I could memorize the movements and, in doing so, step into their minds, lunging when they lunged, reaching my arms upward in time with theirs. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But it would be an event that took place on August 9, 2014, that would catapult the movement into the international spotlight. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

From around me came the sudden sounds of breath, and I realized we’d all been holding ours, then movement, as everyone scrambled to their feet. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He was still there, and in one piece, but there was no sign of movement. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Whenever he turned a page, robotic sounds mysteriously accompanied his movement. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

With a robotic movement of his arm, he simply shoots her between the eyes, spattering her blood all over our bread. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He spelled out the conclusion—making speaking movements with his mouth, while the rushes tapped and the smoke puffed and the wind howled. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wife sinuous movements he inches down the steps toward fee boy, and sits a step above him. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I was hot and sweaty, and the earpieces of my glasses were cutting deeply into the flesh above my ears as a result of the head movements that went with my pitching. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly I saw the two women turn and run frantically behind the house, their movements heavy and flatfooted. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It came from the stars and the black velocities, and the shining movements, and the silent gulfs of space. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I look back now, I think Rosa Parks was the right person to represent that movement at that time. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“Now let me hear your sonatina once more. The first movement, please.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I was big, over six feet tall, too large to hide, too gross in movement and posture not to be noticed. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

When they had been quiet for an hour, Malcolm began to notice a new kind of movement in the water. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

By the time Woodhull’s name disappeared from newspaper accounts and gossipy conversations, she was widely criticized for having set back the suffrage movement by at least twenty years. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I sit tensely and watch his every movement in case he may perhaps say something. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry could hear movement through the corridors all around: running footsteps, shouts; through the windows, he could see more flashes of light in the dark grounds. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

In the living room, Colonel Meecham had overturned the coffee table, his eyes scanning the dining room for troop movement. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And it isn’t just guys who fear the cops, and families with boys. There’s a whole movement for the girls too. Hashtag SayHerName. It’s big. This is about everyone who fears cops.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Elemental music is never music alone but forms a unity with movement, dance and speech. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Despite setbacks, the women’s movement was gaining momentum. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The movement and the fresh air are a brief respite before we are loaded back onto the train and we begin our journey once more. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She moved on and found herself getting closer to a herd of those grazing creatures she had seen the previous evening, whose movement had puzzled her without her knowing why. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

In her mind’s eye, she saw, or felt, a flurry of movement, a shadow that flickered away just before she could see it. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Alec crammed even more food in and exaggerated his movements to make sure Mark saw everything he was chewing. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Outside there was a rustling early summer movement of the wind; the seniors, allowed out later than we were, came fairly quietly back as the bell sounded ten stately times. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the movement reacted quickly, and by the time my case began on Monday morning, the Old Synagogue was packed with supporters. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My purpose was to capture a physical state or movement that carried a strong subjective impression, an accomplishment which seemed supremely worth struggling for. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marks stomach didn’t do so well with the sudden movement of the Berg. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

When the women's movement hit the United States—along with the Civil Rights Act, which prohibited discrimination based on race or gender—things started to change. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

The slightest sound or movement would give her away. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He climbed the wooden pole, tapped into the electrical wires, powered up his radio, and sent information on Ger- man military movements to British intelligence officers in London. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He appeared to take it into his left hand in one smooth movement, while casually finger-palming it. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

As I see him now, he is not really afraid, just withdrawing, as a bird or squirrel backs off from the brusque movements of the feeder—involuntary, instinctive. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Dobrynya fought with practiced movements and the ease of a man who spent years learning his art. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He nodded, then shook his head, the one following the other like a single movement. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a swagger to his steps, a jauntiness to his movements, that had not been there before. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

I try to match his movements, but I can’t predict what he’s going to do, so I end up fumbling more than I’d like to. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

A movement began to deny Howard the purse money or prevent it from being officially credited to Seabiscuit. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He swerved and nearly put the truck in a ditch two times before he stopped overcorrecting and got the hang of the subtle movements of the steering wheel. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

They set forward their left feet in the same movement and lot fly such a shower of arrows as it had been snow. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bobbed his head, a little too long, not tracking his movements. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

A quick movement, glimpsed out of the corner of my eye, made me look away from him. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

The movement and noises in the woods continued. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The Centipede made a wriggling movement with his body as though he were about to glide off the sofa—but he didn’t. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

His sandy mustache droops on either side of his mouth, and despite his relative youth, his movements as he sits are slow and deliberate. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I consider this movement a great insult to their integrity as a people. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The movement sent a wave of agony through his foot. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

To the pious this exchange confirmed the fundamental wickedness of Anthony’s suffragist movement. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

A star appeared behind them and was momentarily eclipsed by some movement. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Use tiny movements, then a swift lunge the other fencer can’t avoid. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I crossed the floor to the edge of the blue mat where kids were sitting with crossed legs, watching silently as Samira and two girls in yellow belts did a bunch of movements. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

It would move as a caged panther might: because it was awake, out of boredom, for the sake of movement itself, or for no reason at all, and with no awareness. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

But before Pinmei could do more than scowl, there was movement at the gate. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I was proud that I had participated in the Civil Rights movement, singing freedom songs and marching peacefully with my friends. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

His little hand is black, his nails perfect homy claws, his movements gentle and inviting. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The rise of food production in China spawned several great prehistoric movements of human populations, or of cultural traits, or of both. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Such a thing as an independent political movement was outside her imagination; and in any case the Party was invincible. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

A Gulf & Western infrared Eye-View Monitor was set up just off to the left, carefully calibrated to track the fovea movements of each subject. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On either side, my friends, with quick, shivery movements, stripped off their clothes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

After all he had done for King and his movement, he felt deeply wounded by King’s betrayal. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The movement sends a jolt up my spine. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A follow-up might focus on blues, jazz and other genres inspired by the music of the Civil Rights movement. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Simultaneously, the movement’s center of gravity shifted to Washington, DC. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Their movement was direct and purposeful, quite unlike the earlier, haphazard approach of those who were now gathered in the ditch. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It became one of the “movement churches” after Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered his “Fill Up the Jails” speech there on February 16, 1960. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Lyra strained her eyes to look ahead, but not even Pantalaimon’s owl eyes could see any movement on the flank of the mountain they were climbing. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

There was no movement from the midden pile, where the bright shorts and blouses of the children marked their passage. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I crane my neck to see if Mrs. Scatcherd might have heard us, but there’s no movement up front. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

There was speculation in the press that the movement was going to attempt to rescue me, and the authorities were doing their utmost to prevent it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You probably don’t know this, but it’s not just granny folklore. One published study shows that the soup inhibits the movement of neutrophils, the most common type of white blood cell that defends against infection.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

It was so pleasant to feel the beating life and see the funny little awkward movements of a young thing. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The movement of the boy pup shook me from my trance. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mother made her quit, sent her for dance lessons, strapped her to a stick- and-chalk contraption that was supposed to help her attend to her movements. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each of her movements is like a blow, a punch, a fist kneading something into shape. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

That was surprising, because they had been very enthusiastic about previous movements. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of the enemy no movement could be seen; not even an orc-spy was abroad. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Alex doesn’t hear whatever Nora says next because a rush of movement at the doors of the Palm Room near the edge of the garden catches his eye. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

As they moved on, they could see a movement on the horizon to the left and right, and ahead of them a dirty-colored smoke was rising slowly to add its darkness to the dismal air. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Barry Goldwater, in his 1964 presidential campaign, aggressively exploited the riots and fears of black crime, laying the foundation for the “get tough on crime” movement that would emerge years later. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Water plants grew thickly at the edge, and as Malcolm slowed down, his eye was caught by a movement among the reeds. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I sensed her movement, her presence in distant parts of the building. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

My eyes search deep into thickets, looking for the slightest hint of movement. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

In spite of the bulkiness of his body there was a remarkable grace in his movements. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He didn’t seem drunk, but this crudeness was new; he was a little less precise in his movements now, his voice louder. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Especially early in the day, I would be most alert to the sensations of movement and straining. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something panicky and feral pulsed underneath every word, every subtle movement. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Very slowly, so that in their approach they will not catch a movement at the window, Carlos lifts his finger to his lips. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Mom and Layla sat in the back seat, each holding a twin, so June was next to Ivy in the truck bed, every movement knocking their shoulders together. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The backs of the horses shine in the moonlight, their movements are beautiful, they toss their heads, and their eyes gleam. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the Seneca Falls Woman’s Rights Convention ended, the women’s suffrage movement had officially begun. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Babylonian records for the movements of the sun, moon, and planets were impressively comprehensive by Eratosthenes’ time. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Mass action was perilous in South Africa, where it was a criminal offense for an African to strike, and where the rights of free speech and movement were unmercifully curtailed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paused to sit, folding himself onto the low bench in slow, stiff movements. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But the cat shrugged, in one smooth movement that started at the tip of its tail and ended in a raised movement of its whiskers. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Her movements were so graceful, it was hard to understand how she could have burned herself. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

She was a natural dancer—her petite frame and her long, graceful limbs made her movements seem as if they melted into the music. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think now, however, that the activists tragically limited the impact of their movement with the reforms they proposed. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was zigzagging through the air, and every now and then making violent swishing movements that almost unseated him. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The gray-haired man asked her to hurry up, and she raised up on her right forearm just quickly enough so that the movement didn’t quite look perfunctory. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Gus flopped on his face with a single movement of his body. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I jerked away enough to lift my lips clear of the water and spit out the thick liquid, and that movement pressed my tummy forward into the puddle. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Very much a man of his time, Copernicus was strongly influenced by the humanist movement in Italy and studied the classics associated with that movement. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Lucy’s heart beat a trifle more audibly to the stethoscope, and her lungs had a perceptible movement. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The witch’s eyes and head bobbed side to side, following the light emanating from the ear pendant much like a cobra follows the movement of a charmer’s flute. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The pains wasn’t as bad as I let on, but I had to let them people know having a baby was more than a bowel movement. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was no longer a forward motion: now it was a sequence of movements, up and along, up and along. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

This book guides professionals to work through music, harnessing the processes that underlie music learning, and outlining developmentally appropriate methods to understand the role of music in children’s lives through play, games, creativity, and movement. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Its door hung open, and I thought I saw movement inside—some reason for hope— and then the lighthouse beam washed over everything. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Down in the valley the fields were open and still, the breeze had slowed, there was no movement of smoke. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

All my thoughts and movements were dictated by distant hopes. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Children’s expression of emotional meaning in music through expressive body movement. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Seeing a movement from Rubin, I thought he was going to get up. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eleanor was hardly listening, wondering dimly at the movement in the room. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

It induces a kind of psychological claustrophobia that makes one yearn not only for freedom of movement but spiritual escape. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At nine o’clock everyone got excited, waiting for movement to begin, but nothing happened. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Aunt Ifeoma smiled; the movement of her lips did not brighten her face. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her stance was commanding, one leg thrust forward in a powerful movement, more stride than step. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

My shoulders work back and forth, following the movement of her arms. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt the weight of his arm and the movement of his ribs as he breathed. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Before I can even register my own movements, I’m on my knees, phone light aimed at the ceiling, trying to get my fingernails under the loose floorboard. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

I try to nod, but my head still does not seem to like movement. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

In one quick, fluid movement, the bird lifted its head, turned it all the way around, spied Genie, and flew away. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Holding my hand to keep his balance, as trees and bushes made strange, sliding movements in his peripheral vision, Lefty was confronting the possibility that consciousness was a biological accident. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Rhiannon comes alive a little and tries to mimic my movements, first by holding his hand. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The article claimed King’s decision “to divert the energies of the civil rights movement to the Vietnam issue is both wasteful and self-defeating.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The movement felt foreign to me, but we needed to know. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

So quickly that I missed his movement, he was half sitting, propped up on his right arm, his left palm still in my hands. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Frightful tilted her head, the better to see Drum’s movements. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Not much. I had an old order of movement. I fixed the dates on it in Mestre.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I will attempt to eat at the table, or read the newspaper there, but it’s so small and rickety that any wrong movement endangers the house. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

How there is a society of sorts that keeps track of the movement of the circus, notifying other rêveurs so they might travel from destination to destination. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Nothing lay outside the scheme of our ideology, there was a policy on everything, and my main concern was to work my way ahead in the movement. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Similarly, after Paul Revere had passed on his news, you can imagine that all of the men in the militia movement gathered around and made plans to confront the British the following morning. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want the movement to be distracted by any issues that could interfere with or sidetrack the mission. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

That night, I saw how labored her every movement had grown, and I asked about her pains. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Moreover, his predecessors had been quite happy to use two distinct models for each planet: one to calculate its movement from east to west, and the other its movement from north to south. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

They hear the movement of pitches, the content of rhythms, the movement of meter, and explore the timbre of whatever instrument or voice with which they have access. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Along the cliffs, a white dragon is stirring to life, its movements cracking the ice that encases it. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Many longer works of music, such as symphony movements, have more than one melodic theme. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Where workers couldn’t be enticed into rejecting unions, owners simply mobilized to crush the movement. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It will make troop movement difficult,” said Tidings. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ollie's mouth opens, a quick movement he tries to cover up. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The crowd was parting, and as the movement spread to us we gave way too, to let a tall white man through. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

It began as a movement led by a few “young turks” against an “old guard” who dominated the profession. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I'm far enough ahead of the storm that I can afford one day of no movement. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will saw movement from the comer of his eye. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was a movement in which African Americans seized upon their first chances for group expression and self-determination. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

It took some time before she was used to the movement, and then she felt a wild exhilaration. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

All my movements seemed too slow, ran together. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It bothered him and he acquired movements and habits to disguise what to him was a burning defect. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I scan the walls, searching for signs of life, but I see no movement and no figures standing in darkness. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Moon Orchid picked up pieces of string, but bright colors and movements distracted her. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then his slow, heavy-footed movement across the room. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The outside of the suit was covered with an elaborate exoskeleton, a network of artificial tendons and joints that could both sense and inhibit my movements. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He could sense the movements of the bodies behind him. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I was even with the pond and was just looking to see if there were any fish-ripples on the surface when a movement straight ahead caught my eye. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

But couple it with magnetism, and suddenly you have movement—waves. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

By the late 1980s, however, not only conservatives played leading roles in the get-tough movement, spouting the rhetoric once associated only with segregationists. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

There are a thousand little movements on a human face every second, a thousand different quivers of a leaf on a tree, a million tiny things the real world has that the virtual world doesn’t. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Now, M. MacQueen, I want you to describe your movements last night from the time of leaving the dining car.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

But my movement had attracted the white woman’s attention. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Four wanders through the crowd of initiates, watching us as we go through the movements again. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

There was a steering wheel to control lateral movement. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The movements beneath the robes became more agitated. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He raised himself and crawled out of the water, grunting with die pain of movement. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the primary purposes of the first clocks was to model the movement of the heavens, not just to tell the time. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

My brain was roaring from all the color and orchestrated metal movement. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took a frightfully long time—Sir Lancelot's innings frequently lasted all day, if he were battling against a good knight—and the movements had a feeling of slow-motion, because of the weight at armour. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cat struck back, but the tree was waving wildly, and he lost his grip with the movement, and fell. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dog took two steps toward the door, then two steps back to Virgil, confused by Mrs. Salinas’s frantic movements. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Frear had no choice but to follow the movement of the crowd as it struggled to find a path not yet blocked by smoke and fire. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

His body followed the movements of his hands, and his gray earlocks moved along the sides of his aged face. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Mendel, perhaps, was the original “anatomist” of the gene: in capturing the movement of information across generations of peas, he had described the essential structure of the gene as an indivisible corpuscle of information. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

This is due to the fact that their core identities, particularly Orff and Dalcroze, contain elements of drama, movement, sound, and music. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Their movements were full of grace and power. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

There was a movement behind him, as Hooper got uncertainly to his feet. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The movement was so abrupt, Charles had no time to react. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Then Mark caught a blur of movement out the window, a pair of feet that were there, then gone. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She tries to quickly pull on her sweater, but the sudden movement makes her gasp. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

It's like an ant farm with a world of movement hidden underground. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He was a brisk, pudgy, high-strung person whose movements were swift and certain. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

It begins to vibrate, and then explodes into a storm of movement. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

In the end, I chose four intellectual movements from the nineteenth century and examined how they had struggled with the question of family obligation. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

At his father’s suggestion, he’d been reading Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience,” and about the life of Gandhi, the leader of India’s nonviolent independence movement. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I see all my movements through her eyes. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

There was a small movement as everyone tried to adjust. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not coincidence that the leadership of the southern civil rights movement was drawn mainly from a well-educated black middle class. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tragedy is that this movement to end slavery did nothing to improve conditions in Louisiana. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

The officer follows his movements with the flashlight. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He could discern furtive movements in the shadows. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I have a little trick that I do when I’m nervous: I hold my fingers in my palm, concentrating on their movement, rather than on my nerves. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I relax my body, flowing with the movement. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

And with movements as jerky as those of a windup toy, he struggled upright, wheeled around, plunged back into the truck, circled awkwardly around the plaza area, and drove back up to the ranch. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once the ugliness of the blackshirts' movement became apparent - and let it be said his lordship was quicker than most in noticing it - Lord Darlington had no further association with such people. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was such strength to her movements — she swung her arms as if she were holding nothing at all, certainly not a sapling in full leaf. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I saw him as one of the movement’s upcoming young leaders. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mechanical man’s movements were so lifelike that its head even turned toward the inkwell as it dipped the pen for more ink. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

In a blur of movement, an entire cavalry appeared as if dropping out of light speed. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Aristotle thus does not think of the natural movement of the elements as movement through space; he sees it in teleological terms as the realization of potential. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It flourished and became a great movement in Jewish life. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Nina raised her hand to drop Lars’ pulse, but as she did, she caught movement in the shadows to her right. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Where before the air was full of talking and shouting and movement, my world is now frozen. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Many African Americans today believe that uplift ideology worked in the past and ought to work again—forgetting that ultimately it took a major movement to end the last caste system, not simply good behavior. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The movements to “Old Brass Wagon” have children in a circle, basically following the instructions in the song. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Whenever he turned a page, robotic sounds mysteriously accompanied his movement. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

