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

If the Ministry of Magic was looking for him, he didn’t want to make it too easy for them. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

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

When I look down the alley, I see the vendor I’m looking for: the Emerald Emporium, home to expensive, valuable, and very, very rare power-ups. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He looked me in the eyes from time to time, like he was looking for something, and thought maybe—just maybe—I had it in me after all. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

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

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

Some of the people inside stared curiously at Danny as we went up the aisle looking for seats. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“It wasn’t the same. No summer idyll like we used to have. They were doing construction on New Clairmont. Everyone was acting miserable and I kept looking for you but you never came.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

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

Gogol keeps walking, from one compartment to the next, looking for an uncrowded vestibule in which he might sit. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She stared at the top of the house, looking for flames. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ancestors! Ancestors! Guide me to whatever I’m looking for, wherever it may lie!” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The human girl is looking for her bag of treasures. Anatsou has two bags of treasure that he found this morning, all by himself.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

A teacher once reported you for sneaking into a restricted area of the library, looking for old military texts. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

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

At the station, in the freezing darkness lit only by antiaircraft searchlights looking for Luftwaffe planes to shoot down, one young woman was on patrol. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

If he goes looking for us at the apartment, there will be no one there to hide him. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She had come looking for her sister—no doubt with the exhilarated notion of protecting her, or admonishing her, and had heard a noise from behind the closed library door. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

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

“We haven’t met, that I can recall. Who are you? Who are you looking for?” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And Branchie too? He been looking for a stream but found nought.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

All over the country, farmers were leaving behind their parched lands, selling off their goods, roaming from village to village looking for water. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

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

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

She would keep searching until she found what she was looking for. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

His allies pepper me with advice: Never go looking for your handler. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Mad that I don’t come looking for him so much anymore. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“Our Erudite and Dauntless friends are looking for some people,” Johanna says. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

So I’m on Fourth Street or Road or whatever, now, and looking for this Lafayette Road. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

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

He was wrong—Dr. Fielding simply didn’t take the types of detailed notes on his patients they were looking for. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

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

“I’m sorry. I’m just looking for a teacher’s office.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

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 gaze behind me, looking for her outline in the corridor. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

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

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

And when you're trying to find things, it’s better to find them as quickly as possible, before someone else takes what you're looking for. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Coarse country people looking for a field hand. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I spent weeks scouring old texts and pictures, looking for the clues I’d missed. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Galileo never really fitted in at the University of Pisa and soon started looking for another post. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

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

But Just Renee seemed to be a natural take-charge person—she was leading the way, even though she had no idea what they were supposed to be looking for. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

She shook her head and stared at Dill’s ramshackle house, looking for movement inside. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The last bell rings, and I know Sam will be looking for Margaret soon. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

She went out looking for me in the neighborhood and wrestled my backpack away from that little angry dog. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“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

He wanted to be out on the football field, fading back, looking for a receiver. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I parked on his street and started looking for his address. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He skims through them, looking for the password. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

But her life was a struggle, and she was looking for some order and answers. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

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

They had been looking for two weeks, after all, but as they only had odd moments between lessons it wasn’t surprising they’d found nothing. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I got Dad his knife with the carved bone handle and the blade of blue German steel, and he gave me a pipe wrench, and we went looking for Demon. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I won’t go looking for trouble. I usually don’t have to.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

The woman and her daughters are looking for something they will not find. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She cooks for herself and sorts through the papers left behind, looking for clues. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Madoc sits down on the goat-footed stool in front of my dressing table and stretches out his bad leg, looking for all the world as though he’s about to tell me a bedtime story. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

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

I told myself I was looking for something in the make-believe screen world that was missing from my new life. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Or it was just a trap, for kids looking for the real East River. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“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

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

“It was probably just a Wino Ghost or a Hobo Ghost looking for a place to sleep.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned around and seemed to be looking for a way out. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t scout or tilt his head back and forth, looking for where the best spot to dig might be. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

There were girls who formed an orbit around him, bohemian and literary types who were looking for a voice and a spirit to speak to them from beyond Levittown. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“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

My dad finds what he’s looking for one aisle over. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“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

“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

He said, “I’m so sorry. I know that you’re looking for something, too. And I know this isn’t what you’re looking for.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Lord Asriel seized a great atlas from the map chest and flung it open, looking for the pages that showed the Himalaya. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

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

Basically you’re looking for a sturdy frame on which to hang a lot of meat. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

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

I looked for the something without really knowing what I was looking for. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

Right away I started looking for another name. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Taliban have friends here. They will start looking for you.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

While Grandma and Mother were looking for a new lamp for the living room, I managed to wander a little bit away where I could see them, but they couldn't see me. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

We were pecking through the piles, looking for all the green and black ones. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

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

When Mom came to pick me up, David raced around Melissa’s kitchen, opening doors, looking for their cellar, even when Mom kept telling him this was a trailer and trailers don’t have cellars. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or I didn’t feel like wandering around looking for someone to save me from talking to someone else. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“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

Silas said, “Out there, the man who killed your family is, I believe, still looking for you, still intends to kill you.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

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

She couldn’t build it with the same level of detail as the large mechanical scryers she had in the Tower, but she wasn’t looking for very much. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

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

The girl soon cried herself to sleep, but the strange animal nosed about the hut looking for things to eat. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

I had come across them and the notes while looking for some writing paper in her desk. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“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

My parents, meanwhile, were looking for a Christian church, specifically a Free Methodist church like the one we had attended in Africa. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

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

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

I carry it in my arms, looking for a suitable place to lay it to rest. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“The problem with you, my friend, is you love too easily and too much. Anybody could see the girl was a fake, looking for the next bigger thing,” Obinze told him. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The first wasn’t Hunters Hunter, who was off looking for enough fox to sell. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We have to get somewhere safe. They’ll regroup and start looking for us.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She hastily slid her calling card behind the trash can, adjusting it so it could be seen by someone looking for it but not spotted as trash. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

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

That’s when they come, their long black tongues slithering up the outside of the glass, looking for a way in. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“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

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

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

There are so many people looking for her. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“The state troopers are looking for them right now,” Leon said, “and the Department of Motor Vehicles is checking the ownership of all the Chevy pickups. So far nothing.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The voice he’d grown to hate within him said that maybe whoever had taken Bri had disposed of her body somewhere and that was what they really were looking for. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“When you’re in a library, researching a topic, you’re on a scavenger hunt, looking for clues and prizes in books instead of your attic or backyard.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

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

Further up the path, Zola is dancing along, looking for just the right wall hole. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

She was always looking for signs of sadness in his face, and she often found such signs. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

They went undercover into schools all over the world, looking for potential half- bloods and escorting them back to camp. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“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

We walk around for half an hour, looking for a store that’s affordable, and I just want to give up and bury my face in a Cinnabon, even though they always make me sick. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He sat on the roof and scanned the horizon, looking for any person, any animal or machine moving. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

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

She's at the counter, going through drawers and looking for spoons or whatever. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

At dawn on Thanksgiving Day, Papa, Roberto, and I drove in our Carcachita for miles, looking for cotton fields that were being picked. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I am the answer this world has been looking for. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Plus, if the cops were out looking for a kid who stole track shoes, they might show up where the kid might be using them. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Papa opened the Times bundle and thumbed through a copy looking for the letter. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man who was looking for him, and who wanted him dead... The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

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

“So you have until tomorrow morning to get back home, Nate, before, like, the FBI is involved. The whole thing is actually like E.T., all these guys running around looking for you in the woods.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The “thank you” cut her to the quick, but it was not the reason she ran scurrying into cupboards looking for weapons. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I find myself looking for her behind every line. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“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 got down from the car and worked up the road a way, looking for a place where I could see ahead to find a side-road we could take across country. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The only essay writer not with the group was Sierra Russell, who, Kyle figured, was off looking for another book to read. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I had to touch him, looking for those weapons. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

We roared up the road, plastering our faces to the car windows, looking for any sign of our wayward Auk. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

For five years he had been working a certain river, and had examined hundreds of thousands of stones looking for an emerald. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I play it sometimes when I drive around my hometown, looking for familiar sights and memories. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“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

There are about eight of them, and I find the one I’m looking for on my fifth attempt. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“But Mr. Olin said that you came over to the factory this morning, looking for me with a knife.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was out, as he had been for forever it seemed, still looking for a job. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

That undercover agent would be prowling the bus station all afternoon looking for him. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to keep looking for my parents, all right?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Only later did Mrs. Mabutho say to me, “Oh, Nelson, some girl was here looking for you.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After slowly pacing his street, looking for any movement, he finally saw what he was looking for. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I was looking for the blond girl, Noelle—I had to remember to meet her—but she wasn’t around. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

But this time she came looking for me. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He thought, hell, he's gone off on his own, or something, he'll get lost, I shall have to start looking for him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“He’s out finding us food and looking for work,” I’d say. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Friends in Washington who will be stationed in Colombia have been looking for someone who can teach their children some Spanish. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“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 don’t know what Attorney Fitzgerald is looking for. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

In the Boxton Creek Home, Mrs. Trepid sat on the edge of her bed as Mr. Trepid scooted around the room looking for his socks. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Because he thought of himself as careful and conscientious, he spent considerable time looking for his assistants. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“It was so odd that he came here looking for you, and then you had such a weird expression when I walked into the stables.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Fifi looking for the bananas we sometimes hid under our shirts. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

Soon there were more and more people looking for space as Jews returned to the city to search for their families and try to reclaim their homes and their prewar lives. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

We began looking for people we knew, asking the “veterans” which work Kommandos were the best and which block one should try to enter. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stared across the room at my big brother Adam, looking for a clue. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

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

“Well, by one of us coming along with you. When you go out looking for them.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

If he was looking for any reprieve from the fans in the suc-ceeding days, he wasn’t going to get it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe Rider had come here looking for information. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“It’s not doing any harm—only looking for snails.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whistling and looking for food and shelter, I went on up the mountain, following the stone walls, discovering many things about my property. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

I scan the tent as we enter, looking for animals in distress. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Every night it came howling down from the mountaintop as if it were looking for something lost. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Joe remembered being on horseback with the old man, heading up through snowy hills, looking for elk and deer. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scholastic philosophy taught in the universities, based on Aristotle, was, Bacon insisted, caught up in a series of futile arguments which could never generate new knowledge of the sort he was looking for. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Then I scroll through my photos until I get to the shot I’m looking for. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

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

Giant eagles circled Jason, screeching urgently, as if looking for orders. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Everjoice wouldn’t leave me alone until I came looking for you. Bang! Bang! On the door all night,” said Dr. van Heerden. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reached behind me, looking for the pick, when he took off. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The others were closing in around him, but he was only looking for Sefia. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

With the coast guardsman gone, Dasch waded back to the sailors, who had been busy looking for their lost paddles and emptying the water from the dinghy. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Two Latino men had been spotted in Monroeville looking for work the day Ronda Morrison’s body was found, and they became the first suspects. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

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

I take off, looking for a water dispenser with one of those hot taps for making tea, so I can quickly pour the perfect mix of hot and cold to achieve room temperature. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

“So ... you think they went looking for us? What if we passed them on the way back here?” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

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

“Were you looking for me? Is it time to go?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

When the bus stopped, in a feeble attempt to postpone the inevitable, I pretended to be looking for something. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

I roll my eyes and turn to go rip apart my room looking for a sheet of paper that’s probably already in a landfill somewhere. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I flipped the sheet over, looking for any actual news. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“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

She blinks, and her eyes bug out as she sees my robe, and then they wander around, looking for my face. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I was looking for other words for inciting and instigating work, and came upon “to egg on.” The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“For three weeks, I be looking for work. Ever day after I get off from Miss Walters’, I went looking. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

