The shuttle clanks as we shift off the dock and onto the launch rails. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

After I took off my boots, my feet looked wrinkled and tender and white. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I waved him off and turned to watch some couple get seated in the booth across from us. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Her head bounced up and down so hard, I’d thought the grin on her face might fall off. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

So finally she slipped off the ribbon and snapped the box open. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Nhamo chipped off a portion of the termite nest with Uncle Kufa’s knife, while watching carefully for the mambas that inhabited such places. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

This from the man who sawed off my leg. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Placing his hands on the shag carpet, Ralph walked himself off the bed some, closer to the door. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

A crusted rope, stained green from months of trailing off the barge’s hull, forgotten. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He says his mother was so excited about showing off the baby to the upstream relatives he got jealous and hid out, and she plumb forgot to take him. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Listen up! Number one priority is to protect Thomas and Teresa. Get them to the Cliff and the Hole so—” The sounds of the Grievers revving to life cut him off. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She cuts herself off, hardly ever speaks, or lets anyone in. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed to him he had scarcely dozed off when confusion topside wakened him. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Went off with the Colonel’s daughter. Colonel Wordsworth Gray. Everybody knowed that. Quick they went, too.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kabuo, moving into the tidal drift, had signaled his position a half-dozen times when an air horn replied off his port bow. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

His truck was parked at a wild angle on the gravel patch, but all the lights were off. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once a year he dropped the sleeping bag off at the dry cleaner's. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I don’t doubt he started off loving your mother. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, we couldn’t afford to put them off, because the cars were beginning to sell. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I want to say something to him, but the words keep evaporating, vanishing off my tongue before I have the chance to say them. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turns down the treadmill and wipes her brow with a thick towel that hangs off the side of the machine. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was also impossible for her to take time off to accompany her son on the long trip to Oklahoma, and she worried about his going alone. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

My footsteps echoed off the marble floor like they always had. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I’ll go right off in the hills an’ find a cave if you don’ want me.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rides off, and Ida walks up as he leaves. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Came upon this one corpse, some axeman had taken his whole arm off at the shoulder. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I’m glued to this bit of interesting information but Chantal shuts off the TV. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Even when she got them to read, the leap to conceptual, creative thinking seemed as far off as a trip to Jupiter. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a moment she will slide off the edge. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The power light being off meant there was probably something wrong with the line. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stuckey drove to the University of Alaska campus, on the west end of Fairbanks, and dropped McCandless off at 5:30 P.M. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marmeluc had taken off the moss and the leaves and washed his brother in cool water. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Swinging down from her saddle, she let the silver graze while she pulled off her high boots. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The smile that had been ghosting across Miss Anderson’s face while Miss Preston admonished me drops off real quick, and Miss Anderson’s usual sourpuss face reappears. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Rush was annoyed that his diagnosis and warnings were being “treated with ridicule or contempt,” but he shrugged off these doctors as ignorant. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Wes reluctantly got up from the red plaid couch and turned off the television, but the truth was that he liked going over to his grandmother’s house. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“The fire escape fell apart. All those people running down the rusty old steps pulled it right off the building, trapping the other folks inside.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Slow as Old Flapjack is, if you fell off him you’d have time enough to take a nap afore you had to worry ’bout him stomping on you. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

On the first trip back to the car, though, I fell down in the river, so I took my hoodie off and tossed it onto the backseat with my shoes and socks. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He wouldn’t have needed an F. Lee Bailey to get him off, at any rate. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

On the plaza, Mr. Curtain sat in his favorite spot, gazing off toward the bridge, reading a newspaper with a look of satisfaction, occasionally making a note in his journal. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I know what that means,” I said, cutting her off. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I had one blue pair and one green pair, so my legs, when I took my pants off, were covered with blue and green spots. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I have seen men strive for rectitude, and in the end, take off the vizard of right to discover only self there. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

According to some legal mucky-muck, both of my parents have to sign off on my staying with anyone else but one of them. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“Not quite rotten. Just gone off, so you wouldn’t yet notice, but eat it and get sick.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t, he said, the kind to kick off his shoes and sit by the stove. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drop off Mama’s glass at the sink and rush up the stairs. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Guiteau set off on a tour throughout the Midwest and East to make money lecturing about his views on the Second Coming of Christ. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He only shrugs, then peels off his gloves and starts washing his hands at one of the sinks. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Well, who could blame him for blowing off that event after what the team did to him? Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

When someone spoke to me, I’d have to take my headphones off. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I stepped off the bus in Bluefield to a sea of familiar faces accompanied by applause and cheers, brandishing the surprise medal I had garnered. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

His voice trailed off, but the anger coating them had given the air a palpable charge. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I turned off my phone and threw it on my dresser. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I believed we were off to a good start. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

He barely made a sound, ticking off every mile back down the mountain until they were parked on the side of the road, the woods barely visible in the distance. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Then she did that gross thing where she licked her thumb and was about to rub some dirt off my cheek, but I leaped away from her. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

A whole series of memories started to well up, but I threw them off. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

And to want your friends to back off from the boy you’re crushing on? A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Then without hesitating, I cut off my hair, watching with regret the long flaxen curls fall to the ground. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Ralph stood now, one hand against an enormous red block, a block large as a mill wheel that had been split off and hung, tottering. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

She took off her shoes and socks, slid the socks over her hands to protect them, then put her shoes back on. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

They were tired of replacing the dishes, glassware, and silverware their teenage customers constantly broke or ripped off. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z

She bid farewell to the King and to Rois, and rode off in search of the road to Taninli, the city of the Fairy Queen. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Krios took his finger off the button and called out, “Double Red! Where is Double Red?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But if she tried to read something else Mrs. Caruthers would snap at her, and so she read the irksome tomes until the old woman drifted off. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Lefty Lewis cut the car off and pulled the key out of the dashboard. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

A note is left on the island in the kitchen: “We’re off!” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

They shifted their sweet arrogant little gazes over to their father, then to their mother—who merely shrugged at them while wiping a strand of hair off her forehead. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I probably won’t be seeing you again, will I? I mean, I know the others might come back, but you . . .” He trails off, but picks up the thought again a moment later. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

As soon as we are through the turnstiles, my heart lifts at the sound I was hoping to hear—jazzy notes, rebounding off the mosaic station walls. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

The buzzer went off as the ball went down and the referee pointed to it. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

There had been other white men, once upon a time, but after the dead rose they’d either ran off or turned shambler. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

This wouldn’t be any goofy gag like I usually do; nothing that could be laughed off or ignored as “kids being kids.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Jen kind of sighed and pull her paper hat off her head and rub at the place where the elastic make a red mark in her forehead. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He trotted off rapidly down the corridor with the tails of his plum-colored velvet coat flapping behind him, and the visitors all hurried after him. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

If they thought Penny was sick, they would drive her off without a moment’s hesitation. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Stay in line. Don’t wander off,” the officer said. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

She trailed off as a large SUV pulled up in front of the Joneses’ house. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

We walked around Canal Grove, and my brain fired off more thoughts than I could handle. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“It paid off! I graduated high school at sixteen. But, then, one year shy of an MBA...” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I swept the rat off and sent him flying to the ground. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Harry took off his black school robes, removed his wand from his pocket, and stuck it inside the T-shirt he was going to wear under his Quidditch robes. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She sinks down on the couch and tugs off her boots. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Besides, if I can just spend some time with them, maybe—” She broke off, not able to believe she’d actually been about to tell Rishi her thought process. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Now he shuddered to a halt and turned around just in time to watch the other quad fly off the cliff and into the air. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

It seemed the drivers had had time to turn off the ignition before they got too sleepy. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

No matter how hard I try, though, I keep seeing the bloated face of that aging beauty queen bouncing off the lights into my father’s outstretched hands. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bored birds let her get within inches of them before they lifted their wings and took off. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Henry looked away from the preacher and pulled off his sopping work boots. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually the work broke the crippled—it always did—and those in a state of unreason were sold off cheap or took a knife to their own throats. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

That meant as soon as the container shattered, the wide spill of oily liquid began to run off in two different directions, heading for two different drains. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Still, I wiped my nose off with my napkin. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I turned off the TV and wandered out of the theater. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

My father picks up where my mother leaves off. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Then I shall cut the boot off he thought. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought you guys would hit it off!” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Up till now, we’d been putting off facing up to facts. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would attack the fences at night and were driven off with machine-gun fire. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But her face continued to give off its autumnal display. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Be careful,” said Buckthorn, as Hazel and Blackberry set off down the slope. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was hungry for green vegetables, and that night as I went off to sleep, I thought of the pokeweeds, the dandelions, the spring beauties that would soon be pressing up from the earth. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind coming off Resurrection Bay was just as cold as she remembered. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

A helicopter hovered over the far end of the field, tilted at a crazy angle, and then flew off. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I say, my voice bouncing off the lockers. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Celia once told him the Indians in her village carried charms to keep from being carried off by the sky. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aint you done enough moaning and slobbering today, without hiding off in this here empty room, mumbling and taking on. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Four years my daughter goes off to college and what does she come home with?” she asks. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The barkers were all interesting guys, poets manques, most of them, and spent their time off in City Lights Bookstore, leafing through New Directions paperbacks. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Now it was just the way I said yeah that set him off, and that night when he got home, he just put the lock on the phone and didn’t say a word. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

He got up off me, and I got up, too. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I can still hear them happily calling to us, “Oh! You do such a good job diving off the high diving board!” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I’m trying to unbutton his shirt because I want it off, but the bottom half is trapped beneath my thighs, so we pull apart and he puts me down so I can finish. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Yer little lady sure didn’t show you no loyalty, now did she?” he says, hopping off his horse, calming it with his free hand. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“It didn't pay off so good?” she whispered. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Hammer was sleeping off a drunk when they reached the forge, just as Kem had prophesied, but Nail had no objection to the two dwarfs clambering through the wagons. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Neither did I wish to be further put off by Wilkins. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I jerked on the log, almost falling off, but I grabbed on tighter. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

They told of thieves who crept in and stole jewelry off the dead and dying. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remain expressionless, even though I'd love to slap the smug grin off her face. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Because now the sun is out and there are little nubby buds on the trees and your neighbors have taken off their heavy coats. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

As Booth drifted off to sleep, he did not know whether his master plan had succeeded or failed. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, well,” Heidi says, taking off her rain boots and pulling up two wool socks. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

When he shuts it off, quiet closes over the museum. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I felt as if I might lift off the ground, like a hot-air balloon. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

With a splattering thud he hit the mud and rolled off his broom. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

And he moved off at his lumbering trot and made for the quarry. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

For all I knew, he was shaving off my retirement years. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Can you be brave and take off your earmuffs and sing a little bit?” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

The hours of lessons pay off in this moment. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I scoot beneath the sticking barbs, stand up, brush myself off, and pull the armband up over my right sleeve. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Leah barely glances at hers before folding and tearing off the bottom and creasing it into an origami crane. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

That would get off the newsroom teletypes and it would soon be jammed right in my face. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I pushed myself up off the floor with every gram of strength I had left, I felt Moshe’s hand, helping me up. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Seized with an immediate desire to reveal himself, Harry pulled off the Cloak with a flourish. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Kehaar had evidently found a big warren some way off to the south: and whatever the iron road was, the warren was on this side both of it and of a river. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The next time you call anybody maimed,” I bit off the words harshly so he would understand all of them, “you better make sure they are first.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She takes her shoes off without untying them, and kicks them across the room. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The connection is rarely made that rounding off and making reasonable estimates have something to do with real life. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We don't have a ticket,” Prosper whispered when the fully loaded boat cast off. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He rolls over, drops off the side of the bed to the floor, and stays there. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The cab skids away, and I hold my bag close and shut my eyes and say a frantic prayer that it all goes off okay. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I'm still trying to think of a question to ask Jane when the bell goes off, and we all hustle inside. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

His family can see his mood darkening off and on, and they wonder what is wrong. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I slide my backpack off and set it on the kitchen floor. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She is sitting on the sill now, peering out from her lighted room into the galeria whose lights I’ve turned off against the mosquitoes. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another wave of water splashes against Christina’s back, and she shrieks as both her hands slip off the railing. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It was Coach's voice on the other end of the phone, but he didn't say hello or nothing so it caught me off guard. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

We packed up our tents, breakfasted on raisins and Snickers, and set off into the deep woods. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Alec’s face appeared, cutting the light off, and he could see more clearly. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

But the Latins said the Cornucopia was the horn of Achelous which Hercules broke off when he conquered that river-god, who had taken the form of a bull to fight him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bullet took off only a tiny flap of skin on the side of her nostril, and it came out clean, with no bullet fragments left inside. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

When Peach and I were warmed up, Mama and Aunt Goldie helped us peel off our grimy wet clothes until we were in our underwear and T-shirts. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He had turned off the fryer some time ago, but the odor of grease lingered. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Then he coils it into quick, neat loops and walks off. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

"I didn't go far. Anyway, Nymeria was with me the whole time. I don't always go off, either. Sometimes it's fun just to ride along with the wagons and talk to people." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I did a flip off the fire escape and ran across the schoolyard. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All I’m saying,” said Billy, “is your mama would be better off if she kept one eye on her husband and one eye on Aileen.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He leaps over the turnstile like an Olympian and pushes his way through the people bursting off the train. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I kicked and wiggled and struggled to get free from the incessant beating, but they held me tight and I could not throw them off. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He glares at the man coldly for a moment, then the man takes his hands off the cart. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Okay, I guess. Another practice. One of these days, I’ll get a pass off.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You could smell the spices as soon as you got off the trolley,” she would say. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

To evade Mexican police and immigration authorities, the children jump onto and off of the moving train cars. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Mom helped me take off my coat, then sat in the seat next to me. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“He just needs to cool off,” Luke said. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I peeled my shirt and jeans off and put on my pajamas. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He loved playing rough; I couldn’t imagine my casting him off was enough to anger him. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

About twenty feet off, Tree and Zheegwon were back to back, arms intertwined, at the end of a gun held by Travis. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She answered the questions as politely as she could, then slipped off to find Brandon. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Before Clayton could open his mouth, Jelly Bones and Boom Box grabbed the straps of his book bag and yanked it off his shoulders. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

“Not many women can pull off a hat like that,” the cashier says. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

When Pollard tired, he would lead Seabiscuit back and leave him off in the hands of his new groom, Harry Bradshaw. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

His instincts told him to turn and run, but before he did, a teenage boy with a green armband, who had been standing off to the side, closed the door behind him. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Once you had a drink all you had to say was: "Well, I've got to get back and get off some cables," and it was done. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The old miner reports the names of many of the towns and their approximate sizes, which he knows off the top of his head and apparently finds very interesting. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Desperately tricky to make, and disastrous to get wrong. However, if brewed correctly, as this has been, you will find that all your endeavors tend to succeed...at least until the effects wear off.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Alec got to his feet and brushed the dirt off his knees. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I took the slim book off the shelf and opened the cover. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gnawing off the last bits of nail polish, trying to keep my teeth from chattering. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Deftly he jumped a small brook, then turned off the worn path to proceed between two trees, pushing his way through. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“But how? They’ll never let me go onstage and show off my magic.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Well, if punctuation is the stitching of language, language comes apart, obviously, and all the buttons fall off. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

He cut off its terrible emptiness, drew back, and gave the entire room a gift of one huge bright yellow flower of burning. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just showing it will get most people to back off.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I have always had to go to summer school and I’ve never had time off. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The Truman Drama kids are about the same age as the children I just sent off into the world. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

We ran around the yard a couple of times to throw them off then sneaked into the oregano bushes that grew thick and fragrant behind the outhouse. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The light dances around the room with the motion of the train, bouncing off the crystal chandeliers. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was feebly lit from the street lamps outside; he switched off the flashlight and looked round. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

My father put his hand on my shoulder, whispered something, and backed off. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1651 Pascal reacted with horror to the suggestion that he had tried to pass Torricelli’s experiment off as his own: everyone understood, he insisted, that this would be the scholarly equivalent of theft. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She has the bone structure to carry that kind of thing off, sharp cheekbones dappled with a sprinkling of freckles, a fine jaw. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She closed off all further discussion on the matter. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She operated on automatic mode, rising each morning and chasing us off to school as if things were as they always were, but she could make no decisions. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

"What y'all into today?" he said while brushing hair off the neck of the man in the chair, who was knocked out, asleep. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Do you know what dead skin looks like when they take off a cast? Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

