He was truly fearless, and she admired that beyond measure; but he wasn’t good at lying and betraying and cheating, which all came to her as naturally as breathing. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Harry seized the wand lying beside his camp bed, pointed it at the cluttered desk where he had left his glasses, and said, “Accio Glasses!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I can tell when it starts—she dances while lying there on the couch. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

"I spent it on my lawyer and gave the rest to my father," I said, lying a little. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

She misses their evening ritual, lying next to her daughter in bed. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

At the bottom of the scrub lay Barnard’s Forest, which stretched for about seven miles, lying like a dark animal pelt across the back of the land, and reaching out into the next county. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

That’s when I realize there are chips of wood lying on the doorstep and all over the tile in the foyer. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I think in spite of what you said you’ll help me all you can. Otherwise you wouldn’t be lying there in that bed.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

It was the white breast and head of a great bird, an osprey, a dæmon, and it was lying still. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes twitch, wanting to shut so I do not have to look at the bodies lying on the floor. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh come on, the boy’s not lying. Sam’s from around here somewhere, I know that.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Milton lying on his bed, dreaming about my mother in the same way I would later dream about die Obscure Object. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He was lying on his back across the floor of the collapsed shelter, shivering convulsively. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

And in the surface of the pearl he saw Coyotito lying in the little cave with the top of his head shot away. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the face really was a reliable guide to emotion, he reasoned, shouldn’t he be able to look back at the film and see that Mary was lying when she said she was feeling better? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Everywhere he stepped after sundown someone was lying in wait to pop out and ask him how he was doing. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He is lying on the rug, his tongue hanging out. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

“They were right. It did. But not quite as sick as you lying to me for Coin.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She was in his, lying back on his bed on top of the duvet, gazing out of the window to the churchyard up the hill. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Then I realized Annabeth wasn’t the one lying on the ground. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I want to lie down, but I’m already lying down. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Alice adjusted the way he was lying so he wouldn’t wake up with a stiff neck. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

How could John be cursed for having seen in a bathtub what another man—if that other man had ever lived—had seen ten thousand years ago, lying in an open tent? Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

But now, with a helpless human being lying in the cot, one so dependent on others that her very existence had to be proof of a higher goodness, things had changed. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He even saw a few humans lying lifeless here and there—sometimes piles of them. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

So convincing were these dreams of lying awake that he awoke from them each morning in complete exhaustion and fell right back to sleep. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Even if the girl was lying about the bet, I was still interested. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Franny’s mom’s words were such a surprise that I wondered if she might be lying. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I never did trust the report that ex-gang member gave the police. She was lying through her Filed teeth.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you have an alternative, Alter? Do you want to wait for Mr. Whitby all night, if he’s just lying dead in there?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Mrs. van Daan is lying in bed nursing her bruised rib. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It takes me a few minutes lying here to remember it’s grand jury day. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“No; I shan’t tell you anything of the sort, though I shouldn’t be lying if I did.” The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

He was looking down into a kind of pit, an underground room, and lying on the floor some ten feet below, apparently fast asleep, thin and starved in appearance, was the real Mad-Eye Moody. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She could see the shotgun lying on the grass where Mae had dropped it. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I consider lying, but gorillas are terrible liars. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

"Rogers is wrong! Or possibly Rogers is lying!" And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

This was harder, like he not only knew Toby was lying, but knew the truth. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The TV shows pictures from Florida: a man unable to stand because of wind, cars abandoned, trees lying on the ground. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

The impossibility of that idea, more than any, is why Snow must be lying. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

‘You!’ cried Johnny hotly; ‘that old man—if he is a man! Why, he must be about forty. Cilia, you’re lying to me if you say anybody’s talking of marrying you.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s like lying next to a burly squid.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Well, somebody’s lying. That Erlone fellow says that he can prove it.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed taller lying down, occupying the length of the mattress, and I remembered what he had said about simply reaching out to pluck icheku from the tree, in his youth. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was lying on my back, looking up into the white tent of the mosquito net, and wondering who else was awake. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. He said they were not here. I thought he was lying.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

But instead of lying on a bed suited for a king, I'd have preferred to be at home on my rickety pallet with bedding from the discount aisle at Target. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He was lying by the side of the road where someone had carried him—not in the gutter but away from the road, to avoid the mud-churning cart wheels. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

But thinking of Tariq was treacherous because, before she could stop, she saw him lying on a bed, far from home, tubes piercing his burned body. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I needed to get back to my clothes, which were lying in a heap on the floor. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Basque lying against my knees pointed out the view with the neck of the wine-bottle, and winked at us. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

My heart seizes, and my eyes go to my phone, still lying on the couch. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Hope that the truth will free us of this war. Trust that informed Americans will direct their public servants to stop lying and to stop the killing and dying.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I dreamed it was me lying in that bed, my body wrapped in loose bandages, mummified. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Horse nodded at the large flask lying on the floor next to him. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Father was lying on the sofa with his eyes closed. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I was lying on a piece of old tarpaulin reading, as I say, Daniel Deronda, when Ruth came wandering over and sat down beside me. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard someone say, “Good to see you again, Bobby boy. How’ve you been?” and I turned, and there was Mr. Savo, lying on his pillow, the curtain no longer drawn around his bed. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Hazel found herself lying down on the cushioned white bench that sat among them, and their fragrance reached up to welcome her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

In her professional life, she was so good at lying low that it is difficult to discover exactly what she was up to during this period. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

And now it was lying in the dirt in that leaky cabin. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Before lying down, I grabbed my leather- bound journal off the nightstand and turned to the first blank page I could find. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

In my head I can still see that little pile of clothes lying at the edge of the track, abandoned. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Gypsy, do you remember what I promised to do if I found out you were lying to me?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Look into my eyes and just try lying.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

And to have all my words lying out in the open, complete strangers able to walk by and see everything that mattered to me, without even knowing my name. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe everyone is just trying to protect me by lying to me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Her stomach turned when she thought of that afternoon, lying on the floor with the spoke of a bicycle wheel between her legs. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

But lying in bed just before going to sleep is the worst time for organized thinking; it is the best time for free thinking. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to feel Luke lying beside me, but there wasn’t room. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

What of their passions lying stiff and untranslated in their breasts? Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next time I surface, Camel is lying flat on the cot, snoring, and Walter sits on the horse blanket in the corner with the lamp beside him and a book in his lap. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

We topped the hill before us and saw Lanyon lying in a hollow at our feet. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. And he wasn’t a King Lord. Khalil turned King down, and King’s been lying to save face.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

It was lying on the floor, not even covered by its blue plastic bag. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The idea that Carlyle is one of us troubles me, because what if he’s lying? Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“The most healthy among them are lying abed, reading out fairy tales to one another.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was so deep she found herself nearly lying down, but she sat up again and tucked her legs under her to look at the portraits on the walls. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Since Mom and Dad have probably rented my room out already, or Anthony has turned it into a free-weight studio, I’m practically not even lying. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I say, looking up at the ceiling from where I’m lying on my back on the floor. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Her stiffness reminded me of all the fish lying curved and stiff on the riverbanks, flaking in the sun like old white bars of soap. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instinctively, I felt that I was lying on my back, not my stomach, but I really was doing neither—most normal yardsticks disappear in space, and I was no more lying than standing or falling. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

My breath hitches at the sight of my brother, lying still. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

But since seeing the dead, Ophie had been lying a lot more often, and it was starting to get so that the truth was so unbelievable that fibbing seemed more honest in a way. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I learned that my mom had gone into Abuela’s apartment and found her lying peacefully in bed, but when she didn’t respond, my mom knew something was wrong. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

But I think she’s lying, to me and to herself, about why she owns these objects. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Suppose I walked in and found Father lying on the floor with a hole in his stomach bleeding to death, and maybe Mother dead, too. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not like there were gold nuggets lying around for the Prospector to sort through. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Imagining that I must have been nearby, playing in the sand or lying on a blanket. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

After a moment, lying there in darkness, hearing the creak of the raft and feeling its motion, it all hit me. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I waited, and when he came back, he was wearing—I’m not lying—a flight jacket! Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The problem with lying to my mom is that she always knows when I’m lying, so it never makes much sense to try. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He soon realizes that, lying next to him similarly battered, is his lieutenant, Beelzebub. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Another observation is that I’ve never gotten in trouble for lying. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was lying on solid ground, her bundled sword and pack beside her. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Tendai imagined them lying on the warm earth of their huts, feeling it tremble with destiny. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

As I leaned back against the counter and tucked one leg up beneath me, I saw my mother’s coat lying on the floor. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I was lying to my wife about another woman, and the other woman knew it. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He was lying on his belly, his chin resting on his hands, looking at Barbarossa as if he were some strange animal who had just crawled out of the canal and crept into Ida's house. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

But he keeps studying me as I walk away, like maybe he knows I’m lying. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Did those white bones lying on that table evoke the gasp of horror that went up from the nation? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The child was lying between her feet, wrapped up so thickly that all Malcolm could make out was the top of her head and the brilliant butterfly Pantalaimon perching on her hair. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She walked to the cave, but when she saw the necklace lying on the rock she grew quiet. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once she dreamed that she and Kaisa were lying on a blanket by the river, the sun warm on her hair, and they were laughing. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes remained on Gaily, lying there, still; Thomas could feel the hatred pouring out, as if a visible line of flame connected them. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

They didn’t seem concerned about spending hours lying in the sun, because their olive skin only burnished and became more radiant, while mine either freckled or fried. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“You know, I thought I saw him when I was lying in the bathtub,” said Francis. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I realize on the way to my room that I haven’t done the three good deeds to make up for lying to my mother about my homework the other day. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He avoided looking at the sheeted figure lying on the bed. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

An aftermath of a dead man was probably still lying on the flat, flat earth, breathing up the dirt till it lined his lungs. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure if she’s lying, but I’m trying to trust her. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

We were no sooner in the car than she said, “He’s lying.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t breathing long, rhythmic breaths, lying on his back. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

In his dream, Lucy was lying on a cot, holding a dripping orange Popsicle. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

She was lying on her stomach on the couch, her chin on the armrest, facing Eloise. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The whole floor was covered with toys: bowling pins, balls, swords, a whole herd of rocking horses, dolls in every shape and size lying around with their arms and legs twisted. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Bucket!” he repeated, pointing to the wooden object now lying on its side. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was lying across the bed asleep so Janie tipped on out of the front door. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

A couple of hours later, Thomas was lying in a soft sleeping bag next to Chuck on a bed of grass near the gardens. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“He’s been eating more than his share of the stores and lying idle while we sweat and faint in the heat,” Nathaniel complains. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

It’s a circular disk with nothing engraved on it, something we found lying on the floor of the hospital’s stairwell along with the stolen ID. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

But Cathy did not forget her lies, and she developed the most effective method of lying. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I shall not be able to eat a bite until I see this smuggler’s head upon a spike, with an onion shoved between his lying teeth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

As we passed the bed closest to the door, I got the impression that Isabel was trying to block me from looking at the kid lying in that bed. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“I was not lying. I really do not like those.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He was lying on his left side in Granny’s big bed. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Now, from California, lying on his bunk in the evenings, so sore he could barely move, Milton consulted a Greek-English dictionary to piece together reports on his navy life. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

On the cover was a picture of a man lying on a couch, knees crossed, one foot dangling in the air and smoking a cigarette which made a big smoke ring over his head. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is nice,” she said, pointing to a large illustration that showed a group of men in various states of despair, holding their heads, lying on the floor, or huddling in corners. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I think I can imagine you lying on a carpet somewhere listening to it, eating Oreos, and maybe writing in a journal. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Retiring to my tent at night, I was serenaded by a madrigal of creaks and percussive cracks, a reminder that I was lying on a moving river of ice. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

We're suddenly quiet, lying next to each other on the pillow, so close. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“But Stella—she points at the pre-op doors, where somewhere in the distance, Stella is lying on a table about to be operated on—“Stella is fighting for her life in there. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She didn’t like lying, but it wasn’t as if her parents would go looking for her anyway. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

‘The Riders have left chip and bough enough, and there is dead wood lying in plenty.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She kept picturing Archer lying on the ground. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I look around and catch sight of the papers from the cooking club last night, lying on the kitchen counter with a bunch of unopened mail. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

But I think I would be lying if I told you that; if I led you to believe that on that Sunday afternoon in April, I was actually being driven by anything of the sort. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Of course she’s lying. She’d lie even if it made things worse for herself, because she just loves lying too much to stop.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

To the left was a clump of trees, a stone fence, two batteries of artillery, the long line of troops lying in the sun, in the shade of the trees, dug in, waiting. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The book was lying open on the reading desk. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I prayed for God’s forgiveness for lying as I drove away. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How many times have I told them not to leave them lying around?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I turn to see Pithy lying facedown on the ground, quiet and motionless. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

To tell the interviewer that I knew the woman was lying seemed worse than translating what the woman said as accurately as I could and letting the interviewer figure it out. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

One or two had already fallen asleep, lying on their sides on the open ground. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Madam Pomfrey led Harry to a nearby bed, he caught sight of the real Moody lying motionless in a bed at the far end of the room. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Even though he’s lying on the concrete, there’s enough authority in his voice to make Seven shut up. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I spotted Auk IV lying forlornly in the coal dust beside the railroad track. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Later that night, as I was lying in bed thinking about what we’d read in Ms. G’s class earlier, I began to think about my mom in the other room. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Instead of lying on gritted ground, he tumbled with Gray and his brother kits across a snowy tundra spiked with starry blue flowers. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

And maybe I was lying by not telling her that it was hard to listen to her all the time without getting to say anything back. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then I saw the note lying on top of my shoes. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He was looking again in sweaty fear at her head lying upon the sticky newspapers with blood oozing outward toward the edges. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

There was plenty of room now for every one to sit on the seat, and the Basque who had been lying on the tin roof now sat between us. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Alex tried to remember if there were any more C batteries lying around. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

In fact, one of them is spewing black smoke, and another one is lying on its side. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Hooper was lying face down, his legs stuck up over the bank. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I move closer to the window and see a small wooden crate lying a few feet away from him. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Plus, she didn't want Jazz to see her lying, even though something told me that Jazz already knew about calling out sick, and how most people aren't really sick. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I was lying in the middle of a rustic room, like the inside of a cabin or a wooden shed. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He built ingenious training devices out of whatever was lying around, brewed up homemade liniments, prepared his horses in exactly the way they said he shouldn’t. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there was something in the way these children spoke; as a practiced liar, she knew liars when she met them, and they were lying about something. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the nut lying in the middle of the cracked sidewalk didn't squish under her foot. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

If I leaked one little drop of blood, then she knew I was lying. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The engine was almost to where I was lying. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Not long after the Crowell house bombing, another close neighbor, Mrs. Ryles, came home from teaching school one day and saw a mysterious brown paper bag lying in the bushes by her front porch. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I thought of his spare glasses lying on the desk; the empty bed; the family photographs smiling in the dark. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

An hour later she was lying on her canopy bed in the clean white cotton nightdress which Betty had found for her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then I saw in the corner of an upper shelf a small glass vial lying on its side. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

What is more, she was lying on skin that was soft and warm and almost velvety. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d been sure she would find it lying on the ground. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

They waded through thick drying grass to get to it and Olanna looked around, half fearing she would see Mama’s skeleton lying somewhere. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

An hour later, Desdemona found him lying on the kitchen floor. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Part of me was angry at Liz for lying, part of me wanted her to come back, and the other part just wanted the magic square book. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he gave it a running push and jumped on it, eventually lying stomach down, his arms outstretched as he held on to both ends of the T. “What was that?” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Had my friends seen the blackened banana lying on my bed, they might have understood my father's story and enjoyed it on its own merit. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

But even with my skill at lying I would have a hard time explaining broken locks and a missing script. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Kepler, whose attitude toward astrology remained ambiguous all his life, wondered whether there might be hidden patterns under lying the apparent chaos of daily life. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a little pile of plaster lying on the pavement ahead of him, and in the middle of it he could see a bright red streak. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He passed away when I was six, but I would be lying if I said I had many memories of him besides the one where he told me why he stopped playing baseball. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

At fourteen, the boy on the cover wasn’t much older than they were, but lying in that coffin, beaten beyond recognition, Emmett Till looked more like a monster than a human being. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

We are like faraway lovers, lying to one another, under different moons. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Kaz ignored the pistol, turning his attention to the big man lying on the ground. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I toyed with a pencil lying on the counter, spinning it idly this way and that. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

There were still three bodies lying in the square. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“So I think we can assume he was lying to one of us.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I will stay lying in front of the trench until they answer me. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

They crossed the street and walked to where the corpse was lying. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

There, lying in some tall weeds, he found the shovel and the sack of jars. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I never knew whether I would have pulled the trigger because the next thing I was lying on the ground with Sam on top of me, and he’d got the gun. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Maybe Salim went missing again deliberately. Willingly. Maybe Marcus is lying.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could see a cat lying in the shade of our wall, and beyond was the grass of our back lawn and the ailanthus tree with the sun on its leaves. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He sat on a stool under the awning of the A&P supermarket on the corner of Moore Avenue, his seeing-eye dog lying down in front of him on a blanket. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

