No more bowls loaded with fluffy white rice hiding small pieces of meat. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

It was a sheets- and-towels day, and the loads were heavy; four porters really weren’t enough to carry it all. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your human friends have already loaded up the puppies,” said Dozer. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Wagons loaded with dirt were coming by in the other direction, and I nodded to each driver since these were men that I was going to be working with. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pilot was not going to waste his precious load on a lone figure in a field. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He sank back into the hole with a loud groan like he’d just had a big load taken off his mind. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tateh kept a loaded pistol underneath the counter next to the cashier. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charlie was still holding a loaded fork, but had forgotten it entirely. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

His pistol was loaded, but he checked to make sure, nervously thumbing the hammer back and in a few times. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the help of his friend Tony, who was taking another break on the loading dock, Jake led his two teammates through the hotel’s industrial-sized kitchen and into the greenroom. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

They loaded the wagon with all the bread she had. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

To be the best, you have to give everything all the time, then you have to give some more: hundred-hour weeks, crushing patient loads, working miracles the way other people flip burgers. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

"I never walked the whole time. A farmer brought me half that way on his cart. I even slept a bit on his load of straw." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

We climbed into the truck, picked up a new load and drove for another two days, watching the white lines disappear hypnotically beneath the hood, which was the color of bone. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Above the shoulders of his carriers Ignatius barked directions as if he were supervising the loading of the rarest and most precious of cargoes. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They “load up” defendants with charges that carry extremely harsh sentences in order to force them to plead guilty to lesser offenses and—here’s the kicker—to obtain testimony for a related case. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

They could load two pieces of very pure uranium into a specially adapted artillery gun. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

They collected everything of value, mostly books and photos, loaded them into the dinghy, which was named the Mini Ginny, and navigated to the nearest marina. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Like always, Tony was on the loading dock, taking a break. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Alba drove the heavy van with its load of children along the same mountain route she had followed with her Uncle Jaime. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dared ask nothing concerning them, but he dragged his load doggedly, and he ate hastily his bowl of rice, and slept the day fitfully through in the hut behind the straw. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He finished loading the garbage bags into the shopping cart and said a quick thank-you to 1 IF and to Christ for the food that would keep them alive that much longer. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The changing tools had been put away under the floor under the table, so that my total load had to be unpacked. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in 1845, Doppler had loaded a train with a band of trumpet players and asked them to hold a note as the train sped forward. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

We take it all downstairs and load it into the back of Sam’s work truck. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I walked behind him, lifting the back end to lighten the load. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“So if my calculations are right, you’re pretty loaded. This gig and Mr. Ram, you must be raking in the big bucks.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Get a load of this meatball,” said the one with a front tooth missing. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thank goodness the UN and the Red Cross kept up their relief missions, flying over Pochala and dropping loads of food, medicine, and clothes. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the wagon was loaded, it was drawn to Sir Ector’s rick and pitched to him. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He loaded up the barrow; they’d sold the horse cart for seeds last year. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“This is not our omniboos,” said the Professor, waving the loaded vehicle away, and stopping to pick up the poor little flowers. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a third car, the Nazis loaded in wooden crates. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

He took a dainty fork loaded precariously with steaming fish. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I hold my breath at the sight of Quinton’s proud face as he loads the briefcase that started all this. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Shawn said they had to be washed before they could be loaded, so I fetched a rag and a bucket of water. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Then Finn lay down in blood, bold king with all his company, and the queen was taken; and, loaded with rings King Finn could not refuse, the Danes sailed home. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dedicated today to loading up the rover and trailer for the test. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

"And Rine," Barrelhouse said, "don't go try to pull no pistol neither, 'cause this here one is loaded and I got a permit." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I load a plate with eggs, sausages, batter cakes covered in thick orange preserves, slices of pale purple melon. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She imagined the Athena Parthenos jutting from their trireme with a sign across her pedestal that read: wide load. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When, they had left Boston, packing had taken weeks, with trunks and crates and loads of straw to cushion whatever might break. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

My sisters loaded the northbound Amtrak train at Wilmington, carrying their possessions in shopping bags. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I had quite a load to carry, and by the time I got back and got a fire going it was nearly dark. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Helicopters had landed in the Cwm previously, in 1973, when an Italian expedition used a pair of them to ferry loads from Base Camp. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He’d met Lily’s grandma loads of times, and she was how grandmas were supposed to be: crinkly and smiley, with white hair and the whole lot. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

We stood squeezed into the train car for half a day while the Nazis loaded more prisoners into other cars. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was hanging out on the loading dock while everybody else hustled their butts off. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

He kept his army gun in his room, standing in a corner, loaded. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little plastic bag in her hand was loaded with orange pill bottles. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was comfortably on schedule when he pulled his big load out of the Sinclair station and back onto the road, heading toward Logan. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Of course, those had loads of comments like, Does this look like a thug? and If he were white with this uniform on, would you still question him? All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The two men shouldered their loads and headed for the nearest bus stop. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Pairs of tributes are being loaded into chariots pulled by teams of four horses. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

And that did not include the 200,000 pounds of additional live load that would be added as passengers filled the cars. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

We would load up with potatoes or corn or beets. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back once more in Goblin’s saddle, he turned to watch them, Cilia bent under the heavy load, Isannah skipping about and for no particular reason chanting the shorter catechism once more. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We load up two barges and the Discovery for the trip to Werowocomoco. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

They pled with the few who still loaded sideboards and escritoires into tenders. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

By the time he exits the bathroom—after loading it down with “odor-absorbing” air freshener that doesn’t seem to be absorbing anything—G’ma’s back inside and decked out in her camo gear. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

I pictured my dad holding me down, calling for help, loading me onto the ferry with my arms locked in a straightjacket. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She said she named it the first day she and Papa got there, with Mama driving the ox cart loaded with our house plunder, and with Papa driving the cows and horses. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Take a load off,” Henry says to us as he motions toward the couch. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“Whose mine is it?” asked Milo, stepping around two of the loaded wagons. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I watched out the window, wondering who each load belonged to, whether what came out from their insides gave a clue to what they looked like. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The Stormbreakers, complete with their deadly secret, were being loaded up and delivered. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

At school, I consulted with the other boys and it was agreed we would load Auk XX with melted rocket candy the following Friday and fire it on Saturday. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the back, workers tended to giant barbecue and kanyenya stands loaded with delicious goat and beef. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

With the box, the rifle, and the counter he was quite heavily loaded. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

One wintry day in April, after making his usual three o’clock pickup at 109th and Amsterdam, the Chief turned the loaded bus east at 110th Street and cruised routinely down Fifth Avenue. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

She loaded us into the back of a Vegas taxi as if we actually had money, and told the driver, “Los Angeles, please.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

At fourteen dollars a month, his duties included controlling the mules along the canal’s towpath as they pulled the boat, which was loaded with supplies such as lumber, coal, iron, or copper ore. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then nodded, shifted the load in her arms, turned away. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And how to account for the fact that Ruess apparently left the gulch with a heavy load of gear but without his pack animals? Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we got to the Suburban the others were already loading everything back in. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Between the photo and the book, Scoob’s thoughts are whipping around faster than a load of clothes in their front-loading washer during the spin cycle, something he typically loves watching but is queasy about now. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

“I’m surprised the GSS servers can handle the load, with so much activity in one sector. But there doesn’t seem to be any lag at all.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Putting the boards on my feet cut fifteen pounds from the awful load on my back and made the going faster besides. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some scientists speculated that more could be done with a lighter load. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Townspeople told Jack how the Nazis had deported most of the Jewish population, loading them into boxcars, never to be heard from again. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

We had lunch there, then a truck pulled up, and we worked in two- man teams to load the truck. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The transport rolled into a parking garage at the base of the circular tower and descended a series of concrete ramps until we arrived in a large open area resembling a loading dock. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She didn’t dare get out to lighten the load. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A truck is parked there—with a man loading up my sugar maple. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

On the Canaan town green, the militia practiced loading and firing their muskets. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He lifted the top, and the Start a Fundraising Page with my name and email address loaded onto the screen. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He staggered under his load like an ant carrying a jelly bean. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the first time in almost four months that I had hoisted a pack with a full load. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I was thirty-two years old now and starting to think more about what kind of load I wanted to carry. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“How many horses do they load in here, anyway?” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“So you must know loads of magic already.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Sairy said, “Tiller? You know what Grace told me when Dallas and I were down in Boxton the other day? While Dallas was loading up the truck?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

"I thought maybe it was getting too heavy for you. If you drink some, it will lighten your load." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Figs heaped along the quay, not loaded in time, begin to bake, bubbling and oozing juice. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

When the Daughters of Mary showed up, they were loaded down with food. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I go inside to change it, and right after I finish loading the new cartridge, there’s a knock on the front door. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

But when he pulled into the driveway, there was Kathy, loading up the minivan, the two youngest already buckled inside. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I would harness the horses, but someone else rode in the wagon while I loaded the crops. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Warriors were now in place from every world where Lord Asriel’s rebellion had supporters; mechanics and artificers were fueling aircraft, loading weapons, and calibrating sights and measures. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

They rush in and out of the house, leaving packed boxes or bulging plastic garbage bags on the porch for the movers to load onto the truck. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

At his side, like a useless appendage, is his wife, twenty-seven years younger and equally poor, whose arms and legs are loaded with real and fake bracelets and rings left over from more prosperous days. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Jason says, nudging me as they open the door to start loading the plane to Brazil. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Carefully, his fingers trembling, he went through the loading steps. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to placate me, he made all the right noises, he told me it was probably a load of rubbish anyway. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the morning of the play, he backs the truck up to the loading dock that leads backstage. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

That is why Neil and Buzz were able to jump around like kangaroos on the moon, even though they were loaded down with heavy equipment. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the heavy water—far more than had ever been shipped before—was being loaded into barrels. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every head bent sharply under its load of grain, and the grass was dry enough so that it made a swishing sound as Jody and Billy stepped through it. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the other drivers told me that he’s loaded and he only works here for fun, but I don’t believe what the other drivers say. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I watched her pop the trunk and start loading in the plastic bags. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Don’t talk fool’s talk. D’you imagine a load of mice in funny robes could take me captive?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I concentrated on loading the boxes, giving the last one a couple crushing blows before cramming it into the square of floor space on the passenger side and folding myself around it. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Back home Joe made sure his rifles and his pistols and his shotgun were loaded and within reach. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The main dining room was on the second floor, in a modern addition that jutted over a loading dock in the back. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Or dashes can be used in pairs instead of parentheses to enclose an aside or an explanation: Her new shoes had loads of style—they were Ferragamos—but not much arch support. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grace and Kojo grabbed shovels and moved load after load of crushed stone up and out of the way. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

I discovered this the first time I went into a forest with a loaded rifle. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

From Cancún, she’d make her way eventually to the island of Culebra in Puerto Rico, where there were loads of Americans who never showed their passports to anyone. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Instead, he would go into the backroom hideaway, where he would polish and load his gun as though he were going to shoot the insurance man to protect Mama. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Stuffing the sleeping skin into her pack, she tied the caribou hide to the bottom and shouldered her load. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I arrived at her house I quickly went into the basement to get a load of sheets going. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Come on,” I said, “let’s load it up before somebody beats us to it.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

That task completed, he shaved, changed into his best suit, and proceeded to load both a semi-automatic .22-caliber rifle and a Ruger .22-caliber revolver. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All right, all right,” I said, and lugged my load outside and around the corner of the barracks, out of his sight. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

"Don't rush off, lad," said Captain Nips, hauling out a canvas load of firewood from under the seat. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

I could already predict Dr. Golan’s explanation: That house is such an emotionally loaded place for you, just being inside was enough to trigger a stress reaction. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The children moved off to the side of the loading area, dragging their suitcases behind them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

They gathered their weapons and equipment and loaded their vehicles with speed and precision, thanks to months of practice. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

There they do the hard manual labor of loading and unloading shipments onto trucks. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their job was to load coal into two-ton ore cars and push them uphill on a narrow rail track to a staging area. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“The great American writer who shot himself last summer with a loaded rifle!” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The whole tower was loaded with the ill-gotten wealth of years of crime. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

At last she glimpsed a fair head emerging from the hatchway, almost hidden behind a vast load. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

When she came back to her regiment she was limping, loaded with gifts, and extremely pleased with herself. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

It was the wagons that slowed them, lumbering along, axles creaking under the weight of their heavy loads. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I'm going to feed your body to die goats," Tyrion threatened as the first load of Stone Crows pushed off from die quay. Shagga laughed. " A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And its deck was already loaded up with baskets and crates heaped with corn and potatoes and cherries. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

The leaves are blown into plastic trays and the trays are loaded by hand into refrigerator trucks. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The caskets were almost completely loaded into the tail end of the C-47. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Toward the rear I could see two men unloading heavy buckets from a truck, stacking them neatly on a low loading platform. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as the wagons are hitched to teams, the Percherons lean into their harnesses and drag their heavy loads across the field. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

But the load on memory can allow the error to slip by. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I loaded my treasures on my bike and rode home. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The male slaves had all been loaded before them, and she looked in disbelief at the sight before her. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the day before we moved, my father and uncle loaded the truck with boxes that my mother had packed. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He filled his days with calisthenics, weight lifting, and running, often with a load of rocks on his back. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But out on the drive, after loading the terrified Mate in the wagon, he gave a signal and the driver roared away, leaving Mama standing on the road. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He got out a box of squirrel loads, too, and slipped three shells into his shirt pocket. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Lydia typed Dollywould into the browser and waited for it to load. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

There was such a little bit of stuff that the ice man could load it all on his wagon and his one shaggy horse could pull it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cheat,” he said, and finally the game finished loading and I half listened as I drove a stock car in circles around a silent track in Talladega. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Trucks with flat beds loaded with empty potato barrels moved on the roads, and the mechanical potato digger turned up long windrows of pale-skinned tubers. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

A black bus with open back doors backed up to the loading dock, and one by one our handcuffs were unlocked and we shuffled aboard, filling up the bus benches front to back. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

We loaded up the villagers who were still there. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three men exchanged glances—the looks were brief, but loaded. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They had to carry a tune as they hauled enormous loads of rock up the hill. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was also armed with a cannon, and behind the tower there was an antiaircraft gun, loaded with a magazine of ten shells. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

There are various ways of increasing your body’s endurance, and they all involve putting a steady and sustained load on the heart muscle. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

We loaded our dirty clothes into pillowcases and lugged them down the hill and up Stewart Street. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They were loading the cargo as fast as they could, but they weren’t fast enough. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I keep my bow loaded, both for Cato and any fish I might see, but the stream seems strangely empty of creatures. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He’d loaded some of his grandmother’s, porcelain in a wagon and toted it into the yard, where he set up targets on old fenceposts at the edge of the property. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Walking wouldn’t be an option, Shay explained, when they came back loaded with heavy metal. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“He looks exactly like an ape!” exclaimed a terrified young white girl who watched the black slayer being loaded onto a stretcher after he had fainted. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It resembled a loading dock of some kind. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the bullets were made and the gun was loaded, came story-telling time. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

People could have brought in loads of turtles and shellfish, built a fire in the shelter of the cave, and enjoyed the feel of dry land. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then we went to the row of food trucks parked at the edge of the field to load up on snacks and sodas and stuff like that. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He was leaning against the wall, bent shoulders sagging as if under a heavy load. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and Jimmy loaded the van while Julie returned to assembling the few remaining boxes. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

After loading his few remaining possessions into a backpack, McCandless set out on July 10 to hike around Lake Mead. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was my first time on a ship. I don’t know what a properly loaded ship should look like.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Sierra and I will load the cart. You and Akimi need to run real fast once it’s good to go.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

When clouds and snow squalls made a flight impossible, Ngawang was loaded into a basket and, under Hunt’s care, carried down the glacier to Pheriche on the backs of Sherpas. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Servants loaded baskets into the boat without a word. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Rita dropped a last load of twigs and dusted off her hands. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

In front of the house he saw wagons and carts and men loading them with furniture, chests, trunks, boxes— even old portraits. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The soldiers carried the coffin into the street and loaded it onto the back of a simple, horse-drawn wagon. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can tell by his voice that he’s still loaded. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Groups of young men—mostly immigrants, a few blacks—roamed the docks, looking for jobs as cooks and sailors on ships, or work as stevedores loading and unloading goods on the docks. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Inside, Mohammad checks names off his list, and I help him to load trays with bowls of vegetable stew and bring them to the table. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The trick is to always have a new rack ready to go into the machine the minute the last load is done. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Afterward he took him directly to the station and unceremoniously loaded him onto the train. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tax bill arrived two weeks later, the day that Dad, Matthew, and Mark loaded the hogs onto the livestock trailer and took them all away. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

One day I’m leaving Murphy’s, loaded up with bait and a couple of traps that need new heads. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Have you ever had something go so horribly, horribly, unbelievably badly that you’d like to be loaded into a cannon and jettisoned into the merciless black maw of outer space? Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The top gangs went even further, buying vast “mother ships” that could be loaded with up to sixty thousand cases of drink. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The wheel continued rolling with stops only for loading and unloading until eleven o’clock that night. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

At the supper table, she wanted to throw her plate fully loaded at Jem, a superior fifteen in adult communication with their father. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

This loaded question is the reason I didn’t want anyone to know I was dying. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“If I’d met a bear,” he said, “I couldn’t have shot him without dropping my load.” Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

All these simple machines provide a mechanical advantage in moving a load. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

All the regiments would need armorers to load bombs and machine guns, and the fighter and dive-bomber regiments would also need radio technicians and parachute packers. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want to sit down anyway because of the soft, uncomfortable load in his pants, which had been there all afternoon and which felt cold and squishy when he moved too much. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Incredibly, his efforts succeeded, and the women were loaded on a train, this one heading for Brünnlitz. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I travel downstairs, and when I get there I find him loading up the back of his truck. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The cow sunk a little with the added load and thrashed a moment in terror. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I was near enough to shoot any animal that came to it, and my gun was loaded and ready on my knee. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Taisin and Kaede walked ahead of the sledge, leading the dogs north, while Con followed behind in their tracks to make sure the load remained stable. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Where this morning a battalion of tractors had plied the gravel paths, hauling carts loaded with fish and peat-bricks up and down from the harbor, now those carts were being pulled by horses and mules. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

