I had to set aside thinking about Bianca and keep us going forward, the way Thalia was doing. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“There are federal funds set aside to pay for supplies, but all the work must be done on a volunteer basis.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt as if at any moment all that pent-up energy would burst from within and sweep everyone aside. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“I want you to promise—” she begins, but I’m already at the window, sweeping the curtains aside. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

With what seemed a single movement she tore off her clothes and flung them disdainfully aside. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I shove the tray aside before I remember that I don’t have a shin. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

But, aside from the laughter and playfulness, there was something different, and I couldn’t quite pinpoint what that difference was. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I beat his blade aside and, from long habit, replied with a thrust. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Have you added more sounds you like to your list? And do you put those earmuffs aside sometimes?” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Principal Lawrence gestured for Dill to take his place and stepped aside. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

They moved aside to let Desdemona pass and there, in the middle of the linoleum, was my mother. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He stood aside and let the doctor and his man enter the brush hut. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

The white car drove off, splashing through puddles, its wheels throwing muddy water aside. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Baylor must have noticed me moping around the house over the next few days because she pulled me aside and said, “You didn't get that part you was counting on, did you?” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

A sudden silence seized the feasters ... all but Lord Ramsay, who tossed aside the bone he had been gnawing, wiped his mouth on his sleeve, smiled a greasy, wet-lipped smile, and said, “Father.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Their horns were precious metal—silver and gold—so she’d managed to turn them aside simply by concentrating, steering the animals by their horns and guiding them back to the stables. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Carefully putting aside the four about her father, she crammed the rest of them into the stove. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The She Elephant grunted and swept aside a heap of chicken heads to make room for him. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Ashworth sets my file aside, sits in a rolling chair, and wheels closer. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

As I stood aside panting, the next recruit took off. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Basta pushed aside two women who were kneeling in the middle of the nave cleaning the floor and strode toward the altar steps. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The point was that magnetism can stop, or at least turn aside, radiation. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Some doctors tend to feel they’re invulnerable, while other people, doctors included, refuse to set their work aside because to do so is inconvenient. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

He stops at the towering main entrance, a sheer glass door painted with stripes in our team colors, and pulls aside as the panels slide open. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Any moment now, that cloud was going to move aside and show the moon.... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Frankie set aside the menu he had been fanning himself with. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She bumped the old photographs hanging crooked on the walls, brushed the strips of torn paper aside, and came to a stop at the bottom. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The one with marble hands called me aside. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was horribly depressing—and not just because it was for someone who’d died tragically young and for no particular reason aside from some bad arterial luck. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of stepping aside, he took a single step forward, and, as if punting a football, he kicked the sow squarely in her fat jowly chops so hard that she fumbled the chicken. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Occasionally my wild pursuit of the celluloid backfired, the worst occasion being an evening set aside for Ecstasy. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

When I didn’t answer, Chubs set the bread bag aside and sat up straight. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

This was evidently a password, because the gargoyle sprang suddenly to life and hopped aside as the wall behind him split in two. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

When he steps aside, the room falls silent, and I crane my neck to see what it says. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

His black beard was beaded with thick white droplets when he threw the empty cup aside. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Children would step aside when he drew near, and the smaller ones often ducked behind their mothers’ skirts. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

I tried to picture the race at Franklin Field, but—funny thing—it kept being shoved aside by another picture. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

He shifted to a two- hand grip, quick enough to deliver a stroke of his own, but the big ranger brushed it aside with contemptuous ease. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He had wanted to handcuff Cole, but Garvey to.ok him aside. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I pushed it a little aside and peered in. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

That year, right before Christmas break, the teacher’s aide in his U.S. history class had pulled him aside and handed him a twenty-dollar bill. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He seemed so sincere, so committed to us, that I almost put aside my reservations and allowed myself to be sucked into his whirlwind of affection. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He could afford to lay aside his anger against the Trojans. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were quiet, aside from slurping our hot chocolate, and I decided to ask him about the pervert guy who used to buy his underwear. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

An-mei read them aloud, putting aside ones that might work: “Diamonds are a girl’s best friend. Don’t ever settle for a pal.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sirius threw aside the bread he had just lifted to his mouth and instead picked up the flask of pumpkin juice and drained it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

After dragging the grate aside, she tied her rope to a nearby bench and lowered herself into the drain, using her flashlight to find the pencil in the darkness. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She grabbed Leo and pushed him aside as a row of spikes shot upward, impaling the ceiling. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He shook his head and finished his drink; he had earlier put the straw aside, sipping from the glass. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Or you could lay your cares aside, sit tight, rise to the occasion, and look up the answer. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Either way, aside from the few lapses in sanity when I considered revealing my true feelings to Evan, I was mostly desperate to keep my love for him under wraps. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

She tried to intervene, but my father shoved her aside and promised her the same. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed the newspaper away and went for the jar, then threw it aside when he saw it was empty. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

But aside from its great size, it was the soldiers about the doors that made me hold back. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment he wondered if he would be getting The Treatment, but he pushed that thought aside. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

A psychologist who works for the NBA took notice and pulled Reggie aside, and the two men talked for two hours. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I moved the curtain aside and looked out. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Talk to her, Dana,” he said once he’d brushed aside the matter of my letter. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He shouldered Taran aside, squatted on the ground, and picked up the saplings. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

The officer skimmed the letter and tossed it aside. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

"Osha must have turned aside back of us. Before the elk, most likely. She sent the wolves on by themselves, hoping we'd chase after them." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I swipe my hand across her bed, pushing aside every other set except for a tan-and-blush-striped set. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Ben taught me Heart of Stone, a mental exercise that let you set aside your emotions and prejudices and let you think clearly about whatever you wished. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Grover was sitting at his loom, desperately unraveling his wedding train, when the boulder door rolled aside and the Cyclops bellowed, “Aha!” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Elsewhere, bridges were being brushed aside and riverside towns inundated. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The huge tail swished and contemptuously flipped it aside. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charles was so thrilled that he put aside his anger and wrote to FitzRoy about the birth of his son. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kicked aside a few empty boxes and trash, and saw, mixed in with the litter of plastic bags, a small red glove. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He crept along the corridor below, pushed aside a tapestry about halfway along, and proceeded down a narrower staircase, a shortcut that would take him down two floors. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He whispered an aside to me: “I’m a little rusty, hut I think I’ll use Spanish now. He prefers it on delicate matters.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Eventually, she pushed aside the reeds and saw Crocodile Guts’s boat floating right where she had left it. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mae set aside her broom and brushed her hands on her skirt. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

With those words, Suya bent to the floor and pushed aside the blankets on Sifen’s bed, revealing a wood plank on the floor. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Perhaps that was why he was being put aside. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In truth, aside from wanting to escape a beating, or wanting a meal, I had scarcely ever given any thought to what I wanted. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Bending, Shae took her gown by the hem, drew it over her head, and tossed it aside. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The two of them pushed aside sketchbooks and worn velvet cushions to make room, then settled down on it. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She pushed one of them aside and went into the former classroom, where a group of half-dressed soldiers were oiling their weapons. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The crowd sitting on the floor scooted aside to make a narrow lane for the two boys to reach the front of the room. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He set the clementine peels aside and put his hands on the table to show her. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Tyler’s French aside,” Mr. Reed says, raising his eyebrows at the class as if to say he doesn’t approve but will deal with it later, “is that what they’re doing? Asking for handouts?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“You will step aside, please. I am an official escort!” announced the sailor who accompanied us. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Then Hale asked Spencer to step aside with him, and the two went off to talk. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Pastor Tom pulled Henry aside as he came out of the church building on Sunday. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He pushes aside an eager newsie wanting to sketch my picture. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The rain started falling in earnest as Magdalys heaved it aside with a clang. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, this white man had come up to him, flung aside the curtain and walked into the room of his life. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mom takes me by the elbow and pulls me aside. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He seized the blade of Mr. Armin's sword in his cloak-wrapped hand and, with a contemptuous gesture, jerked it free and flung it aside. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Dill stepped aside and motioned for her to enter. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

My leg hurt so much by the time I had reached the house that it was hard for me to crawl under the fence and move aside the heavy rock. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was at that point that a cop pulled me aside and told me what I was in for. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He threw his own cigarette aside, took the tin which lay on his jacket on the lawn and walked alongside her to the fountain. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I shoved aside a stack of books underneath my bed and pushed the box up against the wall, hidden from view. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The room shook as the boulder was pushed aside. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting up on his hind legs, the beast howled and threw the stake aside. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

An old German man had pulled me aside a few days earlier. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Jamie did object, however; he pulled his sister aside and asked her how she expected him to change into his pajamas. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the thing that flew down swept them aside with a brutal blow from her wing, and then settled heavily on a ledge just above the children’s heads. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Slowly he steps behind my parents, gesturing the security detail with guns aside. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The Paqo stood and joined me, pulling aside the door weaving to reveal the trees outside. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

"A sweet dream, Shae. Now put it aside, I beg you. It can never be." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And aside from that nickel, you have no money at all. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Quick as a snake Shagrat slipped aside, twisted round, and drove his knife into his enemy’s throat. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Rolling aside, I yanked my stage sword awkwardly from its hanger and brought it to broad ward. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I put it aside and fell asleep and dreamed that I was floating on a river. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Flatnose knelt down, pushed the hanging edge of the sheet aside, and poked around under the bed with the barrel of his gun. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Bull finished his first beer a full second faster than Colonel Causey, stepped quickly aside for Reynolds, who had sucked down three large swallows before his opponent’s hand had touched glass. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Only a maester of the Citadel, bound in service to Castle Black and the Night's Watch. In my order, we put aside our house names when we take our vows and don the collar." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Coach even pulled me aside once to ask whether I was wearing the right size cleats. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The bundle groaned and pushed aside the shredded blanket. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of chairs being thrown aside, feet running, a table pulled across the floor. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

And he let them put their hands on him—and they drew him aside. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The head was so bowed that he could see no face, and presently the figure turned aside round a bend in the road and went out of the Mirror’s view. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The story was set aside while the men tended to their dinners. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He set hope aside and did what he must do. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Probably Gawaine or his men would be skulking at his heels, in case for a moment he should lay the talisman aside. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody on the island ever tossed the bones of a bear aside. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

It looks like there actually had been a roadblock here—cones and plastic barriers—but they’ve all been pushed aside and the site is unmanned. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He pulled the sheet clear of the typewriter, set it aside, and wrote his letter out in longhand, confident that the personal touch fitted the occasion. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Just about everyone else climbed the bookshelves and window shelf and radiators after throwing aside anything that got in our way. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

When the ceiling panel slid aside that night, Kate’s was the only face that appeared. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Thus I sank to my knees, and putting aside the dagger, prayed that God on His throne, with my mother by His side, would judge Lord Furnival for what he truly was. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Jon moved the cup aside and read the parchment once again. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He stepped aside to avoid her without looking at her once. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moment Jon set the letter aside, the parchment curled up again, as if eager to protect its secrets. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Out of my way!” someone screamed at him, roughly shoving him aside. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

She may not be a director like the other adults, but they all move aside for her. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Sunday, aside from being a wack TV show day, is also apparently a slow news day. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He found space to lay aside the presents in his arms. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

While the corn finished roasting, I removed the chicken from the grill and set it aside to rest. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The insect stepped aside daintily to avoid a rivulet of sweat, for the air was hot and close in the forge. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The prisoner cast them aside into the sand, and a second later Nina heard it—a roar that carried even over the excited baying of the crowd. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The only thing they had in common aside from their white coats was a shared look of suspicion. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The fuel for the camp stove was finished, and so they threw it aside. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

On the contrary, the older player always showed the younger one affection and respect, often sending him friendly little notes and asides. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Corporal Jake Reynolds. National Guard of the United States. And you are out of order. I suggest you step aside.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Mary Lou pushed aside the leaves and stuck her head out a bit farther. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I decided to put aside our differences for the sake of our professional relationship. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“How can you possess something that you have destroyed? One charge or the other should be set aside.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Casting his shirt aside, Seth sprang into the water. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

It had shoved aside the grit to make a partial hole for itself, displaced the dust with its rump. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, boy?” he demanded, stepping aside so that I could get a better look at the tray. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The guards stood aside as the five horses and their riders passed. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“A metal flange that had been banged aside?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She moved around Moss, then nudged the man aside so she could squeeze past him into the seat. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She gets pushed aside when she’s disfigured by birth, her children soon leave, her beauty is gone. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The minister said they were to be laid in the lot set aside for slaves, but all who had hats doffed them as friend and foe passed by. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Barry and Clyde shoved aside books and magazines on the couch and sat down. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“We’d just stepped outside for a breath of air—don’t betray us, friend, I beg you, it’s as much as our lives are worth—” Julius brushed the man aside and ran to the rear door. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Just before Jordan threw the bottle, Alex saw him take a swing at Calvin and shove him aside. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

His eyes fell warily to the mirror shard again as if it might confirm a terrible truth, and Hazel tossed it aside. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

So, I didn’t really know what they paid, but Papa would set aside maybe a dollar each month that would be mine. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Asking her to do things for me instead of brushing aside any offer of help, as I did for years out of anger. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Brushing me aside, she set her flashlight down and struck the yellowed keys. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I was myself tolerably patient, and half inclined again to throw aside doubt and to accept Van Helsing’s conclusions. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Did you have a bad time? I mean, aside from the rain, no Stonehenge, no country house, no sheep? Aside from the fact that it was a day of disaster upon disaster?” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She was aware of the presence of people in the garden, murmuring, stepping aside, as she and Jalil walked past. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

They had all turned aside, and gone out into the wilderness, to fall down before idols of gold and silver, and wood and stone, false gods that could not heal them. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Setting aside the fact that Pope Alexander VI was his former employer, Josquin threw himself into the commission. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Finally he sighed and set aside his newspaper. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed his pannikin aside, took up his hunk of bread in one delicate hand and his cheese in the other, and leaned across the table so as to be able to speak without shouting. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He pushed aside two of the student handbooks and held the third one up. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

His power swept hers aside like a hand brushing crumbs from a table. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Asha crawled out from under her sleeping furs and pushed her way out of the tent, knocking aside the wall of snow that had sealed them in during the night. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Lords and knights stepped aside silently to let her pass, and she felt the weight of their eyes on her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

No change came over the still face, and by that more than by all other tokens Sam was convinced at last that Frodo had died and laid aside the Quest. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The hovel fell silent, then the canvas was pushed aside and the father stepped out, a musket in his hand. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instantly the father turned the plow aside, thus proving that he had all his wits about him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mundín unlocks the door to the cabin and stands aside to let the ladies in. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

These things were to be installed in the room set aside for Francie in their new home. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Principal Lawrence nudged Dill aside and spoke into the microphone. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He started to turn aside and then thought of something. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Not only were these colts strange-looking, shaggy, and awkward, but aside from the slight difference in their mutually diminutive heights— Grog was a hair shorter—they were identical. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I move the collar of my camo jacket aside and reach under my shirt to touch my octopus tattoo. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

She was like something that was thrown aside after she became useless to someone cruel. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Kenny was sitting with the basketball forgotten in his lap, and, miracle of miracles, Allen had set his book aside. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

But aside from that, don’t you think it’s a good poem? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I push people aside until I am right in front of him, my hand resting on the screen. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I stepped aside to avoid walking into the thread with which his girl assistant manipulated the boxers. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

There were inns, but aside from the occasional drink I stole from horse troughs, I gave them a wide berth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

"Sweet girl, kind and gentle. Unsay one name and say another and cast this mad dream aside." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He rips at reality and tears aside concealing veils. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

This aside, however, there are pressing 21st century learning issues that demand multicultural teaching material. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“It’s knocking aside boats like they feathers, sure it is.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Malcolm watched her hands and the old knife unhurriedly shredding it, setting the outside leaves and the heart aside for stock, and reaching for another. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Leo pushed his chips and hot sauce aside. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Then as now, when a knight took the black, tradition decreed that he set aside his former arms and take up the plain black shield of the brotherhood. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Weasley moved aside to look at the Pygmy Puffs, and Harry, Ron, and Hermione momentarily had an unimpeded view out of the window. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

But before I could strike, he rolled aside and was on his feet again. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ve got to put all your hurt and anger aside so you can do your job,” Miss Riley said. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t find any replacement batteries, so I flung the flashlight aside and put my miner’s lamp on my head, made sure it worked, then switched it off to conserve the batteries. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The same PSF soldier was back at my curtain again, ripping it aside. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She pushed her hair aside to bare her neck, and knelt before him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Leaving these genealogical questions aside, I return to the biological facts. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“So I took one of the new Greens aside who was about my age, and made him and that warden think he was me. Same for anyone who asked. One by one. Cool, huh?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I tried to shove all doubts aside as we arrived through a side entrance to a staging area inside the old capitol, still unable to see what was going on out front. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But she put all thoughts of him aside, for today was the day after Yule, and she answered, “Yes, that was me.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He yanks the rod out of his flesh and tosses it aside, like it's nothing more than a splinter. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Shoving aside books, papers, and odd pieces of machinery, the children made room to sit. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The chief guard moved aside to make way for them, and they went through the door and out onto the wide front steps. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The room was still quite dark, but he could see that she had pushed her coverlet aside. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Jean sighed, set her trowel aside, and wiped her forehead, leaving a smear of earth that Matty found very appealing. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Her father had put the puzzle aside, thinking Candice was too young for it. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The gargoyle leapt aside at the mention of toffee eclairs, and Harry took the spiral staircase two steps at a time, knocking on the door just as a clock within chimed eight. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