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

I circled around the courts a couple times, desperately looking for an opening; there was none. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

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 went to Red Gate, looking for Gat. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

She scanned the captives, looking for Shay and David. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Uncle studied me as he would a new flatiron, looking for flaws. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the afternoon we realized we needed to get out of the sun for a while, so we started talking about looking for a shady place to rest. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Is the whole town still looking for me?” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“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

The Irish army is looking for boys who are musical and would like to train in the Army School of Music. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I nodded and walked over to the big rocks, started scanning the surfaces of them all, looking for what Mong could’ve put. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

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

Instead, I killed the engine and sunk down off the seat, as if I were looking for something. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I go to my bedroom and stand in front of the closet, looking for something to wear. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The door opened and it was Dimitri, the supervisor, looking for her. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Guitar was looking for him, was following him, and for professional reasons. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ham and cheese, cake and ice cream. Anything you’re looking for.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

“Look...I don’t know. But you shouldn’t go. People who go looking for her don’t come back.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Later, Odenigbo came in and looked searchingly into her eyes in the way he often did, as if looking for proof of something. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

“In your dream. You were looking for me.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I turned the page and found the entry I was looking for. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Oh, hi, Georges. I’m looking for Safer. Is he down here?” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

In 1994 Neel and Wallace sifted through mitochondrial DNA from eighteen widely dispersed Indian groups, looking for mutations that had occurred since their common ancestors left Asia. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Connor wants to go back to the used bookstore where we met because he’s looking for a novel by a Japanese author I’ve never heard of, so we take the train south together. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The boy, no older than sixteen, darted his head back and forth, apparently looking for cops, customers, or both. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“We are just looking for you to confirm.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

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’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

Each bench bore the name of an Osage family, and as I walked around to the southern side of the pavilion, I found the one I was looking for: “Burkhart.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Well, if she were in my cabin, I wouldn’t be looking for her, now would I?” replied Jinny. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

They were looking for the girl and the girl was ten feet from them, burning. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Don’t be silly. You don’t need to hide. Go about your business like you would if Nat wasn’t with you. Just don’t go looking for the warden, all right?” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She dug through a precariously stacked pile of documents on her desk till she found the ones she was looking for. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I wasn’t looking for anything like that! That’s not what I was looking for at all!” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shakes her head, not like she’s angry, but like she’s been wandering around for an hour looking for glasses that were on her head the whole time. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I was looking for someone who could keep up on the weekends.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

When Dad and Grandpa would take Travis and me out looking for coins. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I'm supposed to be in the cellar bringing up a couple of bottles of port for the men, but I saw you duck out and figured you were looking for evidence of where Lily is.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Kaira picked out some kind of twisted pastry that was big enough for them to share, then took her coffee and pastry and went looking for a table. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Brian’s leaving tomorrow morning to go back to boarding school for the fall, and tonight I’m in the underworld looking for him. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

It is thus simple to test the claim that there was a Scientific Revolution in the seventeenth century by looking for the revolution in language that must have accompanied it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

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

I spent all day walking around the park, looking for something that might tell me something, but the problem was that I didn’t know what I was looking for. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I scan the screens, one by one, looking for one that shows the Abnegation sector of the city. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She could feel him searching, looking for something inside of her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I found her in her room, digging in a little box like a squirrel looking for nuts. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The next morning, I take Helena with me and go out looking for work. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

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

“So whatever lock we’re looking for,” said Sierra, “couldn’t have the same combination as that one.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

However, at the time that Penrose produced his theorem, I was a research student desperately looking for a problem with which to complete my Ph.D. thesis. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

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

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

I was looking for something solid, as solid as 320 Montana acres. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He checked Derek one more time, made certain his breathing was regular and his heart was beating steadily, and then moved off down the side of the lake, looking for wood. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

She's probably looking for me, wanting to turn her delinquent nephew in to the police. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

As I greeted her and shook her hand, I examined her face, her body, looking for signs of how different life was now that Ade Coker had died. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

We crouched in the tree line as she scanned the academic quad, looking for Cray-Cray. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

They trudged up the beach with their baggage looking for shelter but they found none. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

‘They had planes and choppers looking for you.” The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Your mother is anxious because they came looking for Mr. Bierman. Be nice to her." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Harry read the first sheet again, this time looking for clues as to what might have made the second sheet valuable. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

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

“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

Jacob made his way through the wreckage, looking for the beit midrash. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

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

This time he knew what he was looking for, and for a moment the serpent didn’t even seem to notice him. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

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

They must have noticed that her bed was empty and had come looking for her. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The first thing they’ll do in looking for me is to come to you. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

“These incisions are precise and surgical. Not meant to inflict pain—probably done under anesthetic, even. The wights were looking for something.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

So as Aunty Ifeoma drove, I looked at the cars on the road, seeking Father Amadi, looking for that pastel-colored small Toyota. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was looking for a stand of wild cane. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s insanely jealous. But he’s so sweet. I just hope he doesn’t see us tonight. He told me he’d be out cruising looking for us.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I whirled around, looking for the little terror and my backpack, but all I saw was darkness. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

This site would be helpful to those learning new instruments, as well as experienced musicians who are just looking for some new music to play. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I thought he had to look for what he was looking for, and realize it no longer existed, or never existed. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not curiosity. But I would like to know what kind of blood is in my boys. When they grow up—won’t I be looking for something in them?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She tore the house apart looking for documents to prove we were her children. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She chews the skin around her thumbnail, and her eyes search my face, looking for some kind of answer or something. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

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

I remember looking for ages, but I couldn’t find it.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tucked the paper under his arm, edged out of the crowd and walked southward, looking for an empty flat. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

Pearl, left alone, stood in the corner of the kitchen, nursing a red Solo cup full of Stoli and Coke and looking for Trip. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“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 am looking for the right words, the best way to start. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

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

“Gavin came into our lunchroom today. He was looking for you.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

I keep looking for Rhiannon, but only when Austin is distracted. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

But now, when they've probably been combing the woods for hours looking for victims. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Hearing this, he got on his bike and has been looking for us all morning. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Normal times, a day like this, I’d be out in my skiff looking for striper swirls. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I get on and off the turnpike, I’m starving, so I go to a drive-thru and then cruise the fraternity and sorority houses looking for those familiar Greek letters. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He kept walking around the house, looking for Sasa, but you know how children are, they forget so quickly. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They were too busy looking for an omen. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Actually, I’m looking for books about ciphers or making up codes,” James said. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

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

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

“She said she was looking for her patron,” Wilem pointed out. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Or had he really been looking for something? Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“The blond Nazi, the one you mentioned, he came to the maternity ward looking for you.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

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

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

“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

My eyes search the crowd for a few seconds before I realize what I’m looking for? Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

We ran from booth to booth, looking for trouble. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

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

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

At one point I almost went looking for him, but my friend Mitchell Sanders told me to forget it. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dimple hadn’t been looking for this...whatever it was between them at all. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Lily looked down and said quietly, “I was looking for something.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

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

After Grandpa was home and recovering, Grandma went looking for the white mare. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He's looking for a way to put things in categories. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

My eyes search deep into thickets, looking for the slightest hint of movement. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She likes to go looking for people in the morning and afternoon. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The kind colored folks tell on themselves when the rain doesn’t come, or comes for weeks, and they’re looking for a little comfort somehow. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Lots of liberal white folks are looking for black friends. It’s almost as hard as finding an egg donor who is a tall blond eighteen-year-old at Harvard.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

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

“If I were looking for a good number I’d have to go up to seven.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Ever optimistic, always looking for a sliver of sunshine in a sky clotted with thunderclouds. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

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

For some reason, instead of looking for transfers, we were going to sit in a bus. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He was slightly disheveled now, a few locks of his hair falling into his face, as if he had been hurrying through the cars looking for her. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I know that. But we’re not looking for books about dessert. We need to find actual food.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I wandered on, wet and miserable, looking for a place to conceal myself, hoping I might stumble upon the Green Man. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

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

Police might start poking around, looking for someone black to take the fall. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Although he did all that he was told, he did not hesitate to make suggestions as well, particularly when it came to reconnoitering and looking for signs of danger. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

Joe was standing on a gravel bar in the Dungeness River, studying a pool, looking for salmon, and the sound of rushing water muffled the warden’s footfall. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

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

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

“I think it’s different. Like, I already knew I’d be going to Georgia. I wasn’t looking for that kind of moment.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

So I went to Suffolk looking for Frances and her mother who could cook like the dickens. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found more than I was looking for. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was actually looking for you. Isn’t this your dog?” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

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

“We’re looking for a big, old-fashioned one — probably silver, like the handle.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

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

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

So she knew that people were looking for her and for the Rodina. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

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

Koffi's heart hammered in her chest as she spun around, eyes searching the grounds of the Night Zoo until she found who she was looking for. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I said, “But, Ma, how come everybody keeps telling me ’bout what I done to Mr. Douglass that got all the bears and wolfs coming to the Settlement looking for something to eat?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The noise was like a wave that kept getting bigger: two hundred seventh graders, all looking for someplace they belonged. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Hazel was looking for a witch made of snow with a sleigh pulled by wolves. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I went looking for Granddaddy in the library, but he wasn’t there. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Hushpuppy must be looking for a mouse for his dinner,” Polly said to Tidbit. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Rashid hurried down the hall, looking for a zone where they could get a signal. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

"I'm looking for information to help the queen. What are you doing here?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

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 watched him scan the room, looking for an out, hoping to make contact with at least one person. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Nah, that story’s just one of those things you tell kids to teach them lessons, isn’t it? ‘Don’t go looking for trouble, don’t pick fights, don’t go messing around with stuff that’s best left alone! Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“This is boring. And painful. What are we looking for?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I paged through it for a while, looking for those words. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

It stayed, looking for an exit, for the better part of an hour. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

“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

And then, almost as if he were reading her mind, William Spiver said, “I meant what I said. I’m here because I was looking for you. I missed you.” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Was she testing me, looking for a sign that I was in league with Hamlet? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

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

I followed it with my eye as Nelson had taught me to do, looking for the path of its hopes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered if he was looking for me. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

After a long time, his teacher came looking for him. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

The freight trains on the siding were loaded down with men trying to get from one part of the country to another, looking for work and something to eat. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He came looking for Root, but Root was out of town. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

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

“It’s all right. Temporary housing for the position. I’m looking for a permanent place for us to move to after the summer.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I didn’t think it meant nothing that Ice was looking for one. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, they saw what they were looking for: when Mary’s doctor asked her about her plans for the future, a look of utter despair flashed across her face so quickly that it was almost imperceptible. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

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

She got off her board several times to inspect the flowers, looking for insects or anything else that might match the words “firebug eyes.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Everyone had spent hours looking for them with torches. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He was looking for programs on which he might be allowed to appear. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Oh, you know...looking for a convict ball,” I say. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” said the girl, “I am looking for a friend.” The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Nixon and Kissinger were still looking for a way to pressure North Vietnam into concessions. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I watched her make her way through the aisle, looking for the stairway. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I scour the aisles, looking for something reasonable, but everything is so dang expensive. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Instinctively, I know something is after me; it is looking for me in nearby bushes, looking to kill me. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I awoke with a start and flung aside the blanket, looking for the eels. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Exactly what he was looking for, none of them knew. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“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

“I will keep looking for a better job. But in the meantime, I will feed my children.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Where were these boats going, what were they looking for, if not for residents of the city asking for help? Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

All my life I had been looking for something, and everywhere I turned someone tried to tell me what it was.’” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I’m looking for him, even though I know I won’t find him. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

It was not at all certain, then, how he would fare against the younger breed of highly professionalized butlers looking for posts. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