There was no sign of the sledge itself—or was there a feather touch of movement on the flank of the highest peak? The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The officer yanked his door open with a sudden movement. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I didn’t actually pitch forward, but the sudden movement this close to the drop made my head swim. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I see a flicker of movement in the mirror, and before I can stop myself, I stare at my reflection. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The assistance of CORE, with its national network of activists and long experience with direct-action campaigns, would be vital in transforming the Greensboro sit-in from an isolated “incident” into a true movement. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Around them the house brooded, settling and stirring with a movement that was almost like a shudder. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

He tiptoed to the door that led to the inner office and leaned against it heavily, listening for sounds of movement in the room. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

An important strand of the national story runs through Durham and it involves two men who had a profound effect on the movement: Douglas E. Moore and Floyd B. McKissick. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He glimpsed movement, heard the soft scuffling sound of slippered feet on stone. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We held a range of cultural events, like a soul-food night, a movie night with films about civil-rights movements, a Caribbean night, a Motown dance. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

These chefs, along with the buying clubs and the farmers markets, are all part of a worldwide movement. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Will stood back and held out the knife, searching, touching the air with the most delicate movements, until after a minute or so he found a point at which he could cut. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s an underground movement...to fight Ghohg the Evil One from the inside….That’s why I brought him to you….So you could...work with him...” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Not Elves; for the woodland folk were altogether noiseless in their movements. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The movement was strange with the slipperiness of the house shoes, but she managed to sink down and return to her standing position without falling. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

With a swift movement he levered the fourth step an inch forward, exposing a long dark gap. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I feel the warm hiss of their movement through my veins. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Whenever I ate these worms, whose skins were like those of miniature porcupines, my stomach would tighten in severe cramps, and I would have no bowel movement for days. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

His movements were pure youth but there was that about his skin texture and the edges of his lips that was middle-aged or past it. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

We watched for another couple minutes, but there was no movement from below. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Musical movement responses in early childhood music education practice in the Netherlands. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

As I do, the glasses sense my finger movements, and a virtual keyboard slides out. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She shook her head with barely a movement, enough that Toby did a double take to make sure he’d actually seen it. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Each small movement felt like a knife blade pushing into my side. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Longstreet said, “General Stuart’s cavalry went out a few days back. He hasn’t reported any movement.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole family was a flurry of movement, grabbing jackets, guns, cartridges. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

There was a certain looseness to his movements. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Their movements were purposeful, and I realized either Otto’s cries or my own had drawn them here. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The galley rocked gently and the movement underfoot made his waddle worse than ever. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Like everything else in Annapolis, the movement was both lazy and fast, at once. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Throughout most of our nation’s history—from the days of the abolitionist movement through the Civil Rights Movement—racial justice advocacy has generally revolved around grassroots organizing and the strategic mobilization of public opinion. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

A movement up on the left wall of the South Door caught his attention. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He moved efficiently, a learned behavior that wasted no movement. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It was too early when Amakas movements woke me up the next morning; the room was not yet touched by the lavender rays of dawn. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Powerful grassroots political movements were being formed inside the country that had firm links to the ANC, the principal one being the United Democratic Front, of which I was named a patron. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dicey wished she could stop breathing and give herself entirely over to the movement and the being still. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Squinting, she caught a flicker of movement in and out of the trees—figures stalking along the lake’s shore. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

His arms and legs were jointed and joined by wire so that his china elbows and china knees could be bent, giving him much freedom of movement. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

The best known among them was a small fat pig named Squealer, with very round cheeks, twinkling eyes, nimble movements, and a shrill voice. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

The shoulder affected the elbow, and as the elbow engaged, it sent other movements in a chain reaction down into the wrist and, finally, the hand. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

She was fascinated by the stories he had to tell her of historical troop movements and flanking maneuvers. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Wild movements only hurt your cause, so move slowly and carefully until you’re free again. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Stephanie and Rose volunteer to monitor Evelyn’s movements in the hours before the escape, and to report any unusual behavior to the Amity compound by two-way radio. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

On August 10, 1917, she ignited the movement again with a banner she knew would create a stir. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

They only allow the wearer to travel great distances in an instant, doubling the measure of her movements with each successive step. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Citra knew it was probably a pointless endeavor to track those movements, but what if Faraday’s demise was not an act of self-gleaning at all? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I meant tactically speaking in a war where there was some movement a succession of mountains were nothing to hold as a line because it was too easy to turn them. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

None showed signs of disease — only the erratic movements of the dying and a strange deep wine color of the gills. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Very delicately their trunks moved, sorting through the stalks in the same counting movement she’d been making, or turning the pages of the book. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He was on his feet in one lithe movement. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

But he could see no troops, no movement. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In one swift movement, Hagrid seized the front of KarkarofFs furs, lifted him into the air, and slammed him against a nearby tree. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He paused there, hands on the wet iron railing, looking out across the black water while his dæmon wound herself round his legs, pretending to pester for attention but really watching every movement behind them. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

All movement, you might remember, relies on that kind of tension. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was Jordan Baker; she often called me up at this hour because the uncertainty of her own movements between hotels and clubs and private houses made her hard to find in any other way. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

No one in the suffrage movement knew Woodhull well before she spoke, but she immediately became the woman to watch. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Careful with her movements, careful with her words. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Turning toward our house on the hillside, I see movements of a different kind, tall shadows stiffly pushing through the currents. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

They worked on, moving together—together—producing the fruit of this earth—speechless in their movement together. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Around noon, 426 circled over the courthouse park, eyes on all movements. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Of course I knew, so I raised my hand, but the teacher didn’t notice the small movement I’m able to make. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Us here in East Harlem took that movement and ran with it.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Hence “black is beautiful” and “gay pride”—slogans and anthems of political movements aimed at ending not only legal discrimination, but the stigma that justified it. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

My footwork was simple, my movements fluid but uninspired. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He got to his feet, but his movements were slow, weary. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Later, the black movement’s vitality extended to animate the liberation movements of women, the elderly, the physically disabled, and the homosexual. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they peeked out from the train, every movement on the station’s platform drew their eyes in unison. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

I punched big Rondell in the shoulder and we both laughed and I showed him how I could make centipede movements in the wind with my hand. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The only movement was in the parks, which had been set up as field hospitals. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Cloke took a last draw on his cigarette and ground it out with a deliberate, corkscrewing movement. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

As the protest movement reached into other segregated public facilities, such as theaters and motels, white resistance hardened. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The mathematicians, however, interpreted the apparently irregular movement of the planets in the heavens as evidence that some invisible reality was causing the movement. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Previous astronomers would have rejected this solution because it did not involve circular movement. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

A blank-faced Dauntless in the next car offers a hand to the boy in front of me, and he takes it, his movements robotic. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Since the beginning I was writing down everything and thus committing—if I so wished—all of our movements to an official and secret memory. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few seconds, they heard movement behind the door and it opened a crack. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

In a victory for the civil rights movement, Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote that states cannot use trespass laws against individuals protesting state-mandated segregation policies. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The movement was bumpy, but not uncomfortable, because the creatures had no spine; Will and Lyra felt that they were sitting on chairs with a well-sprung seat. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She seems grayer, her movements older and labored. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“Remember, Firenze, we are sworn not to set ourselves against the heavens. Have we not read what is to come in the movements of the planets?” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The movement cost her something; her muscles ached, and her shoulders pounded. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

At the same moment, they became aware of a movement in their peripheral vision. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Similarly, you would prefer if the movements included along with the song were indigenous to the song itself and not merely added on as movement unassociated with the culture. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

At that moment a movement in the valley caught Chup’s attention, and, good provider that he was, he left the aerie to catch a pigeon. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“The view is so grand that all timidity left me and my watch on the movement of the car was abandoned.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

And without waiting for them to reply he slid between them, and with a movement of his hood directed them to walk one on either side of him. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

For all its achievements, concluded the report, the movement simply “ran out of goals and then ran out of gas.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Such was the case of the civil rights movement of the 1960s. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was a glow of white, a steady movement: something coming up with the tide. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She screamed in spite of herself at the sudden coldness of the water and its constant movement against her legs. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a continual soughing movement inside the wood, and the leaves rustled together like silk, directly overhead. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

On the back of his chair perched a gigantic, golden-plumed eagle, watching every movement with sharp, unblinking eyes. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Her words became a rallying call for the suffrage movement. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

What particular movements, gestures, and instruments do we use? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

He waited, tense to jump, expecting movement below. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He creates a new navigational chart based on the movements of flies swarming around the barrel. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

But beyond the light movements of birds and the first buzzing of the flies immediately around them, they could hear nothing but the continual susurration of the trees. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crates were all uneven from the movement of the ship. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I had thought for sure the Suarezes would join our movement. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leo could only follow her progress by the movement of the grass and the shimmer of her dress as it changed to match the rocks. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

A young woman leapt out of a doorway a little ahead of Winston, grabbed up a tiny child playing in a puddle, whipped her apron around it, and leapt back again, all in one movement. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

There was movement through the thick glass, and someone appeared at the far end of the room. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Eye movement research is based on the idea that the human eye is capable of focusing on only a very small area at one time — what is called a perceptual span. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other women carried plain cloth panels showing the colors of the American women’s suffrage movement: purple, white, and gold. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Steve Reich exemplified the minimalist movement that bridged the chasm between classical music and pop in the 1970s. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

It upheld the army’s decision to limit the movements of a racially select group of citizens. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chester followed her every movement with his eyes, which now seemed to be popping out of his head. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

She ran once at dusk, by a stream, the water making a promise of movement. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The women involved may have wanted to support temperance and other reform movements, but ultimately men controlled the finances. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

First, it solidified King’s standing—in the eyes of both blacks and whites—as the leader of the black protest movement in America. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I must have surprised them, for all movement stopped as they stared at me while I stared at the table—but not for long. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

She slides out of bed; Jack senses the movement in his sleep and rolls into the open space, flinging one arm out across Mom’s pillow. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The third time, he got halfway through, paused at an intersection, and then with a twitching movement took the wrong turn. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Chess blinked, then felt amazed that he was capable of that much movement. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

C.P. didn’t know who had shot King, but he was certain that the assassin was part of the white supremacy movement. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then there was an eruptive movement, people pushing forward, other people pushing back. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Smith is handcuffed, and the handcuffs are attached to a security belt by a short length of chain—an arrangement so restricting his movements that he cannot smoke unaided. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amari never tired of watching the magical rhythm of movement and color. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I focus until everything goes dark around us, and I don’t feel the passage of time or the panic of discovery, I feel only our movement over the earth. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Adding movement helps reinforce the linguistic content of the rhyme or song. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Kaede curled her fingers around the grip again, and this time, she felt the core of her belly engaged in the movement of her arm. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It dictated my movements, my decisions, the rhythm of every day. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He made a sweeping movement with his hand. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Theodora went back into her own room and, with the sense of movement and sound in the two rooms, Eleanor felt more cheerful. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

In one quick movement, Roz pulled in the branch and gripped the fish with her two hands. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Was there movement beside them, imperceptible in the soundless night; did some footstep go invisibly along with them in the white grass? The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then he spots movement at the open window of the Lincoln Building where Boss fell. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I knew the movement was vital to our country’s future, and I did not understand how Mom and Dad could not be interested in it. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"So now," he said, rubbing his eye with a delicate circular movement of his fist, "the great tactician asks what's wrong. Is it possible that something could be wrong? Do you hear him, Brothers?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shadow turned, slowly, streaming images of himself as he moved, frozen moments, each him captured in a fraction of a second, every tiny movement lasting for an infinite period. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Finn slowed his movements and stopped some feet away from the beehive and keepers. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Several months later, they locked horns with their abolition movement colleagues again when Anthony assisted a woman who was being abused by her husband. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He listened for movement in the upper rooms. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I walk slowly, willing them into smooth movements. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“Your movement is doomed,” Ignatius slobbered after the girls, who were pushing one another down the carriageway. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

My movements are jerky as I stand up. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Finally, all movement and motion in town broke down; the roads became blocked by stuck vehicles. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They feared that their church, like many others active in the civil rights movement, would be bombed. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every slight movement in the street evoked a casual curiosity in him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

As he did so, Thomas heard a shout to his right, sensed movement. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Then, in one smooth movement, she flung herself over the rails of the ship. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The voice of the commentator ran with the movement of the film: Here are the daughters of the rich taking sunbaths in the sands of Florida! Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Eight years later, Abraham Lincoln joined in the movement. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Then he sensed a movement just in front of them. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

In the corner of his eye, Jason caught a glimpse of movement—a blur of red and gold. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

They were not dry stills from another era; they captured movement. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

More than anything he wanted the camaraderie of the road men: the lunch buckets, the hollering, the body movement that in the end produced something real, something he could point to. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes are angry, glassy, but his movements are practiced restraint. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

For the moment, movements in school hallways are dancelike, a procession of postures in a sexual masque. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sudden movement caused the headphones to pull the CD player off the bedside table, and it clattered to the wooden floor. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

His eyes were urgent, intense, and she could see the up-dowii chest movement of his heavy breathing. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But things moved, suddenly, there were odd, dropping, rustling, scuttering noises, movements in the water. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

A movement behind him made him look around; Riddle was still standing there. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

"There are so many aspects to the movement," I said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Finn caught a faster movement out of the corner of his eye: Rocky, Other-Emma, and Other-Finn on the floor behind him, all of them scrambling for the phone Natalie had dropped. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The leaders indefatigable activism, unrelenting pressure, and superior organizing skills laid the foundation for what, in the 1960s, would come to be known as the civil rights movement. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

We had only heard rumors of freedom, but he had lived it, and it showed in his every word, his every movement, in the way he sat tall in his seat. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even before he attempted to persuade me with his words, he had forged a bond with me with his movements and his speech. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Blackfish had taken a hundred picked men and a hundred swift horses and raced ahead to screen their movements and scout the way. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I followed the progress of the southern black civil rights movement, which was gaining prominent notice in Sacramento’s afternoon newspaper. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was in his stomach a slow, cold, vast rising movement, as though he held within the embrace of his bowels the swing of planets through space. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The hobbits sat down gladly in low rush-seated chairs, while Goldberry busied herself about the table; and their eyes followed her, for the slender grace of her movement filled them with quiet delight. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Again, Mahler is all-present in the first and subsequent movements, but this time there is no doubt whatever as to the sincerity of the triumph with which the finale concludes. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Although the tool was weightless in space, it was still difficult to operate, requiring the cosmonauts to expend a lot of energy with each movement. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

I had no desire to acquaint myself with the machine’s crushing gears and movements. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Gregor took an initial movement to catch up to him if possible. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

An extended possibility is to create a story, miming movements that reflect a steady beat while telling a simple narrative. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

All students were directed instead to participate in the movement by writing big posters, da-zi- bao, criticizing the educational system. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The energy had largely drained from the movement, and most women didn’t talk much about suffrage, pro or con. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

With a movement that was too quick for someone his age, the man covered whatever it was with his cape. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The movement has stopped, but the scents remain. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Amsterdam was a city designed for movement and activity, a city that would rather not travel by car, and so inevitably I felt excluded from it. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

In short, the variable outcomes of the Austronesian expansion strikingly illustrate the role of food production in human population movements. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Like the particles of light Koffi had seen before, she felt the nameless song’s movement in the air, notes of a song she could not name but knew. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Her body asserted itself with a restless movement of her knee, and she stood up. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

A movement caught his eye as he pulled on the leather gloves to start work. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

No one here has seen it yet, but we’ve heard it’s an album of all our photographs with a description of how the movement got started. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found a socialist bookstore and read a history of the labor movement. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Many of the protesters were new to the movement and had neither the training for nor the commitment to nonviolence that had characterized demonstrators since the mid-1950s. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Barack and I both knew what this day represented to many Americans, especially those who’d been a part of the civil rights movement. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

To repay a debt to the more radical preacher, King accepted Moore’s invitation to come to Durham to put his blessing on the lunch-counter movement. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

For the rest of the year I stood directly behind her in class and mimicked every movement that she made. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we might expect, children respond to the dynamic levels of loud and soft quite dramatically, changing their movements to match changing volume levels. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Round and round they went with their snakes, snakily, with a soft undulating movement at the knees and hips. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

There seemed to be a cottage a short way away under the wide starry sky, and he thought he saw movement outside it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

There was the demons’ calendar, which was based on the movements of the sun with its fixed number of days and months and its seven-day weeks. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every movement sends agony singing across my back. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I couldn't see any movement, but you never knew. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

And, in some broad sense, my writing is political because it concerns my movement away from the company of family and into the city. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Women—including both Anthony and Stanton—had been involved with the temperance movement since the 1840s. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He got up, his movements deliberate, and at first she thought he was coming closer to her, or perhaps wanted the toilet, but he walked to the front door, opened it, and left. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She put her arm around the head as if to draw it forward, but the head resisted movement. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Part of the answer is that it is far easier to create a movement when there is a sense of being under attack. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

However, it did give Bobby a sense of the board, the movement and role of the pieces, and the choreography of how a game of chess could develop. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

There was not a movement nor the sound of a breath among them all. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

He reigned supreme for half a century and his early offerings, Nabucco included, had plots carefully chosen to whip up the Italian people’s desire for self-government, the movement known as the Risorgimento. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