It is the chore he has come to assume, making us laugh with his hammy asides. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then turning her maimed head away, she rolled aside and began to crawl, claw by claw, towards the opening in the dark cliff behind. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The woman stepped aside, and Moss’s heart leapt. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I flipped the sheets aside, jumped out of bed, and ran into the adjoining bathroom. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

We weren't locked in, but there was nowhere to go, and aside from the weather, each day unfolded very much the same. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Mr. Armin spun aside, but not quickly enough. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

By all appearances they were going to be shunted aside, humiliated for the sake of Ulbrickson’s all too precious sophomores. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore gave the password, it sprang aside, and he and Harry went up the moving spiral staircase to the oak door. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It was good work, I knew it even as I wrote it, and when I’d finished I set it aside. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Will turned aside at once, casually, and looked in the window of the jeweler’s shop beside him. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My battle rage rushes through me, shoving all other thoughts aside. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He stopped chewing and laid the bread aside. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then I was beneath the bridge and it was as though they had been waiting for me and no one but me—dedicated and set aside for me—for an eternity. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I beat the cough out of my system, the best I can, at least, before pushing the man aside with more strength than I’d have bet I had. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

McNamara was blatantly misleading Congress, but aside from Morse, no other senators knew it. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Reciting a short prayer, the driver pressed his hands against his face as though to comfort himself, then hit the horn until everyone in front of the truck moved aside. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Yossarian put aside the musette bag from which he had begun removing his toilet articles and braced himself suspiciously. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Commander Jameson halts in front of the white sheet, then bends down and throws it aside. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The creatures flew around Will’s head, sometimes only a foot or so away, but they always swerved aside or upward at the last moment. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The driver braked the streetcar and the passengers moved quickly aside to let her off. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Always he watched ahead, though his eyes in the moonless night could see no more than the painted eyes aside the boat’s blind prow. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

And he had tarried too long, he had turned aside in sin too long, and God would not hear him. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I press my palm to the panel covering the mirror upstairs, and push it aside. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She closed my passport and put it aside. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Then we stepped aside to make way for the body. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

He pushed aside the plates and the little bit of cold sausage we’d left. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

He took Mary Hudson aside, just out of earshot of the Comanches, and seemed to address her solemnly, rationally. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

In the fourteenth century, evidence, good evidence, against the two-spheres theory had been presented, and it had been brushed aside. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Since good laws cannot exist where there are no good armies, and where good armies exist there must be good laws, I shall leave aside the arguments about laws and shall discuss the armed forces. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

To this end, the very first spell the novice illusionist must learn is the extremely simple spell that casts aside illusions set forth by others. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The veterans usually laughed when one showed up and flicked through it quickly in a blasé way before throwing it aside, so we did the same. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I could hear it a thousand times,” Riccio said, pushing aside a dark and musty curtain. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Little Walder cast his splintered lance aside, spied Bran, and reined up. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Now,” said he, laying aside the rod, “prepare my hair.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Tony tossed the stick aside, wiped his hands on his pants, and faced Stella directly. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Setting aside an ambition to be a Canadian Mountie, Woolf began race riding while in his mid-teens, apparently padding his age by a year. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It's just—” I shift aside the heavy bag Mina has given me, pulling the paper from my pocket. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The woman pushed aside her folds of silk and held a small bag up to her chest. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He took another step aside, like a dancer circling around his partner. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Back at the Plaza, Thalia pulled me aside. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I’m sure my voice gave away my internal state of anxiety, because he immediately put aside the papers he was looking at and told me to grab a seat. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Slowly, slowly he began to crawl aside; but the Black Captain, in doubt and malice intent upon the woman before him, heeded him no more than a worm in the mud. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I just laugh, all vestiges of relational conflict shoved aside for the moment. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

When he came back up the bank, he pushed the barrier aside, got in the car, and started it up. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I set the bread aside and grab my spoon. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

When he reached down to pull back the empty seat, a hand grasped his shoulder from behind and pushed him aside. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

She took another sip of water, laid her cup aside, blinked and stretched and rose from her chair, her muscles sore and stiff. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

If you’re not feeling well, lay your tools aside and lie down. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

His host put the mallet and chisel aside. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He turned his head aside, unwilling to be seen, unable to do better. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Diana shoved aside a chunk of ceiling tile and sent it thudding below. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The Wednesday before the party, Theo put her homework aside to tell me what to expect at the bonfire. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Like the rest of us, she wanted to serve suppers, and scold servants, and set aside money in her almari to have her eyebrows threaded every three weeks at the Chinese beauty parlor. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

She pushed the blanket aside and looked at a metal bracelet encircling one tiny ankle. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Out of the corner of my eye, I see Darius step aside to talk to someone else, and I’m both relieved and embarrassed. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He attempts to sort through the contents of a table, pushing aside piles of newspapers and a birdless birdcage. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He shoved his papers aside, took up a pipe, and filled the bowl of it with tobacco from an earthenware jar. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, I notice I have yet to record here anything of my journey to this city - aside from mentioning briefly that halt on the hillside road at the very start of it. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

If a product or enterprise doesn’t constantly reinvent itself, it is superseded, cast aside, abandoned without sentiment in favor of something bigger, newer, and, alas, nearly always uglier. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Listen,” said Granger, taking his arm, and walking with him, holding aside the bushes to let him pass. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

After some minutes, he closed the book and put it aside. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

His father put the book aside and looked at Roy fondly, though with a trace of sadness. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t know what she did there, aside from eating chocolates and sunbathing naked on the roof. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jessie set aside the octane gumdrop molecule she had started on and grabbed a piece of paper and a pen. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

For a start, they were our only means, aside from the Sales—the Sales were something else, which I’ll come to later—of building up a collection of personal possessions. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘But first, what’s the bad news ... I mean, aside from the statue being sideways? You said we had trouble.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

A part of every school day was set aside for punishing troublemakers, and I was often one of them. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the meantime they were to step aside, please, as this was a busy area and not the sort of place for children to be underfoot. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Wang Lung laughed bitterly and shortly when his son said this, and he threw the desire of the young man aside for something worthless and not to be considered. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I turned aside and looked at the clutter of household objects which the two men continued to pile on the walk. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It takes what feels like a lifetime to get the rucksack straps off my arms and finally be able to cast the knife and the whole mess aside. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Seeing me at the door, he tossed the magazine aside. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

In pity for his friend, and perhaps for himself, Vetch tried to turn aside for a little that rude ceaseless wind that bore the rain. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed the plastic scavenge door aside so that he could see down the beach. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He would have kicked me, but I rolled aside and jumped to my feet. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I checked my cache of wild onions to see if I had enough to make onion soup, and set aside some large firm groundnuts for mashed potatoes. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hagrid muttered, moving aside slightly, while most of the others swarmed around the baby unicorns. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Falconer dropped his horse's rein and pulled his cloak aside to reveal the hilt of his rapier. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I put aside my good pair of sneakers and lay out a large hoodie and some cargo pants for the plane. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

After the main session, reporters pulled each one of us students aside for what they called one-on-one interviews. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she set the half-empty plate aside and sipped water from the cup they had brought. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They rushed forward, brushing aside floating mirrors that reset themselves in the air once the pair were clear of them. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Dr. Cramp put his bag on the table and Laura squeezed my shoulder gently before stepping aside to make space for her husband. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He sprang up and pushed aside the curtains of his bed. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

She tossed aside the plastic bouquet of flowers. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

After a moment, Kingshaw moved forward a bit farther, pushing the branches aside carefully with his hands, not knowing what he was going to see. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

"Step aside, kids," he warned as he unchained the gate. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Teacher set aside the apples to take home. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We must put our feelings aside; we must be brave and strong, bear discomfort without complaint, do whatever is in our power and trust in God. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he lumbered forward off the throne, making her skip aside, and roared an order to tire other bears. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I push aside the curtains and see the snowstorm has strengthened to a full-out blizzard. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I strove to wake, to brush aside those pathetic flutterings, but strive as I would I could not...at last I sat up, sleep and dream alike banished, wide awake now. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, as he threw up his arm, he knocked my hand aside and hit the side of my face. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

With two hefty shoves, the Bull pushed the cover of the well aside and dangled the backpack over the now-open hole. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Hale had pulled me aside the day before to tell me that I would need to do a lot better. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

When ordered to “step aside and let the black students enter the university,” Wallace refused to move. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly he threw back his grey cloak, and cast aside his hat, and leaped to horseback. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

We set as much as we could store aside. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Peewee was pushing it aside with his hand. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But seriously, son, all jokes aside, I’m glad you wore a suit today, because I need you.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

In short, I lived the life of the shunned, forever cast aside, yet looking on, curious as to how others lived. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Ida reported on an eyewitness statement that police “stepped aside” and “didn’t raise a club” as they watched the attack in the Yard. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He moves Uncle Al’s hand aside, and then flicks a handkerchief from his pocket to wipe the spit from his face. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The mouth of the trumpet was against the wall, and Lombard, pushing it aside indicated where two or three small holes had been unobtrusively bored through the wall. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

“But my in-structors—” The Giver flicked his hand as if brushing something aside. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

A hellhound leaped at me, but Tyson slammed it aside with a fire extinguisher. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

But psychoanalysis aside, I thought the books were very valuable. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Jonathan’s impetuosity, and the manifest singleness of his purpose, seemed to overawe those in front of him; instinctively they cowered, aside and let him pass. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Then setting it aside, he turned to Frodo and in a soft tone spoke words the others could not catch. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

They climbed the shaky wooden ladder, Neeley pushed the opening aside and they were on the roof. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I always tugged at Grandma's arm, wondering why she would just step aside. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But then I decided that, addiction to robbery aside, he seemed like a together enough person to keep straight the source of a poem he had inscribed on his own back. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crowd echoed the amen, and Reverend Okonjo stepped aside, offering the pulpit to Moss’s mother. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

A doll in a red velvet dress and a wooden truck had been tossed aside by some children. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He would trample anything in his way, toss aside anyone in his path. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The room had been his father’s when he’d been a boy, but aside from a few books on a shelf, it was clear his grandfather had cleaned all his things out. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The judge advised the jury members that they must set aside sympathies or prejudices for either side. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Laney threw the lid aside from one of the white cardboard boxes, rummaged through the box, removed a pair of old floral leggings, and stretched the waistband around her head to make a hat. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I stepped aside to allow passage for a bustle of men who dragged a wooden howitzer. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Then one of the branches that Ernie brushed aside snapped back and came flying at Genie, whacking him in the eye. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The other waited a moment as if expecting some more mannerly response, and getting none straightened up and turned a little aside. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Roaring, he came lurching to his feet, throwing the thing violently aside. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I tossed the paper aside in disgust and reached for my backpack again. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Dr. Stevens put the matter aside without losing his warm demeanor. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The gargoyle sprang to life and jumped aside. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I will give him something to try to turn the poison aside,” he said. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Orcs reeled and screamed and cast aside both sword and spear. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Four of the five put aside their hurt feelings and accepted immediately. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She filled a big Dutch oven with hot water and placed it on a burner, seeming to have set aside all personal topics. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Surely both, for he sweeps the doctors aside, leaps to his feet, and moves toward me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Olanna stood aside as they passed and, back home, she was furious to see Ugwu standing in front of the yard, talking to some elderly neighbors. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But we need to acknowledge the existence of extended, patchy revolutions if we want to turn aside from politics and understand large-scale economic, social, intellectual and technological change. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Can we lay aside some of these feelings?” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

So I decided yesterday afternoon to put the work aside for a while and go to Mrs. Nemur’s cocktail party. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Taking Melanie aside, April whispered, “There are boxes piled up out there. They could have been watching forever! Shall I punch them now?” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wrote with an endearing, intelligent voice, and her entries were filled with self-deprecating humor and witty, sardonic asides. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She unfolded the contents and sat there, slowly scanning each page, setting it aside once she’d scrutinized it. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He could see his sister try to stop the whipping and being shoved aside. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Dany tried to put the thought aside, but it would not leave her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She steps aside, and I squeeze past Ma to stand inside the dark guardhouse. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I push the thought aside and open Max's backpack and pull out the notebook. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Everybody sets their cake slices aside to applaud as the screen fades to black, even though the film technically isn’t over. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Underneath the scattered sheets, the certificate lies tossed aside like a useless piece of mail. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Ocean told me he didn’t need a scholarship. He said that you had money set aside for him, for college.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I felt rather like someone peering through the keyhole of a locked door, and a little furtively I laid the book aside. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

But aside from Rowdy, and my parents and sister and grandmother, nobody would miss me. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jon put aside his wine cup and drew on his black moleskin gloves. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Seeing the Eldorado coming so fast, other drivers moved aside. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

We just watched Dari sweep it aside to prepare for the next egg. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

My first arrow hits his chest and inexplicably falls aside. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I put my mind aside and feel only my body, stepping, moving. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I could sense that the others were secretly laughing at my bumbling efforts, and I longed to throw the stick aside—preferably at them—and show them my skill with a pen. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He will apologize, put the book aside, a small corner of a page turned over to mark his place. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Some folks move aside; others, some drunk, some space cadets, I’ve got to push. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

He could see that she still lived, and he covered her with the thick woven coat that he had thrown aside as he entered the sea. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She came two steps at a time upstairs, and pushed aside Jim—groggy with sleep and wondering what all the commotion was about. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I still had a little niggle about Mama having a hissy fit when I brought him back to Raleigh with me, but I pushed that aside. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Before the movers came we had set aside everything that we would not use “on a regular basis” in Florida. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She also wanted to take my father aside to tell him something. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He pushed aside an array of mesquite branches to reveal the furniture: remnants of a filthy old mattress, two metal stools, and an ancient, rusty pot-bellied stove. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Mama was snoring fitfully in the bed now, and so Ophie slowly pushed the covers aside, put on her slippers, and tiptoed out into the hall. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

When her turn came, Francie pushed aside the heavy curtain and knelt in the confessional. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m losing it, I thought, as I pushed branches aside, fighting my way back to the clearing. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

So I set the poems aside, bundle up, and take Boomer out to our own autumn forest. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Swiftly, the man pushed Minli aside and began to pour the liquid from the medicine jar over Dragon’s black arm. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

He led Blood off toward the stables, hopping aside when the stallion tried to kick him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He kicked aside a few of the coins on the floor in front of him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

‘Nor does age lie so heavily on your shoulders as some would have you think. Cast aside your prop!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She put it aside to look at our work. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Kit and Judith stood a little aside, enjoying the bustling scene. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed that his mother, whose touch was so much more gentle, had been thrust aside by his father, who could not bear to have anyone else touch his wounded son. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

She shoved that silly nurse aside with one hand and strode into the dentist’s office. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knocked aside her blow as if it was nothing, and she retreated while he rose. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She gave it another moment, then put her stick aside and resumed her work. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The woman in the large hat steps aside completely, clearing Bailey’s line of sight. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I sucked my teeth and stepped aside to let her in. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Dotted across the hillside were the remains of his digging efforts: stones and dirt cast aside in sloppy heaps. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

It knocked aside another and sprayed poison on a third, who retreated in,a panic, his armor melting. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Of course,” Nessie says before disappearing from the room, Mr. Gideon stepping aside to let her go. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She even found an illustrated copy of Grimm’s Fairy Tales with brightly colored pictures of pale princes and princesses that she put aside to take downstairs for later. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

With a growl of rage and pain, he set upon me in earnest, battering aside my defenses until he found a breach and delivered a quick, angry thrust. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Setting it aside, I reached past the table to get Martinez's patch kit. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He finished a page and cast it aside, started a next one. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The man cursed and dodged aside, and Lyra darted past him toward the open spaces of the wharf. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

One day, when young Siddhartha was distressing his father with his defiance and temper and had broken both rice bowls, Vasudeva took his friend aside in the evening and talked to him. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas pushed aside the swelling panic and set himself to work. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Enemy warriors threw javelins at me, but the storm knocked them aside. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Back in bed, I push aside the curtain and let the sunlight spill in, brighter than any lamp. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Above their heads the blind of one of the sleeping car compartments was pushed aside and a young woman looked out. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The figures outside nodded, one or two of them gave little bows, and they stood aside respectfully as Will and Lyra walked into the warmth and light. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Others in the aisle stepped aside and the businessman found himself moving forward. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Dumbledore!” said Harry without thinking, because it was he whom he yearned to see, and to his surprise the gargoyle slid aside, revealing the spiral staircase behind. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Flinging our cotton barrier aside, Big Harm corners us. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She took the helm off and flung it aside. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I pushed some tall weeds aside and jumped over the shallow ditch that ran along the edge of the road. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Right now the curtain is pulled aside so you can see both our halves at once. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was generally agreed among the old guard that these were troubling times, but aside from raising objections that were repeatedly dismissed, no one took action. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The leaves we kick aside clatter like tin cans. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Calvin seemed to be arguing with Jordan, but Jordan shoved him aside, then whipped his arm forward. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I filled a disposable syringe with the three-units dosage and set it aside. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