To finally get inside the Archives after all this time and not be able to find any of the answers I was looking for was maddening. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A pretty young lady, looking for business, was drinking a highball in the second booth. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

If he found what he was looking for he would have to come back at night—with equipment, of course, but also with some familiarity with the area. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he would come in with a commissary officer looking for lime or nails or leather or all the hundreds of things armies need. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

All told, it took four gallons of varnish to get the finish he was looking for. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

At dessert, Lucas said he thought it was about time he should be looking for work. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

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

She jumps up and meets me halfway down the sidewalk, then immediately glances past me like she’s looking for someone or something. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

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

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

“I’m not sure what the borrowed line is that you are looking for,” the king told Minli as he sipped his tea. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

There were the garden shears, the knitting needles; the world is full of weapons if you’re looking for them. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Virtuous though you may be, a reputation is a fragile thing, easily lost and often never regained,” she said, searching my face as if looking for evidence there. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

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

But Alyce minded little, for she thought not of her tasks but of Edward’s face and the abundance of bread and cheese up at the manor looking for a hungry boy’s belly to fill. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

He had been looking for an honestly haunted house all his life. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

“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 imagined my mother, first walking briskly down one street or another looking for me, then giving up and returning home to await my arrival. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

And a series of other sweetnesses that Ob had obviously cradled in his memory, looking for some way to bring them to life. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

There are a lot of people looking for her, he thought. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“Oh, no, you just stopped looking for a while.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hear you've been looking for a job,” said Coach Reed. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

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

They worked hard all day fixing up a house to live in so that Tea Cake could go out looking for something to do the next day. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

It is born in the journey of looking for each other, fed by the need to be together. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

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

He considered jumping the fence to get to the backyard, but it was this kind of suspicious activity that police and neighbors would be looking for. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

That night when Gus got home, the three of us drove around looking for Wishbone. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

All she knew was that she had to get out of the house and start looking for Robbie. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

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

Navy SEALs had stormed a mysterious compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, looking for Osama bin Laden. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

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 was looking for a burglar who liked to dress up as a nun and, unfortunately, I caught a real one instead. We've never been on good terms since then.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now that Percy had taken away his chance at praetor, Octavian would be looking for other ways to exert influence. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Diana studied the pile of desks, looking for something stable to climb. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

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

“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

A dead dog was lying on a rubbish heap; a woman with a goitre was looking for lice in the hair of a small girl. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We were looking for food,” Ruby says, “my family and I. But I wandered off and got lost and went too close to the village.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Waitressing jobs aren’t plentiful with the tourist season ending, and I’m looking for fresh challenges anyway. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joaquin was digging around in the refrigerator, looking for something, and Grace took the crackers from Maya and started to arrange them on a plate. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It was the one thing I had been looking for. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Simple farmers, looking for a simpler way of life. That was the whole point in flying all this ridiculous way to get here. Setting down the things that caused such strife for people of old.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The chickens all ran out before I could stop them, and I ran after them, waving my arms and looking for the hawk. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Oh, thought the boy, he doesn’t know Mr. Henry but he’s looking for him. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked through the halls, looking for the tall rogue. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

If you are looking for Number Seventeen—and it is more than likely that you will be, for this book is all about that particular house—you will very soon find it. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

When I do, I see my teenage friend, who whispers: "They're looking for you." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Even if they didn’t know what book they were looking for, they knew it wasn’t in any of the Dewey decimal rooms now that the hover ladders had more or less been declared game pieces. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

He is looking for an adjunct position, teaching German part-time. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The street she was looking for was three turnings past the tube station, itself another replica. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

"You think Arabella hasn't tried that already? The queen is looking for more from you." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

My parents hadn’t come looking for me—I guess they knew I wouldn’t go far. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

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

I sat down and read the diary one more time, looking for a clue, a reference, a snippet of something that I might have missed. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

In this community, children were always roaming the streets looking for something to do. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Or looking for the name of the wind.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“They say people with cars have started looking for petrol.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Holding the folder she had given him, he made his way through the throng, looking for his family unit and for Asher. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I know what I’m looking for this time,” Safer says. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

‘That missing kid. The one on the news. Is that who you’re looking for?’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

She has every bike messenger and private driver she knows looking for him. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Because of your—because of—” Mummy stops, looking for words. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

He unrolled it, and leafed through, looking for some other bill. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Men and boys, looking for a place to sleep, prowled all night. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I trace patterns on the armrest, looking for the right words. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He says, “This is the book I was looking for at Bookmarks, at the Bookmobile Park. Anytime I went into a bookstore.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I would have gone looking for the smell, but I was dizzy, and my ribs hurt. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I paw deeper, looking for flashes of gray and black, the color of death, the color of the Gestapo. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“My father will be looking for me. He’ll pay to keep me safe.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m here for the king. I’m looking for his son.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

She sat down and started looking for corner pieces. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

But that did not catch the quality of the experience I was looking for. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Then one day, burrowing in a dresser drawer, she found what die had been looking for: proof that he had been there, his driver’s license. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

When the land next to Jenkins Creek was sold, he had to leave the bayou and sail the Lady Gin farther south, looking for another port. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Deoch told me that it was her nature to disappear like this, and that looking for her would serve about as much purpose as calling for a cat. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

What if they snuck on the boat when it was tied to a dock somewhere and ducked into the cabin to rifle through drawers looking for money or valuables they could sell. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

My brother tells him we’re on vacation and looking for our dad. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“I am looking for someone. He’s an initiate. Can you at least tell me where I can find them?” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Pilate darted around the cave calling him, looking for him, while Macon piled the sacks of gold into the tarpaulin. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Your brother was right. There’s no place for this to go. Besides, you don’t love me, Daniel. You’re just looking for someone to save you. Save yourself.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

We walked around the buildings and the parking lot, still half looking for Cheddar, but really just talking. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

She give me a look like she was searching my face looking for the real me. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

They were tired of constantly looking for new carhops and short-order cooks — who were in great demand — as the old ones left for higher-paying jobs elsewhere. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z

“Mama says she said to herself soon’s she saw you out there on that street with your suitcase, ‘That boy’s looking for a clean home to live in,’ ” Bess said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She watched Mr. Williams’s class file out of the school, looking for Jack’s form. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

They were looking for the “fist” of those college students. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I almost burst into tears when she said she was the person we were looking for. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

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

“Well, my teacher says he’s just another in a line of charlatans looking for the fountain of youth.” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

“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

And the funniest thing is, all they were doing was looking for plants. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was so simple once you knew what you were looking for. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tucked the branch under his arm and poked around through the sparse undergrowth, looking for more. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

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

“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

“But this story is played out, don’t you think? The lost dog, looking for a home. A million of these movies already exist.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Every night in the Tower,” the madwoman said, “you went from cell to cell, looking for sorrow. And when I learned to bottle mine up, to lock it away, you would snarl and howl.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

She walked out of the shop like it was nothing, like Jule hadn’t been waiting for her and looking for her for days and days. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

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

After The Treatment they had been showing him a newfound respect, and often they came looking for him. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

He was looking for Eric, who had gone home for lunch. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I know people often say that when secretly looking for a romantic partner, but I meant it. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I drive around and around this not-very-big place looking for whatever it is Finch wanted me to see. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He had been looking for something in a seldom used storeroom at the back of his shop, when a slight noise drew him to a window. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you four looking for someone?” he asked us in Spanish. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I didn’t ask him what he was looking for. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

“I was looking for you so I could deliver a message.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to be looking for someone too.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

“I’m looking for a treasure,” said the boy, and he immediately regretted having said it. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But my dad had mentioned it, and I checked to see if you were looking for me too.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He stopped and listened until he could hear it, still in the distance; and he started looking for places on the side of the road where he could hide. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

“But what if she’s the same magician the Bureau is looking for?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Peewee went into the HQ hooch to find out where town was just as they were looking for somebody else to pull guard duty, and he got put on. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When I was looking for you,” explained Theresa. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I get in, Marie says James was looking for me, and that he might be back later. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Leaving the lights out, they ran their hands along square wall panels in lecture rooms, tapping softly and looking for hidden compartments. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

The fire had begun to die down, and I was running around the village looking for something, something I did not want to see. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

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

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

Finally, he found the door he was looking for and knocked gently, keeping his voice at a whisper. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

‘Why did you come looking for me?’ she demanded. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She glanced around the hallway, looking for someone who might be watching her read. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And her mind sniffed about like a rat looking for an escape. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Well, whether he has or not,” said Hazel, “we can’t go on looking for him. The others are waiting and they may be in danger. We must go down ourselves.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m an adventurer, looking for treasure,” he said to himself. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I squinted my eyes and scanned the room, looking for a familiar face. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

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

Liyana asked Mom, who was carrying her skirts bunched up in one arm, and her mother said, “Who knows? I’m looking for her.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Not the kind of odds I’m looking for.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Excuse me, I am from North Korea, looking for a job,” Shin said. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

When the citizens of New York went looking for a new apartment, they came to us. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

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

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

“You’re the one who put the sign up! What was I supposed to do? Spend twenty minutes throwing out the garbage? He’d come down here looking for me.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

His partner circled Arthur and started to pat him down, looking for a weapon. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

He told me that not long before, West Indian Archie had been there looking for me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even so, she was determined to find what she was looking for, no matter how long it took. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“What is a boy like you doing here at this time of the day looking for a Hazara?” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It would be difficult if citizens wandered in, looking for the Department of Bicycle Repair; or something.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

But then he found what he had been looking for and turned back. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

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

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

They were likely looking for any contraband, but he also knew that anything was possible. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

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

“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

He was a junior now, but back when he and Cherie were in ninth grade they ditched school all the time, wandering through the city with their friends, looking for fun, courting trouble. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Lazlo had to go along as interpreter, and at first he couldn’t tell what it was the alchemist was looking for. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It would not suit our game for me to be seen looking for Hamlet. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“I was looking for money,” I tell him, “to take Mister Lochana’s speedboat.” Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

However, once they got Toby alone, it was evident to him that they were fishing—looking for any checkmark against Jimmy. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“No point? There is no point in looking for my sister’s body?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He riffles through the rest of the stuff, looking for what she requested, and finds it beneath a napkin with a circular stain on it. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

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

As I’m digging through my bag, looking for my keys, I notice Millie Michalchuk waddling down the sidewalk and through the parking lot. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“But I thought we were looking for places You-Know-Who’s been, places he’s done something important?” said Ron, looking baffled. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It is surprisingly easy to get lost when you’re deep in the woods with your head down, looking for wild mushrooms. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

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

All the time we were talking, we could hear the lunatic roaming around below, looking for the safe. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I realized I was looking for more than that. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Yesterday I walked to those houses across the highway. I was looking for you. After a while I met some kids by the pond.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He was probably letting Black know that he had heat and that there ain't no choice but to drive to Brownsville and off whoever was looking for me. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

It was what I had spent forty years looking for, what I wanted my life and life story to be. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Though I didn’t know it at the time, I was looking for the name of the wind. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They were started by door-to-door salesmen, short-order cooks, orphans, and dropouts, by eternal optimists looking for a piece of the next big thing. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z

He pressed every part of its surface, looking for a secret catch. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I’m not looking for anything else,” I said. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they all took this in, sickly green fear pulled at their entrails, and their eyes flickered looking for some hatch or hideaway from death. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wes and Red boarded the bus, giving the daily head nod to the driver and walking down the aisle looking for a seat. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Just in case anyone was looking for a good, flat place to land. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

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

People tried to communicate with the other groups, looking for family members and loved ones. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

"That's the kid you were looking for?" the taller mover calls out cheerfully. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Your grandparents spent anxious minutes looking for me. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

