Even as he came panting up, the last of them vanished into the black hole. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

When he turned up, he was just as ugly as the last time Griff laid eyes on him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They had grown out of childhood in the last few days. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a last defense I had always taken refuge in a scornful superiority, based on nothing. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finn asked, trying so, so hard to keep his voice from wavering on the last word. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He slung it around his neck and walked the last few feet to where Principal Lawrence stood. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The Black Muslim National Convention was scheduled to begin that Friday in Chicago, to last for three days. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the very last moment she reached into the pile of rags on the shelf where she slept and pulled out a walnut-size piece of dry bread. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“While I thought that the oath was an extremely unwise policy, the extent of my protest against it was to sign it on the last possible day,” he explained in his memoirs. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

After a while we got to sleep at last. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to go home,” said Bod, when the last of the bits in the song had been consumed. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Once they got down near the layer of fossils that Louis and Mary wanted to work on, Mary insisted on doing the last of the heavy work herself. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

She knelt close to Stella, then called out happily, “Ooh-wee! Look what I found—elderberries! These are surely the last of the season.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

"The last time we did this, we killed someone," she whispers. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I stop my mind from taking me back to that last night and my discoveries. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The plane almost seemed to stop in the air, floated on down toward the lake below and to the front, and Brian remembered the last time he’d “landed” on a lake in a bush plane. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah, but apparently you do! I know this because last night at dinner we were treated by Hugh to a fascinating disquisition on the wonders of twenty-first-century telecommunications technology.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Father was pretty sure they would be comforted by the letters we had written during the last two months, for they were full of our successes among the demons, and especially about our new friends. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That must be the tenth time you’ve said that in the last hour.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He stepped through for the last time and looked down over the silent city, the tiled roofs gleaming in the moonlight, the tower above them, the lighted ship waiting out on the still sea. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He did not want it to be the last and only testimony of the day. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Each of you will ride escort to a herald. Command the people to return to their homes. Any man found on the streets after the last peal of the even- fall bell will be killed." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. I mean, just the last part, before you walked out. What’s going on? Are you okay?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

My classmates from upstate left for one last long weekend home with their spouses and kids before joining me, down in the bottom of the barrel. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aech knew I was falling for Art3mis, but he never gave me too much grief about it, even when I would bail on him at the last minute to hang out with her instead. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

At last we began to come up and I could smell fresh air. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wait until after school on my last day to speak with my teacher. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

"I washed your blue bathing suit last night. It's hanging in the basement. What time are the Moriartys picking you up?" The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

But to create something lasting of his death takes time and careful planning —" "Gentlemahn," Ras shouted, "stick to the issue. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wish so much that I’d had one last look at him in the lifeboat, that I’d provoked him a little, so that I was on his mind. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Did I miss anything at supper last night?” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“And in his last breath reproached me for stooping to a boor!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Such was the acclamation we gave her in those last weeks of the year. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

They were crammed against one another and, just like last time, I couldn’t stop to try to help them—my feet moved me past until finally I arrived at that same rotted wooden door. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“I put in all the words and one by one they appeared on the screen; then something beeped and they’d disappear. But it won’t let me type in the last word. Nothing’s happening!” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

For the last time, Gaines gathered the players into a circle. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Johnson was in the last year of his four-year term and would soon need to seek reelection. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Then, last September, came the opportunity to talk with leaders of Birmingham's economic community. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He should never have gone into the village at all, but he’d wanted to see it one last time before he left forever. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Your turn,” I said, glancing at Ocean, whose attitude toward me had changed, rather dramatically, in the last week. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

We’d just gone for our last swim at the pond, the summer sun warm through the canopy of leaves. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Nan and I always did a drive-through in a new town, but our Hope Springs exploration didn’t last long because there wasn’t much to drive through. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Maybe that was the last thing she ever wished. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

But the house had certainly been built by a millionaire and was said to be absolutely the last word in luxury. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

I got in one last shot, a right cross to Rick Kerns’s thickboned head. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

One snowy heron soared down, folding its wings in at the last minute, returning to its nest deep in the marsh grass. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Squatting down beside the front door so that his head was below the agent’s, he said: “That field over there—somebody irrigated it again last night.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Using the last of his strength he pushed his stomach and hips, then plopped onto the floor below him. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Since my last hit, Jean had treated me twice, and we laughed on the phone, glad that now I’d treat her to a night out. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the last thing I had expected, but the coat wrapped tightly around her on such a hot night should have warned me that something was wrong. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

For another, last night’s explosions had given Piper a healthy respect for Greek fire. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“To be honest, I just decided once and for all to use this paper topic last night. It rather goes against my nature. Anyway, pass these around.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

The names were familiar, but I had heard so many names in the last week, and I couldn’t match “Paul” and “Marya” with faces. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

At last a pair of heavy iron doors rose before them, rust-eaten and forbidding, closed with a length of chain whose every link was as thick around as a man’s arm. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But I couldn’t think of anything better for the last E. Next to it, I draw a devil face with long, stick-straight hair. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Childish griefs are never lasting. In a few days, she’ll forget that awful robot ever existed.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“One day, when a beggar from a far-away land came to the old couple’s door, they fed him the last of their corn. Then their dry scraps of tortilla.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Those who are picked last are the only ones who truly know what it feels like. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

A cottage like this one was the last place she would have expected to find so many books. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Only the man with the Captain's hat and the sign of the Phoenix on his hat, at last, curious, his playing cards in his thin hand, talked across the long room. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sensed that we were gathered around the familial table for the last time. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I shot an enemy soldier last night,” the medic said. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Set upon by the civet cat, the spy, the eye, the hunger of a superior need, Methuselah is free of his captivity at last. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Jinny’s hopes that the girl might forget the bracelet altogether faded when Ess swallowed her last bite and immediately hopped down from her spot on the bench. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps,” said Deacon Hurd as he finished the final prayer, “you might say her last words once more, Reverend.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Even to the last moments he must have thought Ares would save him. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The last horse he rode came to a halt right in the middle of his race. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But neither did he snuff it out; he nursed it, kept it as his last refuge. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Siddhartha wandered along a strange, twisted path of this last and most base declivity through the game of dice. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You will never guess what I dreamt last night,” Caroline said, dropping her used sheets into one of the moving boxes she was packing. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

At last, heavy as an ice- capped mountain, I rise and work my way to the inner wall, beginning of wolfslopes, the edge of my realm. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

In November he finished the last of his rations. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s right,” I said, glad Fern paid attention, both now and last night. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

But after last night's triumph, I don't have a lot of room to criticize his choices. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

In my last weeks in San Francisco I read everything Zora gave me, trying to educate myself. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The seventh sense, indeed, slowly kills all the other ones, so that at last there is no trouble about the commandments. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused—thinking, I believed, about this handicap—and then said abruptly: “Tell me. You and Henry spent a lot of time together last month, huh?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He arrives only in time to watch the last of a flock of candy pink birds, equipped with long, thin beaks, skewer her through the neck. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“This is not from what happened last night,” the doctor said. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

When she mentioned how they’d defeated the last fare raise on AC Transit a couple of years back, a group of people whooped and cheered in response. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“He’s fine, I suppose. I haven’t heard anything in a while, but the last I knew he was in school. How are things at Vincent de Paul? Is it still open?” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I have a flashback to the last time I went snooping where I didn’t belong, and for a heartbeat I wonder if maybe I should’ve learned my lesson. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Another staircase led up to the room where the van Pels family had lived, this one steeper than the last and eighteen steps, essentially a glorified ladder. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

My body jerked as I remembered how awful my last public speech had gone. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The last thing he could do was sleep. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He saw it while flipping through in Alabama night before last. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

“At last I’m through with it. I hate it, I hate it, I hate it!” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We would make our last day our best. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

"I met Ishtar and Belet at the hospital last night," he said. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

With a stiff sense of formality, but with a flair for ceremony, his carriage soldierly, his demeanor proud, Cecil Causey walked up to Bull Meecham and poured the last beer over Bull’s head. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your dad came over last night and told my dad,” she says. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

After his last session, C.P. headed down to the auditorium, where a few people were still talking. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“What would you have me do? The last harvest was meagre; we have nothing saved.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes you touched a man like this and it was the last time, and the next time you saw him he was cold and white and bloodless, and the warmth was gone forever. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t had my period for more than two months, but it finally started last Sunday. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Now, M. MacQueen, I want you to describe your movements last night from the time of leaving the dining car.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay. But la migra does raid where people work. It raided a cantina on the other side of town night before last.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“A PhD lasts a lot longer than love,” he replies. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

“We snuck down to the dock last night after the Coral Queen closed,” I said. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“You’ll not last the day if you keep up this pace. What has got into you? Did you swallow a hive of bees?” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

It was the first and last time I ever went south with him. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s been asking my mama to marry him for the last year,” Peaches said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He barked at the rest of us, still sitting around the fireplace, “Who was the last person to see Mr. and Mrs. Angel alive?” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

His left hand closed, stubby fingers locking into a fist; Stannis had hacked the ends off at the last joint, all but the thumb. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The fight lasted less than a minute before the fat boy was on the ground, his whole body shaking as blood leaked through his shattered helm and between his pudgy fingers. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I think her actual last words were “I am glad to die for my country.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“Every last one of those suckers. So if you have a theory, get talking.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“It isn’t as scary as staying here,” he said. the next morning, a Sunday, was the last day in their apartment. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The question came with the memory of Hollister offering to deliver him a book the last time they were both in the bookstore. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

This was the most real he’d ever been, but it wouldn’t last. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

My dad has been quietly rubbing his palms for the last few minutes, not saying a word. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I have my Happy Best Friend Face on, even when some hopeful novelist-looking type our age takes the last available table, opening his laptop to write the Next Harry Potter before I can. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Metal arms labored mightily at the rubbish heap brought down by the last blast. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

And suddenly, my last flecks of doubt disappear. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last time he had seen her, she’d had one boy at her breast and another clinging to her skirts. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Just as I’m placing the last book down, a small hand touches my shoulder. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“For the last time for eight months we really had as much as we could eat. Anchovies in oil, baked beans, and jugged hare made a glorious mixture.” Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

At last count, he said he was up to thirty grand. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

There the last living things gave up their struggle; the tops of the Morgai were grassless, bare, jagged, barren as a slate. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

At last he stirred and stood up, and it seemed that he was about to speak and to decide. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

At the last moment Holly stopped, looked about him and stamped twice. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stopped when we got to the last siding. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rapid conviction, sentencing, and execution of the Lincoln assassination conspirators concluded the trial that had lasted through May and June. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was sitting in the front console, the last one, and Terryl had promised it to herself. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

But I’m not the first to be allowed to pick and choose, and I doubt if I’ll be the last. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Especially because the last time I told a really, really tiny lie about eating all of my vegetables when really I gave them to Jimmie, Ollie Mae gave me a whipping. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes I think about going to their house and asking to see Jesse’s room one last time. He had to have left something behind explaining why he killed himself.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The storms of the last few days had passed on and the air was clean and cold. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He said, “Cutting down that tree was my last war!” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Living was hateful, and death was no better, and from end to end of the universe this was the first and last and only truth. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So he was saying good-bye to people. So far it seems consistent with the things someone would do if it were their last day on Earth.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It makes me shiver to hear her say that after the dream I had last night. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean ever since last year, I've just been trying to figure out how.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Marco watches from the window as the guests depart, catching a last glimpse of Celia before she disappears into the night. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The nurses know him from last time, with Helen, they know all about him, everyone knows; he’s the last to approach the electric glass doors. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other times he would stop in the middle of a conversation and make me repeat everything said in the last few minutes, word for word. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And then Emma saw the last words on the screen: Please tell the kids this was the last thing I wanted to happen. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

With one last effort, she opened her eyes and looked at Yishan. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

She watches me and makes sure I eat every last grain of rice, every last crumb of bread, every piece of gristle on the meat. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had packed a backpack last night for the road. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Only a hot spell lasting several days triggered it. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Pariah kites dropped into nearby trees, to supervise the supervision of the last rites of the dead elephant. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, since I was with Jay last Sunday, this Sunday goes to my grandparents. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Fullback, I guess. I played some goalie last year, but I never got into a game.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now my body seemed at last to say, “Well, if you must have it, here!” and an accession of strength came flooding through me. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well I don’t know how you’d have heard that. As the news was fresh last night and we just docked down here ten minutes ago.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

This boldness, such as it was, went against everything in him, but this was it, his last chance: act now, or lose his dream forever. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I scraped and scraped to make sure it would last. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Metias did pick me once—once—for a mission last year, when all third-year Drake students had to shadow an assigned military branch. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

We talked for about twenty minutes: I didn’t leave until the last possible moment. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tres Marias was one of the last haciendas in the South to be expropriated under the agrarian reform. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I could try to make another web,” Eilonwy suggested, then added, “but I’m afraid the last one wasn’t too useful.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Numerology Less worrisome than inaccurate tests is numerology, the last pseudoscience I want to discuss, and my favorite. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meaning once a year we bought as many fifty-pound bags of rice as we could afford, and we didn’t get nervous again about money until we reached our last bag. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s a phenomenal idea, Frank. Speaking of which, whatever happened to that last book you were working on?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“Oh, no, really not that what? I think I must have taken something last night that disagreed with me.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last he had her baskets piled in the back of the buckboard. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll kill you,” I say, the wind stealing my words but I know he can hear me cuz I can hear every last thing he’s saying. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Gives me the creeps just to think about it. He’s just the sort who always stands up in the back of the courtroom during the last five minutes of ‘Perry Mason.’” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Her fancy hairdo for church had lasted less than a day. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

‘Once they’re embedded, even the slightest motion can set them off. I wouldn’t want you to miss the last four minutes of your life.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

If Canada had a second hockey league for those children born in the last half of the year, it would today have twice as many adult hockey stars. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The silence lasted for a long minute as Edward and Alice stared each other down. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Think of the tests, such repeated, remorseless, scandal- breathing tests, which day after day would be applied to you—until the last and certain day, when you would fail. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though I am sure it’s the last thing he meant, he did me an enormous favor when he whisked me away from Locke. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She waved them out of her room at last. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The mountains, towering above her after three nights’ travel inland, seemed suddenly crystal clear, their snowy peaks catching the last rays of the setting sun. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Ear and Eye dragged him the last few feet across the cement strip that surrounded Vainona. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

However, the brief love affair with zero and infinity was not to last. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

In truth, the last does not seem feigned. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She pulled down her shorts and stumbled forward, running the last few steps to the counselors' offices. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you invite Soojin and her family to come to the carnival next week? Their church participated last year, right? That could be a nice gesture,” Mama suggests. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

One nightfall I ate the last of my food but had enough sticks for a good fire. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Amen! We can yet live,” said Diana at last. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

And to crown it all, the air conditioner drew its last breath halfway through the dance. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She shrieked and attempted retaliation, which lasted only a few minutes, both of us sweating and weakened by the thick heat that filled the loft. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

With a start, Leo realized that yesterday—last night, whatever—had been the Fourth of July. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

‘Ah! Mrs. Bennet, we shall have her at Netherfield at last.’ Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I don’t know. Could be you’ve been moping around this place for the last few days like someone died.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Miyax at last was sure of what had happened to Jello. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the last bell rang and Ryan went to the back of the room to collect his parka, Ralph poked his nose out of the shirt pocket. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

I shook out the last of it, zipped my shorts, and flushed. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“So,” said Miguel, “did Andrew’s weird uncle talk to any of you guys last night?” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Not ill, but tired and sorrowful. We have had trouble since I saw you last.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I used to complain that family dinners lasted too long, that we were forced to sit at the table when I needed to study for exams. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

And there, then, at last, Jonathan understood that his father’s fear had not been for himself. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The last housegirl, brought by a relative of Gabriel’s, was thickset and had arrived clutching a duffel bag. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“It’s been like...like something out of someone else’s life, these last few weeks with you,” said Harry. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

At last, to give the others a chance to clean up and catch their breaths, Jinny decided to take Loo to lose his shoes. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Coach Turtle Face noticed me and called out, "Kid, what are you doing? Tryouts were last week." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

As long as the sun lasted, the day had been dry and warm— October weather in January. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dialogue spoken onstage no longer sounded like words but like the last ticks of a dying clock winding down. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

My legs burned, but I had to get even with her somehow, to try and salvage the last day of summer, and the last wimpy shreds of my little-boy ego. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The two women agreed that if the war lasted a long time and their husbands did not return, they would help each other through whatever followed. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

