The mayor nodded at last and gestured my father closer. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But in the end she let Kate hoist her up, and in this way, at last, they made it out of the dormitory and into sunlight. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Neewo and Ten Snow were wrapped in red blankets, then birchbark, and at last laid gently into their good mother, Akeeng, the earth. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Of crossing the desert, seeing those glittering domes with his own eyes, and finding out, at last, what happened to the Unseen City. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

One of the photos was of him at last year’s Science and Engineering Fair. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I guess old Easter’s dead at last,” he said. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would close the list with relief, proud of herself for standing up to Elena Richardson at last. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And, feeling better, fixed herself at last a cup of black, hot coffee. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I went to Africa once,” Toby finished at last. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Well,” she said at last, “still. My point is that no one is going to buy you.” The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

A Failed Expedition When news from Parthia at last reached Cleopatra, it was not good. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Then at last an answer came: a storm of arrows met them, and a hail of stones. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

This time she asked where they were all going and at last one of the men answered her. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

And there, then, at last, Jonathan understood that his father’s fear had not been for himself. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

After the manner of men who see women quarreling, the doctor and Luke had withdrawn, standing tight together in miserable silence; now, at last, Luke moved and spoke. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

He then pursued his studies with more vigor than before and decided at last to enter the ministry. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘So there you are at last!’ said Merry. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

My heart swings back and forth—yes, no, maybe so—till at last it settles upon yes. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

He kept back his resentment and impatience, and tried to be obedient, so that Ogion would consent at last to teach him something. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The fact that we had at last produced a stereochemically reasonable configuration for the backbone was always in the back of my head. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Here at last he showed that he had acquainted himself with Einstein’s theory–up to a point anyway: he gave it four pages out of about two hundred. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Arise,” he began airily, “Senior Overseer Charter Member! Elwin ‘Leper’ Lepellier has announced his intention to make the leap this very night, to qualify, to save his face at last.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I couldn’t take money, just like that,” she said at last. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

She had never been so afraid ... . . . until the day of her wedding came at last. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He was walking sluggishly, now and again he stumbled, and at last I said, “Let us rest for a while, it will do us both good.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Adam is crying and somewhere inside of me I am crying, too, because I’m feeling things at last. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the crowd at last arrived at City Hall, a brief prayer service was held before speakers from nearly every segment of Durham’s black community eulogized their fallen leader. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

And I felt at last that my journey was started. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nothing any jury can do to bring Emmett back, but they sure can let folks in the Delta know that things are changing. Changing at last.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Breakfast-time came at last, and this morning the porridge was not burnt; the quality was eatable, the quantity small. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

When at last we came to a creek with plenty of water, I was very, very, very sick. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

But at last one came who used his head as well as his heels. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then when they slept and Wang Lung still sat at the table dreaming she washed herself for sleeping and at last she went into her accustomed room and slept alone upon her bed. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

They found the Gray Women at last, looking in the wavering light like gray birds, for they had the shape of swans. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have dyslexia,” she said at last. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

For Odysseus at last after long wandering had come home and every heart was glad. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It feels good to at last be on our way to the summit, yeah?” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Chaplains visit, too, trying to comfort the hysterical, whose bellies are at last full enough to allow their emotions to surface. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

As the milky twilight grew darker these little lanterns were more intense, so that when at last the night had come they burned with vivid purity. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The woman actually meets our eyes at last. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

She continued to settle herself, and lay back at last, and sipped her lukewarm water. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Back at Troy the wise physician of the Greeks healed him, and when at last he went joyfully once again into battle the first man he wounded with his arrows was Paris. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

So that maybe when they left and walked the streets that night and at last Bon said, ‘Well? Now what?’ Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

Me too at first, for I was thinking, Hooray, a halfway decent meal at last. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the phone rang at two o’clock, waking Lexie at last, Mia was back at the table sketching with a pencil on a scratch piece of paper. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They came at last to a magnificent house with a large lawn and a drive that curved up to the front door. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe their presence should’ve reassured Piper, but seeing all of them in one place only reminded her that the Prophecy of Seven was unfolding at last. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They broke the kiss at last, but immediately locked in another ravenous embrace. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Nor did anything happen to bring on the dizziness that would tell me I was going home at last. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Fed up with being pestered, at last the officer agreed to let Yevgeniya and Nina visit him at work! A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

When at last Dandelion and Speedwell had pulled the leather strip off the nail, Bigwig came back to the hutch himself. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

When at last they had reached a quiet stretch of ground a short way from the Beauxbatons horses’ paddock, Krum stopped in the shade of the trees and turned to face Harry. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I can play the piano,” he said at last. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moving down the wall, staying low and talking rapidly to people, he came at last on Ernest Testaverde, who was returning fire over the coconut logs with his gun held high and his head down. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Home at last and now it was the time she had been looking forward to all week: fire-escape-sitting time. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought they must at last be moving me to Wymark. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I stepped up to him, closing the gap, and at last he knelt down and took me in his arms. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The belief, the calming assurance that I belonged in public, had at last taken hold. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I reckon,” he said at last, “it must be his daddy’s name—less they just given him that name in the hospital up North after...she was dead.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

When at last he had got to bed, Frodo could not sleep for some time. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Oh, I laugh to think he was caught at last, But the fairy was laughing, too. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

But amidst his talk I gathered at last that Frodo had left Hobbiton less than a week before, and that a black horseman had come to the Hill the same evening. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Is only when it gets light I can sleep at last, without the dream of smoke and fire and boys screaming. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ahead, at last, lay the desert’s hard and final edge: the Cusp. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Well, that’s done at last,” he remarked with a final nod at the smoking embers. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“You must be hungry!’ she said at last. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally our group started to move, and I dared to think my time in hell might at last be coming to an end. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“A man doesn’t know if another man is handsome,” he said at last. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The doctor gave Djo an injection, and at last he stopped shaking. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then at last Finny straightened from this prayerful position slowly, as though it was painful for him. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

But at last he put it in his pocket, took a drill from his tool bag, and made five small holes in a neat pattern on the refrigerator door. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

She stumbled down the stairs and across the yard, nearly falling at last into the door of Number Five. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

And when at last he was inside again he composed himself soberly to await the morning sun. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

We have encamped upon the shore; abandoned our encampments; and now we have set off, at last, from the ruins of Norfolk. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Guiffart is old-fashioned; Pascal does not argue like this, and even Guiffart has to admit at last that the experiments may in fact be unprecedented. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

They reached the town, they came to the palace, and at last after twenty years Odysseus entered his dear dwelling. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

After she had eaten, Francie at last faced the fact that she had broken the fast which started at midnight and was to have lasted until after mass next morning. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had the solution at last: There was a way to have Malfoy followed — how could he have forgotten, why hadn’t he thought of it before? Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

It was half past seven in the evening when at last, exhausted, he heard Aunt Petunia calling him. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

There I would roam late and go back at last to Fish Island through the fierce, close night. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

When he came down the steps at last the tanned skin was drawn unusually tight on his face, and his eyes were bright and tired. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

She held it up to the light, like she couldn’t believe what she was seeing, “just lookin’ at it gives me the willies,” Ma said at last. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He had written it down at last, but it made no difference. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He knew, at last, where the Horcrux sat waiting for him.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

We begged—we remonstrated—and, at last, he agreed to take Dr. Trefusis’s silk waistcoat, ruined as it was, in payment. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Then he remembered when all three of them were together at last year’s science fair. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“It must be awful for you here, Bast,” he said at last. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Inside the Monk Building, conspicuously posted signs led them down a series of corridors, past a room where a handful of parents waited anxiously, and at last into a room crowded with children in desks. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

When her right foot came at last to the part of the branch which rested on the bank, she fell forward, pulling him down. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

His finger circled toward Singer and at last he poked his friend in the stomach. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He knew the night was over at last. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Her fears at last night’s supper seemed silly to her now. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Curled into as tight a ball as possible against the chill of the night, Ranofer slept at last. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

When it was burning and the charcoal was at last getting hot he turned, noticing Brian for the first time in the dream. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was staring blankly at Basta, having at last realized he was by no means safe from the man's knife. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“It rains,” Burnham wrote to Margaret, on Tuesday, April 18, “and for the first time I say, let it. My roofs are in such good order at last, as to leaks we care little.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He produces reasons why we must have them and is quite inflexible until at last the others give in to him. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A fine thing it would be if, on the very day You- Know-Who seems to have disappeared at last, the Muggles found out about us all. I suppose he really has gone, Dumbledore?” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“He was a manufactured product,” he said at last. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Then they clambered up a passageway in the rock after Hagrid s lamp, coming out at last onto smooth, damp grass right in the shadow of the castle. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

There, at last, was the river, full of reflected moonlight, and a little landing stage and a few pleasure boats. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Yet they walked all that day and most of the next before at last they reached the fringes of Lord Tywin's army, encamped west of the castle amidst the scorched remains of a town. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m so proud you gonna work at last,” Mrs. Reilly said emotionally and kissed her son somewhere in his damp moustache. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was shivering now, his teeth chattering horribly, and yet he continued to strip off until at last he stood there in his underwear, barefooted in the snow. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Here at last we would have freedom from fear. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the world of serious work at last, where he would get a chance to do something useful. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She found a voice at last, and screamed. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

At first he had hidden behind a great palm; but Henry's absorption with the transparencies was so obvious that at last he stood out in full view. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

When the Cannonball pulled out again, they were on it, together at last. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly on hand and knee the hobbits crawled away out of the turmoil, until at last unnoticed they dropped over the further edge of the road. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Convinced that it was Rob, coming down at last, Lhakpa and I slapped each other on the back and cheered him on. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

My mother was quiet at last, dabbing her nose with Kleenex while the minister talked: “I can just see her now, wowing the angels with her Chinese cooking and gung-ho attitude.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

A long time passed; when at last I rose, my limbs were stiff and prickling, and darkness had given way to the first grey beginnings of dawn. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think it's time I told you the whole story,” he said at last. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Five years after that, Leanne at last became pregnant with what would be the couple’s only child—though they didn’t know that yet. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He thought if he lived long enough the world at last would all be lost. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

They sniffed the water and backed off and looked at each other, but at last began to drink. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

When at last we take different trains, we do not say adiós, only hasta—until. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

She could only imagine, however, at last, that she drew his notice because there was a something about her more wrong and reprehensible, according to his ideas of right, than in any other person present. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

It was nearly dusk when they at last saw the great ship Revenge far out in the deepest part of the bay. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I think he too had understood at last the significance of that visit to the doctor. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

When at last she could speak, she said, “I’m not running away. I’m going to school.” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

We are equals at last, equal, alien, alone. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Hearing, as he at last lowers himself into sleep’s deep waters, a door slam, a slurred voice: “Do yer homework!” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then at last he turned to the road in front and took a few steps: the heaviest and the most reluctant he had ever taken. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Roy Baty got out a book of matches, lit a match; he held it near the spider, closer and closer, until at last it crept feebly away. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to tell your uncle on you,” she said at last. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When at last the wound was cleaned and stitched, Matt was set free. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stared at her, speechless, at last comprehending what was really bothering her. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now for the hitch in Jane’s character,” he said at last, speaking more calmly than from his look I had expected him to speak. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then Wang Lung said at last, “Send him here to me.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

All the worries and fears of the past few days are now over, for at last he has found his sister. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laboring, this woman who had carried her child as a foreign growth that sickened her every day, expelled it at last. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat down at the translation of Caesar I was doing for him, since he had to pass Latin at last this year or fail to graduate. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

But even better than the solid reality of the book in my hand was the gladsome fact that my mother and father at last understood the kind of nourishment I needed to survive. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Now, at last, we shall see. Harry, quickly...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

When the tears at last subsided, he had no new answers to the questions that tormented him but they had lost their violence. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The boy’s mind grew more receptive, the Whisperer’s wrinkled messages straightened, and Mr. Curtain had at last settled into some real, productive work. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her touch moves me to speak truth at last. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

When, at last, they emerged out of the mist and came again on to the hot yellow wasteland, all the other giants were sprawled out on the ground, fast asleep. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was dark, and white stars were shining, when Frodo and his companions came at last to the Greenway-crossing and drew near the village. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

‘That,’ he said, ‘looks like something— at last.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yossarian was positive that he was at last rid of her and was relieved. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

So that it must have seemed to him now that he knew at last why he had not been able to decide what he wanted to do. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, he’s pretty sick,” he said at last. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Well!’ said Frodo at last, sitting up and straightening his back, as if he had made a decision. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I began to think vodka was my drink at last. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“My dear Mr. Bennet,” said his lady to him one day, “have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

So at last he saw Mr. Revere, a stocky, ruddy man, with fine, dark eyes, shutting his shop, taking out his key preparing to lock up. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The winter that Ana turned eighteen, Prince Aidan and his soldiers returned home at last from a successful five-year campaign in the south. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

One, at last, had the courage to raise a hand. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It's no problem,” she says at last, turning on her heels. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Leah,” he inquired at last, “why do you think the Lord gave us seeds to grow, instead of having our dinner just spring up out there on the ground like a bunch of field rocks?” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She slowly regained her appetite and strength, and at last Garfield began to relax. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

All she would remember was Mia holding her tight, so tight that the world stopped spinning at last, Mia tucking her into a low soft bed that, it turned out later, was Mia’s own. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As they fell upon him he knew at last that he had fought against a god and must pay with his life. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sunday I at last move into the Blue Haven, so pleased to be out of the 6 that the shortcomings of my new home seem minor, even, at first, endearing. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I don't know . . ." she said at last, her voice breaking. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

When it came at last he ran at full speed to the thicket, disregarding his soreness and passers-by alike. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

But at last I made it to the corner. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Obviously all was well at last, all was better than he had dared hope. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

It is a long narrow swale between two ranges of mountains, and the Salinas River winds and twists up the center until it falls at last into Monterey Bay. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was during one of the clear spells, when the sun was visible almost directly overhead, that Ron and Hermione entered the compartment at last. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Uncle Andrew’s temper at last got the better of his fears. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Miyax at last was sure of what had happened to Jello. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’d scurry around the porch going through our duties, until at last Dad was satisfied his new crew was ready for the high seas. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, they didn’t take me, too,” he said at last, turning to face Meggie again. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

When at last he had got our rations planned out, he rolled over onto his bag and went to sleep. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I moved easily at last, a citizen in a crowded city of words. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so Wang Lung and his family mingled with these others and with them they came at last to two great buildings made of mats, and everyone crowded into the open end of these buildings. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

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

“Well, you be sure to give him my regards. Tell him we missed him at last night’s service and we’d be pleased to have him come next week at the same time.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then, with Rosy at last out of his life, he would commence an all-out search for the structure. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

‘The storm has burst at last,’ he thought. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“I am sorry! I was so pleased to find you awake at last. I will go now, but you must drink this water and eat some bread. Shall I bring meat?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Mr. Merryweather had had it whispered to him that it had been bought for a honeymoon—Young Lord L—had surrendered to, Cupid at last! And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

The climb and plunge of the boat grew less and less, till at last she seemed to go forward under Ged's strong oarstrokes over water that lay almost still, as in a land-locked bay. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

"And did anyone from the school investigate this matter?" he asked at last. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a long time he kept his eyes on the moving wound, and at last he dozed, and the afternoon passed quickly. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rain had ceased at last, but the spots fell from the dripping leaves and from the gutter above the window. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

"Fool," he growled at last, "my lady wife commands. Give Cressen your helm." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“That’s something to be thankful for,” the King said at last. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“No...no...I really must get back,” said Lupin at last, declining yet another goblet of wine. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

At about one o’clock we came at last to old 64, a lonesome, superannuated two-lane road through the mountains. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

C.P. paced the floor until the food arrived, at last running out of excuses to sit down in a public place with two black people. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

‘Where are you going, Master?’ cried Sam, though at last he understood what was happening. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Yet we came to it at last and somehow were able to climb onto the deck. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were moving like water, downhill all the time, and they flowed at last to a main highway on a valley’s floor. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the Huntsman came to the door at last, Con sprang up, agitation vying with relief on his face. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I see at last a great difference between us, and yet, I admire ye, lad. You’re an idealist, praise be.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"No, I could not say so. Sad, for a certainty. Yet in its own way, death is the most natural thing of all, Lord Eddard. Jon Arryn rests easy now, his burdens lifted at last." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Part of her thought, at last, and that part would have given herself up at that very moment. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, all that and more,” I say at last. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Balled my hand into a fist and pounded and pounded and pounded, yelling Mr. Charles's name until at last, after what seemed like forever, I could hear him on the other side of the door. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

At this, the Prime Minister had found his voice at last. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Of course,” I said, unaccountably excited that the story was at last beginning to dovetail with my own experience. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Though the day seemed to last forever, night returned at last. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Their longing for them was great enough to make them never give up laboring to see them clearly, until at last the thunder and lightning were changed into the Universal Father. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s you, pal,” Finny said to me at last, “just you and me.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

