No one answers, but the officer lowers her gun. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

With every step and every word the three men shrank back as a group, though Clyde didn’t lower the gun. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Those legs of light suddenly lengthened and seemed to feel their way down the ridge, their lower ends lost in the whirl of sleet and rain. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Clayton lowered his head, but only because he didn’t want to face his mother eye to eye. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Second, studies have shown again and again that nothing lowers recidivism rates like education. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He finally leaned over and lowered the passenger window. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He looked terrified as he stared into Dumbledore’s face, which was even paler, and rather lower than usual, as he had slid so far down the rampart wall. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Then he placed his foot on one of the lower branches of the bush and climbed up in front of her. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The clouds lowered, and now a few flakes of snow came curling down again. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, there was this gold to be dried and melted, and in haste, too, for the Great God Ra was sinking lower and lower in the sky. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

If we look carefully at the bottom of the frame, we see that it is actually lower on the right than on the left, where it lies just below her hand. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I always did like to have things nice for you,” and her lower lip began to tremble. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

With his lower lip protruding and his hands hanging down to his knees, he shuffled up and down the parlor floor. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lowered her needle and looked him in the face. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Very strong steel hawsers with hooks on the ends of them were lowered from the front and rear of each helicopter. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The warriors exchanged an uncomfortable look before Zahur lowered his voice. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I reach out to lower the book, but he shifts his body back from me. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

As we lower the gravity, things weigh less. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lowered her head and asked the Lord for help. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

George bit her lower lip and walked the long way back to her seat, to stay as far from Jeff’s and Rick’s desks as possible. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

He tried to bark, and he slid a few inches lower. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The woman pressed something on the screen of her phone, then lowered it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They would all line up on the far side of the lower field, where it was either muddy or deep crusty ruts. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Then he passed the line a little lower on his shoulders and braced his left hand on it. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma lowered the gun to her side, keeping it hidden as she opened the front door a bit more. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A thick white china cup was lowered under my nose. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He looked at her dark chocolate skin, which shone with oil, and lowered his head to her face. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Archie had that dreamy look again and his lower lip drooped. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first thing I see out of my niqabbed face is Sausun’s eyes, wet, before she lowers her mesh eye screen on top of them. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She found a broken stone big enough to sit on, and lowered herself shakily onto it. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The water had risen and covered his lower legs. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Ever so sorry, ma’am,” she whispered, lowering and then latching the lid. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He ducks his head lower, his face in shadow, and I can’t tell if he’s crying or not. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Then each of them lowered a ramp from its belly. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They did, however, untie the women then and lead them to the lower deck. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she opened her mouth full of cabbage and beef to show teeth and mimicked Miss Trotter’s strong and high-pitched voice: “Go on, young’ns. Run your finger ’longside the uppers and lowers.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Dad said, his voice slipping a few notches lower into the tone he uses with Not Our Family. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then Michael Sandler called out to his side like a football coach, “Only if you know the answer,” and half of the boys lowered their flags. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Vidar will stride forward, as Fenrir gloats over Odin’s death, and thrust his foot into the wolf’s lower jaw. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The sun had begun to lower toward the west by the time they were done. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Lauren finally offered, and their dad had let out a long, low sigh before lowering his head into his hands. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The lifeboat abruptly tilted forward and everything was reversed: I was now at the lower end of the lifeboat, and the water that had swamped it, with a tiger soaking in it, came my way. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The music of his voice lowered in apology. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He hauled himself down the incline and, as he turned to go four redwings shot up from the lower limbs of a white-oak tree. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Drawn to the cliff and the waterfall, she flew lower and lower. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He could not bear the way she stared at him and he lowered his head imperceptibly. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I figured I could gradually lower the barrel at the screen, aim, and pick off one of the Japanese troops. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Clippinger swore at us at first, calling us fools; and, when he saw that this booted him nothing, grew fearful as the boat dipped lower in the current. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The sun was lower in the sky than it should be—she hadn’t been in the clearing that long, but it looked like late afternoon now. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

When the Shirriffs came up to the lower one they were dumbfounded; but as soon as they saw how things were, most of them took off their feathers and joined in the revolt. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

But there it was, big and shiny and round, blue thrusters burning hot and loud as it lowered toward the middle of the settlement. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I had coasted along the lower wall of the orchard—turned its angle: there was a gate just there, opening into the meadow, between two stone pillars crowned by stone balls. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

She stood on one of the lower steps, so only the top of her head was visible. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In 1999, he was twenty-two and working as a peddler in lower Manhattan, selling videotapes and socks and gloves from the sidewalk along Fourteenth Street. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

My companion looked up and watched her intently as she lowered the window and moved, still visible, behind the light curtain, watching us both. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then ‘lower’ . . . and then . . . would this word be ‘downstairs’? Maybe it says, ‘head downstairs’?” “That doesn’t make sense,” said Doon. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Stunned, I lowered the paper from the tray and read it. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Frightful dropped lower on the spruce tree and waterproofed her feathers with the oil from her tail gland. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Its lower notes were deep enough to be the voice of the earth itself. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Imagine that by some miracle of dread or reverence they lowered their spyglasses, turned, set their riggings, sailed on. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the letters at pop up in the lower right-hand corner and Crummy sounds the letters out — “at. ” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kaede lowered her eyes to where their hands were clasped together, remembering the curl of Elowen’s lip as she said the word mother. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The man tugged at the short bill of his cap so only the lower half of his face was visible, like a crescent moon, and he turned away. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

High cliffs lowered upon either side, and thrust forward from its mouth were two sheer hills; black-boned and bare. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

When the high chancellor finished, it was my task to close the casket so Mother could be lowered into her grave. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

His riders lowered their lances and drove forward in a wedge. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The houses up here were shabbier than the brick houses lower down in the valley. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Near the lower edge of town I located the Khumbu Lodge, pushed aside the blanket that functioned as a front door, and found my teammates drinking lemon tea around a table in the corner. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

The candles burned lower and lower, making the light dance over the many moving faces of Lockhart watching him. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Her voice is barely more than a whisper, and pitched lower than might be expected from a girl her size. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A flat sign means "the note that is one half step lower than the natural note." Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

She tries to buy them each a wooden coffin so they can be lowered into the ground with some dignity. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He turned and gave his version of a smile, which was a slight affirmative, the lips barely curled, the lower lip out in front. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

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

This is because it is a National Historical Park, so there are no Pizza Huts, McDonald’s, Burger Kings, or even residents, at least in the lower, older part of town. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Percy couldn’t stand to meet her eyes, so he lowered his gaze. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Pax shrank back, but Gray advanced calmly, his body lowered enough to declare nonaggression. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

A little boy in too big knickers was coming up from the lower bank of the river. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

In the presence of such nobility, I lowered the fiddle and bow, and fixed my eyes upon the ground. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Sarah lowers her eyes, clasps her hands, trembling. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and lower my head. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Bigger watched him with lowered eyes; he knew that Mr. Dalton was thinking of something other than that paper. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He turned his whole body toward me and yanked his shirt down so that the neck stretched even lower. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Zvezda rolled his eyes up to her and, very slowly, very carefully, lowered his head to the ground. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I keep my head lowered and don't make eye contact. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The wind blew chill through the pass, and they heard the tree-tops lower down moaning and sighing. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then she turns to Midnight and perches delicately on his lowered back. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He reached up to his earpiece and lowered the volume. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he lowered himself into the leather sofa, put down his drink, and propped me up on his lap. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Callie higher, Mona lower, they clung with all four of their hands to the railing. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pit master lowered his head at every compliment, already thinking of improvements for the next roast. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The unicorn had stopped in front of the tankard, was lowering its horn into the mulled wine. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

But he stopped, lowered his arm, then went over and sank into his chair, put his face in his hands, and broke down. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The victim had to lower his trousers in order to exhibit the wound, which amounted to little more than an angry red welt located just to the right of his crack. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Numbly, Alfred lowered himself to the edge of one chair, clutching his shirt in his hands. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He murmurs to himself; he fetches thick booklets or electrical components from various rooms on the lower stories. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It lowered a rope ladder, but Annabeth stood in a daze, staring into the darkness. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I was smiling so hard my lower lip was twitching from the strain. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw Danny glance quickly at his father, then lower his eyes. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He continued staring at her hand until she lowered it from her throat. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Linda was chewing on her lower lip, but Mark just nodded. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

From where I sat, all I could see was his expansive butt and homeless lower limbs. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He lowered his voice to a whisper before he went on. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

After she did that he looped the phone’s safety bracelet around his wrist and lowered the phone into the water. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like a curtain had been lowered in front of me, covering my soul. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Dark red blood trickled in a thin crooked line down his lower leg. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

He undressed quickly, opened the door slightly so he could hear Mami when she got home, blew out the candle, and climbed into the lower half of the bunk bed. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

When pheasants received dieldrin in their diets, “egg production was markedly lowered and chick survival was poor.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Lem bent on a rope, lowered a bucket, and pulled. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spencer’s argument is of course ambiguous—has to be ambiguous—as to just when the ‘lower and more servile state of the World’ came to an end. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Dylan’s knees push off—he flies backward, then swings forward, his hands grasping the rope lower. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The hall was not dark, nor yet was it lit, only by the high-hung bronze lamp; a warm glow suffused both it and the lower steps of the oak staircase. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He looked up once, scanned the crowd, then lowered his head again. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A black crepe dress splashed with pink and yellow zinnias, foxtails, a black felt hat with the veil of net lowered over one eye. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, hell’s yes,” Miss Ohio said, lowering the neckline on her ratty dress. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Lieutenant Colonel Johnson gave her a short briefing on procedures and then helped her lower the helmet over her head. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

What was left of his fortune, the Laughing Man converted into diamonds, which he lowered casually, in emerald vaults, into the Black Sea. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

But then he would lower his head for a new scent and run ahead. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She lowered her gaze to the assassin, pinning her with the intensity of it. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I will never lower my eyes before any other man. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lower floor has at least another ten rooms, and only half of those rooms are furnished. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

At the cemetery the imam read a few suras and my uncle was lowered into the hole and covered with mud. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The white people had to wash her, dress her, prepare her and finally lower her. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He pointed with his chin at the lower left-hand corner of the mirror—at the same image I had seen in Bat Lady’s house, by my father’s grave, and on Ema. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The lid creaks as Scoob’s lowering it to secure the latch, and he freezes. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

The closet door glides open, and I lower myself to my knees. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I followed Mom down the two flights of stairs, keeping my head lowered so that I wouldn’t have to look at anybody. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Four hours later, the babalawo, drenched in sweat and countless immolations, lowered his head near hers. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lowers the gun, meets my eye for one split second. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

James looked at Dicey and raised and lowered his eyebrows, as Windy had. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shakes her head and purses her lower lip. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I giggle, and then lower my eyelashes so he won't see how practiced this line is. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

As the high tide came in, salty water covered the lower half of the path and the shore and coursed deep into the ravine. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Does a “shorter” or smaller bump equal softer or a lower pitch or both? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

She popped me into the sock and started lowering me over the balcony. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

She scratched the plate with her talons several times, then lowered herself to her breast. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

In the winter of 1926, acting on a whim, he exposed a cohort of flies to an even lower dose of radiation. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

A rumble coursed through me as I approached, and it scared the hell out of me because it was on a register lower than noise. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He wanted to lower the amount of contaminated air flowing into those offices. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In so doing, the Court made clear to all lower courts that, from now on, the Fourth Amendment should place no meaningful constraints on the police in the War on Drugs. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Musicians often find it useful to talk about how much higher or lower one note is than another. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I reach for the top of the car and wince as I carefully lower myself to the seat. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

During the next hour the sound of the engine died away to a quiet background rumble, voices shouted orders or queries, ropes were thrown, gangways lowered, hatches opened. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

His hand trembling, Curly lowered the pistol and stared ruefully at what he’d done. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the mention of General Matsika, the woman lowered the gun. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The man lowered the rifle from his shoulder and waited, looking from Serafina to the other witches, and up to their dæmons too, who circled in the skies above. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's not that the movies have gotten any more strenuous, it's just that a lot of people are as lazy as I am, and together we've agreed to lower the bar. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Shagrat’s voice was lowered, so that even with his strangely sharpened hearing Sam could only just catch what was said. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She jerked her thumb toward the lower bunk, where Sticky’s covers and pillows were in lumpy disarray. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Jesse started across the lower field, his hands still deep in his pockets. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

When Hermione had returned to her bunk, Harry lowered his voice. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Toad screamed his way down a ravine as the lower half of the screen fell into a deep, dark hole. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

He can pass for human by compacting his lower half into a magic wheelchair. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was a board over the spring and I lifted it and, knocking the corks firmly into the bottles, lowered them down into the water. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

He tightened his grip on my arm and lowered his head some more. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She misses standing on the balcony and lowering the basket down with a rope for the peddler to fill with pineapples and coconuts. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“And I’ve always opposed it. On the grounds that it would lower department morale.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

As they walked closer, the cows crowded closer together, and some of them lowered their heads and snorted as if they were fending off coyotes. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Branwell lowered his head so fast and so far, I thought it would separate from his neck. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"If I were spending a month alone," Hannah said yesterday, "I would start a meditation practice. It's clinically proven to lower blood pressure and boost brain activity. It even helps your immune system." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He lowered his voice, as if what he was about to say were meant for my ears only. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I moved down to lower Harlem, around 110th Street. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then Mr. Clifton lowered his head and looked at us over the top of his glasses and said, “You’d have...really big pockets!” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

As we ran as quickly as we could toward that corner, one of the guards lowered his rifle and aimed at us. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

For Jorah, she lowered her voice and spoke in the Common Tongue. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Fifi had caught on and lowered her pants and panties to her ankles. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She rested her hand on my lower back. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

July 31: For the last week the wind has been unusually calm, and in order to make any time at all we have lowered the sails and used the engine. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Even if my hands were untied, there’s no tab for me to lower the window. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

A gas cannot keep getting colder and colder indefinitely; when you can’t shrink the balloon any further, you can’t lower the temperature any further. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

In the East there was a dull red glare under the lowering cloud: it was not the red of dawn. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“We must get lower in the house,” she says. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Mama and Papa Bellini came up the stairs from the lower level, Mama gasping from the climb. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also, the lower speed will give me more torque, making it less likely I'll lose traction. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, Alice starts down, and I lower myself on the ladder of limbs, looking up as I go to make sure she’s coming. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Momentarily lulled by the useful chores they did for whatever ghostly purpose, we did not bother to lower the windows one morning when the Garbage Ghost came. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leo spun his Wii controller in a circle, and the sails lowered themselves. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Trotter was lowering herself to the sofa and chuckling. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Dada nodded and smiled while Abay lowered her scarf from around her mouth. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“Here. The person who used to work 011 the files used to wheel back and forth on this along the lower drawers. Try it.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lowered his hands, grasping the edges of the pulpit. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She lowered the spyglass and squinted into the darkness. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The unemployment rate, technically speaking, was “lower” in South Africa during apartheid, which makes sense. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

De Soto was still able to see some of the densely populated Indian towns lining the lower Mississippi. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then she lowers her voice and says, “You have an appointment with your doctor.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Gus looks at me with concern as he lowers the bus lift. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Ser Jaime tossed a kiss to some woman in the commons, gently lowered his visor, and rode to the end of the lists. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

In spite of family efforts to keep certain things dark, he had reason to believe certain things were well known, even among the—ah—lower classes. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gas chromatograph on the Pioneer Venus entry probes gave an abundance of water in the lower atmosphere of a few tenths of a percent. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sly had lowered itself even more, and everything looked like we were seeing it from underwater in a greenish haze. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

His hair was longer and his face sagged a bit more at his hard jaw, and then there was the missing lower half of his leg. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The rest of his lower body has fared pretty well, just one tracker jacker sting and a few small burns that I treat quickly. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The lower branches of the tree dangled in the water. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the lowering dusk Taran could barely distinguish the man from the tree; and could have walked within a pace of him before realizing he was any more than a splotch of shadow. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

The ropes that the Cloud-Men had been using for lowering the rainbow got tangled up with the silk strings that went up from the peach to the seagulls! James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Emily slid open her window and listened to the pulley squeak as the bucket was lowered. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

They stared right back at her, and when they slowly lowered their crossbows, she grinned. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He lowered the robe then, and she saw nothing more. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the course of a year that could come to over $30,000, enough to approach the lower middle class. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Anyway, I said to her, lowering my voice and nodding towards the doorway: “Madame never liked us. She’s always been afraid of us. In the way people are afraid of spiders and things.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just as she had never seriously thought of having a child until now; the longing in the lower part of her belly was sudden and searing and new. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I lowered my eyes and noticed a stain on the carpet. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