He said that at last he had the delightful sensation of sailing, and then it was all over. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We finished the last few fries and had to get back to school. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

In a few weeks the land would be white with snow and in three months the long Arctic night that lasted for sixty-six days would darken the top of the world. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It opened clear on my comprehension that Helen Burns was numbering her last days in this world, and that she was going to be taken to the region of spirits, if such region there were. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

At last Gandalf halted and beckoned to them; and they came, and saw that beyond him the mists had cleared, and a pale sunlight shone. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“I had a frightening dream last night, m’lord,” Dolorous Edd confessed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I had chosen to change in the bathroom so I could have a little bit of privacy, and now I was one of the last ones getting into the room. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

He’d meant to return them, but they never seemed to last very long. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She drove home that night having escaped the Slammer by the skin of her last glove. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, of course, of what took place last night, Mademoiselle?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in his usual jeans and T-shirt and sneakers, but in the last few weeks he’d started to look older, almost high-school age. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

They say the last time they went exploring, each time they approached a village, the natives invited them in and fed them like kings. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Again, I think of the last Games, where I nearly died of dehydration. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Artemis catalogued the events of the last few minutes. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

When he spoke this last word, he dropped his head to his chest. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take a deep breath in the hall, and then, glancing down again at the sides, blurry on account of my rapid-fire hand shuddering, make out the older brother’s last line of the script page. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was nice of them, but I’d had enough attention to last a lifetime. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The last thing Neel wanted was to dishonor their father, and he knew his sister felt the same way. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

As the last pieces of glass fell and disintegrated on the terra-cotta floor, movement and sound returned to the East Hall in an ever-widening wave. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

If you were among the last in line, your soup was thicker. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Thanks to you spending the last two nights massaging my head, much better. I'm heading out to meet a friend for a little while.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Even though they’d only just moved to California and she and James weren’t talking, she wouldn’t trade these last few weeks away. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Hmmm...well, the only people who really know are in no condition to tell us. You see, the dementor lowers its hood only to use its last and worst weapon.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Twilight didn’t last long, and already the lake had turned dark blue. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

All these people, and I try to look at every last one of them. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

I hadn't, at the last moment, felt like washing off the two diagonal lines of dried blood that marked my cheeks. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Claudette went back to school to finish out the last few weeks of her junior year. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

The last tape, the seventh tape, has a thirteen on one side but nothing on the reverse. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Then, the next morning, in chapel, be made a speech that lasted about ten hours. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“You know, the last time we went prom dress shopping together, you were on the inside.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The former means not accepting other people’s opinions, always blowing best, having the last word; in short, all those unpleasant traits for which I’m known. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Until, at last, he had grown older and found excuses for spending all of his holidays away from the house. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He’d needed two points in the last few weeks to pass English. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

We were about to leave court for the last time, and I started thinking about how much pain and suffering had been inflicted on Walter and his family, the entire community. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Come on, Moose,” she says after I polish off a stack of cold pancakes from last night’s supper. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I stared at the yellow glow of my light, the last bit of hope faded away. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If 1 know Milagro, 1 think we better grant them their last request.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I step over the jars of maple syrup that Alice and I made last February and pick up a squash. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those last few tortured nights before he left her, Chacko would slip out of bed with a torch and look at his sleeping child. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the show Salim gave the clown his last pound. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a real beast, all right. Gonna last through the night.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I kept eating, too, wanting every last fold of her, the taste brand new to me, or, at least, a reconfection of what I knew. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The very last man of Colonel Smith’s command to return was Major Pitcairn. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I daresay Reynard feels much the same, George. But let’s not quibble. Reynard went first last time. You may go first this time. Take your seat.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’m standing over their bodies, having a last look, leaving the room where they lie. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Lee waited for a moment, but Longstreet said nothing, and the silence lengthened until at last Lee said, “You will attack on the right with the First Corps.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My last year in prison was spent back in the Charlestown Prison. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The schooner was a part of Kerch, a piece of home for them, and that last familiar thing was drifting farther away with every moment. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

We learned about the artist, Artemisia Gentileschi, in art class last year. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

In this last version of the story no one ever claimed the money, so Uncle wasn’t stealing anything. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Peewee called last night and said you were getting messed around over this thing and needed my help,” Mack said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never do find an apartment or affordable motel, although I do make one last attempt, seeking help one morning at a charitable agency. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He poured a smaller drink and reread his last sentence. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

As for me, I’ve also thought a lot about what was said last night at the river. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Didn’t sleep much last night How you doing there, Albert, he say, dragging up a chair. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

My knees hit the mud at the bottom of the marsh, splashing through the standing water left by the floods and the last hard rain. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I just hope my kids don’t live to see the last days. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She says, "I'll be in that room again tomorrow from one to three. And if you want to call sometime, my last name is Van Dorn." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She watched as the last of the men were loaded into small rowboats, which rocked wildly on the waves. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

By now the word had spread about last night’s altercation. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

At last Frodo spoke to Pippin and Sam: ‘I ought to have guessed it from the way the gatekeeper greeted us,’ he said. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

We squeezed into the last car, and the same blond boy was driving again. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The ensuing strife lasted 150 years, spread across the Maya heartland, and resulted in the pillage of a dozen city-states, among them both Mutal and Kaan. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

After she hits her last high note and holds it for forever, the audience gives her a standing ovation. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

They never got tired of bullying me and my brother last year. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

At last I was in a position to make suggestions and have them acted upon. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

With it came every last hair that had been Chuck Parson’s right eyebrow. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps today pales in comparison to the fun I had at the ball last night.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Darius made a face, looking disgusted, but he bowed and disappeared into the corridor, but not without casting Meggie a last sympathetic glance. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“No way. It’s my turn to use the computer. You hogged it all last night.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Had she had a different favorite color the last time I was here? Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The plane’s air traffic controller calls out one last time. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

When I saw Anna for the last time. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then, when at last he felt himself slowing down, he threw out his hands and came to a halt in time to prevent himself from falling face forward out of the Weasleys’ kitchen fire. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

But people like me, those of us who are so busy busy busy climbing our shaky ladders out of the old mess—we are the last to see it. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her heart was not beating as strongly as usual and she felt weary and old, but she was sure at last that she had saved Wilbur’s life, and she felt peaceful and contented. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

If I’m going to die, I don’t want to spend the last few minutes being embarrassed in the biography aisle. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Still later Michaelis had to ask the last stranger to wait there fifteen minutes longer while he went back to his own place and made a pot of coffee. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“That’s my last line again 1” shrieked the colonel, turning purple with anger. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I thought of the eighteen shots of the back garden and the eighteen other shots, our last link to Salim. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was in a better cell until last month, with books and a mattress all to himself, because our lawyers knew the right people to bribe. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I will. But now we still have to win two of the last three games.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I needed a dress. This guy called, last minute.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Beatty flopped over and over and over, and at last twisted in on himself like a charred wax doll and lay silent. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

This mountain was even bigger than the one I had made last night when I yanked apart all my Lego kits. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Katie had to drag her on her knees the length of the last hall. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last we reach a trench that is in a somewhat better condition. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, their anger against Janie had lasted two whole days and that was too long to keep remembering anything. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Her hair turned gray since I last saw her. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Where did my poor blind girl go begging last night?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But he wasn’t there last Monday, in the parking lot, when Jenny and the Detentionheads, all dressed in black, gathered around her car and smoked. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, maybe you too young to remember the last time he come to Cold Sassy.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

They made their way over the last rocks to the ship. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You only came in last night, didn’t you, my dear?” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The moment it happened, when I first realized how magical movie scores can be, was around Christmas last year. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“I got a run in one of the new stockings last night. I didn’t notice it until I washed them this morning.’ The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“That last line was only four syllables,” Artemis said. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

At the stroke position was a fourth member of last year’s freshman crew: poker-faced Don Hume. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“They found three bodies in a house in Karteh-Seh last week,” he said. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Either way, it’s bound to be better than our last meeting, where not a single person showed up except me—and that includes the other council members. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The last thing I wanted was to foul with five seconds left on the clock. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“I don't know. Someone with her last name was. So you didn't see her? Are you sure?” Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

If it’s not least, then don’t put it last. leaps and bounds. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What happened last night and the day before doesn't change anything. You two still need to go to school, and do chores, and everything else. This is not something for you to be worried about.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

At last I gave up looking for him and began to gather abalones for winter. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the last piece to the puzzle. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Not the marriage proposal, the summit conquered, the first shot fired, nor the last one either—the treaty at Appomattox, the knife in the heart. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She drank her coffee stolidly and ate the last of her sandwich. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The emergency supplies of food and medicine would last only a few days at most, and most of the storage facilities for grain, meats, and beverages had been destroyed. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

At last I found an egg, not in a great house but in a shoemaker’s shop. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

He’d shot up the last six months, the rows triggering something in his lithe body. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The old man turned at last and said, “Come along. I would actually have let you walk right out of my house. I am a cowardly old fool.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now it is ended; there is my last victim!” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

Drawing his last game and coming in sixth, Bobby Fischer became the youngest chess player ever to qualify to play in the Candidates tournament, and the youngest international grandmaster in the history of the game. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

"I was playing chess with somebody in the game room last night." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’ll never be anything as fine as them again. They’re built to last; ten, fifty, two hundred years. Yes, they’ve as much right to—to life as you or I or any of us.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her last conscious thought was disgust at life; her senses had lied to her. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Might be from one of the parties at the bluffs last year. But I can’t believe I didn’t hear about the girl who lost her bra,” I said. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then, with Rosy at last out of his life, he would commence an all-out search for the structure. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I watch them now from my upstairs room, the room June left behind when she got married last month. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last, they asked the United States Customs Bureau for help. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He extinguishes the last of the lights before ascending several flights to check on Chandresh. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“There’s got to be something we can do,” I said at last. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I jump back in where I last left off. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“I thought it would be bigger than this. I knew it wouldn’t last, but I did think it’d be bigger.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luke muttered, “And my last,” too softly for anyone to hear. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s not spend our last night together feeling sad,” Dad said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The last I see of him and the Dauntless traitors leading him is the gleam of the gun barrel and blood on the back of his earlobe from an injury I didn’t see before. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

And third, I figured this was the last school I would ever have to attend. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“At last. And where did you get that motorcycle?” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He like, showed up on the last day with no warning. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

The neighbors looked me over one last time before retreating back into their homes. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“One last favor, Percy Jackson. I cannot leave Mrs. O’Leary alone. And she has no desire to return to the Underworld. Will you care for her?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“When did you find out about this?” he asked at last. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Then, mercurially, as though he’d read the letter, by God, for the last time in his life, he stuffed it like so much excelsior into its envelope. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Fie turned out to be Jamaican—a rear gunner in the RAF, shot down last week—perhaps they’d been hoping to get Allied invasion plans out of him? Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I send my duty to Mr. March, and hope he’s seen the last of his Pewmonia. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had taken off and that was the last of the conversation. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I know you didn't attend last year," he said. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

"That's right, Judge Ford. Must be her father's watch. Probably lost it. I don't think it could have been stolen by anyone at the party last night." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a diabolical wickedness in the idea great enough for the Count, and as a last chance I cried out:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

At last, on January 4, 1943, they had a chance to try again. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

For one nasty moment, Harry thought that Hagrid was going to lead them into the forest; Harry had had enough unpleasant experiences in there to last him a lifetime. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

"Here is the doctor’s present address. I can write him a letter and ask him if he remembers an appointment last year with Mrs. de Winter." Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Part of her thought, at last, and that part would have given herself up at that very moment. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting on the other side of the glass is, well, just about the last person I would've expected to see. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She had outgrown it last summer, but her father had promised to buy her a new one this year. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Burnham and Root realized that Jenney’s innovation freed builders from the last physical constraints on altitude. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Groves kept his promise: the precious metal was all returned to the Treasury, though the last of it was not transferred until 1968. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Its second rising displayed a more elaborately prepared scene than the last. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

She had a few seconds left, to make her store of Lancelot that must last her through the years. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Edondurath built a house of the frozen bodies of his brothers, and waited there inside that house for that last one to come back. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re lucky,” he said, “this is the last tent we have.” The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Caitlin comes over around ten to get her key and say good-bye, and when I look at her, all I can think about is what Abby said last night. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

But that was only the beginning, biding time, it couldn't last. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Bod clambered down the side of the arch, jumped the last few feet. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“Not really. It wasn’t really his fault, Mama. There’s a rally here for some guy who got shot last week, and a bunch of people from the old days were here. They...” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

This last was for the disposal of waste paper. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Stockings are hung on nails from the mantel, the one put up for Moushumi last year now put up for Ben. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Why,” asked JT, “if you went to all the trouble to steal the rest—why didn’t you take the last two sticks?” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then at last I made one more effort. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each time the plane curved around I knew in my heart it would be my last chance and the bridge was singing, “Na-na-na-na-na. You can’t see me.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘The last few years, he’s been my driver whenever I need one.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“She was passed on, son,” he said, shaking his head, and my last hope of last words faded. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Over the last couple years crowds had become a part of the scenery of the city to me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The story of Shotgun Cheatham’s last night above ground kept The Coffee Pot Cafe fully engaged for the rest of our visit ihat summer. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She recalled that he had been singled out in some way at last year’s Ceremony. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

His hands rummaged in the drawer and then at last he arose stiffly. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

A big thunk followed, which was most likely Oliver jumping off the last few ladder rungs of his loft bed. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Starting at eleven last night, all private phones were cut off. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Harker reported last night and this morning as usual: “lapping waves and rushing water,” though she added that “the waves were very faint.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I try to block out how the last invitational ended. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“He said that the first shall be last and the last shall be first,” said Sister Price with a triumphant smile. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Does the wand in your hand know its last master was Disarmed? Because if it does...I am the true master of the Elder Wand.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The last twenty strokes, Shorty Hunt wrote his parents the next day, were “the best I ever felt in any boat.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The copy editor for the series, our last line of defense against the stupid mistake or infelicitous phrase, was Joe Rogers. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

In those last days of fighting after the Japanese pulled back from the Tiyan airfields on August 7, our patrols pushed their way through the jungle, pursuing them. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The last person she had a private talk with was Jason Grace. And that was the last time I ever saw him. Good luck and goodbye, Percy Jackson.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He walked in a half crouch to a place behind the last seat, where he urinated loudly on the floor. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I know how you been dreamin’ green things as fur back as last December. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, one more day,” Judd says when I sit down at last with my water and him with his beer. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Burying him was the last thing the two factions would do together. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He struck on the piano one last, wild note, and threw up his hands, palms upward, stretched wide apart. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Were you in the talent show last year?” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

But their code of law is dictated, in the last resort, by the people who organize society; Providence takes its cue from men.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now at last they turned their faces to the Mountain and set out, thinking no more of concealment, bending their weariness and failing wills only to the one task of going on. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The dream seemed to last five minutes, but it had actually been hours, and it was now Wednesday morning. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

"My lord," Catelyn said, "there was a small sept in the last village we passed. If you will not permit me to depart for Riverrun, grant me leave to go there and pray." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“There,” she said, and taking one last look, turned from the mirror toward us. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last time she asked I told her maybe she shouldn’t base her entire future on her current high school boyfriend. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

But they talked to him later and Dave Murphy’s wife talked to him and they told him how it was in the last days. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

His body went rigid, his arms stiff at his sides, and he fell over, a last breath rushing from his mouth. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I move on to the next and realize Dad’s patience is in every last one of these beads. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Dicey picked up her bag, slung it over her shoulder, took a last look at the boat and walked off fast. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She dropped the last anchovy into the glass. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Math was the last subject that she’d expected to be behind in. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

We later discovered that plastic cooking oil caps worked much better as wheels, enabling the trucks to last much longer. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

An eighth grader with what looked to me like a full-on beard demanded my math homework from last Tuesday. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I open my journal, a handsome leather-bound notebook Miss Turner gave me last summer. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two men created a tele-pal relationship, forming a bond that would last for years. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Actually, they seemed more interested in me than in anything else; I was not bothered by their attentions and parried all of their questions blithely until the\\' at last grew rather personal. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But strange can be OK,” Lena says at last. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Sister was born the year you came here last...brother, the year before that.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

His last thought was of the cub, curled into the cave with his milky vest tucked beside her. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Hephaestus brushed the last drops of Pepsi off his work clothes. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

‘Tandy’s got motive, too. She’s the one who got the last Big Chop.” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

