To ask forgiveness, repeatedly, was what congregations were mosdy expected to do, all the while listening to choirs and priests singing at great length about the same sentiment. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Mom comes home shortly thereafter and sits with us in the living room, listening to Nuah. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“So listen,” she says when we get to my room. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“I suggest souse,” remarked George, who had been listening to the conversation from across the room. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

I listened, and I heard something, but it wasn't much. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

No one listening would suspect they hadn’t given Weep a moment’s thought until a few weeks ago. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Bagman was shouting something . . . but Harry’s ears were not working properly anymore . . . listening wasn’t important. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

As time passed he could not help looking and listening to what was going on in the room. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Olga scrambled up, gathered her things, and ran home to listen to her own radio. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Danny was not to see me, talk to me, listen to me, be found within four feet of me. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I don't know why I didn't listen to my instincts. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

They stood still just inside the darkness of the trees, watching and listening. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

That's what she says, and I listen to this and I think, How stupid is that! Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Listen,” he said, “Lyra, listen: what did my father say?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Sometimes people would stand outside the house just to listen while she practiced. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m pretty angry, too, to tell you the truth. But I want you to know this, Conor, it’s important that you listen to me. Are you listening?” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Seeing nothing, he listens for the telltale clip-clop of approaching horseshoes. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Can’t you ever talk like a real person? I’m tired of listening to you quote stupid stuff!” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

They were seated at tables or leaning against pinball machines as they listened to rock and roll music. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I listened to the world around me, but all other sound had ceased entirely. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would sit listening for hours, wondering how on earth they could laugh so freely, trying to grasp the miracle that gave their debased lives the semblance of a human existence. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Grandma was back in her chair beside the stove after all day outside under the elm tree, and she would listen carefully for Josiah to pour water into the tin basin. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

For the moment he had shut his ears to the remoter noises and was listening to the stuff that streamed out of the telescreen. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

It sounded strange, as if I were listening to the recorded laughter of a stranger being played back. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Just listen to me, I told her—” But he’s still chuckling. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I wonder if Max is trying to listen to the broadcasts with his stethoscope. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

It fell hard and clear into the listening group. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

And I listened and listened but didn’t hear anything at all. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would listen for a bit and then fire a few rounds into the night, driving the humming away. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

At night, I lay awake and listened to the sea, knowing my father was out there. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“If this is for me," she said, as fiercely as she could, “then listen to me. I don't want this." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

When Mother and Father are gone and Lily is out in the greenhouse, I listen, waiting for the silence of the house to crumble. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I listened to the words tumbling out of me, more words than I’d said in a long, long time. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He could think of nothing to say that would be heard, for once in rage his brother would not listen, would not even hear. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She thought that he was wise and contemplative and listened with all his heart. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, most people don’t listen to us anyway. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

August, who was listening in, said, “Blue,” and winked at me. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bo, despite his efforts not to listen to them, had heard it all. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Later she put her ear on Aunt Jimmy’s chest and stomach to listen. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

She will listen to reason, and if not, surely Lázaro will help me convince her. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I lean in to tell Imani, “I guess they bring out your size,” and as I do, the security guard leans in as well—almost like he’s listening. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Then he rested his head against her chest, listening carefully. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I tilted my head towards his voice, so that I held my face in the palm of one hand, listening. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He tried to defend his ride, protesting in vain that he had indeed used his whip and that he was stuck on the slow part of the track, but no one seemed to be listening. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1993, a study by Rauscher et al. was published, which looked at the possible correlations between listening to different types of music and intelligence. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

To Sam suddenly it seemed as if all the stones were listening and the tall rocks leaning over them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She pulled the cloak closer around her as if it were armor, and tried not to listen to the music. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t yell it, but her tone told us we’d better listen to her. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Katherine listened carefully to everything the engineers said, strained for snippets of conversation, and devoured Aviation Week like a kid reading the funny papers. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Guys who’d been sitting in cars listening to rock on the radio switched them off and slammed the doors behind them. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they were shut out, listening at a door to words not meant for them: ill-mannered children or stupid servants overhearing the elusive discourse of their elders, and wondering how it would affect their lot. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The king listened in silence, his jaw clenched. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We all lay and held our breaths and listened, trying to determine what was going on downstairs. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Show up, listen, and act so she knows you heard her. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

And Red will bring this and we’ll all listen to ourselves. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Sprawled on the top step, I leaned against a turned post and listened to the swing’s slow creaking. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I’ve been listening out for Ben’s Noise over the farm and I’ve tracked him down to one corner of one of the wheat fields. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Did you not listen to what I told you?” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

He shut the door behind him, and Mr. McCullough listened, still clutching his overcoat against himself, as if it were a towel. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Okay, now listen very carefully,” the sawed-off shotgun continued. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked anxiously at Ultima, but she held her hand up in a sign for me to listen. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I listened to the mournful calls of the doves in the stone crevices of the castle walls and envied the lowly birds who nestled freely and without fear. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

One of them wants to listen to Ollie; the other says they should go back to the theater and get confirmation. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I went on to tell him about my years before Mother died, games with Mother and Mandy, the taste of Tonic, listening to fairy stories. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

They sit there until Henry finishes his drink, Alex listening to the placating murmur of Henry talking about different brands of gin, thankful that for once Henry seems happy to carry the conversation alone. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She forced herself to be still and to listen. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned back to the books, listening to everyone talking all loud behind me. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

There was a soft splashing noise to his left and he saw that the merpeople had broken the surface to listen too. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

It took a long time to admit that I could no longer feel his presence and sometimes I lay awake until dawn listening desperately to the silence and trying to remember his face. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you listen to songs with words anymore?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

But this Sunday in church we sang no “onward” hymns and needless to say, I didn’t listen to Dr. Car- hart’s sermon. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We listen to two more Wilco songs, and when Jamie puts on The Smiths, I start to forget where I am. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I’m watching his lips move more than listening. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The others listened to him because he was the hero the owners were after, but they were convinced that he was talking nonsense. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept listening for the knock on the back door. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I listened to him talk and felt a little awed by it all. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He hates contributing to these conversations, hates listening. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

They had listened to the World Series and really cared who won football games. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

So I just kept looking at Mr. Tushman, and I tried to listen to what he was saying, but all I heard was yak yak yak yak yak because my ears were burning. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

She sipped her coffee and listened quietly as I explained how I had found out about Gimpy’s cheating, my own reaction, and the conflicting advice I’d gotten at the lab. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I realised, with a little chill, that these questions had never been for me, or for Tommy, but for someone else—someone listening behind us in the darkened half of the room. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the preceding weeks he’d sat, tucked away, next to the couch in the living room, listening while Habib and Uncle Amin called their relatives and friends in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

He knew that Snape had come to fetch him for this, for the few minutes when he could needle and torment Harry without anyone else listening. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t been listening to that last speech of Count Olaf’s, knowing it would be full of the usual self-congratulatory nonsense and despicable insults. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

The Russian listened to Karim and barked a series of words. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

As I listened through the wall, a hollow space opened within me. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

You can learn a lot if you listen. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Looking around to make sure no one was listening, Roberto whispered, “If we don’t get deported...” The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He had kind eyes like a grandfather’s and listened to my whole story without an expression on his face. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I tried to explain it to her, but she wouldn’t listen.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He asked how they were and listened politely to the answers. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘You childrens hush. You, Celia—and you, Whitman—it now the time for you to listen but not be heard,’ he said. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

And I tried to listen again, because the prosecutor started talking about my soul. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

She had stood outside, at the window, and listened as her mother talked about the difference between vengeance and justice. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“How you ever got a better grade than me in math, I’ll never know. Now listen and I’ll explain it again.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Those rooms were still empty, and sometimes, when I listened close, I thought I could hear Yiddish in the hallway. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He had not listened to what she had said. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Footsteps, very soft, very cautious, but plainly audible to a man listening with all his ears as Blore was listening. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes I stopped and listened. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Robin was talking to the spotter pilot over the radio, and Ray was listening on the headphones to see if he could pick up the shark’s ping. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

As I listened, my vision cleared enough for me to see the vague outlines of the alley. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I turned more and more to praying before the altar of the Virgin, because when I talked to Her I felt as if she listened, like my mother listened. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

After listening to his mother describe her letter, Wes quickly volunteered to get a job and help out. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I ran to the sidewalk, looked down the street, listened. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

She grew up listening to the work songs of the black women shucking oysters at the J. S. Darling processing plant that wafted up to the pedestrians on the Queen Street Bridge above. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Kira, in Thomas’s room, looked down through the window at the squalor of the village and listened to its chaotic din as workers in the various sheds finished their last chores. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She listened to their breathing: That is Nag; that is Rida with her one ragged exhalation every other minute. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Even when this cast gathers to listen to Volpe’s notes, I am always struck by how naturally they compose a picture you would want to look at. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

At night he listened to his rebetika records in the attic and smoked his hookah pipe. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Then go ahead. I might as well listen to you. Nothing I’ve done seems to have done any good.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

She listened a moment to Katie and Johnny talking in the kitchen. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of listening, Prince Alfred marches out from behind the screen. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Over the years, in the time before and after the playing of games, in the trembling zone of adolescence, Ben had listened to the dialogue and banter of athletes talking about girls. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is every good German's duty to report enemy propaganda to the Gestapo, to turn in anyone suspected of listening to or reading enemy propaganda. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

He turned and stood gasping, trying to listen. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Please sit down. Let’s listen to it together.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat without moving a muscle, and listened to the conversation of the people. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

My hand goes up, and I speak before she calls on me: “Onstage, with everybody listening?” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

She acts like it’s easy not to listen. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The heirs listened to the lawyer read the next document, but their eyes stayed fixed on table eight's answer: Otis Amber. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Time and time again, Thelma and I had tried to talk her out of participating, but she wouldn’t listen. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The King even took the philosopher on a hunt, and as hunting is that people's favorite sport, all the country began to listen more seriously to the philosophers. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But this was my one chance to become someone who was looked at, not seen, listened to, not heard. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

"She believes she has good reason. When I was her guest in the Eyrie, she insisted that I'd murdered her husband, and wa? not inclined to listen to denials." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He claims he’s listening to French classical, that it helps him concentrate. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

Isn’t she the one who always says to listen to the tone of someone’s words? A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Carla, you don’t have to—” “Shush, listen to me. I’ve been thinking this over. I could see this new thing was weighing down on you, but I know you’re going to be all right.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He listens quietly and then looks lost in thought. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He stood a long long time, listening to the warm crackle of the flames. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

He started to take it in, listening to the narrative and analyzing it from several sides. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

You can only act like a jerk so many times before people stop listening to you. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He could hear himself talking as he worked, almost as though he were a stranger listening. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then he climbed onto his own bed and stared up at the dark canvas roof, listening to the pounding of the rain. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

With a drowsy forearm she shielded her eyes from the light and listened. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The Paqo was again speaking of the importance of listening and watching properly. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Arya wanted to shout, but she knew no one would listen. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, as though he were listening to somebody else, Winston heard himself demanding in a loud booming voice that he should be given the whole piece. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“No, listen, it doesn’t have anything to do with your cheeks and your cuts, all right?” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I was really listening to the men’s conversation, watching for any sign that Billy was about to rat me out, trying to think of ways to stop him if he began. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Come listen,” she said with some urgency in her voice. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

At her side, Fiona talked of her adored little brother and the clever thing he had said at dinner, while Briony pretended to listen and thought about Robbie. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Like the time she took me to see Colonel Blimp and sat there weeping all through the scene where the imprisoned German officers are listening to Mendelssohn. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The boys blinked, startled, for in a single moment an entire lesson—an entire class period of listening to Jillson drone on and on about bad government—had blossomed in their heads. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Hazel, stop being a psycho and listen, okay? I’m sorry I was mean. I’m sorry we didn’t let you hang out with us. But you have to believe me.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

We Navajos have listened to white men speak for a long time and we have learned to tell when one is trying to deceive us. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mostly, yes, but every once in a while there might be something worth listening to.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He no longer served pepper soup or drinks, but he could listen to the regular rise and fall of their voices, the laughter, the singing, Master’s shouting. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The energy I would normally use for thinking up what I was going to say went into listening hard and watching well, and I remembered everything. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one seemed interested in listening to what she had to say. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“New voices need time to grow. Study the spiders. Study all. Watch, listen, feel the oneness. You will know when you will know.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Sometimes night has a way of speaking to us, but we almost never listen. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

ANC candidates would travel all over the country and hold meetings in towns and villages in order to listen to the hopes and fears, the ideas and complaints, of our people. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She's wearing the green sweater and red corduroy pants she wore that first day I talked to her in the listening room. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Me and Ruth just sat polite and listened. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She only wanted us to listen, and when we did well on her math tests she was all smiles. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Jules and I just skipped dinner and I listened to her tell me everything she had to tell until lights-out at eleven o’clock. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Or something like that; I wasn’t really listening. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

No sleep was there: the inmate was walking restlessly from wall to wall; and again and again he sighed while I listened. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I lay in bed listening to the waves on the beach, and the owls and monsters in the woods. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

They drove home and listened to the radio again, the five Imada girls and their parents. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Sir,” said Despereaux, “Most Very Honored Head Person, please, you have to listen to me. This is important. I know where your daughter is. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

She listened, and she heard what he said: “My wagon stands in the barnyard of the next farm, right across the way. The horse is in the stable. The harness hangs on a nail.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

They shot from under the rocks, unfurled their ears, and listened. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“At night. I like to listen to the lions roar.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I prayed that he would listen to Narciso and that the angry and frustrated men on the bridge would not commit mortal sin. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was giving it his all though, and I thought it only polite to listen. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Most fish talk,” the fish said, “if you are willing to listen. One, of course, must want to hear.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

It was the same thing I’d told Patterson, but he hadn’t listened, and now I was on the phone with them and they weren’t listening either. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She only listened, and in her heart she prayed for him. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

They did not die in the dives and dens of Birmingham, nor did they die discussing and listening to filthy jokes. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The shaman listened closely, and said, “Very well, Mr. Scoresby; I swear. Do you trust my oath?” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nothing happened. You hear me? I’ve tried to tell you so many times but you wouldn’t listen.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He listened to Mexican music on the radio, smoked, and consumed more aspirin than food. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if she’s upset at the news she just heard or at suddenly realizing that I’ve been listening in on the men’s secret meetings for months. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Daniel pauses, looks around the forest like just maybe his mom came today and could be listening. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“The best would be to head home and listen so you know where to go.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

As the baby grew inside her, my mother let me listen to its heartbeat and feel it kicking against her, and I started looking forward to seeing this baby. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I listened to the rest of the lesson and made my notes without any more questions. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

We listened to more radio applause as we finished the mango. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

At first, they shooed me away and told me I was too young to listen. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I listen to Ms. Kenney type and wonder what kind of story Daddy would write about her. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Uncles would come visiting, cousins, relatives to feast and listen to stories and tease endlessly. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

They studied the night skies from the mountain- tops and listened to the winds at dawn. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The people listen silent and solemn to the old Shaper’s song on the young man’s lips, and the pyre where the old man lies stands waiting for fire. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

While Major was speaking four large rats had crept out of their holes and were sitting on their hindquarters, listening to him. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what to think about all that, but I knew I didn’t want them to catch me out there listening. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I replayed the last bit of their conversation that I’d been half listening to. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I had stopped listening at the curving road. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laura sat across the table, the only one who seemed to be listening to him. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Many nights while her mother was hosting the late-night meetings, Ma would fall asleep listening to the women’s voices. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Roy stood motionless, listening intently, but all he heard was the hum of mosquitoes and the low whisper of the tide. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seven desperately wanted to listen to what was going on. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He tries to listen above the rush of blood in his ears. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

As he stood there on the bank above her, he thought, I’d like her to listen to me like that. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to see if they’d play one of the songs Moms used to make me listen to back in the day. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

For a moment, it was almost as if he were listening to another voice, deep inside his head. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I listened to them both, leaning against Maxim's arm, rubbing my chin on his sleeve. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She would just listen and sit quietly with me. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I clicked out of the file and started listening to the meeting. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think of her old moist eyes watching me read as she listens. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, but it’s what I’ve been saying. You don’t listen when people talk to you.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He went on, but I wasn’t listening anymore. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of that I have no doubt—I’ve been listening to you play since forever!” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I was listening to the Farmer who honestly believed that he could never do enough. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

He’s frowning down at the Bundt and listening for a heartbeat. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jon struggled after him, listening to the call of the brook, to the leaves sighing in the wind. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Liberals and conservatives, traditionalists and reformers, white-collar officials and blue-collar miners, all remained loyal to him, not because they always agreed with him, but because the regent listened to and respected all different opinions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slant, Pomp, and I listened for some time to these accounts, and then, the talk turning to other subjects, we whispered among ourselves. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

