Your father is out looking for you and he’s going to kill you, too. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The landing was clogged with the cars of men who were already on the water looking for Bull Meecham. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes immediately fell upon what I was looking for. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He looked for playmates, but found no one and saw nothing but a large grey dog, which prowled the gravestones, always keeping its distance from him, slipping between gravestones and through shadows. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

When I looked for her to see what she thought of my performance, she was gone. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

If one wanted a place to look for God, he had concluded, it should be in the suffering of the poor. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

He felt wonderfully free—and, as best he could determine, no one was looking for him. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

His fingers trailed along the paint-spattered surface as he looked for a spot that suited him. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The others circled and circled, eyeing the lasso, looking for a weakness. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

They looked for the next challenge and didn’t look back. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

When we’re done, and she goes off in search of other books, I pick up the discarded ones and hunt through the pages until I find the words I’m looking for. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And wedged in a crack under all the refuse, he found what he’d been looking for. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m looking for my friend who lives here,” she said. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Shorty glances around, as if looking for someone to tell the good news. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked for a moment as though he wanted to run away. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

They’d ransacked the place, purposely leaving it a mess to make it look as if some junkie had broken in looking for drugs. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been looking for you all morning,” he said, as he led the boy outside. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe not. Lana knows that wandering around the mountains looking for us wouldn’t amount to a hill of beans. Better to make a beeline for the one spot that’s most obviously a rendezvous point. Here.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

So she was who I was looking for. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She patted my cheek and went back to looking for anyone she might know, while I grimaced and wiped off her sticky residue and wrestled with secrets. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She had not allowed herself to look for one, but when it came she realized how she had longed to hear—just to be reminded that she had not been altogether forgotten. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

That the neighbor testing his sprinkler line isn’t really looking for a leak. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

There was the crowd of people all looking for someone they cared about who was on the bus and coming home for Christmas. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Fish, roots, berries, nuts, rabbits. There’s a lot of food around the woods if you look for it, I guess.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m looking for the Appalachian Trail. This gentleman here tells me I’m trespassing.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry,” she says, “I must be in the wrong room. I’m looking for a group of girls who sit in awkward silence and don’t talk to each other.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

It’s no wonder I had to look for ways to amuse myself. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry stared down into the water, looking for the vanished hand, and a sick feeling rose in his throat. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Once I turn down Seventy-Fourth Street, I look for Auntie Seema's building, my eyes scanning right and left down the block. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I learned to look for little children playing outside a large, fine house. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Helen continued to look for work, and to economize. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had been going for three or four months every summer to look for fossils. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I told him that I was looking for the right bus to Conakry. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Now that he knew what to look for, he saw irrefutable signs of this plot everywhere. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“We are looking for Mr. Frost. I believe this is his neck of the woods.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

When Tayo told Robert he was going north, up into the mountains to look for the cattle, Robert shrugged his shoulders and shook his head. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Suppose we organize some kind of a cooperative. For Japanese people coming back from the camps. We will design a housing project, and all the men looking for work will build houses.” Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

To me, she whispers, “So he won’t go looking for us.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

In his usual straightforward way he told about the predicament of his warren in having no does and how he had come to look for some. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hollister pulled out a notepad from the shelf under his counter and flipped through the pages until he found the one he was looking for. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Using new tactics, with more frequent attacks that in-volved more people, the segregationists watched and fol-lowed us constantly, looking for ways to isolate us. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Why do you not go through, and look for him?" Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The Congs we were after had been probing along our defenses, looking for soft spots. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shoved the cash into her jeans pocket and jerked Donovan’s elbow hard while she tapped his hip pockets, looking for his phone. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He searched the desert floor to look for more footprints but was unable to even find his own. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Yes; they were looking for him in every building and on every floor and in every room. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ve been looking for them ever since they took after you,” said another. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I spent a couple of days looking for him around The Wells to do an interview, but I couldn’t find him anywhere. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Dad comes home from looking for a job he holds Margaret and sings to her: In a shady nook one moonlit night A leprechaun I spied. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I am still the only person here who can find what we re looking for.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“But all those wasted years! Did you go on a cruise, look for exciting young men, buy new clothes...?” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Fine. I’m here because I’m...looking for a map,” she said as evenly as she could manage. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Every morning I would look for the ship there, thinking that it might have come in the night. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She doubted they were even still looking for her, especially since she’d posted to Book Scavenger that she didn’t have the book. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

‘The police are looking for him. And now it’s all over the TV.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Me and Kermit had dug through steaming piles of garbage from one side of Key West to the other, looking for milk cans. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kevin brought him a ladder so he could climb all the way to the top to look for shoes and watches. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. Now you going round looking for her and everything.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Radar sorted through them initially, looking for anything with a map, and then I unfolded them, scanning for pinholes. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I went out and down the hall, looking for somebody. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Walowick left the hooch and went looking for a dictionary so he would know if he was going to have to look out for Peewee. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And no complaints, I thought, looking at the map; you started looking for red men and you found them—even though of a different tribe and in a bright new world. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell him to stick it, but more than that, I did not want him looking for me. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Buck looked for support from the other football boys, but they all had their heads down. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I walk down a stack of shelves away from Madge, looking for a fresh spine, a new title, a new world. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

She taps me and points it out, but doesn’t tell Henry, who is still looking for a place to stick the hose. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

At first Ophie had thought this would give her a chance to sneak away to the attic to look for clues. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Lefty used to stop there with Milton to buy cantaloupes, teaching Milton how to pick a sweet one by looking for tiny punctures left by bees. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

‘I’m looking for my son. What else? Trust you to lose him!’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, nice seeing you again, whoever you are. The photos of you are brilliant. I stopped by the church a few times looking for you. Thought you might want to see them.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Never knew you to look for extra work. Come along then.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You stood by me at the river, so I thought I’d come and look for you, Hazel. Anyway, the holes are just here. Is it really Captain Holly you’ve found?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned around and around in a foggy, dreamlike state, looking for the source of that scream, but only darkness surrounded me. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I don't know if anyone's looking for me, but I don't want to take any chances. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Just looking for a lantern or something,” he explained. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

As it grew dark, people began to look for places to lie down for the night. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I catch her staring at me, like she’s looking for herself. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m here, aren’t I? I’m looking for him, same as you, right?” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

If there were agents out there looking for her, she didn’t spot them, but she wouldn’t be so cavalier as to think she was out of harm’s way. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

And as the gunfire intensified, people gave up looking for their loved ones and ran out of town. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I tried to cry like my sister, but I was too busy looking for Mrs. Milgrom’s angel. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

“You know,” I said hesitantly, “you don’t need to go over there. I could look for your things if you tell me where you left them.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Always looking for ways to spend more time with me.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

When Truman graduates stopped by the school to visit, it was always a good bet that they were looking for Volpe. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

They went on to lecture me about 29 types of edible mushroom species, each species’ name in the Foré language, and where in the forest one should look for it. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I thought of a rock and went looking for one. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Anything with a story to it” is what Cletus says he’s looking for. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Which is harder than it should be, because the stage lights suddenly make him uncomfortably aware of how fresh and handsome Henry looks for the cameras. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She doubted they were even still looking for her, especially since she’d posted to Book Scavenger that she didn’t have the book. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She glanced around the ball, as if she were looking for something—or someone. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He flew deep into the land of the giants, looking for something unusual. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Worst of all, Mother couldn’t even look for them. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Upstairs, in my room, I pulled all of his letters out of my desk drawer, looking for clues that might help make sense of everything. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“They went looking for them today,” Mary said, “but something else happened. Will’s never seen his dæmon. He didn’t know for certain that he had one.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Maya. Jesus. Are you okay? Half the town is looking for you.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“If they hadn’t, someone might have come looking for me. And sent me to the orphanage in New Bedford, like Jason.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He had virtually ransacked Africa looking for these life forms, but despite his searches he had never found them in their natural hiding places. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He scanned the ground as he went, looking for places snakes might be, like big thickets of brush where it was easy to hide. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I felt so good that I walked inio a cafe instead of looking for a grocery. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think of how Chocolate looked for me, how good it felt to be wanted, to know that someone thought it wouldn’t be the same if I wasn’t there. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

It cruises slowly along the street, as if looking for something: shark on the prowl. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

They circle over the Beauty Minister like tanager birds looking for their nest. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Call me gutless, but what I was looking for this time around was a comfortable correspondence between income and rent, a few mild adventures, a soft landing. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And their mom has the nerve to say, “Are you looking for twins for the play?” and the young woman says, “Oh, I don’t know, I’m just an assistant in the casting office.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

When I stand up again, I look for the figure I saw. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Or were they looking for a practical tool for finding meaning in everyday life? The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was looking for you,” she said, joining me on the rock. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Was she supposed to be looking for them? Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Furthermore, the Cambridge lab was understaffed and Kendrew was looking for someone to join him in his study of the protein myoglobin. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“If you know what clue words to look for in the word problem,” Auggie explained, “you know what operation to use. Like ‘per’ or ‘each’ or ‘equally’ means you have to divide. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Across the river, the Border Patrol shines lights on the water, looking for migrants trying to cross. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Causes me to wonder why this fella would be coming around Manifest. Maybe he’s looking for his better half.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I met Mr. Fleming at the end of the driveway, where I was dolefully flailing about in the drainage ditch looking for water striders. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Yes, and he looked for the wine before he did anything else.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

And then I realized, they were looking for me! Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

He put Massari through a short improv—told him that he had come downstairs on Christmas morning looking for a special gift he had requested. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

But when my parents found out there was a small white chicken back by the old henhouse, they insisted on calling the lady who’d come looking for her chickens, to see if it was hers. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Father was out somewhere looking for trouble as usual, and we hardly knew how to answer that question ourselves. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I said, “Who’s looking for me?” because I thought it might be Mother and the policeman in Swindon had phoned her up with the phone number I told him. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Orders were pouring into northern factories for food, clothes, and munitions for soldiers fighting in Europe, and the factories were looking for new workers. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

So they fanned out to the countryside and began to look for strong men. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

In the bus station lobby, I looked for signs indicating a colored waiting room, but saw none. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only tall striped walls of tents line the area, and he turns around slowly, looking for any possible place they might have disappeared to, some corner or door. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

An officer drove to Oppenheimer’s apartment to look for useful clues. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some gave kind of sympathetic looks for my loss. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mr. Black had me hold his hand as we looked for the address. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Julia would, from then on, look for Oslo in the people she met. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I stared without blinking at the mist, looking for the curve of her back or the silhouette of her head wrapped in a pretty kerchief. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘We go looking for this physician’s cure ... whatever that is. Because, personally, I like cheating death.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“I looked for it on the way up.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

In fact, the big males sometimes go out looking for such females and try to take them back into their own territory. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

You could hear Ruth May’s creepy pet mongoose scurrying around under the table looking for somebody to drop something. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were marching around the camp, looking for survivors to kill. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The room was cool and quiet and there were probably twenty people now looking for her, but Grace didn’t care. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She went from store to store in town, looking for a job, a new apartment away from the college and ways to disappear. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He was looking for a hole in the wall. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I looked for Nick and then for the coach. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mark hardly registered the fact that the people he was looking for were nowhere to be seen. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

We switched on the headlights and looked for them. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s go look for the others,” she said. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

She was looking for the end of a loaf of bread when she heard footsteps come down the stairs and saw a light coming closer to the kitchen door. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk the outside loop of the water park, looking for the other girls. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I look for Kenya among the panicked faces, but still no sign of her. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The first night some of our fellows go out three times to look for him. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I keep looking for the key to Olga’s room every time I’m alone in the apartment, which is rare these days. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Hamilton started the engine and we motored west, looking for land. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I veer off the road, onto a path through the eucalyptus grove, down into the green canyon, to the little stream where I used to look for watercress when I was hungry. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He claimed to be looking for real estate and a horse to buy. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to. But I’m going to look for her myself.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The soldiers’ next destination was clear: Cross the Rappahannock, then on to look for Jett. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He told friends and cousins he was looking for a down-to-earth Muslim woman who wanted a family. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I’ve been analyzing him each day, looking for an additional sign, some further clue. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

By the age of four, I collected the eggs and knew how to look for signs of raccoons and coyotes. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was just looking for an excuse to talk to you,” he admitted. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would have gone on crying if her daughter hadn’t forced her to get dressed, forget about herself, and look for help, even if it meant she had to steal from her father’s household budget. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I don't even know what they were looking for." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I watched him for a moment, but even I wasn’t sure what I was looking for. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“We asked very specific questions and were looking for clear answers,” Rosemary Truglio, Sesame Street's research head said. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Groups of revelers or rioters, or whatever they were, wandered in the opposite direction, looking for more trouble to get into. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“I’m looking for a Charlie O’Brien. Someone said I could find him here.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I scanned all the titles, looking for anything that might have information about the Amyr or the Chandrian, but nothing looked especially promising. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I look for an answer in the mountains and rolling terrain but find none. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Or maybe it’s just that you see me as a second chance. You couldn’t save your brother, but maybe you can save Jenna. Justice. Is that what you’re looking for?” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Awake, he soon became bored, and had begun looking for a way out of his crib. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“The Corporation knows that, and they weren’t looking for them.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She said, “Not one of em came this Christmas. I was looking for ’em all day, and my heart’s most broke about ’em not coming.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and I have been exchanging looks for the past year as Susan and Caleb flirt in the tentative way known only to the Abnegation. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He scoured the place, looking for bugs and secret cameras, but found nothing. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Or that pen you could have sworn you put into the pocket of your backpack but wasn’t there when you went to look for it. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I ran down a list of recent crimes, looking for a conviction that might stick. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Before, I used to walk around as if I were lost, looking for her everywhere. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We run back down the road a ways, looking for a good climbing spot, find one, and make our way up. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Says the fellow who came to town looking for the Chandrian.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She flipped it over, looking for an address. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Joyce was at work, but Joe scanned the faces in the crowd, looking for his father or his half siblings, but they were nowhere to be seen. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

That was one of the people he was looking for. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They know we’re looking for them? They expecting us to show up?” The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Marshall wouldn’t be completely happy about it, but at least it would give them a little more time to look for Security, or to think of something else. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Abbouds began looking for a house near Jerusalem and everything was either too big, too expensive, too little, too crumbling, too noisy, or too strange. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Will said, “I’ll have to stop here somewhere. You could help look for a good spot. I can hear a stream—see if you can find it.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Hugh told me that I was wasting my time, that they were looking for people who'd bought platinum watches, not rusted cranial saws. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Felix and Ike nodded with jerky movements, looking for a way out. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The Islamist government in Khartoum didn’t make life easy for the Christians who moved to the capital looking for work, food, and housing. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I was ecstatic and spun my head to look for Qareeb. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I played all those snippets over again in my head after things got really bad, looking for some kind of explanation. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Perhaps Fine’s monograph gave impetus to the press; whenever they did chess stories, reporters would look for a certain amount of aberration among the players. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When I was taking it I was looking for the answer and I didn’t know if I got it right or not, but that’s how those tests go. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I bet if I looked for signs about parting ways, I would find them. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

A man that I had seen toward the front of my car seemed to be looking for something too. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you was really smart as you think you is, you’d quit looking for answers inside your own head and start looking for ’em in God’s gifts. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t like Tad, Rashid, Cas, or Z. He wasn’t looking for who he was supposed to be or trying to find people to accept him. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

But she did not answer, for in the corner stall, where a bay mare stood contentedly eating her noonday feed, Ash found the person she was looking for. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

All night I could hear people walking by looking for the cows—and looking for me. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you’re looking for folks to make sense, my girl,” he said, “you may find yourself looking for a very long time indeed.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

"Okay, Al, you keep training. We'll look for your picture in the papers." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The second day they began looking for him. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He just so happened to spit out a piece of licorice last night in the same place he found that marble. But when he looked for it later, it was gone.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Already in control of most of central Mexico, Teotihuacan was looking for new lands to dominate. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Goldman said that he was a troubled young man looking for a cause to join. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He moved along the hedge, feeling the breeze from the south and looking for some spot where he could sit and scent it without too much risk. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They basically said that she abandoned them, so why should they look for her? Especially Joaquin, what with the foster care and everything.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He had walked these streets often enough since Capricorn brought him here to look for Silvertongue and the book. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She and Blaine took the train to Princeton to look for an apartment, and she was struck by the town itself, the greenness, the peace and grace of it. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I imagined his mother looking for me at the graduation ceremony, asking him where I was. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“So let me get this straight,” Juanita asked Pita as my mind raced through the warning signs, trying to remember the things I should be looking for. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Their sole purpose is to push me to look for the note Charlie left me. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Excuse me, I was looking for the Weekly Volcano office. I wished to see Mr. Dashwood.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was out looking for Ulysses,” said Flora. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