He walks into the last lab on the left. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Let me look at him one last time,” Lili said, pulling back the sheet. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“I thought the astronaut phase was last summer. What happened to your international spy ring?” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“You don’t really want to waste time sleeping on our last day of summer—our last chance to have one more adventure before you-know-what starts.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Why did they disappear in all habitats, not only in habitats that contracted but also in ones that greatly expanded at the end of the last Ice Age? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I'm pretty sure that if I hadn't been doing my afternoon jogging, I wouldn't have lasted for more than a minute on my feet. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

At last the talking was finished and the string-along songs about razor blades were over and the fight began. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then she saw what they were doing, at last: she saw what that great urgent purpose was. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The last time I saw Bas: He was seventeen, I was sixteen. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Harry’s heart seemed to expand and glow at the sight: He felt incredibly fond of all of them, even Mundungus, whom he had tried to strangle the last time they had met. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

‘It says you were missing last week, without a sick note. Last Tuesday.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The longest of these embedded clauses, the third and the last, are also with commas or with or. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

"You are the last male of the line of Stormhold. Put it about your neck." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Gosh, things have gone downhill a little bit since we were here last,” she said. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Lanre’s allies had brought about the ruin of the last bastions of the empire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And Mrs. Dalton had not known that he was in the room with her; it would have been the last thing she would have thought of. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know,” I finally say, and my stomach starts to ache, possibly from the random assortment of things I’ve eaten in the last hour. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

When called to the stand, I give nothing but my first and last names. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The last straw came a few days later, when my family decided it was time to sell Grandpa Portman’s house. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I flinch back, not sure why he used every last sample of the deadliest plant in galaxy history to test an herbicide. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“The Jill Scott song has been stuck in my head for the last couple of days.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The last thing I wanted was for Cletus to have an excuse to hang out at the trailer any more than he already did. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t see you palm it. And I don’t know how you did that last bit.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

He rowed hard the last stretch—he didn’t want to show how tired he really was—but when Willis threw out the line and Turner could hardly tie the knot, he figured Willis would know. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He got up and made a last tour of the stores. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Packed together into two groups, one on each side of the hallway, the people seemed to be readying for one last charge to smash Mark and Alec in the middle. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

At last we plunged into a dark hole. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Rachel will be gone at last, once and for all, never to return. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe this was the last spider,” he said. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

This would, in fact, be the last lunch the two women ever had together, though they would remain cordial to each other for the rest of their lives. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I made every gear myself, carefully cut every brass disk, and fashioned every last bit of machinery with my own hands. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

"No, I noticed just about every girl, but none of them made a lasting impression but you," he says. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Some yearning for the comfort of old habits must have seized him, because, finally, he pulled out his leather pocket chess set and started going over the last game of the match. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Since there weren’t many flag-pole skaters and since this one was by far the best, he had for the last year gone about breaking his own world’s record. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last wearer of this might have been stabbed by hoodlums.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Until at last there was a commotion about the edges of the circle of which we were the inner ring. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I found another one last night. And then, when I was talking with my dad this morning, I saw this.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Our last faculty meeting was essentially a seminar on Donovan Curtis. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

Adam has spent the last ten hours trying to get in to see me, and now that he finally succeeded, he left ten minutes after arriving. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had said this to her on one of the last times she had seen him, when she was being carried miles away, to Maryland, to live with her aunt. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“I just couldn’t get away from my last clients. That was one talky woman! I bet I can tell you about every moment of the last ten years of her life!” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“You have access,” Ash insisted, loosening the last of the laces. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The intensity of the last few days at Langley had been matched only by the extreme heat that had enveloped the peninsula. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Carla has grown up a lot since last year when we were best friends back home. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“And that picture was taken right here on this property last night.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was trying to take it all in, this last, luxurious moment—of sharp yellow light, of warm air flowing from the heater. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The voice came from behind him and Alex twisted around to see a man coming down the last of the stairs. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

That some time in the last hour he became so annoyed at something—maybe the juggling brothers threw a ball at his head—that “the creatives,” whatever that means, had a meeting and decided E.T.: Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Digory was just turning to go back to the gates when he stopped to ha\\e one last look round. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

When the bell rang, Luke looked into the room one last time, as if he could’ve missed Toby. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Uncle says our cellar is safe. He says if it has lasted for five hundred years, it will last a few more nights.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

We all ate dinner together last night, and Dad didn’t leave again, but I’ve noticed Mom and Dad haven’t been talking to each other much. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The matron stood “Those people hardly ever last long when they come here,” she said. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

That was the last thing I needed now. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I was loading Hueys up on the helipad, and when the last bird took off, while I was putting on my shirt, I looked over and saw him leaning against my jeep, waiting for me. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Day after day the pitiless sun blazed down, scorching whatever still struggled to grow and baking the earth hard until at last it split and great irregular fissures gaped in the land. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you strike that dog again, I’ll kill you,” he at last managed to say in a choking voice. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last person to speak is a man who looks about my father’s age but is much heavier. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

After lunch, she went around to the library to turn in her books for the last time. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still it had come to an end, in the last long rays of daylight at the tree, when Phineas fell. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I see the train coming from a long way off, making its last journey through the city. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Oh God,” Alex said, at the thought of losing his last sanctuary. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Slowly the minutes and hours of Friday tick by, then it’s Saturday, and our last day with Shiloh. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

This painful ritual went on week after week, until “at last the frosts and storms of November came and threw a chilling barrier between the living and the dead, and we went there no more.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Not that he really doesn’t have any compassion, but he’d be the last one on earth to show it. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The third floor of his parents’ mansion is a suite for him, a perk of being the last born to empty-nesters. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“How you been makin’ out since Ah seen yuh last, Tea Cake?” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

"The doctor, eh? You know, I should have put him last of all." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

King Bull Sparra crammed the last candied chestnuts into his beak and chomped with evident enjoyment. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He drained his thermos in one swallow and ate the last of the ham sandwiches. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Even when she promises it’s sincere, it only lasts for a short while. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The sky, every last inch of it, was slate gray. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

In the backyard, the hens clucked and murmured as they scratched for bugs or pecked at the last dirty crumbs of wet cornmeal that Grandpa had put out for them. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Such sweet lines!” continued Harriet—“these two last!—But how shall I ever be able to return the paper, or say I have found it out?—Oh! Miss Woodhouse, what can we do about that?” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“Look through my contacts and find Tammy Harris’s number. Call and tell her that her sister is here. Bren, when was the last time you ate?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“What I’ve got to tell you is just this. There was a murder on the train last night, and the murderer was right there in my compartment!” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looks older—more like my dad, who’s been deployed since just before Thanksgiving last year. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

When they at last arrived in camp, Nhamo helped Grandmother to bed. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom turns to me and asks, “Were you in the bell tower of school last week?” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Harry pulled the Invisibility Cloak over himself and descended through the floors, at last walking down the marble staircase into the entrance hall. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The last thing he needs is an incentive. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

At last only two of that roistering, impudent band were left, the priest of the suitors and their bard. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our last name is an obvious giveaway, and I’m used to being linked to him. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I guessed he was saving the best for last. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

With a last, incensed stare at the pair of them, he swung his cloak around him and hurried out of sight. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

It said, “Mind the starlight blanket. The last human to touch one became a ball of fire.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It was the last day I would go there. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ordeal lasted the entire day, at the end of which I seethed with hatred and anger; I wanted to kill somebody. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Between them and us—one night—our last. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the last five years she had remained bedridden in the guest house. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She hadn't had a very good opinion of the counselor, but in the last hour she had been feeling bad about his lost cat. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I offered him an arm for the last few steps, so unsteady did he seem, and he took it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But always his decision was made at the last minute. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

His last thought was how generous they had become, sending him to the L.A. depot alone, finally allowing him to die. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought about this a lot last night,” she continued. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Whoa. Level twenty? We were only fifth when I last played...." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Things are more British than they were last year. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The last girl to try had been bitten for her efforts. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Hugh stood at the foot of the whispering man’s bed, his last bee buzzing angrily around him. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“They did Cats last year. I’m going borrow a good cat mask for Bastet.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

One of the last diary entries Elizabeth Drinker made concerning the plague spoke of the unshakable unease the invisible killer had left in its wake. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Gregor and Henry had played out the last stanza of “The Prophecy of Gray.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then he looked at me and said, “I just want it to last a little longer.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

From that time on—the recruitment drive lasted a few days—every student’s position was clearly defined by the Zionist philosophy of the group he had joined. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The last of the kids went into the church and the doors closed. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Mistress Owens got up, Bod said, “That was amazing last night!” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

On the last three moves, Bull had swaggered among the movers shouting out commands as though they were laggard corporals in need of KP. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Well, at last we set off!’ he said. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The last twenty-four hours have been the hardest of my life. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

This time, at long last, the trial was in earnest. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

To lock down her spot on the four-person team, Marjory competed against five other finalists in one last Dewey decimal challenge. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

He holds up his cup again like he’s giving me one last chance to make any requests. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Her kitchen reminded me of ours last night before I’d washed a mountain of dinner dishes. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Grandma always said, Whatever you need is always in the last place you look. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I pointed with my lips across the fire to Minerva, who was absorbed in chewing through a bag of porcupine quills she’d harvested last week when we ran across its carcass. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

My last two weeks downtown zipped by quickly, and when I was ready to leave it seemed that not much time had passed but I had changed a lot. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

His preoccupation lasted all the way across the sodden vegetable patch until they arrived in greenhouse three, but here he was distracted by Professor Sprout showing the class the ugliest plants Harry had ever seen. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It is good to be loved, even though it will not last. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

His last public appearance was at the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in 1922. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

We had to clean the theater overnight, after the last show, so the place would be ready for moviegoers the next day. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“We used the spring snare to snag that chimera last month. I don’t really like repeating ourselves. Makes us look less innovative than—” He stopped himself. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

All of that had happened eight years ago, but still, just that one sniffle last night had made Chess move his foot back from the stair below. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

It was this last that finally swayed her: New York, which had exuded a glamorous pull on her imagination ever since she’d read Eloise as a child. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

This was the last thing he thought she was going to say. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Soon their terror will overshadow the last armies of our friends, cutting off the sun. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“It happens from time to time. It happens to me, too. I really should have introduced this topic last time. I’m sorry.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, he told me he had something planned for last night.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Willie had run off at last, and the new boy and girl weren’t worth two blasts on a penny whistle. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I am recalling that at around that same time is when he also starts in reading me Damon Runyon stories every night at bedtime and this has a lasting effect on me. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Slower, for the love you bear me. That last jolt sent a knife right through my knee.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The last meal I remembered eating was that long and heavy dinner in Shusgis’ house; they must have fed me in Kundershaden, but I had no recollection of it. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

One more hour of marching and, at last, the order to halt. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She particularly liked the sound of the last word, the way the “r” ’s rolled in her mouth, the explosion of “p” ’s. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’d been working for the last hour, racing the sun to get this section of fence fixed, and I was exhausted. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

When she woke up on her wedding day, Caroline looked drowsy and frazzled, as if she had aged several years since the last time we saw her. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“How long—” "We found you last night,” Tyson said, "sinking through the water.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“They think this place was too dead last year. They think if they plant some nutcase in with the students—” “Like they plant narcs in schools!” someone else shouted. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I don’t remember the last time he’s touched me. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Moss had been lucky enough to score a decent locker last year, though his mom wasn’t happy with the rental cost. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Some areas looked like they’d been excavated, but most of the city just seemed abandoned, as if it had been left to the elements for the last two thousand years. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

"Beg pardon, m'lord," she said at last, in a heavy wooden voice. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In the last half-century or so, sensibilities have changed, and the old practice now strikes us as lopsided. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jinny, staring at the ragged brown fabric, knew she’d never be able to put things back the way they had been, but at last she had the three large cushions gripped awkwardly in her arms. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

In his opinion, an injury to the brain occurring as early as mine should have no lasting effects on physical mobility. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as long as it lasted, I could ask her anything and she would answer honestly. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The last time he had known his weight, he was twelve years old, was several inches shorter, and weighed 110 pounds. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until we were all in the car, several blocks away from home, that I realized the random shirt I had put on was last year’s middle school band concert shirt. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the last body had fallen, we straightened ourselves out and re-shouldered our packs. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Then we chose our own stanza but recited the last one together. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He went to get Dante. He hasn’t left. He’s been here for the last thirty-six hours—waiting for you to—” “Thirty-six hours?” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I heard what you said last night to those people, and I want to thank you for it.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He walked the last incline holding the jiggeh awkwardly in front of him and set it down once he reached the broad plateau at the top. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

"The pair last year ate everything with their hands like a couple of savages. It completely upset my digestion." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It’s the last days before the DNC, and he hasn’t been able to catch the coffeepot before it’s empty in a week. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He’d eaten the last two the night before as he sat through a show Dad was making him watch on National Geographic about the fiercely territorial nature of hippos. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

There was a long wait after the last girl came back into the room, as Ms. Udell listened to the students from Mr. Jackson’s class. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I flipped through my notebook most of last night, trying to figure out what song to record. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“You want to tell me what happened last night?” he asked. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were so pleased with each other, the childhood friend found at last, the childhood friend mysteriously grown up. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They did a great deal to liven up the atmosphere of the lab, where experiments usually lasted several months to years. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Katie stood alone on the top of the last flight of steps with her hands clasped before her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Right...um...I wasn’t freaking out about you last night, actually.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I just don’t want him beating on me all the time,” he said at last. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The last football game of the season was her first as a cheerleader. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Speed-dating has become enormously popular around the world over the last few years, and it’s not hard to understand why. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

By that time, Charlie refused to take them down because it was already closer to next Christmas than it was from last. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I’d be the last to doubt that good writers are blessed with an innate dose of fluency with syntax and memory for words. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“A medal-league table was set up every day in most newspapers, which showed the points every team had reached....For us youngsters, it was a nail-biting experience to the very last day. We had won!” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Gran took one last breath that seemed to go on forever, and then in an instant was gone. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

They sat through the service and listened to the Bath minister’s breathy sermon from Galatians, and when the last chords of Lillian Woodward’s postlude finished, they stood up. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“The first part’s his name, and the last bit’s Roman. And there’s the dates in the middle when he was Master. And the other name must be his demon.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He paused, gathering his thoughts one last time. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

For the last month she had been preparing them. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nineteenth-century preacher Henry Ward Beecher’s last words were “Now comes the mystery.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Had Lupin forgiven him, then, for the terrible things he had said when they had last met? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The last two will be the focal point of the curriculum. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I swallow my last bite of macaroni and cheese. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

At last he settled them in a booth by the window. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Doxology was climbing the last rise before the hollow of the home ranch and the big feet stumbled over stones in the roadway. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

During her last visit to the States, we decided to take a walk together to a nearby Persian market. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“I can’t do this,” she tells Ashoke when he brings her a cup of tea, the only thing he can think to do for her, the last thing she feels like drinking. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He flinches at my last name, then laughs. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“It wouldn’t hurt either of us to eat a little light. You frightened me last night. I had an aunt who died of heart trouble. And that leaves a memory, you know.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“But Travis loved this store and would have wanted to support it. So please let him support it this last time.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Blanche throws her head back and walks, wobbly and caked with sand, the last few yards to her son. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Pluto may be the last object marked on schoolroom charts, but the system doesn’t end there. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

He was curled up like a foetus in an empty room on an old mattress that the last people to leave the Barracks had left behind in the flat. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I haven’t checked as much over the last few days because I was starting to think I’d never see another reply. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

But before she crossed completely to the world of electronic computing, Katherine Johnson would tackle one last, very important assignment, using the techniques and the tools that belonged to the human era of computing. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

We spent hours putting together our contraptions and didn’t get home until late last night, but I insisted we get back to school bright and early this morning—despite it being a Saturday. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I get up and go upstairs, knowing that this is the last thing that I should do. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

And when the core at last burns itself out, will some of the Earth slump into the void, leaving a giant sinkhole on the surface? A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I threw every last jar on the table, until honey was spattered everywhere, flung like cake batter from electric beaters. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dear Christopher, Tm sorry I didn’t write last week. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

On the day he left, his last words were, “When my son is of age, he will come back to claim his bride.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

The last span of every term at the University was reserved for admissions exams. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The scurrying procession came at last to the big gate in the wall of the doctor’s house. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the last chorus, the audience joins in. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“The last one was just less than a year ago.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

When at last the corn was done, Ma put all the soft, white kernels in a big jar in the pantry. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Minho had looked him square in the face for the first time with that last sentence, and Thomas scooted back a few inches before he could stop himself. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