After we packed our belongings and loaded them into the car, we headed south to Santa Maria. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

They loaded up their trays as usual, to avoid suspicion, but carefully avoided touching their forks to anything but green vegetables. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You even have to ask? We got enough distance. We got ballistae. Lock and load, demigods!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Sensing a business opportunity, Hank escorted us into the back room and grabbed a couple beat-up boxes from a top shelf loaded with similar-looking cardboard refugees. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

What if someone with an unstable mind loaded a gun and drove to Washington? Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The movement and the fresh air are a brief respite before we are loaded back onto the train and we begin our journey once more. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

They brought with them a load of produce, peaches and cabbages and turnips, for Hamilton to sell in town. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But tonight loads of kids were walking to the village hall with their parents too, so that rule didn't apply. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I toss up a pitch and load my weight on my back leg the way Lolo taught me. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Every step it was to perform was loaded into the on-board computer before it left Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

As it turns onto the driveway, we can now see the dumpster that stands next to the loading bay. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“With the crust just a little brown, and loads of gravy.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I set the tray loaded with the turtle soup bowls on the table by the door. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I approached the Vonnegut, the loading ramp extended to the hangar floor. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The two horses stood motionless while the field was loaded around them. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each classmate you pass is eager and loaded, ready to fire. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

We never knew the elementary school was helping us until their custodian drove up to the loading bay with the payload of his truck overflowing with chain. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He knew that revolvers of this particular model had a penchant for accidental discharge when bumped or dropped, so he loaded it with only five cartridges and kept the empty chamber under the hammer. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Two British planes loaded with firebombs landed right on top of the German Officers’ Club. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Of course, in her next letter Grandmother had wanted to know how come we could suddenly afford to pay for double the mail load. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d left three loaded rockets, Auks VI, VII, and VIII, to cure in the basement while we were on vacation and decided to fire all three the Saturday after we came back. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

When the wooden door is up, the assemblage is transformed from a neutral into a loaded image, bringing out the nascent connotations of the target. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sailors pull on ropes and pulleys, lifting barrels to swing from each ship’s yard arm so they can be loaded onboard. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The leaves were whitish and rather papery, like the herb called honesty, and it was loaded with little brown fruits that looked rather like dates. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Pa and Ma went back and forth, carrying the two loaded tubs and the wash-boiler and all the buckets and pails into the house. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they were done marching, the men would practice loading their muskets quickly, which seemed to Nate to be the hardest part of being a soldier. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Despite my loaded backpack, I’m light, free from gravity’s anchor. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

There was a waiter loading up with a batch of plates full of pink ice-cream. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Already he has personally packed them into a crate and belted it shut and numbered it with white paint and seen it loaded inside a train car where it sits under twenty-four-hour guard. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The woman had walked only for a short distance when she felt that she would have to put her load down. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

His father had been sweating, trembling, barely able to load his rifle. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They were in a top-secret, even further back back room of the Bochinche, loading all kinds of fierce weapons into shoulder bags. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I don't remember exactly how much I had, but I was pretty loaded. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I watch, stunned, as half a dozen flat cars whoosh by, loaded with what look like wagons, although I can’t quite make them out because the moon has gone behind a cloud. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

As angry Confederates said, with some exaggeration, repeating rifles were “rifles you load on Sunday and fire all week.” Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The orchestra arrives, and I await them by the door of the rehearsal room as they load in their instruments and hang their hats. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Joe Mondragon and Jimmy Ortega drove over to Bloom’s house early, loaded Orangutan and Sunflower into a trailer, and dropped them off in a pen at the rodeo grounds. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Magdalys didn’t know what to say, so she just stepped out of the way so Cymbeline could load up her things and climb on. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

No one had thought to design the roofs to resist such extreme loading from snow. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I borrowed Willy’s headphones, plugged them into my phone, loaded up YouTube, and I watched it right there at the kitchen table. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And there’s Tyler on his father’s boat, loading the long harpoons aboard and acting wicked cool while his dad, Jack Croft, dumps buckets of ice in the ice hold, getting the boat ready. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Progress was slow, since they each had to handle two seventy-pound loads. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything was loaded except Queenie—the sergeant offered her a hand up the ladder to the rear cockpit. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

When I returned my uncle Pedro was already there, helping to load our luggage. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She should be counting your curls, not her gifts. We will load the chickens in the wagon with the other wedding gifts. Those schnorrers in Viosk will not think we do not honor our own.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The black shipping clerk loaded the hand cart that I would be pushing through the streets of the garment center. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“What do you want to load a gun for?” the bartender asked. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fifteen minutes later me and Missy loaded up with them on the wagon heading north.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

In full dothe I found the Envoy, though a long awkward load, no heavy one. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

She removed the four dead monkeys from their cages, holding them by the backs of the arms, and loaded them into plastic biohazard bags. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hubbub and confusion of the scene was a welcome distraction, and during the next ten minutes buses one, two, and three filled up and pulled away with their noisy loads. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

We stopped loading for a moment to listen to the crump-crump-crump of cannon. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, in desperation, his father would load him into a horse-drawn carriage and speed through the city streets, hoping the air would be forced into his son's lungs and help him breathe. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Baba pays the shopkeeper, who loads his wheelbarrow with our bags and walks us to the road that leads to Tal Al Karama. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, I give up and pull out my phone, load up my mod of Sonic the Hedgehog 2, and start a new game. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I’m not really hungry, either, maybe because I loaded up on too much rich stuff this morning or maybe because I’m so unhappy. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

With luck, as soon as they tried to load the catapult, it would explode in their faces. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Two weeks after her burial, Rose’s husband arrived loaded with ingots of gold for the children, two-dollar pieces for the women and snake oil for the men. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

After three hours of drying, I loaded another section. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

That's where we were going to load the wagon so we wouldn't have to wheel the wagon down any steps to get it to the meeting room. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

A young Canadian in a medic’s helmet shines a penlight into Werner’s eyes and loads him into a truck, and he is driven some distance and set in a tent full of dying men. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Kate had decided the hill beyond the gym would offer the best view of the loading area, so this was where they were headed now. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

They loaded their truck with all the things they had confiscated, including the bicycle that Qian had refused to lend them. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cursing, Joff spun the wheel to winch back his string, but the animal was gone before he was loaded. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Sierra forked a load of French toast into her mouth. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Shadow and Jacquel wheeled the loaded gurney to the narrow flight of stairs. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Then he went over some boring stuff about guns, like which slugs to use in your shotgun and to always keep both barrels loaded. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

The innkeeper ducked into the back room and emerged a few minutes later carrying a tray loaded with hot bread and steaming bowls of stew. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

These trucks, I can promise you, will be loaded with enough delicious eatables to last you and your entire household for many years. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

By the fourth floor, things are piled everywhere, in the rooms and corridors and along the staircase: baskets of what must be machine parts, shoe boxes loaded with screws, antique dollhouses built by her great-grandfather. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“People don’t think of that,” Mustafa says as he loads more meat on his plate. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

He had taken a load to New Orleans, where he had left his truck for repairs and caught the bus back to Hattiesburg. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ones who don't want to pay at the dump, or got dangerous chemicals, or think we're such slobs down here we won't mind another load of junk. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gus loaded this giveaway site called Free No Catch and together we wrote an ad. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Dad pulls a cart loaded with the luggage and Doodle. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Everyone laughed as I chased her around the rubble, the book bouncing in the pants like a load of horse flop. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

On the other side, I came to a stool loaded with food for the small people. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

For months, they had been sneaking ammunition and TNT into Saigon under loads of firewood and inside baskets of rice. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I sit with my bow loaded, watching the jungle, which is ghostly pale and green in the moonlight. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Finding the work too easy, he transferred to Harvard and loaded up on the toughest math and physics courses available. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before I left that day, Holly loaded me up with vintage fabric she had left from her opening year. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Magdalys stared at the loaded pistol in her hand for a second. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The powder horn and a small sharp hatchet hung at his belt and he carried the gun ready loaded on his shoulder. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wrote to a mutual friend: “Ah me!!! alas!! Alas!!!! Mrs. Stanton!!...For a moment's pleasure to herself or her husband, she should thus increase the load of cares under which she already groans.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Once loaded, the Penny Doubled Challenge required a player name, and then the user needed to select their rules. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hoping to turn his thoughts in a different direction, I spoke up, “When will the wagons be done loading?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Careful, it’s loaded. Now it would be great if you would hit me so I’m more convincing when I tell the factionless you stole it from me.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She looked paler than she had before, and she moved slowly down the stairs as if she’d finally noticed her load up front. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

But it means I need to be careful how I load the traps into the skiff, so I don’t tip the boat over. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Shin saw a truck arrive at the factory and watched as the ailing prisoners were loaded into it. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Outside, though, as he loaded it into the car, he was surprised to feel a sudden surge of confidence. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, Dale was loading the last of the bags into the SUV. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He backed the big truck up to the loading chute. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Horan taught the villagers how to take the rifles apart, clean, load, and fire them. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He loaded the flarepistol and as soon as it was dark they walked out down the beach away from the fire and he asked the boy if he wanted to shoot it. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t say that. You know, you were only twelve when we met. And a real pain besides. I did have a life outside of hunting with you,” he says, loading up with firewood. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I can’t remember if we loaded the dinner plates into the dishwasher. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Mam is happy we’ll have loads of paper for lighting the fire though the wood we burn from that collapsing shed leaves a sickening smell and she worries the white maggots will escape and breed. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

That day I heard the drip, drip begin, and by evening some of the trees had dumped their loads and were slowly lifting themselves to their feet, so to speak. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

And his heart lugged under the excessive load, the shock of recognition. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

We watched them load Chubs’s still form into the back of one of the SUVs, and the door had barely shut before it tore off down the highway. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

They had just finished up, each of them with a loaded pack on his or her back, when Misty groaned. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. He was getting a load together to ship them down there.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

At the outset, with the attempt on Hitler’s life, Finny had said, “If someone gave Leper a loaded gun and put it at Hitler’s temple, he’d miss.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

On my way back to the house, I loaded my arms with firewood. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Never in my life have I been so horrified, and yet so happy to be holding a loaded gun. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

A load of wood had come for the kitchen, and walking behind the wagon was the redheaded boy from the village, Will Russet. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the food was ready, Diego and I loaded our plates. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

With the reduced load of only supporting one human instead of six, a 14 percent energy production loss is irrelevant. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So I was talking to my guidance counselor about college and how I need some extracurricular activities,” he says while loading dishes into the washer. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

My father loads the weapons and takes off any safeties. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

This expedition began this morning almost an hour later than I had planned, despite my having completed my packing and loaded the Ford with all necessary items well before eight o'clock. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

The next dawn, Willis was at the dock with him, loading in a jug, some cheese sandwiches, and some corn muffins, then casting him loose, waving him out into the incoming tide. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

In the courtyard, half a dozen riders of the Fairy Hunt awaited them, along with riding horses and packhorses loaded with canvas-covered gear. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

We worked long and hard, and somehow loading those trucks made me feel intimately bound up with the news bulletins that I kept hearing on the radio and seeing in the papers. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Smith loaded weight onto his back, boosted an exercise rider aboard, and turned him loose. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A tired horse dragged an inverted table loaded and strapped with belongings. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Then she loaded wood onto the fire and sent half of us out for more. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Fishermen sometimes shot duck loads at them, but for the most part the gulls were given free rein on the docks; their gray white droppings stained everything. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

W.E. was trying to attract her attention without getting Trotter’s, mouthing some words through a full load of cookie crumbs. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“We could at least give him a scare. Should I load my pistol?” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

We pulled a load of heavy cans and propane canisters and a welded hibachi barbecue in the trailer cart we’d found out back of the resort, along with Minerva’s share of the camp carry. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I mean, maybe it was, because my mom told him loads of times to go to AA meetings—but he never went. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Papa countered, gesturing out the window where wagons waited to be loaded before his warehouses. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of them actually had an artificial leg, and carried not only a loaded rifle but a cane. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

And they load up, like this was the plan all along, in Dr. Martin’s truck, which is last in line in the driveway. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“All right, guys, load up,” my mother cheerily yelled as she threw in one final bag and slammed shut the trunk of our lime green Ford Maverick. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

During our World History lesson that morning, Mr. Avenovich loaded up a stand-alone simulation so that our class could witness the discovery of King Tut’s tomb by archaeologists in Egypt in AD 1922. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He reminded me of someone who had just dropped a heavy load. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The broad bottom of each pyramid spread the load and reduced settlement; the narrow top supported load-bearing columns. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He took two fresh hot dogs out of the package, loaded them up and brought them back to Styx. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Muck it out and load in fresh straw,” she said. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I put the rice in my sari, tuck the precious load securely in at the waist. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

When everything was loaded up, the car drove away. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

My backpack was loaded down with some extra books that I had borrowed from the library for the science project. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the truck came, timed with the police patrols, it would be loaded and gone within a few minutes. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

All three need to be running at all times, but the rover's batteries can't handle that load for long. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s a load of bull. I deserve to know my own history.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

When Burl got home from his job pumping gas, he helped us load the trap into the back of his truck and drove us to Gus and Bertha’s. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“How much longer?” he asked Mr. Kapasi as he paused to load a new roll of film in the camera. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Up ahead, the plesiosaur riders were probably readying their artillery, or simply loading their muskets to enfilade them as soon as they were in range. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The Lord of easterly Rock made such an impressive figure that it was a shock when his destrier dropped a load of dung right at the base of the throne. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They were assigned to a one-day work detail to load corpses onto a truck, then throw them off the truck into a common grave outside the camp. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

“But Chris says with a good load of that gravel on the low place, we wouldn’t have a bit of trouble. The county keeps the roads clear for the school bus.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

He was getting a load of the funereal suit. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Tanisha’s version of later is starting to feel like a heaping load of never. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Soon they were loaded with everything they had packed so carefully the night before. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Ask a simple question, get a load of touchy-feely psychobabble in return. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I remembered I had seen her in the afternoon, out by the wall, pulling a load of stones in the wagon. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Otherwise I’m sure they would have been loaded up, too.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

In her arms, crosswise like a load of kindling, Ruth May. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when I get home, Dad is passed out on the couch with a whole new load of empty beer cans. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t remember loading it, yet I know that it is. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The cannons were loaded and ready to blast. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

He came up to me when I was loading the sacks of flower and he said hey Charlie I hear your a very smart fella—a real quiz kid. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I had watched Hassan and Ali load their belongings into the trunk of my father’s car. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was in those old and bountiful fields that Pedrito and his son and a few of the other men buried the boxes once we got them loaded and sealed. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This method enabled them to lift very heavy loads. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

It was installed and humming happily as I loaded Auk XXII-A on top of the washing machine. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I hear the scraping of metal as the guards load the cannons. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

On July 1, after a week of working out and relaxing in Poughkeepsie, the boys packed up their possessions, loaded the Husky Clipper onto a baggage car, and headed for the 1936 U.S. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Once we all washed up, everyone loaded their plate, talked, laughed, and ate in between. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Other groups were purchased, loaded into wagons, and driven off through the valley to disappear through the V at the base of the hills. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Then one morning she spied three women in the cowled grey robes of the silent sisters loading a corpse into their wagon. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But then when they were ready to load the lorries, they got resistance. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I loaded into my stare all the evilness, all the viciousness, I had felt since that night on Halloween. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Tearing through trees, trying to stay in the shadows, I had a bag loaded with cans of beans for the fellas. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was a load pretty much like last week's—a little more, at $23.65. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I am trying to get the BBC site on my phone, but for some reason it is taking forever to load. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kids at the back of the truck were tossing down the entirety of the truck’s load: boxes and crates of brightly colored fruit. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I went to see what he was doing, and he had the kitchen table loaded with all the beer in the house. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Stroked my hair, fed me food; took the far end of the load to make it easier for me to carry. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Holding her breath, she clicked the red arrow and watched the computer do its thinking spiral, then slowly load a new page. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

If West Virginia agreed to vote for one or the other of the men, food was apparently going to come into the state in dump-truck loads. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mom cried when we loaded up the Buick to come home. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Two of the boxes we carry to Tatarska ourselves, and I leave Helena with them while I go back to load the dishes and the bed frame and the mattress. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

A wire rack loaded with candy bars hangs from the front counter. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Every day, the Germans came looking for men to load coal into the military trains. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He leaned on the table loaded with desserts, but it collapsed and he fell with it, everything sliding down on top of him. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The five boats that survived pulled back from shore to the President Adams for another load. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took it out on those of them who were still in school, threatening to load them down with extra lessons if they didn’t get their minds on their studies. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

So we all loaded our gear in the trunk and got in the car. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

In fact, the basket was larger than anything she had ever attempted, but Nhamo was afraid to ask her cousin to take some of the load. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as he had seen horses work, so he was set to work, hauling François on a sled to the forest that fringed the valley, and returning with a load of firewood. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of the crew had gathered on the main deck, where a makeshift raft loaded with blackrock waited to be lowered into the sea. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The rain didn’t seem to be letting up, so Mom took a deep breath and started the process of loading me into the car. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

She dumped a load of old inner tubes on top of them. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Next day, which we spent in loading and packing the sledge very carefully, he said, “If you raised the Star Ship, when might it come?” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The roads are mostly empty, because it’s the war, though once in a while there’s a truck loaded with cut tree trunks or fresh lumber, trailing its perfume of sawdust. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

All morning, as people have been loading the bus, I’ve been scrubbing the apartment clean, finding excuses to walk past the window to glimpse Antonio outside. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

So his textbook spread failed to penetrate the skull, in spite of the Teflon-coated load. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

They took down their tent and loaded their belongings into the boat. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

His parents were taken to the railroad station where they were loaded into cattle cars and deported. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Supplies were loaded onto trucks and flatbeds, and orders were called in for air compressors and movable work platforms. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Throw it in the trunk for now. But we’d better not forget about it, or we’ll be sorry next time we load up the groceries.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Apparently Holmes had made prior arrangements with an express agent to pick up the box and load it on a train. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The room was loaded with silver: silver candlesticks, silver tableware, silver platters, silver bowls... a huge Lucky Strike, all for the taking. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