“So, you see, dear one,” she said sweetly, “it was her mama’s fault the law went looking for my father on the charge of bigamy.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

He pulled the car off the Outer Drive at Seventh Street, drove north on Michigan Boulevard to Lake Street, then headed west for two blocks, looking for number 16. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She looked for a weapon and came up empty. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He is conserving his energy, none of this flying around looking for food and wasting effort. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here’s another pair of examples with completely different meanings: Augie quit saying he was looking for another job. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could see her wake, flutter a moment, look for my eyes. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I decide it’s time I go up there and take a look for myself. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

How I would hate to wander in that murky water for the rest of eternity looking for my parents! Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

There was only one reason why a middle pretty would be here in New Pretty Town: The wardens were looking for someone, and they were serious about finding him or her. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He looked on the road for his son, and he went to the inn to look for him, but Charles was gone. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“If it were me,” said my Mother, “I’d go and look for one.” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

There on the ground, side by side, were the two large crates that Shelly had told me to look for. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I think I’ll go out and look for a job,” I said, wanting to escape them. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kid spins a quick circle, like he's looking for a cameraman or something. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

“He’s looking for someone up in the hospital who’s been signing Washington Irving’s name to the letters he’s been censoring.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Blake's supervisors ordered him to look for evidence of what happened to her, as talk of treason swirled around the MI6 headquarters. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You should hire someone to make your dresses for you so you don’t have to do this every time you’re looking for something appropriate to wear.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She figured that it had probably ended up in Grans’s attic, and she kept meaning to look for it, but by then I had gotten used to not wearing it. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Your trade went belly-up and so you’re looking for your payday, am I right?” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

We never folded our clothes at home, but that Laundromat was so warm and cozy, we were looking for any excuse to extend our stay. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Hollister pulled out a notepad from the shelf under his counter and flipped through the pages until he found the one he was looking for. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“It can’t be far away. And look for the woman, too. Go!” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

That’s when I realized he knew exactly who I was looking for. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Longstreet said, “He promised me he would stay on the defensive. He said he would look for a good defensive position and let them try to hit us.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

You could spend days scanning cells, looking for a virus. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Presently he remembered what he was looking for. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He was found days later by a senior librarian, but only because the man was looking for him, a letter from the abbot in the pocket of his robes. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Hey, my summer was going to be boring. This is the best offer I’ve gotten yet. So what do I look for?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I looked for a latch I could pull to lift the circular trapdoor, but there wasn’t one. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Nguyen pushed her way through the crowd, looking for her family. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“And don’t go looking for ways to blame me for your problems. Other people drink wine and their kids are geniuses. You could of gone either way.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I...I hope you find what you are looking for.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I look for the pink receipt, which she usually clips to the dash. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Fortunately for Harvey, a new employer in Washington was looking for recruits. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ve been looking for you. And you left your stuff too close to the water.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

As I drove in circles looking for Speed’s Grocery, children stopped playing in the streets to stare and wave. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

If I disappear, no one will think to look for me for at least a day. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Here, in this microcosm, we must look for those factors that somehow shift the marvelously functioning mechanisms of the cell out of their normal patterns. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“What kind of answer are you looking for?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He said, “I look like a boy to you? I’m not here about work. I’m looking for the owner. And if you put another hand on me you’ll be pulling back a bloody stump.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

You had me demented.Your father walked every street in Limerick looking for you. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Channel fifty-three,” I tell him helpfully, already knowing what he’s looking for. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

They headed out once more, but Tidbit dragged his feet and kept turning around to look for the dog. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He beat his hands together, looking for an answer, but no answer came, and he shook his head angrily. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Similarly, Bloom trolled the halls of the dorm floor every morning looking for anything out of place. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well—I’ve never gone looking for one. Yet. But there must be one.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He taught Ellsberg to constantly scan the barbed wire fences along the road, looking for a shiny edge that hadn’t had time to rust, the telltale sign of a recent slice. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She began to think about looking for an apartment. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You want to go back to the car? Maybe you could find that word you’re looking for.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Others build a whole superstition around it, looking for numbers all over the place. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marcus had told me not to look for Professor Thomas because he didn’t want me to get my hopes up. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry I walked into the school and didn’t tell you what I was really looking for.” Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

And then Petra felt an odd certainty: It was dark wood they were looking for. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

While we were recuperating, Dad spent considerable time with us, but minimized our discomforts, and kept telling us we were just looking for sympathy. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The book was Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. He would never make the mistake of looking for Humpty Dumpty there." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he was looking for the moon, or a star, or a chimney with plumes of smoke to guide himself by. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He walked all day, about eighteen miles, looking for a stretch of the Tumen that was shallow and easily crossed. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Lyra was looking for somewhere quiet to consult the alethiometer. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His followers closed in, looking for an opening to join the fight and pin Bigwig down. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve looked through the house, to try and find some signs of you, maybe a piece of jewelry or a scarf, but I don’t even know what I’m looking for. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The whole three of them kept looking for movie stars the whole time. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Tad walked to one of the narrow windows and studied the parking lot below, looking for Frankie’s white Mustang. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I walk west from Simpsons, still looking for something to eat. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

That first morning, we just hung out around the baseball field and walked the streets, me secretly looking for Flaca and her friends, wondering what I’d do even if I found ’em. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Swallows fly to and fro, looking for lost nests, and someone very far away might be screaming, or it might be the wind. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

"Rico, go and look for the kittens," he said. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He looked for his black shoes, found them plaster-dust white, tried to clean them off. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked down dumbly, remembering that they’d handcuffed her first when she was captured, then again in front of Dr. Cable, before taking her to look for the pendant. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She looked for Septa Mordane, and was startled to find her with her head on the table, snoring soft and ladylike snores. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I could look for them if you want.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“You wouldn’t think so if it was your possible we’d been looking for.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The truth is, though I liked him and he liked me, it was not me he was looking for. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

We spent the next fifteen minutes looking for Chas around the gas station, even walking both directions away from it along the road, but we couldn’t find any trace of him. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was just me running down the hall, making terrible sounds as I tried to breathe and cry at the same time, looking for Leticia. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

We are accustomed to look for the gross and immediate effect and to ignore all else. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“I think so. I think it bounced off the bottom of the tree and went under the bush there. Look, they’re pretending not to look for it....” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I was going through the upstairs bedrooms at home looking for something and...” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The Mirror will be moved to a new home tomorrow, Harry, and I ask you not to go looking for it again. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Lyra was shaking with anger and grief, striding up and down with clenched fists and turning her tear-streaming face this way and that as if looking for an answer. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I tied my lantern on a long pole, held it out over the water, and looked for Old Dan’s body. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the roll call, the prisoners from all the blocks dispersed, looking for friends, relatives, or neighbors among the arrivals of the latest convoy. days went by. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Henry backs toward one of the cars at the edge of the clot, and only after getting out to look for its gas cap do we realize he’s not going to find one. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Sighing, I put the maps away and set off through the park on foot looking for the familiar white blazes of the AT. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

As the waitress departs, Celia casts a long look around the room, scanning the crowd as though she is looking for someone but not finding a point to focus on. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I met him outside the library. He said he’d been looking for someone to practice that on.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The Boeing Airplane Company is looking for mechanics, and I happen to know a good one—me! Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He’s been looking for something since his first day at Sal’s. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He hears the words “painting” and “wall,” so he looks for paintings on the wall. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Bri might be wandering around the streets. We need to look for her.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Soon the surging roll of the words, the pleasure of the sound of his voice coming so clearly out of his mouth, made him stop looking for possible object lessons in the text. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And then we looked for you,” Tony told Carmen now, his lip quivering. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

It follows the ocean’s shoreline, and I look for snowy egrets standing stick-still in the salt marshes and osprey circling, hunting fish. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. Okay, wow. That was even before the whole Martin thing. I guess we weren’t looking for the gayest fic in the bunch.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure, but I knew this was the first funeral I had been to where I didn’t find what I was looking for. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I can’t help but feel flattered that they would take this time to look for me, when the town is full of indigenous girls who would love to compete for queen. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would be more than a clue; it would be like booking anyone looking for them on a chartered bus ride straight to the hideaway. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

So we’re looking for blood, skin that needs stitching, a gash from a homemade blade. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The owls, only hungry like everyone else, looking for souls to eat. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

His name was Ronnie, and he’d passed by the house one day, looking for a place that might have a working phone. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

If you find the person you are looking for, you will remain at Yankee Stadium to fill out the appropriate paperwork. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

For instance, men who say they want a long-term relationship do much better than men looking for an occasional lover. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

They were about ten seconds off the pace he was looking for at this point in the season. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

There is, then, a whole battery of armaments available to the forester who is willing to look for permanent solutions that preserve and strengthen the natural relations in the forest. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Because, if you had been looking for it to be me, I think you would have guessed it yourself.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

In my mind, my spirit leaves my body and flies around the country, looking for Pa. I see a big group of people kneeling around a big hole. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Down at the market I see the truck from Dominicanie, and the recruiter looking for workers. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, I look for dresses that stretch and forgive, but find nothing. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

We asked around to see if anybody had been looking for us. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn and walk back among the eighty- odd officers milling around the crowded room, looking for someone who might know what job 254 is. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

All Cupid had to do was to fly out and start looking for his wife. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The thing that was hidden in the Snitch,” he began, “I dropped it in the forest. I don’t know exactly where, but I’m not going to go looking for it again. Do you agree?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He stopped looking for a woman in the branches of the copper beech tree above him and looked instead at the tree itself. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I got most of the ones you asked for. I was just looking for a planting pot.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I appreciate all of you so much for taking the time to look for him.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I walked over to her door and looked for a doorbell. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Do you know about Google Earth? Where it’s like you’re looking down from above? Just look for the fences that were around that house!” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Heard you was looking for these hands,” a tiny voice shouted from inside the Story Box. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

When I looks for you, I finds your uncle Provis, eh?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Is anyone staring at you? Are any of them sizing you up? No. Because you’re not real competition. Because you don’t stand between them and whatever freedom or wealth they’re looking for.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Papa had already left to look for work, either topping carrots or thinning lettuce. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, the previous victors didn't have the Capitol looking for a way to destroy them. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

They finally found a dingy room in a building downtown, rented it for eighteen dollars a week, and immediately went out looking for work. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“It can’t hurt her; she the one who brought it over, not the one it looking for.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Mom hurried out to the yard and started digging holes by the light of the moon, looking for our jar of cash. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He planned to take the long way to the Pipeworks, out at the very edge of the city, to avoid any guards that might still be looking for him. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’d never seen a dead person, but I was too afraid to go look for fear it would never leave my mind. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

But he disliked the thought of looking for her; that would bring attention to himself, something which he hated. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

His aunt and his mother kissed each other, as he had seen them do a hundred times, and then his aunt turned to look for them, and waved. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

This didn’t stop the reporter who was haunting the parlor, looking for more flesh to add to his story. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“They were looking for their husbands, sons, and grandsons. They wanted to know that their loved ones were safe. Many of them were angry at the Long Knives. So that’s when it started.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

The blue wide eyes looked for the voice and finally found Lee’s brown and shining eyes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The roadside sign said 15 MPH, SO I drove slowly past the blocks of buildings looking for the administrative offices. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“The fire’s getting low. I’ll go look for some more scraps while you guys talk strategy.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be ridiculous! You think they were looking for—” “Their souls. And they found them.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Rivera said, looking for confirmation of my story. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

‘She said you’d been looking for the same man. And Kat ‘What?’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

He moved his business to larger towns, first in Massachusetts, then in New York State, always looking for the best market. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She paused on tip-toe, turning her head this way and that as though she were looking for someone. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

He flipped on the flashlight and groped along the side of the car, looking for the toggle switch that released the trunk. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“Why do you look for them, if you know they are dead?” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I already searched it when I was looking for the notebook,” Isabelle said. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

The fly crept along the glass as if looking for a crack so it could go in and feed on my parents. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Do you have any idea what you did?—just to see if I’m the suspect he’s looking for? Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I hand my mom the nipple for the bottle that she’s looking for. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Everybody made stupid jokes about how good he looked for just coming from his funeral, and how he shouldn’t eat too many ribs because it was bad for his cholesterol. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I explained briefly that I had come up looking for work to pay my way through college and had failed. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Remember that crazy guy who was looking for the roller skates?” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“You told Marcus you were going to look for his alibi witness?” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

They were looking for a needle in a haystack. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

He walked down the row until he found the one he was looking for: Jersey City. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I asked, because I am looking for a future for myself. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Like what happens if Matt and Lance come looking for him. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“We’ll probably have to send a rescue party out looking for Ogden after this, Ben. He doesn’t know how to work a pencil sharpener, much less a motor.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kamal says I have to find a way of making myself happy, I have to stop looking for happiness elsewhere. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t mind him. He’s just looking for something to rub his antlers on, you know what I mean?” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’m the only one at the dance wearing it,” Lucy said, taking a spin around and pretending to look for anyone wearing her dress. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Somehow—he didn’t quite know how it happened—he found himself on Union Wharf instead of Derby, and had to pretend he was looking for someone. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Listen, I was going to come looking for you. What do you say we go down to the woods one last time, look for something to fight?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I think you forgot. But I not forgot. You forgot that we would go in the bush to look for food—you forgot. But I not forgot.” Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

She should go; even with her bedroom door locked, someone was bound to come looking for her sooner or later. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“He was stabbed. There’s two fellas they’re looking for. One older, one younger.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

By the time I finally blew out of my cell for lunch, looking for Eddie or Sister, I ran straight into this dude everybody calls Jokes. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She decided to head to the stable and look for breakfast among their provisions instead of waiting for the others to wake up. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I went looking for the lost cows but couldn’t find them, so when it got dark I found a very big tree, climbed up, and slept there. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

He just points over my shoulder and says, “That’s the Jew I’m looking for.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I scanned the street, not certain what I was even looking for. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“He went to look for you by the garden.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Sugar lords like Beckford wanted to make sure American colonists would buy only from their islands, and would not be able to look for cheaper sugar elsewhere. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

I didn’t normally run into Kevin at school, but I looked for him everywhere that day after Halloween. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Professor Christie, a retired music teacher at the university who I’ve been working with for the last few years, is always looking for victims for me to play with. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

All along, Beatriz was looking for the perfect opportunity to make my dreams come tumbling down. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“They snuck out late at night, right before the Reds came into this neighborhood looking for them.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I wonder whether he looked for me, or whether he’s worried about me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fact that Roosevelt had lived another day, and was now sitting in a canoe with his fang-bitten boot looking for wildlife, proved it. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Says that looking for me in the fog scared the beer right out of him. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you looking for this?” he asks, moving his hand with a flourish. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Me and Christopher were looking for snacks in the kitchen, and I heard Mom talking to Lisa, Christopher’s mom, about my going to school in the fall. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“You have to help me look for it! Please!” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

But if you look for a companion, be careful in choosing! The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“But you’ll have to show me what I’m supposed to be looking for. I’m a city girl.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I want a man with good hands, Anu told Ranee once when her grandmother asked what in the world she was looking for in a husband. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We ran around the cabin looking for salt. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

If he had been looking for the same book she’d just found, that meant he was playing the library escape game along a similar path. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“We’re looking for a fire stone, a shelter, and food—all at once. Always, always you look for food. There, up along the edge of the clearing—you see those stumps?” The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

I stood in the narrow room for a few minutes before leaving to look for Aunty Ifeoma. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I think you should go look for my father,” she said. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I been hightailing all over these woods looking for you. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

So I said, “What made you look for me here?” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

And if he was looking for the girl, Isabel, why hadn’t he passed on? Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“He’s a publisher! He’s going to have books on him. We were told to look for an old book. A really old book.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

At night, he couldn’t sleep on account of the pain, and he would wake up at three o’clock in the morning, and get out of bed, and rummage around the house, looking for something. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had wanted to ask if Sticky’s parents knew he’d spent “half the night” looking for the Monk Building. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

