The horizon lit up with a huge web of lightning. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I lit a cigar and smoked, trying to make myself feel better. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Dimly lit glass cabinets filled the room, displaying swords, clubs, pistols, and every type of weapon in between, going back in time to a flint ax someone might have used to take out a mammoth. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The Colonel lit a cigarette, threw it to me, and lit one of his own. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

When that match went out, I lit another one, and this time I held it really close to Tinkerbell’s face. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He lit a second candle to the Stranger, for himself. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He flashed his crooked smile, then said, “I lit up like a Christmas tree, Hazel Grace. The lining of my chest, my left hip, my liver, everywhere.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Shukumar lit the wicks of the candles, impressed by their long, steady flames. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Cordelia has lit a cigarette and is looking out the window, where several squirrels are chasing one another around the lawn. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the poorly lit basement Mrs. Fanning squinted at the writing on the two doors. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

My mother’s eyes are like the lit end of a cigarette burning into me. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The indoor lights are off everywhere, but the neighborhood is still lit up orange. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Marcus smiled really big, and it lit up his whole face. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He lit it up with a butane lighter that made a flame approximately as large as my middle finger. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

The building in the trees with its ornate facade lit by floodlights might have been an opera house. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hallway outside of the room was lit up, shining with afternoon light, just like the common room at the Golden Glen. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

She struck the match and lit the check and put it in the shovel, and then the envelope, and watched them burn. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the day that I met him, he was dressed in a denim jacket and blue jeans, and he was nicely tanned, looking lit and relaxed. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was dark out, and the streetlights along the academic drive in front of the student center and gym barely lit up the street. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The lanterns lit up the inside of the sukkah, and when Anya looked up, she could see the stars shining in the sky above them. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I lit a lantern when it got dark and carried it with me wherever I went, which wasn’t very far in such a small place. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The mine was lit up, big spotlights playing around the grounds. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I lit the end and sucked a grateful drag. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The walkway was lit up, and the store windows were lit, so she moved through patches of sharp light. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The faintly lit hatchway lay in the dark of the yard like a grave yawning at judgment day in some old apocalyptic painting. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He placed the castle on the mantel, put in candles, and lit them. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mazen sits at a table in the room beyond, his scarred face lit by a lone candle. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

When I lit one, the flame sputtered only once, like a newborn’s first breath, before burning steadily. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She lit a cigarette, while the two women spiritedly watched her. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

After Miss Effie Belle hurried off to Sunday school, Mama and Papa lit into me. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Electric lights lit the windows, and inside we could sometimes see a family sitting down to listen to the radio together, or washing dishes in the kitchen. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The barrel-vaulted entry was cold and bare, lit by the same harsh light as the Grisha cells in the prison wing. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

After dinner he lit the kerosene heater and put it in her bedroom. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Smoke curled thinly from one of the near chimneys, and I wondered if the library fire had been lit, according to routine. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

When the tender came with the morning meal, Kira asked that the lights be lit. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lit the joint, inhaled, then held the smoke in his lungs. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

It was as though a flame had been lit inside him that nothing, not Hermione’s flat disbelief nor Ron’s persistent doubts, could extinguish. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“So . . . tell me . . .” said Cedric as they reached the entrance hall, which was now lit only by torches in the absence of the Goblet of Fire. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

His hands were shaking too badly to light the cigarette, and Johnson took it and lit it for him. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The window of the potter's studio is lit. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

A long, slim cigarette was stuck in the end and it was lit. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bando went for a walk, I lit the fire in the fireplace and spent the morning creating a feast from the wilderness. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tipple, lit up by beacons, could have been a station there. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Each one contains a substance that represents each faction: gray stones for Abnegation, water for Erudite, earth for Amity, lit coals for Dauntless, and glass for Candor. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He crushed out his cigarette and lit another. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Dimly lit by standing lamps, it has the same air of domestic neglect as the kitchen. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

His sneakers lit up each time his heels hit the floor. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Having done this, I noticed all the more the effect of the pale light coming into the room and the way it lit up the edges of my father's craggy, lined, still awesome features. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

The great room is empty and lit by moonlight. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

A candle was lit, smelling of a protection oil, and I wondered if it was one of the ones me and Jay had made. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Every few seconds, the backyard lit up in sudden flashes of red, green, and yellow. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

His father had just lit his pipe, and the sweet tobacco scent of it was curling around the room and mixing with the smell of leather and polished wood. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

We stood still for a nanosecond, staring at the fuse, making sure it was lit. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

She lit one now, a long black cigar that smelt of burning rubber. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

When she returned, bearing her load of berries, Mama’s eye lit on Big Pinch. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“I’m surprised no one’s lit the classroom on fire. They’re barely supervised.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The dimly lit corridor smelled of flowers and of furniture polish, with just the slightest tang of formaldehyde and rot beneath the surface. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

But Nelson’s face lit up in a way that made me nervous. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In spite of the off-grid electrical system that Kelton is always so proud to brag about, the lights in the house are turned off, and Mrs. McCracken has lit candles for the dinner table. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“He was hiding when the man shut us all in the basement, and when he lit out Millard followed!” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

From here, lit by starlight, I can see the maze below and the folly in the center. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He had jumped up as if he were a lit firecracker, running into the other room, collecting food and clothes. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Note to Annie during lit class: Don’t forget Then I drew a picture on the bottom: And, yeah, she did think I was a pervert. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

‘It is long since the beacons of the North were lit,’ he said; ‘and in the ancient days of Gondor they were not needed, for they had the Seven Stones.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The final odds lit up the board, and Howard burst out laughing. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Allegedly my father had poured kerosene on her and lit the kitchen stove. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The room is lit only by dim floor lamps and a jumble of hanging Christmas lights. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The hallway was large, dimly lit, and sumptuously decorated, with a magnificent carpet covering most of the stone floor. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But the light was powerful—it lit up the entire room whenever it suddenly appeared. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Flare path remained lit so I assumed and had to trust that I was still expected—possibly my passenger had come down safely and informed the reception committee about the damage to the aircraft. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

All was dark about it, earth and sky, but it was lit with light. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She opened her purse and took out a cigarette, lit it with an expensive silver lighter, put the lighter away. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I begin to have more sympathy for the girl from District that lit the fire that first night. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

In the row of Senior Skulls in front of me, Marcus shouts his approval, his eyes lit with unholy joy. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She lit a cigarette and spent a moment identifying with the smoldering match. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Her face lit up when she spoke of him. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The stage was decorated with colorful streamers and hundreds of twinkle lights, and it lit up the Gran’s special winter solstice cape beautifully. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Light from the interior of the building lit the ground and table in fat yellow stripes. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Albert lit his pipe, clamped it between his teeth, and proceeded to move all the chairs into the exact spots he wanted. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Murmurs of approval rippled through the dimly lit bar. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Magdalys scanned the dimly lit shacks on the far side of the street. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Automatically, without really thinking about what he was doing, Harry pulled out the fragment of parchment, opened it, and read by the light of the many wands that had now been lit behind him: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Her mind lit with memories, each one falling like an asteroid, flashing in the dark. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Upon hearing the word food, all the ashen-faced men, women and children digging about me started inching toward where I was digging, their faces lit with expectation. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lana stuck a cigarette between her coral lips and lit it. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He admired the sky lanterns that lit the streets, strung so cleverly that they looked as if they were floating. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Putting out a lit cigarette against the side of her new sweet ride. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

He got the little oillamp lit and left it sitting on a rock and he rose and shuffled out through the leaves wrapped in his blankets. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t intended for us to wither into desiccated husks in front of brightly lit screens that leeched away our summer days one meme at a time. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Her face—Julie’s face—her face suddenly lit up like a sunrise. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The lamps were being lit along the streets as they set out, and Catelyn felt the eyes of the city on her as she rode, surrounded by the guard in their golden cloaks. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The solitary lamp they had lit went out at once. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The room beyond was dimly lit, but he could see Nagini, swirling and coiling like a serpent underwater, safe in her enchanted, starry sphere, which floated unsupported in midair. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She reached out and put her hand on the cold brass handle, and it opened into a corridor lit with candles placed in pewter sconces molded into the shapes of tree branches. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her face lit up, and her smile practically went from ear to ear. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Down the street, as the night lit up in sudden flashes of red and yellow, an exhausted Fariba had propped herself up on her elbows. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then there was another boom!, accompanied by a flash that momentarily lit up the sky, and I realized I was hearing the crash of thunder. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

In the distance, City College was lit up on the hill, looking like an ancient castle complete with turrets. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

His voice took her back to the moment she lit the lamp. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I lit four black-cherry candles that are mixing surprisingly well with the feast my parents are cooking up. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

They reached South Parkway smoking freshly lit cigarettes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I said as much, and the faces lit by the campfire grinned with relief. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The sky was lit up by gigantic sheets of brilliant lightning. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I’d checked out his photo in the summer edition of our staff directory—a less-than-flattering, poorly lit head shot of a guy with a big smile and a whiff of geekiness—and remained unmoved. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Kamau was approaching from the other end of the alley, lit sconces mounted on the wall throwing his frown into sharp relief. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

And in the later afternoon, everyone would come home, looking tired, hardly noticing the demons who lit the gas lamps. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lit into Mama, telling her how she needed to get a hold of herself and act like a mother. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The great irony of anthracite is that, tough as it is to light, once you get it lit it’s nearly impossible to put out. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

In a cozy room dimly lit by oil lamps, Miss Wren sat in a rocking chair holding Miss Peregrine in her lap. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The windows of the house are lit up, and I know she is in there with her parents who love her but hate me, and I don’t want to intrude. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The walls were bare grey stone, lit with the distinctive unwavering reddish light of sympathy lamps. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Royal lit out for Manhattan at eighteen, and his first sight of the majestic city from the rail of the ferry confirmed his fate. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It was lit, like everything else he’d seen so far, with a dim anbaric bulb, which made him wonder how they still had power. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Round lanterns lit the zigzagging walkway, their glowing circles echoing the full moon above. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He lit a cigarette and unlocked the garage; the door swung in and again he was surprised and pleased to see the lights spring on automatically. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She did not seem to know what to make of the hug either, because she backed away from him quickly and lit the cigarette. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He looked like he was lit from within, like a wax statue in a football hall of fame. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy sneaked up behind them, his face lit up, though his brain was spinning. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I always found it suspicious, because it had red kidney beans in it that looked like tiny eyes, corpse lights lit in the swamp of the green stew to draw weary Hobbitses to their graves. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Emergency LED lights lit the corridor, running on current from the ship’s batteries. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

They must’ve lit the big fire again, the sky in that direction was glowing orange. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore was standing over the Pensieve, his face lit from beneath by its silvery spots of light, looking older than ever. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

This square was better lit than the rest of the village, with four lanterns casting menacing shadows on the paving stones. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Sometimes at night when he couldn’t sleep, he lit a flickering candle and counted his tattoos. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She tried again, and with a psst the match was lit. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The casino was lit up with neon, chandeliers, and the sparkle of the slot machines. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Johnson lit into the military men, dropping the f-bomb, Cooper noted, “more freely than a marine in boot camp.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Honey Mine, please, I think it would be lovely if you lit the candles on Friday night and just thought a silent prayer for your Lover,” he wrote soon after his departure. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The girl leaned forward, her face lit by the fire, her features suddenly cold. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“What happened to the girl in the cottage?” said Harry at once, as Dumbledore lit extra lamps with a flick of his wand. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

We kept a bin of driftwood twigs nearby, perfect kindling that caught easily when I lit the paper and blew gently on the flame. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Then I lit another cigarette--it was my last one. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He lit one of the cigarettes, and blew a cloud of smoke into the air. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He put them on and his bedroom came into clearer focus, lit by a faint, misty orange light that was filtering through the curtains from the street lamp outside the window. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

When we entered the city, it seemed as if someone had lit the many tall buildings that shot into the sky. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

In the pitch-black night, there was nothing to look at but the road ahead, lit by the car’s headlights. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Tonight I saw that a fire was lit in his cell, for it felt very cold to me, and that someone keeps it going all night.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The scent of burning wood, usually so comforting when Daddy lit a fire on cold days, drifted through the forest. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

We took the trail out to the desert and the three of us made our way up my mighty hill, lit at this point only by the light of the full, shining moon. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Wednesday pulled out a narrow gold lighter from the pocket of his pale suit, and lit the old man’s cigarette. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Someone has doused me in kerosene and lit a match. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Lightning lit up the room, empty but for Alyce under the stairs and the woman, in tears, in pain, in labor, and none to help. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

We should have been good sports and lit out of the Congo right then. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her face lit up, however, when Moss placed a hand on her shoulder. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He looked like he hadn't slept in a week, and by the time he got to my car he had already lit a joint. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

He saw me and a flash of evil genius lit up his dull mind. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

A conductor who rode trains with his family and lit out for the Territories. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

When Luke said it, his mom reached for a cigarette and lit it without looking at Luke. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Under the town walls, parchment lanterns had been lit above the stalls, throwing pools of colored light upon the cobbled path. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The inside of the main tent is lit with lanterns burning with green alchemical fire, tinting everything a sickly color. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The final race time lit up the tote board. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here and there, a house off the side of the highway lit up in a glowing motley of Christmas lights. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I left Joan to pay the driver and hurried into the empty, glaringly lit room. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Oblivious to the charms of the moonlight, Agent Jones stood outside the volcano compound, removed his gloves, and lit up his last cigarette of the night. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

There were several yellow bursts and the sharp scratch that a match makes when it’s lit. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

We go along the corridor and through another flat gray door and along another corridor, softly lit and carpeted this time, in a mushroom color, browny pink. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I went to St. Ignatius, and it was cold and damp like it usually was, outside and inside, except inside there were more candles lit than you’d think could fit inside a single church. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Everything was lit with a dim, crimson light; the curtains at the windows were all closed, and the many lamps were draped with dark red scarves. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

On that first school day, as I entered the small brightly lit first grade classroom, it was a whole new world of young brown people like me and friendly teachers. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A circle of lit candles is arranged on the floor over one of the Candor scales set into the tile. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It’s getting late, and soon it’s only the kitchen that’s lit up. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Attracted by the flaring blaze that lit the night, defenders rushed from all quarters to see what was happening. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The air around her seemed to crackle, her skin glowing as if lit from within by something miraculous. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

As Lucky searched for a spot in the brightly lit parking lot, Lupita sat up and let the shawl fall onto her shoulders. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Marble mermaids lit the way as Davos climbed, bowls of burning whale oil cradled in their arms. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The guards, a sturdy, solid lot, hustled me through the corridors and left me alone in a small room, very dirty and very brightly lit. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Steve sat at one end of the couch and immediately lit a joint. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He lit his and held the match for me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

We all take another look at the mountainside, lit, exploding sparks, and burning faster. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Milkman lit the cigarette and the dogs hummed at the sound of the match, their eyes glittering toward the flame. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hugo lit his candles to help him see and began with the clock that overlooked the ticket booths. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

I followed Sorrento past another receptionist and down a long, brightly lit corridor. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He lit up like a glave at the sight of the alchemist. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

As it grew dark we lit the tapers and wicks and encircled our dwelling with light. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The outer city was in darkness, and below her, the low, brown buildings of Special Circumstances were lit only with the harsh glare of security lights. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It was almost like his legs were sticks of dynamite, and the first run was just the fuse being lit, and now, the tiny fire had gotten to the blowup part. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

The room was dimly lit; he thought it might even be underground, for there were no windows, merely torches in brackets such as the ones that illuminated the walls of Hogwarts. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

After mopping its brow with a filthy handkerchief, the angel lit a cigarette by clicking together two nails on its left paw, inhaled deeply, and immediately had a long drawn-out coughing jag. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bits and Shawna were huddled together near the back of the room, and they lit up when they saw Moss, rushing to his side. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The common room was lit with the glow of the dying fire, still littered with the debris from the party. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The Distracted Globe was located at the western-hemisphere intersection of the Boulevard and the Avenue, two brightly lit streets that stretched completely around the planet along its equator and prime meridian. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I moved to the mirror, guarding the flame, and lit the oil lamps that were set into the wall. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a six-chair barbershop, where civic leaders were mummified in hot towels; and bathtubs for rent; and elevator banks lit by translucent egg-shaped marble lamps. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He was a tall, thin, chocolate-skinned man with a mustache, who favored shades, short-sleeved shirts, shiny shoes, and sharkskin pants, and always held a lit cigarette between his teeth. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The candles and the incense sticks, lit the day before to mark his death anniversary, had burned out. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It lit our faces for seconds as it slashed through. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

She had little contact with the father, as he left the house early and his office window was one of those in the Griffin that stayed lit the latest. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The hallways are dimly lit, but I can still see the snowmen and reindeer in every class window. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

At the newel post Janie whirled around and for the space of a thought she was lit up like a transfiguration. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Her nights were lit by distant stars and the shimmer of moonlight on snow, but every dawn she woke to darkness. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And seen closer in the light of two candles that he lit and carried before them the landlord’s face looked rather wrinkled and careworn. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He lit another cigarette to curb his hunger and tried to reduce his task to the basics: you walked across the land until you came to the sea. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Bod thought, then he smiled, momentarily, and it lit his face like the flash of a lightbulb. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