She lifts the stake as though it weighs nothing and splits his head in a single clean movement—ponk—like cracking a hardboiled egg. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She patted my knee, and I could tell that even slight movement hurt her ribs. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The movements occur not just laterally as the Earth’s plates move across the surface, but up and down as well, as rocks rise and fall under the churning process known as convection. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Afraid, listening to Woundwort’s approach, Bigwig could hear the uneven movement of his forepaws, almost within striking distance. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sat silent for a moment, waiting for any movement or lights, but as we’d just learned, darkness and silence did not translate to safety. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“Now, don’t forget that nice wrist movement we’ve been practicing!” squeaked Professor Flitwick, perched on top of his pile of books as usual. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The old man made no movement except that his fingers tightened on the wood. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She started at every loud noise, every sudden movement in the crowd. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Anticipating each other’s movements, watching each other’s backs. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

In the days that follow, it’s movement, not stillness, that helps to keep the grief at bay, so I walk the compound halls instead of sleeping. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

A singing game is an activity based on a song verse, which has actions or movements associated with it. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Subconsciously you feel that you must attempt to explain away your failure, as an intellectual and soldier of ideas, to actively participate in critical social movements. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment his movements were almost furtive. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Monet stared redly at Dr. Musoke, but there was no movement in the eyeballs, and the pupils were dilated. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The slightest movement and then an awful growl; I lie still, then try again. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Paul Revere was saying, ‘We must organize a better system of watching their movements—but in such a way that they will not realize they are being watched.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her sudden movement knocks me to the floor. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

No longer am I watching random movements of guards. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The men were moving with slow, drugged movements. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, there’s no smell, no movement in the air surrounding her body. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

For one moment there was no movement, no sound at all. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’d begun writing for a new website, Slashdot.org, an intensely geeky techno/pop-culture site devoted to the open source Linux operating system and to the open source and free software movements. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A block ahead, he sees movement: three women carrying bundles. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I obey, and it runs through a quick series of tests for my movements. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The movement regularly holds protests against police killings of African Americans and against such issues as racial profiling, police brutality, and racial inequality in the United States criminal justice system. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Children’s expression of emotional meaning in music through expressive body movement Journal of Non-verbal Behavior. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The strange, rank smell was stronger than ever and after a few moments they all heard a heavy movement close by. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought of my father and his parents, my mother and her parents, each family’s respective lineage and history of participation in social movements—Garvey on one side and Booker T. Washington on the other. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He was sure that somebody close to the Potters had been keeping You-Know-Who informed of their movements,” said Professor McGonagall darkly. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I stared at the movement of her lips. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

This doesn’t make the changes in light and sound and movement irrelevant. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

This conviction is somewhat borne out in the restless movement of Texas capital. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

His next known movement was in 1786 when, abruptly and mysteriously, he turned up in Philadelphia with his wife and eight children, apparently on the verge of destitution. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Different hypotheses might produce the same result: for example an eccentric circle will generate exactly the same movement as an epicycle upon a deferent. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

To mount this argument he needs not just a complex contrivance but one which is in continuous movement. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Sometime before the middle of December, the baby, Plum, stopped having bowel movements. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

After Rivonia, much of the movement’s underground machinery had been destroyed. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a movement over the hearth and for an instant, my heart caught in my throat. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can do something no one has done: you can examine Mormonism not just as a religious movement, but as an intellectual one.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Then she heard a crackling of underbrush—or was it just the random movement of the fallen leaves? Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The big hit of the evening was the second movement, the Allegretto, which has remained a public favourite ever since, notably providing the moving musical climax of the 2010 film The King’s Speech. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Honeybees become “wildly agitated and bellicose” on contact with it, perform frantic cleaning movements, and are near death within half an hour. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I found myself cowering at the slightest sound or movement. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Taylor had been vaguely aware of the movement, but her mind was too confused to speak. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The movement stopped then, and he heard the metallic creak of the car door opening. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Apparently freedom fighters thought so as well, for Rabat was the crossroads of virtually every liberation movement on the continent. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The new century seemed to mark a shift in the women’s movement. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Nokomis was stirring the syrup using a dancing kind of smooth movement with her arms. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

For that matter, how can Clausewitz be a product both of the Enlightenment and of the German Romantic movement, which arose in reaction to the Enlightenment? The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Phineas just walked serenely on, or rather flowed on, rolling forward in his white sneakers with such unthinking unity of movement that “walk” didn’t describe it. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

When each of those action units had been mastered, Ekman and Friesen began working action units in combination, layering one movement on top of another. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

A blur of movement, a quick flash of something dark and small and fast bursting from one of those tubes. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

And then she began to dance, a slow sensuous movement; the smoke of a hundred cigars clinging to her like the thinnest of veils. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

A spot in her eyes that connected to many nerves gave her an instant focus on movement. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

But watching the movement of the water against his hand he noted that it was perceptibly slower. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their movements were influenced by the changing seasons, the annual migrations of animals and the growth cycles of plants. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

His body felt stiff, mashed into the ground, and the sudden movement made his vision blur. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Every movement and word on my part felt uncomfortable, shrill, or sharp, and I was beginning to worry that the feelings of hesitancy and awkwardness were never going to lift. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Historically, we’ve seen movement north in the summer and south in the winter. But I think the fact that we are seeing so many lately is largely due to the increasing seal populations.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He kept still, knowing that the slightest movement of his head would mean being violently sick. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

In fact, I'm just about to reveal myself when a movement catches my eye. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The figure twisted in its dim bed with a movement of remembrance, but froze as the pain shot through its skull. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tied strips of fabric and foil along the lengths of them; the encyclopedia said that crows didn’t like movement or shiny things. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

My movements feel like those of a lumbering ox. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was a slow pleasant movement in the air, scarcely a wind, promising a cool lovely day. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Marxists gave serious attention to national liberation movements and the Soviet Union in particular supported the national struggles of many colonial peoples. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The white supremacist movement has a number of different components, including neo-Nazis, racist skinheads, the historically familiar white supremacists, and white supremacist prison gangs, which are growing faster than any other group. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Motion, according to the atomists, was the movement of these little particles. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He blinked, and all of a sudden he saw her practicing, her movements like a dancer around the polished wooden floor. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Someone was moving there, behind the columns, but the light was too gloomy to see anything more than the movement. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

With clear skies, I dedicate 80 percent of my total power toward movement. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tremaine notices my movement, but even though he casts me a brief, sidelong glance, he doesn’t comment on it. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When I awoke it was day: an unusual movement roused me; I looked up; I was in somebody’s arms; the nurse held me; she was carrying me through the passage back to the dormitory. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Her attempts to track Scythe Faraday’s movements on the day he died was proving harder than she thought. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Mama puts away groceries with quick, economical movements. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

As we eat, Hideo’s parents speak Japanese to each other in low voices, sneaking occasional smiles at me as if they think their movements are too stealthy for me to notice. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“There’s a lot of movement. A great deal of responsibility.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The black elite might attach itself to a movement that had already proven itself, but it would not supply leadership for such an effort. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

There is only the open field of our excitement, and we run across it in small movements, sometimes without our feet leaving the ground. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He has this style of drawing that’s all movement and sharp angles and bold pencil lines. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“They support the civil rights movement,” he reported. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we landed on the topic of Jewish involvement in the civil rights movement, I wound up telling her about this Be Like Martin experiment. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Adam seemed clothed in a viscosity that slowed his movements and held his thoughts down. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Alec suddenly burst into a flurry of movement, grabbing the rope and pulling it as he leapt to his feet. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The quiet counting of the stars, and observation of their movements, came first from desert places. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now above the movement of the hands I heard a friendly voice, uttering familiar words to which I could assign no meaning. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

They sat back and enjoyed the rhythmic ride, mesmerized into a weary silence by the fullness of their stomachs and the steady movements of the wobbly cart. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Just as it did, Thomas saw a flash of movement outside the window. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

A movement in the sky above the horizon caught her attention, and she recognized the pointed tail and black head of a jaeger. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her movements are so quick that I can barely keep track of her. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But though the Queen spoke so calmly, her movements were as quick as thought. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Some symphonies don't have silence between movements, and some don't use the sonata form in any of their movements. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I whiz around the kitchen with fast, jumpy movements, avoiding his hands. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps his father noticed his good intentions, for he did not disrupt Gregor in this motion, but with the tip of the cane from a distance he even directed here and there Gregor's rotating movement. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wrote King expressing support and urging him to turn the action into a national nonviolent protest movement. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

No: stillness returned: each murmur and movement ceased gradually, and in about an hour Thornfield Hall was again as hushed as a desert. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Many in the women’s movement were appalled by Stanton’s stand. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

They have two natural gaits—the gentle, lolloping forward movement of the warren on a summer evening and the lightning dash for cover that every human has seen at some time or other. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Daniel starts down the hallway again, hoping his movement will bring his friend along. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Nazism and Lysenkoism were based on dramatically opposed conceptions of heredity—but the parallels between the two movements are striking. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I’m on the deck, shaking out my throw rug, when I see movement in the trees. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Evidently it surprised her as much as it did me, for she yawned and with a series of rapid, deft movements stood up into the room. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

He was a frail-looking man, whose thin silver glasses seemed to be in serious danger of sliding off his nose with every quick movement. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Here is an even larger truth: I am not in any way a natural when it comes to body movement. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

At first light, Meade’s infantry will chase and find Lee’s army, then harass them and slow their forward movement. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The first sign of movement didn’t come from us. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

They were larger than when he had come in and had a purpose to them, a rapid movement in spite of their size that almost triggered alarm bells in David’s brain. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He will never speak his sisters’ language, account for his movements like a cow with a dull bell. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, the bear had taken the measure of the task, and in the certainty of his movements the little spies began to see some quality that muffled their scorn. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The next time the midwife came she brought her daughter Maria, who stood next to her mother, imitating her movements, with a baby wedged against her wiry nine-year-old frame. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He skipped like a chicken, in a jagged movement of legs and arms. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Art3mis’s eyes lit up in surprise and delight, and she began to mirror my movements, the two of us orbiting each other like accelerated electrons. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

In an effort to demonstrate their commitment to a genuinely multiracial, working-class movement against white elites, the Populists made strides toward racial integration, a symbol of their commitment to class-based unity. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

If this is all that atoms have, then the qualities that we perceive in the world—colour, taste, smell, sound, texture, temperature—must be by-products of size, shape and movement. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

A moment later the owl dæmon swooped with a clumsy fainting movement to his side, and half lay on the snow, struggling to fold her wings. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was still raining hard and 1 thought some of the stops in the movement of the column might be from cars with wet wiring. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

There was hardly a day that he didn’t tip me off to some new website or evolving phenomenon like the rise of the MP3 online music movement. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she noticed a movement on the other end of the deck. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The reasoning is straightforward for movements of crops and livestock, which depend strongly on climate and hence on latitude. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

There was a stir of movement in the fish house, and he appeared at the door, still clutching his dried fish. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Heads turned from the suddenness of my movement. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

LiNK moved to Torrance from Washington, D.C., to find cheaper rent and to focus on building a grassroots movement. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

When the birds landed before her, she slowly, unhurriedly, with no shouting and no sudden movements, walked toward her sister. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

By his handsome cheekbones the muscles twitched with the movement, and along his forearms they fanned and shifted in complicated rearrangements under the skin. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Each one was an entity in its own right, each possessed its own consciousness and a full set of limbs capable of autonomous movement. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then with a swift movement, she wrapped the hair around her hand into a bun, which she pinned on top of her head again. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The movement hurts my ribs, and I wince. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Don’t make any sudden movements. Very slowly, very carefully, I want one of you to pick up that mirror you dropped, then place it under the water in the fountain.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

However, tracking Scythe Faraday’s movements on the day he died was like trying to find a needle in a field of haystacks that stretched to the horizon. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Bono took my arm and pointed back at some casks, where I saw dim movement. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“If you can’t be nonviolent,” Dr. King explained, “then you need to find another way to offer your support. The integrity of this movement and march depends on your ability to be nonviolent.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The Rebs moved up close and began aimed fire, trying to mask their own movement. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped her panicked movements and stared at him. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

When he dropped the grenade, our movement would churn the gas up into the air, and we would see how effective the masks were. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In case of an inmate bowel movement that yielded some “prize,” he was to call a sergeant. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Malcolm tried to catch it by turning suddenly to the left or to the right, but all he saw was the swift movement that showed where it had been a moment before. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

In temperature inversions, air movement is inhibited—the cold air can't rise and the warm air doesn’t fall—which in turn inhibits rainfall. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I climbed down, and we moved to the spot the man directed us to go, silent and stiff in our movements, each of us anticipating something awful. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

In this low undergrowth their disorganized progress and uneven, differing rhythms of movement delayed them still more than in the wood. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

What could he tell Myrna about the movement for peace now? A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pro-democracy movements all over North Africa and the Middle East have made themselves felt in what has been called by some “the Arab Spring.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Her steps seemed shorter than usual and lighter than usual, and there appeared to be great movement around her knees. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

O’Brien, however, had continued forward in the same movement, laying a friendly hand for a moment on Winston’s arm, so that the two of them were walking side by side. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I watched, entranced, and my body began to bob up and down in time with his movements. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

They stood still, with their bows already raised and arrows fitted, so that they would make the least possible movement to disturb the creatures when they did appear. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she inspected them, she caught a movement in the corner of her vision. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I watched every movement she made; I could not tear my ears away. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

For some reason, we tiptoe across the floor and peek inside boxes with slow, careful movements. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Several days before a feastday we would learn the movements for a procession. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the late sixties, civil rights activists might have harnessed the great idealism that the southern movement inspired in Americans. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sadly, this fear was shared by some of their own constituents and supporters who believed that the union of both would weaken or detract from the strength of each movement. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was movement above me and I saw, like in a grainy movie, a humanoid figure silhouetted by the moon. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

With slow, deliberate movements of her bone-thin arms, she plucked up sticks from a pile near the door and started a fire to warm us, right inside the hut. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In her dissenting opinion, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg drew sharply different lessons from the history of the civil rights movement. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

His movements, as he peered through the brightly lighted shelves of pastry, were those of a lively small animal, a fyce, interested in detecting only the target cut of cake. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The new studies of mobility, which methodically track people’s earnings over decades, have found far less movement. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

June 26 has since become a landmark day in the freedom struggle and within the liberation movement it is observed as Freedom Day. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The movement was so swift it startled me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The young man giggled and danced about in front of Ignatius to avoid the thrusts, his lithe movements making him a difficult target. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shook her head and stared at Dill’s ramshackle house, looking for movement inside. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I wanted movement and not a calm course of existence. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

With one swift movement, Clay raised one heavy boot and kicked Hushpuppy, propelling the dog out the door of the kitchen and into the yard. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

It sees the American Revolution as an incipient national movement with deep, if latent, origins in the colonial era. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Every movement of his was sure, calm, confident. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I greatly admired the president when he gave his televised Civil Rights speech on the night of June 11, 1963, and aligned himself solidly with the Civil Rights movement. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He sat sinuously, with deliberately unhurried movements, till our faces were on the same level, just a foot apart. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Eating whole wheat bread and whole grains like brown rice became a symbol of the new movement. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Some while after midday Taran caught sight of movement among the trees covering a hill crest. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Tiara saw the movement in the trees and she smiled. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

With the slightest movement of his wrist he indicated that the other policeman should take the letter. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then he made a harsh sound in his throat and with a violent thrusting movement of his powerful arms pushed his way through. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

A flicker of furtive movement in the shadows catches my attention, and the hair on my nape rises. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Peru was in the midst of a civil war between the government and theShining Path guerilla movement, and on midnight one New Year’s Eve, while Father Jack was saying Mass, the pharmacy was blown up. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Mr. Popper also flooded a part of the cellar floor for an ice rink, and here the penguins often drilled like a sort of small army, in fantastic marching movements and parades around the ice. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

She moved about the room softly with quick secret movements. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

A movement, the last time I called her name. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Clavius was wrong—there are no eccentrics and epicycles—but he was right to claim that he could predict the future movements of the heavenly bodies with a high degree of reliability. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Hoover incorrectly believed both the peace movement and the civil rights movement were Communist attempts to take over the entire United States. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

She is so careful in her movements, so precise— it reminds me of the Amity musicians plucking at banjo strings. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Every single glance and tiny movement is a language of its own. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Giant watery hands erupted from the stream, copying Percy’s movements. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

One arm still raised, and following his every movement with a terrified eye, she scrambled to her feet and still crouching, still covering her head, made a dash for the bathroom. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Travis curled his back inward, a defensive movement of the young. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I caught a flurry of movement out of the corner of my eye. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

We brought other volunteers to help us plan the movement of the principals on the street, the expected crowd, all the starts and stops where the press would have obvious positions for video. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

His wide pale eyes took in every movement. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Go,” Perry said, lowering his fist with a quick downward movement that forced Blue Bill to spread his wings. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Every movement of her arms, intonation of her voice, and expression on her face would be seen by millions of people over and over again. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

All my nerves concentrated there, alive to every movement of his skin on mine. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t me who controlled my movements but the rushing air around me. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Her posture was straight and formal; the only movement about her was the swaying of a long strand of wooden beads wrapped around her waist and extending down to her knees. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The second movement, a more lively one as written by Signor Tartini, somewhat a dance, I played like the kicking of a turtleheaded spawn in a woman’s womb. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Some women in the suffrage movement felt compelled to choose between the National and the American; others joined both organizations. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

They were still clearing, I could hear the sound of voices, and the movement of trays. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She stuck her gloved fingers through the bars and pinched the monkey’s toe while she watched for any eye movement. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The movement was so quick Lon wasn’t entirely sure he had really seen it. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

To critics, these riots clearly resulted from the Black Power movement. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The government wanted to control the movements of all Africans, and such control was far more difficult in freehold urban townships, where blacks could own property, and people came and went as they pleased. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After slowly pacing his street, looking for any movement, he finally saw what he was looking for. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

But for all this, Bach’s Passions do not feel like the beginning of some new movement. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