On top of that, foragers enjoyed a lighter load of household chores. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Don’t we show up at the end of each one loaded down with game? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

They loaded ten ships with their plunder, and sailed happily home. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Early the next morning, Fred, Nala, Scruffy, and Tater stood outside the barn, watching the scenery and prop people, who had worked through the night, load in the final set pieces. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Then he loaded up and headed north to Suffolk Downs to prepare for the Massachusetts Handicap. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luke watched through the vent at the front of the house as Dad drove by in the battered pickup with each load. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was brutally hard work walking through the jungle loaded down with bandoliers of heavy ammunition. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Terrance took a more active hand, ever scheming for ways to increase the loads sent to New Orleans. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Gottlieb protested that even without an explicit calculation of wind loads, the buildings were strong enough. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Of course, my bad leg helped my case a load. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

While the whites boiled, I scrubbed a load of the kids’ dungarees and overalls. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“We have loads of time before we start dealing with the whole boy thing, right?” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Thus she did not quite believe in the war, not even when Troop C, our militia cavalry, was called out, loaded its horses on a train, and set out for the open world. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had no doubt that their chariot had all kinds of mechanical traps and more fancy options than a fully loaded Maserati. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The whole team scurried away from the loading dock and back to the parking lot outside the motel lobby. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

They carry loads of clapboard and sassafras root, and barrels of shiny rocks that we hope contain gold. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Merchandise—coats, shirts, neckties, shoes, hardware—lay strewn along the streets where it had fallen out of the arms of looters already loaded down with more than they could carry. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Uhmma’s hands washed our dinner dishes, cleaned the kitchen floor with a rag, folded load after load of laundry. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

It’s only one word, but it’s loaded with fury. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“A few bolts shy of a load,” said Flora out loud. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

On a railroad siding off the main tracks, men in linty overalls were loading big pasteboard boxes full of cotton thread onto a freight car. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Edward was inclined to agree with Ernest’s assessment of the world being made of garbage, especially after his second day at the dump, when a load of trash was deposited directly on top of him. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

“He can put a load on while he’s washing that shitheap dog of his—that’ll take at least a few hours or so.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Scientists sat on the edge of stools in front of tables loaded with electronic panels, dials, switches, and blinking lights. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t suppose there have been loads of other stories about a stone that can raise the dead, have there?” he asked Hermione. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Then again, it’s easy to be clever when you’re holding a loaded weapon.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It makes the task of crossing a loaded arena, locating Snow, and putting a bullet through his head look like child’s play. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Nico explains that the keys are programmed to the sampler of a drum kit he loaded earlier. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“I have these dreams all the time where I’m fighting loads of Roman soldiers.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Forgetting that I was carrying a load of seaweed, I threw up my arms. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The plane lurched upward buoyantly with the lightened load. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Each one of the sliding floor-to-ceiling bookcases was loaded down with heavy cardboard cartons, books, or metal storage bins. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Fujiko loaded coal into the potbellied stove and wiped her hands on her apron. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Finally, one of the loaders said I should try outside past the loading dock. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Putting his last strength into the effort to remain where he was, he loosed his teeth from Woundwort’s shoulder and dropped his head, like a cart horse straining at a load. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we’re done with dessert, it’s almost eleven p.m., and all we have left to do is load up the cars and say our farewells. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

The next morning we loaded the wagon with the things Father had bought and started off. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I loaded all my fishing tools up, threw the stringer of fish over Old Flap’s rump, and started riding back to the stable. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

After we get the first load started, Pattie morphs into some kind of human tornado. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Tomorrow, my parents would come and load up my stuff, and we’d watch graduation and then go back to Florida. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

‘Now you is all driving over to my cave to load up my bottles of dreams,’ the BFG said. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they began to billow out toward the ground, as though they were carrying some heavy load and were about to split. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

It took Evan half an hour to drag his loaded wagon to the town center—a distance he usually traveled in less than five minutes by bike. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

His prosperous-looking belly that used to thrust out so pugnaciously and intimidate folks, sagged like a load suspended from his loins. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

She waved until they were lost in the darkness, then rushed into her house, rolled up her sleeping skins, and loaded her sled. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t feel like you have to watch over the crazy girl pushing a load of potting soil. I’ll be fine.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Her baby belly was so big she could have loaded it in a wheelbarrow and pushed it in front of her. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Officers shout orders, and sailors march up the gangways carrying loads on their shoulders. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

We dumped our loads and sat on the ground, bedraggled and spent, and stared at the lagoon as if it had just played a terrible practical joke on us. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The cars would be all right with their good metal-to-metal brakes and anyway, coming down, they would not be loaded. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Even though the rest of the horses are now in unfamiliar slots, they seem largely unperturbed, probably because we loaded them in the same order. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The Vonnegut’s perfectly rendered steel loading ramp lowered to the ground, standing out in sharp contrast against the digital blackness of Archaide’s surface. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I loaded my stuff into it and drove it to Utah, figuring the car would just about make up for the money Dad owed me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Maybe you can get Will to marry you. He’s loaded.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been alone with him loads of times, having defense lessons against the dementors. If he was helping Black, why didn’t he just finish me off then?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

When the sledge was loaded, he insisted that we spend the rest of the day doing nothing, storing energy. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Far down the street an old tin Ford was choking along, approaching, a last load of colored people in it. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

A wagon load of sand caved off and spilled down over the angry hogs. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had the oxen yoked to a sled, which was already half loaded with stones, and were digging away at more stones buried in a newly cleared field. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

In the night when he was at his load he saw their faces flickering past him, caught for an instant out of the darkness by the flaming torch ahead. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Chinyere’s mistress was only one of many families on campus who were leaving; houseboys bought huge cartons in the market and cars drove out of compounds with their boots sunken by heavy loads. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The sorry load was about to keel over. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled out one of Harvey’s shirts, loaded it with the cans and bags and candles, then tied the sleeves together. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

His box truck was loaded down with oxygen tanks and he was already forty minutes behind schedule. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“It’s not loaded, sportsfans,” the Colonel answered, “but it’s there. You never can tell what you might meet on the road these days.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was a strong woman, but even for her the weight of this load was almost more than she could manage. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

At unexpected times, Horan would be ordered to grab his gear and load into a waiting helicopter with five or six other Marines. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

They did not joke or laugh as they loaded the burros. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Denna dropped another load of wood and peered down into the bucket. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Men drove swine and cattle, while others hauled massive blocks of ice for cold storage or dragged handcarts loaded with goods. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m pretty good at doing research and investigating. So how about you help me with my photography and I’ll keep you loaded with information?” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Just as I sat down, Kev appeared bearing two plates loaded with mystery meat and fried toast. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I finished loading up my plate with some fruit and looked around the dining area. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Even as they conferred, Melanthios entered the storeroom for a second load, and the swineherd at the passage entry saw him. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I can see what you have. I will help you out for two or three loads of meat. Otherwise . His voice trailed off and the hunters started whispering among themselves. “He knew some Spanish. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

They loaded the wagon in cold darkness the next morning. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Did you get a load of that fake black eye?" my father asked. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

It’s silver, sleek, and looks incredibly expensive, which means there’s a chance this car is loaded with water, just as the blond kid said. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He loaded the photos from his personal camera to revisit the scene. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I started thinking about the world loaded with disguised Marys sitting around all over the place and hidden red hearts tucked about that people could rub and touch, only we didn’t recognize them. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Miss Love and Uncle Camp went out to load boxes in the buggy, Mrs. P. put in her two cents’ worth about a wife not using her husband’s name. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“When they open the crate and try to put you in, struggle! Don’t go without a tussle. Pigs always resist when they are being loaded.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

I told myself I couldn’t because I was loaded down with a ukulele and a rat. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I was a little late because Mrs. Mason had loaded me down with three hostas and five tall ferns “for your mother’s perennial garden.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Because Boukreev wasn’t breathing supplemental oxygen, he had apparently decided to strip his load down to the bare minimum to gain every possible advantage in the appallingly thin air. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Only then did I notice that Baba was already loaded in the second ambulance. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Good, I brought the darts so we can load them and keep them on us all the time. Can’t be too careful,” Valley said. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Some dumb kid, I figured, so I dumped my load of pudding on the hand. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

I pause, and there’s that loaded eye contact again. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Another time, over in Japan, I was helping load a ship, and I sat down to rest a minute. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“After they were attacked, everybody knew that they were bearing the main load in the fight against Nazi Germany.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Benny told Alex to load his trunk first, and then the backseat. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The homemade cart was poorly balanced, awkward with its heavy load. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

At first he’d said he was snooping around the Mother Paula’s property in order to heist a load of Gladiator cigarettes. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as they appeared in Macondo, the soldiers put aside their rifles and cut and loaded the bananas and started the trains running. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Out on the bay, Dauntless continued its loading, surrounded by sunshine and waves. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

As I made my way up from the river, the trail was clogged with trekkers, yakt trains, red-robed monks, and barefoot Sherpas straining beneath back-wrenching loads of firewood and kerosene and soda pop. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

In mid-November Smith loaded Seabiscuit and the rest of his stable, blanketed in red and white stable colors, into three cars of a train bound for California. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We better find a place with loads of closet space. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

This rendition of the story was also compatible with Hamilton’s remark in the boat afterward, when he seemed to think his pistol was still loaded. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I have his arrows now, a loaded bow, and Finnick at my back, breathing hard but not actively engaged. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She pushed the plunger, sending a load of drugs into the heart, which killed the monkey instantly. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

About noon I went to the store to get him a load of groceries. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Truth tolt, it was me who started loading up our goods. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

A long hike followed, the four uglies sharing the load of boards and supplies. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

In August, Burnham’s chief structural engineer, Abraham Gottlieb, made a startling disclosure: He had failed to calculate wind loads for the fair’s main buildings. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I pressed on the cartridges just to be certain they were secure, making sure that the hole nearest to the barrel was loaded. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I started off in a mattress warehouse, dragging mattresses down metal ramps at the back of the store and loading them onto delivery trucks. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Seems to me you’ve been carrying a heavy load for some time.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Like maybe she had just put away a whole load of dirty dishes, which is something that had happened before. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“All my life I’ll have headaches carrying this load of hair around,” she complained. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Men had been carrying boxes and bags out of her house and loading them into trucks and driving off. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Ms. Banks flagged down the ambulance, already on hand for the event, and the medics loaded Astelle inside. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Until Mr. Nagahachi has got the big tuna loaded into his van and packed in ice for the trip to the airport. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Shadow shrugged and put his hands back in his pockets, loading a quarter in one hand, a folded-up five-dollar bill in the other. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Omakayas put down her load and told her sister that she had something important to do. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

So Ernie helped load all the peas in Grandma’s backseat, the sun blinding him, making him squint. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

When they got to the fire station down the road, medics pulled Deborah from the car, gave her oxygen and injections, ran an IV to her arm, and loaded her into an ambulance. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

After a short time, she again loaded the bundle of grass onto her back and began to walk again down the winding path. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“Besides,” she said, “nobody has a car long enough to load up all the cardboard. A van is perfect.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The smaller of them was carrying two plastic bags filled to bursting; the other was hauling the goats off the loading platform. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He loaded up a tray with glasses of iced tea and rushed back to the living room, glancing my way as he passed. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

For some reason, this week of all weeks, Julian had loaded us down with work. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Animals were sedated, cages were loaded and secured, feed was stored, bunks were assigned, lines were tossed, and whistles were blown. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

One group of women loaded soiled laundry into the enormous boilers. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Khouy occasionally works as a laborer, helping people carry and load heavy bags of cloth, fruit, and rice from their wagon to the new market for a small fee. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

To open Cape Coalwood, I loaded Auk V with our bottle-tested formula of finely ground black powder and postage stamp glue, cured under the water heater for five days. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, the ground crew would lift each loaded aircraft onto the platform. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I imagined loading the God of the Sea into a taxi and taking him to the Upper East Side. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Again, everybody meant well, and I was really hoping that the money this raised would take a load off of my parents’ shoulders, but the intensity of all the attention was pretty high. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were racks loaded with mysteries, Newbery winners, historical fiction, biographies, and short stories. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

My load of books felt heavier than usual, and I shifted the weight of them to my other arm. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

As the men roared in approval, I carried the tray loaded with the dirty supper dishes down the stairs. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had between ninety and a hundred pounds of coarse foodstuffs, half of it the load I stole in Turuf; sixty pounds of this are gone, after fifteen days’ journey. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I loaded my backpack and strapped on my crampons, most of the rest of Hall’s group was already ascending the ropes toward Camp Four. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Miles finishes loading his laundry and turns his machine on. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Long and Tate were both loaded into ambulances. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

We stood near the side table, which was loaded with mountains of food, from a whole roast hart with ivy threaded through its antlers to butter cookies as small and lacy as snowflakes. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

We all talked nervously, not looking at the stack of silver caskets that were being loaded on. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Excited to live in a place of their own, the family loaded their belongings—including a horse named Mack—into the back of a neighbor’s catde truck and pushed off for Alabama’s capital city. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

In the greenhouse are saplings a meter high, which get loaded onto the truck and driven through the dust. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I opened up the gym bags and loaded them up with all that crud. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Children sent out to herd goats were snapped up by evil traders, loaded onto camels and taken to far cities where they suffered horribly. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Dazed with grief, Leo and the others carefully loaded the Athena Parthenos into the hold, using the ship’s hydraulic winches with an assist from Frank Zhang, part-time elephant. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Every weekday, and even on Saturday when times were good, I could watch the black coal cars rolling beneath the tipple to receive their massive loads and then smoke-spouting locomotives straining to pull them away. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’m barely strong enough to load and turn the crank, and my arms ache with the effort. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“You end up hanging out with loads of different people.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

In the meantime we had to load a pump onto the truck we came on. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The question was so loaded with danger that I could not reply at once. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three men loaded the heavy crate onto a cart driven by a man I had never seen before. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

We loaded two cars and drove down the road that was screened with wet mats and the last of the sun came through in the breaks between the strips of mattings. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Three dead men in uniforms sat slumped over their desks; each had a loaded rifle next to him. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I had seen the Negro dockworkers stripped to the waist, their bodies glistening with sweat under their loads. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They have a new lounge and supply room by the loading dock. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Bedtime seems to be taking a while—it sounds like there’s some argument about which chapter their read-aloud left off on—so I load up my personal email. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“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

A cart loaded with grain rumbled down the center of the road, and I jumped aside to avoid being struck by it. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Rachel shouts, You got quite a load there too. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

She loaded the tray with plates of cold sliced tongue, cheddar cheese, brown bread, and a bowl of pickles. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of the cars following the gunners’ car are flatcars loaded with people. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“You love TV,” I said while I started loading the dishwasher. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

So Ishmael loaded the cookstove with firewood and hung his coat in the hall closet. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I spotted Manet off in the corner, loading tile into a kiln. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They’d raided the drama room at Shay’s dorm the night before and were loaded with disguises. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The only plausible explanation for his remark in the boat about the pistol still being loaded is that he was semiconscious, in shock, and did not know what he was saying. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

When he went out to greet the editor, Jethro noticed the young man who had cared for his team that day in Newton, now sitting on a high load of logs behind Ross Milton’s buggy. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

His song was loaded with the blunt, sarcastic humor soldiers used to get through their days, following orders that didn’t always make sense. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I passed a child’s wagon loaded with garden tools. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paced the house, smoking, peering out the window, cleaning his gun, loading and loading it again. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Dr. Rivers hands Jus his plate, loaded up with food he has no appetite for. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Each brick consisted of 2,864 calories and was wrapped in wax paper and packed in tin boxes; the hold of the ship was loaded with them. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“Once your cart is fully loaded, do not block, trip, or shove the other teams. Do not interfere with their cart handoffs.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

And then, for the fourth time since I first set foot in Minnesota over a year ago, everything I possess is loaded into a vehicle and I am on my way to somewhere new. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Whatever their reasons, they took their considerable earnings, loaded up with provisions in the Paradise Islands off the coast of Oxscini, and set a course for the blue and boundless west. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Booth loads his gun for one last shot, still plotting his next course of action. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

More than half of the pack mules and oxen died from exhaustion and starvation—the loads were too heavy and there wasn’t enough grass for them to eat. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Seconds later he was in the driveway, loading the van. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Springing a test on us on the last day. Ruining the last bit of term with a whole load of studying.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He crossed the street and began to help Toomer load the back of the wagon with the potted herbs, plants, and jars of honey he had not sold. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Down along the docks lining the Delaware, cargo was being loaded onto ships that would sail to New York, Boston, and other distant ports. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

I watched her load the red wagon, the one I’d seen in the backyard, with brood frames, those little slats that slip down in the hives for the bees to deposit honey on. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

That is, until they tried to load their cargo. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

All night long, armorers loaded bombs by the faint beams of flashlights. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Jinjoo and her friends watched for over an hour as they loaded more and more people on the ship with the blue cross. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“The boys got you another rocket all ready to go. How about you loading it and let’s fire it off this weekend?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

By the time the cart was loaded, Tree-ear wore mud like a second skin. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Their loads seemed heavy enough until the demon wagons rolled toward them, pulled by the huge-bodied demon horses with their breaths blowing and the sweat glistening on their flanks. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the meantime my days are duller than a lifetime as a mill girl endlessly loading shuttles—nothing to do but suck on my cold fingers, like Jamie in the North Sea, and worry. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He heaved a pile of parcels onto Harry’s camp bed and dropped the money bag and a load of socks next to it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He loaded the filly in the gate, set off the clock alarm, and let her rip. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time he’s out of the shower, Mr. Stevens has loaded the car, and Daniel’s two sisters are raring to go. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The cooling system was so loaded with antifreeze that it could have withstood polar weather. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stripped off the bloodied gauntlets, loading a fresh clip into the handgun. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“I mean, somebody probably told him when he was little, ‘Son, you have a load of money, and someday people are going to try to weasel it out of you.’” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He loads his brush with paint and lays it on thick, heavy. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Prosecutors are free to “load up” defendants with extra charges, and their decisions cannot be challenged for racial bias. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Of course, they’ve probably caught him by now,” the old mer­chant said, grunting and loading another box on the mule’s back. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Joel went off on the tractor to get a load of woodchips from the big pile he keeps across the road. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Do your loading! Are you daft! Load your gun!” The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Forgive me if I hope to put a few of our pumpkins to more practical use. You boys come help us cut the rest of our harvest so we can get them loaded.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“You are holding a loaded gun, you idiot. Act like it.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The rest of the wagon was empty—I suppose to give Red Rabbit less of a load to pull. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled on my visor and loaded up the Gym, a stand-alone simulation. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