But even before the words are out, I see one of his eyebrows go up, and I know that this isn’t the answer he was looking for. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Buckbeak was ferreting around on the rocky floor, looking for bones he might have overlooked. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“But he got back, all right. He says he found what he was looking for.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their ears was perked up and, ’stead of being scairt by the noise, they was looking for more of it. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“I heard the captain talking to you and suddenly there was nothing. I almost came out looking for you.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

I was looking for a can—my bank. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later my mother was looking for me and she took me to the back of the bus and explained why I couldn’t sit there. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Instead he stood over the table, studying the pieces of a new puzzle, moving them around, looking for the corners and edges. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Had Dr. Lange gone looking for the key? Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

A half hour after they'd left, Noodle breezed in, looking for Brick. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He is looking for something that he desperately does not want to find. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

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

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

Dutch men mostly avoid them because soldiers prowl our public transportation looking for workers to send to their war-effort factories. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

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

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

“Have you any idea how long we've been looking for you?” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She held out a quarter of a pink message slip and looked at me with a face that said “I hope you wont be coming around here looking for another handout anytime soon.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I stumble around the cellar, looking for an exit. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

His father and his mother and his brother George seldom could locate him by looking for him—usually they had to call him; and the house often echoed with cries of “Stuart! Stooo-art!” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you follow these blacks so you can help them find what they’re looking for?” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Norris gave a loud meow, still peering around Filch’s legs, looking for the source of Harry’s bubble-bath smell. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“My . . . my father told me this tale, thousands of years ago. This is the beast we are looking for.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

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

“Well,” she said thoughtfully, “maybe what you’re looking for is not so much the mark your daddy made on this town, but the mark the town made on your daddy.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Margaret knew he was looking for his father, whom he thought would be looking for him expectantly. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sorry about that. You said you’re looking for Carlos? He should be in the basement. He’s fixing an issue with the trash chute. There’s always something in this building.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

That afternoon, Richard’s cousin Lloyd came by Oakland High looking for him. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Of course, if they were looking for David, these uglies were potential runaways. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

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

He was well out into the great field and looking for a sight of the distant arch when he felt along the ground the first stamping thuds of the alarm. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

That he was afraid and looking for a place to be safe. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

My fingers wave overhead, looking for a branch, a limb, something to hang on to. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“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

He scanned the city like he was still looking for Annabeth until they passed under the Golden Gate Bridge and turned north. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

‘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

Some guys spend days looking for something they lost. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

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

Yeah—looking for the Mustang would have to wait. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I study these groups carefully, looking for clues, watching how they interact. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But looking for food did change the way I looked at nature. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“We were out in the waves, looking for fish, and he got stung. Jellyfish.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

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

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

The only thing I can think of is, open up the throttle and head over to the town wharf, looking for Fin Chaser. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She would think of looking for me back there. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“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

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

We nodded to acknowledge other soldiers as we walked around town looking for Jumah. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Mom asks him all the time, “Are you looking for a job?” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what I’m looking for, but I know I’m different. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

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

“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

She wanted to see if I had anything to add, but I was there looking for answers. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The math is simple: when a college goes looking for applicants with high SAT scores, it is far more likely to find them among well-off teenagers. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

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

The rector from the nearby hamlet of Berwick came looking for an apprentice and, thanks to Mistress MacGregor's praise, settled on me. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

They shouldered their backpacks and walked into the village, looking for Ebola. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He glances at me like he’s looking for support. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I found a girl who wasn't the girl I was looking for. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

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

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

I'm no closer to finding what I'm looking for. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

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

“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

Then, as we were talking, a nurse came outside looking for me. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Okay. I got one. You know when you are looking for shells on the beach and you find one with a perfect hole in it?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Probably not the same boy. Lots of boys in the world, what’re the odds it was the one he was looking for? Out the back door as soon as my back was turned, I’ll bet.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Silas said, “We have both left too many tracks and traces in the last few weeks. They are still looking for you, you know.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

"Speaking of all that, I heard they looking for us." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

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

We lay our foreheads and our cheeks against the Long Wall and cried like the women who had come here looking for their men so long building the wall. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her head swivels around like she is looking for something or somebody. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Wanting to live forced her to drag herself along the dark road, looking for help. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

He is looking for work with the church. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

You sound like an honest person looking for answers, but I have learned that not everything is as it seems. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He only hoped they would continue to work: He imagined Voldemort, a hundred yards above them as they spoke, looking for a way to penetrate what Harry visualized as a great transparent bubble. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“She came down here looking for me,” George said. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

I delve through the postcards—I don’t know why or what I’m looking for, I’m just trying to keep panic at bay. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moment I arrived in Isiolo I would start looking for a ride. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now all she could do was listen: “Ah, here’s what I’m looking for! The Huntsman’s Almanac. I keep this copy shelved in my study. The maid must have put it away.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

They had seen the smoke from our fires and smelled roasting meat, so they had come looking for us. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Kites’ place was definitely looking for a new family. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“But if you change your mind, Tally, we’re always looking for volunteers in the rangers.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t seen the fire, but he seemed to be looking for a reason to tell them off anyway. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“We’ve been looking for someone to carry a baby for us. The right person.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

During Christmas vacation of my junior year, Gay was looking for a movie to watch when she discovered the videotape from my adoption day four and a half years earlier. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Percy turned in a circle, looking for enemies. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“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

“Well, be careful from now on. If you go and walk under a bus or get lost or something, they’ll realize you’re not from this world and start looking for the way through....” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But first let's give him a chance to come back. Do you think he'll be pleased to get back here only to find you’ve disappeared, gone looking for him in the big, wide world?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

They had come looking for an answer or a story or a piece of something, anything, to take away with them. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

That’s why people who go looking for them call it mushroom hunting—not harvesting. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The grass was wet and thick near the stream and they made their way up the opposite slope, looking for drier ground. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

First I put my costume on backward, and then I spend ten minutes looking for my contact lenses before remembering I’m wearing them. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Fletcher had the ball and Ice was looking for the pass. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

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

I untied my shoe to extricate it and then turned it over, looking for the wind-up key, but I couldn’t find one. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

“But she has spent twenty thousand pounds looking for you.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s looking for its witch master,” someone whispered. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“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

There was only one thing they were looking for. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He was busy rummaging in his cloak, looking for something. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

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

I have no idea what he sees, what he’s even looking for. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She limped around the perimeter of the house, looking for a garden, some carrots she could dig from the earth, a tomato she could pluck from a vine, but these people didn’t keep a garden. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

To add to our bewilderment, our mother called us to her one day and cautioned us against telling anyone that “uncle” ever visited us, that people were looking for “uncle.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Now Cabot spent his days not looking for jobs, but pretending to as Alma served complicated coffees in various Italian-named sizes down the street. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

She yelled out, turning wildly around in circles looking for him. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I know, but you don’t go looking for them. You try to work things out every other way you can think of first. Even with the spiders. And Ripred,” said Gregor. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We believe he has qualities we are looking for.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Through Paula, Tracy met Luma, who mentioned that she was looking for a coordinator for her soccer program, someone who could handle team logistics like travel and scheduling and be in charge of tutoring. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

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

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

Or at least anyone looking for them with the first edition in hand would think they were gone. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

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

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

I spent my time, when not looking for work, in my room, where I read countless books from the library. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He knew to come to us looking for someone to travel with,” Bushra says. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, it just so happens I’m looking for a key.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“He’s not looking for you,” Yossarian said, trying to placate him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Bull said, looking for the first time into the interior of the car but looking through the front window at the silhouette propped against the door. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was simply looking for the man who had been her mentor since her mother’s death. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m looking for a beautiful assistant to help me out.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

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

I don’t even know what I’m looking for. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

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

I suppose he went out of the valley, looking for David, and died. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

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

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

“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

“The times demand sacrifices, Anne. Just for a week or so. Women will soon come to the city looking for work, and you and our aunt will be able to hire a full staff.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had no idea where to go; she knew only that she would never give up looking for him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“My friends are looking for me,” I say, suddenly warm again. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“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

Why, Jonathan kept asking himself, is he looking for me? The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

“That’s right. If my mother’s brother, Uncle Jimmy, the top librarian in all of America, can’t help me find the one book I’m looking for, nobody can!” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

There was more swearing and banging as Grandpa Portman stomped around looking for it. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I gave my suit and jacket and striped shirts and club ties and wing tips to a young guy who was looking for work. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps. But now that you know what you’re looking for in this art of the dying, I want you to try to feel it.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I had come looking for a parade, for a military review of champions marching in ranks. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

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

“They were looking for him today at my house,” Jaimito whispered. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I acted more interested in looking for the remote, so I could switch on the television. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He said looking for work was more worry than a hard day’s labor. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thing was, if you started looking for weirdness, suddenly everything seemed that way. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“They knew we were heading for the streets. Probably the explosion will throw them for a few minutes, then they’ll start looking for our exit point.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I scan the names, looking for my sisters, hoping Rémy lied, but I don't see them. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She was looking for answers...and a way to fix her mistakes. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I knew it wasn’t a Bleeding Scream they were looking for. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

She and her friends were looking for a different party and got lost. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

“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

Refugees flooded the roads, desperately looking for safety as Communist troops pushed south toward Saigon in their final “Ho Chi Minh Campaign.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I slipped my way through the sweaty bodies and loud voices, looking for a familiar face. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I waited there in the corn, expecting Mama or Jay to come looking for me and tell me to come back home. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Did he tell you,” asked the King with interest, “that it was wrong to kill people for any reason, and especially when you were looking for the Grail?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I thought maybe they were looking for money. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I probably only need one guess to know what he’s thinking: we were looking for each other. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I peered over the rail, looking for the bus that I knew was still somewhere down there on the side of the mountain, but I couldn’t see it. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Chandra was busy in the courtyard carrying water from the well to the small vegetable garden, where squashes and melons were creeping about, looking for room to grow. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I stop drawing, looking for a sign about what the TV picture means. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

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

To this day, when we arrive at a rental house in Hawaii or on Martha’s Vineyard, Barack goes off looking for an empty room that can serve as the vacation hole. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“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

“I was looking for her son. He came here to visit her.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

First, the Free Blacks, who came looking for opportunities across the North; and later, the Haitians, who had taken their independence by force. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

We step farther into the vault, looking for some sign of the intruder. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Father Cham had wished for Pong to find what he was looking for: freedom. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I didn't know what I was looking for, but I can tell you the fear of waiting to get caught was worse than getting caught. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Now he is a veteran of a perilous pilgrimage by children, many of whom come looking for their mothers and travel any way they Enrique’s Journey can. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Finally he said, “I was looking for something that could help us.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Joey stared down the street, looking for Mom’s car. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“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 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

“Uncle Louver wanted nothing to do with it, in case the ghost came looking for it, so he buried it.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

It let me know I was close to finding what I’d come here looking for. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

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 hope you can. I’m looking for the superintendent. We had a meeting with the school board set for this evening. I thought it would be in the administrative office, but the school is locked.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he was looking for the sluggers, maybe he just wanted to see the stars and dream of a world beyond this one while I sat on the blanket and remembered Jesse. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Well, I didn’t come thousands of miles looking for a house full of creepy garbage.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I could not remember seeing an egg in my smuggling searches, but then I hadn’t been looking for eggs. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Once upon a time this girl lived in the real world, and she came into the woods looking for something. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He circled in the hollow under the branch, looking for higher ground, and then jumped again. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

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

It might seem a bit like looking for a black cat in a coal cellar. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The king's men were clearly looking for the vanished prince, but when a bear poked its head out the door window, the soldiers stepped back and quickly waved the coach on. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

"I just heard about a man who's been looking for you." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“I wonder if one is off looking for a new nest?” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He was slow and sort of ambled from one place to another, usually looking for people he knew so he could ask to borrow a nickel. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