While they slept, Naomi listened for Henry’s truck, but he did not return. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then she would have to go into the inside room and listen to it many times and try to join it into the parts of the symphony she remembered. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

With eyes as big as a hoot owl’s, I looked and listened. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Awesome. I'll listen with you. Can I come over to your house today?” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t the kind of father you listened to. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Even the king’s proudest lords had learned to listen when he spoke. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We listened for frogs, but they had shacked up for the winter. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nico told them to go away, and the ground just opened up and swallowed them. Nico ...” I looked around to make sure no one was listening. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Spassky had moved to the seat next to him and was listening to Bobby’s analysis. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He would not be listened to, he would not be believed. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I figured he was listening to the radio announcer. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The voices were so loud that we Liars came up the walkway from Red Gate and stood at the foot of the garden, listening. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

The next day, when I come back from pasturing the cow, the Doctorita is in an unusually good mood, listening to music, waltzing around the house, her cheeks rosy. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nodded my head to show Akhi that I was listening. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The stupid girl did not seem to be listening. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“By any means necessary. Thanks for switching. I need to talk to the others, and the guards are always listening.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I listened for these elements as Harry lost himself in the music. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

“They wouldn’t listen if we warned them, though,” he said. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Dr. Wilde listened a long time through his stethoscope. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“To understand history,” Chacko said, “we have to go inside and listen to what they’re saying. And look at the books and the pictures on the wall. And smell the smells.” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My flesh crawled, remembering the ironic, almost humorous twist he’d put on the last words—oh, God, I thought, my God, how could I have listened to him? The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I still care about her as much as back when we used to listen to music. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I start to tell Char that ain’t so, but she don’t want to listen. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

She listened to Turner say that they had come to fetch Lizzie Griffin. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Francie in the kitchen had become so interested that she forgot that she wasn’t supposed to be listening. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All this goes to illustrate the low mentality of the average listener. They do not see 1/10 of what they read. They must not listen to 1/2 of what they hear.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

It was easy to see the earth was thirsty, but could we listen to her well enough to know if it would rain? The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Later, she stood back-to-bapk with Qarl, listening to the grunts and curses all around them, to brave men crawling through the shadows weeping for their mothers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The previous week, after listening to the music and the reverend’s sermon, I had walked to the front of the church during the altar call. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I listen, but all I can hear is my own panting. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I tried to listen well, to hear what they were screaming, but I could not understand much beyond “dirty” and “filthy” and “Jew.” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I prayed that the door would hurst open and he would be there saying, “Sorry, Borlock, I wasn’t listening. What did you want?” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

On the outside it says, in great big letters, only those who listen to the word can hear it. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The king listens, dry-eyed, his mind far, far away. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just from listening to what the other children at school say, I know that not many mothers like Miss Joe. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Why am I listening to you?” she went on. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lay there listening to the indistinct memory of the Shaper’s songs. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

No doubt, listening to the sisters plan to eat us, the men had been shaking in their blankets. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Now, Mrs. de Winter, you get round your husband. You are the person he will listen to. He should give the ball in your honour as the bride.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I find his Company delightful, as must your Brother find Anyone who listens to his Sermonizing & Raving without speaking, fleeing, slapping, or feigning Fits. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

L.V. was livid and told him he was never going to make it, but Boobie was in no mood to listen. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She only halfway listened because she wanted to walk some more and she didn’t care much what they played. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Though I bet Aunt Heidi’s shrink listens to Aunt Heidi’s dreams all the time, and I’m ninety percent sure they always involve babies, or Troy. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

But Archer was no longer listening to him. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The three friends had grown up together, listening to Cob’s stories and ignoring his advice. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You listen here, May Belle Aarons,” he whispered fiercely, “I catch you following me again, your life ain’t worth nothing.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Seems like, often as not, God was listening, for most times the rains would come when we needed them. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The overseer listened respectfully and then began telling us to go, not to disturb the men, although for so long he had been glad of many watchers. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mind floats; he only half listens as Kim talks about her classes, about the town in Connecticut where she’s from. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

For music that has been combining elements of both for long enough to have developed its own traditions, listen to any jazz, blues, gospel, Latin dance, or reggae. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Some instinct warned me to listen to Annabeth, but I was fighting the sleepy feeling, the comfortable lull that came from the food and the old lady’s voice. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The hobbits listened with delight; and Frodo was glad in his heart, and blessed the kindly weather, because it delayed them from departing. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and listened to the crackling of the fire. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Hammie nods a few times, her gaze flickering to me as she listens. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They sat beside the water listening to the confused rush and roar of the Rapids hidden in the mist; they were tired and sleepy, and their hearts were as gloomy as the dying day. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

On that day he had stood beside the rail, listening to the stroke of the oars and the pounding of the master's drum while he watched Pyke dwindle in the distance. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He listened to the cowboy collect tobacco juice in his mouth and the squirting liquid sound when he spat. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

My brothers and I sat up in bed and listened. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was easiest to feign sleep; Harry rolled over onto his side and listened to all the curtains closing themselves as she waved her wand. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Lying there I listen carefully to the sounds that wrap round me like a shawl—the laughings, the cryings, the songs, the prayers of the many voices of the people bunched so close. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

I'm afraid that no one is listening but they must be, because right away they're bringing her up out of the cellar and Iggy is running to her and crying out her name. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Joseph had never even seen his mother listen to the radio. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

As I sat listening to my mother and father argue, I tacitly agreed with my father: there was no way the two religions could exist side by side in the house. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Dalton’s face was held in an attitude of intense listening and her hands were hanging loosely at her sides. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“But it wasn’t me, Byron, I never—” “Man, shut up and listen.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Mr. Mann was fully engrossed in whatever he was listening to. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Now, my dear kitchen page, just listen. In the first place, I know Arthur: in the second place, I know Agravaine. Do you think I ought to be afraid of him?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know what I used to listen to? On our radio? Before you ruined it?” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Around the age of ten, I was held by surprise listening to my best friend tell me one day that he ‘hated’ his father. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lie on my bed and listen to it while I stare out the window and watch the sun set on the neighborhood. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The D.H.C. halted and, bending over one of the little beds, listened attentively. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The father listened and told the story to the aunt, who scoffed at the boy. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“Why do you listen to other people’s conversations like that?” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“It was my fault,” he said, not listening. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to think of the right thing to say, but Sloan wasn’t listening. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

But he appeared to know nothing of it, and listened long and carefully with what seemed to me great interest. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to listen for the sounds in the other rooms. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

When we have bad dreams or I guess if someone’s foot is swollen because of a scorpion bite, then we don’t listen to Papa. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He tapped it a couple of times, and we listened. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I often sat with him, after services, and listened to his tales, trying to understand his grief. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

This one just told them to listen: “What I have is a story.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell Jaja that my eyes tingled with unshed tears, that I still listened for, wanted to hear, Papa’s footsteps on the stairs. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He listened to Dad, who settled into a lecture. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

At home he hardly communicated with anyone but went immediately to his tiny room, where he listened to the gospel music of James Cleveland. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman’s mouth began to move again, and he found himself leaning forward to listen. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Celia tried to listen to him, but she was usually too tired. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat in our seat—number fourteen—with my earphones in, listening to a mixed Motown playlist I made from Dad’s old vinyl. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Something, possibly the anger in my voice, makes them listen to me. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We sat in the cellar for a week, listening to the Russians arrive and to the babies cry and to gunfire that went from the rooftops to the streets. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Two things that comforted me and quieted my worries, making everything wonderful, were being in church on Sunday and sitting all alone in my room listening to music. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

If the soldier gets killed, then he did not listen to Pol Pot’s advice. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could hear Dad in the living room listening to our answering-machine messages. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

A doctor came in and listened to his heart. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hidden in a hole in the wall of the princess’s bedroom, the mouse listened with all his heart. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

I switch on my reading lamp and listen to the shipping forecasts on the radio on low volume. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

They both listened for any sounds in the night. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“We need to have a party and invite Miss Franny Block and the preacher and Otis, and Otis can play his guitar for everybody. Sweetie Pie can come, too. She listens to his music good.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“The Bloody Baron’s the only one who can control him, he won’t even listen to us prefects. Here we are.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

It was the last of his five lectures in Havana and Celia listened, entranced, to his sonorous voice as he played the sad songs of the gypsies. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Got me. But, listen, if you can't do candles or a flashlight, how about just turning on a light that I can see?” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I listened for his footsteps, ready to bolt if he accepted the challenge. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I need to keep telling our story to the world until everyone listens. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She ran to the tree and listened for his footsteps on the path. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He listened the way a cactus drinks rain. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

When they were almost at the clearing, Ear, Eye and Arm glided into the shadows at the side to listen. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Man, the whole school is on my case for blowing the game to dumb old Powell Academy and you talking about listening to some jams,” I said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I listened until his truck was out of hearing distance. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I see her listening to Miss Leefolt call me dirty, diseased. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The nurse was standing in the doorway, listening to this exchange with interest. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Quietly, listening to the creak of her limbs, the crinkle of the cloth that clothed her, Linda roused herself, left the room, turned into the bathroom to draw a tub. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had let her cigarette go out and was listening intently. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Then he realized that Mrs. Dalton had turned and listened to the sound of his feet as he had walked. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Even the handcuffed inmates awaiting their cases had stopped talking and were listening intently. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“If they shoot at you, you’re a Jew. I told you not to go out at night. You don’t listen.” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

One thing that makes me older is my mental state— I listen to jazz, read, try to educate my mind. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I suppose that my extraterrestrial Visitor night puzzle over my records in much the same way, on first listening. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I explained the situation to the chief at some length, and he listened without speaking. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel now saw that Speedwell and Acorn were behind him, listening expectantly. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Standing in the kitchen, I listened to their voices in the other room. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

But for now, since I am the smaller one, I have to listen to him. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother had been there; even the njuzu girls had listened from their watery houses. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

His words echo inside his chest as I listen. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I don’t know that I really listened to the story. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I looked at Herman E. Calloway to make sure he was listening to the next part. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

In college chapels I would listen to folk singing and see plain altars draped with bright applique banners: JOY! Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not even listening to what’s coming out of my mouth. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

His duty as a son was to sit and listen to Papa thrash his way around it and around it and around it. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she listened to the crickets chirping from gardens. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Seemed like a stupid question to ask, but up until that point we’d all been sitting there listening to Carlos ramble on about how he thought Silky Wilkes really liked him. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Or maybe to the swinging girl, but the swinging girl was swinging and not listening. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Now, Jews, listen. Do what you are told and no one will be hurt. All I ask is your cooperation.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

An hour’s listening disclosed the fanatical intolerance of minds sealed against new ideas, new facts, new feelings, new attitudes, new hints at ways to live. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I loved to listen to my parents’ voices at night. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dear John, listen, we both know it’s not working. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Only the way he talks, he goes ah wanna woid weecha, except it's bad enough having to listen to the creep, I don't want to have to spell the dumb way he talks. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

There was one song in particular called “Waiting for Vengeance” that I listened to and read over and over until I had it memorized. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody seemed to mind that Hanako stood near them the whole time, listening and laughing when someone said something funny. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Papa kept trying to keep the talk away from New York, I guess thinking it would hurt Mama to have to listen to it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It was a gray pigeon, who had been asleep there and who had awakened at the sound of cats and begun to listen. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Will wanted to listen, but the man in green had hold of his arm and was drawing him insistently towards a side door. The Dark is Rising 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we walked, we concentrated on listening to our breathing, calculating the distance to the next landmark, and estimating the remaining time. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

We sat on Grandmothers verandah, waiting and listening. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I listen carefully to every little noise, the cracking of a branch or . . . wait: What was that? The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Hey, Blanca, I got my own marital problems—” “Stop it! Just listen! She’s in the hospital and she told me to tell you to get in touch with someone named Bodega.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

When I got tired of listening to the same stories told many times before, I watched our neighbor’s goldfish. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly I crawled on, stopping to listen, to glance back, to measure the distance between me and the spring. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept waking up through the night, listening for the tick, staring at the glowing hands. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

If only she could do more than bow her head and listen, listen, listen. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, listening to radio broadcasts ranked as Americans’ favorite recreation—more popular than movies, books, or sports events. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

He says this in such a way that Werner understands the woman does not really wish to listen to news bulletins. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I wanted to go in and sit with Mama and Aunty Ifeoma, but instead I just stood still, listening. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

While the Halfhand slept, Jon sat with his back to the cave wall, listening to the water and waiting for the dawn. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“You,” I whisper, “turn to the wall and close your eyes. And don’t sneeze. Or stretch, or stick your feet out. Don’t even breathe. And don’t listen!” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

We'd empty a place of half its possessions and listen to the details as we drove the former tenant to a quickly rented storage space. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Every night, I listened when they showed me their work, but I never listened to any excuses. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Distant lightning flickered in her words as she spoke, and the forest was hushed, as if every leaf and every tree were listening intently to what she said. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

She flittered around him like a pesky gnat, glad to have someone eager to listen to everything she had to say as she recounted our adventures on the banks of the Rio Grande. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I used to listen to them online sometimes late at night. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Er, can we stay behind and listen to Micah’s percussion group?” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He bends his head to listen as Arnold whispers in his ear. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Now listen. You can also say the name of Taiyuan is Bing. Everyone from that city calls it that. Easier for you to say. Bing, it is a nickname.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

A cold December drizzle was falling as I stood in my place and listened to the loud blare of the prelude music for our daily exercises. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mostly, though, Kainene was in high spirits and they would sit outside and talk and listen to the radio and to the bats flying around the cashew trees. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

In 1935, as Henry Metelmann, now thirteen, sat in school, he listened to his teacher rant about the Treaty of Versailles. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Tyler tilted his head, showed he was listening, and said nothing. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But as she listened she received the impression that Mr. Tuffett’s were general remarks directed more to the student body than to her, they were an echo of his early morning feelings. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

She wouldn’t listen, however, and after a few more stubborn requests, Milligan at last set down his oil can and shuffled over to them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He used to be a rap producer, but now he only listens to wack elevator music, because, he says, hip-hop is dead. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Boy21 sits on the locker-room bench listening to all of the questions with a very peaceful expression on his face. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nya knew from listening to the grownups that the crew leader had made many arrangements concerning the well. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He asked Roosevelt to listen very carefully to what he had to say. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

They bugged his home and listened in on his conversations with his wife. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Dad would listen to Miss Billsop for a few minutes, then drop you what might have been a wink, and burst out of the room again, to go to the classroom of another Gilbreth child. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

If we didn’t go out, we would listen to her soap operas on the radio. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He watched and listened intently, ready to dash to his master’s aid if needed. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

To learn music using the Suzuki approach, the child must replicate the steps of language learning by listening to excellent recordings so that beautiful music becomes part of their natural environment. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The four of them, not speaking, sat and waited, listening. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

When I join in the singing, listen to the crying. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She frowned, but for once she actually listened. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He was no artist, with either his fingers or his throat, but all the hall was silent, listening. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole town went to listen to him to find out what had happened in the world. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He is listening now, and he looks almost normal again, his eyes thoughtful and dark in the firelight. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The woods were dark and silent and the trees stood still as though they were listening. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The farmers didn’t believe in Wood fairies, but they listened for the tread of field dwellers and hobgoblins, who could bless a crop or eat it all. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I moved with the crowd, the sweat pouring off me, listening to the grinding roar of traffic, the growing sound of a record shop loudspeaker blaring a languid blues. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She must have a hidden microphone under those flowing clothes—she has one of those voices that can make anybody shut up, turn, and listen. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He tried to listen but he could hear nothing. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Celia listened some more and then laughed, the sound pressured and fake. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

They passed a law called Extraordinary Radio Measures, making it illegal to listen to foreign radio stations. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Every time I passed that tree, I listened. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I leaned back on Vega’s bed and listened to him play his instrument. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I could have sworn I was listening to a large crowd outside the house. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Polite persons do not listen to conversations that are not meant for—” but Emma was already running from the room, and Miss Peregrine cut herself short with a frustrated sigh. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

And as the people listened, a change came over their faces. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat in the far corner of the courtyard munching some leftovers Maa had given him and listening to the poem, a dreamy expression on his face. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The papers were in English, which my uncle could not read, so the man read them to him and translated them into Krio as I waited quietly and listened carefully. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I brushed the lever lightly, listening as the hydraulic cylinders hissed softly to protract. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It took, however, only a few minutes of listening to Rosy to realize that her determined mind had set upon a different course of action. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“They’ll only kill you one a night . . . their stupid Variables . . .” Thomas listened in awe, trying to suppress his fear so he could memorize everything the crazed boy said. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