We loaded up and both choppers cut their engines. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

These he grasped, loads to dampen the vibration. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He told them to wear civilian clothes and to show up at the Institute’s loading dock at 0500 hours the next morning. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"He entrusts some small matters to us, to lighten his load." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Shortly thereafter, he donated the balance of his bank account to OXFAM, loaded up his car, and vanished from their lives. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The expedition was forced to dump supplies to lighten the loads. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, people loaded the bags into boxes, and loaded the boxes into the refrigerator truck, and Nancy and a driver headed off for Fort Detrick. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He caught up four light shields, four pairs of spears, four helms of war high-plumed with flowing manes, and ran back, loaded down, to his father’s side. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night, I started to load a casement with a sugar-and-potassium-nitrate mix. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was a big job to gather, trim, box, ice, and load the lettuce. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

After all the stock is loaded I retire to the ring stock car. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“You’ve used spiders in Potions loads of times. “I don’t mind them dead,” said Ron, who was carefully looking anywhere but at the window. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I was just lying on my back, looking up at the stars, and I was so loaded I thought I could feel the spin of the earth. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

She had even looked for it in Mo’s bag before he loaded his things into the van, but she couldn’t find it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Sahil and I loaded the gear into his SUV without speaking much once everyone was gone. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Within minutes more vans and trucks came, and the loading was finally completed. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the evenings, Enrique watches the priest return to the church on his bicycle, loaded down with bags of donated bread. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

A lorry loaded with sofas and shelves and tables was parked by the side, and a man stood beside it talking to a young female civil defender wearing khaki jeans and canvas shoes. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

At the curb were the hearse and a few cars, and in a few minutes they were loaded and the crowd was still standing, looking on as we carried Tod Clifton away. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever I saw the animal, I would take a brick from my load and toss it at him; he would slink away, only to appear again, showing his teeth. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

In extremis they blindfolded me and held a loaded gun to the back of my head for nearly six hours—it was sinister and exhausting and I did go a bit wobbly eventually. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Running a small business was a heavy load to take on, but I loved working on Louellashop.com so much, it didn’t feel like work. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The gun was always loaded, and always above the door so that Pa could get it quickly and easily, any time he needed a gun. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

A truck with a load of rusty gas cylinders was coming toward them. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

But there had always been the lake, which was the town’s first cause of existence, a place for immigrant settlers to put down their loads. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the back window, a scorpion crossbow was mounted and loaded, ready for action. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

They’d anchored a barge offshore and loaded it with rockets the size of Patriot missiles. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Jacqui herself is a loaded gun with a hair trigger—and the fact that she, in this moment, is able to recognize that, makes her seem slightly less mental. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The journey to Cambridge was loaded with expectations. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

On the morning that we left, Grampa refused to help us load up the car, he just stood on the front porch and watched. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Everything is ready except final modifications and the final few shipments, one of which is being loaded even as I write. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Under cover of darkness, a wagon driver approached the Yard, hauling a load of mattresses for delivery to Swift & Company. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

There were twenty or more of them with teams and loads of logs, with saws and axes, and a barrel of cider to give their work a spark of holiday spirit. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it’s time for music class, my feet feel like they are loaded down by bricks. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Then, just as the music, slow and smoky, loads up the air, his smile bright as ever, he wrinkles his nose and turns away. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

With his rifle loaded, Cherrie made sure Julio wasn’t on top of the cliff, ready to throw boulders down on them. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

A man was pushing a load of tarts by on a two-wheeled cart; the smells sang of blueberries and lemons and apricots. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Stout weight lifters hoisted enormous hunks of iron over their heads, quivering and swaying slightly beneath their loads. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

After Daddy loaded the last box, they got into the truck and drove down the lane. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

This means that the breast-fed human infant is receiving small, but regular additions to the load of toxic chemicals building up in his body. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The next morning the kids would wake up to find a bunch of presents loaded at the foot of their beds. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

At a tortilla factory, where my job would be to load dough balls onto a conveyor belt, the “interview” is completed by a bored secretary without so much as a “Hi, how are you?” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And these shelves were loaded with little articles, soap and talcum powder, razors and those Western magazines ranch men love to read and scoff at and secretly believe. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’d go out any late afternoon and come back loaded down with game. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I pack the three town orders in separate hot bags, grab a six-pack of Coke and a six-pack of Sprite, and load up the car. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Drake opens his mouth to protest: according to the meticulously kept calendar on the fridge, it’s my week to clear the table and load the dishwasher. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Plopping ourselves back in the car, Kevin and I are panting and giddy, loaded up on the silliness of what we’ve just done. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The sledge was heavy loaded; Estraven guessed the total weight to pull at something over 300 pounds. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was glad to leave the selling to Ralf the Limper, who would use the coin to load his big ships with provisions for the long slow middle passage east. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The Allies together were an eclectic, spirited group, loaded with idealism and aspirations and representing a broad swath of backgrounds. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Wilfred had a heavy load of tennis lessons and could not come with me; but he gave me money to cover expenses for the day. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fans cheered when Seabiscuit stepped out onto the track, then gave him two more ovations as he paraded to the post and loaded into the gate. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pollux finds a small, warm room humming with machines loaded with levers and dials. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Even the worst part of the job, carrying out the loaded garbage cans, didn't seem so bad when the muscles across his back and shoulders rippled and tensed. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Red picked me up and loaded me into the back of the garbage truck. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She wears leather pants and loads her pockets with gadgets. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

We’d load up the trailer full of goods from the warehouses and drive though the Dismal Swamp around Portsmouth and No folk. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had sent a load of them down by the porter and 1 believe she must have seen them going out and come up to find some more. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

All day they went back and forth, bent double under their loads, sweating and chanting in a tired, singsong way that seemed to get them from one step to the next. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had it loaded up in the wagon and waited for the buyer to come back. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ambulance trains loaded with wounded German soldiers barreled toward the ports. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He takes the camera into his room to load a fresh battery, a new roll of film. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Irina was assigned to become an armorer, loading bombs and guns and doing necessary maintenance work. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

She could not even take theater classes until her senior year because her schedule was loaded up with remedial math and English and courses in study and life skills. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

A squadron of Sixers marched down the loading ramp of a gunship parked nearby. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

We ran twelve extractor loads through the whole system—all the way from the uncapping knife to the bottling tank. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Skiffs were ferrying loads of fresh water out to the Dauntless under Lucky Strike’s supervision. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

After a couple of days, our instructors decided it was time to see the real jungle, not just talk about it, so they loaded us into helicopters and landed us in a small jungle clearing. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kyle could see garden carts, a little red wagon, and a wheelbarrow loaded down with books. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

He loaded what needed loading—coat, boots, books—and ran. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

"I think he's loading something into the rover." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I did not worry too much about that because I carried a bigger load—the worry of making sure I came first this term. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The coffin floated like a heavily loaded ship in a channel, winding its way slowly above the bowed and submerged heads. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He loaded the clear one, shooting it into the sprite’s clammy arm. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He stumbled up on shore and dumped his load of blankets. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t at his station, where he was supposed to be, and he wasn’t packing, and he wasn’t loading trucks. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The two low work-tables faced one another; between them crawled the conveyor with its load of separate parts; forty-seven blonde heads were confronted by forty-seven brown ones. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had crashed into it with our Banger unmanned spacecraft and even soft-landed a Surveyor spacecraft loaded with instruments. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

So pleasant was her company that my father, a man loaded with initiative, decided to see what he could do to turn his vision into reality. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Thus the states have weighing stations for trucks where the loads are assessed and taxed. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

George muttered to herself as she loaded her math book into her bag. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

So when he went out to the outhouse she rushed to see if the pistol was loaded. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

To take my mind off of things, I load up my paintball gun and practice in the backyard. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The day of the event, we booked a minibus, loaded it up with our gear, and drove over. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

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

I smile, nod, and continue loading the dishes. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

There was a campesino with his donkey loaded down with charcoal. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said that the load was unusually light today. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I also felt that the galaxy was playing with loaded dice, which ensured an excess of cowards in our ranks. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

When I ran out of supplies, I’d return to New York, and load up, then hit the road again. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

We race back to the car, loaded up with fresh colors and possibilities. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

For one good enough reason, Advanced Writing 24-A loaded me up with thirty-eight short stories to drag tearfully home for the weekend. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Many of the bettors had asked for a draw because they had to go to work on the docks loading sacks of sugar or at the Havana Coal Company. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ll go one at a time,” Brullo said, and behind them a pair of soldiers rolled out a cart of bows and quivers loaded with arrows. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I drag the wicker laundry basket from the closet, take down all the pictures, and load them into the basket. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Two days before Christmas 1937, a load of 196 tons of steel was delivered to the Moore Dry Dock Company on the Oakland waterfront, to be machined into the Crocker Cracker’s huge magnet. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

When it was dry, we loaded it into the back of the truck. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put in a load with all the towels and sheets, including the bloody ones from the other night. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Three staircases and several halls later they arrived at a large chamber filled with loaded shelves. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“He never even told us, did he? I reckon she was so mad he wouldn’t give her loads of horrible stuff about me, she went ferreting around to get him back.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She glanced over at me with the usual look of disdain and started to load her clothes into the washer. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

One day Milo flew away to England to pick up a load of Turkish halvah and came flying back from Madagascar leading four German bombers filled with yams, collards, mustard greens and black-eyed Georgia peas. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I had my loaded revolver with me, and again, I thought of escape, but I would have been greatly outnumbered. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ll find out at the library. But I loaded the tractor already.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Monday morning, she showed up carrying a box loaded to the top with two loaves of banana bread, two pies, peanut butter cookies, corn muffins, a dish of macaroni and cheese, and a lasagna. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Just before he flew over the road to Roxbury, a crew of men in orange vests loaded equipment onto a yellow tractor- trailer. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The third load is for all the whites. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He watched while they knelt over Emo and then loaded him into the ambulance. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

They would not have loaded me on this helicopter, would not be flying me across the lush forests if I were dead. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I then carried the box out to the car and loaded it in the trunk. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

She knows what I’m doing, trying to lighten her load, help her with little things, but she doesn’t seem to care. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“There will be a way for the laborers to get to the loading platforms. The poor will lead us.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Outside the town, by a beautiful unfenced grove, the wanderer met a small train of men and women servants loaded with baskets. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

She walks towards me, her arms loaded down. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

She didn’t notice my seat belt wasn’t fastened, and neither did I. She traveled up and down the stairs doing several loads of laundry—I’m awfully messy—and I guess she had started fixing dinner. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Mitchell Sanders and Lee Strunk loaded him up with boxes of C rations. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The leaves behind you were shaking, and there was a load roar.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

As Minnijean made her way back toward us, her tray loaded down with a big bowl of chili, we saw her hesitate. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few of the men led underfed donkeys that towed rickety carts loaded with supplies. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

At a loss for what to do next, I took refuge under the eaves of the town library and sat on my load. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They brought the soapstones in to hotten by the mill’s coal stove and loaded up the sled with bolts of cloth wrapped in brown paper. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Terrestrial soil is loaded with the organic remains of once-living organisms; Martian soil has less organic matter than the surface of the Moon. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

As in 1934, at 1:00 p.m. a ferry—this year the MV Chippewa—departed the University of Washington’s Oceanographic Dock with a full load of students and the school’s marching band. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The bats could handle the load, but it meant four inexperienced fliers would be alone on one bat. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

On the advice of the whalers, Shackleton had the decks of Endurance loaded with extra coal for ramming through the ice. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Good to go, Lock and load, I don’t know but I’ve been told. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

More flat cars pass, loaded with what look like telephone poles. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I’m not about to argue with a loaded weapon. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Turning out the lights of his car, Sammy grabbed the shotgun, loaded two shells in the barrels, and motioned for Ben to follow him quietly. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a big load of sugar to be unloaded to be used for making ice cream. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Malia was happy at her University of Chicago Laboratory School, making friends and loading up her own little calendar with birthday parties and swim classes on weekends. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be mad, honey. Robin offered to throw in a load of laundry while you were sleeping, and your pillowcase was filthy. This fell out when I took it off the pillow.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They load me into the ambulance; the redhead climbs into the back with me. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Far below them, down by the bridge gate, the loading area was completely deserted. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

One evening, when they were living in the new apartment, Danny came home loaded, in a rage. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Piper was on watch while her friends geared up for combat - checking their weapons and armour, loading the ballistae and catapults. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

We stood in the trees in a circle around Miig, who was loading his gun while he gave us the charge for the day. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

It’s probably rubbish, part of a load dumped into the scrubby little wood up the bank. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Afterward, we realized that there was no one to carry the loads. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

That seems odd, but hunger wins out over curiosity and I load up my plate with breakfast before I join them. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

After loading the cooler and fishing rods, we piled in and headed offshore. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Mr. Dubonnet and Mr. Caton were loading my stuff in its trunk. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then Joel came back with another load of chips, which he dumped onto the top of the pile. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

We went to work as usual and loaded the heavy stones onto the freight cars. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

During long dark nights, alone with her daughters, she watched at the window, her gun loaded and aimed, until her husband came home. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In the space of ten minutes, they packed their paint, ladders, brushes, and tarps, and loaded them into the bed of Zeitoun’s truck. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Some of them—mostly single men—had no cars in which to load their possessions. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Hurriedly he went through the loading steps, trying to think only of what he had to do, concentrating so hard his head hurt. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

But since Peeta’s greatest confusion centers around me — and not everything can be explained simply—our exchanges are painful and loaded, even though we touch on only the most superficial of details. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

And then, when the very last box of wires and parts and tools had been loaded into the wagon, Father went up for one last visit to our room. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quentin caught the school bus to Coalwood to help me do the loading and then spend the night at my house so we could get an early start. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The British moved their small cannons up the hill and took aim, but I loaded. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was carrying a small fork-horned buck across his shoulders, steadying the load by gripping the antlers in one hand and the hind legs in the other. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Professor Paul, carrying just ninety-nine pounds, ten fewer than Seabiscuit, was skipping along under the light load, inching in on the lead, while Azucar, on the far outside, was driving at them. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind him, his buddies were busy keeping their heads down and loading the other two guns as fast as they could. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

She blew Magdalys a kiss and then set about loading the Winchester she was carrying. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I loaded twenty liters; enough for the test but no more. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I turned back to loading rocket candy, I felt something I had never felt before—powerful, confident, and angry all at once. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

His sister-in-law was still distraught over the loss of her children, and grew even more agitated when they passed a wagon loaded with frightened children. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

The soldier had to bite the end off his cartridge before he loaded his gun. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men from the sardine fleet, loaded with dough, were in and out all afternoon. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

We could patch up that broken trace for pulling an ordinary load. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Kid still raced at the bridge, Samuel nodded and walked on, Horse and Bones kicked at each other, and the yellow buses still came in with their loads of solemn farm kids. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the boat basins were loaded with little fish, which Dusty Muleman knew for a fact. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The charette- man will come by with an oxcart; then we will all load; then the charette-man will take the cane to the weigher, at the central. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he called his mother on her cell and she told him to load up the cooking stuff from their garage. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

By Tuesday afternoon, the first loads of lumber were being delivered to the relief society. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sherpas put in the route, set up the camps, did the cooking, hauled all the loads. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

My dad keeps on loading guns, and I can see now that his hands are shaking. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The sight of Tyler loading boxes into his car made me crazed. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Anyhow, I’ll load on, fire up the outboard, go down creek to the harbor, fetch a bucket of bait from Dev Murphy, then off again to wherever I’m setting traps. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ll change the oil, grease them, fill them up, then take them around in front and load up the junk they’ve left.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

When a windmill broke down or a pool went dry, Tayo had seen them standing and waiting patiently for the truck or wagon loaded with water, or for riders to herd them to water. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I got there early, which I always do when I come back, because I had to load up my pockets with doodads and such for Jason. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Vanderbilt didn’t want to be strong-armed into dismissing Milton, whom he and virtually all observers agreed had done nothing wrong in his effort to load War Admiral in the gate the year before. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone shouted, “Watch your back!” as a cart full of electronic equipment was wheeled past and out to a loading dock. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

As in, I collect the dishes from the table and take them to the kitchen to load the dishwasher, and when I return, Jupe and Rae are nowhere to be found. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Before long these Web-delivered services will likely replace some, or all, of the business software programs that you buy, load, update, upgrade, and integrate with other systems. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

“He will be in soon to load Hattie’s supplies in the wagon.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

"You must be carrying a heavy load," Jemmy cried out. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the professional photographers, seeing him load a flash gun, would blanch, mutter, and hasten from the room. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went to the semicircular bay window behind the piano and looked down onto Seventy-second Street to watch the police load up their vans with my parents’ belongings. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

It was an honor to be picked for the editorial team, but it was also like tacking a full-time job onto the already-heavy load of being a law student. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The sky was pale in the southeast, and the air was suffused with a gray mist, through which the gyptians moved like bulky ghosts, loading sledges and harnessing dogs to the traces. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Grabbing the rod, he shoved it into the muzzle once more, pressing the load tightly. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was pushed outside and loaded into a car. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Finally, we were loaded back on ship and off the shores of Guam. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She and her daughters watched while my trunk and a barrel of Tonic were loaded on top of the coach. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was always something dumb—like they saw a car with the keys in the ignition, or they went into a bar and got loaded and just decided not to return. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Steadying the load on his back with one hand, the Garbage Ghost walked up to the window. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since Guiteau had never used a gun before, he asked someone at the store to show him how to load it. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Because tobacco seeds require loads of water for them to break ground, many farmers plant nursery beds by the dambos where they can easily water them daily. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