They knew of the ANC’s antipass campaign and had been invited to join, but instead of linking arms with the Congress movement, they sought to sabotage us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could tell nothing from the movements of his fork. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The movement of the hands around the dial reassured me that I was, indeed, alive and helped me measure off the minutes until my family arrived. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She came in anyway, her movements somewhat restricted by the blue satin sheath dress she wore. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Atop their interlaced bodies, three small scraps of parchment rose and fell with their movements. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Grasping for analogies, Aristotle called the male contribution a “principle of movement.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Stanton regularly wrote for the Lily, a women’s temperance movement newspaper published by Amelia Bloomer, who worked as the deputy postmistress of Seneca Falls. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

A movement caught her eye and she glanced up to see a least weasel washing his belly on the other side of the knoll. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lowered her head without waiting for an answer, and began to graze in the same movement Her feeding took her from his side. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, secular histories tended to overlook spiritual movements like Mormonism altogether. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I felt a mighty power fly along my arm; and it was without surprise that I saw the monster cower back before a similar movement made spontaneously by each one of us. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

As he gazed Frodo became aware that there was a great stir and movement on the plain. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He raised his hands and imitated the movement. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It would take all of two movements to disarm him. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

A flicker of green movement near his foot made him start briefly, but it was only a tiny lizard. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Instead of a moral crusade, the movement became an almost purely legal crusade. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Black Consciousness was less a movement than a philosophy and grew out of the idea that blacks must first liberate themselves from the sense of psychological inferiority bred by three centuries of white rule. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Any society goes through social movements or fads, in which economically useless things become valued or useful things devalued temporarily. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

"I thought you were exceptionally good tonight—it's time the woman had a champion in the movement. Until tonight I'd always heard you on minority problems." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Baylor crossed the room to the dishwasher and began to unload it, but her movements were kind of mechanical, as if her thoughts were on something else. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He took a long pull of the lemonade, which, thankfully, contained sugar, when he saw the movement, or rather, the lack of movement. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Anthony begrudgingly accepted that the work of the suffrage movement was suspended, at least for the duration of the Civil War. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The farmhouse and property had been purchased by the movement for the purpose of having a safe house for those underground. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It requires an ability to move back and forth between the concrete and the abstract, the immediate example and a scientific theory, and this movement is conceptually and historically problematic. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She toyed with her knife making circular depressions in a pat of butter and the movement hypnotized me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The once-sleepy city of Selma was now the storm center of the civil rights movement, and tensions were rising. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

She walked slowly, pausing before each step to gather strength for the next; her hands kept up a slight, shuddering movement like the nervous flutter of a bee on a flower. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a kestrel perching on the open window frame, and his eyes had caught a movement below. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was just contemplating whether she could sleep while standing up when, from the corner of her eye, a sudden movement by the balcony doors caught her attention. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

When I completed my work and straightened up, I realized there was no sound or movement from within his. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

If I ignored the limp and the wincing with every other movement, she looked great. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

A movement at the corner of his eye made Roy glance up from his comic book—and there he was on the sidewalk, running again! Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just one sign of rebellion, one movement of aggression, and he’d hang her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He checked the tents until he was certain there was no movement around them. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Kathy Hudson, who has conducted focus groups about the public’s feelings on the tissue issue, says she believes that tissue rights have the potential to become a bona fide movement. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

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

Seen him in the movements of the stars. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

I read every account of the Fascist movement in Germany I could lay my hands on, and from page to page I encountered and recognized familiar emotional patterns. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps even now an eye had picked me up and watched my every movement. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is a stately mansion on Chicago’s South Side, and it is the headquarters of the Nation of Islam movement. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

There was a feeble movement of his arms, and I knelt beside him and clasped them round my neck, holding them there, for he was too weak. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she staggered with the bus’s movement my lack of gallantry tormented me. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lunges for me and lifts his palms in one quick movement, cackling triumphantly as he crashes into me. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He was jumpy and quick, all sharp angles and sudden movements. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Do any of the movements have symbolic or cultural meaning? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

After the war Orff claimed falsely at his de-Nazification tribunal that he had himself been involved in the founding of the White Rose movement. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

She makes a quick, aborted movement, clearly fighting a hardwired takedown reflex. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

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

Something about their movements, choppy and stilted, made me feel awkward. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Lon hesitated at the threshold, but there was no sign of movement. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Above us the air teems with invisible swift movement, with howls, pipings, and hisses. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The movement is falling apart with all this mistrust and gossip. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was a significant step toward the unity of the African and Indian movements. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it may be noted that Oresme had grasped the crucial principle, that a combination of circular movements could produce the appearance of rectilinear movement, apparently independently of any Arabic source. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

‘Tandy, tell me your movements of the last six hours. We have to do a complete report, you understand. It’s necessary for us to know where everyone was when your folks were killed.” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

The mate made a small movement behind her. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I awoke several times to gasps and flights of movements and murmurs that it had happened again, he’d stopped breathing. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

These trees were beeches, whose trunks are always more beautiful in a pearly light, and among the beeches there was the smallest movement and a silvery dink. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

This map was smuggled out to the movement with instructions to destroy it immediately after it was perused. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Music may be experienced through speech, gesture, and movement. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

He stepped back, and the movement caught the spiders’ attention; at once, he felt an infinite number of tiny black eyes turn his way. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He exaggerates his movements, lifting his feet like he is stepping onto a stage. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Simple movements send stabs of pain through my joints. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

There were movements from the watching crowd in front of the castle, and as one, the Death Eaters raised their wands, holding the fighters of Hogwarts at bay. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

A movement on the sumac bush outside caught her eye, and she flew at a blue jay. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

She was a tall, statuesque, rather silent woman with slow movements and magnificent fair hair. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Abernathy was Martin Luther King Jr.’s closest collaborator and had inherited the mantle of his Poor People’s Campaign, the second phase of the civil rights movement. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Stanton remained devoted to the cause of women’s rights, but at least for the time being, Anthony knew she had to wait until Stanton could spare more time for the movement. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The westering was as big as God, and the slow steps that made the movement piled up and piled up until the continent was crossed. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1946, the Smuts government passed the Asiatic Land Tenure Act, which curtailed the free movement of Indians, circumscribed the areas where Indians could reside and trade, and severely restricted their right to buy property. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m ready to snap out something rude when I notice the movement in the trees. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Warm water often caused Clare to have a bowel movement, yet no matter how gross the water, Mandy and I would still have to get in it later. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Any student of how ‘ ‘integration” can weaken the black man’s movement was about to observe a master lesson. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t run—not because I wasn’t terrified, not because I wouldn’t have liked to run, but because my feet had lost all power of movement. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or, as John Quincy Adams described the seamless character of the partnership, “it was a phenomenon, like the invisible and mysterious movements of the magnet in the physical world.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Again and again he repeated this movement until they no longer turned to look back. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He did everything with direct and decisive movements, in contrast to his languid look. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Are you committed enough to help in this bold and crucial movement? A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was still allowed to go to church events, but he forbade me from doing anything related to the movement. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I shall have given birth by then. I can tell by this thing’s movements in me.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

With a slight movement of his head, Reginald indicated some white inmates and their visitors talking, as we were, across the room. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

At a mass meeting he said, “If I am stopped, this movement will not stop, because God is with this movement.” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

As I watched the elaborate movements of her hands, the tide of my thoughts took me to a particular telling of a story I had heard many times as a boy. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The girl was not more than ten paces from me and with one movement I could have picked up the spear and thrown it. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The slightest movement gives the impression I am engulfed in tongues of fire. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He is doing the same movements I’ve seen him do so many times before, but this time his face is not funny and I am not laughing. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cables attached to me and a reel allow movement. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

With the last of Byrd’s busy movements, Axel returns to his book. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The movements made her dress love on the parts of her that he, too, wanted to touch. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He made no movement to show that he had. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She explained that the women’s movement didn’t have the money to buy one. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I’m just getting ready for bed a few hours later when I hear movement outside. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I dress quickly, the movement tugging the scabs in an uncomfortable, but not painful, way. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The next generation of suffragists respected the accomplishments of their foremothers, but many of them were impatient with the slow progress of the movement. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t tell if there was any movement inside, but he certainly couldn’t just climb back out and give up. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

For example, many of Durham’s black business leaders donated money to support the movement, but they would never participate in a march or walk a picket line. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

But it was also gaining steam as a movement around the country, and for my last three years at Bryn Mawr I was a beneficiary. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The leaders of the American movement to rethink the prison were the Quakers in Pennsylvania. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the slight movement in the air sends a ripple up my body. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She was about to ask Håkon if he knew where Ivan had gone, and then she saw movement in the trees a distance off. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Bends, turns, eye movements, hand gestures—I'm good at all of them. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Blatch said, “The suffrage movement...bored its adherents and repelled its opponents.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The food fish stayed close in, in the shallows, and did not roll that way but made quicker movements, small movements, food movements. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Where is the movement to end mass incarceration? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Out of the corner of his eye, Mark caught movement, at the bottom of the steps and gestured toward it with his weapon. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I detect its tiny movements left and right, forward and back, and absorb each bounce as it rolls over the rails. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Vanessa must have jumped out of her skin with the sudden bang and movement of her bed, because I heard her say, “What the hell—Ruby? Is that you?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

For birds that can sail around in the air all day with hardly more than a movement of their wing tips, they sure were clumsy and awkward about getting started. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their pictures were featured prominently on posters, newspapers, and magazines—generating passive support for a national eugenics movement. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Their passes were crisp, and they chipped their way downfield, using their elbows to control the movements of the younger, smaller team. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Both rabbits together made a curious, dancing movement of the head and front paws. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

In one movement he hoisted her into the tower room and, with a flick of his hook, sent her rescue device clanging to the ground. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

All that fluttering, that color, yellow against blue, the in-and-out movement of their wings. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Two of the most potent social campaigns of the past half-century were the civil rights movement and the feminist movement, which demonized discrimination against blacks and women, respectively. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He pushed himself up into the wagon, his movements jerky and awkward, and began unlocking the prisoners’ collars. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Gray as a wolf and almost as big, her movements are agile and swift. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I show him the movements as best I remember. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Eyes downcast, with mechanical movements, they follow me through the line, accepting bowls of grayish fish and okra stew and cups of water. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The suffrage movement was entering a phase that many historians refer to as “the doldrums.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The pages were serving the food with the formal movements of a ballet Wine bottles were being placed on the tables, but ale, being less respectable, was being put beneath. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

With deft movements of his claws, he ripped aside the dead man’s clothes, opened the body with one slash, and began to feast on the flesh and blood of his old friend. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She believed that people would support the movement if they knew more about it. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He raised a hand to his face, his every movement pained and fumbling. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Nevertheless, it is true. Now, to pass to your own movements last night. A matter of routine, you understand. What did you do after leaving your master?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally their movement stopped, though all around them smaller rocks were still tumbling and bounding down a slope that hadn’t been there a minute before. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I can see by the clench of Jason’s jaw how hard he’s struggling to control his movements to not frighten her. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Notwithstanding the price was exorbitant for such hard accommodation, Dr. Trefusis nodded, which movement was imperceptible almost from the palsy of his chill, and we were admitted into the house. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The mosque sits firm as a rock, rising above the river of noise and movement rushing around it. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“You don’t even control the climate or the law of gravity. And there are disease, pain, death—” O’Brien silenced him by a movement of the hand. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“They respond to movement only, so . . . don’t fall off the ladder,” I say. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Nonreligious white liberals have typically downplayed the role of religion in the civil rights movement, but historian Aldon Morris is correct in asserting that the lunch-counter protests were not primarily a college phenomenon. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was this obscure need that had pulled me into the labor movement in the beginning and by exercising it I was but fulfilling what I felt to be the laws of my own growth. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Oftentimes he studies us, copying our movements, and he seems to know which words will provoke us to laugh or talk back to him, or be shocked. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then faster than Scoob can register the movement, his body is leaving the couch and he’s wrapped in Dad’s arms. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Lázaro’s stroke had left him with full movement of his body—: he could take care of himself for the most part—but this was the first time he’d made any sense in a year. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I never thought a sea held so much movement. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Every movement was a reminder that I was a joke, every pain a reminder that I was better off not pressing the button. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I played the first movement like the lolling of a suicide’s head in the tub, the corpse lukewarm, the roseate water lapping at the slackened lips. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She knew from the jerky movements he made, from the panic on his face, from the hasty way he was trying to look normal again, that something that should not have happened had happened. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He was lean and of middle height, and his movements were careful, as if he thought he might break something inadvertently, as if he was unused to delicate glasses and fine tableware. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She enjoyed cultural events and “all sorts and sizes of meetings and lectures” on temperance, abolition, and other social reform movements. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He had loved his arrow’s movement, its burning ambition in the sunlight, and, besides, it was his best one. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She frowned, and her face throbbed at the movement. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

They warned him that an armed struggle was an extremely grave undertaking and they questioned whether the liberation movement had matured sufficiently to justify such an endeavor. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His movements electrified us, and we all took to our feet. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he was so attuned to my every movement I was sure he was reading my mind. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there were more sinister, unidentified sounds from further away; sounds of movement. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had all shared the assumption that such models must involve various combinations of circular movement, because the philosophers had instructed them that all movements in the heavens was required to be circular. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Our resistance movement fights Turkish plans to bomb Syria,” Ali says. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was so distracted by all the movement around him that he walked right into a crystal. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

This movement of the hawk’s made the Wart itch to carry him. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a movement—everything was vague and distorted through the rippling water—and the door opened. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I look at the mountains and imagine the geological movements of plates beneath Earth’s crust over millenia. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A hundred dollars would give me, temporarily, more freedom of movement than I had ever known in my life. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a sudden movement, Mrs. Byrne drops the curtain and wheels around. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Black churches active in the civil rights movement were at risk of being burned or bombed. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within months, he had been elected to the Congress of People's Deputies as a leading figure of the movement for democracy in Russia. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

As the physicist and writer James Trefil has put it, "It would be hard to believe that the continuous movement of tectonic plates has no effect on the development of life on earth." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The two of them were still gazing in the same direction, and shortly afterward they saw the movement start up again. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

A movement caught my eye—a curtain pushed aside in an upstairs window, and his face looking out, pale in the dark frame like a ghost in a haunted house. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

His mission that month is to keep Lee informed of the movement of the Union Army. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Felix and Ike nodded with jerky movements, looking for a way out. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The movement of genetic information from one chromosome to another occurs only under extremely special circumstances. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

There is no life in it, as far as I can see; no movement, no sound but the wind and my own footsteps. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Amari watched him and remembered how he once had captured a small bird and copied its movements, flapping his arms like wings, telling her, with much laughter, that he intended to learn how to fly. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He forged a close relationship with J. Edgar Hoover, hectoring the FBI director to institute ever more intensive surveillance of Oppenheimer’s movements and telephone calls. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The likelihood of punishment was so low—this was the heyday of a liberal justice system and the criminals’ rights movement—that it simply didn’t cost very much to commit a crime. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

From the corner of my eye, I saw a shadowy movement, a swift blur of beige, blue, and brown. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Though pockets of Federalist power remained alive in New England for over a decade, as a national movement with the capacity to dominate the debate about America’s proper course, it was a spent force. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

It was a tiny movement that drew their eyes to the hanging box. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Doubtless he meant to relock the communicating door also, but perhaps he heard some movement from the bed and it startled him.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The open source movement has grown to more than eight million users, perhaps the geekiest social movement on the Net, since its members and passionate adherents are programmers and designers. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each year some outward movement beyond the existing boundaries of its distribution usually takes place. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

They spent many hours talking together about the changing world and the dawning of independence and liberation movements across the African Diaspora. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The monster didn’t look up from its movements. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

They had an influence out of all proportion to their numbers....While always posing as a woman's protest, the real strength of the movement was in the men. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

With every movement the men made, ice crackled off their clothing. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Taking part in the Black Lives Matter movement has not been easy. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

The southern movement gave impetus initially to the civil rights drives of nonwhite Americans in the North. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Drogo watched without expression, but his eyes followed their movements, and from time to time he would toss down a bronze medallion for the women to fight over. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Instead of thinking, I picture a body of water and me on my back floating, still and peaceful, no movement except my heart beating in my chest. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Our divided movement is pulling together, gossip and grievances cast aside. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of these movements echoed the Nazis in their salutes and uniforms, as well as in their attacks on Jews. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

A woman carrying a basket spies them and makes a shooing movement with her hands. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

By simple movements—a look here, a redirection there—he plays to the reptilian parts of our brain that can’t resist novelty, maybe important stimulation. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

As he hesitated, he heard a movement behind him. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt the movement of the day and knew that the tide would be running in soon, covering the Zerubabels. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

But after I stayed in the class and toughed it out, a lot more white students transferred in, just like more people joined the Freedom Rider movement after Jim’s first step. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

There was a calm purposefulness to her movements that he liked. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I raise the Commandant’s letter to my face and fan myself, hoping the movement will conceal the fact that I’m talking. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The enormously complicated sequence of movements, each of which an oarsman must execute with exquisite precision, becomes exponentially more difficult to perform as the stroke rate increases. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Hearing a lot of movement outside, I looked out. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I matter more to him than a movement. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

His movements were reluctant, as wary as if Kaz had told him to pet a rattler. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

His head is covered with a leather hood, and his movements seem slow for such a magnificent living thing. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

There’s movement from a chair to the left, and my mouth opens with shock when Miss Preston walks over to stand next to the mayor. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The equant was a device for speeding up and slowing down the movement of a body in the heavens by measuring its movement not from the centre of a circle but from another point. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The student movement was infiltrated, its leaders arrested in massive predawn raids and detained without trial. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

