She pressed her pen to the page and continued to write, remembering the anger she’d felt when the ship’s lieutenant had told her the Assassin was missing. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Also, pointed to the roses missing from House No. 8. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

The top part of one of his ears was missing. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Afterward, Zeus realized his master bolt was missing, taken from the throne room under his very nose. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Even on the sad days, all those pictures gave a feeling that was missing in Mr. O’Doyle’s house. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“If Silas is missing practice,” he says, “he needs to be the one to tell his coach, not you.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Papers are everywhere, and big chunks of the walls are either dented or missing entirely. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The minivan swerved back into the right lane, narrowly missing a head-on collision with the sedan. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He does a Three Stooges move when he sees me, turning suddenly and feigning surprise at missing my head with the bed frame. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

But here was Ma Costa, a queen among the gyptians, in a terror for a missing child. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

When Robb wrote to the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, the bird that came back brought word that Uncle Benjen was still missing. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

"We are so grateful to her! It was so much to take in, after all these years, discovering we had a grandson, only to be told he was missing." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

If the police were busy downtown at the library, investigating the theft of the missing books, it would take them maybe ten minutes to race all the way up to the motel. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I have found your missing ghost,” he sent to the attic in a sigh of settling timbers. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I should have told her she was kind of missing the point, but I was too dopey and exhausted and disgusted to bother. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

There is a teenager on our block with one arm missing, we call him Leftie and he tells us he lost his arm in Vietnam. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

He was handsome and noble, a warrior and a lover, but he was missing something in his life, and he did not know what it was. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“But Dad will be. And like...if I’m missing school, I’ll at least need to call Shenice to get the homework.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Corporal Reynolds is a puzzle with lots of pieces, but half of them are missing. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I’m never asked to find missing girls, either, I think. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Big deal. I’m missing soccer practice,” said Beatrice. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated hearing the pain in their voices when my sisters remembered our missing father. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He says, “We have a second missing boy. And here we are. With you.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

But would there be something—something—missing from her life if she were to grow up with them? Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Despite the missing years, Bobby was being Bobby again. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It seems that Webb and Forbes started missing cheerleading practices and meetings. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

A white wolf with a missing eye, its jaws frozen into a snarl. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The top button of my shirt is missing from where Charlie grabbed me. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

You’re already missing out on so much here, things other people take for granted. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Then I realized he must have discovered the letters missing from his coat pocket. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The panel questioned with greater depth Bryan Burkhart, about whom many locals had begun to whisper; after all, he was the last person seen with Anna before she went missing. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Bod said, “You’re missing the point, I’m afraid. You two need to stop this. Stop behaving like other people don’t matter. Stop hurting people.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

It had only taken ten minutes of her being missing for the most sinking feeling of helplessness to hit him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The one he said he was missing a while back. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

One of the cherubs was missing a nose; another had lost both hands and a foot. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

All I know for sure—for absolutely certain—is that Scott’s wife has been missing for a week. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before getting out of my car, I decided to put on my well-worn suit jacket, even though I had noticed earlier that it was missing buttons on both jacket sleeves. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Birdie with her top two teeth missing, Birdie dressed like a cheerleader one year, a scientist the next. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“The Horned King knows she is missing. He will pursue her.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

As the lamplight fell across George’s head, Ginny gasped and Harry’s stomach lurched: One of George’s ears was missing. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

As the taillights get smaller and smaller, I try to visualize myself hitting shot after shot, but I keep missing open jumpers, even in my mind. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re missing the fresh air around the dumps so much, you want to work today?” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He tossed another dagger, missing the bull’s-eye again. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The missing link, in all cases, was information. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

On the fourth week after my brother had gone missing, there was still no sign of him to be found. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The stagehand appears at the back door, visibly distressed about the possibility of missing an all- important stage cue. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Both eyes were blacked, a chunk of his left ear was missing, and his whole body was covered in long raking claw marks and prickles. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Three others went missing in Paris that summer. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Soon all concerned would be back where they belonged, like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle being fitted together; and soon it must be discovered that three of the pieces were missing... The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The agent neither lifted his foot off the gas, nor swerved, as—with a staggering wing-flapping whoosh—the bird swooped across the windshield and over the roof, missing death by inches. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“First the Deuce. And missing school,” Luke said. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I arranged my life so that I could afford to travel and compete on the fencing circuit, but there was a key detail missing. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It’s good I do, too, because I have a feeling I’m missing the patches that indicate the force field more often than I’m spotting them. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

But I’m missing credit payments left and right, and I still have to make rent, so I catch a slave at the Parker House, a big restaurant downtown. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sides, it’s not just about home, it’s about the missing towers.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Before they got their names and numbers in that book, they were missing in action and probably dead. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt a sudden twinge in his gut—in retrospect, it was the first hint that some piece of him might soon go missing. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Often in these cases you might find some cough medicine missing, or some attempt to open a restricted-drugs case. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mouth looked like a diagonal gash, and a large chunk of the nose was missing. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The cabbie slammed the back door and sped around the curved driveway, narrowly missing the Mercedes that Sandy was driving to the parking lot. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Go inside, Apa tells him without missing a swipe with his soapy sponge. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

They were pale and displaced and complained of missing their dire-sounding TV shows, things with Vice and Cop and Jeopardy in their titles. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laila had lain on the bed, groaning into the pillow, missing her parents suddenly and with an overpowering intensity she hadn’t felt since those terrible days just after the attack. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Jule gave them some papers printed out from the missing computer. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“No, I’m more tired of missing Isaac, is all. Just an old man with an old love, I guess.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“All this party is missing is a piñata full of hundred-dollar bills, right?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Several of the Chinese characters are incomplete, rusted, or missing and must be guessed at. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Actually, there was one thing missing from the Titanic: the New York Giants baseball team. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

In the spring, she got so sick that she landed in the hospital, missing more than a month of work, as well as another coast-to-coast trip. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She could be back aboard her ship before the sun came up, on her way to Harlaw before Euron realized she was missing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She smirks, and it’s the first time I’ve seen that smile I have spent so much time missing. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I have a favor to ask. Garrett’s missing, and I need a bike.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Mom. I get what you’re saying. But this bonobo would be dead or missing another finger by now if I hadn’t bought him. He needed to be in your sanctuary. And now he is.” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The first is missing the hyphen that bolts together the pieces of the compound word that was supposed to remind readers of the problem with piranhas, man-eating. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

There was the Stan Smith chasing after balls I had hit and missing some of them! Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papá puffed on his cigarette and stared at his right hand with the missing finger. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

A powerful guilt blocked my spoken words; an essential glue was missing whenever I’d try to connect words to form sentences. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Telephone circuits are jammed up. Everybody’s doing their best. Lists of the dead and the living and the missing are going out on the radio. Give your messages to him.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

When Angel woke up, the cat was missing again, and she could hear Jordan’s boots as he walked around the apartment. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ofglen, not missing a beat, pours, and the paper cups pass down the line. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

So to spare my mother’s having to make conversation and to keep myself from missing the bus, I took the receiver from her without being called. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe they were so happy when Winn- Dixie was missing. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Bodega had had a beautiful row of five newly renovated tenements and now the middle one looked like a missing tooth in a pretty woman’s smile. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He walked over to the bulletin boards, but there was nothing new, just more names on the listings of the missing and the dead. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

They did not realize that one photo was missing until Mrs. Richardson lifted the last to reveal a bundle of negatives. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then we measured the squares on large pieces of cardboard and cut them out, so we were left with a piece of cardboard that had a ten-centimeter square missing in the middle. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

The part about the missing bulldozer seats definitely took some shine off the rest of the story. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

To forget all the times Toby had gone missing before, because this could be nothing. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Again, that didn’t seem like much of a story to me, but Auntie laughed appreciatively as Uncle described missing the cans, and missing them, and missing them again. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The father of the missing girl touched his chest and looked past the camera. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Pretending to be the Old Hermit of the Szythian Mountains, a man with missing teeth exclaimed over the exquisite footwear of his neighbors and fluttered his fingers along their buckles and aglets. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He took it all in, the big elm tree and the dying rosebush, the freshly mowed lawn and the missing shingle by the chimney, the darkened windows and the warm glow of the porch light. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Yes, I’m missing a leg, but the rest of me is...well, it’s normal. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Emma found a site dedicated to missing children, and she tested herself looking at the page about the Emma from Arizona. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

My stomach drops when I think about missing the talent show, and I stand up quick to dump my tray. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he was certain she had discovered that the money was missing and knew that he had taken it—sometimes he was certain that she knew nothing. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The slightest infraction—an upturned collar, a missing button, dirty clothing, unshined shoes, too shiny shoes, faulty bed making—could mean a beating or death. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

But his letters were making me realize that there had always been a piece of me missing, like a chunk of my heart. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He could mingle with them and deny that he had ever been missing. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I say, “Sorry. I don’t know the part before. I mean, I don’t know their map. Or Calvin’s map. That piece is missing.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

In order to make up for missing Friday, I decide to tell Embryo about Violet. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“He’s not dead. But he’s missing and I don’t know how to find him.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

“And we’ll have plenty of time,” answered Tock, who hadn’t noticed that the bug was missing—and he, too, suddenly leaped into the air and disappeared. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

If he felt anything, it was a smug satisfaction that so far no one had been able to produce any concrete evidence that he had killed Ben Pitezel or the missing children. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Since Megan went missing I’ve avoided walking this way whenever possible—it gives me the creeps passing that house—but to get to the cafe it’s the only route. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to know something about his life for sure, without grabbing for missing memories. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

A piece of sackcloth covered the bottom half of the window where several panes were missing, the result of a rock hurled from the street one night long ago. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, how could she be missing out on something she’d never had? Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

There’s this spark missing, and I don’t know what it is. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

And they were little boys, therefore fundamentally uncommunicative, with no gift for intimacy, and worse, they had diluted their identities, for she had never found this missing triangle of flesh. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

When he, Ron, and Hermione entered the Hall, they saw at once that the usual decorations were missing. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The ceiling had two fiberboard panels missing, exposing the electrical wires. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

It was a magnificent, life-size illustration of the female body, with the skin missing so you could see the muscles and tendons and organs and all that. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

It’d be a beautiful day, with that clear blue sky and those fluffy white clouds, if it weren’t for the fact that Sandy is missing and no one knows what happened to him. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Since longitude was the missing piece of knowledge for oceanic navigators, all the early modern studies of the magnet were alert to the possibility that they might be able to fill this gap. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

About two inches of it were missing and it was bleeding quite a lot. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Killian’s committee contained a diversity of scientific opinion that had been missing from Eisenhower’s scientific councils under Strauss. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I expected to see the Fleece missing from the pine tree, but it was still there, glittering in the first light of dawn. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Certain spells I knew I wrote in my book were missing. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Students both of Kepler and of Newton never knew what they were missing. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Hamilton, the temperature creeps up into the nineties, the sun beats relentlessly on the lot, and the lemonade goes missing. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

And then he looked to the north and saw the thing he was missing in his life. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I say, “Handsaw. Like mine? The one that has been missing?” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I tried some more, but I kept missing just about every shot. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

So he mounted the stairs, the worn bare treads, the cracked and scaling wall on one side, the balustrade with its intermittent missing spindles on the other. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

The seat was missing too, and whoever had taken it had left some sort of blue blob in its place. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

They were supposed to be good at tracking down missing persons, the Salvation Army. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Robin pointed to another area of the nose, near the missing chunk. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“I was hoping you could help us out. An elderly man went missing from a nursing home just down the street. The staff seems to think he probably came here.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Hot-glued another teacher’s grade book together when he told her sister she was missing too much class. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Kayak roared into Santa Anita with guns blazing, staging an overpowering performance to win a handicap prep race, just missing a track record, running with ears up, tail fanned out behind him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

"And it turns out, there's a whole lot of it missing." Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I noticed that one of my front teeth was missing. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

"We have a search team out there now trying to find him. But if he's the one they saw, he's been missing for more than eight hours." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I don’t know who I am—or how many pieces I might be missing. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Seth slapped at her, missing as she wove around his intended blows. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Old pencils, a couple of stories I’d written that were too embarrassing for anybody to read, a torn pair of shorts, a comb with most of its teeth missing. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just glimpsed him, across the lawn, as he squeezed back through the missing slat. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

But soon after that, the necklace went missing from my room at the hospital, and the man disappeared, too. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

When I got up, skin was missing from most of my knee. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The brass rod on the third step was missing. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

There’s a dribble of sauce smeared down Connor’s chin, because he’s getting too excited and keeps missing his mouth as he eats. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Though I was still acutely aware of my missing gun. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I missed Mom, of course, but the weird part was that I didn’t feel angry or sad or uncomfortable about missing her, like I usually did. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He half turned and another rock sailed past him, missing him; it collided with the earth and the sound startled him. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

What if he saw the dumbo Pretty Princess game with half its jewels missing in the bargain bin? Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. My nostalgia is so extreme that I am capable of missing a swing my butt never actually touched.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Again, for the hundredth time, or maybe the thousandth, I wonder what is missing from my painting. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

I run my fingers over his thumb, fascinated by the missing nail, which Lefty has always told me a monkey bit off at the zoo. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Then we play the whole thing again, double time, missing notes, ending with a giant crescendo, splattering the keys, and laughing like maniacs. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Already missing the wonders of modern plumbing, I walk back to the cottage. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

For all I know, her husband beats her for missing work. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dell may have found the missing kid on the day she left Mercy Hospital, but he wasn't a hero for very long. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He grins, and one of his back teeth is missing. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

When I see him, or what is left of him, I will tell him all about the missing part of me and listen for his crying shame. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fruitlessly he searched for the missing seats, his mood darkening by the moment. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night in the hotel Sonia wakes up screaming that her own thumbs are missing. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was bothering him, killing him: He knew the story’s terrible ending, of course, but a lot of the details were missing. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“No problem,” he says, missing my sarcasm as usual or ignoring it in that philosophical way of his. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I feel sorry for the rich people who will get up in the morning and go to the door and find their bread missing but I can’t let myself starve to death. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

In my whole life, I had seldom felt like I was missing out on anything by not having arms. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Nine out of ten books I looked up were missing. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“That’s what it was. Who in the world calls the police about a missing baton?” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Thorn had kept her eyes glued to the ground like she was looking for a missing rat’s tail until Valley reached across Seven and flicked Thorn on the chin. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Tasting from a cupped palm, she frowns; as usual, there’s something missing. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He held up his middle finger that had a chunk of missing skin. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

She wondered how long it would take after the operation, before she would stop missing David. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The wound was on the man’s thumb, where the nail was missing. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

As we zag along, I practice with my sling, missing eighteen times out of twenty. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look at the picture for a moment before I pass it to Chicho and realize one thing is missing. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I thought of Susie’s words, asking if I felt like a part of me was missing, and I felt that now. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Also, there were several cartons of cigarettes on the floor, and the clerk mentioned that several cartons of cigarettes were missing. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your father was just gluing on a missing piece, wasn’t you, Lawrence?” The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

“I do. And now I’m going to be famous. I’m going to be the first bird to ever find a missing child. I’m going to be on TV!” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Many of the houses that they had known were missing. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Not even Rondon, who was missing a little toe after a piranha bit it off. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“This is a truck stop, honey, so we’re no stranger to people missing people and people having regrets over stuff they wish they’d said before leaving. You need a hug with Chester here?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“I’m not an idiot. They took pictures of my brain and I wasn’t missing any.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Paul will take great care of you. And he’ll do everything he can to find your missing agent—that will be a matter of pride for him. He’s never lost any of his circuit before.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Some works had a religious theme, others were portraits, and others simply captured the elusive light of daily life with a vibrancy that was missing in post-mortal art. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The point you were trying to make— Buster’s dog won!—is missing. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Underwood said he had been a machinist in his day, holding up a hand with two fingers missing to prove it. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

He startles, and his foot—missing a sock—strikes something hard and sharp-edged. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

I saw that some of the boxes in which she had packed her clothes had been emptied and some were even missing. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Joe, who had been missing since New Year’s Day, did not come home that night or the next for her black-eyed peas. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pillars on either side of the door are cracked, lines running the length of them, bits of concrete missing. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I'm missing the old Mom, who would show up once or twice a day, give an order, and then get on with her busy life. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ophie could have been excused for missing it at first, but maybe she hadn’t wanted to see it. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The two beds, two old rickety chairs, one table, the bureau missing a drawer—nothing. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

We let loose a barrage, missing for the most part but making them dodge. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She tells Gogol that her husband delights in illusions like these, is consoled by them, whereas she finds them simply to be reminders of what is missing. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I close the notebook, missing Max even more. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