How everyone be looking for the piece of the thing that they woulda done different. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Clutching me with his trembling, bony hand, he said, “Come quickly. The church will be safest. You’re being looked for everywhere. I have some food for you. If anyone comes, claim sanctuary.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Our mother will expect us to be home when they let her out. She won’t be too happy hunting around town looking for us if we’re not home.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Can we get on with the story? Nergal's in town, looking for the flower, and I teamed up with Ishtar and her daughter to stop him." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“If you are looking for my master, ma’am, he is walking towards the little copse.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

“I think when I’m done looking for my patron to be, I’m going to wash my hands of this place and never look back.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Since then, Pax managed an exploratory visit to the kitchen counter every time he was left alone, looking for more of them. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I looked for a safe roof to leap to, but there were none close enough. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

My eyes scanned the desk, looking for the answer sheet. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s fine. He’s the one who told us where to look for you. We’ve got good history, don’t we, Tool?” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He unlocked the door, and I stepped in, looking for my dogs. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wish it could be now, but Mom’s already brought home empty packing boxes and has started looking for a place to rent in Washington. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Dressed in short pants and khaki shirts and neckerchiefs, looking for all the world like Boy Scouts with swastikas on their armbands, they ranged in age from eighteen down to ten. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

When Hartshorne and May began to look for patterns in the cheating, some of their findings were equally obvious. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned a full circle, looking for her or Thalia and Grover. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The world was a big place in which to go looking for a lost bird. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

We would hang out together during the day, looking for things to do, thinking up games to entertain ourselves. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I yanked out what I was looking for, clutching it in my hand. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

With help from the national organization, we advertised for applicants on college campuses across the country while also looking for talent closer to home. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He was capable of mighty paroxysms of righteous indignation, and he was indignant as could be when he learned that a C.I.D. man was in the area looking for him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Then the other campers found out he wrote home every day, and that he liked poetry and looking for minerals. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

We looked for the remains of Deborah, my cousins, and my aunt. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Charles looked for it all the following winter and well into the spring. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered if it could be the white men, though now I thought about them little and seldom looked for them. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The truth was, Lonna didn’t know where the boy had gone and didn’t intend to go looking for him. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They probably wanted to go looking for ants with her again, even though it was raining. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“The landlord gave me this when I went looking for him. He said Rahim Khan left the day after we did.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I turn, looking for the source of the sound, but don’t see anything. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Which meant Leo had to get up there and look for them. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Under that tarp, wearing space suits, they dissected any small animals they had trapped, looking for signs of Marburg virus. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Regularly, each morning after he had finished his breakfast, she performed her self-appointed task, till he came to look for her ministrations as much as he did for Thornton’s. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did, though, have plenty of girlfriends who were looking for someone to date. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He held up the candle, looking for a fallen star, a rock, perhaps, or a jewel, but he saw nothing. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

So I went back down on my hands and knees, and I crawled around in the dark woods looking for the letter and the sandwiches. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Fortunately too, Westley had the sense to look for such behavior. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“What else are you looking for?” he asked. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside in the street we looked for a taxi. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

That everything had changed, but nothing had changed, that whatever Mami had been looking for when she brought us to Brooklyn was not there, just as it wasn’t in Puerto Rico. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Lidia will never know how Mateo is spending his End Day, but she hopes her best friend finds whatever he’s looking for. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“He ran away to the mountains, and there’s a posse up there right now looking for him and when they find him they’re going to kill him.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was looking for something. Now that I’ve found it, I shall go home.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Some of the Kinshasa police were for real and some were random guys in stolen uniforms, looking for bribes. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Pippin felt again its weight in his hands, and saw again the mysterious red depths into which he had looked for a moment. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

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

When you see a number like 26-2-3, you go to page 26 of your book, find the second line, and look for the third letter. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

A medic on the chopper looked for Lieutenant Carroll’s wound, but couldn’t find it. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You had a home, and you put a wrecking ball through the front door, Bolliger. Don’t look for sympathy from me.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She remained silent for a moment or two and then told me to look for it on the table. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But José Arcadio kept looking for her all night long, for the smell of smoke that she had under her armpits and that had got caught under his skin. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Who else is going to look for him?” she said. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

At the summit of the slope she looked for the last time at the Dust stream, with the clouds and the wind blowing across it and the moon standing firm in the middle. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Let’s go to Sears and look for Sunday school dresses,” Bertha said. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

They had journeyed together in a truck expedition across central Africa, looking for Ebola virus, and a lot of tension had built up between the two men by the end of the trip. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

New trees would lean toward me at mountain angles, but when I looked for the village, it would have vanished under the clouds. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They looked for signs of a struggle but found none. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

There was always an easy tale of woe to tell inquiring black adults, and whites didn’t care, unless they were looking for sport. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

She spent the whole morning looking for a memory of her son in the most hidden corners, but she could find none. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I poke through the rooms looking for Sheila, the developmentally delayed girl I usually play with. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

And then they changed on us, like the New Agers, looking for ways they could take what we had and administer it themselves. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“The lesions are easy to miss unless you know what you are looking for,” she said, “and then it’s as plain as the nose on your face.” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Having been trained by Papa and Henry, I look for the lifeboats, too, and see they are stacked on top of the cabin. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Unlike many of my college friends, I was not looking for a husband when I enrolled in college. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In a group, you can look for synchronicity. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

They would say that Di- tshabe had walked off the path to look for something to eat and had not come back. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Aureliano had no difficulty in rescuing the five books that he was looking for from that fabulous disorder, because they were exactly where Melquíades had told him they would be. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I hate this thing,” the tall man said as he went through his pockets, presumably looking for a match. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You don’t think it might be time to send someone to look for her?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She looked for a heavy pan to fry the green beans, but she couldn’t find one. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Several of the village boys, with too much ale and too few wits, left the celebration looking for trouble to cause. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked directly at Moon Orchid the way the savages looked, looking for lies. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked for hypnotherapists in Ashbury, but didn’t take it any further—it’s expensive and it’s unclear whether it actually helps with memory recovery. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were sitting in the library, and they were supposed to be looking for poems. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“Please, if either of us is Savien, it’s me. I’m the one that came looking for you,” she pointed out. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I was looking for things to say but everything sounded lame. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went looking for a pair of scissors. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

"Yes. She looked for you to say good-bye. They went on the seven o'clock train." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

She leaned over my shoulder as she turned the stiff pages, looking for a certain picture but pausing to linger over others, her voice tinged with dreamy nostalgia. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

But the face I was looking for was as bright as the sun and the flame of desire—and it belonged to Marie. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“You are looking for someone who can perform in the midst of a crowd?” she asks Chandresh. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Ida and I are looking for someone. You would get half of the earnings. The other half you would have to send to Barbarossa in his new home. That's what we agreed.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I hate to trouble you, but I’m looking for someone.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I started going through my pockets looking for money to give to her. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The vase she was looking for was on an American cherry-wood table by the French windows which were slightly ajar. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I walk the halls, looking for Miss Johnson. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Darren slows down and looks for a place to pull over so they can go by, but there are no parking places. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

When we came to a dry riverbed, people would dig and dig and dig, looking for wet mud to suck on. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

"However, we are looking for one name, not six." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

She's looking for a knife to slice open a pack of hot dogs. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

I walked over to his bookshelves, looking for a journal or a notebook. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Oh, okay. Well, if you see her, could you let her know I’m looking for her?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I crawl through nearby bushes to look for it. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“I’m looking for Rod’s sister, Erin,” I say. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He noticed my bags and asked me if I were here looking for work. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t know what it was she was looking for, just something. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s a party is looking for another party.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The wooden animal in your pocket will soothe your fingers, which are simply looking for something to touch. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He crouches down and creeps up toward the window, soil rolling into his loafers, hoping he guessed their destination right, until he finds the pane he’s looking for. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He had looked for a hidden camera in the shower. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“I have no doubt he will be looking for them. The boy has a knife of extraordinary power. They would be worth pursuing for that alone.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Leave the solar system and start looking for an extrasolar Earthlike planet.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

When she turned her head to look for him, all she saw was trickling brown water ... and the grass, still moving slightly. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Not cause he looking for something better, just cause he the thinking kind. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Biff did not talk, and once the mute stopped to pat him on the shoulder and look for a second into his face. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I tried to look for him but Joana demanded I stay in the cart. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Somebody called out, “Been looking for you, Spaceman.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Part of me wants to let go of the keg and swim around looking for the skiff before I’m too weak to move my arms. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Dad went to the house to look for the children’s bodies, and I got scared and followed him. That’s when she grabbed me. She was so horrible....” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

They went charging down Park Avenue, and I imagined they would keep looking for flying pigs until someone deactivated them. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He gazed down the hall, looking for the source of the voice. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I had to search for nearly ten minutes until I found what I was really looking for. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Opening the door a crack, I look for anyone who might be watching to catch refugees. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Peaches and me had gone downtown earlier looking for a wedding gift for her moms and Big Joe. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yesterday. I was looking for you. I saw her out front here. She didn’t know where you were.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I set a hand above my eyes and looked for Leah, but did not see her. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The prince showed me the pups yesterday—though I think he was just looking for an excuse to get out of his mother’s court for a while.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

As they heard him preparing to go first into the depths of the enemy warren as calmly as though he were looking for dandelions, his officers’ spirits rose. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Too little and they would be disappointed and prone to look for more. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I, um, I was looking for the bathroom,” I manage to say. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She came looking for him here a decade ago. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew just what I was looking for: Beaches, over with the new releases. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

“If it does, he’ll look for other evidence. I know it’s a huge favor, Betsy. He just needs to know if it’s even worth digging. And if it’s not? This goes no further.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They weren’t chatting with one another or looking for unruly boys. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I eye them until I find what I’m looking for—a Speed Burst. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

At home, we never had cereal in the middle of the day, but she was taking care of us while Mami went looking for work, and she didn’t know the rules. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

As they walked, Valley inspected tree after tree, looking for Nightbeast or cuco hairs and poking at animal droppings and shaking her head at Seven and Thorn. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The plants were always looking for new workers, so Generose had no problem finding a plant with an opening. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

As the sun rose higher in the sky and the air became warmer, they began to look for shade. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

And so, very silently, I moved away and looked for chimps in another valley. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I head down the stairs of the apartment building until I get to the door I’m looking for. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

She says, “Your girlfriend was just here looking for you.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The villagers would come to look for her. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mebbe d’schooner will not pass dis way, so we mus’ make our wattah last” I said defiantly, “A schooner will find us. And my father has ships out looking for us.” The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was that somewhere, if you go back enough in history, everybody comes from ancestors who wandered around looking for refuge. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

While there are a few scattered bowler hats amongst the patrons, there is no sign of the one she is looking for. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

As if she was scanning me and then found what she was looking for. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They didn’t want to keep subleasing from other gyms, so they began looking for a space where they could set up their own temporary training center. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

‘What are you looking for? Do you miss the East Wind?’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

But I'm still looking for one I want to keep around. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

In the evening we ventured outside, looking for something to eat, and then returned to the room to watch TV! Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It only took a few incautious words and fearful whispers to convince them that the Devil had found their village and was looking for souls to lead into sin. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked for an apartment on the top, but there was only the lounge entrance. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He figured he’d merely abandon it somewhere so that the owner, whoever he was, would have to chase around the school looking for it. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She was looking for her husband at the Vast Wall. She traveled a great distance, all on foot, with only a bundle of cloth...” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Thorn had kept her eyes glued to the ground like she was looking for a missing rat’s tail until Valley reached across Seven and flicked Thorn on the chin. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

We went looking for Grandma and found one scuffed-up shoe down by the corner sewer grate and that was all. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

That wasn't the answer Coach was looking for. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Maybe I crossed a line by coming to look for Monday, asking her questions and talking fresh to grown-ups, as Ma would say. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The men got to work examining Ellsberg’s life, looking for anything that would humiliate or discredit him. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

While they were talking football, I kept looking for Patrick and Sam, but all I saw were those graduation caps in the distance. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

As she speaks, I look around surreptitiously for these brothers of hers— Tribal men are notoriously protective of their unwed women, and I'm not looking for a fight. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Ren returns the look for a moment, unrelenting, and then finally glances away. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I spent eight months looking for what you could have told me in eight seconds!” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, she saw Kaisa coming down the path slowly, as if she were looking for something. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d have long ago digested Violet’s tail and be looking for something more substantial. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Do nothing more than look for the new boxes. When Oakley Street’s put a new insulator in place, I’ll let you know.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He turned his head to the right again, toward Teddy, looking for trouble. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“Just the man I was looking for,” said a voice at Winston’s back. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The porter was on the platform looking for me. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“And...remember. People who come here looking for things...they don’t usually find what they want.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Yet if we start looking for the word ‘evidence’ being used by seventeenth-century scientists we discover something peculiar: they have the word, but they hardly ever use it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He was looking for a battered green leather writing case. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And with that she slipped off to look for something to drink. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He found what he was looking for in his inside pocket. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

As I stumbled around looking for a lamp, Phoebe stood, frozen, near the doorway. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He rode slowly along the ridge, looking for headquarters. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The idea was that when and if we finally reached the moon we would have a much better idea of what to look for, and what kinds of rocks would be best to bring back. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last I had to admit to myself that he had probably returned to his village and was looking for a suitable bride. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

For over a week I pored over electron micrographs of muscle and collagen fibers, looking for hints of helices. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

The guards thought they were looking for someone who’d set out an electronic device; they thought Finn’s voice had only been a recording. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I’d heard several times that of all the Lackses, he was by far the angriest about what happened to his mother, and that he was looking for any revenge he could get. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I knew I couldn’t touch it now that it was live, so I looked for a branch on the ground. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Sure. When you find something you like, you look for a similar pattern. Or you can just use the dress to draw one.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Genie scrolled through, looking for answers, but couldn’t find anything helpful. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Next day the Trojans sailed up the coast of Italy looking for their promised home. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew exactly what he was looking for, and now he even had the money to pay for it. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Patronizing” was the word he was looking for. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

For a while, she ran here and there, up every set of steps looking for the boat. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Cats drip over the fences and slither like syrup over the ground to look for fish heads. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even with his life on the line and the whole world looking for him, he’d stopped to leave a note for her. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“He’s abroad! He’s still looking for the Wand, I knew it!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Better than I was the last time,” I said, remembering when O’Dell and I had gone looking for roof tin. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

What Goudsmit did was go back in the medical literature and look for cases of PCP, and what he found is quite chilling. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were looking for a highborn girl, daughter of the King's Hand, not for a skinny boy with his hair chopped off. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

No one bothered to look for evidence against him. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

They will be looking for some sign that their battles have not been in vain. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

And without that extra practice, he has no chance at hitting ten thousand hours by the time the professional hockey teams start looking for players. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

They found a place in the swamp land bordering the main boardwalk and crouched together, scanning the night traffic, looking for signs of Tool or of Nailer’s father and the half-men he had appeared with. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The cops weren’t likely to keep too much on the look for her. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Potter,” said Professor McGonagall, hurrying up to him, as students flooded the platform, jostling for position, receiving instructions, “Aren’t you supposed to be looking for something?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It was Jonas to whom Gabriel had come not long ago, looking for books with diagrams and instructions, so that he could learn to build a boat. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Benji got the feeling she was looking for a specific answer. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I walk from picture to picture, certificate to certificate, looking for anything belonging to my family. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Moon Orchid sneaked up on the boys and lifted their hair to look for pencil stubs. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched as he examined flower after flower, looking for a suitable small bloom that would fit onto his pinky. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Every time it stopped, the metal arms unfolded and turned this way and that, like a roving robot on an alien planet looking for signs of life. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

After I counted up to ten over and over on my fingers I went to look for the others. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

A lady cat strolled lonesomely along the gutter looking for adventure. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope that everyone here finds the love and understanding they’re looking for. God lives in each and every one of you,” she says. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

We look for the same patterns in our lives to give them meaning. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“No one’s approached yet. All we can do is keep an eye out. And when we go looking for Lana and them, we’ll just have to hope people don’t notice the extra entrance.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