But we listened for the one who would say, “Poor little girl,” or, “Poor baby,” but there was only head-wagging where those words should have been. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was exhausted just listening to the boys’ laughter booming and rolling out over Horn Rock like thunder. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

They might be compelled to listen to their son. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She stared into the velvet black of her room and listened to her mother’s footsteps walking into her and Aloe’s bedroom. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He inhaled, taking in the familiar smell of old books all around him, listening to the faint creak of his chair as he shifted in it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Later that night he is alone in his room, listening to side 3 of the White Album on his parents’ cast-off RCA turntable. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

And in between these noises, if I listened very carefully and stood completely still, I could hear a tiny whining noise inside my ears and the air going in and out of my nose. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’d tried to warn him it wasn’t a good idea, but he wouldn’t listen. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He’d sit right in front of it with his coffee and listen to the news. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Camp 14 had cut Shin out of this propaganda loop, and he listened to the West’s counterpropaganda with the ears of a child— curious, confused, sometimes even bored, but always lacking in context. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Nyla closes her eyes and breathes deeply, like the sound waves are some New Age Meditation stuff Tia Berta listened to. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I do the normal post-breakup things—eating ice cream out of the carton, listening to better-off-without-him music, choosing a new profile photo for my Facebook page. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Prosper pushed his dark hair back and listened. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mother no longer listened to me talk about school. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

But this time, instead of going back into the kitchen, she was standing in the doorway, listening to the conversation. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would man the office, listen for the phone, open the week’s mail, greet guests when they came through, and compile the morning’s Sunday school report. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Hour after hour, all morning, he sat and listened. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reyna listened for more sounds from the roofs, but heard nothing. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Beetle endured their anger and their taunts in silence and complained only to the cat, who listened and sometimes rubbed his head on her legs in sympathy. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure exactly where they are, and it takes standing still and listening before I go in the right direction. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

When people listen they make a listening noise. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Here, I couldn’t watch movies, play games, or listen to music while I answered the endless stream of inane calls. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I listen to the grunt, the blow of the hammer, the grunt, the blow, like the sound of a leaky heart. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each time we talk, he listens to me ramble, then he tries to pass on some sort of life lesson. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I started listening to some of his other songs too. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Those who listened unwarily to that voice could seldom report the words that they heard; and if they did, they wondered, for little power remained in them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“You should have listened to me. I tried to warn you.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Wilfred then said that I was welcome to listen to his vast collection of classical composers, mostly German, in his living room whenever I wanted to. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

You had to listen to Lesage's voice, and when you listened, you remembered. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Playing the piano should have been, in a way, better than reading, since I was reasonably sure that he would at least listen—I knew he had liked it before. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Hazel loved to hear conversation but he didn’t listen to words—just to the tone of conversation. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fred and I stopped to listen every once in a while. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She turned away and said to the housekeeper: “Eurynome, a bench, a spread of sheepskin, to put my guest at ease. Now he shall talk and listen, and be questioned.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, listen. I don’t wanna be here when they come. I mean, Ignatius is big. He might make trouble. I couldn’t stand that. My nerves is bad enough now.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Auntie Idris had told my dad he was wrong, but he wasn’t listening. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Of course, I did not stop to listen, but I could not avoid hearing his lordship shouting: 'But that's not your business, my boy! The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

The main speaker of the day was Chief Meligqili, the son of Dalindyebo, and after listening to him, my gaily colored dreams suddenly darkened. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she’d listened with earphones that carried translations of each speech. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat at my desk and stared at the wall and listened to music and thought about it and thought about it and thought about it. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“And you just sat and listened while all this went on?” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

After prayers, after lights-out, Jutta sneaks up to her brother’s dormer; instead of drawing together, they lie hip to hip listening till midnight, till one, till two. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Now, he huddled in the seat, looking down at the platform, listening to Carter explaining the rules of the crazy fight. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know, I know. And I just wouldn’t listen, would I? I wish I had a drink. I do have a drink. Look. It’s not broken.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Alex stood on the corner, listening for a bark, a whine, anything. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“It was, Dad. It was. So listen, I wonder if you’d help out with the new greatest Culver Creek prank ever.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Not the entire time. I watched the dancers some of the time, but I always listened for that instrument with the pointy top...the oboe,” Mia explained. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or I could find his alibi witness and listen to their side of the story. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Hey,” he says over the roar of machine guns, “I got you an iTunes card if you want to listen to some Taylor Swift or something. It’s on your bed.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

When Müller presented this offer, Roosevelt listened with rapt attention. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Madame had stopped in front of us, and was standing still, her back to us, again like she was listening. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But listen carefully. If I have a daughter, I keep her in another state from him. Understand?” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I did not listen to the next speaker, a tall white man who kept dabbing at his eyes with a handkerchief and repeating his phrases in an emotional and inarticulate manner. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

On top of the walls, sentries leaned on the parapet listening to the evening bird-songs. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Often, after we had done our day’s license plate quota, we would sit around, perhaps fifteen of us, and listen to Bimbi. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he wasn’t going to listen to me. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he touched her, he couldn’t talk to her, if he loved her he couldn't leave, if he spoke he couldn't listen, if he fought he couldn’t win. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He speaks in Algonquian with our visitors, and I listen closely, trying to understand what they are saying: They are here to trade. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The house in Mazoe was quiet, terribly quiet, without its children, but for the first time in several weeks Mother was able to listen to the silence without crying. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I strained to listen but couldn’t hear anything over the din of excited conversations. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

There's a song Hannah and I have been listening to in the mornings. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

But I couldn’t listen, not really, because Baba’s casual little comment had planted a seed in my head: the resolution that I would win that winter’s tournament. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

We sat like that for hours, listening to the gunshots and the screams in the street, my younger cousins huddled next to their mothers, weeping on and off quietly. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

He slipped closer and stuck his head close to the hole, listening. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

They listened to the guide, a very pretty young lady who worked for the museum, and they learned a lot. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

We listened to the cracking branches in the woods until we couldn’t hear him anymore. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

This was vintage Adams bravado, shouting his denial at political advice he knew to be sound, refusing to listen because it was patently political and merely self-protective. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

So carefully is he listening he does not see the one-mile marker with Vienna carved vertically in the stone. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He misses being in his suite in Farnam, smoking one of Brandon’s cigarettes, listening to music with Jonathan, learning how to tell the classical composers apart. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The boy rode along through the desert for several hours, listening avidly to what his heart had to say. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched them and listened to the radio. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

When they came back in the afternoon, he sat and listened again. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn the volume down and press Play. …one: You listen. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

From here, after another listening pause, they began to make their way up the slope toward the northern skyline. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy noticed that the owner of the bar stood nearby, listening attentively to their conversation. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I won’t blow up the house,” said Harry, but they weren’t listening. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

As the houseguests packed and departed—many of them doing so that very night—Ophie, along with the ghosts of the house, listened to their whispers and murmurs. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I roll over and try to go back to sleep, listening to the hissing gas as she cranks up the camping stove to make tea. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

As we sat listening to the katydids, singing loud as they came out into the wetness, the moon lit up a layer of fog below us. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Out on the grounds, someone is splitting wood, and Werner listens to the ringing of the sledgehammer against the wedge and the quick, frightened breaths of the boys all around him. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Then the world had turned upside down: I had entered a university, where I’d wandered into an auditorium and listened, eyes wide, mind buzzing, to lectures on American history. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Now the judge leaned in to listen with rapt attention. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

To listen to the rumble in her chest. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Any storyteller worth listening to knows this is so. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Please, Mrs. Cobb, may I come in and set a while and listen to Turner play your organ? Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Cole swallowed the taste of bile in his throat and listened to the rumbling overhead. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Between the house and the bam he stopped and listened for his brother, and in a moment he heard him hammering at something in the big new tobacco barn. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He propped himself on his elbow, swatted a straw from his ear, and gave a better listen. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

You watch, listen to the stories the women tell each other, the way their gossip lifts up into the wind and moves through this land. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Each time she calls she listens to the tone, but she doesn’t leave a message. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She dropped her gaze, listening to the easy rhythm of Jabir’s breathing. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

So I went to my room down the hall and listened to my parents’ hushed voices. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Sofia, you’re going to raise your blood pressure. And Maya, you need to listen...” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

As he listened to the startling news bulletins, he worried about the fate of his family. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

When he gets visitors, he mainly sits and listens. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I can do anything but look at him and listen to him and talk to him. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

So I’d continued to watch and read and listen and study, preparing for the day when I finally stumbled across the clue that would lead me to the Copper Key. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Rose’s parents seem really nice from what I could tell from listening to Mom’s end of the conversation. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He pulled the boy down and they crouched under the bank listening, gasping for breath. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Since Eunjoo was her older sister, Jinjoo had no choice but to listen to her, no matter how it chafed at her. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

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

Were both quiet in the dark, listening to each other breathing. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

I listen for footsteps above me, though the fact is that I have never heard a single sound from Mr. X’s apartment. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

They didn’t stop until a cab driver, who had been listening to the radio broadcast, told them it was just a play. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“We listen to the BBC too. The Berlin Blitz. Well, we probably deserve it.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I listened with care to the trouble in Europe, the trouble in the Far East, the trouble in the south, and the trouble in America. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Father and I sat quietly the whole way, listening to Mama chatter on about anything she could think of. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Crusty old alpinists who’ve survived a lifetime of close scrapes like to counsel young proteges that staying alive hinges on listening carefully to one’s “inner voice.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

To be outside the place where He speaks or listens. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Her reply survived: “I am sitting with Mamma instead of going to church. I shall find it much pleasanter to have a little talk with you than to listen to Allen’s temperance sermon.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Try listening to someone’s heart or lungs in that setting. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

If she went to him and pleaded for mercy, she was certain he'd listen. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But when we listened closely to their interaction and measured the ratio of positive to negative emotions, we got a different story. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I wished we were sitting on my bed together, working on our homework, listening to some terrible pop song Emily loved, giggling about something stupid. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Ob set down his coffee cup and straightened up to listen. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

They waste away the morning in bed, watching Mel and Sue squawk over tea cakes on Henry’s laptop, listening to the rain slow to a drizzle. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She listens to something about a heart attack, that it had been massive, that all attempts to revive him had failed. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

We said it to each other at home, one chanting, one listening. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tonight, I am listening to the rain fall, listening to the wind whistle, to Shirley’s breaths and Jimmie’s snores, to Juanita’s tossing and turning, and to the tick tick tick of the clock. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I listened to the thoughts in my head and tried to put them into words. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

But still I listened to the counsel of my brain. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I became so completely absorbed in my anger that I stopped listening to the instructions. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The service had already begun; fights spilled outward into the streets, music filled the air, and passers-by paused to listen and to peek in through the half-open doors. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

She listened to Taisin’s chattering teeth as she worked the wet laces, wanting to curse at the knots Taisin had tied. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Might as well read, I guess,” he said, and then, after a minute, “Say, Doctor. I don’t like to bother you, but listen to what it says here in this book....” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Around her, she listened to the sounds of its inhabitants: the soft snores of livestock. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She said that if I listened to her, later I would know what she knew: where true words came from, always from up high, above everything else. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes have turned against me now, so I am resigned to listening to books on CD. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

We moved through the streets in silence, listening to the newsman’s descriptions of the crowds gathering at Central High. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever Diego was out with his friends on a weekend night she’d come into our bedroom with her CD player, and we’d sit on the end of my bed listening to music. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

But de Wet did not seem to be listening to either man. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Voices call out to the girl but she does not listen. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if he actually sees me or if he just sees a body—someone alive, someone listening. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I listen also to the loud train sounds. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

If an actor acts it out, I hardly listen. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I carry my breakfast into the living room, listening. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I mean, no matter how you look at it, it's still, listen to your coaches at practice, and wait to hear the gun at the meets. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

She never seems to listen to anything I say. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

This chapter covers some of this research in terms of music processing, active listening, and benefits of the music-brain connection. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Do you think it’s any fun listening to a ten-year-old pitching woo? The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

It was deeper and it commanded that I listen. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I was listening, and I could hear that I was being judged intelligent. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

We keep listening to the broadcast, because I need to know about the fires. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Rosaleen fanned and I listened to little jets of air come off her hands. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the afternoon, I listened to some of the soap operas—Life Can Be Beautiful, Stella Dallas, Mary Noble, Ma Perkins—and what I heard depressed me even more. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

When possible, listening to a professional play the piece can help with tempo decisions, but it is also reasonable for different performers to prefer slightly different tempos for the same piece. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

His dad was listening carefully, nodding and frowning. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would perch on a stump, flap his black wings, and talk by the hour to anyone who would listen. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

He wanted to sit and drink and listen to stories. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

At least nothing that could be turned into something cool like listening through walls. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I don’t listen to the voice mail, because Mom always texts me after—and sure enough, a moment later: So sorry to do this, sweetie. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

They have actually had the time and patience to listen to me, to help me, and to support me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

For a moment she was about to talk, but then when they began talking, she thought it better to listen. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I knew I’d never spend the money or listen to the radio, and the electric train would never trundle down its tracks in my room. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

As I sat in my room, trying to concentrate on the third act of Macbeth, I was really listening for my truck. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

But long after Edwin and Garvey fell asleep, Cole lay awake in the tent listening to their deep regular breathing. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Charles had sublime feelings listening to Handels Messiah. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, we were wrong, then. I’m sorry we didn’t listen, Mila.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I listened to the distant sounds of revelry while the night deepened. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Polly would snuggle on her mother’s lap and fall asleep listening to the rhythm of her voice as she read. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jody listened carefully, for he knew and the whole county knew that Billy Buck was a fine hand with horses. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

McGovern listens to Wilkins’ urgent whispers and then turns to scan the rows of students with worried eyes. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I looked at him cause I couldn’t see the nurse and said, “Please don’t. No. Don’t,” but he didn’t listen. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Madoc is patiently listening to her rhapsodize over the perfection of their garments. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I remember kicking it there solo, listening to my pop preaching about the army, staring at all the black scuff marks his boots left on the court. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“For the matter of that, you pulled away my sword rather roughly. I told you and told you not to draw it. But you wouldn’t listen. That’s what burned your arm.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

He listened unconsciously to all the sounds that had begun his day for twenty years and lit the first of the ten cigarettes that he smoked every day. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped beneath the porthole and listened for a minute. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

We want people who are adults to take the time to listen to teenagers and respect what we have to say. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Won’t you listen to me, please? I could help you if you would let me.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

He was speaking slowly, as though each word had to count, and as though he were listening carefully to his own words. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room grew quiet as the entire company listened in. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lay on the concrete listening to the voices that surrounded him, voices that were either soft or distant. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I think he’s going to pretend he wasn’t listening, so I won’t yell at him for butting in, but then he says, “Black lives matter.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

This was where he kept the music he wanted to listen to most. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He listened for a long time and watched. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to listen as hard as she could, a little worried that the train would pass them by if they didn’t have a light. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The young maid who has been listening to our English gibberish offers us a pink perfumed hand towel, which Sandi accepts and waves like the flag for our side. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He listened in at several more windows, but at each one he shook his head and moved on. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

My brother and I huddled together, listening through the front door. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Shut up and listen,” the man said sharply. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He listened again to the voices. “. . . and after a while send that boy to me. I want to talk to him.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“After three years of largely listening and learning, I believed that I knew things about the situation in Vietnam worth passing on in my own voice.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“If you’re not going to even listen . . “All right, I’m listening,” said Armpit. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I judged by your countenance, sir, which was troubled when you said the suggestion had returned upon you. I feel sure it will work you more misery if you listen to it.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I crouch, listening to the thunder of wings behind me, and run my hand through the grass, just above the ground. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Now was the time to sit and relax and listen. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

An hour later, breathing the same hot air under the comforter in and out, listening to the rattle of the air vent, I thought about the other significant thing about turning ten. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

After several days of listening, with their ears against the walls, they perceived the deep cloc-cloc. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I read some newspaper editorials and listened to television commentary that wondered if perhaps western civilization itself might soon be at an end with the technologically superior Russians taking over. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She always listens when you tell her something. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I feel like pounding on the door and yelling, "Hey, this is a listening room, sister. You can tap on that thing anywhere, so beat it!" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I prayed to Jesus to help me, then to any other god who would listen. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Puzzled and disappointed, the terrier sat listening to the crunching sounds inside the bushes, saliva running from his mouth. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I listened careful, so I could learn it right. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