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

“We re looking for a place to spend the night.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Was she looking for those who might need help? Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“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

What the test giver is looking for are the number and the uniqueness of your responses. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

George said, “If I see him, I’ll pass the word you was looking for him.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was too dark now to go out looking for the horse thief, and anyway, they had no idea when he had done his thieving or which way he had gone. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What makes you think I’m looking for something?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

"He claims he was looking for his nail clippers, or something. In my drawers, right?" How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“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

“But if Mr. Guareschi is looking for his desk, he might have a hard time finding it.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

While Papa and Dadi moved around I quickly went to our room like I was looking for something and wrote these words fast and steady: The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Sophie,” my mom said quietly, “no one will be able to save those bonobos. Patrice and Clement are off looking for them, but it doesn’t look good.” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I start to pick through her letters again, looking for the next one she wrote. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

"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

“I know five people who are looking for a place to live who could help out with the rent.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Immigrants, like my mom, came to this land looking for endless possibilities, but now those possibilities seem limited. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

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

“Ah,” Zooey said, and came closer to the couch, apparently looking for trouble. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

He found them around the train station, where they begged, gossiped, and periodically struck off in packs looking for food. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I’m looking for something that I remember seeing the last time I was here. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

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

Dell and Quang-ha appear to be hunting for two things: Mostly they are looking for acts of violence. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

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

He sits up very straight, looking for any man as large as he is. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

Everyone seems to be looking for something they lost. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

I’d already done this lab, and I knew what I was looking for. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

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

“All right, then we start with looking for cucos to follow first, and keep the flowers in mind,” Valley said. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The mainlanders were coming over in numbers now and would be looking for lobster tails to bait their hooks. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“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

“I was looking for the twins, and what do I see?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

There were a bunch of books on serial killers—not at all what I was looking for. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Now here he was rummaging through one that he’d helped wreck, looking for secrets. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“My husband works as a women’s clothier, and we employ several local women to make garments to order. We are looking for a girl who is good with a needle.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

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

“The planners of the competition are looking for art and poetry and writing.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to be anywhere that wasn’t looking for the lock. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I kept looking for her the rest of that day, puzzled by her reaction. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Tally took the board over the river, just above the water, and skimmed her way upstream, looking for a break in the wall of fire to her left. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

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

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

My sister plays in the gentle turquoise surf, looking for shells. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

In the storeroom Malcolm found what he was looking for: a pencil. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

In the store I walked down the aisles looking for something that Love might like. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He was looking for the water fountain where he’d left his bicycle. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was looking for Earthian logic, common sense, good government, peace, and responsibility.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

As long as they’re looking for him, he’s still alive, she concluded. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I receive a cup, lean to the side to pass it, and the woman next to me says, low in my ear, “Are you looking for anyone?” The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

"That's good, because I'm looking for payment for lodging him and feeding him for going on a week now." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

What Mountain Air is really looking for is—and here he reads from a transparency— “ Self-disciplined/Money-motivated/Positive attitude. ” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

So he quit, and now he’s looking for a new career. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Thula seemed suddenly to find what she had been looking for. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I was wondering—” I stopped, looking for a way to ask her. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

“So you’d given up looking for the Hallows when you saw the Cloak?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Means me, as a kid, yelling all the time looking for her, searching for a beat. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

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 think,” I whispered, my mouth dry, “they’re looking for someone.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then I use all my self-control not to burst into song—he went to the church looking for me! I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

It seemed the rest of the Night Zoo’s creatures had been freed, stampeding around the lawns, looking for escape too. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

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

I’m thinking how maybe Judd Travers has hold of the idea that I got his dog hid up there and he’s looking for an excuse to snoop around. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Oh, I’m not...I lost my friend. I’m looking for him.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

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

Someone who was there looking for beads among the trash told Úrsula that the night before he had seen her son in the tumult of the caravan pushing the snake-man’s cage on a cart. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

She thought about going outside and looking for her, but she dreaded the confrontation, the aggrieved looks. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Maybe Mecca is the place everyone is looking for . Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“What are you looking for?” her husband asked. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“I started looking for your notebook,” the girl said when Hugo appeared. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but there’s still a good chunk of desert right behind us. I’m always looking for one when I walk out there, but I’ve never seen one.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

People spend their whole lives looking for love. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“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

“That one! Dauntless. It’s one of the clippers I’ve been looking for.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Sitting in the back seat, I opened the window and stuck my head out, looking for road signs saying Santa Maria. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s not true. I saw you. You were looking for a way out.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Jonathan watched intently from behind a bush, certain the soldier was looking for him. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Without looking for thanks or praise, he quietly added his earnings to the pig, which we named Oz. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She thought she would start with the corporals legs in order to be out of the way of the nurse who was beginning to search his blackened arm, looking for a vein. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

One day he was looking for the small anvil that he used for laminating metals and he could not remember its name. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

Each soldier was paired up with a dog to track enemies through the jungle, search villages, and walk point looking for booby traps or snipers. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

One afternoon when I was alone in the honey house, June wandered in looking for August. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I don’t go looking for adventure or excitement, and I jolly well don’t go around picking fights with people. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He and his agents were looking for ways to attack the United States and its allies, too. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

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

“Hm. I see your mother’s looking for a boy,” commented Evy, examining the blue feather stitching on the kimonos. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally I decided she was looking for a place for us to stay. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

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 coach was right, the new Regis player could handle the ball and they were slowing things down, working the ball in and out, looking for the easy deuce. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

It’s Saturday so I’ll have to go looking for him at home. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“The guy you are looking for is in that box. I came in to look around this famous lodge. I found him here with two falcons.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

And then she said, “I think someone’s out there on the platform looking for you.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Denny got the motor running and we puttered downstream, looking for harbor seals, which he said sometimes wandered up the river. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Guitar must have left that particular message so Milkman could know who was looking for him without his giving his name. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew Jen was probably looking for her — who would want to waste a moon like that? Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I was reminded of a story I had read at the Boniface Estate when I was looking for things written about rats. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

On his first day there, Zannikos, scared and feeling lost, found the building he was looking for, but his mother’s cousin had moved. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Mrs. van D. didn’t move, but stayed by her writing desk, looking for a handkerchief. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“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

I finger the key in my pocket, and she watches but doesn’t say anything except, “There’s someone outside looking for you.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

But he spent small thought on this, for he was looking about him now with every sense alert, looking for that enemy, the shadow, which would be waiting for him somewhere outside the magic walls. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Harry looked from Ron to Hermione, who murmured, “I think Ron’s right. We don’t even know what we’re looking for, we need them.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

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

Her mother had no idea where she was and telephoned my house looking for her. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I did not know where to begin looking for my family. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Some of the white people ’round here are always trying to blame everything that goes bad on Settlement folks and we waren’t looking for no trouble. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He gave her an expression that made clear that she was the one he’d been looking for all day. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I was supposed to be looking for work that day. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

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

His first assignment in the New York City field office gave him the adventure he was looking for. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Do not worry, ships from all countries are out looking for us. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He could have been in the mangrove forest instead, looking for the cub. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

So I might go looking for a shop with another lamp like that in its window—not to buy, but just to compare with my ones at home. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know he was probably looking for the balloon as the answer, but that just seemed too easy. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Woody was out of the army by this time and looking for work. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re not really supposed to talk to the alive ones, but looking for dead guys is my job. Piper said.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I said to myself, “Whatever I’m looking for, I’ve found it.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I leaned forward into the rain, looking for signs of the bus. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Something tugs at my belly and I turn to the back window, looking for that lady again. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Now C.P. scanned the crowd until he found what he was looking for: whites and blacks, “standing together” all right, some even holding hands. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

I was looking for a chair to sit in and a quiet spot to say grace when I looked down and saw the two dogs. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t looking for a big fight with Philip Barnes—never had been. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Underneath the workbench, I pulled out the box of rags and shoved my hand beneath the curtains looking for the drill. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

So I shall be looking for something better as soon as I get the chance. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, she spent like a week looking for it in every closet, in the laundry room, everywhere.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

"No. I'm just—I'm looking for someone, and I think Judith might be able to tell me more about them." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He was looking for someone, but he didn’t say who. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The king was looking for his dog earlier." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

On the rare occasions that Min dismissed him early, he would hang around the house, looking for little chores to do—pulling weeds in her vegetable patch or sweeping the yard. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

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

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

You know what he said after he slowly stepped back, holding the thing he'd been looking for? Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Instead of being assigned missions, free hunters were allowed to go looking for trouble. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

After a few seconds Queenie said, “He says he’s over the English Channel. He’s looking for Calais.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

They trundled over the bridge and pushed the cart out through the woods looking for some place to leave it where it would not be seen. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I remembered the night Dr. Seltzer came to the house looking for Papa. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

She was out there looking for flowers, but it was too early—too wintry. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

They were organized alphabetically by artist, so I scanned through, looking for the G’s. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

We couldn’t miss a roll call, or they would come looking for us. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m looking for a babysitter for some Saturday nights,” she finally said. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“She is looking for work, and why should she not work here for you? Could she find a more suitable place?” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

“And I have to say you have a lot of the skills and attributes that we’re looking for in our paralegal candidates.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

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

And he was always dressed like he was looking for a date. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Why would a scythe be looking for her? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I had a good idea Chas was probably running around in the woods naked, looking for something to kill. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

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

His wife, Libby, had called the Bureau, looking for him. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

During a visit to Andre’s sport shop to have my racket strung, I told him that I was looking for a job. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Said he’s looking for his homeboy. Called you by name, so I figure he’s legit...” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

My letter read in part: I am informed that a warrant for my arrest has been issued, and that the police are looking for me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Instead, when police go looking for drugs, they look in the ’hood. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if she’d been looking for me, but she raised her hand when she saw me staring. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Too dangerous. The Sleeper is looking for you.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

Until just a few days ago, the girl I was looking for was living at the home of a boy I'd seen multiple times. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“No. Perhaps not anyone. But, Percy, you must beware. I have worried for some time that Kronos may be looking for Daedalus for a different reason, not just passage through the maze.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She got stuck and began looking for ways to procrastinate. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

There had to be some grace in honesty, some benefit to coming to class defeated and looking for help. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Byrd’s mouth opens wide, her eyes too, like Axel has found the words she’s been looking for, like he’s solved the very mystery from before. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

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

I set my spoon neatly beside my bowl, raised my eyes to his and said yeah, I was looking for more than just help with the head wound. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

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

“Don’t be stupid and go looking for files or running under any trains.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

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 wasn’t trying to be my dad, and my dad was still in my life, so I wasn’t looking for anyone to replace him. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She was no longer the fun-loving girl looking for something to do. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Was he still wandering around, looking for his enemies? A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hell, I go looking for you in Imre all the time, but I don’t actually expect to find you ” I trailed off, realizing that I was blathering. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

And maybe I came here looking for someone who won’t show up, but I’ll leave with someone who could be even better for me. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know! But it doesn’t matter. I can’t stay here anymore. What if he comes looking for me again?” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“What are you going to do while I’m looking for Adiah?” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Following almost every series of incidents, officers would search the yard, the gym, and other places inmates congregated and prepared for battle, looking for weapons. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m at the edge of the world looking for my brother. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

And so it is now that she’s making her final checks before takeoff, looking for passengers who are going to need a little extra help. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“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

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

The great thing about Sherlock Holmes is, he never sat around looking for theories. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was looking for validation of his instinct that this was a “dangerously optimistic” view. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

One C.I.D. man was looking for a gun to shoot one of the other C.I.D. men who had jabbed his elbow into his eye. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He’d waited in the lobby for thirty minutes, trying to see past the streaming lines of freshmen and their parents, looking for her wild hair, her petite body. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

