From somewhere they could hear the lowing call of a cow. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The only time any of their buildings showed was at low tide. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I recalled him as a grizzled old man whose low mariner’s cap and dark coat were perpetually stained with blood and grease. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Turner wondered if she might even fall asleep—so he played soft and low. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

A low murmur rippled through the crowd behind her. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Harry lurked behind a low stone wall, feeling at peace with the world and listening to their conversation. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

We crest a low hill, then curve back behind the staff building to where the Vineyard harbor comes into view near the boathouse. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

In spite of a million-to-one odds, it was at that precise moment that the figure bent low to the earth. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The Federal Aviation Agency’s safety officer assured the public that “the planes are carefully supervised” and “are authorized to fly low.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

At ten o’clock Lee, going out to mail a letter, found Cal sitting on the lowest step of the front porch. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

All my mind could concentrate on laying there was the sounds of them surfer kids across the way talking in their low voices and laughing and being all happy. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

On his nose, a bit low, sat his steel-rimmed full moons, gently prosthetic and handsomely discordant with the sinewy length of his jawline. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I followed him inside, past a room of men sleeping on the floor, along a hall to a small room where a low fire smoldered in the hearth, a chair drawn up before it. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the Dwarfs gave a low whistle. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Woolf dropped low over the saddle and called into Seabiscuit’s ear, asking him for everything he had. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Young man, I am sorry to see you brought low. But what else could be expected! what else could be expected!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of giggling, soft and piercing, simmers low from the seats. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

We sit on the low stone wall in front of the funeral parlor so we can both see the pictures, reading and laughing. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She pushed it until it clicked down, and a naked bulb hanging from a wire from the low ceiling came on. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

The trunk is too wide and icy to shinny up, though, and there are no low branches. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

His features bunched low on his face, as though shrinking with awe from his shiny domed forehead. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miig turned to the right and we followed, tumbling through a dense thicket, coming out the other side into another low clearing with nettles in our hair. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She gripped her knees and felt her eyes glittering in the low light. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

They range as high as 153, and as low as 0. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He ducked low as they passed through die door. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

My money was running low so I decided to cash some traveler’s checks before leaving. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was brought out of my abstracted state by a salmon-colored cloud passing low in the sky. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But on the third night, after I’ve been medicated and the lights turned down low for bedtime, he slips silently into my room. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

But then the woman gave a low cry of anguish, so full of sorrow and heartache all other thoughts disappeared. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He takes a sip of water, then lowers his voice, talking solemn and low. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Henry’s hands are shaking, his breaths coming shallow, and Alex knows the signs, the low hum of an impending panic attack. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The teacher, who had already told me every day how to read “I” and “here,” put me in the low corner under the stairs again, where the noisy boys usually sat. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She trotted across the lawn to the low hedge beneath the attic window. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

A small pang hit somewhere low in his gut as he reflected on how different those harsh eyes were from Brother Ugo’s. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

When Meryl Lee imitated her father, her eyes got large, and her hands went up, and she spoke low. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

She heard the lowing of cattle and smelled their earthy breath on the wind. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Remember, tomorrow is the interview,” she tells me in a low voice. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

That meant I was low to the ground and had to arch my back to have enough room to swing my arm and deliver the bowl. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

It was a good hiding place; the branches hung so low she missed the car herself at first. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He raked sparks into the dish and it bloomed into flame with a low whoosh. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

R.C., still hidden by shadows, let out a loud, low, “Mooaah, mooaah, mooaah, you old cows...” and sprinted around their house and down River Road, laughing and mooing all the way. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

No part of her body seemed to be moving except her fingers, which clutched her feather tight and low, just above the inky point. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

To my right, I heard Jay’s breath come out in a long, low whistle. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

For the most part it was covered with a thick growth of gorse and whortleberry, and low tough thorns, though here and there clearings opened, the scars of recent fires. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I try to duck down lower than the nurses’ station, but a six-foot dude attempting to stay low and sneak around is about as subtle as a blindfolded elephant. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He called again, a low guttural command, and the dog raised her head, barked twice, sprang to her feet, and limped away. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was low on sleep and exhausted after the excitement of the prison break, and now his thoughts were buzzing and jumping at the possibility of thirty million kruge. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I caught Rufus by the hand and spoke low to him. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She opens her mouth wide, growling low in her throat. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Unless,” he said low, his eyes still on the time, “you got a thing for hairnets.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

There were row upon row of these long, low wood buildings, each with an aisle through the middle and tiers of wooden bunks. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

The growl had started so low in her throat that it had, at first, been inaudible. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

A man sitting in a chair tilted in the broad low door, where a dark cool breeze smelling of ammonia blew among the ranked stalls, said to look at the postoffice. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My other friends in the building,” I finally say, my voice low. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“What did he have to say: ‘Let’s just lay low for the time being and see what happens,’ I’ll bet.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she sang for composer Jean Sibelius at his home in Finland, he threw his arms around her, said “My ceiling is much too low for your voice,” and called for champagne. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

But Matthias disliked how well this low thief could read him. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A lantern hanging from the low ceiling of my cabin swings with the motion, and shadows reach and retreat, each time seeming to get a little bit closer. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Shut up,” I say, low enough so our teacher, Mrs. Fisher, doesn’t hear. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I can hear him talking to her, soft and low, and then I hear her. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Madame went on standing there, hardly moving in the low sun, her head tilted as though listening for some sound from the seafront. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am sure that Tori would also request the right to rid the world of Jeanine Matthews,” he says in a low voice. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

You could search high and low for a black at the Rotary Club breakfasts over at the Holiday Inn. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Professor Snape was sitting in a low armchair, and he looked around as the class filed in. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

They were so enthralled by the beauty and brilliance of the rainbow that they forgot to keep their voices low any longer. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

When she looks up again, the figure springs across the low fence and jumps into the river, shattering the light. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

A small crowd stood at the low railing, surrounding a swathed form. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Ron lets out a low whistle from his office. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Each man rested one foot on the lowest bar and both elbows on the top bar. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Intuition told us that we had better lay low for a good while. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting low in the water like a mallard, he floated into the tunnel and vanished. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A single figure swathed in furs fired a rifle into the midst of them with a gaunt dog dæmon snarling and snapping beside him whenever one of the filthy things flew low enough. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They both looked tired and anxious, and they were talking in low voices. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He had climbed right to the flat roof of the third and highest tier of the Tower: an open space, about twenty yards across, with a low parapet. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

But over the next few months, I completely gutted my laptop and phone, stayed off-line and out of sight, kept the lowest profile I could. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

On a low stool before one of them sat Rekh the goldsmith, using a pointed blowpipe to direct the heat onto a golden ornament he held carefully in copper tongs. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He gave me low fives—not high fives, because eye contact was tough for him—and we played games. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Jonathan crouched low to the ground, certain the Hessians knew exactly where he was and that they were only deciding what to do with him. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The low clouds caught the color of the burning river and roofed the sky in shades of shifting green, eerily beautiful. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When we got the suitcases in the house, Pa put his arms around Big Ma and spoke low in her ear. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

There was a whispering noise that began then to run through the hall, a low susurrus that caused Shadow, in his dream, to experience a chilling and inexplicable fear. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

George had put on his blue denim coat and buttoned it, and his black hat was pulled down low over his eyes. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they sat down there was a low gasp as the guests looked upon their horrible faces. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when the low gear band is worn too thin to pull up a steep hill, why you can turn around and back up it. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now they were higher and smaller, settling at last into a mackerel sky like a beach at low tide. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel realized the sun was getting low over the hills. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Those who did stop to talk spoke in low voices, then hurried on their way. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Chronicler guessed he had been a low ranking officer not long ago. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Or,” he added reluctantly in a low voice, “there is my horse, Melynlas, a colt of Melyngar, Prince Gwydion’s own steed. None is faster or more surefooted. I treasure Melynlas beyond all others.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

The man’s voice was low and pleasant; he had a foreign accent. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

The mist swirled between the tall grass and the low- hanging branches. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last, the bus turned into a parking lot before a low brick building. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hear, hear!” he shouted back, stirring a low rumble of cheers in the crowd around the rock. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

It grew dark and a roof appeared, very low above him. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just sat, listening to the muffled sounds of our moms from the other room—low voices and sniffling and even, once or twice, what I could have sworn was laughter. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Got to go about these things in the right way. Never pays to aim too low. Tell my fellows that.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

We lay low behind a dead mule and some dead soldiers. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That is the lowest rank. Be silent and let me speak to your pater.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

There are four different safety interlocks that prevent the regulator from letting the Hab's oxygen content get too low. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

They reminded Percy of his mom’s gas stovetop back home, when she had the flame on low—waves of ghostly blue flames rippling back and forth. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He wanted to say something, to protest or to ask more questions, when Thor said, in a low rumble, like thunder echoing on a distant mountaintop, “And me? What did I actually do last night?” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The monster is on a low beanbag chair in the corner, using a laptop. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

A swollen red sun hung low against the western hills when the gates of the castle opened. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Finally, Shay waved her hands and pulled up, the back of her board dipping low into the water. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Baba’s voice was low, but they could hear it clearly: “What else can I do? Gupta asked me again to join the hunt. He’s doubled the pay. I’ll go after the children are asleep.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

The captain calls me in for a meeting in spite of the fact that I have tried to keep a low profile. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The two crouched low to the creek bed, still dripping and bare. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The women were expected to sit silently, separated from the men by a bar and low curtain. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

There’s only the low murmurs from a radio on the windowsill. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

It was raining hard again, and great, bruise-coloured clouds hung low over the copse. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Never in my life on the island had I see the tide so low. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well beyond the gibbet, two men in mail hauberks stood leaning on their spears in front of the long low building by the water, the one with the slate roof. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Yep, I only scored three points, my lowest point total of the season. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the other buildings in town were low to the ground, built of rough timber with cedar-shingle roofs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Raymie could hear her voice—a low, angry murmur—but she could not understand what she was saying. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Grover was coming in for another turn at bat, but this time he flew a little too low. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Hera from first to last is a goddess on a very low level of humanity. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she set her foot on the lowest rung of one of the ladders and began to climb it. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

But she said it to the empty darkness of her bedroom, and heard nothing in reply but the low trundle of a distant lorry, making its way through the night. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“Let her go,” said Tam Lin in a low voice, but Matt wasn’t in any mood to listen. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thought you might need this,” she says in a low voice. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Instead, his voice held a low resonating quality, a certain flat and steady intonation I found appealing, like the rumble of distant thunder. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I told her how I found a low place in the wall and simply stepped over. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

“I love you too,” I said so low even I couldn’t hear it, but my heart still thumped wildly at the audacity of it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I rested my hand on his shoulder, and he let out a long, low breath. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The girls kept a safe distance, crouched low behind the cover of plants as they watched Taylor work. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Even in the low light, the amber swan glistened and shimmered. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

His head hangs low as he picks at the cuticles on his left hand. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Good evening,” Amah said, her low voice spilling into the crowd, like a stream of water. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The sky was low and gray and wet. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I tried to keep my voice low and steady, but it echoed through the silent house. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

And if sometimes she noticed the way the neighborhood kids avoided Vivi or the way their parents talked about her in low, worried voices, Jude didn’t think it was anything important. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Now it was lying on a low, muddy section of the bank. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He turns back, speaking casually in a low voice to Crick. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

His voice was so low Chamberlain could hardly hear it. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They could see it in her face, the simultaneous pouting and rolling of the eyes, and hear it in her voice, the way she snapped at the lowest registers over the littlest thing. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

His voice was low and threatening, and I began to wonder whether I might wind up joining Rufus unconscious on the ground. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was a low gray building hewn from sea stone, with shells and coral fossils imprinted in the rock. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Overhead, the cloud cover was low and gray, striped like a tiger’s pelt. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know: I asked Aunt Reed once, and she said possibly I might have some poor, low relations called Eyre, but she knew nothing about them.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Just as I turn to go, we both hear a low, menacing growl coming from inside Ma’s old-lady purse. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

“There are lower levels. Older. The lowest level is partly collapsed, I hear. I have never been down there.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Her voice dropped low and she looked at him through her eyelashes. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He moves his head close to mine and whispers low enough that the children won’t hear, “You wouldn’t leave the boys, Virginia.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look around, and there’s an SS officer with his cap pulled low, standing by himself across the street, collar turned up around his ears. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry,” he says in a gentle, low voice that catches me off guard. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

They were laughing and talking in low voices until they saw me, and then they stopped talking but kept laughing. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I kept ‘ ‘cased’ ’ in my head vulnerable places and situations and I would perform the next job only when my bankroll in my pocket began to get too low. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Temperatures promised to climb into the low seventies by race time. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She was flying cautiously, making her way along the coast and up the straths, the wide valleys of Scotland, because the cloud was low. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The place was, we swiftly perceived, a plantation recently sacked and brought low. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Then I heard a low, ominous hum, followed by a piece of music from that film’s score: “Also Sprach Zarathustra” by Richard Strauss. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He moved into his place at the left end of their line without a word, but the boy nearest him still chuckled low. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

We sat talking on the wrecked ship until the moon got low and the water lapped at our throats and Emma began to shiver. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

It was in the lowest spirits that he taxied across to his work at the Conditioning Centre. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He crept in the low brush, His ears perked up. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they set him down on a low branch of a tree and watched the color return to his feathers. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Tally leaned forward, skimming the river low and fast, trying to leave the cold feeling in her stomach behind. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Fadi had positioned the couple on a low bench, framed in the back by the shadow of overgrown rosebushes. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Technically, I suppose, you could turn your television off, but my parents keep it on, with the volume low. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The desert heat has faded, and a crescent moon hangs low on the horizon, thin and red as a cannibal’s smile. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

A low rumbling growl rose from Summer's throat, and there was no play in it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They flew so low they scared the nesting redwings. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

A low thunder burst rumbled, and my insides did the same. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

In some restaurants the tables are too low for my chair, but this time I was able to slide perfectly into place. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Above his head, on the lowest branch of the pine tree, the Golden Fleece shimmered, its magic protecting the camp’s borders from invasion. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, the states with the highest abortion rates in the 1970s experienced the greatest crime drops in the 1990s, while states with low abortion rates experienced smaller crime drops. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Merry bowed; and Pippin got up and bowed low. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Her voice, usually so lovely and low, was high and desperate behind her tears. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Nothing could have been further from the long, low dwellings where the eejits lived—that is, when they weren’t sleeping in the fields to keep from being gassed. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first, I would sit by the window engrossed in reading while they talked by the room’s door in low tones. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The road was rutted in sticky red mud, and Robert had to put the truck in low gear and gun it to cross the flats by Prairie Dog hill. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I stuff my hands in my pockets and keep walking, my head low. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I must ask you not to scream,” said Lockhart in a low voice. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The lumber was low grade, the carpentry slipshod. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The haven, where the townfolk would shelter in times of trouble, was even larger, low and long and built of stone, with a thatched roof. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The old woman’s voice was low, but perfectly clear. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rufus kept her well supplied with candles, but at the moment, the only light in the room came from the window and from a low fire over which two pots simmered. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

A voice from inside, low and even, said, “The bird is cold. Come in.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“What are you trying to do to me?” she says in a low growl. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

As I got closer, I heard a low woof. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The low, mournful hooting of sauropods sounded across the city as Magdalys rounded the corner. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

It felt like it was going to snow, and the clouds hung down so low and white that I couldn’t even see the tops of the trees around me. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

To the south and east I could see smoke rising into the sky and the low, brown buildings of Trebon. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Patti normally had a busy, chatty way about her, but today she sounded low and her voice didn’t have its usual animation. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He wanted to remember the morning, bright and clear as the leaves on the little green plants which grew low and close to the sandy ground. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The sun hung low on the horizon, crimson as though engorged with blood. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

We were all over each other, chasing after breath and fumbling with our hands and peeling back some of our clothes while the sun sank behind the low rolling Berkshires in the distance. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The low rail fence was much easier to climb than chain link. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Across a low cement wall is the upper level of our neighbor’s apartment, whose glass doors also open onto the terrace. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Worsley knew that the boat was so low in the water that the wind had no purchase on the sides of the craft. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Already the sun was low in the sky. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

They would leave the starting line with just enough of a surge to get some momentum behind the boat but then drop immediately to a low stroke rate of twenty-eight or twenty-nine. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I climbed onto the table and then up into the lowest branches and then higher, hanging on hard. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

A wilting arrangement of flowers rested on a low table in a white ceramic vase. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The old man took no notice, but stooped and sat himself on a low flat stone. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He came up behind her and laid his hands on her shoulders; bending low, he put his lips close to the nape of her neck. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“What I’m doing is absolutely appropriate, and you know it,” I said, trying to keep my voice low but unable to preserve my sangfroid. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A season in the junkyard had honed my reflexes: I’d learned to listen for the low grunt that escaped Dad’s lips whenever he tossed something heavy, and when I heard it I hit the dirt. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He jumped over a low place in the hedge at the bottom, and took to the meadows, passing into the night like a rustle of wind in the grass. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I addressed Miig, who was sitting up very straight, staring into the low flames. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“The sugar bin is getting low,” I would say. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A cluster of low buildings straddles the highway. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“So,” Audrey said, moving to perch on a low table in front of the couch, “what kind of boyfriend do you want?” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