This morning Mrs. K stood between the pillars, listening to the desert sands heat, melt into yellow wax, and seemingly run on the horizon. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was a listening child, careful to hear the very different sounds of Spanish and English. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She prayed to every saint she knew while she listened to men speaking in English and Spanish. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t used to having to go to such circuitous measures, listening to your words in Jessica’s mind . . . her mind isn’t very original, and it was annoying to have to stoop to that. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Oh, listen to this. It’s coming on again.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Papa would have known how to make the goat listen, and he would have helped her. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I felt like I was listening to a recording of her, with a faint static humming in the background. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She attacked the piano with a fervor completely different from her usual, sluggish self, and Matt liked to hide behind the potted plants to listen. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scipio was still standing at the door, listening intently to what Victor and his father were discussing. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was poking at the scrambled eggs on his plate and listening to the radio buzzing with old-school music. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Once again she listened to this opening part of the music. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then, exhaling smoke and brushing off imaginary tobacco flakes from her lap, she said grimly, “I’m listening to you.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

He’d always listen to what folk had to say, and if they made sense, he’d weigh their words, he wouldn’t jus’ toss someone’s thoughts out ’cause they wasn’t agreeing with his. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“Why not listen? I’m saying that whatever powers this ship is enclosed, and evidently not meant to be handled. The ship is running by remote control.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

All of it, mine now if I just listen and write it down. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I moved around the room listlessly, listening to him type, taking in the room’s stale smell. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“I know the band playing down at the Quarry. We could head over there, get warm, listen to music, forget about everything. I also know a place with a pretty awesome view of the town.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I seem to remember that you had a high tolerance for listening without melting down over the content.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

He’s scrolling through an e-mail on his iPhone, pretending to listen to me. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

There was a great laugh and then they hushed to listen. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

She listened, nodding her head like a wizened owl, as the tale of the morning’s woes came pouring out. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The Calypso Crooners were hosting a karaoke booth, and I couldn’t listen to one more off-key rendition of “Summer Nights,” so I ended up on the far side of the carnival, where it was quieter. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He would listen somberly, sigh, and repeat that he had no intention of quarreling with Reb Saunders, he respected his position in spite of its fanaticism. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

And he looked at me and said, ‘Marie, listen, it’s got to be these guys, has to, that’s the only logical solution.’ In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He listened, and I listened, and I could almost hear the wind speak to me. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Colonel Dent and Mr. Eshton argue on politics; their wives listen. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He gazed into the silver-green-gold shadows, and listened, with both hands behind his ears to catch and focus any quiet voices through the insect chirping and the trickle of the stream. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

They waited, listening to the sounds of the uneven steps behind the dark trees. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I fold back the blanket, quiet, listening, stretching my legs to the floor. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

We would go out to the clubs, listen to the music, dance, and do some gambling. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My body is braced: I’m listening out for him, for creaks or footsteps. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Reilly listened apprehensively to the great liquid thrashings coming from the bathroom. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I expected to sit down with her and conduct long, rambling interviews, listening intently as the painful, fascinating details of her life came tumbling out. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Momma didn’t even raise her voice, she knew we’d been listening to everything they were saying. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s what they deserve, they joke, for having listened to their mothers, and for getting together in the first place, and the fact that they are united in their resignation makes the consequences somewhat bearable. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Every cloud, every car on every motorway, even Mrs. Thatcher in the House of Commons'd frozen, listening, watching, thinking, What's wrong with Jason Taylor? Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

There were so many things she had tried to teach me, but I didn’t listen. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eisenhower listened in fascination, but tactfully schooled his visitors in the realities of international arms policy. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He lay motionless, still listening; but all was now silent, and at last he turned and fell asleep again or wandered into some other unremembered dream. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She listened to them complain about how boring their upcoming weekend would be because they were going to the community pool again, and then they started talking about a dance class they took together. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“I know. Just keep it at a lower volume at night, okay? You can still listen to it.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The court set and Janie saw the judge who had put on a great robe to listen about her and Tea Cake. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

When Dad was within listening range of the story, he added to it by saying the house stunk for days afterward. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

"Yes, I have expected that," said his father, "I always told you that, but you women don't want to listen." The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You sent it away. You made it listen to you.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It’s easier than listening to Hilly complain about sharing a toilet with the maid. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

We listened without comment, but I confess his speech cheered me considerably. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His heart beating very fast, Harry stood listening to the chill silence. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“Was that really Johnny Cash I was listening to all the time?” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I told myself that even if I said the truth, every single detail, he’d listen to the basketball boys over me. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“And they won’t listen to me. I figured out how we could bring our whole family together but they won’t listen.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sure, he listened to Led Zeppelin and Hendrix like everyone else, but he loved Coltrane, too. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The last time I listened my father was telling Aiyi about his life since he last saw her. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ear, Eye and Arm listened until they were so filled with happiness, not another kind word could slip in. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Danny and I were soon involved in a heated discussion concerning two contradictory commentaries on the same passage, and Reb Saunders sat back quietly and listened. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I spent the morning listening to the radio. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it seems like I reckernize it but when I listen close, it’s voices changing over voices, running around itself. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“But did you say ‘told’ or ‘informed’?” he asked me, with his head on one side, and not looking at me, but looking in a listening way at the floor. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Edna hangs around with Jamie’s Meme and listens to her long stories about being a student photographer in France when there were riots. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“They warned me about coming to Epidram. But did I listen?” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

We stood there listening and could hear Newcharlie crying all the way down the stairs. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

We listened like it was some kind of serenade, while I sat with my eyes closed, trying to picture my mother asleep in a ditch. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like the church, the cemetery is empty, but here there are no corners or shadows to hide listening ears. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

When he bent his head to listen to my heart I was treated to an aerial view of the Galapagos of scabs on his bald pate. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Millions of kilometers away, the crew of Hermes listened as they crowded around Johanssen's station. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

If maybe he was listening to my conversation with Helena with the stethoscope. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

If I keep listening to you, Papa, I will die of starvation with food in my hands. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Some people just talk and talk and everyone listens. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I’ve never taken drugs, but I wonder if taking acid might feel something like listening to Space Is the Place in the dark while staring up at glow-in-the-dark sticker constellations. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I listened to the talk and watched the TV and couldn't stop thinking about it. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

That wouldn't do no good—Then what shall we do about it?—I dont know: and he just listening, not especially interested he said, hearing the two of them without listening. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went to the end of the landing and listened. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The loft was full of women either sleeping or listening. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

In between disputes, I continued to play the piano and she continued to listen, offering a stream of corrections. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t about listening to her, it was about singing along with her, about being in the moment with her. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Darling, is this why you’re so upset? Don’t listen to her, she’s talking absolute rubbish. I didn’t hit her. I’ve never laid a hand on her in my life. Not like that.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Corporal Craigie, the Scotsman with his forehead branded, called out the commands, saying we maun needs listen well or we shall surrender in confusion. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I fall asleep most nights listening to Daddy snoring, but wishing for the sounds of an Alabama night. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

"Well,” Dad said, "they are very entertaining. They are French and German language lesson records. You don’t have to listen to them consciously. Just play them. And they’ll finally make an impression.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

If only he had listened to my warning. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

For days she’d proudly shown the little brush, made of splinters of wood shoved into a lump of clay, to anyone who would listen. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“I know you will, shayna maideleh. You listen well and that makes you a good keeper of stories. I am sure that all my memories are safe with you.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I try to act like I’m not listening, which is hard to do because the living room is small. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

As he pulled into my driveway, I let the screen door go with one finger and listened as it tap-tap-tapped on the door frame when it shut. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The dread forms of his pursuers, the Erinyes, the Furies, were arrayed against him, but Orestes listened calmly to their demand for vengeance. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She moved into the hall and at the door of the parlor she paused, as always, listening. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I crouched behind a big ceiba, my fist in my mouth, listening to the thud of soil hitting the box. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We all listened to the powerful roar as she ground her Hupmobile into gear. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I stood in the hallway for a minute, listening to the sound of their car as it backed out and drove away. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I pull on her arms gently to make sure she’s listening. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

After listening to my dream about Grover again, she looked like she might be starting to believe me. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I shook mine to listen to its satisfying rattle. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Eleanor, listening outside the parlor door, heard the small irritating noises of Arthur settling down to be quiet. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

As I listen, it starts to hit me, what Aibileen is telling me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I listen for a few seconds but don’t know if she’s any good. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

She treated me like an adult, asking for my thoughts, listening keenly as I described the various worries and administrative tangles students had brought in. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

They want me to listen, really listen, like Father. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He called Didi in Paris, where she was in school, and listened to her strong advice that he see a doctor. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Leaning against the wall he closed his eyes and listened for the feelings that rumbled through his silence. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not even listen for Jasper’s reply, if he made one. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

But since I don’t usually listen to the teacher, that makes sense. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

But if Kennedy, a white man—the president of the United States—says that things need to change, surely white people will listen to him. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

And there remains the mother, bound and gagged and having to listen as her husband, her beloved children died one by one. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Older children, ages 6 and up, have listened to a great deal of musical material in their short lives. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Dozing, listening to the whine of them around his head in the dark as they tried to find a way through the jacket, he thought, it was the way. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Judy could see past her and saw that every kid in the room was straining to listen. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If I talked to her about Dust? You don’t think she’d listen to that?” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

She nodded and it seemed like she was really listening. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

He's listening patiently to one of his soldiers, but I see him study my face as if out of habit. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“Dude, get your nasty feet off the pillows. How many times does Ma have to tell you before you’ll listen?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“What I want you boys to do is to listen to your squad leaders and try to keep yourselves alive.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let me check my book,” she’d told him when he’d asked if she was free Sunday evening for a drink, and then he’d listened to her footsteps clicking across a bare wooden floor. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He counted to ten and I listened carefully; then he asked me to count alone and I did. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fool’s listening for the dial tone again, in case someone tries to call. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

"There's a rumor that this kid is going around town with Ampai. He gets real close to orbs, and...well, he listens to them or something." A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I turn, searching them with her, listening for anything out of the ordinary. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He asked Joe a series of questions, listening carefully to his answers, all the while peering down at the man, pale blue eyes behind little round lenses. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“Don’t listen to this part,” I said to Martí, covering his ears when Miss Gulch threatened to harm Toto. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Lucinda and I wait in her room, listening at the door, tense with concentration. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

The two of us, listening to the chunk, chunk, chunk of the track joints, lost in our own thoughts. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He listened, his clear amber eyes on mine, his hands folded, motionless. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

This I thought as I lay there, listening to the sounds of sleep and lost in my own imaginings. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last night, after nearly two hours of listening to the preacher, I walked back to the sleeping spot with Ida. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She listened and listened and even turned off her incoming phone line. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Johnny tried and tried to explain but she wouldn’t listen. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I listen to music, and I’m bored and antsy and, honestly, miserable. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I made some sort of soothing reply, but with the licence of age she did not listen, hobbling away mumbling that it was her fault. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we tired of this, we’d turn on the CB and listen to the lonely banter of truckers stretched out across the interstate. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I sit at my desk and look like I’m listening to Mrs. Robins go on and on, just counting the minutes till three o’clock. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

St. Francis doesn’t say a word but I know he’s listening and I know he’ll get me out of that class. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He ordered everyone to “lock heels”—stand at attention and listen, eyes straight ahead. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He took Pippin’s hand and bent over his face, listening for his breath; then he laid his hands on his brow. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

To look at us, to listen to us laughing, you’d think we had it perfect. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry I didn’t listen to you about drinking,” I say. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The girl listened, her shining black head bent down. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

And then, as she stood there, listening—a cold, clammy hand touched her throat—a wet hand, smelling of the sea.... And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

I was listening for the sounds they make when they go carelessly through the bushes. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the time would come once more when I no longer listened for the steps on the stairs and felt lonely and cried into my pillow every night. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes, listening to the last twenty minutes, and it feels like Arthur is right beside me. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I lie back, listening to the soaps, and after a little I try finding it again, and my stupid radio will pick up every Chicago station except the one carrying the football game. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Telephone operators helped the Gestapo by listening in on conversations between people under surveillance. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Agents fanned out across the country, tailing unsuspecting government officials, listening in on private phone calls, opening mail, and photographing the men and women named in Elizabeth's confession. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

And so, instead of saying Ashoke’s name, she utters the interrogative that has come to replace it, which translates roughly as “Are you listening to me?” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But Siddhartha went outside and sat in front of the hut all night, listening to the river, sunk in the past, simultaneously affected and encompassed by all the periods of his life. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I see him, or what is left of him, I will tell him all about the missing part of me and listen for his crying shame. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the age of six, Clara had foreseen that the horse was going to throw Luis, but he refused to listen and had had a dislocated hip ever since. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I straightened up, letting the axe dangle from my hand, and listened. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grown-ups tell each other things and then they talk to other grownups, and sometimes us kids are around listening. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I sat on the floor in the living room with Wishbone snuggled in my lap, listening to this new Jackie and wondering what had happened to the old Jackie. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“I told you to stop it! Don’t you ever listen?” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Please listen to me. We need to leave this garden right away, and we need to leave Lkossa. It’s not safe here. You're not safe here.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I can’t say for certain whether God was listening, but it wasn’t long afterward that I heard the wheezy chug-a-chug- chug of a small outboard motor. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

We listened as the commentators tried to explain what it all meant. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I enjoyed listening to music—but I couldn’t play an instrument. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Besides, the more you listen, the more you learn. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Well, the thing was, I didn’t used to listen properly to the words; I just waited for that bit that went: “Baby, baby, never let me go...” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But at least for now, this first evening, he wouldn't have to listen and try to smile. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“You should always listen to the corn. You don’t want it to get mad.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I can hardly bear to listen in the kitchen, since beautiful music stirs me to the very depths of my soul. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Ralph nodded and listened with a hand on his brother’s arm to keep him from bolting. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

"Father always listened to his counsel," Bran reminded his brother. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

All over Castle Black, Melisandre knew, the same sudden hush had fallen, and every man and boy turned toward the Wall, listening, waiting. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“But if you can think of something better, I will listen.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Because of such incidents, I listened when my parents remarked that Mexicans were often mistreated in California border towns. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked down the road, a long way this time—half a mile at least, watching one counter, listening to the other. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

At night, a Lithuanian lab assistant slept next to the camera on a cot, listening to its constant tick, making sure it stayed stable through the night, waking every hour to refocus it. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

But all over the countryside, neighbors, leaning against slanting porch posts or standing in open cabin doorways and listening, knew that it was Sounder. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’d lie there on the cowhide and look up at the stars and listen to the warm night breeze rustling the corn blades. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

George turned his head and listened to the shouts. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But listen to me,” Thomas continued, in a hurry to defend himself. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

For someone who grew up listening to Western music, Non-Western music will have a recognizably exotic sound. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

He didn’t listen to them while they laughed and talked about how Emo bought the car. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Now he hesitated a moment, his head thrust forward as though listening, then his hand covered the owl from view, producing instead of the knock which I expected, an icy peal of clear chimes. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

To some there Bilbo’s tale was wholly new, and they listened with amazement while the old hobbit, actually not at all displeased, recounted his adventure with Gollum, at full length. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I stood and listened until their voices went out of hearing. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joe had listened intently, grinding hard with the file, and when Bloom finished he quit sharpening the ax. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He closes his eyes for a moment like he’s listening to distant music. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I could never have imagined her listening to all these old records. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

It allowed me to be silent and to listen. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We listened to his junk a Utde more, and then I said, “Dad?” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You have heard it laugh,” he said, "but you have not heard everything. Let us listen; you will hear more.” Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ages listened in silence, interrupting only once. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

He came downstairs to tell Dussel it was time to listen to the radio and hung around the bathroom for a while, but when Dussel took too long, he went back upstairs. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It’s hard for me to listen to Coach talk about basketball. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she explains how it’s not polite to listen in on other people’s conversations. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

The plane regains its course and dips over the mountain as everyone strains to see and listen. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

They listened thoughtfully to Baba Joseph’s voice in the distance. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The surgeon who wanted to listen to rock sweats a lot. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment, I stood there, looking out at the marsh and listening to all of her sounds: insects buzzing, crickets singing, bubbles popping on the surface. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I sit up straight like I’ve been listening all along, which is a bald-faced lie. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Corinthians listened analytically, expectantly—wondering how her mother would develop this anecdote into a situation in which Macon would either lash out at her verbally or hit her. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The listening buildings, rising upward yet, leaned, closing out the sky. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Several of the diggers had left their work and were gathered nearby, listening. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she soon became bored and she would sit through the interviews, half listening and half present. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“This never would have happened if he’d listened to me in the first place,” Old Cob muttered. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was very good—Kino closed his eyes again to listen to his music. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