They asked where I was going and for how long, gave Rocinante a cursory inspection, and came at last to Charley. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought of how he’d find a church at last and take a team and of the owner coming out, shouting at him and of himself striking the man down. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

We have, at last, achieved our political emancipation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, no,” he said at last, without moving his eyes away from mine. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

And now at last he was down and, thank goodness, the merciless glare was gone, though the heat coming up from the sand was still as bad as ever. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

“You may choose nine stones from my hoard,” he said at last, his voice hissing and whining in his long jaws. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

When she reached two thousand feet high, she saw at last the one mountain in thousands. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The bus boycott was a way of expressing anger at the system at last. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

When at last I reached Williamstown, a sign on a bank announced a temperature of 97. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

After long seasons of slow preparation for an innocent death, the world is theirs at last. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The opening, the tunnel’s end, at last it was before them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Not doing the right thing, I guess,” I say at last. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She was looking at him, shaking her head in some exasperation, and then, at last, he took her hand and squeezed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then they drank their tea and the son said at last in a thick, uneven voice, “I did not believe it was so.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He lay motionless, still listening; but all was now silent, and at last he turned and fell asleep again or wandered into some other unremembered dream. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

So at last, she thought, the time had come. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

When at last he came to the bottom of the last flight of steps, he found himself all but alone amongst the torchlit corridors inside the pyramid’s massive brick walls. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Strength of habit, most likely, for here at last was a place I knew, a city I had lived in, worked in, for over a year. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Jesus Christ,” Alex says at last, and when he looks over at Henry again, he’s squinting at him impishly out of one eye, smirking. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

And then at last the current slowed, and the boat stopped thrashing about so wildly. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

So they decided at last that the source of their changelessness was the spring. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

To counteract any evil result of that bad conjunction he walked quickly past the ranch house, through the chicken yard, through the vegetable patch, until he came at last to the brush line. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Deborah didn’t never write,” she at last pursued, “about what happened to the baby. Did you ever see him? You going to meet him in Heaven, too?” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“I guess I’ve seen just about everything up here,” she said at last. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

When at last the room was still, she spoke. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then at last his attention rested on the mute at the middle table. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then they took the last step together, and when she kissed her, her mouth as warm as summer, the taste of her sweet and clear, she knew, at last, that she was home. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why had she been allowed to become gradually less than human and at last ... Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

When at last she saw him on the horizon she got down on all fours and crawled to her lookout. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t like seeing the deer die,” she said at last. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The weather lifted and the cold and they came at last into the broad lowland river valley, the pieced farmland still visible, everything dead to the root along the barren bottomlands. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

There he was slain at last by Éomer, the Third Marshal of the Mark, who dismounted and fought him sword to sword. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

When, at last, the loose stones and broken bits of things had been cleared away, Egypt looked clean and bare and ready for whatever might be going to happen. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

For one glorious hour, Harry had believed that he was leaving the Dursleys at last, because Sirius had offered him a home once his name had been cleared. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

But at last they were done, and he could hardly wait to try them. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

She fled to his breast and he cradled her close and stood to face the children, and Lyra thought for a crazy second that his dæmon had appeared at last. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When at last it slowed to a stop, the blade pointed at Littlefinger. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Do you know why you’re here?” the officer asked at last. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

They were out in the open at last and Gatsby was content. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Is it because of that boy?” she asks at last. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

We seem at last to be on the track, and our work of to-morrow may be the beginning of the end. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He slept at last, miserable, aching, and lonely. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“The pieces of the puzzle were beginning to fall into place at last,” said a relieved Leslie Groves. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he lay down to sleep at last the silken sheets of the bed were cold as ice, and ever he wakened in the dark thinking of the Stone and of Serret’s eyes. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

She paused over it, while Harriet stood anxiously watching for her opinion, with a “Well, well,” and was at last forced to add, “Is it a good letter? or is it too short?” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

The sun broke through at last and poured heat on the roadway; the mist was gone. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mary felt she had done something useful for them at last. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The printing press was the precondition for this new insistence that knowledge, no longer authoritative, might at last become reliable. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

"Thank you for your advice," he said at last, "but I will not take it." Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

She strode toward the elevator, hands again thrust violently in the pockets of her coat; she did not look back, and he hesitated for a moment, feeling annoyance, before he at last trailed after her. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Despite the liver spots and the purplish swags under his eyes, he at last appeared the cruelly handsome plutocrat, though somewhat reduced. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Looking at his smile, I felt as if here at last in the city of the demons, I had found my true father, and more—a friend and a guide. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he spoke at last his voice sounded rather far away. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

"So at last it occurs to you," Brother Jack said, pulling down the corners of his mouth. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I at last announce to Toño when he is almost popping from impatience. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I claim them all,” said the Savage at last. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How nice to see you in the physical world at last.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

They emerged at last from the ravine into the full sunlight. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Being afraid is no way to be, honey,” she said at last. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

When at last the flow of my words slows and thins, when I have recounted the final chapter, silence comes. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

And when the core at last burns itself out, will some of the Earth slump into the void, leaving a giant sinkhole on the surface? A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m not going to the University,” she said at last. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

And then it went on again and came at last to the wood. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in the meantime, the general opinion in the neighbourhood was that Bilbo, who had always been rather cracked, had at last gone quite mad, and had run off into the Blue. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

A coal-oil lamp was lighted and placed in the middle of the table when supper was at last ready; gold light filled the kitchen, pouring from the open fireplace and from the sparkling lamp chimney. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then all the long afternoon they must sit in a row on a bench and study their catechism, until at last the sun went down and Sunday was over. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I faced the gaudy sunflower on her canvas bag—it looked hand-painted—and at last my eyes fell into hers. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

A man might drift to his death before his time unnoticed, but when he was dead and beyond any care then at last he was sure of attention.... Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

There came at last a dreadful nightfall; and even as the Captains of the West drew near to the end of the living lands, the two wanderers came to an hour of blank despair. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Now she wondered if her time at the Academy was finally coming to an end, for why else would the Mistress have called for her, if not to dismiss her at last? Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“You don’t say so,” his companion said at last. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Would this be the potter who made the wine pot used at last night’s dinner?” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“What are you doing?” she asked at last. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

With a great effort and many helping paws from Tock, they reached the top of the ridge at last, but only two steps ahead of the furious Trivium. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bryant groped about on his desk, at last located the material he wanted. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s my mother, Butler,” he said at last. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Standing in the silent dust, I understood at last what Uri had done and what he had saved me from. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

He was a true traitor at last, and he should carry the burden of it. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They rose again slowly, circling and recircling over his head, mocking him with their cries, and they flew at last into the darkening sky. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“Now tell me what brought you, at last, just when I wanted you?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she asked at last: “Gabriel...that Royal...he were your flesh and blood, weren’t he?” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He was making good money, living in a big Victorian house, and it looked as if he’d found his castle at last. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But then, to be an old maid at last, like Miss Bates!” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

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

He truly seemed at peace in these moments, able at last to lose himself in something without anguish and ambivalence. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think maybe I will have a beer,” I said at last. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Things had been going wrong for so long, it was hard to believe they might go right at last. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Croft’s was the first death I mourned in America, for hers was the first life I had admired; she had left this world at last, ancient and alone, never to return. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“You knew it was suicide,” he said at last, the amusement gone. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It was starting, it was starting at last! 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

My mother moved to Myrtle Beach, finding at last the scene in her painting. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Singer watched all of this intently until at last the night had come, and his own face was reflected in the glass before him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

And when at last he did sleep, he dreamt, and that was even worse. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The resistant sweetness that breaks open at last to deliver peanut butter—the oil and salt which complement the sweet pull of caramel. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they parted at last, she saw Con hobbling toward them. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Run and play, lad,” he said at last as to a little child. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

So at last the gates once more swung slowly, heavily, in. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the lads snickered at this, and at last Wang Lung rose, feeling himself after all but a guest in his sons’ courts. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“Victory at last,” she mumbled into her wine glass. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Shenandoah National Park—101 miles from top to bottom—is famously beautiful, and I was eager to see it at last. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

And Billy and the Maori and others helping them with their particular hole came at last to a membrane of timbers laced over rocks which had wedged together to form an accidental dome. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fifteen minutes seemed an hour, but they came to an end at last, and the word ‘Recess!’ had never seemed so welcome to her before. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kabul’s day of reckoning had come at last. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Steam would be rising from the starch, the air cool at last. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the morning at last, but without a single bird to sing about it. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

And at last they learned how these nobly born Siamese acquired the kink at the end of their tails and bequeathed it to all their descendants. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the door of the upstairs room had creaked shut on its leather hinges and the laughter had at last died away, Ranofer turned and walked slowly back to the acacia tree. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

But at last she said: ‘Lords, you are weary and shall now go to your beds with such ease as can be contrived in haste. But tomorrow fairer housing shall be found for you.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Here at last the snow crown began,- Sky's weathered stones were rimed with frost, and long spears of ice hung from the slopes above. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He sat in rigid silence, and at last he picked up his hat and left the house without a farewell. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Well, one more day,” Judd says when I sit down at last with my water and him with his beer. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dismounted at last, first time in hours, sat down on stone in silent pain. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But at last one of those he wounded prayed a prayer and it was answered by the gods: “May he who loves not others love himself.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perry, glad to be out of Kansas, at last relaxed. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What is your price?” he whispered at last. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

When, at last, the train chugs into the Bengaluru station, Aunty Silver warns us, just like Mr. Subramaniam did, "Be careful. And good luck!" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“Do you remember that bit in King Lear?' said the Savage at last. “ Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was startled to catch myself saying wearily, “Home at last.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The enthusiasm Olmsted had identified during his travels, though still far from constituting a tidal wave, at last seemed to begin propelling visitors to Jackson Park. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Sleep came at last, and with it nightmares. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When Yellin was gone and they were alone, the Count bowed to his majesty: “The Machine,” he said at last, “works.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

But the gap in the knowledge of the Wise has been filled at last. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Come nightfall, we have found ourselves anchored near an island at the mouth of the Piankatank River; and there we come at last to rest. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

And he came at last to the outer barrier where the long leathery brown algae hung down into the water. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Time passed in heartbeats, and at last he held out his great hand. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Maybe you just need a good night’s sleep,” she said at last—the same lie I’d fed to Noah. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I looked upon a desolate shell, soulless at last, unhaunted, with no whisper of the past about its staring walls. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“You will go away,” the doctor said, showing his impatience at last. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“He left the village to rid it of its last evil,” Amah continued, “and reformed, lived a life of peace, and then, at last, was a great hero.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I was a person of importance, I was grown up at last. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

"You . . . you want the bandages off, is that it?" the maester said at last. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In either case, it gave her not a glance when at last she ran out of pebbles and sat down to tell it her troubles. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

When at last they saw the crystal gates ahead of them, the Huntsman pulled his horse to a halt and turned back to look at his human charges. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Harry pulled the Invisibility Cloak over himself and descended through the floors, at last walking down the marble staircase into the entrance hall. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It had happened at last, the business of going away. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He seems to have taken no notice of the mother and son for a long time, but at last Danaë attracted his attention. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

It takes a lot of flishing here and there and much calming of the air and the midwives, but at last the baby is delivered. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

In the cold of winter they developed slowly, as was their way, and only when spring at last brought thawing and release to the forest streams did the young hatch. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The sky-hole grew bigger, and at last they could see the blue of the real sky over their heads. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

He managed to do this easily, and in spite of its width and weight his body mass at last slowly followed the turning of his head. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

They spent that night where they were, by the bank of the river, peaceful at last after the violence of the afternoon. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Shelob cowed at last, shrunken in defeat, jerked and quivered as she tried to hasten from him. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

‘And what do you wish?’ he said at last. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

When at last they halted and dismounted, even Aragorn was stiff and weary. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Today our office was at last graced by the presence of our lord and master, Mr. G. Lew. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ever he clutched me, and ever I hewed him, till at last he fled into dark tunnels. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

But I am afraid there is no possible doubt: he had made his slow, sneaking way, step by step, mile by mile, south, down at last to the Land of Mordor.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Show them a stand of trees anywhere and they will regard it thoughtfully for a long while, and say at last, “You know, we could put a road here.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The path toward Pol was clear at last, and Kaede saw that the guard’s neck was bent at an unnatural angle, and his left thigh had been torn into a mass of bloody flesh. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Perhaps she was becoming a Stark at last. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Izzy was still standing outside in the hallway by the time she’d flushed and washed her hands and opened the door at last. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I was going to tell you, when you so rudely interrupted me,” said Uncle Andrew, “that I did at last find out a way of doing the return journey. The green rings draw you back.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

He saw at last a light before him in the night and fog. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

When at last Lola spoke her tone was reflective, as though she were pondering subtle currents of counterarguments. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

When at last he lay down, he slept heavily, without a dream and without a worry. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He drained it in a gulp, thanked her, paused to press her hand, and went at last to his room. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

When the train trembled approaching the water surrounding the City, they thought it was like them: nervous at having gotten there at last, but terrified of what was on the other side. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Ah! Mrs. Bennet, we shall have her at Netherfield at last.’ Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

They had trouble taking aim at their target because the sky was full of scraps of cloud, but they managed it at last. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Now at last in the middle night the assault was loosed. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She looked up at them with dreamy eyes and said in Elowen’s voice, silky and cold, “It is such a pleasure to meet you both, at last.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

You never saw anybody run faster for the kitchen sink in your life, and at last there was a laugh out of Mr. Pignati. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Until at last there was a commotion about the edges of the circle of which we were the inner ring. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to pacify her, and at last succeeded, and she lay quiet; but I could hear her poor dear heart still beating terribly. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Oh! you have found us out at last, have you, in our seclusion?—I was this moment telling Jane, I thought you would begin to be impatient for tidings of us.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Even Ji-yong gave a sigh of relief when we were back in the alley at last. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Except for the goose herself, Charlotte was the first to know that the goslings had at last arrived. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

They had crossed the town and come at last to the alley behind the Kellys’ house. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Roach held out a languid fin, sighed emphatically and said, “Ah, doctor, so you’ve come at last?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gods have better things to do than listen to you, and so do I. When at last the droning and mumbling was done, Tyrion took his farewell of the captain of Rob’s Hammer. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“And the land?” asked Wang Lung at last, quivering with his eagerness. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He called close up, close up, first order he had given since morning, and then shortly after that the order came to stop, at last. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Long time I fell,’ he said at last, slowly, as if thinking back with difficulty. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“I can’t see anything wrong with it,” he said at last. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We go see flog,” Lee said at last. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What is the meaning of this?” he asked at last, and his voice was ice and danger. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Swordfish had joined the line at last, though she still had her sail raised. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

We were so pleased with each other, the childhood friend found at last, the childhood friend mysteriously grown up. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

"And why should he stop just when we do? Shasta, my boy, I do believe there's someone shadowing us at last." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Thus, when the human population became sufficiently large and concentrated, we reached the stage in our history at which we could at last evolve and sustain crowd diseases confined to our own species. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Earnestness is ever deeply solemn: first, as I listened to that prayer, I wondered at his; then, when it continued and rose, I was touched by it, and at last awed. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s all the same stuff, you know?” she said at last. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“There were a lot of da-zi-bao about my mom, too,” she said at last in a soft voice. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rope seemed almost alive, the greatest of all water serpents heading at last for home. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Now it was happening at last, and it was as if she wasn’t quite here. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

When Europeans at last arrived, their technological and other advantages enabled them to establish temporary colonial domination over most of tropical Southeast Asia and the Pacific islands. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Something like that happened to me,” Matt said at last. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When at last I make it outside, our final strand of chain is frosted with snow, so I make everybody go downstairs and stand near the furnace to thaw it out. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Dear Boy, at last, gave Louis and Mary some idea of what the hammer-wielder must have looked like. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

‘We have come at last to a hard choice,' he said. ‘Shall we rest by night, or shall we go on while our will and strength hold?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“I like the sound of trombones,” he says at last. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Minnie could hardly wait for the end of the school year, when her sister at last would be able to extricate herself from her duties at the Midlothian Academy. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“I forget. Kids your age don’t know anything,” said Tam Lin at last. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been screaming fit to kill, but when she found his hole at last and stuck her finger up in it, the shock was so great he was suddenly quiet. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

And at last she said in a whisper, “My mother did not bind them, since I was sold so young. But the girl’s feet I will bind—the younger girl’s feet I will bind.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

"She looks like her," he said at last, just as Dustfinger was dropping off to sleep. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

With the twins’ help, Harry’s trunk was at last tucked away in a corner of the compartment. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