After graduation, she became a paid lecturer in the abolitionist movement. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I'll want to move perpendicular to the storm's movement, and in whatever direction has less storm. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oliver’s departure was one of the most well-planned and fortunate actions ever taken by the movement. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spent the whole night making incomprehensible movements in the drawing room; later they turned out to be exercises designed to perfect the mind’s control over the body and to improve digestion. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lithe gymnasts twirled on parallel bars and uneven bars and took long running leaps at pommel horses, trying to time their precise movements to coincide with the slow roll of the ship. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Does Zeus really have lightning bolts that do six hundred damage? Does he get extra movement points for—” “Nico, shut up!” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

There was a slight, persistent movement of wind through the yew tree branches, and the elms and oaks of the copse, and a rustling of the high grasses in the field. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

And while the madwoman was accustomed to a bit of discomfort, the movement of the paper wings was having an effect on her skin. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

However, such writing can become precious when there is no sense of forward movement. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The swish of the pony’s tail and the occasional movements of his feet became loud noises. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Olanna watched the delicate movement of her mother’s hand as she dabbed at her eyes. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The coyote-man raised his whip; there was a long moment of expectancy, then a swift movement, the whistle of the lash and its loud flat-sounding impact on the flesh. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seeing some movement up ahead, I motioned for Vega to pick up his step. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The movement created shadows that crept toward me, then away, and I shivered. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

A movement on the ground caught her eye. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He was much better acquainted with the fate of a tribe of first cousins who had wandered away north in a diversionary movement and pushed inadvertently into Canada. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Then, with two of us at a time sharing the weight of the bucket, we started back to Shady’s place, looking hither and yon for any ghostly movement. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Her movements were savage, and she would not meet his eye. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Every movement felt awkward in my layers and bulky coat. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

This situation was deeply disconcerting to me, for such a scandal only served to divide the movement at a time when unity was essential. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pet slowed the movements of its head to focus on her. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The room itself was plain—a gray floor with swirls that gave it the impression of movement and that was illuminated by four or five lights beaming from the shadows. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I writhed in the grip of the fiery torture, the movement making the pain in my leg flare sickeningly. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Oh yes, there was a lot of support for our movement back then, the tide was with us.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he did those three movements again, and again, and a realization peppered Anya like falling tree leaves. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

His hands were large, long-fingered, and sure in their movements; no hesitancy, no uncertainty. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My third try, the quick arm movements I used to set the fire messed everything up. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he sat there thinking, he sensed movement above him. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no one in the yard, and no movement in the buildings’ windows. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then he sensed a movement behind him, quick and violent and too close, and before he could turn around, a paper hat had been pushed onto his head. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Struthers replaced his pince-nez in one convulsive movement and gave vent to a soft cough of discomfiture. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Many of these young people had left the country to join our own military movement, and then smuggled themselves back home. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is important now to remember that the early leaders of the northern civil rights movement were from the South. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is no exaggeration to say that without the church, there would have been no movement. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was an agitated, restless quality to his movements. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They look up, and see a blur of color and affrighted movement as a flock of birds takes flight, disturbing the leaves. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Paul insisted that the picketing would “visualize the movement to the man and woman on the street.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Lyra couldn’t control its movement at all; it swung where it wanted to, like a compass needle, except that it didn’t settle. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to replay every moment of that afternoon: every movement of their hands, every word they’d said and breath they’d taken. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They studied the movements of the moon and planets and predicted eclipses. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

The movement was dividing into two groups—one that made voting rights for black men the priority and another that demanded that female suffrage also be considered—and this disagreement changed the relationships among advocates. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

There was another blurred movement on the other side of the glass. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Was she trying to ruin me, or was this a trap set by some secret enemy of the movement waiting outside the door with cameras and wrecking bars? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brown did not end Jim Crow; a mass movement had to emerge first—one that aimed to create a new public consensus opposed to the evils of Jim Crow. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

At noon, de la O took a call from the far end of Charlie Company reporting suspicious movement nearby. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

On the next day of my attendance, when our usual exercise was over, and I had landed her at her dressing-table, she stayed me with a movement of her impatient fingers:— Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

But Lord Asriel was right: the movement was coming from within, not from the air outside. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Leo could see flickers of movement inside, but it was eerily quiet. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The resistance movement decided at that point to act. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The noise was so pervasive that I even thought I heard the movements of those giant presses in the walls and the ceiling, as though the building itself were a vast meat grinder. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The only movements Cole could make were with his left arm and his head. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

She thought about going to the kitchen and getting some food, but she couldn’t bear the thought of the extra movements, so she went to her room to lie down on her bed. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Only by a jerkiness in his movements and by the scuffling of his heels could it be seen that he was old. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when, after a long time, the room went dark, and there was the slow, silent, creeping movement of the woman beside him, an exultation filled him fit to break his body. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

After she knocked her head into the roof a dozen times, her body remembered the limits on her movement. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She had just gotten braces, and was making a lot of funny movements with her mouth these days. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

He noticed a movement of her hands, the fists unclench and the fingers turn pinkly upward. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I would focus on his lips, the movement, and sometimes I forgot myself, sometimes I wanted to stay like that forever, listening to his voice, to the important things he said. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I had to flick on the bathroom lights fast so that no small shadow would take a baby shape, sometimes seated on the edge of the bathtub, its hopes for a bowel movement so exaggerated. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many leaders in the civil rights struggle were afraid to speak out against the war, fearing they would be branded as unpatriotic, and the civil rights movement would be damaged. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Ultimately it would open the door to "vitalize a real Fifth Column movement in the United States." Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

With all this sickness and movement and death, people got sad. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Board of Education of Topeka, was rarely mentioned in histories of the movement. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

She was sure Clive Murray would like the action shot, since many of his pictures focused on movement. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

He could see every step he was going to take, every single movement of his body. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The movement of the glacier in the Icefall has been measured at between three and four feet a day. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“They’ll kill him. They’ll ...” A great shout suddenly went up from the mob; a wave of movement drove it menacingly towards the Savage. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole place filled with rustling and sniffles and sighs and cries, so much movement it was almost dizzying. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Then with a delicate movement of her wrist, she stubbed it out. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Underlying the random drifting was a deeper, slower, universal movement, out from the land toward the sea. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Train came through with the initial funding, and in January 1868 Stanton and Anthony turned their backs on twenty years of work in the abolition movement to begin publishing the Revolution. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

There were quick, jerky movements on the bed where the man and woman lay, and the three children were watching. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She felt the movement of vapor about her, and her senses became confused. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The eastern Cape was the only region where we succeeded in reaching the second stage and where a strong resistance movement emerged in the countryside. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes fall upon the stairs that lead up from the subtrans concourse just as the screams erupt—countless, countless screams and the blur of panicked movement in the crowd. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

There had also been wild speculations, in the press and within the ANC, that I had been betrayed by someone in the movement. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The movement makes it even harder to read. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

The movement draws my attention to his fetching eyes and the fullness of his lips, and a flutter starts up somewhere low in my belly. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

"No wonder they insult me and accuse us of betraying them . . ." There was a sudden movement. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could feel every little movement in our silent house. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could tell by the expression on his face and the movements of his hands that he was giving him a tongue-lashing. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Together, King and the lunch-counter movement were much more powerful than either one was alone. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, he opened his eyes and looked around the horizon, wincing again with the new movement. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

These principles are rooted in an understanding that any movement to end mass incarceration must deal with mass incarceration as a racial caste system, not as a system of crime control. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Riker mounted the wagon in a single, smooth movement, almost like he was more liquid than man. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He was standing by the open door of the classroom, and there was a sudden movement of heads as everyone turned and gaped at him in total astonishment. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

When she woke him he grunted and leaned forward with a sudden movement to close the files, and then, still seated, pulled her hand to his mouth and kissed it dryly. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Something in his leisurely movements and the secure position of his feet upon the lawn suggested that it was Mr. Gatsby himself, come out to determine what share was his of our local heavens. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

The Master had been a powerful man, but he was well over seventy now, and his movements were stiff and slow. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Children are capable of appreciating beauty in art, music, language, and movement. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

It is a movement away from the industrial food chain and toward a more local, organic food system. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

If we could hear the passengers on the train speak, their voices would sound slurred and sluggish, like a record played at too slow a speed, and their movements would appear similarly ponderous. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I knew that with any quick or suspicious movement of mine they could drift into invisibility. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that’s it, there’s no more movement from his side of the field. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Both times, I was asked gruff questions about the movement and who my contacts were and where we’d gotten our supplies. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last, worn out with his apprehensions, he passed into a deep sleep where even his fear could not follow, and lay without sound or movement in the solitary burrow. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

From research to practice: Preschool children and their movement responses to music. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The nurse followed her distracted movements with alarm. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The civil rights movement cleared the way legally so we could progress. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

But thanks to the strikes, there was a positive outcome for the labor movement as well. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

A cascade of perfect movements, with hundreds of brilliantly calibrated actions, coursed through the mechanical man. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

They are tall and clumsy in their movements, always making strange noises, sweet highs and gruff lows and long exhalations. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“Remain exactly where you are. Make no movement until you are ordered.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

With Annie—if he was being honest, any girl—he second-guessed even the simplest movements. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It’s a slight movement, but suddenly the distance between us is as wide as the ocean that usually separates us. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

An eerie voice came out of her although there was no movement of her mouth. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The boy from Illinois stared and felt his heart beating and saw movement. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know the stars and movements planetary.4 With one whiff, I can sniff out dysentery, And also, I am practicing the way To soothe my patients — and to make them pay. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

But suddenly there was a movement from inside the booth, and the sleeping old man sprang to life. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

He thus grasps and cries, and gazes, because he no longer fears to waken by any sound he can utter—by any movement he can make. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Stopping for a minute, he strained to hear any movement from the cave, but no sound came. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Figure 3.2: In water waves and other transverse waves, the ups and downs are in a different direction from the forward movement of the wave. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Two wolves ran past the children, talking eagerly to a very tall stork who was tip-toeing between them with dainty, delicate movements. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Their movement was the only hope the Scholars ever had. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Spanish physicians lacked the competence that Vesalius was used to, and initial hostility to him as a foreigner became exacerbated by the growth of the independence movement in the Netherlands, then ruled by Spain. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Charles decided to study worms more closely—their behavior and how their movements affected the ground. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore his state pants tight and exaggerated his hip movement when he walked. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tessie who secretly monitored her children’s bowel movements and so of course knew exactly how greasy American foods could disrupt their digestion. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He pushed one thing, pulled another; the streetcar jerked into movement and we were heading down the tracks. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

But when he tried to get up, his body mutinied against movement. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because if they do, this nonviolent movement is over! Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

It was a place of unending noise, of constant movement. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I could feel him gliding along beneath me, but he could have been strolling down the sidewalk, the movement was so smooth. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then a sudden movement catches my eye, breaking my reverie. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

As she came abreast of it, however, it blinked, and the movement gave it away. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her movements are slow, as if the air were as thick as water. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Lawrence replied that “the idea of a federation of democracies may have much practical merit, but... I would not think of using my position as a scientist in furthering such a political movement.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

A few miles away it was joined to the ocean, so that its movements were governed by unimaginable factors like the Gulf Stream, the Polar Ice Cap, and the moon. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Kudirat’s death will not be in vain, it will only galvanize the democratic movement in a way that even her life did not! I just wrote an article about this issue online in Nigerian Village.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

While he talks, he makes ungainly movements and bumps the table so that the spoons clatter in their bowls. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden the trail was full of movement. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“There, there, there!” with the impatient movement of her fingers. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I may be wrong but I thought I saw a flicker of movement from the cage. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted her company, and the noise and movement of the television programme. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Hamlet said with an intensity that made the veins in his temples stand out In a strange passion himself, he seemed desperate to control the players, their every movement and word. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

This shift, she noted, had profound consequences for the future of racial justice advocacy; in fact, it was debilitating to the movement. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Showed them the simple mechanism by means of which, during the last two metres out of every eight, all the embryos were simultaneously shaken into familiarity with movement. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

One wrong movement and a spooked guard could kill her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

But never before had nonviolence been employed for a mass movement. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Each of these arguments, of course, has become part of a larger intellectual movement which may loosely be labelled ‘postmodernism’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

And out from the largest of the cages there came, with slow, soft, winding movements, a Hamadryad. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

His movements and the expression on his face were so menacing that the nurse fell back in terror. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Music and singing played a critical role in inspiring, mobilizing, and giving voice to the Civil Rights movement. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The footsteps stopped and she was caught in a movement of air so solid that she staggered and was held. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

At the center of the movement were the two children who were not ghosts, moving steadily on; not leading, and not following, but somehow focusing the movement into an intention of all the dead. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

We are masters in our nonviolent movement in disarming police forces; they don’t know what to do. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was as though we were on safari, for we encountered all manner of animals, including a battalion of sprightly baboons, which I followed for some time, admiring their military-like organization and movements. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Following the initial success of the Reformation movement, the Catholic Church was fighting back, notably through the activities of the Jesuits in Austria and the southern German states. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

The gentle concern on her face and the careful movements of her hands almost made me cry again. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The Southern struggle had grown from a modest group of black students demonstrating peacefully at one lunch counter to the largest mass movement for racial reform and civil rights in the twentieth century. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Even this movement is enough to make my leg tremble from white-hot pain. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The most important outcome of these hearings was the introduction of Victoria Woodhull as one of the new voices of the women’s suffrage movement. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

With a swift movement, Omakayas reached down and scooped the bird into the small carrying sack at her waist. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

This idea has been strong enough to launch the new movements for the sustenance of wilderness, the protection of wildlife, the turning off of insatiable technologies, the preservation of “whole earth.” The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gunmen scanned the room, their weapons trained on the terrified customers and employees, their heads swiveling, looking for any movement. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

As the last pieces of glass fell and disintegrated on the terra-cotta floor, movement and sound returned to the East Hall in an ever-widening wave. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

You are glad the movement is smooth and slow. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there was an arresting fascination in his voice, like the movement of wind and light on a meadow, and as its rhythm entered into his hearers the whole burrow became silent. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just to feel the fear briefly, and the movement of the churning waves. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The fair’s capitulation pumped steam into America’s—and Chicago’s—already-boiling labor movement. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Before Harry could speak, there was a massive movement. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I listened intensely, aware of the form and movement of sentences and grasping the now subtle rhythmical differences between progressions of sound that questioned and those that made a statement. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t like being on soft ground any more than I liked fumbling my way through a new movement. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though he resolutely opposed apartheid and refused to allow KwaZulu to become an “independent” homeland as the government wished, he was a thorn in the side of the democratic movement. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She may have respected Woodhull, but she also realized that tensions were rising and the debate was dividing the women’s movement and weakening the National Woman Suffrage Association. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The contortionist lifts a small silver metal hoop from the ground, brandishing it with a few simple but impressive movements. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

This showed that the radiation must come from beyond the Solar System, and even from beyond the galaxy, as otherwise it would vary as the movement of earth pointed the detector in different directions. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, in the first days of December intelligence reports about British troop movements began streaming into Washington’s headquarters from various sources. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

His seventh symphony received its premiere at a Wagner memorial concert in December 1884, its second movement, Adagio, being in the form of a funeral lament for Wagner. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

In one swift, creaking movement, its jaw unhinged. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The woman stood up in one swift, elegant movement. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

His answers were a series of head movements, punctuated by yawning, raised eyebrows, and semi-swallowed hiccups. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

As I did so, the devilfish saw my movement and let loose in the water a black cloud of liquid which instantly hid him from view. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m about to respond when I see another movement in the shadows behind Kaede. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

In one sudden movement, Jimmy slammed the tire iron down on the side of the plane with a metallic clunk. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Helmholtz got up, tiptoed across the room, and with a sharp quick movement flung the door wide open. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ever upwards, sometimes stopping spreadeagled against the surface as he figured out his next movement, taking full advantage of every crack and joint in the wall. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He looked at the sky: it had a bright blue intensity that only autumn and the movement of the sun from its summer place in the sky could give it. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ironically, it was precisely this framing that ensured that the events in Jena would not actually launch a “new civil rights movement.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

She bent and grabbed handfuls of sand, throwing in rapid movements, and the sand fell on his shoulder, arms, belly. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mother shut the door, revealing a poster of Martin Luther King Jr. that I’d put up four years before, when I’d learned of the civil rights movement. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Of all the domestic extremist groups active in the United States today, the most troubling are those affiliated with the white supremacist movement. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

I felt movement around my legs and feet Things were slithering. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that young age, George joined the Dutch underground resistance movement as a courier, learning to dodge the Gestapo, the Nazi secret police. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The two movements had been merged in the minds of many voters. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

She wanted to look up at the sky, to gaze into the sun’s brilliant white-gold eye, but she had no control over her movements, and she had arrived at one of the windows. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

In her white shift, tied to the high stake, she remained motionless in the movement She rode above them. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I managed not to gasp, but I did make that one small involuntary movement. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Who knew that such tiny movements could be such hard work? Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

There was a movement in the branches, and then Archer was taking her hands, wiping each of her fingers with a clean wet cloth. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I studied Martin’s body for any hint of movement, but he lay still. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Being born halfway in and halfway out of the Civil Rights movement, I had questions: Was it an advantage or a dis-advantage? While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The process of vertical movement known as isostasy, was a foundation of geological beliefs for generations, though no one had any good theories as to how or why it happened. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The movement of his hair sent a whiff of foul odor in her direction. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Rapid movement was a relief in the midst of so much feeling. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

They took their observations of planetary movement to be good evidence for the reality of epicycles. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He was a pretty even-tempered guy, but that slight movement was a clue—he was royally ticked off. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

But Abby controls her own motion; and yet, every movement and gesture feels rich and deliberate and true. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

There was a pause and some movement in the hay and then Clover replied, “Yes, let us out.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

All around them there was movement, noise, and struggle. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

James nodded, but cut the movement short, as if it hurt his head to move it. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The peddler stared at him, openmouthed, but before he could even make a movement with his hand, there was another noise that made them all turn around. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The government announced their intention to curb the trade union movement and do away with the limited franchises of the Indian, Coloured, and African peoples. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Snowden kept shaking his head and pointed at last, with just the barest movement of his chin, down toward his armpit. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

