But unlike the early Christians, who had freed themselves to interpret parts of the Old Testament as metaphor, Maimonides was unwilling to Hellenize his religion completely. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The raven gave a cackling scream, but the Old Bear smiled through the grey of his beard. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Old people,” Louisa says, as if she can read my mind. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Mom said that Old Man House was much bigger, when it existed here. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

During electrical storms Big Ma and Ma Charles allowed only the dark, a candle, and prayer, although my sisters and I played Old Maid and Go Fish. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I sure didn’t want to ask Yolanda again, so I decided to get off in Old Town and walk to Margaret’s. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Stories wait, my little lord, and when you come back to them, why, there they are," Old Nan said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Old Flint stomped his cane against the ice. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Old Familiar rose and fell with each powerful beat of its wings. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

One of the other men said, "The Old Bear sent him out to look for Waymar Royce, and he's late returning, my lord." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Old Tallow’s cabin was small, neat, thickly mudded between logs. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

He even teased Old Tallow, but he loved giving her little gifts, too, and in the evenings he told stories until way after the owls began to call. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

"But I, the Old Man of the Moon, Guardian of the Book of Fortune, can read it. And with it, I can answer any question in the world." Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

But his favorite Shel Silverstein poem was “The Little Boy and the Old Man.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Old enough to carry some money to the man,” Peewee said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your sisters have already gone to see Old Mr. Chou,” my mother would whisper in Chinese. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually you get to Paul writing letters to the Ephesians and it loses the plot, but the Old Testament and the Gospels? Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Omakayas kept her eyes closed and lengthened her breath, hoping that Old Tallow would believe that she had fallen asleep. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Old wicker lawn furniture, tattered fruit baskets, a large, cracked headboard. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Old tires and nail-studded logs were strewn across most of the road, leaving only a narrow space. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

However, even where Native Americans do survive, there has been extensive replacement of their culture and languages with those of the Old World. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Amagqirha stepped back as Old Familiar lifted into the air again, the crate in its talons, and flew out of the main entrance. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Even Old Rit didn’t go there—unless she was sent for. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ain’t got time to be nice, Greenbean. Old life’s over, new life’s begun. Learn the rules quick, listen, don’t talk. You get me?” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Yessum,” I said, “and it’s sure a good thing that Old Yeller was along to keep him fought off.” Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are people living in the Old Mint?” he asked the apple seller. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They appear one by one, like ghosts coming to life, and I’m scared to see how much trouble Old Hirsch and Schillinger have just getting down the rungs. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Standing there in that empty back yard, I was afraid, and then I thought of the Old Ones. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Old Bear tapped the letter with a finger. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

About that time, too, the varmints got to pestering us so much that a lot of times Old Yeller and I were kept busy nearly all night long. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I will have every opening in the ringwall ditched and staked before dark," the Old Bear had commanded. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“The Old Gym. A quarter past twelve. Latecomers will receive a week’s detention. Absentees will be expelled. That is all.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Seeing that Omakayas was all right, Old Tallow carefully put the girl down. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Old Great-Uncle Kirke had died and this meant, apparently, that Father was now very rich. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

But because Old Tallow was, after all, an elder, and because Mama had always insisted that Omakayas be polite as possible to her elders, Omakayas pretended to listen to the story. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

So early the next morning, I set out with Old Yeller, glad for the chance to hunt hogs a while longer before starting in on the corn gathering. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Old Me would have been flooded with shame or worry or guilt. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The pattern of her life changed after the rescue of Ben and Old Rit. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d heard stories of the Bad Old Days, and the way in which much of what had happened back then was still happening even in 1923. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Then she thought of the plantation and how the land rolled gently down toward the river, thought of Ben and Old Rit, and that Old Rit would be inconsolable because her favorite daughter was missing. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was thinking ’bout getting Old Flapjack and going fishing. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Old Dan, seeing the fate of his little friend, had quit the chase and come back to help her. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old buddy introduced him around till he knew every firebrand among the upper-class fellas the State Department wanted him to groom for revolution. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Poppy and Mom did some research regarding Liyana’s high school education and decided she might do best at an Armenian school called St. Tarkmanchatz deep in the Armenian district of the Old City. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

How did you get to be so wise, Old girl in young-girl disguise. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she taught us a song called “Good Old Noah.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Old Dan, giving up his search, came back to the tree and bawled a couple of times. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They knew him like they knew that Old Charlie Valentine preferred his chickens to his great-grandchildren, and sometimes let them roost in the house. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

When I came tearing out of the underbrush, Old Dan threw a fit. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old scars with old motifs stitched along their borders. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Old Yeller struck the hogs’ trail at a water hole. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took care not to mention the green galleys of Old Volantis that surely must be sailing up through the Gulf of Grief even as he spoke. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Old Mrs. Burgess was a real fan of pink. She singlehandedly kept me in business my first year.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Old ideas die hard, and not everyone rushed to embrace the exciting new theory. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I saw the shadowy form of Old Dan sniffing around the tree where the lion had been treed. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I smack his arm, and Old Hirsch sits back on the sofa, watching while he smokes. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Old Johnny Mercer would soon take all the wilting flowers away, but he would leave the lavender. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“How nice of you to remember to bring your plate out,” the Old Lady said, squirting some whipped cream out of a can. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Old sentences lurk beneath the mattress, in the rusted coils beneath her back. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘If there are no worse things ahead than the Old Forest, I shall be lucky,’ said Frodo. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Several, including Tall Andras, swam out, but it was Old Benedikt who reached her first, slicing his way through waves with his burly, muscled arms. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The main building of the middle school and all the buildings of the high school have been certified as “structurally safe” by a team of engineers hastily assembled by Old Charley Burns. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They therefore continue the transformation of animals into gods that began in the Old Stone Age. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Chong, whom I secretly nicknamed Old Chong, was very strange, always tapping his fingers to the silent music of an invisible orchestra. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Such a notion is familiar to us from the cults of earth deities of later times; its origin perhaps goes back to the Old Stone Age. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they read The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway, which they enjoyed, and then they gave the project up. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Down past where Old Fishfoot’s trident pointed was an alley where they sold fried cod, crisp and golden brown outside and flaky white within. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

What he imagined instead was handing his file to Old Chao, who told him, Don’t worry. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Bilder examined him all over with most tender solicitude, and when he had finished with his penitent said:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I’m near Old Town, familiarizing myself with the River Run route, and when I turn, I see a woman with her two children waving at me from across the street. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I let go of the seat, ashamed to let the Old Ones see how frightened I was. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old witches become enchantresses, and kindly grandmothers hide forests of secrets behind their twinkling eyes. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

And I cried, “But Old Mr. Chou listens to you too.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Great Britain’s self-confidence grew, its people began more and more to identify with God’s chosen people, the Israelites of the Old Testament, whose destiny the British were more than happy to appropriate. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

He found the stricken rider distracting himself from his pain by firing off aphorisms from Ralph Waldo Emerson—“Old Waldo”—at the nurses. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a second, I just knew that I’d killed Old Yeller, too. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the next few days, while Old Yeller and I healed fast, we all worried and watched. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

La Madrina told me she had to fashion Felicia’s necklaces from the beaded curtains of a restaurant in Old Havana. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Ikwa wandered over curiously and, when he couldn’t find any room underneath, sat near us with his elephant- ear leaf held up. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s look at one sentence on page ninety-four of this very entertaining introduction to Zen that I had you read this week. ‘Everything that comes together falls apart,’ ” the Old Man said. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“If Old Timothy hadn’t seen what they were in time to stop me, I might have gotten off a shot or two.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Old Demon was terrified because that was the first time it had met anyone who wasn’t afraid of it. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Old filing cabinets divided the room into several small cubicles, in each of which was a desk painted with a peculiar orange varnish. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

After that, Old Yeller caught onto what game we were after. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Town and Knightsbridge, where I attend eighth grade, are both on the side of campus that is opposite our house. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The following week I sold almost my whole basket to him, keeping only a little for Old Granny. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anxious that they have some kind of conversation, though — it was a matter of face — Theresa especially responded with such keen interest that Old Chao had no choice as a host but to keep talking. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought,” Eleanor said carefully, “that I might even look around. Old houses are usually cheap, you know, and it’s fun to make them over.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

As for food production’s more sinister by-product of infectious diseases, we cannot specify where within the Old World most major diseases of Old World origin arose. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I called Old Yeller off from the house and broke the eggs on a flat rock right under his nose and tried to get him to eat them. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in the Old England there was a greater marvel still. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t stop till I got to the next town. And I saw Old Monkey there. ‘You lookin’ mighty fine, Anansi,’ said Old Monkey. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

By the hatrack she stopped before the picture of Old Dirty-Face. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Old Ackley put his hand up so the light wouldn't hurt his eyes. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Old times with R.C. hadn’t always been fun, but maybe fishing wouldn’t be so bad; he was eighteen and probably had mellowed some since we were kids. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The Crow’s Eye had summoned all the strength of the Iron Isles to Old Wyk and sailed out into the deepness of the Sunset Sea, with his brother Victarion following behind like a whipped cur. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