As soon as he saw Taran, he shut the volume quickly and put it aside. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Cursing quietly, he shoved the thing aside and crept toward the double doors that led to the movie theater’s auditorium. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

But it was the manner in which the other four stepped subtly aside as he approached the Paqo that told of his supreme authority. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

They agreed to set aside a large sum of money from which applicants could make loans to buy these houses. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And even though it’s so quiet, even twenty feet away, I know the sound of air moving aside as a fist comes down, again and again. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I stood aside as he come into the house. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

With a sigh of satisfaction the boy set stones and crucible aside, and wiped the sweat from his hands upon his cotton kilt. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Uncle Vernon laid aside his paper with a deep sniff of disapproval and looked down at his own grapefruit quarter. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Rachel put aside her work, and even Matthew came to the door to see the young folks off. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Iorek’s was in much better condition, for all its ugliness: dented, but intact, standing up far better to the great sledgehammer blows of the bear-king, and turning aside those brutal six-inch clam. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He decided that no matter what, he’d push all the bad stuff from the past aside and have a good day. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

"That. Not his fault, my lo—Tyrian. No. He never meant to kill the woman, that was her own doing. He warned her to stand aside and let him do his duty." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I push aside some magazines and check under the bed. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“So we may set aside the assertion that it is the way,” Jamison announced with certainty. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama kneels next to me and picks up the item I've just set aside, a birthday card from when I turned sixteen. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Now I put the script aside, pulled on yesterday's pedal pushers, and slipped yesterday's T-shirt over my head. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

It wasn't a new thought for me to think I might go insane, but I had always pushed the thought aside. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Then he put his dagger aside and tossed me a piece of bread. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then my sister Princesse took me aside and explained: My favorite uncle, Rumenge, the officer who always brought me treats and new clothes, had been killed in one of the conflicts in the region. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

On my third night, she pulls me aside abruptly and brings her face so close that it looks like she’s planning to butt me with her forehead. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

If both countries set aside land along their common border, the dealers would establish Farms and stop the flow of Illegals. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The only one with bantam White Leghorns in this area was Jim Brown. Well, aside from Redwood Farm.” Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

They both fell aside, and the first to rise was Iorek. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

How could they put someone they’d cared for aside so easily? Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

"Here, you!" an angry voice shouted at Arya, but she bowled past, shoving people aside, squirming between them, slamming into anyone in her way. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A crowd of onlookers had gathered around the emergency vehicles, and my mom shoved them aside to get to me, not caring who she elbowed. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Kote set aside the clean linen cloth and gave his best innkeeper’s smile. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He pushed that idea aside and tried to think of something else. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

For when he took me aside, his questions were pointed. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

‘I cannot pass without turning aside for a moment to look at the wonder of the dale!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He ducked aside, his clothes smoking from the close call. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I asked her recently what she liked about him, and she said that aside from the physical attraction, my dad had a warm personality and an infectious sense of humor. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“And a waterslide!” said Brown Fur, who was pulling random tools out of Leo’s belt, tossing aside wrenches, hammers, and staple guns. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The friendship of Saruman and the power of Orthanc cannot be lightly thrown aside, whatever grievances, real or fancied, may lie behind. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Jaja sat on my bed for a while longer before he went downstairs to have lunch; I pushed my textbook aside, looked up, and stared at my daily schedule, pasted on the wall above me. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He ran the place alone, aside from the forty minutes a day that we were there. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

The determined squirrel is pushing aside Ma’s breadbox to reach the cupboard it’s blocking. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

She sets it aside and takes off her reading glasses, setting those aside too. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Would he be able to set his own ideas aside long enough to hear other people’s? Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually Rogers found his way to Walter Nelson-Rees, who mentioned as an aside that Henrietta Lacks was the real name of the woman behind the cells. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The island’s undergrowth was surpris-ingly thick, and he had to push it aside to keep it from whipping him in the face as he forced through. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

They stepped aside to let her enter and followed her in. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

None of the explanations fit, and he threw the scroll aside impatiently. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He went to the dresser and pushed her jars and combs and brushes aside and took the package from his pocket and laid it in the cleared space. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She sat up, dazed, pushing the cloak aside; it was softer than any velvet or leather she had ever touched. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girls turned aside as Minos dropped his robes and slipped into the bath. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He set his reading specs aside and looked at me for the first time. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“Sure you do. All that aside, this is a distraction on so many levels,” he says. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I stood in the doorway, watching, hearing her mistakes, yearning to push her aside and play the piece properly. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I remind him how much I’ve made from my little business, but he flicks that aside. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lucretia Garfield took Bliss aside and requested that he be honest with her about her husband's condition. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Every question Saget threw at him, he tossed aside, as if it were a triviality. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Part of the money was set aside for lessons with Agnes Reifsnyder, one of the few white voice teachers in Philadelphia willing to accept black students. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

She moved restlessly, afraid to draw away from him too obviously, and yet wanting, with small motions of starting the car, to make him stand aside. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The men hastened to follow her, jostling and shoving past Serafina Pekkala, who had only time to stand quickly aside, her mind in a turmoil. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Layers of reddish brown pine needles sank softly under his feet, and he brushed aside the pine cones before he sat down. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Many a time my husband stood aside unable to face the fray: if I had not reproached him his distaste of the whole procedure would have led him to starvation. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed to quite do away with any doubt, and, after kneeling beside the couch for a while and looking at her lovingly and long, he turned aside. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I recall one day a young BC fellow from the general section who was bringing us food took me aside and said, “Madiba, I would like a photograph.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A spark flashed blue- white as steel met steel with a rending crash, and Brienne sprang to her feet, the body of the dead king thrust rudely aside. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Maybe the elven-hoods defied his unseen eyes, and the mind of his small enemy, being strengthened, had turned aside his thought. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I throw it high so he has plenty of time to decide whether to knock it aside or accept it. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She pushed aside the cloth sitting on top of a basket of roasted ears of corn and passed him some. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

She had believed that men never married their mistresses—that they cast them aside like worn-out gloves. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why should I be dedicated and set aside—yes, if not to at least tell a few people about it? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was after my return from one of these rambles that my father, calling me aside, thus addressed me, Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Show some respect. Those are for the favorite. They are gowns and dresses befitting the most important person in the kingdom...aside from the king, queen, and princesses, of course." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The thought terrified him, and he pushed it aside. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

As he leapt aside, a gigantic body flew in through the window and hit the opposite wall. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Large dots and X’s were located on diverse portions of the map, aside from the labeling of major cities. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I have to push aside a lot of junk to make room for it, and I suddenly find myself staring at the painting I did of Grandpa. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

For to men, freedom in their own land is the pinnacle of their ambitions, from which nothing can turn men of conviction aside. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, my lie to Britt about needing to talk to him aside, Mr. Bonner isn’t the least bit helpful this morning: in our continued study of the book Monster, today’s lesson is about truth-seeking. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

I often visited the home of Amina Pahad for lunch, and then suddenly, this charming woman put aside her apron and went to jail for her beliefs. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they got out of the truck, Florida pulled Dallas aside. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Do not approach or walk near a white person unless invited to do so, and if a white person walks directly toward you, always stand far back or move aside and let them pass. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then Hector stripped his armor from him and casting his own aside, put it on. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama tightened her wrapper, then went to the windows; she pushed the drapes aside, checking that the louvers were shut to keep the rain from splashing into the house. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Once at the gate, he spun and fought, tossed the starters aside, lunged through false starts. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll introduce you to the others. Then we must put aside that widow’s sari. Here you are not a widow but a young woman with a life ahead of you.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

There was no air resistance to slow it down, nor wind to turn it aside—and when it hit the ground it threw up crystals precisely in the center of the “blue patch.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

He tossed the panda carcass aside, muttered a few words over the fluff, and turned with a big smile on his face. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

So I put my remarks aside and tried to reach into my hurting heart for something to say. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The door was just a hole in the side covered with a blanket flap, but the flap had been pulled aside to let light in. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to hold me back, but weak though I still was, I pushed her aside easily. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wash was pushing aside a desk when he saw it: Naomi’s other shoe. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’d thought it had some electrical significance, had been set aside to be used later. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

They stood aside as we entered the hall. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

With no time to waste, they threw caution aside. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

When he heard her coming, he would lay aside his work, lean back, and twiddle his thumbs. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Levy went over to the files, pushed the scratching Mr. Zalatimo aside, and opened the files in the A’s. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The spring of their senior year, Jamie Reynolds had pulled her aside after history class one day. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He knew Aunt Queen had been saving this for his birthday surprise, and he knew that she had put money aside for months to get such a fine bike. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put aside Margo’s blanket and shouted, loud enough for all the rats to hear, “I Am Going To Find Something Here!” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

She stepped aside, and suddenly the doorway swarmed with men in blue uniforms. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Taking me aside, she whispers, “You are lucky to have found a home. Do not disappoint me, or the Society. I don’t know if you’ll get another chance.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Some doctors in the first group were upset by the way Bliss pushed them aside, and they shared their displeasure with reporters. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

After all, doctors had been drawing blood for centuries for diagnostic testing, and aside from the pain of a needle stick, there seemed to be no risk. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Magnificent ceramic jars, green with the patina of time, began to arrive at his house disguised in Indians’ bundles and llama saddlebags, quickly filling the secret places that had been set aside for them. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled out a dotted silk handkerchief, turned aside again, and wiped his nose. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“I’ve heard roommates don’t generally get made partners,” Dimple said, pushing her empty plate aside. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Setting aside the last plate, Jinny considered that she could probably never feel about Loo the way she did about Ess. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The friend under the blanket began to feel as if he were in an oven, and then, at last, he had to throw the blanket aside to let cool air in. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

She stepped aside so I could use the sink. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Then again he has the glowering eyes of a mad dog, he is silent, he shoves me aside. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I meant the buddy portion. I don’t have that many buddies at present, aside from Noah. I saw the game. You were very good.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Before I left, his mother managed to pull me aside. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

The pigs had set aside the harness-room as a headquarters for themselves. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Sighing, she nodded and set her plate aside. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She kicked aside a platter, startling a dozen suitors. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

At home, the aunts had drawn the older girls aside and warned us that soon we would be señoritas who must guard our bodies like hidden treasure and not let anyone take advantage. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The sentries verified the requisition and stepped aside, permitting SD-03 to roll into the cage. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Remorse aside, Farmer and Jim knew the clinical facts of Jack’s death were the real issue. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“You look rather haggard. Why don’t you push someone aside and crawl into one of the beds around here and take a nap. Call again in about an hour.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was tempted to put the books aside and just ask Jen to explain them to him. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Back in the locker room, Wood had taken Harry aside. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“I’m no vet,” says Doc Murphy, but he’s already standing aside, holding the screen open with one hand so we can carry Shiloh in. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knocked aside the wall of fresh-fallen snow filling up the crenel and leaned out between the merlons. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The Earthman touched a button and a square section of the wall flickered aside. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Miss Peregrine lifted up and stepped aside, and there underneath her was the pigeon, alive but dazed. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She sat down and pushed me aside, emptying the box onto the floor and sorting the letters into piles with the speed of a postal worker. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

They had put aside similar childish amusements too recently to be able to watch them now without a touch of contempt. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I set my fork aside and turn to look over my shoulder. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I glanced quick at the house to make sure no one was watching, then pulled aside the prickly branches of the bush and set the bowl down within it. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kicked the nearest man's stave aside and give him a quick thrust to the throat. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

R.C. moved aside to let me pass but put a hand on my shoulder to stop me. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Mr. Singh stepped aside to allow Julian and Noah to precede him up the walk. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

The bailiff held the door open for Art Moran and stood aside to let him pass. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

As the giant reached the Pomerian Line, Percy jumped aside like a bullfighter. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The night was quiet aside from the breeze ruffling the leaves and the whisper of the stream. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Howard did his best to warm them to the idea of rescheduling the match, even setting aside his heretofore paramount goal of breaking Sun Beau’s earnings mark. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Old Bear unrolled a map, frowned at it, tossed it aside, opened another. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Not that I care so much about the League, but I was hurt by how easily my friend would be willing to cast me aside. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“You already know Arawn’s threat has been turned aside. He may strike again, how or when no man can guess. But for the moment there is little fear.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

He steps aside and I head through the lobby and into the main hallway. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Dustfinger saw the tears in her eyes, although she quickly turned her face aside, and suddenly something like sympathy did awake in him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was all the more extraordinary given the record of the trainer in question; aside from Fair Knightess, Tom Smith had reportedly never had a horse in his care suffer a serious injury. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the rise of recording pushed aside traditional music, some musicians made a point of recording traditional folk songs, so they would not be lost altogether. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Maybe putting aside his pain to help his friends had done the trick. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It had been pushed aside, and Sparrow was standing there, stricken. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Is this a confession? You threw it aside after you conjured the Mark?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I wanted so badly to move it aside. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I lift her by the armpits as though she were a child and, gently, I set her aside. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though the path seemed to run straight from the street to the door of the palace, Pyat Pree soon turned aside. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Tossing the bones aside, he reached for a leg. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Dr. Xuma was right: the campaign soon slackened, but in our enthusiasm and even arrogance, we brushed aside his advice. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man gestured impatiently, as if waving the doctor's words aside. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

Jay’s was crumpled but still carefully set aside. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Bigger turned aside; then, hearing a sharp scrape on the floor, stiffened. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I do believe that we must cast aside some of the old forms and approaches.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was sand beach a little aside of the rocks, he glimpsed this a couple of times as he tried to swim free of the rising of the next breaker. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Before we left, our mother took Luke aside. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The night before the meet, Abu pulled me aside before I went to bed. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She lay down on the bed, moving her pile of stuffed animals aside. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

But I can't afford to put aside my schoolwork to get a normal job. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It unnerved her, how easy it had been to lie to Moody again, but she shook the feeling aside, as if she were brushing off cobwebs. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

"Robb will set aside his crown if you and your brother will do the same," she said, hoping it was true. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The man gasped and stumbled aside, the blade having missed him completely. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

But aside from that, he’s still in his clothes from the day before. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

An easygoing type, he was angry now and pushed his teammates aside. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I move aside and they step in and my mom closes the door behind them. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She had invoked the Mother’s mercy, appealing to the natural sympathy of one woman for another, but the three shriveled septas must have put their womanhood aside when they spoke their vows. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But at the end of the period, she pulls me aside. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“It must be very difficult to live in a city you can’t see,” Milo insisted, jumping aside as a line of cars and trucks went by. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

He went to the end of the platform, kicking aside the litter the cleaning robots hadn’t got to yet. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Harry laughed as he put Hermione’s letter aside and picked up her present. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

But she set her feelings aside and gave the new job her full attention. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Awkwardly, he lowered himself down beside her and set aside his cane. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I yank the curtain aside and trip over the fabric as I do. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He fought the quiet hateful brain down and it slipped aside and went about its work. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Estimation is generally not taught either, aside from a few lessons on rounding off numbers. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Okeoma ate everything with a spoon, his fork and knife pushed aside. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The door to the bedroom beside it was open and the room unoccupied, so Kaz slipped in, moved aside a still life, and pressed his face to the wall. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He’d cast that particular book aside early in his browsing, but he picked it up again. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I stop before I reach the dining room, where another wide chandelier hangs from the ceiling and a long wooden table is pushed aside and covered with snacks, boxes of pizza, and more alcohol. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

By the time we got the cover off, monsters and more security men were swarming the deck, pushing aside tourists and waiters with trays of tropical drinks. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I push aside my plate of internment slop and tear open the fruit cup. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

And so it might have been if it had not been for that eldest son of his who was never content with what was going on well enough but must be looking aside for more. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Pick up, sweep aside—same difference in her mom's world. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Kabuo stood, rolled the bedding aside, and opened the engine compartment hatch. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

"But what happens if we meet-" The chief waved his objection aside. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Rowan made a beeline to him, pulling him aside behind a topiary hedge. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

‘But often I must put mirth aside. Elladan and Elrohir have returned out of the Wild unlooked-for, and they had tidings that I wished to hear at once.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Her joke of a name aside, her general unprettiness aside, she was—in terms of permanently memorable, immoderately perceptive, small-area faces—a stunning and final girl. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Tyson just had time to swat it aside. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Executive, who had already seen more of this sort of thing in one night than she cared to see in a lifetime, stepped aside without another word. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

They did not want violence, and neither did I. They stepped aside. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

A single pedestrian wanders down the sidewalk, and a gardener is carefully trimming a nearby hedge—but aside from the faint clip-clip-clip sound of his shears, it’s quiet. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He shoved through the crowd on the narrow sidewalk, his hips swinging each way free and slamming people aside. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she fluttered down to Elowen’s waist, where she pushed aside the folds of the fur robe to reveal a silver key ring. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Farm wagons and merchants' carts and riders from lesser houses moved aside to let them pass. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

During a visit to the Rad Lab in November 1946, AEC commissioner Lewis Strauss, a trustee of the Institute for Advanced Study, in Princeton, New Jersey, pulled him aside to offer him the institute’s directorship. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Guidance counselors and teachers would quietly pull a student aside and say that William and Mary, for example, did not accept blacks, so there was no need for you to apply. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Finally she closed the book and set it aside. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