We await word of our next movement; none comes. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Simple physical movements and observations can have a profound effect on how we feel and think. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, he got up and pulled on his trousers, his movements slow and reluctant. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The destiny of his family in Chicago was wedded to the movement of trains through the Midwest. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the line of blood streaking down his leg, the stiffness of his movements. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The movement rolled Ivy into her and their butts collided. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He felt them move, every movement causing a trembling, an astonishment, a horror in the heart of darkness where he lay. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Have her alternate chairs for each activity, providing the movement she craves. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The movement of the bus rocked them side to side. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Conferences, strategy sessions, and debates regarding how best to build a movement to dismantle the new caste system would be occurring on a regular basis. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Two pairs of hypnotized eyes followed every movement of the fork to his mouth; the third pair remained fixed on the chipmunk. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Recording a creature’s movements, behavior, or stages of development—as Maria did—meant long hours watching, paints in hand, and the ability to sketch quickly when something happened. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Anthony’s Quaker upbringing also had discouraged interest in partisan politics and women’s suffrage, so she focused on working with the temperance movement. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Not just her voice, but even her movements were so much like the dead girl’s. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

They had, however, already decided to launch the nationwide sit-in movement in Durham. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Media coverage of the movement peaked in 1988, when a drunk driver traveling the wrong way on Interstate 71 in Kentucky caused a head-on collision with a school bus. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The noise vibrates in my rib cage, it is so loud, and then the scarred man and his two companions begin to walk with slow, careful movements toward me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Davenport’s 1911 book, Heredity in Relation to Eugenics, was the movement’s bible; it was also widely assigned as a textbook of genetics in colleges across the nation. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Then, with a swift movement he raised the wig. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Instead, children express themselves through movement, sound, and art. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

During movement therapy, Ashley, the young therapist with the asexual mom haircut, tells us to say what we feel and bounce the foam ball however we want. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I could tell he was trying not to make any sudden movements so he could contain his smell. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I swing my legs to the side but my aching head doesn’t like the movement. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You can come in, but don’t make any noises or sudden movements. Don’t talk unless he talks to you. If you do talk, keep your voice low. Understand?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Second, my contact with the labor movement and its ideology made me see Bigger clearly and feel what he meant. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

For a while she tried to keep watch, scanning the ground for signs of movement, but soon she drifted off, frowning and fists clenched, as the night melted into gray predawn. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He thinks about a sudden movement but understands very quickly that he can barely pull himself out of the car. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

They undressed silently and showered together, pressing against each other in the narrow bathroom and then clinging together in bed, their bodies still wet and their movements slow. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He walked easily, with a joy of movement and with a feeling of walking in sunlight. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Wab started the work of putting out the fire safely, but she had an odd serenity in her movements. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The others, sensing his movement, turned round, and followed his gaze. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

But in the calm of the night, my body still felt the movement of the train. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Water always soothes me: hearing its movement, swimming in it, or watching the waves tumble. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

"But I think it's a good reminder of what our movement is fighting against." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew not only the battles, movements, campaigns, but also the units involved, down to the regiments, their colonels, and where they originated. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the confined space he was desperate in his movements, as though suffocating. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The movement was also dubbed the Twitter Revolution, because protesters used the social networking site to mobilize and communicate with each other. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

A soft negative movement, left to right, and then her paw pushing something positive, like the small red ball she loved so much, across the table to me. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It’s this movement through the world that keeps you from blowing up. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“I wish you all good-night, now,” said he, making a movement of the hand towards the door, in token that he was tired of our company, and wished to dismiss us. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then, in one smooth movement, she plucked at it. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Pieces of hair fall loose from his ponytail and he brushes them behind his ear in that little movement that makes me feel all liquidy. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark sat up, groaning from the shock of pain that jolted through his body at the movement. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“I have no information about troops or about the movement of the tribes. I was simply acting as a guide for my friend here.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The leadership of the movement was growing older and slowing down. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Decade by decade, she watched Rosa Parks’s fame grow as the person who had ignited the movement by refusing to surrender her seat to a white passenger on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Back in Amsterdam, de Vries abruptly terminated his prior work on the movement of tendrils in plants and threw himself into solving the mystery of heredity. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

There was no more movement, and soon I let my eyes close, once, then twice. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Once inside the stall, I was even more alarmed at all the movement, the feet shuffling, the voices whispering. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was movement, what might be a voice. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And fear worse than hunger, fear like a paralysis, inhibiting movement, fear so strong it was something they could feel and taste. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her sudden movement alarmed Mr. Remora, and he shouted, “Don’t move!” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Squints for any light, and movement where his friend might be. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Others turned to extreme religious movements, including snake handling. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He said that people had rearranged God’s order by segregating the races and that the Civil Rights movement was attempting to restore a rightful order to the universe based on biblical principles. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

There was direction and purpose in Mrs. Breedlove’s movements that had nothing to do with the preparation of breakfast. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly, just on the other side of Isabella Fortune’s grave, I see a darting movement. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The subtrans bullets through the tunnels beneath New York City, whisper quiet, its movement almost soothing. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

In West Africa, rhythm is complex and highly valued, and involves communal/group participation, improvisation, and movement. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

At the same time, the SS was ordered to kill several other political opponents and anyone whom Hitler believed had betrayed the Nazi movement. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

“That’s sounding quite beautiful,” Simon said toward the end of camp as he listened to me practice a movement from Haydn’s Cello Concerto no. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1869, the women’s suffrage movement experienced its first victory: The territory of Wyoming became the first US jurisdiction to grant women the right to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

If this naming revolution was indeed inspired by Black Power, it would be one of the movement’s most enduring remnants. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Then, with careful deliberation and without a wasted movement, he punched the other boy to the ground with two punches to the stomach and two to the face. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He heard the swishing of the dry grass and the movement of the leaves in the trees. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

This was the “movement” that Aristotle had so vividly imagined centuries before. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

A consequence of putting men in cells and controlling their movements is that they can do almost nothing for themselves. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The siren song of the void puts you on edge; it makes your movements tentative, clumsy, herky-jerky. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She smiles at you as you watch the white flames in her hand become, with the deft movement of her fingers, a boat. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She had counted forty-nine flares when she thought she heard movement at the bottom of the tree. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

A flicker of movement in the reflection made Cole glance up, but then he realized the movement was a fish hovering near his knees. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“Very good, Isabella. And the second movement is called?” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The crowd clapped along with the singers, laughed at the comedians, and sang folk songs and songs of the movement. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

They listened to the slightest movement in the grass to learn whether a snake might be lurking there. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Apa grabs her by the shoulder and stops her in one abrupt movement. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“We know you’ve been in the backbrain, attempting to erase records of Scythe Faraday’s movements on the day he died, to foil our own internal investigation.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

But the real world is busy with movement and noise. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He bowed to the queen, but his hand touched his sword hilt as he made ready to spring at any sound or movement outside the cottage. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

And so, as everyone slept peacefully on, Milo stood on tiptoes, raised his arms slowly in front of him, and made the slightest movement possible with the index finger of his right hand. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

She discovered a rhythm, pumping her arms, throwing all of herself into movement. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

With a movement at once violent and hesitant, she let her head fall forward on his breast. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The movement of the bus rocked them side to side. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Does a movement cause us to look away from a sleight of hand at just the right second? A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Then there had been a movement of willow branches twenty-five yards away and downwind, so that no odor of fear came to the rabbit. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a swell of movement out the back to the atrium, and we let it pass us. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

She drew strength from the older man’s steadfast support and intellectual nourishment from his commanding intelligence, which grappled with a wide range of issues, from anticolonial movements in Africa to presidential politics here at home. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, Oshiro realized he could see quick, flickering movements in the trees outside the wire. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He caught a slight movement in the corner of his eye and turned to the canoe, where he saw a white bird whispering into the ear of Alice’s dæmon, Ben. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

These men had seen combat, and were well informed about the state of the exile movement. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pilot turned his face to Lee and put out a hand, but Lee had no power of movement. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was more like a river, the movement of great volumes of water. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

It was hard to tell exactly how many people were ahead of them with all the movement, but he counted nineteen, a bad number. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He lived with a hole in his throat, spoke through a computer synthesizer, typed words by batting his eyes as a sensor picked up the movement. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think about spring, grass and flowers, hoofprints and movement and a body, intact. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It was a whipping movement, an abrupt snap, and in a looping, swinging motion the Frog slipped back around and up and took the main force of the pressure wave from the tanker bow-on. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

There has never been a third-party movement to match it, not in the number of electoral victories it won, nor in the feeling of class unity across racial lines it engendered. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

After seeing women omitted from history in the centennial celebrations, the suffragists decided to write their own account of the women’s suffrage movement. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The movements were hard to do in my current condition, like trying to walk through water. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“I don’t doubt it,” he snapped, reshelving the magazines with elegant, careful movements at odds with his harsh words. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Using shrubs and bushes as cover he moved furtively forwards, never taking any needless chances or making sudden movements. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Through it she saw two quite different movements in the sky. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

"They will. You haven't been around the movement as I have, for three years now, and I can feel the change. They're ready to move." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took advantage of the moment—I had sought one from the first—to leave the room, after beseeching Estella’s attention to her, with a movement of my hand. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

In one movement he was up on Trouble. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Rather than create a central political body to direct all the various movements, they agreed to cooperate on matters of common interest. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Agassi has been reduced to a skeleton, so that as he moves to hit the ball, the movement of every joint in his body is clearly visible and measurable. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

With a flurry of warnings and arm movements, Kathy herded the girls and their gear into the minivan and headed across the Mississippi to the West Bank. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Like the Nazis, he consistently lumped Jews and communists together, and frequently threw all supporters of the boycott movement into the same general category. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Neither movement nor sound came from the tents. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Exactly how I look,” Celaena said, her mouth aching at the movement. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The movement was so fluid, so agile, that the air actually whistled. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Mam is gone when I wake but there’s movement in the room and it’s the priest, Father Gorey, from the Confraternity saying Mass at a table in the corner. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Ear turned his head from side to side with that disturbing snakelike movement. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The movement unhinged his legs and he fell to his knees, knocking down the grass like so much chaff. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She lets the English words roll out slowly, emphasizing each phrase with a figure-eight head movement. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They step out of the way without even considering the movement, parting like water as he heads toward the gates. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

"I'll say it whenever I want to! Daisy! Dai----" Making a short deft movement Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

She saw how Romero avoided every brusque movement and saved his bulls for the last when he wanted them, not winded and discomposed but smoothly worn down. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The pain that movement caused was searing, but he bit his lip. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Take turns around the circle alternating the rhyme with two new “mothers” in the center battling it out through rhythm, movement, and improvisation. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

All was still and silent except for a quick, high movement of a monkey tail disappearing in the shadow of the pines. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Inigo began to pace the kitchen, his movements quick and sharp, the way his movements were before. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Tanin’s eyes narrowed at a flicker of movement on the dock. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

In the maddening darkness he sensed another movement. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Their breathing surrounded her, their bodies warmed the air, their movements formed a barrier between her and the dark. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she got home, Stanton started work on the second volume of History of Woman Suffrage, which covered the period of the division of the women’s suffrage movement in 1869. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Eight floors below, I hear the mix of salsa and rap over the scatter of nighttime voices and the movement of people out causing mischief on Halloween night. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Except for this strange movement and the bandages from the surgery, he looked normal, no swelling, no bruises. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Musicologists love to wax on about the ambitious first movement of the Eroica symphony, mainly because it is unusually long and complex, and provides fuel for seemingly endless analysis and scholarly scrutiny. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

A movement of his hand had already erased the picture of the castle. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

King had traveled to Durham to announce his support for the lunch-counter movement because of Reverend Douglas Moore, a Durham minister who was a former classmate of King’s al Boston University. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was freedom of movement within the dorms except during the three daily counts; inmates washed their own clothes and could cook their own meals, and there were television rooms. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My preoccupation with curbing my impulses, my speech, my movements, my manner, my expressions had increased my anxiety. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's possible that it's just a fluke, that she'd been looking at the soldiers, and a noise or a movement distracted her. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The space under the palm trees was full of noise and movement. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Neither the Revolution nor the infant republic could have succeeded without the support of the southern states, so Adams had deferred to the Virginians to assume leadership of the antislavery movement. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

He soon stirred; my eye was instantly drawn to his movements; he only took out a morocco pocket-book, thence produced a letter, which he read in silence, folded it, put it back, relapsed into meditation. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I look at the nixies, watch them for any sign of movement. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A mile of men, armed and coming, the earth shuddering with their movement, with the sound of the guns. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She and Lucy Stone had worked together in the temperance and women’s rights movements. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I can hear the effort the movement requires. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The conference underlined one of the most important and demanding tasks before the ANC: to transform an illegal underground liberation movement to a legal mass political party. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But never had there been movement of African Americans on so enormous a scale. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

I sat spellbound, watching every step and every movement of the dancers’ arms and heads. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Babies as young as one or two days old synchronize their head, elbow, shoulder, hip, and foot movements with the speech patterns of adults. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He raised himself and his movement set the harp to jangling. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

It was a drum machine making its lumbering way down the street Wide as a house, it shimmered with the movement of its dozens of mechanical arms, bashing away at every size of drum. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Civil rights activists have created a national movement to save affirmative action, complete with the marches, organizing, and media campaigns, as well as incessant strategy meetings, conferences, and litigation. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Eventually, in a movement so small it was almost imperceptible, I saw the tip of Mother’s ponytail dip as she nodded. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“And somehow preaching became a movement and a movement became a war.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“The movement must not be sabotaged by internal strife.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The life-like movement would scare them off for a moment so that they made a dark cloud round the head. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Likewise, the notion that the New Jim Crow can ever be dismantled through traditional litigation and policy-reform strategies that are wholly disconnected from a major social movement seems fundamentally misguided. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

A movement through the bushes attracted my attention. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

How I suddenly made the right movement, I don’t know, but before we went downstairs, he gave me a kiss, through my hair, half on my left cheek and half on my ear. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Our camaraderie has more than just two sides, and I feel really fortunate to be a part of this new movement that’s not just black and white. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

When you lift an arm, or when someone sits up in bed, you can feel this pale, shadowy movement all around you in the tiles. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s such a graceful and effortless movement that I’m momentarily filled with envy. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

A movement caught his eye and Alex looked beyond the assembly line and through a huge window into the chamber next door. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

It may also refer to a single movement or piece of music with a form based on the constant repetition of a single short section. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“I am not the head of the movement,” I told them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had a sort of thickness, partly because of the fog, and because there was no wind, no movement of air at all, only a coldness on his face. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

It was the combination of Milton’s disgust at the antiwar movement and Tessie’s sense of uselessness that led them to begin reading the entire one-hundred-and-fifteen-volume set of the Great Books series. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I watch him read it, and wonder if he knows about Ben Franklin’s spelling reform movement. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

But what kind of liberation movement shoots innocent civilians, children, that little girl? A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“They know when the crowds are with them, literally in synchrony with them, in movements and nods and stillness in moments of attention.” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, there seemed to be some movement down there. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

And he knew that Judge Johnson was sympathetic to the civil rights movement. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Don’t these people realize what you’ve been through? What danger you are in? The unique position you hold in the hearts of the anti-Voldemort movement?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

In other cases the migrants have been driven to movement and seasonal work by poverty and terrible need. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their sudden movement knocked something loose in me and I found my voice again and shouted for them to wait, but they were already pounding the floorboards toward the door. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Dr. Lanning, after an initial start, followed the slow movement from one hand to the other with sharply alert eyes. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The steps matched the movement of a long shadow cast down the driveway. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

The forebear flicked up and down, left and right, jumping from rail to rail with the slightest movement of the girl’s feet. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

"Unless you choose to serve the movement elsewhere." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s clear in our bleary eyes and sluggish movements and hesitant syllables. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Concerned that I had been observed, I stood still and scrutinized the place where I’d seen movement. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

In his version of Book I of On the Revolutions the arguments that could be adduced against the movement of the Earth are given a more prominent position. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It was a select group, an elite group, a great number of us being Fort Hare graduates; we were far from a mass movement. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This back and forth movement between theory and evidence, hypothesis and experiment has come to seem so familiar that it is hard for us to grasp that Galileo was doing something fundamentally new. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

They are part of an international movement to change the global food system. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She thought she glimpsed movement, but when she turned her head, it was only the kinj^s shadow shifting against the silken walls. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

We all climbed into the car with jerky, unnatural movements like we’d recently been cut out of full-body casts and hadn’t yet become reacquainted with our full range of motion. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Archer inspected the hatchway that led to the lower deck above them, but there were no signs of movement. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

My whole body would assume regular movements; my shoveling would be described by identical, even movements. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jerome stood completely still, as if any movement might make everything suddenly even worse. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The first rabbit stopped in a sunny patch and scratched his ear with rapid movements of his hind leg. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Emenike resumed talking, gesturing, his movements fluid and sure, his manner still that of a person convinced they knew things that other people would never know. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The men avoided his eyes, an unnatural stiffness in their movements, and Nigel turned swiftly, too swiftly, towards the toilet when he saw Obinze. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Nothing then known could plausibly explain what motored these massive movements. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Rochester heard, but heeded not: he stood stubborn and rigid, making no movement but to possess himself of my hand. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

They shudder with the movement of an oncoming train. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Something attenuated, a nervous caution, suggested itself in all his movements. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was a sudden rush of movement, the sound of other flashlights being clicked on, their beams crisscrossing and bobbing in a chaotic dance through the air. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Listen, move, think: Communicating through the languages of music and creative movement. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