She loaded a plate for herself, then sat down at the table, beside Luke’s usual spot. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Old crates were stacked on a loading dock. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

It was in the vicinity of these steps that my father fell, scattering the load on his tray - teapot, cups, saucers, sandwiches, cakes - across the area of grass at the top of the steps. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, catch a load of the intrepid horticulturist!” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

People were loading up household belongings and fleeing. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, my good-for-nothing uncle would give his buddy loaded dice. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her shelves were loaded with porcelain figurines we weren’t allowed to touch. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

We turned sharply out to the side of the road to give room to pass to a long string of six mules, following one after the other, hauling a high-hooded wagon loaded with freight. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Holding her breath, she clicked the red arrow and watched the computer do its thinking spiral, then slowly load a new page. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

They moved slowly, hauling their heavy load of fruit, picking their way carefully over the boulders and then along the faint sandy path in the rock. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

During this time rockets loaded with atomic bombs can be assembled at all the strategic spots; finally they will all be fired simultaneously, with effects so devastating as to make retaliation impossible. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I could go to jail for the fire thing—not only was Celia’s dad a lawyer, but her family was loaded. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

As much as I love the creamy dessert and loading it up with all my favorite toppings, the idea of spending time with my best friend again is even better. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The gates were open, soldiers coming and going, drays rolling in empty and going out creaking and swaying under their loads. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“That’s it. Now, gentlemen, load your guns, for God’s sake. Load your guns!” The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

In no time at all, the three kids had cleared the table, loaded the dishwasher, and hurried to the front door to grab their backpacks. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

To migrants, begging in Chiapas is like walking up to a loaded gun. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I made up the weight difference by loading 600 kilograms of rocks in with my other supplies. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few days later Mom does a wash—and when she sees how the marker bled all over the whole load, she’s very upset. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

They reported to work in vast factories that had appeared almost overnight—at least they seemed to be factories, but there was “no receiving dock and no loading dock,” Parkins reported. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“Look, until Sticky comes back, I think we need to keep to our plan. Let’s go check out the loading area.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Captain Newport’s ship is again loaded with rocks that we hope contain gold. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Clarence and Clement, the beefy twins who headed up security for the Lemoncello Library, marched into the Rotunda Reading Room flanked by six robotic carts loaded down with United States Postal Service mail bins. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Captain Reed began touching each of the crates and water casks before they were loaded. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Bus nine. Bus nine is now loading,” the call came over the speakers. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“I load the ship before the storm arrives,” he said. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the soldiers who had guarded his house during the first days of peace would go sell them in the villages of the swamp and return loaded down with coins and news. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

There were always boats heading down to New York City, loaded up with vegetables or oysters or hogs to sell. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

“This guy Joe says she loaded up on beer one night an’ she said how she’s going to come back to Salinas an’ lay low. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was hardly room for any of them to move, yet the rolling and pitching of the coach seemed worse rather than better for the load. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you sure you want to wash them all by themselves? We usually wait until there’s a full load.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, I loaded everyone’s gifts in my trunk, climbed in the car, and drove away. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

As he continued to load the barrow, he moved slower and slower, like a machine winding down. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then I saw he was a very old man, the load he carried kept slipping over his lean shanks and every time he hitched the baskets up they bumped against me. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is a pity that all the hard work uphill and over rock came while the load was heavy. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Half hidden in the shadows, it looked larger than any animal I had ever seen, big as a loaded wagon. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There is an entrance in the lower lane at the back and a loading lift through the street at the front. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

More blood flow means they are taking on a greater load. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

She had folded a load of laundry written an email, searched her massive psychology textbook for answers to the final exam questions to see if she had gotten them right. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Dad loaded seven of us in the Pierce Arrow and started out. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tony had been overwhelmed by that load years ago. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

One afternoon as he was carrying a load up the Lhotse Face he lost his purchase on the rock-hard ice and fell more than 2,000 feet to the bottom of the wall. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The fertilizer, in fifty-pound bags, was kept in a shed behind the store, next to a loading platform. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Even though he easily could have killed loads of people. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

They traded for lots of corn, but by the time their boats were loaded up, the tide was out and the boats couldn’t move. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

We told him that we would return to sit with him in a few minutes and went to load our bags with ammunition and food to take back. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

All morning they picked, filling jars with lush red fruit and loading the jars into saddlebags. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A very fat lady crossing the street says, You sure got quite a load there. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The command came down from the Tattered Prince through his captains and his seijeants: strike the tents, load the mules, saddle the horses, we march for Yunkai at the break of day. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A couple hundred yards away, Grover and Zoe came out of the coffee shop loaded down with pastry bags and drinks. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The next night, the trainer loaded the entire Howard barn onto train cars for a trip south, to Columbia, South Carolina. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Workers in white uniforms were hauling crates from a nearby storage shed and loading them into a big truck. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t know how far she had to go, but she didn’t dare load the boat too heavily. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Right. Everyone, lock and load. V flight pattern. Establish a perimeter inside the Manor grounds.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Each time her sisters seem on the verge of loaded talk, the new mother changes the subject to her favorite topic, her newborn daughter. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

A gray, canvas bag, as large as a loaded army duffel bag, hung from the ceiling on a long chain. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Holly felt the dart puncture the suit’s toughened material, depositing its load of curare and succinylcholine chloride-based tranquilizer into her shoulder. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Don’t depend on heaven for food, but on your own two hands carrying the load.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“I hope,” he muttered, “it isn’t going to take this long to load!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She snaps pictures of me getting strapped in, my suitcase being loaded, and my brave and hopeful victory smile. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Timothy smelled different and strong, like the black men who worked on die decks of the tankers when they were loading. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before long, Bertha told everybody to go inside and load up their plates, and those boys like to busted the door down racing to the kitchen. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

When the sling is finished, I carefully load Helene into it. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Toby shook his head and began hauling his load of suitcases inside. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

It looked like the entire school was there, watching soberly as they loaded me in the back of the ambulance. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Dad owned the red, yellow, and green properties and had them loaded up with hotels just waiting to bankrupt us out of the game. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

All of the attendees loaded into their vehicles, and set off for the reception hall, ten minutes away. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

We were loaded and there was no way out until he got his deer. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He said, one time, that no true leader burdened his followers with a greater load than they could cany, and no true leader sets too fast a pace for his followers to keep up. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Yeah, this ain't all neither. I got a coupla loads. There's a day's work right here in this stuff. Folks is always making plans and changing 'em." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yus; there was five in the first load an’ four in the second. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I stopped by a father and son loading burlap sacks into a cart. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I gladly—very gladly—help load bedding, tents, pots, and pans onto the longboat to be taken ashore. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I know I didn’t load it and Dad said he didn’t either.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but the whole school didn’t watch Alicia Garret being loaded into an ambulance,” he pointed out. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Dandelion stems are full of milk, clover heads are loaded with nectar, the Frigidaire is full of ice-cold drinks. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

He dispatched an army of collectors to the shores of Lake Calumet, where they gathered twenty-seven traincar loads of iris, sedge, bulrush, and other semiaquatic plants and grasses. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

This was loaded with lumber, and the arriero driving the mules leaned back and put on the thick wooden brakes as we passed. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Actually, there was not much he could do with that powerful machine gun except load it and test-fire a few rounds. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Uh-huh. Some folk we...don’t know...from Windsor got him loaded on a wagon.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Searching through the bed, the detectives find a loaded revolver under the pillow and a knife underneath the covers. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

They sat in silence for a while, Bennie twisting and pulling away as Sierra tumbled the past two days around and around in her head like a load of laundry. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Your eyes are not tractors. They are not meant to pull heavy loads,” he said sternly. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he neared the track, a long line of loaded coal cars trundled out of his way as if in recognition of his approach. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Two hours later, Harry’s huge, heavy trunk had been loaded into the Dursleys’ car, Aunt Petunia had talked Dudley into sitting next to Harry, and they had set off. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

At last, in response to Ignatius’ cries, she came down to the car and threw the second load of tablets onto Ignatius’ lap. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Armed with his loaded gun, he intended to kill the president that day. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then an SS officer with a skull and crossbones on his hat and a loaded pistol on his belt would come closer and watch me work. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

His father loaded the carton containing the body into the chute and gave it a shove. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

And so two days later, Georgie and I hid in the woods and watched Mother and Daddy load their belongings, and ours, into a rental truck. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

She helps us load our bags and leaves, and I’m alone with Abby all over again. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“If they keep loading you like that, you’re going to grow up crooked. Here, let me tie a zango on your arm. I have more than I need.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the mountains, loaded magazines snapped into Kalashnikovs. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

My mouth is all watering and my stomach is like growling all fierce as I get my lunch tray loaded up with all the treats. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Nation began her crusade at the age of fifty-three, when she loaded up a buggy with hammers and rocks and drove to Kiowa, Kansas, a town notorious for its wild behavior in its many saloons. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Then the man shifted his arms around the load of books he was carrying before him like a dinner tray and revealed a bony wrist. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

We are still docked at the beach in Edmonds, waiting for the full load of passengers. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

But Malcolm didn’t know how to load and fire one, even if... The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

They’re holding their rifles out in front of them, attempting to load and unload as fast as they can while running. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

She had met him on her second day in Finney County; it was the day before Halloween, and he and Kenyon had come to call, bringing a load of pumpkins and squash. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally she loaded each hatbox into a third plastic bag and sprayed it. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We load the bags of ice into the truck bed. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He then reached all the way to the bottom of the case and found the very thing I prayed he would not: a loaded revolver wrapped inside some of my clothing. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once Jenny had loaded up her tray and sent her back out, she sat down next to me. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he drew his revolver, opened the cylinder, and, doing what he had forgotten to do when Harlan sounded the alarm, he slowly and quite sheepishly loaded the gun. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I usually burned them after I finished them, just to lighten my load. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

So when Nathan loaded up his email, it must have been my address that popped up. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Everything is ready. The truck is loaded. Give me what you promised now.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“Yes, well, count yourself lucky my other fingers aren’t loaded. Get my meaning?” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

We loaded the sick onto the wagon, along with some bedding, some clothes, a frying pan or two, and other things. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The building’s floor alone had consumed five traincar loads of nails. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

We loaded all the dishes in the box and walked down to Bugs and the other kid. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Neither could Grayson, especially when he got a load of the kid drowning in his clothes. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Took you long enough to bring out this load.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was loaded into a jeep and driven through the night, his broken leg jammed into the narrow backseat. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He rakes the remnants of dinner into the trash and hands the plates to Abby so she can load the dishwasher. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Sefia cursed again and crept forward, through the clusters of barrels and old nets and other miscellaneous cargo waiting to be loaded. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The workers had finished loading the big truck. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was not easy to crawl down the cargo net so loaded, but Ishmael had been able to practice on maneuvers and had taught himself to relax. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

We’d been classmates in fourth grade, and one time he’d given me a fountain pen, the kind you had to load with a cartridge. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I also loaded my inventory with my best suit of body armor and a large amount of weaponry. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

There were days when the sun was bright and the sea was calm—and there was no coffee ready to be loaded. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lunch is done family-style, with servers bringing big trays loaded down with bowls and plates to the tables. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

That night the woman’s husband, a farmer, loaded a wagon with produce. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brockway took a shovel and scooped up a load of brown crystals from a pile on the floor, pitching them skillfully into a receptacle on top of the machine. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I expressed concern for him, and he told me that he had a loaded rifle in his home, and “I can take care of myself. ’ The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Can you both clear the rest of the table and load the dishwasher?” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, ma’am, but that flight has been cancelled. We’ve had loads of cancellations today—a late-winter snowstorm in the Northeast has caused backups all over.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“And I am very thankful that my wash load is small.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Charles Guiteau sat on his regular bench in Lafayette Park, armed with his loaded pistol. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

They had mules loaded down with things to eat, oxcarts with furniture and domestic utensils, pure and simple earthly accessories put on sale without any fuss by peddlers of everyday reality. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to draw attention, so I load my samples onto a drone. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mom put the loaded bag on her head, the way women in Africa do, and tried to get us to do the same. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Two years ago, she’d inherited the machine from the greatest inventor of all time, and it was loaded with invention ideas, schematics, and diagrams, most of which Annabeth was still trying to figure out. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

There are media people there as well, and a whole load of photos are taken. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

It had been a small load from the airport this morning, and not a single St. Anthony’s suitcase. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was loaded with a bottle of some clear liquid, a long rack of sharp needles, and a plunger. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

It’s another thing to see them being loaded. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Ms. Banks settled her load of literature onto a nearby shelf, crossed her arms over her chest and leaned up against the book stack. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She checked her watch and said, “Gotta get the first load going!” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

For our move to Georgia, Dad and Uncle loaded up the truck with all the bags of rice that we hadn’t sold at the store. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Is a stubborn one,” my gramps’s friend said as we were loading up the truck. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

After we’d loaded our suitcases in the back of his SUV, Chas informed me that I would ride shotgun—front passenger seat. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Things were so hectic that Adam had dropped half his course load and was going to college part-time, and if things kept up at this rate, he was thinking of dropping out altogether. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The table was loaded with food—pizza boxes, bottles of soda, and a stack of roast beef sandwiches on a silver platter. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The next load is for all the dark clothes, mostly Daddy’s work uniforms. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

During a road repair assignment, he noticed that Shin had loaded far too many stones in a handcart. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Then we went back and loaded up again from the pile. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the eye-shop man said that he was certain that the accordion-man had been a famous jazz musician once and was actually loaded, so I shouldn’t worry about him. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“I saw loads of stuff.... Well, good luck!” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Too often men stood hollow-eyed and women wept in doorways as Roger loaded onto a truck the last of their possessions, destined not for another home but for an auction house. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

As the coffin was loaded into the hearse, bee hum swelled and blended into the late-afternoon colors. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been working with Robert every day, hauling loads of juniper and pinon for the woodpile, bringing coal from Canoncito to shovel into the shed. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

While Starry loads my suitcase into the Chevy Nova, Ma strokes my short hair. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Somewhere in the city, Germans are loading weapons or drinking brandy and history has become some nightmare from which Marie-Laure desperately wishes she could wake. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She set to work gathering a huge load of dry sticks, dead branches torn off during the winter by heavy snow and ice. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Mai loaded her backpack with new books from the school library and walked to the bus stop. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He loaded it up with four bullets and raised it o’er his head. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Once, sleepless at dawn, she had watched from the window of her cubicle and seen four Products, tucked into baskets, loaded into a two-wheeled cart attached to the back of a bicycle. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He knew a load was going to be thrown on Mother, and he wanted to lessen it as much as he could. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

He then ordered that sails be loaded onto the ships that remained. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Together we discussed and gravely considered the relative merits of side compression straps, spindrift collars, crampon patches, load transfer differentials, air-flow channels, webbing loops, and something called the occipital cutout ratio. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I fell over loads before I got the knack of sliding in my trainers. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Look! Look at them all... there are loads of them....” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I have a basic five-point code to reading people’s faces, which Mr Shepherd has taught me from cartoon pictures: 1: Lips up, loads of teeth showing = very amused, happy. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tiptoe downstairs, load my game bag with food, and sneak out of the house. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We already talked about this, me and Beatrice. We want to help you save the owls. Seriously, we’re locked and loaded.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We loaded up with every available weapon, mostly bows and arrows pulled taut with young wood and reinforced with repurposed wire. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

As the Farsi teacher handed out our textbooks, I prayed for a heavy load of homework. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The ambulance crew loaded my father onto the gurney and raced back out. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I must admit I tried a little of the bark myself, but decided that even if it was loaded with vitamins, I preferred liver. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he’d point to one and say, “Don’t load that ’un. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Again we fired—one was hit—he swore, bent low—and we began again to load. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The boys were ordered to load a wagon with all the kitchen supplies. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then he went back to his office, turned up the heat, and loaded paper in his typewriter. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Gene loaded his trunks into the van by himself and set off for Reston. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They must have loaded up all the drug dealers to take downtown. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Once you load a rifle,” he explained, “and have a shell in the chamber, you always keep the barrel pointed toward the ground.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I watched it being loaded, seat by seat. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time Salva delivered a load of reeds, he would pause for a few moments to admire the skills of the boat- builders. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It takes near a full minute for me to load. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Still yelling, the khaki babies were loaded on to their dumb-waiters and wheeled out, leaving behind them the smell of sour milk and a most welcome silence. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would waste precious seconds to grab the weapon and load it—seconds when she could take their swords, cut their throats, and vanish into the gardens. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I put the towel back around my shoulders and Irene came over to me, both of us watching the mom load swim-lesson kid into their minivan. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

The hatch in the helicopter is opened, and my stretcher with all its tubes and lines is loaded in. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

After we finish eating, we walk to the parking lot together, and Mustafa loads our bags into the trunk. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Myrna asked as she dropped her load of tablets through the rear door. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

After carefully loading the box in the car, the three of them made their way to the Smiths’ house. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Her eyes flicker to me before she brings her loaded fork to her lips. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Her mother greeted Omer with interest, but couldn’t shake his hand since hers were loaded. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She’s the most positive person in the world, and amazing and fun to be around, but in a strange and happy way sometimes she seems to be about nine bricks shy of a full load. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

With the loads lightened, the group was finally able to take off down the river. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

I learned how to run a steam- heated knife along the super, slicing the wax cap off the combs, how to load them just so into the spinner. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There was loads of people still around in their gardens.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Reed gave the order to load up the remainder of the cargo and then raced up the hill and into the brush, searching for the rest of the crew. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

His arms were loaded with the parts of the moving-picture machine and the basket of fruit he carried for his friend. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then she quickly bailed out the boat, loaded it, and cast off, paddling away from the rising sun. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is commonly said that he built a steam-powered boat on to which he loaded all his belongings. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

By the time they loaded into the car, Kelly, Uncle Bill, and Melissa were all exhausted, even though the sun was only just setting. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Still hand in hand, the two of them ran until they came to a building with a projecting loading platform. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