At the very peak of the last ice age 20,000 years ago, 30 percent of the earth was under ice. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

It lasted only a moment, but I had the feeling that a whole conversation was happening between us. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

When her father had first presented her with his plan last winter, they had argued over it for hours. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I was in there last night,” I say. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He saw her hands then, the awk-ward way she held them, the raw red scars, the stiffness of the last two fingers on her left. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Compared to Percy’s last few months, the trip was easy. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I was seventeen, in my last year of high school, and for the first time in my life I was starting to have opinions of my own. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finn remembered that the last time Mom had made French toast, it was because she’d gotten overwhelmed with her job and had to work an entire Saturday. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

With his last energies he stretched forward and took hold of it. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as the last bell rang, we both ran to his house, which was only three blocks away. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

And in my mind’s eye, I saw a chain of Gods, each having made the last, going back into infinity. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the last of his strength, Louie threw himself over the line. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s over at last,” he said to Mom. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the last few months, Leo had learned to interpret this machine language. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

At last they got the idea that enemies were in Buckland, some strange invasion from the Old Forest. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Yup, yup! They carried you in night before last. You slept all yesterday and most of this morning. Do you always scream in your sleep?” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I didn’t mean anything by it, but that was one of the last memories she had of me, and I wished I could take it back. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Will Newman! What are you doing up here? You’re not supposed to leave the third floor after that stunt you pulled last week!” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Today, on the morning of my seventy-seventh birthday, I decided to make one last visit to the Imperial War Museum library in Lambeth. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She flipped through the pages, wondering if the last prize would be another hidden puzzle. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

On the 22nd of December of last year, at approximately 4 o'clock in the afternoon, 2 men entered a drugstore on 145th Street in Harlem. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

As usual, Zeitoun wouldn’t commit till the last minute, so she took the precaution of actually packing a bag for him and hiding it in the back of the minivan. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Daddy, that’s what you said the last time. How much longer? I’m sick of this old car.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well,” he said at last in his friendly, knowing voice, “what are you going to do, hypnotize me?” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the armed forces: “The important thing is that we’re doing the right thing by our troops. And that’s why we’ve increased the spending on equipment dramatically over these last few years.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

I’d been reading a beautiful, strange book called Table of Everything last night. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“That was not the last time either, Biddy?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I took a seminar on conflict resolution at Emerson last summer. I’d like to put what I learned into practice,” she whispered back, then turned. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Compared to last Saturday, work is a breeze. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Well, I think it’s awesome. I took Advanced PowerPoint last semester. You guys are always misunderestimating me. I’m totally ready to handle the big stuff.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

During the last two months of school, everyone buzzes about the mysterious actress who brought the whole village—even rich foreigners—to tears. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last Pastor Tom came to the door. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, you guys are all invited to the wedding. I’ll plan it so that the wedding will be after the last guy in the squad leaves Nam.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All them books. That gramaphone. That trumpet I bought you last month.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Remember how nervous we were when we went to orientation last year?” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

He’d gotten the idea for the picture from his last trip with his father to San Francisco, when he’d been busted trying to stow away on a plane to Peshawar. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

He wrote the last few words with a smile, for the bull terrier had Mrs. Oakes completely in thrall and worked his advantage to the full. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He leaps, his torso up above the water, then quickly dives, catching the last log. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The last few times Cecilia and I had fenced, I had won, but she was very good. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The sun set, and the woods grew darker, but before the last of the twilight was gone the moon rose. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Clarke’s attempt to demonstrate lasted no more than a minute before she had to sit down and take out a handkerchief to mop her forehead. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

If Izio didn’t appear soon, we would miss the last train. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“What we going to do?” she asked at last. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

A lot of things could only last so long. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Now the people gathered at its doors like ants, asking questions and passing on rumors about what happened last night. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The portion was smaller than the last she’d tasted, but her belly still rumbled at the smell of it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It looks so untouched, the drawers still open from when I was here last. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Well, how did you like the game last night, Mr. Dawson?” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The twelve members of the Court looked through the dim afternoon light at the cleric on the stand, their last witness. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was like an exploding train traveling through a subway tunnel, on fire, and the last stop was right under my chin. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Should we go out to the street at the last block? At Chestnut?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Don’t be mad, but I forgot to call last week, because, you know, I had a lot on my mind. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“We have been looking into that. It’s not easy to determine how long impairments last—generally those costs can persist for ten seconds or fifteen seconds.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

If anyone looked at her funny, she was liable to get in their face and tell them, “Why don't you take a picture? It'll last longer.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Alby’s chest, rose and fell with struggled breaths, but his skin was drenched in sweat; he looked like he wouldn’t last much longer. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

At last, the day came when they would load the vases into the kiln. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“The thing is, this is going to be our last spring concert before the three of us graduate.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

At last the people thinned out and gradually disappeared from the streets and the parked cars drove away and the town settled to sleep. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she said that last word, my throat knotted so light, it felt as though I’d swallowed a horseshoe. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m not allowed to go in there,” I said, telling the truth at last. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

It brought back bad memories of my trip through the Labyrinth last year, but this tunnel felt even more dangerous. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Right, Professor,” said Harry, with as much contempt as he could put into the last three syllables. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Hermione let out a great sigh and Harry, amazed, saw that she was smiling, the very last thing he felt like doing. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The meter reads sixteen miles hauled today, but we are not more than eight miles in a straight line from last night’s camp. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

A few days later, I ran into the last person in the world I wanted to see: Johnny Cakes. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother kept her little brother alive last year when he caught the measles. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Lane, alone at the table, sat smoking and taking conservative drinks from his Martini to make it last till Franny got back. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Then I finish painting between the radiators, eat one last block of fudge, and lose twenty-five pounds. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

My basement lab stank one last time with zincoshine preparation, six rockets curing at once. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he will send it back thinking Maybe if it comes back nothing will stop me then and so maybe at last I will know what I am going to do. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever happened, however long it lasted, he wouldn't ask Hooper to let him out, he wouldn't do anything at all, now, except sit here. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I bet he’ll feel like the last man in the world after losing his son, even though thousands will surround him every day. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He remembered swal-lowing, and Pycelle was telling someone to heat the wine to boiling and fetch him clean silk, and that was the last he knew. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I felt bad, but as Bax stood his ground telling Freddie and the guys to go back the way they came, I snuck away down the path toward the last clearing. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

This last point was one they could relate to. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

We stare at each other for a moment before he backs down the ladder, leaving me alone, like last year. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“This is Jacob? Whoa. The last time I saw him, he was half this size.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Sure, last winter he’d become senior counselor of Hephaestus cabin; but most of his time had been spent building the ship. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It was, perhaps, the last great day that Axel can remember as the three of them. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

This was the last stage before the battle. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I think back to our last night on the roof, when Zohra grabbed my hand and asked, “You’re not going to forget me when you go back to America, are you?” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

She took the other end of the baton, looking like it was the last thing in the world she wanted to do. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Over the course of the last five years, the lake’s remarkably unchanged and I’m almost unrecognizable. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were almost in despair before at last they came to a little muddiness and a tiny trickle of water through softer and better grass. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Since this may be my last night on earth I try to make my peace with God. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“It belonged to a boy who was killed last year.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

It was a miracle the phone service had lasted as long as it had, long enough for Papi and Carlos to call. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

For the first time, Momma was the last person to leave. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

He has, unfortunately, steadily degraded over the last several years despite this augmentation of his brain functions. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That is where the last of the great African rain forests still stand—Cameroon and Gabon, Zaire and the Congo. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Is it really bad? I think I had a dream about Auggie last night.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

So on the last day of school that year, when the awards were announced, I was stunned. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“That’s right. The ground was fresh. It must of been stuck in there only last night or early this morning.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was time for the very last question. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The last time I had a friend over to dinner was Michael last year. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“When did they last hang a man in this state?” asked Shadow. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

They were surrounded by folding chairs, music stands, and painted scenery from last year’s spring play. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The combination of land bridge and ice-free corridor occurred only once in the last twenty thousand years, and lasted for just a few hundred years. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He hasn’t even said anything to Ms. Dale or Daniel in these last days at school. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Read in the paper, afternoon paper, what they ordered for their last meal? Ordered the same menu. Shrimp. French fries. Garlic bread. Ice cream and strawberries and whipped cream. Understand Smith didn’t touch his much.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought I was the last one out of the locker room, but as I turned out of my aisle, I saw Greg sitting on a bench, leaning toward Freddie's locker with a key. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, huge. My sister’s friend had had her sweet sixteen at the same place last year. There were like two hundred people there, so I mean it’s a huge place.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I’m afraid the ball last night has made a lot of work for you,” I said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Stuff that had been on my mind since last night. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But that money wasn’t lasting ’cause Ma was giving it away—a couple hundred here, a couple thousand there, until Q put an end to that. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

We had our last home game today, against Manatee Middle. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Myerses moved from Levittown four years later, but the episode was far from the community’s last chapter of racial tension. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The last bus lets us off on a commercial strip peppered with car dealerships. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Papa and Dadi were having their last cup of tea for the night and Rashid Uncle sat at the table carving like he usually did. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m in a bad mood because Uncle Max came into my room last night, drunk, and I don't feel safe. If you don't kick him out, I can't live here anymore.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

However, the last seven years have been years of droughtless beneficence. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes—and I know it doesn’t last for anything more than a second—sometimes there can be perfect understanding between two people who can’t stand each other. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She laughed and said, “I don't think it will, but it does look like it will last for a while.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Tolson: The last three years have been exciting but difficult. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In late July, I flew through a violent thunderstorm, the plane dipping and diving on its approach to Philadelphia, where I was going to speak for the last time at a Democratic convention. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I had missed the morning Bulletin on my set at home, and half-listened now, my mind elsewhere, until the repetition of the name several times caught my ear at last and stopped my pacing. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Tomorrow might be the last day; he hoped so. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

But McLane also failed because, at the last minute, British warships unexpectedly appeared. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

They didn’t know about any of the things I’d been thinking about for the last few months. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Prosper grabbed him by the scruff of the neck at the last moment, but as soon as he was back on his feet Barbarossa pushed his hand away. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Now you know,” he said, “now you know what I have been fighting against since last summer at Grand Isle, what drove me away and drove me back again.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

They camped that night on the sheltered slope of the last barrier of mountains. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Every Day this last Month I have kindled your Fire with them. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

That had been an hour and a half ago, and she suspected, accurately, that Mr. Wrigley was holding her room for last, to punish her. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Then, sir, listen. You were from home last night?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

On Sunday afternoon, at four o’clock, Hatsue told her mother she was going for a walk; her last walk before leaving, she pointed out. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“French toast,” he said at last, and grew silent for a long period before inclining his head towards me very slightly and saying: “You?” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He’d changed buses three times and was now speeding home on the last leg of his trip. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I need not remind you about the attempted infiltration of a certain preserve in the interior of Brazil last year. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Ai says that similar theories have been propounded by Terran scholars to explain the still incomplete recession of their last Age of Ice. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

But then the wagon comes to a stop, and the creature gives me a last malevolent look before disappearing with a dissatisfied hiss. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“She hates when I do that. The last thing she said to me was ‘Love you!’ and all I answered was ‘Bye, Lisa.’ Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

They’d lost their last game of the season, and the idea of losing to the Thirteens was more than they could bear. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I almost was once in a movie short, but I changed my mind at the last minute. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I’m just finishing my last picture when Mack returns. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

I hope He understands when I pray that our marriage won’t last forever. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been almost a year since I had last been inside Reb Saunders’ study, but nothing about it had changed. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The White House meeting that formally inaugurated the thermonuclear age took all of seven minutes, and it only lasted that long because Lilienthal asked for the time to express his dissenting view. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“It’s a problem. Javi and I tried to get a Black Lives Matter vigil going last year.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Yet at any moment she was liable to be seized by one of those curious fits of sleep, which might last for a few minutes or for hours. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“These mosquitoes carry encephalitis. Two children died in Tangerine last year after they were bitten by mosquitoes.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sank to his knees as the last of his feathers fell and the wing structures sagged. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I think about what the bird said: My dearest friend, these are the last words of Liriope. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then I hoisted the rucksack and walked out of the stacks for the last time. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Tell of your last minutes in the air. Finish your tale.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

There were four proper beds, with sheets, and towels, a great luxury for men who had spent much of the last eighteen years sleeping on thin mats on a stone floor. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last bell rang, and I started to head out for the bus. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

If this is my last entry, you'll at least know why. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will the last of my life slide out if I let out breath? Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s what I was trying to tell you last night. The cave entrance has been there a long time. Luke used to use it.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Maybe that’s why he picked manga—because he knew the last thing Mom would ever want to do is look at Japanese comic books. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

They do not even realize that Captain Smith’s last act, making peace with Parahunt, has saved their skins—for now. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I have to tell him, one last time while I’m still me. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Maybe you just need a good night’s sleep,” she said at last—the same lie I’d fed to Noah. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Let me say one last thing, jock brother, and then I’ll become sweet Mary Anne again.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oh, and service lasts less than an hour. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I made certain I was the first person out of class and the last person in. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I’m out on O’Connell Street and why shouldn’t I take the few steps to the Jesuits and tell all my sins this last night I’ll be fifteen. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Bolted last night while 1 was in the shower. Took my Jeep, too. The cops found it abandoned this morning up near the toll plaza at Cutler Ridge.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

They removed the last of the lamb from the freezer and barbecued on the roof, recounting what they had seen and what they had heard. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Thirty or forty feet from the last palm tree, I began to dig a grave for Timothy. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t sure, and the last thing he wanted was to have scythes in the house out of his sight. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

But every last person would have something in common. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

When Volpe talks to the cast backstage before this performance, it is his last time with them. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

In late August, on our last night in Cambridge, there was a final dinner in the great hall. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Kabul’s day of reckoning had come at last. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Oh, beautiful day, it is here at last! Today I shall find my friend.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

The members of the government persuaded us to allow them to speak last. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally she let him go and said to my father, “I’m so sorry. My husband is out of town, and when they arrested Curtis last night, I didn’t know what to do.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now, after this last death, he writes Theo a letter filled with quotes from the Bible. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“I know. I just thought of it last night. It’s pretty close to Soojin, right?” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“A Catholic equivalent, with more Jesus in the diet. Not enough to cause any lasting damage.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Just one boat was intact from last year, Joe’s boat, the freshman first. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

"There you are at last," said the Horse when he got back to it. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

The last photo I’m throwing up on Instagram is the one of me with my Last Friend. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

And then Old Fred announced, last July 4—Calder remembered the date because it took the bang right out of the fireworks—that the family would need to move to New York. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then we bathed and dressed her one last time. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He had utterly forgotten where he was; his eyes were still riveted on that point in space where he had last seen Jan’s retreating form. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ll love it. We also have pizza parties, and last year we had a team slumber party.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

They both laughed, and for a moment it felt as if it had been only four hours, not four years, since they'd last seen each other. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I sit up and try to remember when I saw him last. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

‘I do think I is remembering where they said they was going the night before last. They was galloping off to Sweden for the Sweden sour taste.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last thing I hear as the door closes is his laugh. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

At last her father rounded the Willys and spoke to her once in Japanese. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

At the last minute, Yeller got up off his cowhide. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last the exhausted Milo, afraid to call for help and on the verge of tears, dropped his hands to his sides. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And you, my oldest friend. Do me one last service. Lift my head a little and I will tell you what my failing eyes can see before I leave you.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

And I’ve named her Edwina after a clown we saw at the carnival last summer, who juggled and told dumb jokes. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“And you just stepped in there right at the last minute?” said Dad. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Well, she just freaked out like five minutes ago when I asked to see more of her sister’s art. That video was last year,” I say as an explanation. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I gasp as I fall back, seizing the tree trunk at the last second. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The slight advantage I held coming into the Training Center, my fiery entrance last night, seems to vanish in the presence of my competition. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

On the last, Estraven stopped and made camp early, in order to set traps. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

That’s the last thing I want, so I stop talking immediately. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The mulberries had ripened in the last week. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But some part of him will taste this last crowd. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was sure he had claimed a hundred and one years at his last party. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He runs through the last summer picnickers, who come despite the fog, and I pretend to be angry with him when he steals a block of cheese or a bag of Goldfish. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

It seemed inconceivable then that the war could last that long, for God was on his side, he had been told, and God, he had also been told, could do whatever He wanted to. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