It thrashed hard at the end of the line, its scales lit by the sun. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They dove inside, lit a fire, and started scraping the ice off their faces. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

But here and there, interspersed among the desolate shells of the heavy old public buildings, I began to see new buildings, too, which were connected by futuristic walkways lit from beneath. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He lit a cigarette and took a long drag before saying, “What the hell happened to your face?” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Albert carefully lit his pipe and clouds of smoke escaped from his mouth. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

We lit the stove a few days ago and the entire room is still filled with smoke. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She hurried to the small shrine in the back of the hut, lit an incense stick, and began chanting prayers to the statue of Bon Bibi that always stood there. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Its thin white light lit up the faces of the rocks and drenched the cold frowning walls of the cliff, turning all the wide looming darkness into a chill pale grey scored with black shadows. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He lit a cigarette and blew out smoke leisurely. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then more lit up, and still more, until a whole constellation surged around us like a million green twinkling stars, lighting our bodies, reflecting in our masks. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Emma scooted close and lit the tiniest wisp of flame on her fingertip to read by. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

As the boys explored the building, they found it to be squeaky-clean, well lit, and efficient but perpetually cold and equipped only with cold-water showers—an unwelcome reminder of their old shell house in Poughkeepsie. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

We entered the room at the end of the hall, a windowless chamber lit by gaslights. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Ron and Hermione had lit their wands too, and were now examining the piles of objects surrounding them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

His title would have lapsed, had His Highness the King not seen lit to name a nephew as the new Lord Cheldthorpe, and so create the title again anew. 03-01 did not know this nephew. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mr. Penney picked up his pipe, filled it with tobacco from a small pouch, and lit it. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Lurvy sat down under an apple tree and lit his pipe; the animals sniffed the familiar smell of strong tobacco. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

As the broiling sun set, a different kind of American landscape lit up: The halogen floodlights from the truck stop could be seen for miles. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s already dark, but the carnival is noisy and lit and alive. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The Sneakoscope on the table had lit up and begun to spin; they could hear voices coming nearer and nearer: rough, excited voices. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

In the capital city of Stockholm, he took warm baths and put on clean clothes and ate in brightly lit restaurants. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rafik lit a stick of incense and wandered back and forth in the hall as if conducting a ritual. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

It lit up, presenting me with the same choices I’d had on my first night here: a handful of training films and simulations, including the complete run of Tommy Queue episodes. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I stayed in the car I lit a cigarette, to steady myself, and drew the smoke in, a long breath of counterfeit relaxation. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Mother lit the parlor lamps, I shoved my handiwork away and dashed out the front door. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

To my surprise, the wick lit right up and, after shaking it a bit, I could hear that there was enough kerosene in it to keep it going for a while, maybe even all night. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He grinned at me one last time, then stepped through the door and was gone, leaving me alone in the dimly lit hallway. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

A tattered veil covered his face, He was standing in a dank cave, lit only by torches. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was the same voice she had heard when she lit the lamp. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Albert lit his pipe as Joseph sat down next to him on the sofa. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The chambermaid lit three lamps, which illuminated but did not lighten the effect. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Next thing I see is his face all lit up. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

On the inside, because the light is trapped down there, things may be attractively well- lit. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, in the late afternoon, the sun shone directly on the jar and lit it up so that it looked like a lamp. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

There was a small dimly lit vestibule to keep the warm air in, and standing under the lamp was a figure she recognized: Lord Asriel’s manservant Thorold, with his pinscher daemon Anfang. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Candles flickered on wooden tables in the dimly lit bar. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I find myself in a poorly lit area under the stage. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

R.C. leaned back against the storefront and lit another Viceroy. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Usually, she thought brightly lit windows were an inviting sight in the dark, but these seemed far more menacing than the darkness all around. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I lit the match and it sizzled to life, the burnt sulfur smell singeing my nostrils. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“This is a crazy find,” I say, mad lit as I move on to the next pay phone. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Here, slabs of sleek black stone were inlaid with the silver wolf’s head, the surfaces lit with eerie blue flame. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Inside, the great hall was lit only by light from the tall, narrow windows set high in the wall, and there were servants polishing the wide expanse of marble. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But today the theater is lit and the stage lights are dormant. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She’d only taken one stride when the house lit up like a municipal Christmas tree, and a siren started blaring. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

As they went beyond the reach of the lights from the windows, the man struck a match and lit a lantern. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

While two thralls lit his braziers, Theon stripped off his travel-stained clothing and dressed to meet his father. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But now: Her face is all lit up and flickery as she sets the stage, telling us how first the car filled with Grandma’s perfume. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Moody was limping toward them, leaning on his staff, his wand lit. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Its walls and mirrors were covered with black cloth and the room was lit by candles. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

But her face lit up with a smile even as the tears poured down. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

It was dark amongst the trees, but the comet lit his way, and his feet were sure. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Somkit swerved suddenly to the left and led Pong down a dimly lit alley. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Baba lit a cigarette and started fanning himself again. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He said, ‘Nope. I know it was real, because I was the one who lit the horse’s cigarette!” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He stepped to the pool’s edge and placed Hermione’s wand on the ground, still lit. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Mama held a long, thin stick she had lit from the oven. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I could see the darkness lift off Connor like a blanket as his eyes lit up. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

They don’t compare to this empty, sparsely lit road called American Street where only a dog barks and an old man sings before the break of dawn. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

X got his cigarette lit, nodded, and said Clay had a real eye for detail. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

It was a single room, lit by a naphtha lamp on the table, and clean but shabby. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

According to Boo, their proximity to the lamp when it was lit meant that they were going to be stuck in place for just a little bit longer than everyone else. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He lit a smoke while I asked him what was wrong. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

But then the woman’s face lit up at the sight of Papa. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

As I approached the waves at Fort Morgan, now lit by the sunset, I remembered that sharks feed at dusk and at dawn. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Ash ran into the house and upstairs, down the hallway lit with flaming sconces and into her father’s room, where he lay in bed tossing and turning, the greenwitch chanting something unfamiliar yet unmistakably old. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, the glow from the television lit the walls as newscasters droned on, their voices interrupted by a subtle snoring every few seconds. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Villagers from all round, like us, were converging towards the bonfire to be lit there; already smoke wisps were curling towards the clouds, torches were beginning to flare. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sailed through the air and lit on his feet. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

On my first try, the fire lit, but the smoke just drifted randomly around. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You lit your backpack on fire,” Jack said. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

In my dream, people apologized for things that were about to happen, and lit candles by inhaling. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

When the stoner circle broke up, Charlie lit a Marlboro and the couples went back to making out on the rocks. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The room was almost identical to his but brightly lit. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The real Lockhart lit the candles on his desk and stood back. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I brushed myself off, lit a lamp, and began to make some sense of my new home. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

When the shutter was closed and it had been lit by electricity the room had more the appearance of a setting on the stage. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I lit the newspaper in several places, then touched the match to the cotton balls. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

When Baby Tony came out he was walking through the park when a boy lit him up and blew his face off. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took the book over to his big roll-top desk and lit the light over it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked up at a broad Asiatic face, under a wolverine hood, lit by flickering lamplight. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

We pass the extraordinarily well lit and extremely crowded window display of an electronics store. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

And it burns like crazy, too, every little speck of dirt like a teeny-tiny lit match. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Her eye then lit on Van Helsing and on me too, and gladdened. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

They flowed past the President’s Palace, where President Hindenburg stood in his brightly lit window. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She had a glimpse of a low room dimly lit with dulled red-shaded lamps and thick with the smoke of cigars. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lay motionless, trying sleepily to divine what was causing such a shadow in a room lit only by moonlight. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The glow of the green dashboard lit the scrubs I wore, and that was enough to flood my mind with the reality of what had happened. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Then the Palace was only a long bare room, lit dimly by two small windows, walled with unpainted wood smelling strongly of fish meal. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lights went out and the low emergency bulbs lit up. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“I lit out on a dark and dreary night....” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Shay asks, pointing at the lit light over the sink. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

He lit it, let a little molten wax gather around the wick, and tilted it out onto the thwart and set the candle upright in it. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“See, it’s just that my name’s Aristotle.”His eyes lit up. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

My pace quickened as we were ushered past all the people milling about, through a very narrow, dimly lit marble hall, where our voices and footsteps echoed. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thinking we were all asleep, Mama quietly slipped out of bed and lit the kerosene lamp. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her smile flickered uncertainly, then lit up her homely face again. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The street below was poorly lit, bordered not by leafy trees but by closely parked cars, nothing like the pretty street on The Cosby Show. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The first rays of morning lit up the still deserted streets of Dundalk, Maryland, where Mary’s new home was located, as the cops mounted up to leave her ransacked space. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

She stepped out into the palace courtyard, which was filled with a great many carriages and lit by hundreds of globe-shaped lanterns hanging high overhead. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lit the paper until it burned to an ashy film. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

In the gathering dusk, with fires lit beneath them, the domes glowed blue and red and green and purple. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She checked that the blackout blinds were down and then lit a candle, not wanting to put on the lights and wake her friend. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

As he talked about Mexico, his small, dark eyes lit up like a cat’s when it saw a mouse. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

It was dark in there, lit by the orange glow of burning charcoal. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

It surrounded Sierra, lit up the entire night. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Moody’s face was suddenly lit with an insane smile. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Flare’s up!” the tinkerer calls, and the night is lit once more. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

While I’d slept the clouds had blown away, and now the moon lit the surrounding countryside in pale silver light. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Everyone knew this story: how a few years ago Josh Trammell, a sophomore, had fallen asleep with a candle lit and burned his parents’ house down. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was dark in Gawaine's tent, except for a flat pan of charcoal which lit it dimly from below. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the center of the floor was a massive grand carousel, brightly lit with a top that looked like a gilded crown or something. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Three fires were lit nearby, and the men of the town chanted during the cremation until his spirit had left his body and a holy man announced that Sassur was dead. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

There were no streetlights, but the street was lit by the lights from the apartments and from a motel down the way, the sign flashing on and off, on and off. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

It crashes against the wall behind it, revealing a makeshift room lit by kerosene lamp. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The setting sun has lit the sky on fire, set the tops of the trees ablaze. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

AH round the panelled walls there were ancient paintings of departed badgers, famous in their day for scholarship or godliness, lit from above by shaded glow-worms. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

A moment later the entire area was lit up. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dark bars of iron stood heavy and still between him and the dimly lit scullery beyond. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Benji’s face squished into confusion for half a second and then lit up with understanding. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

His gentle calling drew Minli to him like a moth to a lit lantern. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

The long dining tables had vanished and a golden stage had appeared along one wall, lit by thousands of candles floating overhead. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Coulter lit a candle, because the light was fading rapidly, and led Ama to the back of the cave. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I vaguely noticed that Mike held the chair out politely for Jessica, and that her face lit up in response. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The lamps were also lit in the study or library, and I found the Count lying on the sofa, reading, of all things in the world, an English Bradshaw’s Guide. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I called the nuthatch “Barometer,” and when he holed up, I holed up, lit my light, and sat by my fire whittling or learning new tunes on my reed whistle. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes were drawn to a side chapel, lit from within by eerie golden light. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He went straight to the dimly lit employee break room, where a sitcom rerun played on the decrepit TV. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The kindling of twigs and pine needles was lit with a spark from a flint stone, and when the fire was well on its way, the door of the kiln was sealed. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Granny stiffened and stared at me in amazement; then a glad smile lit up her old wrinkled white face and she nodded and gently patted my hand. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took him a long while to get the candles lit. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We walked in silence down one of the asphalt golf paths, past the pool, which was lit from inside the water, slowly changing colors from red to orange to yellow to green. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He took a cigarette from his own pack, ignoring a transparent humidor on the table, and lit it with his own lighter. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

He found a pack of matches tucked behind the cash register and lit the candles. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

They have gas pumps outside, human-sized, with round discs on top, lit up like pale moons or haloes minus the head. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ann planted her large frame in the doorway and lit into the youths. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Every now and then a ray of moonlight through the branches above lit a spot of silver-blue blood on the fallen leaves. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

A bare minimum of bulbs lit the space, casting long shadows and making the alcoves seem like portals to undisclosed hells. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

She can see his magazine, open to a two-page spread of a beautifully landscaped yard, with lit trees and a lit fountain set into a rock wall. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The rain pounded the roof, and there was a fire in the courtyard lit for Sunday dinner. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The clocks were supposed to be lit from the inside, but the wiring had long ago stopped working. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

The security detail walks me into the admin building through a dimly lit hallway, passing the Director’s empty office, and through a door I’ve never seen. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

It lit immediately, sputtered once when he breathed on the new flame, caught and flared up. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The impious wretches had lit the house next to it, and now the steeple burned fiercely. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The space is wide, warm, and well lit, with a giant hearth and stove squatting in one corner and a wooden worktable sprawled in the center. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I am standing in someone else’s recorded Memory, inside a massive, dimly lit space. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She lit a fresh cigarette almost at once, and said, as pointedly as she was able, “Anyway, your sister says he’s a brilliant boy. Lane.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

The shadows of shoreline showed, lit by more lightning flashes. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

When we returned to the barracks, they lit a great fire to thaw the ice around their feet and lay shivering, arranged radiant around the flames. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

A dark stage, barely lit, covered by a large screen. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

The left looked like the clearest path, but between his eyes adjusting from the classroom lit by sunlight and the dim, smoke-filled hall, it was hard to tell for certain. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He leaned against the door and lit a cigarette. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The light in this level is changing; the ice monuments are lit with golden rays and dragging long shadows across the glaciers. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

One of the gentlemen lit a large pipe and the odor of it nearly made her retch. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

But then I wake up in our nation of two, enclosed in our mosquito tent’s slanted planes lit silver by moonlight, and always think of Bulungu, where we first lay together like this. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

About ten feet away there’s a shrine for Khalil in the middle of the street; lit candles, teddy bears, framed pictures, and balloons. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

It was feebly lit from the street lamps outside; he switched off the flashlight and looked round. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He lit his white clay pipe and the old Chinese gentleman lit one too. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

A moment later every demo computer screen, monitor, phone, and tablet blinked, and their displays lit up with the picture of me covered in paint wearing the alien mask. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He coughed and then elaborately refilled and lit his pipe. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The entire music room is lit up with Christmas lights. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Candles were lit in their chamber, for only a dim twilight came through the windows; the air was heavy as with approaching thunder. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Her face lit up like a Christmas tree. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps two hundred yards across the small valley, Antelope Peak and Cabresto Mountain were still brightly lit and summery. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mace lit the candle, and they went through the routines. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The Cusp looked more otherworldly even than by daylight, aglow as though lit from within. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The juke box lit up, and Hank Williams started singing. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

When he rose and turned to go back the tarp was lit from within where the boy had wakened. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

And then she lit a cigarette and sucked on it so hard for so long that I thought the entire thing might burn off in one drag. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

When he said this her eyes lit up. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Each one is like a shrine, lit up from within, its goddess on display, hand on hip or leg thrust out, the faces beige and inaccessible. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even the sketchy guys who hung out in front of the corner liquor store lit up when they spotted Craig, calling his name and high-fiving him as we passed by. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Once inside the dimly lit bar, Dell found a seat. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Watching her, I lit a cigarette and said I didn’t think a sense of humor was of any use in a real pinch. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

It was lit up like a jack-o’-lantern. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her cheeks were lit up, red as roses. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The driveway is well lit, so at least we can see the puddles before we splash into them. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A ramp led deep down into a vast underground chamber lit by candles. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He showed us a lit­tle girl skipping rope with two other kids. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Its face lit up, showing a welcome screen that required a numerical password for access. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

If he still had light bulbs when everyone else in Ember had run out, would he enjoy sitting in his lit room while the rest of the city drowned in darkness? The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Peeta wriggles back inside, his face lit up like the sun. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The young man clicked his lighter open, lit a Salem, and clicked it closed. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moonlight filtering in lit up silver puddles and sprays of cobweb. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

By refusing to work in the prison’s basket-weaving shop, Osborne got himself sentenced to a night in the “jail”—a barely lit room between Auburn’s Death Row and its generator that contained eight metal cells. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The light from the common room lit up the top of the trees. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Claudette had lit the fuse to a powder keg of protest, but her rebellion had caught black Montgomery by surprise. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

In peacetime, the street lamps below would be lit and the city aglow with light. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

He spoke through the flare of a match as he lit a cigar. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

She seemed to have forgotten that she could do magic, too, for she lit the candles clumsily by hand, her trailing lace cuff in constant danger of catching fire. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It looks like someone lit a match behind his eyes. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The roof is not lit at night, but as soon as my bare feel reach its tiled surface I see his silhouette, black against the lights that shine endlessly in the Capitol. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

And finally, appallingly, at the end of lunch Barack lit a cigarette, which would have been enough to snuff any interest, if I’d had any to begin with. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Once she’d sterilized the cubicle, she lit a Bunsen burner and used its flame to sterilize test tubes and a used scalpel blade, since the Gey lab couldn’t afford new ones for each sample. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Rex put the lit end of the joint in his mouth. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It was already lit, and the doors closed. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