You learned to step aside when the men were in a mood, or on a Saturday night once they’d emptied all the cider. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Mother Lois took me aside and gave me a whole dollar. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

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

But, aside from my anger, I couldn’t get it out of my mind that something was wrong. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

They pushed the fabric of the garment bag aside, and Seven’s mouth was agape in wonder. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“A new stone,” he called to Lyra, who knocked the first one aside and placed a second on the spot to heat. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She kicked the skates aside and positioned a soccer ball in their place. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

With a sniff, she crumpled the paper and tossed it aside. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Winston turned his head a little aside to avoid the scrutiny of the large dark eyes. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The Witchlings screamed in unison as the cuco knocked their wagon aside with a brush of one long gray hand and sent everything in it flying across the station tracks. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Eduardo offered him the pack, and Farmer pushed it aside, laughing. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Lee moved aside and let him in and seated him in the living room. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

The next day, Sarah and her George moved to a house set aside for new mothers attached to the army. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He nods at me and stands aside, gesturing for me to the enter the house, but he doesn’t say anything. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Forcing herself to push aside her shame and worry, Celaena lifted her chin. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

So I might set aside Hrothgar’s whole kingdom and all his thanes if I did not, for sweet desire’s sake, set limits to desire. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were smears of river mud on his bare knees and his shenti, and on the gnarled hand with which he held the reeds aside as he gazed with mild astonishment at the boy. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I removed the saddlebags and set them aside. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw a little coppery shine in the gutter and walked toward it but just as he reached it Willard shoved him aside and picked up the penny. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said hello back, and I was just about to step aside and let her in. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lord Jonos drained the last of his ale and tossed the horn aside. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I grabbed one of his arms and pulled him aside, where the roar of the water would hide our words. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

These are all ways to be away, to set aside the images that scream and pummel. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

In spite of his meager graduate student wages he sets aside money to send every few months to his father to help put an extension on his parents’ house. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed aside his plate of cold food. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Before they left, Percy had pulled him aside to tell him Hazel’s story. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The attendant swung the gate aside, and for the first time in my life I stepped onto the wooden-plank platform of the lift. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

My hunger was so great that whatever prudence I might have had, I put aside. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

When they had it cornered in a shop doorway, she ran at him and he leaped aside with a scream that was not all self-mockery. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

One day, Dona Amelia takes me aside after a rehearsal. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As though she had temporarily set aside the morality of motherhood and divorcee-hood. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt bad for Noah, but eventually I set the list aside. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“REEEEEEEEET!” it squealed, and raked the three skeletons aside with its tusks. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Moss elbowed me aside and dragged Luke inside. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She was surprised by all this—Mr. Quisling pulling her aside to talk, someone contacting the school about The Gold-Bug, someone claiming the book was his. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Frankie tossed aside his scarf while he hung up his coat. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Out in the night the group was breaking up and Brother Jack drew me aside. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ach—I moved to be out of his sight—he must have set it aside then...” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He had a head and two arms, but aside from that... City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

By the time I get to the girls I have a stitch in my side and my feet are screaming, but I push it all aside. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Moss set his concerns aside for the moment. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“All kidding aside, you’re in a good bit of trouble, you know.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I removed the gag first, as quickly as I could, and threw it aside. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

After, Gerold Hightower himself took me aside and said to me, 'You swore a vow to guard the king, not to judge him.' A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

So instead of giving in to fear, I put fear aside and thought. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I started to stammer out an explanation but he waved it aside. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

To her way of thinking all these things set her aside from Negroes. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Something struck Sam violently in the back, his legs were knocked from under him and he was flung aside, striking his head against the stony floor, as a dark shape sprang over him. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He whistled his new weapon through the air and struck the ground experimentally while the dogs leaped aside and whined with apprehension. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stepped aside from the door so we could leave. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

But he pushed it aside in his mind and walked toward the door. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

I enumerated the many times that we had brought our grievances before the government and the equal number of times that we were ignored or shunted aside. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood aside, afraid to move or speak against the fragile balance in the air. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The talk of setting aside a corner of the pasture for superannuated animals had long since been dropped. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“What happened?” he asked, trying to put aside his anger. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

A cyclist dings his bell, so we step aside. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Bragg’s response upon receiving it was to put it aside. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

His dad moved aside to let her pass. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Hornet put her book aside and leaned over the desk. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He yearned to be the first to find Hen Wen and he turned aside, clambered through the weeds—to discover nothing more than a boulder. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

I move through the crowd, pushing Deckers and others aside to get to the Plutos. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The room is pitch black, aside from one single day-lantern tied to a nearby door hook. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Jenna kicked aside some crumpled tissues and sat on the floor next to the bed. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

When times were easy, the parson nearly destroyed the Apothecary, but when the going grew tough, he was willing to throw aside his every belief if it would save his daughters. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

When a local black minister,J. D. Hunter, brushed aside warnings to stay out of politics, segregationists burned his house to the ground. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

She set her plate aside and clasped her hands on the table. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“You ought to develop yourself socially as well as mentally,” the American teachers, who took me aside, said. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Part of me felt like I was wasting the coach’s time with my request for a lesson, but I pushed those feelings aside, because I needed to be in this safe space again. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Two of the cameramen from the news vans that still sat on Broadway scrambled through the crowd, pushing people aside. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He’d put his hand on my shoulder, to gently move me aside and started digging in the linen cabinet. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The only sound, aside from Chubs’s sharp intake of breath, was Clancy Gray’s fingers striking the keys of the sleek silver laptop. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She pushed aside the brambles and entered the air. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Out of the way!” yelled Harry, knocking two boys aside as he sprinted toward the landing and down the remainder of the marble staircase. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

So she asked the people to set aside her own son's claim to the throne and have Beowulf as king. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

She fusses with the key for a minute and then stands aside, leaving it in the lock. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Casting his tattered cloak aside, he stood up and leaned no longer on his staff; and he spoke in a clear cold voice. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I swung the door open and stepped aside to let them in. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I shook my head, trying to shove the whole matter aside. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

There Sam turned aside and galloped off down the lane that led south to Cotton’s. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I tried to move aside, but he moved with me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Smith took Pollard aside and assured him that his critics were wrong. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she left Camp Four at the front of Fischer’s group, Lopsang abruptly pulled her aside and girth-hitched a bight of rope to the front of her climbing harness. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I did not put aside my sloth for the sake of a few amusing anecdotes. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

They passed through a group of kids and pushed them aside. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I shove aside a layer of crumpled coffee cups and a napkin filled with the crumbs of a half-eaten blueberry muffin. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

He laid his letter aside and went on deck for a walk before he turned in. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they reached the door the officer stood aside while the soldiers battered the door with their muskets. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Lev stepped aside, I reached out to tuck the arm back into the shroud and froze. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He stood in it for a moment, hiding the room, then he stepped aside. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

As an aside, story of sole survivor, Mr. Piscine Molitor Patel, In­dian citizen, is an astounding story of courage and endurance in the face of extraordinarily difficult and tragic circumstances. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

They slid aside the complicated series of magnetic locks and pushed it open, allowing the diviner to enter. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The tribal marks curved even more on the man’s face as he frowned and pushed Aunty Ifeoma aside. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Nat laid aside Moore, and spread the logarithmic tables he was making. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in an aside, “Get pencils and paper, gentlemen.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“Then I call for a vote to set aside the charge of theft,” Hemme said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When White left the Tribune offices, fires were burning on all sides, but, aside from blackened scorch marks, his building stood tall and proud. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

His father, William Dean, was a tall, handsome, and opinionated man who had little use for formal education aside from reading the Bible, and even less use for women. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The shutter had been pulled aside from the window of the large bedroom in the west wing, and someone was standing there, looking down upon the lawns. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

As he kicked aside a small bamboo container, needles spilled out. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He moved aside a cardboard box, and a huge spider, with a lumpy, greenish-grey back, scuttled out, and over some piles of newspapers. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

One of the men made a broom from the branches of a tree, which he used to effectively push the leaves aside. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Her greatgrandmother ran a grocery store, and so they were able to put aside some money and marry one of their daughters to the first Indian lawyer in the colony. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t about to set the gunnysack aside. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I fly through the door of the housing department, causing outrage when I push aside the men and women in line. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She turned aside and made a steeple of her hands to enclose her nose and mouth and pressed her fingers into the corners of her eyes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The Confederate president had set aside more than $1 million in gold to pay for acts of espionage and intrigue against the Union and kept a portion of the money in Canada. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

When the laughter had died down, I pulled Emma aside and whispered, “What exactly is it that makes Horace peculiar—aside from his clothes, I mean?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Brian set aside the tinder and found some dry pine twigs, as small as matches. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

I move aside and point an arm into our apartment. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

As the last of the crowd goes through to the big top and performers line up for the Grand Spec, Uncle Al pulls August aside. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She just measured out a little time for him and set it aside to wait. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

The hullbeast raised his arm and easily swatted aside hundreds of brand flies. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He stood aside and she peered down into the obscurity odorous of dank earth and mold and rubber. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Seeing this, we turned aside and came by the Southward road,’ Frodo continued; ‘for he said that there is, or there may be, a path near to Minas Ithil.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Immediately after lunch there arrived a delicate, difficult piece of work which would take several hours and necessitated putting everything else aside. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

As I stand there, earmuffs on, Ms. Parker pulls me aside. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Even warring khalasars put aside their feuds and shared meat and mead together when they were in sight of the Mother of Moun-tains. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

To watch Bobby play speed chess was an entertainment in itself, aside from his depth of play. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes when he is making an aside he will rev up even further, as if to put in his own verbal parentheses. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At home I frantically dug for hazelnut buttercreams, flinging the rest aside. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Boromir leaped forward and hewed at the arm with all his might; but his sword rang, glanced aside, and fell from his shaken hand. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The man allowed that he was at present setting aside only a tenth of his harvest. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Even now, burdened as he was, he was widening the track for those who followed, thrusting the snow aside as he went. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The miner, with all the anger and frustration of his five fruitless years, picked up the stone and threw it aside. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of us walked out on the porch, where Sloane and the lady began an impassioned conversation aside. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Those girls were real friendly, the Coca-Cola was going down good, and come fall I’d be long gone, I told myself, pushing aside the wobbly feeling I’d been having off and on. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

No one, aside from the doctors and nurses and a social worker, has been in to see me. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not want a rich daughter-in-law lest she be haughty and disobedient and cry for this and that of food and clothes and turn aside his son’s heart from his parents. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Twenty years of rust aside, Bobby played as masterfully as he had in 1972: aggressive, relentless, brilliant, attacking on one side of the board and then the other. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I push aside the laptop and run into the hallway as an alarm sounds at the nurses’ station, fear in every pore of my body. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Mr. Carver or Mr. Whitlock wades in, tossing aside members of the audience. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He set it aside and sat down on a nearby rock. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Even if we put aside the lie—which I don't think we should—there's still the matter of this relationship, which you never wanted in the first place. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

But aside from the desire to add to my rainy-day money I had nothing to live for. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He scrambled to his feet and shoved aside a desk. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

They were his main entertainment, aside from talking to Mother when she came upstairs for what she called “my Luke breaks.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

The two mice had to jump aside smartly as the mole team took over. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“The first priority was what he wanted done,” shrugged Brobeck, laying aside his work on the Bevatron. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Poirot opened that of the lady’s maid and tossed it aside. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

And this time, without daring to think—the Sicilian would have known it somehow—she threw the blanket aside and dove deep into Florin Channel. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He swept aside his daughter with the back of his hand, sending her flying into the black rocks. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He shouldered the woman aside and plowed through the streams of people. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Still, it hurt to fold the linen and set it aside, and hurt even more to drag the mattress from the frame so that I could dismantle it. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Rachel nods and proceeds to admire the three choices I’ve set aside, asking me questions about what details I like and if my room is like this. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Henry went to the window and pulled aside a shabby lace curtain. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The Poor Fellows shoved men aside to open a way through the crowd whilst the Swords fell in on either side of her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Doc reached up on a high shelf to grab something; as he did, he nudged aside the box I saw there on our first rootwork lesson, the one that had been full of Devil’s Shoestrings. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Her eyes look sparkly as she gently moves me aside at the door. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He knew, however, that as soon as he put those scruples aside he would break the vicious circle of the war. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The boar's note changed to a squeal and it swerved aside into the covert. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Before they left, Richard brushed aside some of her wig hair and kissed her forehead, to avoid spoiling her lipstick. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Fear glued me to the spot for long, agonizing seconds, then instinct made me jump aside at the last moment. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I clung to his arm, shouting for him to lie down again, but he threw me aside as if I weren’t there. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sir Grummore thought the situation over, and drew the Saracen aside. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dad pulled me aside as I filed past the Council, whose older or disabled members had lined up to see us off. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

His foot slipped; his momentum carried him down toward the stream; and Balthamos, thinking of what Baruch would have done, kicked aside the priest’s hand as he flung it out for support. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She starts toward me again, so I scramble to my feet and try to put aside the pain in my shoulder. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I toss aside his hand as the doors close behind Chaff and Seeder, leaving us alone, and he breaks out laughing. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

When gathering wild grains, they took care to lay aside part of the harvest to sow the fields next season. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pushed aside the paper, then forked two waffles onto each of our plates and spooned syrup over them. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

"Make way, you Milk Men, make way for the Mother of Dragons," Jhogo cried, and the Qartheen moved aside, though perhaps the oxen had more to do with that than his voice. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They tried to ignore the sign, push it aside during their lunch hour, pretend it wasn’t there. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

When a pilot had finished a beer, he would slam it down on the table, step quickly aside, and let the next pilot continue the chugging. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The drakon hissed and reared back to strike, but I rolled aside. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

After a second, she just exhaled all heavy and stepped aside so I could come into their apartment. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“I pulled aside Sandy’s pants a little,” Fox recalls, “and jammed the needle into her hip, right through her long underwear and everything.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Wind Being’s hand beckoned him and pushed aside the blue-silver strings, moving them like fabric. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, however, possibly when my Muse was being capricious, I set aside my paints and drew cartoons. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Muqtada pushes the sheets aside in a gesture of hope and strength and determination. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Bruckner aside, most of Wagner’s contemporaries, while quick to assert his musical brilliance, were as at sea with the whole Wagner-and-the-future-of-all-art project as they were with the cultural agendas of his dramas. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Jaime pushed aside the flap with his golden hand and ducked inside. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

After this, wherever Bull and Lucy and Edward went, some tramp would take Edward aside and whisper the names of his children in Edward’s ear. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

He went to a shelf and pushed aside a cardboard filing box to reveal a small safe. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

He finished his wine and set the cup aside, thoughtful. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

One day, after hearing another of my pathetic stories, Shabani took me aside. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Papa pushed the chessboard aside and excused himself to use the phone in his study. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Brother Andrew took Brother Luke’s place as cook’s helper, and the Prior gave orders for certain foods to be put aside for the journey. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

I dug a little deeper, pushing aside a cache of books. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

As they were swept aside the travellers could see, now very close, the pale foam of the River lashing against sharp rocks that were thrust out far into the stream like a ridge of teeth. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

How exactly like his father, thought Mother, to put aside a joyful reunion for duty. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was a matter of whether one preferred to be kicked aside like a bit of debris or subjected to a concentrated and abusive notice. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“This is so important,” said Hyacinth, walking to the window and yanking aside the heavy curtains so a beam of light from the street lamp fell right across Isa’s bed. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

A few ordered a tree set aside for the day; others stopped to price, inspect and conjecture. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed not to have heard, but his wife put aside her crochet hook. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I frown, then brush aside more of the dirt to get a better look. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He thumbed through The Lord of the Rings for a minute and then tossed it aside, digging deeper until he pulled out my little orange child-proof medicine bottle. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He threw aside the newspaper, crossed the kitchen in a few strides, and dropped to his knees beside Mundungus, who stopped struggling and looked terrified. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He put the paper back in the box and set it aside. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

She swept my hair aside and pressed the cold compress to my forehead. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I heard a click; then the bookshelf slid aside, revealing a square metal plate set into the wall. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

So I pushed Mr. Doubt aside and said, “His name is Scrappy, and he’s getting corrected.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

As I left Jajas room, I pushed the study desk a little way aside. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Harry put the leather case aside and picked up his last parcel. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He knocked the blade aside and buried the axe in the nape of the man's neck. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

‘Maybe. But tell me now of your own fortunes,’ said Frodo, turning the matter aside once again. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I was missing more shots than I usually do and Mr. Stokely pulled me aside. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

When Theo told her he was going to Seattle, she perked up and set aside her knitting needles. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The meeting house smells of good things, so I push aside my worry that God will strike me down when I walk through the doors. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I saw no one aside from a little boy, sitting all on his own in the dusty street. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I push the porridge aside and open my vanity mirror. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

This view was contradicted with such energy that Mr Charles, quite aside from worrying whether he would become the next focus of the gentlemen's attention, actually thought himself in danger of physical assault. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

His arms were red to the elbow as he laid the skinning knife aside. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Frank did his best to push that aside. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

So Bogert asked the question now, while she sat aside, eyes and mind half closed. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

She tried to veer aside, but the goddess grabbed Annabeth’s wrist and pulled her hard, sending her sprawling. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