In San Francisco a twenty-one-year-old entrepreneur named Sol Bloom realized that the Chicago fair would let him at last take advantage of an asset he had acquired in Paris two years earlier. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I rush toward where he is and I see him at last. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lay restless in the bed and when at last he fell asleep daylight had come. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The curls of smoke feathered out into the open air, spreading themselves thinner and thinner, until at last they were gone. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Down, down the winding passage they went, through darkness and spider webs and dripping water, until at last they emerged into a cold wind, brilliant sunlight, and the sound of waves breaking on rocks. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The rowboat had drifted at last to the end of the pond, but now its bow bumped into the rotting branches of a fallen tree that thrust thick fingers into the water. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked searchingly at the towering mountains—ridge after ridge after ridge until at last there was the ocean. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said that at last he had the delightful sensation of sailing, and then it was all over. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had managed some real damage to each other and knew we’d gone too far at last. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes when it was all dark and when it seemed that sleep had come at last, the diamond-true child voices of the Sistine Choir would come from the windows of the laboratory. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Listen until at last the killers, these defendants before you, entered her room, focused a flashlight in her eyes, and let the blast of a shotgun end the existence of an entire household.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s all right now,” he said at last, and he turned away abruptly, the lamplight bobbing crazily about him as he went back to his room. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

And when at last I opened my eyes the silence which had enfolded me had given place to a pervasive murmur, the sound from the suppliant lips and beseeching throats of the multitude. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps once she had gone, he would talk to me at last, about loving me, about being happy. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

We were going at last and I took a last longing look as the bus shot around the highway which circled the school. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The plan is simple,” Michelangelo said at last. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

But Gollum had at last leaped to a guess, too late. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I said at last, my voice hoarse from thirst and fear. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The child was found at last, by her loutish seventeen-year-old brother. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, my son, you are back with us at last,” he said. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

But when at last the two lines met he had really very little idea of what happened. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

When at last Hazel had got him back to the ditch, he refused at first to go underground and Hazel had almost to push him down the hole. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We at last attracted the attention of a short-tailed shearwater. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

But at last, “The Song of the City” wound down to its end. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

That night, at last, she started to write, recklessly, three, five pages, looking up once only to see her father passing by the hall on tiptoe. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“We were speaking about something else,” he reminded the chaplain cuttingly at last. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She had something to trade at last, for a token at least. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

As for the other jewels, he pondered this way and that, and at last he decided he would go to the great house and see if there were more land to buy. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

When at last the blackness passed, Sam looked up and shadows were about him; but for how many minutes or hours the world had gone dragging on he could not tell. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

This tremendous detail was to be cleared up at last. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“What we going to do?” he repeated at last; and felt that the sustaining life had gone out of him. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

But at last he said, "May the gods forgive me. Choose your men." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I drifted at last into uneasy sleep, and dreamt many evil dreams, and in one I saw a shadowy figure with no face creeping into our hut and bearing away the ten ollocks of rice. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the chatter at last abated, the two men's words became audible, and I realized they were the players. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

By himself at last, Bigwig settled down to think over his problem. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both started back and drew a long breath: for here at last was something worth seeing. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“So if I understand you, boy,” he said at last, “you know only somewhat from where you come, but go toward . . . some other place.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m supposed to come in,” she said at last. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was too grateful for that one word that allowed me at last to leave the island and begin to build myself as a soul, separate from the long, long shadow of my twin. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when at last she’d reached the flagpole, balanced atop it, and looked down to see Martina charging toward Constance far below, she knew that those seconds were not in her favor. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

When I came to the end of the long drive at last I saw that Maxim’s car was standing in front of the house. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps I'm out of his territory at last, I thought and began trying to place Rinehart in the scheme of things. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not a mind reader,” the doctor said at last. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

What a relief it was to have decided at last! Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

There at last were the darkened woods, the lonely roads, the river banks, the gentle knowing eyes. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

All spring the gossip had been about little Mirabelle McCullough—or, depending which side you were on, May Ling Chow—and now, at last, there was something new and sensational to discuss. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Abruptly the murders stopped, as if that tryst with Mary Kelly had sated the killer’s need at last. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The men began to think they were truly on their way at last, when a strange rumbling noise reached their ears. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

The scent of rotten corpses is gone from the air at last. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It dwindled at last to a country cart-road little used; but it did not wind: it held on its own sure course and guided them by the swiftest way. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I should feel relieved to know the real answer at last. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

And at last he flung out in his violent way, and said, with a D, ‘Then do as you like.’ Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

So when Branwell at last broke his silence, I was there. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the vapour of a limekiln would come between me and them, disordering them all, and it was through the vapour at last that I saw two men looking at me. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

He welcomed it with relief, because it was, at last, the punishment he deserved. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

When she did get it in at last, she had to be careful not to trap its tail in the lid when she slid it closed. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, there are positive signs that these questions are, at last, being heard and, in many places, are being acted upon. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

I made two more spears from these points and at last was ready to go to the cave of the wild dogs. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

We are ready at last to set sail for the stars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought and worried and thought; and at last he broke down and did something entirely against his principles—he called up a girl. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

They owed to him their two or three politest puzzles; and the joy and exultation with which at last he recalled, and rather sentimentally recited, that well-known charade, Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Thus he brought me back at last to the secret ways of Khazad-dûm: too well he knew them all. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

But, at last, the balls began to fly for me. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

As construction of the buildings at last got under way, anticipation outside the park began to increase. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She pleaded so hard, and looked so little and pretty and spunky, that he gave in at last. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I would never tell you to lie to your parents, Albie,” she said at last. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

The weekend’s brutal wind had died out at last; the weird mist had returned and it took them a little longer than usual to find the correct greenhouse. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

When at last she was able to speak, it was only in a whisper. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hoped that when the Olympic at last reached the site of the accident, he would find Millet and hear him tell some outrageous story about the voyage. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Zack bounds down the steps of the bus, thrilled to be in middle school at last. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Then, at last, he turned his colorless eyes to Fenoglio’s face again. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He said at last, “You have never let her go.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“But how many can the bird fight?” she said at last. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They drive around looking. Looking and hoping that someone will provoke them. Sooner or later, someone always obliges. Then the dogs feast and the day’s boredom is bro­ken at last and everyone says ‘Allah-u-akbar!’ The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

His wife said, at last, “Well, put on the light.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Until at last she realized that no matter how far she flipped, she never reached the beginning or the end. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

One after the other, they leaped the glistening rocks, splashed through a foaming stream, and at last emerged into the cool air of the hills. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

But at last the Queen drew her hand away and lifted Kaede’s chin so that she had to look into the Queen’s golden eyes. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then, at last, the Chief Elder called number One to the stage, and the Assignments began. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

He left West Boston and, skirting dirty Mill Cove, came at last into his own North Boston. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though the chair he indicated was narrow and straight, she was grateful to sit down at last. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Ma cries out, jolted into words at last: "Baby! Ma! What have you done?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I was sick of feeling guilty,” I said at last, as though that explained it. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, I don’t know who wrote this,” said Francis at last, his tone offhand and perfectly casual, “but whoever they were, they certainly couldn’t spell.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

When at last he came in with Billy Buck, Jody could smell the delicious brandy on their breaths. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Everyone thinks I’m special,” he said at last. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Until, at last, he had grown older and found excuses for spending all of his holidays away from the house. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

She ate well and grew fat, until at last the shortening days and cold air urged her to go. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Then at last his gaze was held: wall upon wall, battlement upon battlement, black, immeasurably strong, mountain of iron, gate of steel, tower of adamant, he saw it: Barad-dûr, Fortress of Sauron. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then at last he rose with a snarl, and went before them like a beaten dog. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

And then, at last, she knelt and bowed her head. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He was silent; then, shaking his head, “I don’t know,” he said at last, “I don’t know'.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when at last the sun rose out of the sea and the great silver-plated dome of the temple flashed back its light, he was almost dazzled. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

“And the sword,” said Ron finally, when they had at last abandoned their attempts to divine meaning in the Snitch’s inscription. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

As he approached the summit of the hill at last, some-thing began to happen. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

When at last he reached the bottom, a narrow, muddy trail along the water's edge, Littlefinger was lazing against a rock and eating an apple. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Artists, she reminded herself, didn’t think like normal people, and at last she turned to Mia with curiosity. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I lie down on many a station platform; I stand before many a soup-kitchen; I squat on many a bench;—then at last the landscape becomes disturbing, mysterious, and familiar. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood up at last from his bath, shivering, in no doubt that a great change was coming over him. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Actually, they seemed more interested in me than in anything else; I was not bothered by their attentions and parried all of their questions blithely until the\\' at last grew rather personal. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

"This is absurd," the queen said at last. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Young folks ain’t got no sense these days,” she said at last. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was after that I noticed a change in her, as if her soul had at last matured and begun its cycles. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back in the house at last, there began a dreamlike time of grave arrivals, tears and subdued voices and urgent footsteps across the hallway, and her own vile excitement that kept her drowsiness at bay. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

But at last he realized that the train was not going on. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The duration of each lesson was measured by the clock, which at last struck twelve. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The ten minutes John had given seemed very long, but at last wheels were heard; four equestrians galloped up the drive, and after them came two open carriages. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The ceremony continued for some time, with more perambulations and exchanges of secret passwords and hand signs, more invocations and singing, until C.P. found himself at last standing before the large central altar. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I love you, I told him at last. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here, at last, was Vincent, riding at a gallop down the long slope. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Alone at last,” Kareem says as we sit across from each other. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“And beside her, we think, Potter! Potter and his friends, caught at last!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He went on; he felt the door under his hand at last and now he could hear Miss Coldfield’s whimpering breathing beyond it as he fumbled for the lock. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jinny, staring at the ragged brown fabric, knew she’d never be able to put things back the way they had been, but at last she had the three large cushions gripped awkwardly in her arms. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She felt almost frozen when she at last reached West Riding, but she did not stop at Quinn House even though her teeth chattered from the cold. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knocked, rang, and at last walked around to the back of the house. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

But at last he met Hector face to face and his doom was sealed as surely as a boar is doomed when he faces a lion. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Faster and closer, faster and closer, faster and closer, and at last, like a cresting wave, the rider burst out of the silver mist. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

And now at last, brave girl though she was, her heart quailed. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

When we were frantic questioning him, at last we heard the tale: our friends were gone. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

After being on the ocean for three days, I am at last staring at the glorious sight. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A tread creaked on the stairs at last. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

No. “Well—this is just a literary sort of exercise,” Pacheco told him scornfully, at last awarding the spiders a disdainful glower. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was getting on toward sunset when at last he came back, pushing his big basket on a wheelbarrow. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We are free at last, but here, just at the moment the gate swings open, and we can fly the coop, Tía Carmen's love revives our old homesickness. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

And at last he spotted the girl, in the middle of the row of ovens. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The August sun rolled up, hung at mid-heaven for a blinding hour, and at last wheeled westward before the journey was done. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She has sat back quietly, hoping she has learned, at last, to let the mighty wave of tradition roll on through her life and break on some other female shore. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Then one night they had stopped again since Sherman had stopped again, and an orderly came along the bivouac line and found Henry at last and said, ‘Sutpen, the colonel wants you in his tent. ’ Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

From its size and from the great doors at the far end, Digory thought that now at last they must be coming to the main entrance. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Probably Lancelot made her understand about his God at last, and she made him understand about her missing children. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I set him down at last and go over to the creek for a drink of water. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Darkness came down quickly, as they plodded slowly downhill and up again, until at last they saw lights twinkling some distance ahead. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

‘I don’t know what to think,’ he said at last. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The old man turned at last and said, “Come along. I would actually have let you walk right out of my house. I am a cowardly old fool.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he persists and at last has a good roaring flame. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

My throat is parched; everything dances red and black before my eyes, I stagger on doggedly and pitilessly and at last reach the dressing station. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I am told you were quite the climber, Bran," the little man said at last. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly Merry felt it at last, beyond doubt: a change. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Bree turned round at last, his face mournful as only a horse's can be. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

When at last we are up to our ears in death and garbage, we will look to Science to clean up our mess. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Kino searched for a true answer, and at last he said, “Everyone.” The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little man in black had stopped speaking at last and resumed his seat. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

"There," she said at last, stepping back, admiring her work. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Nothing could have been more magical than to have found her at last, and have her solely to ourselves in the closed world of a moving car. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Angel of the candy counter had found me out at last, and was exacting excruciating penance for all the stolen Milky Ways, Mounds, Mr. Goodbars and Her- sheys with Almonds. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Who is he and what is he that, out of loneliness, he comes into the alien camp and assumes the voice and face of memory and stands among us, accepted and happy at last? The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

When at last I finished the heron, I looked up to see Mr. Das standing there smiling. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

And still more water poured in, until at last Isengard looked like a huge flat saucepan, all steaming and bubbling.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

When she closed her eyes at last, Dany did not know whether she would be strong enough to open them again. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Vivian at last put the peanut in her mouth and chewed on it long enough for it to have been the whole handful. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We must get you back before light,” Uncle Abraham said at last. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

For another, this was the final hurdle, and however well or badly he did, the tournament would at last be over, which would be an enormous relief. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

And he has at last heard, I think, of hobbits and the Shire. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She had two needs: food and Frightful’s warm brood patch, and now, at last, she had both. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

And to her oft-repeated question, “Are we almost there?” the welcome answer came at last: “Only a few more minutes now.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

But at last she heard his ragged voice below. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He awoke minutes later only to laugh himself to sleep again, and so he continued, laughing and sleeping and laughing again, all afternoon, until at last he slipped into a prolonged slumber. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Dawn was growing in the sky, and the dell was filling with grey light, when Strider at last returned. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

With flushed cheeks and sweaty face, she at last looked up and grinned. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Got it,” said Hagrid at last, holding up a tiny golden key. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Something in her tone softened him, and he said at last, “She is in the stables.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Can I have my camera back?” he asked almost incoherently when his larynx was at last clear. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reunited at last, they spent the winter of 37-36 BCE in Antioch recapturing the spirit of their time together in Alexandria. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

“What are the hollows for?” he asked Zahotep at last, more to fight inattention than because he wanted to know. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The touch of the iron hilt seemed to unstick her feet from the floor at last, and she moved through what felt like thick mud toward the monstrous child. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“It looks as though the weather was going to break at last, Madam.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Several times he tried to find a grip and at last sat back on his haunches, at a loss. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I loved your photo exhibit at last semester’s Arts Night,” I said, trying to change the subject. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

When we did speak at last, it was a brief exchange. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

Throughout their conversation, Sticky’s expression had grown more and more dejected, his big eyes sadder and sadder, so that at last his face had taken on the exact gloomy look of that miserable man Milligan. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

When at last she had regained a grip on herself, she, Harry, and Ron went back to the castle. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Deciding that it was at last safe to do so, Harry removed the Shield Charm with a wave of Hermione’s wand and turned to Ron. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But when she had at last eaten half, she slumped back in her chair. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the play, they marched up, got their diplomas and were graduates at last. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her star had begun to ascend at last. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Roosevelt could at last take some comfort in knowing that their journey down the River of Doubt hadn’t been for nothing. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“Protego!” roared Harry, and the Shield Charm expanded in the middle of the Hall, and Voldemort stared around for the source as Harry pulled off the Invisibility Cloak at last. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“I just don’t want him beating on me all the time,” he said at last. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Slowly, one by one, the flames gave up their colour and dropped, until at last there were none left—only a glowing heap, ashen-edged. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

On New Year’s Eve, they crossed the Antarctic Circle at last, and some of the men gathered on the bridge to sing “Auld Lang Syne” with an accompaniment of dog howls. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

When at last the boy returned, he said “You can get into the rickshaw now.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The plane was hard to take off, and once it was in the air at last, it was also tricky to land. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“Ah, here you are at last,” said the rat idly. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment it looked as if the old man wasn’t going to answer at all, but at last his craggy face cracked enough to allow the escape of two small words, “I see.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

When at last he came to Serd, the ship’s master of whom he asked passage out to Roke bowed as he answered, “A privilege to me, Lord Wizard, and an honor to my ship!” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

I can at last describe to you our factory. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Among the rowdiest people of all were gangs of boys, teenaged and younger, who at last had their chance to defy authority. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Singer could ignore the situation no longer, so at last he asked Antonapoulos if his stomach pained him or if he perhaps felt bad and wished to go to sleep. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Daughter of the Chief’s flighty ex-wife, come home at last. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“What was it you wanted to say to me?” asked Hazel at last. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then at last he said: ‘My advice to you is this. Do not attempt to stand alone.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Their cloaks were rent and tattered before they broke free at last. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

It was a tired little mouse that crawled into bed a few minutes later—tired but ready for sleep at last. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I think,” he said at last, “that it would be well to have a further word with M. MacQueen, in view of what we now know.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

She swallowed again and sat down, and found the presence of mind to say something at last. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes we heard them pile back into their truck and restart the engine, and then, at last, they were gone. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The guard froze, turned, and—at last—he rang the bell. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I am still tight with fear of capture and also with excitement—to be at last in the United States. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

"This is more than a hunter's job," said Ralph at last, "because you can't track the beast And don't you want to be rescued?" Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Then at last and every day, from our Manhattan apartment, she would take day trips to any part of New York City, which she loved and thought she would never leave. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They left the dunes and came along the cliff, and then seeing the smoke from the fire which I kept burning, they followed it, and at last reached my house. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” I confessed at last, “I have heard.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When did you find out about this?” he asked at last. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