When Deborah got to Galen’s house, she found him lying naked on the bed. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Ben waves me over and silently points out the green glass alligator tchotchke lying alone in the case, almost buried in the dust. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Bod thought, He’s lying! and They're doing this on purpose, the friendly one and the tough one... The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The buildings in the city are tall and close together, but the huts are low- lying and widely dispersed in the middle of the rice fields. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm lying there on the floor tied up when Iggy sneaks in through the back. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

I glanced in at the serem-trees leaning white above the dark pool, the paths of pink brick lying deserted in the serene gray light of afternoon. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Another was lying across her legs, so that she couldn’t kick. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She found Colonel Aureliano Buendía in the room that was used as a cell, lying on a cot with his arms spread out because his armpits were paved with sores. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I thought you were really cool, and smart, and I really felt bad about lying to you and everything.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

When she went to the living room with the food, Akira was lying sideways on the top of the table. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Especially with Faith lying beside me in that bed, lost in a tangle of long dark hair. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Before I turn away I see her straighten her blue skirt, clench her legs together; she continues lying on the bed, gazing up at the canopy above her, stiff and straight as an effigy. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he soon became interested in something else and disappeared, leaving the tools lying around all over the bathroom floor. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Mother lifts one brow, what she does when she thinks I’m lying. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Now, even lying down, it was as if his feet were trying to step forward. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Amaka was in the bedroom, lying in bed, listening to music with the cassette player next to her ear. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

When they reached the end of the camp they had cleared as it were a great highway through it, where only dead men were lying. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes flickered open, but for a moment he stayed completely still in his bed, lying on his back with his head resting on the pillow. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

So she knew that he was lying to her. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I did not give in to my sudden urge to kick him in the nuts, call him a jerk, and berate him for lying to sweet Claudia with the perfect tan and ridiculously long legs. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The scene whirled, the darkness became complete; Harry felt himself falling and, with a crash, he landed spread-eagled on his four-poster in the Gryffindor dormitory, Riddle’s diary lying open on his stomach. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Was he lying about the other women in order to get him to tell about Mary and Bessie? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

When I reached the Tokiwa Bridge, there were soldiers lying on the ground. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

One afternoon, the commander’s jeep drove in with a sickly goat lying on its side, legs tied together. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Officer Delinko was left alone to ponder the object lying on the linoleum tile—toothy, scaly, and lifelike, except for the $3.95 price sticker glued to its snout. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked as if an alchemist had distilled a dozen swords, and when the crucible had cooled this was lying in the bottom: a sword in its pure form. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I was still in the cornfield, still lying in the dirt. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

When he reached the door, he could see pieces of wreckage lying around, but there wasn’t as much debris falling on this side, not as much stuff on fire. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Even to me it sounds like I’m lying. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Lily managed to wrangle the car from our lying, cheating father. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

An instant later he was safe on his mat under the acacia tree, breathless and panting but lying in an attitude of sleep. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Tell me you believe I’m lying to you.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Instead I thought of Tyler, and of lying on the carpet next to his desk, staring at his woolen-socked feet while the Mormon Tabernacle Choir chanted and trilled. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Seward, helplessly lying in bed, was sure to be home when the assassins arrived. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

What I saw was a dead wild animal, its head lying on the dirt in a widening circle of blood. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

There were buckets lying around, of the sort that could carry maple sap so it could be boiled down. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Ron roared, and he stooped down and seized a stone lying on the grass, but before he could do anything else, Crookshanks had vanished with one swish of his long ginger tail. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He was lying on a stretch of turf with a cloak thrown over him. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

At other times they crowd into my brother’s room, lying on their stomachs on his bed or on the floor, reading his huge piles of comic books. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Charlie lying in bed, with the covers pulled up around him. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He found that he was lying, well wrapped, under tall grey-skinned trees in a quiet corner of the woodlands on the west bank of the Great River, Anduin. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Kaitlin was lying across two chemistry tables that had been pushed together, and a boy Cas didn’t know was quietly talking to her while checking her pulse. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

On the evening of Tuesday, November 17, 1959, he was lying in his cell with a pair of radio earphones clamped to his head. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sees how hard it is for me to write lying flat on my back in bed. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

There're a lot of bikes and toys lying around, mostly bashed up and broken, and the little kids who live there look almost as busted up as the toys. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder how much money is lying around here. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“On the other hand,” he added hopefully, “perhaps it is not. They did say they had a number of other cauldrons and kettles lying about. I mean, we shouldn’t want to make a mistake.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

He might be bleeding or even lying unconscious in the snow. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d accused me of lying, but somehow, I still got the feeling that he wanted to be my friend. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The world stops, and looks at you lying there with your wounds bandaged, or your stomach pumped, and says, “Okay, you have my attention.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Each boy as he spoke knew that he was lying. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

"C'mon, mate! I told you that kid was lying! It's been you and me always!" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Dimple sighed and flopped backward so she was lying flat on the bed. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Mummy’s in there lying on the floor. She’ll be fine tomorrow,” I heard Sarah tell Anne when one was ten and the other was four. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Basque lying against my legs was tanned the color of saddle-leather. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

And his father’s smile made him feel as if he might be worth something after all—until he remembered he was out-loud lying. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Oh yes—an old family heirloom,” she said, patting the locket lying on her large bosom. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

There are axles lying about, and hubcaps, and a few spare tires. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He rushed inside, he saw Malcolm X lying on the stage, and then some people chasing a man. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frodo now led the way, northward as near as he could guess, among the stones and boulders lying thick at the bottom of the great ravine. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I threw the white hair away because I decided I was tired of lying.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Lupin caught them all deftly, then moved into the room, staring at Black, who still had Crookshanks lying protectively across his chest. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Six silver slots, lying side by side in a circle, all empty. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

It looks so unnatural lying on the sand with no legs, looking like it wants to walk. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Cora closed her eyes, but a vision of the boy lying in bed, his head bandaged and the big man with the beard standing over him, forestalled her slumber. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Malaga, Turner thought, would already be in deep shadow, lying low in the water as it did. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

On the Saturday before school was to begin, I was lying on Henry’s bed reading a book. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Dicey thought they looked like two little dolls in a dollhouse, lying there. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the end of the platform Piggy was lying flat, looking down into the brilliant water. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Everyone calls them “lying policemen,” which makes me think of dead policemen buried underneath the street. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Ma is in my bedroom, lying on my bed with orange basketball sheets. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

He was always leaving something lying around—potato chips, pretzels, half a cupcake. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“They’re—” I start, thinking about the crumpled note now lying in the library trash can. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I looked up and saw the outline of a horse lying on its side, suspended in the mesh net of chain-link overhead. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I'm not lying, the So-Called Gym Teacher knew something about Composition on Several Planes at once. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Shuddering with cold, he caught up the pile of clothes still lying at the water’s edge and began to pull them on. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Everyone laughed and stood and clapped for Mr. Price, lying there stiff as a board in his burial box. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Alice was lying on her back, rubbing her head frantically against the ground, moaning. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mia looked down at Izzy’s anxious face and could not tell whether lying or telling the truth would hurt her more. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He wondered what had happened when they discovered that the boy who had been lying on the sofa and hearing all their secret plans wasn't really Corin at all. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

He was just lying there, the lawn mower stopped, not far from the one tree in our front yard. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was empty except for Ron, who was still lying motionless in the end bed. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

When their eyes were clear from the dazzlement they saw the young man lying huddled forward on the earthen floor, beside the pallet where the child lay dead. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

And if I sat quiet on the windowsill, I could almost see the shadow of Izio lying on the floor, hands behind his head, his feet propped up on the sofa. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He didn’t think the man was lying about the time frame. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

They should be yelling at me for running away and lying. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Get off me,” said the boy lying on his back. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“We’ve heard this claim before. He still claims he saw a white bear. Isn’t that proof he is still lying to us?” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

We each pulled a slice of pizza out of the box, and I said, “I think Morris is lying when he says that he doesn’t know what happened that Wednesday.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His feet met something squashy and slippery on the floor and he stumbled: There were two bodies lying there, lying facedown in a pool of blood, but there was no time to investigate. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She was lying on a cot, hardly able to move, her dysentery had drained her so thin. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t exactly telling the truth, but she wasn’t entirely lying, either, for she did not believe that wrong was an accurate description of her feelings. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m sick of lying, so I pick something true to say. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

But to him she was touching, lying there. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Piliso then vented his anger on us, accusing us of lying to him. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the hyena dæmon, both her front legs gone, was half standing, half lying on the grass, with Ben, the terrier, in her foul jaws. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

His name was Principal Peattie—I’m not lying—and Principal Peattie was there to keep us all in line, he said. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m thrilled,” I said, even though she was drunk and tired and lying. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

A grandfather clock lay splintered at their feet, its face cracked, its pendulum lying a little farther away like a dropped sword. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

In the clearing he expected to see them: some standing, others lying down, the color of their hides reflecting the moon like snow on the mountain peaks. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She forgot to read the first act of Our Town, which wasn’t missing much, and I’m not lying. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He was lying on his stomach, and Winn-Dixie was sitting on top of him, panting and whining. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was then that I noticed the old book lying on her lap. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Do you think Morris was lying to protect someone?” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Round the corner a long arm was groping, walking on its fingers towards Sam, who was lying nearest, and towards the hilt of the sword that lay upon him. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

They were lying behind a wooden stringer in the lot before he even got near the door. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hermione was lying on her bunk reading, while Ron, after many nervous glances up at her, had taken a small wooden wireless out of his rucksack and started to try and tune it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

A group of young boys were running up the steep street, then lying down and letting themselves roll like barrels. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

And Aunt Gloria must have been in more agony than anyone else because it was her son that might or might not be lying on that cold slab. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her shirt, retrieved from the floor in the middle of the night because of the cold, is pulled down on one side from where she’s lying on it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Cole glanced down and spotted the knife blade lying by his side. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

An image of the red kayak, lying on the bottom of the river, flashed through my mind. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I ran over to Needles and almost backed away again—he was lying there in a spreading puddle of his own blood. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Tally felt strangely exposed without her sleeping bag, lying there in her clothes, but the warm sun and the long night’s travel put her quickly to sleep. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Haymitch appears and trips over a Peacekeeper lying on the ground. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

But I don't believe I was out for more than a few seconds, and when I came to, I was lying on the carpet and I was still, thank heavens, behind the screen. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

And then they’re drunk, and all of a sudden—bang—somebody’s lying dead in the gutter. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the bird-shaped Balthamos was watching closely, and Will stepped carefully over the floor of the cave and followed Mrs. Coulter to the little figure lying still in the shadows. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She was lying on the floor now, gasping in pain. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nate looked at the Hessian, lying on the ground, and he knew what to do. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then my eye caught sight of something lying outside a Target. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

She’s lying there, staring up, and I’m looking at the side of her face. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He just had to make sure they didn’t make a habit of lying to him. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I retrieve my blue cat’s eye from where it’s been lying all winter in the corner of my bureau drawer. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

We found her lying on the camp cot. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Frodo was lying on his back with eyes open, staring at the cloudy sky. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Cows were lying down in some fields, horses still moved about in others. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He found an oar lying along the bottom of the boat and used it to deflect the canoe off the rocks. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Knowing this is where Khalil...I stare too hard, the crowd disappears, and I see him lying in the street. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Remember,” Francie went on, “how we did our examples on this hearthstone, and the time papa got us a real blackboard eraser and then the stone was like the blackboard in school, only lying down?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe Rebecca slapped herself so hard—chicken nipple—that she’s lying passed out on her kitchen floor.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He tried to picture her lying still, not moving. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

It spread right across the face almost ear to ear, and it had lips that were like two gigantic purple frankfurters lying one on top of the other. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t only upset about the drugs, she was upset about the lying. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The way he was lying, his brow wasn’t an option. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

"Mom's back in her office," said Jessie, lying down on the couch. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

And by that I mean this: If you are the kind of person who lies about something as small as bologna, what would stop you from lying about bigger, more important things? Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The sight of all the bodies lying around, the smell of blood and puke and urine, made my head spin, pushed me to a different place. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were both naked, lying on their backs. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Uncle Vernon had been lying at the foot of the front door in a sleeping bag, clearly making sure that Harry didn’t do exactly what he’d been trying to do. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I spent our year in Kilanga thinking of civilization as lying downstream from us, since that was the way the boats went to Banningville. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He leaped up and saw the Trojans in flight and Hector lying gasping on the plain. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would see me and know she was lying about where she had been. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When lying in the dark thinking of it, it seemed to have something which left it when it was looked at. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

E.J. is awake but still lying down, looking at his phone. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

"You knew her. Were you lying? I mean, when you said the photos were destroyed in a fire, is that the truth?" Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Pipkin, who was lying on his left side, breathing quickly and heavily, rolled over and stretched out his front paw, underside turned upward. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later two pigeons came racing in with the news: “Boxer has fallen! He is lying on his side and can’t get up!” Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Looking around, Harry saw that they and Hermione were lying on a forest floor, apparently alone. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But I knew he was lying, so I read it out loud anyways. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

She felt as if she had left her pearls lying loose for too long and it was time to gather them and guard them more carefully. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She could always tell when Mo was lying, however hard he tried to hide it from her. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The only things left behind at the base of the wall were a walking stick, a washboard, and an enamel cup, lying on its side. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cavall contented himself with barking wildly, biting their toes, lying on his back, trying to wag his tail in that position, and generally behaving like an idiot. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then again, I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t a little envious of her. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Kambili, it’s your father. They called me from the factory, they found him lying dead on his desk.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was not good at lying to begin with, and he hadn’t practiced. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I'm lying in a sand trap of my dad's golf course looking at the sky. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

In the evening she played the lying game with the waif, but without eyes to see the game was very different. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Instead, she taught them to make angels by lying on their backs and waving their arms and legs. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

She'd been lying on top of Needle, or else it would have been gone too; it was worth more than all the rest together. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Day would sometimes look out his bedroom window and see his son lying on the concrete, but when he invited him in, Zakariyya snarled and said the ground was better. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He said no more, just shook his head and kicked an empty matchbox that was lying on the paving stones. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Then we see the bird lying on the sidewalk. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Grown-ups talk in tired, edgy voices about Zick’s Coal Company and take us along in the evening to the railroad tracks where we fill burlap sacks with the tiny pieces of coal lying about. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The Bomb is lying on a cot in the sleeping room. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

After a few hours of lying in our hut, the growls in my stomach demand that I search for food. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been lying over there for three days not knowing what to do. At last I got so nervous I began to chirp.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are guards lying on the floor, some alive and some not. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It was a body lying on the ground, covered head to ankle with a black tarp. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

What about just lying low, he thought finally, feebly. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

At their second stop, Salvador warned her, “Be careful. Watch for scorpions under the rocks and for víboras, rattlesnakes, lying on top of them.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I thought if I could sneak my phone aboard, I could snap some grainy photos, record some video, maybe grab GPS coordinates to prove I wasn’t lying. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Remember what I told you about lying, Noah?” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

She was lying on the floral-printed sofa in the hotel room, where she had all but passed out as soon as she got back from Robin’s office, exhausted. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

You had to be lying on your back to see it—like Alex was now. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

All Moss could picture was his father lying outside the store, the blood pooling behind his head, his mother crying as she held Moss back and away from his papa’s body. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And if you tell somebody they’re lying all the time, they start to believe you a little. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Jan was saying that he was lying and he had to wipe out doubt in their minds. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He must have done that to make sure people wouldn’t recognize him, and now he was lying. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“If you are lying, I will eat you,” it said. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Not one of us will forget lying on that bank in the rain while the fire creature went by above our heads. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a room in one of the homes where twenty or thirty people were lying in a heap in complete silence. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

That night, we camped out behind a pawn shop that had a pair of old chairs and a ripped-up couch lying in its alley. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Kristina is lying on my bed, dressed in sweats, looking awesome, even though I know she probably rolled out of bed five minutes ago, hasn’t showered and probably hasn’t even brushed her teeth. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“What I had in my safe at Rand,” Ellsberg would later recall, “was seven thousand pages of documentary evidence of lying, by four presidents and their administrations over twenty-three years.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He’s lying on his back with his knees bent and his eyes closed. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

And have the proprietor frown, and know we’re lying, but still nod. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he spent most of his time off lying on the bed in his tiny room, listening to classical music and thinking. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still lying on the floor, Candice ran her fingers along the thin, battered aluminum bracelet circling her wrist. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Oh, yes. We wondered a bit. Looked out and saw the snow lying very thick, but we didn’t think it was serious.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

All around us, families are lying down on the ground with no mats or blankets separating them from the dirt. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Franny was staring at the little blotch of sunshine with a special intensity, as if she were considering lying down in it. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

It was lying at the back of a shelf with some woollen jumpers I had not worn for a long time. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Last night she could have whispered any of them dead, if only she hadn't been so mad at Weese for hitting her and lying about the capon. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The experience was quite different from lying on the floor. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

She left out the details of lying to her parents, skipping instead to her trip to the Hidden Market and all that she'd heard there. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I could feel Gum Baby lying between my shoulder blades, shivering. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

At the moment he was lying on his back and looking upward, but not into the sky. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