In one of the asides that probably prepared us for the job better than any of the approved curriculum items, Kirkley said that occasionally officers did have to act in self-defense. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Be that as it may, we are proceeding with this strategy. The Council has appointed me Acting Commander, so if you can’t put our personal history aside, get the hell out of my way.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

She moved aside so he could climb behind the controls. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“As I was following him to the car, the lawyer pulled me aside. ‘Look here,’ he said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Excuse us, Doctor,” I said, pulling Baba aside. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

As she cried out and clutched her hand, the brass merchant let out a shriek, a woman screamed, and suddenly the Qartheen were shouting and pushing each other aside. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Again the thought that he had the chance to walk out of here and be clear of it all came to him, and again he brushed it aside. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Cregan pushed himself to his feet and kicked aside the furs clinging to his ankles. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I read on the League’s network that they weren’t able to find any other Oranges aside from you and Martin,” Clancy said. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The Bath minister held his hand out to invite him to the pulpit and moved aside, smiling as Turner went up. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Presently the captain of the Guard thrust aside the curtain. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Then the Tiger General stepped aside as Black Dog was pushed, stumbling, out into the street. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he thrust himself into the crowd, pushing aside the guys gathered near the doorway. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the Girl starts to protest, she pushes her aside. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

‘Yet this is our law. I am not the master of the law, and cannot set it aside. I have done much in letting you set foot over Celebrant.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The boy pulls the rest of the old bandages away from my waist, tosses them aside, and starts wrapping the new bandages around me. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

As she pushed George aside she pulled something out of her coat. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

They drew aside their lances and let him enter without question, and watched him as he went on down the street. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“If you don’t step aside, we will be forced to walk over you instead of past you.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

His arm casually moved his uniform aside, displaying the gun at his hip. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I step aside and let the man past. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Muhammad was taken aside in order not to see while men pinned down Basel and removed his clothes. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Before Esther got into the car that evening to go home, she pulled me aside and crouched down to look at me directly. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Kyle’s dad moved aside as I passed and I realized there was a sink right there at the kitchen island. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I pulled aside the heavy drapes and stretched on my toes to push up the window. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

But we always harvested a good amount for the mule and the pigs and some to set aside for seeds for next year. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even aside from the rain and wind it hadn’t been a happy practice session. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I noticed a clip of blazing diamonds on her dress as I tried to stand aside for the others, but Brother Jack pushed me ahead. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps this was what was meant by being "dedicated and set aside." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He never had to duck or push aside a stray branch. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I cling to the railing and force my way through them with my elbow, not looking at their faces, like they are not human, just a wall of mass to push aside. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He looked up from where he lay wrapped protectively around the little girl and saw Trina barreling her way toward him, pushing others aside, her eyes afire and focused on Deedee. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He steps aside to inspect the damage he just inflicted, and as he does, he catches a glimpse of me and the violence in his fists is now in his eyes and directed at me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She caught him by the shoulder, but Qotho shoved her aside. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

When we were eating what the grownups called hors d'oeuvres, Mother took Conrad and me aside to tell us that this year Papa Will would not be coming to join us. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Ophie didn’t know who would have known to do that, but she went to the door and brushed the salt aside with her hand. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

But we don’t even know for sure if fungi have parts, aside from mushrooms. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I drag myself over to the window and push aside the curtains. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Kate got up, gently pulled the table aside, and sat down on the floor. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Diego flopped down on the bed, shoving the dirty clothes aside. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Bigger looked round the room wildly, then darted to a curtain and swept it aside and grabbed two heavy iron skillets from a wall above a gas stove. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

One by one they said thank you and moved aside for their teammates. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Israel Israel did not choose to step aside and let the workings of the city government continue as usual. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Valerie pushed aside her black bang and indicated two pale marks, one on either side of her forehead, as if at some time she had started to sprout horns, but cut them off. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I kicked it aside until it was just me against the bare sheet. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

As the crowd rose to its feet, Cloud abruptly turned and ordered the troopers to step aside, clearing the road and inviting King to defy the federal court order. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would be a tight squeeze for any of them, aside from Diana and Kaitlin, to fit through. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

If you showed up for roll call with so much as a bandage on, you could be ordered aside and later killed. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Once people were able to do that, they gradually discovered that some sticks or stones had a handier shape than others, and they put them aside for future use. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gave up on milking and set the mixing bowl aside. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

She pushes aside a splintered dresser and sees a glint of metal on the floor. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Deep Lake, Sable Hall, and the Long Barrow. All garrisoned with free folk, under the command of our own officers. The Long Barrow will be all women, aside from the commander and chief steward.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And nothing, Matt hoped, would turn him aside, either. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell them that he was the first human being aside from my mother who had ever made me want to talk about the things that scared me. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Under it all some part of his mind was beginning to stand aside; he was going behind his curtain, his wall, looking out with sullen stares of contempt. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Anyone else would have been expelled, but he had the queen’s favor, and so the old guard had no choice but to stand aside and let him do his own work in his own way. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I thought back to how people always stepped aside when I passed them on a path or the boardwalk. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I nodded and she confirmed with him and then set it aside. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was full of musty clothes and old shoes, but if he pushed them aside, he could get to the door on the other side. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pushed the records aside; they told me nothing of why things were as they were. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve spent all my life defending this family, but nobody ever stops to think what the people will say or that Father Kenneth will call me aside after mass to speak with me.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

For nearly a year, he had been working incessantly, thinking only of putting aside enough money so that he could return to Spain with pride. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Setting aside the business of the country, Barack and I never lacked for things to discuss. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She threw off her cloak, cast it aside, and sat down, staring at her white and trembling hands clasped in her lap. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

No one said anything, but when Mr. Little kind of nodded, folks pushed their plates aside and started getting up. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He drew aside his nearest brothers, who happened to be Paul and Will, and moved them out of earshot of the rest. The Dark is Rising 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Shall I put the necklace aside for you?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Kamara pulled me aside and gently asked me to sit on a bench while he chatted with the man. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He pointed to the book that Mo had just laid aside. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The physician, who had turned around from the next bed at the sound of my name, drew the Inspector aside and muttered at him awhile. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I guided her around the rocks on the path and moved aside the brambles and branches that would snag her skirts. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Of course,” Isobel says, marking her page before placing her book aside. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was she who, on her own initiative, put aside the largest piece that she had cut from the wedding cake and took it on a plate with a fork to José Arcadio Buendía. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

"His Grace was reeling in his saddle by the time we flushed the boar from his lair, yet he commanded us all to stand aside." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

‘In Delos, Leo pulled the two of us aside. He pleaded with us to help him.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Brigid stepped aside and let her into the tiny shack. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll get it,” he said, and lifted her aside; he knelt down, groped under the dressing table until his fingers located the disk. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I shall set aside any discussion of republics, because I have treated them at length elsewhere. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Truman brushed this worry aside, asking: “When will the Russians be able to build the bomb?” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Daisy went to Phoebe’s bed, pulling aside the curtains. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

I set aside my weapons and anoint her arm with the burn medicine. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He looked at the mouse, pushed it gently aside and came down the run. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Cain mounts the dais, she steps aside as if she expected him. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Humans are strange,” Wielaf said, almost as an aside to himself. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Casting aside his usual reticence, and despite the presence of reporters in —George Yeoman Pocock the room, Ulbrickson then began to grow animated, almost emotional. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

His bells she laid aside carefully, one by one. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

No, I thought with despair, thrusting aside the small core of suspicion each time it formed. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drink mine straight from the bottle and, seeing this, she pushes the glasses aside, does the same. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He seemed to know what she intended before she did, and when she lunged at his head, the great paw swept the stick aside harmlessly, and when she feinted, he didn’t move at all. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The alchemist removed the pan from the fire, and set it aside to cool. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a grunt, he stepped aside and allowed us to pass through the open door. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“You know nothing of the Fae, if you think our stories lack their darker sides. But all that aside, this is a faerie story, because you are gathering it for me.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And suddenly he put aside his weather records and began to search the cabinets, and a strange excitement grew in him. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She set her stick aside, sat on the bed, and took him into her arms. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Homes pushes me aside, wrenching open a first- aid kit. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He paused, one hand on the warm liver, and as his brother knocked him aside, the recollection of a babbling Arctic fox came to his mind. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“You stop now,” Vera said, laying aside her fork and slapping her hand through the air at him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

In both cases, Hoving and Zeri brushed aside a thousand other considerations about the way the sculpture looked and zeroed in on a specific feature that told them everything they needed to know. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I rolled aside as the air turned to pure heat. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The old colored man paused in taking a drink of his sweet tea and set the glass aside. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

She steps aside for me as I leave the kitchen and start typing a message to Serenity. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Before it could connect, Tartarus swatted Bob aside like he was a pesky insect. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Thomas wondered what that word meant—he knew he’d heard it before—but then he was abruptly knocked aside. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I pull the vines aside and wave my arm hurriedly for the others to enter. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

A man- at-arms thrust at his chest and his axe lashed out, knocking the spear aside. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Guzzo pushed at me, and I held my ground, keeping him pinned, but he’s huge, and it didn’t take long for him to toss me aside. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

By way of answer, Basta pulled the dogs aside, yanking on their leashes so harshly that they yelped out loud. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I pulled him aside from our group, allowing the blistering noise to cover our conversation. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“I did fairly well on it for a while,” Bobby said, looking back, “but chess had more attraction and the accordion was pushed aside.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing Seabiscuit took seriously, aside from his beauty rest, was eating, which he did constantly, with great vigor. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would have to be something too big and heavy for him to shove aside. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped in front of the fallen column of the Black Tortoise Gate and, as if he were brushing away a dead leaf, pushed it aside. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Brushing aside the sagging brown stalks, I entered the next row. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She stepped aside and now I could see Rachel and Candy standing there with her. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The rifle was jerked from Jesper’s arms and tossed aside with a clatter. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I sighed and set the popcorn bag aside. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Rekh picked up the leaf and examined it once more, then put it aside on the bench. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Dasch tried to push aside any misgivings, but it was difficult to expel them from his mind in Nazi Germany. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

The Poor Fellows shoved at those who blocked the way, trying to move them aside, but there was nowhere to go, and those in the back of the crowd were shoving back. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

On account of Independence I’d been thinking more about money than ever before in my life, aside from story problems for sixth-grade math. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Prince of Dragonflies loved Jenny of Oldstones so much he cast aside a crown, and Westeros paid the bride price in corpses. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She finished the S at the end of his name with a flourish and set the piece of canvas aside. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It happened when the camaradas hurriedly set out to clear the area for their campsite, cutting away the thick vegetation and brushing aside the dead leaves. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

The Strangling Figs shook and seemed to sigh deeply, as if saying, “It’s your funeral,” before moving aside and letting them in. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The Company now turned aside from the path, and went into the shadow of the deeper woods, westward along the mountain-stream away from Silverlode. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

They would go out to the veranda and he would push the table aside and spread out the soft rug and lie on his naked back. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Had her Product, like the discolored, eyeless egg, been thrown aside someplace? Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Chett was cursing them loudly, his voice thick with the anger he never seemed to put aside. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He then took my mother aside and they held a whispered conversation. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to send Grover into a panic, but I knew we had another huge deadline looming, aside from saving Artemis . in time for her council of the gods. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Just as strong were thoughts of the girl, but he pushed them aside as much as possible. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The portcullis was down and the gates barred, so she turned aside to a postern door. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

On December 7, 1950, I was going to put all battles aside and celebrate my birthday. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

In Farmer’s case, I thought it was because he couldn’t allow himself to be the one to set it aside. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“He is here at my invitation,” said Dumbledore, looking between them, “as are you, Severus. I trust you both. It is time for you to lay aside your old differences and trust each other.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Harry stepped aside, but with Ron in front of the mirror, he couldn’t see his family anymore, just Ron in his paisley pajamas. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

But Big Kelly and me were setting aside money each payday to buy a baby swing. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

There is probably something to be said about the fact that the gift I got when he put me aside was nicer. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

As their great bodies lumbered aside, the horizon opened, gloomy in the pallor of the light. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

A drenched and angry-looking Mr. Flux was knocking aside any and every piece of yard junk between him and the front door, on his way inside. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Stepping aside to let other passengers pass, I checked my pocket watch. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I shouted, and then I had to lurch aside as two fetterlings snapped at my wrists. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I manage to jump aside before it hits my fancy boots. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The first thing corn did was push aside the European crops the new settlers brought with them. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

But there was no time to even hope it would reach its mark, for Elowen flung it aside with a fistful of energy. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He had discarded many more pages than he had laid aside, collecting those few pages very carefully, as if the words themselves might slip off the paper. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I explained our unwillingness to cast aside the SACP, and reiterated that we were not under its control. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Putting aside her qualms about eavesdropping, she crept close enough to the door that she could hear every scrap of the conversation within, and listened. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

To work, aside from pulling up vines or drawing something in the sand, you must be able to see. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Benjamin pushed her aside and in the midst of a deadly silence he read: “ ‘Alfred Simmonds, Horse Slaughterer and Glue Boiler, Willingdon. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Coloureds were allowed to live with blacks, though special areas had been set aside for them under the Group Areas Act. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You have put aside your suit of bones,” she observed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I forced myself to wait—one Mississippi, two Mississippi—then dove aside as the fiery sphere demolished the locker room door. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Laying aside the article, he sketched out a linear accelerator to drive protons to a million volts, the first major step toward satisfying Ernest Rutherford’s demand for 10 million volts. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

To Frank’s astonishment, she kicked aside one of her favorite teacups. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She set him aside and moved through the door. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The dark leaves of laurels and holly obscured the view, but he reached through and thrust them aside to see the side of the house clearly, with the broken study window sharp in the moonlight. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put aside six weeks for the first leg. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Her wound had opened again, and fresh blood was trickling down her cheek, but she wiped it aside. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Most of the women would never wear them—they would be tossed aside or given to a favorite servant. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The banner swished aside and a short man with glasses emerged wearing a grumpy scowl. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Ten minutes later, Reynie had finished, too, and Kate, noting this, set aside her last few pages and asked the boys to fill her in. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

A side door jutted forward, breaking some kind of seal with a pressurized hiss, then slid aside giving them a view of plush leather seats occupied by two almost familiar people. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Father then threw the chicken aside, and its blood splattered everywhere. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Aleph said, ‘No. All personal things must be set aside, and you must punish or reward only what you yourself witness from this day forth.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I move the magic things aside to dust off the shelf with my hand. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

They ignored their mother’s exhausted cry as Briony was forced to stand aside and let them pass. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was a long time before X could set the note aside, let alone lift Esmé’s father’s wristwatch out of the box. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The second reason is that there’s just so many interesting things to read about, even aside from what I need to learn to become a Junior Agent. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Janina knocked me aside as she ran from the room and down the steps. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

She walked forward, shoving him aside as though she had not a care for his dripping teeth. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Anticipating this, the company had set aside Sector One as the simulation’s designated business zone and began to sell and rent millions of blocks of surreal estate there. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Rader pointed out that aside from any non-sanctioned matches, the official match for the World Championship would be in 1975, and it would consist of Bobby against whoever qualified through the Candidates system. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He stood aside scornfully, and he said, “Well, and my brother has chosen an earthen pot when he might, from my father’s position, have had a cup of jade.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I felt cold all over, as though I was the newborn infant a second time, cast aside and forgotten. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

To cover it he waded a little farther, pushed aside the last fringe of papyrus, pretending to study the bright colored sails that dotted the river. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Here and there old trees had been cut or broken down, and large rocks cloven or heaved aside to make a way. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Alexander’s official descendants, his infant son Alexander IV and his “half-wit” half brother Philip Arridaeus, were quickly pushed aside. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

But it felt, by now, like a part of me, and I found that I couldn’t put it aside. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I pushed them aside, trying to get to the front. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Jomo placed the watering can aside and began to pick the umbrella tree fruit; they had fallen during the previous night, and lay, oval and pale yellow, on the lawn. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

A travel attendant steps aside to let Edel go, then taps an hourglass hanging from her jacket lapel. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She carefully took it, thanked her crow, and laid the twig aside. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

He tossed aside what looked like a power screwdriver only it didn’t hit the ground. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

We careened out of the Lincoln Tunnel and back into the rainstorm, people and monsters tossed around the bus, cars plowed aside like bowling pins. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

She put aside the thriller and the book about Alexander the Great, hesitated—and picked up the Odyssey. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

If lice or nits were in evidence, the little one was told to stand aside. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were chanting raucously, pushing people aside as they came. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

She hadn't dealt with the police much around the Morrison murder and didn't have useful information pointing to their misconduct, aside from being able to show how they were provoked by her relationship with Walter. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I jerked my head aside, hit it on something hard just as his fist glanced off my jaw. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She made a little abrupt gesture, as though she were waving the idea of danger aside as something completely unimportant. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he pulled me aside in the school hall and I tried to explain why I was copying Porscha’s walk, stupid was the word he used. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

James bent to a low shelf and slid aside books to create a tiny window. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, the gate opened, and Stern, a former shopkeeper who now was a policeman, entered and took my father aside. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She heard footsteps and then a sound like something being pushed aside. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile the goddess with grey eyes had other business: disguised as Telemakhos, she roamed the town taking each likely man aside and telling him: “Meet us at nightfall at the ship!” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leon stepped aside to let Hardman’s boy through with the bags. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I pushed my bladder aside and went straight for the Christmas cactus on a metal shelf with a dozen other plants. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Once they had to turn aside and allow a cavalcade of horsemen to pass. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