At noon the threshers came in to the table loaded with food. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m on your side, Colonel. I'm just loaded with patriotism.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I’m sure the school had psychologists come in loaded with handouts, telling you what to look for in students who might be considering… Another pause. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“I feel like this explains loads about our differences,” Henry says, and Alex gives a small laugh. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Even as workers loaded the platform, it sank eight inches. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He led the way around the main building to a small loading dock in the back. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Bring back a load of the worst-smelling garbage you can find. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

But the game is played with loaded dice. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Americans have loaded up on expensive toys largely by borrowing and charging. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

‘But I’ve been thinking, Mr. Frodo, there’s other things we might do without. Why not lighten the load a bit? We’re going that way now, as straight as we can make it.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She carried the broadax and the feather tick, loaded them on the wagon and then helped Ben and Old Rit up on the seat. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came upon one that was severely damaged, but still sturdy enough to bear the load of the fleeing mob. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

The large suitcase, he thought, would have its real load on the return trip. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew exactly how long it would be before the big wagons would pull into the front yard and load on the cotton pickers at daybreak to carry them to the remains of slavery’s plantations. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

We loaded the rocket on the pad by holding it upside down, tapping the casement with a hammer to get the gray powder to settle as we poured it in. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

A big table loaded down with fried chicken and biscuits and a wash-tub full of macaroni with plenty cheese in it. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you just take a load off?” replied Art. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He did not believe the version of the massacre or the nightmare trip of the train loaded with corpses traveling toward the sea either. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“During a field exercise,” he remembered, “I stumbled with a loaded pistol in my hand, and put a bullet through the sole of my foot.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can’t go into the loading yards. No one gets in there without Lucky Strike knowing. And Richard and Lucky Strike are tight now.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

At last they loaded the deep-sea lead, sounded—and brought up black mud! Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can load it onto your iPod when you get home. Whatever.”I turn the case over in my hands. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I sat in the back of a spacious van loaded down with bags and a group of confused and overwhelmed American students, staring out the window. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“I don’t suppose,” I said, loading my voice with significance, “I don’t suppose that you would tell us your name.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I focus my attention on a lethal-looking bow so loaded down with scopes and gadgetry, I’m certain I can’t even lift it, let alone shoot it. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Because he wanted it so badly, I knew it must’ve been loaded. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Each afternoon, teams of fellows left the school, loaded down with chocolates. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picked up the load of blankets and started hauling them to higher ground, hunting for something on the hillside that had a semblance of being flat. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The horse sidestepped nervously, feeling the awkward load shifting from side to side on its back. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I went in the first load, with Mama and May and a back seat heaped to the ceiling with dishes and lamps and bedding. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someday, I thought, she’d have a load on her back too. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The gun is loaded, and we think Z could have taken it. He told Cas he understood wanting to die.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

A heavy load of dirt sat on my body. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Kathy was loading up a few small bags in the back of the Odyssey. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

After their suitcases had been unloaded from the station wagon, and Rhonda had signed a form and bidden them farewell, the children were left to wait in a loading area by the bridge gate. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sergio loads two boxes of plantains into the back of the pickup. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Another long pause—she’s talking to me and doing something else, multitasking, the way busy wives and mothers do, tidying up, loading the washing machine. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over my shoulder, I spotted a third harpoon leaning several yards away from the catwalk, loaded with another acoustic tag. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

When he pulled to a stop in the loading zone, I caught my reflection in the car's tinted windows before Marcus pushed open the door. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Like one day after he caught Henry Pitts with a wagon load of his ribbon cane and took the cane away from Pitts and made him leave town. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

She double-bagged the monkeys, spraying each bag with bleach, and then she loaded the bags into cardboard biohazard containers—hatboxes—and sprayed them to decon them. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We load our bags against the wall and are about to sit down when someone shouts. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

You turn just in time to see a nurse pulling away a hypodermic needle, its lethal load already delivered. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“That’s a loaded question and you know it, sir! I’m so sick of this moral double-dealing I could—” He had stung her, and she had shown him she felt it. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

They have loaded up all of our food, and as soon as a breeze lifts, they will set sail for England. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Finally, a swarthy man with thick black hair and a flat cap on his head stopped, got out of his taxi, and helped us load our stuff. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Ethel observed no disturbance in her old playmate’s face when they loaded her mother into the cart. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

On the narrow market paths, she maneuvered between small boys carrying large loads on their heads, women haggling, traders shouting. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I could’ve just loaded some bullets into my gun and shot him dead and been done with it. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“You were loaded. And boy did you act queer—I don’t mean fairyish or anything like that but strange.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The rhododendrons were all loaded down with snow; icicles hung from the eaves. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“The only son of the American Ambassador. He can be here until you are ready to take him. Then I will take him with my first load.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The shimmy also caused an imbalanced load, forcing the sludge toward the edge of its compartment. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

As my mother was being loaded into the van, she told me to take care of my brother and two sisters until my father returned from work. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a minute’s rational thought, and with strength that she later couldn’t explain, she loaded the shell. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Van Eck took a few steps backward, putting distance between himself and Kaz’s loaded gun. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

"I'll get used to it," I said, scooping up a heavy load. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every few weeks their mother dropped off a load of scarves and blankets for patients at the Poughkeepsie Medical Center. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

They loaded the shovels and hoes into the back of the truck and went to the fields. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Jemmy opened the door and saw that the coach was heavily loaded with raw potatoes and a huge iron kettle. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Obiora agreed not to go to the mortuary, but he followed the men and watched closely as they loaded the ozu into the station wagon ambulance. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

On this occasion Hercules had only his wits to trust to; he had to give all his strength to supporting that mighty load. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to sound positive, but it sure sounded like a load of fake to me. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

But without my set there, he can’t tell which are his loaded pair. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama made sure that extra loads of magazines and newspapers were delivered. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Walking around with a loaded gun never seemed like a good idea. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He lifted me as if I were a light load of laundry. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

His shirt pocket stretched with its load of mechanical pencils. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though we clients wouldn’t be asked to share in the load hauling, we would need to make repeated forays above Base Camp before the summit push in order to acclimatize. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He stood up and trudged into the house, his figure as bent as if he were carrying a heavy load of wood on his strong shoulders. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Because once we get the other horses loaded you’ll be trapped back here.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The cart was so loaded it was hard to push and one of the wheels was giving out. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

His casket was loaded onto a car draped with black cloth. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Smith left his lieutenant, Thomas Hunt, behind in Maine to finish loading the other ship with dried fish. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I used glass plates instead of film, and each of these had to be loaded into its separate container in the dark-room before I set out to take pictures. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hermione refused, with a pained look at the way the elves kept bowing and curtsying, but Harry and Ron loaded their pockets with cream cakes and pies. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He met Gene Johnson at the loading dock, where they went over Gene’s script. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If it’s loaded,” he explained sorrowfully, shoving the gun carefully back into its holster, “it can go off. Hang it back on the wall where it belongs, Mr. Cordova. Please, huh? Nobody wants violence.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three splintered beams in the ceiling hold up God knows what load: ten tons of carbonized hotel and the corpses of eight anti-aircraft men and untold unexploded ordnance. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The driver then loaded the back of the car with all their belongings, while the grandfather and grandmother got in the car with the son and his wife. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“The shell needs to be loaded first,” the gunner whispered, lifting a finger to point. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Startled, she removed it, a .38 police special; and loaded, too. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw two more bandana-clad intruders; these two held crossbows at waist height, not really aiming them anywhere, though they were loaded. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Behind them, the circus wagons were loaded up and ready to roll. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

They loaded us into a truck, and all the horror stories I’d heard suddenly became real to me. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Poor Mr. Healy, he was probably so loaded he never knew what hit him. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

As I loaded my backpack and waist pack, I looked up and saw that some of the older soldiers were doing the same. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

They tramped heavily after their Mother and Mary Poppins, bending under their loads. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

He hops off the rock-slide and starts picking up the meteorites and loading them back into his bag. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I bent my knees and told myself I could carry the load, but suddenly it was too much. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you want to build a huge interstellar spaceship, load it full of videogames, junk food, and comfy couches, and then get the hell out of here?” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Some of the other regulars helped the man and me load Dad into the bay of the man’s pickup. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Huddled under the loading dock, Lupita heard nothing but the small night wind and the noise of the wet weeds brushing against one another. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Halfway over the still misty fields he stopped to load his gun, then walked quietly toward the cover of the alders fringing the little lake. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The grind and thunk of guns being loaded. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I put two plates on the island and try to grab the forks, napkins, and glasses in one hand—she would call it a lazy man’s load. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

That same evening, at the Southern Pacific Railroad Depot in Oakland, Ky Ebright loaded his crews and his racing shells aboard the Cascade and headed north to Seattle. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Imagine a dump truck arriving once each year at the base of a mountain, filling up with a single load, and driving off, not to reappear for another twelve months. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

As a bomber, of course, it also contained bombing gear and bombsights, and all of this needed maintenance and loading. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

One morning at roll call, I was one of fifty prisoners pulled out of the ranks and loaded onto a truck. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was those different rat, tat, tats that told the men which way to turn, how fast to march, when to load their muskets, and when to shoot. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Over half the cargo had been loaded, but the waves were pitching and the Current was straining at her moorings. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was already loaded in the Japanese gun from which it would be fired; maybe it was in an ammunition roll. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

They loiter over the task, loading the dishwasher, wiping down the table and the butcher-block island, washing and drying the pots and pans. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“What if we melted rocket candy before loading it into the casement?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Gurgi, miserable as a wet owl at being left behind, helped load the saddlebags. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

I smooth it out on the cave floor and lie down, one hand on my loaded bow in case I have to shoot at a moment's notice. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The gentlemen confer some more, and then begin to load the longboat with provisions to bring back to shore. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

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

The “slavers” then loaded their ships with barrels of sugar and sailed back to Europe to begin the cruel process all over again. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We load up the big minivan Dad rented, and we pile in for the drive. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I took a basket from a high shelf and loaded it with bread, hard cheese, and a piece of dried beef I cut from the slab that hung in the pantry. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every day loaded trains come in, make their deliveries, and leave. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

By the time he clambered back down to the shore, Pima had returned with a load of the clipper’s cracked furniture. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I got two water guns, loaded them at the bathroom sink, and brought them out. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

They’re pretty busy salting down a new load of herring, but Devlin Murphy, the boss and owner, he gives me the eye and comes over before I can get away. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled the pistol from his pocket, checked its load. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

We loaded the old man’s walker and our bags into the back of Chas’s SUV, then helped him up into the passenger seat beside Joey. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The boat returned with more men in uniform and a load of heavy chains. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Excuse you, I am loads of fun all the time! I am a delight!” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I loaded all of the instruments into the Packard, sat on a big rock and took out my recorder to practice. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

When he was sure that all his precious dreams had been safely loaded on to the jeeps, the BFG said, ‘Now we is driving back to the bellypoppers and picking up the frightsome giants.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And my bow is empty, the last loaded arrow having gone in Clove's direction. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

While an empty white box was being replaced by a loaded one, the little kid looked up at Palmer and said, “Are you a wringer?” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

As I load my shirt into the washer for the night, I daydream about making a sign and hanging it around my neck. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

C. J. arrived at the loading dock of the Institute at five o’clock in the morning. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went outside and walked toward where his brother was loading stones. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Presently the big truck arrived, loaded with more equipment and the African field staff who would help with the digging. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

They charged him with looting, loaded him into the back, and brought him to Greyhound. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

You never saw him backing a truck into the loading dock. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

No one answered when he rang the front doorbell because we were all in the back loading the cake into the red wagon, so he walked around back to the patio. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Perceiving this he let her go and sat down opposite an elm tree over which grew a vine loaded with purple grapes. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they returned at lunchtime, carrying heavy loads of food, they found her near tears from worry. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was all right while we loaded up, but hauling, with nothing ahead, nothing to look at, nothing for the eye to touch, as it were, it was at first disagreeable and then exhausting. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

She had not been that strong since Virginia, since she loaded hay and handled the mule wagon like a full-grown man. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The freight trains on the siding were loaded down with men trying to get from one part of the country to another, looking for work and something to eat. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She rushes up to us and stands bravely in front of the loaded muskets. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He slip off the loading dock, fell down on the drive. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The boy felt sorry for the Englishman’s camel, loaded down as he was with the cases of books. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hela took out the last few loads and dumped them behind the toilets,” Max says. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

When everything was loaded in the trunk of their car the FBI men sat down again. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then, a few minutes later, as they were loading the grocery bags into a publicar, the scythe looked across the parking lot. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Mama had to keep going back to the newsstand for new loads. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hefted the sheet, groaning at the cumbersome load. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

A bag of mangoes was awkward to carry, especially when the bicycle was already loaded with other goods. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

We loaded the sacks, climbed in, and lined up the car behind the contratistas red pickup truck, waiting for him to lead us to the cotton field that was to be picked. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Love said as we marched up the walk, her carrying hatboxes and us loaded with grips. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

We loaded the cooler back in the car and got back on 1-75. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He went to the office on his own. The patient load isn’t too big today.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The rest of us loaded our arms with old newspapers, excelsior and packing boxes. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m my own Aunt Matilda: when I was a kid I once dreamed of hitting a grand- slam home run and two days later I hit a bases- loaded triple. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shallow-draft Mississippi river boats with their stubby sails were being loaded with luxuries from across the oceans. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Men stood on the beds of wagons loading casks of wine, sacks of flour, and bundles of new- fletched arrows. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Plus, I always used some of my cash to help out around the house, just to take some of the load off Doris. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Rondon thought nothing of it: He and his men would go without their rations to lighten the load. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Now, there are eight kids in the elective, and seven of them were squished together on one side of the plate while one of them—me—had loads of room on the other side. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Take the guns—make sure they are loaded. Shoot anything that moves.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mien wavered from severe, when she watched the men loading the wagons, to smiling when she spoke with a girl standing nearby. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Only a couple of cars and loading vans were parked there. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Momma pointed out her two boxes, which my father and I loaded precariously onto the wagon. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

After two hours of brutal labor, during which I whined a lot, I got it all loaded in. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

One year before, a hopper like Enrique’s overturned with a load of sand, burying three migrants alive. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

After we finished packing and loading our belongings in our Carcachita, Papa closed the door to the cabin and we headed north. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

A vehicle was driving into the parking lot, a dusty truck with two goats tethered on the open loading platform. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The Buick was loaded down with the panels, posters, and rocket hardware of my fair exhibit. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

They laid a platform four feet square and loaded it with iron to a pressure of 2,750 pounds per square foot, twenty-two tons in all. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

As time runs out, I scribble down the list, as exhausted as if I had actually loaded a wagon with hundreds of pounds of goods. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He loaded me down with three pots of sweet marjoram, which he said everyone needs in his or her garden. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Their families, they said, were already loaded in the car. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

If I could just find someone to help me, if we shared the load, we would all make it, even this nameless boy. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

His voice was mellow and loaded with more meaning than I could fathom. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the city, Yoren had loaded up the wagons with salt fish, hard bread, lard, turnips, sards of beans and barley, and wheels of yellow cheese, but every bite of it had been eaten. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Grandpa had loaded the tent and several boxes of groceries. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I loaded it with a sheet of paper and tried typing on it. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

His Land Rover returned as loaded as the tractor that visited the trading post. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

His smuggler loaded 150 migrants inside the tank of a truck that normally hauled gasoline. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

We follow him to the fort and our soldiers work to load the cannons and aim them squarely at the Discovery. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

When his gun was once more loaded, he lifted it. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I walk into the garage and get back to my can of turpentine, and I load the rag up again and wipe off any leftover paint. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

They came back staggering under the load of meat. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

One week the weather gave a little to the sun, and snow melted and limbs dumped their loads and popped up into the air. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other carts were loaded down with silver plate, weapons and shields, bags of flour, pens of squealing hogs and scrawny dogs and chickens. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

By their elimination the total load of carcinogens would be enormously lightened, and the threat that one in every four will develop cancer would at least be greatly mitigated. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Axel waits all morning for George and Emmett to load up their SUV for a shopping trip. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The whump of the falling trees and the low boom of the loads of snow exploding on the ground set the woods to shuddering. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I'm going to load it up for the long trip and drive in circles. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

A little after 5:00 a.m., when the sky was just turning a pinkish blue, Jenny and Abby loaded up the three dogs and headed off to the set. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He was up on the loading platform with some other colored men, all of them grinning big and waving to friends, white and colored. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“This is loaded for now, and it will stay that way until we get past these two and back out on our own.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Nearly Headless Nick watched mournfully as Harry, Ron, and Hermione loaded their own plates. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

We ran the warmer and caught the wax in a tin tub, then loaded the frames into the extractor and filtered the honey through brand-new nylon hose. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“One of Brown’s ships brought up a load r S of rum and slaves from the islands. They must have sold thirty-five, forty people in two hours’ time.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sorted the berries in cedar bins while men from the packing company loaded them onto flatbed trucks. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was out in the driveway, loading up his car when the dogs and cat returned from the fields. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later, Grandfather’s body was loaded into the death cart. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shifts might come and go, one lupus-coloured face give place to another; majestically and for ever the conveyors crept forward with their load of future men and women. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered the day he left, how strange it was to see his car bumping down the hill loaded with boxes. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But I can tell some of the neighbors are loading up cars with suitcases. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Our only close brash with the law came once when we were making our getaway, three of us in the front seat of the car, and the back seat loaded with stuff. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the following day, on March 5, at noon, the canoes were finally back in the river, loaded down with their cargo and ready to go. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

I hurry, loaded bow in one hand, a hunk of cold groosling in the other, because I'm famished now, and not just for leaves and berries but for the fat and protein in the meat. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

August had us load up the empty supers and haul them out to the woods so the bees could come and do the big cleanup. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then it seemed just when I was near the bottom of the log pile, another load of logs would come. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yankees have the bases loaded in the top of the sixth and the cable dies on me.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The workers woke early, and for the first few months they were “seasoned”—learning the numbing work of hoeing or weeding or loading the barges with cut cane. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Their crossbows were deadly over five hundred yards, and an archer could load and fire fifteen bolts a minute. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Now he was ready to load the gun again, and Laura and Mary must help him. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

With that, he loaded me into the back of his squad car. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“I believe you didn’t know the gun was loaded,” he said, and dropped his hand across my shoulder. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I think it’s a load of hooey. But I can’t say I’m surprised. If this school was full of geniuses, I’d have a lot more company on the chess team.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