If you’d ever wondered about inmates’ lives outside prison, here were some of the missing pieces. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They let the developers conduct their own geological surveys, too—including the missing one for the Lake Windsor campus. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I haven’t heard tell of anything missing in town since last spring. Not a single chicken, all this time. I suppose you’ve been preaching right.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He finished his training just as the Korean War settled into a truce, narrowly missing the chance to fly combat missions. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Or she looked like Mom with something missing. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I swung the wok—missing them both—but they ducked, and that was good enough. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

My head seemed to be missing that invisible clock. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He fires, and green paint sprays across one of the windows, missing the camera lens. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She made a little joke about it—how she kept her mother in the middle of the living room because she didn’t want her to think she was missing anything when people came to visit. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Books was something missing from my life for so long. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On 16 July mate reported in the morning that one of crew, Petrofsky, was missing. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I no come back. Right? No missing work again.” A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

It missed the spinal cord by a hair, missed the medulla oblongata, and traveled through her head just underneath the brain, missing every major vein, artery, and nerve. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Half of his teeth seemed to be missing as well. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Retired worn out; slept soundly; awaked by mate telling me that both man of watch and steersman missing. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“And one was missing, because they knew where five of them were but not the sixth....I bet this is it.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

His smile was amused; I felt like I was missing an inside joke. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Far more annoying were the letters from parents of missing daughters and the private detectives who had begun showing up at his door. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I can still hear her voice, screaming in terror, running over to see what pieces of my body were missing, what leaky holes had appeared. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

These are the people who pretend they don't notice my missing arms. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“What else can I tell you? Did they do at least another pass on the inventory check? Are you sure something’s missing?” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

A limb has to be missing for them to take me out of school. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

But nobody wanted to stay behind when they realized Ess was missing, so somehow Jinny found herself at the head of a herd. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

My shoes tap along the paving stones, the wind moaning through the missing windows. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Ah, there’s the Claire that was missing half an hour ago. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

To our ears, accustomed to the subsequent six hundred years of harmony, there’s something missing that accounts for the bareness of sound. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“But let’s not lose sight of the real problem,” said Louisiana, “which is that Ida Nee is missing.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Every day, something is packed away or goes missing. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I'll leave it on this list though, because if anything else goes missing, she should be high on the list of suspects. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Forty of our men are still missing, and at least that many’re badly burnt. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He yawned widely, so that his scars stretched, and his lopsided mouth revealed a number of missing teeth. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The other two sets were still in the ignitions, but the first two were missing. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t an uncommon occurrence, Will going missing. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The sound faded and was replaced by other voices. “.. . press conference about the crash of Corporation Flight A-617 carrying those missing Miss Teen Dream contestants, Bob . “Quiet!” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Even though it’s finished there’s still something missing and I have to Work At It to figure out what it is. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

There's a small hole missing where the beet stake should go. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The ship was capable of sailing, but no one suggested leaving the area—not without their missing friends. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Without missing a beat, Rose answered, “When you’ve got a scalp full of head lice! Yeeww. Do you know that from personal experience?” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure they’re really missing out. Better get back to your table and finish up now. The bell’s about to ring.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The attendant at the door gives me a wide smile that's missing several teeth and quickly ushers me in. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The large chunk missing from Moody’s nose was particularly obvious at a few inches’ distance. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

But this was the first time she had complained about her missing ghost. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Without missing a beat Vonetta said, “That you been to Vietnam.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Paula,” he said, “give this girl a slice if she doesn’t mind the missing chocolate.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

His parents remind him that in the past his teachers have never minded Gogol missing school now and again. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Everything she did not wish to confront was also missing from her novella—and was necessary to it. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It feels like a part of us all is missing and we won’t be whole again until he’s home. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

It may be that some missing genes are more contributive to the spatial deficit. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The tidings had gone far and wide that Gandalf was missing and the horsemen had been seen. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She pulled up the right side of her blouse and there was a patch of skin missing, about the size of a large walnut, from her side. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

In the evenings, when he knew visitors were expected, he would sit on the verandah and sew buttons that weren’t missing onto his shirts, to create the impression that Mammachi neglected him. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now,” my mom said, “this is actually Mama Brunelle’s idea. It wasn’t hard for us to see how much you’re missing the States, so we brought some of the States to Congo.” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Nali still assumed he was homesick and had been missing his mom. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The thought of them missing us makes me happier. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Ruthanne went first, squeezing through the fence where there was a missing iron rod. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“If your family member is missing from Brooklyn or Staten Island, press one. If she is missing from Manhattan, the Bronx, or Queens, press two.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He grin and show me the tooth he got missing, then run off. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

They were designed to capture antelopes, but I’d seen bonobos at the sanctuary with hands or feet missing from snares like those. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I realize that a whole part of my history has been missing. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Helpfully, the middle C key had a full corner missing, a wedge about the size of my fingernail, which got me centered every time. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The court looked weathered, and the hoops were missing nets. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I think how there’s a word for him missing home but not a word for us missing him. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

A chunk of the nose was missing and large gashes below the injury fed into the nostrils and into the mouth. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She grew into a nimble young girl of seven winters, a thoughtful girl with shining brown eyes and a wide grin, only missing her two top front teeth. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Fifteen seconds to go against Powell Academy and me running toward the basket and then missing the shot. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They were full of holes that’d been stitched up with rough thread, all up and down their sides. And with a pinky missing on each hand. They were seven then.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I'm like a missing puzzle piece they need, the piece that will make everything else fall into place. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

And the way she was leaning forward over the rail meant drops from the overhanging gutter were only just missing her—but she seemed to show no sign of caring. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember the conversation we had in the meadows a few weeks ago—how he talked about missing Gram. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Dorothy, who grew up without grandparents, basked in the stability and warmth of the extended Vaughan family, but loving in-laws could provide only so much salve for a missing husband’s companionship. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I had no regrets about missing a scene like that. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

Already bleeding, already missing his home and his family, the baby bird falls. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Yes: The seats were missing and the projector was gone. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘Eight. One of them must be correct, unless there’s one or more theories I’m missing.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is another reason that modes sounded very different from each other, although that particular difference may be missing today when chant is sung using equal temperament. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

A generation of young biologists was now rifling through Darwin’s works to find clues to the theory that had gone missing. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Great chunks were missing from the marble staircase, part of the balustrade gone, and rubble and bloodstains occurred every few steps as they climbed. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I think of the last jumbled lyrics that I scribbled into my notebook, words and phrases like “where is your heart,” “missing you,” “are you home now,” and “the other half of me.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

The roof was missing, and they emerged to a spectacular view. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

"You are light," I whisper, missing my mother so much it hurts. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Her taking ’em six shots at him and missing was curtains for the two of us. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Harsh words, but her voice is tender and the contradiction is a stony reminder that I am missing something vital. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“So you must be”—she stared at me, thinking; her finger pulled down her lower lip, showing her bottom teeth, one missing—“eight!” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Many people came to the morgue to search for missing relatives and friends. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Although some of the pieces are missing, I love putting the puzzle together and slowly seeing a whole world appear—a big, swirly river surrounded by trees and flowers. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

But that doesn't account for 60 liters of missing water. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, I feel bad the kid’s missing—but that don’t change the fact that he’s weird. And gay.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

The missing Environmental Impact Statement made the front page of the Gazette and ultimately proved to be the fatal blow to the pancake-house project. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the wood, its missing wedge now a question demanding a response, spoke. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, a wallet went missing a week ago and today you happen to walk by.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

As he dropped the hammer down, missing over and over again, Genie started firing off the questions that had been bouncing around in his head since Tess started this whole explanation. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

And oh God, it wasn't until she stood and turned to me that I could see why Lucas was in the chair: Both his legs were missing. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Moss tilted his head up and smiled, a tooth missing. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

For one thing, they could now see that the building next door was missing two groups of three or four windowpanes; it looked as though it had been shot in the eyes. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was the only one who was missing his cows. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It felt too weird to be away. Thought they might be missing me.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Finally I came upon a pair of rooms missing entire walls, into which a little forest of underbrush and stunted trees had grown. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Safaa’s main bundle is missing, but her small carpetbag lies on the ground. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Gran had left Ravenskill on the very night he’d gone missing, meeting with the Twelve Towns’ council and combining their efforts to try to find him. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He would contact all the agencies that tracked missing persons in New Orleans. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

His third sentence is missing a period, which she now carefully inserts with her finest-nibbed fountain pen. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I try not to think her missing break time with Isabella and me every once in a while is that big of a deal. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Away flew the other piece as far as Robin could throw it, and after it went the chisel, narrowly missing Brother Matthew’s head. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Tomorrow, he could start helping them find that missing something. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Been missing this for...like...two whole apple seasons. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I want to talk to Tom, to ask him about the night Megan went missing. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was determined to devote her life to flying in support of her Motherland, both for her own protection and to redeem her missing father. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“But I know there’s a kid missing from the market.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“According to the report,” he shuffled papers before him that were just within the range of vision of the visiplate, “there was one person missing—a cripple.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

There was a particularly vocal older white woman who loudly demanded that I be questioned about items she was missing. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

How can I live the rest of my life in this bubble now that I know all that I’m missing? Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Despite missing more than half a year of school, I passed Form Four in the top one percent of the class. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

That much he was still capable of, missing teeth and broken teeth and all. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“This is volume three. And since Marysville’s public library is not so scrupulous as its historical society, this is the only volume that is missing any of its pages.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

But she insisted I call her from the road to tell her what she was missing. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The police don’t usually come running when a kid’s only been missing a couple of hours. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“What do you mean nothing? You said he was missing in the Searchlight this morning.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Today at school, I was really missing Rowdy, so I walked over to the computer lab, took a digital photo of my smiling face, and e-mailed it to him. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Gonzalez was about to search Miss Trixie’s area for his missing stamp pad when the door of the office opened and she shuffled in, scuffing her sneakers across the wooden floor. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, we hadn’t hidden it at all but had simply left it where it fell in hopes that some luckless passer-by would stumble over it before anyone even noticed he was missing. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

At the top of the steps, she ducked to the right, just missing Jordan’s fist. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He recognizes his old Monopoly game being played, the board in two pieces, the racecar missing ever since Sonia dropped it into the baseboard heater when she was little. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

After making excuses, yet again, about missing the Day of Sacrifice, Antain had noticed a distinct difference in his rapport with the Elders. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I was picturing our beloved Grandma Caye in heaven, looking around and feeling peaceful in the presence of God, but still missing her family. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

"What makes you believe that your grandfather may be missing?" We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Dejesus was in the lobby, but the other one was missing. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

What did they know of missing parents, needy sisters, thirty-dollar flashlights. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“You come near to missing breakfast. Miles and Winnie been up for hours, out fishing and back already.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Katz lets me sit there, just sit there missing her. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I can see chips and missing flakes in the gold edging where the circle has been broken. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some indication of just what Oxford was missing out on can be seen if we pick just one piece of work from the many that Halley undertook about this time. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

In 1941, three years before Avery’s landmark experiment, two scientists, George Beadle and Edward Tatum, working in a basement tunnel at Stanford University, discovered the missing link between genes and physical traits. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

When someone goes missing in a town as small as Cairnholm, it doesn’t go unnoticed. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

There was no slowing down when your youngest son was missing. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The television replaced the sound of conversation that was missing from my grandparents’ lives. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The handle was missing, so he clutched the briefcase to his chest. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The dome was missing half its top and looked a little like an igloo after a week of warm weather. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Holding his things makes me ache with the missing of him—and I understand what she meant about being sad when she sees them. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

‘It says you were missing last week, without a sick note. Last Tuesday.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The clock was missing from the mantle; the pewter candleholders were nowhere to be found. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

All those people in their black-and-white worlds—they have no idea what they’re missing. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Hospital staff noticed that he was missing, and a rumor spread that he had died, which his team decided not to address until his health stabilized. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She scrambled up onto the platform, clapping her hands over her head, Dr. Fanning lunging at but missing her as she escaped onto center stage. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

It was always like this: the first day alone afforded a welcome sense of calm and quiet, but slowly the missing would begin. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He was as ragged as a rock star, but his missing teeth and the unhealthy pallor of his skin spoke eloquently of a life of privation and despair. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A morning came, and he was missing from work; a few thoughtless people commented on his absence. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

But both of them know the hole that is the missing isn't filled now. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

De Vries quickly realized the importance of his observation: these mutants had to be the missing pieces in Darwin’s puzzle. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Great, we’re missing a train,” I said, glancing at my watch. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Don’t look for some sad tale of the father figure I’m missing or how he left when blah, blah, blah. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Still, it emboldens her to do another thing she hasn’t been able to do—to see what she’s been missing. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She extracted a photograph from the crowded back of the piano, of her daughter with two Indian women, their skin dark and weathered, their smiles showing missing teeth. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The right handle was broken and a few teeth were missing. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Before my dad figures out that me and the skiff and the last harpoon are missing. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Close enough to the rest of the class not to be considered missing, but far enough away that Ms. Chenoweth couldn’t see their upgraded lunch. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to tug on his missing whiskers, and sighed with exasperation. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“On the rocks is best,” Burnside shouts back, completely missing the joke. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Ovid doesn’t tell us how they felt after their child went missing. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He suddenly understood where he was and what he was missing. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

If Mary were missing when they got up, would they not think that she had already gone to Detroit? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

They make it to the fifth floor, sprint down the hallway, go through the missing window, board the boat. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

What if he came to her rooms and found her missing? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

There was one plane missing in the formation. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was all shouting at Link, who was like missing some shot at a spine-leech. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he found her missing, he would shout and threaten to whip the bloody hide off her, but she was not afraid. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Maybe he could use his father’s drawings as a guide to rebuild the missing parts. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Isaac tossed it, missing the car by a solid forty feet. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Blessed Love! Am I wicked to be glad you are missing me? But if I hadn’t come away, I couldn’t have known you’d write me such darling letters, could I?” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He longed to be back to wherever that was, to run to the mom and dad he hoped still lived, somewhere, missing him, searching for him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

We sometimes copied each other, but one time I thought she had gone too far, when my favorite possession—my only toy, a pink plastic cell phone my father had given me—went missing. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The extended family had gathered only to realize that the Larsens were missing; the celebration turned into a vigil of worry and prayer. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

But right now, Curtis makes me wonder if I’ve been missing out. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The doors to the pantry stood open, and Eliza’s crocks of preserves, the sugar cone, and her spice cabinet were missing. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A pewter tankard with its handle missing held all the pencils and pens. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He went downstairs and saw that a large panel was missing from the left half of the warehouse door. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She disappeared for a moment, then returned with a small, slightly blurred print of the missing panel: it showed William K. Hale, staring coldly at the camera. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It must be because these are for the new teacher and she can’t have one missing. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

By the time I alerted authorities, Katz would have been missing for four or five days. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was only then that Minli noticed a large gash missing from his sleeve. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

He reached down as if to massage his missing leg, then he passed out, and Rat Kiley put on a tourniquet and administered morphine and ran plasma into him. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the regulars were concerned about Rob’s drinking: he was missing days at work. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Carlie, as she tells me to call her, is missing all of her top front teeth. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

One set of shutters was missing and the other hung lopsided, like the whole house had been smacked catawampus. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

This happens when the child who is not missing begins to feel embittered toward the child who is missing purely because he or she is getting all the attention of everyone around. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

She whirled around and threw the spatula, not missing my head by all that wide a margin. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the sensations of common relationship were missing. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yilonia Kline, who my father said had helped solve four other missing persons cases, held my brother’s T-shirt, his copy of The Catcher in the Rye, and his previous year’s school picture in her hands. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I looked up at the bedroom window with the missing screen. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The baby setded into the familiar pouch with a nagging sensation that something was missing. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone continued eating and the musicians continued playing without missing a single note, but Esteban Trueba jumped up as if it were an omen. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I’d tell him about my missing letters and demand he open up the mailbox so I could check for a false bottom. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

If it were to go missing, then Balekin would know for certain that someone had been here. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

While I was digging through the doll bin for a Black Barbie, he had his eyes on this raggedy chest with half the leather cover missing. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I sulked about missing my old school and friends. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

And, in fact, there was a TV, one Genie and Ernie hadn’t even bothered to watch, the one in the living room, which to Genie was just the land of the missing wheel piece. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Well, they must have belonged to one of the other flocks on the island, because nobody in my flock is missing.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I had been missing four months by this time. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The gray stone buildings lining the cobbled street were pockmarked, missing their doors and windows. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

When they got into town, Hazel followed the same route she’d used seventy years ago—the last night of her life, when she’d come home from the hills and found her mother missing. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Do you remember when some of your money went missing?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

How could I play, when missing my family made me feel like there was a tree in my heart that had lost all its leaves? A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

It was pretty beaten-up from neglect and the strings were missing. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