And then, after a mostly sleepless night, I’d have to get up and start looking for a new ride. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad heads off one way and I’m down the aisle looking for apples. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Like his older son, he needed a wife to make the new house a home, and like his son he found just what he was looking for in the other LaFollette twin. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She was looking for pigeons and rats but actually was not very hungry. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Apá flicks on the light, and the roaches scurry in all directions, looking for dark corners to hide in. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The address that Patrolman Mancuso was looking for was the tiniest structure on the block, aside from the carports, a Lilliput of the eighties. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brandon had run a search like this before, but they had been looking for numbers related to sports. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I was looking for a red skirt I used to have.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Knowing that he was looking for her and the book would make it harder for her to act normal if he happened to be there again. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Dad was still looking for a car to replace the Olds—our budget was in the high two figures—so that weekend we all hiked over for our first look at the new place. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He still didn't know where to look for the book. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Yes, while the rest of you were twiddling your thumbs, Tris climbed the Ferris wheel to look for the other team,” he says. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She didn’t look for Mother—not once!—and she obeyed Sister Gladys in such stony silence that the nurse asked if she felt sick. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In about four blocks we found the cafe Artis was looking for. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I liked looking for eggs and going to Mass too. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

One evening as she looked for a campsite, she felt lonely. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was afraid to look up, afraid I had just imagined it was him, and that it was just someone looking for food. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“It’s like, I always look for the closest person to whoever passed away, y’know, like maybe a daughter or a son, or a wife or husband. That’s who I focus on. And this time...” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Every morning she awakened full of catlike energy and the best intentions, every morning the dull dread returned; every morning she looked for the baby. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Not that Celaena was considering looking for it right now—not when it could get her into trouble. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Even the ones that do—I wouldn’t know where to look for ’em. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

And his efforts to ignore it, transcend it, seemed to work only when he spent his days looking for whatever was light-hearted and without grave consequences. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

They fluttered, like Mr. Black’s fingers looking for a one-word biography, but no sound came out, not even an ugly sound, or breath. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to admit I was looking for one bearing Diego's name, but I was. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

When a ship without sails or sailors came drifting in from sea, they went to meet it looking for a wonder, and sure enough there was a child in the ship. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the pine-patched moonlight, the Queen Anne’s goblets looked for all the world like filigreed silver. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

At any rate he scored a bed-cover out of it; for when we returned a few hours later to look for it, it was no longer to be found. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I arrived in the school office, I scanned the activities schedule and found what I was looking for right away. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

His fingers clawed desperately through the white stuff, looking for a handhold, but came up empty. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wouldn’t have gotten on the 7 train with the theological conductor looking for God. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Derek worked up and away from the lake, looking for more berries as they moved. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Luke made it over to Jen’s only once in all of February, and twice in March, when Dad began driving around looking for the best seed corn prices. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

“No! That is not true! They are looking for volunteers. And only a fool would volunteer.” Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looks for a passion and finds it in the study of physics. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Or we could look for relics,” cried his commander, who was quite on fire. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why had he agreed to go to Yankee Stadium, of all places, to look for his mother, who was most likely in Queens hard at work. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“It comes looking for me. Like that virgin I’m telling you about that couldn’t have a baby.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

My days were spent looking for things to steal and ways to entertain myself. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t expecting or looking for a special friend, but Jessica showed up this year all the way from California, and I like her a lot. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“So when she ran scared, you didn’t know where she was. You went looking for her too.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Scouts look for traps, setups, that kind of thing.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I’m looking for him through my goggles, even though I know I won’t find him. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

After the party I didn’t go to my room but to Dr. Roland’s office, where I knew no one would think to look for me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

By the time the early months of 1945 rolled in, everyone was looking for exemptions from duty. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Garrett had figured that out instinctively, because he had gone looking for a bucket. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“If they were looking for you, I put ’em off. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I just looked for you at your house; your mother said you rode off in this direction. I need to talk to you." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

There were things to look for, an unspoken language of movement and form to decipher, passwords to exchange, and glances to decode. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked for the euphonium player and saw a slender black man with his face turned toward the sun, singing through the upturned bells of the horn. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

At one point I even called directory assistance in Baltimore looking for Henrietta’s husband, David Lacks, but he wasn’t listed. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The room is spinning, and I look for a window. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I could look for another branch, but it’s almost dark now. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m looking for a watch. There—something like that.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I fought off the irrational worry that Denna might have wandered into the woods in a delirium, and that I should go look for her. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Just look for the moving target, the center of activity, the part that tells you what’s going on. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa wouldn’t come; he would be looking for work, maybe in Hiroshima. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Pretty soon we’ll all be in Ob’s Valiant, traveling like wise men to Bethlehem, looking for that star in the sky that might point us to May. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

For two days he’d been riding his bicycle throughout the district looking for the boys. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

When the Gule Wamkulu weren’t performing, they traveled the forests and marshes looking for young boys to take back to the graveyards. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

He sounded as though he were looking for something, and after five years didn’t know where to find it. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I walk out on the roof and look for a legitimate way down this time. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“He had a girlfriend, which means he’s probably not looking for a boyfriend. Honestly, neither am I.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

It seems complicated, but it looks like it’s more fun than getting scratched by bushes, looking for a baseball. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mind you, though I say I never go looking for Hailsham, what I find is that sometimes, when I’m driving around, I suddenly think I’ve spotted some bit of it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You need some strength before you go out looking for Dismay. It’s not full light yet!” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Christina smiles, and a second later, so do I. We look for empty seats. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The thin mute, John Singer, nearly always put his hand on his friend’s arm and looked for a second into his face before leaving him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he was home every evening, looking for something to do. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It was the realm of brainiacs and goody-goodies, the last place you’d look for a kid who put a bronze globe through a glass door. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

For an entire evening she had driven herself to different stationery stores in the town, looking for red envelopes that the cards would fit into. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I didn't know exactly what had happened to Mrs. Williams, but I knew that here in Alabama, police dogs and black folks looking for justice had never mixed well. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Today I don’t get a second look for being dressed this way. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

He’s got his hands in the air, looking for the dish from me. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

The wind was whipping the cotton trousers around my legs and I looked for some place where the sand wouldn’t kick into my eyes. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

All they look for now is a good death. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And I knew what he was looking for. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

"My men are searching the hills for an escaped prisoner. I don’t suppose you’re going to tell me where they should look for the two bodies?" Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure what, or who, he’s looking for, but I keep on, trying to make my point. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s by this guy Charles Fort, who spent a lot of his life looking for newspaper articles about unexplained stuff,” Petra said. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at the tires carefully, looking for cuts or stone bruises. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was because it was the time in the month when she could look for a headache anyhow. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I promised that I would always tell Rashidi in which direction I was going, so that he would know where to look for me if I failed to turn up in the evening. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Noah, did you tell Stephanie I was looking for her on Friday?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Using both hands, Bast held it up to him, looking for a moment like a squire offering up a sword to some bright-armored knight. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I look for the perfect spot on the underside of the chest and I carve in big letters on his chest just like Devon did for me: SCOUT. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is not too early to begin looking for trouble. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

So help me, if it's a friend you ran off looking for, it's a friend you found! The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Before I can even look for a way down, a bright light a few hundred yards away catches my eye. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I had no way of knowing if Jasper was looking for me yet. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

There were lots of people like us, looking for a place that would take them in. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Then she picked up the tin and cloth and began looking for the dish she’d brought. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

We wandered through downtown for about half an hour, though I wasn’t sure what Annabeth was looking for. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

When he had his new leg, and painfully knew his condition, he hobbled about for days, looking for the girl. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“He’ll notice I’m gone for sure if the cows break through the fence looking for water.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Went cycling with Amélie and Mitraillette, my first sortie looking for landing fields—three girls on bicycles, you know, having a jolly afternoon out together, what could be more normal? Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I swallowed and looked for a dry spot on my towel. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She set about looking for a piece of wood she could turn into an ekwe. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“You might want to impress that on her. We’ll look for the girl before the year is out.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I poke through the rooms looking for Sheila, the developmentally delayed girl I usually play with. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“You haven’t been at school for a week. You’re in such trouble, Bob Owens. The police came in the other day. They were looking for you.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Friday, June 27 My dear secret Little Book, All week guards have been coming in and out, looking for Hilda. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We worked for days, and I looked for hidden money and valuables wherever I went, but there was nothing. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Still half-grown, they were as large as any wolf he had ever seen, but the differences were easy to spot, if you knew what to look for. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I asked you a question, Fabulous. What? You looking for Kasim or something?” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

"You're not looking for anything. You're digging to build character. It's just if you find anything, the Warden would like to know about it." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Arya was pretty sure.that some of the other men were killers too, the three in the manacles for sure, but the queen wasn't looking for them, so it wasn't the same. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Man, when Sister came by today I had myself all puffed up—just looking for a fight. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He went slowly to look for his nickel, as if he really wasn’t sure that he wanted to see what it was. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But you heard the ranger—they’ve been looking for a way to get him off our island. Sounds like he can’t risk breaking any more laws.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

He lived around 600 B.C. and is said as a boy when looking for a lost sheep to have been overcome by a slumber which lasted for fifty-seven years. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was that all it took to find what you were looking for? The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I wandered around looking for an escape, as there were some cars arriving to pick people up. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Ah,” I said in a politely disinterested tone, looking for my soda again. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She looked for a moment as if she was going to burst into laughter again, but she drew a deep, shuddering breath instead, regaining her composure. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s just a habit. I’ve only seen the sky full of stars when Dad used to take me on road trips through the countryside. I’ve looked for the constellations ever since then.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

In 1994 Michael Heckenberger, of the University of Florida in Gainesville, and James B. Petersen, of the University of Vermont in Burlington, decided to look for potential archaeological sites in the central Amazon. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then he ran outside to look for the Martian attack machines. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

So in May 1916, she started to look for work again. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I couldn't understand what he was looking for. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

They came looking for the source of the music, and the music was coming from me. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

My mother had been looking for love, and instead she’d found T. Ray and the farm, and then me, and I had not been enough for her. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, thanks. Just looking for someone,” he says. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

This time she lingered in the story after she told it, as if she was looking for a different ending. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

If you don’t know where to look for her, you might not see her at all. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I can’t do anything but turn around and around, looking for something, anything he might have left to let me know where he’s gone. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Are you telling me to stop looking for my family?” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I was supposed to match negatives with their prints, just look at the picture and look for the same one on the negative strip, put it in the envelope, and do the next one. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they’d really wanted to know, they might have figured it out easily enough, but the truth was they’d just been glad she was elsewhere, so they’d never bothered to look for her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I, too, craned to see out the portholes, examining the scenery not as a tourist but as a strategist, looking for areas where a guerrilla army might hide itself. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This invitation marked the first time she ever really looked at him—he realized it then, and was to remember that look for many days and nights. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

All things in the woods, from insects to fish to bears, were always, always looking for food—it was the great, single driving influence in nature, lo eat. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told her about them and then I looked for the memory of them, which I still had, and I played it for her. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I flip through the latest issue of Ebony magazine, looking for a hairstyle. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I was in it thick, up to my neck, and I’m still looking for my boyfriend. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was small enough that you wouldn’t notice it if you weren’t looking for it, but Sefia knew it so well she could see it even when she closed her eyes. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

But she isn’t the one I’m looking for. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was just a trick to see if I was dumb enough to look for something that wasn’t there. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

And Papa needed to look for work tomorrow; besides, they did not want to spend extra train fare for him to go to Kobe. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I saw a girl, a filthy, pretty, stupid, weary girl looking up into my face as she talked, smiling timidly, looking for solace. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I flash back to fourth grade, when I changed schools five times in less than four months ’cause we kept moving while Mom and Sam looked for work. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She grabbed the beam tight and kept climbing, looking for the next desk leg or metal beam or cabinet that didn’t shift when she took hold. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Doon said, “He was walking slowly when he went in—as if he was looking for something. And he walked fast when he came out.. “As if he’d found something! The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“So what kinds of fireworks are you looking for?” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You Americans, always peering under people’s beds to look for communism. Do you think we have time to worry about that?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

After I hung up with Ben, I went back online, looking for a list of pseudovisions in Florida. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Probably a big school of mackerel. If I were looking for bait today, that would be great, but we want to nab bigger stuff.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Every test costs money, and in the end, I'm not looking for a cure—just a way to understand what's going on in her head. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Except for mint, she had no idea what she was looking for, but she wanted to show her mother she was trying. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They were just kidding around with her, talking stupid stuff about how they were looking for some cheerleaders. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was exactly the break America had been looking for. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

After supper, they went looking for her; they questioned her playmates. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what he had in mind, but he wasn’t going to get it the way he was looking for it. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The UN Refugee Agency had sent out a bulletin about Mariam, and Habib’s professor and his sons were looking for any news of her in Jalalabad. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“I fled in a hay wagon, disguised as a milkmaid. They never thought to look for me there, and I crossed the border with papers I forged myself in a woodcutter’s hut.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The skeletons had split up to look for us. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“We’re looking for a man with a red beard,” she said. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Hello, sir? We’re looking for a passenger who might be on the next flight from New York.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

They were looking for a way to pass me, and if I had passed the end terms, they moved me on. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Stay here,” he said, “you’ll be safe on the bed. I’m going to look for Ma and Stephen.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“What if her father didn’t die in this so-called tractor accident? Won’t he be looking for her?” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dunno. I’ve got to find out more about what I’m looking for. There must be some Scholars in this world. There must be someone who knows about it.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

While he was looking for a question Doc asked one. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We could look for it too, Pan!” she said. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m looking for some cattle. They belonged to my uncle.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

It had been hard enough trying to look for spiders. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t say it, but she keeps glancing across the Midway, looking for Soheil, I’m assuming. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The first thing the new mother looked for in her baby girl was the navel, which she was relieved to see. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slipped a little on the strings of the unfamiliar instrument, and Ben wandered off looking for notes once or twice, but it was nice. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“And last night he showed up at the party acting like a creepy freak and looking for someone named...what’d he say? Lucera.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He had come to the apartment looking for Frankie and me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

If you were looking for someone to give you an example of misogyny, my family would be the prime illustration. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The setup was ideal—exactly what they had been looking for during the three days it had taken them to hitchhike from California to Nevada and across Nevada and Wyoming into Nebraska. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1906, looking for a place where Harry could make his mark on the world, the young family had left Williamsport, Pennsylvania, headed west, and settled down in Spokane, Washington. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

As I got dressed, I heard farm workers warming their car engines before leaving to look for work picking carrots or thinning lettuce. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

That day, I skipped out on spaghetti and meatballs and went looking for the only other person in school that knew her best. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I called them, but got no answer, so I went to the dining-room to look for them. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Had he come here because he was looking for us? The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“How can you say that? I was just minding my own business, looking for crickets. They wanted to trade a cricket for my cap, and when I said no, they just took it.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was hungry, obviously, and looking for the source of the smell that had drawn him in. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I looked for my shoes and I found them. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of them had fanned out to look for Taylor and the source of the beeping. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The villagers nearer to the remains of the house held buckets, and a few were patrolling near the ash, looking for embers that still needed extinguishing. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Some of the men looked for any chance to leave their close quarters, in spite of the bitter cold. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I know he’s kicking around town, though, still looking for broken folks to save. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He spun the lock a few times, pulled out some envelopes, and then, finding the one he was looking for, put everything back in the safe, and hid it once again. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Every day I look for decided improvement and thus far everyday, I am disappointed.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Honestly, I was a little disappointed myself I went looking for a legend and found a lizard. A fascinating lizard, but a lizard just the same.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I was looking for Pearl. Have you seen her?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

So he's going to start looking for a job and another place to live. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

When we get up to Mr. X’s, we both automatically look for the gum wrapper, which is still stuck in the door. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Either. This place I’m looking for is private.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

On top of that, I was looking for a good excuse to get rid of that dog. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He glanced to me, nodding, looking for approval, and something sank in my gut. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I keep tossing and turning and looking for that comfortable spot, but it’s hiding from me. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

And then I wasn’t looking for Dante anymore, I was looking for my dad and I was yelling for him, “Dad! Dad! Where did you go? Where did you go?” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Stick edged around people to get to the fighting, like a soldier looking for the front line. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He’s got two knuckles stuck up his nostrils looking for a lamb’s tail.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I cant do nothing with him. I just come over here looking for a quarter I lost so I can go to the show tonight. Look like now I aint going to get to go.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