By the time the sun sets and we arrive in the heart of Shibuya, the neon lights of Tokyo have already lit up, casting the city in a glittering rainbow of color. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He threw the door wide so my cell was lit by the blazing electric bulbs in the interrogation room and uttered in disbelief, “Eva Seiler?” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The stage was the bandstand in the park, lit with headlights running off car batteries. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The second I spoke to him, this face that had seemed so threatening and mean lit up with gratitude. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Back there, a few kids were eating the last of the ice cream sandwiches, while a bunch of the men had lit cigars, and their long smoke whispered up into the golden trees. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Leo brought out his first weapon—a lump of dried chemicals wrapped in aluminum foil—and lit it with his hand. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

While Mama was bundling me up, Papa lit my lantern. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he stood just beyond the opening they saw his face lit by a red glow. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She pulled out every candle we owned and lit match after match until the wicks were all burning with tiny flames. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He didn’t shake my hand, just lit a cigarette and reached for the conch shell he used as an ashtray. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The night moon had lit their way like a lantern. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

It took very lit­tle searching—all I had to do was ask a few questions in Bamiyan and people pointed me to his village. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Diesel generators lit the new grove and the Golden Dawn field. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took out his pocket watch and lit a match to read the dial. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

A pale ring of sunlight burns into the clouds like the end of a lit cigarette. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The corridor is lit by a paint-spattered emergency lamp that hangs over one of the exits. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She followed his gesture, met my eyes, and lit up as she smiled at me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

While he slept, a spark must have lit the powder bag—a spark from someone’s pipe or from the slow match on someone’s musket. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I turned and saw brief glints of something, like dust lit by sunlight. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

But with all the power coming from the capital, the mines could be lit up by Mobutu’s own hand, and shut down at the first sign of popular rebellion. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put our quarters in the basket and she lit the candle. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Some of the village-folk had lit a large fire, just to enliven things, and also because it was one of the things forbidden by the Chief. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Her skin tingled, and she lit a candle before approaching the wall. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The water was unevenly lit by the sun so he could make nothing out. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

On the way home for the party, my Ohio cousins lit up another joint. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The room was dingy and windowless, lit by a single oil lamp dangling from the low ceiling. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

They found themselves in a dimly lit area like the place Rita encountered the rat. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Milligan ushered the children into a damp, dimly lit underground passage, where centipedes twisted away at their approach and other slithery creatures they heard but didn’t see retreated into the shadows. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The widow's face lit up and she nodded. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Maxim lit a cigarette, and then stretched out his hand to me. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“When one cigarette burned down to a fragment he no longer could hold, he lit another.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Diego wrestled the lighter from my brother and then lit three Roman candles, which sent streamers of blue and red and green sparks into the air. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The boys filed into a line of customers waiting for a lift that would take them up through the lit branches of a banyan tree to the main entrance at the top of the building. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Above her head there hung by three chains a great cast-iron chandelier which had never been lit in her lifetime. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

His eyes flashed and his face was lit as by a fire within. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Even though Aunt Tzivyah and Papa were gone, she still lit their candles. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Bob says that when you’re alone, and you light a cigarette, and the cigarette is only halfway lit that means someone is thinking about you. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Papá relaxed his jaw and lit a cigarette. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Manchee’ll take the burning stick upwind of Aaron and drop it somewhere to catch fire and make Aaron think I’ve lit up my own campsite. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Today the sun lit up the green soccer field like a neon carpet, and Roy was happy to peel off his T-shirt and bake. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lit a cigarette and got all dressed and then I packed these two Gladstones I have. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

These thoughts spiraled in Emily’s mind while she zoned out, watching Liam flick open his Zippo with a lit flame, then whip the top closed. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I lit pieces of paper and little piles of brush and held my breath until the moment when they seemed about to blaze up out of control. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The room is dimly lit—a single lamp, in the corner by the couch, washing the deep blues of the walls neutral. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

They entered a small town, lit up by streetlights and blinking Christmas decorations, and Shadow glanced to his right. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

It knocked over the lantern, which spun and spun on its side so that the whole treehouse seemed lit by a disco ball. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He pulled harder, and suddenly the train lit up, bells were dinging, and the wheels screeched into motion, pitching the man forward. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Pa lit the torch and we started searching for signs of the horse. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

It was lit up by white phosphorous bursts. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tucked her hair behind her ears, pulled up her hood, and scrunched it shut with a drawstring; the streetlight lit up the sharp features of her pale face. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was lit by thousands and thousands of candles that were floating in midair over four long tables, where the rest of the students were sitting. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He wandered along to the right, past hotels with awnings over brightly lit entrances and bougainvillea flowering beside them, until he came to the gardens on the little headland. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Official players on the floor shine in the dark, their outfits lit up in neon, their names, team affiliation, and level hovering over their heads like golden trophies. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The evening’s shadows dance across Hel’s face, and it reminds me of how she looked when Rowan Goldgale grabbed her and lit her with that strange glow. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He lit a cigarette and introduced himself, extending his hand. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Then I stand there, waiting, feeling my heartbeat slow a lit- tie. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun exploded the sky, just blew it up with the setting color, and that color came down into the water of the lake, lit the trees. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shae lit the murky oil lamp on the wobbly bedside table and said, “There’s no heater, either. We may as well get to know one another.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The back part of the studio is dark, but the place where the contest will take place is lit brightly. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The court was lit by a single floodlight. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

ALS is like a lit candle: it melts your nerves and leaves your body a pile of wax. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I go to the arched windows of Mother Ermentrude’s chamber and peer out into the night There, wooded hills, lit by the moon, slope gently beyond the convent walls. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

When it grew too dark to see, I lit a fire, hoping it would not end the party. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Strider was speaking they watched his strange eager face, dimly lit in the red glow of the wood-fire. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I lit the lamp beside the bed, turned off the gas, and opened the wide windows. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Ob’s face lit up just as mine went dark. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

At the end only the tops of the last high trees were lit, and they looked as if they were burning. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The place was lit by kerosene lanterns and heated by a cast-iron wood stove. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

As day turned into night and soft music began, the gentlemen of Manifest took their ladies’ hands and escorted them onto the open-air dance floor lit by a canopy of electric lights. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Dozens of new fires, starkly lit, against the darkened sky. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She handed the wick to Ilana, who took it and lit one of the candles, then handed it off to Nava, who lit another candle. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I broke it into two pieces, set one on each side under the funnel, lit the fire, closed the flap of the door and listened to the wind bring the first frost to the mountain. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

They squeezed into it and found themselves in a cool, dimly lit cave. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

At first glance the scene looks chaotic, but by the time Camel has lit his cigarette, several dozen teams are hitched and moving alongside the flat cars, pulling wagons toward the runs. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She walked quickly away from the river, because the embankment was wide and well lit. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

They entered their house and lit a small fire and warmed their hands. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girls giggled and the boys laughed and everyone’s eyes lit up with excitement to see such a small and good-looking teacher, so appropriately dressed. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

He stabbed at the pack of cigarettes, took one out of the pack, and didn’t answer until he lit it. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dropping their bikes on the curb, they stepped inside the brightly lit store, where endless junky shelves were crammed with all the stuff you never knew you needed. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

So I dropped down, lit the fuse, and we ran. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He went out to look at the city and the clouds had cleared away completely, and he lit a cigarette and came back to bend down and look at the Hound. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

The flash lit up the street between us. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

So I did, and the flash lit up our stall and now there was photographic evidence of me with a girl. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Father lit a cigar and poured himself a larger-than-usual glass of port. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Lawrence missed Emeline and the way her effervescence and physical brightness—her prettiness and sunflower hair—lit the sullen halls of Holmes’s building. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

At last finding the divide in his curtains, he ripped them back, and at the same moment, Dean Thomas lit his lamp. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

But the creaking of the door forced the king to look up, and when he saw the visitors, his face lit with surprised recognition, melting his stiffness. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

We went inside the house where the lamps were lit, the two boys following, not saying anything. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Before seventh period, I drop in and tell Ms. Steck I’m skipping lit mag this week. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Whenever the lightning lit the forest, I could see where everyone was sitting. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

It was halfway to ash when two harsh white headlights lit the night and the car pulled up and stopped beside them. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Some of the white wax that dung to the sides of the bronze cups came from candles that had been lit in Russia. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

It was dimly lit, but to their eyes, after so long a time in the dark, it seemed dazzlingly bright, and they blinked as they entered. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

But he only lit another cigarette and wouldn’t say anything else, no matter how I grilled him. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Men crowded into restaurants lit by flickering kerosene lamps and sat down to eat cheap steaks and drink stale beer at tables that were not more than pine planks resting on two sawhorses. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, I couldn’t relax because I was crammed into that dimly lit room among my enemies, and I knew I had to keep watch every moment. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he turns it, the swing itself rises and the top of the cage opens, allowing them to climb out, escaping into a dimly lit temple guarded by an albino Sphinx. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Ah, Mr. Bolitar,” Mrs. Friedman said with a smile that lit up her face. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He had just lit a cigarette and Alex watched him slide the matches back into his pocket. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Then my father’s eyes lit up as they drank and talked of the old days and told the old stories. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lamps in the Commandant’s study are lit, and voices drift out her open window, too faint to hear. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

We've entered a dimly lit room that is long and deep. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He sat back in a reclining desk chair with a lit cigarette between his fingers, scratching his face and coughing. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Boyle, for example, could place a lit candle in his globe, or a bird; although insects and frogs could be passed through the mercury into the Torricellian space, flames and birds could not. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

To his side were giant glowing jellyfish that lit their surroundings with their streaming tails. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

If faces were different when lit from above or below-what was a face? Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Feeling virtue go out of me, I lit a cigarette in the instructors’ room for the first time since I’d joined the staff. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“And I’ve never lit one. It’s a metaphor, see: You put the killing thing right between your teeth, but you don’t give it the power to do its killing.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Tía lit up when Mami told her where I was heading. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Yellow squares of light would glow in the distance as kerosene lamps were lit in our homes. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The new part, containing the schoolroom and dormitory, was lit by mullioned and latticed windows, which gave it a church-like aspect; a stone tablet over the door bore this inscription:— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He lit the cigar and blew a long pennant of smoke to the ceiling. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, the Cadillac was as plushly carpeted and softly lit as the bar at the Ritz. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

That night they dined at a rustic table made of planks, their meal lit by a kerosene lamp. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hour after hour her needle moved, and at night she lit a lantern to continue. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Somebody lit a hurricane lamp and Richard wondered if the Nigerian bomber hovering above could see it, wondered how many Nigerian bombers were hovering above. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She lit a scented candle and knelt to pull off his boots. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

We were buzzed in and went into a dimly lit apartment. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I watch the darkness of a family lit up by the power and the glory, let my mother unleash the truth and love and disappointment of her life, and sit in a lonely man’s cinema. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I sat down next to her and lit up another cigarette. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Izio would walk me home on those nights, in deep, cold snow lit golden by the streetlights. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The Savage’s face lit up with a sudden pleasure. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hall grew bright again, as lightning lit the windows. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I lit the lamp, and as soon as the room was bright, I saw men standing all around. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Cecilia lit up and said as she exhaled, “I find it difficult to believe. He’s a fool, I know...” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Across the frozen lake, a pavilion was brightly lit. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Harry muttered to his wand and it lit again. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

They wanted to see that lamp lit at dusk. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

She took a hard drag from her cigarette, the cherry flaring, and lit the end of a new one off the old before stubbing it out. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

But it was locked, and they were stuck in a hallway lit by a dim red light. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

They laughed and giggled and their faces lit up. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

As always, she had lit the candle in front of the Virgin. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In an instant, the hissing, burning gas vapor lit the grotesque scene. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t know how long the flare path would stay lit, and didn’t want to waste the light. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

There are brightly lit signs and billboards written only in Korean. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She had in her hands a lit match and was staring into the flame as if it held wonders. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Before I could even finish my prayer, the yellow light disappeared and a bright green one lit up right above it. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The lamps are lit, and Nan and Pop kneel in the middle of the floor, their hands bound behind their backs. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Gus came forward slowly; he opened the package and lit one. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Wart lit it, and watched it grow. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The openings between the buildings led into a vast nighttime marketplace, lit by a procession of fluorescent lights. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I only had Brit lit with Jules and Aileen, but I did what she did: I put a tampon next to my pen and highlighter in every class. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He struck a match on a box, lit a cigarette for himself and held out the match for Dad. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The architecture was identical—a four-story brick building—lined with rows of windows that blinked like sleepy eyes as lamps and candles were lit against the dusk of an April evening. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

There came Iris in her cloak of many colors, trailing across the sky in a rainbow curve, and the dark house was lit up with the shining of her garments. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

A green light lit up and the cage door slid open, allowing me to continue on to the elevators. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Pa and Mr. Highgate stirred everyone and they lit torches and searched high and low but didn’t come up with nothing or no one. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

But under it all, she was a bomb with a fuse that had been lit and was waiting to explode. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She swipes through a few more pictures, landing on a brightly lit shot of two women grinning at each other under a floral arch. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

It’s white-hot, and he feels crazy with it, lit up from the inside. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

There, Papa tinkered with the television knobs until it lit up. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It is night again, and I am in the cave with one lamp lit. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Over the Marines’ crossed rifles, Lefty sees fresh powder on the women’s faces, lit cigars in the men’s mouths. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But he persisted in calling for it, and eventually Nodayimani filled his pipe, lit it, and then handed it to him. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And for a minute, Louisiana almost looked like an angel, with her pink dress and the blue sky lit up behind her and all her barrettes glowing. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Dad lit a cigarette and placed his arm on the table. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Several bats had lit on the ground and were being loaded with supplies. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

We lit our kerosene lamps and carried them before us in the dark like our own tiny wavering suns. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Mr. Derby finished a last glass of wine, then lit his pipe and stretched his long legs out from his chair just as Amari was walking by with the final platter of leftover blackberry pie. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I followed Ray outside, a giant web of lightning appeared in the sky like a crack in a glass, and lit up the neighborhood as bright as daytime for half a second. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

As I walked into the living room it was lit up as if a small lamp was on. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

On their shoulders they carried a keg of ancient anger, lit with a recent fuse. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somebody got out a pack and they lit up. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wheeled a cunning rolling rack of stacked lanterns up next to the Plant and lit them, nine lanterns in all. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

For the scent had borne him back to the day when he had lit his little fire under the sunny bank; and for the moment all else between was out of waking memory. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I went looking for wood, my sisters lit a fire. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lit many candles for the Virgin and she allowed Ultima to burn sweet incense at the foot of the Virgin’s statue. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They lit the torches for the wrestling matches. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

There was a dazzling flash that lit the chamber and the passage outside. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Fortunately it wasn’t lit; otherwise we would have gagged on the smoke in that closet-sized room. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Then I saw a long shadow pass underneath me—a leviathan somehow lit from beneath—and I gulped. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Grace lit another cigarette and rearranged the clues to read: purple waves. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the night shadows drifted from the peaks, Eilonwy lit her golden sphere and set it in the crevice of a faulted rock. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“We could of set up a .50-caliber machine gun and shot the old geezers as they tottered out,” Shorty grinned, touching a match—arrogantly lit on his fly zipper—to the end of his cigar. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I lit a bit of fire,’ said Pippin. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

They used the word everyone was most afraid of—“ghetto”—dropping it like a lit match. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. You look lit up. You smell different too.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“Did you see that savage’s expression when I lit up his house?” one man asks the other. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The meadhall is alive, great cavernous belly, gold-adorned, bloodstained, howling back at me, lit by the flickering fire in the stranger’s eyes. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, I lit another cigarette and looked at his face again, and thought hard, and that’s when I figured it out. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

And then the darkness lit up like the inside of a star. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Wind and water poured in through the open door, lit by explosions of electricity. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Javier laughed, and Moss loved the way his whole face lit up when he did. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It lashed in rhythmic waves against the windows of the white, brightly lit kitchen as we guests sat around the table and ate a silent, cheerless breakfast of coffee and Pop Tarts. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

To find out, we took a chunk of it to the pad and lit it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He lit the kerosene stove and mixed Baby’s pap. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

In the distance, the Purina Tower, our tallest building, is lit up, and beyond it the bell tower of the high school. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The screen lit up, blinding and ostentatious, and its CPU component started whirring like crazy. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

No doubt, tonight he had eyes for nothing but the events taking place on the brightly lit football field. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

On the other end of the dining room was a tall marble fireplace, always lit by the orange glow of a fire in the wintertime. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe this year he has only lit the fuse on a bomb that the victors themselves have been building. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The phone flash lit up the empty water. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The fire in the library is not usually lit until the afternoon, Madam,” he said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Emma obliged him, touching a lit finger to the bowl of his pipe. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The driver parked the truck and lit another cigarette. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

A few seconds collect and fall, and when I look up, the old fibro house is lit up. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The doctor chuckled amiably and lit another cigarette. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Quinn lit a slender cigarette with a lighter of tasteful simplicity and his big-boned face settled into an expression of quiet amusement. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

She opened her eyes, blinking against the light of the single candle she had lit on the altar. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He unlocked a metal door that led into a dimly lit hallway. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry about your wife,” he said sadly, and then looked back at Vera, who had lit up a cigarette and was nervously smoking it. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He uncovered the trapdoor to the cellar and lit a candle. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She took a match from a small dish on the table and lit it from one of the flames. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Jan lit another cigarette and offered one to Bigger; but Bigger refused by keeping his hands folded in front of him and staring stonily at the floor. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He stood irresolute, making some excuse about his mother who expected him; he even muttered something about an engagement She struck a match and lit the lamp on the table; it was growing dusk. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took her by the hand and led her into the room where that morning he had bathed himself for her, and he lit a red candle upon the table. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Some of the windows were still lit and their glow reflected on the water's surface. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