The sun was streaming across the field so one half of her was lost to the low, blinding sunshine, the other half to shade. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Dressed in drab black, with his mariner cap pulled low and his dark hair framing his lean face, he resembled a bedraggled crow. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

According to the original D&D module, the entrance to the Tomb of Horrors was hidden near “a low, flat-topped hill, about two hundred yards wide and three hundred yards long.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Straining, I heard the slow rumble of enterprise, a low, steady thrum. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“Good idea,” I say, my voice low and hard. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I don't like liars," he said, his voice low and harsh. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“So, Little Wood,” Grandpop said after taking a long sip, his voice low. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Other times INS helicopters fly too low, whip up waves, and swamp inner tubes, riders and all. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Because it was nearly dusk and suppertime, blue smoke rose from every chimney pot in the village they had left, and in the low places mist began to rise. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

He was slouched down childishly low against the door, staring straight ahead and drumming on the armrest with his fingers. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Thunder added to the chorus with a low, powerful roll. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Funny, Ronan, but no. You need really low barometric pressure for that.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“Why do you wish that?” he asked in a low voice, after a moment when he wondered if he still had a voice. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The two most important things a written piece of music needs to tell you about a note are its pitch — how high or low it is — and its duration — how long it lasts. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The sun was low in the west, painting the fields and houses all a glowing red. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I have my elbows on my knees and my head hangs low. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I stand near my bedroom door to see if I can hear what our parents are saying, but they’re talking too low. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“I almost passed the IQ test,” he said in a low, shaky voice. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Behind it, I heard barely audible movements and a low sigh. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

There were birds flying and landing in low willow shrubs. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

He was sure her inhaler cartridges were running low, and he had no idea how to replace them. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Ezeka’s gold pendant hung low on a chain around her neck. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mango’s tail is sinking low, a sure sign that the storm is almost upon us. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Crouching low, the robot wound her way beneath the smoke and around the flames and gently scooped up the young hare. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

As I near the top of the island, the trees give way to low marsh. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Soon they could hear the low, steady hum of machinery—the Vemork plant. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was mild and the waves low, the wind fresh but still warm, and things would have gone perfectly if Pinch hadn’t teased Andeg. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Lying low made sense because we were up the creek with models based on sugar-phosphate cores. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I felt my chin drop, my mouth open in astonishment, and heard low chuckles behind me at my reaction. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Through the doors I hear the ding of the elevators and the low murmur of passing voices. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Those who stayed in Chicago, setting up house and looking for work, found that only the lowest jobs were open to blacks. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Now, just mere feet from entering, they recognized it as the low roar of many voices speaking at once. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He looked back at her, the low light touching on his scars and healing wounds, the marks of the impressors written all over his body. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Spreads the limbs of lilac bushes low enough to hide you. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

And with that he placed it around Milo’s neck, pushed back the heavy iron gate, bowed low, and motioned them into the city. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dawn broke as they crested a low ridge, and finally the king pulled up. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Heavy white silk with a low neckline and tight waist and sleeves that fall from my wrists to the floor. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was a simple adobe ranch house, squatting low to the good earth, its rusted tin roof shielding it from the hot sun. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is this your doing, governess?” he murmured in a low voice. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“I would like to know if I am doing well,” Marco says, his voice low and cold. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Then, very faintly at first, they heard a low rumbling that sounded miles away. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Madam, my father has left me flopping like a flounder at low tide and you say what’s the matter. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Then she looked back at her sister, and her voice was low and fierce. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“But Instagram isn’t as much fun as it used to be. My friends from home are kind of...lying low recently. And the kids at my new school don’t really know me.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

From the observed orbit of the visible star, one can determine the lowest possible mass of the unseen object. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s no use asking Dad to go because he will never stoop that low and even if he did he won’t carry things through the streets. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Don Walter is speaking in his low, calm voice, and I’m try- ing to listen, but all these beautiful things are bombarding my senses. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In other words, at low energies there are thirty-seven different states in which the ball can exist. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She flew to the lowest limb of the hemlock. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

If the fifth of the chord is the lowest note, the chord is in second inversion. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

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

He doesn’t realize he’s lost track of Henry until the patient he’s visiting dozes off, and he recognizes the low rumble of Henry’s voice on the other side of the curtain. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

His laughs came low and painfully like hiccoughs. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He hopped over the low stone wall that surrounded it and climbed up through the tombstones, all the while keeping the tree in his sights. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Marcus, we have to lay low. I’m worried. I really want you to stay out of sight while all of this gets sorted out.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

The words sting a little, reminding me that I am the low- ranked opponent he’s referring to. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I yanked the pistol out of Lori’s hand, aimed low, and pulled the trigger. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Above, clouds like dyed cotton wool hang low, so low I feel I can reach out and squeeze the moisture from them. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

At first, the only sound I heard was the low hum of the fluorescent lights overhead. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

And his voice is low and clear as he says, “I love it, kiddo. Thank you.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Billy Babcock made a low snuffling sound, but he didn’t move. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I pulled a low stool close to her and sat down. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She laughed, a low, sweet chortle that warmed me to my heart. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I mean, I’d been his best one for, like, ten years, which is a pretty good indicator of just how low his standards were. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

After Independence they found they were not entitled to any government benefits like job reservations or bank loans at low interest rates, because officially, on paper, they were Christians, and therefore caste- less. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gay paused, and the office filled with the constant low drone of the air conditioner. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He didn’t find anything suspicious back when searching high and low for G’ma’s phone, but still. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Because British food stocks were low, Redcoats had taken grain from her. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This family is the reason the river is low! They poison the water!” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

On one end, to the east, was a low coral reef that extended several hundred yards, awash in many places. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Wickham’s attention was caught; and after observing Mr. Collins for a few moments, he asked Elizabeth in a low voice whether her relation was very intimately acquainted with the family of de Bourgh. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

I hunch down until I’m as low on the board as I can go—the change speeds me up, and I rocket toward the marble. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Behind Harry, Fawkes the phoenix let out a low, soft, musical cry. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I thought you were talking about inviting a girlfriend over,” she says in a low voice. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

After several minutes in the low light I could see a cluster of homes, fairly large in size, all white. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A low moan came from a bald man in front of me. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“I want to learn trombone,” she says, and stands up to slide her arms down low as if she is playing already. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

She declined Secret Service protection and avoided the media in order to keep her profile low and her footprint light. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I shouted, keeping it low so the fence cutter couldn’t hear me. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

When I run low on oxygen, I can camp out for a day and use all my power to run the oxygenator on the stored C02. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Being here today—this is the happiest he’s seemed in a while. But back home, at school...I’d say his happiness is probably on the low side.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

My father has come home and I hear them talking in low, anxious voices out in the hallway. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Flight is change, and change is pleasurable when fortunes are low. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I tried to stand, but could not, my hands were bound so low. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I felt put out because I didn’t get any nice presents: no sweater set, no phonograph records—oh, I thought that day was the lowest a girl can go. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The walls of Sweet 16 are covered with mirrors and mannequins with jutting hipbones, low slung jeans, and tiny T-shirts that say things like, I’m too pretty to do homework. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“We have to talk,” she said in a low voice. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Z ducked low to get under a fallen beam and hurried down the hall, glancing over his shoulder to make sure the homecoming queen was following. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

And when Jan did speak his voice was low and there were long pauses between the words; it seemed to Bigger that he was listening to a man talk to himself. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The door was narrow and very low to the ground. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The temperature is not as low as the night before, so we decide not to burn the rest of the table. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The man is tall and has a baseball cap tugged low over his face. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He began asking his questions in a low, expressionless voice, as though this were a routine, a sort of catechism, most of whose answers were known to him already. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

His feet bounced over rocks — bright pain blossoms — and then he pulled himself into a ball, dangling low off the ladder. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He bowed low to his teacher for the last time, and then he walked out of the room. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He waited until he was on the lowest arc of the swing, then, gathering up his muscles under him until he was like a coiled spring, he leaped for the ground. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The long immersion had puckered and bleached their skin, so that in the relatively low light of the nursery their freckles appeared black. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

From Tet onward, public confidence in Johnson had eroded until it was at an all-time low. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

A low, raspy mumble—what Mark thought a man on his deathbed might sound like—answered. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

In the far corner of the yard was an old oak tree, and tied to one of the lowest branches of the tree was an old-fashioned swing. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Still crouching low and hidden from little Ellis’s view by the end of the bed, the doctor unfolded the towel and spread it over the palm of his left hand. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Always talking in low tones when she came near, or hushed altogether. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Here are a few other agreement errors that have appeared in print:8 The readiness of our conventional forces are at an all-time low. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

But in most of the photographs, he peered out from behind two sixteen-ounce boxing gloves, crouched low in a boxer’s stance, his arms poised and coiled like snakes. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had reached a low ashen hill piled at the Mountain’s foot; but from it there was no more escape. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The moon was low now and the light, wherever it slanted through the trees, seemed thicker, older and more yellow. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They liked to line up their candy along the low handrail that ran along the far side of the sloping porch. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The house was silent when we got back, save for some poor creature who was screaming away in one of the distant wards, and a low, moaning sound from Renfield’s room. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He crouches down low like a dog at his food. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

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

She darted left, vaulted a low wall, leapt across a small canal, and slipped through an unlocked door into some dusty storeroom. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Obsession?” said Hermione in a low fierce voice, when Harry was careless enough to use the word one evening, after Hermione had told him off for his lack of interest in locating more Horcruxes. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Once a white owl swept silently overhead, so low that Hazel saw its dark, searching eyes looking into his own. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Tell me,” I said in a low, threatening voice, "or I’ll squeeze you till you pop.” Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

The raft had moved to the outside of a shallow curve and had glided back beneath some overhanging willows and low trees. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

“We have to tell the rangers we found her,” Rupa said, her voice low. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

If it has a fairly low speed, gravity will eventually stop the rocket and it will start falling back. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we reached the Shore, the Tide was low, & there were Children there disporting themselves with Chum. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I said out loud, but too low for him to hear, “Maybe to you it is.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instantly, Jonathan pulled away and, dropping low, dove back into the house. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

A dementor swoops down low over them and settles in front of SCORPIUS. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

She sat down on one of the low wooden chairs that slanted so that she had to recline in them in order to rest her back. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

They knelt alone in the hushed dimness of the sept, surrounded by shadows and flickering candles, but even so Lancel kept his voice low. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He let out a low growl of annoyance. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Her colorful beaded elekes hang long and low from her neck, and they sway from side to side like a pendulum when she walks. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

A woman saunters in wearing a dress the color of sunlit honey, which dips low in the front to display three diamond necklaces. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. A. H— lowers Herr Thiessen to the ground, speaking a constant string of words over him in tones too low for anyone to overhear. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I bent down low and checked the basement windows. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He waited until the men had gone, then took the opposite direction, running along the side of the house, crouching low under the windows. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He said it was a liberal state college, had a good English department and low tuition. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was getting low by the time Joe Pepitone had smacked them out, and Mrs. Baker stood at home plate, surveying the place like she was considering buying it. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He could exploit Polish workers at low wages and Jews for none at all. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

‘That would indeed be a burden,’ she added in a low voice, as if to herself. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The low rumble got steadily louder—voices, footsteps, the creaking of bleachers, and the slamming of car doors up in the parking lot. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

A low wall ran along the edge of the building. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

His chest was still congested, and he was running a low fever on and off. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Three or four of them emerging from bushes and shrubbery, running, crouched, keeping themselves low. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, do,” said Lyra, “but fly low, and hide, and don’t let them see you.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We came in for a low pass, and I saw the Apollo campers retreating. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The sky is dark and gloomy, with gray clouds hanging low. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

We looked off to one side of the flames, about a mile away, and saw a black shape in the water, very low. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Who else would be so low as to attack Thalia’s tree, the only thing left of a hero who’d given her life to save her friends? The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“No, no,” said Emma, “it will not reckon low. A conundrum of Mr. Weston’s shall clear him and his next neighbour. Come, sir, pray let me hear it.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Newt said nothing, and Chuck turned and walked back toward the Homestead, his head hanging low. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Both raptors shrieked and landed suddenly, their heads cowed; a low, rattling growl filled the air as they glanced back and forth. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Respect the ladies,” she told Ess, as the little girl stared up at a hen roosting in the low branch of a tree. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Michael Fish said the area of low pressure moving over the British Isles is coming from the Urals. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

She sat at their usual spot by the hole, which was just low enough in the slanted roof that you could sit on the floor and see the world outside. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

When Jordie finally roused him, the candles had burned low, and it was already morning. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But when the fires began to burn low and the Indians made preparations for the night, and still his companions showed no signs of moving, the young dog grew restless. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

On one side was the stream and wavering smoke from her village; everywhere else was a sea of low, gray-green trees. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They figured the chances of.being caught were low. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

At the bottom of a slope, a creek curved across a low meadow. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Portia spoke in a low voice, and she neither paused between words nor did the grief in her face soften. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“There’s a storm coming,” I said, keeping my voice low. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

There were low bluffs, rock and sand and dunes that dimmed away out of sight, but no sign of any human habitation. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reached out to adjust her green headgear, worn low on her head, almost covering her eyebrows. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The dim room with its low secret lamps and the nervous waiting men concealed his presence. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Well fought,” Jon said to Horse, “but you drop your shield too low when pressing an attack. You will want to correct that, or it is like to get you killed.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I raised my voice above the low roar of the lunch crowd. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

It was seawater that had been lifted up into the center of the hurricane by the low pressure. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Throwing the red scarf of her hair over her shoulder, she ducked through the low threshold into the hunting shack. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He was arguing with her in a low, attractive voice. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

You're accompanying a soprano who feels that this folk tune in C minor is too low for her voice. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

He thinks about Henry’s voice low in his ear over the phone at three in the morning, and suddenly he has a name for what ignites in the pit of his stomach. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She untied it and flung it on a low bush beside the road and walked on, picking flowers and making a bouquet. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

My plan is to lie low for the rest of the afternoon. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Mattie’s Ramble Inn looked like all the buildings on its block; it was low, unpainted, imperfectly vertical. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore a dark, wide-brimmed hat pulled low to cover a black patch over his eye. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I leaned forward, and I kept my arms low and my hands loose. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Over the low hills the horns were sounding. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The wandering boy’s spirits were already so low. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, look who it is,” he said, keeping his voice low so as not to draw attention to their conversation. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Some houses are empty, too, but the windows are boarded up and their dry grass is low and still kept neat. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Matt,” he said in a low voice, “if you will let her go to him, I’ll take her to Washington and see that she is safe.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amari kept his gun hand pointed at the window, his voice dropping down low. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“You’d think they’d at least offer to wash up since they had nothing to do with the cooking,” she said in a low voice. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was lucky, then, that my terror-to-confidence ratio was at an all-time low. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The robots were on the lowest sublevel—all six of them surrounded by musty packing cases of uncertain content. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Where will my slide go on the low notes? Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Again they timed their arrival at the creek for when the tide would be low. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Arize’s wrapper was pushed low, below her waist, and her blouse was loose-fitting to accommodate the swell of her belly. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He remembered her sparkling eyes, her soft voice, her low chuckle. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Finn was running his hands again and again in wide circles over the floor and the lowest portion of the bookshelf. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s cold tonight,” he says in a low voice. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She bends down low enough to whisper in my ear. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

On her way out she hid the jelly jar under the lowest part of the kitchen steps. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

So low you have to rock yourself a few times to build momentum to get up, but it’s not dirty. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The child was still in high spirits, and blackbird Ben was helping Pantalaimon fly as high as he could, which was not quite high enough to reach the lowest branches of a light-bearing tree. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The picture shows wall-to-wall shag carpet and low, streamlined sofas, egg-shaped chairs, and televisions that look like flying saucers. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

A sweetheart neckline scoops low above my bodice, and she decorates my neck with layers of diamonds. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I watched them go by, a few hundred or so, their heads bent low and every one of them silent as the grave. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The bad-kid chair was so low Mr. Nixon might just as well saw off its legs completely. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The sun was low, tired and flushed after a long day. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Tally grimaced as her saw bounced across the hard wood again, spitting bits of bark at her face, its low hum transformed into a protesting howl. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

A low, soft hooting came from a dark shop with a sign saying Eeylops Owl Emporium — Tawny, Screech, Barn, Brown, and Snowy. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Not that the pressures weren’t understandable to Testo; he knew, he said, that inmates were “the lowest of the low, the scum of the earth. And we have to be with them every day.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry went next; he crawled forward, headfirst, and slid down an earthy slope to the bottom of a very low tunnel. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