As for Lola, she didn’t wish to dirty her cashmere by lying on the floor, and instead slumped in a chair, and the director could hardly object to that. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Bando finds some shelled beechnuts and hazelnuts lying at the base of a hollow tree near the grave. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man, who had received two or three nice presents from her unasked, thought she was lying and was trying to tell him to shove off. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought Dad might be under an oxygen tent or lying in a bed coughing up blood into a white handkerchief, but after a minute, he came hurrying down the hall. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mom’s book was still lying on my bed, and I threw it across the room. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And John knew, in the moment his father’s eyes swept over him, that he hated John because John was not lying on the sofa where Roy lay. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Dandelion was lying still, watching the front of the kennel intently, as he had been told. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cart, lying on its side now, still had that top wheel spinning around and around. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the past when he walked out like that and sat looking over the country lying in just the faintest visible shape where the lost moon tracked the caustic waste he’d sometimes see a light. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He must be lying on his belly and unable to turn over. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even that would be better than lying here groaning. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He went back to lying on the floor. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

He was lying on his back now, under the tarp. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first I thought the cattle were standing or lying in a grayish mud. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Or had he been lying in wait for Thresh and just badly misjudged his location? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I hate to see sick people, old men and women lying in beds moaning, grabbing on to the nurses’ sleeves. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But if he was lying about this, then I couldn’t trust him. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

On the bank there was an equally gigantic man lying at his ease, with a dog beside him. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, caught by the level beams, Frodo saw the old king’s head: it was lying rolled away by the roadside. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

They named it the Mercury Theatre, inspired by a copy of The American Mercury magazine lying around Welles’s rented summer house. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Stevie looked like he was two seconds from vomiting the bones out of his body, leaving him as nothing but a skin suit lying on the sidewalk. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

But he did find me, lying beneath a collapsed wall. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Brother Worbs's flat is a mess: dirty dishes, clothes lying around, drawers pulled open. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

There was a knife lying on the ground. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next thing I remember I was lying on the ground and Rontu-Aru was beside me and we were both trying to get to our feet. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I discover two bedrooms, both under a thick layer of dust, one with a figure lying under a cobwebby shroud on the bed. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

That night, l’m lying in my sleeping bag thinking about the rabbit and the snake. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The viola is kept in the coat closet, and Cordelia takes it out and shows it to us, lying there mysterious and important in its velvet-lined case. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know when I became so good at acting, but I guess it’s not that different from lying, which I have always had a talent for. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I'm lying on my bed, microwaves burning up my brain, running up a killer phone bill. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Momma used to say that a politician was a man that had perfected the art of lying, so I always read those articles with a certain amount of skepticism before turning over to the serials. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

In a way I guess that’s lying too, except I think you can tell the real truth with that kind of lying. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

As the young man followed the moon path with his eyes, he was startled to see a small figure lying on the shore. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He shrugged again, but the deadness in his eyes told her he was lying. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

So he runs toward the screaming and there’s Ruth lying on the ground. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

My throat tightens as I see this altered version of my uncle lying there. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Ash saw them lying on the hall table before Lady Isobel took them into the parlor to read on her own. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All right. But you were lying, too, when you said you ate most of your food on the way here. I could tell by the look of it you saved it from last night.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

She is sort of a victorious Annabelle, lying among rose petals on the honeymoon bed of the Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort Hotel. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Scythe Curie nodded and offered a sympathetic grin, then said, “You’re lying, dear.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I saw the mother lying in bed in her long flowing robes. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jamie goes to one of those competitive schools that are an hour away by subway, so he would have no way of knowing that you’re lying. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

They were the postal workers and the struggling bookkeepers and the men lying on their couches at home without any job at all. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

She had never been good at wheedling—she’d always felt flattery was a form of lying—but she wanted this so badly. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Otherwise we’d just keep lying to each other all the time. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Desdemona had found Lefty on our kitchen floor, lying next to his overturned coffee cup. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It’s one thing to laugh at them in the daylight, but I don’t like the idea of them lying there, right in my bedroom, while I’m asleep. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Just three nights ago she had dreamed of Daario lying dead beside the road, staring sightlessly into the sky as crows quarreled above his corpse. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

One night I was lying in my bed in Mrs. Virgilio's house, reading, when I glanced up from the book to the ceiling. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

And then we were lying on the floor, and somehow I was on top of him. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“No, Winston, that is no use. You are lying. You still think there are four. How many fingers, please?” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

My friends were lying dead under all that mess of rubble? While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“He would watch the show To Tell the Truth, and without fail he could always pick out the people who were lying,” his son Mark recalls. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He saw Toomer lying on his back, his two large hands clamped over a stomach wound. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Father was lying there, hurt, because of me. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I have known you since you were still leaving skid marks in your drawers. You think I don’t know when you’re lying to me?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I imagine Jack in Cyprus, both knees broken, blood gluing his teeth, taking aim and shooting his young captor in the eye while lying on the ground. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Or maybe JT was mistaken. Or lying to upset you. In any case, try not to worry. The grown-ups will take charge of things.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last time I got in trouble—for lying about what grade I got on a test—my parents took my phone away for a week. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Underneath, the white bones revolved in the edthes of the water, the heavy ones lying still and the airy membranes lifting gracefully, like leaves in an autumn wind. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He found his watch lying on the table beside the bed and he reached out for it. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“And I really do, so I was not lying either, at least not about that,” Heqet said blandly, offering the wedge to the Ancient instead. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

In some sick way I wish I could get caught so all this lying could be behind me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The father was lying on top of them both. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

That night, we were lying on our beds, watching a talk show on TV. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He knew it was important that he make himself nearly ghostlike when lying down. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They let go of his feet; he was in the snow, lying flat on his back. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Rather than lying flat, though it was only a mild breeze the sea seemed to rise around and away from the Frog. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

You want to see it lying at the bot­tom of the lifeboat, limbs trembling, eyes rolled back, a deathly rattle coming from its gaping mouth. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

You also admitted to taking the cigarettes, and you admitted to being there when Mr. Nesbitt was lying on the floor of the store he had worked so hard for. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then there was the question of what to do with Milton Frantig, who was still lying on the couch at the monkey house under orders from Dalgard not to move. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

From here I can see just a hint of the person lying inside. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Maybeth looked small lying there, her curls spread behind her on the pillow, her hands folded over the clean sheets. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was lying on his bed, reading a magazine. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Through the crack, I can make out the silhouette of a woman lying motionless in an all-white bed. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Looking through an opening on the south side of the flet Frodo saw all the valley of the Silverlode lying like a sea of fallow gold tossing gently in the breeze. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Ben was lying on his bed studying the cracked geometry of falling plaster that hung above him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

We never had chips or cookies lying around. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I look at the cut cane lying around, and I bend over, untangle a mess of it. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three twigs, broken from the naked trees, lying in the snow, pointing in the direction I will travel. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Trees stood bare again, with patches of white snow still lying where their shadows fell. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I was vague in the head from lying in the hay. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

And yet, other times, lying next to her, he would feel a wholeness, a certainty that he would never need anything else. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Fink the fox was lying on a log, howling in pain, with a face full of long, sharp quills, when Roz appeared. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She stares at me that way I stared at Dr. Katz the day I told her I could fly, like if I’m lying, she’ll turn to ash. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I was lying in bed, staring at the ceiling. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He was lying in the bed with his head on the pillow, his palms flat under his head and his elbows jutting upward. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I figured lying was laying a good groundwork for that. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He never liked to open his eyes in this room, at night, he could not stop himself thinking about Hooper's grandfather, lying dead. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know how long Yakov had been lying on the ground after the Columbian Guards had dragged him from the water. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

But I felt even worse about the lying. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Grandma heard a faint scratching at the door, and when she opened it there was Grandpa, lying in a heap, his brains dripping out of his head. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When you were a little girl, you used to dream that you were lying among the dead and all the spirits were begging you to scream. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t stop staring at my dad lying there stiff, broken. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I was lying on my own bed, bloody and dirty, but safe. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

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

Her father was lying back in his chair, lazy and powerful, his eyes as fierce as his daemon’s. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

But I am not a lying fool and these hot dogs were not the juicy frankfurters you are probably imagining. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I understand only one thing: She is lying to me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Then that feeling would come right to the fore and I’d have to put my hand over his mouth, whenever he said things like that, just so we could go on lying there in peace. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wouldn’t be lying here wanting to die with my family. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Snow was over the top of the platform and lying an inch deep over the foot of my sleeping bag. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I understand her marriage better now, maybe from all the soap operas I’ve watched with her while lying on the floor beside her bed. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are letters from Confederate soldiers lying on a Federal desk, strategically placed antique spectacles and handkerchiefs. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He felt around the table, found a knob, pulled it open, and there they were: an assortment of wooden-handled cooks’ knives, all lying ready to hand. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I thought it was pointless, and the mats we were lying on smelled like a hundred sweaty armpits. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Ash was lying on her side, her head propped up on one arm, looking at the huntress, who was lying on her back. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not lying, he was wearing a white lab coat and—I couldn’t believe it—dark glasses on a chain looped around his neck. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Four days ago,” he said, quietly, lying there. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

They wave hello and shout to signal if hostile police are lying in wait for them in an upcoming town. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

And I became a little turtle lying at the bottom of this watery place. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was very difficult for Jamie to control his thoughts when he was tired, sleepy, and lying on his back. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch his eyes, trying to see if he’s lying. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He was lying on a bed in a large, comfortable room. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I could see the necklace lying on the rock. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m officially required to tell you that I don’t approve of lying to parents,” Dr. Blankenship said. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“You can search his Noise for as long as you like and you won’t find anything to say I’m lying.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m afraid I can’t, sir. I destroyed it. It was too dangerous to leave lying around.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, Ugwu wondered if the child had liked it because it gave him a chance to rest, lying down on the grass. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Breathless we are all lying one beside the other waiting for the charge. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked right at home, lying on its belly, growling contentedly as it chewed the head off a combat dummy. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

If Maxim had been there I should not be lying as I was now, chewing a piece of grass, my eyes shut. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Only when Amanda was lying still, with her eyes closed, did she recognize the woman who smiled in the little photograph Miguel always carried in his wallet. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

While Ron told Hagrid all about Charlie’s work with dragons, Harry picked up a piece of paper that was lying on the table under the tea cozy. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I could see my new jacket lying in the ferns, and the hunter looking for it. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was lying in a box that was padded with a pillow. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

"Come to my place tonight, and I'll prove the Nazis are lying. But wait until after nine, after my grandparents go to bed." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was lying lopped and dead in the field. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I want my bonnet back right after the lecture, you lying thief,” she says, low enough that Miss Duncan can't hear. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“I been lying to you this whole time. I can’t never see my brother again for the rest of my life ’cause I killed him!” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

And most importantly, how do I know she’s not lying to me about not telling Dad? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She wondered if, when he had to wait, he read The Police Gazette lying on that bench? A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

There distinctly was Lucy with her head lying up against the side of the window-sill and her eyes shut. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The dog was lying on the grass in the middle of the lawn in front of Mrs. Shears’s house. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Or the hospital cafeteria-line serving woman sitting there on her day off with a cat fur around her neck, telling the proprietor she was a “dietitian”—both of them knowing she was lying. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I couldn't make up a good lie, despite the good job I had been doing lying over the past few days. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think you’re right. He didn’t sound like he was lying.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody could tell that he had been hit with rocks and not eaten by a lion as the lying uncles had claimed. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

He got hit in the eye during an attack, and we left him lying for dead. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Human beings in there took turns standing or lying down. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s lying,” I say, my voice so quiet I’m not even sure I’m speaking at all. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I was lying in bed and I had the revelation, like a simple solution to an impossible problem. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Later, of course, they would, when he was lying in bed or sitting in the castle. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Although he had already been lying on his back when the thing happened, he had a curious feeling that he had been knocked into that position. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

At first I thought it was only myself, and that I was lying in the dark in my hotel room after being poisoned. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The man from the house was lying on the grass, with his head and arms in the water beside Bonneville’s dinghy, not moving. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I’ll begin from the moment I got you, the moment I saw you lying on the table among my other birthday presents. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I'd be lying if I said Janae wasn't like a second mother to me, to us—especially after Mama had the twins and she was busy doing any- and everything for them. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Dustfinger looked at his dusty boots, at a twisted iron bar lying among the stones, anywhere but at the cat. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

When they climbed back up the winding stair, they found the door guards lying in pools of their own blood. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And suddenly he saw that he was in the picture that was revealed to him in the mirror of Galadriel in Lórien: Frodo with a pale face lying fast asleep under a great dark cliff. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

And one was just lying around: She was full. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was he even now lying dead in France under a plain white cross? A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was lying on Siddhartha’s bed in his hut and Siddhartha, whom she had once loved so much, was bending over her. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he looked into her bedroom and saw her lying on the bed covered with the ermine cape, more beautiful than ever and with her skin turned into an ivory casing. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I spent half the night lying awake wondering about it. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

There were about eleven different men lying on the floor or propped up against the wall on the other side of the bars. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Now, I saw the damp lying on the bare hedges and spare grass, like a coarser sort of spiders’ webs; hanging itself from twig to twig and blade to blade. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I tell you, son, around here, we’re not going to take this integration craziness lying down. Not us, not here, not ever.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

It is wrong to see them lying out on the highway; it is wrong to see them anywhere. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I don't even know how serious it is," she says, but I know that she's lying. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

They were lying on the ground next to him as he stood with one foot on the ground and the other resting in the lap of the student measuring his pants. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kuti, lying in a corner of the hut, began to moan. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

It shone upon the nightdress case, lying on the pillow. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

His hat was lying on the ground midway between the rifle and his present position. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled out a pocket watch—I’m not lying, a pocket watch—and flipped it open. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She pulled him with her to the spot where Victor was lying. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was lying on his bed with red, watery, snotty eyes. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Almost timidly, she peered in at Grandpa lying in the bed. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It never occurred to him that I could be lying about such a thing. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I scan faces and bodies as I walk, searching for irregular breaths, flickering eyelids, anything to suggest that the people lying on the ground are just pretending to be unconscious. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She kept her eyes on Grandpa, lying there so unnatural quiet, so unnatural still. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

No one could bear the idea of the White City lying empty and desolate. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I had left him after lunch, still lying on David’s bed. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

When raindrops are lying it is easy to see where grass has recently been crossed. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he couldn’t see much, only the outlines of trees and the shapes of his friends lying around him on the ground. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Her little body was lying across a busted-down doll carriage in the cellar of a nearby house. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I rather enjoyed it,” she replied, lying back. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps this girl really was a sage in training, but even if she was lying, what harm could a couple of girls do? Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

That time I knew Calista was lying, because she already told me before that she moved to New York to go to graduate school to study art. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

And all the while my Mrs. de Winter, my lady with her smile and her lovely face and brave ways, the real Mrs. de Winter, lying dead and cold and forgotten in the church crypt. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

But his head was buzzing, and his left hand throbbed horribly, and he saw his two fingers again, lying on the roof, and then he thought of his mother, his poor mother…. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Foreign radio! How could we listen to foreign radio? We haven’t had a short-wave radio for thirty years, since the Japanese invaded. Fan’s lying!” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he was home, he spent the time lying on his bed fully clothed with his eyes shut. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember lying in a soft bed, being spoon-fed something that tasted like buttered popcorn, only it was pudding. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Biddy was lying on her fat stomach, wiggling her fingers at a patch of rosemary and singing. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Bigger looked about and saw the pile of white bones lying atop a table; beside them lay the kidnap note, held in place by a bottle of ink. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

And I'll admit it: The rush of blood did make me wobble and take hold of the corner of the metal table I’d been lying on, to keep myself from falling down. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

And there was utmost irony and outrage in lying under someone, in a position of surrender, feeling her own abiding strength and limitless power. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

If they see it as a contest between the defense and the prosecution as to who's lying, they'll vote for the prosecution. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arguably some respondents may have been telling pollsters what they thought was appropriate rather than what they actually believed, but there is no reason to believe that most of them were lying. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“There’s no point lying. I was coming for him.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Of course, I feel no sense of my own mystery eating a can of chicken soup late at night, or lying in the fluorescent light of the school nurse’s office. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“I understand!” she said quietly, although she knew for certain that the Magpie was lying. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He was awake, lying on his back with his eyes open. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Now, lying in the ditch with Billy and the scouts after having been shot at, Weary made Billy take a very close look at his trench knife. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know a lying coyote when I see one.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other two babies were awake lying naked on blankets on the floor quietly playing with their feet. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Bowditch, sir, is it true that you let Johnny look through your sextant? Or was the little lubber lying to us?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rolls onto his side and listens, trails the back of his hand across the pillow next to him and imagines Henry lying opposite in his own bed, two parentheses enclosing 3,700 miles. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was lying on the brick path at the bottom of the stairs with a surprised look on its face—which was now several inches away from the rest of it. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Just as if I’d rammed him with a car, I was consumed by the knowledge that a stranger was lying in a hospital bed because of me. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I don’t like lying to her, but if I told her I was meeting some boy who’s been e-mailing me on the Internet, she would probably keel over of a heart attack. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Her trench coat was lying discarded on the counter. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He nudged a body on the ground with his foot and Olanna noticed, then, how many bodies were lying there, like dolls made of cloth. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He remembered trying to hide things, like picking up after his father because his mom hated how he left things lying around the house. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Billy Pilgrim heard all this while lying in his nest. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was lying on the bench by the window and it had been cleaned because there was no blood on the spikes. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Once more Aragorn bruised two leaves of athelas and cast them into steaming water; and he laved her brow with it, and her right arm lying cold and nerveless on the coverlet. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