"We were going to look for the beast." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The boy wanted to know what that was, but the alchemist was searching the horizon, looking for the falcon. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Chicago admissions office would not be looking for input from the press office or, for that matter, from a magazine writer. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Davos fought through the press, looking for the other captain, but the man was dead before he reached him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“There you are, Arturo. Your father and I have been looking for you,” she said, and began organizing the papers spread all over the place. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Out on the veranda, he shields his eyes as he looks for us. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“LAdies and GENtlemen. This train is now out of SERvice. Do yourself a FAvor. Get out of here. You will find God if you look for him.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped, took a deep breath, stood still, then turned to look for Tom. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He finds his way to Johannesburg, looking for work, trying to feed his children back home. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

There’s a special kind of principal look for that, and even though she had only been a principal for two months, she had it down. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Reading the paper the runner gave me I said in my mind that I had looked for this, though not so soon. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was looking for a safe space where I could be social but I didn’t want “being social” to involve anything that would compromise my faith. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The trick, he explained, was to look for signs of something pushing up the leaves. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Having decided in advance that I will never use the word decaf, I began looking for a new beverage. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

She ran her hand over the curly hair on his chest, but he kissed her and got up to look for his underwear. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I’ve been looking for an excuse to linger in his room and get him talking without his noticing, and yesterday I got my chance. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

They filed petitions, and the government started looking for ways to shut my dad down. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Seven and I get Sekani after school, and he won’t shut up about the news cameras he saw from his classroom window, because he’s Sekani and he came into this world looking for a camera. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Now she’s looking for a new job as a nurse, and works a lot of overtime to pay off student loans—and because we’re saving up to move out of Lola’s house. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I turn to look for her and spot Tristas cutting through the melee, coming straight for me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He jingled his money in his pocket handkerchief, and looked for something small and inexpensive with which to amuse Daisy. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Wanting to live forced her to drag herself along the dark road, looking for help. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Percy turned in a circle, looking for enemies. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

For four years his force wandered through what are now Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana, looking for gold and wrecking most everything it touched. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Amelia says, “First, let’s see if we can find her full name anywhere. Second, we’ll look for the earliest thing we can find. It looks like she included dates on everything she wrote.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Your hair... it’s darker. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve looked for you in a crowd, or thought I saw you from the back.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Mad that I don’t come looking for him so much anymore. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Its pages are old and worn, some are just about to fall out, some have folded-down corners, but she finds the page she’s looking for and starts reading. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

We walked away from the firepit, over behind the tents, Clarence peering into each one as we passed looking for missed bodies or weapons. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Deeper and deeper into the labyrinth he went, looking for objects he recognized from his one previous trip into the room. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“What makes you so sure that kid, Jinx, is your man? Besides, I thought you were looking for a pair.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I want to know everything about this and I’m about to launch into a series of questions, wondering if he likes animal shows too, when it appears he’s found what he’s been looking for. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“By night, or under cover of mist,” said Adam, “a whole army could creep over hill and through forest without being seen. ’Tis from the north and west that we look for trouble. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

When I went looking for her, I found Miss Maggie coming up the lane from the post office, on her way home. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Cynthia traipsed around the cemetery, looking for giggles, finding none. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Do you think they could be looking for . . . us?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

It looked less and less likely that one of the three men could win, and some delegates began looking for a compromise candidate. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“We can go and look for the cat. All I’m saying is that you don’t understand how the world works.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

They circled the neighborhood of the music venue looking for street parking. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It would take all day to look for Julio, Roosevelt argued. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

It seems to me that he is looking for something specific, and that the something specific is not related to sex, in which case I rather suspect he will not find it here. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

“Not the kind of odds I’m looking for.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Typically, whether or not I found what I was looking for didn’t matter very much. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When I go outside, sometimes I look for helpful people. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Then there was nothing to be done but watch the sun and look for the first star. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He had taken to bed with a bad cold the day I did, so he had missed out on looking for Dismay as well. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s the whole point. People don’t look for you when you’re dead. Old enemies don’t try to settle scores. People don’t come asking you for stories,” he said acidly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Harry, Ron, and Hermione set off down the corridor, looking for an empty compartment, but all were full except for the one at the very end of the train. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She looked for Mom, to see her reaction, but couldn’t find her in the crowded auditorium. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Throw it at the wet sand. Then look for the bubbles.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

He looked for a reaction, instinctively, and at once regretted it. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

There was really no free time at school except recess, and now that there were no races, Jesse and Leslie usually looked for a quiet place on the field, and sat and talked. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Later, the constable looked at it as well, but the man was clearly out of his depth, and was looking because he felt he should rather than because he knew what to look for. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Every few seconds I’d look for cop cars even though we were a long ways from the store and I supposedly didn’t care. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The State has not been looking for a third person, a ringleader for this crime, because I think they recognize that this person doesn't exist.” Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Some time when she was out looking for food she might wander by the spring and see that it was being used and find my steps leading to the cave. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Basta was gone for several days. I thought he must be looking for the two of you," he said. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Then running around the house looking for tweezers to pluck it out. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Once he opened Melquíades' room, looking for the traces of a past from before the war, and he found only rubble, trash, piles of waste accumulated over all the years of abandonment. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The entomologist, whose specialty is insects, is not so qualified by training, and is not psychologically disposed to look for undesirable side effects of his control program. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The newcomers—hungry, cold, sick—dug open burial sites and ransacked homes, looking for underground stashes of food. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Fifi looking for the bananas we sometimes hid under our shirts. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“The man’s a fool. Pawning those things right off like that. With the police looking for him.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Soon enough I would be looking for new pants and the goods would go my way first. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“To look for your inheritance? So you can buy things I can’t buy for you?” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Then he looked for ways for it not to have happened. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

He retrieved the box of pictures, and while looking for that one he found another. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“First the Keepers will prepare for the Hearing Circle, where everybody gets together to look for solutions.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I spent weeks scouring old texts and pictures, looking for the clues I’d missed. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He quietly put the phone back on the receiver and pretended to be looking for breakfast. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It was a subtle thing, but he’d learned to look for it at the tables—the moment a player came awake to the fact that he might have a winning hand. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Wake up, sunshine. Your boss is looking for you.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I study these groups carefully, looking for clues, watching how they interact. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy was frightened of telling his father what had happened, and so he went out into the hills to look for another bird which was exactly the same as the bird which had escaped. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“We re looking for a place to spend the night.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

When she had awoken to the shrill scream of the smoke detector, she ran from room to room looking for him, for Lexie, for Moody. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Of course, if they were looking for David, these uglies were potential runaways. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“And while you’re at work, look for the rock marked with E.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

We do have things like Burger King and McDonald’s, and we even have a Walmart, but if you are looking for much more than that, you’ll just have to keep on driving through. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“What are you going to do while I’m looking for Adiah?” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Stepping to the edge of the rocky overhang, she looked for food. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Then the only thing I could dream about is being on the same corner as the other brothers, looking for something to hook into. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to go look for them, Virginia,” he says, jogging out of the room. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kick a few aside, looking for blackened fireplace rocks or wood that would tell me Alice had camped here. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

If that other fellow doesn’t know his happiness, well, he’d better look for it soon, or he’ll have to deal with me. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

And as long as he'd come this far, he might as well look for Zero. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Like children looking for Easter eggs, we searched for strawberries hidden between the leaves. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

After the hundredth time, I craned my neck to look for Diego. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“You don’t need to look for the king with me.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Dozens of people visited him at his hotel to make suggestions about where he ought to look for Howard. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want you to look for a girlfriend for me.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He is looking for the body of his son. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Then they flew off down the shore to look for food. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sprawled on the floor, standing around in small groups, or sitting on desktops, they were leafing through old newspapers, looking for the editorial pages. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Tyrion Lannister was sitting on the ledge above the door to the Great Hall, looking for all the world like a gargoyle. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She explained that the cooperative had begun to go downhill and that the partners had had to look for higher-paying jobs and that even Mustafa had gone back to his country. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I swiftly tied a string to my hook, put the grub on, and walked up the stream looking for a good place to fish. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he walked he stared straight ahead, up the road toward the store, as if he were looking for something. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He told himself that he wasn’t consciously looking for an excuse to ruin Lydia’s mood. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

If 1 went outside, he’d follow, so I looked for a safe place inside to sit. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

There was only one thing they were looking for. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I was looking for her son. He came here to visit her.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He surfed the Web, looking for articles on Afghanistan and the flood of refugees pouring across the border. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“Cattle thieves is a better name. We had reports that they were riding this morning, and we’ve been looking for them all day. You’re a Loyalist, I take it?” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Fanning turned, looking for the waiter to ask for the check. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

They looked for the “cupping” that told of a sticky track, but they didn’t find it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe they were looking for a weapon of mass destruction, but all I had was a T-shirt, Right Guard deodorant, and a pair of shorts. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“I have no need. My parents are looking for a husband for me.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

By 11:00 I was up and dressed, and, without seeing my grandfather, went looking for Naomi. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I look for the shapes in my face. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Frightful left the penguins and blue-footed boobies to their caves and niches and rounded the island, looking for shelter. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

She looked for the Red Keep, but it was hidden now, walled off from her gaze by the tall timbered buildings to either side. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She turned it around and around, looking for chinks and crevices. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The troops marched by, then broke formation, and began to spread out through the village looking for shelter from the rain. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Boxcar and another inmate went to look for a second car, taking White with them. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I didn’t ask him what he was looking for. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe she was looking for a clue as to why he had been grounded, or how he felt about her returning to Atlanta, or how he felt, period. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I was looking for you, to come share it with you and Aileen. Heard you two were together.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I saw that pipe when I was in the Kuhani’s study looking for Nkrumah’s journal. It was on his desk, but I couldn’t see what was in it.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Still his hands swam frantically between the slippery silks, looking for his cotton shirts and wool pants. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

And who would ever think to look for us there? The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, on his desk, she found what she’d been looking for: the keys to Warren’s car. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“But, darling, how could you be stupid enough to go back to that place? Didn’t you think I’d look for you there?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I pull out my map and look for the nearest star that isn’t Courtney’s. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“Running all around. Getting into trouble. I can’t abide them. So, there’s a party looking for a particular boy?” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

‘He’s a restless soul, always looking for another chance to drive,’ Nico said. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

What was she meant to be looking for? Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I look for Dylan but he’s nowhere to be found. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

When he knew my grandma would never find another man because she was through trusting and would never look for anything else because she didn’t know how. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

But he’d looked for Dorian in his rooms, and he hadn’t been there, and he needed to tell him that things weren’t as they’d seemed when he walked in on them earlier. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I look for the slightest bit of revulsion, but none is there. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The servant looked for food with which to feed her charge, but found none. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

That way, with his fists resting on my collarbones, he looked for a long time straight into my eyes. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘They will look for him from the White Tower,’ he said, ‘but he will not return from mountain or from sea.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“But what if the rescuers are looking for us there and not here? What if. Adina swallowed hard. “What if there’s somebody else on this island with us?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“The scale of optimism to pessimism. Any problem you got, you gotta look for a way to keep it low on the scale.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Count me out. I already know where to find Iran on a map and I have to look for my overnight bag.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I trace patterns on the armrest, looking for the right words. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“No, my lord. I was looking for passage to White Harbor. The king sent me, with a message for its lord.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t see the answer I’m looking for. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“So... you said you were looking for me?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Down below I could hear Hamilton knocking about, lifting boards and looking for leaks. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

But the two faces he was looking for were not among them. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

This was a convergence of interests that blacks had been looking for. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“The police probably stopped looking for you long ago. You could give people a false name. You could grow a beard and shave your head.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tells us about their patterns and to look for ones with a giant dot on each wing. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

She must have found what she was looking for, because her eyes opened suddenly. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was looking for a brightness, a resolve, a triumph over tomorrow that hardly seemed to be there. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

My friend Alex was standing nearby, and I stole a glance in her direction, looking for some guidance on what to expect, but she just shrugged. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He thought of the pigeon flying over the snow-covered land, looking for another window at another bedroom, and he felt bad. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

I climbed down the embankment looking for it, but the hill was too steep and Angelo called me back up to the road. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

On Saturday, Howard was going to help me look for Wishbone, but first I had to go shopping with Bertha. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

When it was a bit lighter he rose and walked out and cut a perimeter about their siwash camp looking for sign but other than their own faint track through the ash he saw nothing. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He remembered that his mother had once made him tramp the streets for two whole months looking for a place to live. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby pored over Buschke’s holdings for hours, looking for that one book, that one magazine, that one luminous game that might lead him to enlightenment. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, the cops would be looking for us. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

But when another fifteen minutes roll by, I decide to go inside and look for her. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Though he cannot take us in, the man feels sorry for us and looks for a family to take us. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And if I’m shivering like this, I’ll never keep quiet in that nursery looking for Lyra. Are you sure we’ll recognize her? Babies are all pretty much the same, en’t they?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

We wondered: Is he looking for the world’s longest The Verse to give Leah on the subject of impudence? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bus was stopped for a brief layover in Fort Lauderdale, and the officers were “working the bus,” looking for persons who might be carrying drugs. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

For the sound of traditional Western folk music, look for collections of folk music from England or Australia, sea shanties, or American cowboy songs. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Milkman remembered then, going to look for Reverend Cooper, looking all over for him. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy used the few seconds to look for some obvious sign of betrayal, like it would show up as a red mark on June’s forehead or arm or something. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I’m not even sure I understand the questions, much less where to begin looking for the answers. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The draccus bounded off the bed of coals, looking for all the world like a frisking puppy. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

On the far turn he reached Seabiscuit’s heels and began looking for a way around him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, Connor,” she said, “first impressions—especially when everyone is watching and waiting, looking for signs—are hard to overcome.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the only place where she could find what she was looking for: misery and the ability to feel deep sorrow. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“He was throwing it up and catching it as he went along, and then he dropped it. He looked for it a bit, and then it started raining and he left.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

A group of soldiers came in looking for shelter and striking matches, just as he and Nettle had. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

What else might we look for in the data to establish an abortion-crime link? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

It was still the first thing she looked for whenever she gazed into a fire. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He attacked the table with drawers that was setting next to the fireplace, which, in my mind, if he was really looking for clues, was the first place he should’ve looked. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Nhamo looked for a way into the grassland so she could peer more closely into the windows, which were open but covered by a fretwork of iron. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am looking for the right words, the best way to start. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

A Marine recruiter was coming to Fort Defiance looking for Indian volunteers. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She made a grim face, realizing that this time she was actually going out looking for Special Circumstances. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I reached behind me, looking for the pick, when he took off. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The FBI was looking for a man named Daniel Ellsberg, the announcer explained, hoping he could help with their investigation of the Pentagon Papers leak. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Granddaddy used to say, look for the bright spots. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

If the sluggers were looking for someone to save the world, they chose the wrong guy. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She looked for anything she might use to prop it open, and had to settle for tearing off a piece from the bottom of her prison trousers and stuffing it in the lock. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“I started looking for your notebook,” the girl said when Hugo appeared. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

He was more interested in busting things up than looking for clues. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

I suppose it didn’t really matter, but I always looked for the spot that looked like it had the most empty space between the rocks. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat on the bus until everyone had reboarded it; the soldiers didn’t come looking for me. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“I say to him go talk with Etta Heine, she is moved into Amity Harbor. I tell him where he can look for her, she is the person to talk to. ” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Odd,” the doctor went on, “and just the kind of thing we’re looking for. Make a note of it, my dear, and try to describe it exactly.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Their decisive movements showed they knew exactly where to go and what they were looking for. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I’d been thinking a lot about Mom, and I had about a million half questions swirling in my head about her, but that wasn’t what he was looking for. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He looks for Gerhard and Hans, but he doesn't see them. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

As he watched, a crayfish, looking like a tiny lobster, left one of the empty clam shells and went to another looking for something to eat, digging with its claws. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maddie waited and waited on the edge of the simmering crowd, looking for a gap. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“Is someone in there? I’m eight years old and I’m looking for my grandma because I need her desperately.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

As I lay there in the strange house, I felt like a newly caged animal that rushes about looking for the open door that isn’t there. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

In any case, though I could pass for a Gethenian when no one expected anything else, I was not disguisable to an eye looking for me. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“That way you could look for old exits that might still exist behind new walls.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