They sat down, all four of them, on the cushions around the low stone table in the courtyard. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Feather spotted something in a bush and got low, his tail parallel to the grass. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

In low light, I kick off my shoes and sit cross-legged in the middle of my bed. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“Rupert’s got a thing about shamblers,” a third voice says, low and even. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Now farm policy was aimed at one thing: keeping corn prices as low as possible. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, the ceiling felt too low, the walls too close. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Densities were also low on temperate New Zealand, which was too cool for some Polynesian crops. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It lacked glazes, was made by hand rather than on potters’ wheels, was baked in open fires rather than in kilns, and was fired at relatively low temperatures. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He can just see through the gate into a low space, bounded by a grate on the far side. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He jumps down from his low branch and starts across the field, not waiting to hear their replies, not wanting Caroline to retract the dare. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

We scurried up the ledge, trying to keep low, and, after several nerve-racking minutes, we reached the final curve. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She tried to make her voice all low and quavery, but she just got to sound like old Pastor McClellan at Saint Andrew’s grumbling out a hymn. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The Net Report says it has dropped to a low of fifty-four degrees. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The otogar is a collection of little huts and low buildings on the side of two wide sets of train tracks. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Foragers today live mainly in isolated and inhospitable areas such as the Arctic or the Kalahari, where population density is very low and opportunities to fight other people are limited. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he heard the draff, this time a long low sucking of air that grew gradually to a drone, then a roar. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It made a low growling noise in the back of its throat. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

He has a low opinion of most girls, it seems, and doesn’t want me turning into one of the ordinary kind. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

His gray eyebrows hunched low as he spoke between puffs. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I spend the rest of the day lying low and avoiding Ainsley. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

“The average grade was 82. The highest grade was 95, and the lowest was 60.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

His voice, which had earlier been low and sinuous, now gave a loud drawn-out howl, as if of grief. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Among the more populous tropical islands, that option was ruled out for Tonga by its low elevation and hence its lack of rivers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was low, sending bright orange beams over the hills and curving fields. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

They walk with a sort of swagger, swinging their arms and looking left to right with their hats pulled low. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes now, I wake at night, thinking I have heard the sound of my father’s footsteps on the stairs, or the shuffling boots and low murmur of the hoot-owl shift going to work. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

African-Americans have always occupied the lowest level of the Southland’s great social pyramid, but as the new century progressed the region seemed unable to decide who it despised more: blacks or poor whites. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

This parlour looked gloomy: a neglected handful of fire burnt low in the grate; and, leaning over it, with his head supported against the high, old-fashioned mantelpiece, appeared the blind tenant of the room. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Alum Bey climbed off Tommy Forester and he strutted over to Bridget Comfrey, bowed low to her, and grinned with gleaming teeth. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He kept his head low, and his eyes closed for protection against the pine needles and sharp branches. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

It’s supposed to be low stress, but of course all the parents and teachers freak out about it. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

He half expected Wylan wouldn’t follow, but he could hear the merchling behind him, breathing hard, a low whistle in his lungs as they pounded toward the next stack of barrels. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He bent down like the old man did when he passed through the low doorway. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

We can call that note anything we like but we may as well call it 'A’, and when we talk about how high or low ‘A’ sounds, we are talking about its ‘pitch’. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Sherm made his voice low, like a television announcer’s: “Stove Top. Really great for after the dentist!” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Milkman bent low to see her face and saw darkness staining his hand. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice was low so that Claudius could not overhear. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

And as the moon came low on the horizon Dunstan Thorn walked quietly down the cobbled streets of the village of Wall. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The sky now was full of low, ominous clouds, and the air felt murky and thick. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I squinted, trying to focus in the low light. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

It was low on the horizon, ready to set, but the light it cast onto the snow was enough to see by. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

We tried many cases involving police brutality, though our success rate was quite low. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After low clouds, the moon makes its appearance. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t help asking, the words coming out in a low rush. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“That said, it is extremely difficult to rank high at the end of initiation if you rank low in stage one.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Try this chemist’s solution to low energy and waning stamina. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then an engagement period would have fol­lowed which would have lasted a few months. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She reached level ground and made her way around the base of the hill, crouching low to the ground to duck under the smoke. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

At exactly the same instant, a German aircraft swooped over Klavdiya’s head, so low she could see the pilot’s face as he fired his machine guns at her. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I see him close one eye in the low sun. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

A more experienced and much older man took advantage of me when I was at my very lowest. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

His voice had a low, sweet note in it like a cello, and his smile lit up every shadow. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

To make matters worse, one night after a bombing mission, their aircraft got stuck at their intermediate airfield without food and low on fuel. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Amanda stands at the door with her jaw dropped so low it melts into her chest. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“I think that boy is in love with you,” she accused, keeping her voice low. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

By now the sun was getting low in the west, settling into the high mountains beyond the woods. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Hums a low song about a bird with broken wings who learns to fly. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Roy waited and waited, until the sun dropped low and the creek was draped in shadows. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I blush and follow Hideo’s example, bowing as low as I can. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Take your hair down,” Edward said in a low, even voice. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Some low bushes grew there and among them, with just his head showing, stood the big gray dog. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

His dæmon growled softly; the golden monkey dropped his head low to propitiate her. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

After the funeral, I'd thought there could be no deeper low. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I kept my voice low and my answers brief. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

During my employment there was the beginning of some of the lowest things I have ever done. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He has a dog,” she said in a low voice. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, the “bloodbath” school of criminology was touting exactly the opposite theory—that an increase in the teenage share of the population would produce a crop of superpredators who would lay the nation low. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t see if the sky in the east was getting light yet, because the storm clouds were still dense and low. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

They turned and passed under the low forbidding arch. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The sort that can talk to anyone high or low, rich or poor. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was the largest in the camp, and the best sited; sitting atop a low rise beside a stream, it commanded a clear view of two of Raventree’s gates. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The cop twisted his head to the side, and a low groan left Moss’s mouth. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The torch, that was already burning low when he arrived, sputtered and went out; and he felt the darkness cover him like a tide. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Dinner is a quarter of a BBQ chicken from the supermarket, unsalted and washed down with a familiar, low- tech diuretic—beer. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Florence stepped forward, bowed low and handed an empty cigar box to Horse. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Humbug bowed low and sat down once again, very pleased with himself. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

She stepped over the low stone border and onto Uncle’s property. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

At last she saw a modern building that nestled against the ground, down a low sloping hill. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Keeping low, he headed for the closest cover—a scrub oak skirted with new suckers at its base, just a few full-bounds away. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The stars were brilliant and hung low in the sky. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ma was still chanting in a low voice behind the sari, and it was harder than ever for Neel to concentrate, especially on geometry. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

I said, in a low voice: then, looking at her fixedly—“Did Mr. Rochester wake nobody? Did no one hear him move?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Keeping their heads low, they moved from post to post, serving each creature with a bowl of stew, some wild grapes, and a small loaf of honeyed nutbread. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I sink on my knees before him, my voice low and urgent. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She says real low, “Betty Dean, I want you to behave yourself today in church, you hear me? Don’t think I didn’t see you and your friends passing notes during service last week.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A kotatsu was a low table frame, covered by a futon or a heavy blanket, which in turn was covered with a tabletop. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But at this moment the three cows, who had seemed uneasy for some time past, set up a loud lowing. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Donovan’s muttered curses rose into intelligibility as he sprang to his feet, rusty eyebrows drawn low. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

When practice is over for the night, I close the door to my room, sinking low into my bed. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

One of them—it might have been No-Name herself—had to swerve heavily out of the way, because she’d been diving low, intending to skim just over his head. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Maybe he would have a faint shadow of stubble on his jaw, waiting for a morning shave, or maybe the circles under his eyes would wash out in the low light. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Just then, he let out a low moan and rolled the rest of the way onto his back under his own power. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Within a few weeks, however, the new system gained acceptance, as word spread about the low prices and good hamburgers. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z

He spoke in a low voice as he began to rub her shoulders again. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Back straight, sink low, keep your body, the core, strong. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He tells them in a low Korean as they stand like soldiers before him, You two behave tonight while I’m out. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ragged clouds were hurrying overhead, dark and low. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He sat close to the set, keeping the volume as low as possible so his sisters wouldn’t be disturbed. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Ground crew, caps pulled low and faces hidden in the wing’s shadow, helped the passenger in and fastened her harness. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Beyond these the land stretched away to low, flat country. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

All are furnished only with beds and low, wide dressers. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I aimed for his eye, but my aim was a little low. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

By then, my mother had acquired a motor-boat, a small and not very seaworthy white wooden vessel which sat far too low in the water and was powered by an unreliable one-cylinder engine. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad didn’t say anything for a few seconds, and when he did his voice was all low and gravelly. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

There was a low moan from the other end of the ward. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

A mockingjay gives the long, low whistle, and tears of relief fill my eyes as the hovercraft appears and takes Cato's body away. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Hazel stopped at the summit of a low hill. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

They were keeping their voices low inside the church and only once in the while could I understand somebody shouting out “Yessir!” or “Lord almighty!” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

She keeps the volume low—Fifi goes kinda nutty barking if an animal is injured and cries out in pain—but the insane little beast watches it like she’s obsessed. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

He’s talking low, his eyes still poring into me, leaning a little closer. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“The tides today will be low at eleven o’ clock in the evening. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

My own voice is husky and low as well. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He thought his voice was too low to be overheard, but the Blue Monkey raised its head in midsnap and shrieked, “Matsika! Cops! Run for it!” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I say, my voice low, “Never come near me again.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Its barred ceiling was low, its floor piled deep with rank-smelling hay. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Not when he practically told me he delighted in Cardan’s being brought low. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She wriggled under the briar first and waited for him on the far side, crouched low. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Grace knew better than to look outside, and instead stayed low in his room. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“There is—there is one thing more,” Taran said in a low voice. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

She lost concentration for a moment, and the back of the board dipped low, sending a sheet of water up behind them. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

There was a surly hobbit lounging over the low wall of the mill-yard. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I need more help around here, Chuck,” Mom would say, trying to keep her voice low. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

In the dim light of a low fire, she saw him throw off his blankets. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“My mother is in the shower,” Lily said in a low voice, as if she could be easily heard. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Then he counts off, squats low, tosses her straight up into the air, and catches her in a full extension instead of a half-press like Coach said. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I ask him, my voice low and serious. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

He was holding it low, underneath the table, so Ms. Jenna couldn’t see. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

We made our way around the edge of the meadow, keeping low, and saw, with the lessening of the rain, men moving about up at the house. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Third, there was a low, metallic grinding sound. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He stood waiting, his face sallow, his hands fairly low, proudly and firmly waiting for the assault, ready to do battle for his lady love. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

He was relieved when a short time later Will Hamilton drove up in his low sporty red car. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I keep my head low, same as Rufus, and walk past the man. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I looked up and he was coming in low. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Lefty had just entered the low doorway of the Kafkalis house. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The peanuts were running low, and the water and chips were long gone. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Henry says in a low, warm voice Alex has never heard from him before, pointing at the insignia on her headscarf. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It's right at the edge of the wood, but the bushy foliage is so thick down low I can easily observe the Career camp without being spotted. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I waited alone in the car with the radio on low. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through a break between the buildings, I saw that the sun hung low over the horizon. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Neither of them looked up; steadily they spooned the watery stuff into their mouths, and between spoonfuls exchanged the few necessary words in low expressionless voices. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Neel had never heard tigers firsthand, only people who had imitated them, but he tried calling to the cub with a low chuffing noise. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

I searched high and low until my breath grew labored, but I found the castle strangely deserted. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

It was a low, gray morning, and Dicey thought someday soon it would rain again. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some low, sad thing that's meant to conjure angels out of the concrete. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

By the fol­lowing winter, it was only a faint scar. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever I move—seek to move without Palsy—I curse him who hath brought me low & for he was a Betrayer, an Adder I nursed in my Bosom. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

They ascended the low, wide steps of my porch. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Charles liked the Chalk District; he loved the landscape of low, rolling hills. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

A low settee stood in front of the fireplace, and a mirror framed in mahogany hung above the mantel, flanked by oil lamps fastened to the walls. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’d already scouted the modern city, which, strangely, reminded Piper of Albuquerque - a bunch of low, boxy, whitewashed buildings sprawled across a plain at the foot of some purplish mountains. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

And after Punkin' was placed in an institution, Mary had put in long hours working at the Duke University switchboard, a tedious job that paid low wages. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Turner stepped back from the plate and let the bat swing low a couple of times. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

A low branch almost swept them off the saddle. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

I kept my voice as low as hers and tried to sound scared. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

After changing my clothes into warm, dry sweats, she switched the radio to an easy-listening station and turned the volume down low. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“The boat is too low in the water.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Carrie steers the boat around the tip and I can see Cuddle- down there at the lowest point of the land, with its chubby, boxlike structure. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

The ceiling was low and angled, but moonlight streamed in from a high window covered by slatted shutters at the far end of the hall, and there was just enough light to see. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

But just as crime tends to be low on a street where a police car is parked, the 95 percent rate was artificially high: Feldman’s presence had deterred theft. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Fudge dropped his voice and proceeded in a sort of low rumble. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Sam was standing by the pony, sucking his teeth, and staring moodily into the gloom where the river roared stonily below; his desire for adventure was at its lowest ebb. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

A delegation of roaches appeared and bowed low. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing short of explosives would lay them low this time! Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Hurt factor: Medium to low, especially once I remembered that my nose was squat and squashy, not long and pointy. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

But in the meantime you all swing low. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

His class rank at Permian going into his senior year was the second lowest of any senior on the football team, 480 out of 720. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The towel was so low in the back that I could see butt hairs in the crack. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

A low, one-story white house looked out from a stand of pines. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

We rushed back to school stuffing pizza into our mouths and crouching down low when we passed Jimmy’s window so he couldn’t see us. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

About ten feet above the ground was a tree house platform with low sides. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It’s as quiet as a chess tournament except for the clinking of hammers, the shaking of sieves, and the low buzz of conversation between colleagues. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Downstairs at the Box was the lowest level of hell. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inmates in neighboring cells snickered at this and imitated Brereton in low tones. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He was playin’ all low key, but I know he was peeping me.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Just worn out and sick, even though he was trying to smile, and you could tell he was feeling low. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The poor fellow was quite broken down; now and again he gave a low groan which he could not suppress—he was thinking of his wife. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He tapped the top picture, a photo of Warren perched in the low branches of a sycamore, back to the camera, silhouetted against the sky. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

People with low household incomes or high household incomes were oversampled and then weighted to their proper proportion of the overall sample. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Her father said something, but he was talking too low. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Confederate sympathizer Thomas Jones calls out to them in a low voice, announcing that he is walking into their camp. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Now there are sounds, gasps, a low noise like growling, yells, and the red bodies tumble forward and 1 can no longer see, he’s obscured by arms, fists, feet. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was dead low water now, and the ship was heeled at an angle, the propeller showing clean. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

And if Root found out she was running low on magic, she’d be transferred to Traffic for sure. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The plane returned at so low a level she could see the men in the cockpit, their coat collars pulled up around their necks, their crash helmets and goggles gleaming. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mostly I stayed in the grassy part and watched the monkeys as they moved about in the trees and low bushes. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Between two low brick buildings was a tall wooden fence. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The wealthier neighborhoods in the hills boast good schools, low crime, and views of the bay. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

If I’d been the weatherman that morning, I would have said an area of low pressure was moving in from the west, with closely packed isobars and a chance of thunder. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

She herself was leaning over in concentration, forehead very low, arms up on the surface, scrawling furious lines over a page with a pencil. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turner’s arms felt strong against the long, smooth swells, so low they were not breaking, the sea the color of the inside of a mussel shell. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The safety index associated with automobile driving is thus a relatively low 3.7, the logarithm of 5,300. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put his slippered feet up on a long, low coffee table, a chess board inset in the middle, cigarette burns and mug rings on its surface. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

It’s totally different than back home, where kids from other schools consider us the lowest of the low. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Odder still, he walked with his head tipped back and his hat pulled so low it covered his eyes. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

If it was Byron, he’d talk kind of cool and low out of the comer of his mouth and say, “Shooot, man, you better come get this old chick, I ate her alive.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, that must keep the bar nice and low, no problem filling those shoes, like naming your kid Shakespeare. What were they thinking, your parents?” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

They were on a low tree branch, taking turns leaping onto each other’s heads. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was low and shadows crossed the lanes when they arrived at Pherai. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Duke saw Monkeyman in the barbershop and told him to lay low for a while. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said it in a low hissing way that told you whatever kind of snake this was, you didn’t want to run up on one! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I noticed the ceiling first, how low it was. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The government says the levels are low enough that our systems can “tolerate” them. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