When the Weird Sisters finished playing at midnight, everyone gave them a last, loud round of applause and started to wend their way into the entrance hall. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Pop Pop says I’m getting taller, which is the last thing I need. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I ran water in the last glass, then turned the faucet off. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Let the scar on Goyle’s finger stand as a lasting tribute to his memory. Oh, come on, Ron, get yourself down to Hogsmeade and buy a new rat, what’s the point of moaning?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Now, to fill the room more efficiently, they had to sit next to the last person who had come off the line. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had known the last copy of Flora and Ulysses wouldn’t be on the shelf, because she’d already removed it. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I bet you couldn’t. I bet you fixed hit last night so you couldn’t find hit. You fixin to ruin dat un.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the big man had emerged, pale and green- sick and unsteady on his feet, struggling up from the depths of the ship’s hold to pay his last respects. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I can well imagine an atheist’s last words: “White, white! L-L-Love! My God!”—and the deathbed leap of faith. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

We found what turned out to be one of the last buses out of Tembisa, for the police were quarantining the ghetto, barring all company vehicles and public transportation. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bells rang merrily as she took the last few steps at a run and plopped down on the ground. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Alfhercht nodded, cast one last sour glare at the arena, and brushed past them. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“But something’s smoldering down there. The marker stakes I planted are gone, but I think that’s the direction we saw the blue fire last night.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s done this the last couple nights. Clouds up, soaks for about half an hour, then blows over.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Holy mackerel, when’s the last time you had a haircut anyway?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Olivia called late last night: I know this is a hard day. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Well, to lose the only meat we had left from last winter’s hog butchering was bad enough. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looks worried and tense, and I know she’s thinking about last night. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I took her hood off and unwrapped die last scarf that was around her head. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, I’m still angry with him for laughing at me along with the other victors, and the last thing I want is his sympathy and comfort. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Brinker Hadley had been tagged with a nickname at last, after four years of creating them for others and eluding one himself. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps once she had gone, he would talk to me at last, about loving me, about being happy. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

But for Mr. Larson and his students, it was the last lesson in a unit about the most interesting subject they had ever studied. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

And now, at last, they have become an Art Form. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The one who in the last months had lived so strangely in his heart. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The last time he had seen her, just before they left port, her eyes had been raw from crying, two ghastly red holes in a wan, pale face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Maybe? I’m not sure. Things have been so confusing and messed up the last couple weeks...” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“I got a postcard last week. Her father took her to Disneyland.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was last week, in history, and she'd practically gouged out his eyes with hers. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

But at the last minute I change my mind and simply leave his room. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

The moon did not give enough light for Tree-ear to see clearly, but when the last vase had been removed, Tree-ear crawled back into the kiln to fetch the lamp. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Kite fighters were huddling with their spool holders, making last- minute preparations. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I saw you last night,” Dad says, shaking her hand. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

In the morning when we suppose he must already have long gone to his rest, there comes across to us one last gurgling rattle. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I began to write with the help of my grandfather, whose memory remained intact down to the last second of his ninety years. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother had a stoup of wine lain at her side in her last hours—I recall it now, though I did not understand it then. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“Deborah didn’t never write,” she at last pursued, “about what happened to the baby. Did you ever see him? You going to meet him in Heaven, too?” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“The crawlers are weak, they cannot fight, they will not last. That is how nature intended it.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

And when at last the sun rose out of the sea and the great silver-plated dome of the temple flashed back its light, he was almost dazzled. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

It’s like a slower, 1950s version of the real city across that cool bridge we cabbed over last night. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“What is the meaning of this?” he asked at last, and his voice was ice and danger. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

One week was nowhere near enough time to get over that last party. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“It’s the last of it. I didn’t want you to miss out.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

And at last she could make it out, for the black Roman numerals were just barely visible against their white ground, the brass hands glowed faintly. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sister,” she said, “life is never lost, another one always comes up to replace the last. Will you come watch when they burn the body?” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“She looks like Nola that win the field trials in Virginia last year. She a Virginia dog, Captain?” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He clearly got a line up within the last day or so. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Lord Asriel stood by the fire sipping the last of the coffee and watching darkly as Thorold opened the case of the projecting lantern and uncapped the lens before checking the oil tank. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

What gets me about D.B., though, he hated the war so much, and yet he got me to read this book A Farewell to Arms last summer. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

At last she came to a halt a few yards from them and simply stood there in the middle of the frozen road, facing them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Around noon, when the air had wanned, Frightful gave the little eyas the last bites of the rat. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Over the last shelf of rotting stone the stream gurgled and fell down into a brown bog and was lost. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He could not remember the last time he kissed his mother. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

He says he’s often wondered where I went and whether I was okay, and by the way, what had I been up to for the last three and a half months? Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He was also one of the last to see it in pure form: his visit, as Alfred Crosby put it, initiated the process of knitting together the seams of Pangaea. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

At last, after all the other employees have sped off in the company’s eye-catching green-and-yellow cars, I am led into a tiny closet-sized room off the inner office to learn my trade via videotape. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Thaya Jaan came to visit last year, we didn’t understand why Mama went overboard cooking elaborate Pakistani feasts for him, including the dishes usually reserved for dinner parties. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

In the clearing he had made last year, Pa was plowing around the stumps and putting in his crops. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I start washing last night’s dishes, wishing she’d just leave me be. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“These are my last batteries, and I don’t know how much power’s left in them.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Why, just last month I sent him a very friendly letter, which he never had the courtesy to answer. See for yourself.’ The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t see you in church last Sunday,” he said finally. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

At last it was the hour when their year-long separation would end. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Add another ten to drop off the last kid. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

And the last thing, very simply, was that they weren’t into a lot of the stuff we were into! Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Of crossing the desert, seeing those glittering domes with his own eyes, and finding out, at last, what happened to the Unseen City. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Oh, listen! You know who I saw last, week? On the main floor of Lord & Taylor’s?” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The room was very still, when the clear voice failed suddenly at the last line of Beth’s favorite hymn. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Saturday afternoon Billy Buck, the ranch-hand, raked together the last of the old year’s haystack and pitched small forkfuls over the wire fence to a few mildly interested cattle. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

When at last he came out of Hari’s room, he looked very solemn. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was going to be my last night of freedom for a long time—I should have gone out with my friends or spent time with Viviana—but I spent the whole night painting. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

When the last class was over, everyone was cheering and making plans with each other for the summer. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I want to lie down, to get the sleep I couldn’t get last night, but something about the way my roommate is lying there makes me want to leave, to walk around. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

But as they drew near to the further gate, Frodo saw a dark ill-kept house behind a thick hedge: the last house in the village. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“And probably where they come from,” Thomas said as he took one last look at the hidden doorway. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The grocery opened at dawn and did not close until the last wandering vagrant dime had been spent or retired for the night. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harold was barely even trying to move by the last game. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I just didn’t know if I was strong enough to finish Yakov’s last task for him. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I wish this were the last time they came feasting, courting me or consorting here! The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I step back and take a last look at Rue. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

They could always pull out at the last minute. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

This ... is the last thing I had from my mum. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Few Alpharetta lawns sprouted campaign signs during the last election season because the area’s four contenders for the state legislature and a new candidate for Congress were all Republicans and ran unopposed. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

When we get to my floor and say goodbye, I think about the last wish I made—that everything would get back to the way it was before I messed everything up. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Finally, she assigned seats in alphabetical order, last names first. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

They had to make it last till help came. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it was almost time for Mom to come in, Dr. Fein said he wanted us to make a plan for how the next week could be better than the last one. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The last we would graciously decline, as their beds were no doubt lousy and those in our wagons were not. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It feels somehow epic and fragile, and I want the night to last forever, and knowing it can’t already has me sad. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Having PE last hour is usually a blessing, especially on Fridays, but this week it’s been hard. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Like most black American leaders, McKissick was first and last a pragmatist. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Man in the White Shirt was the last one off the bus. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

It took me a while to figure Edna out last year, but I finally got wise. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

An intermission lasts about twenty seconds, during which stations across the country can make announcements. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

I would say probably within the last six to eight months I've seen a real increase in the brutality of the crimes, and also younger kids doing the real brutal stuff. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last night of lying on hard ground, and falling asleep to the murmured incantations of the shaman stirring his powders into the fire. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

And she said yes, which was true, but she sensed that he did not always believe her, or that his belief lasted only so long before he would need to hear her affirmation again. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The second stroke, just a week before the last one, took away his ability to move or speak. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay. I’m sold. I am shipping you with the boy you met when you were supposed to be shipping relationship relics to your last boy.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The dumb goon’s fun had been spoiled by one of the kids from the last bus stop, who had been brave enough to sit right next to him. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the last few weeks, Piper’s charmspeak had become truly powerful. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

"One last thing," he said at the door. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She showed such vigor in her last hours that Fernanda thought she was making fun of everyone. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I cradle it in a stack past Bobby and Human Being—who’s now explaining how his real last name is Green and that’s what he needs, some green—back into the office. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

It would be simpler, he said, to have everybody enrolled under the same last name. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

That’s what Curtis Wilson did to kids last year, and he got kicked out of school. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I wanted to see his face, to see if he’d gone back to the cold, indifferent person I’d known for the last several weeks. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I’m even more thankful to find Elsie waving me over to a seat she’s saved for me in the last row. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

But at last, when the money she thus earned for him was not enough for his needs, he turned upon his own body and devoured it until he killed himself. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

One last time Jason flew at him, kicking him in the chest, and the giant’s breastplate shattered. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The exam results came out on the last day of term. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I push open the door, giving her a big smile that lasts me all the way back to the elevator. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She told Inspector Thomas Mathew how in the last few weeks she had noticed some presaging signs, some insolence, some rudeness. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when he came to understand what it meant he was so taken with it that he began to retail the story himself, until at last he must have come to believe he really had. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh God, Via,” said Mom, remembering now how she had completely ditched me last night. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

At last, he said wearily: “I have more faith in Hitler than in anyone else. He alone has kept his promises, all his promises, to the Jewish people.” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now Daphne’s got the chance to get in one last hit. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“You’re hiding something,” he finally replied, finishing off his last bite and taking a long swig of water. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

At last the footsteps went away and the door closed. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The last time I stepped over the threshold was over a year ago. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They had explained away Harry’s long absences at Hogwarts over the last three years by telling everyone that he went to St. Brutus’s Secure Center for Incurably Criminal Boys. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I wanted to say back, and it was almost yours last night. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The position was offered at the last minute, when the scheduled professor found a better-paying job delivering pizza. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Slipping and sliding, I started in the direction I had last heard them. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

"These scammers try to sell old ones that are already about to fade. You never know if they're going to last you a week or an hour." A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Was that the last time you saw him?” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He might’ve been the last person to see my brother before he disappeared. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Dolorous Edd pushed open the door and hopped down, his boots breaking the crust of the last snow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Ms. CeeCee asked, adding the last box to the lineup on the table. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Her family would want to see her last smile. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t changed much since last winter, maybe because satyrs age half as fast as humans. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

It takes a lot of flishing here and there and much calming of the air and the midwives, but at last the baby is delivered. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Shin paid for the meal with the last of the money he had received for his stolen rice. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

She concluded with one last verbal slap: “Faithful are the wounds of a Friend.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

At last the voice of Faramir ordered them to be uncovered. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

It’s my chance, I suppose, she thought; I’m being given a last chance. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I gave Herbert one last long hug, but I was thinking about what he'd said. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Yossarian waited until the last faint bark of the motor had died away in the distance. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Since this type of mammal had last existed thousands of years ago, the spear point and its owner must have been of equivalent antiquity. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“You think those ten thousand new-type work rockets will come through to Mars?” she said at last. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“One last thing. If you... if you survive this fight with Kronos, send me a sign.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

All last week they had Burt going over my experiments and methodological charts. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

You take my phone, you took Mom, and now you want to take away the last good thing in my freakin’ life: SOCCER. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

‘If the giants want our blood, the last thing we need is a boy and a girl going down there together. Remember? They want one of each for their big sacrifice.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

When he arrived home the agent made a last short business call, then changed into sports clothes and went out to have a cocktail with his wife beside the pool. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last they came suddenly into a thin shade; great grey branches reached across the path. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

My last trip, to Tennessee, was to the east so I figured to skip that direction. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My little brother spilled glue all over the table last night,” Samira said. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Macklin rounded up his team of dogs—the last of the dogs—and got them in order. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“You are a terrible, grouchy, horrible person. You are mean to Miss Josie and Mr. Jeet. You are making us move for no reason. And now you are ruining our last Christmas here.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Outside the clouds shifted, the last rays of daylight throwing our shadows against the wall. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

At last when he felt his eyes closing and knew that his struggle to keep awake could not go on much longer, he wakened Frodo gently. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Gale’s eyes train on me, not the berry, but at the last moment, he opens his mouth and catches it. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Every night, after our last kiss, I feel like running away and never looking him in the eyes again. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“You read it, too. In English last year.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I can’t help but feel just a little proud of myself for finally getting myself in here with everyone, even if it is the last day. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

But as the Goodmans had explained to me, organic greens just last longer. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

In a birdcage by the window, a green parakeet, the last surviving member of my grandparents’ former aviary, was moving back and forth on its balsa wood perch. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Highness,” he said, in one last attempt, “I have not yet, from a single spy, heard a single word about a single plot against the Princess.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

How long could a can of chicken soup and a dented can of string beans last? The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He saw at last a light before him in the night and fog. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

How breaking into the lab had seemed like the last shred of hope. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I know from the internet there are 133 “places of worship” in this tiny town, but it seems odd that Finch would choose one for the last wander. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I heard the stove clang and I knew she was kindling last night’s ashes. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

One night, Welles and Houseman met for dinner to choose a story for the last week in October. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

As we watch the candles burn and play our last game of dreidel, Mom goes into the family room. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

At that very moment, Minli cut the last rope and rubbed the dragon’s arm. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

But Catholics are always trying to find out if you're a Catholic even if they don't know your last name. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God,” he says, because really, the last person Zahra needs to be concerned about leaking sordid details is Henry. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“You looked like a skinned rabbit last time I saw you. Now the rabbit is gone and only the skin and bones are left!” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

He'd learned to wait until he saw the truck, before drinking the last drop. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He knew the night was over at last. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

So at last he saw Mr. Revere, a stocky, ruddy man, with fine, dark eyes, shutting his shop, taking out his key preparing to lock up. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

A silence that seems to last for a long time. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

At last the horse came to a deserted field. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As our despondent group filed slowly away from Camp Four toward the Geneva Spur, I braced myself to make one last visit to Beck, whom I assumed had died in the night. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I ain’t bothered no woman last summer or last fall either,” Bigger said. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The stars had slipped down the sky when at last she stood up and walked swiftly back to Kapu. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Fiction books are usually put on the shelf in alphabetical order by the author’s last name. Nonfiction titles are classified according to the Dewey decimal system.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Did the last Greenland Norse starve to death, attempt to sail off, intermarry with Eskimos, or succumb to disease or Eskimo arrows? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The letter ended with one last piece of information: “Germany has actually stopped the sale of uranium from the Czechoslovakian mines, which she has taken over.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She says, “Mason. Where did you last see Calvin?” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

At last Camilla said, and in a voice which was fairly steady: “Charles, what do you think you are doing?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

They came at last to a magnificent house with a large lawn and a drive that curved up to the front door. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she finally called me back last night we agreed that she’d leave work today at 3:00 p.m. in order to make sure we had plenty of time to get across town. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“But I thought it was quite a coincidence. Few people have access down here, and everyone else was more or less accounted for last night.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

By the time I finish, remember, I’ll have done twelve years of this, and it’s only for the last six they’ve let me choose. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turning to Keller, he said, "Make the food last another four days." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amazingly, we had managed to stay together during the last years of the war. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

A dim light flickered under the last door— Grandmother’s room. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“There’s a simple way of discovering the last spell a wand performed, elf, did you know that?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The porter had carried out the large bottles, those that had held vermouth, and the straw-covered chianti flasks, and left the brandy bottles for the last. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He’d never had a harder year of school or been more relieved for a summer holiday to come around than this last one. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Looks like yellow paint. Have you been painting anything yellow the last few days?” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“After the events of the last two weeks, I have decided to voluntarily surrender myself to the Oakland Police Department.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

People surged from the road across the slack, following the other boys as they raced after our last, great rocket. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her son was a spoiled “billionaire brat” who’d spent a million on a concert that had lasted twenty minutes. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Although their homes are gone, they did construct one lasting structure—a church. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