So Hazel lowered her eyes and took another step back, her skin crawling and her heart buzzing with fright. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

She reached under the sheet and pushed the lower right part of my abdomen. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The bearers had stopped and the litter was being lowered. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

I had lowered my voice and was looking around, though there was really no need. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t crying, but they seemed to hang a little lower than normal. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He said that snakes couldn’t help being snakes, and that Campbell, who could help being what he was, was something much lower than a snake or a rat—or even a blood-filled tick. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she smiled, lowered her voice, and said, “Now I wish I’d given you more playing time.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked from the incongruous setup to the landscape around it and then back to Lazlo, who’d caught a bit of his lower lip between his teeth and was watching her, anxious. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I focused on it as I lowered myself into the Heart of Stone. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then it floated up over the island and lowered itself onto a small meadow at the foot of the mountain. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I wondered if Jaja’s stomach rumbled at the lower part like mine did. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

A folding RF antenna that can be raised and lowered from inside. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Earlier, at the gravesite in the small Muslim section of the cemetery, I had watched them lower Baba into the hole. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They rolled on the ground like wounded animals until he lowered the cross. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Fadi,” said Noor, her voice an octave lower, “I know you’re an excellent photographer. You know all the tricks Dad taught you, but don’t be too disappointed if you don’t win.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I held the dragon lighter steady as she lowered the tip into the flame. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Presently, a tall, burly man with hideous vertical scars on his face —tribal beauty marks—and a left shoulder decidedly lower than the right, came by. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they crossed the street and sat down on the lower step of the stairs that went to the second story of the laboratory. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sighing, Mom lowers her face into her hands. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

If she could catch it while it was still chomping, maybe...They rushed forward, the other trike pulling ahead and lowering its great armored head as it charged. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

A Scottish writer of the late 1700s noticed that tea had “become an economical substitute to the middle and lower classes of society for malt liquor,” which they could no longer afford. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

She puts her hands together in an attitude of prayer, bows forward, lowering her head. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The raft sank lower and pitched and rolled, the tips of the oars dipping underwater, but it floated robustly. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Normally he would just drop down inside the boat and lower the hatch from inside. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the cemetery, El Cura said a few words, and then the coffin was lowered, as Juanita’s mother and aunts wailed about what a good man he was and how he didn’t deserve to die. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“We’re setting up a detour. Turn around and cross on the lower bridge.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Mustafa puts down his fork, his head lowered, and I brace myself for another argument. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

She lowered her knife to Percy’s necklace until the point rested on the silver ring. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Shirley could not bear to see the sadness on the Señora’s face and lowered her gaze until it rested on the old woman’s hands. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

The lower part of the long face was covered with a sweeping grey beard, bushy, almost twiggy at the roots, thin and mossy at the ends. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

You see her hand-drawn illustrations of the human mouth, the tongue, the upper and lower palates, the uvula. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the store gave me another present: a long, thick- linked, gold-plated chain that swung down lower than my coat hem. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

When given a choice, readers tend to attach phrases lower in the tree rather than higher. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

He was sitting there, twisting an earlock and biting his lower lip, his face a mask of frustration. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Other than being lowered to my death, yes.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear was still doubled over in his bow, but out of the corner of his eye, he could see the tip of the cane as it was lowered to the ground. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Band organization is often described as “egalitarian”: there is no formalized social stratification into upper and lower classes, no formalized or hereditary leadership, and no formalized monopolies of information and decision making. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mayor Starks lowered the paper in pretended annoyance. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I crossed the Kargav, this time on lower passes, on a road that winds along above the coast of the southern sea. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Notwithstanding Batson's formal prohibition on race discrimination in jury selection, the Supreme Court and lower federal courts have tolerated all but the most egregious examples of racial bias in jury selection. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The lowering of the image of her son brought out in her all at once all of the compassion that she owed him. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

In that darkness, the Others came riding, she used to say, dropping her voice lower and lower. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And, lowering her voice, “Plus it’s been thirteen days since my last you know what.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Lockton lowered his voice some, but he was still angry and scolding. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day I had come to my studies in lower spirits than usual; the ebb was occasioned by a poignantly felt disappointment. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

In 1811 and 1812 the largest earthquakes in U.S. history abruptly lifted or lowered much of the central Mississippi Valley by as much as twelve feet. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

As the sun sank lower and touched the edge of the cloud belt on the horizon, Hazel came out from under the branches and looked carefully round the lower slope. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I keep my head lowered, my noisy heels clicking on the pavement. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Ms. Washington lowers her hands and reaches into her back pocket. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

But with the Hells Angel on the slab I kept my eyes lowered and stared down at my shoes. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He had a hound’s sad eyes too—brown with white showing above the lower lid and bags of skin below. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Afterward everyone lowered their heads for an interminable moment of silence. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I bite my lower lip and stare at the ground. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The invasion of schoolgirls had lowered the limits of his patience. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Many of the lower windows showed lights behind thick curtains. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Tally spun head over heels twice more, and then the jacket lowered her to the grass. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Long white hair fell to his shoulders, and a silky white beard covered the lower half of his face. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Maya gnawed on her lower lip, looking everywhere but at Claire. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He did not lower the gun barrel even one millimeter. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He spent hours crawling over the statue, which took up most of the lower deck. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The exit ramp lowers, and I gather my collection bag as well. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Ishmael saw men go lurching down, saw the machine-gun fire whipping the water’s surface, and lowered himself even farther. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She lowered herself off the counter and stuffed her messed-up feet into the shoes. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

When he spoke, the scar across his lower lip stretched and pulled, making his face seem crooked, like that of a clown. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The sky darkened, the clouds lowered, and the wind blew like a charging buck. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the lower branches had been picked clean, but I spotted ripe, red capulfs higher up. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The husband looked in consternation at his wife, who merely lowered her gaze to the ground and told him that what the lion said was quite true. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Constance lowered her hands and looked at Reynie with a mixture of ruefulness and irritation. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It hit me that he wasn’t going to get up only after he was lowered into the hole, just in the shroud, and the diggers started covering him with the earth. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Laila rolled to her side on the couch now and tried to remember something: At one point, when they were on the floor, Tariq had lowered his forehead on hers. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He rubbed the back of his head and sank lower into the bronze coils of his tail. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Call and the Captain carefully lowered the old woman into the chair. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lowered his gaze to meet Tad’s eyes. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He unsnapped the throat of his parka and lowered the hood and stood listening. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

When the she-elephant was carefully lowered from above, there were gasps and shouts. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Instead they had to crowd in beside their younger sisters and brothers at the lower school. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

His hair fell in a slight wave above his eyes, and he had long lashes and a full lower lip. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He lowered his voice to an angry whisper. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Little by little his head slipped lower, and Alice said nothing, and Lyra slept on; and soon all three of them were fast asleep. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The man’s gestures as he broke the kola nut apart into five lobes were eerily like Nnaemeka’s, as was the set of his mouth, with the lower lip jutting out. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He gave the order into the telephone, lowering his voice: “Figeac, tell the men they can go ahead.” The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Here he comes,” she announced to Rahel, not bothering to lower her voice. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He glanced around suspiciously then lowered his voice to a whisper. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

This time she remembered to lower her voice. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

Nora scoots closer to me on the couch and lowers her voice. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

It’s early—before roll call—but the sun is bright and cresting over the lower peaks of the mountains, casting its rose-tipped glow across the sleeping camp. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The redhead lowered himself on the step next to her and began to talk through the interpreter. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It opened like the lower jaw of an alligator. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Some segregationists went further, insisting that integration causes crime, citing lower crime rates in Southern states as evidence that segregation was necessary. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

She locked the door behind her and lowered the blinds. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The arms at attention, the eyes ever lowered, a venerating bend to his head. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was lower than I recalled, a dark, smoky timbre. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He might as well have had a pea shooter against that thing, but he didn’t lower his weapon, no matter how outclassed it was. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

She gnaws on her lower lip, something she does when she is thinking hard. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Taking advantage of their brief moment of strife, Mr. Griswold swung his walking stick and whacked Barry on the cheek, then pushed past him toward the entrance to the lower level. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

When he saw me, he lowered the tin so I could step onto it, and I rode the stack up and onto the trailer. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Now, on the rebound from my calamitous entanglement with the nordwand, I was prepared to lower my sights. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bonnie makes straight for the hearth and lowers herself onto a Peacekeeper’s cloak that has been spread before it. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

But the higher she flew, the lower the temperature fell. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

A team of medical orderlies installed tan shades on each of the two windows and lowered them to douse the room in depressing shadows. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“It will only dehydrate you and lower your body temperature.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The King lowered his sword and said, “Oh, I say, do yield, please.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Typically, a batch of four might have been commissioned, with two or even three of the four calibrated to a lower pitch to make a fuller, self-contained chordal sound. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

At least theoretically, there is no upper limit for an earthquake–nor, come to that, a lower limit. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Both bones of his lower leg were splintered. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hand rose to her mouth and her fingers hooked over her lower teeth. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Older women lowered their eyes in sympathy; many of them had lost children in cruel ways and they knew what strong, lasting grief came with such a loss. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Then she lowered herself and sat on a thick pile of rope, leaning back against the cabin wall, and took a few deep breaths. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“You had the upper or the lower berth?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pungent gas, sulfur dioxide, S02, is present in trace amounts in the lower atmosphere. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lower my right leg and raise my left. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Naomi wiped her hands on her apron and lowered herself into a kitchen chair, wishing for Henry to be at work so she didn’t have to sit through a meal with him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She secured one end of her ladder to the nearest piece of scaffolding, lowered the rope into the cavern, and shinnied down. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

On tiptoe, leaning against the rickety lower shelves to keep from toppling, she could barely reach the book. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Triple, quadruple, etc. sharps and flats are rare, but follow the same pattern: every sharp or flat raises or lowers the pitch one more half step. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

He will then lower his body to the spot in question and is usually so secure in his decision that he will fall asleep immediately. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

Soon they are all gathered in the lower tower room. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

His lower lip bled as he bit into it. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He smiled, widely and triumphantly, and he lowered his club. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Every time she turned around, the twins lowered their heads and acted like they were writing. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Joaquin shook his head as his lower lip began to wobble. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She lowered her leg to stand on two feet. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Ivy stared at the picture, chewing on her lower lip. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Cole said, lowering a cooler from the tree. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He saw it lower its head and charge at the swarming dementors.... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The stove worked perfectly, with a strong, robust blaze that could be raised or lowered by turning the tap Orr had finally finished repairing. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

They lowered a canoe and two of the men paddled toward the beach. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were in the yard above the lower pasture, which was overrun by hundreds of cars and trucks. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“We do here,” Aunty Ifeoma said, and I wondered if it was irritation that made her lower her eyebrows. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

They strutted through the school and around the campus exerting pressure on the lower grades. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He crawled back through the door into the narrow passage and lowered himself down the shallow wooden steps into the hallway. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

My arms were so thin that when I lowered my lance it was all I could do to keep the point from jurrowing the ground. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And then Wormtail lowered the creature into the cauldron; there was a hiss, and it vanished below the surface; Harry heard its frail body hit the bottom with a soft thud. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The data point to increasing benefits with lower and lower LDL levels, said Dr. Daniel J. Rader. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Fie tries to sit up, but the ceiling has become lower, and he strikes his head. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The giants, one by one, were lowered to the floor. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of clubbing her, though, Rose lowered her fist all slow and glared at her. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The drumbeat of the rotors became a loud, high-pitched whine as the chopper circled lower. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The lower floors are blanketed with them— Becquerel, Lavoisier, Fischer—a lifetime of reading. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Then it lowered its hands again and stood sheepishly, so that the people gave a nervous giggle. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

In repose he looks harmless—cuddly even, with most of his bulk concentrated in the lower third of his body. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Contra — Means lower: for example a contrabassoon sounds lower than a regular bassoon43 , and a contrabass clarinet is even lower than a bass clarinet. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

They slosh through the culverts in their rubber boots and swing from trees and from the lower beams of the bridge. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment I am shy and lower my head, then I take off my helmet and look up. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Take him and good riddance. You can’t get any lower than stealing money from a woman.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t lower my standards because I’m surrounded with riffraff.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

"Bran knows too," she whispered, lowering her head. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Undoubtedly such inquiries are essential in the initial stage of any study, for lower minds. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the Ministry had not only to supply the multifarious needs of the Party, but also to repeat the whole operation at a lower level for the benefit of the proletariat. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

A typical choral arrangement divides women into higher and lower voices and men into higher or lower voices. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

He already had his back to the wall and his hands were on his hips because the burning knots in his armpits would not let him lower them. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The sight of Johnny Tremain standing there in the lower hall doing nothing, good for nothing, irritated her. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel a flutter of nervousness as I lower the camera. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

A short, slightly overweight man was lowering himself down. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

As he spoke, he made his squeaky voice lower and firmer than usual. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

And then your capsule goes lower and you are sad because you do not want the ride to end. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The store had a chess collection—at prices lower than Buschke’s—combined with a specialization in Caribbean and radical literature. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He lowered his eyes; he knew that they were longing to ask him questions and he did not want that. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sophie could feel the bubbles travelling lower and lower down her tummy, and then suddenly, inevitably...the explosion came. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Noticing the way she smells like oversugared coffee, and the difference between her smile and her photographed smile, and the way she bites her lower lip, and the pale skin of her back. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

It makes his lower lip curl out a bit, so I can see the very top of his skin tattoo. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I have only to break into the tightness of a strawberry, and I see summer—its dust and lowering skies. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

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 lower my voice to barely a whisper. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Lady Constance lowered her voice and leaned forward. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

"That Fifi has always been the lucky one. Not to mention her luck with"—the grandmother lowers her voice—"with Otto." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Then, seeing where the voice came from, she lowered her brows and veiled her eyes. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was stretching his neck and then lowering it, stretching it and lowering it, as if he were working up the courage to make an announcement. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Scipio waved the others toward him and lowered his voice, as if he was afraid that one of the bystanders could overhear what he was about to say. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She lowered the bowl, only to behold — rising above its rim like the morning sun — Grover. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lowered my blade, as if I were too exhausted to go on. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The men didn’t bother lowering their voices as they talked. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Poppet asks, lowering her voice to a dramatic whisper. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Instead, the stranger lowered it slowly, until the point touched the boy’s forehead. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some were lowered in the front and painted in bright metallic colors, like candy apple red, and had tucked and rolled upholstery in white or black. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Oh, all right,” said Harry, lowering his wand, “but I had to check, didn’t I?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But when he lowered the horn, the mead had gone down by only another knuckle’s worth. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

There was nothing lower she could do, nothing filthier. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Already the dreary wallpaper on the lower floors was gone, and Odile was busy making curtains appropriate for a house large enough to have a bathroom. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

With every step and every word the three men shrank back as a group, though Clyde didn’t lower the gun. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I glanced around, all paranoid, making my voice even lower. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A fly that had been crawling along Wilbur’s trough had flown up and blundered into the lower part of Charlotte’s web and was tangled in the sticky threads. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Two Step hadn’t lowered his carbine; he just stood there, eyes wide, mouth slightly open. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He lowered the box he held and gave us his full attention. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Thick clusters of small houses made of brick and concrete dotted side streets and the lower hillsides. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

She lightly caught Nhamo’s lower lip with her fangs and pulled the girl’s mouth open with surprising strength. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once I reach our room, I lower my eyes and step aside to let Jack use his key. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Right here,” the man said wearily, lowering his sunglasses to reveal a pair of sad, ocean-blue eyes. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ralph raised the conch to his lips and then lowered it. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Dad set up a still camera on a tripod, connected the delayed-action attachment, and took a series of pictures showing us lowering the coffin into the grave and covering it with sand. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he picks up Werner’s radio and sets it back down without commenting, Werner feels the ceiling slip lower, the walls constrict. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He pouted at her, but she paid his lowered looks no mind. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Hoping to lower the price they scatter insults over their sisters’ wares, like irritating handfuls of harmless gravel. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had full cheeks and a sharp little chin and her mouth was damson-lush, lower lip like ripe fruit with a crease in the middle, and soft as apricot down. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

His voice had taken on an unfamiliar modulation, his delivery slower, the temperature of his entire being much lower. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Precisely at noon—as the sun, the greatest manifestation of the Great Mystery, reached its zenith—men took hold of the casket and began to lower it into the hole. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Eyes lowered, without a word, she sat down next to Otis Amber. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the audience on the platform listened in disbelief, a higher note came from the train as it approached, and a lower note emanated as it sped away. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I began to sink, lower and lower to the ground, the sky’s weight crushing me. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“God, I’d like to give it to you just like this—” He lowered his hands to her bottom and rubbed himself against her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“This interview is over,” she said, and she blocked Tyree for a moment, but the man switched off the light, lowered the camera, and gaped at his partner. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