She cursed, apologized for cursing, and ran off. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

How I spent days trying to wash it off, and then trying to scratch it off until it bled. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He was lying on his back in the puddle made by the water dripping off of him. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Fine," he muttered, not taking his eyes off Barbarossa. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Unfortunately, we cannot control what students do off campus,” Mr. Clarkson said. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The sky lightens behind the mountains to the east, and mist rises off the fields on both sides of the tracks. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Her eyes followed me as I grabbed the cans from the lady and used my house key to pop the lids off like my dad did with beer bottles. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The orcs busy about the walls were few and amazed, and they were quickly slain or driven off. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She peeled off the bark of a musasa tree, then chewed and rolled it until it formed a kind of twine. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled the last one off the shelf and opened it across my lap, thumbing through the pictures. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My hand feels like it’s going to fall off.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He thought, hell, he's gone off on his own, or something, he'll get lost, I shall have to start looking for him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Mr. Tobin grabs something off the bookcase behind him and holds it up. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Several times both Beck and Yasuko had appeared to be in danger of falling off a ladder and plummeting into a crevasse, and Yasuko seemed to know next to nothing about how to use crampons.* Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

A night for tearing heads off, bathing in blood! Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

He just kept getting tangled in Alex’s legs and then veering off to sniff around benches and dig inside trash barrels. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

There the two of them were, the immigrant from rural Poland, his eyes ringed with fatigue, facing off in his halting English against the imperious Yankee. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“Only take off the red cloak, sir, and then—” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Dread starts to creep in, but I do my best to shake it off so I can get started. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Coach Rockford dropped me off after practice, and since it ended a little early, I still have time before I get the text from Mom or Dad asking where I am. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

He sat up so fast she almost fell off the edge of the bed. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

‘Have you got the ice off it?’ he asked. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

At our first rest stop, only forty miles into the voyage, a man follows me off the bus and into the bathroom, standing right next to me at a urinal. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The markers, underlined in the examples, pair off this way: not only... but also... both ... and ... either... or... neither... nor... The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The Christmas tree beside their table rose a few inches off the ground, drifted sideways, and landed with a soft thump right in front of their table, hiding them from view. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

When she did doze off, she was startled awake by shouting. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

"Cool. It's like junk food, you know? Just to take our minds off of things. I have some episodes saved." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Without completely stopping, he lifts her off her feet and runs. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Beside him, a few steps off to the left, the young soldier was still searching for his girlfriend’s picture. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Off you go, off you go, the bell rang five minutes ago, off to class, now,” he said, shooing some of the younger students away. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

She’d protest, but the boy put off an insane amount of body heat, even through layers of fabric. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The fiend grinned, showing off teeth as yellow and coarse as horns. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She leaped off the catwalk and soared across the courtyard. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The wind that came up off the prairie could’ve blown me away like so much ash. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

So the three of us sat in silence, watching the sun sink behind the mountain and the lightning bugs twinkle off and on among the pine trees. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

They set off in their school bus, two classes, two teachers, two chaperones along for the ride, driving straight through the town and onto the highway. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But most of the fuss is about the paper chain project, which is off because we ran out of paper. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The bed squeaks under him and he grunts when he pulls off his boots and drops them to the floor. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I always hoped my monkeys would wander off to live in the forest, but they never did. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Poor whites from west Texas, her family was so badly off sometimes she’d come to school with no lunch and no money and we would split whatever I had brought along. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

A little way off, beyond a line of scattered juniper-trees, which marked the pathway to the church, a white, dim figure flitted in the direction of the tomb. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“One, because he was never caught. And two, because there’s a rumor that he killed himself by jumping off this exact bridge.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

When hogs bite each other’s tails because of stress, the industry cuts off their tails. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Hold on!” he yelled, terrified that she’d get carried off by the mob. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Then he walked off into sparsely settled West Boston. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

To Annabeth’s left, the ground dropped off in a series of cliffs, like colossal steps leading deeper into the abyss. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

And on that premonitory note, we strapped up and set squelchily off up Moxie Bald Mountain. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

"No obvious injuries. Seems to be all right. Yeah, call off the Amber Alert." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Nat felt his temper rising, but he shrugged off his anger. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was gonna practice coming off the blocks, because it was where I needed the most help. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I finally shut the stove off and went into the living room. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

They raced up the stairs to James’s apartment and kicked off their shoes. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Georgie still slept quietly, but Nero had gone off into the dark to hunt. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

They lived on Pleasant Avenue off 116th Street, and if you were caught around there at night you’d better have been a light-skinned Latino so you could pass yourself off as Italian. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He was off to Florida’s Hialeah Racetrack, where he was greeted with near hysteria, generating a bigger stir than any Florida visitor save President Roosevelt. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coach West just smiles and pats my shoulder before running off to deal with some other runner. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

His rubber sandals had been blown off He lay at the center of the trail, his right leg bent beneath him, his one eye shut, his other eye a huge star-shaped hole. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day she disappeared, and the story was that she had run off to California to be a movie star. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He took his hat off and threw the cigar away when he saw Francie come in. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

There's a loud ring, and Officer Khan pulls his cell phone off a clip on his belt and presses it to his ear. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They called me that because I used to set off bombs in the bathroom. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

A few shot at her, but the arrows fell wideband then Lyra, looking up at the sky, saw the greater part of the witch flight peel off and turn back. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He grabs a pair of sneakers, and they take off while he’s still pulling them on, running west. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Before he climbed into the car and drove off, she had told him, “Somebody must have buried her.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then, spying me, the group races off ahead of us, amid stage whispers of “It’s him!” and “Link’s here!” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“To shake, you silly thing. Not to bite off.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

After a quick kiss between husband and wife, she's off on a working Saturday. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I sensed a wrongness around me, like an alarm clock that had gone off without being set. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her cries echoed off the walls, sending Shed into a frenzy and disorienting the bats. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’d worked off it for a half hour or so but never came on to 58 or 56, never fixed himself properly. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I pull his black T-shirt off a hanger and breathe him in, and then I slip it into my purse. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Sighing, I put the maps away and set off through the park on foot looking for the familiar white blazes of the AT. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone ducks and then two more trot off, each with a big can of finest grade coffee, and reach the dug-out before the next explosion. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He started walking around the room, very slow and all, the way he always did, picking up your personal stuff off your desk and chiffonier. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

They skulked in an empty chamber off the entrance hall, listening, until they were sure it was deserted. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Lily pretended to wipe sweat off her brow. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Kelly called, flopping onto the bed and lying on her back with her head hanging off the side. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I listen and pick lint balls off my sweater. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

We get off at the next stop and run across the multilane road to the mosque. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She had understood nothing about how people could come to mark off her life. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t turn around to look, but I’m sure Angel’s watching, laughing her head off. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

He found Ollie one day while skin diving off the coast of Greece. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

He shut off the lever and stood up; things were all right so far. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Naomi and Lena were at their side, screaming their heads off. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Only when we got off the bus and walked up the brick walkway to his door did I remember. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Olly’s window is wide open, the blinds are up, and the lights are off in his room. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I bet she plopped an assignment on him right off the bat too.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Citra swung her feet off the bed and planted them on the ground. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He cut off the pastor and asked, “Aren’t you all-powerful and all-knowing?” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Without waiting for a response, the Keeper turned and set off at a run in the direction from which they’d just come. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He has shaved off his beard and cut his hair, she realized. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Whenever my father isn’t off on a drinking binge, he spends most of his time in his bedroom, alone, watching TV. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

I step off the toad, foot in the stirrup as I swing my body down. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Finally, the net came off and the cow serpent zipped through the water and did a happy somersault. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

We climbed out to do cannonballs and watermelons off the side, making big geyserlike splashes intended to drench as many people sitting poolside as possible. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They all run after the farmer’s wife, She cut off their tails with a carving knife, Did you ever see such a sight in your life, As three... blind... mice? Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he’d give off a shriek and wake me out of my sleep, but there was no wailing. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Seven could feel her cheeks going hot, and she looked at Valley and Thorn, who were standing just off to one side of them. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Together they rolled off the mound, yet Rontu did not let go. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dropped my school bag on the ground, eased the strap off from around my neck, and sat down. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He tips his hat at her, climbs up into his tractor, and rattles off. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The dactyl lay dead; a rifle shot had taken half its head off. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Librarians always flip out when books and encyclopedias mysteriously disappear off their shelves.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

I washed the black pasilla chiles off my hands, patting them dry against my pants, and glimpsed the clock, which read just past five. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Park set the book on his bed, then grabbed two small boxes off a shelf. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Manolo wants to meet you, Minerva wrote us, and then added, For your eyes only: You’ll be pleased to know he broke off his engagement. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was easier for Maddie to get down off the plane than it had been for her to get up, just a light hop to the ground. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

For the first time, I think I might get off this planet alive. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few weeks later we were off to film again in Washington, D.C. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The light from Seed Collector reflected and rebounded off the million angles. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

My classmate David Uosikkinen, who would become the drummer for the rock band the Hooters, wore platform shoes; I apparently believed I could pull off the same look. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

John Milton threw open whole new vistas filled with charming, inexhaustible possibilities that promised to ward off monotony forever. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

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

“No,” thought I, “you need not; for you will come off worse than you did before.” Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

The moonlight glinted off the knife the intruder held. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I asked Joel how much food Polyface produces in a season, and he rattled off the following figures: It was hard to believe they got that much food from one hundred acres of grass. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“And how will I live? I will hardly be able see over the shop counter now. Why is it all my fault that rotten wing broke off?” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Greenstreet and Macklin also took off their boots and found their feet frostbitten, but they rubbed their toes until they felt the searing pain of blood flowing through their veins. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Tom said with vast delight, ticking them off, “Lawrence, we got prisoners from the Fifteenth Alabama, the Forty- seventh Alabama, the Fourth and Fifth Texas. Man, we fought four Reb regiments!” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A news truck whiz by, way down at the intersection the bus turned off of. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The Captain nodded at me as he took his cup off the tray. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I sit on the slide and push off. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He was pointing out to Chrissie something in the sea, way off on the horizon. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

After we had been traveling for a few miles, I put my note pad back in my shirt pocket, took the top off my coin box, and starting looking at my pennies. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

My stomach has been grumbling since we got off the bus, and I feel my hangriness coming on. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She pulled a sword out of thin air, swept Percy off his feet with the flat of the blade, and pressed the point under his chin. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes, when it’s wet,” I say, and wonder what it would feel like to chop off all of my hair. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The old woman dabbed a smear of honey off her lips, gave Qezza and Grazhar each a parting kiss upon the brow, and fastened her silken veil across her face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Nancy handed tools to him, and she reached her fingers inside the monkey to tie off blood vessels and mop up excess blood with small sponges. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought I heard my sister but—” The piercing shriek cuts me off. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s amazing how places like this can be here, cutting right through your own neighborhood, but for most people, it’s completely off their radar. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

To check the ungoverned spell and drive off the shadow from Ged, Nemmerle had spent all his power, and with it his bodily strength was gone. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was always good to know that there was something under the boards, something to stave off hunger in the night. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Candice slipped off her backpack and walked through the kitchen to the back door. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

This is off the subject but do you know who I always really felt for? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like a robot, I finish my tea, return to my bedroom, and shut off that internal switch to make my real feelings go away. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The moment the Minister had passed out of sight, Harry tugged the Invisibility Cloak out from under his heavy black cloak, threw it over himself, and set off along the corridor in the opposite direction. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But they’d stuffed Mom’s phone and charger and all the computers into the suitcases, and Chess would have had to take his seat belt off and climb over the back row to reach them. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

If need be we could turn off our oxygen and safely remain up here for perhaps twenty-four hours; after that, however, we would need to either go up or go down. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s alive. They couldn’t get him off you. They had to carry him down on the stretcher, right on top of you. The vet’s amazed. Says there’s no way he should have survived all that.” The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The paw prints lead right off the top of the canvas and, I imagine, straight up to heaven. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

This night he was not standing before friends and he hoped he’d come off well. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Or: We had scarcely begun to cook when the smoke alarm went off. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The striking reluctance of whites, in particular, to talk about or even acknowledge race has led many scholars and advocates to conclude that we would be better off not talking about race at all. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It felt wonderful to throw off the evil-smelling rags and plunge into the stream. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He said that six of his ten knuckles had been fractured and that the doctors weren’t sure when the casts could come off. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Before he reached for a log, the silver sparkle off shiny bean leaves several fields away caught Snuffy’s attention. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The porch light was off so I knew my father wasn’t home yet. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I turned off the radio and tried to cook the meal in peace. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Not as long as I can read. But I did the next best thing. I went off to be a soldier.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The last things he saw before he was pulled off into the darkness of the court were the pale worried faces of Dunwing and Warbeak. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t get much off me. But Perry lost his wallet, with forty or fifty dollars.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, I took my mask off and allowed myself to breathe. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Possibly because there had been considerable newspaper play on the withdrawal of his passport, the State Department reversed itself and allowed Linus to show off the a-helix. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

And assuming Leo’s doomsday candles didn’t go off by accident - Leo’s inventions sometimes did that - in which case the weather would get much hotter, with a ninety percent chance of fiery apocalypse. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“We gettin’ a day off from this!” someone shouted as they pushed on by, and Moss frowned at him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They cool off in those muddy wallows, leaving the marks of their hoofprints. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She pulled back her lips, showing off enormous canines, and began to roar. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Dimblewit cleared his throat again and took off the ascot around his neck, putting it down on the chair beside the podium. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Imagine a dump truck arriving once each year at the base of a mountain, filling up with a single load, and driving off, not to reappear for another twelve months. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The kitchen is right off from the living room with white cabinets, granite countertops, and stainless-steel appliances. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

She reached out and picked off a piece of lint from his hair, and then hit his head lightly Their fluid, bantering rapport made Ifemelu uncomfortable. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

People became enthusiastic; and they began to tick off the days on the calendar; and they watched eagerly for the postman, hoping for invitations. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Bill Harvey's gamble was about to pay off. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

So, with the emperor’s laughter still echoing across the courtyard, Pinmei grabbed the needle and yanked the Iron Rod off the Black Tortoise of Winter. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Outside, the drivers helped them into the cars, and off they sped to the Film Academy. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

The big, raw-faced outlaw grabbed Prince Brat off the ground and took the heft of him as if he were weighing a sack of potatoes. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Mary got me some new things, for I came off in such a hurry I wasn’t half ready. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carefully, he sliced Lourdes’s riding pants off to her knees and tied them over her mouth. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bridge felt for them and realized they were almost falling off. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Gymnasts set up their apparatuses, but with the ship swaying, they kept getting bucked off. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

They needed the ghost of Banquo up there to tell them to lay off the stabbing. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I got time off from my job at the South Side Boys’ Club and, along with several other delegates, hitchhiked to New York. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even her picking a switch off the forsythia bush and stinging my legs would have been welcome. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time it came up, I saw the colors dancing off its scales. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

And I’m looking for ghost girls at church while my hand falls off from writing so many letters. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

When Grandpa found out why I wasn’t driving the Cadillac anymore, he just brushed it off. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I had no idea she was behind me, so she caught me completely off guard. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

An RPG had tossed his tiny body off the ground and he had landed on a tree stump. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Occupation authorities will want to know that a stranger is pacing off distances and making drawings of houses. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

"They don't have any way to get Watney off the surface." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

They try to yell at him, but you can tell that everyone’s going through the motions, and when Justin storms off to his room, it’s just the latest rerun of an old show. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Arthur was off to read the pleas for the morrow, a practice which he followed like a conscientious man. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

But what if real-world traits, such as height or skin color, were the result of not a single gene, with just two states—“tall” and “short,” “on” and “off”—but of multiple genes? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He hands it off to Dill’s mother, who sips it like it’s lemonade, passes it on, and goes back to beating her tambourine. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I sit on a bench in the schoolyard shed and take off my shoes and stockings but when I go into the class the master wants to know where my shoes are. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The door closed almost noiselessly, and Daddy turned off the engine. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The nearby city of Ceuta had grown faster than Tangier, and business had fallen off. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They saw someone who wasn’t a white male and thought to themselves, “Aha! This person is so stupid and naïve that I can make a lot of money off them.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Johnny took off the red mittens Aunt Lorne had knit for him and stretched his hands toward the fire blazing on the hearth. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frankie tried to follow me as I hurried off, but people chastised him to wait his turn. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She’d probably found something shiny and gone off to hide it. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