But then he realized the gun wasn’t even loaded, and he started to cry. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

After school I see the track teams loading onto a bus. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

They complained impatiently to each other as they hunted for the right-sized stones or hauled load after load of wood in their arms, dumping it near the big kettle, which was boiling and steaming away. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Fear drowned out grief and that night we packed clothes and dishes and loaded them into a farmer’s wagon. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

City hunters going out for sport load themselves with food and liquor, but not Mack. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once, in the middle of a dense stand of oak, they came face-to-face with three men palling a load of firewood in an ax cart, with no way for either to get around. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“That’s a load off my mind. When I found out they made him eighth grade president—well, Sophie filled me in on what that might mean.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

He gave her the list of customers and told her the boys would load the wagon for her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“His son’s this big lawyer”—lawyer!—“over in Virginia. I’d give a pretty penny to see his face when he gets a load of that tie. Mercy on us, wouldn’t I ever?” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

First she drew a silhouette of the old man and then his wife with her basket on her head, perched over him like a ballerina, unaware of her load. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

As the captives were loaded into the boat, it rocked and tilted as if it were about to toss them into the water once more. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the Enola Gay was loaded with extra fuel and the bomb—fifteen thousand pounds more cargo than the B-29 was designed to carry. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Lecheria, train companies sometimes load a large closed container the size of a boxcar into a slightly larger, open container—a box inside a half box. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“The Genies will pay for it. The Genies are loaded.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I have to load the screen a few more times before I can trust the number there. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Working feverishly, I made it, but since the paint required a few minutes to dry I picked up two finished buckets and started lugging them over to the loading platform. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it is loaded, maybe if she shot her head off, everyone would forgive her for having made up the story of the gun. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Farther downstream, beyond the bluff, were traces of the old cotton landing where Finch Negroes loaded bales and produce, and unloaded blocks of ice, flour and sugar, farm equipment, and ladies’ things. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Hidden in wooden crates, they were then loaded onto trains that had to pass through communist East Germany—and risk being detected—before reaching the American sector in Berlin. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

My mother gives an odd, breathy laugh and removes the game bag loaded with supplies from my shoulder. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You and Orr have to load the bananas into the plane right away,” he explained. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The search party was out in force, guns loaded, galloping into the woods. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Every hour of every day a tractor trailer pulls up to the loading dock to deliver another fifty tons of corn. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

After the wind died down, a chemical gas was pumped in through a hose from a metal tank loaded on the bed of a large truck. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Other times, he had to be at Goddard’s side, loading or switching out his weapons. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

All around him, kids stagger under massive armloads of chain, waiting to be loaded. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

A salvage boat was supposed to have hauled it up to the Miami River and loaded it on a garbage barge. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Around the end of February an old woman with an ashen look arrived in Macondo riding a donkey loaded down with brooms. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

There was only the guardhouse, the storage shed, and the loading area—all of which were apparently off limits—and a stone wall that blocked their view of the harbor. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

When she returned, she dropped a load of dresses. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Uncle stayed upstairs in his room while we loaded our possessions into the Company’s delivery wagon. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I help Jay load the box into her Jeep. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Then they loaded him and about forty of the others into one of the cars. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The dead men must have been loading it for the trip to the docks when they were attacked. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She loaded them on her sled and returned to the river, listening to Tornait peep soft plover' songs in the warmth of her parka hood. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Salva staggered forward with yet another enormous load of reeds in his arms. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The loaded wagons moved between the fields and the village like ants scurrying to store their seeds. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wagons were being loaded, men were shouting, horses were being harnessed and saddled and led from the stables. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Traffic could go only one way, and no one was allowed to make a U-turn, so even those cars that had already picked up their riders were stuck, waiting for the buses to load. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“By sitting back while they’re murdered and starved? By loading them on trains to be...” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She did not see the oxcarts on the dusty roads loaded down with bunches of bananas. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

With the bell captains help, the family loaded up their bus and, one by one, the kids climbed into the backseats. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The cops found the apartment loaded with evidence—fur coats, some jewelry, other small stuff—plus the tools of our trade. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took them another twenty minutes to finish loading the truck. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Still, most of the roads in town were unpaved, and in the dry season, the dust kicked up by cattle being herded through town or by farm carts loaded with vegetables swirled through the air. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is there a load more new kids coming?” demanded one of the girls. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

On Saturday evening, May 7, 1892, McElroy loaded a special train with pipes, picks, shovels, and three hundred men and set off for Waukesha to dig his pipeline under cover of darkness. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

This situation also means that today the average individual almost certainly starts life with the first deposit of the growing load of chemicals his body will be required to carry thenceforth. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He made them walk for miles, carrying knapsacks loaded with stones to make their shoulders strong. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

My heart pounds all through the loading screen until Cove is suddenly back, good as new. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Soon he had all the family’s possessions loaded on his back and was calling out to the others to follow him on the path. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Mark took the gun with his free hand, and by the weight of the weapon he knew it was loaded. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

More robot arms and clasping grabbers will shuttle the sealed box down the line into the cargo hold of a truck waiting outside at the loading dock. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He and the other men—six white and three black—loaded up with weapons. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He refused to give back any money, but when she didn’t leave, he offered a compromise: he would take a load of her possessions to the prairie for the rent money. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

I raised my finger like it was loaded, and I pointed it at Arthur. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We loaded the supplies in plastic bags, and six of us went to the nearest market, where we sold them to a vendor. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Once we had loaded everything into his Land Rover, it was so full I was surprised it moved at all! My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Also on July 7 the Wells-Fargo agent in Midlothian, Texas, loaded a large trunk into the baggage car of a northbound train. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I load my arms with a few more pieces of wood, then turn and walk back through the snow to our cabin. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

It was the inside of the rear cockpit, loaded with the ashy remains of “onze radios”—eleven “wireless sets.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

But also in the littler things, having a partner lightened the load, could even make the arduous task of filling my family's table enjoyable. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

My uncle Pedro loaded the bags on his truck while my mother ran around counting a hundred things that she was sure my father would forget to do while we were away. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We passed a long column of loaded mules, the drivers walking along beside the mules wearing red fezzes. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Mommy quickly loaded us into the car and followed the ambulance to the hospital. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Leaping for his knapsack, he ripped out his cartridge case and powder, loaded his gun, and thrust on his bayonet. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The robot brought in load after load of firewood. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

My load was heavy now: the sack, the gun, the filled bottle; and it was hard to see in the dark. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Finally they made it to the chaotic, crowded waterfront, where Huynh’s commander was loading people onto a barge tied at the pier. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

While they were occupied with trying to kill each other, I loaded my canoe quick as could be. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

My own load, I know, weighed exactly one hundred and fourteen pounds, and someone else always had to help me hoist the rucksack on to my back in the mornings. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once all eight cones were loaded, Daniel reached underneath and took one chicken’s head between his first finger and thumb. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

At five o’clock the next morning, with the stores loaded onto the boats, the men pushed off into the water again, rowing along the base of the cliffs. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

‘You seem to have demasiado queso to carry. Perhaps if you dropped some of your cheese, your load would not weigh so much.’ The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Now I lashed a load to the stone boat, clucked to Plug, and we were off. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The next morning Louis took me to watch as the leopard, in his trap, was loaded into the truck for the long drive to his new hunting grounds. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

When I force my eyes open, I make out a half-dozen hooded figures in a circle around me, all with loaded bows pointed at my heart. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Weaving means the load is heavy and causing sway. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He and about thirty of his classmates were walking in early spring toward the train station, where their teacher had sent them to pick up coal that had spilled from railroad cars during loading. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

By the litter walk eight guards armed with “foray guns,” also relics of a more barbaric past but not empty ones, being loaded with pellets of soft iron. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He loaded everything from his stand into the wagon, making sure he didn't leave a scrap of litter behind. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

I load up the new email account, with the intention of writing Rhiannon back. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“And then walking slowly—” “Because he was carrying a load!” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Washington’s successor would inherit “a devilish load...and be very apt to stagger and stumble.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

When Schultz was not hiring, there were occasional jobs to be had at the docks, loading and unloading ships. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

We arrived at the car, out of breath, just as my father was loading the last of the luggage into the trunk. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, she stood for a moment amidst the shouts and curses and the creak of wooden wheels as the men broke down the tents and pavilions and loaded the wagons for another day's march. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He’s behind the cookhouse loading a wheelbarrow with the odds and ends he’s managed to beg off the cookhouse crew. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

And the very same day, a man loading finished bolts of cloth onto the railroad cars in the Lawrence mill yard had been run over and crushed. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Baylor thanked her, then got up to take a load of wet clothes out to the clothesline. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“Better. He got a tetanus shot, and now we’re loading him with antibiotics and pain medication. It’s strong stuff, so he’s pretty sleepy.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even this close the gun looked as if it were loaded and he laid it by and got up to feel the legs of the jeans steaming above the heater. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“And—” “And when he found Mondragon irrigating that beanfield with the dead sow off in a corner he stopped and ripped off a chamber load 4t our hero from a distance of about thirty yards.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got a load a Mister Leefolt’s shirts to iron and after this I’m on get a pot roast going. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I used up almost all of my zinc dust loading the Auk XXIII. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I loaded his plate down with the last slices of tongue and set it in front of him before retreating to my corner. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here and there the perches gave way under the weight with a crash, and, falling to the ground, destroyed hundreds of the birds beneath, forcing down the dense groups with which every stick was loaded. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I saved my pillow and backpack to load last. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Oh, don’t be. I’ll have loads to do. There’s a prank to plan. But I was thinking you should stay here, too. In fact, I have composed a list.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Built into a circular room, and controlled by a computer, the arm could be made to turn at whatever speed was necessary to imitate the loads we would experience under various flight conditions. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The armorers operated in teams of three as they loaded bombs. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“Trading. We come with a load of New Danish smokeleaf and we was buying furs.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He intended to return to the city with a cargo of bananas, and shook his stick fiercely at the Congolese women who tried to clamber onto his massively loaded truck for a ride. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a big man, therefore a machine gunner, Henry Dobbins carried the M-60, which weighed 23 pounds unloaded, but which was almost always loaded. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was truly a load off my mind when I could tell that, even with it dark as it was in the stable, she didn’t have four arms atall! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“She knows you’re with me,” he said in that easy way of his, “and that’s as good as her knowing. Come on, girl. Let’s load up and hop in the chariot.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

They had loaded food, clothes, tools, and utensils in the wheelbarrow, in case they might be able to barter with comforts instead of freedom. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

For ten hours a day, six days a week, they disassemble massive forging presses and stack the usable metal in crates to be loaded onto train cars. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Cymbeline loaded a few more shells into her shotgun and drew a long breath. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

They may be as essential for society as mythology itself, as loaded with symbols, and as necessary for the architecture of our collective unconscious. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We spent the next hour sweeping the heavy mat of soiled and soggy rushes onto the ground, spreading a fresh supply from a wagon over the boards, then loading the old ones on the wagon. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

She walked stiffly, as if she were carrying a load of wood between her legs. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her arms are loaded with colorful bags, and she has on this really pretty red sweater and a long, black swooshy skirt. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I squeeze past people and make my way over to the drink table, which is loaded with jugs of water and lemonade. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

When the tray was loaded so heavily I could scarce lift it, Madam preceded me down the hall and waited by the closed door to the library. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d watch the Mendozas, the Mexican family next door, arriving home in their pickup loaded with ladders after a long day of painting houses, greeted at the fence by their yapping dogs. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

A porter called out, “Ha, this place is for loading, oh! Loading only!” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Grandpa Nate went to the Jiffy store and bought three bags of ice, and we loaded them into the wagon. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

I loaded the gun, found a hummock for a gun-rest, and lay behind it. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The builder finished placing his load of stones on the wall. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

She pulled a stack of plates from the cabinet, then loaded each with baked chicken, mashed potatoes, and greens. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

National Guardsmen with fixed bayonets and guns on “lock and load” opened fire. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

All the supplies were ready to load early in the morning. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she was asked to carry anything, the load felt twice as heavy to her as it did to her stronger sister. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“You load sixteen tons, what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Twenty-year-old Walter Merrithew was at the building nearest the wharf called Number 3 freight house, helping one of the wagon drivers load goods for delivery. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

But at the end o’ last year he began sending away loads of stuff, not only leaf. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Crews of artillerists scurried around the machines, loading the slings, checking the torsion of the ropes. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

They had returned with a crew of ten more men and two trucks—one hauling the giraffe-drill along with other mysterious equipment, and the other loaded with plastic pipe. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So then what?” he asked after loading his fork. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She’s wearing tights and one of those short patterned dresses, and her left wrist is loaded with woven friendship bracelets. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“It’ll take at least three rockets loaded in this manner,” he predicted, “before we get the right combination.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then he shoveled away some of the snow near the pond’s shore while I went up to the Big Barn and brought down three loads of wood. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

The archivist wheeled the newest batch of boxes on a cart into the small reading room, before rolling out the previous load. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Khouy reports that they mostly load rice and unload arms and ammunition. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother died just below Pheriche when her heart gave out under the weight of the load she was carrying for another expedition in 1970. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“There will be no one left to help me move west—” my father whispered, and it seemed that a great load was placed on his shoulders. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And at mealtime Aunt Maggie’s table was so loaded with food that I could scarcely believe it was real. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She loaded wood on wagons, split rails, and knew more about mules and hoes and plows than she did about the interior of a house. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Strangers would often flag down the loaded van and ask where we were coming from. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Two days later the big wagon pulled away, loaded with timbers and tackle. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Kiyo was the only son still in camp, and he had gone off to help someone else load furniture. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had appeared one early morning to an old campesino coming into town with his donkey loaded down with garlic. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Auk XII, on the pad, was built to the design we had more or less standardized, but how it would perform loaded with melted rocket candy was a complete unknown. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

After a second or two the results loaded. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Not everybody gets a catalog, of course, but anyone who places an order with Sears during the year gets one, so there’s lots to load up. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I lifted my head to toss a load of snow onto the bank, I saw her watching me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

At the conclusion of his preparations in Fairbanks, McCandless loaded up his pack and started hiking west from the university. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bud hands each of us a paintball gun, and I load mine. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

What if Helen got a job and if, in addition to his usual course load, Ralph taught summer school and night school? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone then suggested trying one of the out-of-the-way loading doors on the ground floor, where trucks came to deliver food and office supplies. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He picked up his pipe and loaded it with cherrysweet tobacco. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

He grins and stabs his trowel in for another load of dirt. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Just about time for the committee meeting called to meet on his porch next day, the first wagon load of lumber drove up and Jody went to show them where to put it. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

This time, the load will be a lot heavier. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would ski a set distance with one load, put it down, return to the starting point, pick up the second load, and make the trip again. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

This last sends me drifting off in a sci-fi direction: And as the time thieves headed back to the year 3420, loaded with weekends and days off looted from the twenty-first century . Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We loaded everything up in a minibus and brought it over to Alex. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

But it didn’t matter, because even if the whole town of Marysville had been there, they couldn’t have eaten everything that was loading down those tables. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Behind them came the other dog teams pulling sleds that were each loaded with 900 pounds of stores and gear. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“We have fried chicken in common? Do you realize how loaded fried chicken is as a metaphor here?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

My father returned to loading up the truck, but Uncle Katsuhisa didn’t even notice. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, we began going to another site at the other end of the veld, where a chicken factory, Sunnyside, dumped loads of dead, diseased chickens, and rejected eggs. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scruggs helped load him into a body bag and carry it over to where the helicopter could retrieve his body. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

She was really sweating under her load now. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

By then they had loaded Big Joe into the hearse and the rest of us got into the limousines and we started up to Jackie Robinson Memorial Park. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trucks lined with drag kept rolling in from the ’Glades and other oudying parts, each with its load of twenty-five bodies. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

The horses and the people looked alike, plodding, eyes to the ground, leaning forward against the weight of their loads. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Once we turned the corner and he couldn’t see me, I caught up with Beezle and helped him support the teetering load. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men, about eight or nine of them, were carrying full garbage bags from the stations office and loading them into a boat. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Libby’s place was next to Dad’s, and she was loaded with perfume—you could smell it the minute she walked into the house. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he does not get up, and Madame Manec keeps chopping potatoes, and when she is done, Marie-Laure hears her push a load of them into the water with the back of her knife. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I tried to get the pups to follow me, so as to lighten my load. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her arms are loaded with rings of fabric swatches and catalogs. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The walls were decorated with shelves of cookbooks but several tables were loaded down with trays of cookies, cakes, ice cream, and fruit! Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

His only luggage is internal, and it is a load of amplified virus. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took me about a minute to load my car. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I turn around and see the lady who was loading her dryer earlier. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

The walk from Dr. Minerva’s office to our apartment is a short one, but loaded with mocking stores. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s good. Why not? I like to take on a little load. It lets the poison out. Don’t you like champagne, Kate?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Take a load off. I’ll get you a water with lemon.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

It was better to leave each man’s load unopened, undisturbed, in his own mind. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Why bother to load us into a truck and take us somewhere else to kill us? Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Nearly all of it was “live load,” meaning weight that changes over time, as when a train passes over a bridge. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The cops load King and his boys into patrol cars, and the crowd claps and cheers. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I usually carried with me six loaded plates, which allowed me only six exposures, so that clicking the shutter even once was a serious business that had to be carefully thought out before-hand. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here the miners worked their eight-hour shifts, picking out the coal, loading it into a cart, and hauling it back out. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I take up my bow and the sheath of normal arrows that Beetee made, knowing they would never let me walk around with the loaded ones. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

In engineering parlance, it embodied little “dead load,” the static weight of immobile masses of brick and steel. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Mr. went up to them all friendly, with his hand stuck out, but I kept loading the wagon and looking at the patterns on the sacks. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They loaded him again, but Workman couldn’t quiet him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But for a while, I worked there in the Dover Street Yard, helping to load food requisitions onto the trains. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

My books are all loaded up in my backpack, ready to go, and I wait for the buzzer. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Tendai raked out a load of pineapple peels from under the wine vat. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