A thin stream of light from the window lit a long rectangle over Father’s face and chest. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Candles on the window ledges lit his way and he noticed all the different smells . . . strange spices, extinguished fires and burning cedar, sweets, powders, and perfumes. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The three of them were quiet for a moment, until Gen’s face suddenly lit up, just as it had before. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The house his father had built was spacious and well lit and smelled sweetly of fresh-sawn wood. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They walked across a courtyard paved in white stones, past a fountain shaped like a horse and rider, and toward a grand glass conservatory, lit from within by hanging lanterns. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fat moon lit the water like a lantern over a looking glass. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pressed the flashlight into his hands and he fumbled with it and then the world lit up. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

A hidden door slid open to reveal a brightly lit corridor. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Her fleshy ample mouth still had all its teeth, and when she smiled her whole face lit up, but that did not happen very often. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was lit only by the cold green panels. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes lit up even brighter than the bonfire when he saw me. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

On the larger screen were several images of a brain, with three key spots lit up in orange. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

When the last light of Kangik disappeared, the stars lit the snow and the cold deepened far below zero. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lit one of the lamps and sat in his shabby sprung armchair, contemplating the rows of glinting bottles. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She lit a cigarette, as if she had not heard his question. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was a narrow, dimly lit hallway there and two bedrooms. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

When the sunlight touched her, it lit up more shades of tawny-brown-leaf-hazel-com-gold-autumn-mahogany than Lyra could name. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Then a door which opened by means of a large wheel; a hiss of air, and a brilliantly lit chamber with dazzling white tiles and stainless steel. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

It lit the lofty places in the mountains, the ravines filled with pines, the pointy crags of granite. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

He lit the funeral pyre in the middle of the amphitheater, and within seconds the row of shrouds was engulfed in fire, sending smoke and sparks up to the stars. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Just after midnight, the street outside the hotel is lit up but empty, like a stage set before the actors appear. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He was arrested and tortured on the order of Pope Alexander VI and finally burnt alive in May 1498, on the very same site in Florence where he had lit his infamous Bonfire. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Then I was led into a warm, brightly lit room filled with hundreds of other new indents. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Inside it there’s a concrete-block corridor lit with fluorescent overhead lights; some kind of functional tunnel. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

They say: Ms. Steck will give her an A just because of lit mag. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

The family room was brightly lit and had double windows that opened into the yard. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

In the pantry, she lit the covered lantern before going to the back door. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Statue of Liberty was lit up, but it always struck me as a little cheesy, standing out there being all cute. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Nana’s eyes lit up when she saw me, and she played the opening notes to “Son of a Preacher Man.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Do you remember, Enrique? That time we took the ferry back from Taboga at night and it was all lit up? It was so beautiful. Mayor, I wish you could have seen it.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Almost every girl in the room has her legs crossed, a lit cigarette in her hand. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Soon a sheet of yellow lit the room. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was peculiar to see the church all lit up from candles on a Thursday night. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

At last they got the fire lit, though it was at least another hour before it was hot enough to cook anything. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

A serene, almost religious smile lit up the woman's face. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Somebody handed both of them cigars, and Milam lit his up immediately. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I slowly turned around and trudged back through the snowy night into the warm and brightly lit Baxter house. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

The row was dimly lit by the warning lantern where the railroad crossed the street and by one small carbon-filamented globe that burned on the porch of Jenny’s. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Supper that night was warm and dark — sometimes my mother likes to eat with only the candles lit, so we sat in the flickering yellow. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

He’s in a room dimly lit by warm light, pulling his tie loose. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A fire was lit in an apartment upstairs, and there I carried our books, and arranged it for the future schoolroom. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

But my hopes disappeared when flare bombs lit up the darkness and formed a dome of light in the sky. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“It would never have lit the night like the one the emperor keeps asking for.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

My imagination lit up like a Christmas tree, glowing with all the possibilities. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She lit one cigarette after another and kept glancing around the room. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He lit a cigarette, but the cloud of smoke made the magazine even more invisible. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mudd lit an oil lamp and dialed up the flame to permit a proper examination of his new patient. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I do. I know every word you said to Atticus, and I almost heard you from my house when you lit into Henry.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The tunnel is lit at long intervals, so in the dark space between each dim lamp, I fear that I am lost until a shoulder bumps mine. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Another match was struck; the candle was lit again, and Gregory held it up so that its flame illuminated a massive, towering, teetering pile of spoons and kettles and soup bowls. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The flames lit the darkening glass of the window where the boy stood in hooded silhouette like a troll come in from the night. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Everything was brilliantly lit, with the glint of shiny white surfaces and stainless steel. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He symbolically lit his little heater and a filtered cigarette with the same match, lighting two torches that signaled the start of another working day. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lit the first one now and led the way down into the dark, holding the pale flame up before him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He looked up, eyes lit, as though he had not dared hope she would believe the same thing that he believed, and she felt between them the first pulse of a shared passion. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The enormous room beyond was lit dimly through narrow windows in its stone ceiling. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Homer lit a lantern and they entered the mournful old house. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The psycho eyes had lit up like something in a video game. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I had lit their candles to go upstairs, but Diana had first to give hospitable orders respecting the driver; this done, both followed me. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

One after another, they swarm through the door like bees in a hive, zipping left and right, knocking into freshly lit chandelier-lanterns, staining the marble with their dark sparks. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She had spent a long time the night before trying to find what the keys lit. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The sun had now risen high enough to look over the high hedge: it gleamed on the tops of the birches and lit the northward side of the dingle with a cool yellow light. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Every camp saw fewer fires burning, and those that were lit threw off more smoke than heat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Halfway, I paused and looked into the dimly lit room. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

As I wrote above, none of us can know the mind of the kid who lit a flame to Sasha's skirt. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Next day he found her in the curving hall of grey marble, lit now by the westering sun, where often she spent the afternoon at games or at the weaving-loom with her maids. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

At the bottom was a large, dimly lit room walled and floored with stone. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She lit it, taking care not to set the screen surrounding the fuel outlet on fire. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

China lit a cigarette and cooled her irons. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stuck a pipe that wasn’t lit into his mouth and walked off the stage. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The lobby was empty except for a night clerk dozing in his lit booth among the key rings and the silent telephones. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“The old man huddled in the dark doorway, his bony face lit by the burning yellow in the windows of distant skyscrapers.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gave him a hug, and his normally dour face lit up. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lit a fire and sat on his bed. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

How he lit up when he realized I was gay too, even though I was in the middle of telling him about my breakup. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Max lit Bigger’s and then lit his own; they smoked awhile. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard to tell what was structure and what was not, because it was only lit from behind, and most of it was hidden in gloom. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Maxim lit a cigarette and his eyes met mine over the tea-pot. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She turned off the kerosene lantern and lit a candle. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The seats were big and soft like a sofa, and there was a little white cat in the back window whose eyes lit up when the car stopped or turned. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lit his cigarette and took only one drag before he ground it out. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

His face, lit by the moon, is slack with shock. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It was cramped, brightly lit, painted black, and he could see a dark doorway in each wall. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I set it on the kitchen table—a reminder of wishes come true—lit the kerosene lamp and finished writing my Honyocker’s Homily. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

A furnace had lit itself deep inside her. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the strangest thing about the new apartment, I thought when I arrived a week later, was how much like the old one it looked—bare, dim, lit by the glow of computer screens. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The back room is small and lit by a single candle. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

But her eyes lit up at the sight of Mark, and he knew that his did, too. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She lit up as she descended the stairs to the hall, knowing that she would not have dared had her father been at home. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

On the right wall, above my dresser, I have a picture of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, all lit up with lights. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

I had brought some food — fruit, meat, sugar, salt, and a chicken — and my mother lit the stove to make tea. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Henry lit one of the Camels and made a show of smoking for a few minutes. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ogion knelt down and built the fire on the hearth and lit it, for the house was cold. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

When I emerged from the stargate in Sector Ten, my radar screen lit up like a Christmas tree. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

His face lit up when he saw us, then fell when he realized we were only lost. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The smile that had lit Kaede’s face upon seeing Con disappeared. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The fishbowl was all lit up with numbers and light. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He lit a cigarette, surely the twenty-fifth that day, and we had only just finished lunch; he threw the match into the empty grate, he picked up the paper. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I figured if somebody lit a match next to her, she’d be in serious trouble. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

For a few seconds, a real smile lit up his face. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Taisin fitted one of their few remaining candles into a lantern and lit it, setting it on the ground where the head of the grave would be. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The band of rebels stepped forth upon the dock, and the second launch lit off from the shore, hanging close, lest Clippinger should reappear. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

As we stepped into the dimly lit restaurant with a handful of mostly empty tables we both stopped in our tracks. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The lounge, lit by the Christmas-tree lights and the gas fire, reminded me of Santa's Grotto. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I just get a glimpse of Peeta, lit by a torch, heading back to the girl by the fire. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

My grandmother lit into me at suppertime, but to my surprise my father quietly took my part. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he got up and poured some charcoal from a bag into the cooker, then some starter fluid, and he took a flick type of lighter and lit the fluid. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

"A lamp's lit. Look at those candles. Mom would never waste candles if no one was home." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Granddad, holding on to a tree, his face lit by the glow of a bonfire. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I follow the bumpy edges of buildings with my eyes until all the lit windows smear into a line. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Her teacher ushered her into a beautifully appointed room lit with two globe-shaped oil lamps, one on the desk, one resting on a dark wooden stand carved with lotus flowers. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Every outlet was unplugged from every socket and the house stayed dark, except for the lit candle in a few rooms, including ours. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Joe fetched a cigarette from his shirt pocket, tossed one to Nancy, lit them both. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wood and coal stove had been readied the night before, and she lit the smoldering, still-warm embers. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom’s eyes lit up, too, but then she saw something in my dad’s expression and answered me in her usual measured way. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Each of us faces the altar, holding a lit incense stick between palms in prayer. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

They came padding in with their eyes lit up like cats finding a bunny in the vegetable garden. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

After our dinner we gaze into the lit house. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

"Just sat in the window and lit a match to them and let the little—" I gulped. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

But I glanced over my shoulder and saw him there, face lit by the afternoon. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The sky is lit up with streetlights, so I can’t see many stars, but I can still see the planes blinking overhead. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

A fire was lit in a giant iron cauldron, and the certificates of 2,300 Indians were tossed into the flames—the first major act of Satyagraha. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

The Toad dropped to his knees and held the lit match closer to his face. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The beep draws my eyes to a monitor screen with lit green numbers and a jagged line that spikes with each boop! Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Grandma lit what would’ve been the stem of the cherry and stepped back. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

A few men lit clay pipes with hot coals and puffed out a rank smoke. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The door slides open as Ren stands in front of it and reveals a large suite lit with a dim neon-blue glow. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Ocean found me after the bell rang, smiling so bright it lit up his whole face. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She felt warm, like sweeping the light toward herself had lit candles inside her. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Roy Baty got out a book of matches, lit a match; he held it near the spider, closer and closer, until at last it crept feebly away. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The man’s hand reached out and opened the door; a feeble red glare lit the man’s face as he stooped and looked inside at the bed of smoldering coals. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then he lit the end of it on fire. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Down in the lowest and most sheltered corner of the dell they lit a fire, and prepared a meal. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Near the gateway there are some lanterns, not lit because it isn’t night. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

A smile lit up his face as he looked out of the window again. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She lit a small lamp in there, then said good night and went back downstairs. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

A chill wind was blowing and the sun lit the mountain peaks with golden reflections. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as he stared at the stray, something lit up inside him. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

At night plumes of vapour steamed from the vents, lit from beneath with red light, or blue, or venomous green. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Bessie was the only person yet risen; she had lit a fire in the nursery, where she now proceeded to make my breakfast. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Tonight, two new dog stars lit up the night.’” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

A priest, or monk, or whatever you call a cult clergyman, was at the altar, chanting in monotone and dousing lit candles one by one. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

But I never really trusted them, and whenever I went after the monkeys along the dimly lit hippo tunnels, I was always expecting to see a sinister human shape lurking there. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Because the truth of it was, I always felt like Baba hated me a lit­tle. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I had the idea to set up a booth that sold hot cocoa and s’mores fixings, and we lit fires in a couple of the old metal garbage cans. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She’d been working upstairs with a blanket over her knees and a little naphtha stove at her feet, so she hadn’t lit the sitting room fire all day and it felt chilly in there. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

But then they lit up and a smile spread across his face. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

If the Sleeper was looking for them, then why hadn’t he just stayed in the museum when Aru had lit the lamp? Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

It lit up the night and warmed Frank to the bone, but he could feel his life slipping away, as if he were being consumed rather than the wood. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Small flames tore at the darkness as matches and cigarette lighters were lit. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lit all the hanging lamps while Granddaddy cleared a spot on the counter and gently placed the barrel on it. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“I erased my entire hard drive last night. I need to load everything back on and rewrite that essay for English. Hey, Brady, remember those oxymorons we talked about in lit the other day?” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

She had just come from a house in which men sat in a lit kitchen talking in loud excited voices, only to meet an identical scene at home. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every few minutes Shukumar lit a few more birthday candles and drove them into the soil of the pot. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Ahead of me, the drive tunneled between massive oaks, dark with shadows, but lit here and there with patches of moonlight. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

She lit the lantern before she let herself out of the house and into the night. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The three of them were talking and laughing, and when they saw Annabeth, their faces lit up with delight. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Quincey seemed to understand; he nodded, and her face lit up. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

When fires were lit to keep die cold at bay, they did more harm than good. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Walking slowly around the table, Junior lit himself a cigarette, inhaled deeply, blew smoke into Sammy’s face, then drove a fist into the boy’s solar plexus. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

We made an elaborate show of coughing when they lit up. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Being in a car with Theo and her brothers was like shutting myself in a bank vault with eighty pounds of TNT and a lit fuse. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Every brownstone has a light post outside, so it's always well lit at night. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

‘Someone’s lit the furnaces! Mr. Wonka must be opening up again!’ Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

The fire glowed in the fireplace and she had lit the oil lamps. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

She lit a cigarette and smiled at me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

As we pass by, people on the sidewalks wave at each of our cars, their faces lit with excitement. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I follow the host, perplexed and hyperaware that Hideo is behind me, until we reach an outside patio framed by ornate pillars and lit by trails of fairy lights. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Is the room bugged, why have they lit the fire and not the chandelier, and what does the talking cockatoo have to do with it? Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Another flash of lightning lit her face for an instant and Winnie saw an expression there of deep concentration, tip of tongue protruding, brows furrowed. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was so dark inside the corridors and classrooms that extra torches and lanterns were lit. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

They lit no torches either, Asha had time enough to think, and they know these woods better than we ever could. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The peaks to the west were lit up and spilling some of the light down their sides and onto our fields, all harvested and turned and ready for the long winter. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

“He said he lit the fuse,” Cherry’s ex-wife told the jury. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

With that he jumped out of his chair, and with a bound took a candle from the chimney-shelf and lit it in the flame that Goldberry held; then he danced about the table. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Because bomber pilots were more likely to target a cheerfully lit house than another smudge in the dark, every house was blacked out—every porch light dark, every window opaque. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Tables and pop-tents had been set up beyond the benches under frizzy trees, their leaves lit with orange lanterns. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The little hairy man passed a hand over the candle, which lit with a flame yellow above and blue below. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The whole Institute was lit up with activity, all the hot labs full of people and operating around the clock. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stumbled to a halt, clutching at the stone wall, listening with all his might, looking around, squinting up and down the dimly lit passageway. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

It was lit by a huge iron lantern that hung from the ceiling like a glowing cocoon. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A blaze of light suddenly lit up the whole place. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa even set out candles and lit incense. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Once in the car, Henry lit a cigarette and didn’t say a word. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Snell lit a cigarette, then brought her teacup to her lips, but immediately set it down in its saucer. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Floodlights lit up much of the work site, and in the immense surrounding darkness of the high desert the effect was otherworldly. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She threw the paper aside and lit a fire in the little hearth, and then found that she’d forgotten her coffee. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Milo squinted into the darkness and saw for the first time that they had entered a vast cavern lit only by a soft, eerie glow from the great stalactites which hung ominously from the ceiling. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

She grins at me from the center of the dimly lit space. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Ronneberg lit a third match and held it to the fuse. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Four times it lit on the surface; how was it that a stone could be so like a bird? A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

It was lit by silver lamps that swung from the boughs of trees, and it fell into a basin of silver, from which a white stream spilled. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

When the fire was lit, he wrapped cattail tubers and trout in two large may- apple leaves and placed them in the oven. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He lit the fire and smoke curled up over the painted wooden lintel and rose to the ceiling and curled down again. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The drops of water lit the air like diamonds. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The squad lit up the woods with fire as Sergeant Simpson barked into the radio. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had lit a rush light so that she saw what had happened in a flash, and immediately she began screaming at the top of her voice. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as I was finished with breakfast, I called my pups and lit out for the river. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He brought it into the boat room and lit it, and the room grew twice as bright. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Finding solid ground on the level above, I wasn’t surprised when I spotted a lit lantern several rooftops down. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Black fire lit the god’s eyes, and I knew something bad was coming. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