After staging a false “burial at sea” to throw the press off the trail, Booth’s body was buried in a simple crate in an unmarked grave at the Old Arsenal Penitentiary. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Doctor Neal stares at me through his cloudy blue eyes. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Well, we’ve got to do something to celebrate. We haven’t got a flag, we can’t float Old Glory proudly out the window. So I’m going to wear this, as an emblem.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I should make you wait to ask the Old Man, but if you must know, Wu Kang tries to cut down that tree every night.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I never do call you Oldest Daughter. Have you noticed that? I always tell people, ‘This is my Biggest Daughter.’ The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If there were some way he could save face,” she began; and before she knew what she was doing, she had removed her hand from Old Chao’s, that she might massage her brow. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Any witch knows a few of these words in the Old Speech, and a mage knows many. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

"That's for the Old Bear to say, the one you call the Lord Crow. I'm only his squire. I do not choose the road I ride." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Old Hirsch waves a hand and lies back down on the sofa. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Well, Big Ma threw her Bible at him because he rang our doorbell the third time that week while she was studying the Old Testament. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Old Mr. Chou smiled at me and waved. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah,” her father said, “that is a question you will have to ask the Old Man of the Moon.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

This was not my first trip to the European mainland, but I was still entranced by the beauties of the Old World. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They parked on a side street near the Old City. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I sensed someone moving next to me on Old Familiar, but right then I could only see snow flurries trickling through a shattered window and flashing red lights against a gray sky. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Eating swiftly, Old Tallow put away one bowl and then another while Mama was dishing up the rest of the meal. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

They entered a huge iron door that led into the Armenian sector of the Old City and wandered the curling streets as if they were in a maze. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He spoke, as did Ged, in the Old Speech, for that is the tongue of dragons still. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

"Don't you believe it, I just fed him," the Old Bear growled. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Perhaps tonight the Old Bear will learn something that will lead us to Uncle Benjen. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Old ladies would rather die than have you so much as breathe your stench on their teacups. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

But Old Chao and Theresa seemed to him to be making an outrageous clamor even when they were quiet. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to do what she says!” yells Mrs. Bessermann, her huge pupils roving around the room until they land on Old Hirsch. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

And it’s like Old Charley Bums—the former Director, the racing fan, the real character—no longer exists. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he hadn’t just vomited from fright, I would think Old Hirsch might be enjoying himself. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The Old Bear had seemed pleased by the dagger, but he preferred a steel knife at his belt, Jon had noticed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

As soon as I stepped off Old Familiar with her in my arms, the giant crow cawed and took off, disappearing into the shadows. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Old Man Snow had the first tractor in town, and he drove it to the store like it was a car—newspaper tucked under his arm, his hounds Cadillac and Dan baying beside him. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Old he might be, but he was stubborn, and loyal to a fault. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

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

Lee said diplomatically, “The Old Soldier’s illness is going around.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Grandma shook her head at him, but he called it superstition, and he opened his textbooks to show her. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

They disposed of the last of the frogs for a quart of Old Tennis Shoes and two gallons of 49-cent wine. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Dan was working the trail slowly and I knew why. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Or should I just get you the entire bottle of Old Kentucky?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

"Old," he said, "and I have my doubts about his wind." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She remembered a story Old Nan had told once, about a man imprisoned in a dark castle by evil giants. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In some ways this is not surprising: the New World had fewer animal candidates for taming than the Old. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Walls, doors, halls, steps, everything was built to an inhuman scale that made Arya remember the stories Old Nan used to tell of the giants who lived beyond the Wall. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A few weeks later, Old Chong and my mother conspired to have me play in a talent show which would be held in the church hall. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Old Yeller was too smart for that. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

She woke a moment later, in Old Tallow’s arms. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I tried to talk to Old Dan, but I may as well have talked to a stump for all the attention he paid to me. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A “little poor-looking insignificant Old Woman came in & solicited leave to go into the Country to buy some flour,” he later wrote. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Grandma acted as if she didn’t hear what Auntie said. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

One day — after how long? — she finally let Old Chao kiss her. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

All Bran could think of was Old Nan's story of the Others and the last hero, hounded through the white woods by dead men and spiders big as hounds. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I started to untie Old Dan but, taking a closer look at him, I could see he could never win a beauty contest. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother once told me the Blackfoot story of Napi, the Old Man who created men and women. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

But he finally found Asher’s bicycle—leaning, as usual, instead of upright in its port, as it should have been—at the House of the Old. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Old Yeller had scented that sickness in this bull and somehow sensed how fearfully dangerous it was. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before any more could be said, Lord Fredrick hoisted his wife into the carriage and nodded to Old Timothy to get under way. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

He sang what the people wanted, ‘Sweet Adeline’ and ‘Down by the Old Mill Stream.’ A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We also had presents for everyone downstairs, a few things left over from the Good Old Days; plus Miep and Bep are always grateful for money. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Old Rit and Ben were now living forty miles to the north of Bucktown, in another county, but on a farm that belonged to Dr. Thompson. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Too much Wise Old Tree,” Bongo confirmed, as everyone retreated into their homes in a huff. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Opening the door, Old Chao seemed to have forgotten his irritation. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Mr. Antolini felt his pulse and all, and then he took off his coat and put it over James Castle and carried him all the way over to the infirmary. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

In her heart, she was his silent ally, a fifth columnist, in Bull’s inveterate assaults on the trellised escutcheons of the Old South that Lillian shoved in front of him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pictured the way Old Chao’s ears rose when he grinned — they literally perked up, she’d never seen anything like it on a human; Old Chao hadn’t believed it when she told him. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Brother Methuselah had kept the Abbey records for as long as any creature could remember. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He smells like he spilled the whole bottle of Old Spice on his cheeks. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to Never-Ending Mountain to see the Old Man of the Moon and ask him how to change my family’s fortune. You can come too and ask him how to fly.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

And if that was not enough, he was given a whole list of names, beginning with ‘Old Barliman here’, to whom he could go for further information. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He’s wearing Old Spice, and even just from that little brush, his skin feels so soft. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Old Nanny sat there rocking Janie like an infant and thinking back and back. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

He climbed back onto Old Familiar and tossed me a casual wave. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

As we get closer to the Old City, we talk even less. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The sign said that Old Faithful was due to erupt in fifteen minutes. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Now I know she’s as much a fool as my daddy was and as Leroy is when he gets on the Old Crow, only she doesn’t chase me with the frying pan. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“I didn't pass. Nobody in my session did. To tell you the truth, I think the only reason they let me stick around was because I helped Old Yellow Suit out of a tight spot.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The accoutrements of wealth play a different role for the old-money clans than they do for the new wealthy, says Nelson W. Aldrich Jr., author of Old Money. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“There’s an old friend of mine we need to talk to. He’s one of the people who’ll be coming to the get-together. Old man, now. He’s expecting us for dinner.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

They found Dolorous Edd frying a rasher of bacon and boiling a dozen eggs in a kettle over the Old Bear's cookfire. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Old Brossard was a bridge fiend, and he started looking around the dorm for a game. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Old Chong smiled and applauded and then said, “Very good! But now you must learn to keep time!” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, come here, then,” the Old Man said impatiently, and he tapped his stick on the ground again. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

The finish is about half a mile past Old Town. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Old Nan told it one way and sometimes another. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

As Old Nan told the tale, he'd grabbed the crow in his fist and bitten its head off, so they named him Crowfood. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In the end, then, it had had to be managed with the Old Lord’s agent, an oily scoundrel whose hands were heavy with the money that stuck to them in passing. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Much less data support the notion that Old World bacteria and viruses turned the New World into an abattoir.* 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

As the freshmen of 1933 flailed at their oars in the first few days, Tom Bolles and Al Ulbrickson strode up and down Old Nero’s walkway in gray flannel suits and fedoras. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

And then after a while she said again, “As for our son, there was not even a child among the concubines of the Old Master himself to compare to him in beauty and in dress.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The main killers were Old World germs to which Indians had never been exposed, and against which they therefore had neither immune nor genetic resistance. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She thought she saw a blush rising; but a moment later, Old Chao had both his shoes on. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember one time I dreamt of falling through a hole in Old Mr. Chou’s floor. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

They finished the deal with dignity and Lee Chong threw in a quarter pint of Old Tennis Shoes. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old T.R. raced me to the top and then barked at me till I got up there. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She placed the soft pillows on top of the hide, then helped me to ease Old Yeller’s hurt body onto the pillows. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think I was in the bathing room at the House of the Old.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“When didn’t you? It was you as always give Old Orlick a bad name to her.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Old Waubanikway, who dreamed many names, had no name for the baby either, but she said that she would give no other name until she found one for the boy. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Old Rit had probably killed her pig, and was cooking it for the Christmas dinner. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ready for this, Odysseus answered: “Old woman, that is what they say. All who have seen the two of us remark how like we are, as you yourself have said, and rightly, too.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

