark grabbed the railing with both hands and heaved himself over, landing cleanly on a step almost at the very top of the staircase. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The landing zone, without the excitement, the fear, was a longer distance away. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “They say the poor boy still hasn't uttered a sound. I don't blame him. I can tell you, it's a horrible feeling suddenly landing in someone else's story.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Earlier, my compulsory vault had gone well enough, but I’d taken a small step on the landing, and I wanted my second vault to be flawless. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z With a gentle landing he might have had time to help the pilot, get the survival pack out. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z In New Jersey the cities of Trenton and Lamberton resolved that “a total stop should be put to the landing of all persons from Philadelphia.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z I was frozen on the landing, unable to move. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z There, acting on instructions radioed up from Guy Cotter at Base Camp, I scouted for a level area that could serve as a helicopter landing pad. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I was a fool, landing on the ground. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He stood on the dark landing outside the attic, his chest hurting with trying to get his breath. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The creature hit the bottom landing and charged after her, so close she could smell its reeking breath. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She lowered the pail back down, grabbed the note, ran down her stairs and out the front door to their building’s landing, and pounded on the Lees’ door. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Out of the way!” yelled Harry, knocking two boys aside as he sprinted toward the landing and down the remainder of the marble staircase. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z If a beginning pilot makes a very good landing, it’s likely that his next one will not be as impressive. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z They want the captain to go around, to pull up and start the landing over again. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z They trained incessantly and practiced landing maneuvers at Hawke Bay, where the tides were bad. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Just past the second landing of stone steps is an area where a large mass of shimmering rock juts out, creating a ledge. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The thing toppled backward, sliding over the side of the stairwell and landing a few seconds later with a terrible, wet crunch. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z He slipped off Trouble, landing lightly on well-worn boots. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z They paused at every landing, listening for patrols. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z There, at last, was the river, full of reflected moonlight, and a little landing stage and a few pleasure boats. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z As good as that computer was, it took the eyes of the pilot to pick the best landing spot. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z When he got to the landing, he tried the door to the first floor. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z After breakfast, I head to the landing, where Baba's portrait is displayed. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He sat up on the couch where he’d slept and moved his leg with two hands, landing his boot on a pillow on the floor. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I listened in silence, his words landing on me like bricks. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Wings rustled, talons dropped like a jet’s landing gear, and a red-tailed hawk snagged the rat. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z When their Pe-2 was again hit by enemy gunfire in battle on September 2, 1943, Sasha found she couldn’t control the plane to glide to earth for a crash landing. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z That means they had better be able to solve most problems themselves, especially problems involving the Mars landing itself, where the situation might change drastically, minute by minute. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I take a taxi back to the studio, climb the four flights of stairs, dimly lit as they are at night, resting on the landings. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “I could see them getting lost, being run over, and landing in jail,” Bloom said. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Iwo Jima, Admiral Nimitz decided, was the best place for such an emergency landing field. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Flies buzzed in through the door, landing on the open watermelons and the sweet corn, climbing up the sweating pickle barrel. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He agreed, but grudgingly, and followed her out onto the landing and past the second door that led off it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Holly stepped out of the pod and onto the landing bay. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I even had to make a workbench out of MAV landing struts, remember? The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z So Father phoned the police and arranged for a squad car to pick them up on the Gondwannan landing dock. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He scrambled backward, nearly landing himself in the water. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z As he moves closer, he glimpses a black kitten leaping through it, landing somewhere out of sight. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Of the twelve landing zones, our beach, Blue Beach One, was the worst. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of landing on Brisbane, Skylab broke up, with some parts falling into the Indian Ocean off Western Australia. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z We skimmed over the treetops for a little under ten minutes before touching down in the landing zone, or LZ, as Simpson called it. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The door to the hall was ajar, and since the door to the apartment was also open, one saw out into the landing of the apartment and the start of the staircase going down. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z I rub the pain away and open the door at the top of the landing. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z She ran down to meet him on the landing and in a few moments the two of them were back. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z When the spacecraft finally separated into two ships, one landing and the other one staying up in space, we all cheered. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z I had a time getting Vonetta and Fern to stay inside to watch the landing, let alone wait for the two astronauts to climb out and walk on the moon. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z One of them was watching a flock of birds gulls, lifting and eddying and landing on the bridge railing beyond. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Once, when he lost the gamble, an outstanding action picture resulted, which showed Dad landing a well-aimed and well-deserved clout on the side of Frank’s head. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z The landing pad clanged behind them, presumably done with its rotation. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Instead of answering, Alec started running to the right, back in the direction of the huge, pivoting landing pad of the Berg. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Light flashed down through the negative, landing on the paper. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z I jog a few steps next to the car and then throw my body to the side, landing on my left arm. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The light diminished as they climbed, because the only illumination was the small deep-set window on each landing. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Just think, it was only sixty-six years from the Wright brothers’ first flight to Neil Armstrong’s landing on the moon. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The dance was in the lounge between the two dorms, and so, when I heard the band start up, I wandered down the stairs to a landing where I could watch, unobserved, the partiers. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I drop to my knees and rummage through, finally landing upon my beloved/hated Nokia plug-in. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The landing strip at Kasane was waterlogged and we came in at a drier strip several miles away in the middle of the bush. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z For others they sail forever on the horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the Watcher turns his eyes away in resignation, his dreams mocked to death by Time. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z The U-2's huge wings generated so much lift that the plane resisted landing; pilots had to stall the engines just above the runway in the final moments before touchdown. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Can’t you imagine landing there, being there again? You know how it smells? The air there. And seeing everyone again. Please, Rafa.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z When he aborted the landing, he should have circled back around immediately, and he didn’t. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Throwing out her yellow feet, she came to a gentle landing on the courthouse cupola. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z There was a landing, for instance, overhung with a mobile. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Let’s go and see who it is!” said Jane, and taking Michael's arm she drew him away from the window, through the Nursery and out on to the landing. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Last of all, beyond the islands, there was the landing at their first day’s destination. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He stumbled backward, landing on his bottom, then held the paper up to his eyes to read the name scrawled on it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z There was a sound outside on the landing, a sort of shuffle. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Here she checks the trip wire her great-uncle built beneath the telephone table on the landing. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, the force was sufficient to spin Butler like an ice-skater, landing him on his rump for the second time in as many minutes. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z We fall to the ground together, her landing halfway on me as my left side hits the concrete. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Some people’s auras are very active, with tendrils and balls shooting off of them and landing on other people. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z On the landing he bumped into Ginny, who was returning to her room carrying a pile of freshly laundered clothes. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Iwo Jima wasn’t like those other landings that seemed like bad dreams. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z We are unlikely to determine the answer to this question without landing instrumented space vehicles on the Titanian surface. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a gas ring in the fender, and a shelf where food was kept, and on the landing outside there was a brown earthenware sink, common to several rooms. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Dylan guides us slowly out of the stall and into the landing area. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z And a timetable is a map of time, except that if you don’t have a timetable time is not there like the landing and the garden and the route to school. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z "It's not out of the question. He drove to Pathfinder's landing site and back. That's over fifteen hundred kilometers." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z My cap flies off in one direction and the wig in another, and I crash to the ground, landing on my glove, shoulder, and side. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Emily stood on the landing of her building and stared at James’s door. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z On days when school got out early or when homework was light, we flocked from Whitney Young to downtown Chicago, landing in the eight-story mall at Water Tower Place. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z When I touched the edge of the landing, I laboriously sat up and levered myself down the stairs one at a time, too weak to walk. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z On the aborted landing, the plane’s Ground Proximity Warning System went off no fewer than fifteen times, telling the captain that he was bringing in the plane too low. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z As he ran past he tagged me on the shoulder and I lost my footing, landing against the cracked concrete on my left side. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Through thin, then thick clouds, through treetops, and landing with a thud. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The bus purred to a stop and dropped onto the landing pad. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Less than twenty-four hours after landing in Fairbanks, Carine and Sam flew on to Anchorage, where Chris’s body had been cremated following the autopsy at the Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She fell hard, landing at the woman’s chained feet. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z After landing, we grabbed Myron’s car from long-term parking and started up the Garden State Parkway. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z He followed her out of the room, around the corner, and up a flight of stairs to a landing with a statue of a naked woman, some Greek goddess, in the corner. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z I look up, watching as a gentle flurry of snow starts to fall, landing on my cheeks and my eyelids and my forehead. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z But I don’t even remember hearing the whistle and the order to land the landing party. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z When she reached the second-floor landing and saw the crowd milling below, she hung back. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Marine transport helicopters swooped down, landing on the nearby tennis courts. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He scrambled up and saw the snake outlined against the landing light: It struck, and Hermione dived aside with a shriek; her deflected curse hit the curtained window, which shattered. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Silver fish scales flew around the kitchen, landing on kettles, walls, vegetable peelers, the fridge handle. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, after what seemed like forever, it gently drifted to the floor, where it made a soft landing. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z It is perfectly familiar, three flickering points of light forming an upside-down L, just like the makeshift runway Maddie made her efficient practice landings on four hours ago in England. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z So I want to reach those hills and make a landing. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I saw them on the landings, or sometimes, when I went down to the kitchen, behind the counters. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Every thirteen steps or so, they came to a landing and an iron door leading to the inner core of the building. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Within two hours of the U-boat landing, the Coast Guard alerted the FBI. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Father told me later that he had hoped to glide to a landing. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He climbed to the landing, where he could see the top of Mrs. Bidzikian’s head from behind as she sat in the living room. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Cain hooked his long rope around a leering gargoyle’s neck and swung across an expanse of flat wall, landing on a balcony ledge fifteen feet below the flag. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The ferryboat began its daily journeys from Smith's landing back and forth to the opposite shore. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z She managed to glide to earth and made a crash landing on a hillside, where local people greeted her armed with pitchforks, sticks, and rifles—they’d thought her falling plane might be a German fighter. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z So I drop The Lord of the Rings on my bed and trot to the landing at the top of the front hall staircase. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “We don’t want to risk another unintended landing.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Flies hovered over the carcasses, landing in the creases of their closed eyes. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z She pushed the door, and a dark, packed-earth landing stretched before them. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z I had just hit the last landing when he tugged on my backpack. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z So just at the right moment, at the top of my swing, I let go with my tail and went soaring clear across the kitchen and made a perfect landing on the middle shelf! The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z “We have four weeks to reconnoiter the plant, get information on the German guards, and check on the landing site.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Even as a twelve-year-old girl landing in America for the first time, I could sense that we were not in a nice neighborhood. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z When I got to the twenty-fifth floor, Margo was standing on the landing, waiting for me. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Five minutes later they faced each other on the landing. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z It stretched out its legs rigidly, then did a back flip, breaking the thread and landing on the desk, where it began to cartwheel in circles. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z So she went with me to the landing outside the door, and then she said, “Wait” and went back inside. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z He lifted the brick again and again, until in falling it struck a sodden mass that gave softly but stoudy to each landing blow. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He crashed not far from where Lili and the boy were standing, his blood immediately soaking the landing spot. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z “I just don’t like my world disturbed without some warning. Let’s go down to the landing.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Then I jump as high as I can and leap to the ground, landing on my feet. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Yoyo stood before both of them, blocking their view of the soldiers in helicopters landing amid silenced gun reports and explosions. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z In the corner of the landing was a steep set of steps, sort of like a ladder, covered almost completely with boxes and old bolts of fabric, that must have led up to an attic. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Genie inspected the floor quickly, his eyes landing on every knot in the wood, thinking it could be the other half of the wheel. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Soon we realized the decision boiled down to one question: How scary was the prospect of landing in the forest? 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “We were sixty tons over maximum landing weight,” he said. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z From their starting blocks to their jumping standards to their landing systems and cages and hurdles and bleachers, their equipment totally puts Liberty High to shame. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z A hundred versions of what a hard landing would feel like managed to squeeze into her head. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He rose, blowing kisses to his squadron, then hopped down to watch the next pilot racing at full speed toward the landing deck. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z On the landing I opened a door and stepped into a dark corridor. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z His body tore down the shelves of pasta and flour, landing in a messy pile on the floor. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z For years, I’d dreamed of being one of those powerful girls in their shimmering leotards, flying through air, sticking the landing every time. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Following my instructions, Max had set the Vonnegut down in a landing lot near the equator in the eastern hemisphere. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z For a year or so after the first landing, one of their ships hovered above Wrigley Field to mark the spot where they first greeted us. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But I’m so thankful to be alive right now, he could take credit for the faked lunar landings and I wouldn’t care. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z If we could check that the candidate landing site was not covered with sifting, drifting dust, we would have at least a fair chance of guaranteeing that the winds were not intolerably high. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z His biggest problem was to calculate how many different kinds of rendezvous we had to practice before trying a lunar landing. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you really think the moon landing was faked?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z On November 9, after three grueling weeks on the plateau, Poulsson and the team finally reached their assigned base near the glider landing site. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z A bird’s-eye view of ten or a dozen of the principal pueblos, then a landing for lunch in the valley of Malpais. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he would pluck and dress the body, working with such speed and authority that his boss no longer came muttering down the stairs, but only shouted from the landing for a count. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He grabbed her, twisted, flipped them both down to the mat, landing with her in the dominant position over him. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He climbed quietly up to the narrow landing and opened the first door he came to. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Four girls from the back table dashed to the front of the room and presented their app game about an alien landing on Earth. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Then it’s only a couple of hours until I’m supposed to be at a landing pad, preparing to lift off. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In the first wave of his attack, Van Riper had fired twelve theater ballistic missiles at various ports in the Gulf region where Blue Team troops were landing. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Three or four nights a week, they had to practice night landings. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He fired twice as they came over, one bird plummeting into the water and the other landing with a thud on the shore nearby. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The captain puts the landing gear down and extends the flaps. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I’m at the moment you hear the landing gear of a plane grind loudly into place, in that instant before your rational mind tells you it’s just the landing gear. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He ran down the steep stairs and found her on the first landing, breathing heavily and unfastening the oilskin coat. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Eagerly, I rush out of the men’s room, onto the landing over the stairs that lead down to the ballroom. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z This was one reason that each Viking lander was carried into Mars orbit with its orbiter, and descent delayed until the orbiter surveyed the landing site. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z At the top of the arc I let go and fell straight against the giant’s face—landing with both feet on his already damaged eye. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z The Bull would fly over thirty rooftops before landing on top of someone’s chimney, which would be burning hot even though it was summer and no one was using their fireplace. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z They had forty-five minutes to search the high-security cells, meet back at the landing, and get to the basement. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z With the pointed edges and rough landing, there was no surviving that fall. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Blinded by dense snow and freezing fog, Zhenya wasn’t able to see where she was landing, and one of her wings hit the ground. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z A series of sharp noises drifted down from the upper landing. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Only a few years ago, he would never have dared attempt a landing on Cape Wrath; the storm lords were too fiercely loyal to House Baratheon and to King Robert. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Conclusion reached by the Annex while breakfasting at nine: this is a trial landing, like the one two years ago in Dieppe. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Scott is sitting on the landing, his arms around his knees, his head down. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z A second parachute popped open a few minutes later and coasted down, like the first, directly in toward the clearing of the landing strip. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I wrenched my leg free with a lunge and leaped headlong out of the buggy, landing in the dust of the road, unhurt. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The engine of Polina’s Po-2 overheated on the longer flight, and she and her pilot were now going to have to make a crash landing, only a week before the end of the war. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He stood up and quietly walked onto the landing, flexing his throbbing hand. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z On the third landing, a door stood ajar. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The black cat sprang out of Belet's arms and onto the marble stairs to join his half a dozen or so companions on the landing. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The world darkened as he reached the ledge the girl had been balanced on only seconds before, and he leaped as she had, landing hard in the dirt on the other side. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z There were also non-Navajo teams sending and receiving messages in Morse code on the command ships and among the landing forces. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Said the fly just before landing in the Venus flytrap.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Instead, the guards continued on past the landing, down to the next floor. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I had to train for a landing on yet another island. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The switchback stair was buried almost to the first landing, Jon saw, and the wooden doors of the ice cells and storerooms had vanished behind a wall of white. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As quickly as it had appeared, the bolt vanished—the spray of hot water had not finished landing upon us and already it was gone. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Our objective was Blue Beach One, the landing zone closest to Cape Torokina. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked up past the landing that led to the roof. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z On his way down the stairs, he noticed a built-in cabinet with heavy doors beneath an old bench on the landing. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z He has finally upgraded from a hint to a crew obligation: he wants to abort the landing. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z She pointed at each one of them in turn, her finger landing at last on the teenage boy, who gaped at her. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The sugar and chocolate and caramel scents were all floating out of the box, landing in my nose, and even though I’d eaten breakfast, my stomach gurgled. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Malcolm took up the paddle with shaking hands and moved the canoe swiftly towards the left-hand bank, where a smooth lawn came down to a little landing. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Here, at least, I can see I’ve got a snowbank to cushion my landing. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I left them here so as not to have them on me if I was caught during the 50 mile trek to the landing field. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z But after landing, the spacecraft returned a twenty-second fragment of a featureless television picture to Earth and then mysteriously failed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Maddie said it would have been a good landing if it had been on an aerodrome. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z A new inn had risen beside the landing, twice the size of the old one, with a lower story of cut stone and two upper stories of timber. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Dorothy, like most Americans, had never flown on a plane, and in all likelihood, before landing at Langley, she had never given the question more than a passing consideration. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Week after week he had informed her about Monty and the Brits driving Rommel’s tanks out of North Africa and the American troops liberating Algeria and landing in Sicily. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Will extend food supply, but not enough to last until Ares 4 landing. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The Fifth Marine Amphibious Corps was also the largest landing force in the history of the Marines. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The airport was congested and they circled the city for nearly an hour before landing. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z After landing in Peru he realized that his tiny force was walking into the maw of a powerful empire. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The autopilot landing is even rougher than my first few times landing a hovercar on my own. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z It came from a room across the landing, whose door stood ajar. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside, flecks of snow spiraled out of the black sky, landing on the glass walls and melting instantly, but the air of the greenhouse was warm and damp and smelled of earth. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He couldn’t think straight about anything that had happened since the landing craft had ground onto the coral reef. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Both armies stared, dumbfounded, as the forty-foot-tall gold and ivory statue came in for a landing. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z At a landing I almost bumped into someone coming down. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Had switched off ignition and fuel before landing as per Pilot’s Notes and Standing Orders for forced landing, so all was quiet, a few creaks and groans but nothing else. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z The boy on the bike dodged away and crashed into the curb, jumping over the bike and landing on his feet, grinning. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z All right, he paused on the staircase landing before leading us to our floor, and the kick that was supposed to delight my classmates by just missing the teacher hit him squarely in the backside. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z On the broad landing between Miss Havisham’s own room and that other room in which the long table was laid out, I saw a garden-chair,—a light chair on wheels, that you pushed from behind. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z He knew it wasn’t his will that brought them to their landing. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Ares 4 will be landing at the Schiaparelli crater, 3200 kilometers away. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z This time was a direct hit, filling the tin almost to the brim, and she even managed to keep her feet on the landing. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Of course, it was in constant communication with Houston, and if there had been any problems with it, we would have passed by Mars and gone home without ever landing. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Where were you, Kaz? I wouldn’t have been in the stairwell if I hadn’t wasted time looking for you. Why didn’t you meet me on the landing?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I open my hand and the butterfly zigs and zags before landing on the ground. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z The roof of the old movie theater on Main Street had caved in years ago, its screen landing flat in a field of weeds. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “No reef to cross. Nice level sand. Darn fine landing place. Just where the enemy expects us.” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “But that landing on the giant ray gun wasn’t as soft as it might’ve appeared. I’m going to head over to the pool for a soak in the hot tub.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The pilot began to bleed off antigravity in preparation for landing. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Emily stood on the landing of her building and stared at James’s door. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Watch out for the bottom stair — it creaks,” Harry whispered back as the twins disappeared onto the dark landing. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z We all fell overboard, landing in the waters of our very own eddy in the Rio Grande. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I dive off the trail, landing on a mixture of pebbles, sand, and dirt. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z There are fireflies winking around his head, landing in his hair. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z 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 “But, uh, we talked about not landing the ship on the ground anymore, remember? You know, with Gaea wanting to destroy us and all.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The people raised and put down their feet in the moonlight, drifting with great speed, wide-eyed, until the crowd, all ten of them, halted at the landing. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The Dolphin sprang to life, scudded the last few miles, and bumped against the wharf at Wethersfield landing. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The silk sleigh was there, maneuvering to a landing. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z From October 17 to 19 of 1943 we conducted landing exercises on the beaches of the Canal. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z We were almost three miles from shore and our landing craft only went eight knots an hour. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z She stopped on the landing, one hand on the rail, the other reaching for her hatpin. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z The wind had begun to blow hard and the men had trouble landing. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Bull and Cecil sparred with each other, both landing pulled punches to the body, then backing off to begin the beer chugging contest. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I roll over on my side, my eyes landing on my own lung drawing, making me remember the drawing in her room. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Shazam! waves his hands like he’s conducting a plane landing in front of him. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z My landing is too loud, and I throw myself flat on the overhang, breath held, waiting for someone to yell up at me. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z After landing, Mars 3 may have made a few bounces, hit a boulder or other example of Martian relief, tipped over, lost the radio link with its carrier “bus” and failed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z So Father went out of the room and picked up my clothes from the bathroom floor and put them on the landing. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z And later, for several hours after that, I sat hunched on the fire escape landing outside my bedroom, retching back into the ice cream container. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Spurge said, “Archivist, I apologize deeply for landing on top of you.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z He walked the beach, wondering why Khione had sent him here—assuming his landing here wasn’t an accident. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I step closer to the staircase and am startled to see Claire in the shadows, sitting on the landing, slumped against the banister. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Other scientists thought that static electricity would cause whatever dust there was to cling to the windows of the spacecraft, blocking the astronauts’ view and causing them to crash on landing. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, I hauled myself onto a tiny landing with two doors. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z When it stopped moving, the giant landing pad began to move upward again, slowly but surely. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z At Tellers invitation, Lawrence and Alvarez flew into Albuquerque, landing before dawn and arriving in Los Alamos at ten in the morning. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z There was a shout from the landing above, something unintelligible, a kind of animal cry filled with anger and fear, and then someone was kneeling beside her. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z They bombed with their landing lights on, since no one was shooting back. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I’m checking the one beside us and there’s a landing that leads to a supremely climbable tree. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z A landing approached below, opening into a room to her left. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Crowds have pushed themselves back to create a landing pad. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z We all saw the landing on television when it happened, though, and for a school project in eighth grade I drew the monument that was built there on Wrigley Field. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He leaps off his own isle as it crumbles, landing in a perfect crouch on the isle Penn is clinging to. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z When we reach the seventh-floor landing, the crowd thins, and then disappears. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Frank tackled his friends, and the three of them skidded across the cavern, landing at the edge of the ghost’s tunnel as rocks and spears flew overhead. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Tab jumped experimentally, landing with flat-footed thuds on the stage. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z I walk down the steps, open the passenger door, and climb in, my feet landing in a pile of fast-food wrappers. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z My father’s footsteps on the landing are slow and heavy. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I imagine them landing on a cloud and sitting there, waiting to be answered. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z “Someone should tell her personal copilot that His landings suck,” Miss Michigan muttered. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The guests turned toward the landing pad and craned their necks to see the bride. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The landing capsule was still in the planning stages, but there was a lot of backdrop to be painted: midnight blue with silver stars and Earth glowing in the distance. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z A few other people are jumping down from the landing, congregating behind the first three strangers. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I could see more drops coming off the gutter and landing on her shoulder, but she didn’t seem to notice. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z At the top of the stairs is a landing, with doors on either side. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The return to the landing zone was a repeat of the morning’s march, stretches of quiet interrupted by bursts of bullets from unseen enemies. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z They reached the end of the hallway, where the round submarinelike door led back into the chamber below the Berg landing pad. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The last three flights carried a dune buggy, the Lunar Rover, a lightweight battery-powered car that enabled the astronauts to travel several miles from their point of landing. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The navy coxswain was still exerting himself, cursing and ramming the throttle back and forth, to free the landing craft from the reef. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “She wants to take a little walkie on the landing dock.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He knew that he must not pause anywhere, on the staircase or on the landings. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The door to the right of the landing leads to the “Secret Annex” at the back of the house. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Clinton planned to strike the French before Washington even knew about the landing. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z In an even more terrible incident, four aircraft collided, two landing and two taking off. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z She was sitting on the landing with a blanket around her. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The raft settled down in the middle of the landing space with a gentle bump. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I went across the landing towards the sound, along the corridor past the room I’d just been in, and down to Room 22, second from the end. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z A pair of elegantly dressed women knelt by the strange man who had come in from the landing dock. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The line moved slowly down the center aisle to the altar, then up a set of stairs to a landing in front of the Virgencita’s picture. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A heartbeat later, the police officer flies down the stairs, his feet barely landing on the steps. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z On the landing below lived the obsequious owners. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z It didn’t look smooth enough to park a baby buggy, much less our landing craft Eagle. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z There were some thuds and the woman screamed, but in such a terrifying way that the landing immediately filled with people. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z But when Luke opened the door, he was standing on the landing, looking small in the weak parking-lot light. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I found few things more exhilarating than flying high above an apparatus, tumbling through air, then landing cleanly on the dismount. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I saved myself from landing on my head by clutching a curbstone with my hands. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z In Kappe's final instructions, he told the saboteurs to wear the uniform on the U-boat and when landing. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z There was a tradition back then of serving every Marine a T-bone steak, eggs and biscuits with lots of gravy, and as much coffee as he could drink before getting onto his landing craft. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hullo, hullo, hullo! Here we are again!” he screamed joyfully, landing with a little wobble upon the window-sill. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z He rolled into the grass, a soft landing. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z They stalled their ship while turning from base leg onto landing approach. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z However, practicing a beach landing in a similar setting would help prepare everyone better than just going into a situation cold. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z It leads to a landing where there’s a bank of windows, which must look down on something. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Crouching marines, their machine guns aimed outward, guarded the landing zone as about sixty people shoved onto each helicopter. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z At the landing I saw a bucket half full of kerosene and seized it, flinging it impulsively into a burning room. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z There were also the LSTs, much bigger landing ships that carried tanks and trucks. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The shuttle slowed and hovered above the O-shaped tower, then spiraled down to a small landing pad on the roof. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Winchell threw incomplete on the second down, the ball slipping off his hands and landing out of bounds. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Around the edge was a low railing, and beyond, the wind howled as tatters of cloud blew between the landing area and the great city of Harare. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z If you were just landing here and didn’t know nothing about nothing you really might think it was Eden after all. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Mabel, riding on the handrail, whizzed by and blocked her progress on the first landing. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Certain phrases drifted through the keyhole or under the door of Father’s office and up the staircase and round the landing and under the door of Bruno’s bedroom. . .. to leave Berlin. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 2006-01-05T00:00:00Z “We have begun our descent into Miami International Airport. Flight attendants, prepare for landing.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Edward’s plane was landing in terminal four, the largest terminal, where most flights landed — so it wasn’t surprising that his was. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z She crosses the landing and opens the wardrobe and, with the tip of her cane, reaches through the hanging shirts and raps three times on the false back wall. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z There were five more moon landings after Apollo 11. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s okay!” he called up to the light the size of a postage stamp, which was the open trapdoor, “it’s a soft landing, you can jump!” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z As he crossed the room, just before he went out onto the landing, he made a brief nod in Briony’s direction. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z As they were walking up the steps, Jamie spied a Hershey’s almond bar still in its wrapper lying in the corner of the landing. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z So what that they landed a mere third of a mile from the landing site? Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Emma said, screeching to a halt when she reached the landing. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The door to the landing was locked, the bookcase shut. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Instantly, a white sheet of wind jetted out of the thermos and propelled us sideways, turning our downward plummet into a forty-five-degree crash landing. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Matt opened the door and climbed down.The landing field was empty. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun had risen now; its light dazzled them even through the grimy landing windows. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z They were led to a landing platform and put into a limo. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Then, we stick a candle in the sand of each bag, and when we light the candles, it turns the street into a “landing strip” for Santa Claus. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z He rocked forward, landing the chair on all four legs. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Immediately kids started screaming and vaulting over the handrails, landing in the ankle-deep mud. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z As promised in the list, she brought a Kurt Vonnegut book, Cat’s Cradle, and she read aloud to me, her soft voice mingling with the the frogs’ croaking and the grasshoppers landing softly around us. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z He imagined himself being flung into the air and landing on the thick gray skin of the giant creature before being trampled. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Army had issued a warning of a possible enemy submarine landing. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z The tunnel opened on a cavern under the castle, where the storm lords of old had built their landing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Their boat was beached on an indentation in the marsh which provided a natural landing. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z In order not to hurt yourself on landing, you bent your knees, landed on your heels, and fell to one side. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z I jumped backward, bumping into Jermaine and landing on his sneakers. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z I don’t turn around, just push down the hallway, through the door, then down the path, landing on the sidewalk, panting, sick to my stomach. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I asked when we got to the landing,. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “Something does not feel right. Why drop us here only to meet us elsewhere? A suitable landing site for the ship has not been cleared yet.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z My main job now was to keep Columbia running properly, and to keep quiet, because Eagle and Houston would have plenty to talk about during the landing attempt. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, he said, the giant figures were landing signals for space travelers; the whole plain was a sort of gigantic extraterrestrial airport. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It was like landing in a wild place; I’m glad I hadn’t seen the condition of the runways beforehand. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He continued his descent, with the computer predicting a perfect landing. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Having grown up in a place I was dying to escape, then landing in one where I sometimes feel like an imposter, hardly makes me unique. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z All of them but Alec up the short flight of stairs and onto the landing, grouping together in front of the door. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z His portrait had been taken back to its lonely landing on the seventh floor, and the Fat Lady was back. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Before I even think about it, that big, green slimy stuff comes flying my way, landing right on my shirt. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z The falling moisture felt like more mosquitoes landing, but as it turned to rain, it cooled Cole’s burning skin. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Headed for bed, she added, “Happy landings, as the hostesses say! Certainly wish you all had been with me.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Went cycling with Amélie and Mitraillette, my first sortie looking for landing fields—three girls on bicycles, you know, having a jolly afternoon out together, what could be more normal? Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Just before the 1620 landing of the Mayflower, smallpox had spread from English trading ships to the Pequot fishing and farming communities. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z He sprints back up to the landing, drawing his revolver. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z He and Pawlak would hurry out to the cement landing pad by the hospital to pull loaded stretchers off the choppers and rush the injured into the ER. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Dozens of landing craft were broached and stranded, some so badly damaged by the surf and the coral reef that they’d have to be towed back for repair. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z But the faintest hint of light was already appearing from the opening crack of the rotating landing pad, and Mark spotted his flashlight. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z On the ground in Norway, Poulsson and his team found the best possible landing spot and set up lights along a strip of land. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z When he felt the bat coasting down for a landing, he was relieved at the distraction, although he disliked meeting up with Luxa and Henry again. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Another arrow sped past, landing in the abandoned nest. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The moment she appeared on the landing, she was hailed by several of her employees with questions from clients. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Then they threw me down on the ground; the sand from the fake beach cushioned the landing, but I still hit my head. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z At last, I made it to the landing. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I should be landing two blows for every one of his. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Survival techniques for landing on land and water were part of their training. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z He was so engrossed in the wiring that he didn’t notice the landing party was back until Percy said, ‘Hey, man. Gelato.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Raizel’s gaze darted around the room before landing on the revolver. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Lancelot fell sixty feet, landing on deep straw in a dungeon. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She slides against the wall, landing cross-legged, and I settle in beside her. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z The building across from ours was three stories high, crisscrossed by iron stairs with narrow landings on which people grew tomatoes and geraniums in clay pots. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z They’d been meant to meet on the landing with fifteen minutes to spare before the hour. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The train is moving so slowly that I overcompensate with my landing, too used to running off the momentum, and I fall. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I don’t fall, but my phone does, hitting the side of the bunk bed before landing on the floor. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z It seemed to take forever, but finally the helicopter thudded to a landing in the middle of Fifth Avenue. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Just before landing he goes into the bathroom, retches into the tiny metal basin. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z As she reached the broad landing that dominated the hallway, Leon was showing Paul Marshall through the wide-open front entrance. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z When I struggled down to the landing the next morning the mess was gone. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He found that he had tumbled off the drawbridge, landing with a smack on his ride in the water. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z As the trikes closed in, the tyrannosaurus launched into the air, landing with his huge hind legs on the triceratops directly to Magdalys’s left. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He studies the people milling about on the landing across from where he stands, every one of them with their gaze locked on the new arrivals. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z They bounded over a bump, landing with such a jolt that the glove compartment door popped open; Helen screamed with fright, then began to cry. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am, Artemis. Patrolling the main landing. Coming up on the safe room. I’m waving at you right now.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Boo dipped, landing on a book with a silver spine. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z On August 19, as some four million Japanese waved handkerchiefs and shouted “Banzai!” the Zeppelin circled Tokyo and sank onto a landing field. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z The water has risen to the upper edge of the track’s groove and is beginning to spill onto the landing itself. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Our landing site is at the delta of a long-gone river. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Once they had to lift her out of the plane after landing because she was shaking so badly she couldn’t climb down herself. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z He pursued coeds by all means necessary, once landing a date with a beauty by hurling himself into the side of her car, then pretending to have been struck. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z But he had to jump sideways because the crowd in front of him left him no landing place in that direction. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z The landing two stories up was half-filled with black plastic garbage bags and it smelled of rotting vegetables. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z The ghostly crowd gave them a standing ovation as the Argo II extended its landing gear and settled on the arena floor. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Then I bribe Boomer with a bone to stay quiet and creep onto the landing to make sure everyone’s lights are out. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z The air was shimmering in the landing light glow. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “Show me the runway!” the pilot cried out, hoping desperately that he was close enough to Kennedy to somehow glide his crippled plane to a safe landing. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I finally made it to the landing and, with one final indelicate grunt, pulled the trunk onto it after me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The lapels on his velvet jacket were as wide as landing strips. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Call me gutless, but what I was looking for this time around was a comfortable correspondence between income and rent, a few mild adventures, a soft landing. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Certain phrases drifted through the keyhole or under the door of Father’s office and up the staircase and round the landing and under the door of Bruno’s bedroom. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 2006-01-05T00:00:00Z I wish time would hurry and there’d be sailboats tying up at the landing and tour buses passing through, and I’d already have the first hellos traded with Somebody Peterson, the girl next door. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z And indeed, even as they spoke, the bell on the landing began a furious clanging. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Who isn’t in the equipment room but on the stairwell landing, with two other guys, just sitting there. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z He stopped on a landing and slumped against a narrow barred window, trying to catch his breath. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I lift my legs high in giant steps, and with every landing, my feet sink deep into the wet, heavy snow. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Even so far, it looks large enough that its landing gear legs could reach out and pluck us up. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Finally, Tom Stafford and Apollo 10 had conducted a rehearsal in lunar orbit, including everything but a landing. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The boat thrummed under him, and he saw that they were running alongside three other landing craft immediately off to the left. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Take her this. Tell her you were worried she might waste away. She might jump you right there on the landing.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Then she begins to approach the pyramid with strange little hops, sometimes landing on one foot, teetering slightly, sometimes risking a few steps. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z It was more like landing on a huge pincushion and each time I bounced down on it I was jabbed a hundred more times. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He saw the brother and sister running down the marble staircase ahead and aimed jinxes at them, but merely hit several bewigged witches in a portrait on the landing, who ran screeching into neighboring paintings. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “Yes. Going higher, into the mountains, I think. Congratulations on landing us safely, Mr. Scoresby.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He continues his twirl, landing a flyer in the hand of a blind woman. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The rain has turned the metal into a slippery slope—and I almost slide off during my landing. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I heard light footsteps on the stairs, so I started watching the second-floor landing. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z And then he’d tell us about how, when he was in the air force and his plane’s engine conked out, he made an emergency landing in a cattle pasture and saved himself and his crew. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I thought the new combination sounded incredibly cool, so I started playing around with it until I was landing the skill 95 percent of the time. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Their dactyls came in for a jolty landing on the rim of the huge silo. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z But after the landing he was able to crawl free of the aircraft, only to see that Masha and Galya were still trapped in the front cockpit of the burning Pe-2. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Now and again, in the intervals between songs, the whales have been seen to breach, leaping clear out of the sea and landing on their backs, awash in the turbulence of their beating flippers. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But now it tumbled forward and fell end-over-end, landing directly in the palm of my avatar’s hand. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z As soon as they were up the stairs and on the next landing, he let go of Koffi's arm and finally dared to meet her eyes. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z It wasn’t a soft landing, but it was better than asphalt. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Wood shot toward the ground, landing rather harder than he meant to in his anger, staggering slightly as he dismounted. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z In a falling elevator, try to climb up on the person nearby so their body will cushion your landing. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He crashed down the stairs, three at a time, landing in a crumpled heap on the landing below. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Although I was assigned to a landing party, I was up there on the bridge checking signals with the other members of our code team whod be staying on board to send and receive messages. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z It felt strange dropping through it this time, landing on the stairs amid fragments of wood from the door Adiah had destroyed. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Did he know that his grandfather had helped to drive the pilings for the wharf at South Beach Bay landing? Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Mark fought off the thought that tried to lodge itself in his mind—of him missing or landing awkwardly, tumbling off to disappear into the darkness. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z We shot down the stern of the boat, and Blackjack spread his wings, lighdy coming to a landing on the lowest deck. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Dead smooth landing, the plane didn’t go ’round even once—I like to think this is partly down to my excellent field selection—made the tradeoff of goods and passengers in just under fifteen minutes. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z At the rock where the landing stage had been he lifted Grumman’s pack into the boat, and filled the little engine, which fired at once. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She followed James’s lead when they reached his entry landing, sliding off her shoes like him and adding them to the row that lined the wall. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z They stood on the limo landing pad and looked out at the Cow’s Guts. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z When we landed, another squad was already at the landing zone. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Our landing was delayed, but not the Navy bombardment. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z On that last tumbling pass, I'd crunched my ankles on the landing, and now my right one was aching. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z If the spacecraft’s three landing pods had sunk deeply into a loosely packed soil, various undesirable consequences would have followed, including immobilization of the sample arm. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’d rather not do this where we might be overheard,” Henry says, taking a left on the landing. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Tom was not at the landing at eleven o’clock. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Yossarian said he would think it over, and held his breath and prayed for a safe landing as Milo dropped his wheels and glided in toward the runway. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He swung and dropped, landing in a grove of painted plywood trees that sprang up from nowhere. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Auk XXV peaked out at the predicted fifteen thousand feet, neatly falling downrange, landing with a solid thunk near the end of the slack. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She and Leo hit the chute hard and slid into the cavern, landing right on top of Pasiphaë. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Most of the MAV is made from composite, but the struts had to absorb the shock of landing. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z His crews spared the landing strip and the mess halls so that they could land safely when their work was done and enjoy a hot snack before retiring. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z We were in sight of the landing zone when Monaco opened up. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z They migrated down from the north in huge flocks, confusing the skies and crowding the clouds before landing on the blue willows in our valley. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “We could scarcely have timed our landing better. We have potential friends and allies at every hand.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z One morning, late in November, two PTs came in escorting a landing craft that had just rescued some Marines who had been trapped on a riverbank. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z It sounds like a 747 is landing on a runway of vomit. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z The ascent to the Moon landing was predicated on the belief that each cell in the body of the space program was both individually superb and seamlessly connected to the cells around it. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The stairs reached a landing, turned left, then came upon a railed hallway leading to several rooms. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z They swung him like a jump rope, like the wagon men had swung dead Jon, and let him fly, and the Flop went sailing through the air, landing in a slushy splash. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z There was the splashing sound of liquid landing on liquid. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, according to the Tribune, Indians recruited from Buffalo Bill’s show and from various fair exhibits would “peer cautiously” at the landing party while shouting incoherently and running “to and fro.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He fell on the couch, hopping and stumbling, almost landing on Mary Anne, who joined the frenzied stampede of siblings for the stairs. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z "You heard me. No landing system. We'll need guidance for in-flight course adjustments. But once it gets to Mars, it's going to crash." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z As the landing area creaked back, the buildings reappeared. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Gale swings into the doorway, landing in a heap on the floor. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z And above me, on the back landing of the tenement house next door, I saw a half dozen boys begin to shout. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Mostly young children and women with their pagnes in tatters, they come soundlessly out of the forest, landing here as lightly as weary butterflies after years of fleeing the war. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It took ages to get to the landing field—getting dark when we arrived, minus hens, which had been dropped off at their final destination. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Aware that Hermione was watching him suspiciously, Harry hurried up the stairs to the hall and then to the first landing, where he dashed into the bathroom and bolted the door again. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I placed two hands on the mossy wood and leapt over, landing on tiptoes and then sinking down. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z But almost everything else Ratwatte did that made that emergency landing a success fell outside the strict definition of piloting skills. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “Come whenever you feel like it Be careful; the stairs and landings are dark; don’t stumble.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z He had only just reached the upstairs landing when the doorbell rang and Uncle Vernon’s furious face appeared at the foot of the stairs. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z She demonstrated this, stepping to an arabesque on pointe, wobbling only a little before she stuck the landing. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z For a moment I saw Paul watching us, himself with one arm still clamped around the other girl’s waist—then he turned away and said something to one of the landing team. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z A two-story brick house with squat, deep steps and an awning to keep rain off the landing. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z After a while she said, “Call Estella!” so I went out on the landing and roared that name as I had done on the previous occasion. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “Galina Burdina told me that if I hadn’t done that she would have landed on top of me! We all landed safely—our first night landings.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z A neon-green butterfly flits around her head before landing on her ear. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z On the little landing outside the door of the bedroom they paused again. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z When she died, all that was left was the house, the clearing, and the landing. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z It was strange knowing that American blood had darkened the surf of this island I was landing on so easily. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The landing boat I was in jolted back and forth as it was rail-loaded over the side. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as we sat on the metal fire escape landing, Maribel slid her backpack off and pulled out a green notebook. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z "Ah! So did my sister. They were always landing on her. Sometimes, if one was on her, I could get close enough to look at its eyes. They're like gems, you know, cut with facets." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The coins flew to the ceiling, then ricocheted and spun around the room before landing on various parts of the red tile floor with tiny pings. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Then it rose, and circled, and came down again, this time not quite landing, but flapping about his head, beating its wings and making a sound like flat leather pieces being slapped together. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z On the first-floor landing, as she was about to open her door, she gave Briony a look, a cool glance to let her know that nothing had changed, nothing had softened. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I couldn’t jump sideways, so I leaped straight up, kicking off from the creature’s head, using it as a springboard, turning in midair, and landing on his neck. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z He stopped at the landing, gasping and heaving, barely able to breathe the thin, clear air near the floor. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z This plaque at a park in Grovers Mill, New Jersey, marks the site of the imaginary Martian landing on October 30, 1938. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z About sixty feet below was a landing dock. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The gray tide swirled around the room and fled out across the landing dock and into the sky. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “It’s been paid, and raising your voice won’t make me change my mind. My policy . . He let go of the door and stepped nearer Momma. The three of us were crowded on the small landing. “ I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z During the years that Venkatesh lived with J. T.’s gang, foot soldiers often asked his help in landing what they called “a good job”: working as a janitor at the University of Chicago. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The stairs coming up from Tata’s room on the first floor were marble, with a landing in between, and a colored glass window with bunches of grapes and twirling vines. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The landing pad must’ve fully rotated and was now sinking into the ground. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I headed out to the MAV's landing strut array to scavenge metal for the shelves. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The idea was that my measurements could increase the accuracy of our knowledge of the height of the terrain Neil and Buzz would be flying over in their descent to a landing. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z From the landing pad, Gale and I walk down a series of stairways to Compartment 307. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The landing gear screeches as we jerk to a stop. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Addie says for the third time, landing on her sofa and scattering two cats. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z Imagine two dozen ships and a dozen different landing beach sites. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z She feels like the alien landing her UFO in the crops. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The idea was to allow me to inspect all sides of the lunar module for possible damage, and to make sure all four landing gear were extended properly. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The light reflected from the stained-glass window on the stair landing and made shattered fragments of blue and orange and green on the dark wood of the hall. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Roberts calls out from his landing above the register. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He exceeded all plausible expectations of landings, putting us just nine meters from the target. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The lunar module had a wire dangling below one landing gear. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z There was an empty cracker box, old newspapers, and open cans of food scattered around the landing. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Gay was staring out at a jet that was coming in for a landing with a constricted expression on her face. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I hadn’t known he was in the landing craft with me, but it must have been his hand on my shoulder, urging me forward as we hit the beach. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z That way the landing craft could make a quick run back out to sea once everyone was off. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z At the landings, the She Elephant stopped to catch her breath. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “A draft? Sure, there's a hurricane blowing over the landing. I can hardly stand upright.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Across the open plaza leading to the landing, the one figure ran. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z It took the platoon four hours to cover the three miles from the landing zone to the tiny village they were supposed to search. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Faith and I were sitting on the floor in the landing strip of white light spilling from the bathroom, talking music. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I follow him, walking to the other side of the landing where the windows are, standing to the side so I can see in without being seen. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z There was a long moment’s drinking noise, the sound of a tent zip parting, the tink of an empty can landing in undergrowth, the tent zip closing. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Breashears, who had worked around many helicopters during the course of a long and distinguished film career, immediately found a landing pad bordered by two gaping crevasses at 19,860 feet. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z With a thrust of Ayanna’s stick, the raft jerked forward and I toppled head over heels, landing in a pile of cloth. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Then she ran downstairs and jumped on the landing. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I liked the idea of my wife and kids being involved with helping the lunar landing. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They reach the landing of the fifth floor and Trina is waiting at the door to the stairwell. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Just the lakes, and it came to him that he would have to use a lake for landing. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the landing that could present a problem. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z I climb up the ladder to the next landing, as stealthy and nimble as Max was when she picked up the nurse's badge and freed us from the locked unit. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Already some of those embers were landing in his yard and igniting the grass and leaves. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z That was, until she stepped onto the landing and remembered being right meant someone in the house was potentially a murderer. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z We certainly would not have certified a Viking landing site as safe if orbital photographs had shown such shifting patterns. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The plane is now turning away from Kennedy, after the aborted first attempt at landing. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z When he wasn’t lowering landing craft, he was in one himself. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z There was no welcome for her at this chill Saybrook landing. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z All eleven rooms, plus the hallways and staircase landings, were quickly jammed full. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z No sooner had the glass cleared his forehead than Bucky practically dove into the house, landing with a thud in the middle of our floor. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z In the faint light coming through the rain from the landing window, they saw a peacock drowned and draped over a bush. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The first time I kept falling off the bars, mixing up my skills on the beam, and doing little hops on landing from my tumbling passes on the floor. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I can hear my mom’s footsteps on the landing. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I watch the parrot checking in with the crew members one at a time, landing on their shoulders, or perching atop their heads for a few moments before flying off to the next. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Thirty minutes later we were standing around the landing zone, discussing how to get Beck down, when a faint thwock- thwock-thwock-thwock sounded from the valley below. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z And Harry fell again through the silver surface, landing this time right in front of a man he recognized at once. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z To improve the Viking options, additional landing sites, geologically very different from Chryse and Cydonia, were selected in the radar- certified region near 4° S latitude. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z You may be able to identify, just by listening, when the piece sounds as if it is approaching and landing on its "resting place." Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z At the Main Deck landing, he went directly over to the Purser’s desk, where a good-looking girl in naval uniform was presiding at the moment. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z All that day the British transports had been readying their landing boats. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The actual landing had been the one part of the mission that had been impossible to rehearse prior to the actual moment—and the most dangerous. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z They spun through the air and twirled to the ground, landing with a dry rustle. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Climbing the ladder on the landing stage, he reached the ascent stage and entered the airlock. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z There was nothing but the padded pole Soulzeren kept for pushing the sleigh clear of obstacles when maneuvering to a landing. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z There is hardly room to step without landing on someone’s foot, a squawking chicken, or a pile of cow dung. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z "You could be a famed courtier. Only having to worry about dresses and gossip and landing in the scopes and papers." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Twice they made the journey, before all was brought safe to the southern landing. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Here we are,” said Mrs. Cole, as they turned off the second landing and stopped outside the first door in a long corridor. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Until a brick came sailing through the air a few weeks later, breaking glass and landing on their living-room floor. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z There was the rugged edge of his cheekbone, but even as she watched, he nestled his head deeper into his arms, and that landing spot shrank and vanished. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z We’re told—the TV tells us—to report any landing of a ship outside the approved pads. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z As the prow scraped the landing piles, Nat leaped ashore and caught the hawser. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z There was no planet-wide storm when this spacecraft entered the Martian atmosphere, and no reason to suspect a local storm, as sometimes happens, at the landing site. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z As snow blew in through cracks in the wall, Haugland tapped out a coded message: the team was intact and healthy, and would now begin scouting the target area and preparing the landing site. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The legionnaire riding him slides to the ground, landing on his feet as the beast rears beside him. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He reached the landing with his head still attached to his shoulders. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z As he told me the story, we stood there on the path with the voices of the party circling like bats, never landing, never appearing, just looming in the darkness around us. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z One fell flat on the landing, but the other tumbled down the stairs, his rifle firing, sending bullets pinging against the stone walls, the sound echoing down the stairwell. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z His pillow fell off the bed, hitting the floor with a dull thud, like a small body landing there. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Let us sit and rest and have something to eat, here on the landing, since we can’t find a dining-room!’ said Frodo. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z As I run I hear the blade landing nearer and nearer to me, slicing through the bushes around me. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In the room beyond the landing, the burning curtain sloughs off its rod. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I trip up the steps, landing flat on the sixth floor. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Apollo 9 was the first test flight of the lunar module, in earth orbit, and Apollo 10 was to be a dress rehearsal in lunar orbit, involving a rendezvous but not a landing. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Faster and faster he went until he came to rest with a jarring crash on the Gondwannan landing dock. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Hare sailed through the air, landing softly in the thick grass that grew on the other side of the ravine. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z Coins clanked onto the hard surface, followed by folded bills gliding in for a soft landing. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Reyna grabbed the giant’s bow and swung around on it like a gymnast, landing on the giant’s back. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I hurried up to the first floor and on turning at the landing was met by a strange sight. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z I followed him and we parted upstairs on the landing. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z So it was no surprise that at the sight of the island, the crew raced to prepare for landing. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The landing gear, ingress ramp, and fuel plant are still here. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Doors creaked open and families gathered on the landings, pleased and amazed at the something unexpected being added to that moment of their lives. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The two men struggle until Powell leaps up onto the landing and hits Frederick with the butt of his revolver, knocking him unconscious. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z At the landing on the stairs was a tall palladian window and the faintest shape of it headlong on the stairwell wall in the day’s last light. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The stairs themselves seemed more or less unharmed, save for some carpets kicked askew and the ribbon bows untied and thrown everywhere, but the second floor landing was, as they say nowadays, trashed. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z He also knew that the longer Boobie stayed in a foster home, the greater the odds were of his ultimately landing in a juvenile detention center, or on the streets, or in prison. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It hit the far wall and dropped, landing upside down on the linoleum beside the carpet. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “That’s our ship,” whispered Maria, pointing out a small craft with its landing lights on. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But the radar observations had been made nearby, not in the Chryse landing site itself. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She pulled out a match, but as she did something else fell out, landing with a tinkling sound before rolling under a nearby bureau. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z We cleared some ground for a landing strip, and then the planes began landing to make their deliveries. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d sit in fear, knowing that any minute she would start spraying, and there would be the risk of her spittle landing on my cheek. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z “Flight crew, prepare for landing,” the pilot announced. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z True to its name, the island presented them with an elephant seal on landing. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z There were three landing cables that could stop a plane from rolling off the carrier deck into the ocean. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z More than anything, that was what my newly enlisted father, Seaman 2nd Class Milton Stephanides, looked like as he bounced in a landing craft off the California coast in the fall of 1944. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But hardly had he given the globe a single spin—he hadn’t even located Stonetown Harbor on it yet—when he heard the bell clanging outside on the stairway landing. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z She rolled in, landing upon the man on her back. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z At their next landing place they met to their amazement Hector’s wife Andromache. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z A single raindrop fell, landing in between them. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z It hurts but mostly I’m landing on Matthew so that’s okay. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Even so, Odysseus had to swim for two days and nights before he reached land and could find a safe landing place. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Lord Asriel set himself to crushing the breath out of Metatron, grinding his ribs together, and trying to ignore the savage blows that were landing on his skull and his neck. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z One of the most impressive was the Federal 515 Triple Chaser grenade, which exploded into three parts upon landing, each piece spewing smoke. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He could see the advantage of a bigger landing strip. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z His feet grew numb when he thought of one of those bear’s paws landing squarely on the top of his head, driving him perhaps like a stake through the unpredictable flooring of the office. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z As I reached the second-floor landing, a flash of steel glinted in the corner of my eye. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z There were birds flying and landing in low willow shrubs. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z There’s a lady slumped on the edge of the landing and her face is gone, replaced by melted skin and blood. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z At each landing a rushing blackness throws off his vision. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z When a gymnast does a little hop on the landing, that’s an automatic one-tenth deduction. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Apparently, however, for all his mysterious powers Helenus was not aware that Sicily, at least the southern part, was now occupied by the Cyclopes, for he did not warn the Trojans against landing there. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z And then he lands, and it’s horrible, awful, because the hit and the landing instantly turn the animal—beautifully alive and running across the road just a moment ago—into a gruesome, bent corpse. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Leaning in, he could see that quite a few of Bruce’s people had congregated outside at the rim of the landing station. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Alex clambered down the side of the crusher, landing on the one foot that still had a shoe. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z She was in the attic—in the dark she must have missed the landing and gone up two flights instead of one. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Arnold passed the British many secrets, such as how many French troops were landing in America and where and when they were landing. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Shirley slipped past and continued on, only to find the way blocked again on the second landing. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z “You need to send scout ships out ahead to make local field surveys and find the best landing sites,” she says, without sitting up or even moving her head. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z There's a rolled-up carpet in the corner of the landing along with a small potted geranium. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The winged stallion came in for a landing. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Walt was appointed test director and section head for the Surveyor 1 mission, the first spacecraft to make a soft landing on the moon. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Cara shoves her shoulder into a door next to the landing, holding her gun close to her chest. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Since then, every evening, Mom and Grandma had fidgeted, going to the kitchen on the landing, finding something to do on the roof, unable to relax as they waited for Dad to come home. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The kitchen on the landing outside the room was small, but I didn’t mind. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z When she got to the first landing, she heard the guards shouting. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z On my way upstairs, in the dark, I ran into old Salamano, my neighbor across the landing. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z As Garvey returned with juice and warm oatmeal, Edwin appeared at the door and announced, “The plane is in the air. Should be landing in about thirty minutes.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The kitten that leaps through the air from Poppet’s hands to her brother’s suddenly twists in the air, landing on its back rather than its feet and rolling toward Widget with an indignant howl. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The jarring landing sends me sprawling on the rooftop, gravel under my cheek. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Ron and Hermione looked bewildered but impressed as they followed him across the little landing and knocked upon the door opposite Bill and Fleur’s. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z After a few seconds, Patrick blows on the bill and it floats to the ground, landing at the feet of the woman who initially handed it to him. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The struts were supposed to take the jolt out of the landing, but I wanted to be out before they hit. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z We were to be the first crew to attempt a lunar landing, provided everything went well. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They landed with a heavy thump and Alec punched away, landing a couple of shots before two other men were on him, jerking him off the guy’s body. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The force of the blow sent her back, landing inches from Koffi. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The snow was landing everywhere except on him. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z All the doors up here were painted brown, and after the first landing, there was no carpet. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z His heavy boots sounded hollowly on the wooden landing outside, then there was nothing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Our sweat-stained uniforms, still dusty from the endless push-ups and practice jump landings in man-made pits overflowing with sawdust from our first week, clung to our skin. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z And really, just like that, number eighty-eight performs a forward handspring, landing in the splits. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z It was a World War Two film: the Allies devise a scheme to mislead Germany about the site of the upcoming landings in Europe. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z On the other side the bank was steep, and up it a winding path climbed from the further landing. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z By the time she reached the landing outside the iron doors to the Council chambers, she was eager to be done with it. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z They dangled their feet over the edge of the landing. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The world went even darker around him as his feet thumped to a landing on a slippery surface, then shot out from under him; he fell backward into Teresa’s arms. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The pace of progress has continued to be brisk: manned orbital flight; humans orbiting, then landing on the moon; and unmanned spacecraft outward bound throughout the solar system. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z MR-2, with Ham the chimpanzee as its passenger, overshot the landing spot by sixty miles and was nearly underwater when it was finally plucked from the ocean. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Bright songbirds, drab little sparrows, huge black ravens, and a handful of hawks and eagles swooped in, landing on any available surface. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The landing on Guam was set for June 18. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z On the landing I stumble over my pack, which lies there already made up because I have to leave early in the morning. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The fire was moving down them, closer to the second-floor landing, but the stairs going down to the first story were still clear of flames. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I heard the moths landing against the porch lightbulb. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Disappointed, Joseph slowly climbed the stairs, ducking beneath the tattered laundry that hung across the landing, as if it had been put out to dry a century ago and forgotten. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z And I’d stuck all my landings, capping off my Olympic experience with yet another gold. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Even before landing, one nearly blew up the Mayflower by shooting a gun at a keg of gunpowder while inside the ship. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He reached the landing and stood for a long moment, afraid. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z By the location of the mountain range to the east, I know we’re nearing the landing site. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Finally, he steps from the barge and up onto a landing. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The reason we had to practice in helicopters was that the lunar module’s descent to the surface of the moon was very similar to a helicopter’s vertical descent and landing. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z If we made the heat shield and outer hull detachable, they could ditch a lot of weight after landing at Ares 3, and have a lighter ship for the traverse to Ares 4. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Walking along the landing, he tried to remember what Fielding had told him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The last thing I remember is an exquisitely beautiful greenand-silver moth landing on the curve of my wrist. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z There was a double spiral staircase that wound up to a second-floor landing, also marble, and along the staircase, Grace could see a large portrait wall covered in professionally framed pictures. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Will hoists himself into the car with some difficulty, landing first on his stomach and then dragging his legs in behind him. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Radar observations of Chryse were made for the first time—because of the geometry of Earth and Mars—only a few weeks before the nominal landing date. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z At seven that last night, our whole group was scheduled to entrain for London, where, as rumor had it, we were to be assigned to infantry and airborne divisions mustered for the D Day landings. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z He was a golden blur leaping past Sefia, landing on the second man’s chest, knocking him aside so the arrow struck his shoulder instead of his heart. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Her heart was still racing when she reached the top of the landing, but it slowly calmed as the crowds’ buzzing below faded and she took in the much quieter hallway before her. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The pilot made an emergency landing in a grassy area covered with two feet of water. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z It sounded like a bomb landing just behind the bush, and the whole wood lit up for a long, slow second, in green-white light. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Engineer Jim Williams, still on the team with John D. “Jaybird” Bird, was already helping to work toward President Kennedy’s pledge of a Moon landing. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The cold stream lapped his bare heels momentarily, but then he was into the air above it and falling awkwardly and landing on his bottom. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Our landing sites had to be not too high, too windy, too hard, too soft, too rough or too close to the pole. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He stepped through into the livingroom and stood at the stair landing. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Odessa High won the state championship that year, which became one of those events that was remembered in the psyche of the town forever, as indelible as Neil Armstrong landing on the moon. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s why I often tried to introduce myself with a hug, to slow down the moment and shuck some of the pretense, landing us all in the flesh. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I climb in feetfirst, landing blindly onto what feels like a stack of papers. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z “Ten,” I say, looking past the anesthesiologist to the operating room wall, my eyes landing on a shape that’s oddly familiar. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z The tooth blade gracefully twirled through the air before bouncing uselessly off the grootslangs armored scales and landing in the dirt. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z And I'm landing in an hour, and I don't know what to say. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Tobias drops to the floor, landing first on his feet and then tilting forward to his knees, wincing. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The landing vibrated into my shins and set my kneecaps loose like baby teeth. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Two more silent M.P.s were waiting at the landing strip. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He stood up and walked the little way down to the landing, where La Belle Sauvage bobbed gently on the water. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z We turn the corner to our landing and my chest falls. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked on the landing and Peaches was down on her knees and there was somebody else there, too. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z That extra half twist meant I’d have to master a very tricky blind forward landing, but it would put less stress on my calves. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The second time, I performed much better, sticking all my landings and not wobbling or messing up on the beam. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z When the landing took place, Seaman Stephanides would stand in the front of the boat. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “I don’t think I’m letting it heal very well. I keep using my arm or landing on it.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Grooves in the floor showed where the Bergs were pulled off the landing pad once it sank down. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z She had a soft landing on a warm bouncy surface and was feeling lucky—until she opened her eyes and found herself staring through a glowing gold membrane at another, much larger face. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z With a shout of triumph he raced up the stairs onto a narrow landing, found the bronze bell Rhonda had told them about, and rang it. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z When I opened them, all traces of our nasty landing had been removed. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z But he forced himself to watch her run back, race for the bank, leap, swing, and jump off, landing gracefully on her feet on the far side. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z I stiffly unlocked my stranglehold on his body and slipped to the ground, landing on my backside. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z As I turned to face him, the short, bulky man at his side went through nine tenths of the motion of landing an uppercut on my chin. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A narrow tongue of land made a landing beach at the base of the cliffs. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Farther downstream, beyond the bluff, were traces of the old cotton landing where Finch Negroes loaded bales and produce, and unloaded blocks of ice, flour and sugar, farm equipment, and ladies’ things. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I looked up in time to see her disappear around the landing above us, that endless mane of hair trailing behind her like a blurred afterimage. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She allowed herself a long exhale and then scaled the rest of the way down, landing with a muffled thud in the fireplace. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I could hear the suck and thump of the darts being launched and landing on his wall, through mine. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Half a mile downstream, Lord Nugent’s boat slammed into the landing at the foot of a great lawn leading up to a white building in the classical style. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z They waited patiently in a ring around the building while their numbers increased, more hovercars landing every minute. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I cup my palm, imagining a butterfly landing in it, feeling the flutter and life, and I go to a sleeping, remembering, dreamworld. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z “I’m sure we can control this landing pad from inside.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Within minutes, the Armada had begun to split, with only the Prince’s giant ship sailing alone closest to the coastline, looking for a landing possibility. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I knew it wasn't going to be a soft landing but I hadn't guessed how painful a slam it'd be. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The surprised Japanese there had retreated back from the beaches and the first landings had gone almost unopposed. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Mark followed just as the landing pad above him started to rotate, the bushes and earth and small trees heading back toward the sky. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “British landing craft are engaged in combat with German naval units,” according to the BBC. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Canisters of tear gas came arcing out from behind the bus barricade, landing among the protestors. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Then Lupin strode toward it and looked out into the landing. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “Come whenever you feel like it. Be careful; the stairs and landings are dark; don’t stumble.” The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z He loses his footing and slips in the thickening mud, landing on his back with throat exposed. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z At last, panting, they reached the landing, then carried the trunk through Harry’s room to the open window. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Flora felt brave and capable, standing there on the landing with her squirrel on her shoulder. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z And Harry dived after Dumbledore through the shifting silver mass, landing in the very office he had just left. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Harry asked, following Ron out of the room onto the tiny landing. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Tobias shoves me hard to get to the bus and I go flying onto the ground, landing painfully on my hands and knees. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z And as it rushed nearer, nearer, it became more familiar, until when it reached the landing it was Tom! The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z All the way down the river with the rain lashing my face and blurring my eyes until I saw a whirring ambulance light at the landing in the distance. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z “She can come to the landing and see it. That’s what I’m going to do when I get my nightie on.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he went and got the sheets from his bed and brought them out onto the landing together with my shirt and my jumper. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The stairs ended at an opening in the stone landing above our heads, through which I could feel the snapping chill of night air and hear the whistle of wind. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I don’t know what’s worse—landing in the wrong place or going no place at all. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z I followed after him, landing two meters below on a packed dirt floor. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Out on the landing I stood and listened to the house. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Then came the bang and the smoke, the screams, the falling, the exit doors opening, the sensation of tumbling through the air and landing in a mound of warm sand. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z For the bombing plan to work, we needed an emergency landing field closer to Japan on their way back. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z One of Ramona’s galoshes was lying on the landing. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Their eyes floated from one body to the next like flies, landing, sticking briefly, and drifting on. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Then I pull myself together and stagger on to the landing. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z I pause at the landing and look out the window because in the seconds that have passed I'm sure I must be imagining this. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z When he climbed out again, the Argo II was coming in for a landing. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z This is how five days later, we end up heading to Boston, where a clinic ship is landing for a day and taking patients for free on a first-come, first-serve basis. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Dad is making a landing strip for his new plane and he wants me to help him build a bomb shelter.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z And she hurried across the landing to the electric light switch. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z The relief ship was on the outer landing and Franz Muller, his relief man, greeted them with stiff courtesy. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z By the third ring we were on the landing. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z I heard Golan scream a spectacular array of curses, and then something clattered down the stairs, landing nearby. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, the drift of the ice had shifted to the east, taking them farther away from possible landing sites. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Those were the moments when I imagined an accidental nuclear test bomb landing right smack-dab on Lily, Arkansas. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z “Captain Short comes in for a landing. She takes off her helmet. Bends down, presumably to pick up an acorn, and...there!” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I paused on the first-floor landing and looked over the rail just as Tommy came out of the billiards room with thunderous footsteps. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z She was much more graceful in her landing. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z A silver gray dot in the sky settled down toward the landing pad. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately the landing field had become a sea of mud because there has been nothing but rain, rain, rain for the past week, all over France I think. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z He ends up landing on his butt in an open box. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z And before either of us knew it, I had taken him down, both of us landing on top of each other in the middle of the field. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z It recoiled, howling in pain, its enormous paws landing indiscriminately. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Now we’re standing up again, grasping at each other’s collars and lapels, both blocking and landing blows. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “The landing strip is too soft to use tomorrow. Maybe it’ll start raining again before the field dries out.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z At that moment Salmakia came in through the back door, landing her dragonfly on the table in a shimmer of electric blue. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z At 01:42 and 19 seconds, the first officer said, “Let’s make a missed approach,” meaning, Let’s pull up and make a large circle and try the landing again. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z We’d park the car and walk along streets of modest bungalows, landing on a doorstep to find a hunched-over widow or a big-bellied factory worker with a can of Michelob peering through the screen door. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Everyone’s still fighting, but at least no one else has joined in from the landing above. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z It was Milton’s job—luckily so far only in maneuvers—to lower the landing craft off the side of the transport ship. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z A bronze plaque at Grovers Mill marks the site of the imaginary Martian landing. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z “Festus and I calculated the landing as best we could. What do you expect to find at the mile marker?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z |
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