We go from bar to bar looking for Dad. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“If the Erudite were running the train, they would have taken it to the Amity compound to look for us,” Tobias says. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe that applied to the unseen things Pet was talking about: maybe they were seeing her even when she wasn’t looking for them. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I wanted to call Phoebe and say that maybe her mother had gone looking for something, maybe her mother was unhappy, maybe there was nothing Phoebe could do about it. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t looking for a big fight with Philip Barnes—never had been. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

But he didn’t know what to look for, nor how they grew. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Simmon gave me a frank stare, “She came looking for you. She obviously wants something.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I’m looking for something subtle, along the lines of a long-haired man turning water into wine and holding a placard proclaiming himself to be Jesus Christ, Our Lord and Savior. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“My father was a great hunter. He taught me much. If Nusan asks where I am, tell her you saw me walking out on the ice. She won’t look for me long after that.” Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The torch picked out what Dad was looking for. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think maybe I should go looking for him one day. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think I'll go to those houses across the highway and look for her. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

As she was looking for a place to hide, two German shoulders came running toward her with machine guns. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He looked down at his feet and saw that there were some fish in his fish pen looking for the tiny bits of bait still left from before the wind came. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wash would know to look for her when he came. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“He did come here a couple of times. A nice man. Very polite. I knew he didn’t come from around here. He was looking for a book...” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The NPC guards must have busted in and searched this area while I was still inside the gate, because they no longer appeared to be looking for me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

That we wouldn’t find what we were looking for—the truth about Marcus’s innocence. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Birds and squirrels mainly, but also rotten cats and dogs—pets that had wandered into the park looking for shelter when there was none left anywhere in Manhattan. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Nick scans through the list of acts, and I know he's looking for Abby. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“That I can well believe. We are looking for my son who is named Murugan, and he works with one Birla, who is a doctor.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

All she knew was that she had to get out of the house and start looking for Robbie. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t look for my mom or find out how my dad died,” Tagoe says. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Instead of opening the door into rest rooms, they looked for alleys. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m looking for the best ladies’ hand cream you got.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was hurrying along, looking for a shallow riffle so I could wade across, when the voices of my dogs stopped. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Redemption’s eyes darted away, back and forth, sliding like he was looking for somewhere else to be. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Everyone was there, except Willie, who was looking for work in Milwaukee, and Nicholas, who was in the public library reading up on contracts and music royalties to get a record deal. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Her transcripts were full of the advanced placement courses that admissions committees look for. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I shouldn’t have to come inside looking for you, Isaiah,”Mama says loudly. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“Sit,” the woman named Annabella said to Kira, ignoring Matt and Branch, who was busily sniffing the garden, looking for the right place to lift his stubby leg. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Recalling his previous work, he began looking for more, driving around ranches, cadging rides in private planes. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He finally found what he was looking for, holding up a pair of shoes similar to the pair I wore. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

If he was looking for trouble, he got it. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

"Midnight," she said with her head in the refrigerator, looking for the small carton of half and half. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I look for my mother and Prim, but it’s impossible to see anyone but those immediately around me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I took a deep breath to calm myself and walked to the road, craning my neck to look for her bus. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Just then a stable hand came out of a stall pushing a handcart, and when he saw her he called out, “Are you looking for someone?” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the day, the boy went looking for the alchemist, who had taken his falcon out into the desert. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Boomer and I are sprinting around, looking for another way in. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I acted more interested in looking for the remote, so I could switch on the television. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

By habit, Dedd swept her eyes across the room looking for the boys. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Down!” he told them as they tried to climb him, looking for food. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

She turned around and seemed to be looking for a way out. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“You’re like the man who lost his camel and is looking for the rope,” she said. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I was no longer looking for clues in the poem so much as I was looking for Margo herself. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I had wanted to scour every inch of the bus, looking for something—anything—that might be familiar. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I carried the design to Miss Riley, looking for even more approval. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’d have to turn around and look for the fork in the road again. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I jerk my head from side to side, looking for the pod, before I turn and see the squad of Peacekeepers pounding down the Transfer toward us. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t seem freaked out by the fact that I look for birds to pick me up and take me away. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I looked for Neil once I was back outside, but he was long gone. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Baba found a job off Washington Boulevard as an assistant at a gas station owned by an Afghan acquaintance—he’d started looking for work the same week we arrived. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Erlan handed me the tweezers, and I looked for the best bone to remove. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, I looked for signs of the disease’s progression. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

After we left the teashop, you and I wandered along, looking for a place to make your necklaces. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m looking for the postcards Ma used to send us.” Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“That isn’t the answer I’m looking for. You’d get naught for that in an essay,” and I dig the gun in a little harder. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

We looked for treasures among the discarded stoves and refrigerators, the broken furniture and stacks of bald tires. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They trudged up the beach with their baggage looking for shelter but they found none. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

"Mycah and I are going to ride upstream and look for rubies at the ford." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And when I got to the gate a man said to me, “I think someone’s looking for you, sonny.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love, If you want me again look for me under your bootsoles. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Before we disappeared behind the hills, I turned and looked for what I imagined was the last time at my village. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No point? There is no point in looking for my sister’s body?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Not a cent. I have no job. I just applied for a permit to look for a job yesterday.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tristran read it to himself, looking for something about which he could begin to talk: a conversational gambit of some kind—any kind. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

As I stared out, I looked for birds. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I fiddled with the tiller handle, looking for a way to end the conversation. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stuck it into the wooden ceiling to steady himself as they halted to look for the next loft door. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“But twenty-five? Are you looking for big stones or unusual piles of stones, or are you marking any old stone you see?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

At last he discovered what he was looking for: a big piece of liverwurst he had found earlier that evening. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

And we crawled through the crypt so the Germans would not see us through the windows, because they were looking for us still. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“But if I don’t go inside, I don’t know where else to look for clues about what really happened here.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Obediently as always Psyche went forth to look for the road to Hades. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The drinking glasses I’ve been looking for all week are there. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The nearby Check In Check Out deli had just been looted, and the police were looking for anyone who might have benefited. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

They were too busy looking for an omen. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She climbed over the small boulders at the bottom of the pile before she looked for James. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She found what she was looking for—the keys to the large, locked suitcase on the floor, with its airline stickers and baggage tags. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What on earth's this?'' asked Elinor, when she had read it, frowning. “You were planning to go and look for your father? Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

They are yet looking for a land whose tasks can call forth their deepest and best. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I was looking for money,” I tell him, “to take Mister Lochana’s speedboat.” Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I climbed the stairs, and went directly to the officer at the information booth and said I was looking for my parents. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Filch has been looking for someone to clear out these old files,” said Snape softly. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He peered at the table so closely that his nose nearly touched the surface, but whatever he was looking for, he didn’t find it. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

As I hurried by, I looked for the half-starved child who had stood there watching me eat. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Probably Jamison was looking for her even now, to tell her of the old woman’s death. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt like someone—something—was looking for me right now, maybe pounding its way up the stairs, growing long, horrible talons. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“We turned the house upside down looking for you,” Rosa yelled. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He says we have been sent by God for more noble purposes: to bring the good news of Christ to the Virginia natives, and to look for survivors from the Roanoke colony. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The turkey feather and how Frank asked about fishing, and didn’t ask about going to the cabin to look for sandhill cranes. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It’s people who walk along the beach looking for things of value that might have washed up. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“She said she was looking for her patron,” Wilem pointed out. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I got up and said, “They don’t have to look for me anymore. I’m going home.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes went to the street again, looking for an-other girl to enjoy. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

At Port Authority I wandered past the tie shops and fast-food stalls, looking for the ticket booths. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“That means his parents are looking for him.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Ah,” Zooey said, and came closer to the couch, apparently looking for trouble. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

They would have to be loyal to El Patron, or he would dump them into the arms of whatever police were looking for them. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three times during the day I looked for a message from Hamlet, an invitation to join them, but I was disappointed. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“I’m not looking for a superstar. I’m looking for players who are willing to learn.” Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I crane my neck to look for its friendly turret— but it isn’t there. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I looked for a red blinking light that would tell me if it was recording. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I look for old- model vans painted in matte, their tires always bald. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked for her, or Mother or anyone, but only saw other mothers running into the water with small, sobbing children, trying to splash and rub their arms and legs and faces clean of ants. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So you think this is the time to go looking for him?” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I looked for an open door, a light. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I feel his presence, Otis. He's looking for a murderer, Violet's murderer." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whoever she was looking for—friend, brother, sister, parent, or child—wasn’t here. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Then she put the snow globe back on the mantelpiece, and carried on looking for her true parents and for a way out. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Maybe R.C. was so miserable himself that he was always looking for somebody or something he could make worse off than he was. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

He was looking for the most hurtful way to tell the truth, but of course I already knew the truth. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Tayo rode the mare slowly along the fence, looking for a place that could be easily located, even at night. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then Amelia shouts, “We were looking for your Popsicle molds, Mrs. Green. Do you know where they are?” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I open my mouth and say, “I’m wondering, sir . . . I’m looking for a grave.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

We looked for word of our own guys, of the squad, but it was as if we weren’t even there. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She believed them and now is looking for fairy tales.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Large residues of DDT and other hydrocarbons have been found whenever looked for in the eggs of birds subjected to these chemicals, either experimentally or in the wild. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

All the while he was running through the streets in bad weather I thought he was looking for her, not Wild’s chamber of gold. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Silly to look for a girl he only met once under extremely strange circumstances several years ago. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Unfortunately our present leadership won’t authorize a quest to look for them—” “Because Reyna isn’t stupid,” Hazel said. “—so we have only a few remaining scraps from the books,” Octavian continued. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

A large part of every day Johnny spent doing what he called ‘looking for work.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Upon arrival, one look was all they needed to see that the Black Belt was not set up to offer them what they were looking for. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Dustfinger glanced suspiciously around without knowing quite what he was looking for. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

But I didn’t have the time or the energy to look for a new coach in the midst of the greatest moment of my athletic career. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

For a moment, we turned towards the street, looking for the others. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind the seniors, I spotted Stephanie and Noah holding their trays, looking for a place to sit because their usual spot was taken by freshmen. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Finch seems to catch whatever he’s looking for. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She holds them up to her eyes and looks for a bit, then hands ’em to me. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

When he first got the job with Kate, Joe looked for the weaknesses on which he lived—vanity, voluptuousness, anxiety or conscience, greed, hysteria. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The day I wandered into the coal shed looking for trouble I had the drum on my hip and two little dowels for drumsticks. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“This is a kid. We was looking for him all afternoon and the other kids said the Gobblers got him.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

After a bunch of walking and me pretending to look for a flower that I really, really liked, Lovey stopped. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

When Esteban Trueba went out to look for her, it was already late in the afternoon and the air was crisp. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I waited for Katz for three-quarters of an hour, then went looking for him. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“She didn’t want anyone coming to look for me or treating me like a leper, whether I was one or not.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The Lannister lord was strong- looking for an old man, with stiff golden whiskers and a bald head. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I turned a few more pages, looking for more old celebrity news, and stopped at a small headline: Nation Horrified by Murder. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“Or looking for the name of the wind.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I’ve also looked for old people who could be my gurus. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wasn’t looking for them! They said hi, I said hi—it was a one-minute conversation! I don’t even know them!” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

My eyes search the crowd for a few seconds before I realize what I’m looking for? Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

And then I decided that I would look for Toby because there were only 3 people in the little station. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Why are you looking for the Slip Kid?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

When she didn’t show up, would he come looking for her? Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

"I'm going up the mountain to look for the beast now." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

This guy named Hoffman has kidnapped Alicia and locked her away in a tower, and I'm going nuts looking for a way inside. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked for ruts and cracks but found only a pile of warm dung deposited by one of the horses. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I could get identities for the police, learn who to go after for damages, and maybe even find out what their relative had been looking for. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

They’d take them from the ghetto, not look for them among the people in the streets. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I didn't want to make a fuss about it, so I just walked away and went looking for another girl to talk to. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Mabel turned around, looking for an answer from someone else, but to no avail. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Time to suit up and look for the trailer. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, you know...looking for a convict ball,” I say. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t bother looking for it in the dumpsters either,” Mom said with this real gloating smirk. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I flipped through the pages of The Complete Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Midweot Migration, looking for something special. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

It took two hours, walking from place to place, but eventually she found what she was looking for. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

And the longer they looked for these kids the more he wondered if maybe the backpack had been black or green. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

They shouted in dismay and shock and looked for the old man. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I found a girl who wasn't the girl I was looking for. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

A few days after his death, his two sisters decided to go to the forest and look for food by themselves. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But of course, because my dad was always looking for a bargain, Cleveland Avenue wasn’t where we went. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I yelled up to Joey, “Stop gunning it. I’m going to look for something to wedge under the wheels.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I was actually looking for you. Isn’t this your dog?” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

At least I was beginning to see this, and to look for a new way to be. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning, I take Helena with me and go out looking for work. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

"Mother's looking for me by now. Please tell them it's time for me to go home." March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The way those bees flew, not even looking for a flower, just flying for the feel of the wind, split my heart down its seam. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of the team was trying to hide their laughter as Simpson got up, wiping his nose and looking for blood. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I am looking for the traces of that oblivion, the bafflement of that waking. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He had been wondering where I cooked—no doubt looking for signs of smoke or fire. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Could it be that they had gone to look for me? Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually he stopped with all pretense of auditioning or looking for a job. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Dogs have a nose for home. You won’t know where to look for him in the dark, Comfort, but he’ll know how to stay safe. He’ll be back in the morning; you wait and see.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

While Katie was thinking about looking for another place, something else happened and they had to move right away. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Get out of here, jocko,” Bull roared, then turning to the black woman he said, “You looking for a little money, ma’am?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tats comes looking for me, but I’m pretending to take a shower, so she leaves after trying to talk over the waterfall. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I know TaShon protects dogs, and he trusts me enough to share Spot, and he, somehow, knew that it mattered to me that Ginia came looking for me. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m not sure. I’m almost certain they’d come looking for him.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Aimee looks for me in the audience, and when she finally sees me, she waves wildly. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

It would be easy to see, resting on the bottom of the tank, but only if someone came looking for it. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

No one saw Mr. Guareschi leave, still looking for a small country to be dictator of. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Right, Daddy. A slice. So the circle goes looking for his piece. He finds a lot of wrong pieces. Then he finds the right piece. But then he leaves it behind. Then it ends.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Finally, Miguel finished his thesis, graduated, and began to look for work. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I could have let you go with Jessica and Angela, but I was afraid if you left me alone, I would go looking for them,” he admitted in a whisper. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Watchers on the cliff began to look for the red sails and a meeting was held to plan what to do if the Aleuts came. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once when Jack attended an event for Holocaust survivors, he was told someone was looking for him. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You go out every day,” said de la O. “You were on assignment. You are out there looking for Chuckie—the VC.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Some people cried, while others were desperately looking for their ticket stubs. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

This he did and, certain that he could retrace his steps whenever he chose, he walked boldly into the maze looking for the Minotaur. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I am hurried on, I turn to look for my father. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I never had very much money, and after a day or two looking for transport, I always ran out. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Goat agreed to Leopard’s request, and she went off to the other side of the river to look for a fine new dress for her friend Leopard. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

I waited all that day for him until almost dusk and then I went out to look for him. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

We looked for eyes creased with concern, but saw only veils. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It did look, well, as if he was after you. What would a detective want with you? Is someone looking for you?’ The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting in the empty classroom after school one day, Molly stares at that face for a long time, looking for answers to questions she doesn’t know how to ask. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

If I told him, would he realize I’m looking for my mom? Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I take the chance to jump back into the dark, looking for Manchee. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He stood up, and Dumbledore did the same, and they looked for a long moment into each other’s faces. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Guess the Lord didn’t want this one to fly,” Reverend Richard said while I turned a piece of jagged steel over and over in my hands, looking for some clue as to what had happened. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

‘That missing kid. The one on the news. Is that who you’re looking for?’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could not go on looking for work. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father is out looking for a job and my mother is at the hospital with Malachy. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Ms. Udell held a stern look for a moment before breaking into a grin. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I forget all about looking for cans and bottles. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been in the cave a thousand times before when we played there, and now he ran around it sniffing everything, looking for David. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Richard read the next issue of Lagos Life, and when he saw her photo he searched her expression, looking for what he did not know. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“What are you looking for?” her husband asked. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He is looking for an adjunct position, teaching German part-time. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The scientists were looking for ways to strip the kids’ abilities—“rehabilitate” them—but they had mostly just stripped their will to live. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The owls flew through the hayloft, shrieking and looking for mice. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Unless things are altogether changed, eyes that know what to look for may discover the signs.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