What played was the middle of a song I’d never heard before, and I closed my eyes, listening to every word. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Some two or three days later I noticed a change in Kuti: his eyes lost their dullness and the whimpering that had been so harrowing to listen to lessened and stopped. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ugwu did not shut the kitchen door, so that he could stand by it and listen, but he might as well have closed it because Olanna’s raised voice was audible enough. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She and my uncle glanced at Ultima who had remained quiet and listened to their talk. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a leader of a mass organization, one must listen to the people, and I agreed that we had been remiss in keeping the entire organization informed about the course of the negotiations. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Axel listens for a few moments, then asks, “But do you like to sing now? Or have you always liked to sing?” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I glanced out the door to make sure the secretary wasn’t listening. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

In my room I lay across the bed and listened to the radio. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

When you listened there were only bird sounds with silence in between, and those two sounds put together somehow seemed even quieter than no sound at all. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of permitting us to receive newspapers or listen to radio, they started their own radio news service, which consisted of a daily canned summary of the news read over the prison’s intercom system. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The radio was our lifeline up in the mountains, and we listened to it constantly. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Haven’t you been listening? Or have you closed up your ears? You know what the Nazis are doing to the Jews.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Joey,” she said, “I want you to listen to Mrs. Howard and do everything she tells you to do. We’re going to give you a little extra help with sitting still and staying on task.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matthew says something I don’t really hear; I’m listening to the thump of my heart. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Now he was hiding in the grass, listening to the sad song of his sister. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“And listening to Taylor Swift,” Bianca adds, talking around her thumb. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

She listened for Papa’s voice in her mind like she did every morning. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

My father and I listened to the news broadcasts, read the Times, and studied the maps. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

At that point my companions got angry and told me to shut up and listen while they explained some things to me. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The town could not talk, and would not listen. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But sometimes, individual Cherokee took on temporary taboos - maybe to cleanse their spirit, or because they knew, from listening to the spirit world or whatever, that the taboo was important. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She could have listened to him for a hundred years. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Can they tell, based on my reactions, that it’s not music I’m listening to? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

In her seat by the window, George couldn’t listen. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

He was neither a god who spoke nor a god who listened. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

As I sat in the basement, I listened to the chaos outside. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But what I enjoyed most was listening to stories. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

"Suppose they were articulated, who would listen or care?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was supposed to have been listening not to the Paqo’s words but to something else. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“Besides, they’re very convenient, for I’m always getting lost in this big fortress, and all I have to do is listen for them and then I know exactly where I am.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

They went to plays and operas and concerts in the parks, listened to string quartets and piano recitals in office-building lobbies, attended movie screenings, and visited museums. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped and listened until he could hear it, still in the distance; and he started looking for places on the side of the road where he could hide. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

At least she seemed to be listening to me. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The music may look quite different, but the only difference when you listen is that one sounds higher than the other. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The king could order him freed, but would Robert listen to his queen or his Hand? A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She closes her bright black eyes, and I realize she’s listening to whatever’s inside. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

The closet was a good place for listening, almost as good as Listening Rock. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes and ears were very keen, and often there was a listening look on his face. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“You were right. I should have listened more. But, Crispin, there must be something more here, more than you know.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

This year, however, my mom and dad would be cancanning it around Paris instead of listening to the bang of our American drums. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

We waited for a phone call and listened to the storm and waited for a phone call and listened to the storm. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

I'm listening to him up there and trying to see out that little window when something moves against the light. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

After listening to Woolf and Pollard discussing strategy, David Alexander asked them if he could state in print that Seabiscuit would outgun War Admiral for the early lead. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Deliberate listening to foreign radio stations...Willfully distributing newscasts of foreign radio stations...Conspiracy to commit high treason. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

I loved it when he had a moment to come out on the church porch and tell me a quick Bible story while I listened, astride my bike, fascinated by his sonorous voice. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The man, however, did not wish to listen to her and he pushed her with a stick, making her continue her journey to the place of Chief Mmeke, where she would be killed. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

"In my lit class we listened to a recording of Sylvia Plath. Her voice wasn't what I thought it would sound like." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Bless my tail-feathers—listen to them!” shrieked the Starling, as he put his wings on his hips and roared with mirth. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Now listen to me, you two. We have a good excuse,” I reminded them. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though it is repetitious and - I am afraid to say - increasingly annoying to listen to, this technique soon accustoms our ears to expect equal weight in a tune’s two halves. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I hate listening to people chew, especially crunchy things. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Why should I listen to you, with all that hair in your nose? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried listening to The Misanthrope and Fontaine's Fables, but they were just too dense for me. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

And then, very quietly, as he listened, he heard the front door open, the rain and wind come in, the door shut. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

So close to normal, and then, just like that, we’re back to this new, terrible normal where I’m stuck inside my room crying, listening to her downstairs cleaning up my dishes. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

She wanted to talk about herself, and I wanted to listen. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes and listened to its various parts. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

She puts on her stethoscope so that she can listen to my heartbeat. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Alex sat between his two companions at the cafeteria table and listened while they argued the same argument he’d heard almost daily for the three weeks. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Behind the little boy she could see more ghosts, dozens, hundreds, their heads crowded together, peering close and listening to every word. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She had loved listening to the men on the benches too; to freeriders tough as leather, courtly knights and bold young squires, grizzled old men- at-arms. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He indicated our grown son and daughter, playing dominoes, listening in on our secrets. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good. So, listen, I need some advice. The motor on my boat chugs when it starts. Sounds like it's going to rattle into pieces.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

We did, but we also cracked the door so we could listen a bit to the meeting going on in the living room. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Jackson sits on his stool listening to the Cardinals and Red Sox game on the radio behind the counter, an unlit cigar hanging out the corner of his mouth. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I lay down, listening to the familiar sound. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Joints would pass hand to hand as they all listened to the music. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

She simply listened, and then she took his hand, pressing it as she had before. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He listened at the door, but could hear nothing but a rhythmic breathing and, once in a while, a sleeping grunt. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The monkey scampered up to the people who had gathered to listen, cupping its hands for coins. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Marigold didn’t realize she’d been leaning forward in her seat while she listened, but she was. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

She taught me to listen to the mystery of the groaning earth and to feel complete in the fulfillment of its time. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The eight of us listened as Mr. Costello read the financial reports. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was assigned to a listening post, and later he worked for the Ministry of Propaganda. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

She said this so softly that I had to crane my neck toward her and really listen. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I laid my cheek against Wishbone’s warm side and listened to his slow, steady breathing. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

"Because of your mistake, you will come with me to pray that you learn to listen. And you will be the last to eat." A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Grandfather tried to help, but his left arm wouldn’t listen to him. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every graduate of Lincoln Elementary School for the past thirty-five years could remember standing at that table listening to Mrs. Granger’s battle cry: “Look it up. That’s why we have the dictionary.” Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said that Julian greeted him cordially; listened politely to the news of Henry’s demise; then said: “I appreciate it, Francis. But I’m afraid there’s really nothing more that I can do.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Even Cockerell had forgotten his knife and the tongues he was supposed to cut out and was listening with a faraway expression on his face. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He knew he should run home, and he listened to his footsteps hitting the sidewalk pavement, loud thumping, one after the other, in rhythm with his breathing, like he was inside of a wind tunnel. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

But as we stand over the gravestone she will share with Grandpa, listening to Ruth blow her nose, I imagine that the stone belongs to someone else. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you ever listen? I say your father wants to see you.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eyes closed, head tilted to the side, he listened to the clocks. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

We do not hear their words, but with grown-ups we listen to and watch out for their voices. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shivered for them, listening to their moans and cries. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The homeowners listened, then turned to other matters. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She listened closely to their instructions and, as was her habit, she asked questions. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

He picks it up, and I watch as he listens for a moment. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“So, like, everyone—oh my God, everyone—is telling me they love the way my voice and Nick’s voice blend together. Like, so many people have told me they just got chills listening to us.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Pa let us get it all out of our systems and then he said, “You had your fun. I need you to listen. Really listen.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I listen to her blow her nose, then I turn over. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“But you do not understand. How could you, when I did not understand? But you listen to me now.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Would guards wait outside the door, listening for the sharp pleasure that signaled his departure? Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Army censors read the mail and listened to the phone calls. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I listened to the sorrowful sound of his voice until my mother’s hand switched it to off. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She listens patiently but stares at the ceiling the whole time. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Joe thought that was it, and simply listened with pleasure until a word or two seemed to glide into the sound. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Garden had been packed, and two thousand people had stood on the street outside, listening to the speeches over loudspeakers. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Buford listened for the scattered fire of patrols coming in, moving along his flanks, outlining him, but there was nothing. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sit on the sofa and listen to the clock cutting up moments so that time stretches out forever. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She calmed her breath so she could listen. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I explained that he could not stand up, but the doctor would not listen. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just listened, but I couldn’t help thinking about the Anna I knew. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“She taught you how to make cherry cobbler. She braided your hair when you spent the night...and she listened to all your stories about your mama...” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was a good boy, always held his brother Ramus hand when they crossed the street, always listened to his mother. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

A few listened, but across the pit, the empousai were countering her orders. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Very handsome, very handsome,” agreed the women listening. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Be quiet, Wilbur!” said Charlotte, who had been listening to this awful conversation. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

She talked on and on while Milkman sat back and listened to gossip, stories, legends, speculations. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was listening to the same genial, slow voice with which the American gentleman had charmed many since his arrival and yet it now contained something unmistakably covert. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Totally confused, I perk my ears to listen to what she and the other girls are saying as the bus starts off again. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

She listened for almost a minute, switched spots, listened again, switched spots again. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Although my eyes were seeing the wonders of the night, my ears were ever alert, listening for the sound of my hounds telling me they had found a trail. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I rowed and listened to the oarlocks and the dip and scrape of the bailing tin under the stern seat. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I notice what they wear and what they eat, what music they listen to, the cars they dream about, and the movie stars they follow. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

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

Then I would choose a CD, and he would read while I lay on the floor next to his feet, eyes fixed on his socks, and listened. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He kept his eyes closed because he was scared and because he didn’t want her to know he had been listening. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sat in silence, listening to strange creaks and groans in die maze, the echo of stones grinding together as tunnels changed, grew, and expanded. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He turned the squelch control down and listened for the hiss of static, but there was nothing. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

He listened intently as she explained to him the significance of being the first one in the family to go to college. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I thought to look at all the children, the many colors of them, listen to the shouting music of their mixed-up voice, inflections of a hundred home languages. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the visitation office she again sat in the room, listening to every word. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“And what did I say bout listening too close?” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Besides the fact that deep down he’s a terrible person, he listens to the worst music—nineties heavy metal. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

We stood together, our trio at the corner of the stage, and listened as a steel guitar started off the first song. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I press my head against the earth and listen to the muffled thunder, like the explosions of quarrying—and raise it again to listen for the sounds on top. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was listening hard, his hands still raised, warning them not to talk. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He held his breath as long as he could, listening. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

I was pretty convinced I already had learned piano, in fact, through straight-up osmosis—all those hours spent listening to other kids fumbling through their songs. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

When I was a child, my grandmother told me that the sly speaks to those who look and listen to it. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“First Lady came to me yesterday after service, said her and Pastor’s grandchildren been listening to some ol’ garbage that Brianna recorded,” Grandma says. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Das listened attentively, stroking her hair with a small plastic brush that resembled an oval bed of nails, asking more questions, for yet another example. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Wab was on her knees now, listening so hard she was leaning towards each speaker. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Most of the students did not even look, did not even seem to listen. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

He had a small transistor radio that he listened to in the morning while he was in the shower. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Black brothers, northmen, free folk, Thenns, queen’s men, all of them fell quiet, listening. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And I turn my head a little and I listen some more. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“No, ma m,” Patrolman Mancuso answered, listening to some sort of approaching stampede. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I held it up to my ear, listening for any kind whirring or beeping that would tell me if it was activated. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

As they listened, “one horrible thing after another happened.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

"Why would you want me as your Hand, if you refuse to listen to my counsel?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I hear him stop outside the door, afraid to open it but still listening in. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

One night I’m sitting under Mrs. Purcell’s window listening to Macbeth. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Mama doesn’t seem to be fully listening, and I can imagine her acting surprised when Mustafa mentions this later. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

At night he lay on the floor of his tiny room, listening to the rains drenching the jungle. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Minerva listened with that look on her face of just waiting for me to finish. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And instead of buying Ma a new prayer book, I helped Pa make an audio file of him reciting her favorite Bible verses to listen to every morning. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He was awake before his eyes were open, listening to a noise that was near. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Before going in for the night, she called out to whoever was listening. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Often Bran woke shivering hours before the dawn, listening to the sound of them calling to one another in the distance as he waited for the sun to rise. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He followed the creek for a time, listening to the icy trickle of Water over rock, then cut across the fields to the kingsroad. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The man listened to the message which the boy brought, but all he did was beat the boy with a stick and send him home. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“You want to listen to my Bill, mister,” Jenny said. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cheat,” he said, and finally the game finished loading and I half listened as I drove a stock car in circles around a silent track in Talladega. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

She listened to my diatribe, her expression purposefully blase. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They listened to the clatter of their decrepit refrigerator and the ticking clock on the wall. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

When the broadcast—variously described as part kabuki, part commedia dell’arte—started in 1956 on WOR Radio, Bobby listened to almost every show when he was in New York. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I am still not listening as he starts on math. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Using a post, he pulled himself up and listened. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Carmen and I perch on the edge of the chairs, staring at each other, speechless, listening to the parakeets chirping in the indoor garden. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m listening to my Walkman and humming my talent song. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I chose a seat around the large square table and listened as the two students nearest me discussed the lecture topic, which was Isaiah Berlin’s two concepts of liberty. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It was extremely comfortable, lying there in bed and listening to the storm raging outside. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Virginia, listen, I’ll be straight with you. You have a good chance of being queen, but only if you improve your Quichua.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Winn-Dixie sat there listening to it, wiggling his ears this way and that, trying to catch all the words. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

They weren’t quite close enough to hear him, and the moaning beast on their tail didn’t make listening easier. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I think he said some more stuff after that, going on about magnet facts and educated guesses, but I wasn’t listening anymore. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Mai took a seat on the edge of the curb and listened. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I didn’t listen to the call he made to his legislative aide that day, explaining that he’d miss the crime-bill vote. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Danny could not walk me back that night, he had too much schoolwork to do, so I went home alone and found my father in his bedroom, listening to the radio. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I’m still not sure how the Weaver created this magic, but what I do know is the world listens to you. And you listen to it.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She listened to Mister Singer’s radio and wandered around the house thinking about the programs she had heard. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

When I would go over to Ms. Durr's home to listen to these three formidable women, Rosa Parks was always very kind and generous with me. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I wish you had listened to us,” Baba says. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Twig nodded like yes, yes, tell me more, but I wasn’t listening. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He listened to his watch tick “She won’t phone back,” he said. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the forge was a very short distance off, and I went towards it under the sweet green limes, listening for the clink of Joe’s hammer. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t listen to them, Mr. Loring. They are less than thee,” Emma Lee Givens said in a voice full of pronouncement. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Let’s say we didn’t get stuck in those god-awful camps—no, just listen. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

We sat in silence for a few moments, listening to the whisper of the wind in the aspen leaves. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Teacher Li was over fifty years old, and her hoarse voice was not very loud, but when she stood before the class, she seemed so intent and serious that we had to listen to her. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Establishing counterrevolutionary ties and listening to foreign radio? It must be Fan Wen-chong who told them,” Grandma said slowly. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Malfoy was only a few feet away and he had stopped dead to listen. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“They refuse to listen to reason. Everything is black and white. Good or bad.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

And they talk about you when they think you’re not listening—as if somehow it’s your sense of hearing that’s been affected, not your mind. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

How do you listen to music all the time without failing all your classes? A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It is a sonic event—a communication just like speech, which requires us to listen, process, and respond. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

We don’t talk and we don’t stay to listen. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

My brother used to tell Polish jokes, which I know is wrong, but I just blocked out the Polish part and listened to the jokes. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re going to have to stay here now. Why don’t you listen to me?” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I can look at Kat and still be listening to whoever I’m talking to,” Dr. Gazzaley says, then shifts his eyes back to me. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

And then I would listen to the silence that was not my brother fixing my mistakes and I would pretend, just for a moment, to be him. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

We sat there for a moment in silence, both listening to my heartbeat slow. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Upstairs in my apartment again, I sat listening for the sound of the back door. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He would just have to listen and memorize it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eva listened to the wagon coming and thought about what it must be like in the icehouse. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you think the sailors knew you were listening? Don’t you think they’re up there right now laughing their heads off about that stupid boy who was eavesdropping and believed all their lies?” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He jerked his head off the ground and listened. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He was very, very quick and had a lot of power; but when I suggested he work on the gaps in his game, he refused to listen. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hitler had stood hatless at the Olympic site that afternoon, listening quietly as Werner March explained that the horse-racing track adjoining the old stadium prevented a major expansion. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She meant, All well with Lyra? but she didn’t really listen to the answer. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