It means that anyone on the outside of the group gets picked off. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Actually, it made that house seem all the more scary, because behind its iron fence, it looked like some strange beast that had to be kept specially separate and fenced off from the others. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Bessie, as soon as she had dressed her young ladies, used to take herself off to the lively regions of the kitchen and housekeeper’s room, generally bearing the candle along with her. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I slid off and rubbed her nose as I waited for Judy to make her way over to us. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the tip of a lead pencil, broken off and wrapped up and presented along with a card that said, “A gross of commas, to be used liberally throughout the year as needed.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dead wood plinked as it snapped and shot off in every direction. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

She tossed the two halves of the Big-Head Mask to the floor and dusted off her knee. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The only time I really spent with the two of them was at night, before the camp’s lights were shut off. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

After cooling off with a glass of wine with fruit in it, he opened his suitcase on the table. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bear smelled on Omakayas’s skin the smell of its own cousin’s bear grease used to ward off mosquitoes. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

She turned off one of the lights and settled back in her chair. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hideo’s mother exclaims something about making us a snack and bustles off, leaving her glasses on the table. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Henny was crying and when Johnny saw him, he let the song trail off; he thought maybe it made Henny too sad. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know where you are now? Splitsville, Stephanides. Get out of here and don’t come back. And keep your hands off my sister.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The way there’re more and more kids coming into the Home every day, I had to make sure no one had run off with any of my things. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Darkness bent over, reached underneath a shadow, and lifted it up like he was pulling off a sticker. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Leaping out of the skin, he ran off into the bush, to be pursued by the angry shouts of the baboons. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

"The alarm has gone off!" shrieked The Grand High Witch. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

As soon as Sam drops her off at the classroom door, I have her go to the teacher, say she’s going to the nurse, and head straight to the library. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

This was obvious to us because he never chased us off his land. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another went clanging off the breastplate of the knight in the black-and-gold armor. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She took a bridle and harness off the wall. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They set off together, with the servant girl carrying the child and the man driving them on, muttering to himself about the great insult that had been done him by this act of disobedience. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“Very true; and if I had my will, we should. But my dear Lydia, I don’t at all like your going such a way off. Must it be so?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

But it wasn't loose by the morning and it wouldn't slip off. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, if I hear any complaints, off they go at the next corner,” said the driver. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

She paid off the mortgage on her house, for she was still in debt to Senator Seward for it. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You know, Miss Forester, I get off in a few minutes," he said. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

And Loki leapt high into the air and ran off, far above their heads. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Often, in the morning, the dress would be in a heap on the floor; the chain straps always slipped off the metal hanger. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Bronn seated himself across the table and pulled a wing off the capon. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Since then, some of the city’s charm had worn off for Farmer. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I climb onto the railing of the fire escape, spread my arms out, and launch myself off like a pigeon going home. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I waited to hear his car drive off, with Jaja and Obiora inside, before I came out into the living room. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I closed the journal, turned off the lamp, and looked at my brother to make sure I hadn’t stirred him. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

"The people didn't. They all ran off, even their lord." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think so. You need to work on some of your soft skills before I send you off to MIT. You need to be around your peers. Now, come on.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Jess stripped off her sweatshirt and dropped it over a branch. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t really care about me. You just want to get off this island. That’s all you want.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“He blows his stack at me sometimes, but I let it roll off like water on a duck’s back. Harsh words were never fatal to anyone.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was off to Australia, with Charles’s blessing and help. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Gloria said she was off wheat of all kinds because of being on a gluten-free diet. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

On my way off the train I dropped a dollar in his cup, something I never do, hoping to make it his good day too. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He probably thinks the bar mitzvah is off, and he’s here to offer consolation. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

For a moment, the bird retreated a little way off, and higher up in the sky. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

And since mothers and fathers couldn’t be sold off and separated, they could even marry then, something they weren’t allowed during slavery. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don't want to come off as arrogant here, but I'm the best botanist on the planet. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coraline reached out her left hand, scared that if she took her eye off it it would vanish, and she fumbled for the burning thing. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“Get it off! Get it off get it off get it off!” she screams. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the bull left off and made for the other steer which had been standing at the far end, his head swinging, watching it all. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The two of us set off up the stairs. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Chuck, incidentally, had decided that the best strategy was to shave off Lefty. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

She took her job so seriously, she would try to wed off anything with a pulse. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She climbed into the sidecar, the flowered bicycle rolled off into the night, and that was the last any of us ever saw of her. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

He pointed his thumb in the direction of his own house, and then wiped his hair off his forehead. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“You nodded off and tipped right onto me. You didn’t even flicker a lid when I cussed you out ” Denna trailed off as she watched me slowly come to my feet. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The entire boat lurched sideways, throwing monsters off their feet. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

She tried to crawl to the telephone but couldn’t raise herself off the floor. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Hell, I turn off the generator when we go to bed. I can give you a coal-oil lamp. Pull up. Got a canned baked ham in the oven.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night Dad knocks on my door as I’m about to switch off my lamp. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He nodded to the coast-guard and went off down the cliff towards the cove. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

If a man was an enemy, sometimes they’d cut off his head and stick it up on a pole as a warning to others. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The parlor looks the same as it always has: two cribs beneath two Latin crosses, dust floating in the open mouth of the stove, a dozen layers of paint peeling off the baseboards. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Yusuf doesn’t take his eyes off the television or move from the best spot on the worn couch in their basement. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“They just miss him so much. We all do. That was why—” He breaks off. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Without taking her eyes off her book, Cara raised her hand, too. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled my arm, almost dragging me off the bed. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

But Scipio had already slipped off the lion's back and was now climbing on to the sea horse. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I have to take it off to change, but then what? A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

On Saturday morning, July 3, an enthusiastic crowd of four thousand people crowded along both sides of Twenty-Fifth Street in Newport News, kicking off their Fourth of July holiday weekend. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I kick off my shoes and start unrolling my socks. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Dell pulled an old piece of beef jerky out of the inside pocket of his jacket and ripped off a chunk with his coffee-stained teeth. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

An old woman answered my knock and gave me the drink of water I asked for and nearly talked my arm off. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s all off,” she murmured as soon as she judged it safe to speak. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

We are never so far off that it is no more to be heard. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man got off the steps, pressed his back to the wall and started sliding against it to the cellar door. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

One hot afternoon, the guards had just finished off a particularly ripe, particularly smelly durian, and more husks littered the pavilion ground than usual. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“You’re going to go into that bathroom and take everything off if you expect to get into my prison.” Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The sextant is broken because I was playing with it and snapped off a piece. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I got off and a big man came up to me. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The packers needed to head off trouble by stirring up conflicts among the workers to weaken the union. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Leading the horse he hears behind him a groan from the woman, but doesn’t stop to see whether she is waking or dying or falling off the seat. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you ask me, its people’s imperfections that give them character—a nose slightly off center or a dimple or one ear slightly higher than the other. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stared straight at Garvey as he bit off a chunk of butter and swallowed it. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

But instead of giving her the cigarettes, he rattled off a string of nonsensical sounds. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

“What kinds of lullabies will I sing at night? What kinds of legends will my daughter be told? What kinds of charms will I give her to ward off evil?” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I turned off my light and rolled over onto my side, pulling my sheet with me. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Soon, shawls are flung on chairs, a half dozen pairs of heels are kicked off in a pile at the bottom of the steps. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dude clipped a chain lock and rode off on some little girl’s banana seat, handlebar tassels all blowin’ in the wind.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

MaWee pulled off the white sheet that said the jungles of Sweden!!! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

She drew water from the well, and, in the bathroom, filled a basin, tore off her clothes. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“You got to go anywhere now? Well, stick around until I get off.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, one minute you’d see her snapping string beans and cutting corn off the cob. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Philippi shouts, and then rattles off a series of vulgar expressions. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

As we linger—goodbyes are always long in Haiti—I feel a vague pain in my chest; it’s been on and off since our first cliff climb. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I take off my Theresienstadt dress, and it rubs against the raw wound of the tattoo, shooting a twinge to the top of my head. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I wiped them off on the wool coat I had taken from the passenger. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“I only ask that I be allowed—” Lee cut him off. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when they turned a corner, he saw a small pond off to the right. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

And why had his mother’s name been scratched off the family record? Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Piggy was looking determined and began to take off his shorts. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He had stripped off his own shirt and was pulling on another, drier one, but he did not bother to change out of his wet trousers before heading off into the trees. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

To make matters worse, Sophie caught me in the backyard hosing off my feet at the outdoor tap. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Though I have nowhere to go, each morning I hurriedly dress myself so I can catch a glimpse of Pa before he goes off to work. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doctor Copeland took off his spectacles and rebound a wire around a broken hinge. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I wished I had cleaned my kits off before Steve had seen them. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“Indeed, I will not. You are not what you ought to be, or you wouldn’t make such a noise. Move off.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“All the more reason for him to spend time getting to know us a little better. Now, off you go!” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He wanted to scream at Luxa, “Say something! Don’t let your grandpa fly off like this! Four of us aren’t coming back!” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The last of the foot soldiers came off the ridge. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

I quick jumped up and ran over and turned off the light over the desk. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m okay,” Mrs. Williams said, brushing herself off and smoothing out her clothes. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

He has torn off my arm at the shoulder! Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Guess I’m lucky the Government outlawed pets. Didn’t farmers always used to keep big guard dogs that would chomp people's heads off in one bite?” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I kept my eyes steady ahead until we were a hundred yards off, and then I looked back. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had hardly put a morsel to his lips when the hateful monsters darted down from the sky and in a moment had devoured everything and were flying off, leaving the intolerable odor behind them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned away and walked off, down the mountain. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Immediately, Nereus yelled in triumph and jumped off the edge. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The bank in place, she put on her nightgown again, started off the land account by putting a nickel in the bank and got back into bed. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went back home and showered, washing the smell of french fries and onion rings off my skin. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

She scraped a ragged peel off a turnip. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They furl their sails at double-time, then off they go,” he said, “into the city like mice into grain.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The streetlights were already on in the gray darkness, and their light glittered yellow off the snowballs’ icy coating. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

First, I was assembling solar panels with Vogel when Commander Lewis drove off, and I saw she headed due south. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I left the room, dragging my feet to keep my shoes from falling off. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took the cap from her, put it on to satisfy her, and then whipped it off as soon as she shut the door. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, look at you,” she said, making him blush and swat her hand off of his shoulder. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He found a place out of the wind, beneath an overhang of rock, and took off his cloak to use it for a blanket. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

My answer was a gunshot ricocheting off a wall nearby, followed by another that slammed into the floor at my feet. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

White-clad mess-hall workers mill around the steam tables, walk back and forth wiping off the tables with rags, tie up bags of garbage, and mop up spills. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fordy Penn wasn’t strong enough to get more than a foot off the ground. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He tries to start the car a few times, and eventually we head off. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Let’s get in the car for a minute,” she said, heading off toward our Jeep, which was parked at the curb. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The men didn’t take off after them at once, as Milkman had supposed they would. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what he was talking about, but I backed off. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Dari started sketching out new diagrams and structures—building off Twig’s wild ideas—and we made a plan to test the top two designs this weekend. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then she limped swiftly off in the direction of Redwall with the captured plans. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The faint sound of the sirens cuts off sharply. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The sun was reflecting in darts off all the upcars that passed me. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come on. If people didn’t have guns in the first place, we’d be way better off.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The wooden clogs I wore were terrible for crossing icy patches and clomping through snowdrifts, but I was still better off than those who had lost their shoes, or never had any to begin with. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

A group of friends and family had gathered there to greet us, only now, due to Secret Service protocol, they were cordoned off behind a rope. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Rumors about the war, rumors about upcoming “selections,” when SS officers would weed out the weakest prisoners and ship them off somewhere. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

She set up spreadsheets and trackers, and even made Mrs. Hameed a shopping list so she simply checks off the items she needs to restock. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

We were caught in a sudden rush of foaming surf that raced off it in every direction, thrown hard onto a surface of metal grates. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Trying to be as gentle as I can, I remove his boots, his socks, and then very slowly inch his pants off of him. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

So he wasn’t surprised to see a black shoe lying on its side just off the path. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I laugh at her and feel like I did when we were kids and she’d show off doing handsprings in the backyard. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

We would fall off one edge or the other, depending entirely upon his decision, or his instincts. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Finally Linda angrily turned off the radio and just sat at the table with her head resting in the fluff of clean kiddie togs, overcome by an almost pristine sadness, a feeling of hopelessness. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you want to give it to me? Or should I rip it off your pretty face?” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

They rolled off like perspiration, up at dawn, run, breakfast, work, the gym, home, dinner, television, sleep. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because I know you pretty well by now, girl, and unless I catch you off guard, you won’t try anything new.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“I did not either get it off a Frenchman. I bought it in a store in Richmond.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is beautiful to look at the boat, lit only by the compass light and the moon off the sails as she glides up and over the slow swells. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

She says, “Huh?” then flutters off some answer that makes very little sense. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

It soon became clear to me that George Myers was not as well off as the Deans, probably because of the size of his family. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He would turn on the lights and then pace back and forth for a while without taking off his coat, hands clasped behind his back, shaking his head. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The rest of us had the day off. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He spat off the side of the coach once more, then shifted on his seat. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Leave the district. Run off. Live in the woods. You and I, we could make it." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She took off her shoes and climbed into his bed. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I pulled the tie off and tossed it on the bed. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Can I come, Hazel-rah?” asked Bluebell, who had been waiting about, a little way off. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reluctantly, Tom and Matt left off their glaring contest and began looking under pillows, behind curtains, in dresser drawers. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She leans her head on his shoulder; he pulls off her shoes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

And when the class rotation put photo at the end of the day, Aileen and I usually ran off together somewhere so it was just the two of us. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing they done that night That filled my heart with fear, They took the ice right off the corpse And put it in the beer. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Avert means “prevent,” “ward off,” or “turn away.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slid into the front seat, and Mother drove off before I could even figure out exactly what had happened. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I imagined the sound of my hands punching off it, and the feel of my body lifting, spinning weightlessly through the air before surrendering to gravity, my feet finding the mat. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

They took part in the Calydonian boar-hunt; they went on the Quest of the Golden Fleece; and they rescued Helen when Theseus carried her off. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That is all. Gebu turned without another word and went off down the street, putting his feet down like chunks of stone. In a moment Wenamon left too.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Again he ran through the airport, ending up near where he had gotten off in the first place. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The sole of my left boot is noticeably peeling off. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Now that they were at the edge of a land of snow, they were impatient to be off, each of them, exploring on their own. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“So you’re going to cut them off,” Johnson said, “keep them from being reinforced, and then you’re going to bomb them into the Stone Age.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Even if you was to take off that slave-catcher badge, them Canadians would have you pegged ten seconds after y’all got off the ferry.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Mattie wiped Fern’s baby drool off my hand with the corner of her dress. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I don’t want the nurses seeing us dropped off by a car. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Its most evident manifestation seemed innocuous enough: Woolf was prone to nodding off. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman was dressed in a blue shirt and faded blue shorts that showed off her scaly, ashy legs. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He jogged off toward the ship’s ladder, tapping his hooves together like an excited kid. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“It ain’t easy to get hold of one since so many slaves run off.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

John bent over and picked a small object off the ground. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I get off the seesaw, back away from the park. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

And she took up her singing where she had left off. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though two of Morgant’s warriors stood by it with drawn swords, Taran could not shake off the sense of fear and foreboding that hung like a dark mist about the cauldron. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

She wrapped the book carelessly in a bit of cloth and set off for the village. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I got us thrown off? That was totally your fault!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I even dreamed: flying dreams, dreams of meeting Nia on a bus and talking with her, looking at her, seeing her off a few stops down the line. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

The first body had left me badly shaken for several hours; the shock of encountering the second wore off almost immediately. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s weird, though. I keep feeling like someone should just haul me off to jail right now.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

This meant that some of the financial burden of fencing would finally be off my plate, and I could quit teaching and focus the majority of my time on training. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t I rise? That were your observation when I broke it off, Pip?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

And it wasn’t until late that night, when I was back up in my room, that I pulled the cellophane off Johnny Cash and let him tear into me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

An alarm goes off as I burst through the stairwell door. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“Look, Potions will be almost empty this afternoon, with us all off doing our tests ...Try and soften Slughorn up a bit then!” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

And, reaching down, the speaker picked Milo off the ground and set him on the music stand. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I took a flying leap off the carousel, stretched out my arms, and trapped the baby screecher under my coat. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Then she sliced the drumsticks from the thighs and sent the drumsticks down one the exact moment that she finished, another chicken arrived and she cut the legs off it. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