They knew, at last, that the back of winter was entirely broken. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The dirt under her feet turned to mud, then sludge, until at last she was ankle-deep in water. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He waited, listening to the distant shouts—and at last the lights blinked, blinked again, and came on. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It went in at last, and Butterbur’s face was a study in wonder. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The king sighed, but no one answered, until at last Éomer spoke. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

When at last he came out of Hari’s room, he looked very solemn. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

When at last the motion ceased, survivors enjoyed just three minutes of calm before a second shock came, only slightly less severe than the first. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“The Sunshine Buddies for the sixth grade have arrived at last, so we can get started.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

We set off over hills and through woods, until at last we came upon a narrow, winding path. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Just below this spot another great branch, itself as big as an ordinary tree, jutted out over the tops of the pines, and on this at last Jeremy fluttered gently to rest. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

She waved them out of her room at last. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Well, frankly,” he said at last, “I was going to ask you the same thing. He hasn’t been in class for two or three days.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Lincoln had found a safe house at last. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Russell Pickett, the billionaire chairman and founder of Pickett Engineering, shocked the black-tie audience at last night’s Indianapolis Prize by announcing that his entire estate would be left to his pet tuatara. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

And when at last he spoke, Toby’s words came out like hot oil on a stove—still on the surface, but ready to pop at the slightest disturbance. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

They had reached Lockhart’s classroom and he let Harry go at last. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

‘Well, at last we set off!’ he said. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

They were brought at last to a stone cottage at a fork in the road. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He patted the palm trunk softly, and, forced at last to believe in the reality of the island, laughed delightedly again and stood on his head. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

It is a good thing we have something decent to eat at last; we still have a use for all our strength. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two months earlier, the long, tragic Great War ended and hundreds of thousands of American servicemen were at last coming home from the battlefields of Europe. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

He melted and I swallowed Him and now, at last, I was a member of the True Church, an official sinner. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The Earth at last had a position in space. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

So long as the meat was seared, they gulped down several times their own weight every day, and at last began to grow larger and stronger. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He walked for several hours and at last he walked down to Cannery Row. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in the End of Speech, we found Companionship at last. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Out of the darkness, the first of the surfboats came at last, the waves thrusting it toward the shore, and we ran into the water to guide it onto the rocky beach. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I wore a cast for months, and when it was sawed off at last, the arm was discovered to have healed crookedly. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” she says at last, and they marry forever. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her shoulder ached—and that was what pulled her back into her body at last. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

An interminable dawn faded the stars out, and at last light, sad and grey, filtered into the shelter. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

They watched the rest of the family wending their way down the trail, Tao still clutched in Elizabeth’s arms, gentle worshiping Luath restored at last to the longed-for position at his master’s heels. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He trotted quickly to it and left, at last, a haven of more than a year, only eight days of which he fully recollected. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He kissed the stretch of her right forearm, which had healed from the burn at last. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

During the fall the show moved from one vacant lot to another, staying always within the fringes of the city limit, until at last it had encircled the town. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then at last it began to be mixed with another sound, a vague, disastrous noise which sounded first like the roar of a distant train, and then like the crash of a falling tree. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Skimming the wave-crests he reached at last the lovely island which had become for Odysseus a hateful prison. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tighter and tighter he squeezed, until at last... A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He’s handed his phone, at last, but there’s no answer when he calls Henry, and no response when he texts. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“There is one place,” Bob said at last. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

When at last Blackberry had reluctantly given in and they had set out down the hill, Fiver went almost as fast as though he were running for cover. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came out of the washroom and shut the door carefully and walked into the darkness and at last stood again on the edge of the empty boulevard. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed to take all afternoon floating down into the abyss, and he had been very glad to see it at last vanish, with no sound at all, into a forty-foot snowdrift at the bottom. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I could not believe that I had said the name at last. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He felt that at last he amounted to something. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mother had gone to sleep or something, because the house was quiet at last. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This,” King Hizdahr said at last, “this is not... we are not pleased, this ... what is the meaning of this ... this ...” The slaver in the maroon tokar produced a parchment. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The voice said at last, “Since you express no preference, I shall select a poem at random.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was already night when at last they halted and made their camp under some stunted alder-trees by the shores of the stream. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

When at last he came along, he was even more disheveled than usual. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

And when at last they had all eaten as much as they possibly could the three Dwarfs drew lots for who would do the washing-up, and Rogin was the unlucky one. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

The animal was only thirty feet away from Wild when it fell at last. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Every hour a few more were brought up and put through the same routine, until at last there were no more. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The trail entered the brush at last and followed a winding route among the tall sagebrushes. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

She dodged them; she tried to catch them, laughing, at last, people to play with. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk from one room to another, breathe through the crack in the window frame, feel my heart beating as if to say, “Fulfill my longing at last...” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I’m awful dull, but I hope I’ve beat out something nigh the rights of this at last. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. Almost bought a farm there. Would have been a stupid mistake. Then a friend in Boston forwarded me Weylin’s letter. Home at last, I thought, and you...” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

To see at last that contentment and beauty were not unattainable things. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

One step, two steps, three steps — at last six steps. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The endlessly repeated claim that Webster’s Third treated ain’t as correct English is a myth.3 It originated in a press release from the publisher’s marketing department which announced “Ain’t gets official recognition at last.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“There has been much rumor,” he said at last. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Was he in a cell by himself?” he said at last. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then we crammed ourselves into a battered little Peugeot taxi that felt like home at last, and came to Elisabet’s house, to fall into sleep or the fitful wakefulness of jet lag. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked down to the servants’ quarters and peeked into each half-opened room until at last I found her. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

There is a story too that he shrank and shrank in size until at last Aurora with a feeling for the natural fitness of things turned him into the skinny and noisy grasshopper. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

When at last she found her voice, it was a hushed voice, the voice she used for church. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tells Mam at last that she can have the public assistance but if she gets a single penny from her husband she’s to drop all claims and give the money back to the Dispensary. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“God bless you, sister,” he said at last. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

And, at last, he spoke the final and total truth. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

When we at last reached the air-conditioned ranger station, we sagged into chairs next to the water cooler, drank down the cooler’s last half-gallon of water, and asked the ranger for another bottle. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

And so it went, until at last a single squawk produced the desired response. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Well,” said the peregrine at last, “the initiation will have to be put off till tomorrow.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wang Lung saw at last that the man wanted money of him. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

And next morning early, I saw the family at last, taking Winifred away. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I attended a dinner,” he said at last. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She was becoming a solitary girl swiping nettles with a stick, and at last she stopped and tossed it toward the trees and looked around her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It felt like worms and toads and slimy things crawling out of my chest, but it also felt good, as if this awful side of me had surfaced, at last. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dear Magwitch, I must tell you now, at last. You understand what I say?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

And then, at last, after over an hour... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I see,” Dedd said at last, already beginning to compromise with the man she was set to marry. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stroke after stroke he dealt, until at last all the web within his reach was shattered, and the upper portion blew and swayed like a loose veil in the incoming wind. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

"Beg pardon, m'lord," she said at last, in a heavy wooden voice. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

You have shown such a calm, patient determination to reclaim this country as your own, and now the joy that we can loudly proclaim from the rooftops — Free at last! Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I got a son,” he said at last, “and the Lord’s going to raise him up. I know—the Lord has promised—His word is true.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

And then she saw what they were doing, at last: she saw what that great urgent purpose was. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Alone at last, I remove the blackout screen...and a new day begins in the Annex. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He took a breath and let it out and at last said, “No, I don't mean that.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a long and awkward silence in which his scar continued to prickle and throb, and which was broken at last by Mrs. Weasley. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

They were almost in despair before at last they came to a little muddiness and a tiny trickle of water through softer and better grass. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

That long road, her life, which she had followed for sixty groaning years, had led her at last to her mother’s starting-place, the altar of the Lord. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

But he understood at last what Dumbledore had been trying to tell him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Then at last, it seemed eternity, she began to control herself. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Many hours passed, but at last they heard a sound. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

My father answered: “In evening when the light is dying My feet at last are homeward turning The wind is through the willows sighing Please keep the hearthfire burning.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Hopeful at last with it in his hand, he hurried out to the fields to find Pegasus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jake sat numbly for some time, and at last he got to his feet and walked on. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Gabilan’s breathing was quiet at last; the hole in his throat moved gently. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

This made things more and more uncomfortable for the humans until at last Bree said, "And now, Tarkheena, tell us your story. And don't hurry it—I'm feeling comfortable now." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Emma would be “very happy to wait on Mrs. Bates, &c.,” and they did at last move out of the shop, with no farther delay from Miss Bates than, Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Goodness, but it was a relief to see Fritz coming at last. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I have a present for you,” she said at last in Eskimo. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Open it,” he said at last, surprised at the tremble in his own voice. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

When, at last, I placed a section in my mouth, I could hear it burst as my teeth met the flesh, squeezing the juice out onto my tongue, tart at first and then sweet. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

As if on cue, the women peck at last morsels and then carry plates and bowls to the kitchen and dump them in the sink. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s doing very well,” Blunt said at last. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“It’s Mother,” I whispered, “and Daddy. They’ve come for us at last.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Why do you butt in when grown people are talking?” she demanded, finding her weapon at last. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now repenting of their wickedness, the Bible explains, the tribes resolved to “go to a distant land never yet inhabited by man, and there at last to be obedient to their laws.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Making his way into the kitchen, he got down dusty, long unused plates and bowls and glasses; he began washing them in the sink, running the rusty hot water until it cleared at last. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Their wood had been consumed, and their stones had crashed down, had tumbled against one another until they locked at last in low and graceful curves. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the Langer See narrowed down into the home stretch, the Husky Clipper at last entered water that was more sheltered from the wind, protected on both sides by tall trees and buildings. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

When at last the tips of his toes touched mud, he forced his limbs to make swimming motions one last time. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You got a car,” she said at last. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

But then, at last, after endless years of waiting, they will hear the call. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

They left the pike and took a narrow road through the country and came at last upon a bridge and a dry creek and they crawled down the bank and huddled underneath. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

When the driver pulls up to the karaoke place at last, I fling money at him and burst out the door. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I was not allowed in while he was there, but when at last he went away, my grandmother came in to me, walking very slowly and looking very sad. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Spoony and Berry tag-teamed me with the more political activism mumbo jumbo than I could stand, until at last, thank God, English, Shannon, and Carlos showed up. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But at last they found themselves alongside Father Christmas, who went to the greatest trouble in helping them choose their presents. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Or perhaps they will merely pick up and leave for Mars or Europa or Titan or, at last, as Robert Goddard envisioned, seek out an uninhabited planet in some young and promising planetary system. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Is it safe?" said Aravis at last in the tiniest possible whisper. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

When all was at last ready Frodo said: ‘When are you going to move in and join me, Sam?’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

It was like a cauldron of steaming iron, trains everywhere—jarring, but also a reminder that life had opened to her at last. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“These are but words,” she said at last. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the strait was at last flooded around 10,000 years ago, Tasmanians and mainland Australians became cut off from each other because neither group possessed watercraft capable of negotiating Bass Strait. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

When at last the sun was low in the sky, Khal Drogo clapped his hands together, and the drums and the shouting and feasting came to a sudden halt. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

We say good-bye, and at last I watch Sister Claire’s determined white form disappear into the dusk. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

No parties, no boyfriends, no nothing,” she said at last after the dishes were put away. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped at last when he heard my footsteps and waited for me to come up, frowning so that I began to feel afraid. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was laughter, and another exchange of good nights before I was at last allowed to ascend to the sanctuary of this room. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

They woke as if from a bad dream and, at last, everything was all right again. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

As for Wang Lung, he said to himself that at last his affairs were settled and his women at peace and he could enjoy his love. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

When she opened her eyes at last, she looked at him with her strange speechless gaze, and he felt as though he faced a child. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

It was dusk when they came at last to the little pool. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well,” said Mrs. Weston, at last, “I guess he can stay with us until he rusts.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

He stood by her, however, for some minutes, in silence; and, at last, on the young lady’s whispering to Elizabeth again, he walked away. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

He came back at last to the stone door of the orc-passage, and still unable to discover the catch or bolt that held it, he scrambled over as before and dropped softly to the ground. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Then at last, when everything is ready...phwisst!...and she swoops! The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Mitsima squeezed and patted, stroked and scraped; and there at last it stood, in shape the familiar water pot of Malpais, but creamy white instead of black, and still soft to the touch. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

When at last Stella had her safely up in the grass, the girl’s eyelids fluttered open. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“They gave it to me,” he said at last. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here at last, Burnham saw, was a man who understood the true cost of each lost minute. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“I had a visit earlier this year,” the queen says at last. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Well,” she said at last, “we have to go in now. Say good night, Cinnamon.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

It’s Jon who has been away, and has returned at last. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

And then a trumpet rang from the Citadel, and Denethor at last released the sortie. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The trap door opened, and Hickock hung for all to see a full twenty minutes before the prison doctor at last said, “I pronounce this man dead.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

And at last he made out something dark among the waves, a long way off across what had been sand and now was wild water. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

We come to a stop at last in front of a pushcart with a stove on it. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The dog ran upstairs, hysterically yelping to each door, at last realizing, as the house realized, that only silence was here. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Constance was too short to copy over a shoulder, and note passing was much too risky, so at last Reynie had suggested Morse code. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Will you two shut up about food?” a prisoner near us yelled at last. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The principle of mass production at last applied to biology. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nightmare is over; we are free at last. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Henry turns to face him at last, and now that Alex’s eyes aren’t full of rainwater, he can see the skin under his eyes is papery and purple, rimmed pink at his eyelashes. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Darkness began to fall, but at last the boys arrived. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She settled herself into the big chair in the corner, one eye on Pearl, who sat down at last and popped the tab of her soda. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Her house was warm, and it was safe at last. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Committee?” she says, turning to us at last. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He couldn't think what was missing, until at last he realized that there was no smell of fish in it. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

A tractor at last breached a hole in the seawall, and a few men began to go through. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I continued for another half-mile or so, the disturbing smell now growing stronger by the moment, until at last I came out on to a stretch of open road. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Well,” said Doli at last, “I suppose I might as well go along, too. Do what I can. But it’s a mistake, I warn you.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I think I’ve been sent to stand in the corner,” the Afrikaner murmured at last. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And thus, just ere midnight, and in a darkness as black as the caverns in the mountains, they came at last to the Hill of Erech. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Miss Miss tottered slightly on her wheels and at last came to a stop near the end of the runway, where she sat, waiting, like some ancient idol. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

This was not because the diet was at last taking effect, but due to fright. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“They let us bury everyone at last,” she told me. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The girl was glued to the spot, terror-struck, pop-eyed, quivering, knowing for certain that the Day of Judgment had come for her at last. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

His team was so pleased to be rid of McLaggen, so glad to have Katie back at last, that they were flying extremely well. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Even with Lord Marshall’s bone-shrunk mug on the obituary pages at last, my cousin from the north would not tolerate an accusation of criminal conspiracy. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Had I turned into one of them at last? October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I must master the wand, Severus. Master the wand, and I master Potter at last.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I thought of her having said, “Matthew will come and see me at last when I am laid dead upon that table;” and I asked Herbert whether his father was so inveterate against her? Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I have been hoping for this piece of evidence for a very long time,” said Dumbledore at last. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

As she straightened at last, and gathered her bowl and all the soiled cotton wool, a doctor came and she was dismissed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He would, at last, make Baba proud, even if his father wasn’t here to see it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She had the feeling that she was going to understand things, finally, at last. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

They rose upward in circles, higher and higher, until at last, slightly dizzy, Harry saw a gleaming oak door ahead, with a brass knocker in the shape of a griffin. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I went on stomping about, repeating my lines and getting in everyone's way until at last Julian took me by the arm. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Occasionally one of them started forward excitedly, as if they had seen something interesting at last, only to fall back looking disappointed. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It was tiring to stop and start—whir, pause, kachung—but at last they came to a short street with frangipani trees on either side. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Three times Sam struck with all his force, and at last one single cord of all the countless cords snapped and twisted, curling and whipping through the air. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

"I consider myself a good judge of people," he says at last. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

‘So you have got here at last. I hoped you would manage it. Well, well! So all this feasting is in your honour, I hear. I hope you enjoyed yourself?’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The path dipped, and then again began to climb upwards, leading them at last to the foot of the steep hillside. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He noticed at last a struggling band: “Bonny Blue Flag.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sixty pounds for the African girl,” the voice cried out at last. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She rode for many days through the deepest parts of the Wood, and at last, driven by her desire to claim Rois’s heart, she found the crystal gates leading to Taninli. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Aye, and here thou art, at last," said the King in a very gruff voice. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Gabriel turned to stare at her, in astonished triumph that his sister should at last be humbled. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

At that moment the printing press gave a huge bang and numerous Quibblers came streaming across the floor from underneath the tablecloth; the press fell silent at last. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Every month, we waited to see if perhaps it had happened at last. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