But this quiet has a weight, heavy with the absence of the people who are missing. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

It falls back down, missing the eye and failing to lock. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Hearing the nickname my father gave me years ago sparks a pang of missing him. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Lord Hades, your helm of darkness is missing, too?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Now I’m walking with a psychic to the house of a boy I don’t know so I can find out if he’s missing or not. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The public discourse regarding “missing black fathers” closely parallels the debate about the lack of eligible black men for marriage. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

On it was a news story, the first part of which was missing, but which must have taken place in Czechoslovakia. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Dismay is missing, Peach. Missing. And it’s not your fault.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ortega was missing because he hadn’t heard about it. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All that time, all that time, I thought I was missing Jude.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone was annoyed when they found the boat missing, by the way. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

My legs weren’t nearly as agile as a bonobos, but Otto didn’t know what he was missing and was blissed out, closing his eyes in giddy pleasure and wheezing noisily. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

It couldn’t have been Lord Nugent’s words, which seemed to be innocuous; or was she missing what they meant? The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The sprawling mansions were brick and stone, trying to look old and stately but missing. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Triumphant abolitionist sits down to write, “Goodbye to the Apostrophe: we’re not missing you a bit!” and finds that he can’t. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

Last night is like a puzzle—only not put together: all the pieces are scattered everywhere and some are missing. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Her letters must have made William more acutely aware of all he was missing. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She lay there gnawing and licking at the stump of her missing leg, and the man sat still, one elbow on the bar, looking all around with an air of mild and knowing interest. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

His rabbits’ lives were in danger because of Hufsa—to say nothing of all the lettuces and cabbages they were missing. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They sometimes called these children the “missing millions.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I feel a pang of missing him, and of missing Captain Smith, too, and Reverend Hunt. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He is also missing his jacket, abandoned in a previously wandered-through room. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

By the end of the day half the toys were missing parts, broken, or trampled. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Squinting at the drawing, I realize it’s missing something. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I touched her with my right hand, and I was missing her already, I wasn’t having second thoughts, but I was having thoughts, “It’s not vain?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He is missing TashL But he’s also very angry with her, she said, because when we left, she was planning to scar her face. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not a single button missing or even loose. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“One side of your face is caved in where your cheekbone shattered, and half your teeth are missing.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then he left, missing the gleam in his father's eyes. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

No way had my parents eaten a thing since I’d gone missing. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That thing with the police,” I said, “it was a misunderstanding. There’s no problem with me and Tom, and I don’t know anything about that missing girl. You don’t have to worry about it.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The inside is missing its furniture as well, except for a single chair and a little table that doesn’t even reach my knees. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“The list of the ‘missing’ when the Fair closed was a long one, and in the greater number foul play suspected. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

When he looks at us like that I’m not sure if it’s him who’s missing, or us. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

They are missing the real questions in order to ask the sensational ones. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

What if the missing image is an eyeball? Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

In one place a pillar was missing between two arches and the bit that came down to where the top of the pillar ought to have been hung there with nothing to support it. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

The whole story plays out in my mind—she will be on the news every day because she is a white girl and white girls who go missing always make the news. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Just because he’s gay doesn’t mean he deserves to go missing,” I say. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Others required the opening of their coat to discover missing limbs, gunshot blasts, and tank treads. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Did you just say ‘good men and women gone missing’?” asked Reynie, hoping he had misunderstood. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

A hundred variations on, I’ll miss you, dude, from people who probably stopped missing him before he was in the ground. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Without missing a beat, Hideo picks up the glasses, follows his mother into the kitchen, and gently reminds her to put them on. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Catching his horse by the bridle, Ser Dontos tried to mount, but the animal would not stand still and the knight was so drunk that his bare foot kept missing the stirrup. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In offices around Washington, D.C., several people opened safes to see if their copies of the Pentagon Papers were missing. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

As he walked home after school, there was an ease to his step that had been missing for months, but guilt still ate at his conscience. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

He pushes up the brim of a battered hat with a hand missing three of its fingers. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

There are about eighteen pairs of scissors there, ones that have gone missing over the years from the drawer in the kitchen. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She struck a match but her fingers were shaking so much that the flame kept missing the end of the cigar. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Out of habit, Joe picked up a rock and winged it at this apparition of feline death warmed over, missing by a mile. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve made a reservation. They’re holding unidentified women’s bodies there. My mother’s been missing since last Wednesday and I’m going to look for her.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Fuchsia proceeds to spin her handles like a maniac for the next five minutes, missing the ball nearly every time it passes by. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Mike,” cried Mrs. Teavee, “are you all right? Are there any bits of you missing?” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mom would definitely be suspicious if she noticed them missing. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The murmur subsided as it occurred to them that this was it and they were missing it. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Gay pointed out that I was officially missing for nine months. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

That was one thing the castle was missing. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

They were missing their mother—their Big One. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

"The search .. . ?" The voice now replied: "She's missing. You could be helpful." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t remembered to count noses when he came down the gangplank, and didn’t notice, until the gangplank was pulled in, that Dan was missing. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s very tough, you know. My goodness, what a life he’s had! You don’t know what you’re missing! I could sit and listen to him all day.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

How long had her mother been missing Hazel for, worrying about her? Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Is that girl really missing, or is this just a stunt?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He points out the sun-bleached wooden moon bridge, slats missing, that arches across the dried-up pool. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

But there was a certain comfort that came with hearing someone speak Spanish, to understand and to be understood, to not have to wonder what I was missing. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

A vocational school student had sent a matchbook application to a correspondence law school along with the required, but now missing, dollar bill. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That was bad enough, but now folks are saying that the Xi are taking our children,” said the man with the missing tooth. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The two plastic water tanks sat by the side walls of the chaha’oh, on the bed of an old truck whose front half was missing. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Joon complains all morning about missing stuff with his friends, but he’s ready when Uncle Tim comes by to pick us up for work. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

But five of the cows were still missing. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the only real indulgence we allowed ourselves in missing having a mother. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bits of her were missing; I couldn’t understand, or make myself understand, which ones. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, we can’t very well call and report him missing when somebody saw him six hours ago.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

From my other shoulder, Dad says, “It’s missing two things, actually.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

And the finale—it won’t make up for missing the Spec, but it’s something. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Big chunks of it were missing all over the place. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Though his siblings worshiped in a variety of ways, Zeitoun was perhaps the most devout, missing none of his daily prayers. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The sight of dried matter in the corner of the eye, decayed or missing teeth, ear wax, blackheads, moles, blisters, skin crusts—all the natural excretions and protections the body was capable of—disquieted him. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even more serious, potentially, was the matter of the missing children. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She was most likely missing some big college party, but I was so glad she was willing to drop everything to make sure a stint in the psych ward wasn't on the horizon for me. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Not a single one missing in all those years. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I saw the hatband was missing from her hat, the blue ribbon. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if Mom has noticed, by now, that her debit card is missing. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

After I went missing, Tessie felt that this fanciful idea was truer than ever. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

A missing Green Beret soldier had been rescued in the mountains of Pakistan. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Scores of people across the community went searching for the missing girls. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Somebody’s missing!” one of the men yelled as the tent’s occupants scrambled to safety in the darkness. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

But even when all these are added in, "two-thirds of the universe is still missing from the balance sheet," as one commentator has put it. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

When you take a look out the door, why, there goes somebody with something missing off of them and not even embarrassed of it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was about something stupid — a missing jackknife—but even so the fight was vicious. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beneath a fuzzy Xeroxed photo of what appeared to be a chicken was a description of a missing African grey parrot that had flown out of the store when a customer opened the door. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“The video camera is missing,” my father said. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I feel a rush of relief to see my uncle intact, no eyes or fingernails missing. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“He was in the army, like Mom. He went missing in action. In Iraq.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

As they waved, Minli saw each of them had missing material in their sleeves. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe someone was trying to tell me something, what with me missing the train and the blue flyer floating back to me, maybe Deza Malone was right. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

We had been so close to missing each other, he and I. He had turned out to be the greatest gift of all. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She came all the way down the stairs and looked round the basement, as though seeking some missing detail. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Fern was now busy and not missing Miss Patty Cake for the moment. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes travel up to where the flames licked across his forehead, singeing away his brows but just missing his eyes. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

What if he was home missing me, saying, Why oh why didn’t I love her better? The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would grumble, missing the warmth of my bed. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

All that was missing was Cecile to see and hear us recite her poem. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she came out, she was missing a sock. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“But someone’s kid is missing, a friend of the family.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The feeling that everyone's connected, that with one piece missing the whole thing's broken? The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

You think you are right, but you are missing things and you are wrong. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“What information? Don’t tell me your granny is missing.” Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

His right ear looked as if a dog had chewed on it and his left was missing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m seeing these kids do this remarkable thing, and it fills in some of what’s missing for them,” I write. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

But something was missing in my imaginative efforts; my flights of imagination were too subjective, too lacking in reference to social action. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But only a handful from each, not enough to tip off that the food is missing. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

"That's your father when he was your age. We alerted the police in Chennai city. They're too busy to search for every poor child who goes missing, but it helped that we filed a report." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“His glasses are missing,” Gogol says, looking up at Mr. Davenport. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

An agent took a shot, missing the animal though scaring it enough that it veered off course and retreated back down the hill. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I had obtained a First Class pass, barely missing the highest honour, Distinction. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She started missing days at work, and then she stopped going at all. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Once they dig through those ashes and come up missing eleven bodies, they’ll know we escaped. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

It was the drawing of her family that she’d ripped out of her notebook the night of the storm—the one that was most definitely missing Ivy. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

There was no missing dinner on a funeral day—it just wasn’t done. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Kainene leaned against Olanna and then, as if she had suddenly remembered something, she got up and straightened her dress; Olanna felt the slow sadness of missing a person who was still there. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

In the aftermath of the fallen towers thousands of people were missing. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

In the dream, the elusive Astelle Jordan was no longer missing. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Japanese scholars traditionally took the missing characters to mean that the king was the Japanese emperor Mizuha-wake of the Beautiful Teeth named in the 8th-century Japanese chronicles. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I stayed still, ready for anything: a whipping for staying out, a tongue-lashing for missing dinner, getting my mouth washed out with soap for saying a bad word. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I found him poking through one of his lizard drawers, muttering something about a missing specimen. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The date line was Greenwich, Connecticut, and it stated that two children of Mr. and Mrs. Steven C. Kincaid, Sr. had been missing since Wednesday. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He says, “I forgot who you are, Mason. Franklin too. We are sorry. We got lost in our pain. And lost in this horrible, confused story. And missing our boy.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“She told us she had a mixed flock and some went missing....” Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

If we were honest, though, particularly near the beginning, most of us would have admitted missing the guardians. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

How much do I want to find this missing girl? Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

His legs were sprawled wide in helpless relaxation and one of the buttons was missing from his grease-caked pants opening. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two days later, Reggie went missing, apparently having wormed his bulky body through a tiny rent in the corner of the pen. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Colin placed the book in his dad's lap and said, “This circle is missing a piece. The missing piece is shaped like a pizza.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I know where he was yesterday, right before he went missing. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

My pledge of allegiance, I call it, to all that is missing. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he says, ‘He fell down.' I’m telling you, Rahim, there is something missing in that boy.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the bedroom I notice my rag doll is missing. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Clara was still young, but to her granddaughter she looked very old because of her missing teeth. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said, ‘Sima. Sima! Your son is missing.’ Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

But he forced himself to reach over and kiss her, missing her lips and only getting a mouthful of hair. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He let out a chuff of laughter, revealed missing lower incisors. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Come to think of it, I actually would be missing class for the play if Nora still needed me—if Cal hadn’t been such an adorable disaster onstage. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“As long as it’s not any of our lot!” said a voice: Harry turned and saw Ginny and Tonks, both with their wands drawn at the next window, which was missing several panes. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He was missing me very much and using the bed must have relieved the feeling of longing a bit. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay to be sad he’s missing, isn’t it?” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“So that the sixty-third, I take it, is the missing prodigal?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

He was always ready to openly display the emotion so often missing from my baby boomer generation. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the clothes have missing buttons or small rips and tears, and others need hemming or taking in. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe the missing arm had something to do with it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“He don’t know what he’s missing out on, sweetie. And you’re gonna be just fine. My dad was a bum, and I turned out all right.” The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“These were their thoughts at the time. You must also realize they were being influenced by Curtain’s hidden messages. ‘The missing aren’t missing, they’re only departed,’ remember? The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I looked across the room at Cammar, with his missing eye and bald, scarred head. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The thought of Benjen Stark saddened him; his uncle was still missing. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Was he a scientist? I didn’t know. He’s got a hyena dæmon with a missing leg.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The cutter did not suspect Shin when the clothes went missing. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

It stood on a hill overlooking the village, some of its windows boarded, tiles missing from its roof, and ivy spreading unchecked over its face. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Well-organized handwriting blocks note lady courtiers' names, their beauty services and secrets, and tips to tackling unforeseen treatment challenges, like stubborn moles and missing bones. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He smiled, and that was when I became sure that he was the Ngor Gasemu I knew, because he was missing a front tooth. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I check the bathroom, the backyard, and even the garage...and that’s when I notice that his bike is missing. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Can’t sail it. Your old man would know a skiff was missing and be after you in no time.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Without Tristas, Demetrius, and Leander by their sides, they look bizarre, like an animal missing its legs. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Would I have had a perfectly ordinary day and not know that I was missing something? The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

"I'm sorry to be missing me part in the play," I said at length. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Earmuffs are not enough to shut out the fun I am missing. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I ignored them all and took my bag to an empty table, where I thought about places I could look for Susie’s missing piece of skin. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I prayed for Lieutenant Baker, missing in action somewhere in the jungles of Vietnam near Khesanh. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

If I never went home, what exactly would I be missing? Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Other games and puzzles entered the household, and the chess set, with some pawns missing, was stored in a closet. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Tell me my copy is missing the last twenty pages or something. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“He’s the missing one! The one that ran. The one those Hessians were after!” The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I tell Calvin, “Stuff goes missing, is all. That’s how it is around my house.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I can’t stop thinking of the clothes on the side of the railway line, which is stupid, because I saw those there before Megan went missing. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because he writes poems about being colored and living up North but missing the South and feeling lonely. Miss Fulton likes his poems too.” Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Excited, she picked out the first book, but she grew quiet as she saw how raggedy it was—the binding frayed, even missing pages. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

All that was missing were the dark circles under her eyes and a steaming cup of coffee, except that she was too young for either. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Helene hurls a knife at him, missing his ear by inches. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Whenever the Indians visited Rondon’s camp, something was usually missing after they left. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“Blunt again. Very good. But you’re missing your chance, boy, just as your father missed his. You won’t hear me make this offer again.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

At least this hospital is half an hour away from Hope and Jason, so they can come visit me on a regular basis and fill me in on everything I’m missing at school. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Moreover, we find that certain very specific colors are missing from stars’ spectra, and these missing colors may vary from star to star. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dean and I are still missing something here,” said Ted. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Much of her hair had been ripped out, and her bloody scalp shown through where it was missing. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He got the papers back, rode back to Philadelphia, and returned the documents before anyone noticed they were missing. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I willed Aunt Florentine to see me sitting there, missing her. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

My dad turns on the radio as he drives me to school, and it’s the same thing playing in between each and every single song: Charles “Sandy” Sanders has gone missing. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

She missed him with the kind of missing that almost feels like anger. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I realized he was watching the dive flags bobbing on the surface, missing one of his old spots. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

A news item, just posted: a family of five was missing at sea. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

What was missing was any demonstration of ragged, childish enthusiasm. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“There was no way I was missing tonight,” she said. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

As far as he was concerned, the mystery of it all was a great way to keep his mind off missing Mom. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I'm not saying it doesn’t happen a lot, because there’s this hidden emotional subtext with Leah, and I’m always missing it. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“Really. But don’t tell Dylan. He doesn’t believe in multiple best friends, and he might hire someone to make you go missing.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“It is a shame you didn’t take out that anger on someone more deserving. In times like these, the Folk go missing.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I pick up languages real fast,” he replied, missing the irony in her voice. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a while I went to school every day, but soon I began missing days again. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

And Mom would never have to find out that it had been missing. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

I didn' t want Tracy—that' s my granddaughter—missing too much school. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joy to the Heart pointed his cane upward, narrowly missing one of the guard’s feather helmets. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He looked so dangerous with half his mustache missing that no one dared argue. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Soot stains marked some of the arrow loops, and here and there a crack or a missing merlon could be seen in the curtain wall, but it seemed little enough from this distance. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When I count the kids, I realize one of them’s missing. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I never knew what she meant by that until Monday went missing. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