‘Piper, you were amazing, but those fiery spirits you released -’ ‘How does that help us find the cure we’re looking for?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

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

He scanned the slides with his eyes, back and forth, back and forth, moving across the microscopic world, looking for a telltale greenish glow. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not looking for children’s books,” I said, a little more forcefully. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

My brain, which had always been as fleet as my feet, began to race instead, looking for a way out. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

“She’s . . . already headed back home. On a ship. There was a ship here that took her. She’s the one who told us to come looking for you.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Guess Mr. Lemoncello never throws anything away,” Haley remarked as she scanned the heaps, looking for the #12 mentioned on her bonus card. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

His soul is prob-ably still out there somewhere—floating in the darkness, looking for hope, hoping for forgiveness, and terribly, terribly frightened. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I put on his clothes and drifted around the house looking for something but I didn’t know what. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every day their mother would go out looking for him. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Actually,” the man said, puffing out his chest just a bit, “I am looking for my daughter, Isabel. Have you seen her?” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Shortly after the riots, like many other white Detroiters, my parents began looking for a house in the suburbs. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

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 whip my head around looking for Dylan and find him sliding, waving his arms for something to hold on to. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

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 read Caitlin’s friendly letter three times looking for clues that she may be disappointed in me. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

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

“Did you find what you were looking for?” she asks. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Because we had backtracked, looking for them, we got to the National Palace with only minutes to spare. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was more than tracks Calvin was looking for—he whispered to the trees, whispered to the ground, touched them, as a blind man caresses a page of Braille, pulling meaning through his fingers. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he still hadn’t come after twenty minutes, I went looking for him. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The person looking for us wras a small fellow with spectacles in a wizened face. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I happen to know that Amber Carson accessed the very file I'm looking for earlier today when Alicia called her. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

One afternoon when Brian and I had come home to an empty fridge, we went out to the alley behind the house looking for bottles to redeem. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I think something—someone—is looking for him. Or waiting? Waiting for him? Watching him?” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Within days of my departure for the army the police were at my parents’ apartment, looking for me. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Unlike his Dodgers teammates, he hadn’t been slugging home runs all season. The rookie was still looking for his very first home run in the big leagues.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

But Dimarion was only looking for one: in the crook of Reed’s left elbow, a tiny tattooed ship perched at the edge of a spinning maelstrom—a reminder of their last encounter. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“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

We were always looking for ways to stand up to the authorities, and the report of a beating was the kind of incident we could raise with the head office. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been wondering where I cooked—no doubt looking for signs of smoke or fire. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Mike Winchell wasn’t at all what the college recruiters were looking for, and the fears that had always haunted him were probably right: he wasn’t fast enough, or tall enough. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Who do you think is looking for you?" she asks after a while. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

It seemed almost like an unwritten rule, especially in politics, where adversaries put money into opposition research—hiring investigators to crawl through every piece of a candidate’s background, looking for anything resembling dirt. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

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

One cop in all-black paramilitary gear stood in the lookout turret on top, and he surveyed the street as if he were looking for snipers. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Then one day, a lady comes in to town looking for Eang. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept looking for other ways to make improvements. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

“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

It was obvious she was looking for an animal. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“You’re always pulling your head inside your stupid old turtle shell. I bet you didn’t even go out looking for my mama when she left. I bet you just let her run off, too.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I know plenty of faculty members who’re always looking for after-school care. You could run it out of the center. Just try it and see how it goes.” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

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

She paddled vigorously, looking for signs of people in the early-morning light. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think it’s gonna be something to, I don’t know, remember her folks with or make some kind of gesture or something but she finds what she’s looking for and it’s only a flashlight. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

There is no way I can tell her what I’m looking for. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

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

I felt like I was looking for my own kid.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t help looking for familiar faces among the spirits of Asphodel, but the dead are hard to look at Their faces shimmer. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“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

“I’m sorry,” I said, “I’m looking for someone.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

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

I would walk as far as I could each day, looking for the children in the dream. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

And it seemed to be looking for a way to get past the fire. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned the comer, looking for the white straw hat he always wore. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Otherwise, the people Dad owed the money to would come looking for me the instant I turned eighteen. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The police were no longer looking for me. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

First chance he got, he went through her drawers "looking for my nail clippers," and there he found her packet of love letters. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“You one of them girls that’s been looking for a spy?” he asked, kind of half looking at me. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I had just climbed up to a sitting position on my bunk and was explaining to Basil the difference between a single whip and a six-tail when the third-floor steward came looking for me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

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

Dad is out looking for a job again and sometimes he comes home with the smell of whiskey, singing all the songs about suffering Ireland. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

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

Then running around the house looking for tweezers to pluck it out. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“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

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

He had to get some sleep before he went looking for Guitar. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

After Comrade Pillai left, Inspector Thomas Mathew went over their conversation in his mind, teasing it, testing its logic, looking for loopholes. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when I’m playing against somebody really tough I start looking for the inch. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I’d been scrolling around online for an hour looking for a dress for an event I had in a few weeks, and absolutely nothing looked right. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

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

Picking a new place used to feel like an extra exciting game of Go Fish—we were always looking for a match. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Louis then took to the streets, looking for work. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

It seemed to him the wind was weakening a little so he kept looking for a place to rest and catch his breath. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

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

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

In Minneapolis there had been only silence and the inevitable clumsy petitions of potato-fingered men looking for someone, anyone, to share the agony of their days. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Fadi tensed, looking for a way to avoid whoever was looking for him. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

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

Piper, Jason, and Percy pounded on the walls, looking for an exit, but they found nothing. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

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

“On the screen. It was from a movie. It just showed up really large on the big screen—we were just looking for something watch—and I think it freaked her out.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

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

Every day, every hour, thousands of people poured into the city, crowding the sidewalks, looking for places to live. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Always looking for some way to come out on top. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

"Poor thing. Help us out, sweetheart, so we can call your parents. Surely someone's going crazy looking for you." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They were not looking for such as I. But sometimes I stopped and talked to the inspectors when they were not too busy. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nurse turned away quickly and began to shuffle through records like she was looking for something. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Somebody said she was raunchy from being cooped up and went looking for a lay. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is close enough to hear diesel engines growl and horns blare whenever a train pulls out but far enough to avoid police who hover around the station looking for migrants. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The sound was audible as he opened up the complicated lock and, after removing what he was looking for, locked it up again. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why are you looking for a fight anyway?” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Do you know how much time she wasted looking for you?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

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

Around the abandoned lorries they passed, supplies had been scattered by troops looking for food or drink or petrol. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

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

“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

Everyone’s looking for a short-term loan for something, to pay a bill or pay a fine or just hold things together. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I don’t realize I’m looking for the pediatric ward until I get there. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another evening Florah asked, “Why are you looking for work, Mama?” 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

Within minutes, the Armada had begun to split, with only the Prince’s giant ship sailing alone closest to the coastline, looking for a landing possibility. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m looking for the postcards Ma used to send us.” Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Remember when Oliver was four and woke up early on Christmas and came downstairs and unwrapped every present under the tree looking for a train set?” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I turn my head, looking for my twin in the yard, but she is no longer by the elm. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The referee was watching close and I knew he was looking for me to push too much and he would call a foul. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“What exactly are you looking for?” she demanded. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

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

I started looking for food everywhere I went. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

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

What the haydiddly is she even looking for in a girl? Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“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

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

I didn’t know where to start looking for Sass. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

We continue looking for the perfect few rocks that will join Dad’s other beads. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

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

He was looking for a place to eat. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

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 wanted to say, No thanks, wrong door, just looking for the bathroom. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

Everyone in Faerie must be looking for him, and here he is, wandering around in a flimsy silver fox half mask, blinking at me with drunken confusion and swaying a bit on his feet. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I'm worried for a second that Mrs. Janssen will have thrown away what I'm looking for. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Literally looking for new worlds to conquer, De Soto returned to Spain soon after his exploits in Peru. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He turned to her again, and then he saw what he was looking for, uttering a soft hiss between his teeth. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

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

Down below I could hear Hamilton knocking about, lifting boards and looking for leaks. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

He was looking for finesse but I came after him with muscle. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

If he was looking for trouble, he got it. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

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

The radio transmissions were in shorthand: the Corona had put in a call from northwest of sounding board 56, looking for a fix from the lighthouse radio signal. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“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

“No,” I say again, “I’m not still looking for her.” Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“We thought the tent was….We’re looking for...prisoner...the emperor we thought maybe...” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

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

We talked about old girls we’d known and the racist store worker and if because of him the cops would be out looking for us tomorrow. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have any close friends and I wasn’t looking for any. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“We had to write to check with the church registers. What the Nazi authorities were looking for, of course, were Jewish names.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“This woman is looking for you,” said Ash’s escort to Kaisa. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He forged ahead through a grey-and-black terrain, looking for the dreams of Thalia Grace, daughter of Zeus. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

They are looking for Calvin out in the dark. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“She roams the earth with pointed teeth and glowing eyes, looking for her children. If she finds a child awake, she will mistake them for her own and take them!” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I tried to creep by unnoticed, but he stopped me, claiming that I was just the fellow he'd been looking for. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

She hastily slid her calling card behind the trash can, adjusting it so it could be seen by someone looking for it but not spotted as trash. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Angela said,You’re only looking for an excuse to run to the speakeasy, and he said, As God is my witness, the drink is the last thing on my mind. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I kept looking for Irene on the beach, relieved, somehow, to see her there, her face shaded by a white baseball cap, her hands busy building something in the thick sand. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

I forget all about looking for cans and bottles. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

And as if they were expecting it to come looking for her. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t want any books about English officers looking for salmon or books about people shooting each other.There’s enough trouble in the world without reading about people bothering fish and each other. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Lee continues to plan, still looking for a way to save his army and get to the Carolinas. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

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

Under the glow of emergency lighting, Nailer cast about, looking for some tool he could use as a weapon. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was a job placement center, part of the guidance counselor’s office, I believe, and I planned to go there looking for a job. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

As she rubbed her arm, she searched the crowd, looking for Reggie. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I've been looking for you all day. I came here a few times, but I didn't see you.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

Pong craned his neck, looking for the olive-green jacket, but the crowd was cheering something else. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

His eyes dart around the room, as if he’s looking for a secret escape hatch. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

It took several days, but by dint of careful reporting skills and copious phone calls, Mrs. Richardson finally found the key she had been looking for. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

I’d just watched the guy we were looking for, Daedalus, murder his own nephew. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“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

Grabbing Starry's chin, she swivels my sister's head from side to side, as though looking for bruises on a mango. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I’m just looking for something apart from the ugliness of these tapes. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

"Oh, nothing much. Just looking for yarn," I said. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

At sunrise they could begin looking for the supply crates. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that I was looking for them, they were impossible to miss. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

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

They weren’t sure exactly what they were looking for, but Bruno kept stating that a good explorer would know it when he found it. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 2006-01-05T00:00:00Z

All at the same time, I started backing up and looking for Charles. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course: looking for his grandfather’s remains—to collect them and take them for a proper burial. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I didn’t show up for dinner that night, which was a mistake, because Chiron and Grover came looking for me. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Men were lifting the spears, testing the weight, looking for the one that felt right. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He was angry. He may come back around looking for trouble.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I asked All around us, sirens wailed I figured it wouldn't be long before more cops cruised by, looking for juvenile delinquent gym-bombers. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow that fills me with more anxiety than the idea of Peacekeepers looking for housing. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I waited for Katz for three-quarters of an hour, then went looking for him. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The Seven Days, Milkman guessed, would be looking for a new recruit, as they had to when Robert Smith jumped off the roof of Mercy. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have no need. My parents are looking for a husband for me.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