When I got too tired, I stopped for a while and listened to blasting punk music on my Discman. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were small things that Jinjoo always noticed and despised, but that her mother would never listen to her complain about. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

This was the time to listen, not to talk, but it was difficult. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charles listened to the poor child’s screams and saw all that blood and decided he could never go into medicine. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother used to say, “Auntie Ying is not hard of hearing. She is hard of listening.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood on the porch and listened to the faraway. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had been listening to the Janis Joplin CD and it was her favorite song. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Grover, listening, snitched two packets of sugar from behind the counter. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spent his time reading Jaime’s books, which Blanca brought him on the sly, and listening to the street sounds and to the whisper of the radio, which he kept at the lowest volume. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Or I can look at whoever I’m talking to but shift my attention so that I’m listening to Kat. “It’s an exercise in selective attention.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“No, you hold on to god Shiva and keep asking him to help you. He is strong. I know he will listen to your prayers.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth found the interest of the subject increase, and listened with all her heart; but the delicacy of it prevented further enquiry. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

All of the people were required to listen each year, but sometimes mothers protectively covered the ears of their smallest tykes during the description of the Ruin. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Hussey listened closely to what the kids were saying, as she always did. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe his mother would let him set and listen all night. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Six weeks of listening to Francis had made me realize that the crux of the matter was whether Rosy’s new X-ray pictures would lend any support for a helical DNA structure. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

So it’s better to listen to what it has to say. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I don’t like to listen to customers’ conversations, sir. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Mother’s family wasn’t as wealthy, but still fairly well-off, and we’ve listened openmouthed to stories of private balls, dinners and engagement parties with 250 guests. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I try to listen, but it’s hard when “We regret to inform you” keeps pounding inside my head. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Trees and rocks—you got to listen to your enemy.” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look, I asked some people where they were from and listened to a few songs with my roommate; I didn’t become a different person. Of course I didn’t tell them!” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

And he goes on about how he loves me, what life would be without me but I've stopped listening because his previous words are trapped in my head, thrashing desperately around. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Felicia listens to the conversation as she rolls a cigarette of strong black tobacco. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today at lunch Aaron was trying to, as usual, convert me to listening to his alternative heavy metal bands. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He did not know what it was, but when he spoke most men stopped to listen. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t despair. Call the harpies back and make them listen to us.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and took long breaths, and as I listened I began to hear not just the cascade of words, but the pain behind them. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Tessie and I lay in our chairs, listening to wax being violently removed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

To prove it, he used a trick he had devised to discover whether his children were listening when they begged him to read to them and would not let him stop. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had already met La Llorona and listened to her cryptic message, so my own dismay was not as great as that of my sisters. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She knew she was doing something wrong, and she was trying to listen for her mother coming back, but she heard nothing. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“Well,” said Miss Franny, “maybe you wouldn’t mind waiting. I am telling India Opal a story about my great-grandfather. You are, of course, more than welcome to listen. It will be just one minute.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I listened to the sound of every pebble and leaf that I stepped on. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

This morning not even the cry of a bed-spring disturbed the silence, and John seemed, therefore, to be listening to his own unspeaking doom. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

To listen and watch, to wake up and try to understand what has already happened. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went to the phone to check the messages, and listened to them one after another. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

While Pong listened to the Violet lights hanging outside shops and homes, Ampai distracted the owners, chatting them up as she peeled her tangerines. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

As they ate, they talked, and I stood back ready to serve, and listened. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I stand outside his room when he and Heather are hanging out and listen to them gossip, laugh, be goofy. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Rishi asked a tall, thin guy standing next to him, and Dimple leaned in to listen. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

And then we’re done talking, because neither of us knows who could be listening, and we keep to ourselves as the train heads home. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Boomer settles beside me, and I stroke his soft fur as I listen to the stream rippling slowly past. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

"Watching is not seeing, dead girl. The water dancer sees. Come, put down the sword, it is time for listening now" She followed him over to the wall, where he settled onto a bench. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

My brother is listening to Jack Benny too. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I listened and kept my tongue from giving answer. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I had to tell someone. I tried to tell my nurse, but she wouldn’t listen.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

They had listened on the stain during the royal dinner, so they knew that they were off to England with their mother. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood there for a minute, just listening, staring, and thinking. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

There's a study group in the first listening room, five serious people, grim. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the months that followed, Ash listened a bit anxiously whenever her parents’ conversation began to turn in that direction, but she never heard them bring it up again. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or should I find my story, listen to it, then just enough of the next tape to see who I’m supposed to pass them off to? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

My mom said they picked it because it was the one song she and my dad agreed they’d be willing to listen to over and over, every day, for the rest of their lives. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I’m standing behind Coach as he goes over the game plan—how to beat Brixton, tonight’s opponent—but I’m not really listening at all. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

August knew, too, but she put her ear to May’s chest, listening. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But we have at last begun to listen for other voices in the cosmic fugue. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He heard her out, but didn’t really listen to what she was saying. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he had finished his speech, which was listened to in perfect silence, an odd thing happened. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

We ate outside on the patio, listening to the Killers and Kings of Leon, albums we used to play when we first got together. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked slowly and carefully, pausing now and then to listen. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the end she did neither, but said, “None of what happened was your fault. You were just a little boy, and anytime you want to tell me anything, I am here to listen.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The day the secession was announced, he stood with Kainene on the veranda and listened to Ojukwu’s voice on the radio and afterward took her in his arms. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

We learned the ways of investigation, of interview, how to listen, how to persuade, how to threaten. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I stared down the stairwell, listening for a new invasion of Germans, but everything was quiet and still. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I started to breathe normally again as I listened to the rhythmic pounding of the wheels on the tracks as the train raced through the night. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lay back listening to him breathing in and out. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon after, the study erroneously credited with the notion that listening to classical music, particularly the music of Mozart, made you more intelligent. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Mai is listening, because she shouts from our room: "Downstairs where?" Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Why can’t you invite your friends over to the house and listen to music like before?” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I’ve got an idea! Let’s grab a nibble and then curl up in the book cabin, to read the morning away and listen to the rain. Okay?” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The lock clicked and the door swung open — they piled through it, shut it quickly, and pressed their ears against it, listening. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

"No; listen, Jake. If I handled both our expenses, would you go to South America with me?" The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Eleanor sat, looking down at her hands, and listened to the sounds of the house. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

They take off into the darkness, and Ananda and I sit in silence, listening to the radio. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

I listened through the canvas as she whispered long hours with His Lordship, though words I could not divine, merely the hissing sibilants of collusion and intimacy. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Neighbors would stop and listen to the music, and occasionally invite themselves in for a cup of tea. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She listened to him for a minute before concluding that it was a prank call. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was then that I remembered my aunt Angie, and that my father was telling anyone who would listen that she had put his name on a terrorist watch list. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Just listen to this little wildcat!” he said. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Moss sat there and listened to her call up one person after another, asking how they were and if they had any time this upcoming Friday evening to help her out. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And all I had to do was get my father to listen. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He held his breath and listened for Uncle Jet’s footsteps. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

My mother and father were talking and I sat there, trying to listen to their conversation but not really listening at all, just thinking about things. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Every Wednesday night, Rasheed listened to the Voice of Shari’a when the Taliban would announce the names of those scheduled for punishment. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Her stomach churned as she listened to his ordeal. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I raised the sash and stuck my leg out, then paused to listen for Mama. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

"But, tell me, how can my son be king when he can hardly talk? How will he rule? Who will listen to him?" Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first Megan buried her head under a pillow, but then she poked her head out like a turtle and started to listen for real. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

I looked up at the clear sky and listened to the low roar of cars and semi-trucks headed to places I didn’t know, driven by people I had never seen. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

When he had talked about Hooper, Fielding had listened, and believed him, and yet it would make no difference, he was too careless about things to put up any barriers. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He froze for a moment, and listened with his flag. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don't like listening to the couple argue. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“I am. I’m standing here listening to you tell me the news of the day—that a bush is dying.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she was listening to me, Tessie’s tongue often pressed against that divot, that gate. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Kids my age don’t listen to it like they used to. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But he just rocks back and forth like he’s listening to music. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The pebbly voice, the sun, and the narcotic wine smell weakened both the boys, and they sat in a pleasant semistupor, listening to her go on and on. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they came upon it from a turn in the road and they stopped and stood with the salt wind blowing in their hair where they’d lowered the hoods of their coats to listen. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Kate was holding her breath, listening for any hint of what was coming and not hearing any hints. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She listened, not hearing the workers below or Sam Gribley, who was creeping along the girder to her. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Sometimes we say it to each other when no one else is listening. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then one day in Philadelphia, in the shadow of City Hall, two women stopped and listened. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

In the evenings, after he had finished his supper of watery cabbage soup, Charlie always went into the room of his four grandparents to listen to their stories, and then afterwards to say good night. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

My mom and dad didn’t think it was a good idea, but I wouldn’t listen. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

If a person treated a horse right, I found that you could talk to a horse and it would listen. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wandered along these rows, listening to the deep hum of the machines, until I finally reached the center of the temple. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

At dinner that night, I listen as Lily and Mom go on and on about Yale and how great it will be and all the classes Lily is going to take. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

For the student, music not only strengthens emotional and cognitive development, but also allows a new outlet of expression, and a new means of learning through listening and making sound. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I guess he was listening to records because he had his arm across the seat and was beating his hand up and down like it was a drum. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

School teachers suffer a good deal from having to listen to this sort of twaddle from proud parents, but they usually get their own back when the time comes to write the end-of-term reports. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

By now, Lyddie was propped up on her elbow listening, tom between pride for Betsy and horror at what she was proposing. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

He started from the very beginning, and they listened as they walked. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He stood in the darkened basement with the trunk upon his back and listened to the roaring draft of the furnace and saw the coals burning red through the cracks. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

They listened quietly to my story about our walk in the circle at Stonehenge. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Then we sat down again and listened as a man addressed everyone in court. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I liked to look at the stars on the still and quiet mornings and listen for the howl of the coyotes. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But though Tehlu listened to her wise words with his ears, he told her that mankind was wicked, and the wicked should be punished. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Finally, the whole team was dressed, had listened to Coach Spinks’s pre-game harangue, and now waited on that trough of suspended time when each second seems weighed down by the glistening bullion of tension. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She throws up her hands, so I know her mother didn’t listen to Sara’s advice. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“I listen to a lot of Wilco when I’m taking photographs. And The Smiths.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He listened, then turned a small screw on the back of the instrument’s wooden neck, then listened again. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

He listened to the radio loudly as he passed exit after exit, casually noting the number on each glowing sign as he sang along and snapped his fingers wildly. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

While these scents reached them they were also listening. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The stupidest thing I ever did in my life was listening to you,” Charles said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Ms. Rubin started yelling louder now, like she was getting annoyed that nobody was listening. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“It was like school. I went to class and listened to the teacher and did the work.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I have always endeavored to listen to what each and every person in a discussion had to say before venturing my own opinion. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I listen to Baba recite the verses from the Quran, his melodious voice washing over me in gentle waves. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

They had eyes for nothing but the Shadow as he stood there listening to Meggie’s voice, as if she were telling him a long-forgotten tale. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I could feel her listening with all her heart, and it felt good. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I drove home listening to some of the songs we listened to those times when we were infinite. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He’s wearing headphones now and I wonder what he’s listening to. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

She listened careful then said, “So now that your thief done died, is you heading di-rect back to Canada or is they some other white men’s th’oats ’round here that you need to cut?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

By reading the papers, talking to Rab and Uncle Lome, listening to the leaders of opposition about Boston, he quickly became well informed. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matthew had been listening, his arm looped casually around the post as if he were waiting for a bus instead of hurtling down a steep hill. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He wouldn’t listen and told us to hold on, while he swung into the street, careening past emptying barracks where suitcases and duffel bags sat stacked. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

By then, some other folks had turned and was listening in. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I listen to Alice’s footsteps pass my tree and fade along the path to her tree house, Leon Longbridge comes vividly back to mind. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

If only he will listen to me one minute, I know I can make him understand there is nothing so bad about me that he shouldn’t allow white children to go to school with me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I repeat, Ha, and wish I knew enough English to tell her to listen for the diacritical mark, this one directing the tone downward. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Their stories are so terrible, so heartbreaking, that you want to run out of the library rather than have to listen to another word. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

During Purim, our congregation gathers at the synagogue to listen to the Megillah, the scroll that tells Esther’s story. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

That night none of us can sleep as we listen to explosions of mortars and rockets in the distance. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t been able to stop myself from listening. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d pull the blanket to my chin, and I’d run my fingers down his gnarled knuckles and listen to stories about his job when he first came to America. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

She sat down in the gallery by herself, not saying a word, just listening. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I went straight home from school the next day and spent the afternoon and evening listening to my father read to me from my textbooks. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I proudly sat behind the Sierra Leone name plaque, listening and waiting for my turn to speak. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I only listened—the stories on my mind weren’t that funny. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Alter, instead of the fireworks, I want you to listen to the music,” Frankie said. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

They went on with their play as we watched and listened. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Francie’s hands flew to cover her ears so that at confession she would not have to tell the priest that she had stood and listened to a bad word. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lee Chong listened while Li Po was read to him in English. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she pronounced these words, Mr. Darcy changed colour; but the emotion was short, and he listened without attempting to interrupt her while she continued: Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

I stay very still, listening to the echo of his odd question. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She braced herself for him to turn around, to blow her cover, but he just stood with his back to her, his head tilted like he was listening to something. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

So that’s how I ended up sitting on a church pew with T. J. Rainey, listening to Miss Rhonda talk about forgiveness and kindness and goodness and grace and all that stuff. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I started shaking again, and just stood there in the dark listening. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Whenever I told one of the stories we’d written, all the charmed folk would gather around to listen as I read, from my perch on Throne Rock. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I listened for a while before I knocked. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

While they are performing their pattern, they are simultaneously listening and memorizing the new pattern. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

But at the time it was all he could do to listen to what she told him. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you want to listen to a story?” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

She had gotten so lost in telling the story she had forgotten people were listening. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He lay in silence for the longest time, looking at the stars and listening to the soft murmurs of various conversations drifting across the Glade. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Okay, as you listen to the music, pay attention to how you feel.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

While the general listened to a briefing in a nearby tent, Caputo and his men sprayed water into the trailer. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

A young man whose name Claire didn't know had been listening. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

We listened to whiny rock songs while Jessica jabbered on about the boys we hung out with. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I listen to them and make a wish that they get the chance to meet in person one day soon. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

The boy could feel every single beat, as they crouched there side by side, listening for sounds from above. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I hummed it while George listened carefully, trying to follow me. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“You don’t say? Did they listen to him?” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“He speaks,” he said, “He speaks. All you got to do is listen.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I sat with my laptop on the love seat, near Dad, and listened to the music. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

As Schlesinger took off his outer clothing and sat down next to the fire, Nugent explained the situation, and Hannah listened with professional admiration. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Just let the sun bake my face and listen to those waves hitting the shore, one after the other. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The boy listened for a yelp, a whine, a thump, thump, thump under the floor. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I listened, amazed, not that he was saying what he was saying, but that he would share such thoughts with me. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It delighted him that they thought he was unconscious and did not know he was listening. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I watched and listened and longed to be away. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, me and Jay stood next to Mama and my uncle, Doc Buzzard, in that graveyard, listening to the pastor say lots of good things about Gran. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Me and Mama had to listen to Mr. Tobin go on and on about the program; how peer counseling is so good, and how it’s required once a kid gets suspended. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

"You don't have to wait until I'm done. I can listen and cat at the same time," I say. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It turns out she just hadn’t had a chance to listen to the songs yet. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Ever since the second coup some weeks ago, when the Igbo soldiers were killed, he had struggled to understand what was happening, read the newspapers more carefully, listened more closely to Master and his guests. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Will listened more closely now, for Baruch and Balthamos had told him some of this. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Quite so. I’ll read you one of the things he did dream of in a moment. Meanwhile, listen to what this old Arch- Community-Songster said.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She talked a little but mostly listened, while Dad, Erik, and I sat and ignored each other. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The assistant director reaches for the handset, says “Sylvie” into it, listens awhile, then sets it down. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