On December 23 we lit the first candle and I received my first Harry Potter book. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She lit another cigarette and crossed her legs. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

And then a man was leaning over with a lit match, and he put the match to each candle until all the candles were burning. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The andirons, shaped like enormous curling serpents, flank her, their glass eyes ready to glow with lit flames. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He came home, ate dinner, and disappeared into his room with a lit candle and books and magazines. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

We pulled up a hill until we reached a trailer that was glowing in the darkness, lit by a fire burning in a barrel out front. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

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

It was cool and dark in there, with lit windows all along the walls. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

She sat up in bed and lit a cigarette. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The auditorium is dimly lit, with most of the lighting focused on the stage, where a stout white lady stands behind a wide glass podium. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Dany could hear the singing of the red priests as they lit their night fires and the shouts of ragged children playing games beyond the walls of the estate. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I began to think I must be in an underground chamber, lit by blinding lights, and that the chamber was full of people who for some reason were holding me down. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He lit two and handed one to me. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

The pavilion was lit with hundreds of lanterns hanging from the wooden ribs that held the pavilion’s roof aloft: globes of light suspended in midair. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then his eyes lit up and he said, “There you are.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He lit the two small lanterns near the stage and lifted Sinbad from the wall. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were lit with lunacy or terror—Thomas couldn’t tell which. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Behind them a flare of light, redder than the moonlight, lit up the meadows. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Mariam lit the kerosene lamp on the table and hunkered down. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was the dead of night, and the headlights lit him up in the dark. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

But there were cigarettes—Ferdi pulled a handful from his pocket—and everyone lit up, even me. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Something about the case had lit a spark in her, though she could not yet put her finger on it, and would not be able to articulate it for a long while. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The bomb’s bright light lit up the sky above our street, and for a few seconds night became day. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

No moon, but the stars were so lit up, we didn’t even need to turn the porch light on to stack splits for the kitchen wood stove. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

I could just see the edges of Hamlet’s hair, lit by the moon. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He sat at the kitchen table and lit a cigarette. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Her eyes lit up like starbursts when she saw what was inside. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

As the fire grew, it lit the inside of the barn so that for the first time the soldiers could also see their quarry in the gaps between the slats. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She found the flint box—no sulfur matches here—and lit the neatly laid tinder and logs. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Baba lit a cigarette and ordered us beers. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

By evening the pines around the lake were lit from below by a hundred fires, and the greatest fire of all was built in front of the gathering cave. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got a fire lit and set a kettle on to boil. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Fires were no longer lit in the middle of the rooms, leaving the smoke to escape as best it could through lanterns. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” I said, watching John slip a lit cigarette into the hand of the dummy with the girdle and the brassiere. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

They lit the lanterns, and Pinmei could see everything as if it were a stage. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The staircase is steep, and just when I wonder if it will ever end we enter a long corridor lit by gas lamps. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The fire flared up and lit their faces from underneath and I saw that they were all younger than I thought they were. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

His mother lit one of the candles on the table and placed a saucer under it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He lit a fire in his fireplace and stretched out on his bed. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

But Wednesday simply smiled, and they walked into the dimly lit, tree-lined Streets of Yesterday. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

They lay facedown in pools of black blood that seeped into the grass, lit by a single streetlight. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Ash stood up when the fire was lit and turned to face her stepsister. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Waverly and Rich lit cigarettes and put a crab shell between them for an ashtray. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lit a cigarette and let me in on what he was thinking about doing. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Heaven was crystal lit with white angel Fire, colored peach at the edges. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

They reached the end of the passageway and saw before them a brilliantly lit chamber, its ceiling arching high above them. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Bud’s chubby face lit up with a rueful grin. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tell me what happened,” I said finally, late one evening when the sky was striped pink and gold and the garden was lit with the last rays of the setting sun. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lit the cigarette and blew out a cloud of smoke. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Her face darkened, anger bloated her lips and lit fires behind her black brooding eyes. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a candle glowing brightly next to the picture and a stick of sandalwood incense in the burner waiting to be lit. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Kevin said, his entire face lit up with passion and excitement and fire. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The colored lanterns that had lit the path to the stadium had been extinguished. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

MaWee waited on the conjurer to nod then lit ’em all up. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Mom said, Great, have a good time, because she was busy running on a treadmill that lit things up while Smell Factor tried to throw marbles at her knees. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

London, from the twenty- fourth floor, lit up like frost on glass. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cupped my hand around my lighter to protect the flame from the slight breeze and lit up. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

The hall was not dark, nor yet was it lit, only by the high-hung bronze lamp; a warm glow suffused both it and the lower steps of the oak staircase. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

A flash of heat lightning lit up the sky over the mountains and there was a low rumble of thunder. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He lit himself a cigarette and leaned against the wall. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was the sort of look that made Cady feel lit up on the inside. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He liked the dimly lit corridors of the empty building, the peace, the promise of the day ahead. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

But within minutes, he was out in the open, stumbling across upland fields and pastures that were sporadically lit by a half moon showing through clouds. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

The lanterns had been lit fore and aft, but die fog was so thick that all the dwarf could see from amidships was a light floating out ahead of him and another following behind. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In one of them, large Gothic windows were lit, showing shelves of ancient books. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

‘It must be put out and not lit again.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Although the road had been brightly lit with the sunshine of the morning, the woods were shadowy and dim under the thick canopy of trees. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was shielding her face, as though blinded by light, though the Top Box was not brightly lit. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Again, jellyfish lanterns lit their way, making the crystal stones of the mosaic pathway sparkle. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He lit a cigarette, offering one to Joe, who said “No thanks, 1 got my own.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lit a cigarette and started telling me about sex. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The very word lit a fire in his eyes. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was a cozy night, a happy night; lamps lit, sparkle of glasses, rain falling heavy on the roof. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He lit a match and looked at the men. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Twinkle lit a cigarette and began to smoke it with relish, waving it around Sanjeev’s head as if it were a conductor’s baton as Mahler’s Fifth Symphony roared from the stereo downstairs. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He lit the fuse and ran back to a rock. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The third time Ralph flunked, the instructor lit up a cigarette. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knelt before the painted marble image of the Warrior and lit a scented candle for Edmure and another for Robb off beyond the hills. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The dining room was dark and Ash lit the candles with shaking hands. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he sure lit out the way he’d come when Grandma fired just over his ragged ears, as he’d probably used up eight lives already. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

It made no noise and lit the cockpit beautifully. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Her face lit up when she saw Luke. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Alex got up and lit a candle so he could look at his watch. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Soon it was like a little second home, lit up and beautiful in the deepening twilight. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Together they went down the dimly lit corridor to the stairs. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Each of us has a fire in our hearts for something. It's our goal in life to find it and keep it lit." Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It was as if someone tossed a lit firecracker into the room. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

His head bobs gently, nodding small, velvet horns lit white from behind like new leaves. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Which one is he again? The history or the American lit teacher?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He snapped his fingers and informed me that the top of the Empire State Building was now lit up blue. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He remembered an island, a cave lit with soft glowing crystals, a dinner table on the beach tended by invisible air spirits. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The fire, he now saw, had been lit in the grate. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

They’re both wearing cone-shaped birthday hats, and Daddy carries a huge sheet cake with candles lit on top of it. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Even when she lit the candle at the altar for Papá, her thoughts strayed to him. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“Stay over there, you hear me? Stay right there,” she ordered, and just like that, lit the first one. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It had taken on a ghoulish quality; Taylor had affixed several black shirts to poles outside her cave and lit them to make torches. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She spotted me after a few seconds, and her eyes lit up. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I fell asleep, my mind lit up by the chameleon-like flickering of the dying dorado. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

How there were tall skyscrapers and that the city lit up at night. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now the mansions along the lake are lit with Christmas lights. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

So Victor lit a fire and as they all huddled together in front of the flames they soon felt warm. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jimmy lit another cigarette and began wobbling down the stairs. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Something about his mud-encrusted boots and the way he let smoke curl from his lips and how the sinking sun lit his green hair reminded me of a punk, redneck James Dean. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Hermione lit her wand and pointed it at the name on the headstone. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But when she saw Fred, her eyes lit up like she was having an idea. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The Mud House atrium was so dimly lit that he nearly tripped over his chair. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

We are moving fast, bumping along, and dust flies in the back in a red cloud, lit by the taillights. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bedroom is dark, even though there are lit candles on the altar and night- stands. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

They lit cigarettes in the evenings as they sat in the kitchen, talking through their workdays. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He offered the agent a cigarette, but Kyril Montana only smoked the filtered kind, and so lit up one of his own. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trees parted to reveal a mossy clearing hung with strings of silver lanterns, and in the center of the clearing a bonfire was lit, sparking and burning with unnaturally red flames. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused and lit an already lit cigarette. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The hills are lit only by moonlight, no sign of distant settlements or, anyway, of ones with lights still burning. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The gun jumped in my hand as it went off, but in that instant, the flash lit up her terrified face, an unfinished scream drowned out by the bang. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were lit up, but it was mostly light, not much heat. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pulled a match- book from the pocket of my jeans and lit my paper towel roll. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

The woods were lit with lanterns, and far below in the bay, through the interstices of trees, she could make out the deck lights of moored pleasure boats. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then we were inside the softly lit, hushed, cool, large chapel. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charlie lit another cigarette and held the smoke in his lungs. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

One of Ellsberg’s lawyers pulled out a fat cigar and lit up under the “No Smoking” sign on the wall. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Thomas! Thomas!” the boy shrieked as he ran toward him, pumping his arms, his face lit up with excitement. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Dozing security guards, and surgeons angrily shaking the broken vending machine by the lobby, the same white tile floors and the same dimly lit hallways, but everything seems different with Will next to me. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Though it wasn’t after dinner, I lit the cigar—a Davidoff Grand Cru No. 3 —and stood smoking, trying to calm myself. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He pulled open a desk drawer and lit a cigarette from a half-empty pack. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

We took a snowy path dimly lit by old-fashioned lamplights. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

David laughed and pointed the flashlight so that it lit her face rather than his. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t see anything but darkness, so she lit the match, carefully using it to peer under the dresser. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Obinze put his two phones on the table; they lit up often, ringing in silent mode, and he would glance at them and then away. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Their faces lit up with laughter at something one of them had just said. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

The West Side of Chattana was also lit up bright as a sunrise, but with a difference. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

At the station, in the freezing darkness lit only by antiaircraft searchlights looking for Luftwaffe planes to shoot down, one young woman was on patrol. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I groped my way around and got a candle lit. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He lit a cigarette and blew out an emphatic plume of smoke. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Carl lit his pipe and scratched behind his ear, and Zenhichi pointed with his hat to the west, made a sweep, put his hat on his head. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He flipped on the switch without breaking stride, and the powerful beam lit the road in front of him. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

At cafeterias — eating factories, these seemed to him, most advanced and efficient, especially the Automats with their machines lit bright as a stage. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

A gleam of excitement lit his eyes as he waited for my reaction. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She filled the percolator with water and coffee grounds, lit the oven with trembling fingers, and cut lard into flour for biscuits. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He lit the stub of candle in the saucer where he’d put it when he came back into the cabin. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The manual gearshift was a metal skull with eyes that lit up whenever Toby hit the gas. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Basta was still standing in the road, his face sharply outlined when he lit a cigarette with a lighter. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Mr. Hofacket’s powder lit us up like summer lightning and caught us for that one second in time. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The three of them trooped to the back of the restaurant where the maître d' had directed, and down a narrow flight of stairs, lit gloomily by little lamps hung in archways. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Then she sighed, reached over and shook out one of my last precious cigarettes and lit up. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lit the candles the moment he heard her pull up. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Nicholson took a cigarette out of his pack, and lit it. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

He could see the men in the boat next to his; one of them had lit a cigarette and the glow of its tip was visible, though he’d tucked it down inside his cradled palm. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He picked up another toilet paper parachute, lit two matches at the same time, set the parachute on fire, yelled, “Take two!” and sent the next Nazi screaming into the toilet. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He filled his pipe and lit it, puffing noisily. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

As they traveled farther into the maze, the glass lamps became scarcer, until only a stray torch or a narrow boat’s dim lantern lit the rotting boardwalks. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

In the midst of this they lit a fire, for there was no hope that darkness and silence would keep their trail from discovery by the hunting packs. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The candle isn’t lit yet, but Gen has the matches ready. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I thought about Lieutenant Colonel Murnane, my tenth- and eleventh-grade history and social studies teacher, who lit a fire in me about the importance of public service. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I dint see my mother or father or my lit- tel sister Norma for a long long long time. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Shouldn't there be streetlights and businesses, lit up for the tourist crowd? Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Other times, when she deemed it was safe enough, she lit the lantern inside their little crate. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She lit the kerosene lantern while I made the fire, then she burned some sweet incense. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned to me, her face lit with an idea. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were outside, standing on a patch of lawn off to one side, out of sight of the public but with a beautiful, close-up view of the White House, lit up in pride. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The drawing room which had transfixed Cecilia that morning with its parallelograms of light was now in gloom, lit by a single lamp near the fireplace. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

When at last he lay sleeping quietly, she summoned all her courage and lit the lamp. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

All but one of the pallbearers lit up cigarettes. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he lit a second torch and ran its flame over his bare arms. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Lanterns are lit, and they swing wildly, making shadows move like ghostly dancers. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

In the dim room, lit by two dusty windows, shelves lined the walls, and on those shelves were all the things a person might need on an island. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Madeline leans forward just far enough so her face is lit in the orange glow of the fire. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

At the top of the winding stairs four doors opened upon rooms lit with sunshine. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at the blank wall: it seemed a sky thick with ascending stars,—every one lit me to a purpose or delight. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Ser Corliss lit the first pyre with the torch, then thrust it into the wood at the base of the second. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Aisling’s father had lit it shortly after Elinor died, and it would burn all night, sheltered by the curving glass around it. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though the sun has barely started dipping beneath the rooftops and trees, streetlamps are lit on both sides of the road. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He hurried to his room, shut the door behind him, and lit some candles. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

The hall was lit with dozens of torches, dancing and fluttering, casting strange shadows over the hundred feasters, either revealing their true nature or concealing it—one can never tell. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The President announced that the lights on the White House Christmas tree would not be lit, and the gas-tank lock was born. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Outside, darkness had fallen and the sky was lit once in a while by lightning. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

And though the ginger already looked like little flames, she lit them on fire with her fingertips and blew them out properly, all in one go. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The Ice Court loomed over the harbor, perched on the cliff like a sullen gull with feathers ruffled, its white stone walls lit from below, glowing against the night sky. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The driveway at the country club is lit with blue lights, and golden balloon arches hang over it. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

It was a poor country, according to Celia, and yet her face lit up when she spoke of it. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The party towers were already lit up, and snakes of burning torches marked flickering pathways through the pleasure gardens. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

‘But why were the beacons lit last night?’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“First, the bonfire needs to be lit. That will...power half the circus.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It seemed a shame to light them, but Sapo lit one up anyway. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Arthur looks around, and we smile for a photo while the cake is still lit. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

One of them lit nearby on a stem. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

We strolled down the barely lit street, gossiping about the antics of our platoons. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

More often than not, I found myself dropped in the middle of a swamp of dimly lit memories and unrestrained feelings with no map, no flashlight, and no easy way of finding the way out. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She handed the matches to Ben and waited as Ben clumsily lit a match and held the flame in front of her. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kabuo, giving up, propped a buoy bag between the stern fairleads and lit a kerosene lantern with a wooden kitchen match. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The lamps had been lit now and there was a deceptive normality about the big stone rooms with their colorful murals, animal skin rugs, embroidered drapes, and comfortable gilded furniture. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The narrow, dimly lit saloon attracted actors, stagehands, and playgoers from Ford’s Theatre next door. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They hurried down the dimly lit streets toward the Concord boardinghouses without speaking. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I turned myself sideways and squeezed between two of the bars and dropped headfirst into the dimly lit cellar. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

She pulled out a cigarette and lit it, taking a drag and showing it to Toby. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

They put on their hats and continued to the forum, which was lit up with multicolored lanterns. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

His face was lit from the inside, like a lantern. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He chucked the last can into his ice chest, slammed the lid down, lit a cigarette, yanked his truck door shut, and drove off. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Before American lit, I see a sign outside Ms. Steck’s door. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He paused at the gaily lit door and said, I will make a deal with you my little brother, I will wait and not enter until you lose your innocence. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She crumpled her sandwich wrapper and lit a cigarette. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

As evening drew in, and moths began to swoop under the canopy, now lit with floating golden lanterns, the revelry became more and more uncontained. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He lit a cigarette and stretched himself full length upon the bed. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He followed and caught up with the pair, coming up beside them in the late twilight lit only by distant lantern-gleams. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Up ahead there are huge oblong towers, all of glass, lit up, like enormous gravestones of cold light. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He gathered a pile of twigs and heavier branches and with the knife cut them to a useful length before trying to get them lit. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Alarm lit up her face like a candle. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The smell of incense and lilies, the candles lit for loved ones passed away, the throaty intonations of the priest, and the majestic trumpeting of the organ. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