When she opened her eyes, she was lying in the grass, covered in muck. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

An anguished moan arose from the dormice lying in the ditch. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Smeath might be in there, lying on the velvet chesterfield, the afghan spread over her; I remember this much. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The man was lying on his stomach with his face turned sideways. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked as though he had been lying there watching TV his whole life. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Rondell looked at me, and I wondered if he was smart enough to know if I was lying or not. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I hate this, hate insomnia more than anything, just lying there, brain going round, tick, tick, tick, tick. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why was there no warmth of rabbit bodies lying close together? Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew I was lying—I could tell because when Dad came in unexpectedly and asked why she was copying the returns, she said the duplicates were for her records. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Some were hanging on the brambles and a few flat, wet clots were lying well out in open ground beyond the clump. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he was lying, he was doing a better job of it than when he lied about Amelia. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

But since the mech was lying flat, the head shot out on a trajectory parallel to the ground. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Then, because he thought anybody could have told he was lying, he added a normal-Finn line, “Is it breakfast time yet?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Tío Carlos is back from driving two shifts of relatives to the subway, and now he’s lying in bed, reading some history book that would put even an owl to sleep. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

He raises an eyebrow when he sees I’m lying on the floor like a corpse but doesn’t comment. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

A handful of Sharpies were lying on the carpet next to an open sketch pad, an old boom box, and a pair of my dad’s even older headphones. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

But his eye twitched just like Daddy’s did when he was lying. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held the paper folded around his book with one hand and the twine in the other and looked from the pair of scissors lying near the book to the twine and then to Emily. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Then I remember lying on that germ-infested cot, listening to the girls talk about me. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The book did not appear to be as sturdy as the others lying around. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I practice smiling and feel like I'm lying. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“You’re lucky we didn’t know who you were when you were still lying under your bedroom furniture.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Underneath their dresses flesh tightened and shivered in the high coolness, their small breasts just now beginning to create some pleasant discomfort when they were lying on their stomachs. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

They were firing from the exact spot Ellsberg had just walked past—they must have been lying still in the water, he realized. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Jem, who had been lying on his cot reading since daybreak, thrust a football magazine in her face, pointed to a picture, and said, “Who’s this, Scout?” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been lying awake for an hour at least, without hearing a sound from the kitchen.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was lying in a bed under blue sheets. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

When I get home, Jay’s lying across the living room sofa. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Reyburn and the rest of Garfield's medical team felt uncomfortable lying to the nation. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

One man was lying on the path in front of us, dead and staring at the sky. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He's still two feet from the water, lying there, teeth gritted, tears cutting trails in the dirt on his face. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

In the silence that followed, I considered lying to him, saying, I take it back- I don’t remember anything. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her father was lying on the couch, reading a magazine, with a glass of wine on the coffee table, and there was saxophone music playing on the stereo. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I was lying in my blood as people hurriedly walked past me. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He was lying on his side, trying in vain to get up. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The world around him tilted as they both sank to the ground, adjusted so that they were lying there side by side. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“She put her life at risk and she’s been lying to me for weeks.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

We'd finished discussing Bastille Day, and the teacher had moved on to Easter, which was represented in our textbooks by a black-and-white photograph of a chocolate bell lying upon a bed of palm fronds. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He recalled the peace of lying at his boy’s feet in front of the fire. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The image of Father Cham lying in the temple came back to him. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The dormitory was completely silent, and, had he been less preoccupied, Harry would have realized that the absence of Neville’s usual snores meant that he was not the only one lying awake. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Then he himself went into the run where Bigwig was lying. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before long I saw my book, lying on the hall table, one of the most obvious places I could have left it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

"I don't think he's lying. The man's scared. He's scared nearly out of his senses." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

I considered lying, then thought better of it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then the Nazi search party arrived and we spent an hour lying in the mud along the riverbank, hiding in the bulrushes like Moses, waiting for them to leave. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I walk in resolved not to tell them the truth, knowing that for right now, for today, my lying might be best for all of us. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Her arms were bound tightly behind her back, with wire it looked like, so she really was lying flat on her face more than the others, who were resting on their forearms. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

But he did not lie, because he was scared that he would fail at lying and would eventually have to tell her the truth and that way make it all doubly damaging. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Wouldn’t miss it for the world,” said, Tam Lin with a twinkle in his lying, treacherous eyes. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She went over it again and again, lying wrapped in the quilt, while outside the moon rose, turning the pond to silver. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I see myself lying on the bed of the pickup truck, staring up at all the stars. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

There were reading desks with books lying open on them, held in place by brass chains that shone like gold. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I grab the magnet rake, lying there like a sword. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Most of them were lying on their backs with their enormous mouths wide open, and they were snoring like foghorns. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ron’s magic wand was lying on top of a fish tank full of frog spawn on the windowsill, next to his fat gray rat, Scabbers, who was snoozing in a patch of sun. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Vivi, thankfully, is lying on her bed, writing a letter in green ink with drawings of hearts and stars and faces in the margins. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He came lunging up out of the pool, knocking water all over his clothes lying on the bank. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was called Bear Butte because from the south it looked like a bear lying on its stomach. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

All Fadi could see were the broken pieces of his camera lying on the ground. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

His eyes open, and his body lying crooked on the ground. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Now the ships were lying like dead birds along her wharves. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I saw you lying on your roof. Behind that big tree over there across the street, I politely waited for your love partner to leave.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was an envelope addressed to me and it was lying under my book in the shirt box with some other envelopes. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“She actually did. I told her you convinced me to go. She said that you sound like a smart girl. She ain’t lying about that.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

And let me tell you, lying is probably the worst thing you can do in my family. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He launched himself after them but his foot caught on something, and next moment he was lying across someone’s legs. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Muhammad is lying on top of a sleeping bag spread on the floor. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

After a few seconds,Toad obeyed, collapsing to the ground in a heap, lying there like he’d been shot. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

A nurse sent Briony to remove the dressing and clean the leg wound of a corporal lying on a stretcher near the door. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It is James, his thin body lying limp. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Tayo shook his head, but he knew the medicine man could see he was lying. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The more I thought about it, the more obvious it was the boys had been lying. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Later, when he visited his father at his clock shop, Hugo watched him carefully, and then when he grew restless he made little mechanical animals out of the extra bits and pieces lying around. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

And yes, I see exactly what I expected—there’s a bunch of camera equipment lying around. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The red gloves are lying on the bed. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let us just reconstruct that little scene. You were lying in your bunk—so—and you could not see for yourself, you say?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

They went on yelling and thrusting cocoons in one another’s faces and lying and haggling. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

That was the doom he saw lying ahead on every road. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Once again I consider lying, but when I look at Ruby, the half-formed words die in my throat. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

And, I guess, she also knew that I would know that if she was lying, she had a reason for it. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a black shape lying against it and that was what caught Alex’s eye. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I am lying like that when I hear a rustling on the balcony. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

If he could have been certain that O’Brien was lying, it would not have seemed to matter. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Everyone was either at work or, for all I knew, lying dead on the kitchen floor. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Out of nowhere, I thought of Sir Zurt, lying in his blanket of leaves, and fresh tears came. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

She tied her dress-cloth as best she could while lying down in the boat, untied the rope, and pushed herself away with the oar. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

For one bewildered moment he thought that Ron had left the tent, then realized that Ron was lying in the shadow of a lower bunk, looking stony. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He blinked a lot, which meant he was lying. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Cherie says she almost passed out when she saw Skeet lying dead in his coffin. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Which was what she should be doing now, instead of lying here like a lump. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

I should hate him for lying to me, but there’s still a part of me that wishes I could go back to when he was still my friend. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I picked up my phone because I was weak and I missed him and because I’d been lying there, thinking about him for hours already; my brain had succumbed long before he’d texted me. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Thousands. Three thousand, four... aieeee... please ...” She ripped the spear out of him and drove it down two-handed through his lying throat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When Wes arrived in his room, he found Levy lying back on the bed, his feet crossed and hands behind his head with his fingers interlocked. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“I know,” said Harry, lying back in his four-poster and staring at the canopy above him. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I was lying in bed, wide-awake, completely incapable of shutting down either my brain or my body, when my phone buzzed on the table beside me. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The man must be terribly hot, lying as he was in the full sun. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s the other secret to lying—you have to keep your stories straight. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those boys could have found him, beaten him, and left him lying on the ground. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Man nearby, lying on his back, one hand groping upward, oddly reaching for the sky. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have an adjustable bed with the top half elevated so I'm sitting more than lying down. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I was lying on the sofa with those unopened boxes all around me, staring at the ceiling. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Milo looked around and, for the first time, noticed dozens of them—sitting on the car, standing in the road, and lying all over the trees and bushes. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I became angry because I knew that they knew that I was lying. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

One, from Djibouti, said little, lying and staring at the ceiling as though retracing the journey of how he had ended up at a holding facility in Manchester Airport. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

And I swear that ain’t just the fluttering feelings I'm getting from seeing him lying in a bed half naked, either. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He reached out for the book, which was lying on the floor, and sat up against the bedhead. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

"I am sorry for your girl, Ned. Truly. About the wolf, I mean. My son was lying, I'd stake my soul on it. My son . . . you love your children, don't you?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” I lie, telling myself that at least I feel guilty about lying, and that must count for something. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Even though Big Ma said she couldn’t rest, she was lying down in the other room. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

He was lying on his back, still asleep, with both arms on top of the covers and crossed over his chest. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

In the two days since the accident, I’d thought about your notes a thousand times and tried at least that many times to push away the memory of your body lying in the street. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

The meal was still lying untouched on the bedside table when there came a knock at the front door. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She remembers her mother lying on the couch chain-smoking with the shades drawn before she left for her job at the Mini-Mart. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Lana Lee asked hopefully, studying the mound of white material lying in the street. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took hours of side-stepping each other, of drinking tea and putting on music and checking e-mail, of Curt lying faceup on the couch, still and silent, before he asked, “Who is he?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Who knew that lying down for a week could make you so tired? All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Mama was whispering; I could barely make out the words “there are many full gas cylinders lying around in the factory.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

And while they were lying down, drinking, the wolf came. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s lying back on his new houndstooth couch, watching me pace. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suppose, Paley wrote, a man walking across a heath happens upon a watch lying on the ground. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He saw Wes lying on the back of the police car in handcuffs. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Both were naked but for towels, and lying side by side on stone benches, pouring sweat caused by the heating beneath the floors, while slaves massaged their muscles and used scrapers to clean their skin. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

They want me lying down propped up by my elbows on a platform, tossing a little coin bag. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

We shall picture the man in question as lying ill in bed, if we know his person. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

He was lying on his bed, back to the wall, his thick, long legs splayed on the mattress. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The other is lying like it doesn’t care on the branch, like the pelican doesn’t believe that actions have consequences—which he doesn’t. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

That was a lie, and honestly, I was tired of all the lying. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

As for clutter—the boy had nothing, so he couldn’t possibly leave it lying around. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

When the rescuers arrived a moment later, they found April lying on the ground and Marshall squeezing out to meet them through the fence. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

And besides, I felt kind of bad about lying to Mr. Lewis, I wished I didn’t have to. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

He seemed to be lying on the floor beside the witness box, his arms outstretched. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Moira was not lying, water was running over the floor, and several pieces of disintegrating fecal matter. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Morrison glanced at MacDuff, who was now lying calmly at his feet. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He remembered very distinctly—or was under the impression he remembered very distinctly—his feeling that he had met Yossarian somewhere before the first time he had met Yossarian lying in bed in the hospital. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

There he was, lying by the water in the classic bonobo relaxation pose, an ankle against the opposite knee. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Look at him. He’s just lying there like an animal,” said Emilia from not far away. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would have liked to say something about solitude, about night, about the mesa lying pale under the moon, about the precipice, the plunge into shadowy darkness, about death. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought of her lying without moving, but in my thoughts, her eyes were open. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m lying on the floor, on a futon, covered by a duvet. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t see the point of lying, so I nod. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to know if he felt like he was lying all the time, because I feel like I’m lying all the time. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

So we’re in the backyard, lying on the black woven surface of her trampoline. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Canty was lying almost prone on one of the subway benches. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked tall when he was lying down, especially because he spread himself every direction. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I just perfectly remember lying there on the table, seeing you on the little monitor. You were so...” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

But he looked terrible lying there on the damp wooden floor of my boat, his face pale as a sheet, his eyes half shut and his lips as blue as a fresh bruise. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The only cushion still in place was the one he was lying on—all the rest were tossed every which way. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d been lying on the couch watching a fish tank in the corner, its one golden prisoner swimming in lazy circles. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The slaughtered animals were lying all over the field. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s lying on his back, one arm flung across his eyes. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Kino moved next to the hummock, and then, beside it, under a little overhang, he saw a very large oyster lying by itself, not covered with its clinging brothers. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was lying on the floor in the bedroom, reading. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“For what? Stalking me, or lying about it?” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“I barely know anything about you. You could be lying to me.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Ren’s pair of gold winged headphones are lying on the desk. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Great. Thanks. And, I mean, I do really appreciate it. I’m not lying.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Harry shone his lit wand around the vault: Its beam fell upon glittering jewels; he saw the fake sword of Gryffindor lying on a high shelf amongst a jumble of chains. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I know it had something to do with her lying ’bout her baby loving me so much, something that both of us knowed waren’t true, but I still couldn’t cipher what it meant. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Every mouthful she ate was displayed to her admiring younger cousins, half-chewed, mulched, lying on her tongue like fresh vomit. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did she think he was lying to her just to make her feel better? The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

And I started to get nervous that even though I wasn’t lying, she thought I was. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Cole’s vision was blurred, but he understood that he was lying in the bottom of a shallow aluminum skiff. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The communists I'd known in the past had always operated on the assumption that come the revolution, they'd be the ones lying around party headquarters with clipboards in their hands. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Worst-case scenarios included my grandfather running naked in the street, wielding a hunting rifle, foaming at the mouth on the front lawn, or lying in wait with a blunt object in hand. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“Billy Moore, his brains were lying out of his head.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I got up from where I was lying and sat on the edge of the open tailgate of the truck. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

At night, lying on his mat, he could not picture himself doing the brave things his father had done, or his uncles, or the heroes of the stories. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blue Team’s sixteen lost ships, which were lying at the bottom of the Persian Gulf, were refloated. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Jake is lying on the ground, clutching his stomach, blood oozing from between his fingers. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Just Sanaubar lying on a stained, naked mat­tress with Ali and a midwife helping her. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I ignore the tiny voice inside me that whispers, You're lying. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I saw the judge’s wife’s bottom lip get a wiggle in it, and I knew for sure she was lying. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Asked if Hale was lying, he said, “Absolutely.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I know I said I wouldn’t take any more risks, and I hate lying to my parents. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I knew they would not take this news lying down, not in one million years. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Snow falls lazily over the neighborhood, lying in lines along the slats of the vinyl siding next door. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

"I'm stiff," she complained, "I've been lying on that sofa for as long as I can remember." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

All Persians are liars and lying is a sin. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I was lying on a comfortable bed with feather pillows and white cotton sheets. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Capricorn left the bloodstained fabric lying over the arm of his chair. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She remembered Baba lying on his own, withered, forehead shiny with sweat as fever ravaged what was left of him. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Pixie eased her sparkly toes right up against the fishing poles, where we’d left them lying on the shore. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

By both the doors they could now see that many bones were lying, and among them were broken swords and axe-heads, and cloven shields and helms. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

And I’m not lying, they were a sight. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I slid down from the window, and I remember lying on the ground staring up at the night sky, which was neither clear nor overcast. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Butterflies flew in and out of the bunches of field flowers now loosened from the top of the bier and lying in a small heap at the edge of the grave. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Nan had a stockpile of quotes about lying, but I knew the situation called for more fibbing than usual, at least until I’d worked out what to do next. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“Now will you stop lying to me, boy,” he shook the truncheon in my face. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looks over at Aaron, lying down in the water. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I was lying on my bunk when the call went round, /Viva Trujillo! In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day when Brian and I were hiding in the sagebrush, spying, I double-dared him to go talk to the woman lying out on the porch. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

For a long time there had been a shriveled boot lying exposed on grass kept trim by rabbits. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She had already cried while Gregor was still lying quietly on his back. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

And stacked or lying upside down, even put in backward, were books—hundreds of them. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

The basketball was lying on the ground outside. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

But somehow I can accept her bluntness easier than lying. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

"I'm not dramatizing anything, it's my personal property that happens to be lying on my desk." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” Angel says, but she hangs her head, and we all know she’s lying. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I find out that it’s just as hard to read lying on my back as it is to write. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

There were two quarters and a dime lying on the ground next to him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

When Stephen’s mom says I’m lying again, I hand Principal Jenkins my spiral with the tabs of all my businesses and the dates I collected money plus the person I collected money from. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