If you want practice hearing syncopations, listen to some ragtime or jazz. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I listened to the music, relaxing against the light gray leather seat. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Nhamo had no idea what a nation was, but she listened politely. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every day my parents listened to audio recordings of questions and answers: How many senators are in Congress? How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She is being spiteful, Eleanor thought remotely; from a great distance, it seemed, she could watch these people and listen to them. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s been the same for years, one thing after another, and they won’t listen to — OH NOT AGAIN?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She stood for a moment, listening and looking up at the tree house. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I stood impatiently listening, half listening, vaguely watching, then noticed his work-thickened fingers clutching the shovel. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I know is that it’s going to be tough to listen to it all year. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She relaxes her arms as she listens to him and then begins to laugh. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Please take me back to the bus station. And listen to your grandmother. You shouldn’t drive all the way back to New York in the dark.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Yet not one word had been said of the accused, who sat listening like any other member. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marly was listening so hard that her ears felt like a donkey’s, on either side. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Matthew, Emily’s older brother, bobbed his lopsided Mohawk as he listened to music. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

My daddy listened to the blues back in Alabama on an old scratchy record. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Now you listen to me. Take heed of what your Father Abbot has to say. The next creature who utters one squeak will answer to me. Understand?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

In Estraven, for instance, one feels the man’s power as an augmentation of his character; he cannot make an empty gesture or say a word that is not listened to. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Harry stood quite still and silent, listening to her sobbing and calling Ron’s name amongst the trees. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“A runt. I told him not to smoke, but children don’t listen.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Ron, who did not appear to be listening to the toast, had already thrown the mead into his mouth and swallowed it. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Who else would invite a guy over to hear his new CD of Mozart’s Prague Symphony and let him listen without having to pretend that he likes it or pretend that he doesn’t? Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Claire, listening from where she stood in a small grove of trees nearby, smiled at the sweetness of the children. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They’re all just there, holding their breath, following your, like your every move through the house, listening to your footsteps and the doors opening and closing. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And only when he was certain that she had not heard him, that he had Faded, or was simply not someone she cared enough about to listen to, she said, “Blimmen 'eck. It’s like Christmases.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

There was a knock on her door, and her dad opened it, letting in the sounds of the Flush holiday album Matthew had been making the family listen to on repeat since Thanksgiving. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I am listening, I thought, to the cacophony of my digestive tract. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Ugwu sat on the steps that led to the backyard and listened. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Once there, Fuchs was unable to contact Gold, knowing the army listened to phone calls and read the mail. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I get up and listen closer at the door. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Sam Gamgee was sitting in one corner near the fire, and opposite him was Ted Sandyman, the miller’s son; and there were various other rustic hobbits listening to their talk. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I remembered a few times, before I was diagnosed, when I’d lay in bed and my artifacts would talk to me or to one another and I would listen to them until I fell asleep. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

For hours, the audience listened to speeches and debates about women’s rights. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I wonder if Mrs. Johnson told us and I just wasn’t listening. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Farmer listens good-naturedly, interpreting Ti Jean’s words as “a giant morality play, a commentary on social inequality.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I had thought to ask her to listen at the door and tell me what was said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I listen, I try to think positive thoughts. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I turned my chair slightly to listen better. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Everyone on the bus was smoking pot and listening to the same Crosby, Stills, and Nash album continuously, on a tape player running on batteries. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly they were aware that everything was very quiet; the whole forest stood in listening silence. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

As I look over the crowd, Sophie catches my eye and we both raise a hand, and she resumes listening. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The tune of “Hang On Little Tomato” played in my head as I listened to Professor Thomas tell the story. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

And I listened in class, too, but on that Wednesday morning, when Dr. Hyde started talking about how Buddhists believe that all things are interconnected, I found myself staring out the window. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Kira listened to the Singer’s voice as he sang the serene melody of plentiful harvests and celebratory feasting. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their grandchildren had stopped listening to them years ago. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

After listening to the chief, the magistrate rapidly made out the necessary traveling documents and affixed the official stamp. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Noiselessly, in spite of his heavy build, he dropped off the bed and with two strides was standing by the door listening. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Now just bear with me, listen to the teachings of the Messenger of Allah, The Honorable Elijah Muhammad. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ignored me for the rest of that endless lecture on Hawthorne, which I couldn’t listen to. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He joined me in the shadows of the alley and listened as I quickly explained my mission. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spoke to local and national TV channels, radio, and newspapers—I spoke out to anyone who would listen. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

In a happy daze he listened while Mr. Morris talked. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She listens to me speak, and she offers good advice. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Until people understand who you really are; that is when they stop and listen. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

At the front door, the boys leaned close to the wood, listening for...they didn’t know. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“They didn’t listen, Jam. I tried to tell them, and they didn’t listen.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I had matured listening to the words of my pastor, of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and of others that year. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Nate would lie in his hammock and listen to Papa and the men griping about England and King George. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered I had wanted to listen to a Tchaikovsky symphony on Sunday night, the night of the ball game which I had been so certain we would win. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She listened, her ears learning how to work in this new world, and she could hear the sounds of birds chirping and trilling, and this was somehow comforting. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

It takes you by the throat and doesn't much listen to reason. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

We listen to the earnest attempts of their talk, the bits of their stilted English. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maxim was talking, and I listened him, but his words meant nothing to me. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I’m on a glider in the garden, listening to my music and letting the wind push the swing for me. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He didn’t seem to be listening at all. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Or to listen to anything else Mom said that day? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

All she could do was huddle behind her door and listen, trembling, as he came closer and closer. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The only time I let my feelings out is when I lie in bed at night and listen to the distant krump of explosions and barrel bombs, to the alarms and sirens after an airstrike. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

It came from a distance, from the south and, as I listened, grew louder. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Saturday mornings, he got up to listen to the five coaches tear the team apart during the critique of the game on film. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

We're a good buddy match, because she likes to listen and I like to talk. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Okay, listen to me,” the old man said, his voice muffled behind his own swath of fabric. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

As he went on speaking and Vasudeva listened to him with a serene face, Siddhartha was more keenly aware than ever of Vasudeva’s attentiveness. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

My family’s so loud, I don’t think they know what it means to just sit and listen to nothing. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

The shape of the old assembly, trodden in the grass, listened to him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

She’s listening to somebody shouting through her cell phone, and jogs away from me back into her bedroom. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

After listening to the broadcast, I read the play over several times, each time trying to imitate the voices on the radio. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Poppy let the roses dangle upside down as he listened. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Though Mrs. Lapidus does not understand a word, she listens carefully, hears that name again. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hen Wen seemed to listen politely for a while, grinning broadly, wheezing, and snuffling. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

I listened to his voice and felt myself go cold. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

They stuffed themselves silly, then collapsed and listened to polka music. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amari listened to the thunder that their feet made and thought ruefully, The feet of my people bring forth rhythm even when the noise of the white men can produce none. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If I manage to get into the Ministry, I’ll have a lot of proposals to make about Magical Law Enforcement!” he told the only person who would listen — his girlfriend, Penelope. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

When there was just one person next door, listening, that person rushed to the student’s aid 85 percent of the time. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dozens of islanders stopped in to listen while Dave pumped their gas or put on their tire chains and made grim predictions about the weather. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He raised himself on an elbow and listened. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Now we are going to have a new noise, Eleanor thought, listening to the inside of her head; it is changing. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

She proselytized about suffrage to anyone who would listen and recruited volunteers to help with the work. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I situated myself in the chair and rocked back and forth, listening to the creaking sounds that rocking chairs are famous for. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Above ground, a mole leaning his ear against a thinly-beaten copper basin that was upturned on the earth listened carefully to every word the ferret was saying. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I’m about to argue that I did listen, but we both know it would be a lie. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Your Suggestion Can we please choose a book with a boy this time— Weren’t you listening? Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I was hanging out in his room, like I often did, listening to him play bass. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

What use was her special foreknowledge if no one would listen? The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They lay back, well fed and comfortable in the flower-scented night, and listened to Mary tell her story. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Yes, my love, I’m listening. Go on. It’s marvelous.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

If you listen to everybody who claims to have seen Jeffrey-Maniac Magee that first day, there must have been ten thousand people and a parade of fire trucks waiting for him at the town limits. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It did make some sound, but when he listened he heard only the sputter of the fire and a hound’s far-off barking. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

I sit in the terrible waiting room and try to listen to Dr. Katz’s conversation with Mom. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The storyteller vividly described the landscape of their pre-infant life: the hunting they did, the games they played, how they listened to our world ... A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

And I blow it up, yelling, so that Mom can hear inside, and probably anyone else in listening range. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He listened to the kindness in Hendrik’s voice and finally ate and fell asleep as the sun was coming up. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Well, listen, if you ever need help with your applications or have any questions, please let us know. We need more people like you in college,” Freddy says. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“What I want you to know before you pay,” he says over me, like he’s forcing himself not to listen to me. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“You listen to me, David Howard,” I say. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

More like the person he becomes when he listens to music. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

We listened to a band and an orchestra. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“But I didn’t—” “Patience and listen, child,” Chiron said. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Gogol listens, stunned, his eyes fixed on his father’s profile. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were listening to the radio and muttering and shaking their heads. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, haven’t you been listening? / saw me but I thought I was my dad! It’s okay!” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He slumped on the expensive settee again, listening to it creak as he fell back into it. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

She made him tell all the story of his tricks with the mist that had defeated the Kargish warriors, and she listened as if she wondered and admired, but she spoke no praise. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

But it was very difficult They listened, of course, but I had the feeling that neither of them really understood what had happened on our cay. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though Jonathan, listening to something his father is saying, doesn’t hear, Gogol feels helpless, annoyed yet unable to blame his mother, caught in the mess he’s made. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He listened again, holding his breath, but he heard no one, and saw not a soul from Nones to Vespers, when the bells began to ring again. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

I sat back and closed my eyes and listened to the ringing. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

“Be careful and listen to Daddy,” she said. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I blinked to make sure I was awake, and the whole world seemed to listen. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

"If only my daughter had listened to me." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

At forty minutes past the hour, the Mercury Theatre’s Dan Seymour announces to the audience that they are listening to a presentation of H. G. Wells’s The War of the Worlds on CBS Radio. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

"I am not going to listen to that sort of rot from you, Michael." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Then she removed her apron and hung it up and went to the foot of the stairs and listened for a moment. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nodded, noting that his voice became louder when the men across the floor stopped to listen. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We could... I don’t know, listen to each other this time.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I have listened to accounts by such travelers in which every road number was remembered, every mileage recalled, and every little countryside discovered. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes his breath came between his chattering teeth in gusts, rising above the rain and the winds that swished down the corridors; at other times I had to bend to listen. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dante was saying something but I wasn’t really listening. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

He was walking toward them when something of what they were saying met his ears, and he paused to listen, hidden in the Invisibility section. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“I want you to listen to me, Cap, and try not to blame me.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“Still listening to what my old lady tells you, eh?” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He listened to it and told it to slow down. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

This better not be a repeat of what happened the last time I listened in. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

North Korean defectors arriving in Seoul said that Chinese-made transistor radios had allowed them to listen to Chinese and South Korean stations, as well as to Radio Free Asia and Voice of America. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I stood in the middle of the cabin, listening to the gurgle of the saltwater fountain and the ocean waves outside. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Harry kept his eyes on his ginger roots, listening hard. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I’m listening to “Hang On Little Tomato” right now, as I write this. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I lay like a man rescued from drowning, listening, still not sure I was alive. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then how come you listen to it all the time?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

At supper I sat quietly, listening to the chatter of the Belsize women. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

If you used a word even barely wrong he would be there to catch it, correct you, and then explain to you why you had made the mistake, even though you probably weren’t listening. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“But with your parents with you, they would listen....What do you mean at first and why couldn’t you call them?” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

For the next few minutes we stood under the moon-blanched trees, listening to the music blaring from the house. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I explain that I like to see space in terms of triangles, and he listens for a while and then laughs. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I listened to the same heartbroken song the entire bus ride home, because it was still a summer when sadness was beautiful. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

We sat at the dinette and listened to her story. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I guess she didn’t know how much she talked or how much I listen. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

But John did not listen to his father. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Another time, Popo told me about a girl who refused to listen to her elders. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can wet the labels and listen,” August said, and smiled. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I squeezed as hard as I could, listening to him groan. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Melody loves listening to the books on tape.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Within the hall the suitors, idly loafing after their meal, were in a mood to make fun of the miserable old beggar who entered, and Odysseus listened to all their mocking words with submissive patience. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I’d listen to them in simulcast on the radio, and they would all have black American accents. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I lay listening as the sound flowed to and around me, bringing me a calm sense of my indebtedness. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had lived here a long time, and more than one hunter had listened to the voices of his hounds bawling on his trail. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father leaned forward just to make it clear that he was listening as well. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

"Do you want to listen again tomorrow?" he asks. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

The Berg passengers had left the door of the exit ajar, and Alec crouched next to it, leaning in to listen. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She would never listen to this woman who caused her so much suffering. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The goose had been listening to this conversation and chuckling to herself. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

At the top of the steps I listened anew. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Under the hill, the broken boy sat upon a weirwood throne, listening to whispers in the dark as ravens walked up and down his arms. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

That means he knows something we don't, and he wants to be sure we're listening carefully. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Farid was used to listening to the sounds of the night. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The lines in their faces spoke of many years of healing and listening to the people and the world. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

She waited, listening for Mrs. Rappaport’s footsteps to become louder and louder. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

As her voice grew more shrill, her neighbors did come to listen and look. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sirens went off every day, screamed like hell, and people went down into cellars and listened to radios there. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He listens to your ailments, then tells you whether you need to buy a pill, a good-luck charm, or just go home and forget about it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The riding figure sat quite still with its head bowed, as if listening. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“But listen,” David said, his voice turning stern again. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She listened carefully and said, “You never know. He might find him.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Then he raised the leaf to his ear and listened to what it told him. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

She was yelling at Mr. Dell Duke and the tone of her voice demanded that the world listen as she stood up for her brother and for me. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He listened in silence, not seeming at all surprised that his father somehow had learned of his secret visits to the library. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Well, I certainly don’t have to sit here listening to you,” Ignatius said, putting on his suede boots. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something had awakened him and he lay listening, his senses keyed and alert, the memory of the tanker fresh in his mind. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sansa had only to glance at Arya and see the flush on her sister's face to know the boy was telling the truth, but Joffrey was in no mood to listen. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She was, in fact, much better at talking than at listening. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

By listening to them talk I accumulated a vocabulary of the road, of tires and springs, of overweight. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

They listen carefully, crane their necks to see, take notes while I blush. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Bigger shifted his feet and listened to the faint clang of another street car passing. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The recorded songs of the humpback whale, filled with tensions and resolutions, ambiguities and allusions, incomplete, can be listened to as a part of music, like an isolated section of an orchestra. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pax rolled Runt over gently, listening for any whimper of pain, and heard only purrs of delight. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Nico glanced at the ground as if it might be listening. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Krajewska drinks hers slowly, listening while I explain that I do go to the cathedral on Na Bramie to pray twice a week. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I got up and moved about, listening to him through the wall. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was alive with energies she hadn’t yet teased apart, but one of them was waiting and listening. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Too bad I’m not going to listen to them. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

They both listened silently to the water, which to them was not just water, but the voice of life, the voice of Being, of perpetual Becoming. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I’ll turn on the radio and listen to a talk program from Boston or New York. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Girl, are you even listening to me? You heard what I said? Pastor wants me, ME, to read the scripture this Sunday. In front of ALL those people! I can’t! I’mma mess up and then...” Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Impassive, without even worrying about making a show of his recent bravery, he listened to the interminable charges of the accusation. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He listened for another moment, then hung up. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

And the whole time I was talking, Gloria Dump was listening. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I settled into the chair and listened to Dell Duke. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I turn from the sight, listening to my heart beat in my ears. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I listened to his words and tried to slow my breathing. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The rest of my teammates are listening to iPods or joking around. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ask away, friend. There is no one listening.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

In October the student body gathers around a big wireless to listen to the fuhrer declare Operation Typhoon. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The crowd settled down and listened to their robot friend. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I’m going to make him listen to me now. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sat like that for half an hour, in silence, listening to the voices from the edge of the dark. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had effectively mastered the tones and accent by obsessive listening at night to audio lessons designed for state department employees. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

It is terribly odd to hear a voice after weeks of listening only to birds and raccoons, and what is more, to hear the voice ask a question like that. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I dream that the nurses are in the room with me, crawling up, up the walls, to listen at the ceiling. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

We'd listen to Christmas music on the radio and hang ornaments, then sit on the sofa and lean back with our mugs and crumb-covered plates to admire our work. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The National Woman Suffrage Association’s annual meeting was taking place down the street, so the women decided to suspend their morning events in order to listen to Woodhull make her presentation. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear paused at the edge of the brush and listened hard one last time. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