She did not feel like a foreigner in the Old City anymore. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, Old Tallow sat upon it smoking her pipe. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Old men brought out their faded suit jackets and moved their domino games inside. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Yeller could handle a skunk easy enough. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Bad Air is still around with his music and his dancing and his diversity, and I'll be up and around with mine. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Yes," the Old Man of the Moon continued. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

After all that, I guess you can see why I nearly died when a man rode up one day and claimed Old Yeller. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Familiar landed twenty feet away in the clearing, and I hopped off. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She started nipping at the long red tail of Old Dan. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Old Nan says the children knew the songs of the trees, that they could fly like birds and swim like fish and talk to the animals," Bran said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The Old Lady stood at the kitchen door, wiping forks a mile a minute. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“We need to fill all four baskets,” said the smaller man, “and then distribute a flower to everyone in the Old Town.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Old Familiar cawed twice, and then we took off, flapping in a giant, gusty circle as we built up speed and climbed higher and higher. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Two days ago the j fleets of Old Volantis had been two days farther off. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I keep thinking what an experience it would be to stay in it—go West and watch the building of the country, see how much of the Old West mythology is true.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Stanton ordered troops to turn out into the streets, the guards to be doubled, military forts to be alert, guns manned, and special guards to be posted around the Old Capitol Prison. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was early Saturday morning, a week after the carnival, and Pa and Old Flapjack and me and Cooter were down on Mrs. Holton’s land uprooting stumps. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

It wouldn’t amaze him if every Old Grad in Kansas had heard that line. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Grandma scuffed her slippers against the floor in front of her chair and rattled her cane against the chair leg. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

This was that Earth of which we have heard, made out of Chaos and Old Night. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I loaded all my fishing tools up, threw the stringer of fish over Old Flap’s rump, and started riding back to the stable. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

We stopped at a red light on Old Mill Boulevard, at an intersection across from Flat Face Pizza. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Old people have birthdays too, you know. And I like to have something to look forward to. So— how long do I have to wait?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“She will give you milk with things in it and tell you stories of places called New this and Old that. Then you can go outside with her and feed the horses and chickens.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Old Dominion was accustomed to thinking of itself as primus inter pares in any confederation of states. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

It smells like a wood fire outside, which means Old Joe and Older Joe are probably burning brush on the farm. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Old Horwitz turned all the way around and looked at me. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

She looked at a faded picture of the Nine Old Men on the wall to the left of her. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

When there are storms, Papa will stretch a rope from the door to the bam so we will not be lost when we feed the sheep and the cows and Jack and Old Bess. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z

The story had gone round that Old Man Pritchard had killed a man somewhere in Missouri before moving to our part of the country. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Old Pops and I have got four good legs between us,” he said. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through the tears in my eyes I saw the red blurry form of Old Dan sail into the fight. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was weak, but it was blue-white—and the gleaming pea that was the distant source of light was not Old Sol. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Old Mr. Woodwell, he give me a list of things I need to raise the Mary Rose. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I grab a pen from Old Man Lee’s countertop and start writing the directions down like mad. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

‘But if you want to beat the Old Took,’ said Pippin, ‘I don’t see why we shouldn’t try and beat the Bullroarer.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

At last they got the idea that enemies were in Buckland, some strange invasion from the Old Forest. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“This baby’s been in service for fifty years. Oldest model still in the chutes.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Jews, as such, until I got to high school, were all incarcerated in the Old Testament, and their names were Abraham, Moses, Daniel, Ezekiel, and Job, and Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

But instead, she continued straight, then turned left, so that the House of the Old, surrounded by trees, was just ahead of her. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Old Dan was trying to dig and gnaw his way into the log. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Old Ent looked at them long and searchingly, and spoke to them in turn. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Driving home, his car had been hit by a truck at Old Street roundabout and he had been killed almost instantly. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes as he walked in, as if doing so would deny her the pleasure that the scent of his Old Spice always brought. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I remember being little and watching Sam milk Old Pru and admiring him and thinking how clever he was. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Old Sister,” she said to the birchbark tree, “we need your skin for our shelter.” The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Old Tallow smiled, nodded, and blew a blast of smoke out her nostrils. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Old but grand, like she'd stepped out of a portrait, with silver hair and a royal purple shawl. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

As they returned to the ground, the dragon asked, “What about you? Did the Old Man tell you how to change your fortune?” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“If I could fly,” he said, “I’d be able to get us up there to see the Old Man of the Moon.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t use soap but when I got out of the shower I splashed myself with Dad’s bottle of Old Spice. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Old Benedikt cupped his hand above his eyes and peered upward, assessing the sky through the pelting rain. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

"The wildling woman could give Old Nan lessons in telling tales, I think," he said when Bran was done. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But there must be another line after the bells of Old Bailey. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“I am living at the Old Soldier’s Home,” he said, “and I ain’t got much money, but here’s something for your campaign.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Old Rit said she did not believe she would ever feel warm again as long as she lived. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

And hadn’t she shaken her head for hours when she heard about Theresa and Old Chao? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Old Man of the Moon knows everything and can answer any question you ask.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s like when you play Old Maid,” I said to Mr. Whiskers. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

When she reached the cabin, Old Rit and Ben were arguing. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Burnham was a lackluster student: “the records of the Old Central show his average scholarship to be frequently as low as 55 percent,” a reporter discovered, “and 81 percent seems the highest he ever reached.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Old Tallow could bring down a bear with her pack of dogs, her gun, or even the razor-sharp spear that she practiced throwing into the splintered base of a tree. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

With the help of Old Yeller, I was taking care of things all right; but I was sure beginning to wish that he’d come back home. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’d gone and brought Old Yeller home, and he was still alive. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

With Ronan on my heels, I run through several backyards and down Old Wharf Road to a tiny cafe behind the post office where the locals eat. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Old fishermen with time on their hands built bonfires out of driftwood and warmed themselves while the sea made breaches in the hulls of ships that had come hard aground. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I slam my laptop down, abruptly ending my Skype call with Stella as Barb and I stare at each other in a classic Old Western standoff. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Old Theresa asked her what happened, how she was feeling, that sort of thing. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Old enough, I thought, to know better than to play with fire. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Old Mr. Antolini was sitting now in the big chair a little ways away from me, watching me. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

On August 3, 1959, two years and eight months after our arrests, and after a full year of legal maneuvering, the actual trial commenced at the Old Synagogue in Pretoria. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Old of the community did not ever leave their special place, the House of the Old, where they were so well cared for and respected. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Old Mary’s at the end of his tether, or his wit’s end. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Ah,” Ba said, “that is a question you will have to ask the Old Man of the Moon.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I have old spears. Old arrowheads. I have old armor. I have blankets. And paintings. And sculptures. And baskets. And jewelry.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” Da-Fu said, “you probably just have to let the Old Man of the Moon know you’d like to come up.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

It was July, and real July weather, such as they had in Old England. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Gamgee did not look much older, but he was a little deafer. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

His breath smelt of spearmint Tic Tacs and I caught a whiff of Old Spice. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The Old Bear sat slumped and silent, as if the burden of speech had grown too heavy for him to bear. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It was always Old Dan Tucker, and he always scandalized the ladies, but they never could prove anything. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Oh, you are too wicked, you Old Man in Heaven!” he would cry recklessly. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Old Chao hesitated, apparently aware that he was displaying more self-satisfaction than was seemly. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Phoebe tried on about twenty pairs, and each time the poor guy had to lace one shoe all the way up. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Old Martin hoped he would get to drive it, but he was cynical about it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Beneath his Old South gentility, however, Keith was as opposed to desegregation as any Klansman and worked the system expertly to frustrate changes in Durham’s social order. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Old Yeller, lying ’way off out there in the hills, about to die if he didn’t get help, and Mama telling me I couldn’t walk. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned Old Dan loose and walked over and picked it up. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thinking about outsides makes me remember the spot between my toes again, and I’m just bending to examine it when Old Joe appears by my side. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. No wonder Old Miles was so sad he got kicked off.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s gone to look up Old Bill Bone and lose the rest of his silver,” Gerris said. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t in Stockholm, though, to stalk the cobblestoned streets of Old Town, or walk through the underground tunnels, or ready himself for a cruise on the Baltic Sea. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He'd refused to eat, cried and screamed for most of a night, even punched Old Nan when she tried to sing him to sleep, and the next day he'd vanished. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

After Old Sunny was gone, I sat in the chair for a while and smoked a couple of cigarettes. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