When Tzara mentioned it to him this morning, he had gone himself to examine the surface, looking for any hint that Thyon had been successful. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She was out there looking for flowers, but it was too early—too wintry. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I pushed myself over on my stomach and looked for my rifle. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He'd walk around me, staring, acting all puzzled, till Tariq or someone would ask him what he was doing, and he'd say he was looking for the strings that were holding me down. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

O'BRIEN Do people in jail look for stories to report to the police? Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And though I do believe you’re just a man out looking for his son, the law’s the law.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Do you think Nathan’s father will look for us near Savannah?” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

"We need two orange juices," I said, thumbing through the juices like I was looking for a shirt in the coldest closet ever. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

One bandit splits open waistbands, collars, and cuffs looking for hidden money. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

For those looking for a good time, the State Street “Stroll,” between Twenty-Sixth and Thirty-Ninth Streets, offered a lively place to listen to the jazz greats and exchange the latest gossip. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Hurry up,” she said, turning her head to look for Theodora. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

She appeared to be looking for someone, and the whole lunchroom had become very uncomfortable. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I crowd into Cradle’s office and look for my keys—four separate rings of the big, heavy “bit” keys, which work cell doors, with center-gate, end-gate, and fire-alarm keys thrown on for good measure. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

How could they possibly look for fingerprints when they were so rushed? From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch the rabbit as it hops along the undergrowth, looking for food. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I wandered up and down the cotton rows looking for arrowheads or lost tools or anything I could find in the furrows. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I say, “I knew it! Wasn’t even looking for it. But then there it was.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“I went looking for a bucket—you know, to drain the gas into—but I got lost. They found me.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

And her joy would become a restless thing, flapping its wings inside her, as though looking for an opening to fly away. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“This here young lady was just looking for him,” she heard the landlady say. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He looked for a second like he might turn me over to June, but he left, banging the front door behind him. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stays for two days with the parents of a friend from his Paris days and looks for work. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“I know we’re not sure about the dragon’s pearl....Do you think maybe that’s the stone the emperor is looking for?” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“When I was looking for you,” explained Theresa. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

While he was looking for one miracle, maybe another had snuck up on him. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He's like a little boy looking for guidance or advice. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She had been stacking pillows and blankets as they cleared the gym floor for the blood drive, right around the time Ivy had been looking for her notebook. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Bryce said, “You got to look for falling stars. Them are the ones with magic.” The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Francis looked for numbers on the mailboxes, nosing into one false trail after another and backing out again, cursing, grinding the gears. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Literally looking for new worlds to conquer, De Soto returned to Spain soon after his exploits in Peru. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Another bad move is to go climbing a tall metal ladder in the middle of a thunderstorm when lightning is looking for just two kinds of things to strike: tall things and metal things. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I had long since learned to look for the easiest way of pursuing a task. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He's just a lame looking for a name. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jacksons don’t cry, especially not in community centers with eyes full of pity and news cameras looking for pitiful moments. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

But no doubt Mrs. Coulter would help her look for him, and she was bound to have powerful friends who could get him back from wherever he’d disappeared to. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

During the rain, I’m guessing he looked for a dry place to hide. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

And unless a horseman was actively looking for the sponge, it could go undetected for weeks. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Howard returned to Clovis in the summer of 1933 and systematically surveyed Blackwater Draw, looking for areas in which, like Folsom, human artifacts and extinct species were mixed together. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“But if you’re looking for clues to what they meant when they wrote certain parts of the Constitution it helps to know what the arguments were leading up to the writing.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to say, No thanks, wrong door, just looking for the bathroom. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

In those days Mr. Sherlock Holmes was still living in Baker Street and the Bastables were looking for treasure in the Lewisham Road. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

In 1969, a Hopkins researcher used blood samples from more than 7,000 neighborhood children —most of them from poor black families—to look for a genetic predisposition to criminal behavior. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Mrs. Diamant has been looking for a girl. Just a few blocks away.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I wasn’t looking for a compliment. Sorry. I’m curious what he’s up to now. Doubt I’d recognize him since he had so much blood on his face.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Once I listened to him give a talk on HIV to a class at the Harvard School of Public Health, and he mentioned the Haitian phrase “looking for life, destroying life.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The tight way Brick is pacing—I have that same tightness inside me, looking for a way to get out. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, the shah and his family, now in exile, were desperately looking for a country to take them in. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

She scanned the captives, looking for Shay and David. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

All this time she’d been looking for an apartment, testing the water pressure, asking a Realtor if heat and hot water were included in the rent. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I let him know I’m looking for a slave. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. God, I hope he doesn’t go looking for it tonight. Although, really, he could never suspect anything. Why would someone steal a Breathalyzer?” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

We usually look for our names on the local school sport report, but this swastika business is getting bigger than everything right now. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I exhale, shove all that out the door of my mind with a swift kick, take a deep breath of the wet pulsing air, and start looking for Guillermo Garcia’s studio. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Look here, Uncle Andrew,” said Digory, “it really is dinner time and they’ll be looking for us in a moment. You must let is out.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Joe on the floor next to Mama’s bed, right next to the cigarette lighter that she had been looking for this morning. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had to look for Mo’s trail among the printed letters in Inkheart. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

For the next few days, when it did not rain, Papa, Mama, and Roberto left the cabin early in the morning to look for work. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

They were there all along, but I hadn't seen them be­cause I wasn't looking for them. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

In fact bursts of gamma rays from space have been detected by satellites originally constructed to look for violations of the Test Ban Treaty. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The time was past for asking the white folks what to look for through that door. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

We walked one way down Wakeling looking for Rookery until it dead-ended at a large open sewer which Enoch said was the River Fleet, then turned and came back the other way. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He wrote, I am looking for an acceptable compromise. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Guitar was looking for him, was following him, and for professional reasons. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the light of his lantern, Pinmei could see he had been looking for an indentation in the wall that was like a...handle? When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Langston Hughes will be looking for a new librarian, too. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

They were dribbling too much and not looking for the open man. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I found this peculiar and demoralizing, and I realized I had to look for another opportunity to be heard. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe Bastian exacts some final vendetta; maybe Frederick goes looking for his only way out. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Just like those losers in Cluck Bucket—looking for a target, somebody to mess with. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I looked for evidence she had been there: footprints or something written in the dirt or some memento. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I watched them, nevertheless, looking for evidence of those elastic, sturdy strands that bind generations in a web of inheritance. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a guide who’d taught them how to spot poison ivy and look for water and find shelter, and Hazel had been too busy dreaming of centaurs to pay attention. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I overturn my hamper and riffle through dirty clothes and sheets, looking for the pants I wore four days ago. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“She’s gone down to the beach. Her people are here, looking for her. A whole clipper ship of them showed up an hour ago.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

She stared at the top of the house, looking for flames. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Have you been looking for something, by any chance?” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

While hunched over the magazine, looking for more letters to cut out, a pair of leather-sandaled feet suddenly appeared. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“You told me you were not going to tear the house apart looking for your meds,” she said. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

His soul overflowed with ardent affections, and his friendship was of that devoted and wondrous nature that the worldly-minded teach us to look for only in the imagination. Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the Nazis came looking for Jews to deport, all the people who lived on the streets found places to hide. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I look for more signs from Ren as he moves around the dorms. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Despereaux looked for a long moment into Mig’s small, concerned eyes and then there came a blinding flash and the sound of metal moving through air as Mig brought the kitchen knife down, down, down. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, you know how Mom complains about the way Daddy looks for stuff? Like in the kitchen cabinet—he never moves anything, never looks behind the cans and jars and boxes of pasta.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He was looking for his father, hoping to spot him in the crowd, making his way home. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“She could be anywhere. Have you even looked for her?” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

His eyes were glued to the bottom level of the building’s east wing, which was where the third grade classroom had been, which was where Wash was looking for Cari. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The seijeants were looking for fresh meat to fill their ranks before they sailed for Slaver’s Bay. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I was familiar with its dimensions, so at Qunu I would not have to wander in the night looking for the kitchen. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ultimately found what she was looking for—and more still—in the Communist Party of the United States of America, the CPUSA. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Theseus was looking for the ghost, but apparently couldn’t see him. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Of course you are. And I’ll walk down the beach a little ways, look for mama some more there. Okay?” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She rounded a stand of trees, looking for Ivan by the river while she took bites out of the egg. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Wilkins, Sprat and Locke are looking for a quite different sort of person, one who exemplifies CUDOS. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I swept the cone of light around, looking for anything remotely creepy, relaxing a bit each time something strange became familiar. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Gat catches me in the kitchen, looking for food. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“You should probably leave before anyone else sees you,” the girl says, glancing over her shoulder, but Bailey cannot tell what she is looking for. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

That night when Gus got home, the three of us drove around looking for Wishbone. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The first time Mama ran away with him, her brothers came looking for her, brought her back to the family farm, and locked her in a second-story room. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another, which Rontu had chewed off, lay wriggling at the edge of the water, as if it were looking for something to fasten on to. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The person had specifically said they were looking for a book with three stories, and Mr. Griswold’s had only one. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The prosecution claimed it was the “calling card” they were looking for to prove Wes was there. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“Remember what Vern said? Your mom was looking for a range of different ages. A healthy community has young sharks, middle-aged sharks, and old sharks.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Mack and the boys went up and looked for a moment and then went back to the Palace. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once she was off the plantation, she took to the woods, not following the North Star, not even looking for it, going instead toward Bucktown. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were looking for the edge between the snow and bare ground. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes we talk in French class. How come you don’t want to look for one?” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m looking for my aunt. I could have sworn they told me Room One-oh-two, but there’s a colored woman in there.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carla figured the driver was looking for an address, just as Papi drove slowly and got honked at when he was reading the signs of shops before stopping at a particular one. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I had no time to go look for him, since the attack was sudden, but instead had to run into the bush alone. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

It reminds me of playing in the garden as a child, looking for frogs by the pond with Ben. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they were united in looking for a new chance. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Men and boys, looking for a place to sleep, prowled all night. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I look for the name again even though I know it. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She finds the record she’s looking for, slides it out of the sleeve. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I do hope she finds it!” said Jane, thinking of the Red Cow roaming through the world looking for a star to stick on her horn. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Wolves walking down the mountains, into the dry thinning scalp of the middle of Iran, would be looking for juicy sheep. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

But he was surprised to find himself looking for it there, of all places, and to find the same order at work in the great and the little. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Moo—oo, ” she said, looking for all the world like another May Belle with her big, brown droopy eyes. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

She looked for signs in her husband’s eyes of the love that he used to show for her, but all she saw was the pride that he felt on being the father of children. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Ever since the first intruder drill, Bridge had looked for him—in the halls, the school lobby, the cafeteria. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Well, I don’t know what they are, but apparently he and his daughter go on holiday looking for them.…” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

At dessert, Lucas said he thought it was about time he should be looking for work. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I pretend to look for a box of frozen pastry shells in case it’s Juan. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

The men immediately set out looking for a suitable tree to build a canoe. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“And that was the end of it. The guy came up there looking for a fight, and he found one. The guy didn’t even belong up there.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She showed Amari how to walk with a limp and look with a vacant, stupid stare to make sure the soldiers would pass her by when they looked for women to come to their rooms. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said, “Afterward I still intend to look for Roy Baty. I still need you to be there. I know that laser tube you have in your purse is—” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

She rushed out of the flat to look for her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead she tears through a shopping bag of photographs looking for a snapshot of her daughter, but all she finds is a walletsized school picture of Pilar in third grade. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is the break the assassin is looking for. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

We prowl around among the trees, looking for bones, for hummocks in the earth that could mark diggings, the outlines of buildings, turning over logs and rocks to see what’s underneath them. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The puppy lay down, and Miyax got on all fours and looked for the nearest pup to speak to. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The second he popped up on his feet, the rest of them would pull back and start looking for the next one. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry. I’m just looking for a teacher’s office.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

At that moment, Timmy, who had slipped out to the slave quarters again to look for his missing charm bracelet and, he hoped, more games with the chains, appeared in the living room. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moment I arrived in Isiolo I would start looking for a ride. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Stella, where will she look for you first?” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Huygens was still looking for explanations; Newton had left the world of explanation and entered a new world, the world of theory. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

They were looking for an apartment, and after a long search, my father found one in a London suburb. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

After a long time, his teacher came looking for him. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

A pretty young lady, looking for business, was drinking a highball in the second booth. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

They reached Claiborne in a few minutes and immediately saw what they were looking for: a fan boat. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Meggie had seen it when she was looking for him yesterday. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I had bad dreams. I can’t sleep. I want to go look for Dismay now, Daddy. I brought my flashlight.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

One fat lordling haunted the kitchens, Hot Pie told her, always looking for a morsel. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

My friend said that he knew I had been looking for summer employment. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I don’t move a muscle and look for the shiny black dot. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was in the closet, where he was looking for the overnight bag that his mother had bought for him for a disastrous one-day stay at a boys’ camp when he was eleven. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

You go carefully through the book and look for an I and underline it. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She paddled vigorously, looking for signs of people in the early-morning light. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I peered through the crowd of passengers, looking for the emergency brake, but there was none. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I ran to the edge and looked for him, but all I saw was a muddy stain in the river far below. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Their chance to look for the camera came sooner than Jess expected. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think it’s helpful to get caught up with words, Mrs. Flanagan. We’re looking for a way to help your daughter. Let’s not let words come between us.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

That evening after my last class, I went to the school library and looked for Rav Gershenson’s name in the Hebrew and English catalogues. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She looks around the parade grounds, then starts walking back to the road like I’m not the person she’s looking for. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

General Gage had sent out spies, dressed as Yankee men looking for work. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I knew you’d be looking for more bodies. I will confess, I didn’t expect to help make one.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

That afternoon, I looked for Maxie in the yard when I came out of school. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Maybe her face is blurry because she's doing exactly what I like to think I would be doing: looking for an escape route rather than following the rules. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I walked through the clusters of people, trying to help where I could while also looking for supplies. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

When Branwell and I were little, we used to stand on the bridge over the gorge and look for lovers on the path to the bottom. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m off first thing in the morning to look for a job. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tonight, I ran through the same woods looking for safety, but in the other direction. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

At the end of the afternoon, Clara would often look for him to give him a cup of tea. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They have heard stories of bands of young men who will look for them to beat up or murder. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow that fills me with more anxiety than the idea of Peacekeepers looking for housing. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I look for the pat of butter, in the toe of my right shoe, where I hid it after dinner. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry left to look for them, wondering where they could have got to and feeling slightly hurt that they weren’t interested in whether he had his bones back or not. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s very sad, yes. He’s been looking for a bride the last few years but hasn’t found anyone suitable.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He could figure out what people who went into this looking for careers as comic book artists actually did. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He headed along it, looking for the trash can where he was supposed to drop the briefcase. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I remember that the police were always dropping by our house, shoving things around, “just checking” or “looking for a gun.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two njuzu girls were weaving around the thorn barrier, looking for a way up. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I find the gaps I’m looking for and return the titles to their rightful places. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m stuck here. With you people. Doing stupid things like looking for library books under old people’s beds.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

They were to look for an island beyond the Eastern Ocean, beyond the impassable wind and mist. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was looking for the perfect pillbox hat for church, as well. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I was confusedly looking for a bus to the capital when I bumped into a passerby. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

But he shook Bags’s hand and said, “I’ll be looking for you out there,” and then he said, “Sorry, Ryan Dean, Coach is just being careful,” and he tapped the bandage on my head. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Bueno, look for the number four on the box, and that will be the house you want.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

By the time I made my way to the bow to look for him, he was gone. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

It was inevitable that some people would just look for an opportunity to ditch class, but he supposed it didn’t really matter in the long run. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Might be the finest woman I ever seen, and she might be looking for a smooth brother like me, with clean shoes. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure how long it was before I thought to look for Ambrose. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“And then when I saw the other one, it was too late to double back. When I got away, I came to look for you and you were gone.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