There was a large wooden desk with several large, ledger-type books lying open atop it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The last night of lying on hard ground, and falling asleep to the murmured incantations of the shaman stirring his powders into the fire. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Below, the captain and his crew glanced longingly back at their pretty rocket ship lying on the hillside, so sweet and lovely and fine. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But do you think we can raise the back of the bed up just a little, so he’s not lying so flat?” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Will I be Al, standing over a man’s body, knowing I’m the one who put him on the ground, or will I be Will, lying in a helpless heap? Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I see how scared Angel is and I see how Jordan likes to touch her hair and put his hands on her back. I am not lying!” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had more than a few hurdles, given that he’d already returned home after lying to a bishop about his premarital sex. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

You could also find arrowheads and fossils and old bottles that had turned deep purple from lying under the broiling sun for years. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Surely a body—friendly if not familiar—lying next to you. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, lying on the couch at his home in Raleigh with music blaring from the stereo, he replayed the events of that evening across the screen of his closed eyes. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

She was lying almost beside the palace, and he found her at once. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could see soldiers sprawled out in the pews and lying in the aisles, trying to sleep. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, she went to the store and bought him a big bottle of sunscreen, and the next time she visited, she saw it lying on his dresser, forgotten and unused. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But he was there when I got back, lying in the sun with his head on his paws. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had forgotten that I had left my book lying on the kitchen table because I was too interested in the Blue Planet video. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

As he came into the bedroom, he saw Sula lying on fresh white sheets, wrapped in the deadly odor of freshly applied cologne. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The annals of trail deaths are full of stories of hikers found half naked lying in snowbanks just outside their tents. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, I forgave Kia for his mistake and apologized for yelling at him, and returned to my favorite hobby: lying in bed and listening to depressing songs that perfectly captured my longing and despair. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The sky was clear, the birds were singing, and I felt contented after my difficult night just to be lying in the grass, feeling the ladybugs crawl up my ears. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then I head over to the two mattresses lying against the wall. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then he looks me in the eyes, and I get the distinct feeling that he knows I’m lying. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Thus direct denial, lying and the revelation of personal affairs are avoided. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they all disappeared and left him alone, lying on the linoleum kitchen floor in a pool of ice-cold sweat. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother was carried down the mountain on a stretcher, and although she got up for meals on the boat, she spent most of the time lying down in our cabin. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at the towers of the little clean Martian village, like sharply carved chess pieces lying in the afternoon. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spent all night lying on my bed, eyes wide open like some kind of zombie, trying to wipe my mind of everything. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Seeing myself, I remember lying, feeling my back burn and my cheek, cold. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

The worst thing was lying there wanting my mother. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He found it difficult to bear lying quietly during the night, and soon eating no longer gave him the slightest pleasure. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If we were lying out here like this and saw one of those woodpeckers.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

There was an icky feeling in the pit of my stomach when I thought about lying to Grandma, the one person who’d helped me keep writing to Marcus—even talk to him on the phone. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

It was nearly eleven o’clock when he drove into Newton, the weatherbeaten old county seat lying on the cliffs above the Embarrass River. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several pieces of broken bricks, evidently broken after being thrown at the door, were lying about the door. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But underneath the stack, lying on the bottom of the drawer, was a framed picture. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She thought sometimes, lying on her bed alone, and thinking of all his kindness, that perhaps John was that son, and that he would grow one day to comfort and bless them both. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He was naked, lying as if in a swoon on a heap of filthy rags: his arm was flung up, shielding his head, and across his side there ran an ugly whip-weal. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I am lying flat on the forest floor. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

There was a woman sitting in a chair, her sideburns and chin smeared with dark golden wax, and there were two beautiful young women lying naked from the waist down, having their bikini lines done. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Go ahead and try it. Try manipulating a storm or lying to your hunger. Try cheating the cold.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Or was he lying in bed staring bug-eyed out his window? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Chris and I were lying in the bed laughing like crazy. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I realized at once I was lying on my back. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

With Nero lying prone, Grandma went to work on the back of his neck and shoulders. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

If I’d known the truth was the one thing that could shut Juanita up for good, I would have stopped lying to her years ago. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

We are both lying to each other, she thought, a great needle piercing her heart. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

We remained lying on the floor for days and nights, one on top of the other, never uttering a word. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

You picked up little tricks: overturning your boots each morning in case a scorpion or some other critter had crept inside; shaking out your blanket for rattlesnakes before lying down at night. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

"You didn’t think lying to me was a big deal?" The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

That would be enough to get her kicked out of Daffodil Manor for lying, even if it was the truth. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

No lying or stealing, and no insubordination to civil authority, except on the grounds of religious obligation. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one is on the comer, which is good, because I probably look pretty strange lying faceup on the sidewalk and inching myself under the mailbox. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to believe, and that made the lying easy. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Lucas asked, looking down at my mostly naked body lying half in the mud and half in the river. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The pile of logs they had made was still lying there untouched, as if Count Olaf had merely made them chop logs for his own amusement, rather than for any purpose. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

She said to Mikey, Well, I’m not lying so I’m not. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Then he began to run, too, and I would not be lying to tell you that the ground actually shook with each footfall. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

But lying there on the floor and staring right at the board made me remember building the new barracks across the camp when I first arrived. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

They had found the scalped body of one of the captives lying by the trail, and they had little hope that in that weather any of the prisoners would have been spared. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

When I read your last letter, I thought you were lying to me. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Clean, quick, and easy as lying. We know how it ends practically before it starts. That’s why stories appeal to us. They give us the clarity and simplicity our real lives lack.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She never felt like she belonged anywhere, except for when she was lying on her bed, pretending to be somewhere else. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Before setting out, the hunters also instructed their wives to stay indoors until the hunt was over, preferably lying in bed and sleeping. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

I stared at the pipe that was lying there on the rocks. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was still lying there but it had been plundered. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

When they had beds, they usually slept two or more on a twin mattress, lying head to foot, forced to crawl across a sea of sleeping bodies to reach their beds. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Inside the room, Newt and Alby crouched over someone lying on a bed. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

There, lying on the ground as if scattered by God just for Alyce, were apples, red and yellow, large and small, sweet and tart, firm and juicy. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I swing the flashlight over and he’s lying next to a woman, ain’t he? The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

There were a couple more stained towels from the matching set lying in a pile on the radiator cover. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

As if he would be lying.“Honest,” he says with a smile. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

The softness of the mattress smothered her, and she shifted again, lying on her back, despite the pain it gave her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Cockerell picked up a sack that had been lying behind Capricorn’s chair and gave it to him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

So I’m lying there in the bottom of my little skiff, munching on a sticky sandwich and feeling sorry for myself when the whoosh comes by. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I looked down at the courtyards below and saw hundreds of wounded mermen lying on makeshift cots. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“We’re hanging out here because there’s supposed to be a meteor shower tonight,” she says, lying to Anthony. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I imagined her alone, lying in bed, reading or casting spells or devouring small children. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I want her to know that she better not be lying. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

It kept wandering up to the dormitory where his, new broom-stick was lying under his bed, or straying off to the Quidditch field where he’d be learning to play that night. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Cardan is lying on a blanket, his head tipped back and his loose white shirt unbuttoned. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“His eyes were not lying,” he told me. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He picked up one of the dry branches lying everywhere. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I am lying next to Rivkah in the bunk when the announcement comes. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When he woke he was on dry land, lying on a beach. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there, lying in bed, was some old guy—decidedly not Chuck Parson. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I'm lying on top of the covers with my clothes still on, the play still on my chest, eyes closed, mind racing. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

For a Lawrence of Arabia deli called Tray Sheik, I was the one who thought the place should have a bazaar effect, and I found the replicas of cobras lying on fake Hollywood boulders. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, right before bedtime, I went over to where he was lying on the couch and snuggled under his arm. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

When Sam awoke, he found that he was lying on some soft bed, but over him gently swayed wide beechen boughs, and through their young leaves sunlight glimmered, green and gold. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He gestured sadly at his son, lying between them. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Another was lying on her stomach, reading a magazine while wax dried on the back of her thighs. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He was trying to figure what she knew, and if it was worth lying about. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I’m lying on my back beside the creek, looking up at the sky. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course I’ve read that you shed your skins...but not that you keep them lying around.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

She was so tired of lying to everyone. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Instead, floating about two and a half feet off the ground, lying wrapped in a tight little ball with her nose tucked under her tail, was a small black-and-white border collie—dozing in midair. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Carefully, he took two of them off the spindly branch where they were lying, blew gently into their faces as they opened their eyes and yawned, and put them in his pocket. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He was just lying in his bed looking at the ceiling. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

We found an old man lying in the woods one morning, near one of the jeep trails not so far from here, and he was dead. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

At least his back offered some protection from the thorny branches that kept catching at her clothes and scratching her face, like vicious animals with needle-sharp claws lying in wait in the dark. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He’s lying on the floor of the stable looking up the lane and there’s white stuff like milk around his mouth. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I tell him of the deadly snakes lying at one end of a rainbow and the hat full of gold lying at the other end. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Now there is nothing for it but to stay lying low. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. had been lying on the couch and propped herself up. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

A while later, when Evie gets bored of lying there, I get her up and we go downstairs and leave Tom to snooze. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I just wanted to see how you were. I have to go to a meeting,” he said, and she knew he was lying. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She was lying on her side, naked from the waist upwards, with her cheek pillowed on her hand and one dark lock tumbling across her eyes. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

No one could replace Minerva, but we’d be lying if we said finding someone like her wasn’t on everybody’s minds these days. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Stella is lying in a pile of dirty hay. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

The gum wrapper is lying there, looking like an innocent piece of garbage. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

That night, lying in bed, Roy felt a stronger connection to Mullet Fingers, and a better understanding of the boy’s private crusade against the pancake house. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their TV’s on, and they’re both lying on their stomachs on the bed, one of her legs on his as she types on her laptop. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

They were laughing, singing, lying, squatting, or standing on the grass, holding food in their hands. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Fort gently twisted his collar out of Charles Wallace’s hands and came over to Meg, lying down beside her and putting his head in her lap. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps Lawson was lying in the hopes that prosecutors would reduce his jail time, in exchange for his testimony. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

When I was lying down all alone in the dark, I couldn’t get comfortable for the longest time. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d been lying on a rock for hours, by the feel of it. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

As I put the letters back on the table, I noticed that day’s newspaper lying off to the side. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Much of the crowd was sitting or lying on the sidewalk. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

One night that summer, when I was lying in bed and everyone else was asleep, I heard the front door open and the sound of someone muttering and stumbling around in the darkness. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

This side of me is usually lying in wait to ambush the other one, which is much purer, deeper and finer. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It is easy to overlook, lying as it does in the shadow of a neighboring high-rise, which was then only a frame of reinforced concrete. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Is it lying if I don’t correct him? The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

German aircraft flew over dropping bombs; there were dead bodies lying on train station platforms. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He looked carefully at me to see if I was lying or not. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Your lovely little cousin’s body is lying in the drawing room. The fish have eaten out her eyes. Her mother can’t stop crying. Is that what you call playing.?” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will was still lying on the stones, utterly spent. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s just tired,” he explained to me when we were eating dinner at the Gold Spike, just the two of us, because my mother was lying like a statue on her bed. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead he turned around and saw Kevin lying on the sidewalk, an ice-laden tree limb across his neck, pinning him down. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

She remembered Boo lying limp in the Sleeper’s hand. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But he always had; he had grown up lying, and he still found it strange that the people in this place where he now lived thought lying was wrong. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

But in this horse, Smith knew there was something lying dormant. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, when the only alternative is to starve, I fight others for a dead animal lying in the road. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know Mom had been joking in our backyard, but that’s how I would have imagined them in the end—lying side by side in our garden bed together. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Slip on yesterday’s jeans and hijab, both lying at the foot of the bed, and I’m ready, except for my teeth. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“What do you figure drives a man to lie? You think a man’s got to go and lie when he ain’t done nothin’ worth lying about? Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The Slytherins were already there, and so were twenty broomsticks lying in neat lines on the ground. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I was three and a half years old and remember lying on the backseat watching slippery raindrops making patterns as they plopped down the car’s windows. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

It’s one a.m. when I tell him I have to get some sleep, but I end up lying in bed, eyes open. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

If Grandma told my parents now, the letters would end, and I’d definitely get in trouble for lying. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I left to scope out the living room, where I found Sean lying on the couch, snoring. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

As I said that, I wondered if he’d think I was lying because of how he made up a story about seeing his cousins right after Ben died. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I imagined it lying in a muddy puddle on the sink, surrounded by strips of curling yellowed wallpaper. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I walk into the room where the Doctorita is lying on the sofa, grading papers, and Nino Carlitos is reclined in his chair, reading his textbook, scribbling on a notepad. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned Kevin over so he was lying flat on his back. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He was lying on the grass on the hill above his house. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Dad is dozing, a clipboard with notes and diagrams lying in his lap. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They tell us the cigarettes rot your teeth and you can see they’re not lying. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

It’s me, and yet it’s like someone else lying there— another Charlie. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

One year later, when Shipton returned to Everest, his expedition came across Wilson’s frozen body lying in the snow at the foot of the North Col. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Not seeing me, for twenty minutes, lying on the floor of my bedroom, staring at him through a cardboard TV. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

And Scott seems to radiate warmth; lying next to him is like lying next to a fire. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t remember it, but I do remember lying in the snow and realizing how delightfully comfortable it was. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But lying low would show a weak character, and that was not how I wanted everyone to think of me. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted up a stick that was lying nearby and he brought this down heavily on his mother’s head. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Whether he’s lying or speaking truth, I don’t have time to consider. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

While we kept secrets from our enemies, our enemies kept secrets from each other, lying to their own people about what was truly happening. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Twelve blocks of houses that had grass out front, a lot with bikes lying on their lawns like their kids were too stupid to know that anyone could walk off with them. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I pictured myself lying flat on the floor, still and silent, listening to the sharp chirp of crickets in the field. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

After a blank, I found that I was lying unbound, on the floor, in the same place, with my head on some one’s knee. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

They were lying under a beech tree in the Forest Sauvage. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was inert, still in my school clothes, lying on top of my sheets, dozing in a transitory space between asleep and awake. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Like she was going to find a gold amulet or a magic ring lying around on the ground amidst popcorn and peanut shells. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Exception 2.—Words ending in ie and dropping the e, by Rule I. change the i into y to prevent the doubling of the i: as, die + ing = dying; lie + ing = lying. New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z

A huge double-bladed battle-axe, still lying where he had seen it last, untouched. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then she must have fainted, because the next thing she noticed was the sun, lying very low in the west. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You lying. You don’t have no pretty dresses.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wondered if she were sleeping; somewhere deep in him he knew that he was lying here waiting for her to go to sleep. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was seven o’clock, the first day of school, and I was lying there twisted up in my bedding on the top bunk, alone in my O-Hall cell. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I had been transformed, and now, lying restlessly in bed in the dark, I felt a kind of affection for the blurred audience whose faces I had never clearly seen. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had just said my Sunset Prayer, El Maghrib-, I was lying on my cot in the fourth-tier compartment, feeling blue and alone, when out of the darkness came a sudden light! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw my dirty shoes and crumpled dress, my wet coat lying on the dewy grass. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I saw his glove lying in the path thirty yards back and went to retrieve it. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Cracking the pen furiously on the edge of his desk, Ignatius picked up one of the Venus Medalist pencils lying on the floor. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here he saw a girl lying flat on her back, screaming at no one. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I even manage to forget all about Prism until I’m lying awake in bed at night, realizing I haven't sketched a single thing all day. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Something rustled next to me, and then the darkness disappeared as whatever was lying on top of me was pulled off. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The lamps were also lit in the study or library, and I found the Count lying on the sofa, reading, of all things in the world, an English Bradshaw’s Guide. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Justice Fikeis is screaming now: "Are you suggesting that your leaders are lying?" The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

I whispered; “even if it’s lying there, undisturbed, the water rots it, doesn’t it?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I sniff back my tears; I hold back everything because my aunt is lying. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

A photograph was lying between the pages—the photograph of Capricorn's maid, the woman who had tried to help Dustfinger and was to die for it tonight! Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Aisha stopped twisting and stared at her in the mirror, a dead stare, and Ifemelu feared, for a moment, that the woman had clairvoyant powers and could tell she was lying. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The news spread like pox through black communities: doctors were doing research on black people, lying to them, and watching them die. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

But the story that Mrs. Amos was hearing from her lying son was only that Todd had tried to wake me up so I could go to the bathroom. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Why would he even think she might be dead, an anonymous body lying in a makeshift morgue. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The dozen children who lived in Namwon also spent most of their days lying in the shade. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I do exactly what you’re not supposed to do when lying to someone: I don’t meet his eyes. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I saw the book lying open on the carpet where I had dropped it, and I saw the cushion where your mother had been sitting. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The glow around Faith is ten times as vibrant as it was the first time, and the last vestige of guilt caused by lying to my parents leaves me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I was thinking that it was very strange for me, a boy from Virginia, to be lying beside this giant Negro out on the ocean. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Mr. Trepid returned to the Boxton Creek Home, he found his wife lying on their bed with a wet cloth draped over her forehead. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes when my whole body aches like this, I close my eyes and pretend I am lying on my favorite beach in Cuba. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

To be fair to the chicken, Pong's skin was so wrinkled and white from lying in the soggy mud that it did look like a maggot. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He was awake, lying spread-eagle in his big platform bed, looking up at the trompe l’oeil painting of a domed and gilded ceiling that was open at the center to a pink sky. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