No sooner had he settled into his own office, though, than he heard Old Chao’s steps in the hall — a firm patter, deliberate, squeaky. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Girls were not worth much, and Old Rit already had a passel of children, but they did not say this. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they unrolled the leather ground cover to sit at the side of the road, they found a package with a generous supply of rice balls, most likely smuggled in by Sifen or Old Sai. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Like Old Charlie Valentine, Finn wished he could turn back the days as easily as a farmer turning a page in an almanac. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The next day after school, I was in the stable shoveling manure when Old Flapjack gave a snort. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“Are you sure that wasn’t just Old Xan?” a girl asked him, giggling. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“I have to get the dessert,” the Old Lady said, violently polishing a teaspoon and dashing out to the kitchen. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Never-Ending Mountain? The Old Man of the Moon? Changing your fortune?” the neighbors said. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Old Blunderbuss, as the newspapers call Mayor Carr, was the one that established Baltimore’s Negro patrol squads a few years ago, right after I arrived at Miss Preston’s. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

And so it was that when Old Chao phoned, Theresa was lightheaded with fatigue. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the first place, Old Dan didn’t want to be put in the hole head first. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Adam said, “Do you mean these Chinese men believe the Old Testament?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Old Stradlater watched me in the mirror while he was shaving. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I studied the two horseflies that had landed on Old Flap real careful. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Old Chao showed them the spare tire, which rode in its own metal case on the rear bumper. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The main buildings of Old Town line up around a small square park. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Old Man is very attached to her.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered why we could have an entire class outside when I’d been kicked out of class last semester for merely glancing outside, but the Old Man wanted to have class outside, so we did. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Old Mrs. Davis come running out of the Laundromat with her fat self. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You spotted them in the first place, Jason. Old Eagle Eyes. If I was a sheriff, I'd pay you a reward.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Old Dr. Hirsch, I am beginning to learn, usually has a trick up his sleeve. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

They roared and popped their teeth and dared me or Old Yeller to try to catch one of the squealing pigs. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Mr. McPherson, who showed up at church one legendary Easter without trousers? Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Old Bess was always sweet to me, but she and Daddy fought a lot. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Beyond the Plaza he could see the House of the Old, with the Annex behind it, outlined against the night sky. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

She would have to come back soon for him and Old Rit. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once he leapt right into Old Nan and knocked her to die floor. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Old ladies, hustlers, and everybody in between pay him to fix their computers and phones. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Except, in this version of events, Old Man House was never destroyed. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

While over a dozen major infectious diseases of Old World origins became established in the New World, perhaps not a single major killer reached Europe from the Americas. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“And again,” Old Sai said, sitting down, “I said, ‘You don’t know. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Old prisoners scrambled for the upper tier, the more desirable, since heat rises. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The town bustled with Italian, Polish, and Slavic immigrant families who raised flocks of ducks and geese on the river much as they had in the Old Country. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

Tobias and his daddy always talk bout money like they still got a lot Old Mr. been selling off the place so that nothing much left but the houses and the fields. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Tallow made a move to leave, but Omakayas said, her voice strange and hollow and small, “Daga, please, don’t go.” The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The caretaking skills were no doubt those of Fiona, on his left; he remembered noticing the tenderness with which she had bathed the Old. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Old people don’t really seem hurt so much as they seem hopeless, which is worse. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Old tickets and advertisements fluttered around the asphalt. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He slid money into a juke box which played “That Old Gang of Mine.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Doc’s paying us five cents apiece for those frogs. We’re going to get seven or eight hundred. How about taking a pint of Old Tennis Shoes just ’til we can get back with the frogs?” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Red. Way too early in the morning for the Wise Old Tree routine.” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

From countless trained and volunteer sources, including perhaps Lydia Darragh, Old Mom, and the egg seller, Washington got enough information to spoil the British plan. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, Old Yeller didn’t sleep on the cowhide. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The backs of the houses in Old Town face an alley, and that is where the people park their cars and put out their garbage on garbage-collection days. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Old Yeller’s just saved your life! He’s saved my life. He’s saved Little Arliss’s life! We can’t—” Mama got up and put her arm across my shoulders again. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Past time,” he said, when Frog found him dicing with Beans and Books and Old Bill Bone, and losing yet again. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Old Mrs. Borkowski said all the time that the sun could not be relied on. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

It was not until she reached Canada that she learned that Old Abe Lincoln had won the election in November. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The refugees sought shelter as “contraband of war” in the Union stronghold at Fort Monroe, located at Old Point Comfort, on the tip of the Virginia Peninsula. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“And so it is the Old Lord over again!” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He played Old Maid with Karen and Matt with the same competitiveness as when he battled Japanese pilots in the Pacific. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Dan bawled and started gnawing on the big tree’s trunk. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Far from being in an advanced stage of decay, the Old Finch House was in an excellent state of repair: it was a hunting club. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He waved again, and Old Familiar shot into the air before tucking his wings tight and diving into the hole. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

It was pretty boring hanging around the tavern day after day, making fires and chopping wood and cleaning up and looking after the chickens and Old Pru and the pigs. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The high officers frightened him, Jon knew, the Old Bear most of all. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

As he slowly caught his breath, the sound of low prayers could be heard from the other side of the room where Old Cob crouched against the black stone of the fireplace. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Old Phoebe jumped back in bed and got under the covers. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Hemingway? The Old Man and the Sea? Good grease-gravy, what do they teach you kids at school?” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“Work, play—at sixty our powers and tastes are what they were at seventeen. Old men in the bad old days used to renounce, retire, take to religion, spend their time reading, thinking—thinking!” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He held Old Yeller’s head in his lap, waiting for the ride to start. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Omakayas thought perhaps it was because Old Tallow respected her mama and grandma. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Old Candy, the swamper, came in and went to his bunk, and behind him struggled his old dog. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

They used to laugh at him and his old ragtag store behind his back, but over the years they made Old Man Shilsky rich and nobody was laughing then. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old friends could pick him out of a dismissed battalion, so singular was his walk, so indelibly a part of him, and he could change it no more than he could change his blood type. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Major cleared his throat and began to sing. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

"I told you not to do anything stupid, boy," the Old Bear said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I guessed it was all over for Old Yeller. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wished I could remember the Old Master who had painted that portrait. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Old Tallow shook her head, sadly, and lifted her ax. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Old Nan undressed her and helped her into a scalding hot bath and washed the blood off her with a soft cloth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She remembered Old Nan's stories of the castle built on fear. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The next morning, I told my mother what happened, and she laughed and said, “Don’t pay attention to Old Mr. Chou. He is only a dream. You only have to listen to me.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old railway cars litter the junkyard, faded and rusted with age. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“Well, it was a white lie,” Old Joe says, as if reading my thoughts. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Before the Old Lord he heard himself saying and to the Old Lord’s agent, “Count me as anyone else. What is the fair price? I have it in my hand.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Old women on Fair Isle still frightened their grandchildren with tales of Lord Dagon and his men. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Back in his solar, Jon found the Old Bear’s raven perched on the back of the oak-and-leather chair behind the trestle table. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The Old were sitting quietly, some visiting and talking with one another, others doing handwork and simple crafts. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

By the time me and Old Flap got back to the barn, Mr. Segee had already shut everything up and went home. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“Old woman with a hot tail for gossip!” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

More children, he told himself, the girl is not the only one, but Old Nan’s tale of Gendel’s children came back to him as well. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Just before I reached the timber, Old Dan shook the snow from the underbrush with his deep voice. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old jeans littered the floor and shirts hung lopsided from hangers. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I kept working and whistling Old Flap on, pretending I hadn’t seen nothing atall. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Opening one of the cans, I dumped it out on a piece of bark in front of Old Dan. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So my treachery to the Old Ones will be useless?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘But what names shall I report? And what shall I say of you? Old and weary you seem now, and yet you are fell and grim beneath, I deem.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Then, finally, just about the time I started drifting off to sleep, I’d hear Old Yeller rise to his feet and go padding off through the corn. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

She warned them not to let Old Rit overhear what they said. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Old Man of the Moon! Another story! Our house is bare and our rice hardly fills our bowls, but we have plenty of stories.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Boomer chases Old Joe’s tractor and tries to attack it as it chugs down High Street. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“In there,” the rabbit said, motioning toward a circular opening through a stone wall, “is the Old Man of the Moon.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I asked her a little more about photography as we walked down Old Main Street. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Old Hirsch will shave his beard, and they will both dress as workers, like Max did. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She found that Old Rit had originally been willed to a young woman named Mary Patterson, with the provision that she was to be freed when she was forty-five. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He leased ten acres of virgin woods and cleared it all,” said the men describing the beginning of Old Macon Dead’s farm. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A political meeting? Ignatius! Ain’t that wonderful. Maybe you’ll make good in politics, boy. You got you a fine voice. What club, honey? The Crescent City Democrats? The Old Regulars?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was thinking about taking, well, actually stealing, one of Old Tallow’s traps,” said LaPautre. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Pedaling down Main Street, I figure I’m in the clear when I take the turn onto Old Route 72, heading straight to the Fabyan Forest Preserve. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