On the jerk scale, he’s not much lower than Link. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“We walked the grounds a bit while you were upstairs, and toured the lower rooms. Was there something in particular you wanted to show us?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I steel myself, lower my camera, and walk over. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

And just because Michigan’s minority students have lower scores on convergence tests doesn’t mean they don’t have that other critical trait in abundance. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I awoke in the night with a strange, uncomfortable feeling in my 261 lower belly. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He dove even lower, arcing behind the ships and squinting through his gun sight. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He put the camera and yearbook aside, then lowered to his round belly and scooted closer to the conversation, with his notepad in hand. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

But she lowered her voice so as not to wake anyone up. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The big black lowered his head and nuzzled me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I lower my hands as the others lower their guns, and walk into the foyer, passing through the center of the crowd like a piece of thread through the eye of a needle. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He hesitated and looked at Prosper, who glared back at him until Scipio lowered his head. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

At quarter to three, Lou Epstein banged open the lower cash drawer and counted the big bills into a brown envelope. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pippo stuck his lower lip out sulkily and disappeared into the corridor. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Later that day I found Edmond in the lower barn feeding the animals and I played with Ding while he milked the goats. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My father and uncle are coming,” Amil said, now in a lower tone. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He had a smudge of dust on his dark-brown cheek, and his lower lips trembled. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I can tell we’ve been standing here a long time because the sun now warms my lower back instead of the top of my head. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The victim was required to stand in the middle of the room and lower his pyjama trousers so that the damage could be inspected. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lowered myself from the bunk bed to the cold floor, grabbed my towel, and headed down the hallway. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She lowered the pail back down, grabbed the note, ran down her stairs and out the front door to their building’s landing, and pounded on the Lees’ door. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

"Oh no-" They bent to him and lowered their voices. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The lower slopes of the mountain are washed with gentle rains, and the air remains cool and fresh all year, and the volcanic soil produces rich crops of com. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lower floor of the Town House was an open promenade and here every day the merchants gathered ‘on ’change.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood up from the toilet, put on the backpack, and lowered one shoulder. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The mountain’s lower slopes were blanketed with green trees. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

His voice lowered to a hiss that merged with the lantern’s struggling flame. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the pheasants would perch on the lower branches of the trees. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

There were small officelike windows on both sides of a short hallway, with triple sets of barred doors, all left open, that led out to the T of the lower tier’s walkway. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

He climbed out in a moment, lowered the trapdoor swiftly and silently, and then, before racing to the door and the world outside, stopped. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Now the fog burned away, the mist level lowered until she was deposited upon the shore of wakening. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I check for footholds and then flip over and start lowering myself down. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

But if we’ll buy more of something even if the price hasn’t been lowered, then what’s to stop supermarkets from never lowering their prices? The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lowered himself through the hole until he was hanging on by his fingertips. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He lowered the automatic window and leaned toward me across the seat. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The singing got louder still, and then to his horror a line of nuns, hands pressed together and eyes lowered, came around a corner and straight towards him. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“You might have mentioned it, Kit,” he said, lowering his voice. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

My lower lip quivered, but I didn’t cry. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Well, yessuh. She was,” said Bigger, lowering his eyes because he felt that it would be better to do so. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

At this there was a simultaneous tintinnabulation of all the bells, as each graven image lowered its raised foot in distress. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The foundation and the lower walls were solid grey stone. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I lower myself into the chair next to her and about give her a heart attack. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He found he was having to bend lower and lower. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

But they were attacked by a monster with milk-blue eyes and sawtooth skin and teeth like spears jutting from its lower jaw. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

That there was a thriving theatre audience of Londoners of lower rank is in itself a significant fact. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

After that, it flatly refused to go lower, and nothing I did mattered. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lower my camera, grasp it tightly in my right hand, keeping it running. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

A piece will also sound higher or lower once it is transposed. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

He gripped the end of his spear with both hands, squeezing tightly as he lowered the knife-laced point to the ground in front of him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Cade was asleep in the lower bunk when I woke up on Saturday morning. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

She and Tane had been tied together and dangled from a hook, which was slowly lowering them over a piranha-filled tank. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She kept her voice lowered, as he had. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Get in here,” I said, lowering my voice. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The squid has now pulled itself completely out of the water and onto the bow, its tentacles wrapping around the lower half of the foremast like black vines. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The lower back was light gray and so were the wings, which tapered to long, black-tipped primaries folded together over the tail. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled in an uneven breath and lowered her voice. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Basta raised his hand, but when Capricorn almost imperceptibly shook his head he lowered it again like a rebuked child. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

His legs were soft rubber and a fire was raging in the lower part of his belly. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

You know, if I had to right now, I think I could handle the lower tip of Manhattan. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

There was a lowering of light now and evening would not be long, accompanied by the waiting bugs. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Jimmy lowered the binoculars and looked around at the land. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

I lowered my head, dodging people, passing people, growling, pushing between them to get farther and farther away. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The cat lowered its tail, swishing it from side to side angrily. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

"Everywhere, everywhere cement," he said, his voice dropping lower. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

The jolt spread lower and lower, into his stomach, like droplets of blood diffusing into water. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The children’s Sunday school classes met each Sunday in the lower auditorium. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She crouched lower in the pocket so that only the top of her head and her eyes were showing. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lowered his blanket from his nose now, for the dark poisonous air was gone and the yellow sunlight fell on the house. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

We ride past lower campus, the football stadium, and then the tennis courts, just waiting to see where the truck will stop. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Hardly,” he said as he continued to keep the balls in the air, sometimes higher, sometimes lower, until, as abruptly as he’d begun, he gathered them in, and they rested upon his great slablike hands. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

She lowers her voice some, but not enough. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Earl lowers me to the floor with my back to Uncle Al. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Searching the lower cabinets, he found two six-packs of bottled water, which he put into the bottom of the shopping cart. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He is absolutely mad for he has to pass through the barrage; but this lightning that lowers somewhere above us has struck him and made him demented. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside of there he lowered his eyes and tried to get by on mumbles and smiles. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel felt relieved, for he had been afraid that Fiver might say something that would lower their spirits. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The top few feet were easy to manage, but lower down the earth became sandy and wet. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I was supposed to report to the Crew House, down on the banks of the lower river. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was brushed on the lower lip, ever so slightly, like a kiss from a tentacle he never even saw. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I got the message, and she lowered her stop sign. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grabbed my wrist and my body slipped into the familiar posture, head thrust forward, arm coiled around my lower back, wrist folded absurdly onto itself. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Whilst he was talking, strings of dark brownish slobber gathered up in the corners of his mouth and was getting stretched from his lower lip to his upper one with every word. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“By the way”—she lowers her voice—“we’re divvying up the earnings at the dock tomorrow and you are getting exactly nothing.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She heard the rattle of chains as the portcullis was slowly lowered, its spikes sinking deep into the ground . . . and then another sound, a shriek of pain and fear. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They lowered their great heads, and the evening air filled with the muffled sounds of smacking lips, tearing grass, and the low snuffling of contented cattle. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Focusing beyond pain, I lower my body, almost touching the floor, then push. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I start to lower myself to the ground. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

On lower levels, there are large poles driven through multiple platforms, though Bailey cannot tell if they reach all the way to the top. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Another bar ran along the length of the Berg’s lower edge, with just enough space for Mark to slip his arm through it. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Second, the Greeks knew from their travels that the North Star appeared lower in the sky when viewed in the south than it did in more northerly regions. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

From there, I raised and lowered myself, up over the top of the highest branches, and down under low-hanging ones. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Someone drives up in their car, pulls to the hydrant, and lowers the window. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She turned away, bit her lower lip, and then faced me again. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

She nodded with approval, then looked at the students in the lower grades. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“You were supposed to call me yesterday. I thought we had a”—she glances at Zack and lowers her voice to a whisper—“a PIC mission.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Without high productivity, she says, the work will move to lower- wage countries such as China. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Shay said, then lowered her voice back to a whisper. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It was the way she looked at me, squinting through her glasses while chewing on her lower lip. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

After ten minutes they uncovered most of Kiowa’s lower body. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lupin was lowering his wand, gazing fixedly at Black. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The gray-haired man continued for a moment to hold the phone to his ear, then lowered it into its cradle. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Canton and Mr. D’Ulney, and my father and I, we held the ropes that lowered Joseph into our family, beside the high white pines. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

The grinning uppers and lowers lay by my right shoe, looking empty and at the same time appearing to contain all the emptiness in the world. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat quietly, and once he began to pick his nose, saw his father look at him, and stopped, his lower lip trembling a little. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She remained modestly close to Iofur and said nothing, lowering her eyes whenever a bear looked at her. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I am desperate,” she said, forgetting to lower her voice. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of holding the camera level against her chest, per the instructions, Mia tipped it at different angles, knotted her makeshift straps higher or lower. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The shorter hours of sunlight and lowering temperatures were telling millions of birds to go south. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The lower half of her face is concealed behind a white gauze mask. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Prince lowered his Forehead so he gazed at the Sand. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

My teeth dig into my lower lip so hard I wince. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She studied my hand, so I lowered it. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The dragon gently lowered the girl's hands with his claw. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

When I lowered the jigsaw and turned to them, they were both looking at me angrily. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

People of my father’s generation sometimes showed off having passed through the initiation by carving scars into their foreheads and removing their lower teeth, but that tradition has almost disappeared. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone lowered a rope from above, the end of it tied into a big loop. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Bliss and the other doctors believed this sound proved that the bullet was in the lower right front of the abdomen, just as they suspected. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

For example, an experienced horn or clarinet player can play much higher and lower notes than a beginner. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I lowered the wheelchair over the side and jumped out and opened the door. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Jones smiled a yellow crescent that opened the lower part of his face. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A little lower, and it would have cut through his neck, spinal cord, or carotid arteries; a few inches higher, and it might have entered his brain. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Whenever he scored lower than that, he’d dig his pencil into his arm, dragging it back and forth until he saw blood. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He lowered his eyebrows and turned back to his carving, shaking his head slightly. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Dana’s clench was smothering, but Roy found he could still move his lower legs. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m just a kid, so Dad gives me one of those smaller basketballs and lowers the adjustable rim. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Piper followed her upstairs before the whole lower deck could flood with toilet water. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

They lowered their eyes to avert Tenorio’s gaze and scurried for the door. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

His face was coffee-colored and cross-hatched with a million tiny wrinkles, and his lower lids showed red rims like a bloodhound’s eyes. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eased the hammer back and lowered my gun and plain walked off. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Upon his command, the soldiers lowered their guns. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I gave him the obituary, and after he read it he lowered the pages and smiled at me. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Darius says, lowering his head to make eye contact with me. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The man lowered his voice and spoke calmly. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Half a dozen boys were sitting around Slughorn, all on harder or lower seats than his, and all in their mid-teens. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She lowered her face into the shadows, flexed her fingers. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Blood spatters the captain’s face, but he lowers his brim and weathers it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He was not in any of the lower rooms; he was not in the yard, the stables, or the grounds. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

His mouth was slightly open and the lower jaw twisted. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wizard in front of him had lowered his wand. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

This time he lets me lower the book. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

It had started the cut to smarting again so when I went to wash I hung the vest on a chair and lowered the light cord so that the bulb would be drying the splotch. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tourists turned around, and Prosper immediately lowered his voice. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She slowly lowered herself onto the cushions, sucking air through her teeth in short bursts until she sat next to me. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

A total of thirty fresh warriors, armor gleaming and eyes frill of hate, lowered their lances as one—making a bristling wall of death. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Was the wall going to be lower than last night? Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

To the east the land was lower, the ground flattening to a rolling plain that stretched away as far as the eye could see. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“What gave it away?” he grunted as he staggered to his feet, still rubbing his lower belly. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He puckered his lower lip and clenched his hands. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The prince lowered his torch to throw some light into the gloom below. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Overall, 1 percent described themselves as upper class, 15 percent as upper middle class, 42 percent as middle, 35 percent as working, and 7 percent as lower. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Perry, who could never find trousers to fit his truncated lower half, wore blue jeans rolled up at the bottom and a leather windbreaker. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He inclines his head to me, but doesn’t lower his gun. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She lowered her voice so that the twins would not hear her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Please,” he added, lowering his voice, for the wretched Gwystyl had begun to shake violently, his eyes turning up as though he were about to have a fit. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Sausun listens without once looking at me, just lowering the volume on the vlogs and handing me a big red jawbreaker when I break down again. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Instead, he lowered his head and fixed me with his chilling gaze. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The sun slanted lower and lower in the west. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She leans over the counter toward me and lowers her voice. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Baby tarpon are abundant in all that labyrinth of mangrove-lined streams and canals bordering the lower third of the western coast of Florida. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“No high is higher and no low is lower than what this game is, I’m tellin’ you,” Gaines said in the dressing room minutes after the game against the Rebels had ended. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papá bit his lower lip and nodded in approval. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

It would lower her morale, making her more susceptible to his mind games. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Cautiously, lowering forward onto his stomach, he checked on the two horsemen again. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Twig lowered her voice, but only a little. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I throw my empty game bag around my neck and slowly lower myself until I’m hanging by my hands. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

For a little while, they lowered their voices, and then their argument broke out again and they started to shout. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

She lowered her voice and said, “That’s why he married that woman,” meaning his first wife. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I felt the sharp chill of the fog around my lower legs and there was fire all around me as I ran, coughing and drawing in more bad air. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I could not at the moment recall Enoch’s appositeness; so I had to ask a simple question, though I felt that by so doing I was lowering myself in the eyes of the lunatic:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Beatrice would go on until the boys became quiet, bowed their heads, and lowered their eyes. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Now I was certain, though, and lowering my magazine I made a heavy sighing sound that would be clearly audible. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lower part of his face is covered by the white gauze mask, regulation. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

For some unknowable reason, the six had carefully left their canoes and lowered themselves fully dressed into the cold water of the lake, where they had peacefully perished. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Isolated, segmented, and stratified, these families are cut off from the single, the gay and the gray, and, except for those tending them, anyone from lower classes. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Jeffrey was on a new antinausea medication, and the doctors had lowered his steroid dose, so he was feeling well enough to play more actively. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tied a spool of fishing line to the handle and lowered the can down a pipe leading from the roof. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The blow to his mouth had split open his upper lip and broken six teeth, three of which were embedded in his lower lip, hideously inverting his beautiful smile. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It makes me so sad that all those girls in Pakistan don’t have rights like we do,” Sheila adds, pushing out her lower lip for emphasis, and I stop nodding. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Then he could lower his nose and eat the biscuit as it fell to the ground. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sana lowers the knife, but then the leader of the thieves calls to her and, seeing her hesitation, stalks toward us. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The temperature is steady at minus ten degrees Centigrade but the maritime office predicts it will dip even lower. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Therapist Dad, n.: pinched eyebrows, lowered voice, lots of questions, feared by daughters everywhere. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Cordelia, her voice lowered, her eyes big, passes on the truth: the curse is when blood comes out between your legs. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He lowered his gaze to my face like a lion stooping to smell a daisy. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I lowered my stick and speared the ground over and over. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He lowered the chain so that it sat close to his waist. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Immediately the school librarian lowered her pointy glasses and shushed me. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

His lower half was magically compacted into the wheelchair, his upper half dressed in a coat and tie. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

From New York they went on to Syracuse, where the temperature was even lower. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took a seat across from me and lowered his hands on the armrests. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The coffin was lowered into the grave, the head facing the east, in keeping with Islamic tradition. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grunting, the adzukulu carefully lowered the coffin with ropes, into the smaller compartment. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

“All societies have higher and lower, masters and slaves.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Whatever brought Crow and Otis Amber to these lower depths was none of his business. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom had never met Mr. Tushman before, because he was the middle-school director and I was still in the lower school, but she couldn’t stop raving about how nice he’d been on the phone. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

His lower back was blistered and sticky with discharge. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

This table can be lowered at night and the cushions can be converted to make a double bed. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He believed that he was right in saying that the lower animals on Animal Farm did more work and received less food than any animals in the county. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Many states lowered or eliminated the minimum age for trying children as adults, leaving children as young as eight vulnerable to adult prosecution and imprisonment. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It was not Emissary Kim, but he was garbed in a similar robe, wearing a different hat—some kind of official of lower rank than Kim. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

I lower myself into the water, not because the lady tells me to but because I want to swim like you can. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

A fragment of beetle was sticking to her lower lip, and there was no expression at all in her black button eyes. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