They were in a narrow stone passageway lit with flaming torches. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Their place is all lit up, and somebody's music system is blasting away. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put Jessie on the floor and lit the wick in a turtle shell filled with deer fat. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

So I watched an orange-and-white butterfly that hovered over her and finally lit on her white head. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, he lit another cigarette and began pulling at it.. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Except, perhaps, that he moved a little slower, and whatever small spark the night’s activity had lit behind his eyes was dimmer now. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

For more than a year Tessie lit candles at the Greek church for her fiance, while Milton gazed at her photographs pinned over his bunk. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Doreen wasn't saying a word, she only toyed with her cork placemat and eventually lit a cigarette, but the man didn't seem to mind. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The Ares and Aphrodite cabins both claimed her as a hero, and lit the shroud together. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Instead, I reached into my book bag, removed a pack of cigarettes, lit one, and exhaled. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The only sign of life was the lit cigarette smoldering between her fingers. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He turned around and around, sword ready, studying the brightly lit staircase. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Lily smiled, her face lit by the stars. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The fire lit Petey’s face from below, making her eyes appear even larger, blacker, angrier against the honey skin. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

And he bore a hero’s sword, the enchanted blade Lightbringer, whose glow lit up the night. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I lit a cigarette and I heard a song floating out over the sunlit air. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sat like that, close together in the white garden, lit by the cold white light of the stars, with only each other for warmth. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

A fake kindly expression lit up his face. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

They knew, even as Frith had known, that the library fire was not lit until the afternoon. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

A peacock soared away and lit on the hood of a blue Buick. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moon lit the trees and the empty buildings as he drove through downtown. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It feels like a match lit against my skin. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He stuck the cigarette in the corner of his mouth, lit it, coughed again. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Zero's face was lit in the starlight, and there was a flower petal in front of his nose that moved back and forth as he breathed. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

After a grumble of agreement and a scuffling sound, the room lit up with the glow of the workpad’s surface. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Others say his mouth was more grim than grin, that his eyes lit up like flashbulbs, because he knew he was finally facing a knot that would stand up and fight, a worthy opponent. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The phone’s screen lit up, ready for the next number. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Dimly lit by a distant streetlight, two flashlights, and a jack-o’-lantern, it was almost too fascinating to bear. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She saw me first, flinched, spotted Farid and her eyes lit up. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She selected the most thrilling story from her pile of books while the others lit the candles that stood in empty bottles and jars among the mattresses. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Only the silver lava’s glow lit their faces. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s lit up by a small bonfire and the headlights of a few trucks. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

As the train goes past I can see faces in brightly lit windows, heads bent over books and phones, travellers warm and safe on their way home. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He struck a match and lit the newspaper; as it blazed he held one hand over it awhile, and then the other. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He lit up the ivy, keeping the rest of the candles and a book of matches by his plate. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The pool boy, when he arrived, was badly lit. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He was wearing faded jeans and a thin orange hoodie that made him stick out like that one dead bulb in a string of lit Christmas lights. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

His eye lit up when he described the Cyclopes’ forges and the palace of Poseidon, but he also told us how tense things were. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The rain and sea spray stung my eyes, reducing everything to a blur, but as the lightning flashed, it lit—for a second—something jutting out of the sea. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The narrow hallway was lit by an ancient light fixture and filled with the recent memory of cigarette smoke. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Fie lit a cigarette and tucked it between the remaining two fin­gers of his left hand, the one resting on the steering wheel. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Birds hit the wall of fire and lit like bottle rockets. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Granddaddy lit a cigar and politely blew the smoke toward the ceiling. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Turning a corner I saw that it was Gatsby's house, lit from tower to cellar. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

He spread out his arms to Shasta, his face lit up, and he cried out in a great, deep voice that seemed to come from the bottom of his chest. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

The east dance floor, the bigger room, was lit. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

My back is sore but the morning is clear and bright, and already the fire is lit to heat water. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The room is lit by moonlight, so it is hard to distinguish plant from tree from man-made structure. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“These ones will be ready when the beacon fire is lit. But the Hand must surely know that when we attack, the Yunkai’i will kill the hostages.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The room was still dimly lit; he was sure it was still nighttime and had a feeling that he couldn’t have been asleep very long. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

And in a case under the glass were rows and rows of dark, dry gingerbread, each slab so studded with gilt stars that the shop itself seemed to be faintly lit by them. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

The Master lit the spirit lamp under the little silver chafing dish and heated some butter before cutting half a dozen poppy heads open and tossing them in. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

She expertly rolled a cigarette and lit it. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Ruby Archuleta chuckled, lit a cigarette and dragged deeply, let the smoke out pensively. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The noise woke up the bald guy, who got out of the car and stretched his arms and lit up a cigarette. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The people in the crowd only noticed his big, friendly smile, which lit up his face. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Outside, he saw a crimson night sky lit up by flames and flying embers. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

If there wasn’t any moonlight to continue playing, my father gathered all the children inside our living room, lit a kerosene lamp, and told us folktales. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Candles were lit, wine was poured, the perfume of thyme and morels filled the room, and I raised my glass for a toast. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

It looks like a fundraising event, held at a dimly lit bar. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Maxim got up from his chair, and lit a cigarette. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

We piled back into the old, dispiritedly lit coaches waiting for us, slumped into the uncomfortable green seats, and no one said much until we were miles away. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

For about a minute heat showered down upon my forearm and everything was weirdly lit. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Though no writer can avoid idioms altogether—they’re part of the English lexicon, just like individual words—good writers reach for fresh similes and metaphors that keep the reader’s sensory cortexes lit up. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

She filled the bowl with kinnikinnick, tamped her pipe carefully, and lit it with a glowing stick. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The red square for Ungifted lit up and was given a check mark as the correct answer. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

We had to look out for police because the park had shut for the night, and we also had a lit loosey. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

We end our walk in a burst of black and bright: black stage, black furniture, black fixings lit up by lights from all directions and vantage points. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

All the seal-oil lamps were lit, making the hut as bright as possible, and the patient was laid on an operating table of packing crates. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I lit a cigarette and watched the smoke climb toward a light in the ceiling. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Valley screamed as fire lit up her pink hair. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

They approached, and Abuela’s face lit up when she saw me. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I lit a fire, ate smoked fish and dried apples, and went out again. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a rest area, gently lit in pinkish tones, with several easy chairs and a sofa, in a lime-green bamboo-shoot print, with a wall clock above it in a gold filigree frame. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was thinking of a cabin that had two lamps, both lit at the same time, and two stoves, one to cook on and one to warm by. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra opened the door and found herself in a room lit by one torch, and empty but for a cabinet of mahogany containing some tarnished silver ornaments. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

A screen on the side panel came alive with a single touch, and then the machine itself lit up. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

My father composed himself when Amy reentered the room, but when she turned to open the refrigerator door, he acted as though she were tossing a lit match into the gas tank of his Porsche. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

One afternoon on the way home from school, when I told her we’d lived for a while in California, she lit up. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and people expect these lights to be lit as soon as they’re done with their turkeys. They come from miles around to see them.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

A line of altar boys proceeded down the aisle, each carrying a long lit candle. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

On coronation night the gym was lit like a church, with bleachers in half-dark and a throne at one end, flooded brightly from the ceiling. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had lit a candle in the room, which flickered because of the wind coming through the chinks of the house. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had narrow eyes that often seemed lit with a secret, as if he alone were in on some long-running joke that the rest of the world would come to appreciate later on. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

When dawn finally lit up the world, I saw that I was surrounded by a large crowd. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

The red glare of the fire lit their faces and the draft of the furnace drummed. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

They made no camp and lit no fire, but lay huddled in the boats, moored close together. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Cecile and the cab driver lit up cigarettes as we drove on. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could hear the sizzle of the lit tip by my ear. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She was so incensed that she inadvertently lit a fire in her hand—which, luckily, she’d since removed from my knee. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

At midnight, the bonfire is ceremoniously lit, having spent the earlier part of the evening standing empty, appearing to be a simple sculpture of twisted iron. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

And inside her, that rich house with all its doors open and all its rooms lit stood waiting, quiet, expectant. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

When he smiled, which was constantly, his whole face lit up like a billboard. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

My dad lit another cigarette as he cut across the dark, snowy parking lot to the entrance at the emergency room. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Smoke rose from thatched-roof kitchens, and people would start arriving from farms carrying lamps and sometimes lit firewood. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

His voice had a low, sweet note in it like a cello, and his smile lit up every shadow. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Windowless, lit by a solitary bulb; empty except for sweaty bodies. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

When she finishes, Herminia closes her eyes for a moment, then guides Pilar to a back room lit with candles. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not long before the end of the school day, I entered a dimly lit rest room. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Especially since they were in the middle of a thunderstorm in a room lit only by a candle. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She led us through a brightly lit hallway to the living room. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Lightning lit up the sky, and rain pounded our roof and windows. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

His rough hand lit lightly as a bird on my shoulder. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In the center of the room was his bed, actually an army cot, which was lit by a naked light bulb hanging from the ceiling directly above his pillow. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The orange of the setting sun lit her golden curls, unbrushed and unwashed, and her skin was paler than usual, but she looked likeMom. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

His face lit up so much, the cabin almost brightened. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was eerie, silent except for the beeps and pings of the equipment, the walls and ceiling lit by the cold blue glow of the monitors. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The green sign outside the church was lit with white lights. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was a purplish metallic shade of lipstick and as she panted with anticipation the letters stretched and quivered, up hill and down dale, and she was lit up like a luminescent sign. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

His sometimes heavy-lidded, almost reptilian expression vanished; his eyes lit up, his arms would windmill, and his voice rise. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The box is dimly lit from the footlights down below. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Do you remember how your eyes lit up like candles when we stood out on Saint-Germain-des-Pres? Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The room was lit by two glass lanterns on the wall. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She lit the candlewick with a match and watched it sputter and light, then she picked up the black key. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

He groped his way, and a moment later lit a candle. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

To make sure no one had a nightmare, all the beds in the House of Wong stood empty until the skies were lit by the dawn and the danger passed. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mom fumbled with her cigarettes and lit another. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

It was softly lit by a splendid candle-filled chandelier, and everything was made of white marble, including what looked like an empty, rectangular swimming pool sunk into the middle of the floor. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She has the same smile she had on her face when she died, and her skin is glowing, as if something were lit inside her. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The girl said a fifty cent one was the best, so I took one and lit it and went out to the street. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart lit up like a Bunsen burner. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

To reach this restaurant we had to climb down seven dimly lit steps into a sort of cellar. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The hotel room was brightly lit, and he looked at her and at her reflection in the mirror behind her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

All the local hotels and motels lit their “No Vacancies” neons. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

As we step into the brightly lit entryway, my phone buzzes through my jeans. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The lamps in Dumbledore’s office were lit, the portraits of previous headmasters were snoring gently in their frames, and the Pensieve was ready upon the desk once more. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Here the marble floors are white, with a black Candor symbol in the center of the room, and the walls are lit with rows of dim yellow lights, so the whole room glows. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He lit the lantern from the stove as he had done before. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

After we’d put on clean clothes and locked the door, Osh and I spread the treasure out in front of the hearth while Miss Maggie lit a fire in the stove. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

It was uncomfortable to work in that narrow, poorly lit space, getting in each other’s way with our tools. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But, Fyrian, I will kick you out if you snore. You nearly lit my pillow on fire last time.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

At both sides of the altar are candles in red votives, but not all of them are lit. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The night was dark, lit only by a quarter moon. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Bloom lit a cigarette and smoked slowly as they listened to the chickens ruffling their feathers, clucking sporadically. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We waited until some coal cars rumbled past, and then I lit the fuse and ran back to the grass at the edge of the rosebushes. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was almost midnight, but the lobby was brightly lit and full of people. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

A dull red glow lit the sky to the northeast, the color of a blood bruise. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“That’s from Shakespeare’s Richard the Second, which, of course, you will never, ever read, unless you go to college and study English lit, as I hope some of you will do. ‘ Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

He pulled a cigarette butt from his pocket and lit it. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

And the way her face lit up, she looked a bit like a baby bird who’d just discovered there was sunlight in the world. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The lights are off, but the room is lit by the moonlight coming through the windows. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The hall was lit by naphtha lamps, which shone brightly enough on the faces and bodies of the authence, but left the lofty rafters hidden in darkness. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Will lit the little tin lantern he’d taken from his father’s pack, using the dry matches that he’d found with it, and crouched in the lee of the rock to open Lyra’s rucksack. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

This present was a dunce’s cap, rather like a pharaoh’s serpent, which you lit at the top end. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

An old cauldron was perched on the toilet, and a crackling from under the rim told Harry they had lit a fire beneath it. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Farther along they could see, dimly lit, great iron doors in the mountainside, some open and some shut; and from out of one of the mighty doorways, men were hauling something draped in a tarpaulin. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The front was lit by a soft, golden glow. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He lit a cigarette and didn't say a word. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

In front of us, just a few yards down the dimly lit hallway, I see the locked doors and my stomach sinks, thinking of the way Eric's sweatshirt rolled away from Max. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The three remaining fiery fingers lit the nightfire as the sun went down, but they wore their ornate armor as they led the crew in prayer, and their spears were close at hand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I was going to thank him when something exploded and bursts of fire lit up the sky. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Put some money in the little gold box by the altar and lit a candle. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The hostess’s eyes lit up as Augustus and I walked toward her. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

He tucked his tail and lit out in a yelling run for the woods. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

She removed the small oil lamp that lit the interior of the hut and put the wooden door in place to keep out predators. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Visitor for you, Dustfinger,” he announced derisively as he lit the lantern. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

A boom sounded overhead, and an explosion lit the sky just to the right of the Squaller. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I lit the candle next; the flame danced in Dadi’s brown eyes. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He found himself in a brightly lit room with pitch-black walls. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, the small, stuffy chapel was lit by hundreds of votive candles. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His spell lit the corridor with a sudden flaming light. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Trying not to think of the bobbing boulders, he lit his oil lamp from a torch by the dock. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

A mechanical golden insect whirred to life above them, opening its stained-glass wings and hovering so they were lit as if standing under a Tiffany lamp. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Julius followed him through the maze of tunnels, glancing to left and right as the lantern lit the cages they passed. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Occasionally a flare lit things well enough so that he saw the details of his own hands. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She lit a cigarette from his and they chinked glasses. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Their eyes lit up like a string of lights on Eid. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The police have lit flares along the perimeter of the scene and are instructing cars in both directions to turn back, the road is closed. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Liyana lit one short candle in a blue glass cup and set it on the rug in front of her in her bedroom. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She flicked it without much hope that it would work, but somewhere below her a bulb lit, and a thin yellow light came up from the hole in the floor. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Inside I could see a short hallway opening out into a dimly lit room. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The room seems lit by a flashlight—only it’s not a flashlight. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Nagelman lit a cigarette, realizing that he wasn’t going to be able to rush Sheriff Dean. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She even had two candles, not lit, for the centerpiece. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I turn out into the abyss before us, still lit softly by the tinkerer’s firework. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“They lit the ballroom up for the holidays, with the tree in that one corner. They had a menorah, too, of course, but they didn’t really mean it,” said Patti. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He then lit a dark lantern and pointed to the coffin. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Her face was lit with madness as she shrieked, plummeting toward Mark, who couldn’t believe what he was seeing. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

When he took a long draw, it lit up just enough for us to see his face. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

And turning to leave, I’d see my dark self, lit by chandelier light, in a tall hallway mirror. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it stalks treeless and open places, lit with an oily sun. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Vega had told me that when his mother was a little girl in Santiago, her dad had accidentally set their house on fire with a lit cigarette. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

So she went up to her chamber softly lit, accompanied by her maids. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Standing in the dimly lit basement while her father tried one key after another, Shirley was glad she was not alone. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

He and Luna hurried up the staircase, which was long, lit by torches, and turned corners in unexpected places. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I lit a candle in a Catholic church for the first time that afternoon. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

But the electricity had been cut off, and the oil lamp that had once lit the dark between our beds had already been packed away. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lit every lamp and candle in the wagon. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Each evening the sun colored the buildings ochre and lit the motes of dust raised by the breeze until the air itself became a soft orange veil. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Lazlo felt as though the top of his head were open and the universe had dropped a lit match in. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He realized, as his mind gradually cleared, that the girl had lit the golden sphere and had set it on the log. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

The movie theater's neon sign hadn't been lit up for a long time. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

There they were, all alone on the dimly lit sidewalk, and it was suddenly very quiet. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reek stood behind the mute, his face lit horn below by die candle he carried. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Swinging his feet to the floor, he sat groggy and unmoving for a moment, lit a cigarette, then pushed his feet into some slippers and padded painfully into the bathroom. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nervously, she transferred the hankie from one hand to the other, coiled it between her fingers, unwound it, squeezed it in a ball, took it in the other hand, lit another cigarette. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

But then, as we made it back to the top, chests heaving, a long flash of lightning lit up the night and I turned and saw it. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

As news broke that the Martians had reached the Midwest, the pranksters lit firecrackers in the basement and flicked off the electricity. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Someone in front of me lit a cigarette. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Light from the house streamed through the lattice-patterned doors, illuminating the enclosure like a lit lantern. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