They quarreled to the point of rage over whether Juarez was in Old Mexico or New Mexico. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, do sit down, young man,” Old Mother Virginia Brimworth chided. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I found myself in a nighttime garden and Old Mr. Chou was shouting, “Who’s in my backyard?” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were ten children now, either living in the cabin, because they worked on the master’s plantation, or else living so near it that they could visit Ben and Old Rit. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind was gusting, cold as the breath of the ice dragon in the tales Old Nan had told when Jon was a boy. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I asked her where Old Dan was and called his name. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Watson said, “The Old Man’s watching for something. S’pose it’s the light on Baker’s Island?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was no matter for jests, though; it appeared that these Antler Men had armed several hundred followers, to seize the Old Gate once battle was joined, and admit the enemy to the city. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He saw Old Nan, her toothless mouth opening and closing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Old Phoebe still wouldn't talk to me or anything, but she was sort of walking next to me now. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

She paid five dollars to a lawyer to look up the wills of the various masters to whom Old Rit had belonged. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Dan wouldn’t even look at me, and paid no attention to what I said. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh nothing. I’m so happy I got to see Old Faithful.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“This never would have happened if he’d listened to me in the first place,” Old Cob muttered. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But eventually Old Mr. Chou would get tired and leave the door unwatched. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Old Bullet Head, he’s always picking on girls.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, sir. Sir, is it gonna be all right if I take Old Flapjack out for a spell?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I reach my arms up as high as I can and hug him around the neck, smelling his familiar Old Spice. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Old Red, our rooster, woke me at daybreak, crowing his fool head off. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I trust that the Old Bear survived this attack?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The thing was, Old Yeller never would let them gain the last few inches on him. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Haiyi felt his drunkenness fade as he stared into the steady black eyes of the Old Man of the Moon. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Old Mr. Little didn't talk much, but that day he had a way with words. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jon remembered Old Nan's tales of the savage folk who drank blood from human skulls. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

We crossed Old Main, swung around the admin building, and took the road to the gym and student center. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Luckily, no one had paid attention to her panicked screech, as it was merely one among many, but the revelation filled her with fresh dread: Why was Old Timothy at the window? The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Old Brownie seemed to have regained a bit of his youthful energy, neighing and shaking his mane at the start of each evening’s travel. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

But of course, Old Tallow was afraid of nothing. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

And Old Ikwa, nearly blind and an easy victim to peer pressure, had ambled along behind. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

On the fifth day after the Preacher and Mr. Highgate left, me and Old Flapjack were rock fishing at our secret lake. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

They looked across the river with Old Boat eyes. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old people shook their heads, recalling blizzards of their childhood, but it was impossible for Kit to visualize anything more bleak than this first winter of her experience. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The chivalry of the Old Ones fought their way from the ruined encampment, hand to hand. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the animal came closer, Rainie said, “Why, it’s Old Blue. How did he get loose?” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This my first job working domestic. I u$e to work at the Old Lady Home serving lunch. Fore it move out to Flowood.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Old Randall built the schoolhouse for his sons and the grandchildren he had hoped to have one day. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I had gone with Gram to read while she painted a landscape of Old Joe’s farm, and we’d been walking home through the fields. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

So what has Old Charley been doing instead of inspecting new development plans? Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gram had abandoned her parasol to the side of the tent and was dancing with Old Joe, her long dress skimming the grass as she spun on bare feet. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

All those early Old World wheels are of a peculiar design: a solid wooden circle constructed of three planks fastened together, rather than a rim with spokes. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Everyone in the Old Town gets a flower,” said the small man. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“Old Trueba’s got his balls in the right place,” the President said. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

By this time, Old Yeller was there, baying the bull, keeping out of his reach, but ready to eat him alive if he ever came to his feet again. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dancers danced; musicians played queer tunes with bells and squeaks and bladders; singers sang ancient love songs in the incomprehensible tongue of Old Ghis. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Now Old Tallow fell silent, and in her mulling Omakayas could tell there was some unwillingness, something she did not want to say. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

It was actually Old Benedikt himself who carried her in, once she was seen. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“From? I wasn’t running from anything. I was running to this room. Old Yellow Suit told me to come down here and wait with you two, so here I am. My name’s Kate Wetherall.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Though partly collapsed, the Old Bear’s former seat would be warmer than the ice cells. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I even managed to punch a few knotted up fetterlings into the air and watched as Old Familiar snapped them up, too. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

In an instant, the camera, Old Petey, and Mr. Flux vanished. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“My dear Old Grasshopper, we are finished! Every one of us is about to perish! I may be blind, you know, but that much I can see quite clearly!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Saints, as the Old Ones knew very well, were a bad class of people to cross, so the children stood up hastily. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Here I have her, Old One,” said the Rider, his nasal, accented voice softly triumphant. The Dark is Rising 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Barbee's voice rang out, as suddenly he made charged and incomplete movements about the platform, acting out his words. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Joe goes to stand by Older Joe, who is wearing a truly terrible purple wool hat and has cranberry sauce caught in his white beard. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

She was so sick that Old Rit heard about it, and went to Edward Brodas and asked him to take Minty away from Cook’s, to let her come home where Rit could look after her. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d given me straightforward directions that he simply hadn’t had time to explain: “The Old Man,” I realized, was what the locals called the bog boy, and his grave was the cairn. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The Old Man of the Moon with his bag of red threads, the Spirit of the Mountain holding up the moon as only he could...Pinmei recognized them all. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Old Blue was too drunk too often these days to make sense. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because of his fast circling, Old Dan's feet flew out from under him and he fell. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s peaceful in my dungeons,” grumbled Old Flint. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Except, instead of arriving in Kingston like it normally would, this one travels all the way to the historic site of Old Man House. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

A couple of days later, I had another and better reason for wanting to get rid of Old Yeller. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went through every possible clothing combination I own, but somehow none of my dozens of black rock-band T-shirts seemed to match with any of my three identical pairs of Old Navy jeans. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

"My sword is Valyrian steel. The Old Bear gave it to me." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Old Tallow was sitting by the fire, cleaning and oiling each part of her ancient, frail gun. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Turner took a shovel, and Mr. Newton took a shovel, and Old Mr. Thayer took a shovel, and together they laid the Reverend Turner Buckminster II to rest. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Old Ben stopped the wagon next to the open hole near the iron fence, then climbed down and walked to where Nehemiah the gravedigger was waiting. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe they can’t be easily translated because they refer to a sensation that only Chinese people have, as if you were falling headfirst through Old Mr. Chou’s door, then trying to find your way back. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smells like a perfect combination of Lever soap and Old Spice. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Old spa towns have such character. Is it a large place your mother’s renting, Jason?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“This dress is fine. Old and shabby as it is.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Old Mr. Chou took my sisters to sleep. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The Old Bear's not like to give you a choice." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

From where I was standing, I could see it was impossible for Old Dan to have climbed the tree. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When no one had bothered him for a while, he asked, “Isn't it time for ‘Old Temperature’ to put in an appearance?” Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Today we meet at a street festival in Old Town. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Papa said, “According to what Old Man Pritchard said, Rainie just couldn’t seem to get over the shock. They were figuring on taking him into town to see the doctor.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Old Man of the Moon was waiting for him when Haiyi returned at night. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

All at once, everybody was standing and singing the school song, “Hail to the Old Gold, Hail to the Black.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I chunked four more big fish and missed on two when Old Flapjack quit eating berries and gave a strange snort. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

It was not until the second cup of tea that Old Deerfoot got around to the purpose of his visit. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old guys' legs, at beaches and places, always look so white and unhairy. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The four Old Ones scattered hastily into the hall, where the strange blue-white cylinders still hung ghosdy round the three walls, burning with their dead cold flames. The Dark is Rising 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Old Bear was too proud to admit to weakness, but Jon was not deceived. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Old Rit was sitting in front of the fireplace, her head on her hand. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the distance Old Johnny Mercer had finished setting up die large green tarp over Aunt Florentine’s grave site. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But Grandfather and the other Old Ones must have been there to help me at that moment. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old wooden signs with kanji, the most complicated of the three ways of writing Japanese. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Men already spoke of him as Old Brown. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old man, old ways, Inej thought but didn’t say, and she suspected the other Dregs were thinking the same thing. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Old World armies did not fight in the winter; New World armies were expected to do the same. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Old Man of the Moon said you would not be able to fly until the ball was removed from your head,” Minli told him. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Old Dan gave up on his side, piled into the river, and swam across to the side Little Ann had worked. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now Sam noticed that the Old Mill had vanished, and a large red-brick building was being put up where it had stood. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Even Poor Old Ras, as Charles called his brother, expressed his excitement and his vicarious happiness. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the sun set, coming to the rescue of the Old Ones, and there was no moon for that quarter. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I always can tell when you on your way, Old Flapjack get worked up ’bout fifteen minutes ’fore you gets here.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Well, we wondered some about what Old Yeller was living on, but didn’t worry about it. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He discredited both the Old and New Testaments of the Bible, the very book that had been so much a part of his belief system. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When the wine brought no solace, Theon sent Wex to fetch his bow and took himself to the Old inner ward. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Old Man of the Moon! Spirit of the Mountain! Whatever they call you!” the emperor continued. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Old Minerva, nearsighted to squinting, lifted her nose at the smell. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Old man Job came up with the wagon. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The eastern woods teemed with flora unknown to the Old World, and there was a huge eagerness, from scientists and amateur enthusiasts alike, to get a piece of it. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Before I reached the tree, Old Dan’s deep voice was making the timber shake. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Put the food on the table," the Old Bear said, glancing up. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Old Loomis had preached many a one in the white kitchens of Cold Sassy. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