We moved slowly but steadily in the rain, the radiator cap of our car almost against the tailboard of a truck that was loaded high, the load covered with wet canvas. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I steered Grover and Annabeth toward the exit, loaded them into the elevator, and I was about to get in myself when I realized there were already two other tourists inside. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Below, the Caird was dragged down to the surf and loaded with the bags of ballast, boxes of stores, a hand pump, a cook pot, six reindeer-skin sleeping bags, and the rest of the provisions. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“A load of soggy brown stuff,” said Harry. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Carrie gives Mummy a long hug before she helps us load our bags and the dogs into the big motorboat. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

He called it “a cheese- box. I’ll never buy another Chevy again,” he fumed as the car, loaded with kids, sat in traffic, its engine steaming and sputtering. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m incredibly stiff now and my ribs are killing me, but I’m still able to eat cereal with milk that’s dubious, to say the least, and loads of sugar. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

And there he was, locked and loaded, ready to splash the story all over YouTube the minute the truth came out. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

At 5:02 they squeezed into another car loaded with glum passengers. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

A worker bee is just over a centimeter long and weighs only about sixty milligrams; nevertheless, she can fly with a load heavier than herself. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the loaded gun at the Black Tips’ feet, Kaz turned his back on them and limped across the cobblestones toward the eastern arch. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Misplacing a loaded gun was a serious matter, and Curly was highly annoyed with himself. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We get a load of visitors from the Labyrinth,” Eurytion said darkly. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was not easy to walk, stoop, and lift loads, after the days in the truck. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Despite his lead codpiece, the dust—undoubtedly—filtered in and at him, brought him daily, so long as he failed to emigrate, its little load of befouling filth. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

They sprang onto the field three at a time, one with a new, loaded box, the other two after downed pigeons. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Two crates of ammunition were set out, one containing loaded magazines, the other loose bullets. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I load the dishwasher and later unload it. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I’m loading up my next “When you gone tell” but she beats me to it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

A wounded bear or panther could kill a man before he had time to load his gun again. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Across the room, Monet’s bookshelf is loaded with old books. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

For example, four Russian submarines prowled the waters near Cuba, each one carrying a torpedo loaded with a nuclear weapon. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

There are also parts of Eva's Youth that talk about women selling their bodies on the street and asking loads of money. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The family was met by a caseworker from the International Rescue Committee, who helped them load their things into a car and drove them through downtown Atlanta, toward Clarkston. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

By three o’clock the branches of the cedars were loaded down with snow. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I tossed them to her, and then turned to confront a heavier load. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

After the goods were delivered, the tractor slowly ground its way back with a load of people returning to the outside world. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Paul helped Nate load up a large knapsack with extra ammunition cartridges. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Hector was loading boxes into the back of the helicopter. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Charlie yells, and the lady loading her clothes into a dryer near us looks over with a frown. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I was down to a day and a half a week when Valencia called a mover to cart a load of furniture to an apartment she'd rented for one of the deadbeats. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

After we had loaded the hash at Little Dog Island I began snooping around the boat, just to see what else I could find. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Lily put away the milk and juice, loaded the dishwasher, and wiped the counters and table. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Then this morning while we shuffled outside in the cool air and finished loading up the carriage, we heard the sound of someone running toward us. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“And then there are the rifles to think about. Four, I believe. All loaded.” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

They brought the cars around to the front of the villa and we loaded them with the hospital equipment which was piled in the hallway. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Crouch can speak loads of different languages, though,” said Harry. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It seemed that it would be a good idea to visit the kiln when this particular load had finished firing. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Even after I had got used to seeing the table loaded with food at each meal, I still stole bread and put it into my pockets. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He'd dropped his load of driftwood and merely gazed at the receding coach. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

We spread out the tablecloth on the floor and loaded up our plates. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the other buses are loading up except for us. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

She pulled a turkey baster out of a bag and loaded it with parrot mush. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you,” I told her, and started loading containers of oatmeal into my basket until I cleared the shelf of it. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

After I loaded up, I would fall in line with the other wagons. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sit down,” he went on, “take a load off your feet.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The film itself, loaded into the T-50 by specially trained technicians, was barely wider than the lens—a mere five millimeters. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He awoke as they were loading him onto an Army bus and sat him down in the last seat. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a somewhat mistaken attempt to allay fears, he added that the planes had emergency valves that would allow them to dump their entire load instantaneously. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Huge finlike wind wings stuck up along their lengths, harnessing the breezes to help move the lumbering ships and their scrap loads of nickel, copper, iron, and steel. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as the men from Ohio arrived, the mules were loaded up and sent away to become dog food. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“But please don’t go to loads of trouble.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“That takes a load off my mind,” said Dad. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like the workers loading the crates into the truck, those in the boats seemed earnestly intent upon their work. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Would you show me how to load it, and how it works and everything?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Traditional gate schooling has always been a matter of standing still, teaching a horse to tolerate the huge, clattering metal contraption around him while he awaits the loading of other horses. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Samuel was determined to teach him how to load and fire one perfectly. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Cooky and Aly loaded them with enough provisions to fill their packs to the point of overflowing: smoked meats, dried fruit with supple flesh, and enough hardtack to last for weeks. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

One afternoon, three children, ages eight to ten, line up in front of their mother, who loads them down with logs of wood to deliver. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Those wagons regularly drove west toward the forested slopes, where they loaded wood for the stoves in the fort. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

We got all our stuff loaded into the SUV and piled in. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The curbs were loaded with tree limbs and trash and ruined things that people had swept from the streets. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

In May he starts loading his brush again, making thicker, fuller strokes. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Whitecaps roiled among the capsized boats and caused them and the docks to surge and roll, and the tops of the cabins and drum reels and gunnels were loaded down with snow. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I drove him at a different angle from the load, hoping he’d have better luck. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Odysseus only shook his head, containing thoughts of bloody work, as he walked on, then sat, and dropped his loaded bag again upon the door sill. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s because if you count the calories, foods loaded with sugar and fat are the cheapest foods in the market. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Nate knew it took five men to load and fire each one. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

I load the dishwasher as slowly as I can and signal the answers to Emma by drawing numbers in the air behind Jennifer’s back. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Back in the cockpit once more, this time with a loaded gun, I was ready to sail over to the Agena. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Look frantically for its source, bow loaded, seeking a target to hit. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

To remove the writing load from Houseman, they hired a lanky thirty-six-year-old writer named Howard Koch. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Creekwood really blows its load on costume days all at once. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

It’s a long walk to carry such a heavy load. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

On the night of May 16, 1977, police cars and a truck pulled up outside of the house in Orlando West and began loading furniture and clothing into the back of the truck. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just be glad you don’t have to load them,” Lena said. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The Toad and Misty squeezed in and each grabbed an arm, taking some of the load. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

His own people could not buy from Onofre at those prices: they were used to paying five dollars, at the most a sawbuck, for a pickup load of pinon. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without explanation, they were loaded on trucks and driven away from the camp. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then, in the early sun, on my way to work, I spot a man pushing a cart toward the market square, a load of old planks piled almost as high as his chin. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He loaded it into the house and pounded it into a stand. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She ran out of the room before she could think, slamming the door behind her, and scampered smack into her mother in the hallway, whose arms were loaded with clean laundry. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Soon after breakfast people loaded with gifts would begin to stream out of their homes to wish friends and relatives a happy New Year. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next day, as the Ferris wheel was being taken apart and the race horses were being loaded into vans and the entertainers were packing up their belongings and driving away in their trailers, Charlotte died. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Once the cartons are loaded, the trucks will haul the stuffed animals off to who knows where. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Zach, I noticed, had stopped loading supers onto the hand truck and watched, shaking his head like he couldn’t believe he was witnessing another scene where people’s worst sides come out. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he was done, Percy loaded the enemy’s weapons back on the pirate ship. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Our fridge was considerably less loaded with meat and milk, the phone line no longer tied up by girls calling to chat him up. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

In spite of the load it carried, the trolley responded easily to Butler’s touch, gliding across the threshold into the lobby. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

There were fifty-thousand jars in all to be loaded up, more than five thousand to each jeep, and it took over an hour to finish the job. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was out front by the time Jimmy held the door open for the delivery guy, who had a stack of sodas loaded onto a hand truck. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

The trip lasted about a week, then we told Tony to find us a load to Idaho. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Mr. Jimmy said, “Bud, take your time loading everything into the Packard and you can ride back with Herman.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Before she lit out she dug up every yam from their plot, a cumbersome load and ill-advised for a journey that required a fleet foot. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Men and horses blundered through the predawn chill; saddles were being cinched, wagons loaded, fires extinguished. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He loaded them into a crate and onto a handcart and trundled them out of the library, through the front gates, and down the long road that spiraled around Zosimos Ridge. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

We’d found cheap office space in a building on Michigan Avenue and managed to get a load of donated secondhand chairs and tables from a corporate consulting firm that was redecorating its offices. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I loaded Auk I with the black-powder/postage-stamp-glue slurry mix, inserted a pencil through the nozzle, and then left the rocket to dry under the hot-water heater. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

They'll have loads of food at the concession stand, but I don't believe in mixing meat with my movies. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s obvious what this means. There’s going to be loads of fog tonight.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Of course her load is heavy; these bags contain everything she possesses in the world. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

These were warheads loaded with eight to fourteen nuclear payloads, each one up to twenty-five times more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She and her mother hooked the wagon onto the back of the battered moped, loaded the wagon with the honey and cookies. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He got it fixed, though, and got to loading his suitcase. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know he’s leaving after dinner. Bilal just loaded a pretty big suitcase into his trunk. It's got to be at least a week or two, but hopefully longer.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

As Dale is getting her in the car, we gather our stuff and load up into Amanda’s mom’s van. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Mom gets up early and drags us out on Thanksgiving Day loaded with plastic foam coolers, like we’re going to starve right there on Fifth Avenue. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was Ultima burning the evil load of the sack exactly where the three witches had danced when my uncle saw them. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he got a load of sheets going in the washer that he’d hang out on the line when he got home from school. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

I’m suddenly aware how odd it is to be running with a load of potting soil in a wheelchair. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I made myself a little dark-room in a corner of the music building, and in there I loaded my glass plates and developed my negatives and enlarged them. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

They recognized it all at once: Seabiscuit, under a tremendous load, having already run at world-record speed for most of the race, accelerated. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He loaded it with a cartridge clip, and told me that all I would have to do then was squeeze the trigger release. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if we were two and swamped her to load him and bailed her out, this skiff would never hold him. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stevedores and riggers by the hundreds strained against winches and loaded crates of rations and ammunition into the holds of the warships snugged into their berths. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Set off alarms as far away from each other as possible. I have a lot to load up. And make sure none are near the route my truck will be going.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men scavenged what they could, loaded the boat, and headed back. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

They sat on the floor with blank looks on their faces, exhausted, or they loaded syringes with drugs. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘You have taken a load off my shoulders,' he said to Mrs Helena Kingshaw. ‘You have given me new strength. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

But she is too weak to carry my load. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He helps Nurse Harris load Michael into the golf cart and presses an ice pack to his face. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Evan loaded it into the wagon, then poured in the mix from all thirty-two cans. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

We did two loads of laundry, washed out our cups and food bowls and pots and pans, bought and sent postcards, phoned home, and stocked up liberally on fresh and packaged foods in the shop. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

But Fadi didn’t have a loaded sibling or access to such a bank. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

With one finger he tapped the loaded envelope back and forth along the tub edge, seeing, apparently, if he could keep it in motion without letting it fall into the tub water. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

He laid them on his bed and then brought out the pistol, took out the magazine and snapped the loaded shell from the chamber. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nico loads up an old-school soul sample, which means he was paying attention on the bus when I said what I listen to. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

They came in wagons from way up in Georgia and they came in truck loads from east, west, north and south. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

In Eastern Europe guides were trained to act more like Sherpas—hauling loads, fixing ropes, establishing the route—and less like caretakers. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

That’s when he taught me the right way to load a paintbrush. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

He helped load and unload chemicals into railroad cars. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s really very handsome most of the time, wonderful red and gold plumage. Fascinating creatures, phoenixes. They can carry immensely heavy loads, their tears have healing powers, and they make highly faithful pets.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Skulls crunch as I shove a pack loaded with food and water into a wall crypt. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Joe aimed his rifle and fired—but nothing happened because he had failed to load up. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

His attention network took on a predictable load as his performance imploded. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Give me a loaded gun and I might give it a try.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The previous afternoon, Lopsang had exhausted himself carrying a satellite phone for Pittman, in addition to the rest of his mil mu ix in load, from Camp Three to Camp Four. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

So I made sure to load up all of my combat contingency macros. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

As soon as they returned, loaded with loot, the procession got under way. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned away and barked curses in Siaru at a man loading a wagon with bolts of cloth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In May, the company announced that its big new coal-preparation plant in Caretta was complete, and all the coal from both the Coalwood and Caretta mines would henceforth be loaded into coal cars over there. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe—when all the ships in port were loaded—maybe he could get pepper. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

A truck pulled up, the driver went into the building across the street, came out, sat in his truck, and waited for it to be loaded. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Some of them were loaded down with armfuls of stuff. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Excited, Harry loaded up his quill a second time and wrote, “My name is Harry Potter.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Through my bedroom window, I watched Ali and Has­san push the wheelbarrows loaded with meat, naan, fruit, and vegetables up the driveway. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

De la O grabbed his gear and loaded into the back of a truck heading for the airstrip to be lifted off by helicopter. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Mom, dressed in a cool denim suit and, surprisingly, a pair of late-style Nikes, loads our bags in the car, and we’re totally ready to go by eight forty- five. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Son, school starts soon. We better load your stuff and you can drop me off or I’m going to be late.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear carted another load of clay for Min that afternoon, then returned to the bridge where Crane-man had stewed some wild mushrooms for their supper. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

As a first lieutenant and platoon leader, Jimmy Cross carried a compass, maps, code books, binoculars, and a .45-caliber pistol that weighed 2.9 pounds fully loaded. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was very different, Bunderson thought, from, say, eating, which no one was arguing was inherently distracting, not creating a cognitive load. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Even now, I like places like that: a large store with lots of aisles displaying bright plastic toys, greeting cards, loads of cosmetics, maybe even a photo booth. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Liberator was one of the heaviest planes in the world; the D model then in production weighed 71,200 pounds loaded. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

In the middle of summer someone dumped a load of tires on the garden at night, as if it were still filled with trash. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’d eloped on the Northern Pacific to Seattle—she remembered eating breakfast in the dining car—where he worked for two years in a Harbor Island foundry and for one loading lumber on the waterfront. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Finally, gear, children, and cat were loaded into the wagon. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The actual workers and patrons appeared rough around the edges, dressed in jeans and T-shirts and, well, loaded up with piercings and tattoos. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I never felt right taking people’s gifts, because they did not know that we’d loaded the bullets and put the gun in her hand. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

They, too, shook their heads over the prospects of another ship loading pepper. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Swiftly he loaded up the Brown Bess, with powder from the horn slung around his neck and pouch of shot he had dangling from his belt, and rammed it home with a ramrod. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If she hadn’t had such a big load, she might have taken it,” the boy said to himself. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he straightened, balancing the cardboard long enough to dump the load into a trash bin. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

After breakfast, Ash sat on the front steps and watched her father and his driver loading trunks onto the carriage. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind him was a small, elderly donkey loaded high with papyrus stalks. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

They showed up right on time, overflowing with ideas and loaded down with stuff. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

But his bones seemed to bend under the load, and that was odd; he could imagine a photoelastic image of them, all stress lines. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

His naked body was then loaded into the back of a van, in the dead of night. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally they entered a smaller cavern that looked like a combination loading zone and throne room. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

And after dark in Chicago, the place is loaded with cops. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I clicked on the collage of pictures, and the first photo loaded, taking up the full screen. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She came down the steps with another load and stopped on the brick sidewalk, turning to look at the house. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stop midway up the horn and load another arrow, but just as I'm about to let it fly, I hear Peeta cry out. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

School was a load that day, but it was over. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I can tell the muffin he’s holding is loaded with blueberries because they’re glistening in the sun, just like Malik’s eyes. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I knew loads about Jesse—he loved baths but hated hot tubs, he listened to self-important indie music, cologne made his eyes puffy, he never washed his jeans—but Diego was an enigma. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The souvenir pamphlet noted that even a full load of passengers had “no more effect on the movements or the speed than if they were so many flies”—an oddly ungracious allusion. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The system was to bring everything down the new road and take the empty trucks, carts and loaded ambulances and all returning traffic up the old narrow road. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“If the Bureau is going to load all of those planes with the memory serum virus to reset the experiments, will there be any serum left to use against the compound?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Mama hear me hollering and drop her load and run just as hard out at me. I feels like I’s swimming I’s looking through so many tears.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Jones was thrilled when we arrived with our load of dirt. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

That day it seemed to Sam that his master had found some new strength, more than could be explained by the small lightening of the load that he had to carry. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

It was a heavy load for a child to keep inside. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It takes her a little while to realize one side is spring- loaded; she presses it and the box flips open. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

After a final glance at Marlena, I swing the stall divider into place and help load the rest of the horses. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Eject the blank cartridge from Peeta’s, load it with a real one, and arm Pollux. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She said “Africa” wistfully, like an admiring foreigner, loading the word with exotic excitement. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The off-center load presented unequal force to the four remaining bolts, the defective one bearing the brunt of it. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Friday before Main Street Fest was loaded thick with worry. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

On the morning of January 21,1970, Scruggs was in one of the mortar pits getting ready to clean his gun when a truck loaded with unused 81mm mortars pulled in to a nearby pit. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Ma asked, holding a fresh load of laundry. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Lyddie nodded again to acknowledge the compliment and turned again to loading the dirty dishes on her tray. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

When he’d ascertained that it was loaded he rolled his eyes wearily to the sky, moaning unhappily. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Afternoon, drilled: for two hours, the loading of the guns, and for another two, exercises in the fields, facings, wheelings, evolutions. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“We don't have a ticket,” Prosper whispered when the fully loaded boat cast off. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Only let me load your car with gifts and fine ones, you shall see. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z