The room is dimly lit, and plush red leather couches line most of the perimeter. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Teeth Man lit up, shifted a wooden case two inches to the left. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It was lit by deep windows in the wide aisles at either side, beyond the rows of tall pillars that upheld the roof. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

When she got it lit at last, she took a long pull and sucked in the smoke. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

The way had been only faintly lit, but once I turned that corner I found myself in complete darkness. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It sounded like a bomb landing just behind the bush, and the whole wood lit up for a long, slow second, in green-white light. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Momma lit a match and grabbed Byron by the wrist and said, “Put your finger out.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trees are lit with tiny sprites, and I see a laughing Oak racing through them, pursued by Vivi and Taryn and—oh hell—Locke. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A pirate ship looms along the shore, lit up with strings of lanterns that dangle in intervals to the top of its masts, the lights reflecting against the water in a sheet of glitter. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

About Mabel and all of our other friends, cross-legged in the sand, part shadowed, part lit in the bonfire glow. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

When I showed my father the bill that evening, his face lit up. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

With a pup under each arm and running as fast as I could, I lit out for the house. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something caught her eye down a street at the far end of the plaza—it was lit up. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

In another moment the fuse was lit and sputtering. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Normally the underside of the green roof was lit by a tangle of golden reflections, and their faces were lit upside down-like, thought Ralph, when you hold an electric torch in your hands. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The new grove was glistening like an angel on a Christmas tree, lit from within by the light of a diesel generator. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If I get my hands on those boys...,” growled Zafoona, her eyes lit with fire. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The rooms here are lit by regular old gas lamps; I suppose the mayor put the electric ones outside to show off to guests and passersby. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

When I woke up, I lit up the face of my thrift store watch and couldn’t believe how long I had napped. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

It softly lit both the little villages of Elfland and the mountain outposts of the goblins, as if the whole world were at peace. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

As we got to the sidewalk, lit by the purplish glow from the streetlights, he disappeared around the corner. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The padre grabbed a shovel and lit into the floor like a hound going after a rabbit. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

First she lit the candles and the incense and the sacred fire, and put the fire-bowl on the floor in front of the altar. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

And at the same moment, Celia remains certain, something was put in motion that impacted the entire circus and everyone within it once that fire was lit. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The basement was lit up with the white flash of a dozen silver bulbs. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The turret room was lit, the bedrooms were lit, the windows of the basement glowed orange. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Bookman took his hands from behind his head, shook another cigarette out of the pack on the table before him, and lit it. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They both stood to the side as Dvorah came back with her lit wick. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Taylor lit it with a book of matches that had survived the crash. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He’s in his shirt sleeves, and is holding a cigarette, lit. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Twilight had fallen over the cornfield, for although long red rays still lit the upper down, the sun had set below. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Farid lit the second torch and threw it at the church porch. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

But then his mother lit a piece of candle and they sat down on the floor to play. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I watch for the dancing smoke, but the cigar isn’t lit like it was the night of my date with Kasim on Saturday. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The kids still on the bus lit up with excitement. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

As they got closer, gleams of light shot between the trees and lit the path. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, Father Olufemi lifted a lit candle from one of the tables beside him and held it to the pipe until it began to smoke. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She then took a cigarette from Lane’s pack on the table, and he lit it for her and one for himself. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Something inside Doreen lit up, incongruent to the situation, because her voice dripped with excitement. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The Man in the White Shirt saw the street sign lit up by the street lamp on the corner, and his heart jumped into his throat. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

He took the lantern to the stove, lit a splinter of kindling through the open door-draft, and held it to the lantern wick the way his father always did. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two bridges spanned it—one was well lit with traffic rumbling across it; the other was dark and deserted. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Out from the White Tower they walked, as if to a funeral, out into the darkness, where the overhanging cloud was lit beneath with flickers of dull red. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

One look in our direction and her eyes lit up like stars, and pure, unrestrained joy glittered and shone in them. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Then, dressed in a rubber apron and wooden clogs, she lit her kiln, prepared her worktables, and pounded the clay for her classes, her arms up to her elbows in the coarse, cold mud. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry shone his lit wand around the vault: Its beam fell upon glittering jewels; he saw the fake sword of Gryffindor lying on a high shelf amongst a jumble of chains. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

A bunch of jerks at the back were flicking lit matches at Cap. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Kaede opened her eyes and saw the Queen’s face glowing as if she were lit by a fire within. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I shouldn’t have lit the fire in the study. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Back at his house, sitting on a small patio lit by battery power, he set to work on speeches, grant proposals, and reading through a pile of clinical studies. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

He took a cigarette from a pack on the table and lit it with fingers that bumped gently and incessantly against one another. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“Don’t tilt the flame toward your knuckles. And once the fuse is lit, be sure to back away quick.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He closed the door very carefully behind them and found the garden brilliantly lit by the clearest full moon there’d been for months. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“You’re a very lucky man, you know, wonderful family, beautiful children, such an attractive wife ...” He lit a cigarette and allowed the match to burn until he couldn’t hold it anymore. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room was so dimly lit, so quiet and cool, that her voice was hushed. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Ophie saw how quickly and easily the Carutherses hired and fired help, and it once again lit a fire of anger in her that her and her mama’s fortunes were so out of their control. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

In the distance she could see the pale spires of the palace, windows lit with hundreds of candles in the dark night, presiding over the merriment in the Square like a distant, decorous Fairy Queen. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was dark, but the red light from the stop signal lit up his face like a fire. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Carmine sits on my lap with his bands on the window, face pressed against the glass, gazing out at the streets and buildings, all lit up. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Palmer’s mother lit the candles, nine of them on the chocolate cake with chocolate icing. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

At night, enemy snipers call for star shells so the landscape's lit pale like fridgelight. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He lit it and puffed out two quick clouds of smoke. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

His feet were like lead as he stumbled along the sparsely lit alleys and over the cobbles covered with silvery frost. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

A green glow lit the windows of the house. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

A half-moon lit the path, and Nhamo saw that the leopard was merely a tangle of leaves by the water. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night when the heavy curtains parted to show the lit stage, the crowd yelled and clapped till Chap Cheney stood up, grinning, and took a bow. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He lit out for the house, running naked and screaming bloody murder. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nivea wept disconsolately and lit candles to San Antonio, patron of lost objects. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

People shoved and bumped by me in the artificially lit dark, hurrying after the trains that rumbled in and out of the intestinal tunnels under Scollay Square. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

In the distance the airstrip was lit up and there were figures—more guards and technicians—everywhere. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Those same eyes that he had thought daunted and defeated, there they were lit with a fell light again, clustering in her out-thrust head. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

It was my luck to have a few good teachers in my youth, men and women who came into my dark head and lit a match. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She got back into bed and lit the cigarette and took a quick, red-hot inhale. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly her eyes lit up with an “I have it” expression. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room underneath the story-tellers was lit by a single candle and by the saffron light of its peat fire. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was long and straight and lit only by a few red bulbs, glinting feebly at scattered intervals. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

It was a red brick building with skylights in the high ceiling, so that whatever sun made it in lit up the dusty beams and long fluorescent light fixtures suspended from them. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I lit a match to sterilize the scalpel and began talking. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The low-slung clouds threw the valley into twilight, and we had to keep the quinqués lit all day so we could find our way in the shuttered house. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

We entered a spacious kitchen, lit not by rush lights but by actual candles. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Bryce laid Edward at the foot of one of the beds and then lit the lamp. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

These are lit up from beneath, they’re breathtaking, like stained-glass windows. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Katz’s face lit up like the birthday boy in a Norman Rockwell painting. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He ran down a long hallway, into a dimly lit tunnel. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Cora lit the lamp and saw his black eye, the yellow-purple lump. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

A man was climbing over a near-by ledge, and beyond him was a small knot of men, their faces lit to a distinct whiteness by the swinging pencils of light. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Wishing she could be the co-adventurer in the fantasy she lit in the first place, introducing me to the magical escape of musical comedy. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

They’d stared at her for a long moment, lit only by silvery moonlight. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

By the time Arya lit her stub of a candle, only a faint smell remained of him, a whiff of ginger and cloves lin-gering in the air. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He pulled out his own cigarette, lit it from the glowing tip of the pallbearer’s. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The city is also lit by gas lamps atop the Capitol dome. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

He lit Daisy's cigarette from a trembling match, and sat down with her on a couch far across the room where there was no light save what the gleaming floor bounced in from the hall. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

It was a winter afternoon, and the library was dark and silent, lit only by the fire that was dancing in the chimney. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Princess Andromeda glowed on the horizon—a huge cruise ship lit up yellow and white. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He loosened his collar and lit another cigarette. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took the small hurricane lamp off my bed table, went to the kitchen, and lit it with a match. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I look at the planes outside, lit by overhead lights. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

When it cooled off, Dad lit a campfire on the lawn, and we roasted marshmallows. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mind goes back to a brightly lit space in the basement of a church his parents and their friends sometimes rented for especially large parties. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Their eyes met over the basin, each pale face lit with that strange, green light. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She took the silence as permission and lit up a cigarette and sat puffing in silence, even after Kat put a plate with cheese and lettuce sandwiches on her lap. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

It lit the forge the smith was rekindling after four days of cold metal work. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In a second the glint of steel flashed in the shadows, lit by the owl’s eyes, and at the same moment Gareth jumped to the defence. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

In their living room, at the empathy box, Iran swiftly snapped the switch, her face animated with growing gladness; it lit her up like a rising new crescent of moon. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

These thoughts spiraled in Emily’s mind while she zoned out, watching Liam flick open his Zippo with a lit flame, then whip the top closed. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Hector Bowen is no more than an apparition in the dimly lit tent. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Annabeth s eyes lit up, the way they always did when she talked about architecture. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

There, in an entryway lit by a single sconce, they find a plaque nailed discreetly into the facade of the building bearing the restaurant’s name, Antonia. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The curtains were drawn, the large space lit dimly by lamps. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I lit the stove and warmed some milk in a little pan with cardamom seed. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Eventually Celia stops at a brightly lit café, crowded and lively despite the weather. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She lit a match and approached her husband, asleep on the couch. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lightning flashes lit momentary glimpses of the two American destroyers. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He got all undressed, down to his shorts, and I lay on my bed and lit a cigarette. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

As they directed their steps back toward the castle, Harry saw that many of its windows were lit now. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Kira, reporting near midday as she had been ordered by the messenger, walked alone down a long hallway lit on either side by sputtering flames from tall sconces fed with oil. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That first time, she lit into the CO when he didn’t get me into the room quickly enough. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

We were already at the window, looking out at the burning cabin and farther, down the path into the marsh, now lit up by the flames coming from the fire. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He lit a Viceroy, and I got up to go back inside. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Ojukwu lit a cigarette and threw it down on the lawn. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then she took a cigarette from the pack on the table and lit it herself. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

The only feature was the dark green block of Washington Square Park, sporadically lit by lightning flashes. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

She spent her free hours in the library, so wondrously well lit; the sweep of computers, the large, clean, airy reading spaces, the welcoming brightness of it all, seemed like a sinful decadence. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Bull extinguished his lights, lit a cigarette, passed it to Ben, lit one for himself, and began to smoke in silence. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I suppose it does look like a lab furnished as it is with steel, Formica, vinyl and lit by fluorescence. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you want one?” he asked, after he had lit his. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The moonlight reflected off his glasses and lit up his eyes. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I slip it on, zipper and hook it, turn this way and that, in front of the mirror which is as usual badly lit. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The lit lantern swung in her hand, sending shadows leaping across the kennel walls. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“He doesn’t want to go!” she yelled, and then lit another cigarette. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He took out a cigarette and Corporal Mace lit it for him. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Cole lit the lantern inside the cabin and made a jelly sandwich. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

It lit up the valley around them, the rushing river gurgled and splashed, the giant trees swayed in the frigid breeze, the grass looked touched with silver. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I hear her voice and smell it in the dimly lit hotel room overlooking Sydney Harbor. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

They walked to the candles, so few now, and lit one. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Petey came at him fists balled and face lit with a goofy smile. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I keep going, because now I’m fascinated by the way Roamer’s veins are throbbing, and the way his head looks like a lightbulb, all lit up and too bright. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Alice’s dimly lit tree house was snug and better than a hollow tree because, when she awoke on warm days, Alice fed her. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, ever so gently, he put the lit cigarette back in my lips. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

One morning I slapped an enormous bee between my hands just as it had lit upon a flower and it stung me in the tender center of my left palm. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Granddad, holding on to a tree, his face lit by the glow of a bonfire. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

When he turned back to me, a gentle angel’s smile lit his expression. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Emma lit a flame just in time to see Caul dragging Althea away from us by the hair. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

When she had banked it with snow, she lit a small fire. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun had gone down, and the ship was lit only by bronze lanterns. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Which was a fine dinner, and afterward we lit a fire though it was warm and sat before it, sipping hot tea, while Miss Maggie’s clothes dried. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

It was evening; the hospital wing was quiet, the windows curtained, the lamps lit. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

On one such night, Ammu, aged nine, hiding with her mother in the hedge, watched Pappachi’s natty silhouette in the lit windows as he flitted from room to room. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yossarian walked back to his tent to wait for Orr to show up any minute and lit a fire to make things warm for him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

"Everything in lit is just too...ambiguous, I guess." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Scrimgeour limped toward Harry and jabbed him hard in the chest with the point of his wand: It singed a hole in Harry’s T-shirt like a lit cigarette. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I lit her skinny girly cigarette, put my lighter back in my pocket, and didn’t say anything. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The barn was still dark, but the faint glow of sunrise lit the window in the hayloft. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Harry supposed he would just have to wait to see what happened under the influence of butterbeer in Slughorn’s dimly lit room on the night of the party. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I descended, minding carefully where I went, for the stairs were dark, being only lit by loopholes in the heavy masonry. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I point across the night to the furthermost building, barely lit up. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Toby was lit up like a pinball machine. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone’s going to ooh and aah once they see it dramatically lit up with spotlights. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

These areas, the scientists explained, are part of the attention network, and the fact that they are lit up reflected an increase in blood flow to those locations. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

And get a fire lit before you freeze what's left of your brains. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I mean”—the medic lit a cigarette and glared at her—“some kids called up and said there’s a dead guy in the basement. But there ain’t. So nothing. Nada.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The woman who spoke had a plain face lit up by a special smile. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tree is lit up and fully decorated. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Lamps were lit on all the wooden tables, and Dimple sighed happily in the warmth as she fluffed out her damp hair and sank into the velvet booth. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The room they were standing in was long-shaped and softly lit. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“But I saw you outside earlier when Jack dropped you off, and your face was”— Vivian lifts her knobby hands, splaying her fingers—“all lit up. You were talking up a storm.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

This floor was lit by a soft glowstrip running down the middle of the hallway. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

His face—Luke’s face—seemed like a mask, unnatural and lit from behind by some evil power. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Snow was falling again; the streets were long paths leading through a dense jungle, lit here and there with torches held high in invisible hands. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

And then with her pink lip wart quivering and her skin-and-bones face lit up like a Christmas tree, she proceeded to tell what the tall stranger had done besides bring Miss Love a saddle. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The floor was also rough and the way was lit by old-fashioned bulbs, hanging on wires. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

A walking anvil with a happy gappy smile that lit every doorway he darkened. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

The green light filled the cramped hallway, it lit the pram pushed against the wall, it made the banisters glare like lightning rods, and James Potter fell like a marionette whose strings were cut.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He struck a match and lit a cigarette, briefly illuminating his face. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes, I lit a cigarette, and I heard somebody whisper. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He opened the window, lit the dirty little oilstove, and put on a pan of water for coffee. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Once he had us inside the dimly lit, bare living room, Karim locked the front door, pulled the tattered sheets that passed for curtains. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He lit a cigarette, one of the unfiltered Pakistani cigarettes he and Baba were always smoking. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

David’s eyes lit up, as if this was his favorite subject. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He abandoned the house on Quality Ridge and lit out for parts unknown, taking with him what remained of the investments of half the town. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

When we were all seated, she lit the candle and June played the cello. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cigarette appeared to have been hand-rolled, and when the boy lit it, with a matte black Zippo lighter, the odor that filled the limo was not tobacco. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

All we can really see are the ribbed walls around us, flaking with dried moss, and the tunnel ahead lit by our headlights. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Once he was there, he lit another candle. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

They lit a fire in a hollow, down among the roots of a spreading hawthorn, tall as a tree, writhen with age, but hale in every limb. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She lit the sinew and a flame illuminated her tiny home. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He finally lit on the ground and walked around the body to see if it were really dead. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Her face lit up when she saw Carmen had just opened her eyes and was looking back at me. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Inside is a large, open room lit by rows of candles and lanterns. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Time I’d go out and come back again, her face lit up like I was a soldier home on leave. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

The chambers set aside for experiment were not lit at that hour. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

They lit no fires, for they were uncertain of events; but they set a ring of mounted guards about them, and scouts rode out far ahead, passing like shadows in the folds of the land. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Now, as Franny paused again, he sat back and lit a cigarette and watched her face. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

We cross the bridge, which is now lit by white Christmas lights strung up throughout the courtyard. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