A different PSF lifted me off my knees and guided me in the direction of two other girls about my age. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“That might help take our thoughts off the storm.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Who has paid off this ref? That was a flagrant foul! Unbelievable!” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He undulated back toward the voice in one terrific shove, to show off. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alex slipped out, closing the door behind him, cutting off the sound of the siren. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The morning sun was getting hot and he took his shirt off. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled my shoes toward me and quickly buckled them on, then took a deep breath, rose to my feet, grabbed Ruth’s doll off my bed, and opened the door. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had gotten only six feet off the ground. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Barking like a baboon, she ran off into the forest. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In an even more terrible incident, four aircraft collided, two landing and two taking off. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

But here I don’t have a Josefina American Girl Doll’s head to pry off and tuck under the blanket as a decoy. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He told me that the annual fall chest X-ray showed he had caught TB and he was going off on a scholarship for medical students who caught TB to a TB place in the Adirondacks. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Harry pulled off the Cloak and seized the letter. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I could hear a smile in his voice, but I was too afraid of driving off the road and proving him right to look over and be sure. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

When that was done she sent her handmaids off as well. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The question seemed to slide right off him. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The big carpenter waved him off with a meaty hand. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

This happened so seldom that it was always an occasion, and to round it off we would go to the tannery to see our sons. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

People notice, try to bring me into the conversation, but I just brush them off. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

When we stepped into the Atlas Clearing it was like we’d fell off a cliff right into a whole ’nother world. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He flounced off, swishing his tail, muttering about going outside to take the air. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Harry looked down at the boards planking the porch, then raised his eyes and gazed off into the dark, wet woods over Joe’s shoulder. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

We signed in, were given two very small, stiff towels for the shower, and trudged off across the grounds to see what we got for our $11 apiece. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you dare,” Mom said, using her free hand to try to pry his big one off her other trembling fingers. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He slid off the arm of the sofa and came towards me, his glass in his hand. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The guy’s smile falls off of his face. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

She dusted off her hands and pointed west. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Smith, a lifelong teetotaler who strongly disapproved of Pollard’s drinking, probably waved off the jockey’s plaintive wails for alcohol that morning. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought Ocean’s mom was awful, but I also knew that I could no longer let him get kicked off the team. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She got handy with the little lids, too, so she could slide one off and put it under her left arm while she dumped the sap into her bucket. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Till I nearly bump into her and knock her off the trail. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Men wander off or just sit down to die.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Daniel sat next to Sarah in the front, looking down and picking a blister off his thumb like it was the most important thing that was going to happen all day. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Betsy did not give any explanation of the novel she was reading, simply commenced to read aloud where she had broken off reading to herself. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

How can you top off four years of the greatest experiences a teenager could have? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Sunlight glinted off the water as we chugged up the Strait of Georgia. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she mentioned it, he threw the yarn at her head and walked off. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was wearing a heavy sheepskin coat, uncomfortably hot in the heated cabin, but with her hands manacled she couldn’t take it off. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I bit off the last of the apple and tossed the stem. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Cutting the arm off the suit was easy; so was cutting along its length to make a rectangle. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could do anything I wanted during that time: spit at the walls, sleep on my mat, or simply go off on my own. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the men moved off in the opposite direction, Kaz gestured his group forward. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The kid who might once have cruised through town showing off his new Mustang is more apt to invite friends over to see his turbocharged new hard drive. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think it really throws the other teams off to be challenged by a faceless competitor. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“There’s nothing much we can do. They don’t hurt and they can’t take much blood. I pull them off at the end of the day. Get used to them.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t change her clothes, but just took off her boots and reached into her pack, into the little pocket she’d sewn into it to hold her most cherished possession. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

When he told her green, she ran off and came back with the bottle of nail polish. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

A true hero leapt off the pages of a book to pay my class a special visit. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

When is it day and when night? lime seems better measured by flashes: Volkheimers field light flicks off flicks on. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

We're joined by others along the way, but they split off once we grow to fifteen or so. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I shrieked, pushing the tray of sweet bread off the table. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“If all your friends jumped off a cliff, would you do that too?” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

To his surprise, the grin slipped off Brother Ugo’s—or Fedu’s—face momentarily, and for the length of a single second, he saw something else in the old god’s expression. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

President and Mrs. Bush greeted us at the Diplomatic Reception Room, just off the South Lawn. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The policeman dropped him off at his hotel. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She pulls a photo album off my shelf and starts to flip through it. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

He shook off the excess water like a big dog and sat down in the sand. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

They took off their jackets and sweaters and tied them around my waist and neck. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The holes in the walls were plugged up and the shelves of books dusted off. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

The guard looked at the woman who’d just given birth, looked at Nguyen, then turned and stepped off the bus, gesturing the passengers to get back on. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

At that Ged left off his bleak thoughts and his gazing ahead over the sea, and he saluted Yarrow more earnestly, perhaps, than Vetch. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The woman’s voice behind me said, “It's a fox, Gerry! Ted shot one last week what he thought was the Beast o' Dartmoor first off.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

As she turned to walk off, Dany let her glance sweep over the strangers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

As the cruiser began to pull off, Wes asked them to stop for a moment so he could say something to his mother. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I open my mouth to reply, but Ben cuts me off quickly. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“Oh, my God. Who can imagine how wrinkled and loathsome those two really are? I think I'm getting nauseated. Can’t someone in the projection booth turn off the electricity? Please!” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama started off as well, but Hanako was worried about her dirty face. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

By repeating this move, I was able to pick off his extra lives, one by one. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The water butterflies who’ve ventured off to observe us scurry back to their flock. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I concentrated all my might on shutting off the force of the sea. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Thus far he had lost two fingers off his left hand and the pinky off his right, but only the little toe offhis right foot against three from his left. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She was scrubbing purple crayon off the TV screen. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mower seemed to give a happy leap forward off the sidewalk and I was mowing the lawn. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

As I walk to class, Tats waves from the end of the hallway, where she’s ripping off posters for one or another of the many clubs she belongs to. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

As I walked through the divining parlor, I was hopeful that maybe I’d mostly worked off my debt. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“It is true, isn’t it, darling? I’m not just driving down to the stazione in Milan to see you off.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

See, a couple of weeks back she got sore at me and said she was going to take off our ring for a while. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank God, there it is,” she said, plucking her wallet off the edge of the counter. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The next morning they were standing off Luzon. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought War Admiral simply had more God-given speed than Seabiscuit, and that the Triple Crown winner would surely beat him off of the line. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pretty much right off, it was evident the driver was a talker. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

So Grandma was smart—she was trying to get Ernie off his duff. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I wiped the sweat off my forehead with a bandanna. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Other boats—little boats, like Nell’s—pulled up to the bridge, let people off, and then headed back out into the water. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

The antelope and the lion burst out of their cages and went off together into the streets. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

People around them were starting to look up from their books and take their headphones off. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Salim lay down and I turned off the light. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

You hated the noisy celebrations, with people setting off fireworks at every street corner. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

If you have eleven regiments and pick off from each its two best companies, it adds up to about seven hundred men. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now we’re off to bombing these people,” Johnson groaned to his secretary of defense. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It was then that April took a very special book off the shelf. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That was the worst off I ever seen her. Constantine must a said a thousand times, she couldn’t wait for the day when she got her back.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Once inside, I take off the EVA suit and start driving. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Folding tighter, letting out his breath, fighting off images of corks and bottles and Jackson Boy caught in the darkness, dying alone. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The boy went running off, and the king turned back to Selmy. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She settles back, smoothing the loose strands of hair off her cheeks, which are pink from the cold, and leaves her coat on. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

In a minute I heard her get after someone about throwing trash in our yard and then she stomped off. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Molly shrugs off her army jacket and hangs it on the black iron coatrack in the corner. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t much faster than walking, but we were both glad to be off our feet. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In the north, he’d been suffering off and on physically from toothaches and stomachaches. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Biddy was off walking on clouds, and she babbled away. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Let me talk to his sister. She’s home from college this summer. I can probably convince her to get Milo to lay off.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“But I need—” I wanted to ask him for a seat near the door where I could see Danny, but he cut me off. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

No, Miss Muffett would expel her and Atticus would send her off somewhere. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He stared in front of him, breaking off from his story, and I wondered if he was thinking, as I was, of that flooded cabin beneath the waters in the bay. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I told her yes, we’d come. But they know we don’t come into that neighborhood when we’re off duty,” Bill answered. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man in the yellow suit took off his hat and smoothed his hair with long white fingers. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d be even worse off than she was today, stripped of all magical powers, without all her current abilities, and never able to learn anything new. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was late afternoon; she’d only just risen, and it took her some time to shake off the effects of lull, the draught she drank to help her sleep. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I would pantomime putting the hat on my head and work on just the right bland lines for the press: “Our team works hard in practice, and it pays off in the games.” The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you take off those glasses, Juliet? They really don’t suit you.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Fern took off running toward the black-and-white cows and so did Vonetta, but not before she curtsied and said, “See you later, Great Miss Trotter!” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

We got Grandma Smith’s old wooden tennis rackets and pedaled off to Phoenix University, where we tried to play tennis with the dead balls other people had left behind. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Clean the goo from a price tag, take the squeak out a door hinge. Lights get cut off, stick a wick in it and burn it like a candle.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

They sponged off his face and neck, closing his eyes and covering them with a blindfold torn from Tali’s cloak. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The officer and three of the men dismounted, and then the rest galloped off. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

At home she read and painted late into the night, by candlelight or kerosene lamp if the electricity was turned off. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He gets off the bench and walks toward a group of trees. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Very well, I accept. But if I do not approve of the entire massage, the deal is off.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I hope so because I want to be my own boss and get my hair cut off if I feel like it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All of his other material possessions are to be auctioned off. If you were no longer friends, why are you the only person he left anything to?” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Then, just as reluctantly as the last leaf of autumn falls off a desiccated branch, Juanita’s hand slackened and fell away from mine. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

"Bet he killed them all himself, he did," Gared told the barracks over wine, "twisted their little heads off, our mighty warrior." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He set down his bowl, shoved off Abbie and Perlie, picked up a round stone, and tossed it in the air. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He was hanging out on the loading dock while everybody else hustled their butts off. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled up the tab on a can of diabetic wet food and yanked the metal top off with the familiar whoosh, causing Fig to “mrow” repeatedly. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

When you see a light in a window blink three times throw the box in the snow and drive off. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I will have good behavior on and off the field. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

At first he had eyes only for the passengers who had just gotten off a train. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

‘It was Isildur who cut off the finger of the Enemy.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He took off his painting gloves and tossed them onto a table. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I find it just off the main street, marked only by an ornate iron T hammered into the door. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

A pair of witches broke away from the queue for the lift and bustled off. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

They set off across the deserted moor, unable to make out much through the mist. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Dylan’s knees push off—he flies backward, then swings forward, his hands grasping the rope lower. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

At the bus stop on Monday, Charlie opened a brand-new pack of Reds and smoked two, lighting the second off the first. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

They prided themselves on being incomparably more “cultured,” “cultivated,” “dignified,” and better off than their black brethren down in the ghetto, which was no further away than you could throw a rock. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if they ever spoke to the people of Isfahan about their faith, the shah would cut off their heads. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

His eyes were shut, like the eyes of a boy jumping feet first off the high dive. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

We surrounded the Club House and, with birch-branch bows and invisible arrows, picked off the single miners who lived there as they came in from work. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The young man hurried off and was back momentarily with our change. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t take his eyes off Olly as he lifts and finishes it with deep gulps. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Grumbling, the She Elephant peeled off more notes from a wad she produced from a pocket. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

We passed a few more rooms and I didn’t care if the Amish were doing card tricks or shaving their beards off. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s off his horse and leading it to the stables. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Still, after the parole board set me off, my mind wandered toward escape plans. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

He rocked his head, working to keep the pencil from slipping off. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I knew Hattie didn’t mean to show off, but sometimes her flawlessness felt like a personal attack. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I must have had it written all over my face, because he grabbed the baseball cap off Tree’s head and pushed it over his own, eyes still on me. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

At home, I pulled the light-green Dollar Store uniform shirt off over my head, balled it up, and threw it in the corner of my room. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It had felt off with Jenna away all summer, like we weren’t quite whole. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Let’s let the children go off by themselves,” suggested Mr. Arable. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

He left the astronomers to their fogbound observatory and set off down the track, feeling his way along by following his dæmon, whose eyes were closer to the ground. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’re sitting on her steps waiting for Boy21’s grandparents to drop him off so we can walk to school and start our senior year. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stop off at a Target on the way back to Amelia. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He’s wearing a suit, but he’s taken the jacket off and slung it on the seat next to him. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I got off and I said to him, ‘I think you better stop right there or I’m gonna have to teach you a lesson.’ The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Luke trailed off, looking at the car again. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Before I could get up to him the patient rushed at them, and pulling one of them off the cart, began to knock his head against the ground. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Annie and I checked our bags and took off our shoes to pass through the security line. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

All the same, his coming up like that asking for a private talk was pretty embarrassing and threw me off balance. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I finally got down off the radiator and went out to the hat-check room, I was crying and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, man, come on over. Anything to get my mind off all this. I’ll text my address.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

In their own apartment they made a bed for Marshall on the couch and he went right off to sleep as if nothing had happened, with his arm around Security. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

We hang out all night and when Alejandro comes out from his office, Ellen slides off the counter and pretends to be a customer. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“It’s been on and off, I guess. I don’t know. It’s starting to become more and he wants to be something official. And it’s so stupid because, yes, obviously that is everything I want but...” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

But, in the first place, it isn’t my fault if they buried Maman yesterday instead of today, and second, I would have had Saturday and Sunday off anyway. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

"And you thought you could wash it off?" Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Abra slipped off her dress and put on a cotton pinafore, which was understood to be for working around the house. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s the leading man, however, who has made the most eloquent appeal to me to call off the production. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

We turn off the lights and sneak back out of the Hideout, checking the hallway outside the storage closet first to make sure nobody is around. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I flick off the light as quickly as possible and try not to move or breathe. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Your mom is off at your side somewhere; she’s taking a picture, and you know you should turn to her and smile. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I’ll show you again. With your thumb and forefinger, you pinch off the top — like this, and then let your fingers strip the milk down—like this.” Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t jump sideways, so I leaped straight up, kicking off from the creature’s head, using it as a springboard, turning in midair, and landing on his neck. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The gun lifted off my face, but I was still pinned to the ground. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Dad had also combed his hair and put on his wire-rimmed glasses, so he came off more like a college professor than a boat vandal. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I lost my grandmother’s antique bracelet in the trash! The clasp broke, and the whole thing slipped off!” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

If the fire has crept in behind us and ignited the gas, then we’re cut off. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

‘We grows a lot of food, but we don’t rightly know what becomes of it. It’s all these “gatherers” and “sharers”, I reckon, going round counting and measuring and taking off to storage. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Turn off the electrical charges and everything crumbles to an invisible fine dust. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It looks like the Romans have arrived to cut you off. I’d get back to your ship in a hurry if I were you. Would you care for some tea cakes to go?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

This time, though, she gave me a wry, sideways look, hit her turn signal to get us off the highway and back to our neighborhood, and chuckled just a little. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

A few times she glimpsed motion, but the buildings were so far off it was hard to be certain. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It had looked so easy when she watched the fisherman set off on his travels. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hauled me past the crowd of onlookers, tugging my arm and walking so fast that my feet flew off the floor. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Cubans, tipped off by informants, were waiting for them. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Michael held off the tears, curious, but quite ready to continue in case Dads further revelation was as disconcerting as the original. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The desolate picture of wildlife loss had changed little when the biologists resumed the studies broken off in 1955. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I almost thought he was going to rattle off some conspiracy theory, but Ms. Jacobs bailed him out. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Then Alex took off his belt, held one end tight, and gave the other to the dog, who grabbed it in his mouth and took off running. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

As soon as the intercom clicks off, people are up and talking. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Look, why don’t you take off your pants and dry them on the screen of the fire? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“And Aaron ran off to Cincinnati,” she said flatly. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