It pleased him to see America’s civil engineers at last expressing passion for the fair, although in fact the directors had promised nothing to Eiffel. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“There’s only one answer I can think of,” Reynie said at last. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was to come the next evening at suppertime, to make at last, at Elizabeth’s urging, the acquaintance of Madame Williams. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Then at last he gave the restaurant a final survey and went toward the door at the back which led upstairs. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

His face scraped along jagged edges of ice and when he came, at last, to a stop, he lay shocked and still, feeling nothing at first but fear. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

The cold night air is reality at last: indifferent to me as a stone face carved on a high cliff wall to show that the world is abandoned. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

With excitement, though, the dog realized he had her at his mercy at last. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“You want me,” he asked at last, “to leave my wife—and come with you?” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

His excitement made it hard to stay perfectly still, but at last a mouse came to the entrance and tested the air. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Ridiculed by the same society that grew wealthy on the labor of his kind, C.P. had at last found a measure of self-respect and meaning in the Klan. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

And when Rusakov discovered Dust, at last there was a physical proof that something happened when innocence changed into experience. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

She looked irritable and at last seemed ready to talk to them. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Ogion went on a half mile or so, and said at last, “To hear, one must be silent.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

"I was free at last," Miss Honey said. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

His hands rummaged in the drawer and then at last he arose stiffly. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“There’s got to be something we can do,” I said at last. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I have no sons,” I said at last, heavily. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It's fine and ripe," he said at last, smacking his lips. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

One story says that she and Lynceus came together again and lived at last in happiness, and that their son was Abas, the great-grandfather of Perseus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s laughing so loud that we barely hear it when, at last, Lolo whistles to let us know it’s Tomás’s turn to climb. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She pointed at each one of them in turn, her finger landing at last on the teenage boy, who gaped at her. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Holding it close to his nose he searched, and located his and Luna’s dots at last. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

His customers, always pressed for money, promised payment after harvest, and then after Christmas, and then after—until at last they forgot it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When things had setded again he pulled at the mike cord once more and at last jerked the cord free. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Persuading the fighters to surrender their weapons was a difficult task, but at last it was done and we could begin to right things. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wrote her aunt that “his journal is come out at last along with two other thick volumes ... but I have not had time to read it yet.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then at last, to keep himself awake, he crawled from the hiding-place and looked out. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I regard him anew, at last seeing him for what he is. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He thought often of the miles of ridge after ridge until at last there was the sea. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then at last I made one more effort. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What’s that song?” snapped her husband at last, walking in to sit at the fire table. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I did at last turn my eyes in Wemmick’s direction, I found that he had unposted his pen, and was intent upon the table before him. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Papa was at last nodding confidently and said, “This direction!” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Now, at last, let’s turn to the archaeological record to find out who engulfed whom when. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Yet all the gods had pitied Lord Odysseus, all but Poseidon, raging cold and rough against the brave king till he came ashore at last on his own land. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They quieted, slowly, and at last were seated again. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

In the few years he had remaining it would corrupt his other senses until at last only his bird-screech voice would remain, and then that would expire, too. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

If once he could go, his anger would bear him down all the roads of the world, pursuing, until he had him at last: Gollum. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth would not observe her; and when at last Kitty did, she very innocently said, “What is the matter mamma? What do you keep winking at me for? What am I to do?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Their skin turns pale, their limbs stiffen, at last only their eyes live—stubbornly. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, boys,” she said, “here it is. The worst is happening at last.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said at last, but my voice was only a whisper. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

In the summer of 1944, at last the 46th Guards were equipped with parachutes. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

When it was silent at last, the commandant threw the shoes on top of Fayge’s body. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, hope is a strange thing. Peace at last. But at what price?” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Frank at last taking me to see Maxim. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Dear Christopher, We have a new fridge and cooker at last! The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When the silence had stretched unbearably long and the men knew at last that the horn would not wind again, they grinned at one another sheepishly, as if to deny that they had been anxious. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It scared me, but I knew what I said was important and right, and my voice found that full tone voices have when they are expressing something long-felt and long-understood and released at last. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she at last agreed to a meeting, she harnessed her full powers both as a pharaoh and as a woman to take complete control of the situation. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

And so they came at last deep into the glen; and there stood a sheer wall of rock, and in the wall the Dark Door gaped before them like the mouth of night. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She could not stop herself, even as she stumbled over tree roots, but at last she broke free of the Wood and began to cross the meadow. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Could this be her answer at last, a true knight sent to save her? A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He was laughing, putting on his glasses after wiping them on his cassock, his vision—like mine—clean at last. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But at last they were on the way, Marly carrying her little flowerpot and Mother holding a huge cake on which she had put the words, Welcome Home, Mr. Chris! Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

They had a huge argument, but at last Phoebe fizzled out. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Because I had to fix something, in the storeroom,” she said at last. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

When Bernard spoke at last, it was in a small tired voice. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thus far he had had no luck at all in locating the Doctor, but at last his luck turned. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

A savage to call her own, at last. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

To dine and leave immediately were the orders of the moment: alone and without guides, but armed to the teeth we crossed the fields ... the Temple appeared to us at last ... Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then at last I spotted a few trees in the distance, not far from the roadside, so I drove up to them, stopped and got out. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Furious, the United States at last joined the global conflict by declaring war on Japan the next day. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

This is what I have wanted him to say every day and every night, I thought, and now he is saying it at last. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Now slipping over a back-yard fence, now at last on the waterfront, Sea Street, Flounder Alley. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The church had at last thrown in its lot with the people! In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was coming to the top of the steps and was in the Cleft at last. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I told Granny that I planned to make some money by selling papers and she agreed, thinking that at last I was becoming a serious, right-thinking boy. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to calm him down, but he continued to be nervous, and at last she had to tie him to a tree, afraid that he would bolt. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

And at last he set out for the meeting place. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

After nearly a decade of prodding by Douglas Moore and others, King was at last prepared to endorse a national nonviolent direct-action campaign aimed at ending Jim Crow. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

And even as he espied them and came swooping down, he saw them fall, worn out, or choked with fumes and heat, or stricken down by despair at last, hiding their eyes from death. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Van Helsing seemed to throw his whole soul into the effort; at last, in obedience to his will she made reply:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Since Thanksgiving, Lexie had checked the mail first thing when she came home, and at last, in mid-December, a fat envelope bearing the Yale logo in the corner finally landed in their mailbox. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And the sun was making her drowsy, until at last she closed the book and held her face up to its warm rays. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Her same eyes, her same mouth, open in surprise to see, at last, her long-cherished wish. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

White would need to tie up these loose ends, but at last a witness had emerged who could directly implicate Hale in the plot. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He had tapped, at last, into heredity’s inner logic. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“In spite of our troubles and losing sleep the whole party was in good spirits, for, at last, we had exchanged inaction for action,” Worsley remembered. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Maybe at last I can do some good with it. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“You should have told Mom and Dad,” I said at last. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And at last I got a good look at the town I had lived so near and seen so little of. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Who knows, cousin,” the coyote apparition mumbled at last. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we get to the trailer at last, we carry the deer around to the three-sided shed Judd’s got in his backyard. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I have been half my life away from home," Theon ventured at last. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When at last we left Mrs. Cadaver and Mrs. Partridge, we drove for approximately three minutes. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Peace came to the mothers, with the knowledge that at last their children’s spirits were at rest. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Con feared for one awful moment that he might have to break it, but then, at last, Tali’s mouth opened just enough, and Con slid the stone between his cold lips. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

"You hurt your arm," she managed at last. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I said, and when he laughed, at last I gave in. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The children watched in growing despair as the brave child grew weaker and weaker, her voice softer and softer, until at last her cries of defiance were scarcely more than mumbles. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The young woman sat at last and murmured, more to herself than to Johnny: ‘I must talk to you, Jonathan Lyte Tremain.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was quiet for a few excruciating moments, and then she turned to me at last. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Doesn’t everything,” he says, “die at last and too soon? Who would not be honored to fall? To be a paving stone on the road to final victory?” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“You’ve been a powerful good friend to take me in like this,” the boy said at last. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only the man with the Captain's hat and the sign of the Phoenix on his hat, at last, curious, his playing cards in his thin hand, talked across the long room. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out of the black night it came at last, cold and wild and flooded with lightning. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Worn out at last, Arethusa called to her goddess, and not in vain. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

They wrangled a little and at last she said yes he might. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was walking back to the tower to give himself up to sleep at last when Sandor Clegane and his riders came pounding through the castle gate, back from their hunt. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“My dear Emma,” said he at last, with earnest kindness, “do you think you perfectly understand the degree of acquaintance between the gentleman and lady we have been speaking of?” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

I emphasized that unity among the black people — Africans, Coloureds, and Indians — in South Africa had at last become a reality. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting beside him at last, feeling his warmth as they ate ice cream together and laughed at Lydia's efforts with a cone, Ann believed that maybe things would work out for them after all. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then at last I get some definite information, and by the afternoon I am able to report to the Orderly Room. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took another, eyes closed, his mouth tight, and at last exhaled. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It took me weeks to find that wood,” he said at last. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Human history at last took off around 50,000 years ago, at the time of what I have termed our Great Leap Forward. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Greathearted Odysseus, home at last, was being bathed now by Eurynome and rubbed with golden oil, and clothed again in a fresh tunic and a cloak. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then at last over the miles between there came a rumble, rising to a deafening crash and roar; the earth shook, the plain heaved and cracked, and Orodruin reeled. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

It came at last, and settled his mind effectually on one point, for Jo decidedly couldn’t and wouldn’t. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry darted forward and began to hack at the ropes binding the small girl to the statue, and at last she was free. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Read it aloud,” said Grandpa Joe, climbing back into bed again at last. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

“When he passed me in the restaurant,” he said at last, “I had a curious impression. It was as though a wild animal—an animal savage, but savage! you understand—had passed me by.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of all I long to have a home of our own, to be able to move around freely and have someone help me with my homework again, at last. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I was grateful for the chance to rest at last, but I did not rest for long. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Now a real fire beat in my temples, all the fevers I’d ever begged for, caught up to me at last. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"My darling," she said at last, "are you sure you don't mind being a mouse for the rest of your life?" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

She put on the mask, which was tied with a silken cord so thin she could barely see it, and at last she took out her moonstone ring and slipped it on her right hand. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hilda said, and at last I felt I had touched a human string in the cat's cradle of her heart. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“It will be dark in a few hours,” she said at last, anxiously. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The audience, which had been yelling and stomping impatiently, suddenly stopped and applauded, glad that at last something was happening. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

She had reason, in the years that followed, to remember his saying this; and time, at last, to discover in herself the depths of bitterness in her father from which these words had come. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

With such evidence I might at last force the King’s groups to analyze their DNA samples. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Hathaway shielded his eyes and at last said, “Captain Wilder!” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lee waited for a moment, but Longstreet said nothing, and the silence lengthened until at last Lee said, “You will attack on the right with the First Corps.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Robichaux was adamant, though, and Santa at last let him have his way. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

All through the late spring and early summer the water rose and at last it lay like a great sea, lovely and idle, mirroring cloud and moon and willows and bamboo whose trunks stood submerged. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

While Ron kept watch he tugged and twisted, and at last, after several tense minutes, the paper came free. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he guessed something of my shyness at last for he took my hand, and kissed it, and laughed a little, even as he spoke. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“The Lord spoke to the common people gathered at the well,” he said at last, in his old booming voice that allowed no corner for doubt. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I realized at last that they were or soon would be frostbitten. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You unbend your forehead at last,” said Mr. Rivers. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Now that I’ve managed to get into it at last, I don’t think I shall ever take it off again. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

When, at last, I see their distant figures return, my siblings and I rush toward them. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was their day in court at last. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Aunt Docia kept measuring her waist with her hands, and at last she gasped, “I guess that’s the best you can do.” Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

When at last they were right in among the animals, the animals all stopped talking and stared at them. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

She was very tired by now, but felt oddly invigorated by relating the story to someone at last. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It was close on ten o’clock before they at last got off. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Usually she speaks on a hint; but this time the Professor had to ask her questions, and to ask them pretty resolutely, before we could learn anything; at last her answer came:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Then at last the three of them, the Captain and Call carrying Auntie Braxton on a hand sling between them, she with an arm about each’s shoulder. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Well, well! The hunt is over, and we meet again at last, where none of us ever thought to come,’ said Aragorn. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

On either side ahead a darkness began to loom through the mist; and he guessed that they were at last approaching the gap in the hills, the north-gate of the Barrow-downs. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I stared upward, managed to focus on him clearly at last. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

So I departed from the royal presence—eck, eck, eck all down the long red floor in the red gloom of the hall, until at last the double doors shut me off from him. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The captain of the distressed vessel, at last heeding the injunction, cast down his bucket, and it came up full of fresh sparkling water from the mouth of the Amazon River.' Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kamal reaches out at last and takes my hand in his, his thumb against my wrist, on my pulse. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nosed out, in my childish games, every last shark-toothed chamber and hall, every black tentacle of my mother’s cave, and so came at last, adventure by adventure, to the pool of firesnakes. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if the lost sun were returning at last. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Then at last I stand before the brown door with its worn latch and my hand grows heavy. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She liked it, but at last her eyes closed with weariness and she fell asleep. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

They walked all afternoon until at last, a mile ahead, where gray and yellow smoke billowed up from surrounding fields, they saw the bridge across the Bergues-Furnes canal. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She wouldn’t listen, however, and after a few more stubborn requests, Milligan at last set down his oil can and shuffled over to them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I saw you,” I say at last, and I feel euphoria, fleeting but unmistakable, when I say the words out loud. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘We will have peace,’ said Théoden at last thickly and with an effort. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Ah, well, poor girl, there is peace for her at last. It is the end!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

After various lesser mishaps, Meg was finished at last, and by the united exertions of the entire family Jo’s hair was got up and her dress on. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

And at last she opened her eyes and looked at him for a long time and she also said nothing. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

The sun was sinking when at last they drew near to the end of the line of downs. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The explorer Martin Sauer, who visited Kamchatka five years after Cook’s expedition, discovered that the Russian government had at last ventured into the former epidemic zone. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Johnny helped her search and they found them at last in a glass of water on the ledge outside the window. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But at last Apollo saw her, and everything ended for her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My mother is afraid of snakes,” she said at last. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she glanced with distaste at Nettle, and at last pointed along the street to where a pig was nosing around in the gutter. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“She needs to do something with herself,” her mother said at last. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He shut his eyes and struggled for a while; but resistance became unbearable, and at last he slowly drew out the chain, and slipped the Ring on the forefinger of his left hand. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Do you live nearby?” she managed at last, letting go of his hand reluctantly. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Someone who looks more like everyone else,” I say at last. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

"A set of clothes for Rani," I say at last. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

When the days of rejoicing were over at last the Companions thought of returning to their own homes. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

When a worker at last called her name, Ann walked over to a large desk where a white woman hunched over a stack of papers. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Waving and blowing kisses to loved ones as the military trains pulled out of the station, the black soldiers were at last on their way to fight for freedom. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Sirs: Well, at last I heard from you, Ignatius. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hesitated, but at last said, “You may call me Sidhean.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good,” said Moody, as at last seven dressed, bespectacled, and luggage-laden Harrys faced him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

We didn’t mention it and we didn’t mention Leper, until at last Brinker found a workable point of view. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

And at last he came down from the loft, yawning and rosy, rubbing his curls, just as Mae was piling the plates with flapjacks. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

But of course this didn’t happen, and at last, Pearl snuck the cordless phone from the kitchen counter, ducked outside by the garage, where it was quieter, and called Moody. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Salt Lane at last, and the little man observing Boston so genially through his spyglass. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said at last, my voice scarcely more than a whisper. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

While she sat in the drawing room, feeling her tiredness at last, but unwilling to go to bed, her mother was questioned, then Leon and Paul Marshall. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then at last the opening music came again, with all the different instruments bunched together for each note like a hard, tight fist that socked at her heart. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She is making a spectacle of herself, at last, and I am in control. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Where are you from?” asked the Martian at last. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

When at last I have the revolver my hand starts to tremble. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

But at last with a great creaking and sighing he heaved up his enormous body, signed to the slaves to precede him with the lights and went out. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Together they watched the dawn grow slowly in the sky, now bare and cloudless, until at last the sunrise came. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

And repeating this over and over again to himself he fell asleep at last in his tent. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

After perhaps four hours, his right arm aching with the effort, she at last lightened; the water was a shallow puddle in the middle of the cabin floor. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

"By golly, somebody's floored her at last!" cried one of the men, grinning. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Helpless at last, unable to move hand or foot, he prayed for death, but there was no release for him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

All her dread had at last caught up to her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The deballing occurred quite early one morning, shortly after Herbie had at last achieved a sort of painful, but at least semicomatose, state. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he struggled on for a while longer, until at last, completely exhausted, he collapsed onto one of the steps. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