About twenty-five yards behind them came Old Dan, trying so hard to catch up. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

We say good-bye to Old Mike, take our bundles, and pack them into the basket on Jenna’s bike. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Something I couldn’t figure about this father who, out of nowhere, whistled a tune other than “Old Man River.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Kali and her husband, Kunthi and her boys, Janaki, surrounded by her numerous family, even Old Granny, had come out to see. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was shorthand for the cruel phrase for ugly girls with great bods: “Put a flag over her face and you know what for Old Glory.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Old Easter moved stiffly to him, and Gitano rubbed the lean neck under the mane. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Old Testament comes down to us mainly from the Greek translations made in the Alexandrian Library. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Old age, in short...One day, perhaps, it will happen to you...if you are lucky....” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“It will take more than just you, me, and Old Familiar. Or even John Henry and Miss Sarah and Miss Rose.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Are you ready to go see Old Mr. Chou, too?” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old black-and-white pictures hung on the walls, and a weathered wooden shoeshine stand sat in a corner, collecting dust. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He said that she must be related to Old Cudjo, who was so slow-witted he never laughed at a funny story until a half hour after it was told. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old men blew colored smoke through long painted flutes, etching the air with soundless music. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But what Helen noticed most of all was something else, a small thing — that Old Chao did not monitor Theresa. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Rit hated the silence that always fell over the cabin afterward—a hush that spread and spread, and the shadows on the walls seemed to deepen. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

But right from the start, Old Yeller had caught onto what I wanted. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papá, who was in a rare good mood, splashed some of his Old Spice aftershave lotion on my face. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The raven pecked at the kernels in the Old Bear's palm. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The substitute Laborers, who would be given a different holiday, took over all the necessary tasks: nurturing, food delivery, and care of the Old; and the community was free. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s just water. Do you want Old Nan to hear and run tell Father?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

My father must have had the same feeling because all at once he slapped the table, tipped his chair back, and began singing “Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kitbag and Smile, Smile, Smile.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one had been more upset about the outcome of Ira’s marriage than Old Granny. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the far side of that they came to the Old Palace. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

The Americans came to call him “Old Scratchy.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

My mom gets dressed and we head down from our rooftop in the middle of Old San Juan. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“This is the Old and New Testament, and-” “Don't start that again!” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a thread of destiny. If we are destined to see the Old Man of the Moon, it will stretch to reach him.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Thus she was able to get a little thirdhand information about her father and mother, Ben and Old Rit, or about one of her brothers or sisters. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother had to make a wide turn onto the Old Highway, to avoid hitting a possum. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

This was said with a covert glance at the tiny new baby, Minta or Minty, who lay close by Old Rit’s side, in a comer of the cabin. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about it some more the next morning when I was milking Old Pru and the more I thought about, it the angrier I got. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a proverb Old Nan had taught him as a boy. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Get your dinner into your gob and let me finish my say, Jacob,” Old Cob snapped. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But this was summertime, when Old Yeller and I didn’t have head colds. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

There he stood alone while the gateman went into some inner place, returning in a moment to say, “The Old Mistress says you are to appear before her.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

"Old Lord Crow, him with the talking bird, he gave Craster a crossbow worth a hundred rabbits." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And a part of the time, I don’t guess it was too rough on Old Yeller. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, although I had neither the stature nor the temperament for either role, I was expected either to sing "Old Man River" and just keep rolling along, or to do fancy tricks with my muscles. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got my fly swah, pulled a milking stool next to Old Flapjack, and waited. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The Old Me would have read every word of that paperwork. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

In the gallery, friends and family members sit and watch, the bewildered audience to a play performed in an unknown dialect of acronyms, Latin, and Old English. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The Green Boys kept an eye on Old Mom, and when she “accidentally” dropped a ball of yarn over the cliff, they watched where it landed. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a blood-chilling game Old Yeller played with the hogs, but one that you could see he enjoyed by the way he went at it. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old folks are okay, but I never know what to speak to them. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

‘Old Maggot is a shrewd fellow,’ said Merry. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

And my mother, who was not there but could see me inside out, told Old Mr. Chou she knew which doll I would pick. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bathroom worked “most of the time,” according to Kev, “but if it ever gets dicey, there’s always Old Reliable.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Old Childs was a Quaker and all, and he read the Bible all the time. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Lord Balon's eldest brother had never given up the Old Way, even for a day. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Old Cob ate so quickly he almost choked himself, and washed it down with a long swallow of beer. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

No one listened to Old Brimworth, and she usually got distracted so quickly after saying anything that it didn’t matter anyway. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I reloaded my gun and called Old Yeller back from the house. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Longstreet sent the word to Lee’s headquarters, but the Old Man had gone to sleep and Major Taylor did not think it important enough to wake him. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a whole lot of Preliminary Agenda stuff, and Old Business, and procedural decisions, and all that. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Old, but I guess new at the same time. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Outlanders, foreigners, and freedmen were not allowed inside the Black Wall save at the invitation of those who dwelt within, scions of the Old Blood who could trace their ancestry back to Valyria itself. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The Cabarets plywood-paneled walls are hung with deer antlers, Old Milwaukee beer promos, and mawkish paintings of game birds taking flight. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ask questions to the Old Man of the Moon! There is no way for her to succeed.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

And was it not true that Old Timothy was the most trusted servant in the household? The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“Old habit,” I said dismissively, not wanting to tell her the truth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Gram said, “Is that where Old Faithful is? Oh, I would love to see Old Faithful.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

She was just another warthog trailing around after the Old Man! A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Old Nan's stories about men who were given magic wishes by a grumkin, you had to be especially careful with the third wish, because it was the last. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Old snow made the sky soft and blackened tree bark. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stepping back, I looked up and could see another hole, which had been hidden from me because of Old Dan’s body. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The speckled pup might be part Old Yeller, but he wasn’t Old Yeller. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Old John and his wife: he would have none else. He is quite broken down, they say.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Old Dionysus isn’t really mad. He just hates his job. He’s been ... ah, grounded, I guess you would say, and he can’t stand waiting another century before he’s allowed to go back to Olympus.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

From the doorway she could hear Old Mother Goose honking over her gosling. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Old Cob pushed himself away from the bar, tipping his stool over as he backed away. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I carried her to the porch, and laid her in the same place I had laid the body of Old Dan. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can feel Old Joe studying my face as I walk by. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Old Wednesday gets himself a bodyguard, and the feller’s too scared to put up his fists, even.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

They sleep in a once stately Old World suite with the furniture shored up against the walls and chicken feathers clogging the marble sinks and newspapers tacked clumsily across the windows. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Old Mrs. Immerglick and her family were being dragged away by German soldiers. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

A couple of times, the old hogs on the ground got so mad that they broke ranks and charged Old Yeller. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know you have questions for me,” the Old Man said. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

She was trying hard to pull the devil cat’s fangs from the throat of Old Dan. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Mr. Rivers, she said, was a plain man enough, but a gentleman, and of as ancient a family as could be found. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The Old Me would have taken a lot of pleasure in a firsthand look at such a complex emotional condition. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“But if there is no Old Rochelle, how can there be a New?” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now and then she would spot Old Timothy watching them, but he never spoke to her, nor to the children. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

A cool breeze had beaten back the onslaught of summer, and on the morning the Old Man gave us our final exams, he suggested we have class outside. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

One night, far back in the mountains, in a place called “The Cyclone Timber,” Old Dan really pulled a good one. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old men guard it, sitting behind four red podiums. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“It’s an Old Town thing,” said the Lady Mayoress, vaguely. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Old Childs said the trouble with me was that I didn't go to church or anything. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Old Familiar cawed and hunted brand flies. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

And after that, when we fed Old Yeller cornmeal mush or fresh meat, he ate it and did well on it and never one time bothered our chicken nests. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Snowdrop was growing deaf, but no one knew more than he about organizing a warren for safety. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Old Man reached beside him for his walking stick — a bent, twisted wood stick — and tapped it on the ground. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, he was satisfied here, he had said so, and men disliked change, or so Old Rit had told her, saying also that women thrived on it. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Yeller’s yelling bay told me that he’d caught up with the hogs. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old World and New World monkeys were next. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

On top of all that, they had Old Yeller along. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Sunny sat down on the window sill. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

"I could tell you the story about Brandon the Builder," Old Nan said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Old T-shirts So you don’t stain a good T-shirt. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

After slowly looking over everyone sitting at the bar, the mercenary moved to the empty space between Chronicler and Old Cob. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