It took the kid less time to polish it off than it had taken Grayson to get it. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Gurgi, like all of them, would be better off dead than in Arawn’s grasp. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Dr. Tamba told the driver our destination, reading it off a piece of paper he held in his hand. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Will you do me a favor, Gilly? Try to get off on the right foot?” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I lift my head off his shoulder and look at him. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“I want a little less showing off next time you handle the ball, you understand?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She fell off the bench to the bottom of the lifeboat, the hyena with her. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Most insults Percy could shrug off—being called weak or stupid or whatever. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“In the pit that would have taken your arm off, old man.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I slipped off my flip-flops and slid a bare foot over his black coat. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

When I hit the third it was ever so slightly off and I gave one of the tuning pegs a minute adjustment without thinking. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The train is moving so slowly that I overcompensate with my landing, too used to running off the momentum, and I fall. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Slowly the conversation drifted off from my adventures as a farmhand. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

A few mornings later, Mom woke up, made breakfast for us, and got Nikki and me off to school. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Even though I’d raised some more money over the past week with my babysitting gig and doing more door-to-door donation requests, I was still a long way off from my goal. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Every once in a while he sighs so loud it sounds like he’s trying to blow the station wagon off course. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

The sensation was like a tractor pulling my curls off. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I let out a triumphant yell that echoed in the empty classroom and bounced off the walls of my tiny hideout. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He definitely isn’t reading off his packet like Calvin was. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

They were peeled off after every game and put in a refrigerator to preserve freshness, then placed back on the night before the next contest. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, to top it all off and heighten its dramatic appeal, the petition arrived under the signature of Benjamin Franklin, whose patriotic credentials and international reputation were beyond dispute. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Dad spotted us before I could work out why I wanted to dodge off. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I would be no better off when daylight came. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Etienne said, “Well, it was nice to meet you, Hugo,” and he wandered off to find the book he had come in looking for. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Twitched her nose, squinted as if the light bouncing off Gregory's shiny forehead was blinding her. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I thought about her turning off her lights on Halloween night. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We pulled into a station and I hopped off and looked at a map. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

But in Pittsburgh she felt terribly little and worried, especially after one day when she got off the streetcar in the wrong place. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

She has to jump off my lap, squirm a little to get it out. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I took off my shirt and lay it on the desk. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As I put the letters back on the table, I noticed that day’s newspaper lying off to the side. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Having affairs he must see to before he left Iffish, Vetch went off to other villages of the island with the lad who served him as prentice-sorcerer. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

They raised their arms in the Roman salute, then ran off to regroup the legion. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“They were led off, the girl first,” said the warden. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I keep nodding off and then jerking awake with a start. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The Canadians had things set up real easy for you if you was traveling; the train station wasn’t but a hop, skip, and a jump ’way from where the ferry let you off. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“That doesn’t fix a thing. What about this boy? I saw his daddy, and he was white and mad. White daddies don’t like their daughters running off with black boys.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then they slapped each other’s back and raced off down the beach shrieking. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was proud of Malia, who was soon to head off to Europe to travel for a few weeks with friends. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He grabbed the cell door and ripped it off its hinges like it was made of wet clay. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

And if he wasn’t, George knew he’d be shipped off to that army school for sure. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

When he was ’bout twenty paces from us the man turned Emma’s hand a-loose, pulled off his hat, and called to Pa, “Pardon me, sir. The child right? This here really Buxton?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The police called off the search, put us all in our car, and sent us home to grieve. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her method was to keep him continually off balance. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

A Great Depression had swept over the nation, and we couldn’t seem to throw it off. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

They dated off and on for several weeks before Mena realized, I presume, that Oslo Fouke was nothing more than a drug addict and a bum. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t plastic, and the light didn’t reflect off it. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frodo leaned back against the wall and took off the Ring. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The three of us snuck up to the cliff again, watched them climb back into their driver’s seats and take off down the highway, the lead car’s lights spinning but making no sound. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

She threw a heavy rock high in the air and watched it bounce off the hard ice. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

In gathering wild yams, they cut off most of the edible tuber but replaced the stems and tops of the tubers in the ground so that the tubers would regrow. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I cannot even tell if we are about to drop off the face of the earth. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

"We would have been here earlier but Jim spotted a roadhouse and we thought we'd have a few belts before coming in. You know, take the edge off of being here." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Besides, what I'd really need is to throw about thirty rocks in there at once, setting off a big chain reaction, demolishing the whole lot. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Then he set off with his new master through the steep slanting forests of the mountain isle, through the leaves and shadows of bright autumn. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

He ripped off a chunk of meat with his fingers and stuffed it in his mouth. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She says ’twould break your heart to think of what the English did to us, that if they didn’t put the blight on the potato they didn’t do much to take it off. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Quite odd,” Master said; he took off his glasses and then put them back on. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

After she left, I stayed in my room for about four million miles—two days—with the shades drawn and my phone turned off. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

She shared Matthias’s seat, glad to be off her feet for a while. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I try to nod like this is no big deal, but I can’t get the grin off my face. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not all of them served, but they can remember, and they love nothing better than to sit on the stoops and spout off about the old days. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right in the middle of the dissection, Justin’s stopwatch went off and he had to put down the scalpel. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Laughing madly and yelling strange curses, he swayed to and fro skillfully as horse and wagon clattered off down the road into the night. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The shambler goes limp and I push her to the side, climbing to my feet as I wipe blood and the shambler s brains off of my cheek. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The beautiful belt was tied in a messy knot off to one side. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“She took off a long time ago,” I lied. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed the remote, pointed it at the screen, and hit the power button to click it off. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I ain’t close enough to hear, but his father says something sharp, something that wipes the sneer clean off Tyler’s face, and then Jack Croft himself looks at me. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

A pig's tail that was never allowed to be seen by any woman and that cost him his life when a butcher friend did him the favor of chopping it off with his cleaver. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The younger woman kissed and laughed and rushed about collecting our coats and getting our luggage carted off. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have to keep them switched off so I don’t attract too much attention,” he said with a slick smile. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The map showed picnic areas and a playground off to the left, near the inland border. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, most of it is plastic and leather and metal, but I knew it would stay damp all day, even if somebody wiped it off real good when I got to school. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I circle my free wrist to rid the phantom weight of the handcuff while one of the security guys pulls the bag off my head. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He’d taken off his gloves and was running his bare palms over the stones. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I pick up the coins one by one, turning them around, holding them up and watching how the sun glints off them. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

All three of the men jump on their horses and ride off, kicking up a generous cloud of dust as they go. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Madam Hooch’s back was turned, and though Gryffindors below shouted in anger, by the time she looked around, Harper had already sped off. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The tombwalk was a relic of the old palace cemetery, cut off from the rest of the grounds by the construction of the astronomers’ tower. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Several dark alleys twisted off from the main street, leading to deserted storefronts. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Come off it, Miss Cayla. I can see Mr. Crane up there in the parlor.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Keep your hands off me! No one touches the dragon without leave:" Dany glanced anxiously up at the high bench. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He took off his backpack and threw it on the ground. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

So when my alarm goes off Tuesday morning, by faith I don’t get up, believing that Momma won’t make me go to school. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

She took a minute to slip off her shoes, then flopped over on the bed and curled up, one hand between her knees, the other slipped under the pillow. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“At this time,” said Vetch, “I hold with those who think the world has but one face, and he who sails too far will fall off the edge of it.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to say something, but then cradled his rifle and went off by himself. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time he stopped, my shoes were full of sand, so I kicked them aside and peeled off my socks. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

It took him two attempts to get through the doors; he ricocheted off the frame on the first attempt. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He drops us off at the Grey Island Inn, a long rectangular three-decker with a view of the ship docks and the Jersey shoreline. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take half the peanut butter sandwich off the plate and keep my eye on the box. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I was tired and frazzled, like I was coming down off a sugar high. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

One was on fire, and flapped lamely off by itself, billowing gigantically like a monstrous blood-red star. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Others talk and talk, making the information lady tilt her head to one side and blow her wispy bangs off her forehead. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Jacquel tied off the intestines, glistening and snakelike in her belly, below the stomach and deep in the pelvis. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

When she hung up, she reached over to a rack and pulled a white chef coat off a hanger. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Mind-numbing games like that were invented to take your mind off the fact that nearly 3,300 people die in car wrecks every single day in the United States. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

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

“He did. But I want to try to do them all. I don’t want to get off easy.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Better follow up and see what he's doin'.” The procession moved off sedately in King Pellinore’s direction, following his erratic course by the fresh tracks in the snow. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he reached fifty, he whipped the hood off his head and wheeled around. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cab started off with a jerk, and I was thrown off the bumper, but the sleeve of my shirt was caught. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

My mom takes a pile of napkins, gently wiping the shake off my face, her eyes suddenly brimming with tears. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

When I licked the butter off my fingers, he gave me his roll. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

They come to the station to see him off, standing on the platform in the cold, his diminished family, straining but failing to see Gogol, who waves at them through the tinted glass. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Drop us off at school, pick us up? Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

He trailed off, a perplexed look wrinkling his eyebrows. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Another night of lifting wallets and another day of sleep and Jule was ready to buy an inconspicuous used car off a sleazy guy in a parking lot. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

They stripped her violently, pulling off her slacks despite her kicking. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If your hair is not cut by the first day of practice, you’re off the team.” Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I start off in that direction, set a swift pace, and cover the four miles in a little more than an hour. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, as he goes off grimly, all we can say is: “You’re mad,” and let him go. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each student’s curriculum was rounded off by the Afrikaans, English and vernacular languages. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its restlessness and brutality had dropped away as if cut off by a knife. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Julia clicked off some more photos, then walked out into the hallway. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

She reached down and pulled off her shoes, holding them in her hands, looking at them for a few seconds. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He sat down next to a baobab tree near the girl’s house and began stripping off the bark. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We took off running again, past students reading on the quad, weaving around a tour group and in between buildings, until we got to the Plaza. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

From houses back off away from the road there was a waving of flags, a fluttering of white handkerchiefs; women lifted lamps at the windows. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frightful watched his spectacular sky dance twice more, then she flew off the bridge and traced the same design in the air. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

She waves me off and starts to pack up her sewing box on her dresser. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

My entire body was numb, exhausted, as I took my foot off the gas. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

As the earthquake calmed down, I peeled off the stickers and tore them to shreds under the table. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Lyra stretched and yawned, and Will felt a great weight lift off his shoulders. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the burial is over, Mr. Kreuk pulls away in the hearse after telling me to take a few days off, to come back to work when I feel better. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She wore a turquoise sweat suit, the sleeves and legs cut off, threads hanging like a blue-green spiderweb. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I call, but she doesn’t take her eyes off the ship. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The man hadn't taken his eyes off me. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The palms of his hand were hot and throbbing, and the skin had come off one of his knuckles. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Sahil looked at me as long as he could without driving off the road. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

If the ride had been in working order, we would’ve sailed off a ramp between the golden Gates of Love and splashed down safely in the exit pool. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Most likely she’s near the Indian Ladder where Outlet Falls plunges off the cliff. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Max was upon another planet, far off in space. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Lewis storms off, mumbling the whole way down the steps. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I thought I was going to totally dread this moment—breaking things off. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

As soon as the plane took off I got a blanket, covered my head, and tried to sleep. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know he is. They were right on his tail when he went up. Besides, Little Ann was bawling her head off when I came to them.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they set off again, they sang a song about marching to Pretoria and pretty Peggy-o running down the stairs, letting down her golden hair. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn off the TV and decide the first thing I’ll do is order food for us. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I started on the raspberry preserves, rinsing off the berries and dropping them into a small pot on the stove with some water. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

It colored the nearby trees a faint violet, and glinted off the wall of mist that had gathered over the asphalt. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Our little room on 129th off Seventh was smack dab in the middle of all the action in Harlem. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its rent had helped put her through Denison, then had become a monthly “booster”—as her mother had put it—while she started off as a cub reporter. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Reek had tried to bite his own ring finger off once, to stop it hurting after they had stripped the skin from it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Davos almost bit his tongue off when his teeth jarred together. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I choke down my tears, wipe the existing ones off my face before they can freeze, and pull myself back together. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

We drive on smooth concrete until the driver turns off the highway to lurch over dirt roads. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

He crossed his arms and waited as I tried to rub the tiny speck off the plate. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

My father had read that article to me before he had sent it off to his publisher. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Worry about the Omega'd swatted off worry about being in this house, but I still daredn't shout in case I woke the brother. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Mom is standing off to the side, quiet. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Not at Marlene, who once let Uriah shoot a muffin off her head on a dare. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Max wins twice, but in the third game, I corner the white van while she drives off a bridge and falls into the river. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He took off down the hall and disappeared into the crowd, leaving me to wonder what the hell I’d done. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She pulled off her mask to see him better. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

‘It was no ordinary storm. It is the ill will of Caradhras. He does not love Elves and Dwarves, and that drift was laid to cut off our escape.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Emma insisted it was the only way, because the walls had ears and it was impossible to slip off together during the day without arousing suspicion. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I took the next day off from school—not because my elbow was hurting me, which it was, but so I could play with Bear all day long. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“A man shouted to us from a bus. We ran fast. He pulled us on—hid us under seats. The guards counted passengers but didn’t search. We got off in Reyhanli. We walked here.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

June rips a piece of crust off her pizza. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Slaves carried off the body, and the dancing resumed. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

By figured that dumb story was enough to scare me off and he started walking in the direction of the public swimming. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I figured she’d get the hint and take off, but she didn’t. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

As a result, the English stuck to Newton’s fluxion notation rather than adopting Leibniz’s superior differential notation—cutting off their noses to spite their faces. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I shook off the image Grandma had put in my mind and refocused on the situation at hand. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

And so, after shopping, he sets off, alone, for the Louvre, a destination he’s put off until now. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard the security guards had to pull you off someone last night.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

While the plants ripened, one large group of slaves was sent off to cut the wood to fire the boiling vats, while another spent its days carting the timber back to the boiling house. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

I quick shut off my motor and lie down in my little skiff as it goes by. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He nearly tossed off a careless assurance, but he saved himself in time. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

No, the carcass moved off with the town, and left Janie standing in the doorway. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I’d broken one before, when I fell off my skateboard a few years before, and that felt like somebody had a blowtorch to my gut. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

As I ran outside, I spotted OPS #0571 off to the south. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He seized the opportunity to push me off my feet. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Then Moon Orchid went about the house turning off the lights like during air raids. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I followed Sorrento off the shuttle and into an elevator adjacent to the landing pad. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It made me kind of sick to hear Grandma rip the skin off the catfish. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She peels a sticky note off a pad. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The AC was on, but you never would have known by the heat he was giving off. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I take four samples of the mossy ground cover and snip off several pieces of a fallen elephant-ear leaf. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he would just sit off in a corner with a half smile on his face, imagining. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He went off to search for more clues, and I saw Lacey’s and Ben’s flashlights dipping as they went through a Troll Hole, but I just stood there in the office, imagining her. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I wiped the sweat off my face with my arm and accidentally smudged a little dirt across my forehead. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

In an attempt to silence her, Anthony went backstage and ordered the janitor to cut off the gaslights, leaving Woodhull and the entire membership in the dark. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I throw her arm off me, and storm away from Mr. Garfield’s calls of “Sparrow? Are you okay?” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

When they thought they were far enough away, they took off running as fast as they could while we stood there motionless in the sun and Raymond clutched at his arm dripping with blood. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

He made his way out toward the floating docks, swimming slow and off the main marked path through the water. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve spent the past two hours drawing, trying to shake off my confrontation with my mom. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

One evening, hurrying around before catching his flight to Haiti, Farmer stepped off a curb and was struck by a car. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Furious at being blindsided by the appointment, Bush dodged Groves’s brusque queries about the state of the project and dashed off a prickly letter to Stimson’s assistant, Harvey Bundy. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Years before, I had told her what I’d learned in my psychology class about bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, but she had shrugged it off. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She looked for anything she might use to prop it open, and had to settle for tearing off a piece from the bottom of her prison trousers and stuffing it in the lock. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And she knew it was not ripped off; it was burned off, exploded off by heat. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Walked off with all our dough while we were asleep.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

First off: My cousin Nazgol got her name from the Farsi word for flower. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The whole thing is sealed off, except for a repair garage around the corner and a part of the first floor containing men’s and women’s locker rooms and rest rooms. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She jumped off the bed and stood over me, pointing a finger in my face. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Julia’s unit in the Fiction Department had been taken off the production of novels and was rushing out a series of atrocity pamphlets. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

They advanced around the corner again, shaking the Clankers, and the noise echoed off the rocky walls, grossly magnified, so that the inside of Harry’s skull seemed to vibrate with the din. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Thanks,” Gregor mumbled, confused, because she was throwing his prisoner status off balance. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