He wrote, I am looking for an acceptable compromise. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

They went back through the store again looking for another cart but there were none. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

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

After a few minutes of looking for a key, he grows impatient and returns to his study to retrieve the silver knife that is embedded in the dartboard on the wall. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

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 was wandering around, looking for something new to read, and feeling that rush of watching someone who isn’t you get in trouble. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He glanced constantly at the West Door, looking for any sign of Alby and Minho, Newt’s concern having rubbed off on him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Trotter had said that he was looking for his basketball in our bushes, yet he didn’t have it with him when he left. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He told us about what’s happening to our people. It wasn’t easy to hear, and was he frantic, tried to leave right away, looking for this Isaac fellow.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“What are you looking for?” the secretary asked. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“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

“Of course not. I was just looking for a hard word,” Rodney told her. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

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

He remembered what Hazel had said about finding a treasure that would help them with the quest, but he wasn’t sure what he was looking for. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

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

“We were looking for books about white sharks to help with the field guide. And Fred found a bunch of her papers on the shelf,” I said. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She’s intent on it even though he’s much too good- looking for me, not to mention a state senator’s son. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“It’s Grover. He seems so distraught. All year he’s been out looking for Pan. And every time he comes back, it’s worse. I thought maybe, at first, he was seeing another tree.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He retrieved the box of pictures, and while looking for that one he found another. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

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

“I was just looking for that glass girl poem.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Two njuzu girls were weaving around the thorn barrier, looking for a way up. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like the old men on Tenth Street, now he bought the morning and evening papers, and once every two weeks the black newspaper, and read nervously, looking for reports of murders that appeared suspicious, pointless. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I explained to the man at the desk that I was looking for my cousin, Mike Bickle. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Were you looking for me too?” asked Jonathan. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment, we turned towards the street, looking for the others. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled out the boxes and spent several nights going through the papers, looking for “Top Secret” stamps he’d missed the first time through. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She met him as he was looking for her to beg her to do just what she had already decided on. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Staring up at shutters, gutter lines, looking for cables bracketed to bricks, anything that might give the transmitter away. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He was not looking for a brand-new theory; he did not yet have a conception of knowledge as progressive. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Are you looking for her for some reason?” the TA asked, wrinkling her eyebrows at Trevor. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

It trotted into the meadow, probably looking for grass to eat, when the sheep all bleated at once and rushed the animal. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was late summer, when tornadoes ride up and down the state every night like wraiths, and sometimes attack the towns looking for hobbits, who are really just kids. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“The letter didn’t say anything about murder. We re just looking for a spy, right, Abilene?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

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

“Yes, it is your brother Ector. We have been looking for you for two years. Oh, Lancelot, I am glad to see you!” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He, too, looked out toward Sow and Pigs, but he was not looking for anything. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

While he'd been away, the FBI had stopped by and was looking for him. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

Case in point: I was looking for a pen when she gave the word this morning. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I thought about what Grover had told me, that the Furies on the bus seemed to have been looking for something. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I groped my head with both hands, looking for a head wound I desperately hoped would not be there. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes darted left and right, looking for a way out. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

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 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

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

“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

Her eyes traveled around the marketplace, looking for some idea of where to go. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Did I think that just because I was a minority, the jobs would come looking for me? Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

"What are we supposed to be looking for?" Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

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

There was a faint twinge, but only 'cause I was looking for it. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

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

I dug into my bag until I found what I was looking for. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

She made a grim face, realizing that this time she was actually going out looking for Special Circumstances. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“But it’s his money. I see my sister and my parents looking for me, by the way. I should go.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

Though, to be fair, I’d been looking for a platonic friend, preferably female. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Though he refuses to admit to himself that he is looking for her. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Whoever she was looking for—friend, brother, sister, parent, or child—wasn’t here. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“So I went looking for you on top of things. But the moon’s coming out, so I came back.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

“If I thought it wasn’t my boy, I would be out looking for him now.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I came looking for my sister. Death has gone missing, so I thought... I thought I could bring her back and no one would notice.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

They were then looking for nim any moment Edna hastened upstairs by a private stairway that led from the rear of the store to the apartments above. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

The women knew what the men were looking for. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The owls flew through the hayloft, shrieking and looking for mice. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, I’m looking for a good high school for my niece,” the woman says. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I’m looking for the Woodworks,” I muttered, slightly stunned. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Pm looking for anyone else who might have lived there, too, not just the headmistress.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“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

She was looking for the same thing I was. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

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

“Did you find the book you were looking for?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

"I'm looking for a boy named Pong. Do you know him?" A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

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

I pretended to be looking for Algernon under a waste basket. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Dear Diary, I read this poem at the Freedom Writers concert: An Innocent Freedom Writer A young black boy filled with innocence and care, looking for someone, but no one is there. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The gunmen scanned the room, their weapons trained on the terrified customers and employees, their heads swiveling, looking for any movement. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I press down the street looking for the address of the sculpture studio. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

They are his children so he went looking for them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You know I’m not looking for a relationship right now.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I drove into town, parked, and entered the courthouse looking for the district attorney’s office. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

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

“When you blew out the candle for his wish, he has been looking for you.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father began looking for someone to tutor me, to help me make up at least part of what I had lost. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“I mean, you don’t have to make it sound like a bad kung fu movie, but yeah, something like that. We been looking for her, but there’s no clues, no sign, nothin’...” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Of those, the counselors say, 75 percent are looking for their mothers. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“No. Just tell him I was looking for him,” Luke said. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

A friendly Cyclops and a giant dog were looking for him. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

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

Some of the guys were looking around, their weapons moving, shaking almost as if they were alive, looking for an enemy to fire upon. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

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

He was out-of-bounds, on his own, snooping around without any idea of what he was looking for. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

It had to be her voice because there was nothing exciting about looking for squat fungus in the bush. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I think it’s because she’s a teacher—always looking for ways to make something better than it is. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was this valley I was looking for the day I set out with Jenner. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

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

Around the kitchen tables at night, union fathers often identified Homer Hickam as the enemy, and the boys from those families sometimes went out looking for revenge. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Had that been what the thieves were looking for? Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

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

Until I know the drug test results, I feel obliged to keep looking for jobs. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

"They are looking for Don Carlos," Chino says tensely. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

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

“It’s not good to be down there all the time. Carrie went yesterday, looking for something, and she said it was filthy. What have you been doing?” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

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

Weird how this memory flashed through my mind as I raced the boat down the creek and into the river, my eyes sweeping back and forth across the water, looking for Ben and his mom. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

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

He bought a popular edition of The Lives of the Saints and spent the summer looking for ordinary explanations of the most extraordinary spiritual feats. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He was going through his pockets looking for matches to light his cigarette. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I shouldn’t have to come inside looking for you, Isaiah,”Mama says loudly. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I had heard too many stories about gangs looking for someone who they had to “deal” with. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you think people will come out here now,” I asked Miss Maggie, “looking for whatever Mr. Kendall didn’t find?” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

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 crossed the room and clapped me on the back, and I stared into his remaining eye, looking for something familiar. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Oh,” he said, “I’m looking for someone. A family.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Serendipity happens when a well-trained mind looking for one thing encounters something else: the unexpected. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

He pushed his books aside and quickly found what he was looking for — the leather-bound photo album Hagrid had given him two years ago, which was full of wizard pictures of his mother and father. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Even Charlie Valentine, who would come over looking for one of his wandering chickens, or for a game of cards. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

After I got sick of making the paper clip chain, I checked the rest of the drawers looking for something else revealing. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

There was a story there...but not the one she was looking for. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

She started rifling through her pack, no doubt looking for something that might help. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

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

The souls of Mrs. Horsepool-Worthingham’s relatives might be looking for someone to possess. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

What was she meant to be looking for? Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

"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

“Yes. They will begin actively looking for you. They’ll search every house around this one. It wouldn’t take them long to find you.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

He thought he was back in the Bag End garden looking for something; but he had a heavy pack on his back, which made him stoop. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“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

“Henry Washington. He’s been living over there with Miss Della Jones on Thirteenth Street. But she’s too addled now to keep up. So he’s looking for another place.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he looked up in my eyes and said, “But I don’t want neither one of y’all looking for no work on the Tanner place; don’t no one need to get involved out there.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

For a second I thought it might be Pita looking for fireflies, but she was standing at the cake table, digging into her second helping. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He heard her crying, and cast about wildly to left and right, looking for her. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I walked into the bright sunlight and heat, looking for a place to hide before ducking under a dwarf tree beside the church entrance. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

But they were cold things, and it was like looking for solace in frost. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

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

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

Mr. Penney picked up his pipe, tapped it lightly against the ashtray, and rolled his eyes to the back of his head, looking for the right figure. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

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

Besides, if the air-conditioning is going to break down on a ninety-degree day, it’s management’s responsibility to fix it before people start looking for other ways to cool off. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

She looked up and squinted in concentration as though looking for a ripening pod on the kola nut tree was more important than what Master was saying. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Nobody, not even a scrawny gray bird, was looking for him. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

They dashed from hotel to hotel, scanning the list of names in the registration book and looking for the name "Nicholas." Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

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

The rest of us sat in the boat trailing our fingers in the clear water and looking for jellyfish. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

After she leaves for the restaurant, I walk quietly around the house looking for anything to prove that the distant voices, which seem more and more like a dream, were real. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I walked into the stacks, not really knowing what book I was looking for. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

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

“Any coma victims in the Menagerie? Because, seriously, I’d be perfect for a role like that, if you’re looking for new talent, that is...” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

His eyes were darting all over the cabin as though looking for some shred of hope or comfort. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Are you looking for the Midwest team’s bookmobile?” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Leaders such as E. D. Nixon and Jo Ann Robinson kept looking for the catalyst—the “right” person or event—that would spark citywide action. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Wasn’t that exactly the feeling of connection I had been looking for when I began my journeys along the food chains of the U.S.? The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“But authorities are looking for her....We hope to find her very soon,” he added more forcefully. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

We go from bar to bar looking for Dad. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been looking for you since I woke. You have the smell of trouble all around you. And you know you’re not allowed to go out here, into the living world.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

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

“Wake up, sunshine. Your boss is looking for you.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He searched the chronological roster until he found what he was looking for. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Yeah—he’s a detective. He works for the tourists—looking for lost handbags and wallets. He nearly caught me with one once.’ The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“No. That doesn’t interest me. You see, Will, I’m not like a man looking for a job. I’m looking for work. I don’t need a job.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I thumb through the pages of her medical journals looking for highlighted passages. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, he’s still looking for a job here.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“You’re in the manager’s office. They’re all running around looking for spirits of ammonia and doctors and things to bring you to. They’d just run out of ammonia, apparently. How do you feel? No kidding.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

So when David left with my father and mother, and then later the dog disappeared, I assumed he had gone looking for David, through the gap into the deadness. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

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

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

“Listen to me. Is there anyone else we can talk to? And how can we find out about the friends we’re looking for? The girl, two women.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Why are we whispering? That’s Albert Nightingale right there. I thought you were looking for him.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“You never came here looking for me,” he said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

So when Papá found out that a rancher was looking for sharecroppers, he felt torn. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“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

“I was looking for, like, a luck potion?” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

She smiled and motioned for me to join the breakfast line as she walked away, looking for other children without name tags. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

In a way, everything was exactly as we had left it before we went looking for the toilets. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Recalling his previous work, he began looking for more, driving around ranches, cadging rides in private planes. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

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

“So... you said you were looking for me?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

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

Wild eyes join mine, looking for the danger. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Alice came to the doorway and peered out, looking for them, and then she heard the uneven footsteps approaching and went back to the kitchen. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The girl I have been looking for this whole time. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