So now I know Auntie Ying’s daughter, Lena, told her about my being evicted from my apartment on lower Russian Hill. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lower eyelids sag so much they almost look like a piece of invisible string is pulling them downward: you can see the red part on the inside, like they’re almost inside out. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I stand on the higher step in the atrium and he stands on the lower one, so we’re on the same plane. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

When she lowered it again, her eyes were wet with tears. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A time stamp is burned into the lower left corner of the image, just like on the shaky home videos Dad used to take. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She opened her lower desk drawer, put her copy of Shakespeare into it, and closed it. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The steps were very wide, winding down and around to the lower floor. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

She just sat there like an idiot, chewing on her lower lip, and nodding and smiling once in a while as LeeAnn went on and on about how mad Mr. Larson had been on Friday. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh,” he said, lowering the weapon and staring at them. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“I kinda like drawing my own comics,” he said, his voice lower than before. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Dove came back, his thick lower lip thrust out. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He also reviewed the best places to strike with a baton: the ex-posed bones of the lower body. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example a bass trombone4l has a lower range than a tenor trombone, and an alto saxophone42 sounds higher than a tenor saxophone. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I pull out the calibration tool and jimmy it under the lower edge of the cover. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The lower we went in the building, the less people would open their doors for us—a lot of them said they never even heard of Eric Morse. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was wounded in the belly, on both arms, and at the neck, whereas Iofur was bleeding only from his lower jaw. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

His head and upper body became hairy like a wolf But his lower body was still human. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

But James slumped even lower when his was one of the two ciphers broken. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

While the bin filled, I helped Luke balance on one foot and lower his burned leg, now wrapped in black plastic, into the garbage can. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Claire put her hand up to her forehead to shield her eyes from the lowering sun. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Bring her round for dinner afterwards, then,” he says, his hands pressing gently on my lower back. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emily slid open her window and listened to the pulley squeak as the bucket was lowered. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

After the frenzied greeting the dogs lowered their noses to the ground in a businesslike way and went ahead, looking back now and then to make sure that the boy was coming. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hover ladder gently lowered the happy billionaire to the floor. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

They left their arms in the courtyard and began to file out with lowered heads. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hope was to lower a drill through 14,000 feet of Pacific Ocean water off the coast of Mexico and drill some 17,000 feet through relatively thin crustal rock. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

With this they summoned all their energies together for one decisive encounter, leaned forward, lowered their heads like two billy-goats, and positively sprinted together for the final blow. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the right was a unicorn, the symbol of justice; its deerlike head was lowered so that its curving horn pointed down, while its goatlike tail curled up. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I knelt down and lowered my palm into it. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

When he was very little, before a piece of his hip bone was surgically implanted into his lower jaw, he really had no chin at all. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

"I am sorry, Your Exalted Majesty," the king said, flattening himself even lower to the ground. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I lower myself in the corner and pull my knees up to my chest, which feels like it’s gonna cave in. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The Austrians at the Hotel of Bees use a crane to lower an 88-millimeter cannon onto a bastion in the ramparts. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The students were all in their late teens or early twenties, many of them recent immigrants to America, and of middle and lower income. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“His father passed away last year/5 the woman said, in a lower voice. “This is our first vacation in London without him. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

We hurry down the steps, pressed against the handrail with heads lowered. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A petition for certiorari, a request to review a lower court's ruling, is very rarely granted, but I'd known all along that the Supreme Court was our best chance for a stay of execution. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He cleared his throat, then spoke in a lowered voice. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The lower wall with its arched sandstone window frames held no difficulties for the tough squirrel. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“You a low creature, man! I can’t believe you done that! You lower than dirt.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know what’s going on with you,” my mom says, “but you need to lower your voice when you’re speaking with us.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Why, come August, didn’t he try once more to cross the Teklanika, when it would have been running significantly lower, when it would have been safe to ford? Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A young couple holding hands suddenly turned around and Riccio quickly lowered his voice. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t lower his sunglasses, but his mouth, his flared nostrils, and the tilt of his head communicated defiance and even hate. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Fledge came lower and lower in wide circles. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Pima was waving up at them from the tanker’s lower deck, looking annoyed. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

At his window, which was fortunately lower than that of Random Old Guy, I climbed in quietly and then pulled Margo up and in. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

If they had been paying any attention to their adversary in that moment before contact, they might have noticed that he shifted his weight to lower his center of gravity. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Mixed economies that added certain crops or livestock to hunting-gathering also competed against both types of “pure” economies, and against mixed economies with higher or lower proportions of food production. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

What he did see while his head was lowered was a long black barge slipping under the bridge in the direction of Furnes in Belgium. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It stalks right up to the glass and lowers its snarling jaws to flash razor-sharp teeth. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

There was no need to lower our voices. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

It droned and drummed two or three whole tones lower than my schoolmates’ voices. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was rearing back to smack her when I socked him, a kidney shot to the lower back, and he dropped to one knee. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

My lower lip trembled uncontrollably, and I bit my inner cheek to steady myself, to bring me back into the moment. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

As the procession stopped and the chair was lowered, the emperor called out again. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Thanks, sweetie,” she says as we lower a suitcase. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Snow was falling, the first of the winter here on the lower slopes of Gont. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

It smells like soap and it’s big enough to cover the lower half of my face. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Papa who was so tall that he sometimes lowered his head to get through doorways, that his tailor always used extra fabric to sew his trousers. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I shut the door, and as she lowers the window, I stick my head in, rock it back and forth, and stick out my tongue. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Her voice lowered when she talked about the money. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He lowered himself to the bench before they could reply. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The closer together the waves are, the higher the frequency or pitch; the farther apart the waves are, the lower the pitch. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Caleb’s backpack, with the clean suit and explosives inside it, bounces against his lower back as we walk. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

At lower frequencies, on the other side of red, is the infrared part of the spectrum. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He takes her hand in his as she lowers it. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The other women bit their lower lips, watching, waiting. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

When I lowered my arms to look again, Martin’s head had turned in my direction, one cataract eye wheeling crazily before fixing, it seemed, on me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Bhalla prescribed a half-dozen drugs to lower Wilson’s cholesterol, prevent clotting, and control his blood pressure. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I lowered myself painfully onto the round bed, suddenly feeling very tired. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In contrast, the most important cereal crops of eastern Asia and of the New World—rice and corn, respectively—had a lower protein content that posed significant nutritional problems. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

And then, half glancing over his shoulder towards the hall: “I’m afraid it was her, without a doubt,” he said, lowering his voice. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Once he got to the edge of the yard, he lowered the shovel back behind him, counted to three, and flung as hard as he could, watching the swallow take its last flight. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Carlos—” “I get it,” he says, in a noticeably lower voice. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He lowered his voice threateningly, which from a five year old didn't sound frightening at all. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted it so I could see, then lowered it fast. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Frank shoved my change at me then leaned over the counter, engulfing the lower deck with his rolls. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The commotion within me went on, but at a lower volume, as if someone had turned down my dial. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

The lower parts of the cage were painted red and green, but the spire was golden. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man lowered his gaze to the floor again and heaved a sigh. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Small ensembles playing 'Baroque’ instruments at lower pitch had become the norm. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Gallien wondered whether he’d picked up one of those crackpots from the lower forty-eight who come north to live out ill-considered Jack London fantasies. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, grown-up stuff. You know, things like cool clothes and”—June lowered her voice and looked around like she was about to spill the world’s greatest secret—“love.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She lowered herself into the chair across from him and tried not to think about the heat that seemed to be inside the flesh of her arm. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Himmelstoss put these two so that one occupied the upper and the other the lower bunk. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He locks his eyes with Daddy’s but eventually lowers his head. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

After two bouts of Danuta boiling her lower regions in a pot and one vigorous run up and down the stairs, I ask Emilika what time she’s supposed to be at the photography shop. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

When the pepper began ripening in January, it ripened on the lower branches first. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He helps me over to one of the rockers and I lower myself onto the padded cushion. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

James and Dicey carried it down to the end of the dock and lowered it noiselessly into the water. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked up and squinted, and saw a black shadow knifing through the dusk light, the blades chopping as it drifted closer, dropping lower and lower as it approached Fullbrook. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

This only goads them into talking further, in lowered voices, their heads leaning in toward each other. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t particularly enjoy getting roughed up, but the alternative was to cower and beg, which he couldn’t lower himself to do. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Judith was a soldier, now is when I would lower my eyes and talk softly about how she was right and I couldn't possibly understand any of it. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The pain began first in my lower back and then moved up through my core. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Strapping him to an aluminum ladder, they managed to lower, drag, and carry him through the Icefall, and he was now resting from the ordeal at Base Camp. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Many more were in the middle and still more on the lower frames. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The child lowered her head, looked up through her lashes, smiled knowingly and shook her head, “no.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lily was now looking in the mirror, putting eyeliner on her lower lid. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He lowered his head against the driving snow and tramped through the icy streets with clenched fists. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

—And Emma distinctly heard him add, in a lower tone, before he quitted the room,—“I have been as good as my word. She has not the least idea.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Johnny himself read these orders posted in the lower hall at the Afric Queen. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The middle class rather is tempted by the pastoral impulse to deny its difference from the lower class—even to attempt cheap imitations of lower-class life. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lowered my eyes and, avoiding the bowl of lukewarm soup, concentrated on the smooth tabletop. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Toby went to stand up, but Jimmy held a hand in the air, lowering Toby back down to the ground with just the movement. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Prim, who’s decided the walls will hold up, snuggles with Buttercup on the lower bunk. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Next to one of the lower bunks was a bookcase made out of plastic milk crates. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

My father lowered his hand and closed his fingers gently over the top of Lucien’s head. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I made it to the second floor without encountering anyone, then continued even lower still. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Even as I wondered if he was alive, I spied some movement by the central doors at the lower level. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, room 145 was on the lower level of the school in the back comer. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

The small key that fitted all the glass cases was kept inside a Bible on one of the lower shelves. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

His voice was lower as he moved away from the window and walked along a green wall, looking at the rusting clothes lockers and the faded posters advertising old prizefights. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seven’s old-lady heart fluttered, and they made their way to the lower level of the hall, shuffling along as other Ravenskillians began to arrive. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

America's factories efficiently mass-produced military weapons, planes, tanks, cars, and other machinery with fewer workers and at a lower cost. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

The redcoats lowered their bayonets, but I didn’t wait for them. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Pressure against this important bundle of nerves can cause all kinds of trouble lower down in the body. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It will sound basically the same, except that it will sound higher or lower. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The captain, as was his custom, was standing in the stern, merrie rope in hand, shouting orders about lowering the sail. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under the lower end stood an empty pail. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the bombs fall on the lower city and the train tracks, but a few make the dust crumble from our ceiling. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

"Don't shush me," says Sahara, but she lowers her voice. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Galileo appealed to sensory experience, but sensory experience established, or so they claimed, that boats float higher in the water when far from shore, and lower as they approach port. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Even when lower courts granted a stay, the State would appeal, so the Supreme Court would almost always make the final decision to permit an execution to proceed or not. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The sun had gotten lower in the sky, sitting on top of the mountains in the distance, and the air had grown cooler. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

‘I couldn’t eat, Matron! I simply couldn’tV ‘Get on the bed and lower your trousers,’ she ordered. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know the arc of his lower lip, the strength in his shoulders. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

She didn’t lower the paper, so I couldn’t see her face. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It poisoned me; I was defiled. And then,” he added, in a lower tone, “I ate my own wickedness.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

His lower body lay like lead, as though it belonged to someone else. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He decided to wait until the sun had sunk a bit lower in the sky before following his flock back through the fields. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed her face down into the road, hard, and scrambled to his feet, but as he lowered his rifle at her, one of the other guards laughed and stopped him. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

My eyes blurry with tears, I lower myself back into the interrogation room. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The man or large woman whose back I’d been leaning against shifted slightly, then settled lower. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did not cry even when I stood watching him being lowered into his family’s strait-laced burial ground outside of Boston. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Richard adds in a lower voice, “Like a kid eating ice cream for the very first time.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Very carefully, I lowered myself over the edge of the bed and wormed my way underneath the mattress. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Drum went lower into the bushes just as a 110-mile-an-hour wind struck. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

This is that the reproductive capacity of the birds has been so lowered by some environmental agent that there are now almost no annual additions of young to maintain the race. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Athletes, legacy applicants, and minority students all got in with lower scores on average. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“In addition, my valve has been misbehaving and has prevented me from bending over to reach the lower drawers.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In point of fact, Pocock, with only a lower- school education, tended to believe that it was he rather than these college men who should be deferential. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Then I let out my breath and lower my fist. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When Deb and I are safe inside the lobby, I lower my earmuffs and take a deep breath. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

With the little light cranked up to 100percent—because there’s no way I’m going in there with it lower—my guess is I’ll have all of ten minutes to look around. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

I kept on rubbing, working that soft area at her lower back, where the required team racing suit just allowed for a window of skin, a couple of knobs of vertebrae. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

My score, 14.966, was lower than I’d hoped, probably because my start value on bars wasn’t as high as on my other routines. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He lowered his gavel and a split second later bellowed, "Next!" Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I lowered the music and grabbed the cereal box from the grocery bag. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Suddenly terrified the revolver would go off, he lowered it slowly, keeping his finger on the hammer. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Nali bit her lower lip, something she did whenever she was thirsty. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Get the hell out of here!” she shouted with such ferocity that the soldiers lowered their guns and backed toward their Jeep. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad led us up the lower steps, which were made of rocks slapped together with cement. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

Two leave the room, two others lead Janine to the Birthing Stool, where she sits on the lower of the two seats. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

That trick really gives “meat” to my lower notes, she says. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

His elbows jutted out at awkward angles as he lowered himself down onto the cool sands. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

After everyone left, Mrs. Baker went to her desk and opened her lower desk drawer. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Although his teeth are crooked and his lower ones are slanted back—as if someone had once punched them in—when he smiles it’s as if you’d just told him the first joke on earth. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lowered the board and saw that below her was a track with metal rails and wooden crossbars—like the roller coaster, but much bigger. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

God’s truth—the rim of the lowering sun, all they could see of it, had turned green. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He had a portable, disposable heating pad wrapped around his midsection because he thought his lower back was going into spasms. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

By ni-Frith it was so hot that the lower part of the field was humid. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lowered the string, and the glorious brightness began to dim. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

One whole side of it is lower than the rest. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was too dark to see, but she felt the dogs creeping back to her, their hackles lowered now, and one rubbed his head against her arm. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then it raised both its rotting hands — and lowered its hood. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Very few respondents called themselves lower class or upper class—7 percent and 1 percent. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

My knee is feeling okay today; there’s a slight twinge as I lower myself, but I breathe through it. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It felt like a dun-geon down there, in part because entry to the building was via the floor above, but also because it was darker, with smaller windows and lower ceilings. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

One side of her nose is bending lower, dragging her cheek with it. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I quickly lowered my Blue Nun and we drove on, acting cool as the state trooper passed on our left. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Hussein turned, lowered his head, and began to walk toward the footpath that led to his apartment complex. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Matthew looks at her suspiciously and back to me but he’s lowering the machete. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Pax lowered his paw an inch, holding the man’s gaze, testing him. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Instead they lowered her to the ground where she thrashed and screamed, apparently unable to recognize any of them. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I took hold of one of the beakers, leaned over, lowered the lid just as much as I needed to and tremulously dipped the beaker into Parker’s Pond, four feet from his back paws. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

My socks balled up on the hardwood floor made a greater statement than any of their hokey claptrap with the carefully matted frames and big curly signatures in the lower left-hand corners. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

As soon as Genie was sitting, Grandpop dove right in, his voice dropping even lower. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

My feet shuffled and my voice lowered a few octaves. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

You may find it helpful to notice that the "relative major" of the Dorian begins one whole step lower. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

He sat impassively, claws gripping the chair arms, visor lowered. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

But then he lowered his phone and his eyes locked with mine. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The stallion lowered his head, flesh quivering on his massive, gleaming neck. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He lowers himself onto the sidewalk, twists the bottle of water open, and pulls out a chocolate chip cookie from the package. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Sorry,” Ms. Dale says, lowering her fingers from her mouth. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He took a deep breath and slowly lowered himself down next to her, one hundred percent sure she was going to yell, or worse—laugh. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Along with the ceiling getting lower, my clothes were shrinking, too. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were days that August when I felt as though God had lowered a giant glass lid over the whole steaming Bay. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

His lips barely brushed against my trembling lower lip. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The first time, he found nothing, but the second, he let himself sink lower, oil lapping up around his jaw. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