People only went missing for that long in sitcoms, which always ended happily, or horror movies, which rarely ended happily unless you were white and chaste and not gay. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Some of the scales were dented, pitted, and cracked; others were missing entirely, revealing long, crooked scars in the bare skin beneath. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. Except he’s been missing now for seventy-two hours, and it’ll start to look funny if we don’t act worried pretty soon.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Supreme gives this kinda unsure laugh, as if he thinks he’s missing a joke. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The locomotive pulled one single car, a dilapidated boxcar missing numerous planks in its walls. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, everything is cool,” I replied, still feeling dumb about the door, and anxious about what I was missing inside. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I mean, come on, you really don't notice my missing arms? Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Not a good look when half your baby teeth are missing. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

But my imagination has many missing pieces, like the jigsaw puzzle in the schoolroom. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Again, I wonder if he really has been missing his shots intentionally, and for some reason I decide he probably has. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

That my brother is more than just missing. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He was missing the bottom of one earlobe. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Squeezing through a missing slat in a mossy fence, we found ourselves at the bottom of a lumpy lawn. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Why would Joe Mondragon be thinking about you, Daddy?” she asked, giggling when he sneezed again and some more urine squirted painfully out, most of it missing the bowl. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone goes missing, taken in the night or ordered to report to the Hub for questioning for some reason, and that person never comes back. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Maya got off two excellent shots, hitting the goalpost once and just missing high with the other one. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some were missing a foot, or a leg, just like Ma. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Not only is it a recipe for disaster, it’s a recipe with half the ingredients missing. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Beat up, or dinged up, or missing a piece, or tattooed. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Part of a shoulder appears to be missing, the top of his head vanishes in a flutter of sun-caught dust. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

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

“Tali is missing,” Con said, panic thick in his voice. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The next moment she realized the marshmallow was missing from her hot chocolate. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“But you’re all missing the bigger picture! We can fix the tear and everything else once we build...you know.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

There was the lamppost, with one arm missing; there was the wreck of the hansom cab; and there was the crowd. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

I didn’t believe Bat Lady, but today, standing by my beloved father’s grave, missing him so much I wanted to rip my own heart out, I was oddly unmoved. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He looked up and down the benches at all the faces happy and sad, and wondered who would be missing next year and the year after. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I normally couldn’t stay up late enough to watch the news, so I knew I must’ve been missing out on some good stuff this whole time. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Ain’t nothing wrong with the kids missing school a few days. Not if you protecting yourself.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Here was the thing that nagged at Lazlo like a missing tooth. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t say she was missing,” Alex said, but it didn’t matter. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

On nights like these, nobody minds missing the theater’s ordinary fare of grainy Cuban films. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got the feeling I was missing one simple, critical piece of information. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I ran, bleary-eyed and blind, searching the night for my absent sister and the boy with the missing eye, but I couldn’t find them. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Finally, Rodney says, “I did. I was the first one to board the plane. Just as I gave my boarding pass to the agent, I reminded Mr. Dimming that you were missing.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Excuse me? Do you have any information about the missing child?” The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Matt knew there was vital information he was missing. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In the meantime we’ll do our best to keep the mother inside the reserve, but she’s frantic to find her missing baby.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I have a crush on Paul Newman. The Sting was a classic. You kids don’t know what you’re missing.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“But I am formulating a theory. It has to do with all those other books and encyclopedias you guys say are missing from the library. Do you have a complete list?” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

To be caught in some small transgression—missing a day of work, speaking harshly of his rule, failing to attend mass— brought an unforgiving penalty. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

We’ve been missing out on so much here, so very much, and for such a long time. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

But Gogol’s guidance counselor expresses concern when Gogol informs him that he will be missing the entire second half of the tenth grade. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Later I asked questions and found that the water boy was missing; I ran to the office and was hired. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first floor was absolutely quiet, and since it felt like I might be missing some meeting I was supposed to attend, I swung downstairs to the common room. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Props are missing and people wander around partially in costume, and the various Creekwood music prodigies are in the orchestra pit running through the overture. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Rebellious seniors, not that worried about missing breakfast. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

There is a tone to her voice, and I wonder what it is that I’m missing. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

It was so quiet then that he could hear Princess breathing, and he felt the missing piece inside him. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, we gave each other what we were both missing. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“No, you better not, ’cause it’ll be easier if there’s just one person missing. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Looking like victims of a war, the dwellings had broken windows, parts of walls missing, and large holes in the roofs. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Others were buried along the beach, including the missing sister. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

The piano’s bench was missing; it seemed to be the one on which the woman was sitting. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Had he figured out some of his toys were missing? The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Nothing was missing except the knife, and I knew he’d taken it to north beach with him. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You mean—you mean they went off on a vacation? With us missing?” gasped Rita. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

If he examined the empty setting on an old brooch, he’d see what happened to the missing gem: a miserly master, a midnight theft, a pawnbroker, ailing children, and draughts of foul-smelling medicine. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It makes the situation more obvious, but really, there’s no hiding what I’m missing and it bugs me to have the extra fabric flopping around. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

They were just coming down the stairs when Mollie was discovered to be missing. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“Found it missing in the early morning after I went knocking on your apartment door. You said you were up on the roof last night, right? Do you know anything about this?” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Libby’s right; it is totally suspicious that the rabbit foot is missing from my room. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

But I just stare at my chocolate peanut butter pie with the two missing bites and wonder how it all came to this. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Most adults abandon fallen or missing babies for one reason: HOPE. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

That probably solves the mystery of the missing ones on the bottom. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“It has happened before. Potion ingredients have gone missing from my private store cupboard . . . students attempting illicit mixtures, no doubt. “Reckon they were after potion ingredients, eh?” said Moody. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The giant, soft rabbit, missing a nose, she had had since she was a baby. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Jon wanted to mount up and ride again, but he was concerned about his missing wolf. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

If a mutation inactivated even one function, the mold would be unable to grow—unless the missing ingredient was supplied back into the broth. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

La Llorona had been right; there was no way of missing the pink house, not with a party going on in the front yard. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

A couple were missing a limb or an ear. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Looking at those green pastures that afternoon, I thought the only thing missing from the scene was a happy shepherd. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She thanked Axel for finding the error and picked his third statement because, “It gives important details that the other statement was missing.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The copy was as accurate as she could make it, with the missing bits between the letters carefully indicated as dashes. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was that one letter missing, and the framing bulged slightly out of kilter, but overall, it looked as solid as ever. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The missing warranty is not that big of a problem. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every day, I noticed that a few more of our classmates were missing. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It was a surprisingly normal home for a crazy person, yet something was missing. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The medical form was missing one signature and has to be resubmitted. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Feeling more than a little envy, I squinted, trying to make out the book’s title, but half of the cover was missing, and the other half covered by his hand. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He turned toward the sound of Cassandra’s voice, which was thankfully on the side of the room away from the fire and the missing wall and floor. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Have fun at Vacation Bible School.I will be missing you. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Her hair was matted, her elbows caked with dirt, and a small piece of one front tooth was missing. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

It’s nice to think about you off having adventures with Harry and Ron and Hermione instead of learning how to be a good Catholic and missing your baby. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Hey, hold still,” Gideon ordered the man, who immediately tried to stand up again, reaching for the subway pole and missing. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I’m missing all of the new topics that are being added, but I can’t raise my hand if I don’t know what it’s called...wage something. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

About looking for evidence, and even about sneaking into this very office, because something tells me she already knows about her missing photograph anyway. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They just remind us of what we’re missing every other day of the year. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She runs on stiff legs past the sofa draped with the faded mantilla, past the water-bleached walnut piano, past the dining-room set missing a chair, and waits in front of the house. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because I don’t want them to send me back to the dumb class after missing so much school!” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Not because he wanted to be forgiven for missing the meal—that didn’t interest him at all, he might have rather enjoyed the punishment if it was done in some novel and unknown way. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cora remembered that Mabel had extended an alibi to Calvin when some planting tools went missing. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

So that was another story to file with all the previous fables about Onofre’s missing arm. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joe spit the cigarette butt from his lips and, swinging the crowbar like a baseball bat, expertly caught the butt, lining it across the yard at his antagonist, missing him only by inches. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You all see—it’s my reward. All that food missing?” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“It gets easier, Mia—missing them and feeling guilty and helpless that you couldn’t save them. Oscar kind of settled into my memory, and I take him with me. Does that make sense?” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The free neighborhood Wi-Fi is super slow, but I’m still able to copy and paste Quinton’s missing person’s poster onto a dozen websites. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“But what if we find the missing books?” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

He moved his hat, a beat-up straw one with part of the brim missing, in front of his face. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“All right...This man, his dæmon’s got a leg missing. She’s a hyena or something. Horrible ugly. But he’s nice, or he seems nice enough.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

They’d been missing for three and a half hours, and the entire West Coast air corps had been hunting for them. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

He survived, but only after contracting pneumonia, spending weeks in a nearby hospital, and missing a full year of school. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

And without missing a beat she answered, “Japan.” The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

It took ten minutes for him to re-create the solution he’d figured out with Mr. Keeney, this time factoring in the actual spacing between the two rock pillars which had been missing until now. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

And then, when they discovered that the golden cup was missing? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“A missing leg is a bad sign on Chinese New Year.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I can’t go home—Uncle Max is probably still there, eating dinner at our family table, talking to everyone like he’s the favorite relative they’ve all been missing. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Isn’t this the name of the missing son, and you said he’s number three?” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ask myself what kind of person I am, worrying about missing out on a lousy piece of cake. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

An arrow zipped past it, missing completely, and I dropped from the spaceship onto the top of a floor exhibit, a huge model of the earth. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The structures in it are mostly hollow—the chateau, the cathedral, the market—but why bother to smash them all when one is missing, the very house he needs? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

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

The trick was to catch the axe or leap over it without missing a step. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Virgil’s been missing for hours. Let’s get back to work.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

It felt like I was always missing Auggie’s FaceChat requests, so finally we decided to schedule our chats for right before dinner on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

If anyone notices me missing from my room or watched my elevator go down instead of up...This is my last chance. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He had dim eyes and two buttons missing on his frayed maroon coat. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She will be one of those names, hers will be one of those stories: lost, missing, body never found. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Dub breathed through his mouth, Chip could see that his front two teeth were missing. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The witch’s eyes moved from Scabbers’s tattered left ear to his front paw, which had a toe missing, and tutted loudly. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I was paired with a woman named Dulce, who was missing some of her teeth, so when she spoke she bowed her head self-consciously and directed the sounds at the floor. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Next came an elderly couple constantly convinced they were missing something. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“What the hell is he talking about?” asked the man missing a finger. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I felt that my saying it made it true, that Mr. Pirzada’s daughters really were missing, and that he would never see them again. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Told myself they meant we were a family the way Mabel and Ana and Javier were, told myself that we weren't missing anything. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She’d reported him missing to the police, but she had a funny feeling they would never find him. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The Owner would never notice if one of those was missing. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was a drama about nothing, the missing boys; it was Hermione’s life imposed upon her own. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He flicked his wrist and the string circle swayed, missing the moon entirely. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Strange, I didn’t even know I was missing him until he got here. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“A large campus just doesn’t work for me anymore, and a flexible schedule makes therapy easier to work in. At an academy I would always be missing school. That’s one of the reasons I’m here.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The chubby counselor says: "I don't have a television down the hall. I'm missing all of my shows." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Barry jumped into the water, barely missing a big piece of glass. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he didn’t realize that Mr. Griswold had hidden the book and that it was missing on purpose. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Since Javier returned home, Celia has hardly thought of Felicia, who has been missing since winter, or of the twins or of Ivanito, away at boarding school, or of the faraway Pilar. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The third guy scratched his cheek and gave us a smile made of a row of black teeth, the top middle pair missing. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The car slowed to a creep after missing us, like a confused predator who’d overrun his prey. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay, Sparrow. I don’t mind missing work. I just mean that if you want to talk to me, all you have to do is talk.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

His shredded shirt exposed gashes with long strips of flesh missing. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Smelly Gabe was probably up there right now, playing poker, not even missing her. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, not to bust your chops, Mr. Keeley,” said Clarence, “but I think you’re looking in the wrong place. The books aren’t here in the library. If they were, they wouldn’t be missing.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

With half the starters missing, the scrimmage was kind of a joke. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

So much for the missing basketball, I thought. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

One piece of his chest was missing—a clean black hole about the size of a bullet wound, right where his heart should’ve been. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

These children have everything they need to grow up, but they are missing something inside. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The foster home is a jacked-up duplex with the face of a battered building—bricks missing, indecipherable and colorful graffiti. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It is unpainted, imperfect, striped with a half-dozen different types of wood, and missing details. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Aguirre, a middle-aged woman who is missing most of her front teeth and is dressed in a sweater full of holes, shares one bed with her daughter. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Helen cried after the beating, promised to change after the talks, then shrugged and kept on missing school. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

One shoe on and tied, the other shoe missing, he suddenly got down on his hands and knees and passed a hand back and forth under the radiator. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Or, if the corn were higher, he could vanish into it, go missing himself. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

What if he came back home and one was missing? Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

“We’ve been the outcasts of the legion since'.. .well, since the Alaska disaster. Our reputation got better when Jason became praetor—” “The kid who’s missing?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I didn’t doubt for a moment that he took note of exactly who was missing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He stretched his right hand out in front of him — the hand with the missing finger. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It veered to the right, missing the bird and bouncing into the bushes. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

What if the old A. P. Brown’s Collection of North American Birds was the one with all the facts, and this new one is missing something? A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He wondered if Pax was missing him as much as he missed his fox right now. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

At that moment, Timmy, who had slipped out to the slave quarters again to look for his missing charm bracelet and, he hoped, more games with the chains, appeared in the living room. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And while she looked as poor as everyone said she was, something was missing from her eyes that should have confirmed it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then I realize that she’s out here looking up at the tree and missing her family, too. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

He had realized they were missing, he had followed them, and he had swum the flooded cavern. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Mother’s absence left a gaping hole, a mouth missing its front tooth. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I draw a girl living on the edge of a crescent moon, staring down at the earth and not missing it at all. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Whenever something was missing, Marie attributed its disappearance to “something in the house that loved it.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the website he’d spent a fortune to get running had failed to do anything but waste his time, he began to read book after book on missing children. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

It had been that way with the other Vessels, and Claire found herself missing, already, the easy camaraderie among them. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Who cannot be reported missing, because if the police found her, it would be worse for her than if they'd never gone looking at all. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It turns around and slashes at me with the machete, barely missing my leg. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I still had only my thin wool coat with the buttons missing. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s where Chima goes. It used to be so much better, but now look at all the missing louvers in the windows, look at the dirty buildings.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Nearly all of the city's papers ran the picture, together with an appeal by the police to all citizens of Venice to help the honorable Dottor Massimo find his missing son. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I reported you both missing, but because of the other...investigation, they lumped the incidents together, decided it was possible you were in danger, and decided to treat it as a ‘family abduction’ case.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

I nodded, thinking that I had started missing him before we’d ever said goodbye. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I figured she just didn’t want to stir up more trouble, with Abbey missing and Dad’s future freedom in Dusty Muleman’s hands. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Because when I came home, the car—my car—was missing. I thought someone had stolen it.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Bill had hidden under the table, and we had removed his place and chair so she wouldn’t realize he was missing. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like laying a missing bird picture back where it’s supposed to be. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Apparently she’d decided her dad’s show was worth missing for this party. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The majority looked like battered combs that were missing teeth. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

"The orchestra would be incomplete without the viola. It is the soul of the orchestra. You may not always be able to discern its sound, but you always know when it is missing." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

A ceramic Christmas tree, mounted with a photo of a freckle-faced girl with a missing front tooth, sits on the middle of the table like a centerpiece. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Except she’s missing the biggest piece of information in the equation. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

It was easy to forget when you worked at Sing Sing that all the in-mates there were, essentially, missing from someplace else. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last time Mama took out a loan, she had to use bill money to pay it back and we almost got kicked out of our apartment for missing rent. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Two or three were missing, and not a single one approached anything close to the color white. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Dylan nudges me with his elbow and says, “Well, maybe if the Bureau were better at catching his apprentices, my sister wouldn’t still be missing.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Carl called. Somebody’s missing on the river, maybe out in the bay. He wants us to take the boats and help look.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Standing on the spiral staircase above us, with his weapon drawn, was our missing sword master Quintus. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The baby’s tiny head flew at the dashboard with a great whipping motion, missing it by a millimeter. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Glancing back, I saw Rosaleen holding the pie pan in her hand, missing the whole point. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Caroline was lucky to have come out missing only one forearm. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I crumple up the rest of the napkin: no one, surely, will bother to smooth it out, to check if any is missing. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