To my surprise, she reached up to my lowest bough and gently tied a scrap of blue-striped fabric in a careful knot. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“If you’re through, I’ll show you the furnace and the car, and where your room is,” she said and turned the fire low under the pots on the stove. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Desire, low and dizzying, unfurls in my stomach. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

When they reached the bottom, they found themselves in a low stone room with a loud, stinking crowd of people clustered in the center. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He commissioned the construction of a fire boat, the Fire Queen, built specifically to negotiate the park’s shallow canals and to pass under its many low bridges. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I sat on the sofa and watched television with the sound turned down really low so they wouldn’t hear it. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

A low moaning sound could be heard in the tops of the tall sycamores. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The club’s a low, white building with prickle bushes around it, not nearly so fancy as folks talk about it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

We found them right away, and sat down at a low round table to read and take notes. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

We hiked through thick sand the opposite direction of Santa Cruz to lay low for the day, stopped about a mile past where the Mexican cop had asked our names. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

There was no trill of cicadas or chattering apes in the trees, just a low creaking in the breeze, a whisper. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The walls turned to gray cement, and die ceiling got so low that pretty soon we were hunching over. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

In the low light of the single lamp, Alex turns and sits down on the edge of the bed. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She ducked her head as they passed under a low overhang of rock, and around a sharp turn. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Sam leaped to the lowest limb and climbed. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

As he made to leap the low wall of stones straight at the shadow, the staff burned suddenly white, a blinding light in that dim place. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

She took a deep breath, sank low, and slipped around the corner in a lunge. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Max, knees high, continues to make her way across a low hill studded with trees. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

My toes ache from the impact, and I hear a long, low groan. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

A low archway led through into a further cellar. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She was staring at Thor and Loki as if they were the lowest, most unpleasant vermin she had ever seen. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Here,” I said, finding the low place that was Cape Coalwood. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Well done,” said George in a low voice. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Everyone has a supremely low moment somewhere along the AT, usually when the urge to quit the trail becomes almost overpowering. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“She ...” Kvothe’s head was bowed so low he seemed to be speaking to his hands laying in his lap. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Tally crouched low in the water, sinking to her neck just before the machine appeared. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

On a very low level the following is the process of a myth. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

From where we stood, we could see most of the island except where it dipped into swales or hid behind low hills and boulders. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Fog lay low over the water, damp and curling. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Compressed into the very lowest vacant corner were these words—“I had not a spare moment on Tuesday, as you know, for Miss Woodhouse’s beautiful little friend. Pray make my excuses and adieus to her.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

The Pendor dragon tore free and flew low and lamely to the island, where it hid, crawling into some well or cavern in the ruined town. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes it is,” said I, “because I cannot bear that people should say, ‘she throws away her graces and attractions on a mere boor, the lowest in the crowd.’” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

We gathered them at low tide in baskets and carried them to the mesa where we cut the dark red flesh from the shell and placed it on flat rocks to dry in the sun. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She moved up close to the throne and bowed very low, with Pantalaimon keeping quiet and still in her pocket. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as I hit the ground, I started rolling and kept low to the ground. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a dozen steps I heard a low moan that froze me where I stood. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Next Miss Peregrine turned to us and said in a low voice, “I am tremendously disappointed in you, Miss Bloom. Tremendously. And of all the nights to sneak away.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

While they waited, they pulled weeds around the chili plants and shoveled dirt around the low places in the rows of corn where the water might be lost. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Beth is asleep. Speak low, and tell me all about it. That Moffat hasn’t been here, I hope?” asked Mrs. March rather sharply. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

When his lab work came back at the end of that day, showing his liver functions at dangerously low levels, Farmer conceded he could no longer tough it out. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The soldiers around us grew tired of staring and returned to their low conversating. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

A surge of desperation growled low in my stomach. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I hear his low chanting words, it fills me up. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Firm and low was the best she could do. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

His feathers were rumpled and he held his head low. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Being Tina's first boyfriend kept Park out of the lowest neighborhood caste. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The voice seemed far away and immeasurably dreary, sometimes high in the air and thin, sometimes like a low moan from the ground. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It hunched low, claws retracting from the dirt. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I said they were for snobs and had low academic standards, which was true. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She would have no choice but to lie low. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

"Sister," Gramps said, his voice low and venomous. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Second, it is claimed that the doctrine of signs/signatures belongs to ‘low’ disciplines such as medicine and alchemy; no mention is made of the law or theology. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

A young man with headphones, low jeans, and underwear showing. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Looking out the window I can see it, a glimmer, like the phosphorescence you get in stirred seawater, behind the sky, which is overcast and too low and a dull gray infrared. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a slab of stone on the ground, and a low ledge in one corner, with some small objects on it. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

We came to a cave where stalactites hung low from the ceiling. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Friend, we are not with the Taliban,” he said in a low, cautious voice. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He walked with his head hung low and wobbling. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kisses my cheek, then whispers in my ear, “Lay low.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The pills in my bottle are getting low, though I filled my prescription before we left home. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

It came up in a low roll that made a sizable hill next to the lake. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

He sends a high ball I have to run like crazy for, then a fast glove-pelting stinger, then a low burner. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there, sure enough, sat Mr and Mrs Jenkins in a couple of armchairs with a low round glass-covered table between them. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

And then, clear as day, low as thunder, I heard Sam say, “That was my bin.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Billy cried very little, though he often saw things worth crying about, and in that respect, at least, he resembled the Christ of the carol: The cattle are lowing, The Baby awakes. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But to paraphrase Keynes: in the long run, we’ll all be broke, at least those of us who work for low wages and live in exorbitantly overpriced motels. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She heard a low growl and barely had time to duck before Adiah’s claws tore through the wood in one vicious motion. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

We enter a low building where he barks orders at some other policemen. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

All morning, the sky hung low, and sometimes the green and brown clouds would roll up and rumble a bit, and then settle back down like a layer of unhappiness over everything. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I walked back to the park feeling mighty low and dim. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“We’re getting low on medical supplies, and Leda Corp has stopped running as many trucks up through our area.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The wind was blowing from the west, and it was difficult to be certain but he thought he heard the low hum of an engine. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

On a gray, low day at the end of February, they closed the door to the parsonage for the last time. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The island, low and often swampy, is created by the collision of the Amazon with the sea, which forces the river to disgorge dissolved sediments. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

To see Pekka brought low, humiliated, miserable and hopeless, the best of his crew dead on pikes. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He looked it as he moved about the low attic, stuffing his pockets with extra stockings. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would just have to lie low until then. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The goal is to have them not sing too far below the staff or too low in their voices, and to not push or strain their voices too far above this range either. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

It promised power, freedom, speed, adventure...all for the low, low price of $499.95. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Sharp introduced the first low- priced fax machine in 1984, and sold about 80,000 of those machines in the United States in that first year. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra crouched low beside a rock, watching for a witch dive. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Bongo flew to my lowest scaffold branch—one of my big, primary limbs. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Macon’s voice was low, but his face looked like Pilate’s. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Timberline in the White Mountains occurs as low as 4,800 feet, about half the height in most other ranges, because the weather is so much more severe, and I began to see why. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

That first day, I stood in my best padded dress at the low wooden table and began to chop vegetables. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked up at the clear sky and listened to the low roar of cars and semi-trucks headed to places I didn’t know, driven by people I had never seen. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

When he spoke, it was in a low rasp, in the jíbaro dialect, his lips in an apologetic half smile. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He lets his head hang low as if he's embarrassed. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Coming down from the terrifying events of that evening, I’d reached a new low of exhaustion. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

They pulled off the Thruway and onto a four-lane road lined with low buildings, hung over with stoplights, bleached white by the heat. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miig was talking with Minerva, who was still in the wagon, low and serious. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I didn't want him to see me doing this work, or knowing that I had gone that low. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Day keeps a cap on and tilted low over his eyes. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The beach at the end of this road was backed by low, rolling dunes, which flattened out to a narrow belt of sand before giving way to the placid gray water. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was still light, though the sun was low on the horizon. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Lyddie scrunched her body into itself and tucked her bare feet under the low stool, fearful of seeming in the way. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

It’s closer to what we had in our homes in 12, when the candles and fire burned low on a winter’s night. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“I'm going to kill her,” I say, my voice low. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile all three men, holding their nets low, ran across the stubble toward the parade of rats. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Some kid in a leftover Halloween mask was flying a skeleton kite intentionally low, buzzing us. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I sought out a handsome tree on the edge of the forest and threw the rope over the lowest branch. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Moving down the wall, staying low and talking rapidly to people, he came at last on Ernest Testaverde, who was returning fire over the coconut logs with his gun held high and his head down. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I’m talking high notes, low notes, harmonies, solos. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The clouds were low, but the half moon was lower still and shone a gray, feeble light on their quilted undersides. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

But they quickly sensed her intelligence and encouraged her to attend Berea College, a small liberal arts institution in Kentucky that accepts students only from low- income families. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The Valiants managed to blast a shot low and to the left. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

As they reached the door, Mr. Pineville called out, his voice low and ominous, “You know that song you was singin’ about trouble? Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It swung its head from side to side and then gave out a low moan and turned and lurched away and loped soundlessly into the dark. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The hallway opened to a large space filled with cubicles, the hum of computers, the rustle of papers, and a few low voices. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The sun was getting low by the time he reached the ruins of what had been the county’s first schoolhouse, a landmark known as the eight-mile point north of Newton. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The command thing with Tyler was mean,” she says low, and starts blinking fast. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Even in the distance he could see the two on foot moving slowly along, bent low to the ground. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girls who intended to compete would slip over to the sidelines and change from high heels into low white sneakers. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice had dropped very low, almost to a whisper, and Bran found himself leaning forward to listen. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I walked five miles over low hills through the woods to the town of Etna, where I sat beside an old cemetery and ate my sandwiches, then packed up and walked home. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He spoke so low that his words became indistinct. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Tally could hear her low, sure voice, and saw the new pretties relax. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He had her bend low to the child, then turn and stroke the fox. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It might be worth our while to backtrack a little and investigate, because we were running low on water. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

We weave in and out of tables and as we draw to the front, a silence sprinkles over the room, until the voices are nothing more than a low buzz of questions. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

An Arctic tern skimmed low and she jumped to her feet, for it was flying with a determination that she had not seen in the birds all summer. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gwenforte walks up to the low stone wall, and one sheep—a ram—doesn't run away. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He’d mostly say things that made no sense, or speak so low I couldn’t hear what he was telling me—but sometimes he’d whisper secrets about the universe. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

It takes me many trips and most of the morning to fill it up and still the water runs low by the end of the day. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Lily is missing,” he says, his voice low and choked. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Crouched low and partially hidden by the evening’s shadows, R.C. wound up and chucked his rock. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

There was no sound at all, except the occasional distant barking of a dog or a lowing of a cow. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

After several turnings, the ceiling went lower still, too low for crawling. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It is a low level country and under the rain it is even flatter. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

To say that I had low expectations would be to underestimate the matter dramatically. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Shaking his head, “I actually dream about it sometimes,” the Director went on in a low voice. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Taran blinked and tried to lift himself from the low, narrow couch. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Iorek had to move backward, a step at a time, and to crouch low under the rain of blows from the jeering bear-king. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The tide was low when I reached it. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time we reach our destination, our feet are dragging and the sun sits low on the horizon. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Something special,” she said, in this low voice. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mott wrote to Stanton, urging her to keep her expectations low: “The convention will not be as large as it otherwise might be, owing to the busy time with the farmers, harvest, etc.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He managed to reach a low shelf, where he ensconced himself in a crack. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A low whistle with a fluttering end sounded outside. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Transmission was dependent on spark-gap generators that operated at low power, produced copious interference, and failed utterly in damp conditions. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He grunted and made a low growling sound. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

So the Lords of the Eyrie planted grass and scattered statuary amidst low, flowering shrubs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

However, the number of people in a tribe is still low enough that everyone knows everyone else by name and relationships. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m wondering if it’s not as bad as it looked,” I mused in a low voice. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

A low earthen wall four feet high closed off the road, and a dozen crossbowmen manned the heights. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

In root position, the root, which is the note that names the chord, is the lowest note. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

She climbed over the low rails and held out her arms to the young man, who had jumped down from the wagon. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

He examined her broken fingers, then got into her face again, his voice low with promise. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I remember a time when I could only have been five or six, sitting at a low table beside Amanda C., our hands clammy with modelling clay. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s funny how when the land is so flat, and the buildings so low, the sky seems to take over everything, announcing itself in a way you can’t ignore. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

A small crowd had gathered near the low railing, surrounding a swathed form. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Aren’t you?” he contradicted in a voice so low I wasn’t sure if he meant for me to hear. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I could practically hear my sister’s low frequency scream of humiliation as she tensed every muscle. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

It kept Buddy from asking me what I knew he was going to ask, and what he finally did ask, in a low, nervous voice, at the Belsize afternoon tea. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“He isn’t from any loop,” Emma said, keeping her voice low. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The paths of the body are long, but the paths of the spirit are short, said Mother in a low, sweet voice. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

"How was I to know that last night wasn't exactly the eventuality I was here to cope with? I lay low and told a noncommittal story." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

The other audience members sat calmly, as if in church, while my father snapped his fingers and bobbed his head low against his chest. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

As Chervil came up, Kehaar flew low above their heads and disappeared over the trees. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The suck of air was audible and popped low in my eardrum like a lid being lifted. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

It has a tight bodice, a low neck, a full skirt; it brushes against my bare legs as I walk. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

But most Protestants still treated them as the lowest of the low. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Last night I dreamed my head got stuck in a kettle,” he revealed, his voice low and troubled. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

My voice was low, since I wasn’t a good singer. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

From what she can tell, it’s a low grotto, maybe four yards long and half as wide, shaped like a loaf of bread. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She could hear signs of life in far-off rooms—the low mumble of a TV commercial, the beep of a microwave running down its count—but distantly, as if in a dream. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Rounding the corner they saw before them a low cliff, some five fathoms high, with a broken and jagged top. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

In the midst of the crush Nathan and I, Nathan holding out his hands to Ira in blessing, she with dark head bent low to receive it. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

First, however, they had to get over the high hurdle of low expectations. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

In mere minutes the light would be too low for her to find a roost. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The sun is low in the sky and she searches the silvery river for clues. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

That soft, low voice flowed over him: submerged him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a low voice, someone said, “They know that if they stop they’ll freeze to death.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have often reread my early progress reports and seen the illiteracy, the childish nai'vet^, the mind of low intelligence peering from a dark room, through the keyhole, at the dazzling light outside. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You look lovely tonight,” he continues in a low voice, so that no one else hears. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I took out the recorder, turned the volume down low and played the last poem Esteban had read to us, his sweet voice filling the classroom. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

When they got there a group of men were already pulling the monster off the sharpened stakes they had set in the bottom of a pit covered with dry leaves, and it stopped lowing. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

There was an angry hum, followed by a slight explosion that caused something to rattle, and I could hear a low roaring begin. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind us, Miss Preston asks Mr. Redfern in a low voice, “Have you or the mayor heard anything further on the Edgars’ disappearance?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

In the first case, you fear setting the price too low; in the second, you fear setting it too high. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

They sat around a low table in silence. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

To the east was the Rio Puerco Valley, where the river had cut a deep narrow arroyo that now carried the water too low to benefit the valley land. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He bent low beside her as he spoke; she took his hand, and looking at him through her tears, said hoarsely:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The sun was high overhead in a vast sapphire-blue sky beaded with low, isolated, puffy clouds of dry and immaculate white. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

When they spoke they growled in low voices, as though the fog that shrouded the world had muffled their words. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I played you a really low tone, you would call it one, and if I played you a medium tone you would call it two, and a high tone you would call three. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ve been out here for almost an hour—do you see anyone? The only other cars in the parking lot are empty. We lay low, like you wanted, and it worked.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Do you go hungry sometimes?” she asked in a low voice. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Patrice is model beautiful and always wears her thick black hair slicked back and pulled tight into a low ponytail. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Finally, I unclasp them and try to examine them on the down low. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“You are going to climb out the back window and onto the roof, as low down as you can get.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

His voice was low, like the drone of a thousand bees. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Doc’s supplies had started running low when Gran got sick, but he must have been busy restocking his products. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Then he said, very low, “Your mother told you, didn’t she?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The people in the group had turned from me and were murmuring in low voices to each other. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The cows lowed it, the dogs whined it, the sheep bleated it, the horses whinnied it, the ducks quacked it. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

His voice was low, and the flickering firelight played across his tan cheeks. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Through the screen door we could see a dark, cool lobby and, behind the desk, a man of about sixty, his half-moon glasses pulled low on his nose, reading a copy of the Bennington Banner. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She pointed at a low stool next to the desk. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

She shut down her own looms and one of Brigid’s, and followed the clerk down the stairs and out across the yard to the low building that housed the counting room and the offices. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The school kept threatening to drop football because of low attendance. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