When the headaches struck, the general went to his room, undressed, turned off the light, locked the door, and didn’t come out until the pain subsided. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When I finally dozed off, I dreamed I was waxing the floors at the gas company. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

We could tell they were watching TV by the way the light flickered off their faces. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Annabelle takes the next day off, and the group goes first to the Field Museum of Natural History and then to the Museum of Science and Industry. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Boy, you don’t have the sense you—” He cut off abruptly. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She’s the sort of girl who gets high easily, off the music, off a moment. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over his shoulder he said, “Anything you need, Colonel,” and he rode off. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trashman shoved the boat away from the dock with his bare foot and they were off, down the river. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Both Benny Maestas and Jimmy Ortega were whacked with crude clubs, and Benny’s nose was broken; Jimmy sustained a huge bruise on his arm trying to ward off the blows. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then I think, I hope he does, and the thought alone sets off the electric currents and sends them shooting through me. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Marly, take those wet shoes off this instant.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

When would someone get the best of me, and how could I head them off? Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to get her off the subject, but she kept coming back to it. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Gideon trails off and scrubs his hand across his face. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

"So when Vaigo Hoat's the lord, he's going to cut off the feet of all the servants to keep them from running away. The smiths too." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

There were streamers of the red flesh of some luckless opponent still clinging to some of the points, though other soldiers were trying to clean them off. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was super-tired as I washed all the makeup off my face and got ready for bed. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Fadi stood off to the side, his backpack slung over his shoulder. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I went off to the spring after a bucket of fresh water and wondered when Papa would come back. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Don’t mention anything about Abroad while you’re here unless you want the pants bored off you. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

People were looting all around, making off with drums of paraffin, bags of mealie meal, carcasses of beef still dripping blood, Primus stoves, boxes of canned goods, loaves of bread and so on. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

After what felt like a short eternity, but was likely only a hot second, the tires let off a long squeal of pain before the minivan quivered to a dead stop. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

One arm had been ripped right off the shoulder,- Arya saw the bones a few feet away, gnawed and cracked, picked clean of meat. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Barack’s teaching duties at the law school had wrapped up for the semester, and I’d put in for time off at my job. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Then the two sisters leaped off the apartment building and soared toward him. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He turned the knife in his hand, both of them watching as light glinted off the shiny blade. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The governor’s decision to send George off to deal with the French shows the trust that people already placed in young George Washington. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

After Mr. Perez drops me off, I stomp into the house. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you know you can’t lay around here? You got to get off. This is private property!” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bluebells and the tiger lilies had dried up and dropped off their stems. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why would anybody want to write something on you jerks anyway? So you shoot off rockets, so what?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I used to read this to your father when we were children. We’d go up the hill by our house and sit beneath the pomegranate ...” I trailed off. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

To be honest, all us kids in the class loved to see the two of them square off. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Now Mr. Dolan rose, dusting off invisible crumbs from his pants. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“And after you pull off that miracle, you can genetically engineer a bunch of Smurfs and unicorns to frolic around this new perfect world you’ve created.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She peeled it off and flung it into the cave. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Well, you sound that way. I mean all he does is lie there. He won’t take his bathrobe off.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Bullets pounding on armor and ricocheting off brickwork and tattooing the parked cars. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

"Well," he said, "I'm off to see her. She's down by the gap." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t be bothered to get up and turn off the light. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Below the Morelos Dam the river turns into a maze of irrigation canals, marshland, and dead-end channels, among which McCandless repeatedly lost his way: Canals break off in a multitude of directions. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It must have been set off because the firefighters tried to come in and help us. And there could be more bombs.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Mine—should I just pick up from where we left off?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Early-morning sunlight glinted off the water, throwing out ripples from the fish caught by the overnight lines which were baited and left to drift each evening by Brother Alf. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I turned and hurried back to the house, dashing inside without even stopping to take off my boots. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

And then his coach told me that if I didn’t break up with him, that he would make certain that Ocean was not only kicked off the team but expelled for gross misconduct. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Henry was squirming in his seat, "Stick him, Willie, keep him off balance." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every now and then her bony fingers swept ash off the page. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I jump back in where I last left off. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

If you touch a girl, even as a joke, and she pushes you off, leave…her…alone. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Arm paid the driver, who took off at once. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Even when he flies off the handle, at least he’s fighting for something close to his heart. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Then we dropped him off in front of his house as Courtney yelled back to me, “He’s my deaf cousin! Can’t drive!” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Ginnie was, in fact, slightly put off by this information, whatever its degree of truth, but not to the point of sentimentality. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

She paced back and forth across the linoleum floor, picking the red polish off her nails and talking an incoherent stream about a murder she’d heard about on the news and the traffic in Atlanta. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“And now I must be off. Perhaps I’ll see you again.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The last thing Mark noticed was that one of her ears looked like someone had tried to tear it off. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I snapped off the light and he disappeared but his voice in passing said, “Come to think of it, what are you doing here?” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl marches off to the bathroom and returns, slip in hand. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the evening, she was a pretty strange sight, with bits of loose hair everywhere which she wouldn’t bother to push away off her face when she talked to you in her quiet, deliberate voice. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned off his light and raised his shade. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Genie shot Ernie a Help me out here, bro look, but Ernie took off his sunglasses and pretended he was cleaning them, like that was more important than bailing his brother out. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

As she drove us home that day, I sat whimpering in my car seat and asked her what had happened to my arms and why they’d fallen off. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

So I just sat there, looking way off, and tried to think who lived in that little white farmhouse with green shutters down in the valley. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

A few came alongside while the rest got in front of them, cutting off any escape. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He turned the boy pup loose, turned around, and slapped her clear off the log. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to get in Luke's face and tell him off, but as usual, he knew just how to throw me off balance. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

He shucked off his own coat and held the boy close and soon they were asleep. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Having dropped my soldiers off at crossroads and bridges, I attacked the baron’s stronghold alone. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Susie is behind the curtain that closes off the sleeping area. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay. What did you really do to break those glasses in the kitchen when you claimed that you were taking them out to clean water spots off them?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

They obviously hadn’t heard that I was off the team. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want to play with the other brothers because they had pushed him off to the side, admonishing him, “No, Bing, you’ll just wreck it.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reached for a red pen, took off the cap, and starting over, he read through the entire paper again, looking for a problem, any problem. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

“He shrugged it off. Said ‘He’s just being a bully.’ Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Somewhere, somehow, in the thirty minutes of riding the Eye, in his sealed capsule, he had vanished off the face of the earth. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. Maybe it’s not quite as ‘time off’ as I expected. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I had my work gloves on,” I said, but the truth is that I had taken my gloves off before I picked up the drill. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

A bald, stoutish white man went into the store and pulled off his coat. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put a hand to my own mask, wishing I could rip it off, even for a minute. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The Continentals were paying off in commissary scrip, which would be totally worthless if they lost. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

So he lumbered off the mound after the frog, which was now hopping down the third-base line. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Briefly I glimpse myself through her eyes: bloom off the rose, teetering on the brink of matronhood, hoping for the best. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Can’t keep her eyes off that wicked man. I see it. ’ Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’ve been talking about what happened after Ben’s funeral, after I ran off. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Percival had gone off, crying, and Johnny was left in triumphant possession of the castles. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Just let me know when you want us to beat you boys,” she said as she strolled off. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jay grinned at that, and we took off, watching our footsteps as we did. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

We rattle over a bridge into a clearing, and Masjid turns off the engine. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

What is it about me that turns people off so much? Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

We went dashing down the block toward the bus stop, only to see the bus pulling off just before we got there. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Bronwyn yawned and walked off with the boulder tucked under one arm. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The more my mother read about the Columbia High School team and the sport of fencing, the more boxes it checked off her list. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Then he told the driver to turn off the air conditioner. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He checked the valve on the tank that it was turned off and swung the little stove around on the footlocker and sat and went to work dismantling it. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Off with thy jerkin,” he said, at the same time rising and taking off his own habit. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

I thought about the seals that were multiplying off Cape Cod and how if I ever saw them hanging around the beach, I would stay out of the water. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She watched with great unease as he set off along the path. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Far off, he could hear his packmates calling to him, like to like. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I take off and fly toward the parking lot and the bike rack. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

For that, each of my best dresses must be dusted off, pressed, and refreshed. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

If Ms. Oliver’s account is to be believed—and we’ve no reason not to believe it—this was a pretty remarkable speech for anyone to deliver off the cuff. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Dell takes out a pair of fingernail clippers from his pants pocket, and while Quang-ha flips through the channels, Dell pulls off his socks and clips his toenails. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“And it’s just awful what happened to your friend the other day,” Rebecca added, returning with the hot sauce, which she dropped off next to Bits. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Or at least get the weight off the balloon. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, she got to her feet and brushed off. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

And she stood there like a puppet strung up by a puppet master who had gone off to some other hobby. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The light reflected off the lake and hurt her eyes. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did come in when I was conked out and took my doggone pants and shirt off and put me there. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The vet took a hand-held electronic scanner off the counter and waved it back and forth over the dog’s back. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

He hopped down off the window seat and said, "You may sleep here tonight. I'll give you some of my own men as a guard, some Stone Crows perhaps—" "No," Sansa blurted out, aghast. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I dare myself to lift my hands off the handlebars. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

"A noble lady does not feed dogs at her table," she said, breaking off another piece of comb and letting the honey drip down onto her bread. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He resolved to do just as Newt said, hoping it would keep his mind off things. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

On January 4, 1961, one of BOB's most tantalizing leads was about to pay off. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Playing for us. Live. Did you see how he nodded to us when we stepped off the floor?” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he swung it abruptly, upside down, so it went into shock and dangled limply a moment before he plopped it onto his bloody counter, grabbed the big knife, and slashed off its head. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I...Sorry, I didn’t mean to cut you off, it’s just...John Henry. Whoa.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Once she was off the plantation, she took to the woods, not following the North Star, not even looking for it, going instead toward Bucktown. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He told his brother to hurry and promised to hold off the enemy until Shoto had the Jade Key. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She shrieked, jumped off her floor mark, and crashed into the ocean. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

My coffee high from earlier had worn off, finally, and here I was about to bring it right back. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The consequences for minor offenses like being late to class or not participating were stupid—they wanted me to write an essay—so I took another day off school and Bingo! Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

While the last of the haze burns off, I weed the meadow garden and split kindling before returning to my tree. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They are scarcely in season,” said the old man reprovingly, and he walked off in the direction of the cottage. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He leaped off his chair as though it were a brazier full of red-hot coals. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa Acevedo’s eyes seemed to glare off at some impossible enemy, and his colors had faded into an almost see-through wash since yesterday. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

We listened to her heels pecking off the porch. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

And then I grabbed a cupcake and broke off a piece. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I turn it off when the elementary school comes into view. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Finally, he dozed off, but every time Ivy tried to put him into his bassinet, he woke up and she had to start all over again. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A moment later she found the chipped blue plate and lifted the napkin she’d draped over the top to keep flies off of the tortillas. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She watched them as they walked off to the field together, and then turned slowly back to sit beside her husband. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your eye has been closed inside the bandage all the time. When the last bandage comes off, you may open it. We’ll dim the light in here, so it won’t hurt you.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

It was one real big room sectioned off into different parts. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Graham laughed giddily and skipped off down a hallway. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

There will be no outsourcing for me—even if some of my readers wish my column could be shipped off to North Korea. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Just flowers then. And the shine off the back of a dragonfly. I wanted a piece of the moon, but blue-dragonfly-shine was as close as I could get.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Tight curls frame his ivory forehead; he tugs off his leather gloves one finger at a time. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Harry had just opened his mouth to say hello when Justin caught sight of him, turned abruptly, and sped off in the opposite direction. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The snow was still thick on the ground, with more falling every day, and Jews were put to work shoveling it off the streets. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

He swung off his pack and pulled out some water and an apple. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“I haven’t taken me boots off to check, but I think I may have a bit of frostbite. ...” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I sank into a comfortable chair to pull off my boots and even got one of them off before I began to notice things and then more things and more. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘No, I will not take it off you,’ said Frodo, ‘not unless’ — he paused a moment in thought — ‘not unless there is any promise you can make that I can trust.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

We would stop to wipe the blood off our lips, arms, and legs only when the bell rang for mealtime. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

On September 8, he called off the strike. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

By the time I polish off the ice cream, Grim is handing me coffee in a china cup, from the set they never use. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

My fall made the ladder slip even farther off the windowsill. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Another fly emerged from the gap in his teeth and took off. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Dub stood up from his rocking chair, folded his well-worn copy of the New York Times under his arm, then finished off his scotch. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They moved forward, they bore down on the eraser from three sides, cutting off all retreat, pinning it down in murderous crossfire, the lieutenant leading the charge, the captain shouting commands, calling in air strikes. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

He has me take off my shrinker sock, and my left shoe and sock, too. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

The rooms here are lit by regular old gas lamps; I suppose the mayor put the electric ones outside to show off to guests and passersby. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He broke the coconut against the sink and let the water out before he began to nudge the white meat off the shell with a knife. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He picks up his fruit and heads off to the hospital. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

One way would be to jump off a tall building, in which case you would be weightless until you hit the ground. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

There he stripped off his shirt, helped her into a boat, and paddled briskly across the Cut. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He thought about calling to Naomi for a towel as he stripped off his boots on the porch, but he didn’t want to wake the kids. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

That, and the vibrations of the plane taking off. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then she hops off the train and disappears into the noisy sea of people on the platform. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I started pulling newspapers off and could tell that their gift was real heavy. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

One of the man’s shoes came off, and someone picked it up. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He clutches my hand with both of his chubby ones, holding on tight as he drifts off to sleep. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Are these part of the plan? Maybe you should take them off.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

He picked up a fork and tried to stab a piece of brisket, but the plate skittered down die table and flew off the end, straight into the coals of the brazier. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The pigeon leapt off Melina’s shoulder and flapped across the room to the door. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He rose quickly as though to cast off some entangling danger. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He used to pick them up from their mom's house, then drop them off at his mom's house, while he went off and did whatever it was that he did on the weekend. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

While she was fighting off thoughts of death, they heard Papa coming up the stairs singing softly. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not for long. Like, five seconds. I thought you said you’d bungee jumped off a building.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It’s as if the swarm of stick figures have come alive in their background, threatening to fly off the canvas and nest in our hair. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a gobble the pigeon flew off to the comic book stack. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Elbowing the grandmothers out of my way, I leap off the couch and block my parents' escape. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She told the servants to take all sharp things out of the room, thinking scissors and knives were cutting off her next generation. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tries to tear off his gas-mask with the other hand. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

When May passes, I’ll tear it off and that will feel good too. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

He shakes water off his whiskers, and I swear it looks like he’s winking at me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Then he walked off abruptly, leaving us like orphans on the porch. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cluny called up his best slingers and archers, ordering them to pick off the defenders. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Mary was planning on doing what she always did to celebrate, commiserate, blow off steam, or just kill boredom. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He peeled her off, despite her protests, and spat and rubbed at his mouth as hard as he could. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

He did not look at me now, but stared off at the distance. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned off the music and tried to hurry through my ice cream instead. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

We stood by the hole in the earth, close enough to hear the pond water lapping against the edge and to see ducks shaking off their feathers. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shows me how to peel off the hard skin and suck on the sweet-sour flesh inside. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Eventually the water gets cold, and since Eve already ignored both Zack’s and Beth’s knocks, I reluctantly drain the water and towel off. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He’d measured it off and marked it with stakes and string. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I want to shout and jog around the house, maybe climb up onto the roof and spread my arms wide but not jump off, not even think about it. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The others followed him, with Nala bringing up the rear so she could corral Tater if he started wandering off again. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I take off my jacket, fold it over my forearm, and stand there trying to decide what to do next. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

In no time the lights were off and they were all seated in a circle on the floor. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She passes the steps and grabs food off a silver tray—a green apple and a wedge of blue-veined cheese. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Harry strode off through the heather, walking in a large circle with the distraught Hermione at its center, casting the spells she usually performed to ensure their protection. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I motored straight to the spot in the cove where I had found Ben, cut off the engine, and let the boat drift. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The offer was tempting, but even on the off chance he'd actually come through with the money, there would certainly be strings attached. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

This is a delicate area—I don’t want him to be caught in a lie later on—so I tell her I simply had the impulse to take the day off. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I shrugged it off and went back to picking berries. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I got off, into the middle of my shadow. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