It had to be replaced again and again until at last the pony let it stay. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I heard that at last a husband had been found for me, I almost ran away. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I know she is dead,” she said, and at last, it felt like something that had happened long ago. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Joe wandered about, looking in unlikely places for his shoes, and at last found them where he had left them under the bed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Exhausted by her lack of sleep, shivering from the cold that stole into the tower cell each night, feverish and famished by turns, Cersei came at last to know she must confess. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Professor Lupin appeared to have woken up at last. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

My father had made the money for the fare at last, but he sent for her instead of returning, one more postponement of home, this time because of the Japanese. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

One way to sum up the new scholarship is to say that it has begun, at last, to fill in one of the biggest blanks in history: the Western Hemisphere before 1492. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

But at last, in the late afternoon he was done and the raft—which he called Brushpile One for its looks—hung together even as he pulled it into the water off the beach. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could go to him and force him ’, knowing that he would not because it was all finished now, that was all of it now and at last. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then at last she saw him . . . only for an instant, framed between the branches of the trees as she looked down at the valley floor, yet she knew it was him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Set upon by the civet cat, the spy, the eye, the hunger of a superior need, Methuselah is free of his captivity at last. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Millions of people woke each morning hoping to read in their newspapers that this staunch detective at last had found the missing children. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“So we’ll be staying here for a long time, then?” she asked at last. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Delicately sensing decay at last, the regiments of mice hummed out as softly as blown gray leaves in an electrical wind. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we at last pulled into my driveway, I asked for his phone and typed my number into it. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

When at last she left you, you lapsed at once into deep reverie: you betook yourself slowly to pace the gallery. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

But once Jefferson laid it out before him so elegantly in the summer of 1813, Adams at last possessed a target on which to focus his considerable firepower. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Now that she was seeing him at last, she hardly knew what to say. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

They walked through the wood for twenty minutes, talking and joking loudly, until at last they emerged on the other side and found themselves in the shadow of a gigantic stadium. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Then days and months grew full and waned, the year went wheeling round, the seasons came again, before at last the power of Iphiklos, relenting, freed the prisoner, who foretold all things to him. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They decided that that very night they would try to slip away and steal out through the city into the open country where at last they could be together in freedom. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

In November 1890 Holmes learned along with the rest of Chicago that the directors of the World’s Columbian Exposition had at last reached a decision as to where to build the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Zau ceased his work on the wing tip, examined it intently, and seemed satisfied at last. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Come and see me,” he said at last. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brother Leon asked, turning to the boy at last. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Captain Underpants is for babies,” I said at last. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

When at last he agreed, he was still reluctant. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He struggled and at last the discipline returned. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

When at last they gave up, nineteen years later, they had drilled to a depth of 12,262 meters, or about 7.6 miles. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

For a long time I think on this and at last make a decision. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

I could little imagine a subject of Discourse & at last fell asleep. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“It’s not a stoat sandwich, is it?” said Harry anxiously, and at last Hagrid gave a weak chuckle. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

When at last he did succeed in getting to the surface, tired and smelly, he observed that the truck was not making any more collections but was rumbling rapidly along. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

He didn’t talk much as they changed into their school robes, and was still glowering when the Hogwarts Express slowed down at last and finally stopped in the pitch-darkness of Hogsmeade station. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Aye—because she asked him at last how he liked Netherfield, and he could not help answering her; but she said he seemed very angry at being spoke to.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

She gave no sign of understanding a word of what the girl was saying; and at last, with a joyful “Hwoinch!” she broke away and ran to Taran, wriggling gleefully. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I don't know,” said Mo at last. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Well, here’s the deal,” Officer Jones said at last. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“What do you want?” a breathless voice asked at last. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I held my breath and floated at last, looking up into the sky, afraid to speak. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z

Some time passed before he spoke; he at last said— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Harry said at last, his teeth chattering, his voice weaker than usual due to his near-strangulation. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

‘If they’ve killed you, what shall I do? Well, I’m coming at last, right to the top, to see what I must.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“What are you,” I asked at last, “urn, what are you doing, anyway?” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

They sought Artemis everywhere over the hills and in the woods, but when at last they caught sight of her she was on the seashore, making directly for the sea. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took them some time to find him, but at last they reached the bush where he lived. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

He took a step, and able at last to hit someone, stuck his fist into Piggy's stomach. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Most of all, Dufay’s music sounds, at last, familiar to us. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Then, warm and still at last, with the sweet land odors blowing to him, he slept in peace. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Came the day at last, when Weston approached his daughter guiltily and suggested a “beautiful” visivox show in the village. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

He stared at the dark monstrous forms hidden in the fog, and said at last, “The crags....It must be Esherhoth Crags.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Jethro was awakened by the general confusion when Shadrach at last drove the team up in front of the yard gate. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

So he saved us all, till Pallas Athena led you away at last.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she did, and at last she was offered a place as a pilot with the 588th Night Bomber Aviation Regiment. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

When they bound Shadrack into a straitjacket, he was both relieved and grateful, for his hands were at last hidden and confined to whatever size they had attained. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment, there was a fleeting memory of those shirts, but it was gone with the realization that they had been rescued at last. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

But now at last, sweet fantasy has found root in your blessed soul! Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gradually the black mass had lengthened and thickened, so that it kept at last to its braided pattern, and I didn’t have to yank my scalp off when I tried to comb it. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The plane landed at last, its wheels screeching, while Salva gripped the armrests and braced himself for what was to come. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Professor,” Harry said at last, “do you think he’s getting stronger?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I sip my drink and feel that at last I have something to celebrate. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the porch I could, at last, make out the three now taut lines, and then I caught sight of her washboards just above the water line. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Andeg screamed and tore with his beak at the dog’s eyes, but the dog was eager, at last, to get the better of a human. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

‘The scouts have come back at last,’ said an Orc close at hand. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Off he went at last, and left them feeling rather breathless. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

And then Chapter Eleven is laughing, entertained at last. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“This is not so good,” she said at last. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Name the terms,’ said Gandalf steadily, but those nearby saw the anguish in his face, and now he seemed an old and wizened man, crushed, defeated at last. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

When I at last got the truth out of him, I saw at once that he had been trying to put his claim to the ring beyond doubt. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Now, at last, I could do something for her. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” said John at last, sounding almost angry, unable to bear his thoughts, unable to bear the silence in which Elisha looked at him. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He moved his wineglass toward his family, who looked back self-consciously, lowering their eyes at last as everyone drank. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then came the long silence, the waiting, the listening, and at last, with surprising suddenness came the leap and the swish of the net. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

This ruedacaca, trying again again, has reached this place at last. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then at last the hour for departure was at hand. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

And neither of them stumbled and the candles didn’t go out, and at last they came where they could see a little door in the brick wall on their right. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

‘Johnny,’ he said at last, ‘are you awake?’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

These were marvelous singers whose voices would make a man forget all else, and at last their song would steal his life away. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

When at last the corn was done, Ma put all the soft, white kernels in a big jar in the pantry. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took us a long time to do that, but we were happy because we knew we would eat at last. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

When at last I roused and pulled myself up to look out, the tent was half buried. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“The penance was to wear the hair shirt of a certain dead religious that we knew of,” he went on at last, defeated. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Here, at last, is your special privilege,” said Mr. Curtain. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

In 1967, their campaign against southern segregation laws successful at last, black civil rights leaders were turning their attention to the North, a North they no longer saw in contrast to the South. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

"If Lord Eddard were to confess his crime," she said at last, "we would know he had repented his folly." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I went to see the Controller this morning,” said the Savage at last. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the new theories it became possible at last to construct plausible scenarios for how we got here. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

His mind would well over at last and he would not be Montag any more, this the old man told him, assured him, promised him. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked about for my family and at last saw my husband. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think these are fake diamonds,” he said at last. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“French toast,” he said at last, and grew silent for a long period before inclining his head towards me very slightly and saying: “You?” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He started along the glass passage that joined Block C to Block D and here at last there was something different. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I suppose you will need some money,” he said at last with apparent gruffness. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I had found two English-speaking Muslims at last—and they were leaving. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Descent into the depths until at last there was no further chasm below. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Ivy thought she remembered seeing Jessa at last year’s Pumpkin Festival with Robin. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Katie felt ashamed of herself at last for being so bitter against poor Sissy. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came at last to a place where more sunshine fell. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“It will all come clear presently, Sticky. Ah, here they are at last.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It had taken the Owner over half a century, but at last every St. Anthony’s suitcase ever made was inside the walls of his store. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

"Your father must be told," he said at last. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

When at last he reached it he knew that now he could die and he was glad. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the top of the lane the party halted, and Frodo and his friends went on; and they came at last to the once beloved place. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

They sang protest songs and listened to community leaders who assured them that after hundreds of years spent wandering in the desert of segregation and oppression, the Promised Land was at last within sight. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Shifting shadows started at last to coalesce, and after a while my eyes became accustomed to the gloom, and I could see. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Contained at last, the fires could be dealt with, with real effect. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

But at last, when the money she thus earned for him was not enough for his needs, he turned upon his own body and devoured it until he killed himself. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

And think he did, gathering his courage until at last there was enough of it to enable him to stand before Min with a request. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

This was probably my real father and we had found each other at last. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rachel will be gone at last, once and for all, never to return. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Help! Help!” he shouted, his voice back at last. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

And at last Moon Orchid looked at her—two old women with faces like mirrors. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Day after day the pitiless sun blazed down, scorching whatever still struggled to grow and baking the earth hard until at last it split and great irregular fissures gaped in the land. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, news at last, through rumor. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried the point and the blade again and again on his callused thumb-ball, and at last he tried it on his upper lip. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Elfhelm’s éored came next; and now Merry noticed that Dernhelm had left his place and in the darkness was moving steadily forward, until at last he was riding just in rear of the king’s guard. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Harry stretched out his hand at last to take the yellowish envelope, addressed in emerald green to Mr. H. Potter, The Floor, Hut- on-the-Rock, The Sea. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

When she was at last safely inside her chambers, Celaena crossed to her bedroom door and leaned there, panting, as she unlocked it. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Lupita, alone at last, opened the door of the little house where she and Salvador were to live. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Edondurath ran behind him and caught up with him at last and smote him. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“They were Tories,” said the Corporal at last, as much to the men who were gathered around as to Jonathan. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

It would be another ten minutes after that when he managed to extract the first toothpick from the first classroom door and the chemistry teacher could at last get to his desk. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When at last she reached the small ledge below the tree and felt her feet firmly in place there, she took a deep breath. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

We searched again every day till at last I found a raisin in my bun and held it up. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

All lovely things at last go down to you. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was an ardent teacher who had at last met a pupil worth bothering with. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

So now at last the City was besieged, enclosed in a ring of foes. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

To Alfons, the wait seemed like an eternity, but, at last, Hitler approached the podium. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

When he resolved at last to move to Chicago, he was still using his given name, Herman Webster Mudgett. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“I...I’ve heard about that,” I said at last, self-conscious of how hushed my voice had become. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

When her friends and comrades asked for a dance performance to celebrate the new year of 1945, she had to be coaxed, but she gave in at last. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Then, standing steadily at last, he opened them. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Still he lies and aims again;—once he shifts and again takes aim; at last the rifle cracks. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She never won her father’s approval, but with his death, she was at last free of his disapproval. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

And when at last the Lion spoke and said, “Narnia awake,” he didn’t hear any words: he heard only a snarl. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

But at last she slid into the seat, to a round of applause from the crowd. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I have got so out of it!” said Mr. Wemmick,—“except at last. Very glad, I’m sure, to make your acquaintance. Good day!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

The seventh sense, indeed, slowly kills all the other ones, so that at last there is no trouble about the commandments. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She came at last to a confluence of shabby streets which she assumed from the detached quarter of her map was Stockwell. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I was watching them through the crack and hoping to heaven they would hurry up and leave so that I might be safe at last. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“It seems a time for honesty,” he said at last. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When at last they came to the bottom of the gorge they found that evening had fallen in the deep places. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I do like being with you,” Maria said at last. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went inside and lay down, with the money tied to my body, and at last dozed off into a troubled sleep. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This isn’t over, Fowl,” she said at last. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Imagining me, all grown up, too, a teacher at last. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

And then, at last, on June 20, 1976, the car appeared once again. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

When at last I felt like I could move again, I came unsteadily down the stairs. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He stared awhile at what we had to sell, and made an effort to say something and tried again and at last he said, choking, “The bullocks must go. Otherwise we shall not have enough.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When I was younger I used to travel,” he said at last. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Even me—I find my hands at last. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

If there was fighting tomorrow, Gage would not hesitate to hang him—at last— for high treason. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What were you doing?” he demanded at last, letting go of her as though she burned him. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here at last were her real arms, and they would never hold him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

This night at last he slept serene, his long-tried mind at rest. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Treebeard praised all their deeds, of which he seemed to have full knowledge; and at last he stopped and looked long at Gandalf. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The bard and Taran tried to aid him, but at last Ellidyr fell back, exhausted and gasping with the pain of his efforts. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Little by little, the sounds dwindled and died, until at last there was only the wolf. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The jaegers circled, the longspurs tumbled on their wings, and at last Silver came home. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as though all those layers of cloud were gradually being peeled away until, at last, on the sixth day they rode with the Xi, they saw the sun. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Remaining — your dutiful Brother & Son — Ev My dear Fruition — We are come at last to Cambridge & the Great Encampment. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Beatty flopped over and over and over, and at last twisted in on himself like a charred wax doll and lay silent. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How do you survive it?” he asks at last. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s one of us,” the man said at last. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He could find no flaw: we will go up the center and split them in two, on the defense no longer, attacking at last, Pickett and Hood and McLaws. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was indeed little speech, and they ate and drank for the most part in silence, until at last, plucking up courage, Merry asked the question that was tormenting him. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

They had been joined at last by the 83rd Pennsylvania and the 44th New York, but they were still the extreme end of the Union line, the highest point on the field. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Here then at last comes the ending of the Fellowship of the Ring,’ said Aragorn. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I want to scream to the world that we are together at last. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Well, you understand,” he said at last, “being here...you understand that I am no longer acting on your behalf with the king of course.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

But when she had to let her breath out at last, she began to cough desperately and Gitl pounded her on the back. “. . . lie down” was all she heard. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Too, Jones seemed to be broken in at last. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman at last got back her voice. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The passage ran straight at last, up an incline; and at the end, wide open, were great double doors, leading probably to deep chambers far below the high horn of the tower. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

‘Yes. The obvious thing to do, of course, if one could. I tried long ago; but I have managed it at last.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The night was old and the East grey when they rode up at last from Deeping-coomb and came back to the Hornburg. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

But we have at last begun to listen for other voices in the cosmic fugue. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when full daylight came at last, they all got to their feet and stretched their poor cramped bodies, and then the Centipede, who always seemed to see things first, shouted, “Look! There’s land below!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

There, I had said it at last, the word that had hovered on my tongue for days. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Grief at last wholly overcame them, and they wept long: some standing and silent, some cast upon the ground. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The girl now sat up, really interested at last. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

We came to the house at last and rounded the great sweep before the steps. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

With Eilonwy at his heels, he ran to the tree, fearful the fatigue and strain of the day had at last driven the dwarf out of his wits. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Boy, I’m sorry for you,” he said at last. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Had he really gone mad at last? But he was serious.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“You’re not thinking of going back, are you?” she asked at last. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

And he repeated over and over, “I will tell it to the village—I will tell it to the village...” until at last Wang Lung said unwillingly, “What do you want me to do?” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“If the shadow has a name,” he said at last, “I do not think it will stop and tell it to me...” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

That meant that Ash could not leave the house either, so when the invitation arrived at last, just after midsummer, even Ash was excited to deliver it to her stepsister. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He found himself at last pushing through the rustling stiff reeds of the papyrus marsh, with the water lapping almost to his knees. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

When the carriage came to a stop at last and the footman opened the door for her, they had arrived in the courtyard in front of Quinn House, which loomed dull and stony before her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would ride to that crystal city where it is said that the fairies have their grandest palace, and she would know, at last, what Kathleen had known. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know what you did,” he said at last, “but not what you are. I cannot accept your fealty.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

And now at last Odysseus would have perished, battered inhumanly, but he had the gift of self-possession from grey-eyed Athena. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had gone some miles, and the road was at last running down a long slope into the plain, when Frodo’s strength began to give out and his will wavered. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

And deep inside me, if I could have searched the recesses of my feeble conscience, I might have found something like: Free at last! Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

They came at last, skirting the water's edge, to where General Macarthur sat looking out to sea. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

The light was nearly gone, and they were all exhausted, when at last they reached the top. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

In the meantime Arne Stolbaad’s chimney fire expired; when the firemen showed up at last he expressed to them his delight at having burned clean the flue creosote. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She raged against it, helpless and insulted, and blurted at last, “I don’t want to die.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The words had been said; the question, at last, had been asked. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Then Lee Chong sent his boxed and brittle grandfather over the western sea to lie at last in ground made holy by his ancestors. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Capricorn is in the north,” he answered at last. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The words, the sentences, waver, bang apart, come back together again until at last he's finished. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