“A group of guys beat me up last night,” I said in a low whisper. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

You feel pain down low, and you glance at your feet. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

And then they heard it — a low grunting, and the shuffling footfalls of gigantic feet. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

When she retold them, her husky voice pitched low, she made them sound as though they had really happened. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Davos was a slight man, his low birth written plain upon a common face. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Harry asked him in a low voice, moving forward to stroke the feathery head. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Even though they kept their voices low, he caught snippets of their whispered conversation. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

“No, thank you. What’s going on? How low can a man sink?” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

A voice rang out again in the darkness, distinctly low and male. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Then music plays, soft and low, full of cellos tonight, and it cuts out midstream. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Seth crept ahead, staying low, using the bushes for cover, gradually making his way toward the meager line of smoke. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

With a hammer and two threepenny nails in hand, Stella Armijo emerged from her low adobe farmhouse one morning while Herbie reclined on his front stoop trying to read a book. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

We go through my journal and discuss my emotional highs and lows each day. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

When I passed under the Huangs’ stone-and-wood gateway arch, I saw a large courtyard with three or four rows of small, low buildings. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I called in a low voice, hoping it wasn’t a mistake again. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Her voice in Greek was harsh and low and lovely. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He’s wearing his too-large electric guitar, playing as loud and fast as he can while the drums and bass jar the flimsy walls and low particle board ceiling of the tiny church. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The pay is low, the hours are bad, and the work is really hard. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I bowed low to the captain, then looked down the ladder. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

She has a nice voice, low and worn, like she smoked a lot when she was young, but full and warm, like she means every word. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

It growled low and long in the back of its throat, and its hackles rose. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“I remember one time we ran out of meat—” His voice dropped to a curious low sing-song, dropped into a tonal groove the story had worn for itself. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hobbits were taken to a corner and given a low bed to lie on, if they wished. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The sun had only just risen, and it had risen out of the forests which he saw low down and far away on his right. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Some man was talking to him in a low voice and attempting from time to time to lay a hand on his shoulder, but Wilson neither heard nor saw. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

The lowest had been four talents and six jots, but most were double that. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There was a low brick wall running down the middle of the road in front of Sizwe’s house in Alex, and every day Sizwe and I and our crew would go sit on the wall. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The voice that had called her name wasn’t low and gruff like Baaz’s, but friendly and familiar. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Maddie flew alone, careful and happy, low over the snow-tipped Highlands on those pretty tapered wings, deafened by the Merlin engine, navigating by dead reckoning. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He nudges me, and points to a low country boat passing the ferry. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The smile reappears, and he gives me a low bow. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The further we get into Serra, the more familiar the streets become, until we climb over a low section of mud-brick wall and into the Quarter. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

With his big back shiny with sweat, he swings the machete low and cuts the cane close to the ground. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She heard the low, soft, rhythmic grunts of the females and cooing of the infants, the rumble of the males, with now and then a challenging bark. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat until the sky went dark and my stomach growled, low and insistent, and I realized that I didn’t have to sit here any longer. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyways, it’s probably a smart idea for you and your brother to lay low for a while.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

There, upon a low black hill, stood the House, its cornerstone bearing the inscription 2005 A.D. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the constellation of Orion, low on the Eastern horizon, a star flashed and glittered and fell. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard that they consider it a sure sign that the person is either possessed of low blood or fallen on truly desperate times....” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

My dream life became very rich, and I seemed to pass entire nights reliving the high and low times of the old days. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, they turned their lantern on to the lowest setting, just enough to be visible through our own green tent’s shell. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Suddenly this has become enough for them, the new low standard, just to see where he’s hiding, get the feel of the cell, the bunker. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

His voice was so low, I barely heard him. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Behind her she could make out Jak, Oz, and Loo racing toward her, arms in the air, streaking after a small black cat, who ran, ears back, tail low. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“It’s just hard,” Harry said finally, in a low voice, “to realize he won’t write to me again.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He went up the hill, where the cow was lowing. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once in a while, he managed to borrow a motorcycle and they escaped for a few hours, traveling at reckless speed, crouched low on the machine, with frozen ears and anxious hearts. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

If, for some reason, we could only observe the ball at low energies, we would then think that there were thirty-seven different types of ball! A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Running to the top of a low hill, she scanned the flatness. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nod, careful to keep my voice low. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

We keep our heads low and hear the people around us talking quietly. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“The two of us should probably lie low for the rest of the year.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The moisture attracted crickets, who filled the long low room with their tiny songs. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She hopes he might bring home something from the farm, potatoes, cabbage, turnips, carrots, but he’ll never bring home anything because he’d never stoop so low as to ask a farmer for anything. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Pickett bowed low in the classic fashion, sweeping the ground with the plumed hat. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was crouched low enough that I could see the top of the ticket window, but not the person inside. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He bent down to draw another line, quickly, with a fierce determination that shook the flesh on his arm, which was hanging low like a brown leather pouch. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“But Mexico. We could slip in, no papers. Lay low. I’ve got a plan to get there, too. I’ll sign on as a porter. And I’m learning Spanish.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The buildings in the city are tall and close together, but the huts are low- lying and widely dispersed in the middle of the rice fields. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tiptoeing down the stairs to the kitchen, she saw that the embers had burned low in the hearth and none of the servants was yet awake. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside the prison walls, just a few feet from the Hudson River, are three low, white buildings that contrast with the rest of Sing Sing in their newness and cheap construction. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d been feeling this low level of excitement/nerves all day, but that was all it was: a low level. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She tapped on the pictures and looked up at her mother, worried, pitching her voice low. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

We all slept in the same room back then, but Ma could whisper so low and quick, I couldn’t hear a word of it. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

At low tide, the hull was surrounded by ankle-deep water. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then the battered vessel comes into view past a small building, its back end sunk low into the water as the yacht chugs along. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Hush, Mary,” his father said, his voice low. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

With a yawn she sat up and saw that a low table nearby was set with breakfast for one. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He offered us 400 guilders for our chest; in our opinion, the other estimates are also too low. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

"No ... I just have to lie low, you know? Like as long as I stay out of his way, I'm fine. I just have to be invisible." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Locke’s bedroom is messy—books and clothes scattered on divans and low couches. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The roofs were so low, Matt wondered whether a person could stand up inside. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ever so slowly, Washington began to claw its way back, inch by inch, still keeping the rate low but starting to gain on sheer power. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

In a low voice she added, “Maybe you do, too.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was low and bleak, almost a mumble. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

But then he saw something fly from a cluster of leaves and swoop down low across the ground, making a clear, sweet call as it flew. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Frank stared up at the northern lights, still cooking across the stars on low heat. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Frank, a graduate from a black college and a commercial artiste-volunteered to help me with arithmetic, in which I had received my lowest mark. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Abbey scrunched low in the bow while I hunkered between the seats. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

You can’t beat nobody down so low till you can rob ’em of they will. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

The child had low birthweight. doesn't: The child attended Head Start. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“I told you to keep the price low.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I was on watch this morning when a Coast Guard turboprop passed low overhead and circled around and dipped low over us again. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

She exhaled in one low shuddering breath of release. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

These refugees had terrible stories to tell: houses destroyed, people sleeping in the streets, children dying, water running low, disease spreading. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their voices were low, polite, without any hint of conflict. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

They bent low and inched out of their hiding spot, slowly walking from tree to tree, Alec checking each time to make sure it was clear to move on to the next one. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Why are you following me?” he demanded in a low voice. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ceiling crept down so low that even I felt like I was in danger of scraping the top of my head on the doorframes. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Great. So much for keeping a low profile! Now I’m going to smell like a wet diaper,” Delia said, mopping over her saliva-slathered hair with the hem of her T-shirt. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

After several hours, the white trees began to thin, and then they were through the serewood and walking between two low rough-stone walls, along a high bank. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The tan-and-black Wildcat crawled up to the curb, its growl low and tame. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Trees grew where people had once lived, and low plants. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“It’s a very good one for you,” retorted Jo in a low voice. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

But after a while he said in a low voice, “You should not have told me her name, maybe.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

At the edge of the papaya grove were ten low earthen mounds that the team had identified as human-made. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

My self-esteem and my confidence are low at this point, but I haven’t given up. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He swept the flame low before him, looking for . . . there. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The old man’s helper rode a black pony, hunching low over its neck with his face in the mane. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

There would be no clams for lunch—you clammed at low tide, on the sandbars. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was low in the west now. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The young dog braced himself for the inevitable attack; a few yards away the collie crouched low, lips drawn back, then sprang for the vulnerable throat before him. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Off the southeastern coast of Iceland sits a low barrier island called Papos. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Push off, Ralph-' "-it's a tribe-" "-they made us-" "-we couldn't help it-" When Ralph spoke again his voice was low, and seemed breathless. "What have I done? Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I cannot believe you would stoop this low! I told you I would not go anywhere near your loony cousin!” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He took Yandry back to the tiller, where they spoke in low voices, too quietly for the dwarf to hear. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She even kept the music so low I could barely hear it. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

We lie low for the rest of the day so we don’t make Barb more suspicious of us. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“My legs are tired,” she said, sinking low in her seat. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

A huge tawny creature, its body low to the ground, like a cat streaking across the lawn to a tree when a strange dog has got into the garden, was behind them. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Earlier that day, I’d asked Ali to set up the kursi for us—which was basically an electric heater under a low table covered with a thick, quilted blanket. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I found a place low and level enough to slide onto out of the bushes. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sumac crouched low on my shoulder, his beak open in warning. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

As the snake slid swiftly past him, Harry could have sworn a low, hissing voice said, “Brazil, here I come.... Thanksss, amigo.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

These items were all nonmagical and of low quality, but they were the best I could afford. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The sun was sinking low and the evening call to prayer from the village mosque echoed across the pond. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

“It was simple. Highs and lows make you feel that things matter, but they’re nothing.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The low buzz of chatter stopped when they walked in. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

There was a motto Barack and I tried to live by, and I offered it that night from the stage: When they go low, we go high. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He was sitting half concealed under the low spread of a yew tree on the edge of the copse, some way from the holes of the warren. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Around the turn came a long man on a low horse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The low winter sun has turned her sails to gold, and she is gliding toward us on the wind. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Keeping low, I started across the kitchen floor. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Because the minute he sat down on the low plank seat, the green boat backed up into the cove and then turned and zipped away. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The lowest rung of the ladder is waist-high. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know that anyone else from the congregation is going to join us, men,” the pastor said in a low voice. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The drawers on some of the business community were riding mighty low. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

It flicked a tongue across Harris’s face and emitted a low grumble. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Lefty let out a low whistle when he saw the window. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She undid my jeans and pushed them low on my hips. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I ask my best friend in a low voice, leaning across the table to make it harder for Emily to hear. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“And the low?” her dad asked after a minute. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Some kids told me later he had diabetes and that was why his energy was so low. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I can still pierce,” Bob said, his voice low and even. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t so sure about that, but the way Sam said it, the low burn beneath her words, made me reconsider. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Coulter placed the beaker carefully on a low rock and knelt beside the sleeping Lyra. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“But you don’t know it equal to me. You must have been under lock and key, dear boy, to know it equal to me,—but I ain’t a-going to be low.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

His hand took hold of hers and as she said something low in his ear he turned toward her with a rush of emotion. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“So am I,” Manet said with a low, knowing chuckle. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Next to it, on a low bookstand, is a book covered by a cloth. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe its buoyancy was going, or maybe the fuel was running low, but either way it hadn’t taken off yet, and it gave him an idea. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did have low self-esteem as a child. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father disdained shopkeepers as unworthy and low, but he consorted with them and curried favor with the customers, hoping to overhear court gossip. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Mother added her testimony in low, reverent whispers. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

People in love have the same low serotonin levels as people with OCD. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I was worried someone was coming to hurt Papa, but I held on to the sound of low voices, Papa’s and another man’s that sounded familiar but I couldn’t place him. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The rest of the group, with the exception of Slopper, was around the low fire. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The cockatoo was placed in the lowest ring, and with beak and claw began to climb up to the next highest ring. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

His straight eyebrows are drawn low over his eyes. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Once Celia composes herself she gives him a low, perfect curtsey. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I knew the threat of future attacks had dropped to a low, lemony yellow. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

My room, like Kitchen-Girl’s and Cook’s, is a dank hole with a low entrance and a ragged curtain that serves as a door. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

On a low hill the gravestones tilt crazily, as if trying to wrench loose from the soil. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Diving in low over those coconut palms on a strafing run. Well, we hit the ground, holding on to our helmets while bullets splattered all around us.” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were fine positions for defense along the low mountains that came up out of the plateau but nothing had been done about organizing them for defense. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

As I was thinking this I saw an old servant woman stooping over the same low table gutting a fish, looking at me from the corner of her eye. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boat smoothed out, arid it was easy to keep the bow to the low stretches of water that swiped at the dory’s nose. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

She padded out onto the low first branch carefully, never taking her eyes off the growling coyote who followed on the ground. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

And my voice has dropped so low most humans can’t register it. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Earlier, he had been told of an unusual number of British officers gathered on Boston’s Long Wharf, talking in low tones. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"An ill thing," Allard declared, though at least he had the sense to keep his voice low. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I do not know if I do right to send you from your safety here,” he said very low. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The sun strikes low, I am stupefied with exhaustion and hunger. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the bottom, upon a low pedestal carved like a branching tree, stood a basin of silver, wide and shallow, and beside it stood a silver ewer. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I heard Papa interrupt in a low voice, and the other man added something afterward, something about the Big People in Abuja not wanting such a story out now that the Commonwealth Nations were meeting. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

"Don't engage," Starry tells me in a low voice. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Yet something else pulled, a tug low in his stomach as he looked over Anatsou’s shoulder and down the crooked path to which he was gesturing. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The island became visible as a low black line almost on the horizon. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You need to get out of here. Out of Tokyo. Someplace where you can keep a low profile.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There were low hums and high-pitched shrieks, roars, and the occasional click of something above him. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

This Jones was turning out to be a headache, in spite of the low salary. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

By Rennes, the sun has dropped low over the horizon, and the smell of warm manure comes through the open windows, and lines of pollarded trees whisk past. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Your passion stays low, yet under no circumstance will you underperform. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The sun was low, burning gold through the trees, casting our shadows before us on the ground, long and distorted. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Right, queen,” Jesse mumbled and crawled out of the low entrance of the castle stronghold. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

There was a white full moon, and low purple clouds lay over the horizon. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

At its lowest points, the ends stuck right into the ground. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In another bout, two men armed only with short swords fought each other until one was laid low—whether dead or not, Aurelia couldn’t tell. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

He crouched low to the ground, tensed and ready, and uttered a high, ear-splitting scream; and, as the startled cub turned, the cat sprang. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And home was our apartment on Euclid Avenue, with its fading carpet and low ceilings, my dad kicked back in the bucket of his easy chair. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

We jump up and down, trying to touch the lowest branches on the ceiba tree. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

When Cornelius Fudge, the Minister of Magic himself, arrived, Percy bowed so low that his glasses fell off and shattered. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

When the blubber supply ran alarmingly low, Shackleton reduced the ration of warm drinks to one a day. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“It was a tall building, not far from the central market,” said Tendai as the squad car came in low. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

A lovely world, surely, but there is—from our parochial point of view—much wrong with Mars, chiefly the low oxygen abundance, the absence of liquid water, and the high ultraviolet flux. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The intensity of the song swells, though Aquilla keeps her voice low, as if she doesn't want to be heard. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Low, I am afraid, sir, very low,” answered his son;—“but we shall be indulgent—especially to any one who leads the way.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

He knew to put the lid on now, and to turn the fire low. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“At a low, low interest rate of six percent a month. That would make your monthly payment, after a reasonable down—” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The Fjerdan flopped his useless arms, then released a low animal growl as Kaz made the pardon vanish in thin air. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Whoever it is better lay low or they’re going to find themselves in more than chemistry boot camp.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The sun was still in the sky, the humidity blessedly low. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

They were bringing their forwards out, sending their guards into the low post, and using their center for some picks that looked illegal to me but the referee didn’t call them. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

This can easily be caused by the chlorinated hydrocarbons, which, as we have seen, set up changes in liver cells at very low levels of intake. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The movement draws my attention to his fetching eyes and the fullness of his lips, and a flutter starts up somewhere low in my belly. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

And as the voices of the crowd churned and mounted and became an impatient splatter of hand claps, I thought of Master's low hoarse growl. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It turns out he’s already outside in the parking lot, standing by the trunk of our car, one foot on the fender, smoking a cigarette and talking to Wimpy in a low, serious voice. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Tonight it was simply a low hum, a nervous whisper through the crowd. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Barely a mile out into the plain it clustered like some huge nest of insects, with straight dreary streets of huts and long low drab buildings. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

There was a faint sheet of fog settled low to the ground. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

She had long straight hair on her legs, which everyone said made them even prettier, and small feet encased in plain brown shoes with a low square heel. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