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

“Old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sign above the business, which was one of the dozen or so boxes of storefronts along Old Mill Boulevard, was an enormous, perfectly round pizza with a grinning face painted on it. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Old Man Rawlins was a bit of a story. See, he was never given a choice in the matter. He had to box, plain and simple.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She was buried now in the village graveyard with a small stone marker marking her place, and room beside her for Old Benedikt when his time came. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Benny’s asthma has gotten a little better but Leroy came home last night smelling like Old Crow again. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

But when we tried to feed Old Yeller some of the turkey, on account of his saving us from losing it, he wouldn’t eat. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some examples of cumulative songs are “Hey Ho, the Rattlin’ Bog,” “There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly,” “The Green Grass Grew all Around,” “Allouette,” and “I Bought me a Cat.” Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Old Mrs. Antolini's hair was full of those iron curler jobs, and she didn't have any lipstick or anything on. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Old men and women walked carefully along the slick sidewalks. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Way I sees it, Old Scratch gunn owe me big ’cause bright and early tomorrow morn I sure am ’bout to send him back four of his cursed souls and one of his good-for-nothing dogs. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know why people say horses and mules are dull, Mr. Segee, ’specially Old Flapjack. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

She shifted in front of me, holding what I could now see was an Old Navy sweatshirt in her tight hands, waiting for me to clue in, but nothing registered. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“You know, Grandpa,” I said, “she wouldn’t bark treed at the water oak like Old Dan did.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

To my surprise Old Granny made no comment, beyond smiling reassuringly when I muttered guiltily that our needs at home were growing. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The art of the Old Stone Age in Europe as we know it today marks the highest achievements of a way of life that began to decline soon after. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

A week later, Old Yeller helped me catch a wild gobbler that I’d have lost without him. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Old Man of the Moon again,” Minli said, and she looked at her father. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Some Red Guards asked to borrow Old Qian’s bicycle, and he refused. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said to her, “Mama, I’m going back after Old Yeller. I promised him I’d come back, and that’s what I aim to do.” Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Ser Jaremy," the Old Bear asked gruffly, "Ben Stark had six men with him when he rode from the Wall. Where are the others?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Before the echo of her sharp cry had died away, Old Dan’s deep voice floated out of the swamp. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Katz didn’t smoke much, but he always carried a pack of Old Golds. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

No Bores or Old Ladies or Nortons, or Assassins waiting at the bridge. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Old man O’Brien. Last week he cursed me out of his yard, the dirty Irish....” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Old Mr. Chou takes me to bad places,” I cried. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The songs “This Old Man,” “Skip to My Lou,” “Shoo Fly,” “Bow Belinda,” and “Sandy Land,” for example, are all able to be sung simultaneously. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I guess Burn Sanderson had gotten an idea of how much we thought of Old Yeller, or maybe Mama had told some things about the dog while I was gone to the creek. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old London Bridge was soon passed, and old Billingsgate Market with its oyster-boats and Dutchmen, and the White Tower and Traitor’s Gate, and we were in among the tiers of shipping. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

No one seemed to mind that Old Chao had not only been granted tenure but was now acting chairman of Ralph’s department. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

They did not even look at her but busily carried things from Old Qian’s house to the truck waiting at the door. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This must be the cellar of one of the clothing shops in Old Town,” said Kyle. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

As if to throw the words back in the judge’s face, Old Dan opened up. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

One possible contributing factor is that the rise of dense human populations began somewhat later in the New World than in the Old World. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He saw how gentle Old Man was with the baby. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t come right out and say to take a horse, so when I got to the stable I asked Mr. Segee for Old Flapjack. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

They had taken the streetcar one Sunday to Old Sardis Lake and had rented a rowboat. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He was hiding down by the bayou, in Old Man Martin’s crawfishing shack, and Martin got a nasty surprise one early afternoon when he found that Sanders boy sleeping in his cot. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He said, “You think that’s strange. You should have seen what I saw one day. “One of the girls threw two cold biscuits out in the back yard to Old Dan. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tidings and Old Johnny Mercer were on the road with the pickup truck and the boat trailer. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess that is just another question for the Old Man of the Moon. Too bad no one knows how to get to Never-Ending Mountain to ask him anything.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

The Old Me would have screamed from the crash. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Supper? At Old Chao’s house? Sure,” he said, blithe as a new frog. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“After we heard the last person leave, Old Yellow Suit smiled at me and said, ‘I believe you should stay for the next stage of testing.’ The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Hot Pie was kneeling too, before the tallest man Arya had ever seen, a monster from one of Old Nan's stories. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

This may become a disaster,’” Old Sai finished, setting a small table close to the bed. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He turned left at the end of the educational buildings and seemed to be heading toward the House of the Old. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The Parker House was located right across the street from the old Gold Leaf Bank building and the cluster of office buildings, craft shops, clothing stores, and restaurants called Old Town. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

"Barristan the Old, you mean. Don't flatter him too sweetly, child, he thinks overmuch of himself already." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The strong drink was making Tyrion light-headed, but not so drunk that he did not realize that the Old Bear wanted something from him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Your father sold over three hundred lots today,” the Old Lady said, like she was patting a cocker spaniel on the head. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

High John stepped out of the fold of Old Familiar’s wings, his footsteps sending little twisters of dust spinning down the ramp. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the mother bear’s skin was now draped across Old Tallow’s bed, although she hadn’t heard about a recent kill. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

"No! It wasn't like Old Nan's stories. He didn't look like a wizard, but the fat one said he was." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

‘It’s a famous restaurant,’ Reyna said, ‘in the middle of Old San Juan. They invented the pina colada here, back in the 1960s, I think.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He could hear the Old Bear's voice inside the tent, punctuated by the raven's squawks and Qhorin Halfhand's quieter tones, but he could not make out the words. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

On Main Street he saw Old Martin sweeping the street with a stable broom. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Where was Noel Estrada going when he was saying good-bye to Old San Juan?” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Old friends greeted Griff with smiles and embraces, the new men more formally. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I decide to reward myself with a sunset walk on Old Orchard Beach. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when Old Theresa grabs your wrist and stares at you with those pale blue eyes... The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

On the wedding day, Magistrate Tiger bragged to his son about how he had arranged the marriage and outwitted the Old Man of the Moon. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

In 1823 when the Old Testament appeared with the verse “And Rebekah arose with her camels”—instead of damsels—it was known as the Camel’s Bible. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dunlothian had grown with the slow conservancy of the Old Ones. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Old Yeller’s all right. He’s maybe chewed up some, but he can’t be bad hurt. See, he’s done trotting off toward the house.” Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because,” said Old Tallow, “you weren’t with your mama, then.” The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Old Nan had told him the same story once, Bran remembered, but when he asked Robb if it was true, his brother laughed and asked him if he believed in grumkins too. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Old Yeller hadn’t let the bear get close enough. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or rather, they were whispering in a strange mixture of Gaelic and of the Old Language of chivalry—which had been taught to them because they would need it when they were grown. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the policemen said, “Old woman, you’ll have to get out of here. You’re liable to get knocked down when we take him through the door.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Father spoke especially of the brave Old Ones who may have crossed over the sea to watch over us. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, sir, I’m an Italian. My father came from the Old Country.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A slighdy younger Old Babylonian clay tablet, dating from 2000-1700 bc, gives basic details on how to learn and time a four-stringed fretted lute, including instructions for the notes to play. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

They stretched Old Ringy out between them and pinned him to the ground. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Until then, the sole contacts between human societies of the Old and the New Worlds had involved the hunter-gatherers on opposite sides of the Bering Strait. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Old Bear sat at Craster's board, breaking his fast with the other officers on fried bread, bacon, and sheepgut sausage. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Very gently Papa picked Old Dan up in his arms and carried him out on the porch. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

About that time, from somewhere behind the cabin, came Old Yeller. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We can fly a kite up to the Old Man of the Moon,” Minli exclaimed. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

He turns to the waiter and says, “Double Old Kentucky straight with a water back.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It was a long, slow job, sewing up Old Yeller’s belly. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Art shrugged and said, “My dad got me hooked on This Old House when I was a kid.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The bear smelled the morning’s moose meat stew Omakayas had eaten, the wild onion seasoning and the dusty bit of maple sugar from Old Tallow stuck to the inside of her pocket. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I only know that the fish at Old Flapjack’s lake sure do think these horseflies are the best eating they’ve ever done. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“You come help me with these fancy contraptions, let Old Familiar take care of those poison flies, and my ax will handle that giant over there, sure it will.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Old Drasco limped past her, mumbling his own endless stream of riddles, and his parade of cats marched along behind him as always. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Nearby, the yellow dog cringed and tried to slink away from Old Tallow’s glare. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“That’s the whole point. People don’t look for you when you’re dead. Old enemies don’t try to settle scores. People don’t come asking you for stories,” he said acidly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I'd got The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway from the school library, just 'cause Madame Crommelynck'd mentioned him. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I spent most of my time at home watching SpongeBob reruns and playing Knights of the Old Republic. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Tom Bolles decided it was time to move the best of them out of Old New and into shell barges. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He crawled up on Old Dan’s head, trying to force him under. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They say, Sparrowhawk, that a man favored by a wild beast is a man to whom the Old Powers of stone and spring will speak in human voice.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Here I have her, Old One,” said the Rider, his nasal, accented voice sofdy triumphant. The Dark is Rising 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Gaffer Gamgee stopped even pretending to work in his garden. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Old Chao and Theresa were stiff with each other, embarrassed in front of Helen. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Does this mean we can go to Old Navy today? And I can get purple leggings?” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I looked a little farther down the road and saw Old Flapjack had decided he waren’t too fond of running. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Old man Malloy was being wheeled down the sidewalk by little Joe. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He was taken into custody shortly after Booth was killed and spent seven weeks in the Old Capitol Prison in were all given life sentences for their roles in the assassination conspiracy. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“And—I’m so sorry, Delsie—they took some of your mother’s things. Jewelry. Pins. Old coins. Lots of stuff that wouldn’t mean a hill of beans to other people but us.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