But as the weeks rolled by and each new day of enthusiastic labor added another gold star to my shining record he began to believe: timidly at first but at last triumphantly. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

A ragged winter sparrow flew in patterns against the smoky sky and at last came to light on a gable of the house. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Margaret took notes, counted again, and said at last that it all added up. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

She hides her knowledge well....The silence went on, everybody afraid to speak, thoughts crisscrossing in the overfull air, eyes averted, shifting, lowered at last to the ground. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Henry’s smile has gone sheepish and reserved, and Alex understands their friendship at last. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

‘Have it your own way, Mr. Frodo,’ he said at last, ‘but I think the rope came off itself — when I called.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

In this place at last a man could stand up free of the past, free of tradition and blood ties and the curse of royalty and become what he wished to become. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The landing was soft as a whisper, the craft skimming over the tall grass until Soulzeren dropped the sail and they came at last to a halt. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“It’s just the mercy of God,” he said at last, “that this boy didn’t lose his eye. Look here.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

They reached again and again for a high note, yearning toward a high note, which they found at last and held— an icicle in the desert. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Already night was laid on the flowing waters when the travellers came at last under the shadow of the hills. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

When at last Fudge had stood up to leave, the Prime Minister had stood up too. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Farid followed him, carrying the heavy bag, happy as a stray dog who has found a master at last. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Shakily, he at last reached for the car phone, called in to the Hall of Justice. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I’d do the same,” the captain said at last, abruptly, nodding. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She managed it at last, and with the cockpit canopy open she was thrown from the plane by accident. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“I need to get something to eat,” I said at last. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He had told her, at last, how he had been damaged. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The candle, wasted at last, went out; as it expired, I perceived streaks of grey light edging the window curtains: dawn was then approaching. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Has el gato—the cat—still got your tongue?” inquired the old man when Matt was at last brought back to the wheelchair. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crease by crease he unfolded it, until at last there came to view eight small misshapen seed pearls, as ugly and gray as little ulcers, flattened and almost valueless. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as though even his nerves, seasoned by a long career of hazards and dangerous undertakings, had given out at last. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

But at last he gave himself a final swing and stood upright there. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, at last, as he crept around yet another bend, he saw a solid wall ahead on which two entwined serpents were carved, their eyes set with great, glinting emeralds. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

When at last he lay sleeping quietly, she summoned all her courage and lit the lamp. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her heart was not beating as strongly as usual and she felt weary and old, but she was sure at last that she had saved Wilbur’s life, and she felt peaceful and contented. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

And she breathed a great sigh, as if the purpose of her life was clear to her at last. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Danvers showed herself at last; quietly, calmly, she told the gardeners where to put the flowers, and she herself arranged them, stacking the vases with quick, deft fingers. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I said at last, assuming he would be able to pick up from the tone of my voice that I was talking about him not defending his brother at the party. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Feathers at last at last and no words at all. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Come at last, as I knew you would." Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Like so many cold, weak people, when faced at last by the incontrovertible disaster she exhumed from somewhere a sort of fortitude, strength. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was early spring when at last the Master released him, sending him first to offer his fealty to the Archmage Gensher. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Volcanoes don’t have legs. It’s the Witch. She’s coming for us at last. Just as we knew she would.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

When at last Gram and Gramps Hiddle and I set out that first day of the trip, I prayed for the first thirty minutes solid. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Immediately I knew that it would be the homeless bird, flying at last to its home. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“But what about now? What did you do afterward, when you were free at last?” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The warren was thriving at last and Hazel could sit basking on the bank and count their blessings. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything was done at last, even to Amy’s arranging different colored soaps to match the different colored rooms, and Beth’s setting the table for the first meal. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

One man, pierced through a dozen tunes, his clothes afire, danced and whirled in the knee-deep water until at last he fell and was swept downstream. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And that right there was the single greatest moment of my twelve years of life, seeing Baba on that roof, proud of me at last. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then—at last!—a champion came forward for Luke. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

In the stern the net slipped free from the drum and rolled over the fairleads easily toward the sea until at last the whole of it was out of the boat, three hundred fathoms long. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

They’d so much wanted to be in the play, the twins, for that evening in the library, and here it was at last, sixty-four years late, and his brother long dead. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I wanted to hear the murmur of its water again, to escape the sun and the strain and the women’s tears, and to find shade and rest again at last. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

And so the Goddess Kwan Yin at last showed her mercy. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

He said at last that he would die before he signed a confession to something he hadn’t done. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Abra looked away from him at last and said, “What do you stare at a person for?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When he had set it up in Athens he would at last be healed and at peace. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it’s over at last and we are walking out, Ofglen says to me in her light, penetrating whisper: “We know you’re seeing him alone.” The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had worked and waited a long hot month, and now, standing up, he turned at last and faced the direction from which he had come. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

But at last they came to St. Paul’s Cathedral, which was built a long time ago by a man with a bird’s name. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

On and on he led them, tireless and swift, now that his mind was at last made up. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The captain shares the news that we are at last turning toward Haifa, just about thirty kilometers southeast. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But this time it wasn’t heat lightning, for a few moments later a low mumble, still far away, announced at last the coming storm. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun went down smoothly behind the hills, slipping almost eagerly, at last, into the pillowy masses. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

But at last everything was ready, and the day came when the Poppers were to go down and say good-by. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

From Englewood to the Loop, hotels at last began to fill. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Both wore armor now instead of the finery at last night’s banquet. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The young ladies put it off at first; but their mother grew so restless, and said, ‘Jane, Jane,’ so many times, that at last they consented. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

So I am left to the girls, real girls at last, in the flesh. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You may begin the test as soon as you receive it,” said the pencil woman, turning away at last, and Reynie resisted the urge to sigh with relief—even a sigh might disqualify him. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

When the phone rang that afternoon and Long Distance said Chicago was calling I thought this would be Daisy at last. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

When the senior Civil Servant spoke at last he had already made his decisions. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The rain of the past week has stopped at last; now it’s stillingly close. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Let bookworms gnaw his entrails...and when at last he goeth to his last punishment, let the flames of hell consume him for ever. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I understood at last the look in his eyes. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the moon rose above the grasslands, Dany slipped at last into a restless sleep. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And so at last, with the help of many friends, I shall attempt to satisfy Yali’s curiosity—and my own. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

When she at last came out on the sixth floor, she found Pauline standing in the open doorway. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Half an hour later they were making a long traverse across a deeper slope that edged further to the north and delivered them at last to another valley, another little stream. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later it was gone, and the children knew that their brother was happy at last. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Two months after we moved to Blythe, when Mom said she was twelve months pregnant, she at last gave birth. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

When the bell rang at last, I turned my back to him to gather my things, expecting him to leave immediately as usual. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I said, at last, in answer to some other ricocheted questions, “I left the church twenty years ago and I haven’t joined anything since.” The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Though now I knew we cared, they at last cared enough to act—so I thought. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Pippin had gone, he came and sat curled up at Frodo’s feet, where at last he nodded and closed his eyes. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Yes, I thought, this might be my chance to march forward at last. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But now they were higher and smaller, settling at last into a mackerel sky like a beach at low tide. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ran back into the bedroom and got Security from where he’d been left on April’s bed, and at last the Egyptians were on their way. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her coughing was very bad at night, so loud and disturbing that Cyrus had at last to put her in another room or he would have got no sleep. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then at last my child was born, a nicely formed boy, smaller than the others had been, but of course I was older now. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come,” he said at last, “tell me of London and of the house which you have procured for me.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“My copy was stolen as well,” he said at last. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He knew once more, at last, after this long, bitter, wasted time, who he was and where he was. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Following the winding way up the green shoulders of the hills, they came at last to the wide wind-swept walls and the gates of Edoras. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

When at last they reached the top of the steps, Tyrion shrugged out of his shadowskin fur and folded it over his arm. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“You keep everything so clean,” she said at last, running a finger along the mantelpiece. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Late in June the Army of the Potomac, ever slow to move, turns north at last to begin the great pursuit which will end at Gettysburg. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Burnham hoped this second report would at last compel a decision. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She cried and cried until at last we were all spooked. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the Doctor got down on his hands and knees and crawled cautiously all over, feeling here and there, until at last he found the car. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

On Monday morning I was able to leave at last, with a bottle of antibiotics and an arm full of pinpricks. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Reading the poet Ovid, I learned that no one can resist love, for water wears the sharpest stone smooth, and even the hardest ground at last crumbles before the plow. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

With their telephone switched off and Contagious Disease added to the No Visitors sign, the bomb victims had privacy at last. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was Sissy’s first marriage by the Church and at last she believed that she was truly married until death did the parting. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thank God,” she said, “that my wish has been granted, that at last I have found a man whose courage I can trust.” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Treated as rubbish now, he lay at last upon a mass of dung before the gates—manure of mules and cows, piled there until fieldhands could spread it on the king’s estate. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the first compress was dyed red, I had Sander cut another and pressed it to the wound until at last the bleeding slowed enough to allow me to bind it in place. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

But I got there at last, and the Boazer who had done the shouting, a massive athlete called Wilberforce, said, 'Dahl, come here.' Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thanks for coming.after us,” I told him at last. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Many a time I have longed to see you. Now at last you come,” and I bent down to kiss his feet, shod as they were in leather shoes. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at her and began to scream, certain Papa had sold me out at last. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

My ankle is almost well, but the main reason I feel hopeful is that at last I have decided what to do. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

My papers and my presence were at last approved, and by Fourth Hour I got my first meal since early breakfast—supper: kadik-porridge and cold sliced breadapple. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, beautiful day, it is here at last! Today I shall find my friend.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Still the babies would not take the food, and at last, tired of playing with it, swam over and began to nuzzle him. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scurrying procession came at last to the big gate in the wall of the doctor’s house. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had taken me most of the evening to finish, but at last I was done. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

He comes at last, with a stifled groan as of relief. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, Soph, I’m here,” the reply came at last. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“Your manipulation of Kaltain was interesting,” said the king at last. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

‘I remember that Boromir bore a horn,’ he said at last. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

"A pity about the bees," he said at last. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

For many years they treated Oedipus with kindness, but at last they decided to expel him from the city. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We can fix this if we really work hard,” Shanti said, and the girls felt a renewed sense of hope that they might at last get off the island. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

When at last he lifted up his eyes he saw a new Heaven and a new earth; and he heard a new sound of singing, for a sinner had come home. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Billy licked his lips, thought a while, inquired at last: “Why me?” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sticky groaned and ducked his head, but at last even he had to smile. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Here at last was the imagined out never fully realized place leaping into real life. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Ahead, and a little to their right, there was at last a slope: a slope downward and hummocks of rock on each side. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Did she want to be friends with me at last? Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The stars had slipped down the sky when at last she stood up and walked swiftly back to Kapu. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then before two days were passed his uncle was at him again and again for silver and Wang Lung shouted at last, “Well, and shall we all starve soon?” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

As the sheer sides of the Cleft closed about him, before he reached the actual summit, before he looked at last on the path descending into the Nameless Land, he turned. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

When at last they felt that the time had come to depart she used her magical knowledge for them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And at last Breca beat you, much stronger than you were. He proved his boast against you—for what it may be worth.” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tell me a bit about yourself,” she said at last, “what was it you were doing in the south of France? Living with some appalling American woman, Maxim said.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

You could sense his pride that he had come at last into a man’s estate, the sole support of the women upon whom he had until now depended. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My secret is discovered at last, hmm? Was it wrong that I hoped one day you might uncover it?” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Here is your chance, at last, and you’re afraid to take it. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Hello, Perseus Jackson. Come to help at last?” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Ai, my friend,” Crane-man said at last, and drew in a long breath. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

"That was a grievous error, Lord Snow," he said at last in the acid tones of an enemy. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“It’s over at last,” he said to Mom. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her teeth rattled when she thought of the night, the time when Rasheed might at last decide to do to her what husbands did to their wives. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was the first clear evidence that Chicago might have created something extraordinary after all, and it renewed Burnham’s hopes that the fair at last would achieve the level of attendance he had hoped for. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He must have imagined that his own boat had at last come in, as he considered how best to turn the news to his advantage. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

The old men called this weather spirit summer, and said it meant the season was giving up its ghosts at last. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Hazel let the talk run on as long as it would, until at last they dispersed and slept. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Creeping, Eleanor slid her feet down, one step after another, and at last, almost before she could believe it, stepped off onto the stone floor. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

And at last we said to each other...“Soon we shall be back.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

He found a pair of scissors at last and began cutting carefully through Snowden’s coveralls high up above the wound, just below the groin. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Then, when at last he felt himself slowing down, he threw out his hands and came to a halt in time to prevent himself from falling face forward out of the Weasleys’ kitchen fire. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I guess both things could be true,” I said at last. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He could not stop and when, at last, his stomach was full he was still hungry. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Min did not emerge from the house, so Tree-ear had departed at last, his debt of work paid in full. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“Not even if it’s very thirsty?” he said at last. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Flatnose was following them, lumbering like a bear in a black suit, and at last, the other men left, too. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

When they had at last got it down from the doping ground, there was another hitch. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had outlived all his family and, unable to work, had been forced to sell his possessions one by one, including, at last, the roof over his head. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

He chose a pallet at last and lay down, but all night long he lay with open eyes there in the raftered hall among the sleep of strangers. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

When at last we pulled apart, he muttered: “I’m really sorry, Kath.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

And at last Bergil came running in, and he bore six leaves in a cloth. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

They came at last into a hall larger and loftier than any they had yet seen. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

From the top of the high ridge at last we looked down, and the valley lay before us. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

And at last these things were clearer in Winnie’s ears than the voice of her thoughts. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I try to act delighted that my bridal photo shoot is here at last. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He blinked and at last said, “Sorry. Don’t know what you’re talking about. Just names to me. From what I hear, the Burning was a good thing.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

My own dull personality was submerged at last. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, that was a surprise,” said the bard at last. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Oh God, Georgia!” her father exclaimed as he raced toward them at last. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

When he turned away from the window at last, his voice was tired and full of melancholy, and moisture glittered faintly in the corners of his eyes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Here Mrs. Taylor ventured into the Street in Cairo, open at last, and witnessed her first belly dance. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

When they came at last to the end of it, Frodo stooped and leaned out. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Well,” he said at last in his friendly, knowing voice, “what are you going to do, hypnotize me?” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

When at last day came to Braavos, it came grey and dark and overcast. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

"I came to tell you that I made my peace with the schoolmaster," she said at last. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Then the heart of Éowyn changed, or else at last she understood it. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

We rode on until at last, dew damp and bone weary, we came upon a small inn, where we took a room for what remained of the night. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

When he at last was in the wall shadow, he said to Inigo, “What now?” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

"Those are two of the finest pigs I have ever seen," he said at last. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

‘Ponies would not help us to escape horsemen,’ he said at last, thoughtfully, as if he guessed what Frodo had in mind. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

But at last the setting sun warned them the delightful day was over. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. If you are well and if you are free, I would like to have my little bookshop at last. I would like to die there.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But at last the bones had regained flesh; the empty eyepits had filled up and the new eyes had seen, while meantime the restored beaks and mouths had cackled, barked, and caterwauled. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

And the leg was at last his own leg again. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lullaby of grief enveloped him, rocked him, and at last numbed him. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Caesar may have been glad to discover that he had at last become the most powerful man in Rome. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

The farther they rode into the Wood, the warmer it became, until at last it was summer again, and they could strip off their furs and pack them away. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

When he was at last nestled upon his perch, he looked like an eggplant balanced atop a thumbtack. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They came to the kitchen, and at last Matt saw something reassuringly normal. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They reached their familiar, circular dormitory with its five four-poster beds, and Harry, looking around, felt he was home at last. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“My heart will be lighter when our task is done,” Adaon said at last. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

We ran out into the road, free at last from the farm and its rules. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The hangman was doing a brisk trade in murderer’s wash water, but Beetle was at last able to secure a bottle. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Love that at last he could feel he had earned. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Puffing loudly, Harry, Ron, and Hermione climbed the tightly spiraling steps, getting dizzier and dizzier, until at last they heard the murmur of voices above them and knew they had reached the classroom. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Aren’t you?” she said pointedly, and then I realized at last she was trying to make room for me to talk. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

And at last she could make it out, for the black Roman numerals were just barely visible against their white ground, the brass hands glowed faintly. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now at last the house came into view. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

‘Liked her so much,’ he said at last. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We are free of Jupiter at last and sail again the sea of space. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Professor didn’t know what to make of her, and stopped at last to ask with an air of mild surprise that was irresistible. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then at last he came back and had a couple of branches of cherry blossom in his hand. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You asked about the Fifth,” she said at last. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