She got into bed as well, but she couldn’t sleep, and after lying uncomfortably still for too long, she decided it was better to leave Gwen in peace. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grew up a little, and I gradually began to figure out that pretty much everyone had been lying to me about pretty much everything since the moment I emerged from my mother’s womb. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Then he beat up my sixty-year-old grandfather and left him lying there on the ground.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The images of Fred, Lupin, and Tonks lying dead in the Great Hall forced their way back into his mind’s eye, and for a moment he could hardly breathe: Death was impatient.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Alternative uses for the spare room, usually, or who I was thinking about while I was lying there alone. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Omission, Pearl decided, was not the same as lying. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There just might be some of Cluny’s rats lying in ambush for any creature that ventured into the shadowy fringes of Mossflower. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It was fashioned from beautifully carved wood, lying on its side near the edge of Father Olufemi’s desk. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He remembered it, lying here in the Massachusetts bed and breathing fast now, now that peace and quiet had fled again. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

He takes one of the soccer balls lying in the yard and pancakes from one foot to the other. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Lyra hesitated, for this was not lying but something else, and she wasn’t practiced at it. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I remember the smell of crushed ferns in the creel and the delicate sweet odor of fresh damp rainbow trout lying so prettily on the green bed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When Aravis came to herself she found that she was lying on her face on a low bed of extraordinary softness in a cool, bare room with walls of undressed stone. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

He crushed some sheets of newspaper lying on the hearth and picked up a few sticks of kindling. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Matt thought about the old man lying on a hospital bed, waiting for the one person who could bring him a glimpse of his youth. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark was completely frozen, staring at Jed’s body lying in an unnatural twisted position. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Pima finally hauled Nailer up, groaning, her muscles flexing as she dragged him up like a dead pig, then left him lying on the carbon-fiber decking while she and Lucky Girl went below. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

You didn’t leave diamonds lying around on the breakfast table and you kept the Zoo of Death shut and bolted. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Instead I loathed her pride, her lies, and her disdain of me when I should have despised myself for lying to Gertrude. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Now I was lying on a cot, the bright eye still burning into mine, although the man was gone. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, lying on his bed, he felt the same exhaustion, magnified. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

"I'm not lying. I never saw it before in my life. But suppose I had, what's wrong with it?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you. I know better than that, though. I shouldn’t have been lying there posing for pictures like that. I should have protected the ball.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A minute or two later she thought she heard a noise at the gate, and hurrying out, she found him lying unconscious on the ground with one hand clutching at his left side. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the dim room he saw the boys lying on their bunks in their pajamas. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The air was clear, clean, lucid, lying lightly upon the world that morning. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

His father was still deathly ill, lying down in the larger canoe that followed him. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Every time Papa saw Sarnie lying around in the warm sun with his feet wrapped up in turpentine rags, he would laugh until big tears rolled down his cheeks. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt a rush of love for Papa, and for her whole family, lying there near her, on these hard platforms in a new and strange land. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He was lying on the floor beside the fanciful rocking horse, hands laced behind his head. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I felt almost as helpless as my parents lying in their isolation rooms and didn't know whether to punch someone or cry. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Lady Seymour was lying propped up on pillows in her bed. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d never talked to a teacher like this before, and I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t surprised I was getting away with it. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Harry dashed over to Cedric, who had stopped twitching and was lying there panting, his hands over his face. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

‘We cannot leave him lying like carrion among these foul Orcs.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

And he coughed and sobbed in the dusty space before the altar, lying on his face. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The pistol lying to hand like another dining implement. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

In the park, said Aunt Lydia, lying on blankets, men and women together sometimes, and at that she began to cry, standing up there in front of us, in full view. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I spoke out about these people so many times, but they said I was lying! Shouldn’t they be counting from way back when I started to tell?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Alicia looked up at the crowd, then at her mother, then at her sister Nancy, lying there peacefully. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I burrow deeper as my eyes fall upon the book lying open on the velvet armchair beside the bed. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Vaguely, he could make out the big spruce tree lying on the ground only feet away from where he lay. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I’d dreamed I was in a hospital, lying on crisp white sheets. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He always brags about how they're all still his, but judging by the way the nurses roll their eyes every time he says it, I think he might be lying. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

When he got closer to me, he reached for his glasses, which were lying on a nearby table. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

If you look at it from the right point of view, lying is just good manners. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not surprised,” Arm told Mother, who was lying on the sofa in the detectives’ office. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She patted under her pillows, then looked around the room and pointed to a small puddle of satin lying on the floor. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Last summer, before Jermaine got shot, he was lying on his bed over there. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Has she been lying to me my whole life? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

If I can’t fix our relationship, it’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make, because my lying to them keeps them safer. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Here were people who made a living pitching tents or lying in a fetal position before our national monuments. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

But how confusing, to never know when someone was lying. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Bigwig was lying on his side, his back legs kicking and struggling. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated myself for lying to my own grandmother, but I silently promised the virgen I would come clean soon. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He turned to the lantern-jawed, leather-faced middle-aged man lying in the bed next to Dunbar’s jerked his thumb over his shoulder and said “Screw.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Gerald,” he began, “Mr. Sparks says you are lying. If you have never really seen him doing anything to Angel, how can you sit there and accuse him with no proof?” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still in a daze, I get to the doorway last, just in time to see Brian Li lying on the floor rubbing his shoulder. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

At dawn, the sheep began to eat; by 9:00 A.M., when Lavadie discovered what had happened, three of the sheep were already lying on their sides, dead and bloated. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I knew Ginny was lying about that tattoo,” said Ron, looking down at his bare chest. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

They’d pulled a worktable up to the windows and spread out their blankets and the boy was lying there on his stomach looking out across the bay. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

And that night the others lying on the floor in their squares watched Hughie ooze gracefully into his cot—they heard him sigh with abysmal comfort and he was asleep and snoring before anyone else. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was unbelievable that the Brotherhood had stopped its work, and yet he wasn't lying. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt sort of bad about it; it was lying, and lying was a sin, and so was going against your father. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found Old Dan lying on his side, pleading for help. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was not enough room to sit up, but lying down was like lying in a bed of rocks. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he isn’t lying, if he really sees my name that way, then everything I thought I knew about myself is wrong. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He left Edward lying on the bed, and the rabbit, staring up at the smoke-stained ceiling, thought again about having wings. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Boomer is there, too, lying at the foot of her bed. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t lying, he told himself—not really. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“I wasn’t going to hurt your little four-eyed sister moron brother,” Buck said, lying through his teeth. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I pause, and then blurt out, “I’m sorry about lying to you. I hadn’t dropped off Ziggy that night. He was already lost, but I panicked when you asked me about him.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

By the time I was done, Ms. Brown looked like she was lying in a rainforest. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I was buried deep in the couch cushions, lying in a position that wasn’t uncomfortable at all, until I woke up. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Harry looked around, holding Hermione’s wand high, and saw the place: a flattish rock lying in the shadow of a sycamore tree. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The next thing I know, he’s at eye level and then lying down on the filthy floor next to me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

A hotfoot wasn’t going to bother a creature that was perfectly comfortable lying on a bed of coals. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The day was getting warm, and it felt weird lying there in the open. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Byron said he could remember that she was the meanest, ugliest person in the world but he was probably lying, he was only four the last time Momma and Dad were here. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he was engrossed in the images on the screen, lying on the floor next to Obiora. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You better not be lying. You know I always find out.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Dead, like her fish lying belly-up in the water. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Could it be any worse than lying about yourself? Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Below them, Petra held tight to a low- lying branch with a precarious crack in it. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She thought for a moment about lying, but this was Aunt Rose. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Two policemen had found Bebe several days later, lying under a park bench, unconscious from dehydration and hunger. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As real as the person who would be lying in the bed next to him. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not doing anything—just lying there together beneath the sky, the night here so well lit that it drowns out the stars. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

What did you think about, lying here at night. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He was lying on his back, his hands under his head, staring at the ceiling. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Did they know we weren’t lying about the train? The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

My hand perfectly fits the curve of her hip, and I’m hot all over, but I’d be lying if I said I don’t like the sensation. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Her health is fine now. She’s not doing herself any good by lying in bed all day long.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Sammy, lying on his bed in pajamas and a bathrobe, called “Who?” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But how can you have an accident lying in bed asleep? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The girl is lying, then,” Mr. Robert said. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He motioned toward a pile of crumpled jute sacks lying in a corner. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

There were sick kids everywhere— walking with IV poles, playing games, lying in beds, watching TV, sleeping. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

All her life, Tally had been troubled by insomnia, lying awake most nights thinking about arguments she’d had, or wanted to have, or things she should have done differently. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Do a tragic tribute to the woman lying where we left her, with my arrow still in her heart. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Tonight I am lying in my bed counting blessings, finding the good, and praising it. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He now saw the bananas lying near him. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

But wolf that I am, I am still above lying, and anyway he would sniff the lie. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“And if he's just come to tell us he can't do anything about the mess we're in, then you might as well wring his lying neck!” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He knew she was lying, she could see it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Get in and rescue her. But suppose there’s twenty kids the same age all lying asleep—how could we tell which was her?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Chester was lying on the floor of the cricket cage. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Agent Fiona read my intentions yesterday, so there’s no point in lying. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Well, the thing is,” I begin, knowing there is no turning back now, “I wasn’t lying. Numbers really do have colors for me. So do letters and sounds.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The living room smelled of bleached palm oil that came from the kitchen and Baby was lying on a mat, looking through the pages of Eze Goes to School. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Harry looked over Hermione’s shoulder and saw an unrecognizable face lying on Bill’s pillow, so badly slashed and ripped that he looked grotesque. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Half an hour later we three were lying back against the boat walls. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Prince Cardan is waiting for me in the clearing, lying on his back, as though he’s been counting stars. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Matthias was loth to hang about while a creature was lying injured within his sight, but he had to heed his friend’s advice. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

After my delicious dinner, I turned my attention to the book still lying open on the floor. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

We pass the living room, and I catch a glimpse of Mrs. Shainmark lying on the couch. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Billy Pilgrim was lying at an angle on the corner-brace, self-crucified, holding himself there with a blue and ivory claw hooked over the sill of the ventilator. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Down they fell, onto the men who were lying unseen, jagged and dark and without volition, far below. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She had been lying in the semidarkness nursing this palatable sadness for half an hour when she heard the sound of the police car parked below her window starting up. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

And I walked out of the room, leaving Joan lying, lumpy as an old horse, across my bed. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

It’s the same reason that lawsuit-wary journalists drizzle the words allegedly and reportedly throughout their copy, as in The alleged victim was found lying in a pool of blood with a knife in his back. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The line plays over and over in my head as we move from standing to lying down. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

What I found was three bodies lying in the dirt—dead or unconscious, I wasn’t sure—and a village near rioting. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He heaved and jerked and pulled until finally Derek was on the bank, lying on his side, facing the water. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

I found him in my mother’s hut, lying on his back on the floor, in the midst of what seemed like an endless fit of coughing. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is possible that the vessel may be lying by, at times, for fog; some of the steamers which came in last evening reported patches of fog both to north and south of the port. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

It seemed that the witness must be lying and that Rose and Joe were innocent. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Jamie knows this because he spent the whole night lying next to me, telling me everything was going to be okay. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I can’t see the judges over the crowd, perhaps also because I’m lying down. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He scooped out a hollow and lying down piled the leaves over him like a thick coverlet. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there I was, lying on the kitchen floor with a sixty-five-pound dog in my face. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The man explained about the insult, but the poor girl replied with a song: He is lying: I did not insult him. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

I’m not lying: I added another forty-two squat thrusts before Coach Reed called time. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

So Bellerophon went to the holy place and when he was lying deep in slumber beside the altar he seemed to see the goddess standing before him with some golden thing in her hand. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

And into his mind burst the vision of an emaciated old man lying in rags upon a stone floor, screaming, a horrible, drawn-out scream, a scream of unendurable agony.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

As he moved all these things aside, he saw a long, thin package lying underneath. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure if she’s asking about my going Outside or lying to her. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

How can I lie about my results if they can tell when I’m lying? Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I don’t know when lying started coming so easy to me. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I want to run to her, talk to her, and hold her, but then I see her husband lying next to her. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Adam was lying back in his chair, his palms clasped behind his head, and he was smiling at the ceiling. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

We were lying in bed, between new purple sheets I had just bought for him. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It either went underground, becoming esoteric or occult, or it was mislaid and would eventually turn up after centuries of lying neglected in some monastery library. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’d rather be unhappy than have the sort of false, lying happiness you were having here.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The red candle was lit and she was lying neady covered upon the bed. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

When he came to, he was lying on the sidewalk in a circle of concerned bystanders, his head and face aching. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I was genuinely angry, because I thought he was lying to me, just when I deserved to be taken into his confidence. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Evan was lying on a blanket next to his brother, gnawing on a rubber giraffe. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He didn’t like lying to his parents but he was too worn out to explain the real reason that he had run so far. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are three outfits lying side by side on the bed. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He whirled in astonishment and saw a copper ring-coin lying there. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

She just leaped onto me and I fell down backwards and she was lying on top of me, trying to wrestle her hands down inside of my shirt. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad’s daily note was lying on the kitchen table. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Is it considered lying when you hold something locked up inside you? I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Harpoon is lying along the seats with the tip out over the bow. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Was he lying in a sickbed thinking of me? Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the next cell, the inmate is lying on his bunk. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was impossible to tell how long they had been lying in the grass. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was lying on his back in the puddle made by the water dripping off of him. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then he told of his parents disappearing and finding the butcher lying beneath the wall and of healing his head with yarrow. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

But I decided not to tell her I knew she was lying, because by then she was already cutting up the cardboard box, and I sort of wanted to find out why. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I ran over to where Sal was lying very still with his arm tucked underneath him in a way that was not right. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Dessie was lying on the gooseneck sofa when Tom came in. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Harry could just see the outline of something huge and curved, lying right across the tunnel. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

For all he knew, King might still be lying abed somewhere, fanning himself and sipping beer. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, where was I when Rashad was lying in the street? All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Lifting her wings, she walked into a square, moldy room and jumped up onto a rusted bell lying on its side. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

It was a young bat, quite small, lying stunned in my grasp.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Otto had calmed somewhat and was preoccupied with trying to bring the smaller bonobo back to life, lying next to her and murping, blowing on her mouth, trying to get her to react. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

‘He may have had nothing to do with the real mischief. The big fellow with the sharp sword doesn’t seem to have thought him worth much anyhow — just left him lying: regular elvish trick.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He was now lying full length on the ground with his head far out over the river, lapping up the chocolate like a dog. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

She was lying on top of the covers. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Often he had pictured her lying underground, still and cool and unrotted. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then, lying in the wasi each evening, she would review her choices. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

So when she saw Trotter’s purse with its no-good fastener lying wide open on the bed, inviting her, practically demanding her to look in, she did so. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Later he’d found himself lying on a little rise, face-up, tasting the field in his mouth, listening to the rain and explosions and bubbling sounds. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Mr. Sheep Sheep looked up at the lights of the plane cabin, lying on a cold tray table, it must have felt like an emergency clinic in Dubai. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t tell if she was lying, but either way, I wasn’t invited. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But after the boys were abed, he sat long before his fire with the tired look on his face and the ‘heimweh’, or homesickness, lying heavy at his heart. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

While Jeffrey ran for help, I held Mr. Terupt’s head, putting my hat and coat under it so that it wasn’t lying on the cold snow. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

She was always an easy, undemanding houseguest, and it was a pleasure having her as she was happy following me around on errands or just lying on my sofa reading a magazine. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He didn’t seem to be able to get rid of the picture of Hermione, lying on the hospital bed as though carved out of stone. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“I'm not saying you're lying. I just think you might be remembering things that didn't happen. And since we’re on the subject, I think you owe Max an apology.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Mango jumps off my lap and chases halfheartedly after the pencil before lying down to wash himself. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

It was just sitting there, lying on the desk. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

How could I not have noticed them lying right next to me? What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

In my room, one guy lifts the baby-doll pajamas I left lying on the floor as if a secret weapon is hidden underneath. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you figure he’s got the money and was lying through his teeth?” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The difference is, I’ve never been able to find something as easy and as obvious as a rearview mirror lying at my feet. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The Nichrome wire was lying in the charred remains of the cork, which had either slipped or been pushed out of place by the aborted exhaust. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was ashamed of myself for lying, so I ran out of the room to find Kurry who was a comfort to me in my guilty times. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Grandma told him while he was still sick and weak, lying in the darkened room. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Our mate Ritchie’s over at the Lego table, half under it, lying among all the pieces that scattered when the gunman came in yelling, screaming, and shaking. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He was amazed at himself for not lying. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“The kids left a bike lying in the street.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We kids were downstairs lying in our boxes, listening to them fighting upstairs. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I remember playing with the lounging chair when I was little, tipping the wooden handle and lying back. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

But here something caught her eye, a coin lying next to the drain—no, not a coin, a button. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She looks at me, then down at her shoes, and I know she isn’t lying. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

He was thinking of Esther, lying cold and still in the ground, who had been so vivid and shameless in his arms. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