For decades the instructions have been missing; each year they have to figure out the order in which the branches must be inserted, the longest ones at the bottom, the smallest at the top. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He continued straight through, into an inner chamber, just missing a network of steel girders and maintenance ladders. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The sheriff says nothing, just nods and spits, missing me by only a few inches. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

His simple words make the smile that’s missing in my photo appear on my face. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

But he hadn’t mentioned the missing twenty bucks then, and he wasn’t going to mention it now. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Not to mention the fact that a few of the royal hounds had gone missing, only to have their half-eaten remains found in the northern wing of the palace. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He thought of the crypts and those missing swords. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It stabbed its sword into a junk hill, missing Grover by a few feet, but scrap metal made an avalanche over him, and then I couldn’t see him anymore. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Stevens was disappointed about missing the man’s talk—his fellowship often prevented his attendance at guest lectures—but the money would remove some of the sting. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Gogol knows now that his parents had lived their lives in America in spite of what was missing, with a stamina he fears he does not possess himself. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was Crook Arm, whose left arm dangled down uselessly by his side with two of his fingers missing. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was missing most of her equipment, but she hurried to her place in line next to Frank and stood at attention. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He pulled down the kraken banner with his own two hands, ; fumbling some because of his missing fingers but thankful for the fingers that Lord Ramsay had allowed him to keep. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Local singer wanted for interrogation in the case of missing children.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“He would notice his books were missing,” I said. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Are you missing me?” asked a voice from behind them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Shaking off sleep, she touched her bare finger, remembering with panic that her ring was missing. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He’s missing a good bit of his skin down one side, not deep, but over a large area, and in the center of his chest is the worst bruise I’ve ever seen. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I know you be missing me horrid,” Matt confided, ‘‘and maybe I be gone a long time, because maybe they be wanting me to visit.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My brother went missing trying to prevent this. I have to try.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Chencho’s face around the missing eye was big and swollen as if it were infected. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I decided to get the book. But when I snuck in the relic room, it was missing.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The jacket is missing, the title on the spine practically faded. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

For certainly he felt more attached to them for their having turned abstract — missing them more than he had liked them, the missing being simpler. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I unhooked the lock, flung the door open, quickly grabbed my gym clothes, and discovered my tennis shoes were missing. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“I know. It’s dramatic. But you are the very definition of a missing minor at this point.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“What have I been missing?” she asked herself out loud. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

What would Mom say when she realized it was missing? I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t exactly trust him; those missing puzzle pieces could be anything. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The day my self-written note went missing, I stood outside the classroom door and started talking to someone I’d never spoken with before. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

You work in a store, you notice if something is missing. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lived his life in defiance of that very prospect, assiduously looking after our car, paying the bills on time, never discussing his advancing multiple sclerosis nor missing a day of work. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I'd coached my students through half a dozen episodes, giving them background information and explaining that missing children do not just march through the door ten minutes after the critical delivery flashback. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“But this dream was only supposed to be sent to you if the Bureau declared me missing...or dead.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

As she sat there smoking her foul cigar and talking away, I kept looking at the hand with the missing thumb. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

He stared at me without a word and I knew I had guessed right about those missing hours. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

She must be missing him more than she lets on, even though she keeps so busy with studies and performances. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Don’t miss the bus, boy. You’re missing a lot of things in the world, better not miss that bus.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The “missing ingredient” experiment propelled Beadle and Tatum toward a new understanding of genes. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

When his eyes fell on her own second-grade school picture with two missing front teeth poked into the corner of Sitti’s picture frame, he pointed and made a question mark with his hand. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

For some reason, Mr. Burke, who, of course, owned Burke’s Burger Box, thought that because my brother had gone missing he could help me out by giving me free hamburgers. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“But maybe a protest fast—missing the dinner slop at the Mess one day isn’t the worst idea ever.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Most verbs that take subjectless complements, such as try in Alice tried to calm down, are governed by an ironclad rule that forces the overt subject to be identical to the missing subject. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The one who was missing the point this time was me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Her hair was stringy, and she was missing a few teeth. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Some of us have actually lost people we love, you know. Sandy is just missing. He could turn up any second now.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

And then to hear Julie add: “My thread is missing, too.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

This is what she has been missing all these years without really knowing that she has been missing it. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

One of his legs is missing from the thigh down and the other is wrapped in bandages. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fell asleep, desperately missing my mama and papa. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t care if I’m missing a leg, Tucker. We’re going to Miles’s house, and you’re driving. Give me your coat.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Lenina noticed with disgust that two of the front teeth were missing. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you are the family member of a missing New York City woman, press one.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Even a single day's difference would result in missing Mars entirely. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the last year, while Percy had been missing, the gray streaks had finally disappeared from both of them, which made Annabeth sad and a little worried. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Yes? Do you have any information about the missing child?” The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

We watched the news report on television, and that night I overheard my mother talking with a neighbor on our front porch about the missing men. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re a little bit famous, Imogen, leaving school and going missing—then turning up here. Your dad asked me to call you when I was on the island, to be honest.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I try to focus on the people I have, rather than those who are missing. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

As they waved, Minli saw each of them had missing material in their sleeves. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

We searched every room all over again but couldn’t find a single thing missing. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

But again, the essential parts were missing—names, faces, places, events. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It smells of old-lady perfume and missing cats, and my hands and feet are still tied by a rope to his waist. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, he would have liked to be there so he wouldn’t feel he was missing anything. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The hair was shaved well back from the missing portion of skull. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“And I hope you all don’t think that just because I’m missing in action means you can stop with our Brown Art Challenge.” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

I understood, but I still missed him, still thought maybe I was missing my last chance to see him, to say good-bye or whatever. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

A piece of an L was missing, but the name was still quite obvious: the STELLA. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was ridiculous, but he just couldn't do that to Prosper—to have him find his brother missing when he came out of the Basilica. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Several windows are cracked or missing altogether, and broken whiskey bottles litter the floor. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Momma thought what was missing from her life was me, then I was open to the idea of giving her a second chance. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, there was not just one missing piece, but thousands of them. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

The officer didn’t seem to care that he’d been missing, and said nothing about what had happened to the other men in the jeep. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“You know. That word game they had yesterday and the day before, where you’re supposed to. supply the missing words. It’s mostly that you have to put everything in context.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been missing Greenwood something awful,” I said, “but Arizona’s not all that bad. I’ve got two brothers and two sisters now.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Still, it bothered me that I didn’t understand the name of this place, I knew I must be missing something. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I began to feel like I was getting the whole story for the first time, that I was being handed the missing pieces to the puzzle, and the world was making a little more sense. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I saw Mark’s parents on the news. The missing kid’s, I mean.” The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He felt that there was something missing, some road which, if he had once found it, would have led him to a sure and quiet knowledge. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

In social studies, James made a big show of looking for another missing item when Mr. Quisling collected the cipher challenge submissions. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

A man with a huge section of his shoulder missing was slowly ambling toward them; it looked like someone had taken an axe to him in a fit of rage. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Almost felt like old times, except they were missing Freebie. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Lord Bacchus, do you remember me? I helped you with that missing leopard in Sonoma.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The only thing missing was something to charge him with. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I’d be, if I were missing and no one was looking for me. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I say, “You mean second...like Benny Kilmartin was missing first? And now Calvin?” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

When he turns back to reach for the spirits, I drive my knife into the table between his hand and the bottle, barely missing his fingers. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The frame was there, but the wheels were missing. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Without missing a beat in his Senate duties, he’d have to build and maintain a coast-to-coast campaign operation, develop a policy platform, and also raise an astonishing amount of money. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Malcolm dug the paddle into the water with all his strength and kept the little craft upright, but at the cost of missing the turn into Broad Street. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I want to know Russ’s story, and I don’t really care anymore about keeping Pop’s secrets, especially since Erin’s gone missing. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He huffed and puffed all over the court, ran around his backhand, double-faulted God knows how many times, cursed himself for missing easy shots. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I skip Grade Seven and go straight into Grade Eight, missing the Kings of England in chronological order, missing the circulatory system, leaving my boyfriend behind. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I wonder if we still could get hold of that licensing file or if it has gone missing.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I tried to tell Big Ma Vonetta was missing but she could only fuss about Mr. Lucas coming and I had to yell at her to make her hear me. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Mariam was disappointed that he did not notice the clean windows, the swept floors, the missing cobwebs. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Somebody knows my dog is missing, takes him in, and don’t even have the decency to tell me?” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her backpack was missing, along with Daedalus’s laptop. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The inspiration, he explained, had come from an old children’s book with the back cover missing which he’d found behind one of the sofas at the Cottages. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I jiggled it up and down in my hand a couple of times and it felt like none of the rocks was missing but I opened it to count them anyway. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Not you—my bees! They can only sting once, and then it’s lights out, the big hive in the sky. And now I’ve only Henry left, and he can’t fly ’cause he’s missing a wing.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

A black man nearby had hoisted his son onto his shoulders, and the son was laughing, his mouth full of milky teeth, one missing from the upper row. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But he was missing a crucial piece of the puzzle. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

A third hits Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy in the chest, and a fourth ricochets off the limousine and pierces Reagan’s lung, missing his heart by inches. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

No, she said, there was no point in calling the police: the missing items were small things, of sentimental value, and of no use to anyone but herself. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

What is more interesting is that Poole’s mind can leap from violent imagery to sex to people jumping out of buildings without missing a beat, and Florence’s mind can’t. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Shadow observed, with a wry amusement, that the bows of the stringed instruments, played by mechanical arms, never actually touched the strings, which were often loose or missing. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The police officer has one eye on Max as he listens to the man reporting a missing stuffed animal. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He leans back now, his slippered feet bobbing, the drink maybe getting to him, and he says, You’ve almost got it, there, but something is still missing. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They don’t even know some things they are missing. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Forget the million doh lars. He’s missing out on something more important.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Horrible about small problems, like missing a bus, or being ten pence short for the CD she wants, but good about the big problems, like when Mum had a big operation the year before. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody felt sorry for Mother because Daddy was missing, and nobody expected he would ever come back. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

If Elnora found my belongings to be missing, or Laertes reported that our father's goods had been taken, would my death be doubted and my plot discovered? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He was furious with himself for missing the chance to parachute into Norway. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Six of the rangers Jon had sent out were still missing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s only boys having fun,” he tells Gogol, flicking the matter away with the back of a hand, and that evening they drive back to the hardware store, to buy the missing letters again. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ty'ree rubbed my head and I smiled, taking a swing at his hand and missing. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

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

It took me a couple of seconds to see that he was kidding, even though there’s nothing funny about missing your legs, you know. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

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

Overwhelmed, Luke closed his eyes, then opened them again for fear of missing something. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

It feels twice as big with everything missing. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Hospital staff noticed that he was missing, and a rumor spread that he had died, which his team decided not to address until his health stabilized. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Together, they climbed the creaking stairs, stepping over broken and mildewed missing steps and finding their way around the holes and gaps in the floors to their room. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

With no knapsack and her heavy crash bracelets missing, Tally felt practically naked. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He held up his right hand from which three fingers were missing. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reggie veered smoothly back to the right, missing by a few feet the sedan, which was now just half a car length ahead of us. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He gave them his most charming smile, which had worked better when he had missing teeth and dimples than now with braces and pimples. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Throughout seven years of hectic living the number of baths I had taken could be counted on one hand with several fingers missing. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

One red patent leather purse with straps missing. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But still, the worst part of the war was missing Sam. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Koffi gave him a pointed look, as though he was missing something obvious. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The Colonel grabbed the can, opened the door, and threw it at Kevin—missing him by a good margin. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

And when she says, I love you, too the South is so heavy in her mouth my eyes fill up with the missing of everything and everyone I've ever known. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Her Celestial bronze dagger was missing—the weapon she’d carried since she was seven years old. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Annabeth had told him that in each generation, a few children of Athena were sent on the quest to recover the missing Parthenon statue. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I’m supposed to figure out how to turn the capture of the missing prince of Faerie to my advantage. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

One young soldier lost his mother when his hometown was bombed, and two months later his father was reported missing after another air raid. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

And Kainene was not missing; she was just taking her time before she came home. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The wheels, doors, seats, steering wheel, speakers, and radio are all missing and probably on their way to some drug dealer’s house so he can sell them. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I remember my parents telling me about how devastating 9/11 was, how those burning buildings and all the posters of missing people are seared in their memories forever. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

‘Mum thinks it’s my fault Salim went missing. Fine. I’ll give her her money back. In my own time. It’s a loan. Not stealing.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The valves leading to the now- missing hoses had detected the sudden pressure drop and closed. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not scared by the sudden rediscovery that my body is missing. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many of the affected children, known as the “Lost Generation,” never made up the missing grades of education. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

For comfort, I tried to cradle Quixote, our gray and white cat who was missing an ear, but he growled and scratched at my face. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Personally,” he sighed, his eyes still closed, “I think marriage is a very important thing to do, and you’re missing a hell of a lot if you don’t try it.” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw that man, the partner of the one who’d gone missing. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The Daily Telegraph of London offered an atypical reaction to the impending match: “Imagine that you can hear the end of Schubert’s ‘Unfinished Symphony’ or Beethoven’s 10th, or see the missing arm of Michelangelo’s Venus. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

My nerves hum, and this moment when my body feels both chaotic and determined is what was missing with Mitch. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Your son was a ballplayer, wasn’t he? He didn’t have no missing parts, did he?” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone was streaming out of the school, and there was no going back for her backpack or her jacket, because she did not need to add missing the bus to her list of crimes. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Usually people pretended they didn’t notice my missing arms at all or acted all weird about it like those girls at lunch yesterday. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Isaac reached for another egg, missed wide right, then another, missing low, then another, hitting the back windshield. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

If ending a sentence with than I or than she or than they seems awkward or fussy, you might simply add the missing thought: Trixie loves spaghetti more than I do. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“His magnificent smile was missing from his careworn face. He seemed a spent man.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Guess it’s hard to complain about missing the pool when there’s a whole floor that’s underwater.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

When I look around, I see that only two faces are missing. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Are you sure you don’t want to come? Think of all you’re missing—the seasickness, the rats, the storms, week after week in the nice dark ’tween deck.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The place felt empty without Doc in it, like it was missing an important ingredient. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

And that they kept coming back.That they are waiting for the missing piece of their family to come back to them. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

They discussed the possibility of giving it a proper burial, but it would have required interminable paperwork to have the tomb unsealed in order to include the missing part. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hopefully, long enough for Prince Dain not to overhear anything about a missing servant. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“One: the original. Sometimes it goes on display at city hall. Two: the one given to the winner. Three: held in reserve in case crown number two goes missing.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Starnes's lower jaw was missing; he appeared to have a kind of duck bill covered in skin instead of a chin or jaw or teeth. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

It was his favorite, with its powerful, deep harmonies—he was a little sorry to be missing it. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was missing its bottom half, which stayed on the moon, after acting as a launching pad for the top half. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somebody tried to hold him back as well, but he broke away and threw a few haymakers at me, missing. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Ever since I had set off by car through the wide golden fields of Orgoreyn four days ago, beginning my successful progress towards the inner sanctums of Mishnory, I had been missing something. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

It feels lighter than before, but then I remember what’s missing. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

He sat down on it, missing shoe in hand. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

One of the older people there had heard that I was missing and sent word to the village. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

On his last attempt, the rake banged into the side of the house, narrowly missing the kitchen window. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Six men went missing from the Flying Squadron the night before.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Pageant practices are getting lonelier by the day, and I’m really missing my friend. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

To me they were like a book—a book with the last chapter missing. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

There were stairs at the back, narrow and rickety, and occasionally missing a tread, and down we went into the basement. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Their blouses had buttons missing and were fastened with safety pins. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

As for the missing food, I’ll just be vague about who I handed it out to. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She probably knew darn good and well I was missing Gideon’s compass. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He was squinting and smiling at the camera, showing a pair of missing front teeth. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

This was the missing link in Darwin's logic: reproductive incompatibility, ultimately derived from genetic incompatibility, drove the origin of novel species. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Tonight while we’re eating the chicken cooked too long and rice not cooked enough, I’m missing Mama’s neckbones, gravy, and cornbread bad. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Harding said I was missing a couple of assignments.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

They always directed the first call to the missing daughter, and when she wasn't in, they'd asked to talk to another missing daughter. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

There’s nothing in Finn’s memory that leads me to believe that he’d be upset about missing school, but I go anyway. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I try not to think about missing him. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was missing something, something to give it scale and put the size of the nose in context. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The police have their hands full trying to track down the many girls of fifteen, sixteen, seventeen and older who are reported missing every day. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

When finally I felt I could speak, I whispered to him, “It’s been so hard missing May.” Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

This got him more action than even he knew what to do with, mostly in the handicapped row in the back, the one missing armrests. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