When Parliament listened to the sugar lords, the colonists felt helpless, as if they were slaves. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw stood just outside the door, moving his toes about in the loose gravel, listening to the soft, rough sound it made. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He had fooled himself, and like a child listening to a bubbe-meise, I had believed every single word of it. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Either the future would resemble the present, in which case it would not listen to him, or it would be different from it, and his predicament would be meaningless. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The rest, with faces contorted from the strain of trying to listen, saw distant men gesturing wildly into the sound-killing miasma of whispers, coughs and creaking shoe leather. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Suesetta’s mom doesn’t have any records that we like, and Mother and Father mostly only listen to Mahalia Jackson. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I lie back, listening to the buzzing lights and staring at the square tiles of the dropped ceiling. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Three times a day, for an hour at a time, they corral you into a circle and force you to listen to things that are so awful you can’t purge them from your mind. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

So Will cried out, “Come back! Come back, every one of you! Come back and listen!” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She recalled lying down on the comforter, looking out at the trees, listening to the river roaring endlessly below, wondering if the noise would eventually go from soothing to unbearable. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I was just silent, sitting there with my eyes glued to the TV screen, listening to my parents being interviewed by two cops in the dining room. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I listen to the charcoal whispering along the wall. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

It was that way between them, because, after years of battling each other, C.P. and Ann took that courageous first step of listening. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“And none of his kind would complain. Even if they did, who would listen? Half that coast has been given up as drowned wilderness. Just malaria and convicts now.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You listen to me: I will not have one of my children giving me orders, understand? Don’t you be bothering me about this again.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

It was a mess hall, and two cooks sitting listening to the radio got coffee for us. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry listened; a loud and oddly eerie noise was drifting toward them from out of the darkness: a muffled rumbling and sucking sound, as though an immense vacuum cleaner were moving along a riverbed. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, all right. Just get me her address. And listen, they’re going to keep Victor overnight for observation. So you can come and pick him up tomorrow, okay?” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Yet as she listened to her husband pace the floor, night after night, she must have wondered. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The little family would go and fish and sit and listen. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

But he would only look at her and listen. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

We looked at one another, my sisters and I, and then we left the room, ignoring his cry of "Hey, where do you think you're going? Get back in here and listen." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Teresita never said anyone would help us. She just said we had to sing the song of the birds. I know. I was listening, and I have a photogenic memory.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He understood that there probably wouldn’t be anyone at his parent-teacher conferences at school, listening as the teacher told them what a good artist he was. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“And if you were listening with your ears you’d know he was half Indian.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I breathed in their familiar scent—bleach, sweat, and something distinctly earthy—and tried not to listen to the conversation above me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

But she just told me to be quiet and listen to the sermon. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I told them this was folly, but none of them would listen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She knew she would not have to kneel down anymore, at the front of the classroom, and listen to all of us shouting at her that it was her fault. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hate listening to stuff through the speakers of my phone, but music is always better than no music. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“Sonny, please listen and remember you are hearing from a profoundly ignorant man.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The way I know is one of my visitors, Mateo Nuflez, had just begun listening to the Sacred Rosary on his little radio when he heard the terrible crash. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama and I weren’t really listening that morning, though. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

From time to time, however, he rose, walked to the door of the hut and listened to hear if the boy were sleeping. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you think God listens,” she says, “to these machines?” The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was not starving, so I preferred to listen to them. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She never listened to anything but classical music while she worked, because she said songs with words were too distracting. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I walked down the hall, listening to teachers in all the different rooms. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

While I gnawed on my rabbit, I watched as much as I listened. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I listen to my toenails scratching the stone. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

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

They both listened, sitting like statues, straining to hear. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

They give us their listening ears after dinner, in the family room. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

We lie there together, watching the lightning and listening to the thunder, and waiting for the beginning of a rainy dawn. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Half an hour after they’ve gone to sleep, I tiptoe to their door and listen. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I listened closer and I realized it was a song being sung by a child. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Wang Lung hung his head yet lower and the red blood rushed into his face and he felt as though everyone near looked at him with mockery and listened to the voice of the woman. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

They listened because they knew I was right. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

On one sunny afternoon when she had just returned from her church-ladies meeting, she rushed in to listen to our old broken radio. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I’m listening to myself chew, when Jude’s foot finds mine under the table again. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He did not listen or look at anything around him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Staring at the ceiling, listening for the sound of helicopters and the pounding of combat boots on the roof. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I imagine producing those melodious notes and pronouncing each letter properly—even with others listening—and the idea makes me happy. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

For two hours I listen to giggling and flapping as they entertain themselves with the skittish creatures. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

My heart calmed as I listened to her. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“And in the 1940s, before we got into it, what made every Southerner read his newspaper and listen to newscasts with a special kind of horror? Tribal feelin’, honey, at the bottom of it. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He absorbed the details of every problem instinctively, formulated a solution or a path to the solution as he listened, and moved rapidly on to the next item. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Want to talk without watchful ears listening to judge me. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She signed the paper where the clerk pointed, tried to listen carefully to all his warnings about what the contract demanded, and stuffed the broadside that he handed her into her apron pocket. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Run to her, I tell my legs, but they do not listen. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

If he’d been listening to the radio more regularly, he would have realized Friday was a national holiday and prepared for the possibility of no food line. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Naima stayed where she was and listened to the rasp of thorns clawing the tin. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

He did not pay any attention because he was listening to the forming of the troops, the sound of the cornets, and the voices of command that were shattering the dawn. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

No one in power would listen to their complaints. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I do not listen to papal pronouncements with which I disagree. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spoke to him on a number of occasions urging him to let his people decide, but he would not listen. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Late in the evening we will sometimes pull into the dirt parking lot of a clapboard praise house and listen to old, dark Gullah hymns rising out the windows. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She listened again, said, “Yes, please hurry,” and hung up. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I listen to her voice slowly stating the hours and location. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

They looked into the wrinlded prunes of her eyes; they peered into the dried apricots of her ears; they listened to the indestructible pump of her heart, and pronounced her well. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“What are you talking about? You mean they pray to the same God we do ?” “Yes sir ” “And He listens?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Oh, she thought, why didn’t Mo listen to me? Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

During dinner the Master and Dame Hannah talked of what had happened in Lyra’s absence, and she listened in dismay, or sorrow, or wonder. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I recognized a few of them as people Mom listened to sometimes. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I listen to the gravel swish and crunch. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Instead, the diners watched and listened to her as she stooped murmuring at each place, scraping the serving spoon and fork across the silver platter. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She studied his face and listened to his even breathing. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you all so much for listening to what I had to say. We appreciate you joining us and hope you have a great day.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

We were listening to Joni Mitchell—a singer from way back before my uncle was a kid. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Junior, Talloi, and I listened to rap music, trying to memorize the lyrics so that we could avoid thinking about the situation at hand. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

But she held on tightly to William Spiver, and she listened as her mother read the poem that Ulysses had written. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

“We beat them. You listen to me and you be happy, Todd Hewitt. We’ve spent all this time outrunning an army and guess what? We outran them.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He listened for Lyra’s babbling but heard nothing. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to hear him beg, don’t want to listen to the whine in his voice, the self-pity. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There is no diplomat of the group. Now listen,” Kaz said. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I’d turn up for coaching on Saturday mornings and spend hours listening to Frank, refining my technique, and trying again and again. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Marie-Laure sits in the mouth of the wardrobe, the false back open, and listens to her uncle switch on the microphone and transmitter in the attic. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

A second anti-air battery fires from a distant corner of the city, and then the 88 upstairs goes again, stentorian, deadly, and Werner listens to the shell scream into the sky. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

And so she listened on, listening for so long that some of what Ralph had to say almost made sense. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unbelievably, Fry listens to Zephyr and drops the pad. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

At present Sam still thought only of hiding, of lying low till all was quiet again; and he listened anxiously. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

It’s so easy, just listening, to get lost in the jazz tunes and rhythms that fill my head in Roxbury. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I listen to her footsteps move toward the stairs, and when she speaks I know she must have run into my brothers. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Caesar and Cora listened to the insects as the enormity of their plan moved over them. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She lay listening to Rachel’s even breathing and heard in her memory the sounds of birds in the spring woods. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“But listen, we gotta get you to the hospital,” Mr. Ray said, straight to the point. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Tendai, for a moment, had actually been in the clearing, listening to the shrill, welcoming cries of the women. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

After several days of waiting in the empty house, listening for any sound at the garden gate, she decided go for a walk, unable to stand being inside for another minute. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t listen to any more of this. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Hamid is there, a stethoscope pressed to Stella’s chest as she listens to her lungs. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

As they listened to his stories, everybody knew that this was a hunter whose heart was stronger and harder than any other’s in that part of the country. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

I listened in as adults spoke about what they thought of themselves and other community members based on color. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

So he went into the house and paused in the doorway to listen to the rest of the conversation from behind the door. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Occasionally I’ve snuck out of my room and sat on the steps to my trailer, listening to the night, gazing up at the stars, dreaming. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Obsle’s attention had been taken up by his other neighbor, and most people were listening to Slose at the head of the table. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

We would sneak away while he kept listening to the radio as if nothing had happened. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Matty had arrived at the homeplace the night before to find the blind man preparing for bed and listening attentively to the low collective moan, clearly a large number of people grieving. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

If Tyson was there, the pair would talk, but when he left, Reggie would listen to the radio and totally zone out, sometimes drying the same spot for five minutes. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Then he listened very carefully before putting her down. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Jealous?” said Malfoy, who didn’t need to shout anymore: Half the courtyard was listening in. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

We stood with our ears pressed to the door for a moment, listening for a sign that we’d been spotted. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Some kids listened and tried to bolt for the fence, only to have their path blocked by the line of soldiers in black that seemed to pour out of the air. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Volpe did not give him any blocking; he told him to listen to the show and pop up wherever it seemed to make sense at that moment. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

We just had to be patient and listen with our gut instead of our ears. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I could’ve stood outside the door and listened if I wanted to but that would’ve been rude, besides I didn’t know for sure how long it would take me to polish up my new horn! Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“You listen to me,” he said, his voice deadly calm. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you know that? Now keep your stupid mouth shut and listen to me. Doc Daneeka wrenched himself away. “Don’t you dare talk to me like that. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I don’t get it. I offer my best friend an opportunity to double his money, and he won’t even listen to my idea.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

She was only half listening as she worked. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He listened, his eyes fixed on mine, apparently entranced by these fraudulent recollections. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

If she would have just shown me she was listening, even a little... Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He’s listening, frozen still behind the locked door of his bedroom. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

As they moved along, the boy tried to listen to his heart. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If we don’t listen to him, Dad has a good way of getting your attention. He knocks out a few of your teeth.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She listened to the baboon troop returning to their sleeping cliff. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

This indicated that he wished to listen, but would not speak; and Piggy intended it as a gesture of disapproval "The thing is: we need an assembly." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The bug listened with rapt attention to something he alone could hear—the shouts and applause of an enormous crowd, all cheering for him. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bugs = little listening devices—Population Police hear everything. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

She served them when they were sick, listened to their troubles, answered them in matters of love, and as soon as she had some, loaned them money. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Presently she rang a small clear bell, then in the kitchen Luster heard Mrs Compson and Jason descending, and Jason’s voice, and he rolled his eyes whitely with listening. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

How strange it was to have someone listen to me. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Radio they have been listening to is turned off. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

After everyone left, we sat there side by side without words for many minutes, still listening to the laughing outside. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, no, it was my fault, I’m afraid. I kept your boy here listening to the wanderings of an old lady.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

As summer neared, my mother suffered yet another stroke of paralysis and again I had to watch her suffer, listen to her groans, powerless to help. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I listened to your message when I got to your mother’s house, but of course I couldn’t be sure where you’d called from. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

At the time, statutes governing electronic surveillance were nebulous, and Burns was an avid user of a Dictograph—a primitive listening device that could be concealed in anything from a clock to a chandelier. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He suffered and learned to listen to the suffering of others. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The artisans of Kashan and Isfahan and Tabriz and Mashad all knew that only God was perfect—the only one who could listen to and speak the perfect truth. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Please listen to me. I hate her as much as you do. I have no reason to defend her. I’m telling you the truth. This is important.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He lay there beneath the Invisibility Cloak feeling the blood from his nose flow, hot and wet, over his face, listening to the voices and footsteps in the corridor beyond. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The women listened to the wind as it roared in the chimneys, to the ripping sounds of torn thatch, and to the whimpering of frightened children. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She would say, Erase all negative thoughts—listen for God's instructions. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He steps back and shuts the door, and I stand there, staring, too stunned to feel my own relief, listening to the misery of the ghetto. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Sit and listen for I will speak of the shining city as it once was, years and miles away....” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When we were on vacation, we had a little more family time, a little more time to read newspapers, play chess or monopoly, and listen to the radio. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I think that as we listened to the William Tell Overture, we were supposed to be imagining the Lone Ranger and Tonto riding their horses through the desert. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Not so good. All she wants to do is knit and listen to audiobooks, and nobody did the laundry.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want her to feel what I feel, listening to her but not being able to touch her. Better that she shouldn’t know.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I listened to all the sounds of the market, vendors calling out prices, children laughing and crying, the rush of dried spices, beans, and rice being poured into bags. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I sort of halfway listened in on everybody’s ideas of what constituted interesting. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I was lying on my bed, headphones over my ears, listening to a song that reminded me of Dad and home. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know if you noticed, but I’m not fifty-five years old. I don’t exactly want to listen to NPR, Grandma.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She could listen to the crunch of sugar underfoot that the children had spilled without reaching for the switch; and she forgot the tear in die living-room window shade. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She listens for a few moments, then says, a little uneasily, “I don’t hear anything.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

So she pressed the button and listened to the swoosh that meant it was on its way to Leo. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

No mention of the magic word “emergency,” which is what air traffic controllers are trained to listen for. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I could imagine it—them standing in her driveway listening to the song from his car’s speakers. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

She said her mom was at home, too, and she didn’t want to listen to her crying all day long. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

‘I have thought of something better than that. Something to shut your mouth, and punish you properly for listening. You shall go away with Mr. Frodo!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I’d sit and watch the birds and listen to their songs. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s not there enough to listen. She’s always dictating, then out the door. But starting in two days, when I’m eighteen, I make the decisions.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Then Joe slipped into soft, slow, sweet love songs and Joyce grew quiet, listening carefully, happy in a different, deeper way. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I want you to listen to me. To finish what I started to say once.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He sat there throughout the entire trial, leaning forward, his elbows on his knees, the panama hat in his hands, listening to everything that was said. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

It was a psychology trick called empathic listening. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“All right, now, listen. Relax. Just relax,” the gray-haired man said. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

As I worked I listened to their talk and perceived its puzzled, wandering, superficial fumbling with the problems and facts of life. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The chaplain listened to the implausible explanation distrustfully. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Quiet. But if he ever said something, folks would listen. And Lord, did he read—that man was a regular library.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The Dursleys, who had listened to all of this with looks of utter incomprehension on their faces, jumped as a loud voice screeched, “Hurry up!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Joey may or may not have been listening. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she listened to the waltzes of Pietro Crespi she felt the same desire to weep that she had had in adolescence, as if time and harsh lessons had meant nothing. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Psychology. Don’t you ever listen to me when I talk?” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She loved listening to her brother’s tales—everything was an adventure to him. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She and Coach Hedge listened as Nico described his dreams, then his meeting with Hades at the Chapel of Bones. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I laid there with my hands folded behind my head, listening to her talk and explain herself and tell me why she had done what she had done. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“Somebody had to shut all that down, and nobody was going to listen to me if I tried.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She scolded them, and they listened politely and then went out again. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Won’t be no Moon in this room tomorrow. And no Guitar either, if I listen to you. This time she might have a pistol.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The news plays on the radio, but after the third loop, I don’t think any of us are listening. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The villagers agreed, and so the miller who had listened to the Devil did not have his hands chopped off, but only stood one day in the rain with his millstone tied about his neck. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He says the gov-ernment has got a way to listen to his conversation, so it is better to fbqget the telephone altogether. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because I need to get something off my chest. You sit there and listen and eat cupcakes. Mindlessness, that’s what you need now.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“That one’s yours. He doesn’t listen to me, either.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Guy Greco tilted his head to listen, but the baton did not stop and neither did the band. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

The boy listened to the wind passing through the tops of the tall pines; he thought they moved like giant brooms sweeping the sky. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put my head down and I listen and I reach with the hearing parts of my brain and I listen there, too, and I listen and listen. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z