It made so much more sense to aim lower. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Others lowered boxes into those holes, then shoveled dirt over them. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I throw my makeshift jai-namaz, my prayer rug, on the floor and I get on my knees, lower my forehead to the ground, my tears soaking through the sheet. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She turned slowly and descended, lowering her body from step to step, as a small child does, her hand against the wall. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coming from a station in life which they no doubt would have branded “lower class,” I could not understand why they were so all-absorbed with sexual passion. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something like fear or, indecision crept into the bear’s eyes as the cat advanced; she shuffled back a step with lowered head. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sits on the sectional and lowers her bowl into my face. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

When he spoke again, his voice was lower. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Her lips were much fuller than Mariam’s, the lower one slightly droopy, as though dragged down by the big, dark mole just below the lip line. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Sleep, and Death, his brother, dwelt in the lower world. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

A week ago I saw a red spot on his handkerchief when he lowered it from his mouth. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The raft slowed and started to drift lower and lower. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

It was about six inches lower than the cart, so I unchained the tailgate and used it as a gangplank. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

She was smiling and her eyes were modestly lowered, ready for a compliment. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lowered himself back into the kitchen chair. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were sitting in the upper bunk and I was in the lower one. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m sure they offered him some artificial replacement, like they did Peeta when they had to amputate his lower leg, but I guess he didn’t take it. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He bit his lower lip when he was worried. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

They came closer, their heads lowered, the fur standing up on their necks, and their teeth bared. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

To his enormous surprise, she readily agreed, and even lowered her lashes. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

She glanced up, but quickly lowered her focus to the ground. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The turkeys were flying heavily into the lower branches of the cypress tree by the bunkhouse. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Man in the White Shirt helped the cop lower another injured victim onto a plastic chair. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I’ve never gotten lower than a 8+ before, but on the other hand, they’re pretty caught up in my brother’s situation right now. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The squirrel lowered the vacuum cleaner to the ground. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

She puts a hand on her lower back and straightens up. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

He was Lord Ramsay’s creature, lower than a dog, a worm in human skin. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

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

The sound from the living room was diminished now as if somebody had lowered the collective volume of the voices. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Silence lay over the isle then, and Yevaud lowered his great head. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Her lower lids moved up over her eye and met the upper lids. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“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

I lowered it out the window, trying not to make too much racket. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

When I made it to the meeting spot, Chi-Roy and Miig were already there, each with a wild turkey strung up in the lower branches of a maple. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

It was misty, with heavy, lowering atmosphere, one afternoon, when Edna climbed the stairs to the pianist’s apartments under the roof. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned to him and lowered her eyes to the same level as his. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The young fishermen brought the caravan to the window, and the couple, fit and agile, lowered themselves into it. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The bag slipped lower on Rashid’s arm, and Tad lunged forward. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Then I decided against it, lowering the barrel to his chest: always go for the sure target. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He lowered his voice, even though there was nobody in sight. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Then she lowered it back to the floor as lightly as a ballet dancer. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

As the houses grew more familiar I slunk still lower. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Her walk had not taken her through Flea Bottom, so its denizens had packed onto the lower slopes of Aegon’s High Hill to see the show. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Up ahead, the playground came to an abrupt end at a railing overlooking a steep drop, where a long stairway led to a lower level of the park. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

What he found in it must have convinced him of the seriousness of Hassan’s intentions, because he lowered his fist. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then, lowering onto a stool, he stared at the giveaway program without hearing or seeing it, without thinking, either. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were lower, just below, which meant he had to aim just under them. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that time, the lower forty-eight United States had not seen a volcanic eruption for over sixty-five years. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Both lowered their heads and clashed antlers with a clanging crack that sounded like a shot. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The track curved and now it was going away from the sun which, as it sank lower, seemed to spread itself in benediction over the vanishing city where she had drawn her breath. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Wash thought on it for a second, then puffed his cheeks out, lowered his eyebrows, and worked wrinkles into his forehead. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

In a trance, Kendra roamed the lower rooms of the house. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Lynn goes first, her back pressed to the stone as she inches along the lower lip of the bridge supports. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She lowered her whole body and ran at him. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

She lowered her huge eyes to Harry’s cup again and continued to turn it. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He went airborne and Wilkins, coming full speed from his corner- back position, lowered his helmet and hit him in the side with a savage crack like the sound of a shot from a revolver. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dusk was approaching, early because of the sullen lowering clouds; when I took up the sack, not full today, the stones rattled loosely inside. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turns down her music, pulls up beside The Taker, and lowers her window. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It was getting late; I didn’t know how long we’d been out here, but the sun was dipping lower and Mama would want us home for dinner before sunfall. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The men smoked with increased intensity, looking deep into the fire as the breeze came up and dusk lowered. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“All the woes at Elsinore of late have left their marks upon my weary bones. I feel as old as the mountains,” she groaned, lowering herself onto the bed. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Burning, searing my right shoulder and lower back. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

Her voice seemed to reorganize itself at a lower pitch. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hurriedly, Jonathan lowered his gun to the ground. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

With his opponent out in front of him, rowing in the midthirties and maintaining a lead, he told Hume to lower the stroke count. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Dr. Martin cradles the bird and slowly lowers the eaglet inside. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She pulled her veil more securely across her face and lowered her gaze to her lap. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I meant what I said last night,” he says, lowering his voice. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pull my lower lip all the way in between my teeth. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Wash bent and felt for the water, dipped his stone in, and then lowered himself to one knee. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The worker gestures downward with his thumb to signal the crane operator to continue slowly lowering the granite panel. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

She kneels down and retrieves a pot from one of the lower cupboards. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then he lowered his head carefully under her chin and held it there, something he had only ever done with me before. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

In a New Zealand television interview following the expedition, Hall somberly described how he took their favorite climbing rope and lowered Ball’s body into the depths of the glacier. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t get myself to back away from the ledge, so I lower my body to the rooftop, inch by inch. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

A note that is an octave higher or lower than a note named "C natural" will also be named "C natural." Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

She pushes the white upper teeth against the inside flesh of the lower lip. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood looking at me with his head lowered, and the world snapped into position around him, as if in league with him. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hell pretend he’s a hypnotist, opening his eyes wide and lowering his voice the way he used to do with me. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He’s not writhing anymore; apparently the nurse gave him what he needed, because he’s sitting up, eyes closed, pants rolled up to his knee, scratching everything—his lower leg, chest, face—mumbling and swaying. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Goose pimples rose on her pale skin as the coldness crept up her thighs and kissed her lower lips. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They dropped lower and circled beneath him, obviously hoping to catch him if he fell. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, however, Amarante felt a nerve twitch somewhere deep inside his body: he held his fire, blinked his eyes, and then lowered the gun. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bite the inside of my lower lip. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He was a hard man of middle height, with a beard so dark and heavy that the lower part of his face looked as though it were molded of iron. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She pushed down Percy’s sword arm, forcing him to lower his weapon. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

They exchange glances with each other; one of them is about to refuse me—I can see it in his body language—so I lean in conspiratorially and lower my voice. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I was so intent on seeing myself that I hadn’t noticed she was slowly lowering her foot; now it rested on the step and I was on my hands and knees, still looking. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Professor Trelawney hesitated, then lowered herself into the empty chair, eyes shut and mouth clenched tight, as though expecting a thunderbolt to hit the table. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The nurse lowered his voice.“You’d better be careful. Keepers are nosing around. It seems there was a mutiny at the saltworks.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard a click and he lowered the camera. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

My lower half remains firmly anchored to the ground while my upper arms burn from the effort. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes were brown and set deep in his bearded face, and there were dark circles under the lower lids. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My brother crossed his arms in front of his chest and stuck his lower lip out. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Now she was lowering the empty crate, baited with cheese, back in the water. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

It rose slowly as they approached, and Catelyn saw that the lower half of it was red with rust. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The sun hid behind the dark and lowering clouds. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The chaplain shook his head, chewing his clotted dry lower lip forlornly, and walked out. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He glanced over at Dany, and she lowered h?r eyes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

In December, Meng tells me we will relocate to Long Deang to live on a houseboat with one of Eang’s sisters and her family in the lower end of the Mekong Delta. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifts his head, considers me, then lowers it again to keep an eye on crevasses and seams, icy scree, slick rocky ledges—doggedly continuing. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she sees me looking at her, she quickly stands up straight, lowering her hand. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Got a plan?” said Bagman, lowering his voice conspiratorially. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I lowered my head as the news sank in. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

He cut a piece of line and tied the fish’s lower jaw against his bill so his mouth would not open and they would sail as cleanly as possible. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Black people, heads lowered, step, slide away, disappearing. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

Then slowly back down again, his body shuddering, till slowly, gently, he lowered the back of his head to the mat. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew that she had hurt him, and that he was angry, by the habit he had at such a moment of running his tongue quickly and incessantly over his lower lip. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I block it and come this close to flipping him off, but Momma says, “You bet’ not!” and I lower my finger. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ibis pushed his lower lip upward, then let his head bob from side to side, as if it were on a spring, weighing the pluses and minuses, seeing things from both points of view. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

She had pushed out her lower lip slightly, giving her thin face a look of great satisfaction, which troubled Meggie much more than Capricorn’s mother’s usual dark looks. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

After dragging the grate aside, she tied her rope to a nearby bench and lowered herself into the drain, using her flashlight to find the pencil in the darkness. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The man lowered the bullhorn, and it hung at his side. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The water at the house was far lower, only about eighteen inches. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Rufus’s face twisted in pain as he was lifted, and he cried out as he was lowered into the wagon. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Demand ran outside, her lower leg gashed by flying glass and her shoe filled with blood. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Kay lowered his defence, turned his back on the Wart, and said in a cold, snuffling, reproachful voice, The battle was over. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stick lowered himself into one of the chairs. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Jiro lowers his window a sliver to yell at the journalists to move out of the way. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Some minutes later, his corpse was lowered, trussed, and thrown into the river. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

She lowered her guard when she saw nothing but incurious good humor in Mr. Fred’s face: “I will, someday.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Harry lowered the Invisibility Cloak over them, then they turned into the suffocating darkness once again. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Billy lowered his head and ran, headlong, at the unicorn, as if he were about to butt it with his forehead. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

For a long time she stared at him, and then she bit her lower lip and said, “Colin, maybe the problem is us.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

You held my arm with such tenderness as you lowered me into the passenger seat. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Then they scrape the mud from their backs on that pine tree there, the one where the lower bark is rubbed smooth and tan. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Miles lowered his eyes as I walked up. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

A nictitating membrane lowered itself over her eyes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Even as grown women, they lowered their voices in their father's earshot when alluding to their bodies' pleasure. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

A bar lowered across the doors with a fatal BOOM, and I woke in a cold sweat. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was down in the old pavilion on the lower sports field. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I shouted, and then seeing people turn to look, I lowered my voice until it trembled with anger. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

It appears we may be confined to this ship for some time; and more particularly, to its lower deck. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Sam lowered his glasses to the bridge span. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Many people will of course say that the probability is 80 percent, but the correct answer, given certain reasonable assumptions, is considerably lower. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Try lower down, and pick those that have no thorns,” said Amy, gathering three of the tiny cream-colored ones that starred the wall behind her. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a moment, she turns slowly and lowers her enormous gray rear onto the larger ball. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

When they reached Hymir’s hall, Thor lowered the boat to the ground. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I bowed slightly and lowered the envelope, so that it hovered just above her hands. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Nina slowed her own breathing, forced her pulse lower, trying to calm herself, but she could do nothing to mute the riot in her head. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Hafa asked, standing on her toes for a second and lowering her feet again. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Even after we finally chose the cream, we’d be late, because at the last minute Grandma would panic and drive to Cousin Donna’s to borrow her cream shoes, which had a lower heel.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I sink lower in my seat and fumble in Gram’s satchel for my phone so I can get a look at myself. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The ceiling grows lower, until, in the back, it’s no more than a few feet off the ground. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He lowered the cattle prod, and it turned back to a staff. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He lowered his gaze and stared at his sneakers. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

His finger trailed lower, following the pale, knotty line to where it hooked under his chin. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

When he saw who it was, however, he lowered the blade, confused. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She saw the lighter flame being lowered to the lip of the lamp. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She tapped the lower right corner of her napkin. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He said hello to my mother and father, and then, balancing his heavy head, he lowered himself carefully onto his cartons and sat. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The range of altitudes in the Fertile Crescent meant staggered harvest seasons: plants at higher elevations produced seeds somewhat later than plants at lower elevations. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She is “the goddess with three forms,” Selene in the sky, Artemis on earth, Hecate in the lower world and in the world above when it is wrapped in darkness. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad set out one anchor so we wouldn’t drift and run aground, then he fetched the pole we’d brought along and slowly lowered it into the water to feel around down below. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

We had to wait while they prepared this and that—threw open a gate to the lower lane to shock & entertain passers-by, hoisted the blade & ropes in place, etc. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He lowered a shoulder, let out a Marine-style roar, and crashed out of the trailer, snapping the door off its hinges. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time, after a parry, the foil tip touches me, left lower side. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Amaka had neither raised nor lowered her voice, and it drifted clearly in from the kitchen. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Abby and I stepped onto the porch with the August evening sun lowering and lighting the belly of clouds in pink and orange neon. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

So she lifted and lowered the oar, watching the icy water fall in clear droplets from the blade, and soon the fortress loomed large ahead of her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Rasheed had Mariam rub antibiotic ointment on the cuts on the girl’s face and neck, and on the sutured gashes on her shoulder, across her forearms and lower legs. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“You might have been born the biggest fish in the sea, but the skill and perseverance of those lower born can take you down and destroy you.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Alex wonders for an insane second if his brain has conjured up some kind of stress-induced sex mirage, when Henry says, voice lowered, “You looked rather tragic drinking alone.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

A few days before, he had had a “minor” surgery to correct a previous surgery to make his lower eyelids less droopy, and now it had become infected. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Suddenly there was a tug in my lower back. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Jon Snow raised his hand and lowered it, and his black ranks parted right and left, clearing a path to the Wall, where Dolorous Edd Tollett pushed open the iron gate. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

"Well, my daughter, she said this, this crazy man in this car—" Her voice lowered. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

With that, he lowered himself into the ooze and, pushing heavy debris aside with every labored step, searched frantically for his mother and brother. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“Just call the paper and tell them to lower the price,” said Armpit. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He lowers his voice on the last thing he says. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He arranged his baseball glove and lowered his head. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He jumped to the floor of the cylindrical room, which was five feet lower than the stairwell. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Paul Marshall lowered himself into the armchair lately used by the stricken Arabella. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He lowered himself into the shell of the plane and pulled his legs up against his chest, trying to think. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The sun was beginning to lower in the west, but the lure of something new was too great to resist. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A further pause, and then the lowered voice that is always used about the dead or in a place of worship. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

We lower our bags to the steps of a large municipal building and sink to the cool stone to rest and take stock. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

He wished someone would lower him into a well. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Even if you lived on a hill just above the Bottoms, it seemed lower and danker than the meanest hut on a graded street. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He started to bend at the middle, then, as though thinking better of it, lowered to his knees. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Then I lower my voice to a whisper. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Ironically, the collar smelled like barf already, so I lowered it. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

As I lowered the main, the keel struck a solid wall of coral heads and we heaved forward and came to a grinding stop. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

He lowered his head and sniffed the castle floor. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

A double flat is two half steps lower than the natural note. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I take a deep breath, and lower my voice. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The ladder was lowered, and the announcer sprang down, hauling Matthias to his feet and grabbing his wrist to raise his hand in victory. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But James slumped even lower when his was one of the two ciphers broken. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

With jagged, mechanical motions, the gypsy lifted her arm and lowered it once more. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Plus she was in a lower grade and a whole year younger than he. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Wilbur’s new home was in the lower part of the barn, directly underneath the cows. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Farid lowered his head and gazed inscrutably at his bare toes. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It took one look at the danda in her hand before lowering its head. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Without a word, the Señora grimaced and out came a set of upper and lower teeth, which she then casually set on the music stand. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

“What?” he said, with his suit now covering his lower half like he was dipped to the waist in tar. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

In orbit, to fly faster you have to fly lower, so the further behind the lunar module was, the lower the orbit it would aim for. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then a glass cylinder is lowering around me, breaking our handhold, cutting him off from me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

‘Very well,’ he answered aloud, lowering his sword. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Our car jerked and we were lowered a few clicks. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

I thought of Martin Eden sinking lower and lower, forcing himself deeper and deeper. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Orange Juice, with huffs and lip-smacking noises, turned away, and the hyena lowered its head and retreated behind the zebra’s butchered body. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I spun the wheel hard to port and began to lower the main. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