She put her hand on the cat’s back and licked her dry lips, watching his every movement. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They climbed not over but through the sun-red grass, among the awakened insect movement and the light ablaze. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a new strength to her; there were no hesitations in her movements. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Their movement into power will be, in a sense, only a part of the global movement toward opportunity, justice, and equality for all. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The movement had been infiltrated with informers, and even well-intentioned people were generally not as tight-lipped as they should have been. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s talking about the adults who are visibly active in the Civil Rights movement. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

"Observe him, Brothers. After putting the movement in the position of forcing a traitor down the throats of the Negroes he asks what a traitor is." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Any movement seemed to make the pain worse. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Do me a favor, when you get a chance,” he called out, miming a tucking-in movement. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

There was movement behind the tangle of shrubs that separated the yard from the woods. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

At thirty-five he was already putting on rolls of fat at neck and waistline, but his movements were brisk and boyish. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Then, suddenly, a blur of movement made him catch his breath. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Never had he suspected that foxes might soar like birds, whose swooping arcs were not like any movement he himself could achieve. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

For Epicurus and Lucretius, what matters about atoms is their size, shape and movement. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He’d promised to finish a book he was writing and needed to get away from the daily, ongoing demands of leadership in the civil rights movement. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Grace reached over and put her hand on Joaquin’s, stilling his movements. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

In the still air every movement could be heard for a long way. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to call to Ultima but there was no voice; I tried to move but there was no movement. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman in the customs booth stares at my documents, then glances at me briefly, and with two quick movements stamps everything and sternly nods me along. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

His manner was aristocratic, his movements dapper and suave. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

For seven, eight, or ten minutes, or however long it takes, no blinking, no movement, my eyes open but as still as a rock. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Biff was alert, and no sound or movement escaped him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I must have made some movement to get up, but I felt myself fall back on the crate. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The night before my first day of senior year at East Shoal High School, I sat behind the counter at Finnegan’s diner, my eyes scanning the dark windows for signs of suspicious movement. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The great Galileo dedicated much of his life to proving the movement of the Earth by claiming it was the only possible cause of the tides. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Of course, many people in the animal rights movement thinks even a farm like Polyface is a “death camp.” The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, the big white cat bounded down the steps and leaped with one movement upon Bigger’s shoulder and sat perched there. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, the Populist movement initially enjoyed remarkable success in the South, fueled by a wave of discontent aroused by the severe agrarian depression of the 1880s and 1890s. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Their jailers, black Union soldiers, had complete power over their daily movements. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“A detailed analysis of the way the planetary movements in the coming month will affect you, with reference to your personal chart,” she snapped, sounding much more like Professor McGonagall than her usual airy-fairy self. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

But Booth will stop for an instant in the midst of all that rapid movement. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Their pace was glacial, slow enough to set Sefia’s teeth on edge, to make her jump at every branch snapping, every rustle of movement. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She went about her day with a stony face and rigid movements. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

The cycle was so regular that its pattern took on a clear form: an up-and-down movement, wavelike. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He raised his wand and made complicated movements over the surface of the potion, murmuring soundlessly. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

With its fine roads and great population movements, Tawantinsuyu was perfectly positioned for a major epidemic. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She did a graceful movement with her hips. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, okay. I’m retreating. I’m making no sudden movements. Don’t hurt me. Glad you made it home safe, Lyd.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

In a sudden swift movement that seems impossible considering how drunk he is, he spins out of my arms, casting me backward in slow, torturous motion. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The government retaliated by banning all gatherings relating to my imprisonment, but this restriction was ignored by the liberation movement. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Robin dropped his spear, drew his falchion in the same movement, stepped into the huddle of snarls, and calmly picked an alaunt up by the leg. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Naxalite movement spread across the country and struck terror in every bourgeois heart. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They babbled and gestured toward her basket, their movements disjointed, their tones raised, and Olanna made out some of the words. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But I believed these stories were planted by the government to divide the Congress movement, and I regarded it as malicious mischief. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the wind picks up they come alive, their wooden boards creaking against one another, and under the sound of the sea there are murmurs of movement: someone or something, coming closer. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Capuano believed these winds were caused by the movement of the spheres being transmitted to the upper atmosphere. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“What if we have a school-wide discussion on diversity? We could show our videos and discuss issues like racism, sexism, and homophobia related to current events, like the Black Lives Matter movement or celebrating Pride.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

With a quick movement Gandalf stepped before the narrow opening of the door and thrust forward his staff. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He buried the jar and then crouched to watch for movement at the camp in the predawn light. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The long interactions between Africa’s many peoples generated its fascinating prehistory, including two of the most dramatic population movements of the past 5,000 years—the Bantu expansion and the Indonesian colonization of Madagascar. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

As she lay there staring up at the stained canvas, she could have sworn she saw movement out of the corner of her eye: Nin stirring beneath the mound of clothing. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Of all the elements that would distinguish the long and extraordinary movement known as Prohibition, there would be nothing more significant or more important than the role played by women. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

He was almost certain that he could hear stealthy movements at the tree’s foot far below. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

From his corner, when he was no longer capable of any other movement, his eyes constantly followed us, seeming never to tire in their restless wandering. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

In one movement, I swing my electric board to the ground, jump on, and slam my heel down as hard as I can. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

That must have got Mami thinking about Papi because she started talking about the old days and how Papi and my uncles became involved in the underground movement against the dictator. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

The pain of just that slight movement shocked him. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

And sound stopped and movement stopped for much, much more than a moment. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was followed by a man and a woman who looked to be in their midsixties, fragile and birdlike in their movements. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Once I told her I had, she immediately leaped into a passionate speech about the merits of the labor movement, the brutality of the Pinkerton Agency, and the need for sudden, even violent change. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She made the stab, stab, stab movement at Ernie, then laughed. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He would know right away the deception, the trick of shapes and light and movement, but it wouldn’t matter at all because the deception was part of it too. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we go through the movements for what has got to be the hundredth time—God’s honest truth—I watch Miss Duncan walking carefully around us, just out of range of our one-two-three-slashing. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

A soft noise, like the movement of bare feet on the floor, and then the click of the window catch. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The next time they rounded a corner, Thomas faltered, his heart skipping a beat when he saw movement up ahead. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

When they were quite certain that the meal was finished the birds rose with one grand, fluttering movement and flew round the Bird Woman’s head, copying in their own language the words she said. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

My heart stalls at the sound of movement. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

These new movements, of course, grew out of the old ones and tended to keep their names and pay lip-service to their ideology. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

There are no reliable numbers on defections to China, or on the movement of people drifting around inside North Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

"Here's to the movement," she said, raising her glass with smiling eyes. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

John turned suddenly, the movement like a curse, and knelt again before the altar. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He talked steadily through the stop and go, freely using his hands to punctuate his speech, the movements subtle but stylized, what I recognized as Anglo. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

These long millennia may well have witnessed wars and revolutions, ecstatic religious movements, profound philosophical theories, incomparable artistic masterpieces. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe—probably—he was seeing the scorn on his father’s face last night, and feeling it in the rawness of his flesh and the ache of his every movement. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

McKissick also defended the phrase, terming it an inevitable response to the “dashed hopes and mangled dreams of a people and a result of the ineffectiveness of the nonviolent movement.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Why the outpouring of support and the promises of a “new civil rights movement” on behalf of the Jena youth but not their children? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The spring was back in his movements, and his eyes twinkled as he grinned his toothy grin. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He pushed it back, and then out again, feeling for some tiny looseness anywhere that might reveal where the next movement came. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The melodic, swooping movement of her Jamaican patois was quickly replaced by the more stable cadences of American English. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The hooded stones seemed to soften into movement; the one who had looked so strangely at me began to whisper to his neighbor. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He turned and absented himself from the chamber, his body betraying signs of considerable inward turmoil of spirits in his irregularity of movement. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Shadows flitted across the walls within, thrashing movement, the silhouettes of flailing limbs—was there a person in there? The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He loved the movement that went on outside his square glass cage. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He turned towards her, and made a movement to catch her hand. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tucked the hair behind her ears in the swift movement he loved and took out the black velvet bundle. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It began life as a single, long, exhaustingly forceful movement, but Shostakovich, in a white heat of besieged inspiration, fleshed it out to a further three movements. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The movement of feet hustling through the streets of Newark matches the tip-tap of the Motown music playing inside. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

There was no sound or movement in the night. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

As the movement escalated, it became clear that a sea change was occurring not just in America but within black America itself. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

While I was treading water and breathing like a mermaid, a white shark swam closer, the side-to-side movement of his tail propelling the shark forward. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The lulling movement, combined with the heat, had knocked him out like a prizefighter’s punch. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the one there is change and natural movement is vertical, while in the other there is no change and natural movement is circular. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The fat man across from me had been snoring loudly, but my movements woke him. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The newly reenergized suffrage movement finally started having some success after a long period of stagnation. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Will cut through the crystal in one movement and reached in to help the angel out. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He knew it had happened, because he heard slight movements around him that suggested frail bodies shifting their footing on the earthy, twig-strewn ground that marked the outer edge of the forest. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Tell me, if you please, your exact movements last night from dinner onwards.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Blackfish was a tall, lean man, grey of hair and precise in his movements, his clean-shaven face lined and windbumt. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Big Dub spent every night with his ear pressed to his wife’s stomach, listening to the movements in her belly. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Her movements were restricted, since a piece of rope was around her wrist, leashing her to an iron stake in the ground. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

And then, as the snow piled deeper and deeper and movement became impossible and then ridiculous—people changed. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then there was movement and the borning once more of the transcendent fraternity that comes between athletes in the unseen moments when they move together toward the lights of an arena and the waiting crowd. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like the great pendulum in its rotunda scribing through the long day movements of the universe of which you may say it knows nothing and yet know it must. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He could pass with a single movement, a sweep of his arm would send the ball through a crowd of straining bodies to just the right outstretched hands, just the right player. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

On my second knock, I hear movement inside. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

West African music also integrates literature, movement, body percussion, rhyme, and music, so the Orff approach is probably the most applicable teaching method. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

A movement out the opened window caught her eye. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The longshoremen’s victory launched the modern labor movement in the western United States, in which workers have the right by law to form unions and bargain with employers. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

I am grateful for the movement; it makes standing easier. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

There was a reluctance in her movements, and her eyes had a lethargic, faraway look in them. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

His strength and his movement and his speed were a machine. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a forefinger he attempted to check the erratic movement of his bad eye, but to no avail; it continued. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

There’s movement out of the corner of my eye and I look up and scream, giving it all I got. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Aycliffe made a thrust with his sword, which Bear stopped with a sudden movement of his dagger. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

He put his hoe down into the ground with a long even movement and with great care, breaking up the tiniest clod in the soft earth already well cultivated. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Kaede often watched the riders surreptitiously, marveling at the grace of their movements. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

All that was needed was for a few men to leave their trucks or a few horses be killed to tie up completely the movement on the road. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The suffrage movement, while having made great progress at the state level, badly needed a dramatic happening at the national level if it was to succeed. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

The first movement was Faro, coming hesitantly around the corner of the house, sniffing as he came. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He had only referred to his race in two ways—as African American and black—terms that had become popular after the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I tried to extract us from the nest without waking Songololo, but that would have been hard enough in a bed, even worse in an improvised hammock that tipped and rocked with every movement. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed I felt his hold on me loosen, so I twisted my body in a swift movement and slipped away. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Then the snow-leopard dæmon got to her feet in one swift movement and leapt to the door, but it was too late: the orderly who had knocked had opened without waiting. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She could not stand; he had to hold her up, aware of some feeble movement or intention in her limbs until he realised that she was trying to sit on the bottom step. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every day, he lingered by the rails to watch Seabiscuit’s peculiar regimens, following his movements without comment, then returned to War Admiral. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though the screen stayed blank and there was no movement on the stage, it seemed like the trial could resume any minute. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

There was, for a time, a citywide integration movement to bus kids to new schools, but Bryn Mawr parents had successfully fought it off, arguing that the money was better spent improving the school itself. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I knew the way I knew that he wasn’t Scott the first time I saw him, when he was nothing but a shadow moving towards her—just an impression of tallness, of loose, languid movement. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn away from the chasm and see movement on the right side of the Pit. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He could see that she was beside herself with joy over finding a legitimate cause, a bona fide case history, a new movement. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ophie reached for the small packet of salt and the iron nail in her pocket and nodded, the barest movement. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Most of the training is repetitive, but Met Bong insists that only when the movements become automatic will we be able to fight well. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had formed the notion that it was concerned with magic, with the movements of the stars and planets, with tiny particles of matter, but that was guesswork, really. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The movement is so subtle that it is almost undetectable, but slowly, very, very slowly, the statue reaches to accept the rose. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Indeed, if the movements of this city were an indication, the very existence of Manzanar and all it had stood for might be in doubt. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was a bold-looking girl of about twenty-seven, with thick dark hair, a freckled face, and swift, athletic movements. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Outside, the afternoon was a riot of noise, movement, and color, smeared to shades of red and gray. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I have to be able to see people’s faces so I can put the sounds and lip movements together. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

This was my state of mind when Dr. Kimball began to lecture on something called the civil rights movement. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The detective turned around, grabbed one of the chairs pushed under the table in the corner and pulled it towards him in a swift, almost violent movement. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Thug outfit would’ve, at the very least, allowed free movement. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He rode west along the south rim of the plateau, watching for sudden movements that were speckled white. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the night on April 22, 1956, American agents guarding the Berlin Tunnel warehouse observed movement on the street located just above the tap site, in the Soviet sector. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He fell down at the sudden movement and shuffled backward on his hands and feet, drops of sweat beading on his forehead despite the cool air. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The more accurately you knew the position and movements of the Sun and Moon and stars, the more reliably you could predict when to hunt, when to sow and reap, when to gather the tribes. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

No sudden movements, I think, as my hand very slowly creeps toward the gun hidden in my waistband. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I’m just about to step forward and lift her down when she opens her eyes, removes her left hand from the pole, and in one graceful movement swings around so she’s facing the audience. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I made a movement with my shoulder to get Tommy’s arm off me, then took a deep breath. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

An outspoken group of thirteen movement leaders held a press conference with local newspapers. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Every night I sit there and imitate their movements while hatred incubates inside me, growing larger and larger. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he could hear no sound of movement, he untied the bandanna and went back to the cabin. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Yes, I said it and I mean it! This here brother constitutes one of the greatest dangers ever confronted by our movement." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I passed by, I glanced down the steamy corridor to see them performing their serious, womanly movements. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He started to move his hands around, almost as if he was trying to recall the movements my mother had been making with her hands before he took the needles. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

His passing was a setback to the movement, for Lembede was a fount of ideas and attracted others to the organization. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

So it was that our house became the motherhouse of the movement. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Citra would secretly spend an hour or two each day trying to find footage of Scythe Faraday’s final movements, but to no avail. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The author also derived implications of the seven propositions of early children education and movement responses to music. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The new laws took away what little freedom of movement they had had. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pier is a chaos of bodies and sounds and movement. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I’m wiping off the table with a dishrag, every movement an effort, my arm heavy with lethargy. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I make sure to keep my movements slow. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Black Americans sent up a cheer of jubilation, and the ruling provided momentum and hope to grassroots civil resistance and social movements throughout the land. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Again, the crew would be separated, and again, they would time their movements to the chiming of the Elderclock, but now there would be even less room for error. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She folds her arms and does this little neck movement. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The original organic food movement thought organic farming should be sustainable. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

More in his hand—movements, riddles, proposals for laws. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Plenty of marches have been written that don't have a trio section, and the development section of a sonata movement can take unexpected turns. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

A movement caught Sierra’s eye in the bushes where they had just been sitting. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Then a sudden movement ahead of them made them almost drop the crate. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

It is not known whether Henri was a good painter or not for he threw himself so violently into movements that he had very little time left for painting of any kind. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Music and movement from zero to three: A window to children’s musicality. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The principal reason that Bruno, who was born in 1548, came into conflict with the Church was because he was a follower of a movement known as Hermetism. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

She was a very tall girl who walked with a great deal of movement. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

In truth, the movement began the moment the first black men and women were led ashore in chains. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You were my eyes. Your mission was to screen this army from the enemy cavalry and to report any movement by the enemy’s main body. That mission was not fulfilled.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mami went on telling about how the movement spread all over the country. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Most other procedures had to be followed to the letter, many of them having to do with not opening more than one gate at a time, to ensure the strictest control over inmate movement. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The faucets dripped with the slow, inexorable movement of time and I was alone down there, and safe. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

When King started the 1956 Birmingham bus boycott, Moore had urged his friend to take the action nationwide, but King was not prepared to lead a mass movement at the time. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

In one fluid movement, she lifts from the rim of the nest, wings expanding with the thinning tree cover to a full spread. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She watched the Sister’s movements become more abrupt and chaotic. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

No matter how exciting the spectacle before her, nor how novel to her girlish eyes, she turned away instantly if the corner of her eye caught a glimpse of metallic movement. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Hitherto, all that has been known of Grindelwald’s next movements is that he “traveled abroad for some months.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Undeterred and unchastened by the 1957 showdown in Little Rock, the Byrd Machine’s Massive Resistance movement made good on its threat. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

There was the sound of movement inside, the shuffling of feet.Then a loud thunk against the door. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I was getting very awkward in my movements. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The soldier shuffled forward; Mark could only track his movement from the sounds he made. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Then I noticed movement in the sky—a small shadow. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He turned his head slowly, without breaking his forward movement of alternately planted poles and thrust skis, rhythmically but feebly continuous like a homemade piston engine’s. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first to act was Harker, who, with a quick movement, threw himself before the door leading into the room in the front of the house. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Its first movement alone was roughly the length of a whole early Haydn symphony. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Organizers in the temperance movement opposed the excessive consumption of alcohol, and most members objected to drinking any alcohol at all. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He slowed all his movements, as if focusing his eyes and reconciling what they saw took motion from his muscles. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