With his face in his hands and his handkerchief headgear drooping low over his brow, Zooey sat at Seymour’s old desk, inert, but not asleep, for a good twenty minutes. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

The Mackenzie brothers, throwing acorns at the squirrels, are somewhat lower than that, but not low enough to be considered anything but high. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

At the foot of the turf cliff, Hazel and his companions were crouching under the low branches of two or three spindle trees. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The words came out low and tentative as though he didn’t quite believe them himself. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She started walking from room to room, opening drawers and closet doors, and I fob lowed her. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

"It's like that everywhere in the world. In India, people assume that if you have dark skin, you're from a lower caste. Here, it's the same—black people are the lowest caste in this country." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was a yellow two-seater with a 450-horsepower radial engine, a low wing, and retractable landing gear. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bolts upright, desperately thirsty and wanting to go to Dad, but smacks his head on the low ceiling of his bunk. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

"With such low visibility, it won't take long for him to realize his solar cells will have a problem. Couldn't he just turn around at that point?" The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were even more on the low, round table in front of the fireplace. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Then he mumbled, “Follow me, Magister. There’s a garden over here with a low wall.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

No matter how high a black man advanced, he was still considered inferior to the lowest white man. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A low rumbling growl echoed off the rock. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Even though the nation’s steel companies were enormously profitable, their workers were paid wages so low they could barely afford to feed, clothe, and house themselves and their families. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

I hang them low on the original tree, which looks too fragile to climb. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They had spent much of that while Papa was in Bismarck, and Mama was working only part-time for a low salary. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He returned carrying a box, presenting it to Jean Louise with a low bow: “For you, Miss Finch,” he said. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Many times through the night did I come to them, till it arrive to the cold hour when all nature is at lowest; and every time my coming was with quiet of them. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I am not like your weak mother, who was false to your father, as you yourself have charged,” I hissed in a low voice. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

What an amazing prediction!” she said, not troubling to keep her voice low. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Once upon a time there was an old, old man named Bluebeard,” she began in a low voice. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he speaks, it's almost low as a whisper. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

That it whistles, low and deep, as a storm approaches. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

All around them, uneven ground stretched into darkness under a low ceiling of stone. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The previous spring, I’d been at a particularly low point of feeling lousy. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She tugged Ess up over the dunes, onto a pile of low flat rocks that baked all day in the sun. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

There's a low hum of voices in the background, but I can't make out the words. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The cow, standing before the closed door, kept lifting her head, stretching, and lowing. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you,” the princess replied, her voice low. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

They strode forward, talking to each other in low voices, and as they passed, the chief guard threw a quick glance at Lina. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Startop could make out, after a few minutes, which steamer was first, and gave me the word “Hamburg,” in a low voice, as we sat face to face. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

When I went by the rhinoceros pit I fancied the rhinos’ heads were hung low with sadness over the loss of one of their dear companions. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

As the undulations subsided, the basement had been replaced by a low hill. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

They had decided to use the kotatsu only for dinner, as they were running low on coal. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It disoriented me to hear the two men speaking, their voices overlapping in a low din. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The sun was low and the great mound was casting a shadow that looked long enough to reach the Allegheny Mountains. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

We watched him, his stiff crest, the spectacles riding low on his nose. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lord Caswell's keep was scarcely tall enough to call a tower, but the country was low and flat and Catelyn could see for leagues in all directions. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And then for a second he thought he was dreaming, for quite distinctly, though in a low voice, the Horse said, "But I can." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

On the lowest rung of the ladder and in most cases the youngest kids on the team, were the corner boys. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Near it was another, sturdier, bridge built low to the water, carrying an enormous conveyor belt, which appeared to be transporting piles of rock and gravel from one side of the river to the other. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He rarely used this low tone of voice, and it meant he was out-of-his-mind furious. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

When he sailed away she made a detour and came down to the river again and drove along parallel with him, the car in low gear. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Jesus,” said Katz in a low voice, and he looked deeply, deeply gloomy. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

It perched on the lowest branch of Luna’s tree house, and followed her wherever she went for the rest of the day. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

No, too far, creek too low....Whistle screeching in my ears....Train heat almost at my heels....Whoo-whoo-whoo! Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Again we fired—one was hit—he swore, bent low—and we began again to load. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

If his first-pitch fastball is where I want it—low and over the outside corner of the plate—I’m swinging hard, making contact, and driving the ball. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Behind them stood low crumbling cliffs, and chimneys of grey weathered stone dark with ivy; and beyond these again there rose high ridges crowned with wind-writhen firs. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Odenigbo brought the bottle and they sat in the living room, the radio turned low and the aroma of Ugwu’s soup in the air. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Others hunker low on the ground, watching us. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, this is amusing,” says Lord Roiben in a low voice. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

His gravel-rough voice was low, but she sensed real menace in it. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Under the low red glare of sunset, the beacon, and the gibbet, and the mound of the Battery, and the opposite shore of the river, were plain, though all of a watery lead colour. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Guards were posted at every entrance, and more guards patrolled the lowest terrace, where they could look down on the street. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She can see cars parked behind a low fence of chipped white paint beneath a row of windswept palm trees. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The spear whistled through the air, but the aim was low. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw the moon low in the sky now. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Away over the flats they could glimpse the low hill of Bucklebury across the River, but it was now to their left. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The low early sunshine was streaming through the wood and the grass was gray with dew and the cobwebs were like silver. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

She just scrambled to her feet and went trotting back into the thicket, lowing to her calf. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The way was cramped and twisty, and so low that Hodor soon was crouching. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Their provisions had begun to run low as well. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The girl beside me makes a low noise like a dog’s whine and slips her hand into mine. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

This tree, unlike every other one she’d seen, still had its leaves—a massive cloud of green hanging low over the grassy land and supported by a mess of tangled branches. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

It came out low in the sky and it was in front of me, toward the east. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pull at Mama’s arm until she bends low enough so I can plant a kiss on her cheek. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Despite the commotion, they were managing to make themselves heard by talking in very low voices. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

In front of it burned a low fire and two piles: one of wood, the other of round rocks. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I keep my head low and my hands stuffed in my pockets. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

There weren’t many trees or mountains to catch at that sky and keep it low. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I’m afraid your grades were the lowest of the seven.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The radio is on low; swing music is playing, and then Margaret holds her hand up and says, “Wait. Did you hear that?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The man with the golden star on his chest came to him and spoke in a soft low tone. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

They set it on a low rock and cut a hole in its side. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

In a tiny window seat, tucked low in the alcove so that it was set deep in shadow, sat Cassiopeia. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

My only A-plus ever, which totally reinforced my belief that if I just set my sights low enough, even I could do well. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“The possibility of being attacked is extremely low. So is getting struck by lightning. But when lightning strikes, don’t run around your backyard and stand next to the flagpole.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Ignoring the tap dance her heart was doing in her ears, she ducked quickly through the low security arch, past the guard post, and into the library. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

You don’t need a degree in economics to see that wages are too low and rents too high. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bow dips low from its weight, and crewmen scream and scramble. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The morning air felt hot and heavy, more like August than September, and low, thick clouds dotted the Delta sky. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

It’s pleasantly strange to see Hideo in a way no one else does—boyish, relaxed, wholly vulnerable, hair rumpled and wet from a shower, his sweatpants hanging low on his hips. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Anyone who does otherwise either comes to ruin because of the flatterer, or keeps changing his mind in the face of different opinions; resulting in a low estimation of his worth. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Jackson swaggers up, his derby pulled low over his eyes. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

His next words weren’t quite so smooth, not quite as low and even. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Her mother held a low opinion about her husband going upstairs but was not without resources. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

As kids, Daisy and I had played all up and down the river-bank when the water was low like this. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Mama kept her voice low as she withdrew a rust-speckled key from her pocket to insert into the massive padlock. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It lay at the outskirts of the town, on low ground, like a rubbish dump, and as I walked up and down the gravel paths, I could smell the stagnant salt marshes in the distance. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

An aristocrat was the lowest form of life, a parasite who expected honest peasants to be his slaves. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was deeply slouched and holding on to the gunnel with both her hands, her head sunk very low between her arms. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He heard a low snarl, met the gaze of an ancient creature with cold, empty eyes. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“We’re low on cash, but we can offer you a trade.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Sophie, squatting low on her heels in the pocket of the leather waistcoat, had one eye glued to the little hole. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stood outside in the unseasonably warm autumn nights of that year and tracked the shiny pinpoint as it moved low across the horizon. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The words escape from Tanisha’s mouth in one quick, low breath. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The Hessians talked amongst themselves again, keeping their voices low as if they might be overheard. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

When Miss Hilly gone, Miss Walter say real low, “I bet you’d love that.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

These exercises distracted my mind from the menial tasks that fell to me as the lowest of Gertrude’s ladies. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“I don’t mean that low. Your butt is still going to school, so don’t even try. I mean...” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Except for the low tick of the wall clock and June’s soft breathing, the room was quiet. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Harry,” he said, in a low, serious voice, “you haven’t seen a great black dog anywhere, have you?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The sound of the tires on asphalt is like someone hissing low and constant into my ears. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’s tucked into the corner of his seat, his knees up to his chest and his camo trucker hat pulled down so low that I can’t tell if he can see. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Her uncle’s voice was its usual low growl, or pitched high with helpless laughter. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Sam was near the low end, but still too high for any of us to reach. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He scrambled easily onto the first low branch and balanced there. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Ignatius breathed pitifully, bumping the tin hot dog over the low cement sill of the garage. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was low tide, and a tidal river flowed past us on its way to the sea. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

You may make a fine employee or deserve low premiums or a good credit rating, but if your correlatives are perceived to be lacking in some way, you’ll have difficulty, too. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother hangs her head low enough to hide her eyes. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“But I must say, Ginevra’s dress is far too low cut.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He stumbled into the study and bowed low before his uncle, as he always did. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Of course I consider you my friend. Actually...” he began, his voice low. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The night had gone cold and steamy, a low fog sliding down from the mountains, and out in the dark there was music playing. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Salim’s pod moved from three o’clock to two o’clock just as an aeroplane flew low overhead. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a small dock and a really low bridge connecting the wide path that comes from the center of Carbonel Downs to the river road that goes along on the other side. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Will threaded their way through a thicket, then started up the Slope to the low ridge where he had found his vantage point under a sentinel tree. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

With shame I realized that I was spying on my husband like some low, suspicious wife. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I brought it along the side, keeping very low. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was hit low in the back of the neck and the bullet had ranged upward and come out under the right eye. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She gritted her teeth and walked outside to where her godfather waited by a low stone wall. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

When I’m doing the move, I can’t really see the low bar except through my legs, but at first I kept not looking for the low bar because it seemed so terrifyingly far away. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And there was my grandfather, adding his low baritone in sad, sweet harmony to the music, his long beard glinting in the firelight. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

It will be easier to keep my balance if I’m low to the ground. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

There were times, at my lowest, when the hunger was at its worst, when I thought I was going to lose my mind. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I open my eyes, the low roof of my quarters looms over me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He held the shovel low and let it drop back behind him a little so that he could get some good momentum. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The dirty section workers were the lowest of the low. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Janie’s long legs dangled over one arm of the chair and the long braids of her hair swung low on the other side. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Among die Dothraki, the man who does not ride was no man at all, the lowest of the low, without honor or pride. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I turn the tee-vee set down low, keep my ear turned up. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She could see the town below her, nestled on top of a low hill, surrounded by a crenellated wall from the Middle Ages. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Stiffly, knowing that many eyes were upon her, Celaena dropped into a low bow, her skirts whispering. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The next day came with a morning like a brown dusk, and the hearts of men, lifted for a while by the return of Faramir, sank low again. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Emilia’s eyes stayed fixed on the German boy who walked behind me, his cap pulled low over his eyes. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Another low door led to a backyard, where there were more banana trees, beyond which the river glimmered through the foliage. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tide was low and there was a strip of weed-strewn beach that was almost as firm as a road. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

It even had a graveyard behind it, on a low hill, with the stones overgrown and tumbling. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I hear the low murmur of Mom talking to Ellis through the bedroom door again—the two of them giggling and chatting about something giggly and chatty, so I knock. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

On a low hill, not far away, I spied a manor house. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

She boils water and serves us lemon balm tea in dainty yel- low cups. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a weight thrumming through the floorboards in a low song, and that was how Jam knew the painting was done. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Now there is nothing for it but to stay lying low. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scream faded to a low moaning, and I heard a thump as if one of the men had fallen. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You don’t know anything,” I repeated in a low growl. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The beast squatted low, tilting the girl’s chin with one yellowed talon. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Abbey crouched low in the bow, but I had to keep standing. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I’m not stupid,” she says in a low voice. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The food Mother Smith had hastily packed soon ran low, along with the cask of vinegar that Eliza had brought with us. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we approached the official, Sass warned me in a low whisper, “There will be no need for you to talk. I will explain.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Jeffrey’s counts were really low, so low that the doctors gave him two transfusions: one of whole blood and one of platelets.This turned the two-day trip into a four-day trip. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went back along the low stone wall. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I won’t deny that morale is pretty low at the Ministry,” said Fudge. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He played softly, but drew in deeply to sink the notes low and hard, just short of bending them to make the song truly bluesy. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Van Eck seemed to bristle slightly at being lumped in with Kaz, but he said, “It’s lethal. An ordinary mind cannot tolerate parem in even the lowest doses.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Ishmael kept to the middle of the group, swimming and keeping low, breast- stroking, and tried to think of himself as a dead marine floating harmlessly in Betio’s lagoon, a corpse borne by the current. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She leaned her head as low as possible and took deep, shuddering breaths. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He grabbed the gear lever and rammed it into low. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, on any string instrument, nobody can play lower than the note that the lowest string is tuned to. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“I never expected this,” he said, in a low, worried voice. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“Absolutely, Dad. Besides, the freezer is getting dangerously low on fish — we’re down to a two, maybe three years’ supply.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It is a low and musty place, with a dozen tables on a dirt floor and a raised dais with a moldy tapestry behind the high table. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Both of them bent low over the handles of their trolleys and walked purposefully toward the barrier, gathering speed. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I whisper, my eyes adjusting to the low light. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He watched the red coals through the open draft in the stove door brighten each time the wind blew loud enough to make a low whistling noise in the stovepipe. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Relocated to a site with low oxygen levels, it willingly releases the bound oxygen. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Eril-Fane was a moment answering, and his voice, when he did, was raw and almost too low to hear. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She wandered in and out of the low buildings, idly touching necklaces and postcards. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I went down the back staircase—low and claustrophobic, scarcely three feet wide—through the kitchen and butler’s pantry, and out onto the back porch. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she wished her mother would yell at her the way Rosemary’s mother did, but she knew her mother would only give her one of those slow, low, reasonable lectures that were so annoying. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

On either side there was a low door; both were closed and locked. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I knew it was Dad, but at the same time, I couldn’t believe he’d stoop this low. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She put her foot on the lowest step of the carpeted stairs, changed her mind, and went to the kitchen. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jamie was always low on steps after track practice; he was usually starving, his knees were killing him from crawling, and no one else was home yet. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Instead of a roiled mess of waves cancelling each other out, you would have a pond of perfectly ordered waves, with high points and low points appearing regularly at the same spots again and again. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The lowest I could get it to was 15 percent. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

For Jack, the experience was a low point. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

We’re sitting on the low brick wall by the bushes next to the faculty parking lot, which is where we wait for Grace to pick us up every Monday after school. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

It’s only a low murmur through the wall now. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Under the punishment inflicted by the Council his mercurial spirit had fallen low and he had become the apathetic wretch the sight of whom had so much shocked Bigwig. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gave forth with a low, muffled “Gaaaaaaaaaa!” all through the emotional remarks Daddy made about Aunt Florentine. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t much left to do here, he was running low on food, and he missed Kathy and the kids. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Galloping low with Woolf flat over his back, Seabiscuit flew into the lane, the clean peninsula of track narrowing ahead as the crowd pushed forward. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man says, Missus, I drove dozens o’ children to the graveyard an’ never once fell out of any seat, high or low. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Milkman stood before his mirror and glanced, in the low light of the wall lamp, at his reflection. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Dan had voiced his challenge to the devil cat There was a low cough and a deep growl from the lion. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The flames were burning low by then, the warmth fading. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

There was a low rumble, less than a snarl, the merest whisper of a threat, but he must have heard something, because he started to turn just as the wolf made its leap. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

In the bedroom she had once shared with Patria, the lamp was burning low. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dear boy and Pip’s comrade, don’t you be afeerd of me being low. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

How it sounded when he walked the hall in his plaid slippers, how clean and short he kept his fingernails, the low rattle of his throat clearing. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Hagrid came after them, bending low to avoid hitting his head on the door lintel. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