People were burned; some died; some are still missing. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“A bunch of men went missing overnight. Six at least, maybe more.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The light glinted off his war-scape of a mouth; half his teeth were missing, the rest broken or capped in silver. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

That my life isn’t the only one that’s missing something it will never have back. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“My father is missing. My grandmother died on that train. I cannot find any of my aunts. Yente and Rachel are gone.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s just that every time I think about not having you in my life, it doesn’t feel right, you know? It’s like there’s a piece missing.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Maybe he didn’t realize that Mr. Griswold had hidden the book and that it was missing on purpose. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“He’s hiding at the bottom of my bed, shaking,” said Ron angrily, missing the pail and scattering beans over the greenhouse floor. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Dirt on the faces of the plastic people, plastic action figures with missing eyes, hands, a missing leg. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Two arms appeared in the hole left by the missing frame. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be afraid. She’s been awesome. She felt so bad about you missing graduation.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

They did not tell one another the other stories, of those still missing, of families burying empty caskets. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I know gold has been missing from the shop,” he insisted. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I should hack them off, he thought, but how would I explain two missing fingers? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I skimmed the article: Emmett had been missing since early Sunday morning. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

He’d heard stories about amputees who had phantom pains where their missing legs and arms used to be. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

And then without missing a beat, he proceeded to say what he really wanted, which was more despicable than all the terrible things I had imagined. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Finding the missing books was supposed to be the twelfth game in the Library Olympics,” explained Kyle. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

But then it dawned on me that she wasn’t missing the occasion. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw a score of those—men on crude crutches, men with empty sleeves and missing hands, men with one eye or half a face, a legless man carried between two friends. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I had started to wonder about how many other nice things we were missing that weren’t in that book. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“Yes, that Miss Sadie sure can weave a story. I bet she could fill in some of the missing pieces.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

All thoughts of being turned into a toad, of missing out on the life she’d always hoped for, and of being a Spare felt small and insignificant right now. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe with its malfunction, I’m missing out on some sort of programmed routine. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

They waited anxiously all night for a telephone call that might give them news of their missing aircrews. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I sensed some ingredient missing from his usual amiability. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Webb says that sometimes the sibling of a missing child goes through some sort of strange angry episode. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Finding a missing girl does nothing for me at all. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The incumbent hazards lent the activity a seriousness of purpose that was sorely missing from the rest of my life. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

She thought he was missing the greatest joy on earth by being committed to a life of celibacy. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

If it had not been for her hardened cheekbones and a few missing teeth, she would have looked much younger than she really was. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He finished the job, replaced the originals before Ellsberg knew they were missing, and flew with his wife to New York, lugging five bulging bags. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I don't know if they looked up to see the missing ceiling tile or not, and I don't care. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She told me story after story of dogs that came home; even her old dog, Rex, had come home missing half an ear and three toenails. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Another year of missing all the normal teenagery things—learner’s permit, first kiss, prom, first heartbreak, first fender bender. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like there’s a prom gene, and I’m missing it. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Matt knew Maria hoarded things—worn-out shirts, broken toys, and gift-wrapping paper—and she got hysterical if anything went missing. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps some missing genes contribute to the spatial deficit. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

How were they going to return all the missing books if they didn’t even know what books were missing? Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

With Akhi missing, there was no one to speak up for me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“I know her. The missing woman. I know her.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no question of missing with that rifle at that range. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure of it. But there wasn’t a manhunt. A missing toddler normally would be national news. But they, um, they must have squashed it somehow.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“Come to rescue your missing officer, no doubt.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

During the months I was missing, Milton and Tessie experienced the same spikes of panic, the same mad hopes, the same sleeplessness. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Part of her was missing, but only those of us who knew her could see it. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Blowing leaves, and missing birds, and Byrd at his school. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

When my parents sent me away this summer, I shut down all my sadness about Nan being sick, about missing home and Justin. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Told the story of a very important baseball glove that went missing from a silent charity auction. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

“Tell me, did you ever have any intention of coming back here? If we hadn’t gone missing, would you have returned to us? Were you ever going to tell us what was really going on?” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He could feel his missing fingers cramping: two on his left hand, one on his right. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

My strategy was to aim at treble 20 so carefully that I'd end up missing a fraction and getting a 1 or 5. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Alex walked down from his home to Forty-second Street Thursday morning around the time he would have left for school, far earlier than he needed to, but he couldn’t risk missing the bus. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I just meant that they weren’t missing any limbs or anything.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I kept on swinging and missing and spinning. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Money. Someone could be holding her for ransom. It’s strange that her laptop is missing. Or she could have been murdered. Like, by someone who made her write the note.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The house was like a stage with all the actors missing. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Gary Edwards and his friends felt like missing class and going to the lunchroom, they went to the lunchroom. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was nothing but the baking sun and something newly missing. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I had seen nobody who cared that I was missing. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s about a girl named Meg—her dad is missing, and she goes on this trip to another planet to save him.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I also felt a vague discomfort at the space around me, and then I realized I was missing the mountains. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

‘I is galloping off now,’ he said, ‘to catch some more whoppsy-whiffling dreams for my collection. I is doing this every day without missing. Is you wishing to come with me?’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was missing Johnny so terribly and thinking so, to rationalize his not being there. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He glanced guiltily at Jimmy, who was still on the phone talking about his missing rolls. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Because my brother didn’t have any friends except for Libby Truett, I decided to visit her one afternoon seven weeks after he’d been missing. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

There's only one thing missing, but it's a big deal for me: our school has no drama program. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And I never knew about the two kids going missing. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

If they’d stayed open, maybe someone would have noticed a lot sooner that the boat was missing. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to bear the sadness of missing him. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked into the living room to find my mom sitting alone and looking at a photo album the way a woman who has one missing child would do. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

For an hour he paced the field, calling for the missing foxes. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“You totally forgot all about me, you meanie!” she cries, and the tone of her voice makes me think that she’s been missing me. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The media did not ask—and Obama did not tell—where the missing fathers might be found. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

His response to my missing arms was so direct, I had to smile. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Mena asked, as she realized one member of the group was missing. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He dipped his napkin into his water glass and tried to dab his tie, completely missing the offending spots. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

The box of crackers I had been rationing is missing. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The only thing missing was a noble’s clothes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

"Maybe some words in the song are missing from the clues." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

It might call more attention to us, the missing children, and fifteen miles was a long, long way to walk. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He usually finds some kind of urgent business to take him to the electronics or hardware store, like a missing speaker wire or special kind of lightbulb that needs replacing. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

His wanting her supplied a missing piece she couldn’t supply for herself; no matter what the self-help books said, desirability was something reflected back to you. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Beneath an overpass a car had been stripped, tires gone, windshield shattered, all the chrome detailing peeled away, and the engine missing. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The smiles and blushes that usually came at the mention of Shadrach were missing that day; Jenny’s dark eyes were very large and grave. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

A chair is missing a leg and a lamp is broken. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The missing gold, the wine Gebu wanted but never drank, the grinning Babylonian with his sharp glance and his soft, insistent questions, all fitted into a picture too clear to doubt. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know if she was sick, if it was just a coincidence that she happened to be out of school right after I discovered that my notebook was missing. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me that Mom’s making all this up because Jude can’t stop missing Grandma. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

If they say we live in the shadow of the nation’s capital, then how could one missing girl flip it inside out? Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They started pretending they were missing on purpose. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I was distracted by the size of the library. I did not think anyone would notice I was missing.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he’d forget the phone with the charger and wouldn’t notice it was missing until he got home. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I stood staring at the window with the missing louvers and the tom mosquito netting, wondering what it would be like if I tore through the small hole and leaped out. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“And the man’s body was missing its vital organs—like someone had split him open from neck to navel, and—I’m sorry, you look like you’re going to be ill. I shouldn’t have said anything.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Before I can say anything she’s gone, leaving me standing there by myself, already missing her. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I imagined him lying dead in his house, wondered who had found him, how they even knew he was missing before he failed to show up for class. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He rarely smiled, perhaps because of embarrassment over his broken and missing teeth; he never looked at himself in a mirror because he disapproved of what his appearance had become. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

These were the three Uncles who had gone missing from all three towns...but they weren’t the Uncles at all. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He examined us from head to toe, and seemed pleased to find no bullet holes, shark bites, or missing limbs. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Hours later, I hear from him again: Not missing at all. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I erased the section of the nose that was missing and drew a concave line. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She pulled her coat tight; the top button was missing. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t thinking about missing him or pitying him or even about how angry I was at him. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The story went on to say that Jan was being held for investigation at the Eleventh Street Police Station and that Mary had been missing from her home since eight o’clock Saturday night. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her laptop wasn’t in the flat, however, and her driver’s license and passport were missing. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Probably Lancelot made her understand about his God at last, and she made him understand about her missing children. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I miss what I already have, and I surround myself with things that are missing. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Here’s the messed-up part about missing school: you wonder what you would be doing if you went. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“And most proud of it, my dear. And missing my home mightily.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the missing part of my leg burns. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He seemed distracted, but what if he noticed Nkrumah’s journal and the dagger were missing? Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Matter of fact, I probably got the longest list of excuses for missing homework of anyone alive. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

American newspapers barely took notice: A story about a weather plane gone missing hardly qualified as front-page news. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Farmers still came to her court with burned bones, complaining of missing sheep, though Drogon had not returned to the city. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When I walked back to the counter, the tray I'd prepared was missing. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Like missing out because he didn’t know to ask, or because they didn’t think to tell. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I was afraid T. Ray might go up to the attic and discover her things were missing, and turn my room upside down searching for them. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shingles were missing all over the roof, half the windows had the glass broken out of them, and the porch sagged in the middle. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Her round head, the shape of a summer peach, rolled and she was missing half of her face. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The wineglasses are still missing, and if the clues are all true and in place, Axel knows exactly why the wine isn’t part of tonight’s celebration. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I write down a checklist, which is kinda nerdy, but I know something is missing. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

These studies have called attention to parts of the puzzle, but they provide only pieces of the needed broad synthesis that has been missing. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Yeah, some guy might get fired because of the pallet of Corn Flakes that went missing from the supermarket, but that’s degrees removed. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And he was missing a bit of fur from his left haunch, where a patch of skin showed through, the same shade as the wad of bubble gum stuck to his tail. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

For a long time Matty, missing Branch, had not wanted a new dog. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

The missing piece of the puzzle, Ellsberg decided, was domestic politics. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“They’re looking for the things that were missing,” Arthur said, sounding suddenly worried. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

There was no mention of how the family died, and nothing said about a missing baby. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

As he did so, he pulled one of his knives from a pocket and, without missing a beat, cut a big piece of ivy off the wall. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

His were worn through, dirty, beaten up, although not missing a single bead of Mama’s tight beadwork. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Pregnant women walked a mile out of their way just to avoid Cleofes and thus ensure that their offspring would not be born missing a nose or a finger or some other priceless appendage. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is about a friend of yours. Someone missing.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“We are all missing him so much, I thought it would be good.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

She wrote, “Here I am in the Badlands, missing you terribly,” and “This is Mount Rushmore, but I don’t see any Presidents’ faces, I only see yours.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Despite the missing windows, the air inside the cavernous vehicle is stale and musty. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped short of an old dock, while Abby hopped over missing planks, walked to the end of it, took off her backpack, and settled down on one of the potentially rotted boards. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The three of us sat at the table, and it seemed as though about six people were missing. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

This was François’s speech next morning when he discovered Spitz missing and Buck covered with wounds. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wears a private’s uniform; it is missing a button. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you remember telling me about those missing children?” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to. But all the copies were checked out or missing and...” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

So far she was missing the apology part of her parents’ apology. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

His glasses were missing and his eyes were unfocused. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Without missing a step they snapped their bayonets onto their guns, presenting the glistening blades directly at the Americans. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

We can only hope, when it comes to our missing picnic basket, that the more enlightened side of Aristotle’s counsel would have prevailed before Boo-Boo got waterboarded. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

As he walks back to his flat, he places a hand on his pocket and realizes that his notebook is missing. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She ran in and out of hopscotch games and right through a jump rope, all the way back to the basketball post where she shot again, missing wildly in her glee. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I ripped away the rest of the wrapping paper to find an old hardback book, dog-eared and missing its dust jacket. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Next a scarred man with a missing eye. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

So,” he said, “Before I leave you to the adulation of your peers, I have to ask. Where did you learn to do that? Play missing a string, I mean.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I swing my foot halfheartedly, missing it by a mile. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

What other information am I missing? he wondered. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

To this mix must be added the news, if it was the case, that Briony was missing. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

That missing makes Axel’s heart hurt all over again. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I could tell when Mike was missing high: the shots would ping off the stop sign. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Her skin was loose and her ears buzzed, but she was filled with a kind of strength that had been missing the day before. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mother would notice missing bills, but he could steal coins with no worries. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Everyone knew someone who knew someone who was missing. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“And now I’m missing stuff The little things. And it’s hard to let go of that.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

In social studies, James made a big show of looking for another missing item when Mr. Quisling collected the cipher challenge submissions. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Volunteers fell over themselves to secure replacements for the missing equipment. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

A count taken by Sir Bedivere showed that half the knights were missing. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The golden skin of the peach had been torn open, and where a chunk of flesh was now missing, a sweet, sticky juice was dripping like crystal beads gliding off a string. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

‘Yeah, so how come he had a chunk missing from his shoulder?” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Neil caught fourteen mice, and scores of others escaped with missing limbs and tails. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The nail of his right thumb is missing and the stump that remains is blanched and corrugated. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that in itself was odd, considering all the kids that had gone missing without being looked for. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I am still a little afraid of missing something if I forget that, as my father snobbishly suggested, and I snobbishly repeat a sense of the fundamental decencies is parcelled out unequally at birth. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

One of her blue plastic fingernails is missing. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Pa says there will be a generation of children completely missing from our country. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I miss Amma so much and know she must be missing me too. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Sooner or later, he’d discover the missing watch and would question me, and I’d have to he convincingly, which I wasn’t very good at. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Some were missing limbs, and one had his face completely wrapped in bloody bandages. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“He is missing much fur,” said the voice. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

So it was his son who had gone missing. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And my grandmother, whose constitutional gloom had broken out into full cardiac thunder, looked at her brother, as she once had her own shadow, and felt that something was missing. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“If so, they didn’t make it public. The last press report only said that VanQuish is considered missing in action and that all details surrounding the investigation are confidential.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

It was only then that Minli noticed a large gash missing from his sleeve. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

It was often his hands that hurt the worst, especially his missing fingers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But now the part, which had been carried into the house and left in the scullery, was missing. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“The state must first prove Emmett Till was murdered. The only proof is that the boy is missing. There’s no evidence of criminal homicide. You can step down, Sheriff.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

They make gaping holes on the block, like missing teeth. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He made lots of noise, fussing with the plants, shifting pots around, turning the volume up, ever so slightly, on the outdoor sounds from the cassette player to cover for the one missing chirp. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Then something kicked in—something that had been missing for a long while. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Millions of people woke each morning hoping to read in their newspapers that this staunch detective at last had found the missing children. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

There was one person missing from this family portrait, and she couldn’t figure out where to put her. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

That thought gives me the missing link in the chain of thought I was trying to find. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I hate that I'm missing out on your life, and so many other things. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

But the freshmen are pretty geeked to be missing first and second period, which makes them the most wildly awesome audience ever. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He tore off his helmet, chucking it at Moss and missing. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

With each swallow he winced, which in turn caused him agony around the missing muscles of his face. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Small traces of blood were found in the car and near the scene of the wreck, but there were no other signs of the missing Jacksons. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

It attracted whatever refuse there was in the office, and whenever pens, eyeglasses, purses, or cigarette lighters were missing they could usually be found somewhere in her desk. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to remember when he was missing his socks, too, but then the thought of the pervert in the white Chrysler popped into my head. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I always came around to missing her again. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“It is so hard to live without you. I am so sick of missing you.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There isn’t really stew that makes you get over missing your kids.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

She wishes she could ask Nikhil if he’s seen it—a small green clothbound book missing its dust jacket, the title embossed in a rectangle of black on the spine. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You want to know why Quinton came to see me on the night VanQuish went missing.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“No questions asked. No punishment for missing today’s practice or for leaving the game.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He laid my painting in at the place where Audubon’s tern was missing. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“This program will help me deal with missing him.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Vincent at first refused to let me play, but when I offered my Life Savers as replacements for the buttons that filled in for the missing pieces, he relented. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

All across southern England houses and villages were devastated, large buildings were swept away, farm animals were drowned, and as for people, the number of missing or dead was, for the time being, uncountable. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Come on around here. Judd’s dog’s missing again, and he wants to know have you seen him.” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