When Milton got to the end of the song, he lowered his instrument and leaned out the window, grinning. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But if an adopted child is prone to lower test scores, a spanked child is not. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Knowing that the immense energies available to Lawrence via the cyclotron were hopelessly out of reach of their equipment, they opted for lower energies but a higher proton current—less power but more particles. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

And the keeper lowered him onto his big, padded feet on the marble floor, where he stood, his tail twitching from side to side. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I looked at the islands scattered along the lower half of Mr. Patterson’s map and settled into the back seat to dig up a postcard for Fred. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The tests showed that Polyface hens have a much lower bacteria count than supermarket chickens. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He shakes his head and lowers his eyes, twirling a few blades of grass between his fingers. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Finally, as dusk was settling over the north, Jon rolled the empty barrels back into the cage and signaled the winch men to lower him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

On the far side of the valley there were high and even rocky hills, but they were lower than the mountains he had seen yesterday. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

The chief jutted out his lower lip, examining my grandfather. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He lowers his head till his eyes are looking up at me. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Yet their rates of heart disease and obesity are lower than the health-crazy Americans’. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

As we wait, the minutes turn into hours, the hours into eternity, and the sun refuses to lower in the sky to make time pass faster. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl’s expression—her lowered eyes, the way she glanced around, seeking escape—told Samantha what a mistake the question had been. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

But sometimes blacks would win the job with an offer to do the work for lower wages, leaving the immigrants resentful and hostile. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Some of the bones had not burnt and had fallen into the lower bin when he had worked the handle to sift the ashes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She pushed the control column forward to lower the nose of her aircraft, and applied power to gain speed. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I lowered my head instantly, and became very busy with the emptying of my own teacup, screening myself behind the cosy. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She quietly lowered herself to the middle step and pretended to pick a splinter from the bottom of her foot. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

We manage to walk it out, slowly, and lower it to the tarp. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

He squeezed through the opening, lowered himself to the ground, and dashed across the open space to the wall. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He lowered his voice and gave Scipio a conspiratorial look. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“My dear Dr. Calvin,” rumbled the general, his voice sinking into the lower baritone registers. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Henry, biting his lower lip, paid no attention. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

With one hand he lowered the knife to the boy’s throat. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

As lower minds function, study, or ‘science,’ is concerned with a limited set of various types of things. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lowered his eyes to Ms. Bethune’s long brown fingers and braced himself. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

While deciding on a new key, though, keep in mind that you are also making the piece higher or lower, and choose keys accordingly. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

As Jinx came upon the grassy opening, he saw Shady lowering himself into the grave that had never been filled after the quarantine. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then he winced in pain and clutched his lower back. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The antiunion coalfields of West Virginia came close to the feudal systems of the Middle Ages, where the lower classes worked for landowners and remained indebted to them for life. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

I lowered my head and began to read again. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The other kings were confused, but they all lowered their heads. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

In the blue-gray sky he could see their dusky shapes wheeling lower and lower, and he quickened his retreat. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hyena felt ashamed too and he lowered his head to the ground and howled through his yellow teeth. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

All that was there, in the lids of his brown eyes, his smooth skin, his lower lip pushed out. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Ralph lowered his legs; the jump seat popped right back vertical as though it had already forgotten him. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pinched his lower lip with his thumb and index finger, and pulled it back and forth in small tugs. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

They shook and rattled, their lower bodies slithering like snakes while their cuffs snapped and their collar heads clacked. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I took off my legs and gently lowered them to the floor at the side of the stage. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“I would have missed it the first time,” Yossarian replied softly, his face lowered. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Then his voice lowered an octave, and he spoke sharply to his wife. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He waddled out into the lower bailey; his stunted legs complained of the steps. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“The patient states that she feels fairly well,” one doctor wrote in her chart, “however she continues to complain of some vague lower abdominal discomfort. . . . No evidence of recurrence. Return in one month. ” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He immediately roused Makalu Gau, the leader of the Taiwanese team, and the two of them lowered a rope to Chen, pulled him out of the slot, and assisted him back to his tent. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I lowered my head again, suppressing the urge to tell Father that it was only Bucky. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

"The eldest children died in a fire," they say, the villagers of Burlington, the neighbors in Cambridge, the private-school parents of lower Manhattan, and the senior citizens of Boston. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

At first, I can’t even reach the rim when I shoot, even though the hoop has been lowered. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lowered the kettle into the tub, tilted it toward my feet. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Sorrento said, finally breaking his silence as we touched down and the ramp lowered. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

If we give the vacuum a big enough nudge, it might start rolling down the hill—settling into a lower energy state—and we would not be able to stop it. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

We could see them wheeling black against the blue sky and dropping lower and lower with each circling. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some lowered their gaze and looked at the ground. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Widget pushes his lower lip out in an impressive pout, but it only lasts as long as it takes him to bring another fistful of popcorn to his mouth. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He hurried over to Capricorn, head lowered in submission. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

His nose was flat and a half-inch scar beneath his lower lip stood out white beneath the dark stubble. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I was standing in a vast cube-shaped crater—the space where the foundation and lower basement levels of Castle Anorak had stood. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He lowered his massive body to the ground. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

And then his face crumpled, one fat tear squeezed from his eye, his lower lip shook. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Louder and higher and lower and wider the sound and motion spread, mounting, sinking, darking. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

It crashes down through the lower branches, snagging temporarily on a few but then twisting free until it smashes with a thud on the ground. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I had flash burn across the backs of my hands and neck and mild acid burns across my lower legs from where I’d waded through the fire-fog. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mr. Thirsty said they lowered the tone of the place. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He lowers his paper, stares directly at Werner, then raises his newspaper again. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The poor, dear lady shivered, and I could see the tension of her nerves as she clasped her husband closer to her and bent her head lower and lower still on his breast. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Two snakes, thin as lizards and not much longer than Meggie’s lower arm, lay in the casket. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The scenery was altered in only one regard: the long summer of drought had dramatically lowered the level of the lake, exposing brown earthen banks and leaving the floating dock high, dry, and useless. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He lowered his head to the sink and began to cry. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I lowered my voice, as if it mattered. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I lowered it into the mouth, sucked and snapped in the ends, and chewed, then took a bite of cheese, chewed, and then a drink of the wine. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Some women stood by and spoke in lower tones, their arms folded. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Embarrassed, Jim had once more lowered himself to speak to me, but only to suggest that it might be a good idea if I more or less disappeared forever. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He motioned for me to lower my voice. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He lowered his voice and added, “She only calved a few months back,” as if he said something the cow shouldn’t hear. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The ceiling was even lower than the one in the shed where she, Mo, and Elinor had first been imprisoned. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

"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

She is in her early twenties, her hair loose, her heavy-lidded eyes slightly lowered, looking to one side. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He lowered his voice and spoke in a conspiratorial whisper. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Smiling slyly at Ranofer, the old man lowered himself to the ground and took a packet from his sash. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Hundreds of Clovis sites are now known, blanketing all 48 of the lower U.S. states south into Mexico. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Townshend lowered it so that the president's legs were above the level of his head and blood could flow to his brain and other organs. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

My best face is when I push up my nose with my pinkies at the same time that I pull down on my lower eyelids with my index fingers. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I clutch Octavia's hand as I blindly step into my shoes, glad to find they are at least two inches lower than the pair Effie had me practice in. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I lowered the sunglasses, and she took them, almost dropping them again trying to get them on. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

There is an entrance in the lower lane at the back and a loading lift through the street at the front. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

She lowers her voice and gives me a sly smile. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The woman lowered her voice so much that Nok had to hold her breath to hear. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Mary Anne shouted back that she was not going to lower herself by playing in one of her father’s silly war games. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It preened a long iridescent feather, shook its head, raised and lowered its crest in a gesture that was somehow threatening, and turned to gaze at us with a perfectly round, yellow eye. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Similarly, when my dad focuses on something, he bites his lower lip and squints his eyes, as if to suggest that whatever he’s doing is extremely complex. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I heard moans, but when I lowered my chair, I could make out nothing in the smoke-filled room. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was startled to see her, and lowered his eyes to the bowl. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

After the air around the buckets cooled and sank, it would lower the temperature around the president's bed. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Thinking about Tom laughing conspiratorially while he traced his fingers lower over my belly, smiling up at me, saying, “I’m a good liar.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lower part of the fence was safe to touch, although the top wire buzzed and popped with electricity. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was never too long before I lowered my pen and set down my journal. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Now I began to lower my own body into the water inch by inch: shin, knees, thighs. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Not until I got older did I learn that Flatbush Avenue inspired a lower level of awe than the French Riviera. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Then she turned to me and asked, “Why do you lower your voice?” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re turning me into a project,” he said, his voice lowered. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Zed helped himself to a bowl of cereal, and the towel slipped lower as he reached for the milk. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

They lowered the TV into the hole by each clutching one end of the plastic sheet in which it was wrapped. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then they came upon it from a turn in the road and they stopped and stood with the salt wind blowing in their hair where they’d lowered the hoods of their coats to listen. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He ran on, pell-mell, through the rain and down the winding path into the lower slopes of the graveyard, running until he reached the old chapel. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Neel didn’t bother to rub out their footprints as they climbed the lower half of the trail that sloped up the bank. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

I opened my paperback and lowered my head. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

His shoulders seem to sag lower still; he’s weary. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the bus lurched forward again, Cara lowered her voice and said, “Can you guys keep a secret?” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Either he didn’t hear me or he didn’t care, because he presses his palm to my lower back, presses me closer. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Captain Fleery bent down and lowered her voice, as if telling a secret. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Dicey nodded, lowering her head to hide her smile. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Any second now, a hail of bullets would be whistling through the archway, and the last place he wanted to be was pinned down on a lower level. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I shouted again, higher this time, then lower, trying to find a pitch that would pierce through the drone of the engine. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She lowered her arm, but continued to smile. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Their lowered voices were drowned out by surrounding conversations and the echo of footsteps on marble floors. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dussel is slipping lower and lower in my estimation, and he’s already below zero. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Although everybody paid up fairly, it had lowered the value of the kill. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She lowered the pail back down, grabbed the note, ran down her stairs and out the front door to their building’s landing, and pounded on the Lees’ door. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Though it was nowhere more than three feet high, the angle where it met another, lower wall still offered some shelter from the elements, and night was coming on fast. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Moon material would be used wherever possible, because the moon’s lower gravity would make the trip less costly. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Mr. Whitby collapsed to the ground, I lowered the revolver. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Ma lowered her head so far down that I could see the dip in the back of her neck, where she had a port-wine mark shaped like Manhattan Island. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

When it came to apportioning work on an aptitude basis, the smaller girls were assigned to dust the legs and lower shelves of furniture; the older girls to dust table tops and upper shelves. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her lower lip trembles, and maybe this is one question too many. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

One man had even run needles through the skin of his lower lip so that no curse might enter him. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I happened to glance out my window, and I saw immediately that someone—the detective I guessed—had lowered the shade in Margo’s room. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I lowered my hands and stared at the smiling picture of Emmett Till and thought, He didn't even know what was coming. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He listened like an unwilling eavesdropper to the muffled, indistinguishable drone of the lowered voices outside. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Briony, who in any case would not have left her sister undefended, lowered her head and said to the tablecloth, “I’m very sorry. I wish I hadn’t said it.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I went to the cage and carefully lowered it to the floor. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He lowered his sword and pushed me away. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Then she lowers her voice even more and walks farther away from me. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Frightful drops lower, hovers in front of me, then climbs away. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next step is coma, and then, unless the afflicted party is quickly evacuated to lower altitude, death. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Kira lowered her head and limped past them, ignoring the cruel laughter. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sucked at the raw meat and tried to spit out the leg bone, but it only dribbled over his lower lip and tangled in his beard. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In lower school, every class would get its own picture taken with its own teacher, but in middle school, it’s just one group picture of the entire fifth grade. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“You lower your voice when you speak. You talk in whispers.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her shoulders raise and lower with a deep breath. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“In a day or two I’ll be dead. I haven’t even strength enough to climb down into the crate. I doubt if I have enough silk in my spinnerets to lower me to the ground.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Without waiting for his father’s laughter to die, Ben lowered his voice and said, “Then I’ll have a double martini on the rocks with a twist of lemon.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lowers his eyes and swirls his coffee cup. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Mariam kept kicking and crying as she was carried to the car and lowered onto the cold leather of the backseat. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Excuse me, folks,” he said, and then in a lower voice to Ifemelu, “It’s Shan. I’ll be right back,” and walked into the kitchen to take the call. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Still holding her string, she lowered herself down. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The others began lowering themselves slowly, exhausted from the hunt. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The beast pawed the sand, glaring at me with beady eyes as it lowered its razor-sharp tusks and waited for the command to kill. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

While Denna braced herself and held one end, I lowered myself down. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Lara lowers her fist, glancing around, her face scrunched in confusion. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

But she lowered herself until her mouth was beside the large keyhole. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, what do I know, but I think the people might have a hard time reaching the bottoms of them if they went much lower. Over.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

When Marie-Laure comes through the front door with the bread, when he’s opening the tiny scroll in his fingers, lowering his mouth to the microphone, he feels unshakable; he feels alive. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He ran his hand lightly along the lower wing. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lowered his hands to his lap, and the next words he spoke slipped out before he could stop them. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Because of the Korean War, Congress had just lowered the minimum age for military service to eighteen and a half, so Lawrence was drafted at sixteen. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Under the nearest hydraulic lift, which was holding a ’98 Toyota Corolla, a pair of legs stuck out—the lower half of a huge man in grubby gray pants and shoes even bigger than Tyson’s. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She filled her bathtub, lowered herself into the warm water, and spread her legs. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Carefully, I lower the toilet lid down and settle back on the floor. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Up and down the length of the hall, Brazen Beasts lowered their spears. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She lowered her voice and gave me a little nudge with her elbow. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Early the next morning, we left Wisconsin and drove on, eating up the road through the lower rim of Minnesota. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The faint ache in her lower jaw, the pressure of his widespread hands on her head, excited her, and afterward she said, “Goodness, Ugwu must have seen us.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then Jinny lowered herself to sitting, to rest, with Ess in her lap, and felt a warm rush of calm all through her. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He lowered the note and ran his hand through his hair. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She raised her cup and drank from it without any difficulty. “ don’t know what they wanna stay up here all October for,” she said malcontentedly, lowering her cup. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

His hands are always touching me, stroking my hair, my neck, my cheek, my shoulder; when they creep lower and his body moves closer, I duck away, find an excuse to leave. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t matter,” he replies, his eyes lowered. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She cups her hand to my ear and lowers her voice. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

But what could the former slaves dor1 Every Indian who accepted the paltry wages specified in the indenture contract lowered the price an African could charge for his labor. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

He clicked off his headlights and slid off the boat's seat, lowering himself to his knees. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

They will enter through the basement doorway and make their way up the back steps to the lower tower rooms. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

NOTE: Although percussion specializes in "noise"-type sounds, even instruments like snare drums follow the basic physics rule of "bigger instrument makes longer wavelengths and lower sounds." Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

My mother sat silent in her rocking chair, staring out the window; now and then she would lower her face to her hands. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

A cigarette dangled on his lower lip as his mouth fell open and his eyes stared. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He bit his lower lip and walked away. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Glancing around to make sure we were alone, I lowered my voice. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

In the lowering sun their giant shadows flickered darkly behind them. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

In horror he watched the mast skid lower and still lower until he knew he had to do something, anything. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Professor Trelawney whispered, lowering her face to the ball, so that it was reflected twice in her huge glasses. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Often, however, there is no distinction between the two, and either is used, especially Tartarus, as a name for the entire lower region. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

One by one, like massive falling dominoes, more workstations lower from hidden pockets in the surrounding walls of the room. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The owner, Robin Coyle, offered a lower price for people displaced by the storm. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He lowered his face right into the dirt, snuffling and twitching. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

They glided lower, listening with keen ears, and Serafina Pekkala soon made out the beat of a gas engine, muffled by the fog. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lowered my head down onto my knees, and as my body began to shake uncontrollably, I felt a warm arm wrap around my shoulders. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Truman is part of Bristol Township, referred to as the lower end of Levittown—a designation that applies both geographically and demographically. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Then he dragged out a mattress and laid it over the hatch and from inside he pulled it up over the plywood and carefully lowered the door so that the mattress covered it completely. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He moved his dark bearded jaw from side to side and slowly his forehead lowered in a frown. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Unless we somehow acquired some more gas or descended to a lower camp, I knew that my teammates and I would continue to deteriorate rapidly. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“She used to keep the house so clean,” Mr. Pignati muttered, lowering his head. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Passengers coming up from the lower level paused before asking the policemen for directions. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lowers the rock and points at me, almost accusingly. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It was as if a car had hit her at full speed, in the tender place between the lower tip of the breastbone and the belly button. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Repeated exposures may lower the cholinesterase level until an individual reaches the brink of acute poisoning, a brink over which he may be pushed by a very small additional exposure. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Elle motioned for Noah in the booth to lower the lights and drop the projector screen. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I paused, lowering my voice a bit, readying myself to yell it out. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