They flew low, Mark the key observer, searching the ground below them as they passed. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She has a low belly laugh that surprise you. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was low and throaty, as ominous a thing as he could imagine. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Maryam and an older woman wearing a brown hijah—presumably her mother—were speaking in low voices and pouring tea from a kettle into a pot. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

With Styx’s charm set on low, we were no longer fearless adventurers. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

A low gray mist covered the marshes and you couldn’t see the bay. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

For nearly an hour the voices went on, the angry shouting gradually giving way to low tense words that could not be distinguished. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Taking the thistle flowers, she dropped to her knees and bent low before the birdbath. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

From his perspective and years of experience exploring the Amazon jungle, the low rations and hardships were typical. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Master,” said Kreacher, bowing low again: Harry saw his lips moving soundlessly, undoubtedly framing the insults he was now forbidden to utter. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Parts of it are just low enough to the ground that it makes a kind of shelf for your butt. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

She spoke to Isannah in so low a voice it was almost a whisper. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon Hazel was inside the kitchen of the tiny cottage, slumped in a hard wood chair, while Lucas spoke in a low voice to his wife. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Thatched roofs clustered along the shore of the lake and the small stream that emptied into it, and a wooden pier jutted out into the water beside a low long building with a slate roof. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The bathroom window is high up, but the bedrooms have large, low windows. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Ideally, they would stay low for a full mile and a half, then take it up to thirty-one until they got to the two-mile mark. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Most discussions of style over the years have followed Cicero in identifying, at least roughly, three kinds—the high or grand style, the low or plain style, and the middle style.* Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

I want to shout, but we're still trying to keep a low profile. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She would sometimes reassign me from easy jobs that Holmes had given me to hard ones, and in the beginning, especially, she had a low opinion of me. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s such a manager of fowls, you have no idea. You shall have some eggs, and judge for yourself. I say, Mr. Pip!” calling me back, and speaking low. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

He sat low in one of Perkins’s old armchairs, feeling more humiliated by the moment. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Arthur wandered the picnic grounds in bow tie and suspenders, a porkpie hat pulled low over his forehead and the enormous weight of his camera slung from a thick leather thong around his neck. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Oma and Mom are sitting at the table, holding on to mugs, talking in low voices. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Moving closer, keeping low, Ishmael saw her smoothing hair from her eyes while soapsuds ran from her fingers. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The low growl of ten guys in a room huffing and bouncing, packed in tight. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He turned to the water and gave a low whistle, and instantly the launch turned its head and glided towards the jetty. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The lowest was three feet tall, the next was six feet, and each subsequent log stood roughly three feet taller than the previous one, until the tallest rose about sixty feet high. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Is the music you are working with too high or too low? Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Her back was bent with pain and her head was low. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Calvin laughed and was suddenly swallowed up by the dark, only the low swinging lamp marking his path. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Far ahead, she heard branches cracking, and a sound she knew well, a low chuffing. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The Paqo pointed low in the black cloth of the night sky, and there, in the pattern of the stars, were the ground animals. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Before sunrise the next day, Sam hurried down- mountain to the big sycamore, jumped for the lowest limb, and swung hand over hand to the trunk. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Sometime he’d settle for pop music, which, if the volume was turned down low, still allowed him to concentrate on his board analysis. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t matter if we keep our heads low when passing a gang in a bad neighborhood. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The middle was grass covered, with a few low trees and some big rocks. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

But she was feeling too low to go home. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

His skin was much paler than the other two men’s, almost sal­low, and a crop of tiny sweat beads gleamed on his forehead just below the edge of his black turban. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was reckless, and reminded me of all the low marks you received during your training because you simply ignored the rules. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The whisper was barely audible; her lips were an inch from his ear, her head bent so low that her long hair shielded his face from the onlookers. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He began in a low voice, the words coming out slowly in a singsong kind of chant. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

If he was trying to hit me, both had been aimed much too low. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The morning of the fourth day dawned low and dark. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

These buildings were steel and glass and hard to tell apart; they all held enormous banners that swept from their lowest to highest windows. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The sweet, carrion scent of dogwood filled the air; in the evening sunshine, the insects hummed around the dense white cymes hanging low above the grass. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

My girlfriends and I were very sly at keeping the objects of our affections on the down low. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

As I walked past the bass stands and across the low channel to our beach, I decided that I would take the ferry to New Bedford alone. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

It begins low, like a piece of machinery that needs time to warm up. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shorty sang in a low mumble, smiling, rolling his eyes, looking at the white man roguishly. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, if lumber prices was too low, the mill would shut down for a few weeks. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he stooped and bent low with his face almost in the grass. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

It felt like it was going to snow, and the clouds hung down so low and white that I couldn’t even see the tops of the trees around me. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“You’d better not talk that way about Him, honey,” she warned him reprovingly in a low and hostile voice. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

When Ahmad and Abdulrahman emerged they would lay on a low stone wall, the sea on one side and the towns outer promenade on the other. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Roy struggled to keep his voice low, but he was too rattled. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The river was low and there were stretches of sand and pebbles with a narrow channel of water and sometimes the water spread like a sheen over the pebbly bed. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

After penetrating Garfield's skin about three and one-half inches to the right of his backbone, the bullet traveled downward and broke the two lowest ribs on his right side. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Voices with the low music of my mother. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Slowly he inched forward around the flames, his head hung low as if prowling. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I’m in a large room with low ceilings and a silvery light. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

They bared their sharp teeth and grumbled up a low, rumbling growl. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Heat shimmered in waves off the stony outcrops of low hills. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, up above, a military helicopter roars past at a low altitude. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Sigh not for jealousy, Mrs. Fruhling—she cast no eye upon me, and I made no overtures to that imperious individual, being of far too plain and low a stature for Her Highness. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The late afternoon sun hung low in the sky as Harry and Hagrid made their way back down Diagon Alley, back through the wall, back through the Leaky Cauldron, now empty. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The television was on low in the background. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

They came to a low metal gate that hung open but could be shut to prevent access. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The dogs and the workers in the yard often got the first taste of his anger, and that would let the rest of us know to lie low. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Around the garden, to keep the atmosphere relaxed, the lights are kept low. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Then he says, his voice low and quiet, “I know the kind of people who do horrible stuff like hang nooses.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

She has reddish-blond hair tied back in a low, messy tail, and a smattering of freckles across her pale skin. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Bran heard muffled footfalls and a low humming, and Hodor came blundering out of the trees, naked and smiling. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The mesmer is the lowest form of magic and requires only a trickle of power. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

A drawing of a low road between high grasses. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He has his hat pulled down low, mute-mode style, and slowly plods forward. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

There was a moment’s silence; then, in a very low voice, “I love you more than anything in the world,” he said. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was the opening and slamming of car doors, the scrunch of boots on rocks, low voices talking. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“They're amazing,” I correct with my head dipped low and my voice quiet. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He let out a low, gurgly burp that made Thomas cringe. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She knelt beside Lyra and smoothed the damp hair back from the sleeping face before bending low to kiss her daughter’s cheek. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Pauline was full of questions, as she had been that second day of class: Why did you set the camera so low in this one? Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Both were turned low, filling the verandah with shadows. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The travellers reached a low ridge crowned with ancient holly-trees whose grey-green trunks seemed to have been built out of the very stone of the hills. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

With my eyes still stinging and my nose all clogged, I say in a low voice, “Did you see her too?” Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The pedestal with the Story Box began to sink into the floor, and a low rumble vibrated through the air. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Ruby says in a voice so low I can barely hear her. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

She was wearing a white dress with two million ruffles and a neckline that was the lowest she’d ever worn...and makeup and high heels and an ostrich feather in her hair. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

He bowed low before the quietly seated man. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

He leaned over the low stone parapet and peered down at miniature cars and buses and swarms of tiny people scurrying along the streets. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

In a low voice, he said, “Nobody tells me nothing, but I figure it’s spirits.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The engine raced in its low gear, and the high top swayed like a storm-driven ship. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the “low fear” version, the language describing the risks of tetanus was toned down, and the photographs were omitted. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They squat by the passenger's side, conversing in low tones. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I crept back to bed, but was awakened later by low voices saying good-bye. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hair down low, behind his ears, is already turning white. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was flying low, very low, from the fortress. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

If the church stash is low or lacks a needed size, he gives away the few shoes and clothes he owns. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Then he told me how she had gone to the proctor to have him moved out and how the proctor had revealed enough low stubbornness to insist on consulting Shreve first. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

His voice is low and soft, a piece of silk you might keep in a drawer and pull out only on rare occasions, just to feel it between your fingers. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I think you dropped this,” a low, melodic voice said in Yiddish from behind me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then I heard a sound that sent a chill up my spine, a low canine growl, somewhere close by. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The two creatures sat out upon the ramparts sharing lunch, conversing in low secretive tones. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Leaning low over this dearest of her sisters, she kissed the damp forehead with her heart on her lips, and softly whispered, “Good-by, my Beth. Good-by!” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is low. They sold for seven hundred and fifty in Philly.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Others muttered and shook their heads, and someone let out a low whistle. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

A shifting black mass hung low over Manhattan. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Harry straightened up with a jerk and smacked the top of his head on the low door frame. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“It will all take just a minute,” said Tootie in a low, soothing voice. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

On a clear morning later that spring, a small military plane cruised low over the Plain of Reeds, a contested area near Saigon. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

We’d sung along with any group or singer who joined us through speakers as the bass boomed low and the treble pined high. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Putting down his carrot, Hazel ran across, scrambled up the bank and joined him on the bare ground under the low, close boughs. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But a civilization with a low population growth rate will take a long time to colonize many worlds, even if the strictures on rapid population growth are eased after reaching some lush Eden. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The plane banked and flew back, this time very low. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed as big as an eagle as it skimmed low over the ground. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I crouched low, knowing that if I rose to my full height, Grigori would see me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

There was a courtyard that lay deep under snow, surrounded by a low wall, and as Iorek pushed open the gate they heard a bell ring somewhere in the building. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

She simply went to the door of one of the low buildings and walked in. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

One day, my aunt made me an ornamental Sudanese bracelet of sinews and low cow hairs. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She found it easier this time, and there was the chough, with her in her own world, perching on a branch that hung low over the pavement. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The cow that lowed, the man who milked, the chickens that came running and the woman who called them, the fragrance streaming from the plowed land and the plowman. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I called to him and he answered with a low whine. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most shrubs are low enough to present no hazard; so, certainly, are ferns and wildflowers. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He’d already had his hair shaved into a low buzz cut to hide his natural curls. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The window unbuttoned and was low and large and easy to jump through from either side. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

It was cold, but perhaps just a trifle warmer than the day before, and a low dawn sun burning through the trees looked cautiously promising. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He sang in a low voice at first, but Master tapped his pen on the table and said “Louder!” so he raised his voice, and Master kept saying “Louder!” until he was screaming. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I imagine he was drunk like most of Chicago,” Officer Rariden continued in a low, bored drawl. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The ferry squats low in the water at the opposite shore, where it left off Lumumba’s party the night before. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ten people sat in a room which would have accommodated a few dozen, but Fuller showed no signs of disappointment with the low turnout. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

But the volume of mail fell so low that I worked but one or two nights a week. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Baba spoke in a low voice, the one he took on whenever I embarrassed him in public. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They were a dirty, low Sort of People & haughty. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The EVA suit has electronics, but it runs on very low voltage. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Example: The lowest branch on the tallest tree. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

A pair of crows sat on the low wall that enclosed the cemetery. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

If the Germans seized this area, the Soviets would run dangerously low on fuel. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

What about just lying low, he thought finally, feebly. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

But hovering at low altitudes seemed to be my father's new best thing. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

The herbs brushed against her skirt as she went down the path and out the low iron gate to the meadow. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What about now?” it asked, and the sound was a hand dragged across the taut skin of a drum, low and resonant and clear. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“But we’re running low on water. Do you know how far the nearest creek is?” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He walked low down, his head dropped, as if he were sneaking away in shame—just the way that all hyenas walk. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

The answer is a little complicated, but it boils down to this: The price of corn is kept low by government policies. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Three times in my life,” her husband said, his voice low. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The air filters cycle on, making a low hum beneath the sound of the fan. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Out on the patio, the visiting relatives have left, and only the compound folks remain, talking in low, preoccupied voices. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He hummed, low in his chest so that it filled my ear with cotton. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I tick off each quality in my mind as he says it—fear, low intelligence, dishonesty, aggression, selfishness. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I drop my voice low, so he feels like he’s hearing a secret. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It floated well, if low in the water, and in the excitement he started for the plane. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Follow me out to it. Stay low in the water. Don’t let him see you. When we reach the wreck, we’ll look for our man and decide what’s next.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The low rumble of conversation I’ve always had a fondness for taverns. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He glanced at the table, knew he’d need to let me go if he were to drag it closer, picked me up instead and hoisted me into the lowest branches. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The ceiling was low, but that was scarcely a drawback for a dwarf. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The buildings are flat and ugly, and the pens, crammed with panicked, lowing cattle and filthy, snuffing pigs, butt right up against the tracks. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

"Ground telemetry shows it two hundred meters low of target path." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bent down and plucked a shell from the grass, then put the open end of the shell to his throat and hummed low and long. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

When the cow lowed again, closer yet, they halted. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

In a low voice, I said, “This internship is really important to me. My parents said I can audition for Kids Bake Challenge! if I do well.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

When she pulled back the drapes, her father gave a low moan, and his eyes fluttered open. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Oct is the Latin root for eight. So the space between low D and high D is one octave. Can you all show me and sing low D to high D?” Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The women congregated in the kitchen, preparing food, while the men sat in the living room, conversing in low tones. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Remove your foot,” he said in a low, casual tone, “or I’ll test my current batch of alkahest on it.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Laughter tinkles from nearby, a door slams, a child shouts, and beneath it all, the low murmur of conversation thrums. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The only way down was during low tide, when a muddy path near one end of the bridge led to the estuary shore. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

They could already see over the tops of the low hills which lay northward on their right; beyond those hills a great moorland sloped gently up and up to the horizon. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Keeping low, then, and stepping carefully on the rocky shore, the children made their way toward the bridge. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her pine tree was still there, the Golden Fleece glittering in its lowest branch. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

With the assistance of Arthur’s policies this church—still the greatest of all corporations free to learned men on earth—had become a highway open to the lowest slave. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the lowest point, the berg was only five feet above the surface. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Day by day, Meng and Eang have to borrow money from her sister and friends to supplement the low food ration we are given. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In consequence, every living cell has a consistent, low level of C14—they are all very slightly radioactive, a phenomenon that Libby first observed empirically. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Outside, the sun was low on the horizon, the sky a bruised red. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Still, they all knew the useful skill of fishing, and the women and girls often gathered shellfish at low tide. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

A long, low whistle unfurled along the cracked asphalt and landed in my lap, barely audible and then only to those listening. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Her voice was low for a girl's, but soft. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

As Claudette related the story of her arrest, her voice became low, soft, and intense. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

A low branch brushed his face, and he snapped at it, twisting and pulling until the wood cracked and tore. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Then she crouched low like a soldier and broke for the jungle. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Tris’s knuckles brush mine as she lifts her hand to point at something on our right: a series of long, low buildings lit by blue emergency lamps. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The low hills in the distance were no longer scenery to him. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the important mammal species hunted for meat, the gazelle, originally lived in huge herds but was overexploited by the growing human population and reduced to low numbers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

His mother lets out a sound I’ve never heard before, low and guttural and terrible. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Whatever it was swooped so low, so close, over our heads, I could've brushed it with my fingertips if shock hadn't curled me up on the bench. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

It did not make another low pass over the island. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The jungle nipped at her confidence with each sudden screech or low growl. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Mother and Daddy are dead,” he said in a low voice. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

My mother fusses with her gloves, pulls her hat brim low and walks across the deck to talk to him. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hall was gloomed with the dot of yellow light from an oil lamp turned down so low that it jerked expiringly. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The creature slipped off the bed and bowed so low that the end of its long, thin nose touched the carpet. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I’m about to holster my revolver when there’s a low growl behind me. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Water spattered all over the floor as Ilya crashed through the low wall of the balcony, a club stretched out in front of him as he soared through the air. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I added sugar and flour to the list, since I was running low. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

At the top of the tower is an open balcony with a low wall all around and a tile roofling overhead. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Then he turned and looked back on the ranch, on the low, whitewashed house girded with red geraniums, and on the long bunkhouse by the cypress tree where Billy Buck lived alone. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ugwu’s aunty said this in a low voice as they walked on the path. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The Renault was dragging very low in the rear and accelerated slowly. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The way he talked to them, with his head ducked low and the words coming out in a sweet, playful cadence, suggested a certain self-recognition of his aura. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

As once again the day wore to its end they came to long treeless slopes, where the land rose, swelling up towards a line of low humpbacked downs ahead. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The doors were shut, and he could hear the low murmur of Brother Yam speaking inside. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