A slow dread built up inside her as she began to make the obvious, logical and completely mistaken connections between the night’s happenings and the missing children. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other interesting thing about Davis’s online presence was that everything ceased the day his father went missing. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

When Gustavus Swift died suddenly in 1903, acknowledged by the Tribune as having “revolutionized the industry,” his son Louis filled his shoes without missing a beat. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Fred pointed to a small chunk missing from the dorsal fin. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I asked as she tossed an old head of romaine lettuce across the kitchen, missing the trash can by a few feet. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Instead it was a blizzard of rushed work, missing ingredients, unscheduled spills and dropped pots, unscheduled trips to the store, unscheduled pangs of doubt, and second-guessing. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure what it meant, but I got the feeling I was missing something. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Inside her wigwam I see that her deerskin pants we made last spring are missing, as well as the denim jacket she came here with. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its jaws were slightly open, showing many broken and missing teeth. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He made a full pass before he realized that there were some names missing. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

We discovered that the faucet handle for a fire hose was missing—you wouldn’t be able to turn it on in a fire—and duly noted it on the form. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Father builds a fire, even though Mother warns that the top of the chimney is still missing. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Mom splutters something, and it's the man who answers. "... reports of lights on late at night... the missing boy's room." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was glad he had Jetta to talk to, but I was missing out. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He had a dirty freckled face and his two front teeth were missing. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The doctor made a joke about missing a piece that I could tell my grandchildren about. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The spread looks like what Mama puts out for a full-fledged dinner party, even though the guests are missing. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I think maybe I’m missing some kind of self-preservation alarm in my head because this has cautionary tale written all over it. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Without missing a beat, Logan hollers, “I’m feeling kinda collywobbles, sir. I gotta hurl!” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

My short time on death row revealed that there was something missing in the way we treat people in our judicial system, that maybe we judge some people unfairly. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

‘Sunrise, sunset, up and down wheels, tracking pods. This is not a fun fair. This is about my son. My only son. He’s missing. What I want to know is, what’s being done about it?’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I comb through them again, staring at my sisters' faces, missing the sound of their laughter and the noise of their company. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Badger was feeding his dogs the missing kid!” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Where could Boots be hidden for the few minutes—well, say half an hour—that would be needed to throw Julius into a panic, before they triumphantly produced the missing tiger? Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

One of them is cracked, and a small piece, about the size of my hand, is missing from its bottom corner. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

It was the only place we’d been together in those last days besides his house, and it either wasn’t here or I was missing something. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

The little finger and the finger next to it were missing, just like Will’s. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel, little girl, that you’re rather missing the point of this being a hunt. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She had pigtails, a pink dress, and an impish grin with two missing teeth. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It’s a collection of nasty underarm sweat, beer breath, missing teeth, and three-day growth. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The only missing variety is Episcopalian, the C of E never reaching us, or else never trying. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Al is also missing, but no one is surprised. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The missing bits of my right hand often remind me of your displeasure. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I’ve come to think either he has a way with gravity or I’m seriously missing more than a few buttons. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Didn’t like sitting here, half exposed, trying to figure out why Tool was missing. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then he says, “Rich old lady. Big house. You’ve done pretty well for yourself. You probably don’t want us to report you missing.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

It was frightening to think of missing mass on Sunday, then dying, and for that one mortal sin to go to hell forever. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was to tell Shin about what he was missing. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Thomas knew Chuck wasn’t just making stuff up—he knew he was missing something obvious. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I took your word for it back then, T. But last night, as I was lying there, some missing piece floated into my head, and it all connected. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

There’s the missing that comes from being apart, like last night with Ray, or before with Frank. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Frustrated I ran my hands through my hair, still sure I was missing something. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He’d just have to bank on the fact that they had more important things to worry about than a missing prisoner. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Her caught-in-headlights eyes gave her a look of perpetual astonishment, so that we found ourselves turning and looking back over our shoulders, wondering what we were missing. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I picked up the fragments of my life and put them together, all but the missing piece; and out of my affliction I called to Puli. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I feel restless, like I’m missing something really important. He’s out there somewhere. I can just feel it.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Brian Chavez, starting both ways at tight end and defensive end after missing the first game of the season because of an ankle injury, walks through the locker room shirtless, his body drenched with sweat. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like something would be missing, then mysteriously show up the next day or week. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“Did you see the statue with the top part missing? It looks like my grandfather when his back goes out!” Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

A few items of clothing were missing from the closets. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I guess one of them had finally said the word missing and they’d spun themselves into a bit of a panic. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I feel something is missing here; there is something I should be doing. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

As I woke up on the morning of 25 February I was missing you and the children a great deal as always. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its meter is cracked, several fuses are blown, and the transmitter plug is missing. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I was missing Raji more each day and thought seeing the river would bring him closer. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

If one of the three is missing, he doesn’t hesitate to let his protest be heard. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Once in a while she dropped by the dining hall, chanted for a short while with the most advanced group, not missing a syllable, yawned early, and said good-night. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Get a load of this meatball,” said the one with a front tooth missing. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are logged into an intake book with their names and notations on which body parts they are missing or how they were otherwise injured. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Frank, Hazel, and Leo were missing in action. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And the primers—the only one that wasn’t missing sections had an obscene drawing inked on every page. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Father would have known if so much as a brass pin had been missing. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

It galloped madly up to the front door, missing the lamp-post by an inch, and then reared up on its hind legs. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m saying, think of all their extra studies they been missing out on. It’s a waste.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“It’s hard to understand,” she said to Beatrice, “how your stepbrother could go missing for so long and nobody in the family got concerned enough to call the police.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every table and chair seemed to be missing at least one leg. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Unless I finally make it back here after my trip and really do know what I’m missing out on, because I actually eat one of the famous New York street pretzels. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I said, those books we got from y’all, they were all missing pages. I can fix busted furniture, but I can’t make pages appear for the little ones to learn their lessons.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, it snapped at him, barely missing his finger. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until she started to get her things together that she realized her math book was missing; She looked all over the apartment but she couldn’t find it anywhere. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a sad, wistful look on her face, and I knew who she was missing. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

For some reason, I am certain that there is something I’m missing, something vital. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that she could see him properly, she was frightened of the boy almost more than the bear: he had a horrible wound: two of his fingers were missing. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Someone worried about his chickens? Someone missing his traps?” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Many would have no problem missing practice if they had to study for a test, for example. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

His face was crushed in, and a huge area of dried flesh was missing entirely from just above his left eye. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

If the car hadn’t been adulterated for the mysterious and missing goats, it would hold thirty-two horses. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The first Lyra heard of it was when a young boy went missing from a gyptian family she knew. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

But which of the missing prisoners were dying back in the barracks, and which of them were running free in the woods? Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

But the few words in my mother's mouth become the missing after Odell dies—a different silence than either of them has ever known. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Back in my bedroom, I have to stop myself from taking the baseball bat to everything, the missing’s so bad. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Who’s is short for who is, and the apostrophe replaces the missing i in is. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been kicked off the team sophomore year for missing workouts. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But none of us would care about missing that,” Bobby says as they get started with rehearsing. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

It was hard enough not being able to read the map without having to worry about missing the landmarks altogether, but with the moon hiding behind a cloudy sky, they were both impossible. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

His left ruby eye was still missing, but he managed to sink his fangs into the wolf’s scruff. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

This kitten was given to Tristran to make up for missing the market. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He’s cute with his crooked bangs and missing front teeth. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

The only thing I was missing was my own CD writer, because it was the most expensive component. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

A pair of plastic red binoculars with a lens missing, an old Scrabble set, and a Magic 8 Ball. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Well, you keep missing the cushions, don’t you!” said Hermione impatiently, rearranging the pile of cushions they had used for the Banishing Spell, which Flitwick had left in a cabinet. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Which was broken into, and is unsafe! And now their parents are missing!” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

It’s like a rainstorm after a drought—and I didn’t even know a friendship like his was missing till I found it. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Maybe because it represented something missing from our lives. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

The one thing still missing from my fresh ensemble is a zoot suit. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

How odd that she could be a solo book hunter for years and enjoy it, but now it felt like something was missing to be on her own. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I mean, yeah, my crimes weren’t entirely victimless, but the victims barely noticed what they were missing, and when they did, they had good insurance. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, it was the missing pages from my notebook. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“But the missing becomes something different, too, after a while,” she tells me. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

We all huddled behind a chipped stone table, most of its jewels shattered or missing, and listened as our bunny spy gave us the lowdown. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“This one is missing its queen,” she said. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no missing the taut rope around the skinny neck. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“I thought you were missing the little Maríachi suits and wanted back in.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

It’s is short for it is, and the apostrophe replaces the missing i in is. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nailer lifted his own pistol, shooting through the rain, sure that he was missing and yet squeezing the trigger anyway. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was during this time that Doc made an observation which may have been true, but since there was one factor missing in his reasoning it is not known whether he was correct. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

My missing arms weren’t an issue for me or my parents. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Mummy never noticed the motorboat was missing, but she sees the bag of fudge when I give it to Taft and Will. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Hidden messages being broadcast to the world, good men and women gone missing, the authorities beyond convincing—and the children were somehow going to be involved in all this? The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Helmuth keeps his head down, avoids their faces, doesn't want to see the new faces, or the missing faces after the executioner has done his work. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

“The name is missing. The city from the stories, tell me its name!” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Today Dell adds: "There's a lot you are missing there." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“I understand you have been working today with police artists on composite drawings of the persons you saw with the missing boy on Sunday.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I’m missing the “I Love Lucy” show on account of her, so I stand up to go. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then, realizing the gate was missing, she turned and walked briskly back to the house. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Bigger swung the skillet; it skidded over the floor, missing the rat, and clattered to a stop against a wall. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He stared at me as if I was missing something very obvious. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Much to my horror, this meant missing shows like The Goodies and especially Doctor Who. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Ray sniffs around too, especially over in the living room where all the furniture is missing and there are new floorboards. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“This kid was missing for three years and his uncle had him the whole time!” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

She soon had Zeitoun registered at half a dozen agencies dealing with missing persons. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I’m really starting to think he’s missing on purpose. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought perhaps Margo had stayed here long enough to hang up some posters, although there were none obviously missing from her room when we searched it. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He never even noticed the small corner of glass missing from the back window. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I’m now only missing a potted plant for the libation. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

So what if she had a tendency to run away from home and go missing for days with her boyfriend? Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“That explains the missing foot. Still in the trap, I expect.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

My teachers will assume I’m missing third and fourth period for the play. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

It’s not that I don’t believe Great-Grampy JonJon’s career was ruined by a missing Joe DiMaggio glove that he didn’t steal. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Dropped a quota, thanks to Pima, who had had the sense to run for her when she heard that her missing crewboy was down in the shallows instead of up in the ship. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The sharpness of missing him stabs me in my heart like shards of broken glass. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I feel light-headed, missing the weight of my headphones. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Seven and Daddy look like one of those age-progression pictures they show when somebody’s been missing a long time. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“You may have heard of Queen Gliten in the Northwest. Balekin sent a message about the missing prince. He is waiting for an answer.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A fellow missing most of his teeth stuck his head down the hatchway and waved us over to the ladder. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he finished the book, in which many of the stories had no endings because there were pages missing, Aureliano Segundo set about deciphering the manuscripts. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

There was something missing from this puzzle that was supposed to be picture-perfect, though. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Now, because Sandy’s gone missing, I’m not allowed outside? King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I put my hand to my ear, the one with the missing earlobe. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I look down American Street with its houses in neat rows and the open lots like missing teeth. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“And what army’s that, Wilf?” she says, the voice missing a little. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Despite the late night, she knew that her mother would be extremely upset if any of them even thought about missing church this morning. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He couldn't think what was missing, until at last he realized that there was no smell of fish in it. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

His missing piece was nowhere to be found. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

"It didn't finish transmitting. Some data's missing, and there's no checksum. Gimme a sec." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t mentioned Bri since that first afternoon, except to complain that her toothbrush was missing. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The knife came down, missing him by inches, and he took off. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

White, already suspicious of the Shouns owing to the missing bullet in the Anna Brown case, began to question each person who had been in the room with Bill. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She gained precious time as the ridderak skidded to a halt, missing the tomb. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He saw a rifle by a dead man, the man missing a leg and the leg nearby, bent and chewed at the knee, and the rifle clean and new and cold. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Back to missing you," he said, letting it go. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

But it was a late-day sailing and I didn’t see no sense in missing any excitement on shore. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she had told Nate a few things about her husband—that he was joyful like Theo and had those same bright eyes, that not one hour went by without her missing him. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

After you’ve seen someone else going through that, it feels kind of crazy to complain over not getting the toy you had asked for, or your mom missing a school play. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

A few still stood, burned out and hollow or missing their roofs. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It was more like I was missing someone without even knowing who I was missing. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Here I’ve spent the whole summer moping around and missing Georgia, but it’s like someone just flipped a light switch inside of me. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Others, Gum Baby said, had been missing for months. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I guess it’s nice not being the only one missing that. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“It’s about some missing Columbia professor he knew, so I gotta get into some files. But I don’t think they’ll let me in.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I spot all of them together, looking happy and laughing, not missing me at all. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The only thing missing was steel, drum music in the background. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I felt like I had finally found the missing piece of the puzzle to help me chase my dreams. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

One of her feet was missing a shoe. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

It kept her from missing Papa too much. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked back at the sagging farmhouse, sure that I was missing something “So what do you think happened here?” she asked. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A flat nose and a drooping mouth gave him a cruel look, and one of his ears was missing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He grabbed the empty sleeve of Olek’s missing arm and flapped it in his face. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t as though one could go missing in the citadel—not unless you took a leap off the terrace, anyway, which Sarai thought Minya the least likely of the five of them to do. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

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

And at that time I asked the clerk was there anything else missing. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’d sent me and Mitch to our uncle’s cabin out by Huron since there were whispers of danger and missing kids. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The Amber Alert, it's dawning on me, is a missing child notice. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He had felt the tiny, even stitches often before, because he went to it and touched it when he was missing her. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Their arms and legs are missing; their intestines spill out through the bullet holes in their stomachs; brain matter comes out of their noses and ears. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Both our families are missing people this year,” Mom says. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Melia Salakas had a daughter with a piece missing from the middle of her face. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The most popular look I get is the one I like to call the "I'm so cool nothing fazes me, not even your missing arms" look. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“You know, some of the plates are missing from that book,” he said. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“He’s missing. Right now, what we need to do is get out of here.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

That sounded a lot worse than missing out on college. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

And that would be worse than any missing notebook. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Walter Cronkite didn’t read off the names of the missing in action, so Lieutenant Baker was never mentioned. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Audrey threw wads of paper at her trash can, missing every shot. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He had such a heavy feeling that he was missing an obvious hint or clue. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I’d gotten it for a total steal on Craigslist because the lens cap was missing and the handle was broken, and even then it had wiped out my entire savings account. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

What’s missing is any sense of logic in the use of these chords. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

But something had maimed him, scarred him like Reverend Cooper’s knot, like Saul’s missing teeth, and like his own father. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

And after all this time I had just discovered Jack's missing eye. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if Dr. Lange had discovered the missing piece, he may have wired ahead. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She reaches out to touch the mom who went missing from the holograms halfway through her baby book. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She had wondered as she was dialing Minerva what Jaimito would do when he came home and found his wife and his pickup missing. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it appears that the skateboarders said some of their stuff was missing, including a cell phone. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Maybe if she decided to go on missing him, no matter what, Tally could keep her mind from changing. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Like a book completely intact but missing one word in every dozen, making it a miserable and confusing read. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

If she cared as much about hurting Fern’s feelings or finding her missing watch as she cared for a bowl of cereal swimming in milk, most of her problems would be solved. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Grandma says, “Well, Shayleen. He had good reason to be here last night and this morning. There was a missing boy.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

A man had put up the sign as a joke, poking fun at the missing cat and dog posters he often saw. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Both of us are so confused and already missing our friend. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And when the newscasters mentioned the chunk of flesh missing from Salazar’s shoulder, memories must have rained down on Blanca like parachutes. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“If Renault didn’t sell them, then obviously they are not sold. And that’s why there are fifty missing boxes,” Leon said, his voice slow and reasonable, as if Brian were five years old. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How do you know he’s missing?” said Christopher. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I let the news that I hadn’t been missing any parties settle in. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Even at the best of times, when one had all these documents, a police officer might harass you because one was missing a signature or had an incorrect date. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because I’m old and missing too many things. The tsar makes his laws in Kiev, but they don’t always apply to us out here away from the cities.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“A telephone hotline has been set up for assistance in locating missing New York City family members,” the woman on the radio said. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

In my excitement, I kept missing the button with my hook, but I eventually got it and rushed out of the apartment and downstairs. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