As dawn breaks, I open the windows to my bedroom and let the last of the cool night air flow in as I strip off my Court dress. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“A women’s group, associated with the CCC, that formed last year to oppose integration at Central.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She changed her last name back to Constantine’s.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I shrugged and popped the last of the sweetcake into my mouth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As the last rosy crescent melted into the Gulf, I felt myself leaning forward, squinting hopefully at the skyline. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Looking back, the last thing Bigwig saw was the face of General Woundwort staring out of the gap in the willow herb where the boat had lain. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, there doesn’t seem to be much the matter with him, as far as I can see,” he said at last. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How do you know? When did you last hear from your parents?” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It’s always dead from 10:30 to 11:30 and then, as we’re getting ready to close, we get one last rush. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I know she's remembering the last time we were at an airport. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They say that intense communal experiences can create lasting friendships. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

They would be after him then, tracking him, hunting him down as they had hunted the last few bears on the mountain. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Other cities came to Daniel Burnham for citywide plans, among them Fort Worth, Atlantic City, and St. Louis, but he turned them down to concentrate on his last plan, for the city of Chicago. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She reached the hole, and squeezing down, leaving a trail of green-yellow slime, she slipped in, even as Sam hewed a last stroke at her dragging legs. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Luke downed the last of the Mountain Dew as Toby watched, fascinated. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It dwindled at last to a country cart-road little used; but it did not wind: it held on its own sure course and guided them by the swiftest way. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

When the last of them had returned to the shell house, Coach Bolles told the boys to stick around, that it was time to announce who had made the first and second boats. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

And yet, in these last days, he’d become friends with people who cared about him, quite above and beyond what was expected of him. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Ginzburg article, though, sent him into a permanent fury and created a distrust of reporters that lasted the rest of his life. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Half the horses shied at the last second, breaking their charge before die row of spears. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He might well have guessed why his son was coming home at long last, and acted accordingly. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Dad moved out of our house last summer. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

She threw one last lingering look at the likeness of Eddard Stark. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Ostracized, isolated, and wearier than she had ever been, she rinsed her arm with the last water from her pitcher, and bandaged it with a slip she tore into strips. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Ah, well, poor girl, there is peace for her at last. It is the end!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“If so, they didn’t make it public. The last press report only said that VanQuish is considered missing in action and that all details surrounding the investigation are confidential.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The harpsichord’s heyday lasted from this period until the piano gained popularity in the mid-eighteenth century. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

It’s the last chance to get this right. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I told her about my iPod and how I sang for Joey the last time I ever saw him. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Good morning. This is the Automobile License Bureau. Did you have this same car last year, and if so, what was the license number?” Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Fine, How about this—you know your mom’s last question? Are you happy? I told her that earlier today was the happiest I’ve ever seen you. That’s a little pathetic, honestly.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

At last he started home, but a tempest shipwrecked him and only after many and great dangers had he succeeded in reaching the Phaeacian land, a helpless, destitute man. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

This racial coalition in pursuit of class goals would not last, however. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I wrote the essay for To Kill a Mockingbird last night, and I handed it in to Bill this morning. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Professor,” Harry said at last, “do you think he’s getting stronger?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

In the morning, when the doors were slid open, we saw that we had at last made it to Brünnlitz in the Sudetenland. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

There was an official press conference last week. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

You weren’t here last night, for our traditional “last day of school eve” visit to the ice cream stand. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

In rugby, halftime only lasts five minutes and the players are not allowed to leave the field. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

One last twist of the sphere, and Leo sent a massive jolt through the system. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When I get to the main strip, I remember James and our kiss last night. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Everything the dog did, he imitated, flopping down at last with his tongue lolling out. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

From time to time she persuaded herself she remained for Briony’s sake, or to help her mother, or because this really was her last sustained period at home and she would see it through. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“That’s just my father. He’s lucky that way. He asked about you the last time I spoke to him. He wants you to call him sometime.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard you talking last night to Ellen. About the pageant.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

And then, right before he closes my door, he turns to me and asks, “What was Lucy’s last name?” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

"I reckon somebody put it in the box late last night. I took it out with the regular mail. Is it something that wasn't for you?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I will give her potato my neighbor give me last week. Hai, I will give her if you would like it.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

In the stern the net slipped free from the drum and rolled over the fairleads easily toward the sea until at last the whole of it was out of the boat, three hundred fathoms long. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

So hard and resilient that they could last for centuries in the cold salt and sand of islands like ours. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

At last they came out into a dim antechamber near the roof. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The speedometer needle crept past one hundred, the last number on the dial, and pushed into the empty space beyond. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But the dialogues ceased after a surprise arrest by police immediately following the last meeting at Reverend Cho’s church, several weeks before. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It feels like we're the last survivors of a zombie apocalypse. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I know it is my last chance to speak to him. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

They watched as Moses paid the last member of his crew. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Though she’d brought three of her makeshift weapons, she’d found no trace of whatever had been growling and screeching last night. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It was followed by another, even more beautiful, and then the last ox, even finer than the first two. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The second test had to do with spatial relationships and left me with a headache that would last for the next twenty-four hours. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

"I know this kitty. It was outside our deli last night." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“That’s so sad. When was the last time you saw them?” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

In odd contrast to this idea of him, he was also the solemn guide of the dead, the Divine Herald who led the souls down to their last home. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We can play this game all day, or we can stay out here and maybe, like, live. Don’t do your last day wrong.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Okay, so that last bit didn’t make sense without an explanation, but Mother didn’t seem to notice. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was tight-lipped and grim, and, after the events of the last several days, not terribly intimidated by the authority of two paunchy old men. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The SS man with the list took one last look around the empty apartment, at the seven of us sitting or standing on the bare floor. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He was mopping the last of the chocolate sauce from the sauceboat with a piece of paratha. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

No sooner had they finished the last morsel than Mzizi and the new wife heard the sound of singing coming from their stomachs. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Reverend Moorehead’s description of it was enough to last her a lifetime. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“It’s nonnegotiable. Now let’s discuss the end of last semester. You missed four, almost five, weeks of school. Your mother says you were sick with the flu.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She was branded, not for the first or last time, and fettered to the rest of the day’s acquisitions. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

But Ivy and me have sort of been friendly the last few weeks. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I bet you had a great time last night.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Werner looks at him a last time: his torn jacket and shovel jaw. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Everything about my truck was made to last. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

But with us around he had to know that wasn’t going to last. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

They’d certainly have enough food to last until things got back to normal. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

At last Sticky nodded, settled his glasses on his nose, tucked away his polishing cloth, and passed through the door. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

To-day he came back, and almost bounded into the room at about half-past five o’clock, and thrust last night’s “Westminster Gazette” into my hand. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“When was the last time you danced with a girl?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Remembering his mother’s last illness, when she had coughed and coughed until his father left before dawn to get the dibia while the junior wife, Chioke, rubbed her back, frightened him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Singer could ignore the situation no longer, so at last he asked Antonapoulos if his stomach pained him or if he perhaps felt bad and wished to go to sleep. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Her mama has spent the last few nights sewing the school logo onto the pockets. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I roll one last sand grain, perfect and sharp, between my finger and thumb. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Committee?” she says, turning to us at last. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

At last in the rising sun it became what it really was—a red ship with two red sails. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the last thing he ever said to me. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

‘I can give the last ingredient to you,’ Apollo said. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Coach Walski said to Joey, “Did you recognize any of them from our game last year?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

How long had it been since they last talked? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I prayed to Saint Giles and asked him to remember my father whom I had never seen, my mother whom I missed so deeply, and last of all, myself. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

This, the last meeting, started with the punch bowl on the table instead of ending with it. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He read off a bunch of names that didn’t mean anything to me, and then he said the last name: “Edward Johnson.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

By the time the last withered apple had been handed out, the wagons were crowded with wildlings, and they were sixty-three stronger than when the column had set out firom Castle Black that morning. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The last of the firelight danced along its blade. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The journey lasted longer than Lyra wanted to measure. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Luckily—because the last thing in the world I wanted was for our first rehearsal to be canceled!—the snow only started falling in the late afternoon. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Think about school and that last bit of homework I never did. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Dude, Diego,” I’ll say, between huffing and puffing, “I think you caught me, man. In the liver. With that last body shot.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

"But what if you don't come back? Hot Pie can't carry me by himself, you know he can't . . "And there's wolves," Hot Pie said. "I heard them last night, when I had the watch. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It was ugly, a landscape of last resort. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Smith explained that on weekdays, the order was, roughly, top to bottom; Q and V galleries would go last. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last thing I had was any power at all. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Tally tried to remember the last words she’d said to David, and wished they”d been more comforting. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Came the day at last, when Weston approached his daughter guiltily and suggested a “beautiful” visivox show in the village. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The last time Victarion had spent a night ashore, his dreams had been dark and disturbing and when he woke his mouth was lull of blood. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In the very last gray of the day, he could see Alice stumbling across the grass in great haste, carrying Lyra. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Oooh, so touchy. Well, the terrorist has the same last name as Maya, doesn’t he?” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t tell them the full truth, that I needed to make the most of this term because it would very likely be my last. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was well muscled, handsome, and proud in his uniform, but Ben saw immediately that Philip was the poorest athlete among last year’s starters. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the last day of school before spring vacation, she spotted a new student entering another classroom, an older Chinese girl with pigtails just like herself. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Even though the dose I've received is enough to last a lifetime. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Yes, but this is the last time I’m letting you borrow it. You don’t have to replace everyone's memories, you know.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Theon was bent over a wooden bowl finishing the last of his own portion of pease porridge when a light touch on his shoulder made him drop his spoon. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

By the time I reach home again Lelia is usually finishing up with her last students. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roman unwraps some steaks from a moose he shot in the Alaska Range last September and lays them across the fire on a blackened grill, the grill McCandless used for broiling his game. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last, the butterfly landed on the noblewoman’s lap, on top of the gorgeous embroidery. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“You’re waking up this whole side of town with that thing! You’ve already waked your father, and he didn’t get two winks last night. Stop it right now!” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“I convinced my mom we should stay at the hotel tonight. It’s already paid for, and I told her you picked up my homework from last week.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

At last the milk wagon clattered out of the yard. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

So even though my shoes were covered, I couldn't hide the fact that I was walking like a senior citizen zombie, which I feared would draw unnecessary attention—the last thing I needed. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I pulled a fish off my line and let it dance its last dance against the bank, then put it in a pail half filled with water. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

“He was kind of strange last time he was here,” said Maria. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last thing I need is another person cluttering up my life right now. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

What good experiences have you had in the last few years? Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I swing back to my computer, opening the tab to Stella’s YouTube page and scrolling to a video from last year labeled “Polypectomy Party!” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“I saw him eat last night. That man can throw down some food—angels don’t burp like that!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Since last summer, Grover had stopped trying to disguise himself as human. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He ran the last length of the aisle and kissed her cheek. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She looked the same as the last time I'd seen her. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, everybody’s got a talent. I can memorize things. And you can . . . ? “Um, I know a lot of people’s last words.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

But not the same as in the last summer when she walked in the dark by herself and listened to the music and made plans. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Cruisers have been rolling by with more frequency in the last seventy-two hours than ever before. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

"He was angry with that cook's boy who spilled the soup last night as well, but he didn't strip him naked." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The path he was interested in started down the side of a bombed house, fairly new, perhaps a railwayman's cottage rebuilt after the last time. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I keep telling her I’m fine, but my stomach feels gurgly, and I woke up, like, a billion times last night. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

He looked up and gave one last pull to the rope as if in farewell. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She’d be retiring at the end of the season, which meant the five of us would be the last team she mentored in her legendary career. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

When I came to the end of the long drive at last I saw that Maxim’s car was standing in front of the house. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The last I saw of O’Dell was him going down the path, head down, his dad close behind. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

On the fifteenth of May, while David was in his last day of school in the eighth grade, his uncle Owen died in a drugged state resembling a coma. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He cast a last glance at Capricorn, looked at Elinor, cleared his throat—and began to read. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Again it occurred to Brave Orchid that her sister wasn’t very bright, and she had not gotten any smarter in the last thirty years. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Max was always on the lookout for teasing ever since last year, when Hunter Schultz called him “gay” and “Maxipad” and a bunch of other things. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

At five o’clock in the afternoon, when they had come to the last station in the swamp, she got out of the train because Fernanda made her. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He dismounted at last, first time in hours, sat down on stone in silent pain. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one can anticipate death, not even when people are very sick; when they take their last breath, it’s still the punch in the gut that you can never be ready for. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Or perhaps they will merely pick up and leave for Mars or Europa or Titan or, at last, as Robert Goddard envisioned, seek out an uninhabited planet in some young and promising planetary system. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And of that frog that Dylan threw against the tree last year. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

At long last, we settle down to our plates of cold sancocho. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think about all the horrible things that happened the last time someone told me not to worry, but nod, just the same. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Asheville is the last safe haven in the East,” the man replied, his words barely perceptible now, nothing but dry, faint rasps. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Kluck gives Mama one last glare and storms off, leaving us all looking dazedly at each other. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

But at last she slid into the seat, to a round of applause from the crowd. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

We sat together on the morning of my last day as a little boy, the morning before my seventeenth birthday, drinking our coffee on the patio beside the pool. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Hagrid, who had told them last lesson that they had finished with unicorns, was waiting for them outside his cabin with a fresh supply of open crates at his feet. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I only had to milk the final 6,760 possible points from this last garbled maze and then I would finally have the high score. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The parasites have already scavenged even the last emergency rations meant for the passengers when we arrived on Sagan. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I spoke to Granny last night. She’ll be waiting for you in Pine Bluff.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

His last words, and what words they were. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

With the death of Hector’s son, Troy’s last sacrifice was accomplished. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He almost shouted the last part, but he had no idea where his anger was directed. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The man crept toward one of the last boulders near the edge of the ridge. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

So then last year was the beginning of sixth grade. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

It didn’t help that the last time she’d checked the Book Scavenger forums, rumors were swirling that Mr. Griswold wasn’t doing well. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

They came to the kitchen, and at last Matt saw something reassuringly normal. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess you read about the cadet and instructor who was killed here last week. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

“That awkward moment when you realize you’ve been making gay jokes in front of your gay kid for the last seventeen years.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“When your gram lost the last of the color in her skin, her parents rejoiced. She was normal again.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Since my mama passed on last year, her house has just been sittin’ there empty. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Did we wake you up last night?” he asked. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I know what it's like to not want to understand, so we're quiet while her last sentence spins and spins in my head. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Moreover, as we shall see in the last chapter of the book, in the not so distant future we might again have to contend with non-sapiens humans. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The look of confusion on Ivan’s face was absolute but didn’t last long. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I remember last year when Adam came over for Christmas Eve. I told your father that you’d fallen in love too soon.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Steam would be rising from the starch, the air cool at last. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the few years he had remaining it would corrupt his other senses until at last only his bird-screech voice would remain, and then that would expire, too. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

My mother's face floated to mind, a pale, reproachful moon, at her last and first visit to the asylum since my twentieth birthday. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I mean, the last time we...he...Well, you know about our Willow,” Byrd says. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Contained at last, the fires could be dealt with, with real effect. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t answer his phone last night, he’s not been answering it all day. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“After you left last night, it was all anyone could talk about,” she said. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was the only time, and the last time, that Summer, Ximena, and I sat at a lunch table together. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

In a ragged, barely audible voice, Rob croaked, “Harold was with me last night, but he doesn’t seem to be with me now. He was very weak.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

But if I could handle it, it seemed like the least they could do was behave during our last days together. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Picture, in your mind, the face of the waiter or waitress who served you the last time you ate at a restaurant, or the person who sat next to you on the bus today. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“But the simulation only lasts for a certain period of time,” he says. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then in health class last semester, the teacher assigned us to be partners for a project on “Aging in America.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

And I didn’t know how many pounds I had, so I couldn’t calculate how long it would last me. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

But she awakened a few hours later, and when she moved she realized that she ached to the last fiber of her body. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, after that, the other one didn’t last long. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She last had seen me when I was thirteen. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she talked to me in cooking club last week, so I mumble a quick hello. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Catelyn had been a girl the last time she had visited the Twins, but even then Lord Walder had been irascible, sharp of tongue, and blunt of manner. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The sun finished the last rays of its lingering good-bye, and the moon rose in awful majesty over the silver tree- tops, before he dared to stand. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shoulder to shoulder, I force one last push and duck over the finish line in front of her. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“And the honored Gebu, did he enjoy my little gift of date wine last week? Did he find it as tasty as ever, young Ranofer?” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I spent the rest of the day in Dolores Park with Ben and Laney, throwing the ball for her, laughing with Ben, going over every shared memory from the last seven years of our lives. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I wondered if she had flailed and jerked toward the surface at the last second, or did she go without fighting, embracing the rock, letting it soak up all the pain she felt? The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Neck: “My family has been in this country for over two hundred years. We built this place, fought in every war from the first one to the last one, paid taxes, and voted.” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