They lost the thread of his tale and shifted uneasily, looking aside at one another. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Jinny stepped out of her loose pants and kicked them aside. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

"She insists that the man be removed from his office and placed under arrest for treason. I warn you—" He set aside his wine cup. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He kicked the welcome mat aside, and there was another key underneath. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I pushed these thoughts aside and opened the e-mail from Art3mis. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Since I was alone now with her, and desperate, I cast my loyalties aside and told her the name of the guilty boy, feeling that he merited no consideration. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the orders of the Dark Tower were at present Frodo’s only protection, and if they were set aside, Frodo might be killed out of hand at any moment. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

At the end of the eighth week Keith took me aside following practise and gave me an evaluation of my game. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he was done he tossed the empty flagon aside and half-rolled and half-staggered to the floor, groping for a chamber pot. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He puts the straps aside, then produces a short, very thin stocking, which he pulls onto my stump. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Mom steps back, and Dad moves aside, and the policeman and Ms. Pagett walk out of my room, down the stairs, and out of our house. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The captain cleared us aside and used some tar to clog up the hole. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

These two talked together, and the woman laughed lightly and looked at the young man from the corner of her eyes, her head turned aside, and they did not hear Wang Lung. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Even putting aside such concerns, though, recent research indicates that the basic assumptions upon which drug war defenses typically rest are simply wrong. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

White men in the crispest, slickest suits—black and navy and tweed, some with loosened ties and coats unbuttoned or cast aside over chairs. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take deep breaths, pushing the rage aside, plotting instead of giving way. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The referee wiped Becker's gloves on his gray shirt and stepped aside, signaling the two men to continue boxing. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

A glowing mark appeared—a Greek A—and the wall slid aside. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

As I looked on, the stranger pushed aside his cape and brought forth a wallet. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe she had lost someone dear to her—Clara?—and instead of putting it aside like Mama, she carried that hurt and anger around with her like a sin. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He tried to brush it all aside as he got on with the morning, but the image of her face kept intruding, and the haunting echo of her words: Everyone will die. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Years of withdrawal were brushed aside and left behind, as hanging ropes of parasitic moss. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slapped him aside like a troublesome colt. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the footpath that cuts through the grove on the opposite side of the road, she hears the sound of branches being thrust aside, twigs snapping underfoot. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He found him giving a zither lesson and did not draw him aside to speak to him. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

But Frear had to push aside his emotions and exhaustion — his sister-in-law was still somewhere near the burning fire, and he had to act if she was to be saved. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

She had with her another paper bag that seemed to contain the same assortment of material and twine, aside from the stamp pad, which was sticking out of the top of the bag. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He put the empty coffee pot aside and sat forward, giving me his undivided attention for the first time since we’d met him. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Patrolman Mancuso inhaled the moldy scent of the oaks and thought, in a romantic aside, that St. Charles Avenue must be the loveliest place in the world. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Would you like me to place it aside for you?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll lay aside my Oriental manner. I’m getting old and cantankerous. I am growing impatient. Haven’t you heard of all Chinese servants that when they get old they remain loyal but they turn mean?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

All inspiration aside, there were underlying reasons for making the transition. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But the Starling leapt aside and flew up to the window-frame, whistling wickedly, well out of reach. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Ugwu was about to help his mother into the car when Master said, “Step aside, my good man.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Forget that, you do not need it now, put it aside, put it away. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It seemed as if everyone had set aside everything and had gone to pay Bodega their humble respects and show their appreciation. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Most important, she pulled aside their war-crazed chaperone, Coach Gleeson Hedge, and encouraged him to take the morning off in his cabin and watch reruns of mixed martial arts championships. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She had put despair and fear aside, as if they were garments she did not choose to wear . . . but now she saw that she had donned them after all. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“And I meant to clear a path, as well,” he adds, pushing boxes aside and picking up piles of rolled blueprints. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Grace paid, stepped aside, and waited for the lady behind the deli counter to slice, butter, and wrap her roll. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

When they sailed along the sidewalks of Brooklyn lesser creatures stepped aside, respect was shown. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Someone had broken free of the crowd and charged at Voldemort: Harry saw the figure hit the ground, Disarmed, Voldemort throwing the challenger’s wand aside and laughing. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It vanished, as the man leaped aside and the cub dropped to the ground. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

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

If I step aside for a second, they come surging forward, tripping over themselves to ask her to dance. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dropped the foot, patted Vernon’s flank, then stepped aside to stare up at the sky—as blue and clear as Ma’s wedding sheets hung out to dry. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

No one steps aside for me in a crowd. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He examined this curio and laid it aside to save. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The Shavepate had offered to set aside his wife for her, but the notion made her shudder. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

"Step aside," the officer instructs, and when she doesn't, he shoves past. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The ceiling panel slid aside and Kate dropped down into the room again. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Stopped and talked a little with everyone she met, turned aside momentarily to pause at a porch or two—going straight by walking crooked. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“What the — ?” Mr. Malfoy ripped the sock off the diary, threw it aside, then looked furiously from the ruined book to Harry. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He leaned aside so Rupa could see, and heard the sharp intake of his sister’s breath. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

After the dance, Laura pulled me aside and told me that she was moved by what I had said. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Instead of beating the blade aside, he performed a maneuver I had never before seen, and have not seen since. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Though realizing I was being put aside, I said nothing, but simply followed Bear. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I even put aside all the things I would say to white people when they were mean to me or my parents. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Everyone, aside from Miss Trixie, who had begun napping on her desk, turned around and looked in the filing department. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wash reached to pull aside the sweater just as she took a step away from him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then I ease my way through a crack in the fence, push aside the loose board, and crawl underneath the porch. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

James bent to a low shelf and slid aside books to create a tiny window. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Supplanted, I stepped aside; and felt manhood retreat before me. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Occasionally I would try to plow through one, but inevitably I’d get stuck and put it aside for another day. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Here Strider turned aside, and soon they were lost in a sombre country of dark trees winding among the feet of sullen hills. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

They had pulled aside the curtains and were watching a couple of mice scuttling in the shadows on the other side of the street. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“I told you. I have no sister. We put aside our kin when we say our words. I cannot help Arya, much as I—” He broke off as they stepped inside her chambers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

What if her girlfriends pawed through her threadbare socks, Nancy Drew mysteries, and frayed hair ribbons, casting them aside and choosing none? Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

What was his reasoning for you to step aside and let him in that room? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The silence grew until it had the weight of age so hard to lift aside. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re right, there’s no champagne,” Chandresh says, pushing aside a pile of empty brandy bottles as he lays out another string of sketches along the floor. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The patty melt has been pushed aside in favor of the herb-encrusted medallions of baby artichoke hearts, which never leave me thinking, Oh, right, those! Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The risks—to our students, to our schools, to our town’s reputation—are too great if we stand aside and say nothing. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fanning the smoke aside, she muttered, “I’ve never seen it overheat like this.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I brushed aside the woman’s warnings and went. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pong set his mop aside and followed Somkit up the stairs to the top floor. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I stand up to clear our dishes, but after I stack them, I just set them aside. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

We stood aside and let him rush through the door ahead of us. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I try to put this stuff aside so I can focus on the sport.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He unrolled the message that he had set aside earlier. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

As the sailors’ discontent subsided, Shackleton took McNeish aside and exchanged a few quiet words with him, perhaps reminding him that execution was a legal punishment for mutiny. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

The girl nodded, then recollecting herself she drew aside so that we could enter, came after us and stood biting her lip as if uncertain what to say. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was always hungry for anyone to give me one-on-one attention, so I was pleased when Mrs. Merritt took me aside one day. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

And even so he would never have just forsaken it, or cast it aside. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Rimas taught me how to pilfer some by moving the weave of the bag aside with a needle and then moving it back, undetected. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

In fact, the ongoing debate on the assumption and residency questions was set aside for the entire day as the House put itself into committee of the whole to permit unencumbered debate on the petitions. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I managed to leap aside and dodge the bite. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Early one evening, when Papa had dozed off, Mama took Roberto and me aside. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I knew by hearsay that he was the editor of the American Mercury, but aside from that I knew nothing about him. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rooms were set aside for bookbinding and herb mixing and broadsword training and hand-to-hand combat practice. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He set the book aside and said, “They’re hiding? Is someone hurt? Is something wrong?” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

It made a gesture as though to sweep the Patronus aside. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

But I am letting myself be carried away by reveries which I must now put aside, writes Aronnax. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I leapt aside, cutting my hand on the serrated edge of a punctured tank. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“She casts aside even her own daughter. The goddess would never allow my tapestries to be shown in the palaces of the gods. She was always jealous of me.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Only sometimes as he lifted the ropes of creeper aside and chose his direction from the trend of the land, he mouthed words that did not reach the air. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

As Hector went back to the battle he turned aside to see once more, perhaps for the last time, the wife he tenderly loved, Andromache, and his son Astyanax. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Truman agreed—but aside from dropping another bomb, what options were there? Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

So the teachers had stood aside and watched as others fought for voting rights. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stragglers stood aside to let them through. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He was a golden blur leaping past Sefia, landing on the second man’s chest, knocking him aside so the arrow struck his shoulder instead of his heart. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

After a few seconds of silence, Alma’s mother finally stepped aside and invited me in. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The hare pushed him aside and straightaway began to free the tail of the now empty lion skin. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

The girl—Sam—stepped reluctantly aside, revealing a bathroom that danced with the flickering light of candles. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

That next day, though, Annabelle grabs The Taker’s sleeve and pulls him aside at lunch. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Gillian may have tossed him aside, but he didn’t look rattled. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

So too you must wash away your former loyalties, put aside your grudges, forget old wrongs and old loves alike. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Mitchell also advised physicians to put aside any “ill-timed scrupulousness about the weakness of the body” and purge the patient ruthlessly. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

It was as if they all shoved her aside in one calculated move since she was not one of them. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Trepid? That putrid—” Tiller pushed the covers aside and swung his feet over the side of the bed. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps even he—charismatic gale of a man that he was—was temporarily swept aside by the force of her. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The Indians who adopted it were setting aside millennia of tradition in favor of a new technology. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then he turned, using his leg to sweep aside the chair, which was on its back on the floor, stepped over the food, and walked out of the kitchen. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Mercy stroked hers with a timid finger and laid them gently aside. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I put aside my own grief to rescue him from his. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I supposed Frith was thinking about it too, and I thought how much easier it would be if we cast aside convention and let him join in with us, if he had anything to say. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

But your sculpture still needs a nose, so you grab some of the clay you set aside before and make a new one. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I looked at it without emotion, folded it neatly, and put it aside. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went over to the window and pulled the curtain aside and looked out. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He finished the last swallow of wine, and tossed the empty skin aside. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

When Gregor pushed it aside, a wave of fresh air hit his face. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He moved aside and watched as she stared at the camera. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then he and the trumpeter drew aside and bowed and the soldiers saluted and the Prince himself came in. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

That night I started my homework and quickly put it aside. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

In fact, I would expect our interview - aside from a few informal exchanges quite proper in the circumstances - to be largely professional in character. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I have set her aside—gently, picking her up by the armpits as I would a child—and so have proved that she has no power but the little I give her by momentary whim. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t stay focused on the movie long enough to gain any sort of interest, because Alma Ember had set her popcorn aside and opted instead to nibble on my left earlobe. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Well,” he muttered softly to himself as he stooped to pick up the baby he had set aside. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He tried to imagine a life where every dollar wasn’t set aside for groceries or rent or emergencies. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘It is not my will,’ he said, ‘to put aside my sword or to deliver Andúril to the hand of any other man.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

But perhaps the best explanation of why Bobby cast aside all financial offers came from Bobby himself: “People are trying to exploit me. Nobody is going to make a nickel off of me!” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The man just kept his hand out and yelled at the woman to step aside. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

But Harry was already hurtling back along the corridor and within minutes, he was saying “toffee eclairs” to Dumbledore’s gargoyle, which leapt aside, permitting Harry entrance onto the spiral staircase. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She was so nice about it, Percy thought she must be a monster in disguise; but Hedge pulled him aside and assured him that Esther smelled like a normal human. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

My father’s wife stepped aside and left a space open at the foot of the bed. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

George brushed her aside with a shrug and buried her head deep in her homework. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

For half a heartbeat I almost threw my whole plan aside just to stay with her a little longer. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Ophie went to her side to help rearrange the pillows but had to duck aside when Mrs. Caruthers slapped her hands away. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The excitement of looting has run out of us, knocked aside by the airstrike and a sudden hunger to get home. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Pepperhorn shoved Valley aside and threw his hands up at Seven’s dad. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Almost as an aside, he pointed out one possibility that other researchers hadn’t considered: all transformed cells seemed to behave identically to HeLa, he wrote, which could mean that HeLa was the contaminant. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, the coaches were there, reaching into the tangle of arms and legs, pulling off bodies and tossing them aside. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I kick a few aside, looking for blackened fireplace rocks or wood that would tell me Alice had camped here. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Haymitch pushes it aside, we find ourselves in the dome of the Justice Building. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

One sprang at Frank, but he knocked it aside with the butt of his spear. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

As the warriors sprang aside, Taran saw one of them clutch the air and spin head over heels. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

He was holding his mother tight and she was trying to push him aside, as if to be allowed to pummel Olanna, and Olanna wished she could let her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

If your friends were on a dangerous path, adults told you to cast them aside. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Casting aside furniture that lay in their paths, they rushed for their guns. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not too worried or anything,” he began, once he’d got me aside. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

When his thirst was slaked, he pushed the reeds aside. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I push it aside and focus instead on what’s in front of me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

None of the classes aside from their own would know that it wasn’t an assignment. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Seven pushed her anger aside and looked at Thorn, who was wearing one of her many black hats. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Lords and knights moved aside as he stepped through, tall and fleshless, a skeleton in iron mail, the King's Justice. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But for now, I’d have to put it aside so I could learn my lines. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Dr. Mahmoud steps aside, and there’s Mom, trailed by the nurse who let me in, with an overstuffed tote bag on her left arm and Jordan in her right. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I’ll put some blasting powder down,” said his father, “and if that doesn’t crack it aside we’ll start a new hole.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mark pulled himself together, swearing to put emotions aside for now, and followed. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I yanked the German by the arm, pulling him aside. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Or dashes can be used in pairs instead of parentheses to enclose an aside or an explanation: Her new shoes had loads of style—they were Ferragamos—but not much arch support. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He moves aside, then follows me into the kitchen. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was different; usually we spoke for ourselves, but I could tell some protocol was set aside. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

A man in a tuxedo walks along calling, “For the love of God, let me through,” though no one steps aside, and he moves no more quickly than anyone else. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Matt carefully pushed them aside for Maria, and they found themselves on the edge of the hovercraft landing field. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rémy moves me aside as he helps to remove the screen. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The young nun looked back at the windows behind them and stood aside. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as she was finished, she cast aside the embroidery that covered the telephone, dialed, and asked, “Yes, is Mr. Sen there, please? It is Mrs. Sen and it is very important.” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He brushed Fenoglio aside like a troublesome fly as he pushed past him into the house. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Scipio now pushed this curtain aside, adjusting his mask one last time and clearing his throat nervously. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed the dishes aside to make a place for his hat. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I brush aside more dirt, but no other symbols or words appear. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

But putting all that aside, I made one mistake: I used intimacy to get closer to him, and in doing so, I ruled out other forms of friendship. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

So today, a special block has been set aside for filming. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

When it clattered to the linoleum, she brought her arms down, oh, so slowly, and cradled her breasts as though they were two mangoes thumbed over in the marketplace and pushed aside. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He threw aside the packing of straw and silk, growing angrier with each handful. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

A chair, table, and an open barrel standing near one of the doors were the only furnishings in the room aside from the cots. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The bigger the monster herd got, the more mortals would get pushed aside, knocked into the water, or trampled. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

We were so busy we none of us went home to dinner, not even Miss Love, who put aside her hats to help wait on customers. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He saw his legs, and moved them aside for a glimpse of the sled beneath. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

He invited King Joffrey to send an envoy to the Iron Islands to fix the borders between their realms and discuss a possible alliance. lyrion read the letter three times and set it aside. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The password had evidently changed, however, for the stone gargoyle did not spring to life and jump aside, but stood frozen, glaring at Harry malevolently. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Carefully she tugged at a thin side branch, broke it loose, and tossed it aside. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Moira stood politely aside, and Aunt Elizabeth hurried into the cubicle Moira had indicated and bent over the back of the toilet. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So is this,” Sonny said, slowly spreading his arms and stepping aside to reveal his eighty-four-year-old father, Day, teetering on unsteady legs behind him. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Robin was actually cordial, inviting me to her room to sit on the floor and thumb through her 45s and set aside the ones I wanted to listen to. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Pushing Harry roughly aside, he knelt over Malfoy, drew his wand, and traced it over the deep wounds Harry’s curse had made, muttering an incantation that sounded almost like song. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

There is no place for the palm tree—I toss that aside. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ethnic background aside, most parents would be immensely proud if their children pursued any of the above occupations. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