We hop off and speed-walk up seven blocks to make it to choir practice on time. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I slipped off my apron and hung it by the stove. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The flash of the Polaroid goes off and my father hands me the snapshot. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Would she come in and work on her hats, or would Grandpa drop her off at his house so she could sweep up some and cook his supper? Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Their melodies were bland in comparison to those of the colored musicians she’d heard, on Randall and off, but the townspeople enjoyed the denatured rhythms. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She turned off her engine, got out, and went back to speak to Dad. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They could either dive off the deck or walk down gently sloped ramps into the water. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

None of the stairs in the Morales house gave off a friendly little squeeeak like the stairs back home. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“You wound me, wandering off like this. Have you grown tired of my hospitality so soon?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I soon doze off, waking with a lurch when the driver beeps his horn. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Said Odysseus: “Run then, while I hold them off with arrows as long as the arrows last. When all are gone if I’m alone they can dislodge me.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not that he'd flip out and do something crazy, like bite his own tongue off and show me bloody teeth—even though, honestly, I would've rather seen that, than...that look again. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Housekeeping complete, Tree-ear left his companion and set off back up the road. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“Well, we’d be no better off in the Homestead. Hate to say it, but if one of us dies, that’s better than all of us.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

And the residue of food was never washed off. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Frankie mentally ran through the path he’d taken to get here and the stops he’d made along the way and Tad, who had said his time was up just before the first bomb went off. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

And maybe sleep off the drinks he had at lunch. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He took his jacket off for a pillow, set his seat back a bit, and said, “It’s a long ride to Texarkana; I’m going lo catch some sleep.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Line up a few cans on a rail fence and shoot ’em off. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Knowing that they would soon be off to the East, he didn’t want to demonstrate to handicappers that his horse was a terrific weight carrier. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could have easily walked away, but I wouldn’t let her, or my nerves, scare me off. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The tom bounded off in the blink of an eye. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She waved the back of her hand at the children, waved again at Lina, and then took off, holding the sack by its neck so it hung beside her and banged against her legs. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The requisition of his books made sudden sense, and he understood that Thyon would not have burned them or flown the pages off the widow’s walk like birds. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

So far I had seen no one and I sat down by some bushes along the bank of the ditch and took off my shoes and emptied them of water. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She takes a form off her desk and slips it into my hand. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Some men went over to help him but Norris waved them off and regained his feet. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘With both feets sawed off that about all he can do.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

When the weary passengers finally boarded the giant jet at Kennedy Airport and it lifted off the runway, her mother clutched Liyana’s wrist hard. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The bear was so fat and so full of honey that he just dropped on all fours and waddled off among the trees. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. No one knows the man she ran off with.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Bobby, perhaps because of the indigence of his childhood, hated the idea of people making money off his name. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Was that why he had gone off after the inquest so hurriedly? And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

It floated a few inches off the ground, its feathery boots moving fast, just out of reach of the sunflower seeds. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Digory made a second grab at her heel, and was again shaken off. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Behind me some blackberry bushes gave off a sweet smell, and there were bees humming in the blossoms. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He’s taken the cap off his head, for once, and combed through the tangles in his hair. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

His arms ached, his back ached, his heart ached; the thought of setting off again over the unforgiving water was horrible, even if there’d been no CCD boat searching for them. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“At any rate, she is expected. The sister was most annoyed at me because they had planned to go off on their vacation today, although why she should be annoyed at me...” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Occasionally we would go out to Rockaway Beach, and he would fish off a jetty. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

They’re firing off so many salutes in Moscow, the city must be rumbling and shaking all day long. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I strip off the fruit and mash it up in the broth pot with cold water. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He came in, took a look and squinched down into a chair in an off corner and didn’t open his mouth. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

The platform leveled off at the window before a small, stone staircase. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But next to the sports complex, set slightly apart, as if to show off that it was there in the first place, was the hockey rink. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I knew Mummy was living off her trust. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

August, though, turned off the television and studied May, frowning. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sunlight flashed off its flame-shaped points whenever he moved his head. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And I didn’t wake until I heard the lighthouse siren singing in the distance and saw the flash of a rocket shot off from Lookout Station, and knew a ship was going down. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Birds flitted quietly into the trees; tiny white moths sprayed off from under their feet; the trail led sharply upward in shadow. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Henry, the light winking off the steel rims of his glasses, gave no indication of having heard her. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Lefty had sat off a ways on top of his coat, which he had spread over a rock. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he took off his coat and laid it over the back of a chair. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I won’t!” she chirped, and then they all headed off downstairs together. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

When I got out, Henry’s car was parked down the street with the lights off. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I climb, and when I’m a few feet off the ground, he comes after me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He shoos me off again, and this time I listen. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it’s a kindness, Theon told himself as he stalked off in the other direction. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Papa had pulled the car off the road so we could catch a few hours of sleep. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ground trembled as the giant bronze woman stepped down off her pedestal and twisted her foot, grinding the bossling into dust. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“The sharp edge can take off the enemy’s head,” she says. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shadows danced off the columns rising around us like trees. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Guilty it is, then,” chanted the officer without insignia, and moved off to the side of the room. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I trotted over to the picnic table and used the bench to step up and stand on the tabletop as I had done the night I fired off the sniper rifle. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I picked up the knife and sliced off sliver after sliver of wood until the rest of the branches had been whittled into weapons. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

At last, in disgust, he took them off and ate them, every now and then going down to consult the shop clock. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I suddenly had an overwhelming urge to knock him off the ledge. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Sure, she fell on her face a few times, but once she got it, she was off. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Sometimes we broke off pieces of comb and pushed them down into the jars before we filled them. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I raised one arm in front of me to ward them off and put the other in my pocket to make sure the gun was still there. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

"Child, child" Dontos shook his head "Out of the castle, yes, we could do that, but the city gates are more heavily guarded than ever, and die Imp has even closed off the river." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"I hope you won," I said, straining to see her clearly, "and I hope he pays off." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arion jumped over a breaching humpback whale and kept galloping, startling a pack of seals off an iceberg. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The boys paired off for safety and fanned out in separate directions. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was off to the right, and still rolling away, down into the sinkhole. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The interior itself was black leather and gave off a strong new smell. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I got fairly good at it, though once or twice I sliced too deeply, nearly cutting off a whole head. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

But what she was about to say was cut off by an ear-piercing screech from downstairs. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Dimple returned to her seat, she tried not to bite Rishi’s head off right away. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

For a moment a dragonfly hovered before his eyes like a tiny helicopter, then darted off. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

After lifting the top off the pen, Daniel used a big plywood paddle to crowd the birds into one corner. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Instead, she reached across Tristran's sleeping form to touch the silver chain which circled the woman's wrist and ankle and led off into the bushes and beyond. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

A hen hopped off its roost, and Mandy collected three eggs. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

There were bare limbs that bent against the car, scraping as it passed, brushing off their snow. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Woodwell says I got to pry off these two planks, Rose. I hope you don’t mind.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Can’t keep it in our refrigerator or Ma would notice right off. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom lifted a piece off the tray and took a bite. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I moved with the crowd, the sweat pouring off me, listening to the grinding roar of traffic, the growing sound of a record shop loudspeaker blaring a languid blues. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when we went off the air, Wallace shouted, “Top notch. Cancel everything and schedule it immediately.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Miss, would you please get off of Bill? I’m afraid he’s the sheriff’s cousin, and the sheriff would be quite upset if anything happened to him.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Horace went on, “And it must have blowed the rod right through you and took off your left hand too.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But there was nothing more for him to say and so he turned and walked off the stage. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

But there was nothing, so he stepped back off the cinder blocks. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The men had no uniforms, so they wore ordinary clothes: coats to ward off the early morning chill and large-brimmed hats. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were let off at some barracks that Mama said had been a center for Japanese soldiers who were being shipped out during the war. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

We listen to some music off my iPhone, the speaker tinny. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

What if Wishbone knows I’m mean and that’s why he ran off? Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The wind had died; there was no motion anywhere but the slow smoke drifting and far off one tiny flame of a burning tree. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Celia grips the wicker armrests as if the entire swing would fly off of its own accord. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

On and off he had been worrying about it all day. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He might have flayed his face off for some of the things Reek had said, before he’d learned his true name and proper place. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

George found the two bottom corners of his thick green comforter and whisked the blanket off in one solid yank. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. Last I seent of him, a crowd stole him from us and rushed him off.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Two doors led off the main room, which served as kitchen and living room combined. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

For this reason I never saw him leave, but each night as I drifted off to sleep I would hear them, anticipating the birth of a nation on the other side of the world. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

With Pantalaimon flying above to keep watch, they set off across the grass. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But no sooner was he up and after her than she would be off, laughing at his slow clumsiness as he tried to follow her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Rowdy snuck in, shaved off their eyebrows, and cut off their braids. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

I look up, wipe the sweat off my temple. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It was like she had knocked them both a little off balance. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t clear whether they were glad or not that he had won, only that they had seen something to set them off. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some flies were on the berries and he brushed them off. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

His left hand went to her throat and he cut off her wind. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I told Sherman I thought maybe we could catch a ride over with Jim since he had the Buick, but by the time I got around to asking, he’d already taken off. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

After she had finished puffing, we picked up what was left of her lunch off the street and made it back to the subway at 125th and Lex. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He could see a long way down across open fields to a road, a farmhouse, a long sweep of wheat rising up to green woods on the far ridge, at least a mile off. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were no brushes, no soap, no towels, but I rinsed myself off anyway. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

She had been in my room off and on to see about me. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He needs to stay off this leg for at least a week.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want to go home and he put it off as long as possible. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

We sat in the rain wiping it off our faces and listening to its sound on the tile roof and the gushing of torrents onto the ground. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The man takes off his hat and sets it on a small table by the door. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I pulled it off my neck and worked the cinched top open with both hands. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Dark wallpaper covered the walls of the foyer and hallway, half of it peeling off. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The first is that it's the last day before I can take two days off school. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Being careful that no one was watching, Dell then got in his car and took off. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“You know, organizing in secret to fight off the Dark Lord.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The recording broke off, and Jam rushed to send one back. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He swats his dad’s arm away and pushes his mom off to the side. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

For no apparent reason, the probationers were given a half day off, free from study, though they were to remain in uniform. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Once we were well out of sight of the men, I pulled the blanket off Curzon. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Running off a migrant, he says, is like turning against yourself. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I break off from them at full speed, weaving around strollers, shoving between couples, clutching the envelopes to my chest. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

And Thomas would shake off his “Brick” nickname and make the basketball team. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Instantly, another reeling and reeking woman took over where Nancy’s rollicking had left off. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was gamesmanship to try to throw me off, but it wasn’t working. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“That captain that killed that guy who thought he was going to kill off every other Earth Man, what was his name?” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then all of a sudden you see something happen to somebody else, and the lightbulb goes off over your head. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

We talked some, mostly about girls, but then O’Dell and Sherman kind of drifted off. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I lean over, retrieve his hat, and brush the dirt off. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“And she told us she was going to kick us off the team if we didn’t.” Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

My earmuffs are off but right under my chair. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

He read: “ ‘Residents of Delhi, in the Catskill Mountains, report that a wild boy, who lives off deer and nuts, is hiding out in the mountains. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just as the recruit shakes me off Kat jumps in and we hold him. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like I’m walking into those fast food joints and stealing food right off the counter. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“If you do, I’m going to write you into my story and kill you off.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He was caught off guard, but Esperanza pushed past it, and he was thankful she did. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Now Kira had gone off to a movie with Holly’s father, and the babysitter was downstairs asleep on the couch. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

John scrambled off his stool, knocking the crate down. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I bet when I get home and Dad chops my head off with an axe, I could go as my dead self for Halloween if he throws my face on ice quickly enough. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I know a bit about it off the top of my head, but I’m not sure it would be very helpful or accurate. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

We’re up early to see Dad off at the railway station. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

If a German soldier approached, Jews had to get off the sidewalk until he passed by. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

A month later, unsuccessful in getting his wife to take off her nightgown, he had the picture taken of Petra Cotes dressed as a queen. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I push off with my feet and start to climb, one rung at a time, hand over hand, until I reach the first landing. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

How many kids this week, he wondered, had woken up to find their worlds changed that way, their parents gone off to war, maybe never coming home? Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Stick stared at his knees for a minute, then got up and turned the light off. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

When she finally gets off, I check the teams on the Syrian Premier League. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the flesh from the thigh was off, too. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

For all his haste, Captain Eaton had missed the wind after all, and the Dolphin lay becalmed just off Wright’s Island. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Petey and her mother got to Finn’s house about an hour after Finn attempted to grate himself into sausage and his brother had to cart him off to the hospital for reassembly. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The bristles of his broom had been burned off. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

There was sweat glistening off his bald head, too. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I stagger across the porch, feeling like I’m falling off my feet with every step. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She’d talked with that same accent, at least until Percy had cut off her head. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He took off his shirt and tossed it to the sidelines. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The wall stretched from one building corner to another, right across the street, cutting us off from the rest of Kraków. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Gabrielle releases a deep sigh, then slides off her chaise and leaves the chamber. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Trembling, his stomach in a spasm, he tore off a few leaves and put them in his mouth. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the guards finally locate me, I’m sitting on the floor of the wardrobe, tangled in silk, screaming my head off. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

It's not like the time I galloped off on Friday. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Hold off the nausea and mellow out slow. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we line up our sleeping bags, my smile slides off my face. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I led J.B. off to the bathroom, grateful for something to do. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I put spit on my finger and rubbed it off. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

But she heard her muttering, letting off steam somewhere over to her left. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

We got a hastily scheduled hearing in the trial court in Dothan, where I tried to present evidence that the bomb Herbert had constructed was designed to go off at a certain time. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He managed to fight down the impulse to swear at Ron, whose attitude would, he knew, improve slightly when the time came to take off the locket. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

There was no plan or map involved; I just set off down a nearby path. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Population growth is still off the charts, but it’s balanced by the Thunderhead’s ability to provide for an ever-increasing population. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

She took off her sunglasses and looked out past the cattails, to the psychiatric hospital in the near distance. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

‘He’s off at Mount Olympus in New York, shoring up the gods’ defences. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I fought it as best I could and feigned illness even as he dropped me off for my first appointment. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Dad just turned off the TV in the bedroom, which means he’s finished getting dressed, and he’ll be in here in three, two, one... A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Versh said, “You move back some, so I can dry my legs off.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She swung her blade and took off the bronze statue’s head. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

But there are many other reasons for natural objects to give off radio waves. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He handed me off to Tidings, who said, “You’re all wet, Private.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the distance off the starboard bow, a jumble of low, craggy peaks appeared, and my pulse quickened at the sight. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She just picked it up off the ground!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The wing of the butterfly had been completely knocked off the body. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A picture of Zimbabwe Ruins, with a knife driven through it, was at the top, but the days were crossed off in a perfectly orderly way. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The only real sleep I had gotten the night before was when I dozed off before the game even started. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

As he played on, the energy magnified; the tuning fork going crazy now, firing off vibrations all over, until my entire body was humming, until I was left breathless. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the women run off into the darkness of the forest, shrieking the same as when they came. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

However, if violence broke out between the two species, Neanderthals were not much better off than wild horses. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked around the side of the house, then flew off down the road. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“I drop my mom’s ironed shirts on the floor and make it look like they fell off the hanger.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

"Take your hands off that or I'll take them off for you—at the wrists." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

They’re sitting at tables, legs swinging off the ground, giggling, unwrapping sandwiches while teachers watch them. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

When we were saying good night, Al said to me, "I couldn't have pulled it off without you." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Faro ran up, tail wagging, and then backed off, staring at him doubtfully. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

For a moment, Harry thought that his inexpert Apparition had thrown Dumbledore off balance; then he saw his face, paler and damper than ever in the distant light of a streetlamp. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

"Go on, take it off him, I dare you." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Some of them take their seats. 12TH JUROR: Well—I suppose someone has to—start it off again. 2ND JUROR: It’s getting late. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before I could wipe it off, my guide’s harsh command summoned me to move. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘It is good for him. He’s got nothing except what he ordered us to pack. He’s been slack lately, and he’ll feel the weight less when he’s walked off some of his own.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“First question: In which book does a character bounce a pinecone off someone’s head?” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

The boy I last saw, screaming his head off, trying to tear free of his restraints, could never have made this. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Introduce her to another to go off with him. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