When she looked down, her Evan-Picone white-with-a-band-of-color skirt was lying in a neat half fold on the shoulder of the road, and she was far far from home. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was lying on her back, her head tilted sideways, looking at Mariam intently with a mixture of amusement, confusion, and suspicion. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The reason I thought of myself as lying on my back was that the main instrument panel was in front of me, and I had long accustomed myself to think of that direction as “up. ” Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have no intention of taking their insults lying down. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Milton thought about the briefcase lying out in the trash can. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It floated to the floor and landed without a sound, lying there as if it hadn’t done anything, all angled in its pleats. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I saw Teren’s body lying by his wagon, his sword broken in his hand. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was better to have her talk than me, because it saved me lying. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom spent a few hours lying on a cot they had brought in, but I really don’t think you could say she slept. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hawaii’s Big Island, though lying well within the Tropic of Cancer, has mountains high enough to support alpine habitats and receive occasional snowfalls. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

But the world felt disconnected, as if it were a play Mark was watching from the back row, lying on the floor. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He was aware now of the pieces of jagged metal lying everywhere. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t see anything. It’s too dark. Nobody will believe anything you say. You’re just a lying swamper and everybody knows it!” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I was lying in bed, waiting for the sound. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I’m not lying—this Brown Pelican, he was beautiful. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Harry opened his eyes and was dazzled by gold and green; he had no idea what had happened, he only knew that he was lying on what seemed to be leaves and twigs. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

His brother, lying straight out in the moonlight from the window, waited and then said, “Yes. She’s out of town. But she’ll be here in the morning.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

At dusk the train stops and Neumann Two leads Werner on foot through rows of ruined houses, beams and bricks lying in charred heaps. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Yossarian knew he was lying, but did not interrupt as Chief White Halfoat went on to claim that he had never heard from his parents again. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Celeste looked at Tab’s face, then stared at Em, who was still lying across the coffee table like a sacrifice. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He thought the boy was a dog, that is, when the boy came out of the shadow Big Time imagined that it was a small dog that had been lying in the shadows. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then the stitch returns and I can’t help thinking of all I’m doing to be here— sneaking around behind my parents’ backs, for one, lying to them, for another. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

For a little while in the morning he had to censor letters, but he was free after that to spend the rest of each day lying around idly with a dear consdence. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

On one side of it stood a wheelchair with a pair of wooden crutches lying across the arm rests. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“It isn’t difficult. If you were lying then, why should a court believe you now? There are no new facts, and you’re an unreliable witness.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Rebecca smiles a little half smile that suggests she thinks I’m lying, and I decide I definitely don’t like her. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

One might at first be surprised that Clovis descendants could reach Patagonia, lying 8,000 miles south of the U.S.-Canada border, in less than a thousand years. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I took your word for it back then, T. But last night, as I was lying there, some missing piece floated into my head, and it all connected. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Instead, he only smiled at her and remained where he was, lying on the Prince’s pillows, a sword beside his body. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Consuelo was lying on the bed in the living room, listening to the radio. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Frodo was still fast asleep, lying now stretched on his side. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He suited the action to the word and then turned his attention for the first time to the motionless figure lying in the bunk. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Directly east of Chamberlin, and over a mile away, Horace White had been lying in bed for some time when he heard a new set of alarms ringing. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It was just lying there behind the books. He probably didn’t even—” “Gilly, you stole it. Don’t put no fancy name on it. It was his, and you took it, right?” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I’ve gained pounds lying continuously in bed, seeking surcease and sublimation in food. Now we must run. I must leave this house. It has terrible associations.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had heard him yell; and when he went to him found him lying on his face on the floor, all covered with blood. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The story always left the other twin, the stronger twin, washed and dressed and lying in a basket. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they had 18 hostages lying helpless and chained at their feet. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Plus, I guess we both know Kristina was lying to get me to do what she wanted me to do. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Beyond the sky-line is a country with flowers, lying so still that he would like to weep. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How’re you doing?” he asked, lying on his side to see her face more easily. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I thought of them and of the happy times spent in my house on the headland, of my canoe lying unfinished beside the trail. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though Wello was stroking at the pirogue’s rear, the dug- out canoe was long enough that, lying on my back and staring at the stars, I felt like Otto and I were alone. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She leaned her head against Moms shoulder and glanced at the book lying next to Mom on the love seat. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped, staring at the tawny body lying on the pine needles, and then at the white face of his son. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The answer is a mystery lying at the bottom of thousands of feet of water. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Quickly I jump back into the dug-out and find him with a small scratch lying in a corner pretending to be wounded. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she fell through the gate, gasping for air, she was shocked to see Dragon lying in front of the stone lions, sleeping. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

And a snapshot of me...lying on the ground—is that gooey spot blood on my arm? Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

It was based on a realization that had come to him “lying in bed one night” at Los Alamos. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Maybe he had left something lying round that would let them know Mary was dead. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He turned, and there in the cold glow he saw lying beside him Sam, Pippin, and Merry. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

My period is a week early, but that’s what I get for lying. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

What I remember on waking up was that it was early Saturday morning, and I was lying under the table. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe she knew that it would help me to better see that I was caught, and that the lying better stop instantly. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Even Helene Wright had mellowed with the cane, waving away apologies for drinks spilled on her rug and paying no attention whatever to the chocolate cake lying on the arm of her red-velvet sofa. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I’m really glad I’m here, now, and not lying at the bottom of the Steerkiller River. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

As her eyes slowly adjusted, she could see women—dozens of them—lying on the floor, huddled against the walls, curled into balls. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dead came to light lying on their sides with their legs drawn up and some lay on their stomachs. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The only thing to do is to treat each shift as a one-time-only emergency: you’ve got fifty starving people out there, lying scattered on the battlefield, so get out there and feed them! Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Don't worry, Lavender, you'll soon catch up," Miss Honey said, lying through her teeth. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

The cows that had been lying around roused themselves, and the bolder ones slowly lumbered over in our direction, One of them stepped right up to nuzzle us like a big cat. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“And we, my dears, everything we are and ever will be are just a twinkle in her eye,” Chacko said grandly, lying on his bed, staring at the ceiling. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The chair was filled with books, most of them lying open, one on top of another. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Arrowheads and spear points were found embedded in or lying near the bones of twenty-four skeletons, 40 per cent of the find. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Camel spends his days hidden behind the trunks, lying on blankets that Walter and I arrange to cushion his ruined body from the floor. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

And I'm not lying, you wouldn't want to be where Lil was for very long. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Lee said angrily, “I guess I’ve been wasting my time. Are you lying to yourself or only to me?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tuerto bats leftover beads among the tools and scraps lying around. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

And I end up lying on a soggy mattress. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

He was lying, and Tad was going to prove that he wasn’t wrong for feeling threatened. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Not exactly—because she had done too much lying of her own to mind about this. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

They remember broken promises to return and accuse their mothers of lying. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Short of lying, there was no way around it. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

But as the children and their grandfather saw him lying in the dim light, they stopped, shocked still. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Only a candle burned in the room, and by its light I saw Ultima lying on the bed. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You are lying, Tiger’s Heart,” the madwoman whispered. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

It emptied his lungs so completely that he could only begin breathing again by lying on his back and taking a series of deep gasps. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

And it’s a little too close to my own propensity for lying to be comfortable. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I press myself down on the earth, I cannot go forward, I make up my mind to stay lying there. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their feet disturbed a deep dust upon the floor, and stumbled among things lying in the doorway whose shapes they could not at first make out. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

A drum of gasoline lying carelessly in the gutter. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I’m lying on my bedroll, my arms over my head. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She is on the ground, lying in a fetal position on her side, both hands clutching her leg as thin, red blood pours out from a wound above her ankle, staining her skirt. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jam went to the studio and looked at the canvas that was still lying on the floor, ripped and empty. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

At home I got through the bad episodes by lying on the couch and drinking water brought from my parents, turning the electric blanket on to get warm and sweating it out. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Then she noticed Aunty Ifeka’s kiosk, or what remained of it: splinters of wood, packets of groundnuts lying in the dust. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

And she said, “I apologize. I didn’t mean to suggest that you were lying. I just wondered if I heard you correctly. I’m a little deaf sometimes.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The Nazis, he concluded, were lying to the German people. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was lying on the carpet, feeling the pounding in my brain, when Tyler found me and folded himself onto the sofa near my head. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I glanced up and caught Cathy’s eye and I could see from the look on her face that she knew I was lying. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mrs. Matsika is lying down. She had a bad night. The General is meeting with the President over a national emergency. I think the Gondwannans shot down a Zimbabwean airplane.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“The bolt is just underneath the handle—the sponge bag masks it. You could not see from where you were lying whether the bolt were turned or not.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was using red ink, and along the line where it said Reason, he wrote, Talking in Prep, trying to cheat and lying. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was so scared. I thought you were dead. You were just ly— ly”— her voice broke—''‘lying there in the road!” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s your father. They called me from the factory, they found him lying dead on his desk.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

You’re lying to us, you dirty—’ the man shouted, and then, strangely, all was silent, as if someone had clapped a hand over his mouth. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Station Inspector, not letting go of Hugo, leaned over and moved the fabric until he could see the mechanical man lying on its side, its neck bent backward. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

He looked at the mirror; Mary was lying flat on her back in the rear seat and Jan was bent over her. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The boys caught five small fish, which they killed and then left lying in the water, so they’d be fresh for breakfast. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed impossible that he could be inside that long black box that was lying in the middle of the courtyard. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

All this over a simple pomegranate, still lying uneaten in my satchel buried beneath my bed. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Pollard, lying just beyond her, couldn’t get out of her way. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was lying, still and gray, on the bed. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

There’s a breaded, fried, patty-like thing lying in the middle of each plate. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

“You see there,” said Professor Cumulus, a behavioral specialist—“that twitch. He’s lying.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I was amazed how easy the lying came. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Phillip, our top manager except for an occasional “consultant” sent out by corporate headquarters, opens it with a sneer: “The break room— it’s disgusting. Butts in the ashtrays, newspapers lying around, crumbs.” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Daisy was lying down sideways on the floor with her legs straight out in front of her. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“You beat up Ton-Ton when he was lying on the floor.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s when I saw them, a handful of kids scattered around the library on rugs, lying in pairs or off in a corner by themselves on a mat, piles of books beside them. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

When Mama asked Sisi to wipe the floor of the living room, to make sure no dangerous pieces of figurines were left lying somewhere, she did not lower her voice to a whisper. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Either Coach was lying or Drew had lied to him earlier. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

If he was lying about this, he was probably lying about everything else, and I’d fallen for it. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

It took a moment for me to realize someone was lying there. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

My dad showed people his ticket, and we eventually made our way to the gate, weaving our way through the obstacle course of people lying on the floor. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Maybe Libby wasn’t lying about the meteor shower after all, or can sense things about the future that even I can’t. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Catherine was lying in the narrow bed wearing a plain, square-cut night-gown that looked as though it were made of rough sheeting. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

If I signed the note and told Mrs. Rouse it was from my mom, then I’d be lying. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe all our stuff really is in the historical records where he comes from. That would mean he’s not lying about the future. That’s good news, right?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Do you think I’m lying?” the man said. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when his eyes lifted, all he saw was a very weak-looking teenage boy lying in his bed, eyes closed. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He was lying on his back, and had a deep wound in his throat. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Forgive me for asking this, Miss. I wouldn’t ask if it weren’t important, but...well, you wouldn’t happen to be lying to me, would you?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He’s lying there, in exactly the same position I left him, his hands at his sides, his eyes shut. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was lying on the grass near a picnic table, gazing up at the stars blinking to life. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The star was lying on the other side of the beast. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was lying nearly naked, squarely in the ashes of the burned shelter. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The call came on a Friday evening as I was lying in bed, grading student essays. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“We are not leaving that Horcrux lying around,” Harry stated firmly. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The rest of the boys, who were lying on their mats, got up and joined us as Alhaji continued: “It is better to stay here for now.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Even without the potion, Seven could tell he was lying. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“It was not the vandals. She died of the coughing. Let me show you where she is lying.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

That night, lying in the cabin beside Maxine, he is woken by the sound of the phone ringing persistently in the main house. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

To her left the slope fell away toward a landscape of olive and lemon groves, of poorly tended vineyards and abandoned windmills, lying hazy in the evening light. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Not when your arm is jerked behind you, or you’re lying on the floor with a knee in your back. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The Pythoness, Apollo’s priestess and prophetess, had found him one morning, a little baby, lying on the temple stairway, and had brought him up as tenderly as a mother. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unlike lying, an imagined reality is something that everyone believes in, and as long as this communal belief persists, the imagined reality exerts force in the world. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could feel him waiting for something, anything, and I could feel my heart ripping open and I realized there was no point lying about this. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I think I still expected to see Doreen's body lying there in the pool of vomit like an ugly, concrete testimony to my own dirty nature. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He was lying on his side with his knees tucked tight to his chest as if he was already working at not freezing to death. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I kept checking his face for a sign he was lying, a sign that would've been easy to see because he didn't have any hair to disguise it. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Just nearby, his Wellingtons were lying fallen on their sides, his football socks peeking out of the tops. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night, we sneak into a mill that is lying quiet for the evening. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She looked at the vacant-faced woman lying in a bed, her hair cut off short and her hazel eyes staring at the camera without any expression, as if the camera and photographer were not there. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother and Miss Grybas scrambled to make room for her lying next to the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

John was lying on his back; he had just said that when you look up at the sky, you realize nothing that you ever do really matters. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The tub was pink, too, and it was full of water, and Bunny, fully clad, was lying motionless at the bottom of it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

‘You are lying!’ cried Captain Hardcastle, and there was triumph in his voice. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, her head hurt where she’d banged it and her back ached from lying on the hard shelf. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hoped Nico was still alive, and Gaea had just been lying to make her unsettled. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I was lying on the pavement behind the tan car I’d parked next to. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I gave one plate to the girl, Markka, one plate to her brother, Darius, and the last one to Vega, still lying across Jermaine’s bed. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Alcantara said he did exactly as told, lying on the sidewalk, and then asked the officers to remove his wallet so they could see his badge. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She glances at the book lying open on the bed, and I wait for her to say something about it. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“When he is drunk asleep ...” The knife for the meat was lying on the floor near the fireplace. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

His feet and hands were numb from the cold, and his legs were stiff from lying still so long. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I saw her lying partway on the bed, partway on the floor, tangled in her sheets, her eyes open but not blinking. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m lying here, my belly so full that I must lean back and stretch my legs way out. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He put his hands over his head as we kicked him relentlessly and left him lying on the floor bleeding and unconscious. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I think of how I ended the last chapter of the story, with Ivy lying alone in the snow, waiting to disappear. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

And I wondered why I was saying it, boasting, maybe lying. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

We’ll have to go down the Dock Road again to see if there’s any coal or turf lying around from the lorries. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

And tears were running down my face and I stared at poor Rondell lying there. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Women wailed around bodies lying thick on the grass. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I remember lying in his bed, tossing and turning, wondering why he'd lacked the ability to read my mind. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

They’ve been reading The Outsiders for English class, lying on his bed side by side with the same book open, she a little farther along. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

When I looked around, I saw Gum Baby lying on the floor as if she had fainted. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Rebecca was lying there on the cabin floor. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Toby stared at the spot where, just three nights ago, Lily had been lying on top of him. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

But the explanation was a failure—she looked at them as if she thought they were lying. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quinton brought me into his room that night after Mama fell asleep, and we had the first of our thousands of talks lying in the middle of his bedroom floor. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He was lying on his bunk, pants zipped up, smiling, looking smug. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Gale says, “Katniss, we all knew you were lying about Coin sending you to assassinate Snow.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Like a dolphin lying on its side, with its tail pointing toward the sunrise, its nose pointing to the sunset, and its fins making reefs and the rocky ledges along the shore. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was lying there, injured, and he had not stopped to help her. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took two more rings before my fumbling hands found the phone lying on the unrolled carpet. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

This mystery person could be lying about everything. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I knew he was lying, but I also knew if I accused him, he’d deny it and there’d be a loud yelling match that wouldn’t do me any good. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Håkon glared at him, looking miserable lying on his side with his face in the cold dirt. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” said Lyra, lying earnestly, “oh yes, we’ll do that then all right.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I tell myself there’s no harm in lying to my mom. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, yes! You will tell me that I am adorable, everything that is captivating. Spare yourself the effort” “No, I shan’t tell you anything of the sort, though I shouldn’t be lying if I did.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then we ran beside the wall, our shadows running along the wall, and after a while we passed a piece of torn newspaper lying beside the road and I began to laugh again. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kelly called, flopping onto the bed and lying on her back with her head hanging off the side. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Pedestrians were lying on the sidewalks, or curled up in doorways. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Today they caught a spy from the Colonies who was secretly spreading propaganda about “how the Republic is lying to you!” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“I’ll bet all the good stuff’s been stripped, though. Too good to leave lying there.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Yet I like hearing adults murmuring, feeling the sun through the window, lying on my tummy on a soft carpet, worrying only about jumping checkers. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

He pulled himself up and saw a woman lying in the street beside him. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

The Object was lying sideways, her legs spread over my lap, her head resting against the arm of the swing. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The fairy was lying at the bottom of the glass, crumpled up like a butterfly just out of the cocoon. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

For just for a moment, his eyes touch mine, and I know it’s time to start lying. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to keep lying there all mute. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