That first morning at the firm, a pleasant young white secretary, Miss Lieberman, took me aside and said, “Nelson, we have no color bar here at the law firm.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You shovel like a disznó. A pig. You cannot toss the ground aside like an old rag. Then it will not help you later. Use a hoe, there by the shed.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Holding a lamp, he stood aside as Min crawled in. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

He was about to lead the way up the south side of the combe when suddenly a rabbit shouldered him roughly aside, pushed past Fiver and was gone into the open. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused and then kicked the boards aside. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reached down to the hem of her thin roughspun gown and pulled it up over her head in one smooth motion, tossing it aside. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

With an unceremonious yank, she pulled off the covering and tossed it aside. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Jason summoned gusts of wind to blast aside javelins and arrows. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He goes o’er and, without as much as a “Howdy do,” pult aside the sheet that divides the cabin in two at night. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

She leaps aside just in the nick of time. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

But he did not pause to admire it, and turning aside he followed his master through the narrow doorway in the wall of the cave. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

So far, aside from one scare—at five, Milton had nearly died from a mastoid infection— they had both been healthy. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Irritated at being pushed aside, the Tommies swore, and taunted their allies with shouts of “Maginot!” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He forced the door open, cast aside the chair and boxes hastily piled against it with one lazy wave of his wand...and there she stood, the child in her arms. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The gods stood aside, and only now the giant saw who was standing behind them. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Quickly, he moved the rocks aside and plunged the trowel into the dirt. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Torrance pulled him aside at one point, but she could tell that he was preoccupied. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He shoved Frederick aside and struck Sergeant Robinson in the forehead hard with the knife, stunning him with the blow. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

In schools and universities, the nineteenth and twentieth centuries saw the study of rhetoric pushed aside. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Biff pushed aside the paper when he saw her, and smiled when she came up to him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He had merely glanced at the headline when he had taken the rolled-up paper from the delivery owl early that morning and thrown it aside, after noting that it said nothing about Voldemort. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Alone with just me, she put aside the persona she displayed for others. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He pushed aside the things on the kitchen table, the piles of mail, the unread library books. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Stand aside,” said Riddle, drawing out his wand. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Brannon pushed aside his newspaper and leaned his elbows on the counter. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

At the far end, he ran his hands over the wall and a panel of stones slid aside. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“You be quiet, stupid,” the girl said, tossing her own branch aside. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But she had two companions on her side, and so far, aside from lighting the lamp, she hadn’t made anything worse. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He drew aside his nearest broth-ers, who happened to be Paul and Will, and moved them out of earshot of the rest. The Dark is Rising 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when she moved aside, I saw Mummy behind her, staring at me like she couldn’t believe it: Dracula, this creation, had come out of her creation. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then Annabeth moved aside a woven circle of branches, like a door, and I realized I was. looking into a camouflaged shelter. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I like snow. But, aside from that, I think I prefer warm weather.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I’m almost all the way down the main hall, and not a single person has pulled me aside to tell me how sorry they are about the bad news. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Harrison dropped his head; he laid his sandwich aside. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pushed aside the curtain that enclosed the bed. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Something nagged at him, poked his heart, but he pushed it aside for the moment. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

When he finally pushed his plate aside and attacked the apple pie, he wondered that anything so unspeakably delicious could ever have come his way. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dozen witches were making for the flares, carrying thick-leaved, bushy branches, and with them they brushed the glaring lights aside, sweeping them away into the sky beyond. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

His new friend pushed the owner aside, and pulled the boy outside with him. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

A loose flagstone was lifted, pushed aside, and a slender shadow emerged as if from the ground itself. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

They’ll pull the inmate aside when his gallery leaves and talk to him when his friends are far beyond the locked gates. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dove aside as the fiery bronze comet sailed past my shoulder. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t understand how I could remain anything except Crow, but the letter was done, so I folded it up and set it aside for the morning. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“So you aren’t housebroken, you little brute,” she snarled, kicking aside the sodden newspapers. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course I will give it to my family—all but some few pesitos which I will hold aside for my journey. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Nauseated, I set the paper aside as the train arrived at the South Park Avenue station, the second-to-last stop. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Mr. Hoo moved aside a full ashtray with a show of distaste and rearranged the clues. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before Martin’s mother passed, it was her lot to translate the ellipses and muttered asides that constituted conversation between father and son. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Chet tossed the stick aside and flicked the pillowcase open with one melodramatic motion. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Xan flung him aside as easily as if he was a rag doll. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Scoob puts the picture aside and picks up the green booklet. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Stowing her purse, she brushed the bottom of her pack once more and plowed into the crowd, elbowing the other shoppers aside in her haste to leave town. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I took it from him and set it aside. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He jumped onto the platform, pushed the mini Barbarossa aside so that he nearly fell over, and bent over the lion. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know much about Mercer Day aside from their reputation as a last-resort private school for rich kids with not-so-hot grades or who had been kicked out of other prep schools. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Her worry for Rachel had pushed aside, for a time, her own fears of seeing Mr. Marsden again. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

His left arm was completely useless, so—thwip—it was tossed aside. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Frustrated, he put it aside and sprinted to catch up. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

As he turned aside his face a minute, I saw a tear slide from under the sealed eyelid, and trickle down the manly cheek. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

His own skills aside, it would be nice to have a weapon. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The laptops roll merrily down the belt, while I'm instructed to stand aside and open my bag. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He could not be quite sure, but it seemed to him that suddenly, before it passed out of sight, the horse turned aside and went into the trees on the right. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He did not, but Aunt Rose hobbled out of the house to sit in the creaky old rocking chair set aside for her. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

But Father came between us, pushing me roughly aside. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

You laugh, rap my woody shell with wicked whispers shaped like knuckles, then toss me aside. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Step aside, girl, and you two exit the transporter. Now!” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Bitter dropped a kiss on Jam’s forehead and slid the mirror aside to show the shelves behind. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I open the box and pull aside the tissue paper. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

The students pressed against the door’s glass abruptly disperse, and their shadows move aside to make room for a tall silhouette. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Ralph sensed the position of the weapon from the glimpse he caught of Jack's arm and put the thrust aside with his own butt. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

But then the bizarre creature soared over one of the street lamps of Privet Drive, and Harry, realizing what it was, leapt aside. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

You have to bend under a wild arch of cosmos when you come up the walk, and use your whole right arm to push the hollyhocks aside to get in the front door. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shoved the dog aside, rolled over, and went back to sleep. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Even Stans pimples went white; Ern jerked the steering wheel so hard that a whole farmhouse had to jump aside to avoid the bus. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Mr. Donnelly, aside from being an outlaw wanted by the Architectural Committee, is a big University of Florida football booster. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am looking ...” he said, brushing the sword aside as if it were a branch blocking his path. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He never forgot the strange excitement he felt when she looked at him that way, and called him aside. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, since we no longer count the years numerically, aside from children and adolescents, no one knows how old anyone is anymore—sometimes not even themselves. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Keffers also kept a workbench in there, and so I put the magazines down on it, pushed aside some old rags and heaved myself up to sit on the tabletop. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It might be the reason Agent Magnus pulled Dylan aside for a quick talk. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Those were all the words he knew, aside from the refrain. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

With a backhanded blow he hurled Luster aside and caught the reins and sawed Queenie about and doubled the reins back and slashed her across the hips. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thanks to the money from Parker’s inheritance, she was able to put her other projects aside to focus on her “Anne C. Miller” novel. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Muggle-repelling charms prevent trespassers into the forests where centaurs and unicorns live and on the lakes and rivers set aside for the use of merpeople. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a red-letter day, after all, so I put aside the black ink and held up the bottle of red. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He tossed the bottle aside, shrugged his shoulders and walked into the blinding snowstorm. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the Germans invaded, Flerov had put his studies aside to serve in the Soviet air force. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She moves one hand aside to look at me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He called for a vote to set aside the decision until the fall, which would mean women would not be able to vote in that year’s election. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

But for those prepared to move aside for a larger passage, it works. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He will toss the pistol aside and then use his knife to battle his way out if cornered. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The squirrel put aside her bow and sat down under cover of the parapet. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It took several more minutes of reassurance by Mrs. Frisby before the shrew grudgingly moved aside, still muttering warnings. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Stand aside, you silly girl...stand aside, now.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

A flash of bronze, and all five of the baton-wielders were swept aside. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I push aside two fuzzy white throw pillows and sink onto the couch. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

When Ms. Banks, looking luscious and lean in a long flowered dress, appeared beside the metal box, the group of geeks gathered around Mr. Switzer all tumbled aside. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I rummaged in my schoolbag, pushing aside books and pencils and half-squished bananas I hadn’t gotten around to eating, and pulled out a sheet of paper. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

He shoved some scrolls aside to reveal a dusty volume bound in rotted leather. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I pushed the dress aside, hating the dusty feel of the fabric. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

At a physics department reception on New Year’s Day, he pulled Herb York aside. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“Put it aside and check in an hour.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I stood resolutely before the window and put my shoulders back in good military posture, took a deep breath, and yanked the curtain aside. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Prosper pushed his little brother aside, leaned forward, and frisked Victor. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She ran forward, pushed Fred aside, and pulled Percy into a strangling hug, while he patted her on the back, his eyes on his father. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Odysseus moved aside, yielding his couch, but from across the room Telemakhos checked him: “Friend, sit down; we’ll find another chair in our own hut. Here is the man to make one!” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tower her brother had set aside for her use was the very same that she and Lysa had shared as maids. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He stepped aside quickly and bobbed his head apologetically. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever was her own in the house, everything which she had acquired aside from her husband’s bounty, she caused to be transported to the other house, supplying simple and meager deficiencies from her own resources. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then I jump over the chickens and scurry up the ladder, pushing aside the loose planks and crawling through the little door. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I choose a green one and a purple one, and Shanti sets aside two for herself, one blue, one yellow. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“What do you want to do?” he asked, throwing aside the paper. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

A nursing student pulls her up, she leaves her conga aside and starts wiggling her big butt in the middle of the circle—we yell out encouragement. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

But aside from inventing a Latinate name for a vague principle, Wolff could provide no further specifics. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

She didn’t step aside to let me in, she just stood there in the doorway, blocking the entrance. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry opened his trunk again and pushed the contents aside, looking for the Invisibility Cloak — but before he had found it, he straightened up suddenly, looking around him once more. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He slid aside the door to the room where the single boat was, and they went in. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The bed covers and clothing were pulled aside to expose the president's back, including the dressings over his bullet wound and new incision. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Carefully, he pushed aside wires with part of what he was assuming used to be a door frame so he could get closer to the collapsed staircase. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She destroyed egos by the score and made men hate themselves in the morning for the way she found them, used them and tossed them aside. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He had been taken aside for a brief and serious talk by the coach, had hung his head with guilt and embarrassment, and apologized to Asher after the game. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

But it dissatisfied me when I had finished it; so, casting it aside, I tried to say the same thing in yet another way in Long Black Song. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

His nephew said nothing, and Hibiscus reached to shove him aside. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

His face was set hard and grim and eager: he wouldn’t turn aside. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I had finished a hole and set the drill aside to cool. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Audrey stepped aside to let me pass, but her movements were stiff, and she avoided looking directly at me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The land had been falling steadily, ever since they turned aside from the Road, and they now entered a wide flat expanse of country, much more difficult to manage. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Dill smiled, stepped aside, and ran his hand through his hair. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

It was impossible to miss them, to not step aside and turn away when they passed. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Kaz slid a black wood panel aside and unlocked the safe hidden behind it. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And how I sometimes stepped aside for them instead. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

But before they could all join battle, Ma Costa herself waded in, smacking two of the gyptians aside and confronting Lyra like a prizefighter. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Jimmy began to push me aside to get to the officer’s desk and take the letter himself. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were easily frustrated, and aside from Kanue—playing all out as usual—the players were walking and showing little intensity. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Bodies spinning and arms flailing and knives being tossed aside and punches and grunts. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Stella set the clippings aside and began flipping through a couple of pages of the notebook from school, frowning. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Throw down your steel and stand aside, and no harm need come to you.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And part of your job, aside from parsing abstract intellectual property issues for big corporations, is to help cultivate the next set of young lawyers being courted by the firm. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

At first he walked fast to vent his fury, but soon he slowed and began to push aside bushes and leaves. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Some turn aside, uneasy in a way they cannot account for; others feel suddenly empty when her eyes leave theirs. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Time could not be set aside for comprehensive maintenance and repair. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The yew had stood on this ground long before it was set aside for the church. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

He invented outrageous stories of the perversions of various Popes; informed them of little-known points of Catholic doctrine; raved about Vatican conspiracies, ignoring Henry’s bald refutations and Francis’s muttered asides about social-climbing Protestants. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

A complex man—as those caught between eras often are—Spaulding removed the grinning mask of servility, but could never quite put it aside. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The grass was trampled now, here and there a part in the line as men stepped aside to avoid a dead body, lost the day before. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother stopped them from breathing down Dad’s neck by taking them aside and telling them stories. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the bell finally rang for lunch, Ms. Faraci caught me at the door and pulled me aside. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The minister glanced several times at his watch so I took him aside and asked him to wait for half an hour. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I make myself push this aside and concentrate on the feel of her skin until I no longer see molecules but Violet. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The hobbits opened the barrier and stood aside. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

For a while after we got to the house my dad kept taking me aside to make sure I was okay. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

By the time he stopped, my shoes were full of sand, so I kicked them aside and peeled off my socks. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I was not happy to see the word pen pushed aside as if it did not matter. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Master came back with a wide piece of paper that he unfolded and laid out on the dining table, pushing aside books and magazines. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

One man takes the women aside while the others continue to speak to the audience. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon Iorek turned aside and made for the entrance to a cave, very dark against the snow. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Reyna swatted them aside with her modified duct-tape-coin-sword, but a handful of change wasn’t going to hold back a pack of werewolves for long. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

But voting booths aside, I worried I'd be betraying my Iranian side if I was too gung ho about becoming fully Americanized. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

There was nothing written on the sheet of paper aside from Chubs’s parents’ name and their address, and there had never been. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

As soon as he had sprung to earth from heaven he laid aside everything that marked him as a god and approached Argus like a country fellow, playing very sweetly upon a pipe of reeds. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Stop talking,” I tell him, pushing aside any twinge of sympathy. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He pushes my pitiful linoleum block aside and gently sets down an enormous book. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

An enormous figure bounds up the steps, pushing journalists aside in the process. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

If it looked important, he’d set it aside to show to his boss. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

At last the Elves turned aside from the path. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Pet reached out to lift Jam, with Bitter’s obscene dead hands around her ribs, and set her aside firmly. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The Knight of Flowers was shouting for his own sword as Ser Gregor knocked his squire aside and made a grab for the reins of his horse. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

His most recent Memory, aside from the draft and the party, is of him at the airport’s private jet strip, waiting beside an older boy in sunglasses who I recognize immediately as his brother Daniel. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When he slowed and settled, his limbs were free again, and the rope was thrown aside. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

When people saw him coming they hastily stepped aside, gazing at him in awe once he went by. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Well, aside from the fact that last winter he’d lost everything except his head—but Leo didn’t count that. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Whatever the reason, our assistant principal never took Cap aside and explained to him that someone was yanking his chain. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

The childlike insistence in her tone had the blanket thrown aside and my feet hitting the cool soil-covered floor before I could think. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The metal cover he now pushed aside had buckled in the fire and was overgrown by alyssum. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

If an earthen jar leaked she did not, as other women did, cast it aside and talk of a new one. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps I am not in the proper mood to believe it,” Isobel says, loosening the knots and putting the ribbons aside, letting them cascade over the arm of the chair. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Mr. Leroy pulled his coat aside so the man could see the Preacher’s pistol and said, “He’s toting a gun same as this here one. Same holster too.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

She pushed my essay aside and tapped a key on her computer to make the screen brighten again. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Team drama aside, after my ankle healed, I continued to do well throughout the season. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

But he only weeps, his head turned aside. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The aperture was so screened and narrow, that curtain or shutter had been deemed unnecessary; and when I stooped down and put aside the spray of foliage shooting over it, I could see all within. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He put his quill aside and flexed his stubby fingers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He sat picking at his food until the captain whispered aside to him, “Well?” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He blocked the blows calmly, his longsword meeting each slash and turning it aside. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When folks saw the spell he was under they stepped aside like he was toting a bucket that was overflowing with the plague! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He went the length of the room to pull aside the heavy blue draperies and opened the doors. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The puzzle was cleared up when a group of older church women took their deacon aside and delicately explained matters to him—naming French as the father. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Duchess pushes the edges of my shirt aside and begins to clean my wounds. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She was in the way; they shoved her aside and rushed to tie things down. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Her footprints pushed aside the snow to reveal the deep brown of fallen leaves, and red chokecherries climbed among the evergreens — startling color in the gray and white landscape. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, aside from the obvious, sometimes ...” I hesitated. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I dived behind some throw pillows just as three men and one woman—the matronly one I’d heard on the phone—turned the corner and entered the room, pushing Ema aside. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Help me push this aside,” he said, placing his hands on one edge of a stacked filing cabinet. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