They might eat food from the belly-basket for weeks before they were brought chunks of meat that Miyax could share, and so she went out into the grasses again to look for buntings. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Robert wore thick brown gloves and a heavy fur cloak with a hood that covered his ears, and looked for all -the world like a bear sitting a horse. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Once I looked for my mother and saw her, far ahead. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"If a treasure is hidden in a grain shed on a mountain plain, I sure don't have time to look for it. Do you?" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought maybe they were looking for money. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a bright, reckless tenor that was always wandering off, looking for notes in the wrong places. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He could search through the boxes until he found what he was looking for, and then he would have no problems remembering. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But I remember the names from the pictures and in the book, and soon as I leave school tomorrow, those are the ones I’ll be looking for in the library. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

"When I got to the hospital, they told me your mom was looking for you. I tried to tell you, but you didn't pick up." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Papa looked at me and then at Mama, searched our faces as if looking for letters beneath our noses, above our foreheads, on our lips, that would spell something he would not like. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“No. Just tell him I was looking for him,” Luke said. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

And I was trying to move, to get out of the apartment, looking for my hat and filling with anger, thinking, Is she crazy? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as I heard him banging drawers and looking for his uniform for his soccer game, I went to the kitchen for my own bit of packing. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“The Queen,” said Degalis, “is desperate. She has spent a fortune looking for you.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the bottom of the hill she moved slowly down a narrow one-way road, looking for a place to park. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Nothing attracted her attention except the music of the clocks, which she would look for every half hour with her frightened eyes as if she hoped to find it someplace in the air. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

When the Sixers found out I was still alive, they would come back here looking for me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I swore every set of car tires I heard on the street was the cops scouring the neighborhood looking for us. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

And he set off looking for a fire stone. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

If you’re looking for a job, English is the difference between getting the job or staying unemployed. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I was looking for, like, a luck potion?” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m not looking for a fight,” Gale says. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

For centuries men had dived down and torn the oysters from the beds and ripped them open, looking for the coated grains of sand. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Executives circled her more warily now, looking for the right moment to renew their attack. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was looking for Eric, who had gone home for lunch. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“What were you looking for when you turned into a human tornado?” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

She’d used the public library Internet to look for apartment shares. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“He knew where Sandy was this whole time, while the entire town was looking for him!” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

In the storeroom Malcolm found what he was looking for: a pencil. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The trader called upon the tobacco plantation looking for slaves of breeding age, preferably with all their teeth and of pliable disposition. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He watched each player, looking for the unmistakable signs of the exceptional basketball player. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they thought that would force her to alter her manner, admit she needed to look for a husband—they were wrong. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The investigators tore this place apart looking for clues about what might’ve happened to him, but me and Mama made sure to put everything back exactly like it was. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I waited fifteen minutes and then twenty and twenty-five, and finally I left my pack and went back to look for him. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Despite living next to each other, people continued to speak their different languages and wear their different clothing and look for inspiration and instruction from their different capitals. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

And then back to me, “I’ve been looking for a way to tell my father that I actually sort of hate basketball, and I think we’ve found it.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

"I'm looking for the man in charge," I called, straining to locate the voice. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She always looks worried when I’m at the dictionary so I tell her I’m looking for canonize or beatific or any class of a religious word. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“There are college scouts from four different colleges in the stands tonight. Four colleges! You gotta gun it up tonight, boy. Those guys are looking for a scorer.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had spent a great deal of time looking for him. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Oh, looked for groundhogs up on the hill. Fooled around,” I tell him. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was obvious she was looking for an animal. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Girls, is your mom looking for work? Because seriously, if she is, I’d love to chat with her.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She give me a look like she was searching my face looking for the real me. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

At last he found what he was looking for: the walkie-talkie he shared with Jimmy L. The walkie-talkies were very useful since neither his nor Jimmy L’s parents let them have cell phones. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I lay in shock in the water thinking about this, staring at the sky, looking for some flaw in my reasoning, some crack in my conclusion. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Then she bent and whispered to Ugwu, “I am coming. If they look for me, please say I went to get something from Ngozi’s house.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I look for a sign of the others. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then he’d look for places where snakes hang out, like in the brush or tall grass or something. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I was a bride of only a week when I first followed it to look for a suitable place for my washing. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, I wasn’t a fool and I knew when the police come tearing like that they’re looking for somebody. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dr. Van Helsing, you love Mina, I know. Oh, do something to save her. It cannot have gone too far yet. Guard her while I look for him!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Too bad! I was looking for someone to give this to. May I take it to your sister?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know they’re just looking for something to talk about, so I rip off my sunglasses, let them get a better look. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mrs. Joe has been out a dozen times, looking for you, Pip. And she’s out now, making it a baker’s dozen.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I’m looking for anything to prove that when I drop dead there’s a chance I’ll be doing something a little more exciting than decaying. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

One thing’s for sure, I been looking for answers, that special something to make everything all right. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what I’m looking for, but I know I’m different. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

We didn’t know who to look for, so we just looked around for a while. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

They were looking for a seat, but whenever Prosper opened the door to a compartment, Esther was already sitting behind it. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the quick engagement, they waited two years to get married, by which time Joy was a junior and Bill a recent graduate looking for work. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

More to die point, they do not know where I am—they meaning anybody who might be wanting to look for me. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

We continue looking for the perfect few rocks that will join Dad’s other beads. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I gave him the CD he was looking for. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Papa was relaxing at the kotatsu and said he wanted to spend one day of vacation before looking for a job, because it might be his last day off for a long time. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

And then his mother, sprinkling salt on a baked potato, said ever so casually, “You don’t happen to know anyone looking for a lost cat, do you?” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Lawrence replied defensively that “the radio-sodium experiments were instigated by me alone,” adding, “I did suggest looking for artificial radioactivity this way and actively supervised the experiments.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He focused instead on looking for the Police Identification Booths. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He yelled into Derek’s ear, looking for some reaction in the eyes, and there was no sign of any kind that he could hear, or that he could react to hearing. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

And I was looking for the reptile house on the map when Calista told me, “You have to go back to school tomorrow, you know. This was your only sad day.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Some students thought you should be looking for a person twenty to thirty years older than yourself—the sort of age a normal parent would be. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m looking for a babysitter for some Saturday nights,” she finally said. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

With Grandpop still clutching his hand, Genie peered around, looking for his father. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Come to my church this Sunday. My husband has a friend who is looking for a good Chinese wife. He is not a citizen, but I’m sure he knows how to make one.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

By now he had his own small crowd, who demanded, “What are you looking for, George?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m looking for him, even though I know I won’t find him. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked for a moment as though Kreacher was going to choke. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Alba tickled him until, apparently defeated, he permitted her to look for the chocolate he always had hidden for her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pressed every part of its surface, looking for a secret catch. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

As soon as the sky began to lighten, Thor walked into the forest without waking his companions, looking for the source of the sound. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“My father will be looking for me. He’ll pay to keep me safe.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

As I wended my way through the tables looking for my Aloine, my wiser half kept murmuring in my ear. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I knew it wasn’t a Bleeding Scream they were looking for. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I wondered if he was looking for me. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He unrolled it, and leafed through, looking for some other bill. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Very rarely someone comes to Wall knowing what they are looking for, and these people they will sometimes allow through. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

At sunrise they could begin looking for the supply crates. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s why Mama and Papa looked for a house, and that’s why we moved into the house on Mango Street, far away, on the other side of town. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t get farther. They—I guess they just weren’t looking for little boys my age.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Now she was looking for her necklace—the blue topaz one set in a gold heart on a gold chain. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

But at least it was the last place they would ever come looking for him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I’d been looking for Mac—I’d done several searches, I just wanted to find out where he was, what he was up to. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He'd looked for a few of the friends he'd played with as a boy, but they were gone, dead, or grown into strangers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The adults were looking around, and then the woman put the monkey down, and it began to cast this way and that on the grass as if it were scenting or looking for footprints. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

So perhaps you will understand why, when the crowd in front of me happened to part for a moment, I saw what I was looking for. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He didn't seem sure where else he could look for help. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t even know what I’m looking for. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The music bends, falls to its knees to embrace them all, encourage them all to live a little, why don’t you? since this is the it you’ve been looking for. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t supposed to be anything but schools here, so this was the last place a gunter would think to look for the Copper Key. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

At lunch, I search the cafeteria looking for Esther, hoping to invite her to sit with us, when I spot her with a new group. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The Hob was crowded with people looking for refuge from the weather. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“How thick would Harry have to be, to go looking for a nutter who wants to kill him?” said Ron shakily. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Like yours, Djo, my father left long ago, looking for work. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first, people thought it was another virus, and they were looking for groups like the Coalition of Pity, but it turned out that it was something called Nostalgia Feedback. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night, I searched through all the papers and books he had brought, looking for a card or paper heart, but I didn’t find one. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he was close by, after all, looking for him. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

He had a big square face and eyes looking for the lie. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I paw at my skirts, like I’m looking for something. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

As soon as Abuela knelt, I dove under the pew and looked for my shoe. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

They chased me for about half a mile as I looked for a tree to climb. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She watched Mr. Williams’s class file out of the school, looking for Jack’s form. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s Bigfoot Bob. Canadian champion 1998. I thought you were in the Andes, looking for your relatives.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“I had the answers I was looking for the whole time.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Last I looked for it, I was trying to help the lieutenant with his puzzle. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

This meant that the children were in and out of his study looking for rulers and scissors and scraps of paper to draw on. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was looking for my green gloves and thought you might have borrowed them,” she says. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

This is what happens on journeys—the things you find are not necessarily the things you had gone looking for. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I stand in the center aisle of the auditorium, a wounded zebra in a National Geographic special, looking for someone, anyone, to sit next to. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

This morning was fair with little wind, yet it was the season of the year when storms could be looked for, so I understood why the Russian wished to move onto our island. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He produced a search warrant, at which point the three of them immediately began to comb through the entire house looking for incriminating papers or documents. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That day you almost froze. If I’d believed them I wouldn’t have gone to look for you. I went down the road, along by the cemetery, but you weren’t there.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

My skin is crawling, like I can feel the B. cepacia looking for a way to slip inside and eat away at me. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I still had too much time to go looking for Jess and Angela yet, and I definitely needed to get my mood in hand before I met back up with them. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Hilda glances around the parking lot as if looking for something to throw at the two of us. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was she testing me, looking for a sign that I was in league with Hamlet? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He pulled out a huge key ring, found the one he was looking for, and stuck it in the back of my lock. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“So, what do you want to look for?” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

My eyes started darting around the pantry, looking for something to bring back her interest. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I was angry at him for looking for a job up here and angry all over again when he found one. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Have you two been pigging out in the Great Hall all this time? I’ve been looking for you; I want to show you something really funny.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He pawed through the photos looking for boys with dark eyes, found one. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

And I figured they were not looking for signs of friendship. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I went into the drugstore to look for some cough medicine. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve spent my whole life looking for you. Now ... I release you.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I told my mami, You can look for me in the movies! The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“What does all this stuff mean, Roy? What exactly am I looking for?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one bothered trying to enter the wreckage to look for survivors. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” whispered Michael, “she was looking for her star.” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Paula rustled around in her box as if looking for a way out of her boring cardboard prison. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

If they wasted time searching through Alaska looking for the giant’s lair, Gaea’s armies would destroy the Romans... and Percy’s other friends, wherever they were. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Even I know something about codes. We talked about this at school. You always look for the e’s.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He was scanning the ice cream, looking for the perfect kind—one with chunks of real, actual strawberries—when another familiar face appeared, reflected in the glass. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

But that sorrow and that rage might incinerate her, same as that storm yesterday, with its lightning bolts speeding through this flat land, looking for the one thing still standing. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

‘I mean really lost. The police are looking for him. It was just after you came up to us and gave us that ticket. Remember?’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

But this time she came looking for me. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Where were you, Kaz? I wouldn’t have been in the stairwell if I hadn’t wasted time looking for you. Why didn’t you meet me on the landing?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I climbed up hills, looking for them and calling, and I went down into dark ravines, calling and looking. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Pat tells Grandma he met a man who is looking for a place to stay that will let him wash himself morning and night and give him two meals a day, dinner and tea. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“By the way,” Beth says, looking down toward the end of the bed, “where’s Mango? I was looking for him before.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

That’s why people who go looking for them call it mushroom hunting—not harvesting. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He reached for a red pen, took off the cap, and starting over, he read through the entire paper again, looking for a problem, any problem. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

He studied them for a few days, trying to figure it out, looking for individual faults. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He doesn't take his eyes off the television, but he says: "Are you looking for something?" Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Gregor didn’t see any rats around, but who knew what else might be down here looking for a meal. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I play it sometimes when I drive around my hometown, looking for familiar sights and memories. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

She intended to work and save enough money to put herself through a teacher training course, and then look for a job at a school. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look for a switch or tiny hole like the other side, but find nothing but pictures and certificates. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The next day and the next it rained and I did not go to look for him. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The community college is always looking for instructors.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Students looking for rides gathered there, and the police would do their best to help. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

In one slice, there might be thousands of cells that needed to be searched—and you still might not find what you were looking for. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In social studies, James made a big show of looking for another missing item when Mr. Quisling collected the cipher challenge submissions. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Ainsley plows up the steps, looking for someone else to bulldoze with her cello case. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

He steps onto the train and moves quickly through the subway car, looking for me. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

"Sadly your father died some years ago, Kabir. And all these years, we never knew he had a wife. Or a son. Not until the cook called us looking for your father." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

She moved around the edge of the square building, looking for a window. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He figured he could take this time to look for the piece of wheel. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

While Mom and Dad went out looking for investment money for the Prospector, we kids played in the hotel. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“And a Less Fortunate, too. That’s for sure. Are you looking for a home?” the preacher asked, real soft, to Winn-Dixie. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I can tell that Janae is looking for something interesting to say, as if she didn’t just come down from upstate after meeting new people and having new experiences and learning new things. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Now everybody discovered that the call to arms was being led by the famous Marina Raskova, and that she was specifically looking for airwomen. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

But what Genie was looking for he still hadn’t found. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I can tell you, as I’m sitting here dying, when you most need it, neither money nor power will give you the feehng you’re looking for, no matter how much of them you have.” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Katz considered the implications of this, looked for a moment as if he might say something, then shook his head stoically, and returned to his dinner. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I thought Catherine would come by but she did not come, so I hung the papers back on the rack, paid for my beer and went up the street to look for her. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Was there not some wish that he might honor his brother, his family, his God, by doing all he could, by circling the city looking for opportunities to do good? Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“I looked for you at the border,” I say. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You better come inside first and have something to eat. You can look for them later.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She kept pacing and sniffing, as if she was looking for something. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Well, I am, ya shank. Let’s go look for some leftovers from lunch. We need to talk.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I have to go and look for my father, she went on. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She is always looking for your weakness, always trying to get you flustered and force you into a mistake. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Actually, I’m looking for books about ciphers or making up codes,” James said. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“What can she do to improve her chances? What are the judges looking for?” her mother had asked. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She and her friends were looking for a different party and got lost. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Anyway, I went back to the house to look for these letters, because I knew where she kept them, and I got them, and the men came to look and broke into the house again. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, my hand closes around the thin plastic rectangle that I’m looking for and I pull it out. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

We walked down the narrow aisle single file, carrying the popcorn and looking for a seat, Tommy first, then Liz, then me. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a hot side street I came upon a couple striking matches along the curb, kneeling as though looking for a lost coin, the matches flaring dimly in their faces. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, the reason I’m bringing this up is because the more we looked for Gordy Johnson, the more I started realizing that this story might not have a happy ending. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

It was one of the things her mother had been looking for in their Arab stores, but Arabs didn't like tuna much. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe I’m looking for that because he told me that fundraising is his least favorite part of his job. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Jacob made his way through the wreckage, looking for the beit midrash. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He looked for a path, but there was none, not even around the outside edge. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Shocked and confused, I pulled on my boots and rushed out to look for Harris. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I stood on the place, bracing myself against the waves, so that I would not have to look for it again. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

No amount of your analyzing, criticizing, judging, or hypothesizing will bring the peace you are looking for. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

A lemming burst out of the grass near her foot and she spun around to look for its nest and young. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat at my desk, looking for something to distract me, when I came across Abuelo’s box. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He was looking for one of the foolish birds—he called them foolbirds—and there was a flock that lived near the end of the long part of die lake. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z