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

Seriously frostbitten, lying insensate in his tent, at least for the time being he was unable even to speak. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Across and starting up on the curb, and seeing Clifton up closer now, lying in the same position, on his side, a huge wetness growing on his shirt, and I couldn't set my foot down. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t feel like going to sleep, he didn’t feel like digging, he was tired of standing still, tired of lying down. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

The alarm clock is lying on the floor, facedown, so I’m not sure how much time has passed. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many of them were lying on the ground. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

As I came up I saw the fourth cow lying on the ground. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Actually, I’d be lying if I said no guy has ever seen it. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

There were nine of them lying there by the spring. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

A trickle of blood ran slowly down, joining the rain puddles still lying on the steps. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

And the small, slight tail gunner was lying on the floor beside Snowden in a dead faint, his face as white as a handkerchief, so that Yossarian sprang forward with revulsion to help him first. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

In bed, with the blanket edge lying across my neck, I used to wonder which was worse, our side or theirs? The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harvey was lying on the floor, his right arm stretched out, as though he was grabbing for something. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

There was only one thing that worried him; he had to get that lingering image of Mary’s bloody head lying on those newspapers from before his eyes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Looking at it, I estimated that four men lying down could fit inside. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

At night lying on the sleeping porch, Andrea and I had often heard women carrying on like this. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of them must be lying, and I think it’s Nugent. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, Dad always knows when I’m lying, but I’m sure he appreciates the gesture.... Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The president stayed good-natured despite enduring the painful changes of his wound dressing, the constant monitoring of his vital signs, and the boredom of lying helpless in bed. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

People lying down on single sheets of newspaper or sitting on the bare ground staring at nothing. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“You the one who was lying on the picnic table for the last hour?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Then as quickly it faded, replaced by another, much more vivid memory: little Tzipporah, lying still on the low shelf, her finger corked so finally in her mouth. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I see myself wrapped in rope and lying on the train tracks just like in Grandpa’s old black-and-white silent movies. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to tell you something once and then whether you die or not is strictly up to you,” Westley said, lying pleasantly on the bed. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Any moment, the people for whom he had tried to die would see him, lying apparently dead, in Hagrid’s arms. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Croft was lying flat on her back, her head on a peach-colored cushion, a thin white quilt spread over her body. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Afghanistan was landlocked, with the nearest coast lying along the Arabian Sea three hundred miles to the south. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t lying when I said my bar mitzvah was a tribute to my family killed during the Holocaust and the scores of relatives who never got the chance to be born. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Big Joe yelled from where he was lying, next to the fire hydrant. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He should have known that Mrs. Moss made me say that I was lying. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

"He wasn't lying," said the woman who sat next to Clyde. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The picture on this one was grim: a man was lying facedown on the ground with a bunch of swords sticking out of his back. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He could not stand, and they left him lying on the ground. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I peer at them, trying to tell if they're lying for my sake or if they truly mean it. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t lying on the floor, bruised and cut from beatings, as Grandma had imagined. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our feet were trapped under a weight on top of the blankets that turned out to be Tree and Zheegwon lying perpendicular on top of the comforter. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

They lean against their bags, shoes kicked off, three small children lying beneath blankets next to them. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I didn't feel an iota of guilt for lying. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“I know we can’t have the Hideout back, and that lying to our parents about where we were was wrong,” I say. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“It’s Boy21 everywhere I go now. The time to leave Earth is soon. No point in lying about everything now. They’ve all seen my extraterrestrial powers anyway.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

A mother was sitting on the floor with two children lying next to her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She was lying white-faced in bed and she put up her arms to hug me, but she didn’t say a word about Miriam. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you have a young girl lying in a room crying and mumbling to herself for forty-eight hours, you don’t go to them for any answers.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

But after closer investigation I found that I was lying on my stomach with my arm bent at a right angle. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next thing I know, I'm lying on my back in the vines, a terrible pain in my left temple. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

They probably knew she was lying, but they accepted it because they needed an explanation. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Though Jesper didn’t think anyone would be lying in wait, some guard might be charged with protecting the gate mechanism at all cost. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Riddle had frozen, his face expressionless, but his eyes were flickering back and forth between each of Dumbledore’s, as though trying to catch one of them lying. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He could see a stream, a thin, glittering ribbon lying far below them at the base of the hill. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

We were lying on our backs looking up at the high sky. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

It was hilarious to watch the aunties and uncles, lying on the ground, laughing until they cried and blaming each other for letting go of the rope. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

She was lying unconscious with her arms around Lyra. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

In doing so, he sheared off an inch-square hunk of his forehoof, leaving it lying on the track by the gate. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You would bring us the whisperings of a traitor half a world away, my lord. Perhaps Mormont is wrong. Perhaps he is lying." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I quickly turn it off again and sit on my bed, staring at the music books and sheets lying scattered on the floor. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“I mean. You were lying to me. For months.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

You saw emptily, lying on your stomach, having been present when one army moved back and another came forward. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I could tell by her voice that she was already lying down, and had the phone lying on the side of her face. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He dashed toward the kitchen, dodging both Emma’s backpack and the family’s cat, Rocket, lying in the middle of the floor. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

But there is only Faro lying in the trampled grass by the tent near his dish, waiting to be fed. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

One day, Florida picked up a ten-dollar bill that was lying on the kitchen counter. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was lying in a little cell formed by screens on either side. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well let’s just hope that it was Cluny. Personally, I’d like to think that he’s lying somewhere down there now, dead as a doornail.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

As a boy Roger had idled away his summers rowing lazily about in Manzanita Bay, a lovely blue cove lying in the lee of the Olympic Mountains. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The children had erected an amateur tent over their heads, out of the plaids, and under this they were lying close together, telling a story. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I think we shall have trouble learning how to lie, having for so long practiced the art of going round and round the truth without ever lying about it, or reaching it either. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He had poured that slim little ingot, now lying yonder in the courtyard beside the drawplate, from just such sweepings as this. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

It was pleasant, floating there, a welcome change from lying in bed waiting for the next dose of Dilaudid. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Only then did I notice a young man lying in the bed, his eyes closed and mouth slightly open, half-hidden behind a lace curtain. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The door was open behind him, and in the mirror he could see Alice lying in the bed. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

When one is lying on the floor of his bedroom exactly ten weeks and three days after his brother has vanished off the face of the Earth, he begins to imagine quite a grandiose scene. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He’s lying in a bed in the front parlor, the window blocked with a black sheet, no sign of light. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He was awake, lying on his side, watching Sister’s paw twitch as she slept. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one could prove he was lying since he’d been born on the home-house floor and didn’t have a birth certificate or social security card. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The Firing went on all around us, we lying, Belly down, all in a Row. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

We tried all the rooms as we went along, and in the dining-room, dimly lit by rays of light through the shutters, found four servant-women lying on the floor. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I swear on the grave of my parents; may my mother’s soul forever sizzle in torment if I am lying.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Charlie's mother was lying on the floor, unconscious and bleeding badly. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The skeleton of a large junk, its ribs lying bare, its backbone running straight and true down the bottom. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And are you liars? Were you lying when you signed your contracts with the Virginia Company?” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I was lying on my bed, watching the shadows my feeble lamp cast on the ceiling, when I heard my father’s voice at the door. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Everyone knows yer lying but everyone else is lying, too, so how can it matter? The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

"Here. Blow your nose. Prosper's fine. He's probably lying in a soft bed dreaming of his little brother right now." The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Assuming I was from upstate, he thought I was lying. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have to hide the fuzzies and the card or else I will be in big trouble for lying. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

He presses her to the bed, lying on top of her, his face to one side, his body suddenly trembling. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s gotten so that it’s easier for me to lie than to tell the truth, because lying is all about common sense. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rontu was still lying in the grass with his paws under him and I thought he did not see that the other was upon him. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

First of all, she’d seen the log lying there right across her path. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

She stepped a little closer and squinted at the pile of notes lying next to her. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Is this the same time that I would be under the real stars back in Lahore, chatting with Zohra on the roof, lying on our charpoys? Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

He realized he was lying on a sleeping bag outside the tent. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I have been lying here for hours, listening to the sounds. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

He was lying on the ground, his body curled in a small knot, his hands clutching one leg. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I was lying on the rug with my head on my paws just staring absently at the front door. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

He’d arrived too late from Baltimore — when it was all over and she was lying on the hospital bed. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

At this moment, she is probably lying in a ditch thanks to him. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“If you are lying to me,” said Gwydion, “I shall soon find out. Then I will surely come back with wrath.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

A four-poster bed, a dresser, silver-framed photographs, a pile of books on the bedside table, a catalog lying open on the rug, its pages full of pictures of old books. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I returned to the hotel room and found Sohrab lying on the bed, curled up in a big C. His eyes were closed but I couldn’t tell if he was sleeping. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He surprises me both with the mildness of the statement and with the assumption that I am lying. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When she heard the truck come back and Joe and Daddy came in, she couldn’t bear just lying still, so she rushed downstairs. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Park spent most nights lying on his bed because it was the only place she'd never been. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I wondered what I’d do with the wounded little boy lying on the bed, though a part of me already knew. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I remember just lying there, being mad at Searcy for coming. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the air, I spied a particular rock lying in the rose garden by the fence. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Beth did look, and turned pale with delight and surprise, for there stood a little cabinet piano, with a letter lying on the glossy lid, directed like a sign board to “Miss Elizabeth March.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joyce Ann was lying on her bed screaming because she had yanked the string out of her talking doll and it was no longer talking. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

They’re lying down, not on top of each other, just side by side, floating in space. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

One part of his consciousness knew that he was still lying there, on the bed, in the Annex room. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

It rolled over in bed when he got home before sunrise: a green-eyed monster lying next to his young, inscrutable wife, but then Zizmo would blink and the monster would disappear. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He was lying on his bed and I was sitting on his chair. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Behind her, he can see June at her place at the table, very clearly aware that he’s lying too. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The Kansas City Star printed a lengthy account of the Clutter funeral, but the edition containing the article was two days old before Perry, lying abed in a hotel room, got around to reading it. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He will not believe it, and then he will beat me for lying. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

On the third day, so many sick prisoners were being brought in that they were lying on the floor. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

I had never informed upon a boy in the public school, and I was waiting for the boy in front of me to come to my aid, lying, making up excuses, anything. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

My hand gropes farther, splinters of wood—now I remember again that we are lying in the graveyard. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I open the door to find Madrina lying in her bed. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

No. I decided that lying down from the heat was a hick idea. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A thoughtful mechanic would park a Po-2 so that there was a little rise under the plane’s wing, which meant you wouldn’t be lying in a puddle if you slept there when it rained. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

She was lying on her back with her mouth slightly open, snoring at the plaster angel on the ceiling above her. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

A terrible nightmare follows, where I’m lying at the bottom of a deep grave, and every dead person I know by name comes by and throws a shovel full of ashes on me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He was lying in bed barely visible in the light coming from a single bulb. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She thought I was dead and that some impostor was trying to pull a cruel joke, or that Goi and Aleer were lying to her to make her feel better. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through a big glass window, he sees his sister asleep, lying in a small glass bed, the only one of the babies in the nursery to have a thick head of black hair. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I woke, I was lying on August’s bed across the hall with an ice-cold washcloth folded over my forehead and August and Rosaleen staring down at me. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He glanced at the girl lying asleep on one of the twin beds. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I’m lying on my back in the hospital bed, one again with my body. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. I’ve been lying about myself for so long. I know what it’s like.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Not far from the cave he noticed that there were footprints on the ground and that lying nearby there was a bone which had been gnawed. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

I mean, I was lying there in ratty sweatpants, amid a vast sea of soggy tissues. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You mean you would leave them to bring the suit back? You’re lying, Edward.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Fiver, however, came over to where Blackberry was lying against the stem of a blackthorn in the hedge. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry could not stand lying there with nothing but bitter thoughts for company. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It was a long, thin strip of land lying between the United States and Aztlan. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I actually believe you. You just don’t have an ounce of lying in those eyes of yours. And I can’t bloody believe I’m about to say this.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He’d been lying on the bed as usual, staring at the ceiling while I read to him. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next thing he knew, he was lying on his back on what felt like cushions, with a burning sensation in his ribs and right arm. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Wernher von Braun’s autographed photograph sat in a place of honor, and in front, lying down, was the Auk XXV casement. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve seen them lying on their funeral beds covered in flowers, being wheeled down the street by their families on the way to cremation. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She had hated herself for lying before; she had decided to tell the truth about where she was going, and there had been a screaming battle with grandma. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Santa picked up the photograph lying facedown on the mantelpiece and showed it to her two guests. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A severed pile of dreadlocks fell to the floor along with something else - a large fleshy thing lying in a pool of golden ichor. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I noticed Noah was lying on the same couch, playing what appeared to be the same video game. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The someone else, the boy-who-wasn’t-Salim, the young Asian who was lying on the slab. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was just an old tennis shoe lying on its side. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

And though Sagan has exponentially more stars, they twinkle the same here as they did in the New Mexican desert, lying on her black-and-red striped blanket, my cheek resting on her chest. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He should go into bed now, but he was not comfortable lying down; he could not breathe. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when he leaned over to kiss me good night, his eye twitched like it always did when he was lying. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or, I thought, lying back down, I’m ready for a new life, and this is how it starts. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Jesse Oliver! You leave that baby alone. Whatcha mean lying there in the middle of the floor doing nothing anyway? Didn’t I tell you I couldn’t cook supper before you chopped wood for the stove?” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Just in front of the caterpillar, lying on top of the cabinet, was a picture book of caterpillars and butterflies. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ben may not be lying, he believes it’s true, but who knows? The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

My mother’s bathrobe is lying on the floor. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was still in his track clothes, lying on the bed with his computer resting on his chest. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The first thing she saw was Ivan, lying on the ground. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“He's lying down sleeping. He will be here when he is needed.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

We hurriedly deviated from the path, running into the bushes and lying on the ground. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I thought about lying, about making myself into someone that I wasn’t, but it didn’t seem right. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I spend the morning lying on the beach with Tressa and Brandy, and I try to pretend that I like it. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“The boy is obviously lying. I have important matters to attend to this afternoon.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The conquests of Alexander in the late fourth century gave the Greeks firsthand experience of Persia, India, and the Asian kingdoms lying between. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

I really should be lying down if the room is spinning this fast. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

While he was lying on the ground she hit him three times with the whip. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, just as suddenly, it froze in place before dropping back down and lying still. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Angela and Radar were lying together on a love seat, Radar’s legs dangling over the side. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I was particularly sad that night after Julia Bishop walked in and found me lying on my living room floor. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Frank, Bill and Lillian, lying flat on the parlor floor and peeking through the doors, bore witness to the proposal and to Anne’s none-too-original rejection. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Pri comes to stand next to us, next to where Donna is lying over the dead body crying and crying. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I pull a crumpled piece of paper out of the trash, then ask her parents for a pen, because I know I won’t exactly find one lying around. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

We walked out onto her porch and there, lying on the top step was a white envelope. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He remembered that he had seen two bricks lying on the floor of the room as he had entered. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Smyrna -tobacco. Finest in the world. Brings a tear to my eyes, Phillips, the thought of all that tobacco lying in those warehouses out there.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I’m lying flat on my back, and I do my best not to look at him, or acknowledge him in any way. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

She had certainly never, ever even considered lying to a monk. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

As I say, the craze really took off that summer, and during the lunch breaks you’d see all these clusters of students lying about the grass around the Walkmans. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned his head to the upright figure with the knitting lying on her lap. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Hooper went on staring at the things lying on the table, his mind ticking over. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The majority of entries described inmates snoring, lying on their sides, and turning over. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The truth is that when Patrick dared me, I knew that if I kissed Mary Elizabeth, I would be lying to everyone. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

A few feet in front of us, my flashlight beam fixed on a trampled dump of red fabric lying on the ground. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He was lying very still when I opened the door. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later I’m lying on the operating table, the room dim except for the blinding light directly above my head. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

There I found him, lying in the back of the cave, alone. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You are lying, filthy Mudblood, and I know it! You have been inside my vault at Gringotts! Tell the truth, tell the truth!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

That night, Mariam was lying in bed when the bickering started again. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Oh, that,” said Charles, lying back on my bed and propping his head up with pillows. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Sure, buildings were burning, bodies were lying in the street, but the mood wasn’t one of desperation. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He knew that the Greeks without Achilles were inferior to the Trojans, and he sent a lying dream to Agamemnon promising him victory if he attacked. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

That SS officer in the muddy barrack must have been lying: Auschwitz was, after all, a convalescent home . Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am lying in the chair in the mirrored room. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Sweet was lying on her side, her cheek cupped in her hand. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly she saw it, lying like a gray frost upon the TV set. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

He is feeding himself with his right hand while his left gently touches a slim bamboo stick lying on the kitchen table. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could see myself battered and torn, lying in the valley below, and I said to myself, “Sam Gribley, you had better get down from here like a rabbit.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was actually a great relief to Emma, who had been worried that her mother was lying there feeling terrible for missing the ceremony. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

My guess is that he’s lying to me. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ben and Mary Anne suppressed giggles into the pillows they were lying on, not daring to let their father hear them. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

At their first halt they looked back, and they could dimly perceive the roofs of the forest they had left behind, lying like a vast dense shadow, a darker night under the dark blank sky. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z