His movements--he was on foot all the time--were afterward traced to Port Roosevelt and then to Gad's Hill where he bought a sandwich that he didn't eat and a cup of coffee. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“And you and your movement want to remove Ghohg the Evil One from power?” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Rahim Khan slowly uncrossed his legs and leaned against the bare wall in the wary, deliberate way of a man whose every movement triggers spikes of pain. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The police tried to stop him, but his movement was only getting stronger. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

As the seconds dragged on, my body grew heavier and my movements turned sluggish. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The Peacekeepers who are stationed around the Justice Building take little interest in our movements now that we are safely inside. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, as she was cracking the spine of yet another dusty history, Ophie would catch movement out of the corner of her eye, and there would be the ghost boy standing in the doorway. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Samson flicks his fingers and Cantos walks, perfectly in time with Samson’s movements. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

There was a movement through the darkness to little Willy’s right. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It depicts the American Revolutionas a liberation movement, a clean break not just from English domination but also from the historic corruptions of European monarchy and aristocracy. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Quincey Morris tightened his belt with that quick movement which I knew so well; in our old wandering days it meant “action.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

With our movements so controlled, the number of steps Barack and I took in a day had plummeted. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“They shall be dropped from the movement immediately!” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then there was movement beside the bed, and something landed lightly on his legs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“All the journals from Maine to Texas seemed to strive with each other to see which could make our movement appear the most ridiculous,” Elizabeth Cady Stanton wrote in her autobiography. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

They saw no movement and figured the job was done. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

There was a faint, barely perceptible movement of the water as the fresh flow from one end urged its way toward the drain at the other. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Despite the jaw-dropping impact of the “get-tough” movement on the African American community, neither the Democrats nor the Republicans revealed any inclination to slow the pace of incarceration. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He raised himself up on one arm and watched them go; he felt a current of air from the movement of their skirts and feet and shopping bags. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered how I could do that with the shark in the field guide, show movement with just lines. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

A billion tiny mud creatures lived and ate and died in the top layer of sand, and the little casts and breathing holes and invisible movements showed that the whole landscape was aquiver with life. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Windbreaker jacket, a short, no-nonsense haircut, relaxed movements. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

One could guess at the movement of the sun by the progress of a light patch among the clouds. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

She was thinner than Sefia remembered, her movements more tentative, but in that moment she almost seemed like her old self. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He would lie by the hour, eager, alert, at Thornton’s feet, looking up into his face, dwelling upon it, studying it, following with keenest interest each fleeting expression, every movement or change of feature. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mind swept back to early experiences in the movement. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shoulder affected the elbow, and as the elbow engaged, it sent other movements in a chain reaction down into the wrist and, finally, the hand. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

His stomach was sensitive to the slightest movement and the lurching of the bus caused strange reactions in his body. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was a victory like no other. It was an affirmation of the movement,” Vivian concluded. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The noise and movement from the train kept me awake. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

She walked away, very erect, a little stiff in her movements. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, the Black Lives Matter movement has taken pride in what it has accomplished. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

But the unprovoked and unsanctioned movement enraged the guard. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

They then went back and began monitoring their bodies during particular facial movements. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The movement was approaching a crisis, brought on, ironically, by its success in ending Jim Crow. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was a statuesque look, but her movements were quick and impatient—that vase would still be in one piece if she had not jerked it so suddenly from his hands. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“They were going to send some marines in to get them out but they sent the marines up to Khe Sanh. They expect some heavy stuff up there. They got reports of battalion-size movements. ” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was gazing at me, studying my every movement. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The souvenir pamphlet noted that even a full load of passengers had “no more effect on the movements or the speed than if they were so many flies”—an oddly ungracious allusion. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Then she saw movement out of the corner of her eye and she looked up, hopeful, but it was not him. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Up in the citadel, pacing, she felt as jumpy as though she were really there in the room with him, ready to spook at his slightest movement. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

After 1919, the next large-scale unrest exploded nearly a half century later, when blacks took to the streets in cities across the country during the civil rights movement. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I even saw some classmates putting up flyers regarding the youth movement. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Harry shook his head, staring at the place where he’d seen movement. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Sanjeev noted that the symphony, now in its third movement, had reached a crescendo, for it pulsed with the telltale clashing of cymbals. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

For me, though, it is not the first movement that carries the killer punch but the funeral march that follows it. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

When there was no movement other than the chest slowly rising and falling, he came stiffly to his feet and knelt at Chronicler’s side. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Judging by the movements of Malfoy’s hands, he was talking animatedly. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The movement includes farmers in Europe who try to preserve local food products and eating habits. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

At the edge of the horizon, a flicker of movement caught her eye—something small and beige racing across the fields at incredible speed, leaving a vapor trail like a plane’s. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

From his first day in office as president, he would be reminded of the movement. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Slashdot is a center for the open source and free software movements. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly from the grass comes a streak of movement, and a lion is among them and hangs on a zebra’s throat. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard not to stare at his involuntary movements, but Joseph smiled at the boy, and the boy adjusted the tie of his school uniform and smiled right back. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The slightest movement, almost imperceptible, before a hand ripped back the curtain. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She hovered on the peripheries, speaking to no one, always smoking, raising the cigarette to her lips with a rapid, hungry movement, and pulling it away in agitated disgust. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

They seem to burn for an hour, and a man cannot make the least movement without bringing the bullets whistling round. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

All she knew was that every breath made the pain intensify, every movement made her gasp and scream. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, in one sudden movement, he reached down and struck Klaus across the face. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Dimple lay down again, supremely aware of every movement she was making. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I am like a small creature swallowed whole by a monster, she thought, and the monster feels my tiny little movements inside. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Esteban was as madly in love as an adolescent, despite the fact that the movement of the ship made Clara uncontrollably ill and the tight quarters gave her asthma. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thousands upon thousands of people from all over the world made colorful patterns of movement. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

A movement below: he let go of the flower, sighted, fired. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

That, too, would be self-defeating because the armed struggle, at least in the beginning, would not be the centerpiece of the movement. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The conservative Christian political movement seldom developed in poor, rural Bible Belt towns. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Anyway, some couples were so abandoned—flinging high and wide, improvising steps and movements—that you couldn’t believe it. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed the heavy gate open with a single movement. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

This trend began in the 1990s with an educational reform movement that stressed teacher accountability. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

They are quick of hearing and sharp-eyed, and though they are inclined to be fat and do not hurry unnecessarily, they are nonetheless nimble and deft in their movements. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

For a long time there was silence and no apparent movement. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The British SoundBeam system translates body movement into digitally generated sound and image. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Even from a distance they could see in the dim light the movement of the black guards upon the wall, and the patrols before the gate. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

What might I be able to add to a lesson to increase its effectiveness for the learner—e.g., movement? rhythm? instruments? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Their decisive movements showed they knew exactly where to go and what they were looking for. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

One of the four would open his or her eyes, and from there the movements were brisk, the house quickly growing loud. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

All sad feelings seemed now driven from the house, all gloomy associations forgotten: there was life everywhere, movement all day long. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Size, shape and movement must be primary, and the other qualities must be secondary. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

So as he loped along, his great legs swinging tirelessly, she sat with the movement and said nothing. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Each time, after he slipped out of her, she pressed her legs together, crossed them at her ankles, and took deep breaths, as if the movement of her lungs would urge conception on. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mother’s graceful movements would never make music again. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

All arms and movement, Willy tried, but the stupid pink bow went in one direction and poor Sydney went in the other. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“No one’s there anymore. Don’t you see? Since that...meeting, I’ve had the Warren keep track of movements in the Golden Crescent.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

A movement in the hall catches Celia’s eye, and while anyone else might have credited a number of candles or mirrors for the reflection, she knows the cause immediately. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

One of those movements, within China itself, created the political and cultural phenomenon of China as we know it today. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

A small surge of movement began and she could see that the people were shuffling forward. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The movement continued to surge with no signs of abating. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

According to Aristotle, the universe is divided between a supralunary zone, where nothing changes and movement is always in circles, and a sublunary zone. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It crackles, and a stormy arpeggio from the final movement of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata bursts forth. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

He turns away, throws a few pebbles rapid-fire with some kind of bionic wrist movement that causes the stones to skip effortlessly across the surface of the water. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

No hand movements of any kind are allowed, which is why I’m tying Richard’s arms to my desk chair. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Spoon burst into the apartment, peeling off his overcoat and throwing down his briefcase in one movement. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a new dishwasher, a boy of about sixteen, and there was something familiar about him, his movements, the look in his eyes. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Even so, I could see movement at the main building and knew the men with the guns were on their way. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I heard a movement next to me and turned my head. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I was concerned that the Communists were intent on taking over our movement in the guise of joint action. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a matter of weeks Richard Parker became constipated and his bowel movements came no more than once a month, so my dangerous janitoring was hardly worth it from a sanitary point of view. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Prominent black journalist and activist Ida B. Wells was a vocal critic of the suffragist movement’s racism. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

There was no change at all—no movement except for the short rise and fall of his chest with his breathing. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he wanted not to see, not to hear everything around him—noise, colors, movement. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

HARRY: Voldemort’s allies have been showing movement for a few months now. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

They could occupy the entirety of the space, free from the signs constricting their physical movements and the double consciousness that throttled their souls. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Among the stacks of crates and kegs, the movement of it was so fast it looked like a dance, a complicated quickstep of feints and counters, with the blades flickering like sparks between them. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

This differs from Kodály’s use of solfege in that it is always combined with movement. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

It is an international activist movement that began in the African American community and campaigns against oppression and systemic violence against black people. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

He works his way around the car, his movements brisk and deliberate. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

During the gravitational collapse of a star to form a black hole, the movements would be much more rapid, so the rate at which energy is carried away would be much higher. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s used to describe political movements that whip up hate and fear against outsiders and try to disguise them as patriotism. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

It was only a blur—a blur of laughter, talk, movement and color. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Paul, at fifteen, was a quiet, hardworking boy, rather clumsy in his movements but strong and careful about his chores. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Sosie quickened her jerky movements until she resembled a robot on speed. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Then with a darting movement the Starling flew over to John’s cot and alighted on the rail. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Sneaking around will only lead to trouble . . .” Just then, there was movement at the end of a long aisle on the other side of the market. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

A movement halfway down the valley caught his eye. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Many of these women were already involved in the temperance movement—the campaign to rid the nation of intoxicating liquor—which would also culminate in 1919. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Out of the swaying curtains of snow, I catch a glimpse of movement, a flurry of color. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She is writing an essay about how media is used in social movements. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Her bare feet arch elegantly, and the ankle bracelets she wears accentuate her graceful movements. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When Mrs. Jacobs wrote on the blackboard, Hazel would lean forward, trying to catch some glimpse of Jack-like movement in the hallway. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Tonight, we join the Global Peace Forum, where an international movement is growing.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

As Stick went on, I let myself be captivated by his words, swept into his vision of the movement. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The district is a hive of movement and sound, busier on a regular day than most markets are on festival days. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The tone of her skin, with its soft bluish lights, and of her hair, as well as her slow movements and silent character, all made one think of some inhabitant of the sea. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the way, if you ever do activate the Divine Right movement, I can give you some help in organizing a chapter up here. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first instance of organized resistance to the suffragist movement took place in 1871 when Godey’s Lady’s Book published a petition to the US Congress opposing votes for women. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Here and there clumps of snow fell from the branches, but otherwise there was no sound or movement. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was as though, like huntsmen hiding in a forest, they were afraid that any abrupt sound or movement would warn away approaching beasts. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

If we did not take the lead now, I said, we would soon be latecomers and followers to a movement we did not control. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tialys was scanning the skies all around, searching for his kindred and calling out whenever he saw a needle-bright darting movement through the air above. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Minli was so intent on her movement that she almost didn’t notice a low growl. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Shifting to lie on her side to ease the pain in her dressed and bound back, she ran her hand down the mattress, and blinked at the freeness of movement. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

My attempt to act normal was not helped by the fact that every little noise or fleeting movement made me jump. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The Court's decision was widely criticized by prosecutors and some politicians, and it seemed to energize the victims' rights movement. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

What Ptolemy had managed to achieve was a system that accurately predicted movements in the heavens. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

As we move into the forest, the sense of danger increases, and I catch sight of a furtive movement at the edge of my vision. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He ties each one and adds a string in one swift movement. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Of all the many colorful and unique characters associated with the era of Prohibition, few were more charismatic or more unforgettable than Billy Sunday—one of the nation’s most passionate champions of the temperance movement. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Old Barbee's voice rang out, as suddenly he made charged and incomplete movements about the platform, acting out his words. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one answered, but movement over at the door of the Shack caught Mark’s attention and he sighed in relief. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It’s why Black Lives Matter has become such an important movement. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He waved it wider and wider and the movement blew it out. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is no question that the historic civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s owed its existence to the summer of 1919, when organized black resistance to white abuse first became a reality. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Its movements were so light, so alert, that Pax knew it was a whisker away from flight. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Folks enjoyed that sort of thing and it was politically useful given the combat with the northern states and the antislavery movement. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Students also can change their movements on a given signal, such as switching from a loco-motor to a non-loco-motor when they hear a drum beat or chime or when the music stops. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The trade union movement as a whole buckled under fierce right-wing attacks and quickly abandoned black workers. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

We were careful about her movements, and she would be picked up by one driver, dropped off at another place, and then picked up by a second driver before finally being delivered to the farm. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark mimicked his wary movements, as if any sudden action would trigger the budding insanity in those who watched their every step.They inched closer, weapons held firm. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I can even paint moving illusions now, which are tricky because you have to concentrate so hard to make the movements look natural. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The shift of Ruby’s knees was a kind of blue poetry, and when you’re that close to someone, you don’t see their movements so much as you feel the compression of air between you. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

My entire body started to itch, as though I had just been removed from a plaster cast and was unused to the new freedom of movement. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a weary, loving, unthinking movement that showed she had done this thousands of times before, Nokomis replaced the blankets. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Which movements are different from those found in Western children’s songs? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Then he notices a rippling movement in tier stomach. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ANC was a mass liberation movement that welcomed all those with the same objectives. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A new grandeur attended his movements as he came through the door and Miyax squeezed his chin. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ate with stiff movements, like he was barely keeping himself from stuffing everything into his mouth. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The flames had a slow, watery movement, rolling up into the air like ribbons. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“The motion sensors in the screen will detect your arm, head, and torso movement,” she explained. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

I could see farther into the woods than I ever had before, picking out the tiniest movements. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She pulled off her clothes and danced desperately, her thin limbs pale and shaking, her movements pathetic and jerky. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And you must be responsible for the bodies of the powerful—the policeman who cracks you with a nightstick will quickly find his excuse in your furtive movements. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

She walked gracefully; her movements were never quick and jerky like those of some girls her age. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a graceful movement of the wrist, a gesture so quick and small we never really saw it, only remembered it afterward, she tossed the bottle over the rail at us. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his lean throat the sharp-pointed Adam’s apple made a surprisingly rapid up-and-down movement, and the beer vanished. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Except for the water and the blinking of the stars there was no movement anywhere. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

As the front of the American eugenics movement advanced from imprisonment to sterilization to outright murder, European eugenicists watched the escalation with a mix of eagerness and envy. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

She went into the bathroom, her bangles jangling with her every movement, and then she came back, the glass of water in her hand. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

This was a slow and awkward maneuver because she was fearful of sudden movement, and thus the creaking of the bedsprings was prolonged, and half obscured the sound of a man's voice. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Sounder just couldn’t poke slow enough for your father,” the mother said to the boy as they stood in the doorway, straining and sifting the dark for some movement. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He remained in the hospital through the winter months, working to regain his memory and physical movement. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Any movement of the pyramid will cause it to topple over. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

They moved in the straw uneasily, listening to some secret movements in the room below. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were just skirting one of the spires when a glint of movement caught Percy’s eye—something darting between the rocks to their right. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

They move slowly north behind the Blue Ridge, using the mountains to screen their movements. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Growing ever more puzzled, he quickly flicked through the rest of the files, which covered counterterrorism, the movement of uranium across Europe, and interrogation techniques. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

One would therefore expect a system of massive objects to settle down eventually to a stationary state, because the energy in any movement would be carried away by the emission of gravitational waves. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

On July 15, 1775, he paid $333.33 to an unidentified person “to go into the town of Boston; to establish a secret correspondence for the purpose of conveying intelligence of the Enemy’s movements and designs.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was on his feet in one of his lithe, almost invisibly quick movements. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

To Baird’s knowledge, there had been no big movement to warn people. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

There was not a sound, not a movement anywhere. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Most important of all, the resistance that African Americans demonstrated during the riots in Washington, Chicago, Elaine, and elsewhere were the first stirrings of what would develop into a movement that would change America forever. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

When Galileo saw the moons of Jupiter he could not see that they were moons, but their patterns of movement indicated that they were in orbit around Jupiter. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

When she found them, she put them on with the movements of an old woman. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each movement was forced as he cupped his palm and brought the brown murky liquid up to his mouth. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

A human rights movement, King believed, held revolutionary potential. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It is a relatively simple proposition to keep a movement together when you are fighting against a common enemy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The present—the passing second of time—was all I had in which to control and restrain him: a movement of repulsion, flight, fear would have sealed my doom,—and his. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Each movement was too painful to even think about. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

When he turned to look at it again, all his reflections copied his movement. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Long frustrated hours beside the fire brought angry movements, but the dance refused to come to him. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Osiander’s preface certainly didn’t soothe the Lutherans, and the book was roundly condemned by the European protestant movement. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

There were no words, and no movements but the tearing of teeth and claws. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

In this book on human population movements since the end of the Ice Ages, the Austronesian expansion occupies a central place, as one of the most important phenomena to be explained. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

What can archaeology tell us about the other great population movement in recent African prehistory—the Bantu expansion? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

As with Lincoln, the decision is made not to transport Booth because any movement will surely kill him. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes are already on me, probably drawn by my nervous movement. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z