We walk home under the low thick sky that is gray and bulging with dampness. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She took pronounced, heaving steps, and hummed something low with the stammer of each step. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But that lone winter afternoon my fighting spirit had ebbed to an all-time low. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The low solar neutrino flux probably does not put our view of stellar nucleosynthesis in jeopardy, but it surely means something important. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, Ginika called and left a message, her tone low. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Scott whispered something to Evan and the two boys laughed, low and mean. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Whatever it is that lubricates joints I think must be in low supply now, because every moving part aches. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Put one after another, Alfred, panting, huffing, low steps but hundreds of them, thousands of them in the darkness, the stairs so steep he sometimes fell to all fours, scrambling higher, past the sign, DR. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sides of all the boats had been raised for protection against rough seas, but that made the seats too low for rowing. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

It was hedged in low stone fences and went up hills and down hills and around hills. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a blue day, a few high clouds, somewhere in the low teens — almost like a thaw. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Apart, they would have been impossible to scale because the lowest limbs were too far up. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Their voices, low and sorrowful, lifted the words of the lament into the heavy stillness of dusk in the Great Wood. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I walked back to the fire, grabbing a red-checkered shirt from a low branch by the last tent. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

At the side of the mound, almost a part of the turf itself, rose a low cottage. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

The low rumble of pursuit passed over them again, and David pulled her deeper into the blackness, down a long, twisting path that grew colder and darker. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I miss her laugh, the way it starts like a pianists solo, soft and low and then crescendoing and filling the room. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

In the front of the room, seated at a long, low table, were five men and one woman. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Then the road curved around a lake and got lost among low, forested hills. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

When it saw Miss Peregrine, it tried to hop away, but the headmistress followed, making a low, vaguely threatening warble in her throat. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t pass out, though, did you?” said Harry in a low voice. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“When I was flying very low I would close the throttle and say, ‘Hey brothers, how are you?’ and they would light their torches.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

When the tide was low, long zigzagging sandbars would form. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Head down, hat low, fingers on the brim. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The paper says that, as with substance abusers, studies of people with Internet addiction have found “increased novelty seeking, low reward dependence, impulsivity, high risk taking, low self-esteem and disadvantageous decision making.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

And then she let out a low moan, and her eyes fluttered open. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Haven’t you heard of spelling reform?” he asks in a low voice. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The city proper, built on a low ridge, had once housed as many as fifty thousand people and sprawled across an area as big as twenty-five square miles. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

We looked out at the rest of the potato field and Papa said, “Even the potato crop is low this year.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The plants were crowded with weeds, grasses and low vines. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun hung low on the river, seeming reluctant to enter this strange day. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a low voice, I read a few lines of the article. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Humans first reached Flores when the sea level was exceptionally low, and the island was easily accessible from the mainland. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The low orange rays from the sun make everything, including the circus, look as though it is aflame before the light disappears completely. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I knew that being a snitch was considered the lowest sort of person, but I wanted him to point his finger and say, The one over there. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Adults sing in much lower range than children, therefore pitching a song too low causes children to be unsuccessful at reaching some of the lower notes. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Uncle Carlos says something, but it’s too low for me to hear. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The ratio 4:6 reduced to lowest terms is 2:3. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I know how her voice will sound with the first word of the day, not as low as it should be and as spare and clean as light. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ben drew the ranch from different angles: front, back, up high, down low. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

The soldier in command gave an order, and the guard who’d been holding Julie down took aim at the younger of the captive men and with one bullet maimed him low between his legs. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

They had been frozen to a low branch where someone must have left them to dry. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The main building was a long, low warehouse, surrounded by acres of statuary. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

It was low tide and almost a mile to the water’s edge. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The low piano plays almost as if in warning. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crouching low, like a bobcat ready to spring, he grabbed Grandpa’s right knee, turned quick, and jerked him off the counter just as his partner raised a chair high and crashed it over Grandpa’s head. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The rate of incarceration in 1972 was at a level so low that it no longer seems in the realm of possibility, but for moratorium supporters, that magnitude of imprisonment was egregiously high. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

She did not answer, but continued opening the door a little wider and inching her blanketed body, still bent low, slowly forward until she was halfway in and halfway out. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dots of sun danced on the green walls of the shady grove above low bushes weighted with pigeon peas, the earth screened with twigs, sensitive moriviví plants, and french weed studded with tiny blue flowers. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

At last, after hours of riding, far away on his right there came a single long streak of paler grey, low down on the horizon. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

At six years old, I know I am bad and deserve whatever low life-form I will be reincarnated as in the next life. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow, he’d made it home on the jolting bus, made it to this quiet room where he now sat, sun bleeding low in the sky and spurting its veins on the den window. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Matthew, in a low, cautious voice, said, “If you believe it. Do you?” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

When the sun dropped low behind the hills and we were done playing for the day, Hassan and I parted ways. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

‘More Men going to Mordor,’ he said in a low voice. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

All she would remember was Mia holding her tight, so tight that the world stopped spinning at last, Mia tucking her into a low soft bed that, it turned out later, was Mia’s own. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The school’s wall was low, “because, unlike boys, most girls don’t climb over walls,” Mother explained. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

She and Royal and Red may have diminished the slave catcher when they last met, but it was Mabel who first laid him low. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

But once you passed through the Colonial doorways, with only an occasional fan window or low relief pillar to suggest that a certain muted adornment was permissible, you entered an extravaganza of Pompadour splendor. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said real low so only Mr. Mitchell could hear, “We just found out we got put on welfare and we’ve gotta sign this food up on the welfare list.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The people slumped along with their suitcases, heads hung low, as if they did not know the teeth of the dogs were snapping into their faces. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

It had been a long, hot summer in B-block— a long, low wave of attacks and reprisals, and then lockdowns to let everything cool off. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Indenture was a step better than slavery, but masters did their best to intimidate workers to keep wages low and silence critics. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

There was the shape of a man, bent over low so as to clear the doorway. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, good. Your praetor’s cape is an inch too low on the left. There—that’s better. Where is my assistant? Julia!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I think of his face without the mask and the low, thrilling timbre of his voice when he whispered in my ear at the Moon Festival. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He waves vaguely at one of the waiters and as the clock in the hall begins to chime a low, heavy sound that reverberates throughout the house twelve times, the first course is brought out. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

To Bigger her face seemed to be capable of hearing in every pore of the skin and listening always to some low voice speaking. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was a dark night, with heavy thunderstorms and low clouds, and the Maddox immediately began evasive action, zigzagging through the heavy rain and turbulent seas. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The farm machinery had fallen silent, and I could hear the sounds of songbirds in the trees, and also the low clucking of hens. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

In her mind’s eye, Sefia saw herself hunched over the book, growing frail and nearsighted as the years piled up around her and the lights of her life burned low. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

As we eat, Hideo’s parents speak Japanese to each other in low voices, sneaking occasional smiles at me as if they think their movements are too stealthy for me to notice. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Nothing’s worse,” she says to me, her voice sad and low. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The captain pulled the brim of his hat low over his eyes. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

They could only shoot accurately from close range, and in order not to waste arrows they would swoop down, fire at the lowest part of their dive, and turn upward at once. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“My lord,” I say, pitching my voice low. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A low, full moon glittered in the sky, and the light spilled through our window like a silver sun. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

As a result, Dobyns said, all colonial population estimates were too low. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The rate of energy loss in the case of the earth and the sun is very low—about enough to run a small electric heater. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tidal pools came at low tide in Boston, in Phippsburg, in Timbuktu. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

She kept low to the ground, inhaling, searching for Tane’s scent, her wild- girl senses alert. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I pass the low concrete building that brings back the feeling of the teacher’s sharp fingernails and the dreaded smell of chalk dust. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A low male voice speaks from the other side of the rock: “You shouldn’t be here.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

When Nero was low enough, Lissa lifted him from the tree and cuddled him in her arms. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Example: The lowest branch on the tallest tree. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The roseroot grew low to the ground along the northern fence, its fleshy leaves lining a stem topped with brushlike yellow flowers. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Though $8,000 sounds like a lot in Depression dollars, it was a relatively low price for a racehorse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know it’s Passover,” her mother said, sighing, in a voice deliberately low. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the low thrum of steam-powered engines resonated through the metal beneath my feet, I shifted uneasily. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

From a low hill he saw the village. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Harry watched, amazed, as a portly ghost approached the table, crouched low, and walked through it, his mouth held wide so that it passed through one of the stinking salmon. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Redfern’s voice is a low rumble, and I barely manage to keep myself from jumping in surprise. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Crisscrossing the savanna are networks of earthen fish weirs: interconnected low berms that change direction, zigzag-style, every thirty to a hundred feet. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The hall became quiet, and after a moment Hrothgar spoke, tones low and measured—of necessity, from too much shouting on midnight raids. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look up at the stars hanging low in a sky that makes me think I’m seeing the infinite. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Outside, the sun hangs low in the horizon, refusing to give way to the entrance of the moon coming from a world away. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He stepped forward and made a low bow. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t even a baseline from the previous study, given the low use of cell phones at the turn of the century. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

They murmured in low voices and gave knowing looks to the men who walked past. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“And when hazard is low and outrage is high, they overreact.” Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

In the early morning you hear the clang of the garbage trucks, then the low growl of the buses and you know the people who got work are starting off downtown to their jobs. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was daylight and the country was wet, low and dismal looking. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The problem with all this was that his work inside the command module changed completely, depending on whether he was hunter or hunted, whether he had to go high or low. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He played with relish, sleeves rolled up, smiling at his work, tinkling from the low ranges to the high with the tricky syncopation of a tap dancer going up a Ziegfeld staircase. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Another boom sounded and Magdalys swerved the dactyl into a sharp turn and then swooped low. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Her skin was fair and pale as almond flowers and she had a little low nose and thin red lips and her feet were small. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“Show me what you’ve brought and tell your story, but keep your voice low. The walls have ears.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The feathered horns of the comical puffins drooped low, and Kapugen told her they seemed to be grieving with him. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sorry about that,” says a low male voice. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I pitch my voice low so it doesn’t shake. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

But he bowing low to the fallen, bade them farewell, and mounting rode away into battle. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

But all he saw was a straight pencil line of canal going violet through a wide shallow valley penned by low, eroded hills, and on until it fell over the sky’s edge. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw his face break into a happy smile, and just then Sidney Goldberg hit a fast, low grounder and raced off to first. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Bigger,” his mother’s voice came low and quiet; she caught his face between the palms of her trembling hands. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I did not know what I was doing down so low, or how I had got there. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

The planet has a few degrees of tilt to the plane of the ecliptic, not enough to make an appreciable seasonal difference in low latitudes. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

His bald head was speckled with liver spots, and his spectacles sat low on his nose. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

His head, hanging low, moved from side to side. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

They sat together for a while and talked in low voices. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had to duck to clear the low doorway. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He stood up then, silently; and crouched low, he threaded his way through the brush toward the road. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s wearing a fedora with the brim pulled low. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were some low, if indistinct, murmurs of assent. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“It was the worst thing we ever did together. Our utterly lowest moment. All backward, all wrong. Just so dumb.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The local Leapers were considered a low and trashy lot by many people. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“These boots,” he said in a low, purring voice as he tapped the plastic bin containing all of my finished work. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

A song’s range concerns all of the notes in a song from lowest to highest, while the tessitura concerns the part of the register that contains the most tones of that melody. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Her hips were slender, but her legs and feet had thickened so that a bulge hung over her low shoes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Other than that, I know he has a consort he favors, though she is of low rank. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Good, now keep it tight and guide the mule downstream to the low point in the bank.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It must have been two hours before we glimpsed the low sheds of the sawmill, arranged in a half circle in a clearing in the woods. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa answered it and spoke in low tones. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

At that Tansy called out, low and mournful and full of pain and fright. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They scrambled on to the low parapet of the bridge. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Hilly’s voice over the phone was gravelly sounding, low, like she’d been yelling all morning. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

After breakfast, Charlie asks to draw pictures at the table while I watch TV with the volume super low. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Estha managed to grab a low branch that arched down into the water. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I make a sound low in my throat. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The waters would subside very fast and in places the water would be so low that, as the carp swam back upstream, the backs of the fish would raise a furrow in the water. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The young mouse humored him accordingly, bowing low with a paw at his waist. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“She looks as if she’s been living in a palace,” Sam answered in a low voice. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

There was a sound of undergrowth being disturbed—a click of breaking branches, a weighty pushing through low foliage—and then a kind of large, vaguely irritable snuffling noise. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

There were tall pines, the kind with no limbs until very close to the top, with a gentle breeze sighing in them, but not too much low brush. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crookshanks skidded to a halt, crouched low on his bandy legs, and started making furious swipes beneath it with his front paw. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The ground charge will move through her body regardless, entering at the lowest point, shooting through her heart, exiting at the highest. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He calmed, and then, staying low to keep out of the way of any passing bullets or buckshot, she reached out with her mind to the other two. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

They didn’t sound like they were offering, so Dicey played it low. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Captain Reed came striding down the deck in a long walking coat with his hat pulled low over his face. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The rain had stopped and now the sour smell that rises from wet mango leaves was hanging low over the alley. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Harry stepped forward and bowed low to the hippogriff without breaking eye contact or blinking. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Then a couple of dozen really wild couples would stay on the floor, the girls changing to low white sneakers. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a low growl, she snarled one word: “Go!” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I twisted my blanket in my hands and clenched my teeth, trying to shut out the low rumble of conversation punctuated by coarse laughter and quiet, hopeless sobbing from below. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Its long tables were full of beakers set over low blue flames, heating and cooling apparatuses, glass vials full of powders in varying shades of orange. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I ducked down low and ran between two rows of tall stalks until I couldn’t see nothing around me but corn plants. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Advocates of pre-Clovis settlement suggest that, for thousands or even tens of thousands of years, pre-Clovis humans remained at low population densities or poorly visible archaeologically, for unknown reasons unprecedented elsewhere in the world. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

A low rumble starts up, growing until it sounds like a thunderstorm has been unleashed in the amphitheater. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Not tonight,” she said in a low voice. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Over the water, spray struck her face, hands, and feet Tally knelt, grasping the edge of the board with wet hands, flying as low as she dared. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The shrew seemed uncertain for a moment, then she stormed back in her low gruff voice, “I am Guosim, and you still haven’t told me what you want in shrew territory.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

And when I swal­lowed, my stomach had only one thing to say: Hallelujah! Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

His hair was parted low on the right side so that some twenty or thirty yellow hairs could discreetly cover the nakedness of his head. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he’d squatted for a moment, building a bowline into the manila, and heard the steam whistle of the passing freighter sounding low across the water. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

His face was blank now, his mouth open in a low howl as constant and unthinking as the sound of wind through winter trees. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You shut up,” he said, but so low that Mary Poppins could not hear. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

In the morning Hattie told me about her share in the ball, bidding me to sit on a low stool while the family ate their breakfast. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You utter fools,” said Tam Lin in a low voice. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sang the highs and the lows with Michael, whose voice was big and filled with pain like he might know what he was singing about. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

His hair was blue-black, his hair-line extremely low, his nose was large and fleshy, and his torso was just about as long as his legs were. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“It’s Jack,” he said, his voice low and strained. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

It hung low to the ground like a vengeful tornado. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I love the worn wood walls and the low light, and the quiet old men who sit around the bar in their nice pressed suits and talk about their street days. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was short and dark and wore tight dresses cut low to show the tops of her breasts. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I love you,” I said in a low, intense voice. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The room was dark, and the murmur of voices outside the door was too low to make out words. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

They sat on the grass behind a low hummock, taking a break together. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I go to the thick-limbed tree and grab the lowest branch. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

For some reason, whenever she was talking over the computer, Mom had to make sure the sound of her voice reached low Earth orbit. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want her iron levels to get too low.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Harry wondered why he hadn’t spotted him at once, as Hagrid was so large, but standing up carefully, he saw that Hagrid had been leaning low, talking to Professor Moody. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I stared out the window, feeling pretty low. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

In the dimness, he knew how she sat, a bit forward in her chair, ankles crossed against the lowest rung, left elbow on the table. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I heard a crackle of static, followed by a low hum, as the TV warmed up. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I had been making high marks and now I made low ones and finally began to fail altogether. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Together they performed the peregrine courtship dance, swooping low, zooming high, then spiralling earthward. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sim was low to the west, and the houses cast long dark shadows. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Hideo helps his injured bodyguard stand and talks to him in a low voice as another of his men drapes a black blazer over the bleeding shoulder, covering it from view. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Through the low buildings, chips of stars glitter in a velvet sky. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The low ridge of snow that had collected against the bottom of the door collapsed onto the dirty linoleum inside. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The death of these little children may lead our whole Southland from the low road of man’s inhumanity to man to the high road of peace and brotherhood. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, sweetheart, but he’s really, just, y’know, kinda low right now,” Grandma explained gently. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He won't have so low of an opinion of me as to think I'd ignore the new rule and keep to myself. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z