That means that they are not as seriously missing as endangered, but almost. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“But ask them to play along. Act surprised and shocked if Mrs. Malvolio tells them we’re missing in a dangerous cavern underneath our even more dangerous school.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the beautiful slate shingles of these roofs were missing, and decaying soffits hung down from them, too. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two hovercars shot past ahead, missing by a mile, but the wind of their passage spun her around in circles. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I had this wild thought that I could somehow replace the money before Lori discovered it was missing. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She was missing teeth, and there was blood on the knot she was chewing, apparently from her gums. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I hurry toward the Parker House, hoping I can get downtown and into the kitchen before they notice me missing and penalize me for being late. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Methuselah hurled the dusty volume to one side, narrowly missing his companion. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“The day after a boy goes missing? Are you out of your mind?” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“No wonder he was so upset about a single missing book,” said Sierra. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

That he somehow escaped the quarry and was only missing. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Barack was a unicorn, after all—shaped by his unusual name, his odd heritage, his hard-to-pin-down ethnicity, his missing dad, his unique mind. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“No. Let me tell it, David. You know how he’s missing a dog?” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pictures her father missing a tooth, lost after a recent fall, her mother has written, on the stairs. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

“That’s okay. We just want to keep playing and prove we’re really champions. Besides, I thought finding the missing books was supposed to be the twelfth game.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

The basketball flew to the left, missing the hoop entirely. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And none of those who did respond knew of a missing baby. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I still felt like I was missing something, but I couldn’t think of what in the world it could be. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

"You know, you have this look about you," he says, "like you're missing something." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Not when the other half of me was missing. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know about that. It’s pretty badly rusted and pieces are missing. And I’ve got enough other things to fix.” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

There is only half of him sitting up there, the top half, the legs are missing. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t any easier to acknowledge the missing person in their home, either. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“I don’t mind missing sleep for a hundred dollars,” she says, waving the money in my face. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

‘I do hope Dad comes through this war all right. Zeus can be . . . quite unreasonable. Now, the only missing ingredient is the heartbeat of the chained god.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, I’m starting to wonder if we’re missing a clue somewhere. I need to read that letter again.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Every single one,” he says, without missing a beat, back to form. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“I was,” Dad said, “until my daughter went missing.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The old, weathered look that most places around here had was missing, for this house was whitewashed and clean- looking. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You remember my broken jaw and my split lips and my missing teeth?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Who'd notice a missing eye in the face of her incredible skin. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She never even noticed that it was missing, and somehow this hurt him most of all. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Pettigrew squeaked suddenly, pointing at Black, and Harry saw that he used his middle finger, because his index was missing. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I drove around the perimeter of Jefferson Park so we could avoid driving past our houses, just in case our parents had woken up and discovered us missing. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He wanted to go to work, but Abuelita would not hear of him missing school. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“If anyone goes missing, you will all be shot, like dogs.” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The anxious flying fish got away, just missing my net, but the dorado hit the gunnel like a can­nonball. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was no paper wads on the ceiling or ashes on the floor, and there was no stall doors missing like the bathrooms at school. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She’s missing a shoe, and the contents of her purse are scattered around her like the guts of a pulled party popper. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“No, just listen, okay? You used to be a part of Quinton’s tutoring program. But I also know that you gave up on school after he went missing. Well, I’m going to restart the program.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He needed to be there, because even though I loved the Delta countryside, that wasn’t what I’d been missing. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

To my way of thinking, that meant us walking home together was a good time to get a whole lot of the conversating done that we’d been missing out on. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Its foot claw was missing on one side and an eye on the other, which somehow made the thing all the more horrifying. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He wondered if Lady Dustin had told them about the crypts, the missing swords. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I inventoried my missing duffel, mentally taking the clothes out and placing them on the broad soft rug of my dad’s living room. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

For Geyer, finding the girls was “one of the most satisfactory events of my life,” but his satisfaction was tempered by the fact that Howard remained missing. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

‘You and your theories. Salim’s gone missing, Ted. It’s not a game.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t like to waste time, so when I at last turned around, I did so abruptly and asked directly, “Are you the children who have been missing from Greenwich for a week?” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no missing the pride in her voice. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

This was what had been missing and this was what would make the thing complete. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was so worried about all those missing lessons and tests. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Still, I was relieved she was alone, and when I went and stood beside the bed, I tried to ignore the missing bump, the deflated stomach. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The sidewalks teem with people just narrowly missing each other, as if their movements were choreographed. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The missing toes on his left foot had left him with a crabbed, awkward gait, comical to look upon. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But there’s something missing in them, even the nice ones. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

But all I could think about were the things I’d be missing. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

At Duke, missing practice to study for a test was an acceptable excuse. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I think it’s outrageously cruel to keep a puzzle that they know is missing a single piece. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Some wore bloodstained bandages over their brows or wrapped around their hands, and others were missing eyes, ears, and fingers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The detective in charge of the whole investigation— Gaskill, the one who came to speak to us after she went missing— made no comment. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bites his thumb where the nail is missing. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She flicked her cigarette ash self-consciously, just missing the ashtray. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

What resides deep within, and what is missing? Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

And in the missing corner of the room, there were licks of red amid the swirling puffs of gray and black. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

All right, he paused on the staircase landing before leading us to our floor, and the kick that was supposed to delight my classmates by just missing the teacher hit him squarely in the backside. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

There’s a few really cool action figures, but most of them are missing an arm or a leg. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She considers the vagaries of sports, the happenstance of El Li'der, a star pitcher in his youth, narrowly missing a baseball career in America. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most homes look as if they have families who love them; others look like abandoned orphans with their burned-out roofs and missing windows. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Those spineless types who talk about abolishing the apostrophe are missing the point, and the pun is very much intended. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

“This will inject you with a tracking device that will be activated only if you are reported missing. Just a precaution.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

This time he saw the faint glow of Madsen’s fading headlamp and was thereby able to locate the missing climbers. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

No, what they had met were my missing arms. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, there are more than one or two missing. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

But these are not harmless collection drones, or rescue ones in search of a missing child. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Pieces of tubing were torn from the wall, and two water wheels and all the wind chimes were missing. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Zohra laughs without a trace of envy, and I smile through the ache of missing my uncle. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“You must be missing your family,” she said. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I reach Boggs first, try to make sense of the torn flesh, missing limbs, to find something to stem the red flow from his body. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“It’s missing the whole winey texture. It’s a little too woody.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The nature god had gone missing two thousand years ago. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

An old homeless man confronts me quietly with his beard, his missing teeth, and his poverty. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. Something is missing — another decision hasn’t been made yet.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

And I see them all there in my memory, as still as statues, Mama and Papa, and Minerva and Mate and Patria, and I’m thinking something is missing now. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the same girl that lost her wallet three times already lost it again and come on with the same crying voice saying how terrible she felt ’cause it was missing. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

As our hypothetical modern visitors wandered through the hurly- burly of construction and deconstruction, they might have felt that despite the commotion something was missing. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

They complain that their mothers work too hard to give them the attention they have been missing. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

It had not been lost on Mrs. Richardson that Izzy was missing, and—she was sure—this was what her husband was discussing with the policemen right now. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It’s been almost six months since Quinton went missing, but it doesn’t feel that long. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Soon afterward, a US submarine determined that the pod had gone missing. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were hollow and dark, as if she had been crying, or missing sleep, or both. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But he felt, in the throbbing missing piece inside him, that she didn't long for him like that. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I started to show him where you tie up the threads and said, “It’s just missing a shuttle and then it be ready.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

These examples demonstrate that the sole missing ingredients required to sustain food production in large areas of the Americas were domestic animals and crops themselves. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Teddy’s face broke into a wide grin, showing off the gap of his missing front tooth. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The youngest boy, the one Finn was already thinking of as Other-Finn, was perfectly snaggletoothed, with one adult front tooth partly grown in and one front tooth missing entirely. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

For all they know, we could be missing at sea or dead. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she thought of the plantation and how the land rolled gently down toward the river, thought of Ben and Old Rit, and that Old Rit would be inconsolable because her favorite daughter was missing. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You really shouldn’t be missing class this much,” she said. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

A calendar entry on Quinton’s computer from the night they went missing. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Every mutant, they noted, was missing a single metabolic function, corresponding to the activity of a single protein enzyme. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

To the pencil woman he said, “Number Two, any word from Milligan about our missing young friend?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Actually, you’re missing more than half,” he said, standing in the doorway behind the bar. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

First one and then another and then a pale blue pickup with the front windshield missing. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the classroom, they bent over workbooks or wore scared faces when Sister Beatrice, their beefy, no-nonsense teacher, scolded them for missing their homework. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“What are we missing? There’s got to be a connection between Parker and this city.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

What this cohort was missing, of course, were the children who stood the greatest chance of becoming criminals. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“Last week the wallet of one of my co-counselors went missing from her purse, which was kept in an unlocked desk drawer. Do you know anything about that?” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Each time she guessed wrong, and Izzy was frustrated at missing Pearl again and again, even more frustrated at how poorly she seemed to know Pearl. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I never forgot the pitiful sight of those dead soldiers, some without heads or arms, some with legs missing, and rifles bent or snapped in two. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

As he found each piece, he lifted it carefully, every nerve in his body aware of his missing fingers, and slipped it into the sheath. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

At the body, with the gaping chest cavity and missing brain and face, at the claw marks gouged into the ground, or at the two Wyrdmarks, drawn on either side of the body in chalk. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Then they started missing actual games, like field hockey and soccer. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

If not, I might at least be able to reclaim my missing cloak. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We play fast and furious for several minutes, neither of us missing, sometimes making such ridiculous jumps to get the ball that Eden falls over laughing. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

It was exactly like Rachel’s sketch—Luke around nine years old, with blond hair and a big smile and two missing teeth. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Not even the snowfall could hide the violence ripped through the missing fabric across Aileen’s body. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Frank was the only one missing, though two of the dolphins had bee stings covering their faces. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

In a few minutes he’ll know who is there and who is missing. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was sorry my friends were missing out on the view, but the sky god had asked for a private consult with me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“A list of all the titles currently missing from the library shelves. Dr. Zinchenko asked us to put one together after that last Flora and Ulysses book disappeared from the fiction wall.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“See that no creature goes near them. Stand guard night and day. If just one of these dormice is missing, you’ll both end up on a roasting spit. Is that clear?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The man was looking past them, into the dark, and then he came out and looked around further, as if there were someone missing. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She should have been intimidated by him and at the same time shown deep concern for her missing friend. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

And who was the old man, a friend, a teacher, a replacement for a missing grandfather? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Harry could hear shallow, fast breathing from the depths of the hood; he struggled, and the man hit him — hit him with a hand that had a finger missing. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Mark’s head smacked the top edge of the missing window’s frame and slipped through it, out into the hot air of the morning. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Her concrete house is missing its paint, or maybe it’s just been that long since anyone painted its walls. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

For 37 straight minutes, we all looked under cars, behind hedges, and around the buildings of the school district administration headquarters for the missing hunk of Cheddar. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

With it he scratched in the missing bits of the scarab mark. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I tune out for a while and come back when he holds up a huge globe that is missing half of the Northern Hemisphere. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

He needed a tiny nudge over to the other side, to show him what he was missing, what he could have. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

How odd that she could be a solo book hunter for years and enjoy it, but now it felt like something was missing to be on her own. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

But I’m living in an After Jesse world where I ache from missing him and nothing makes sense. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

It was irrational, and Colin hated thinking irrationally, but he couldn't help but wonder whether perhaps being in the presence of the Archduke might reveal something to Colin about his missing piece. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

The cat was thin and mangy with one hairless ear and a chunk missing from his now-crooked tail. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The three friends hug, a planet missing from their Pluto Solar System—but never forgotten. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Every piece of the puzzle is almost perfect, but something is missing. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I should have known the moment I saw the missing cheese. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

A piece of his shoulder was missing; the arms and chest and face were cut up with shrapnel. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he could see only what was missing. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Without him our family has a missing piece. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

And as Bloom glanced up, Pacheco swiped at a hawkmoth, missing it by a fraction. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leo’s hands flew over the sphere, reassembling its missing pieces. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

My thumb rubs over my ring finger, over the smooth skin of the missing tip. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

As I scanned the picture, I noticed that a section was missing, as if someone had taken a scissors to it. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He took it, and everywhere I went, I walked as a person with something missing. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I have to return it, before they know it’s missing.” The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Others had nailed sheets of plywood or metal in place of missing windows. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

A way that I could take revenge on the Nazi system—a missing girl, like a missing pack of cigarettes. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Also noticeably missing from the Circle was Cole’s dad. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Also completely missing the point about the basketball boys. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

That one, single missing book might tell Charles who had crawled into the bank and, more importantly, where they had crawled in. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

The game remained close, both combatants missing shots they should have made and sinking baskets that defied all principles of the game. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

All that was missing was Cecile to see and hear us recite her poem. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had some lumps, but the worst part was he had a missing tooth! When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I return to the alley before Day can find me missing. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

When one of us is missing, it’s hard to talk about anything important. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

In search of her missing cups, spoons, and mixing things, Mom came down, looked over my laboratory, sighed, and went down to the Big Store to buy replacements. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The thought of being apart from Papá, Mamá, and my brothers and sister saddened me, but the idea of missing school and not being with Roberto pained me even more. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Mark fought off the thought that tried to lodge itself in his mind—of him missing or landing awkwardly, tumbling off to disappear into the darkness. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“They are investigating if he had something to do with a missing person.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe what I was missing, but I also couldn’t not go outside to see what Lovey had for me. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“That’s right, Tally. These ranger kits go missing every so often. Usually just about the same time that one of our uglies disappears.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Rachel made the same fast double advances, this time followed by a lunge, with her blade swiping only the air, narrowly missing me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

An example of one such conversation was the one I had with Officer Lansing of the Lily Police Department on the day after my brother went missing. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

That spring, lying in bed with a hallucinatory fever, he stumbled upon the last missing piece of his theory. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He was feeling sad as usual, but he was also feeling uncomfortable, because he was missing something. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The missing ingredient in the story, of course, is the four- or five-second interval when the shots were actually fired. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The dog had a cut on his nose, and a hunk of one ear was missing. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

His horses' eyes were never dotted, his fish's scales were incomplete, and his figures were missing a shoe. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Without missing a beat he answered, “Eleven hours.” The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

After missing about a hundred times I stood up and saw the reason the fish wouldn’t go out in deeper water. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a picture of a cute kid with his front teeth missing, wearing a snug kufi on his head. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

A total of 22,726 soldiers were killed, missing, or wounded. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

They gobble and fly off, miraculously missing limbs and trunks as they zip through the forest. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

His left paw was injured, but the damage did not seem permanent; no toes or claws were missing. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Not counting that part in the back where the aluminum’s peeling off, or the one missing window, or the front steps that are sinking. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

In her shock, she had not seen what was missing from the garden. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“To have so much money you don’t notice if a pocketful of Galleons goes missing.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

What would he make of Vincent, thirty-two but much older looking, gaunt, with broken, rotting, and missing teeth, his body dirty, his clothing ripped, a battered hat on his head? Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Betamax, of course! VHS’s going extinct. Problem is, when we got the video out of its box yesterday, half its insides was missing.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

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

Hatsue settled into missing her husband and learned the art of waiting over an extended period of time—a deliberately controlled hysteria that was something like what Ishmael Chambers felt watching her in the courtroom. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I came looking for my sister. Death has gone missing, so I thought... I thought I could bring her back and no one would notice.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He turned without missing a beat, sprinted straight back, and dropped his prize catch at Alex’s feet, where it landed with a soggy plop. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Some of Mama’s oldest clothes were still in the closet, and one or two of Tata's jackets, but her jewelry was missing, along with my grandmother’s gilded egg that opened like a box. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

On her lap is a cloth napkin, and in her hands Ma holds a knife and a large fruit that looks like the sun that’s missing from the sky. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

This seemed to get Minho’s full attention—but again, there was that same strange look, as if Thomas was missing something very obvious. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The bandage was still on her forehead but the rest of her face was little marked except for the hollow cheek on the side where the teeth were missing. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard. Everybody’s talking about it. And the lock is missing from her locker.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Then a few years ago, the thing went missing. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

But how do you explain being visited by your missing brother in a dream where you took a flying boat to go look at some underwater trains without sounding delusional? Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The one closest to me is flat on her back, most of her jaw missing, eyes wide and staring. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The Doctor was racing all over the room, pouncing and missing. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

“But the missing them doesn’t get any easier just ’cause you know they’ve gone to Heaven. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

During dinner everyone is careful not to talk about Bobby the missing person—or the cops, or jail time—so there's nothing to do but chat and try to be happy. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z