And yet there was nothing she could do for any of them, and so she made herself put all thought of them aside. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It distances the entire thing, reduces it to a farce or prank, in which I have no involvement aside from mockery. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Drill through a third time, then set the drill aside to cool. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

A weight dropped, crashed downward, then pounded aside at the last moment under the synchronized thump of a sudden force beam. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Head injury aside, hanging a left never would have occurred to him. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Thalia pulled me aside as we were getting the oars. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Louise tried to intervene, but the coyote shouldered her aside, tore at her neck, and went back to the sheep. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Maybe he got pushed aside by the flash mob. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The fear of death constantly tempted me to turn aside from my course that day. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Hellhounds lunged at the timber wolves, knocking them aside. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I guess Henry was embarrassed too, because he made his friend Anthony pull me aside to tell me that Henry wasn't into girls who looked like me. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Putting aside his fear of her, he ran into the dining room and slapped her on the back. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

But first I had to shrug off my own fears and push the sadness aside. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The next Monday, my twelfth-grade English teacher, Mrs. Fry, takes me aside after class. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Tyrion threw open his wardrobe, shoved the clothing aside, and pushed against the rear panel. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He pushed his pencil aside and rose to his feet in frantic exasperation. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

My eyes scanned the room—two windows, the only other exit aside from the door. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Sorry,” I say, pushing aside some knee-high yellow-green grass to pick up the phone. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Next time,” Esperanza said, pulling Moss aside, “we go to a place without stairs.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Citra’s mother stepped aside to allow him entry—as if she were the visitor and not the other way around. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He drew his cloak aside and gazed at it. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Imam Malik is standing aside speaking to a police officer and a reporter. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He started shoving his scavenged wire aside, suddenly desperate for clean air and light. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

People let out startled shouts as the man shoves them aside—he knocks a camera-clicking tourist flat on her back. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Hastily he put such thoughts or memories aside and went on. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

When the door finally feels smooth to the touch, I toss aside my sandpaper block and head off to go find Papi and Lolo. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Someone tied it to a stop sign and started walking, and that’s how far he got before it gave out. aside, grabbing more scraps, crying out, “Oh no! . .. Oh no!” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lydia was bid by her two eldest sisters to hold her tongue; but Mr. Collins, much offended, laid aside his book, and said: Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

“Marly! What on earth—” He pushed her aside with a hard big sweep of his arm that almost knocked her down. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Colin pushed aside his fatigue and rushed up to his best friend. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I think of the way Cardan pulled her aside and made her cry. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

August walks to the velvet curtain and whisks it aside. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

A hand appeared through the curtains and forcefully swept one aside so that it rolled a bit, making a wide opening. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“These rituals are empty,” Hizdahr declared, “just the sort of thing we must sweep aside. Meereen has been steeped in these foolish old traditions for too long.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I noticed a clip of blazing diamonds on her dress as I tried to stand aside for the others, but Brother Jack pushed me ahead. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Henry set aside his glass and pulled a rag out of his back pocket, wiping away the sweat that sprang up on his brow. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Henry spat at him and shoved him aside. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course, of course,” Efraín said, extending his arm and stepping aside so that we might pass into the front yard. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He bent his head to kiss her shoulder, moving the pink strap aside a fraction with his lips, and he was breathing in her scent—rosemary and nectar—when she whispered in his ear. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The wings had been hacked off and tossed aside in a heap. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

That very day I started setting aside money for the bus fare to Boston. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hence let’s begin by temporarily setting aside our human bias and considering disease from the microbes’ point of view. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Jake tried to quiet him, but Cob brushed the younger man aside. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I dutifully started pointing to the letters, but Bran brushed my pencil aside and pointed to the letters himself. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only part of the day that’s about something different is when Ms. Rochambeau pulls me aside after social studies. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I try to slide around her, but she shifts her position so the only way I could exit would be by literally pushing her aside. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Mamá grabbed me by the arm and took me aside. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Last night, for example, Margot was reading a book with beautiful illustrations; she got up and put the book aside for later. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

With that, he lowered himself into the ooze and, pushing heavy debris aside with every labored step, searched frantically for his mother and brother. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Leader laid his pen aside and leaned back in his chair. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

The very small living room incredibly contained—aside from things to sit on—an organ, a piano, a garden of flowering flowerpots, and usually a darting little dog and a large, drowsy cat. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thrusting the lifeless body aside, he heaved Taran to his feet. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Impressed finally by the massive support of his former comrades in arms, Colonel Aureliano Buendía did not put aside the possibility of pleasing them. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

However, this option, quite aside from the misgivings his lordship was bound to have as regards gossip travelling, entailed my having to rely on unknown quantities just when a mistake could prove most costly. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Harry stood aside as Ron came whizzing out of the pipe, too. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Now we gently folded my egg whites into the thick syrup, then poured the airy, toast-colored mixture into a souffle dish and put it aside. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Then he stood aside the steps to let Poirot enter the train. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

That seems like something Elsbeth would do, telling him to shove things aside, make room for himself anywhere. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Without taking her rabid eyes off the thief, Delia kicked both sandals aside. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

She stepped aside and, as she did, gave a little wave in Benji’s direction. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then he turned his face aside and said, stammering, “But tell me where you will go, what you will do.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, the tables have been pushed aside, and a panoply of people sit in a loose circle. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Toward the end of March, Alice Manfred put her needles aside to think again of what she called the impunity of the man who killed her niece just because he could. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took mine, even though I’d never had a drink aside from sips of my dad’s beer. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

He knocked aside Chiron’s blade and yelled, “RACKl” A blinding white light exploded between the Titan and the centaur. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

From above them came the rustling sound of a ceiling panel being slid aside, and in the glow of a flashlight beam they saw Constance’s dusty, cobweb-covered, exasperated face. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She shoved him aside, ran for the car, jumped into the driver’s seat. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Setting that popular idea aside, the stewards fired the leg-weary Greenberg back to the barn again, bearing yet another message. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I started the car and pulled out of the parking lot, but all her teamwork stuff aside, I still felt like I was getting badgered into something, and I wanted the last word. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Once both shoes are set aside, he tickles the bottom of my left foot, and I totally snort. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I unscrewed the lid and set it aside. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The leader squinted at me before stepping aside with a curt nod. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He laid it aside and inspected the photographs in the envelopes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Afore I could do any more worrying, a curtain on the stage got whipped aside and a tall, round white man in a long black cape was standing right in front of us. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The way was mostly flat, and he held the damp ferns and webs of moss aside for me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Finally, a gray uniform appeared among them, and an officer in his early thirties plodded up, stuck a key in the gate, and pulled it aside. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulls aside the lace curtain and gazes out at the street, at the skim-milk sky. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

In ballet studios, open trays of crushed resin are usually set aside for the dancers. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Immediately, Nokomis took her aside and brought her to the corner of the house near the window of oiled paper. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Finally he went into his little office, pushed a litter of brake linings and fan belts and catalogues aside, and from underneath dug out a telephone. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Remember what the priest said about putting aside sorrow.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kaori nodded at Gen, who picked up the mango with both hands and set it aside. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Three meals a day ?” He waved her questions aside. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he stepped aside, and the black-and-white mass dissolved into fifteen individual players who came quickly onto the field. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I pushed aside my chair and squatted, placing my palms upon the floorboards. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She pulled the material aside and he nearly lost his balance, as though what he saw had hit him with a physical force. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

After a few pages into my book, I set it aside. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She set aside the heart, and I held it, a tremble running through my body. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

And now all this was forgotten and put aside, our conversation down the telephone, our mutual anxiety, his insistence that he must see me. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I have been able to be kind and pleasant to him because every time I think of what happened in Erudite headquarters, I immediately push the thought aside. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Pushing aside a few branches, he made an opening in a row of bushes. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

With screams of pain Ron, Hermione, and the two goblins were knocked aside into other objects, which also began to replicate. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“I hear that Lord Hamlet has created a most exciting entertainment this night,” Cristiana said, speaking aside to me with her hand held to her mouth. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Before I could ask what had happened or how my hardware got made in time, Roy Lee pulled me aside. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She puts her notebook aside and peeks into the hallway to be sure no one's coming in. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Lupin kicked aside the chair he had overturned. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I put the book aside in favor of the next thing I see in the box: a picture. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Even Lady Isobel recoiled at the unexpected ferocity of these visitors, until the men were pushed aside and a woman dressed in hunting gear threw back her green hooded cloak to reveal a smiling face. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were so many things that could go wrong that Malcolm could scarcely manage to push them all aside in his mind. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

‘Too late now to turn aside. The fens of Entwash must guard our flank. Haste now we need. Ride on!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

My mom’s most recent success had been to get a forested island set aside as a bonobo preserve. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She moved aside, and he took over the work. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

We pushed aside curtains that were like pavilions and felt over innumerable feet of dark wall for electric light switches--once I tumbled with a sort of splash upon the keys of a ghostly piano. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

He set it aside, leaning it carefully against the wall. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were two tiny gleams of light behind, or for a moment he thought he saw them, but at once they slipped aside and vanished. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

When they pulled me aside I had to give my home address: Highlands North. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

They set aside a little corner for that. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Being a bit drunk and bold, my father pushed the policeman aside and quickly mixed into the crowd. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

It’s one of the reasons, aside from shame, why I decided to join the Foreign Service. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Much exhausted, and suffering greatly now for want of food, I turned aside into a lane and sat down under the hedge. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He sets the card aside and fishes his present out of the bag. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

A guy with a stubbly beard and tousled brown hair slid aside the velvet curtain and walked out, barefoot and in jeans and no shirt. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I turned off my lamp and moved aside the limp curtains, thinking of Ned and looking for the big orange harvest moon he’d written of. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Not long after our visit to Mechtild, I discovered a book that Elnora had laid aside, for her weak eyes no longer allowed her to read. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Everyone arose at this and the doors were opened and the lords and the creatures stood aside for the King and Queen to go out first. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

When he didn’t hear anything else, he put his book aside and decided to search the kitchen to see if he could find where his mom was hiding the double chocolate pecan cookies. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

A weight dropped, crashed downward, then pounded aside at the last moment under the synchronized thump of a sudden force beam. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

By the time I had celebrated my twelfth birthday back on December 7, 1953, I'd believed I had put aside my hurt over being left out of all the Maypole dances forever. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Step aside, thinking maybe this was some last-minute love desperate to make itself known before it couldn’t see and might forget the sleeping face it treasured. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kaisha folded the paper up and pushed it aside on the pulpit. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But aside from being easily distracted, Constance was an intolerably slow walker. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Cain moves aside, and, reluctantly, Zak and I walk out the door. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He drank a pull of beer and set the cup aside. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She pushed aside her jacket—which she was not giving up—and change of clothes, and then her hand settled on the flashlight. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Afterward, a girl from another high school takes Bobby aside and asks if he’s gay. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

"Your Royal Highness," said Thornbut, drawing him aside, "our march to-day will bring us through the pass and right to your royal father's castle. We may be in battle before night." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

So they were stuck without much of an option aside from Wanda quitting the job she’d had for over a decade and uprooting themselves from the neighborhood where they’d built up a network. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He scrambled up and saw the snake outlined against the landing light: It struck, and Hermione dived aside with a shriek; her deflected curse hit the curtained window, which shattered. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

A couple of black-robbed ghouls had pulled aside one spirit and were frisking him at the security desk. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

It was very easy to throw aside the blanket. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

People in the aisle move aside to let us pass. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

And what this letter seems to be saying is that I can put aside the number now, too. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

So Ophie pushed aside the strangeness—the whole manor was odd, really—and carefully handed Mrs. Caruthers her tea, the delicate cup balanced upon its equally fine saucer. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I toss aside my weapons and race down the strip closest to her body. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

And if I had, he has cast me aside, just as Joffrey did. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“No, not yet. Let the others take their food first. I can wait,” he says, standing aside. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The exultant crowd exploded from the bar like champagne, hurling Turner and Nettle aside. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He went to the window and drew aside the curtains and the shutters. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The rope was set aside, to be used only if an emergency exit from the second-floor window became necessary. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She set it aside almost shyly and showered him with kisses. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He reached down with his free hand and tossed me aside. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Seth rolled away from the opening, and Kendra stepped aside as well. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“All joking aside, I know what he meant. About there being something about you. I can see it.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

As I pushed aside the mountain laurel, I saw three two-by-fours and some planks lying across several of the lower limbs of the tree. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Looks like you’ve picked one out. part us with the beam. “Step aside!” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He hands me a corner of the tarp and I pull it aside. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Pushing aside the desire to giggle about being touched by Javier, Moss gulped and answered him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

We must lay aside one thing to grasp another. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

She flung the mirror aside, where it stuck in the air like a piece of fruit suspended in Jell-O. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

‘Háma is my name. Here I must bid you lay aside your weapons before you enter.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I set it aside and go on sponging, trying not to hurt him. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He swears aloud, attracting a glare from a passing woman who steps aside as he stops short on the crowded pavement. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was clear death had come to Manifest and would not be brushed aside. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He had put aside the heavy plate and helm he'd worn as the Knight of the Gate for the lighter leather-and-mail of an outrider, but his obsidian fish still fastened his cloak. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“You flaunt the commandments of God by dishonoring your father and mother in this way. There is a place of eternal torment set aside for those who flaunt God’s laws.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

By its smelly tail, Prince Brat tossed aside the uneaten herring. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

They thanked him, but he waved the words aside. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Felicia set aside pails of them but selected only one, a mother-of-pearl shell, a baroque Spanish fan with which later to taunt her suitors. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were the ones that Violet had to push aside, elbow her way into. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Bender sets aside his proofs and nods. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

A new question shoved all the others aside. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Thalia jabbed at his head, but he snarled and swatted the spear aside. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Booth, overcome with despair, sets the papers aside. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at Dimple and said, as an aside, “My mom and dad told me which room he was in.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I gave away a lulu of a Picasso story that had just reached me, one that I might have put aside for a rainy day. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I set aside my grief and began hoping and planning. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knocked the coals aside with her bare hands, ignoring the searing pain in her fingers. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He steps aside and I move past him and he closes the door. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

But all of that aside, I think the most important aspect of obtaining a girl of the opposite sex is knowing when to pull the trigger. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She stepped aside to let the next person fill a bottle. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She set aside an evening, and the two of us sat at the kitchen table, scratching at bits of paper and tugging our hair. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The dark trees drew aside, and ahead they could see the path going almost straight forward. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The mention of Mr. Shakespeare brought to mind something that the day's constant activity had pushed aside—the lost script. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The servants stand aside, and the queen herself pushes this door open. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Then, incredibly, and for no apparent reason, the sheriff stepped aside. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Since Viola had calmed down, and the blood was flowing freely, Kendra cast aside the pie tin and retrieved the silver bowl. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

She tosses the magazine aside, folding her arms on the table. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

"A last bright drink to keep the anguish down. Step aside, please!" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Derby marched over, tossed aside the small pieces of firewood, and pulled the boy out of the box by one arm. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because aside from her, Cain’s favorite Champion to torment was Pelor. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The mayor stepped aside without another word or a glance at the other man who stood next to him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Dad had been saving up for a new truck, and Mom had been setting aside money for college. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Knocking the platter of food aside with a swipe of his arm, he pushed off the blankets and rose from Ned Stark's bed naked and angry. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He ripped an old conch shell off a hank of dead man’s fingers and tossed it aside. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

"Those thrusts too were turned aside, at grievous cost to our foes." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The boar shouldered aside the low hanging boughs of the nearby pine, snuffling and huffing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She marched straight up to the sarcophagus and pushed aside the golden lid. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Our divided movement is pulling together, gossip and grievances cast aside. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only my Bledsoe-trustee inspired compulsion to read all papers that touched my hands prevented me from throwing the envelope aside. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother had cast her aside; I hoped I could reclaim her. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She had already braided and set aside one loaf. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Marissa said, elbowing us aside and peering into the pink container. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And now she’s stepping aside, gesturing for Libby to come in. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

An oppressive system cannot be reformed, I said, it must be entirely cast aside. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every day when I leave Blackcliff to run the Commandant’s errands, I fear Keenan will pull me aside and demand a report. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the bodies looked like they had just been tossed aside where they had died, in the middle of a path, out behind the latrine. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

And since the executive knew he didn’t have the right to refuse, he stepped aside. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He could see them clearly now: they appeared to have cast aside their hoods and black cloaks, and they were robed in white and grey. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

What she was, must be uncertain; but who she was, might be found out; and setting aside the 10,000 l., it did not appear that she was at all Harriet’s superior. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

"My brother commanded us to stand aside and let him take the boar alone." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Mama put aside the clothes that needed to be ironed. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Usually they are not experts: their ambitions and fantasies are strong enough to brush aside the doubts which more cautious men might have. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Laughing, Nick tossed the stick aside and swaggered off. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I knew plenty of girls that would have preferred shorter hair—myself included—but aside from an annual haircut for the girls, we didn’t have much say in the matter. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Belet shoved someone aside, but it did no good; the crowd was five layers deep. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

When she sees me she stops bouncing and pulls me aside. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Being able to think about two disparate things at once, aside from being wonderfully efficient, was roughly akin to being able to sing harmony with yourself. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The prince never saw the locust’s spear coming toward him until Gerris slammed into him, knocking him aside. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He pushed the thought aside as he entered the room. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z