At this, the Prime Minister had found his voice at last. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Through Petersburg ran the railroads by which Lee’s army received its supplies; if Petersburg were taken, then the cry of “On to Richmond” would at last be fulfilled. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was the first time I had seen her, and now we were coming to the last. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Do you see Mrs. Pontellier starting back with the children? She will be in late to luncheon again. She never starts to get ready for luncheon till the last minute.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

A small square in the same handwriting as the last one. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

All the worries and fears of the past few days are now over, for at last he has found his sister. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I found myself this morning telling myself what had happened last night; the reverse of a bad dream, as a matter of fact, where you keep telling yourself that it didn't really happen.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

During the last few hours he has had merely the appearance of calm. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t seem very glad to see me, John,” she said at last. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their cloaks were rent and tattered before they broke free at last. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Then all the long afternoon they must sit in a row on a bench and study their catechism, until at last the sun went down and Sunday was over. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, last year I was rewarded for my brashness. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“That was the last of the flour. Pooh’s talking about bringing some groceries over later this week. I almost said no, but...” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

As they entered the last half mile and came into the lee of the hills at the north end of the lake, the headwind died down. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I didn’t like them the last time around either: too much underpants. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

At last, Min seemed to make up his mind about something, and when he spoke again, his voice had lost the sharpest edge of its anger. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

But I found a place where the cars would be sheltered after they passed that last bad- looking bit and could wait for the wounded to be brought across the pontoon bridge. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Brinker placed this last prize on the table with such silent dignity that we all thought it was better not to ask any questions about it. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed fitting that the last thing she said to me was something I didn’t understand. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Even if she misses the rest of her shift, she’ll take me—it is her last shift, after all. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The last time he’d fought the Titan, it had taken every ounce of his strength. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Some, however, stayed behind to toss one last layer of water and dirt on the smoldering remains. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Thomas could barely listen anymore, anticipating the comments from the last two Keepers, Gaily and Minho. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I sipped the last of my orange drink. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Not this last citadel at the edge of the continent, this final German strongpoint on the Breton coast. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Over the last three and a half weeks she’d been in nineteen different hotel suites, each with no fewer than three rooms, and one with six. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“At Camp Jupiter, they said you sided with the Titans in the last war.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He had been exiled in the county jail for seventy-seven days—the last part of September, all of October and all of November, the first week of December in jail. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

But I remember it coming up one last time well over a year after the dismissal of the two maids. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Another night like last night would kill him. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

I hope my last letter didn’t scare him off. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

We hadn’t even kept his last name after he passed. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“My old white one again, if I can mend it fit to be seen, it got sadly torn last night,” said Meg, trying to speak quite easily, but feeling very uncomfortable. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last time I had left the book somewhere was when I fell asleep against the tree near the marsh. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It had been her wish when she was little, before her gift manifested and stole her last hope of it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Got it,” said Hagrid at last, holding up a tiny golden key. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

She pictured Sunny toppling from the tower and onto the ground, pictured her sister’s last thoughts being ones of sheer terror. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

"I was in Memphis last year when NC State whooped Georgia fourteen to seven in the Liberty Bowl," she said. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

At the start of the belt there was nothing, a pile of waiting parts, and when the last man was finished, the result lay before them, whole. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

And then one of the last things my grandfather said came to me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

For the last week, we have seen murderous detachments parading on the shores. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“We really need the last council meeting records. We might fail if we don’t get them.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

But from Digger’s point of view, we were only hanging out under our cliff, where we hung out a million times over the last thirteen years. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Way, way down the toilets, into the holding tank—the last place they’d ever stick their heads. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Hazel couldn’t remember the last time she’d seen that kind of affection in her mother’s eyes. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The blue mesh struck the twig, but the fairy darted away at the last instant. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Of course, I’d been thinking about it since last Halloween, so I knew right away. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“How late did you two stay up last night?” Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the thirty-second day, the last of the grain and fodder. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“You’re welcome. I was so excited when I found it at a tag sale. Doesn’t she remind you of the clown we saw last summer?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

One of the last things Mom had said to me on the phone was: “Remember who you are, Hiram, and remember to do what’s right.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Finally, she was satisfied and gave a last deliciously full click that had the sound of finality about it. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You said you checked the attic last time, but you didn’t, did you?” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Leper, luckless in his last year as all the others, had been moved to a room lost in an old building off somewhere in the trees toward the gym. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two friends ate the last of the rice-treasure for breakfast, Tree-ear holding the paste as he ate with his other hand. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

The lessons learned from the Great Molasses Flood would last long after it had taken place. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

The last thing I remembered was the young girl throwing a fit because the mother refused to let her get breast implants for the party. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

About twenty minutes before we had to pack up and return to school, Shaun shouted out to Frank, “Are we going to have a quick game? We need to have a rematch from last week.” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The last thing I see as I shut the bathroom door is a tangle of feet toppling forward onto the bed. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The last time he was there, Cool Papa was at his side, taking big strides like he owned the grand white arch that they’d pass through. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Even though I spent last year as a student teacher at Wilson High School, I’m still learning my way around the city. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She wouldn’t have recognized him as Jamie—tonight he was the picture of rosy health, nothing like the gray-faced, grieving invalid she’d last seen slumping bandaged and unresponsive in a Bath chair. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

At last he came, hideous and huge, tall as a great mountain crag. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he would lapse into a sullen silence that lasted until his next bout of shouting. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

A gray station wagon stood on the gravel in front of a house that was bigger than the school Meggie had been attending for the last year. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She’d jumped, scampered up the last couple of feet, and then she was gone. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Maybe it will remain entirely random until the very last piece slots into place, when everything becomes beautifully obvious. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Despite all his ideas—all the things he’d pitched to Minho—he wasn’t eager to change how things had been done for the last two years. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Life keeps whipping around and around, and on my last go-around, the Iditarod raised its furry canine head. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Not my last line, stupid!” the colonel shouted. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“If we do get into anything, make sure you report any body count. One last thing, you stay close to Scotty over there. Scotty’s our machine gunner. You can feed for him.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two letters: F and L. That was Ulysses, she knew, trying to type her name one last time, trying to tell her that he loved her. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

“I used to have a black cat just like you, but he died last year. He was very old.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I’m not about to say my last words this afternoon, Turner Buckminster.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

"At last," said one of them, and "About time," said another. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mine is the last number they call today, the team so clearly distraught at the lack of special skills displayed before them, they’re just going to chuck our whole group. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

It has been months since he last heard the Frenchman on the shortwave. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I was standing by the door and heard her. She said Liz is real sick. But I don’t think that’s true, because Liz was in school last Friday and she was fine.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet we came to it at last and somehow were able to climb onto the deck. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man rolling a barrel from a truck yelled, “Hey there!” at the last second, and I pulled up short, sidestepped the gap, and went on my way. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Her last message to me was this: I miss you so much. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

He was her first play; he’s going to be her last. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

They then have study hall together, and he spends all of it stroking her and talking to her about the movie they saw last night. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

At the end of the last class before lunch, I headed for Mr. Muse’s office. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

When I got to the last one, a yellow-and-green duffel with the name Otis on it, I unzipped it. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

This was not the first wound he had received while in fusion with Mercer, and it probably would not be the last. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

We haven't spoken since last night, the night with the drunk soldiers. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Each step forward became more reluctant than the last. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was hard not to think about that, but Carmen told me she didn’t want to spend her last days worrying. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She kicked him upside the head one more time for good measure, and that last effort made the haint topple backward into the water rising around our feet. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Marv, do you remember what happened last time you gave me a lift? A few weeks ago?” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Harry put the leather case aside and picked up his last parcel. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I have no sons,” I said at last, heavily. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stands was full and we sold the last of the lemonade at the seventh-inning stretch. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I interviewed my sister Sophia about how her life has changed over the last four years. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

This last, of course, excludes those dismal slave parties, whipped and controlled and dominated, given by ogreish professional hostesses. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But my folks were more alarmed over his last words than over his dying. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All ashore, sir,” called the soldier tying up the last boat. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You said, at the end of last term, you were going to tell me everything,” said Harry. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I tell her what I told Levi last weekend. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I had tried to write about my conflicted feelings in the last Arlington News installment. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

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 looked tired, as if he had slept badly for the last few nights. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He walked all the way down the aisle and sat in the last seat. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

As I watched Chandra and her bridegroom leave for his home, I felt my last bit of happiness disappearing. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t even wake you for dinner last night. Figured you needed the sleep.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

"The night's first traitors," the queen said, "but not the last, I fear. Have Ser Ilyn see to them, and put their heads on pikes outside the stables as a warning." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He lowers his voice on the last thing he says. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Some economists consider the findings of the new studies murky; it cannot be definitively shown that mobility has fallen during the last generation, they say, only that it has not risen. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The last man to finish his roast beef put his knife and fork together decisively. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I jumped a gutter full of rainwater and took the last steps to Annemarie’s building. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I began to worry, because last time I had found someone in the village who had gone to school with us and saved us. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

For the last few years, I'd been employed as a creative executive at ABC Daytime, and I'd gotten adept at finding windows of opportunity to catch up on scripts. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

He came back from France when Tom and Daisy were still on their wedding trip, and made a miserable but irresistible journey to Louisville on the last of his army pay. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

It’s the last one in line who must bear the burden of knowing: if anyone is to be hurt it will have to be me. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then at last he turned to the road in front and took a few steps: the heaviest and the most reluctant he had ever taken. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

If they had gone from Eighteenth Street to Twenty-eighth Street last night, then they would have gone from Twenty-eighth Street to Thirty-eighth Street since then. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Emily ignored him, drawing the last of her milk through her straw with a series of loud slurps. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Instead, he opened his arms and the two men said goodbye in a tight knot, free at last of the hatred and rancor that had poisoned their lives for so many years. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or they would have to forfeit their last victory against Tangerine High. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of the art students had to be approved by the teacher before they could get into the class, just like last year and the year before. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The last remains of Homo soloensis are dated to about 50,000 years ago. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the last notes of the song end, my insides are about to burst. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

TaShon, the last baby she birthed, was born with extra fingers. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

And now at last Odysseus would have perished, battered inhumanly, but he had the gift of self-possession from grey-eyed Athena. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ravi walked in last, guilt written all over his criminal face. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I get it. One morning last week, I went into his room to wake him up.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

After waiting a last nervous few minutes, Ranofer wandered casually from the shop and, once out of sight, ran like a hare. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Hell, if I went on the way I had been, I wouldn’t even last through today. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I have trespassed into his home, the way he slithered into mine last year, hissing threats with his bloody, rosy breath. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She gave Agnes some last- minute instructions out of range of the boy’s earshot. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I stood and put my hands in my pockets as the last of the day’s light retreated below the horizon. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I didn’t realize until I was finished with the last letter that I’d been holding my breath. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

In vain he tried to summon the proud resolve, the brave words he had planned last night. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He’d been working in the Ford River Rouge complex for the last five years when Ruth gave birth to their first child in the middle of a snowstorm. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

This could go on all night if not for the last event planned in Plutarch’s propo. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He drops and I take aim at the last one. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“The only thing is, I hear it’s cold up there. Jesse doesn’t like cold weather. He might not last the first winter. If anything sends him home, it will be the cold.” Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cookies she left for Clara never lasted long enough for Ophie to have one—whenever she found them the next day they were always sad, moldy black lumps of nothing. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

It only makes things worse when he says that marriage is the last thing on his mind. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I get there last, and Maddie has already taken the bunk with Windy. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then, with one last explosion from the conga player, the song was over. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Seems he’s just arrived. Use the door on the left and go on back. It’s the last office on the right.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

But misdirected rage is not an easy thing to hold on to; the last sparks of it get snuffed out, as they deserve to be, in the icy waters of humiliation and defeat. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is just the kind of day when my last words might come in handy. There’s that damp chill in the air that gets down into your lungs.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

As she straightened at last, and gathered her bowl and all the soiled cotton wool, a doctor came and she was dismissed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

On my last Day of the Dead in Yana Urku, everyone gathered in the cemetery, as they did every year, among lopsided, blue wooden crosses on dirt mounds, where the dead people slept. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stared through the imaginary glass and saw that their room had been officially trashed since I’d last been in there. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

When we are the last ones sitting there, just the two of us at the edge of the pool, the teacher with the whistle comes over to us. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It happened on the last day of our retreat. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was her last visit to the tenth floor of the building. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“The last time I saw the Queen,” he said, “she told me never to come near her again.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pa Sesay, one of my friends’ grandfather, had told us many stories that night, but before he began telling the last story, he repeatedly said, “This is a very important story.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Yes, it was, but it's not the Machines I was thinking of. Rather of a man. He died last year.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

She remembered his wife’s words, the last words she had ever said to him, and Sefia repeated them one after another. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

This last service performed for his friend would cause Sverrisson years of enmity from certain members of the RJF Committee and others who felt close to Bobby during his Icelandic years. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Sohrab’s bed is the last one around the corner, the one nearest the nurses’ station where two nurses in green surgical scrubs are jotting notes on clipboards, chatting in low voices. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Once she was pretty, nothing she’d done in this last month would matter. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

At last she fell silent, and the owl asked no more questions. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Barack and I also made a last state visit to the United Kingdom together, which included a quick trip to see our friend the Queen. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She’d almost forgotten that every day would be another day stepping and fetching for Mrs. Caruthers, and it made the last few sips of milk taste sour. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“I’m not apologizing when I didn’t do anything wrong. If anything, she should apologize for accusing me of being racist last week.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

But by the time we were reunited last fall, I was unsure enough of God and too mad at everybody else to offer any kind of salvation. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her look will only last a month before she fades back to gray. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She would not store her supers for the winter until the bees had sucked out the last remaining bits of honey from the combs. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The formalities did not last long, we all knew the man had come to seek Ultima’s help. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next stage of their journey was much the same as the last. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Yessir. Most likely’ll keep doing that after I graduate. In the last few years, business has kind of slowed down, so I’m one of the only employees left.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

She forced me to go to the homeschool gym class at the Y last year. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

More shops than ever were boarded up, though several new establishments dedicated to the Dark Arts had been created since his last visit. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

"The last trolley went by an hour ago." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

After two more attempts, both louder than the last, he went back to the car to wait. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

On his signal, the wagons started up again across the last few yards to the market. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took a drag on his cigarette that lasted an age, the poser. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

At last it was over, and the brute lay still. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

As soon as her lips touch his skin, Chandresh feels better than he has in years, as though the last of a fog has been lifted from him. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I'm fine,” I said, for the last time, I hoped. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He thinks this might be the last time he attempts the stairs. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

They were doing fractions in math, which he’d covered with his mother last year. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The rest of us must go to school, repeating the last grade, left unfinished. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Then there is deathsweet, which causes a sleep that lasts a hundred years. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

If Cynthia could be attentive and serious all class, she would get the last five minutes to do her thing. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

At the day’s end they came to a stream that wandered down from the hills to lose itself in the stagnant marshland, and they went up along its banks while the light lasted. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Can’t we go home and wait? That was rough last night and this morning. Besides, then we can be heroes twice. Once when we return home and once when we reveal ourselves.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Looked like you were doing pretty good last night.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

At last I came to the place where it opens into a meadow right at the edge of a low sea cliff. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I promised everyone,”he continued, “this years party is going to be so much better than last years.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” I say again, because the last thing I need is her freaking out right now. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Maybe not as big as the last party, but definitely not one for beginners. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Conversations, either with customers or with fellow employees, seldom last more than twenty seconds at a time. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could imagine our guests of last night saying to one another, “What a good thing this fog kept off for yesterday, we should never have seen the fireworks.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Salva found that he could only think of his brothers and sisters as they were when he had last seen them, not as they would be now. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He didn’t sell them—he destroyed them. Every last one. Part of his way of mourning Brady, I guess. I don’t think he’ll touch one for the rest of his life.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

There is also the damp bag that held my ice last night. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He'd told me a while back that this would be my last visit with him, that I'd done all the work I needed to do here. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