When the flickering ended and the lights stayed lit, people just took a breath and walked on. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing else was out there but the trash heaps, great moldering, stinking hills that stood on rocky ground and were lit by a few floodlights high up on poles. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The insane smile lit his features once more, and his head drooped onto his shoulder as Winky wailed and sobbed at his side. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

There was a tapering soot stain as high as a man on an outside wall where two tramps had once, outrageously, lit a bonfire to roast a carp that was not theirs. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The door at the front creaked open, and the driver and a couple of other people got out and lit cigarettes. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Either she could scream and try to run away, and be chased around a badly lit cellar by the huge grub thing, be chased until it caught her. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

I made a pile of toilet paper in the toilet, lit it, and when it started burning, the flame shooting silently up out of the bowl, I flushed it down the toilet. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The room was large and well lit, and came with its own entrance and bathroom. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

He hung there in the phosphorescence of the sea, gathering light and undulating, and his boat moved now on the tidal current, brightly lit and silent in the fog. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Do you want to cut?” he said, and lit a cigarette. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The candle they had lit for Pol’s soul did nothing to push back the dark. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The cavern was lit by crystals, with a cold light. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Cameras flashed at such a blinding rate, the entire scene seemed to be lit by strobes. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Below and ahead of them, lit up like a ghastly funfair, was a rectangle of stark, garish white light desecrating an otherwise blacked-out landscape. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

In the night, the window lit up like a movie screen. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Pain and anger burst through him like a lit chain of firecrackers. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Roy Lee lit the fuse to our little Auk and ran for the blockhouse. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

After her supper, after the oil lamps had been lit, Kira examined it carefully. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You do realize that your sheets are changed, your fires lit, your classrooms cleaned, and your food cooked by a group of magical creatures who are unpaid and enslaved?” she kept saying fiercely. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I had lit the study, and the study had burned faster than anywhere else. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

His smile could have lit up a room. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under the bridge he got out his lighter and lit it and swept the ground with the flickering light. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He turns around, lit up like a lantern. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I walked out into the hallway half lit by the moonlight falling in through the small, curtain-less window at the end and banged straight into the girl. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Squatting, he lit a cigarette, and for about five minutes did not take his eyes off the field. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lit the cigar, puffed at it, looking across the table at Brett. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I woke up with a start, lit the lamp, and sat listening to the strange excited beating in my heart. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every day in third-period AP lit, I feel it as sure as I feel him shaking the whole room with his leg, making the heating unit jangle. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

In a bend of the river, between huge gray rocks lit by the moon, he saw them, so close that he could almost touch them. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anya licked her lips and clenched her fists, and as the red of the setting sun lit the forest, Anya plunged into it. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Not doing anything—just lying there together beneath the sky, the night here so well lit that it drowns out the stars. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Well, this lady’s eyes lit up. ‘Breakfast?’ she said. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

They lit a few improvised lamps made of tin cans filled with gasoline and a smoky wick. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I begin to make my way down the long, dimly lit corridor of the crew deck. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

She lit a match and he saw that her nails, usually pristine, were battered and chewed, and there was mud under them. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

It was lit with its own tiny lamp, just like in a museum. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was fourteen but, feeling very grown up, I lit it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

A sentry fire was lit at the corner, burning between us and the last two blocks to the wharf. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he moved into the dimly lit area beyond. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

To get rid of them Baby Kochamma had put out the lights and lit a large candle in a tub of water. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was spacious and brightly lit, with big vaulted windows. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Eight feet by eight feet and brightly lit. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“And James lit a firecracker instead of a stink bomb. Like, a big, pink, bursting-in-the-sky firecracker.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Doreen lit a cigarette and let the smoke flare slowly from her nostrils so her eyes were veiled. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The bags packed, I cast my eyes about the crowded kitchen, dimly lit by a flickering, half-burnt candle. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look out the window and watch the skyline lit up by the evening sun. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Across the water he could see other fine mercher houses, tall and slender, the tidy gables of their rooftops making a dark silhouette against the night sky, their gardens and boathouses lit by glowing lanterns. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Except these apples weren’t apples, they were glass orbs lit emerald and amethyst and sapphire from the fireflies that lived inside. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the small window of the shack lit up. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Papá sat at the kitchen table, lit a cigarette, and asked me to bring him a glass of water and two aspirins. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I tried them in the flashlight and it lit, so I knew it was really the station. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Few cars are out, and most every window they pass is lit blue from a television. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The pair wandered through the dimly lit, littered, and stinking street, bending over grimy bums asleep in doorways, raising them to their unsteady feet, and leading the ragtag procession into a decaying storefront. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Surely so. Ruth lit up like a lantern when she saw them fancy clothes again. Promised to be quiet as ever. Made short work of the gingerbread Madam baked, too.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

No fire had been lit, and there was no sign of the children. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Above all he loved to watch with wonder and admiration whenever Dustfinger took a few little sticks and lit a fire. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

At poolside, he stretched out in a chaise longue and lit the weed. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The general store on Main Street is dimly lit and very warm. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“We don’t have time for a snack break,” said Grace as they entered a long, dimly lit cinder-block room. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow Mr. Robinson’s struggle to be a member of the baseball team lit my freedom candle. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The moon lit up her tear tracks, but more than crying she was laughing. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped to look out over St. Nick Houses, all lit up in the night. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Then I leave the alcove, hobbling down the dimly lit walkway. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

If I got all involved, I’d forget I had lit the bomb, and then even I’d be surprised when it went off. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then I lit out for home in a limping run. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back in my rooms I lit the coal fire, knowing there was no chance that the sight of my breath would disappear before I was ready for bed. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I enter a small hall lit with a couple of warm lamps on a table. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Physicist Mark Oliphant, arriving at the Cavendish from Australia in the mid-1920s, remarked on its “uncarpeted floor boards, dingy varnished pine doors and stained plaster walls, indifferently lit by a skylight with dirty glass.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

My landlady lit the fire and brought a pitcher of drinking water for my night stand. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, when Aunt Eva lit the holiday candles, broad hands encircling the light, her plain face with its deep- set coffee-colored eyes took on a kind of beauty. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How’s the Frightful?” he asked as soon as we were inside and the light was lit. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the distance, every side of the Empire State Building is lit up and displaying enormous Warcross images. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Granny’s eyes lit up, and she slapped her hand down on the counter. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A little spark lit in me when I heard that. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Parvati and Lavender quivered with excitement, their faces lit by the milky glow of their crystal ball. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

It was the same one she’d heard when she lit the lamp. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Through the windows in those doors I see the Weapons Lab, the even rows of machinery and dark devices and serum vials, lit from beneath like they’re on display. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It was dimly lit and had dark brown wooden tables and chairs that were thick and heavy. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

His eyes were lit up again, the embarrassment gone from his face. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I look at Bram, and his eyes are lit with mischief. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“She waited a minute, rocking on her heels, and then she lit a cigarette and went and stood by the window. She began to laugh. She went on laughing. I thought she would never stop. ‘ Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

When Reynie returned from brushing his teeth, he found Sticky already asleep on the lower bunk, the lamp still lit, spectacles still on his nose, and slippers still on his feet. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Drawing a match from his silver vesta case, Frankie lit the cigar. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

His face lit up and he rushed toward us, and soon I was crushed in a big group hug. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

A band of moonlight lit up his eyes like fluorescent bulbs. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Snape had imposed his personality upon the room already; it was gloomier than usual, as curtains had been drawn over the windows, and was lit by candlelight. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

They were about to cross, when the flash of headlights suddenly lit the snow at their feet. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was dimly lit with torches flaring in brackets on the walls but its distant end was lost in gloom. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

My roomie’s face lit up with a huge grin. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

This hallway is lit by electric lights, and I take the time to watch Mr. Gideon. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I was the one who lit his cigarettes and listened as he denounced the careers of so-called pretty boys such as Glen Campbell and Bobby Goldsboro. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The lanterns hanging from their hooks were unbroken, and I lit them as the day drew down. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Mother was elegant and beautiful, stunning in fact, with an unusually wide smile that lit up everything around her. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

The room is lit by a pair of green-shaded banker’s lamps, and in the shadows Werner can see shelves crowded with encyclopedias, models of windmills, miniature telescopes, prisms. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Her mane of rebellious curls, which had charmed me so when we were married, was muted by a few white strands that lit her sleeping face. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was now high, and it shone down through the half-stripped branches of the trees, and lit the clearing with bright patches of light. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was brightly lit with electric bulbs—here the large sized ones, strung unshaded—and beneath them were rats at work everywhere. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

My mother lit the candles for the brown madonna and we knelt. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was standing in a dimly lit room, and a semicircle of wizards faced him, and on the floor at his feet knelt a small, quaking figure. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

No lanterns had been lit aboard it, but as he and Wylan bolted up the ramp, two sailors emerged. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Blue lanterns dangle at random intervals above the stone paths, similar to the ones that lit the Choosing room. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Outside, the evening lamps have just been lit. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The lotus garden was lit only by starlight, and the air was warm and smelled of stagnant water. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

One night, she lit a candle, and beheld my face as I slept. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Sciola rummaged for a light, found it, got his cigarette lit after two or three tries. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She shoved open the door and blitzed down the brightly lit corridor, her footfalls echoing all around her. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The tiny flame glowed as he lit the mouth of a Molotov cocktail. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

She entered Sam’s cottage through the back door and lit a candle in the kitchen. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She held out a lit candle in each hand. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The top of the skyscraper was lit up as usual, but the lights seemed to be malfunctioning. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He lit a nervous cigar and motioned her in. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“You comin’?” The boy had high cheekbones and freckles and light brown skin lit up by the setting sun, which cast a long dancing shadow onto the causeway behind him. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

As if the electric buzzer’s light lit up my head instead of the scoreboard. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Then Tea Cake came prancing around her where she was and the song of the sigh flew out of the window and lit in the top of the pine trees. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Then Charles and Pomp lit the staircase on fire, and we left the man to burn upon this bier. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

She pressed the nozzle on the spray can and lit a match, igniting a huge fireball that engulfed the snake. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Miss Gussie put her lamp down on the washstand, struck a match, and lit the lamp on the bed table. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He lit one more piece, placed it where the fire hadn’t yet caught, and then came to sit by me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I lit the tallow candle and we went over everything, and each invention he viewed with a shout. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It hadn’t been last year, when he’d lit the joint right there in front of everyone and passed it to me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then Seven’s portaphone lit up and Seven jumped, her heart racing at what Poppy might say. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

When they reached the subbasement, the elevator door skidded sideways, opening up on a dimly lit hallway where the ceiling was filled with a jumble of hanging pipes and dusty ductwork. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

He looked round the room; it was lit by dim lights glowing from a hidden source. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It lit up, and the box closed on us. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Ba wondered, and he lit the lantern in his hand. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I came to love the way Morrie lit up when I entered the room. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other people have always lit the fires in his life. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, far back from the path, we found an unused tree where—out of the range of lamplight—the only evidence of other couples was the protesting female laughter and the glow of lit cigarettes. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Obiora moved through the darkness to the two kerosene lamps that stood at the comer of the room and lit them. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Near the end of the day I was walking down a dimly lit hallway, with Danny following, when I spotted a boy coming directly toward me on a collision course. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had a cigarette, and she put it between her lips and gripped it there while she lit it. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Plutarch has run his thumb across the crystal face of the watch and for just a moment an image appears, glowing as if lit by candlelight. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She grunts and nods, disappears inside for a moment, and comes back with a set of keys and a lit lantern. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Ana smiled at her mother, and Ash thought her stepsister might have looked pretty then, lit by the glowing candles, were it not for the greed in her eyes. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the buildings are black against a navy sky, but the red lights at the top of the Hub are lit up. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The scariest part was traversing the walkway through the glass enclosure, a long, brightly lit stretch that left them completely exposed. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I lit the turtle candle for him, he explored, tried the bed, came out and shook his head until I thought it would roll off. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helmuth awaits his turn for interrogation in a room painted a brilliant, dazzling white and brightly lit with large lights. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

He started the motor and picked up a tobacco pipe from the dashboard, packed in fresh tobacco, and lit it. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Warmth came only when the sun, looking like an electrically lit orange, broke across the horizon, but I didn’t need to wait that long to feel it. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The room was shadowy, lit with quinqués and fat candles, steamy with the fragrance of garlic and onions. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

We eat our lunches in the chilly dimly lit cellar of the school- house, where we sit in supervised rows on long scarred wooden benches under a festoon of heating pipes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I might as well swallow a lit stick of dynamite and hurl my own self off Devil’s Drop. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

A gleam lit Master Hyrrokkin’s faded brown eyes, but when he adjusted his spectacles and looked at the page, the gleam winked out. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“But”—Hugo lit his own cigarette—“it's my duty to point out, this isn't just about smoking a humble cancer stick.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The moon lit the wide front hall in pale ribbons, turning the dust and broken bits of chair and wainscoting and climbing vines from feral houseplants into fairy tale turrets. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

But the room above the arch was empty, lit only by a lantern set on a low table where a book lay open next to a little pile of whole walnuts and cracked shells. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Three levels underground I pushed upon a heavy metal door marked "Danger" and descended into a noisy, dimly lit room. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Happy Fourth of July," Turtle shouted as the first rockets lit up the Westing house, lit up the sky. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Winston lit the burner and set a pan of water to boil. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He dug out the burner and the tank of gas and lit the burner and set it in the floor and then he unbuckled his belt and took off the bloodstained trousers. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

We tried all the rooms as we went along, and in the dining-room, dimly lit by rays of light through the shutters, found four servant-women lying on the floor. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

A yellow butterfly lit on a bush, paused, and darted off. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

With a match, she lit the fire under the burner. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lit a candle, set and wound the clock, and sat for a few minutes thinking what I must do tomorrow. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

There was a brightly lit room, whose size he could not guess at because it was so crowded with things. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“What?” she stared at me, ready to argue, and then her face lit up. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

A roar went up in the arena as the name of the highest scoring junior gymnast lit the screen. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Again Bigger’s eyes lit with a bitter and feverish pride. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes lit up, a smile, like a grimace, illuminated his ashen face. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said we also required a room that was quiet and well lit so that we could prepare for our case. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rashid Uncle lit a fire in the enormous stove and boiled a pot of lentils. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It had already grown almost quite dark and they now found themselves in a maze of corridors lit only by occasional torches fixed in brackets to the walls. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

He stood absolutely still, and then his eyes lit up. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I try to stop thinking about it, which is easier on weekdays when I’m distracted by school stuff like Zeno of Elea, lit mag, and the dirty looks I still get from Tim Huber’s friends. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Up more steps we went, and another elevator, until we came to another huge chamber, this one lit with electric light again. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

His flame lit the pit, pale gold shot through with red and orange, and the stale air exploded in a cloud of hot ash and sulfur as the white wings beat and beat again. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Tristas staggers up from where I left him, his face lit with frightening intensity as he finds me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He brightened at this bit of news, like a bulb all lit up for Christmas. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Matt saw that one of the large computer screens was brilliantly lit. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting up, Stephanie lit a cigarette and blew her first exhale out across his stomach. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Baba paid for the stylish Western clothes I wanted, store-bought or Ma-made, but his eyes always lit up at the sight of Ma in a sari. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The second shot belched out the barrel with a ball of sparks and a flame that lit up the front of the wagon. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

My grandmother had lit up one of her disgusting black cigars and was puffing smoke over everything. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

The room is lit by a series of old-fashioned fluorescent tubes with plastic covers—they must be ancient. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The fox fell, lit on his feet, and ran into the woods. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

We organized the chairs before the dais and lit the candles upon the stands so that the hall sparkled with illumination. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

She led me up the stairs to a small set of rooms, dimly lit, but clean-smelling and orderly. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first rays of morning light lit the grasses. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He threw the torch high in the air where the fireball had just been blazing, caught it as it came down, lit more, juggled with three, four, five torches. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

But even though she was used to the lamp, she had never once lit it. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

For a moment I thought, and as my eyes ranged the room, unconsciously looking for something or some opportunity to aid me, they lit on a great batch of typewriting on the table. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Staring at those words, lit now by the stars. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

A white light flashed, lit the sky in silver. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was a cluster of men, all smoking pipes, gathered around an exhibit in a glass case that gleamed in the dim light and lit their faces ghoulishly from below. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Just rocked back and forth, his face lit by the silver glow of the images flickering across the screen. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He lights a second one, pushing it against the lit end of his until they both glow red-hot. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

On a bright fall day when the sun lit up its scarlet leaves, you never saw anything to equal it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

No magic glow lit the kitchen or anything. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Homes, stores, and restaurants lined the water’s edge, stacked one on top of the other, lit ceiling to floor in a rainbow of orb lights that blurred together through Pong's tiny basket window. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Thorn typed into her portaphone, and a few seconds later it lit up with a message from Tia. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Under their cover she made her way alongside a path lit by little guttering flames. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The morning sun lit the island like a painted backdrop from an old Hollywood movie, all greens and golds, pinks and blues. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

They surrounded her, five huge forms glowing in the dark air, lit by an invisible sun. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“First week I was at the College,” he said, “they lit some kind of gas on fire. You recall that? Out in the orchard. You were little. A minikin.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He lit up with a real Augustus Waters Goofy Smile when he saw me, and I couldn’t help but smile back. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z