In the two weeks following my brother’s vanishing off the face of the Earth, my parents seemed to be closer than ever. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Rex Rollins the casting director does a curtsy, something wildly girly, and that makes the bearded boys hoot so hard that I think one of their beards is going to pop off, like, literally. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

It could have been a neighbor, watching our car pull out from the driveway in the morning, acting on a hunch, tipping them off for a gold star on someone’s list. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reach down and rub his stomach, look off side her head like nothing been said. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can help get him off; you have to come down here.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“Don’t laugh, don’t call them jerks, don’t take off running,” she said. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

But they’d camped there at the spring; and the bee myrtle had been blooming white that day, and seemed like in every bush there was a mockingbird, singing his fool head off. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arturo lifted the blue plastic shopping basket off the floor and turned it over to show that it was empty. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Then, almost the same instant, the guard screamed and I roared like a bull gone mad to drive him off. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We now take you to the Sky Room of the Hotel Lux for a half-hour of Just-Before-Dawn, a programme of-” Granger turned it off. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. They broke into his apartment, pulled him out of his haptic chair, and threw him off his balcony. He lived on the forty-third floor.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

We take off our shoes and leave them under our seats. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The plane bounced off the ground as soon as we hit land. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Any second, Roy expected to hear honking behind him, curses in the wind; the pickup truck trailing so closely that he would feel the heat off its big V-8 engine. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled out a stick, took off the white paper and the shiny silver foil under it, and studied the powdery, putty-colored gum. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He pulls off his filthy shirt, revealing an equally soiled undershirt, and rubs himself down with the dry part. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wish I could get off here, but the walk is too long. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

He even used two shaving brushes to lather his face, because he found that by so doing he could cut seventeen seconds off his shaving time. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘But I knew in my heart that he really meant to go. He always used to joke about serious things. I wish I had come back sooner, just to see him off.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

But right now, Sneaky just sucks his teeth and turns the PlayStation off. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“For a while. But it will heal. If you stay off it and give it a chance, it will heal.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Frank swooped down and picked up a loose cobblestone and squared off as if to throw it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You,” said the policeman, pointing an accusing finger at the Humbug, who was brushing himself off and straightening his hat, “you look suspicious to me.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m usually psyched when we have a day off, especially when it falls on a Friday, but this feels so very wrong. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I held my shoes under the sink and washed off the glue. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

I pinched my inner wrist as I sensed myself beginning to drift off, but it was as though lead ingots had been tied to my chin and eyelids. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I straightened up swiftly, turned away from him again, and stalked off to Gym without looking back. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The girl had sold quickly and was being bundled off to her new owner, clutching her clothing to small, pink-tipped breasts. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They sped off up adjacent aisles; Harry could hear the others’ footsteps echoing through the towering piles of junk, of bottles, hats, crates, chairs, books, weapons, broomsticks, bats.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Seth took off, clomping down one of the boardwalks. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“If Mother was only at home!” exclaimed Jo, seizing the book, and feeling that Washington was an immense way off. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could hardly see for the explosion, and he held one hand out to ward off whoever had shot at him. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

She took a deep breath and brushed off the hair that was sticking to her face. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He blushed at the thought of taking off his shirt, though he knew she’d seen him sleeping that way before. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But then Marcos announced that as soon as the weather cleared he planned to take off in his bird and cross the mountain range. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ash clambered down off the high driver’s seat and started to untie the trunks from the rear of the carriage as Lady Isobel greeted her sister. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Conjured folks can conjure you,” the boy’s mother always said, “if you get yourself plain carried off by their soft spell-talk.” Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

That would throw her off balance for long enough that I could get up. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He looked almost solid now—a pale bearded king with cold eyes and tendrils of Mist coiling off his robes. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I picked up the Commonwealth off the porch and followed Grampa into the house. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

"Billy, how do we know the prince ain't laid a trap for us in that message? He could have said one thing and wrote another. Where'll we find someone to read it off to us?" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

But I wedge out from under the bed—there's getting to be less and less room under there—and I dust myself off and open the door. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course, you didn’t. Neither did I until last night, and how were we supposed to get word to you when you live off in the wilds?” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her many months of learning the maze of Moscow streets alone, unwatched, paid off. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He turned and saw the policeman who entered the car, and then saw Train Ear and Cool Papa’s hat taking off. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

I made him take his helmet off so I could say a prayer. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Wipe it off, please,” she said, and felt Theodora’s arm go around her shoulders. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her mind veered off to something that seemed irrelevant but wasn’t. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Yes," I said, moving off down the hall. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

She took off her faded brown dress and put on the new one, and it felt like wearing the weight of spring: soft and warm, with the breath of an evening breeze over her skin. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as each one spoke, he fell off to sleep and another picked up the conversation with hardly any interruption. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

He lay down and switched off his lamp. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He flips off the TV and shakes his head. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

We had hiked 500 miles, a million and a quarter steps, since setting off from Amicalola. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Well, they took off—along with a lot of other things that came together while I was sleeping. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Three days later, my father was up on the roof, fixing the aerial so he could watch some football game on TV, and he fell off. And he died.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I hop off my electric skateboard, pull out its straps, and swing it over my shoulder so that it bumps against my backpack. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

"Baked beans are hard to eat, Miss Trunchbull. They keep falling off my fork." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Power off any tools, folks. It’s your last Keller’s Critique!” he shouts. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

But it seemed that the one sergeant had set it off. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most kids would have taken off the necktie as soon as the plane took off, but not Branwell. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This phrasing of the question seemed to set off a series of weak and distant lights where the other had thrown a spark that failed. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take my earmuffs off and lean my head against the door. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

They swarmed under my skin and gave off peculiar vibrations. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Me too,” she said, pushing herself off the floor and flopping onto the bed. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She didn’t take her eyes off her own computer screen. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

His pickup hadn’t been in the drive, but then he often took off after a workday for a drink with his buddies. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Elizabeth made me swear I’d never tell she recommended her and here I am blabbing my mouth off.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Dad grabs the remote and shuts off the TV We both sit on the sofa without moving. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gets up on the wall, balances along it then deliberately falls off. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look. I came, didn’t I? Don’t start pushing me before I’m hardly off the plane. My god, I’ve been gone thirteen years, and you still think you can tell me what to do.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I’m a total fiend for Scrabble, so I pulled it off the shelf. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“When you were seven. My meds weren’t doing their job. And I got to thinking about how you and your mother would be better off without me.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He was delighted with the intention craft; she knew he wouldn’t be able to resist showing it off. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The three of them sat on the galeria with the gas lamp off to keep the bugs down. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He flew off alone and came back with food. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

They felt heavy when I said them, like I was taking a weight off of my tongue, but somehow, it’s as if they’re still lingering there. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I was just in time to catch a little girl trying to get the top off my Excedrin bottle. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

But her laughter trailed off quickly as she began explaining what was really going on. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I think my mother sometimes wants to haul off and give me a slap, but my father won’t let it happen. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

My dad’s behind the cash register, staring off at nothing. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Lizzie grabbed a ginger ale and pried the cap off, and together they went back into the parlor. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The water shut off, and it was only then that I heard the rustling again. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to say she didn’t actually make me take it off. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

We caught them and passed them and turned off on a road that climbed up into the hills. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

In the room beyond the landing, the burning curtain sloughs off its rod. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I had no weapon stronger than a sword to fight off monsters and reach the Land of the Dead. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

If you can’t muster the will to jump off, you don’t belong here. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Suddenly it seemed to become aware of the circle of witches around it, and like an arrow it shot away, whole again, bounding swiftly off into the dark. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

More cages snapped off their chains, unleashing two zebras and a pack of hyenas. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Then without another word he marched past me off towards the main house. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My feeling is we’d best back off on this, for the moment anyway,” the governor said. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took her hood off and unwrapped die last scarf that was around her head. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled a tarp off a fiberglass boat with a shallow hull, maybe twenty feet long. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

You’d think Grandpa and Miss Love had just disappeared, instead of being off in New York enjoying Mama’s trip. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“A girl is like a tree covered with leaves. You just want to climb up and tear all those leaves off.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

So they set off across the floor of that great desolate plain, and the harpies wheeled higher and higher overhead, screaming and screaming. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“If I’m to conduct a class in a schoolroom, I’d better take off these motoring togs and get into something more suitable,” he said. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

But that’s all right: we need somebody in the kitchen to eat up the grub the young ones cant tote off. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother's light is off when I get home and I’m grateful. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Julia dozes off, and sometimes she reads her books, but mostly she draws pictures and talks about her day. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

I washed the traces off me and then put on a pair of chocolate brown slacks, a pair which Phineas had been particularly critical of when he wasn’t wearing them, and a blue flannel shirt. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He trailed off, and Thomas knew the boy relished the idea though he was ashamed to admit it. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Let’s just say he was pretty off the mark. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He came towards me though, he began to help me off with my mackintosh. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

When he goes off to chuck spears with Brutus and Chaff, I head over to the knot-tying station. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I got out of the car and helped Dad out, holding his crutches as he pushed himself off the seat. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He had his shirt off and his fishing boots on. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

When she left I pulled on the same sweaty clothes I had peeled off the night before. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Sure. Richard, you keep time for a while ” Mom stretches and peels off her purple sweatshirt. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I stood just inside the door, trying to will Lily to go on a coffee break or to get off early or something. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I hate this bizarre policy of protective exclusion, because it effectively writes me off the page. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

But the truth was, I didn’t need to worry much about fending off advances, seeing how—as Ernie Goad told me on every available occasion—I was pork-chop ugly. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

So if he chopped off your head, you still had to buy it. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Nick had thrown the ball for the alley-oop but it was off and I had to reach for it. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

My double advance lunge was a tempo faster, but I hit her on the thigh, off target. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I said that Turner was fighting off the enemy, trying to let the rest of us escape, when he was killed. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I waved him off and went back to my beer. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The air was muggy and hot, and steam curled off the river. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Fine, let’s go settle this once and for all. But afterwards, you have one minute to get off my property before I call the police.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

A small green spiky chestnut still in its husk bounced off the vociferous ferret’s head. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She wondered if she should do a swan dive or just slip off the edge. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Guarino snaps on the switch that sets the huge machine humming, red and blue lights blinking on and off. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Tagoe takes off his glasses, wiping his tears with the back of his hand, and closes it into a tight fist. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He must've skived off most days 'cause his empty desk became a sort of school joke. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Odysseus started off to explore it with twelve of his men. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nonetheless, I think she deserves an honorable mention for her intense, best-supporting cameo in the Luke Hunter: Death Prophet saga, although I came off as a bit of a wimp in that particular episode. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

My father considers this an irrelevant question and brushes it off, saying, "Not that I know of, but that's not the point." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe it went off the rails somewhere, though, because now Morgan’s putting the keyboard away and Anna’s texting her mom to pick her up. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Even though I should be encrypted and off the grid, I feel like his stare is stripping me bare. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And when she refused him, full of dread, He took up his sword, and smote off her head — But there was the miracle! Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

A shot took off the limb of a tree nearby, clipped it off cleanly, so that it fell all at once, making a sound like a whole tree falling. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Remove the cold and stupid eyeball, it would bleat still, “Ahhhhhh,” take off the head, shake out the sawdust, crack the back against the brass bed rail, it would bleat still. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dumbledore’s reading what signs?” said Ron, looking per- Hedwig gave him an extremely offended look and took off for the open window, cuffing him around the head with her outstretched wing as she went. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The boy disappears inside the book Then the light inside Julia’s room shuts off, and everything is dark. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Malcolm tried to bite a piece off the hunk of bread and found it so hard that it was a serious challenge to his teeth, and thus to the pain in his head. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Alex feels somewhere, under the fifty layers of booze, something crystal clear radiating off her, a shared knowledge of how rare and wonderful this version of Henry is. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But then she shakes her head and walks off. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Joseph’s ears were about as red as ears can get before falling off and shattering on the road. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Nurse Evil turns off the router and our communication ends. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Since he was often in need of a privy, he put one in the corner of the room, screened off for privacy. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’d seen it a hundred times, but we took our shoes off, put our feet up on the coffee table in the living room, and enjoyed the heck out of seeing it again. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was for margarine, and you can’t see inside it unless you take the lid off. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Manchee gets twixt me and the girl, like he’s following her now instead of me, and off they go in the dark. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I buck him off and yank him to his feet. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Cordelia says we have to wash our hands really well because of the deadly nightshade berries; we have to wash off the poisonous juice. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone had been putting off this difficulty, but now it could be put off no longer. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

“You want to watch out for Peeves,” said Percy, as they set off again. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Her face slides off her face—no one can keep their faces on today—and the one underneath is desperate. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

As he pulls off of Pacific Coast Highway, the plant wavers before him like an ugly industrial mirage, asphalt heat making it shimmer before him. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I no longer had the strength to grab a sturdy peasant girl by the waist and swing her up onto my saddle, much less rip her clothes off and enter her against her will. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t let our Ray run off,” he adds. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

At the same time, I didn’t want to come off as clueless. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

They stole off among taboo black people, and took off whatever antiseptic, important, dignified masks they wore in their white world. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

My parents talked quietly, Granddaddy smoked cigars and read his National Geographic, and my brothers and I took turns at fighting off sleep and failing miserably. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

They carried me off the field on their shoulders. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

When Ged asked him no more he quietly bade the young man good night, and went off up the narrow stepped street above the quays. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

I peeled off my helmet and linked my arm through hers. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

We all held our breaths, but they landed off from us. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bull’s grip was wrenched loose from Lillian’s throat and Ben saw Mary Anne and Matt fly off and away as he drove his father into the refrigerator. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their voices bounced off the walls and ceiling of this ancient hall and fell into a glorious harmony the likes of which I’d never heard. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Look,” she says, “I’ll give you a dollar discount right off the bat if you don’t call me ma’am again.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Using her spit on her finger, she wiped my face and was relieved when the smudge came off. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The light was shining off the fishbowl in a very beautiful way. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Freckles and I sit on the futon, and he kicks his shoes off. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Daisy Mae got off the bed and crawled up in my lap. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“They would have your head off your shoulders before you could think twice about it,” Gwydion said. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe all the ciphers were broken. This is going to be way harder than I thought. I don’t want to shave off Steve.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Nor did the Witch waste any time gazing up at them; they saw her set off northward down the slope of the hill. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

When I pull my hand off the paper, its red twin stays behind. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

“Take it off,” the officer shouted, “or you will not fly on any airplane leaving this airport.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He took off his wedding ring and let it sink. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Tossing and turning, I kept remembering the look on Mr. Birdsong’s face as he watched our procession move off. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I’m just trying to bounce ideas off you to see if it sparks anything in your mind. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Noah made a contest out of seeing who could pull off the longest strip. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

He drained off the rest of the whiskey and set the glass down on the end table with a bang. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then he walked off to the saxophone section, and Dante took his chair in the row behind us. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Dead sarky, Mum can be, even though she tells me off for it. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

No one will chase you off of it. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

When I got to the end, about us always being together, you stared off into the distance as though you could see a palace floating in the air. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He clambered off the ground as he glared at his brothers. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

She knew there was a line between a little bit of trouble and real danger, and many, many lines between getting caught and getting off scot-free. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The black-glass beach stretched inland about fifty yards, then dropped off the edge of a cliff. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Rehearsals are going great, so I let everyone have the day off! I thought I’d make us dinner,” she enthuses. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Beads of sweat rolled off his forehead and onto the bridge of his nose, making his glasses slip down. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“I like to write. Every once in a while, I bring a notebook out here and write about animals and stuff. Anything to get my mind off things going on at home.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then he shut off the light again, and spoke words of welcome in his elven-tongue. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He spat out an empty shell and glanced at me as I struggled to toe my shoes off. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Yes, I will pull off that liberal’s halo that he spends such efforts cultivating! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He methodically peels off the shells, piling the meats on a leaf. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I quickly throw off my wet clothes, put on some sweats, and creep down the stairs. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I pull Malia off her bed and we spin around, wave our arms, and belt out along with the song. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

My mother said, “We’ve got an appointment with a therapist in Key Largo, as soon as Paine gets off house arrest.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

But Reverend Thomas shrugged off Sister Monroe’s weakening clutch, pulled out an extra-large white handkerchief and spread it over his nasty little teeth. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Charles twisted the top off a cranberry juice and took a sip. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I rolled off the bed, quickly unbuttoned my dress at the waist, and pulled it open to show him the scar on my right side. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z