As Ron and Hermione emerged, spluttering and gasping, from the depths of the lake, the dragon flew on, its wings beating hard, and landed at last on a distant bank. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“It depends,” Robert de Sorbonne said at last, eyeing William skeptically, “on what he thinks of Master Albertus’s proof of the existence of God.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He bolted his dinner that evening without noticing what he was eating, and then rushed upstairs with Ron to unwrap the Nimbus Two Thousand at last. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Though each of the others vanished and reappeared like fragments floating round a pool, Pipkin never left him; and his need for encouragement became at last Hazel’s only support against his own weariness. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were starting away at last when a strolling policeman stopped in front of our path. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Trip said, turning to Moody at last, and Moody felt a mean thrill shoot through him. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“The news is terrible,” he said at last. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we were through at last, Mandy and I repaired to her bedroom, and I hid as before. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, Harry...time for us to be off,” said Dumbledore at last, standing up and straightening his long black cloak. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Tell me of its powers,” he said at last. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Through Petersburg ran the railroads by which Lee’s army received its supplies; if Petersburg were taken, then the cry of “On to Richmond” would at last be fulfilled. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

This painful ritual went on week after week, until “at last the frosts and storms of November came and threw a chilling barrier between the living and the dead, and we went there no more.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“There’s no sense worrying, I suppose,” Kvothe said at last, looking up and motioning to Chronicler. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Luckily we have at last begun to understand that we really are in danger of destroying our environment and ourselves along with it. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Only when the moon began to rise—the edge of its great disc growing brighter and brighter on the skyline below and behind them—did he at last beg Holly to hurry. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Word came down that Lola, sedated by the doctor, was at last asleep, and the news provided temporary relief. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

‘Farewell, Sam! This is the end at last. On Mount Doom doom shall fall. Farewell!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

It was after nightfall when, wet and tired, the travellers came at last to the Brandywine, and they found the way barred. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

But Frodo lowered him slowly and steadily, and it was over at last. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Daisy was quiet for a few minutes, but at last said, “I try really hard not to judge you, Holmesy, and it’s slightly infuriating when you judge me.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Maybe he will send it back thinking Maybe if it comes back nothing will stop me then and so maybe at last I will know what I am going to do. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, there doesn’t seem to be much the matter with him, as far as I can see,” he said at last. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Voices at home at last punctured sad confusion. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took me a good while to heft my body into the gap, but at last, after many tries, I managed it, and crouched at the mouth of the darkness, like a troll. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He said at last, “Better I had died.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

And now, at last, they have become an Art Form. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When at last he reached the point where the path leveled out, he fell hard onto his face, the dirt mixing with his tears. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Or because I have run away, because my flight is accomplished, because I am at last free again and stand like a child beneath the sky? Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been asked to test you a bit,” he confessed at last. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He stopped at last before a building against the outer wall and gestured for Tree-ear to wait outside. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Any need to explain the sources of that fear vanished with the fear; what I was left with was, at last, acceptance of him as he was. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

So good to be home at last, at last. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

But how to do justice to the changes that had made her into a real writer at last, and to her chaotic swarm of impressions, and to the disgust and fascination she felt? Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

This is what I want, I know at last. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Then at last he raised his elfin chin, filled his lungs, and spoke out in a clear pure treble. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“What we going to do?” she asked at last. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

It was the sight of his dying mother that spurred Hamlet’s revenge at last. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

‘Oh, Johnny,’ Miss Lavinia managed at last, for the first time calling him by name. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Loomis watched; at last, having seen that the dog could not get away, he turned and went back into the house. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

But they managed it at last, and then everybody gathered around the wretched Centipede and began arguing about the best way to get the paint off his body. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if now, now she had at last found someone worthy of her anger. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hah!” said Mr. Jaggers at last, as he moved towards the papers on the table. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

In these at last, and after all the bitter setbacks of discipline, he was allowed to fight battles which were nearly rol ones, against his brother and cousins. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

There they were, spoken at last, and the irony crushed her. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

For he believed that the message of the dreams was a summons, and that the hour had come at last when the heir of Elendil should come forth and strive with Sauron for the mastery. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

When at last the man tying them had walked away, Harry whispered to the other prisoners. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Long it seemed to them that they sat and were afraid; but at last the darkness and the rumour passed, and vanished between the mountain’s arms. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She turned at last to the other two. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Job had the cultivators all set up at last. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The clay got wetter as she dug, until, at last, water began to seep into the bottom of the hole. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some survivors think it’s good luck, though, to be free of District 12 at last. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Thank God it’s going to rain at last.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to duck his threshing fists or at least to make them ineffective, but at last fear overcame her and she tried to run. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

A hurriedly donned black robe billowed about him when at last he arrived, but it was with impressive sedateness and dignity that he asked, “Gentlemen of the jury, have you reached your verdicts?” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well,” Henry says when he speaks at last. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

And when at last the paper fell away, he knew his face had changed as well. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He opened his mouth to continue, thought better of it, and at last pretended to notice something on the ceiling, as if he hadn’t been about to say anything at all. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Hell, everlasting, unceasing, perpetual, unquenched forever, should be his father’s portion; with John there to watch, to linger, to smile, to laugh aloud, hearing, at last, his father’s cries of torment. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

When they forced their way at last into more open ground, they were hot and tired and very scratched, and they were also no longer certain of the direction in which they were going. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The Prime Minister gazed hopelessly at the pair of them for a moment, then the words he had fought to suppress all evening burst from him at last. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“My grandfather was sick for a long time,” Lena says at last. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Perhaps in the world’s destruction it would be possible at last to see how it was made. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

She went on until her feet grew numb from the cold, and at last she found what she had been looking for. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Could they at last be at the end of their quest? Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He comes at last to a settlement, or perhaps is found by other prospecting men. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was moving about and at last she answered, her voice a sigh, “Come!” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

It continued to bend and fold itself into smaller triangles and even smaller diamond shapes until at last it formed a four-legged figure that then sprouted a tail, a head, and finally, a horn. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Emily heard a careful tread on the stairs—Cecilia at last taking the flowers up to the guests room, a simple errand she had been asked many times that day to perform. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The house was quiet and peaceful at last, and I was wore out. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“So we’ve got ourselves a secret,” she says at last, and when I hear her say “we,” I feel some better. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thus, at last, they came beyond hope under the sky and felt the wind on their faces. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He was succeeded by Gregory XV, an elderly stopgap who himself died in 1623, when things seemed at last to be going better for Galileo. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

“But strange can be OK,” Lena says at last. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until the fall of 1944 that Jones at last conceded that perhaps the team should be doing more on other fronts. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

In the morning, when the doors were slid open, we saw that we had at last made it to Brünnlitz in the Sudetenland. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

They reached the entrance to the Ferry lane at last. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

As the services progressed night after night, my mother tried to persuade me to join, to save my soul at last, to become a member of a responsible community church. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d borne him what his first two wives had failed to, a son at last. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They were, in fact and at last, free. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

To Ranofer, it was as if the sun had come out at last after weeks of gloomy night. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“The time has come for bitter tears,” Qavo said at last, scooping up the pile of silver. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But in that transitory moment when at last the pearl was about to be handed to him, like Orpheus or Lot’s wife, he had to look back to find Vera. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

When the distant cheers had faded to silence and the yard was empty at last, Winterfell seemed deserted and dead. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was all falling into place at last. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

It was a long time coming; and when at last it pushed its way between the gatepost and the bank into the field, it paid him no attention. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Harry did not look back, and at last they reached the entrance to the Room of Requirement. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Here I was at last—fishing—and I couldn’t enjoy it for feeling guilty. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The anguish of separation was scarcely bearable for him, and when at last he picked up his mistress’s scent, it wasn’t a second too soon. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Then at last he made out the thing which he sought. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

After a while we got to sleep at last. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

But at last, Jacob said, “On the count of three, scream as loud as you can.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Then, at last, they had hulled corn and milk for supper. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even that effort hurt some, so when he at last had to stand—to go to the bathroom—he tried it in small stages. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

One more hour of marching and, at last, the order to halt. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh . . .” he said, the memory coming back to him at last. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

When at last the water calmed, a bright red stain floated to the surface—growing larger until the entire river was red. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Maniac had at last gone to tell someone, the zookeeper, and from then on he pretty much stayed out of the way. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood for a long time outside the house, and at last the ceremonies within were finished. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also my good Sackville-Bagginses that I welcome back at last to Bag End. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

And then at last there was a letter—and even more to worry about. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Catelyn Stark screamed, finding her voice at last, but it was too late, the blood madness was on them, and they rushed forward with shouts that drowned her softer words. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And when she at last came out, her eyes were dry. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“But what about THEM?” cried the terrified bug, for at that very instant the other demons had reached the top at last and were leaping forward to seize them. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

When she stood on the ground at last she seemed much shorter and smaller and her legs felt for a minute like they would crumple up with her. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I studied water purification,” he said at last. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Eilonwy,” he said at last, “I want you to tell me very slowly and carefully what happened. If you don’t, I’m going to be angry and you’re going to be sorry.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

"Better Piggy than Fatty," he said at last, with the directness of genuine leadership, "and anyway, I'm sorry if you feel like that. Now go back, Piggy, and take names. That's your job. So long." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“If they kill me, at least I be free at last. I ain’t worried ’bout it.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Now at last the hour has come that you have wished for, Frodo,’ he said. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then said the Great Gamelegs at last: “No more; you offer terms I cannot well refuse.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then at last, moving slowly, as if walking in a dream, a woman in a robe of threaded silver came gliding from the hall. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

And even then he waited for another thousand tocks before he allowed himself a deep breath and, at last, sleep. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

He thought he understood his powers at last. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I think,” he said, settling himself ostentatiously upon Bill and Fleur’s bed, “that the Skele-Gro has finished its work. I may be able to sleep at last. Forgive me....” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Rajar acts in the interest of the greater good. There are far more reprehensible reasons to take a life,” she said at last. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I had missed the morning Bulletin on my set at home, and half-listened now, my mind elsewhere, until the repetition of the name several times caught my ear at last and stopped my pacing. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah,” he said, “we meet at last. You must be Miss Lydia Worthen, my hostess. Forgive my intrusion.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m just not sure I want a girlfriend right now,” Sosie said at last, feeling lame. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

When the little boy and his huge plush octopus at last popped free into the yard, the girls turned to inspect their discovery. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Ours at last!’ said Lobelia, as she stepped inside. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

"There you are at last," said the Horse when he got back to it. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

I stopped at last and looked round, peering at the boy who had come up panting, but it was dusk and I did not recognise him. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’ll be wrapped in pink fairy dust and ride away into the sunset together, mother and child reunited at last? Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“You have taken nothing that was or would have been ours,” I said at last. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bigger slipped behind the steering wheel again, glad to have room at last for his arms and legs. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“A deathday party?” said Hermione keenly when Harry had changed at last and joined her and Ron in the common room. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Free from the BDM and compulsory labor service, her new life had begun at last. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

His ignorance, poor fellow, at last served him; he never mistrusted but that my inheritance was quite safe, with Mr. Jaggers’s aid. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

When at last he slept we gave a battlecry and plunged for him, locking our hands behind him. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anborn grunted and led the way down the winding stair to the landing, and then up the other stair, until at last they came to a narrow opening shrouded with thick bushes. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Harry and Ron approached her table and at last, she looked up. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Well, hurry,” she said at last, beginning to rock again. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it may well be that that time is drawing near at last. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

When they at last arrived in camp, Nhamo helped Grandmother to bed. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a time when hope for El Barrio seemed fertile, and love at last seemed attainable. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I thought of everything I could do, of the different places I could go, and at last decided to stay in the ravine. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

A watery sun was trying to break through the clouds now and it had stopped drizzling at last. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

What is different about our time is that at last we know some of the answers. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She mused awhile, fingering her pursed lower lip, and she said at last, “I do not know anyone there. I shall have to find a way. Who is the keeper of this woman?” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

‘I do not like this news,’ he said at last. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She was terrified, but now that her mother was free, she felt like she could confront her enemy at last. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He stood in silence for a long moment, but at last he bowed his head. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then at last it came time for the apprentice trials. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

At the top of a spiral staircase — they were obviously in one of the towers — they found their beds at last: five four-posters hung with deep red, velvet curtains. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

But at last he was gone, and only the rain kept drumming its wet fingers on Meggie’s window. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Well—what can I do for you?” she demanded at last. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you strike that dog again, I’ll kill you,” he at last managed to say in a choking voice. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

She clapped her hands and settled down to watch this language of jumps and tumbles, elated that she was at last breaking the wolf code. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Amen! We can yet live,” said Diana at last. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

"These rules are to be adhered to and followed at all times. They have served your sisters and will serve you well," she says at last. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She called after him, “You’re changed, Mr. Mouse. Have you got a woman at last?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Satisfied at last, I immediately said: “Then 1 will tell her I don’t want to wear these clothes anymore.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She recalled that he had been singled out in some way at last year’s Ceremony. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And James Henry Trotter, holding on madly to one of the silk strings above the peach stem, told himself that this must surely be the end of everything at last. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

I could see tears glittering in the old man’s eyes when at last he pulled away. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

We have a long way to go, said Grandmother at last. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why,” he said at last, “why did you come alone—why were you sent alone? Everything, still, will depend upon that ship coming. Why was it made so difficult for you, and for us?” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Tell me,” he said at last, “do you fear to leave Roke? or are you eager to be gone?” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

But at last he was alone and the door was shut. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, at last, I could have my reading in the home, could have it there with the approval of Granny. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Forgive me, lord,’ he said at last, ‘if I broke your command, and yet have done no more in your service than to weep at our parting.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The river was very real; it held him comfortably and gave him the time at last, the leisure, to consider this month, this year, and a lifetime of years. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had let herself go With it—swimming quietly, floating—till the boat arrived at last.... And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

An hour, maybe, went by, though it seemed far longer, and then at last they saw Legolas coming back. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

In my own opening remarks, I said that with the dawn of CO-DESA, progress in South Africa had at last become irreversible. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to read, but it was so quiet that she could not concentrate, and so she was glad when at last it was time for supper. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you are buying nothing more,” he said at last with much impudence, “you will have to pay rent for the stool.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Then at last he held out his thin, hairy wrist and showed him his watch. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then at last he left the tent in which he had sat so long, and went down to where the Greeks were gathered, a wretched company, Diomedes grievously wounded, Odysseus, Agamemnon, and many another. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was grateful when at last the captain assembled the return group and she could climb back into the longboat. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped at last before a gigantic, colored poster that represented a wicked woman, half undressed, leaning in a doorway, apparently quarreling with a blond man who stared wretchedly into the street. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

A dozen different plans went through his head, all wretched ones, and at last he fixed on the worst plan of all. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

“At last, at last,” he cried in a great voice and he shot an arrow. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

As an inventor, he had, obviously, at last, rid the Machine of all defects. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

We waited quietly while she read, and our intake of breath when she at last lifted her head made her gag with laughter. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Like he had at last met someone of his own species. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Mother got the Nobel Peace Prize,” she whispered at last. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Jody saw how dry and dead the hair looked, he knew at last that there was no hope for the pony. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The volcano sent forth a column of fire and smoke, swallowed power un-swallowed at last. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He must have given up at last, escaped when he saw there was nothing more he could do.” How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now my heart finally broke, for which, at last, I was grateful. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

By this time the gates, the great Scaean gates of Troy, had been flung wide, for the Trojans at last were in full flight and were crowding into the town. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Who at last had drifted the final distance to her reward. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He scratched fresh leaves over the bloodstained ones, then barked by the old dog’s head; but there was no response, and at last he lay down panting on the grass. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We should get back and let the others know,” Taylor said at last. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Well, a second’s there to take over if you die,” said Ron casually, getting started at last on his cold pie. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

We were come at last to the city. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I flew to the door; I had a little trouble with the simple dead bolt, but I yanked the door open at last, and there he was. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

That got a little choking laugh out of me at last. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“No!” she was screaming, for now at last she hated him. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked up at her from this position, with his melting eyes, and at last laid his head upon her knee. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Laura was glad when at last Charlotte was safe in her arms again. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then at last he said: “Ha, hm, I was expecting you, Master Wormtongue.” The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

When at last she slept, she dreamed of home. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Lassie was in England at last, safe for a while with a kindly old man and woman who planned to keep her forever. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The man behind me was laden with two baskets; he kept prodding me with them until at last I turned round in irritation. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

When at last they reached the foot of the down Bigwig told Blackberry, Speedwell and Hawkbit to leave them and go on to the warren. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

For some reason, the Captain had at last said something I thought was funny. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Past a new tattoo parlor and the Armed Forces Recruitment Center, then the Burger King, and, familiar and unchanged, Olsen’s Drug Store, and at last the yellow-brick facade of Wendell’s Funeral Parlor. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“Besides,” she at last said, “Dad and Mom and the kids would like the old farmhouse.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

When at last Daenerys found the strength to raise her head, she saw the crowd dispersing, the Dothraki stealing silently back to their tents and sleeping mats. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Harry smiled when she drew back at last, sighing. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

She obeyed him slowly and without answer, and she went in to her room and he heard her dragging about it, and at last she lay down and moaned softly. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

When they had called many times, at last the Gate-keeper came out, and they saw that he carried a great cudgel. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Then at last he looked at the thing that he had uncovered. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Two hundred years later—the white race had at last been created. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z