The study lasted twenty weeks, but the fine was not introduced immediately. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He guesses he has likely outgrown it in the interim, unable to recall exactly what the last suit-worthy occasion was. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Well, I hope it won’t be your last. How long will you be here?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tucking down to leave, I remember the lucky sand-dollar birds still in my pocket from last night. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

And the last few days have shown me what our family is really made of: we are our memories, our love, and our things. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to lie to Russ, especially since I know this might be the last time I ever speak with him. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time the last bell rings, I still haven’t managed to say anything. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they laugh, I remember how I had to read aloud last year when I first got here. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was hardly any distance from Engels, where they’d been training for the last six months. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The last thing I think is it's lucky I don't snore. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Rather ashamed that on my first appearance I had stayed so late, I joined the last of Gatsby's guests who were clustered around him. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I would have asked her more about it, but my mom and Mr. Stokely came back in the gym to watch me shoot my last set of one hundred. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I only paused when I had to, when I didn’t know what to do next, the part of solving the problem we’d been doing for the last week when I’d been locked in my mind. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“This is a gamble. The kind I don’t like. The kind that killed Miss Nita’s last ship, you understand?” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Long before his mother sent him away for the last time, the boy and his stepsister had forged a quiet alliance. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We are free of Jupiter at last and sail again the sea of space. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She remembered Ben’s face the last time she had seen it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“And what is this last clue you need to figure out?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He kind of choked up the last word, seeing how it was tomorrow that he was going to be shoved out of his closet. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Then she says, “Fun fact—he was the nephew of contralto Marian Anderson. Their family was from Philadelphia, but she lived in Portland in her last days. Do you know about her?” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

His last Todd? hangs in my Noise like a wound. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Our last year of college began that September. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I was the last to arrive, and the remaining space was next to Mychal, across from Davis, who was wearing a plaid button-down, nicely ironed, sleeves rolled up just so, exposing his forearms. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

There was nothing to make him last a long time. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

On the last word, he shoved her out from behind the drum. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“What are you doing?” she asked at last. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Most viruses do not last long outside a host. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’d already unscrewed most of the bolts securing them to the house, so all he had to do was get the last two. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Because it’s true. We’re not meant to be, Daniel. I’m an undocumented immigrant. I’m being deported. Today is my last day in America. Tomorrow I’ll be gone.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

When he first showed up on our corner last fall, the laughing man was always mumbling under his breath. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

He finished the last swallow of wine, and tossed the empty skin aside. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

His friend was right: Neel might place second, or third, or last. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

What was the last thing to go through Leo’s mind? The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I pulled the last one off the shelf and opened it across my lap, thumbing through the pictures. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

This wasn’t the last time I’d see the Africans’ almost fanatic expression of their political emotions. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Buffoon!” cried the fat knight “Well,” said Lancelot, “it is your own fault You should not play dirty tricks. For the last time, will you let me arm like a gentleman?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The last editors’ meeting is in six days, Eugenia. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Behind him on the ground he felt the one with the mustache and the girl and the black man and the last one. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I must have noticed it before, but this last time back I felt it as an impairment. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Take my last orphan away and I crumble to bits.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Leave out the two last lines, and there is no reason why you should not write it into your book.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Over eighteen hours had passed since our last conversation, and there was little chance that the Sunday papers would have distracted him upon his return to the Green Door. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Mark was stunned—the last time he’d looked at her, she was fine. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He lasted them another twelve days, until it was time to draw again. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

"Did I ask you when you last filled them?" Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

When Ramon ran past and called to them, Matty and the blind man had been clearing out the garden, pulling up the last of the overgrown pea vines. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

They walked over the ground where the gallows had been built last summer, where they hung the traitor Hickey. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tom White died in January 2011, but not before realizing his ambition to give away virtually every last dollar to philanthropy. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

And when the last kite was cut, all hell broke loose. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They’d so much wanted to be in the play, the twins, for that evening in the library, and here it was at last, sixty-four years late, and his brother long dead. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I can understand how it could last a lifetime. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“How long has it been since your last confession?” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

These last few weeks, he had become tense and reclusive, but that night, he had been at ease. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

And in the darkness—the movie, paused, making it seem like this moment could last forever—they kissed, undressing each other with fumbling hands. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

In fact, I don’t know anyone’s number by heart, except my stupid eighth grade boyfriend’s, who is the last person on this or any other planet that I’d call. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The verdict handed down by Hugh Ogden also had a major and lasting impact on the public’s relationship with big business. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

The last storm had been thrilling, intoxicating, a sudden squall that had left him feeling cleansed and refreshed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And now they were finishing the last bits of prep and David stood across from them, cleaning his pistol and looking as surly as Magdalys had ever seen him. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The last thing I want is for Audrey to tell me how sorry she is or make some lame attempt to fix our friendship. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The moment the last person disembarks, the equipment retracts. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I think they were still mad at Ms. Simon for all those spelling tests she gave last year. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

When we finally got around the last comer and could see the door and folks going in it seemed like a bubble busted and people started laughing and talking. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

But the overcast didn’t last, nor did the gloom, in Seattle that day. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The last time he drank oasis water, he’d been deathly sick. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last time Cole had seen him, the judge had been wearing a black robe at the arraignment hearing in juvenile court when Cole first pleaded guilty. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Mama, Daddy, Tidings, Merry, and I stood at the open casket one last time, staring at the glory that had been Great-great-aunt Florentine. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Plus, it’s the last day of school and I have one final left. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The last song he had heard his father sing was “Blue Velvet.” Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Because the Mexica did not view the goal of warfare as wiping out enemies to the last man, they did not hunt down the last Spaniards. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The speeds don’t get above 25 mph, and it only lasts ten seconds, but there’s an upside-down loop in the middle. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The last time they saw their mother she was crying her head off; now the tears were gone from her bleary eyes, but she was staggering, giggling, her hair was a mess. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I scrubbed my face with the last dry piece of Mr. O’Flanagan’s hankie and glanced back. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

All told, in fact, six of the boys in the Cal boat were now veterans of last year’s championship crew. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

And then Ellen slips out of the last classroom on the right. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Even though the science fair was over six months away, my declaration “I’ll be number one next year!” at the last awards ceremony must have really gotten to her. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

"My last arrow's in your tourniquet," I say. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Popping a last bubble, Maria Gonzales tucked her gum safely behind an ear while Joseph gave an extra stroke to his hair. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

I moved easily at last, a citizen in a crowded city of words. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Surrounded by ghosts as she had always been, Sarai had wondered what it was like at the last, and how much power a soul had, to leave the body or stay. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He had it all right, every last detail. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Or more relevantly, the last time Toby had tried. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I almost didn't make it onto this plane because I thought about taking a bunch of pills last night. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Everyone was feeling excited because this was the last hill; when they reached the ridge at the top they would be looking down on Tashbaan. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

At last, we plunged outside into cold, fresh air smelling of nothing but rain. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Back there, a few kids were eating the last of the ice cream sandwiches, while a bunch of the men had lit cigars, and their long smoke whispered up into the golden trees. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The holiday for the field slaves lasted as long as the Yule log burned in the fireplace at the Big House. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of the money raised by the benefit concert made it possible for Marian to begin high school at long last. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

“If it last long, maybe next time we keep some butter and sugar.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The last had been first—a good sign. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last she opened the door and presented herself to Pilate and Reba. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is your senior year. The last thing you want to do is make this year difficult for yourself. The politicking is done for the day.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, he left clues that led directly to the discovery of the group of elements known as the noble gases, some of which are so elusive that the last of them wasn’t found until 1962. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

In 1910, the last census before World War I recorded that 90 percent of the nation’s blacks were living in the South. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

His voyage had lasted almost five years; he had been the naturalist on the HMS Beagle, a British surveying ship. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Until at last she realized that no matter how far she flipped, she never reached the beginning or the end. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

That was the last time I had seen Bruno Jenkins until now. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

He shut his eyes and struggled for a while; but resistance became unbearable, and at last he slowly drew out the chain, and slipped the Ring on the forefinger of his left hand. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Now the last of the mourners had paid their respects and the mosque was empty, save for the mullah unplugging the microphone and wrapping his Koran in green cloth. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A reserve of food to last the siege of Leningrad. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The boy she last saw when he was in kindergarten is taller than she is. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

At last he had to look at her. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Within a few thousand years the last, lonesome diprotodon would pass away, and with her the entire species. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

They reached again and again for a high note, yearning toward a high note, which they found at last and held— an icicle in the desert. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

During recess he disappears into the cinder playground, where last week he had his lip kicked open during a soccer game and had to have stitches. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Joseph Bell tolled its last, huge knell. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I think about my cousin Carla winning her eraser in the shape of the Dominican Republic at the children’s recitation contest last year. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

But the last image I can conjure up is Peeta shaking his head as the gong rang out. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I thought about Reverend Tweed’s last sermon: “Winning the War at Home.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I thought about our last days together in Newark and how much she wanted to see me succeed. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

For the last time, we posted our little notices at the Big Store and the post office. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I don't know her last name,” Mina says. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“He won the first game, but I won the last two. Just barely, though.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I say, “Nice to see you, Mrs. Shainmark. Have you met my mother?” then kick myself because didn’t she meet Mama when she picked up Elizabeth last week? A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“She may have been placed here since last night.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

At last, all the forms were filled out, and all the paperwork was in order. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then all that changed last spring when some of the girls just stopped standing up when we picked teams. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

But he talked about the family, what was happening in Detroit, Harlem the last time he was there. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gathered the last of the autumn’s blackberries, netted the last of the fish from the pool behind the waterwheel, picked watercress and added the berries and made salads of them. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I fish-hooked around Pinky to grab the two dots near the bottom, then another three in the center, and then the last four near the top. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

But my mom took away all my hoodies last night. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But at last he put it in his pocket, took a drill from his tool bag, and made five small holes in a neat pattern on the refrigerator door. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You were sick two nights last week, Cotton Eye. Don’t you like your job?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And even if it actually was Black, why wasn't she asking how he knew her last name? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Percy—” “Destroy with a hero’s final breath. That makes sense now. Daedalus died to destroy the Labyrinth. But what was the last—” “And lose a love to worse than death!’ The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The quietness lasted for a while, and for some reason I began to tell her my dream. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He knew he would fight to the last moment to five. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“I heard Crouch’s confession, and I heard Harry’s account of what happened after he touched the Triwizard Cup; the two stories make sense, they explain everything that has happened since Bertha Jorkins disappeared last summer.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I guess both things could be true,” I said at last. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“You remember the last cipher, don’t you? I may need help remembering the whole thing.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

"Out with friends, like last night. I can't remember the last time you did that." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He forgot about bringing a lunch so I gave him one of Momma’s throat-choking peanut butter sandwiches and let him eat the last half of my apple. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last thing I heard when I left was the chorus of my friends singing to give me courage, just as they did with all the women when they arrived or left the camp. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last all the cars were hung and the wheel was ready for its first paying passengers. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I’m making Violet a movie of senior year as a grad gift, so documenting our last senior outing together is absolutely necessary. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“I can’t tell you more, but read the book, and the piece in last September’s Reader s Digest, and you’ll know who I really am.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone was in high spirits and ready to commence the ceremony that was to last until noon. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

But the last four notes in the documents interested me: Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

One day, however, remains particularly vivid, a brilliant Saturday in October, one of the last summery days we had that year. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The last time I had felt a rush like this was that day in the winter of 1975, just after I had cut the last kite, when I spotted Baba on our rooftop, clapping, beaming. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was their last victory over their east-side rival, the beginning of a winless drought that showed no signs of stopping. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, okay, I’ll paint something,” I say deliberately, deciding to play my last card. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

This last, emphasized word was oddly veered away from, as if the stress on it hadn’t been fully intended. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

The war lasted for more than three years, seesawed across the Andes, and was spectacularly brutal. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

So the last dinner was just the three of them, she and the parental unit who had raised her. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“She told you to bring the trunk down last night?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Virgil remembered the last time he’d jumped rope in gym class. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

After the venison, when the last of the food had finally been cleared away, Ash leaned back in her chair and wondered if she would ever be able to stand again. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And thanks for last night. You get in trouble?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And me and Rondell laying on the dirt like bums, no money and no place to go and our stomachs full on the last food we’d be able to pay for. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

These were marvelous singers whose voices would make a man forget all else, and at last their song would steal his life away. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not going to lie, I love the way he says our last name. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

On the appointed day, Justin set off for work one last time. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

And while the crowd clapped, called out, and boogied on that last song, Clayton found an opening to plead his case. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

So much had happened to him in the last twenty-four hours that somewhere along the way, he had stopped worrying. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

At last there came a time when it was evident that the patient was sinking fast; he might die at any moment. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

She is my last connection to the living world. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Otto,” I say finally as the sun pulls back its last rays. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He’s being silly, but he’s my coach, and since the last lap around the track felt so good, I take a few minutes to fully recover, then step up to the line. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Mebbe d’schooner will not pass dis way, so we mus’ make our wattah last” I said defiantly, “A schooner will find us. And my father has ships out looking for us.” The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They view the scene from a brief distance above and no matter who they are or how old, they gain a wisdom from that last vista. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You must’ve had a good time last night,” I said, still feeling hurt because he did not go to the dance. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

A moment of carelessness or bad judgment or plain stupidity carried consequences that lasted forever. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. King, fist pounding the pulpit when he preached at our church once last year. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“You were cursed to repeat the last thing you heard?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

There at last were the darkened woods, the lonely roads, the river banks, the gentle knowing eyes. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now the glade is empty, and I can’t remember the last time I saw them. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“And maybe Hudson will be the last person who wanted me.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t be the last person I talked to. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

After perhaps four hours, his right arm aching with the effort, she at last lightened; the water was a shallow puddle in the middle of the cabin floor. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hand, trembling with his effort at self control, bore to his lips the last of his glass of ale. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“The dedication,” she said to me this morning, just a few hours ago, when I went to the guest room for the last time, “Read it.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then he took a last, long look at his injured finger, as if to see whether it was in condition to make the trip back to his room. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“There are some people who leave impressions not so lasting as the imprint of an oar upon the water.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I hid inside a cover of cottonwood saplings and made certain every last ant was gone before I put them on again. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

In fact, the news said last night was the first semipeaceful night in the Garden. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

But the last person to see Ross Wilcox was Arthur Evesham's widow, on her way home from bingo at the village hall. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

There in the last end of Egladil upon the green grass the parting feast was held; but Frodo ate and drank little, heeding only the beauty of the Lady and her voice. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“You really do love donuts, don't you, Albie?” she asked me while I slurped up the last of my milk on my spoon. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

She frowns as I finish my last sip of juice. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

At what was supposed to be my father’s last Council meeting before he took his family north, it was decided they’d make one last-ditch effort to talk to the Governors in the capital. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Some had inhaled dirt, perhaps while taking their last breath. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“We wouldn’t last five minutes out there! You can at least hope to pass for normal. But one look at me . . .” She wiggled her forearm-less body. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

There was a long and awkward silence in which his scar continued to prickle and throb, and which was broken at last by Mrs. Weasley. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Afterward it took Shelly forty-five minutes to clean up the bar, and she was one of the last to leave the boat. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I stared at that last line, dated on the first day of school, urging it to change, to revert to its true form, because I knew I must have made it up. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She could not remember any of the symphony, not even the last few notes. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Thus I have created an opportunity for Lambert to earn back everything I took from the city—a fortune totaling $40 million at my last reckoning. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was the last time that Sir Lancelot, King Arthur and Queen Guenever were to be together. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the view was perpetually bleak, and each decaying, overcrowded city we rolled through looked just like the last. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

"I was so worried about you last night." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bundled against the cold, my face free of makeup, my braid tucked carelessly under my coat, it wouldn’t be easy to identify me as the victor of the last Hunger Games. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

When the truck backed up to the platform I was pressing the cover on the last bucket—and there stood Kimbro above me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those last moments had been crazy—countless bees, gunfire in the dark. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She was afraid it would speak to her like the other raven, so many years ago: The last night. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She and Shay had shown each other a lot of tricks over the last three weeks, but they hadn’t been back into New Pretty Town since the night they’d met. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

"I just got wised up to something funny the last two days," remarked Wilson. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Swiftly, softly, I will move from bed, to bed and destroy them all, swallow every last man. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Smiling, I recall how Alice and I made a compass like this last spring. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came out of the hospital room from which he had barred me and said that she had passed and I should go in and look at her one last time. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last time I stopped by Elizabeth’s house was a month ago. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z