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

We put up a small handwritten notice at the newspaper office and made sure that old Backy Medlin, the gin’s most maundering gossip, knew what we were looking for. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He knew that Ebright was looking beyond this year to ’36, looking for younger talent, just as he was. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

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

“I don’t know what you came here looking for. But I don’t think you’re going to find it.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There’s a lot of laughter at my place because Audrey’s telling the story of a friend of hers who’s been looking for a job in the city. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

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

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

“Yes,” whispered Michael, “she was looking for her star.” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

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

David held her close along the west shore, looking for any sign of man. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one in the Lacks family remembers how they learned about Gold’s book, but when Deborah got a copy, she flipped through it as fast as she could, looking for her mother. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

But women looking for an occasional lover do great. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

One afternoon as Emeline sat before her typewriter in Holmes’s office, a man entered looking for Holmes. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Any one of them might have been the one I was looking for. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the get-go, Elizebeth understood that Root was another one of those people looking for a back door to her husband, taking her on so “they’d get the use of his brains.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Yes?” he said, staring into his pot, as though looking for something in it. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

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

"The agents got the lists from those registrants. They were looking for Neubauer, or his code name of Nicholas." Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

“What is all this stuff?” said Kyle, looking for a passageway, trying to figure out how to get to wherever Haley was. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

The kind white folks tell when the mill closes down and they’re looking for a little comfort somewhere. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I was looking for Dante and I was yelling because he was lost, “Dante! Come back! Come back!” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

They were looking for somebody who hated Nicole, not somebody who was trying to bone her. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

A little panicked—he should have been looking for a good place to settle for the night—he spun around. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I could hear Chocolate looking for me, though. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

They circled the neighborhood of the music venue looking for street parking. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Believe it or not, we have a lot of people who come into the coffee shop who are looking for vegan alternatives, especially for baked goods,” Mrs. Hidalgo said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

There is only one possible answer to this question: he was looking for mountains on the moon. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“It’s her fault. She’s why I’m here. I was looking for her when everything happened. I thought she wanted to be with my family, but she left us.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Swift knew there were blacks wandering the streets and docks looking for work. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Traft might cause my innards to flip-flop, but that wasn’t what I was looking for. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He was the invisible boy looking for the place where no one could find him, where he did not have to feel invisible anymore. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Probably Jamison was looking for her even now, to tell her of the old woman’s death. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I buy a pack of gum and a water, and I tell her I’m looking for a lake and a church, someplace lovely. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

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

“Actually,” she goes on, “I was looking for you in the cafeteria yesterday, but you weren’t there. And when I didn’t see you again today, I thought you might have come here.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He’s looking for me so I pick up my pace. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

“It’s like suddenly remembering where you put something you’ve been looking for.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

All my life I had been looking for something, and everywhere I turned someone tried to tell me what it was. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

In the doorway he met people coming in; he stood to one side to let them pass, then went into the cold wind, looking for an empty flat. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He swept the flame low before him, looking for . . . there. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he was close by, after all, looking for him. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

“These situations can be very stressful, very difficult. We are looking for something so specific for E.T.: The Musical. It is a movie that is beloved across seas, and oceans.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Big excitement. We had the whole police force out looking for him.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Rats, shrews, and voles go inside the cave, too, either looking for salt or foraging for food, and these small mammals make trails through the cave. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though we can go anywhere to get a slice, we take the train all the way to the North Side because we’re always looking for excuses to get out of our neighborhood. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Two days of incessant walking, mostly looking for jobs. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nothing, Elijah. I was simply looking for a way to help the Settlement.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

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

“Are you looking for a house in Salinas?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Sorry. I haven’t seen any . . . what was it you were looking for?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“God?” said one kid, and I could tell that even though Mr. Browne wrote “God” down, that wasn’t the answer he was looking for. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

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

If the guy was really looking for a way out, he wasn’t going to find one there. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

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

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

I could tell he’d been out looking for work all morning. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

With a sinking heart, I circled the full lot looking for a space, while also searching for the silver Volvo that was clearly not there. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

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

“Then how do you know he was looking for me?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know how long I been driving around looking for you, Bri? You had us worried sick.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

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

He just plucked up another bean flower and held it up to the sky, examining it in the African light like a doctor with an X-ray, looking for the secret thing gone wrong. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ll take care of you. What sort of item are you looking for?” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was looking for prisoners too,” she said, her face sad. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Of course, if it was me,” he said quietly, “I’d have done something before now. I wouldn’t be staying in school like a good boy, I’d be out there looking for him.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Amazingly, however, they had heard no voices, met no other humans in the woods, nor were chased by patrollers who were looking for runaways. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but the Nemean Lion wasn’t the monster were looking for.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I’m going to raise butterflies, and keep looking for signs that others don’t see. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

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

That letter was the proof Nick’s mom and dad had been looking for. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some days he goes off alone, riding his bike in the hills, looking for our dog. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

We are looking for ways our stories fit together. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I find myself looking for her after second period, and then again after third and fourth. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

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

Then he saw what he was looking for: a narrow gully leading back between jagged walls, and at the entrance, a large, low boulder. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

"I was looking for the locker room," I spluttered. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The only time you don’t find a four-leaf clover,” he liked to say, “is when you stop looking for one.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Basically, we were on Facebook all the time, looking for Nicole-hate, not finding any. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I sit with my siblings, facing the road, looking for Pa. I think up reasons why Pa is late returning to us. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept looking for the lock after he told me he was finished, but it wasn’t the same. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He came over and said to Rainie, “What do you do? Just go around looking for trouble. What do you want, a fight?” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

What if that person went looking for our girls? Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She pulled out her phone and searched his name, looking for images. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He tried to cut around the baseline looking for a backdoor play or maybe to post me up low. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

But clearly, this isn’t the answer he is looking for. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He knows Mam would come for him or send us and there are so many pubs at this end of Limerick and beyond we could be looking for a month. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

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

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

The pistol they were looking for—which they never found, and for which they wouldn’t issue a permit—was sewed up inside a pillow. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Where the pass grew wider he stopped, as if he had found what he was looking for beside the trail. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

For part two of the survey, it was your turn to describe what you were looking for in a soul mate. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

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

If Mam stays in the bed and Dad goes out looking for a job we can do what we like all day. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I was just looking for a place to sleep,” he said quickly, his hand unconsciously clutching at the circle of iron that hung around his neck. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I don’t have to go looking for trouble in an airplane,” he noted, blinking his beady, brown, offended eyes myopically. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Sasha ransacked their own brain looking for the file, but it didn’t seem to be there. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Just tell us what happened here. We came looking for my parents and we can’t find them.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I got up from behind the hedge in the waning moon, wet and shaken in the hot air and started out looking for Jack, still turned around in my direction. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m looking for the boy called Matt,” she said politely to the woman. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

“Doctors. Scholars. Professors. They come to him looking for skeletons and jarred organs. Why? I don’t know. You’ll have to ask him.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Listen,” said Harry, taking advantage of the knight’s exhaustion, “we’re looking for the North Tower. You don’t know the way, do you?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

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

One of them slid down into your stomach like a black cobra down an echoing well looking for all the old water and the old time gathered there. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The soldiers roam our village daily, looking for young, able-bodied men to recruit into their army. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"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

“I do care for you. I missed you when you were away. I was in the courtyard every evening looking for you.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

During the day, Shin followed teams of teenage thieves to the outskirts of the city, looking for isolated houses with telltale mounds of dirt in their gardens. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I reorganized my suitcase after the transaction, looking for paper to write a letter to Mother. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

A natural caution kept her from looking for them. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I imagine they’re likely being spooked by a couple of shadows, but if it finds them looking for a few girls from Miss Preston’s, I’m certainly not going to tell them otherwise.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He said our sister would be back, so we’d just as well go on about our business because she was just looking for the attention. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if I am looking for answers, Red Jack is only going to get me caught. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

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

Rydell, but I figured the sheriff must still be looking for him. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

He shouldn’t have left this spoor around, in case anyone was looking for him. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The newcomers—hungry, cold, sick—dug open burial sites and ransacked homes, looking for underground stashes of food. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She studied her own work again, looking for some way to salvage it, then sighed and put down the needle. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

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

“Well, ah dunno,” he says, dropping his voice so low we might have to go looking for it under the table. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

“My uncle was looking for cattle that could survive drought and hard years.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

“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

Thinking that answering Tressa’s questions feels like when the school nurse went through my hair looking for lice in the first grade. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“If you are looking for Mr. de Winter we had a message from Cannes to say he would not be back before midnight.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Or, to put it another way, it is a game of find-and-seek in which the seekers are not sure what they are looking for until they have found it. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pde tower, with a cow-byre under the two living chambers, had come the last of alL So it was among the untidy wreckage of centuries that Gareth scampered, looking for Us brothers. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, I’m literally opposite-of-sitting. I’m looking for a bathroom and avoiding muggers.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The long, smooth triangle of his back rose and fell with deep, even breathing as her moth fluttered above him, looking for a place to settle. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I am looking for the traces of that oblivion, the bafflement of that waking. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

So I left the room and went looking for another hotel, unaware that almost a year would pass before I would hear Sohrab speak another word. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

If you are looking for ships at sea, the curvature of the globe means that the limit of how far you can see is determined by the horizon. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

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

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

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

He projected an air of confidence, telling an interviewer, “I hope they try something, because we are looking for a fight.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

It just spread across the store looking for something to soak. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I owe her that much, after she came out here looking for me even though I know I hurt her feelings. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I took to looking for books, trying not to grin so as not to get yelled at for smiling too loudly. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I knew I wouldn't, because they'd told me they'd come to New York to be schoolteachers, but I kept looking for them anyway. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“So you think this is the time to go looking for him?” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“But I’m not exactly sure what I’m looking for.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

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

“When you’re looking for a dinosaur, you automatically ignore everything that isn’t it,” I tell him. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

They practically tore the riverbank to pieces looking for the trail. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Cruising the edge of King territory, pumping the volume with the bass on full, looking for Stingers who might be stepping out of line. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

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

“Who are you looking for? We’ve seen a few fellas wander down here,” said one of the girls from inside the drained pool. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The agent was so familiar with the map and with the landmarks he should be looking for that he never had to stop the car to orient himself. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

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

“Mrs. Diamant has been looking for a girl. Just a few blocks away.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Jacob went off on his own, looking for I don’t know what. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

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

Were they looking for him, or had they sailed on to Epirus to complete the quest? The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t stand being in the house either, so I went looking for Maxie. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Hey, have a drink,” she offered suddenly, seizing the bottle round the neck and looking for spare cups on the floor. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Saturday morning I meet The Red Hearts of Limerick and we wander out the road looking for a football challenge. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“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

We set up camp in a small clearing and then went looking for our first pipe. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, he was not looking for decay but for gold teeth. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I think he was looking for a glimmer of understanding. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

August bent over the hive, inspecting the frames, looking for wax buildup on the comb, the half- moon shape of her helmet bouncing along. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

They writhed back and forth in a hypnotic pattern, looking for an opening. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

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

“Why are you looking for the Slip Kid?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

"They come right up to my door looking for the boy," he says. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“And I need my uncle Jimmy to tell me which one it is. Will you keep looking for him? Please.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Because I’ve been looking for an excuse to talk to you for two days. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

If the soldiers are still looking for me, I’m not safe here. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

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

Then Mrs. Bucket said gently, “You mustn’t be too disappointed, my darling, if you don’t find what you’re looking for underneath that wrapper. You really can’t expect to be as lucky as all that.” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

Wherever we went looking for food, we heard the sounds of hatchets and saws. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Shin was putting on his shoes in the school dormitory when his teacher came 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