They are more subject to disease in winter and the cold lowers their vitality. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He moved his lips away from her mouth, kissed his way down her neck, and worked his way lower, lower. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then he lowered his voice and said, “Or didja kill someone?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The four of us walked to the lower level and into a wider hallway, a brightly lit area of what appeared to be a basement corridor leading to the biggest cafeteria I had ever seen. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The table was lower, the fireplace smaller, and the place was a mess. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He had slid and not fallen, and had come up with a jolt to his feet on a wider ledge not many yards lower down. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The colleges whose pennants are up—Old Dominion University and others that seem in the realm of the possible—have far lower graduation rates. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

And then he lowers the gun away from his face. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Powell cries out, just before the white hood is lowered over his head. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

His back already to her, Dad doesn’t see Mom’s lowered eyebrows. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

His curly black hair looked like a little kid’s do and his sparkly green eyes were friendly enough, but a red bandana covered the lower half of his face. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I took a few steps forward and then gently lowered myself to the ground. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Before I could think of what to say, he reached out and slapped my lower leg. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He lowered it into his lap, listened, raised it and said something else, then he just sat there for a couple minutes. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I lower the book, thinking Jeremy would be gone into school by now. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“It’s really hard to siphon directly from one gas tank into another. You need a gas can like this so you can position the hose lower at this end. You know, gravity.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

It had trampled on most of its supporting wall and lowered its front by spreading. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“She had dark hair to about here,” I gestured a little lower than my shoulder with one hand. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His trousers had been lowered for an obvious purpose and had only been pulled back half-way. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Todd–” he starts, his voice a bit lower. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The fire roared, at least ten feet wide with its tongues of flame licking far up into the air, almost threatening the lower limbs of the trees surrounding it. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

In a moment a rope ladder was lowered. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The lower to middle elementary-aged child is ready for more complex listening, singing, and music making. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

This lower stretch of the river, from Hoover Dam to the gulf, has little in common with the unbridled torrent that explodes through the Grand Canyon, some 250 miles upstream from Topock. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The day had become even more lowering and overcast. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the boys stood with lowered heads, trembling. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stood reverently behind the seats with heads lowered. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

They were all moving—shifting gears and lowering pipe, waving others into position or, at the very least, talking at full speed. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Not yet. I need to wait for the sun to get a little lower. And if I get lucky, I’m going to coax a few birds to pose with it. A modern-day lion-and-lamb thing.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Here’s one from a few years earlier: Mrs. Roodveldt’s bridal portrait, her eyes lowered, a lace veil covering her hair and a small bouquet of lilacs in her hands. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I just stand there patiently waiting for them to lower their guns, for them to understand, without my telling them, that behind those doors is something I need. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He lowers the binoculars and stares at me. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She had lowered her voice, but color still rushed to her cheeks. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

When she saw me, she clenched her hands together and bit her lower lip. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

It set its giant hands on either side of his window, lowering its head until its huge eyes filled the frame, holding Conor with its glare. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

So what are you going to dcr—make the low-rise homes lower? Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was because workers were clattering in to remake the lower floor for a display of American Indian art, and a Buddhist student group was chanting in the small sanctuary upstairs. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Her cranberry lipstick was visible only on the outer reaches of her mouth, and her eyeliner had left charcoal patches beneath her lower lashes. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“The earthquake was in the Atlantic, and lower Manhattan got hit by a tsunami. Big one, too. Like the tidal waves haven’t been enough to wash New York clean of sin.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Dad’s forehead wrinkled as he lowered his phone. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

His eyes are intense as he concentrates on what he’s doing, and he bites his lower lip. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Constance decided that later on they could lower some carpenters and smiths to deal with the repairs. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

On the lower level the trains were running much less often. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other abolitionists at Peterboro begged the sisters to lower their profile, fearful that the controversy around women’s rights would detract from the main cause, ending slavery. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He lowered the bat and turned his tearstained face to Sierra. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“The tailgates of the trucks were lowered and the guards ordered us to jump down,” Jack said. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

As a result, small changes at a lower level of organization can lead to emergent changes at a higher level. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He found Mormont stretched out in the lower one, swaying slowly with the motion of the ship. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It seemed to be a friend, 'cause she cupped the mouthpiece and lowered her voice. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

When I was little, street-corner dudes like that would sometimes lower their shades to wink, keen on getting a rise out of the white girl in the backseat passing by. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The Nazis continued to lower their net over the Jewish population. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

The buck lowered his head, and the raccoons carefully placed the rifle upon his antlers. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The fibula of Booth’s lower left leg, a thin bone that is not intended to bear weight, snaps just above his ankle. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The man in the grey suit lifts his hand to knock again, but then lowers it and walks away instead. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I notice, in the glow of the dashboard light, that there are a few cuts on her lower lip, like she has spent too much time biting it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Hadley’s lower lip was pouting, and the way her voice wobbled, I thought she might have a meltdown. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled his cap lower over his brow. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Salt water freezes at a lower temperature than fresh water, around twenty-seven degrees Fahrenheit, depending on the concentration of salt and other minerals. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

He bends his knees and lowers himself to his chin. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The people climbing them learned that they were treacherous, jagged things—hot to the touch, often unstable—eager, should certain important rocks be disturbed, to tumble some more, to form lower, more solid curves. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man set down the stack of papers and lowered his gaze to James. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He was lowered slowly back to the concrete, and the pressure around his neck was gone. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He took hold of the lower hem of the blanket and towed it ofF the bed and shook it out and folded it under his arm. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Down,” I say, and he gently lowers my legs until they’re back on the ground. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Aech rubbed the back of his neck while biting his lower lip, something he always did when he was trying to gather his thoughts. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Professor Swann looks both ways, then pulls his hat a bit lower over his forehead before stepping out onto the sidewalk. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Everywhere Harry went, people pointed and didn’t trouble to lower their voices as they insulted him. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

It was Milton’s job—luckily so far only in maneuvers—to lower the landing craft off the side of the transport ship. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I feel like I'm sinking lower and lower into the ground, but there's nothing below my feet to keep me steady. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She lowered her head but kept her eyes glued on me. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

My heart slows a beat, and I see her freeze halfway, curling her fingers into her palm and lowering her hand. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He lowered his nose and sniffed along the length of it. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

And he bowed his head yet lower before the altar in weariness and confusion. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Then I broke that stare and lowered my head. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

She turns to me and I lower my head until she crouches beside us. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

A rusted tin sand pail was being lowered, and once it reached her, the window upstairs shut. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I lowered my hands and looked at him. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He pushed the bar up slowly, then lowered it and began the last rep. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“And then I told you—” he hesitates, his voice getting lower. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

When the elevator creakily arrived, he rode it—not to his own floor—but to the lower level on which the new tenant, Pris Stratton, now lived. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Hagar lowered her eyelids and gazed hungrily down the figure of the woman who had been only a silhouette to her. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lowers herself to the edge of the bed. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the distance below him, but still high above the lower foothills, dark dots were circling in the air. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

If you go to the doctor’s house and the maid sees you’re from the lower classes she tells you go to the Dispensary where you belong. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I lowered the flow of my water to a trickle and motioned Bobby Gene to do the same. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Piper and Jason took charge of cleaning the lower deck, which had been thrown into chaos during the monster attack. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The cubs watched warily as the other captives were lowered to the ground near them, and soon the crowd had moved away to inspect the bears, the peacocks, the monkeys. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

In his box nearby, Samuel Riddle lowered his binoculars, turned to the Howards, and smiled weakly. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of the crowd looked on from above or below on the stairs, and I stood on the lower edge. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then Joey said what I didn’t have the guts to say: “I think hanging out with Betch would lower anyone’s I.Q.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Ida Spavento lowered her gun, took a pack of cigarettes from her pocket, and put one between her lips. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The trains to lower Manhattan were still shut down, so his dad had the day off. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

He lowered the paper, gazed in a visionary way in front of him, and then remarked, “That was Leper, of course.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She rubbed her lower back, all the while holding my gaze. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I undress and lower myself into the silky water—my mother has poured in some kind of oil as well—and try to get a grip on things. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ellie Farmer pushed a switch, lowering the footrest on her recliner. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It would all be true, the accusations that we were lower types of human beings. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Virgil was still a fair distance from the bottom when he lowered his foot and discovered there was no longer a rung for him to step onto. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

She had done so already, once, at dawn, on the lower rocks, when it was still easy to stand and rearrange her pack. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The tension in him slackened and he lowered the gun until it hung at Iris side, loosely in his fingers. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

His leg creaked and clicked in its metal brace as he stood, and his left shoulder was lower than his right, so he seemed to be leaning even when he was standing up straight. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Squinting, he smiles without showing any teeth and lowers his jaw. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I held my tracing paper down and tried to trace the line of lower Manhattan. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

She dismounted at the riverbank and watched as Maila lowered her head to the water. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He lowered his voice, turned back to Alex, and put a hand on his shoulder. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

He lowered himself into the gently flowing water and swam easily across. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

While her employers were extravagantly wealthy, the Saedi family was considered lower middle class at best. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

After a minute poised like a waxwork, Brother Louis lowered his shaking hands to Mrs. Coulter’s neck. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I lay on my bed and stared out the window at the lowering sky. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

His lower jaw protrudes obnoxiously, reminding one of a jungle beast. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I put down my sandwich, my appetite gone, and look up at her with my head lowered. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Joseph lowered his legs to the ground and stretched himself out as the driver came to meet him. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I lowered myself down off the car, trying not to make a sound. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

A whistle sounded in the distance, red lights flashed, and a bell clanged as the gates were lowered across the roadway. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I love the lids of his brown eyes, his smooth dark skin, his lower lip that pushes out. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Burton lowered his voice so the others in the bar couldn’t hear. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The couple living there lowered themselves down, making the number in the fishing boat eight. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Check to make sure Rose ain’t leaking—nope, dry as a bone—and then drag traps out to the end of the dock and lower ’em into my skiff. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He clenched his fists and lowered his head. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Mother Water Monster lowered the tidal wave and the water softly rushed up to Nathan’s knee. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

In the lower right-hand corner, in much the same out-of-the-way position as the disappearing legs of Icarus in the painting by Bruegel, my parents are making lunch. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The chamber in front of him, where the landing pad rotated before lowering down into the ground, was empty and vast. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I then lower my earmuffs and slip my new earbuds in. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

His voice had lowered and he’d begun to grow into his hands and fingers and feet, which for the past few years had been too large for him, like a puppy’s paws. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Shaken, I lowered my hand to my side. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The mounts dutifully lowered themselves, speeding closer to the surfaces instead. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

From the lowering December sky handfuls of snowflakes were falling, but as soon as they came to earth they turned to ice. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He didn’t stop when we told him to,” the foreman growled, but he lowered his stick and let go of Neel’s shirt. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

The detective sighs and looks around before taking a step forward and lowering her voice. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

So she decided to take off for Florida, where she had heard the rents were lower. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We scoured the entire lower level of the house, from the dining room to a narrow, dirty kitchen to a living room with the ugliest orange shag carpet I’d ever seen in my life. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Once the door closes, I lower my hands. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Pong lowered the boat tail back into the water. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He lowered his gaze a little and frowned. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

It might not kill, but it weakened and it recurred and it could lower one’s resistance to other diseases. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I walked toward them with those tiny feather steps you expect of a girl in Japan, and lowered myself to the floor, determined not to cry, but the sting was already gathering in my eyes. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The reporter stopped smiling, lowered her microphone, and yelled, “Cut!” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

But crimes of property and “stranger” crimes—like muggings—are lower. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The thought of ending up like that didn’t help to lower his anxiety level. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

In the Times poll, 45 percent of respondents said they were in a higher class than when they grew up, while just 16 percent said they were in a lower one. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Magdalys lowered herself so her face was against Missy’s cool hide. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

One of the guards grabbed a gaff hook from the wall and pierced the boy in the lower abdomen, holding him over the fire until he lost consciousness. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

A single wild rose tossed farewell, bursts slowly, its petals drifting snowlike upon the reluctantly lowered coffin. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The passage here was lower and seemed to slope still farther down. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

The four men in fatigues lifted the coffin on slings and lowered it into the grave. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She brandished the letter opener weakly, then lowered it to her waist. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t remember ever seeing Bobby cry, and he didn’t want to, so he lowered his eyes. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the early morning the sun threw my shadow westward as I hurried down the white chasms of lower New York to the Probity Trust. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Caroline and I were supposed to be putting fresh paper on the lower kitchen cabinet shelves, so that the canned goods could be brought down once more from upstairs and put away. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anya lowered her bow, letting her arrow go slack against the bowstring, gaping at the boy flying above the road. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

As her crew made her fast to the pilings and lowered a gangplank, her captain sauntered up to Davos. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Finally Roy stepped outside, lowered his head, and started trudging in the direction of his neighborhood. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mrs. McDaniels called today and told me about your friend Liz. The one who turned out to be”—she looked around and lowered her voice—“a Negro.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, yes, I forgot,” said Milo, in a voice lowered deferentially. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He got this idea after delivering for years to one company spread out over three floors—an executive floor on top and two lower floors with sales, service, and administrative employees. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

As soon as we are out on the sidewalk, we both lower our shoulders at the same time and notice and laugh. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

His voice was lower when he spoke again. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“If I start lower and come higher, I’ll pop it up every time.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He was rearing back to smack her when I socked him, a kidney shot to the lower back, and he dropped to one knee. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

She paused, lowered her head and dabbed at her eyes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He lowered his eyes and looked around at his mother, his brother, and two sisters. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe we ought to lower some food to him,” suggested George. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

He glanced around the hall, before lowering his voice. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The pallbearers lowered the coffin into the grave with long, creaking straps. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He moves his finger lower down on the brain, toward the stem. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Worse still, this was bound to lower Lorren’s opinion of me even further, no matter what the outcome. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Rummaging around in some lower shelves, they dug out several, filled them with food, then sat on the floor between the computer and the TV. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once aboard the Crepuscule, we were sent below to the ship’s one lower deck, a dark and windowless place. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The drawbridge was lowered and the portcullis raised, and just inside the whole company of the household stood to receive them. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Leon took a deep breath and lowered himself into his chair. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I crouched lower and tightened my fingers around the wok handle. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The wolf lowered its head and bared its teeth. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“No...” he groaned, as Harry lowered the goblet back into the basin and refilled it for him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He was breathing heavily and there was spittle on his lower lip. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

There is a hidden route into the gulch at its lower end, however. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he lowered the ship’s boats to tow them toward the nearest land, one sank and the men in the other cut the line and rowed off north, abandoning the cog and all their shipmates. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She smiles down at her husband, adds in a lower tone, “And don’t forget, voters. Holbrook for State Senate.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Obviously,” said Aru, lowering her sunglasses and speaking to the air next to Summer’s face. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She lowered her head without waiting for an answer, and began to graze in the same movement Her feeding took her from his side. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had learned to keep his whip idle, compensating by riding with somewhat longer stirrups that allowed him to urge horses gently with his lower legs. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Any lower, and she was going to fall. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Rosemary waits patiently while I lower my creaking body into the wheelchair. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

As the sun lowers itself behind the tree line, the chief finally makes his appearance to the crowd of new people. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Go,” Perry said, lowering his fist with a quick downward movement that forced Blue Bill to spread his wings. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He was looking at her with wonder, his head slightly lowered, and she felt an unfurling inside her. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He stuck his lower lip out as if he were four years old. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The enameled cans on the lower shelf were uniform and Donovan felt a cold draft about his ankles. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The placard was too heavy to lift, so the men had to dig a hole and lower it onto the tortoise's back. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Those were unusual times,” she said, lowering her voice and raising her eyebrows. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

If it got stuck, the navigator had to climb out of her cockpit onto the plane’s lower wing in the dark sky full of gunfire and jiggle the bomb free with her own two hands. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He asked for a price higher than her suggestion but lower than his first. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

His right index finger thumped a rhythm on his lower lip. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He carried all three portraits to the front counter and was about to stamp his embossed gold Hofacket’s Fine Portraiture seal on the lower left corner of each one when Granddaddy stopped him. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

There were five scrolls on the lower shelf. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Holding on to my hand, she watched the coffin being lowered into the earth in the provisional spot we had obtained. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Any novel or play about the lower class will necessarily be alien to the culture it portrays. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I listen to their conversation, keeping my head lowered, pretending to eat my food. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I thought he made his voice sound lower than it was naturally. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

In front of them they saw the lower lands dotted with small clumps of trees that melted away in the distance to a brown woodland haze. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Chubs rubbed a thumb across his lower lip. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He lowered himself into a chair and sunk his head in his hands. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I advanced slowly, lowering the tip of my sword. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

All of us laughed when they lowered my grandmother into the ground. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then she lowers the screen and I look away, and we both pretend we haven’t seen the website she was just looking at. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Immediately the kestrel came lower in an oblique glide, closed its wings and dropped. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bring myself lower for a better view, until I’m hovering over the bridges. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Lady Constance walked slowly back to her seat, lowered herself carefully, and heaved a most unladylike sigh. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

My gaze lowers to his lips; they’re a little wet and begging me to kiss them. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Sam sprang in, inside the arches of her legs, and with a quick upthrust of his other hand stabbed at the clustered eyes upon her lowered head. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Mystified, they lowered their shields and stared at the chaos. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Pax lowered himself and began to creep back toward the tree. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It was damp, though, and she developed a cough, and her lower back began to bother her. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He looked like hell—his mouth half open as he gasped for air; dark, yellowish splotches beneath his eyes; and a few days’ worth of stubble crescenting the lower half of his face. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

She and the man spoke in lowered voices. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Leo’s new mechanical hoist system had lowered the statue onto the hillside with surprising ease. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“There he is,” said Frank, bending and pointing, “that chap there putting on the helmet. They’re going to lower him into the water.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Her boots scratched against the wooden dock, and she lowered herself into the boat. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Leo lowered the gangplank, and Percy and Annabeth were first off the ship. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Slughorn lowered it into the bottle where it coiled, then spread, swirling like gas. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

They were going lower still, down to the third level, to the secret chambers where only the priests were permitted. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Finally the keystone was lowered into place to lock the ribs together at the crown, the highest point of the arch. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

Quickly she lowered her head and dropped to one knee. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was a rough and unmelodious tongue, a string of rattling, guttural noises, and there seemed to be two speakers, one with a slightly lower, slower voice than the other. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He pushed up the lower half as far as it would go so as to leave a place on the sill for Sophie to sit. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

His powerful neck rose above his lowered head. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“There aren’t any support beams over your bunk bed, so one of you move that chair over, will you? I’m going to lower Constance down. What are you doing, anyway?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I lowered my head and leaned forward to fight my way home. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now Tessie lowered her voice in the speaker: “Total rip-off!” she said, and laughed again. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I was sure now that he was a natural Communicant; his consent and a little practice should serve to lower his unwitting barrier. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Afterward her lord husband led his guests onto the lower terrace, so the visitors from the Yellow City might behold Meereen by night. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then we were to lower our left hand behind us and lower our stances even more. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

"State religion and imperial ideology,” Kolata argued, "performed much the same work as military conquest, but at significantly lower cost.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I signed my card, underlining the words “conditioned on crop” in the lower left-hand corner. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Yet it nestled against the Giant's Lance in such a way as to command the entire stone stair above the lower waycastle. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“What Eduardo was working on,” John says softly, his voice lower, honorific. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lowered my arm and saw my sleeve, splattered with Russian blood. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Out of the corner of his eye, Reed saw them lower a rowboat into the sea. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He lowered the bucket; Flip got in and was hoisted to the nest. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Celaena panted as she and Nox lowered their swords, the Weapons Master shouting at the five Champions to get some water. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She was about two feet away when she slowly lowered the sword and said, “Will? Is that you?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Did you just raise the price instead of lowering it?” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Then she lowered her voice and whispered something I couldn't hear. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I lean back and look out the window as we roll past the lower school. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He lowered the top board, pinning me in place, and secured the two pieces together with a large padlock. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought that the horizon was a bit lower than it had been, because he seemed to see stars on the desert itself. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I leaned into him, my hands finding their perfect place on his lower back. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The coastal communities that stretched from Virginia and eastern Maryland to lower Delaware were unapologetically Southern. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

We painted and painted as the sun dipped lower in the sky. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

When Dr. Preston lifted my shirt his face got really worried and he lowered my shirt again. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He staggered backward, trying to regain his footing, then lowered his head to charge. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Our children are treated like orphans while we live,” he said, lowering his voice in order not to attract attention. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

James knocked, and the bucket lowered back to her window. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I lower my paper and just look at her. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I lowered his arm so that the gun was pointing at his feet. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The fire, though much lower, still gave Jonathan enough light to see by. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

They hitched the spool to rusted iron hooks, then grabbed the crane cable and jumped aboard the spool as it descended, swaying and spinning to the lower deck. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

She and Sasha had to crawl into the back of the plummeting plane and clamber out through the lower hatch, too. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

There was a pointed silence from Ambrose, so I lowered my shirt and turned to face Fela, ignoring him entirely. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Down the mud flats small fountains erupted, dozens of them, spurting two feet or more, then again, then lower, then dwindling and stopping. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then Ripred lowered his lips back over his bared fangs and broke into a laugh. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He shrugged and kept his own eyes lowered. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

For example, singers may speak of the head register, in the upper part of their range, and the chest register in the lower part of their range. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Our route to the summit would follow the Khumbu Glacier up the lower half of the mountain. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Ulysses climbed into the shoe box, and Flora dutifully lowered the lid on his small face. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

“No,” he said, extending his lower lip and blowing the smoke upward. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Keeping the retrieved envelope in his hand, he sat lower, deeper, in the water, letting his knees submerge. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Pain flared in his lower back - so sharp and cold he thought Khione the snow goddess had touched him. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She felt them lower her to the ground, and she realized she was screaming. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Diana lowered herself back to the ground and took a deep breath to calm herself but coughed instead. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

My plan was to follow this catwalk to a prominent rock prow in the center of the wall and thereby execute an end run around the ugly, avalanche-swept lower half of the face. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Massa trusts him, and”—she lowered her voice to a whisper—“word is that Miz Isabelle done taught him how to read! He—” Suddenly, Lena cleared her throat and snapped to attention. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

They lowered their voices in the living room—I knew the technique. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Whenever it was me on top of someone, whatever my rage in the moment, afterward I always felt sick at having been lowered to the crudest form of communication. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

At ten o’clock, Booth finally lowers his glass and walks back to Ford’s Theatre. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The executioner lowered the noose around Guiteau's neck and covered his head with a black hood. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I replaced the chest’s contents, lowered the lid, and refastened the straps. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He bit his lower lip until the blood flowed, carrying the old man a hundred yards, then halting to rest for five minutes, then starting off again. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

By about four thousand years ago the Indians of the lower Amazon were growing crops—at least 138 of them, according to a recent tally. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She turned away and lowered her head, moving her lips again. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He looked at the house and he looked out toward the road and he was about to lower the hatch door again when he stopped. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“This boy,” he said, slapping him on the back—I saw Henry’s neck clench and his teeth sink into his lower lip—“is one in a million. Isn’t he a prince, Kathy?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Though I lower my head as his black-clad figure disappears, I am grateful for the extra food he brings us. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The captain lowers it, and as it touches the sea, it makes not so much as a ripple. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Scrub grass and thorny bushes covered its lower slopes; higher up a jagged tangle of bare rock thrust steep and sudden into the sky. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

From the youngster's lower perspective, however, she spotted marvelous beasts that appeared to cavort on the cave roof. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z

He lowered his head into the wind and made for the Great Hall, hastening after the long line of candles and torches. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I copy her stealthy walk, following her down the hallway, lowering each foot gingerly before lifting the next one. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He closed the window, lowered the shade, turned off the flashlight. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

She looked again through the hanging coats and through the folded sheets and clothes on the lower shelves. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

The bear was too stunned, it seemed, simply to lower his neck and let the kettle fall off. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

He lowered his pants and fell to the ground. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lowered my head into my hands, heard a rustling in the kitchen, and looked over to see Nan getting a glass of water. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

He lowered his voice, although we were alone in the room. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Out of instinct, I reach my hands out in front of me, and Finch lowers them to my sides. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

In the lower entry Doctor Warren was waiting for him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lower and lower went her head as the lips went below the range of my mouth and chin and seemed about to fasten on my throat. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Whenever Merlyn and his companion swam past them, they raised their spiky dorsal fins in menace, and only lowered them when they saw that Merlyn was a tench. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Preston lowers herself back into her own chair, her lips tight with dismay. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He raised and lowered it, twisted it right and left as though it were his, smiling all the while even as I cried. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

He had lowered the rifle, but only so that its barrel pointed at my legs instead of my head. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then she lowered it until she heard a splash and the rope went slack. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

They refused to be driven, bleated almost continuously, and stood with their heads lowered; they were finally carried from the pasture . Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The tall man in the rumpled sport coat hunched lower in his chair, holding his newspaper a little higher than usual. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

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

I pressed my lips together, biting my lower lip, so my mouth would not join in the singing on its own, so my mouth would not betray me. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The boy with fair hair lowered himself down the last few feet of rock and began to pick his way toward the lagoon. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Now and again he lowered his head to lick a wound on his leg, but whenever he did he always kept his eyes on the two dogs trotting up and down. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Catherine says, leaning in to lower her voice right in Queen Mary’s face. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Grandpa folded his hands and lowered his eyes. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

But it’s almost impossible for a new officer to get a locker in there, so I park down here by the river and the lower locker room. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lowers his legs and takes my hand. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her spirits were not particularly lowered by these commonplace reflections. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She walks a circle around the Grand Gallery, navigating between squeaking floorboards; she hears feet tramp up and down museum staircases, a toddler squeal, the groan of a weary grandmother lowering herself onto a bench. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He looked at Shadow intently, the birthmark on his forehead lowering. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

She tried to force the window down lower, but it would not go. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man with a scratched-up face and a swollen lower lip and bloody bald spots across his skull where his hair had been torn out in clumps met them at the door. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Others were submerged, their upper branches barely poking above the floodwaters, their lower branches swarming with fish instead of birds. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then she lowered her hands and folded them behind her back. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

A generation later these silly, ignorant ladies would be long dead and still revered at High Table and spoken of in lowered voices. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

When dinosaurs roamed the Earth, Denver was part of an ocean bottom, many thousands of feet lower. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

As I pushed aside the mountain laurel, I saw three two-by-fours and some planks lying across several of the lower limbs of the tree. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Speaking of looks, Raj has a new piercing: a silver ball under his lower lip. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

“It looked big, and it had four legs,” said Harry, struck by a sudden thought and lowering his voice. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He grinned at Winnie and she lowered her eyes, her heart thumping. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

With his hands stretched before him, he groped in the corner for the shovel, found it, and opened the lower door of the furnace. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes and nostrils were running, and his palpitating crimson lower lip was splattered with a foamy dew. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The whites and the eyelids are red, and the yellow stuff oozes to the corners and out over the lower lids. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The confusion slowly slid from his face, and he took his wife’s hand and helped her lower herself to the ground. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He slept in the lower berth of a metal bunk bed. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I turned my flashlight off and wiggled my way out and gently lowered the hatch behind me. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

There was a much lower death rate inside the hospital than outside the hospital, and a much healthier death rate. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She managed the soldier in white by inserting a thermometer into the hole over his mouth and leaving it balanced there on the lower rim. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She lowers her face and touches her lips to the water’s surface. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The growl came again, prickling the hairs on my arms, and a moment later a furry face appeared between two of the lower railroad ties. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

His lower eyelids closed upward and cut out the last of the daylight. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Then he took off with ponderous flight and circled and lowered, circled and lowered until the others danced in joy and hunger at his approach. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

And while they complain in lower voices, about one another, they are joined by blood and circumstance and shared experience. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Like a motif, a subject has often changed when it reappears, sounding higher or lower, for example, or faster or slower. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

He lowered his head slightly, and I read that as a signal that he was ready. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as he was freed, Roy lowered the window and stuck out his head. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She craned her neck to scan the countertop for evidence of a coffeepot while she lowered herself into an empty chair. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He raised his hand like an orchestra conductor, and when he lowered it, Chester chirped on the downbeat. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sunny lowers her voice so that only he and I can hear. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Evenings when I heard the rattle of his cart I ran out to open the garden gate for him, and each time, he searched the lower cabinet to see if he had any oranges left. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

But when she lowered herself onto Arturo’s lap, even with one of her legs still outside of the car, she was too high to uncurl her back and neck. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I lowered my blushing face to my french fries. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She weighed herself each morning, biting her lower lip. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He could see that every window in the lower floor had been broken, but no one had entered. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the prison authorities wielded the classification system as a weapon against political prisoners, threatening to lower our hard-won classifications in order to control our behavior. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her lower lip began to tremble, and her shoulders went kind of slack, so I sat on the bed and put one arm around her and tried to act stronger than I felt. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He held my leg, his portion, and lowered his head, his teeth inches from my thigh. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I sink lower into my chair as everyone stares at me and stumble over my words. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

She makes her way to her chair and footstool, turns, lowers herself, lands ungracefully. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The searchlights below the craft made it look as if it were standing on several legs of light and gradually lowering itself to lie down. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The boy’s lower lip quivered, but he put out his arm. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They never lowered their gaze; they hardly blinked. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A massive park covers nearly the entire lower floor. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Torrance sat on the edge of her desk and lowered her head, her dreads hanging down the sides of her face. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Yet he seemed to be looking at it, or as near as Shreve could tell, he was, his face lowered a little, brooding, almost sullen. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

And yet the world it constructs . . . lowering in pitch and warping as the batteries die, the lesson slowing as though the young man is exhausted, and then it stops. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“The real push now is to go a step lower, but the car makers won’t say ‘lower.’ Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

He had been dancing about the stage, waving his spear, modulating his voice, and now suddenly he became still, and lowered his voice. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll come only if you want me to,” the chaplain said, lowering his head shyly. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The moon was lowering, and a purple radiance grew in the eastern horizon. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Beatriz’s voice lowers to a whisper so soft, I can barely hear her over the music. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I lowered a five-dollar bill to him and, soon after, pulled up my lunch and my change. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said in a lower voice, “I want to ask you a little favor, Tallis.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

They could raise and lower the sails on winches electronically with power from solar batteries. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

They entered the headmistress’s office, and Father Cham leaned on his staff as he lowered to the floor in front of a woven laundry basket. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Traffic slowed as we got into lower San Francisco near the airport. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

When it found the red-furred form of the fox, motionless but giving off no odor of decay, it circled lower to investigate. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Viju asked, lowering his voice and glancing around as if he were afraid someone might be listening. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

They sit upright and John says to go to an after-hours club on lower Broadway, near all the Korean restaurants and shops. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew that he had to have emptied the horn this time, and yet when he lowered the horn from his lips, it had gone down by only the length of his thumb. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

When I lowered my arm, I screamed, thinking the sluggers had jettisoned me into space. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

His mother was in the kitchen poking out the clogged holes of a colander with a hairpin, and biting her lower lip with concentration. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Feeling a vague longing come over me, I lowered my eyes and made a deep curtsy. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

So there was little ceremony: the tolling of the ship’s bell, the torch, and the lowering of the pyre into the sea. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She was afraid Jason might shut her out, but he just lowered his head like he’d been expecting the question. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Women, in particular, may end up in lower- paying fields because they do everything in their power to avoid a chemistry or an economics course with mathematics or statistics prerequisites. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took a deep breath, lowered her head, and scurried past him. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sat on a stool behind the counter ringing up newspaper- wrapped packets and rubbing her lower back. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lowered my voice, as if it mattered. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Shomari’s voice lowered to a growl, his expression holding nothing but disgust. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I move on, then pass the crutches off to my mother, grab the support bar, and begin to lower myself onto the toilet. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I’ve tucked my hair inside the collar of my shirt and wrapped an old scarf—now soggy— across the lower half of my face. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I lowered the toilet lid and plopped down on it, upset at the idea of smelling like a billy goat. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Each brought with it a sense of unassailable loss, a great burden hurtling towards her, and she wished she could duck, lower herself so that it would bypass her, so that she would save herself. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Kin lowered Håkon to the ground gently, setting him on his belly. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Finally con-vinced, he slapped my leg with glee and lowered his head. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Nick lowered his dagger to ward it, the student delivered a quick stocatta to Nick's throat. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

We’d climb into our landing boats before they were lowered into the water. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put the vase on the kitchen table and carefully lowered the flowers into it. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I lowered the volume until it was silent. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

In response to this compliment, he sank considerably lower in his chair and again masked his face up to the eyes with a corner of the tablecloth. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z