They left Old Nan in the tower room with her needles and her memories. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Old Sunny just stood there next to him, with her mouth open and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Old packaging and papers and the eternal ash. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Old Mose Wright, the kid’s uncle, complained that a couple local guys had been pickin’ on the boy, and he remembered that one of ’em’s name was R.C. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Old enough. They weren’t uglies anymore. I think it’s called being a middle pretty?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

After a long drive, we enter the cobblestone streets of Old San Juan again. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Old Sally's ankles kept bending in till they were practically on the ice. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The Old Bear was taking two cages of ravens, so they might send back word as they went. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Old master'll lie in the grave and stretch out his arms, To lay his body down. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was one of the legendary treasures of the Old World. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

"The Prince Who Thought He Was a Dragon" was one of Old Nan's more gruesome tales. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Old people whose brains are probably just as museum-y as the museum. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

"Old enough for be-trothal. The marriage can wait a few years." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

When Old Chao suggested they might take a walk around the block, just to have a look, they did, all four of them. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it’s Old Hirsch who comes out of the hole first. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

One branch became bowan in Germanic and bua in Old Norse, meaning to live and dwell, and then the English word build. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Old Grange on the west side had been knocked down, and its place taken by rows of tarred sheds. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Then she said, “The graveyard on the hill, in the Old Town? That one?” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Old Minerva watched the new shadow people, slowly clapping her hands at their firelight jigging. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

That night he took a boat and rowed down the river to the plantation where Old Ben lived. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Yeller might be pretty weak and crippled yet, but he’d protect them from just about anything that might come their way. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s something wrong with Old Pru’s leg. I think you better come out and look at it.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Familiar dipped and swirled, snapping brand flies out of the air like they weren’t moving, the prince-turned-slave-turned-god standing atop and swinging his ax like a scythe through a field of wheat. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

‘You have left the Shire, and are now outside, and on the edge of the Old Forest.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Old Wormtail has lost a paw. Some of the others are really hurt.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Old and crippled, she sat in the shade with a switch and threatened them with gory murder if they happened to misbehave right in front of her. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

This is St. Oswald’s Home for Old Witches and Wizards and it is as wonderful as you might hope. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

“Old age,” she said, laughing, “the first sign of old age is all this talking when we could be doing something else. ...” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It appears not: I fancy neither she nor her sister have very large fortunes. Old Lord Ingram’s estates were chiefly entailed, and the eldest son came in for everything almost.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He worked with the fever of someone who feared not only hunger but an Old Testament God who, at any moment, might punish him like Job. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Some of the doctors and lawyers who opened offices in Old Town don’t live there, but Margaret does. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I glance around, trying to imagine what Old Man House must have looked like. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Alyce sang and rubbed, calling the cow Sweetheart and Good Old Girl as she heard Will do, and the boy pushed and pulled and worked as hard as the cow. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard children singing, a familiar voice calling, “Old Man Goose! One! Two! Three!” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The paternalism that governed relations between white planters and slaves in the Old South was extended in the New South to include poor white factory workers. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a few streets away from our townhouse, in the Old Oaks neighborhood. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The building was a good start: a rented two-story Greek Revival house built in 1882, near the historic district called “Old Alabama Town.” Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The Old Man, it turns out, is Tyrone Guthrie the director, from England and so famous I can’t pretend not to have heard of him. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Being everyone’s mother again. D’you know, there are girls getting all sorts of jobs now. Even taking the civil service exams. That would please the Old Man.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She would wait until Old Dan took hold and then dart in. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered a game I had played as a child that my friends next door had called “Grandmother’s Steps” and myself “Old Witch.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Still — while Old Chao worked on turbulence, Ralph lectured on about all that had been exciting and important and new in the nineteenth century. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And I was right,” Old Sai said, pulling up some chairs. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I bolted my egg and chips to get to the Old Gym by 12:15. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The master had promised to free Old Rit, but he hadn’t. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Dan hadn’t been alone when he had gone back to the tree. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

But my favorite patriotic song was “En mi viejo San Juan,” in which a poet says good-bye to Old San Juan and calls Puerto Rico a “sea goddess, queen of the coconut groves.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Old Grandpa Joe staggered to his feet and caught hold of a strap. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

But aboard Old Nero, Roger quickly found that his freewheeling rowing style was more hindrance than help when it came to mastering the racing stroke that Tom Bolles and Al Ulbrickson taught in the 1930s. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

For a good half-hour she searched that side before she came back across to where Old Dan was. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She found some really old ones about Palestine with intricate drawings of the Old City in them. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Old people got to pretty much call you whatever they wanted. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Old Pru mooed at me; she was tired of waiting to be milked. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old things, like posters of basketball players in crazy-looking wedgie shorts. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Old Phoebe said something then, but I couldn't hear her. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I’m not really sure what the Old Man House looked like in real life, but I’m improvising. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

But I had felt sorry for Old Qian even though he was wrong. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old species die out; new species are created. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one really knew how old she was, but his father said she'd been called Old Nan even when he was a boy. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I’m not sitting in this traffic. It could cost me my life. You’ll be quicker cutting through the Old City on foot and walking out on the west road.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Old Tallow would wear it until the earliest days of spring. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

According to my mother, Old Mr. Chou was the guardian of a door that opened into dreams. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Declaration studied Old Johnny Mercer putting a green tarp over Aunt Florentine’s grave site. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Old Tallow’s legs stuck out like poles, tattered makazins flapped on her wagging feet as she drew impatiently upon her pipe. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Did the factors acting in the encounter of Atahuallpa and Pizarro also play a broader role in encounters between Old World and New World peoples and between other peoples? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Suspected of disloyalty to the Union, federal forces arrested and jailed him for months at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

With painstaking care, deep in the tough leather I scratched the name “Old Dan” on one and “Little Ann” on the other. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lucky thing there was Old Chao — stretching on like taffy, but in an effort to save her, it seemed. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Marty was like dragging the Statue of Liberty around the floor. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Interwoven in the red strings were thousands and thousands of small clay figures, each no longer than her finger; like a spider, in the exact center, sat the Old Man of the Moon. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

To address these perceived threats, an idea emerged that allowed the church to grant privileges to “Old Christians” and excluded anyone who converted from other religions. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

We stuck to the shadows as best we could, until we got to Old Main, and then we sprinted down the middle of the street like a pair of dogs let loose in a field. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Old Mr. been selling off the place so that nothing much left but the houses and the fields. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Believe or don't believe," the Old Man said, standing up and putting the big book on his back. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess we should talk about racism in the Old South, or something.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before the tones of her voice had died away, Old Dan plowed into the water. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Celia passes by a theater in Old Havana and recognizes two of her half brothers standing by the entrance. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Unless...you had someone who could read Old Zamani,” he said. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

You very rarely hear a Southerner refer to “the Old Country.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

From east to west in the Old World, the Macedonian Empire and the Roman Empire both spanned 3,000 miles, the Mongol Empire 6,000 miles. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Growing up I suffered no shortage of my mother’s old school, Old Testament discipline. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Goodbye to the cabinet drawers labeled “New Paper” and “Old Paper.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was one night when Khalid spent a long time telling me a story about a shack that belongs to Old Man Martin, down by the river in the swampland. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“Is that right? Must have been Hunters Cave. Hunters used it to rest up in there sometimes. Eat. Smoke. Sleep. That’s where they dumped Old Macon’s body.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, even as he pondered the question, he ran into Old Chao, who raised an eyebrow at his shoes — or so Ralph was convinced. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

One was going to confront Old Qian, a stern and frightening man who stalked our alleys speaking to no one. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just hopeful. And everyone needs to hope, Red. Even Wise Old Trees.” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

At his window, which was fortunately lower than that of Random Old Guy, I climbed in quietly and then pulled Margo up and in. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Another, but over and over, with a collective sigh, the company was dragged back to its apparent fate, congratulating Old Chao on having received a tenure-track job offer just that afternoon. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When you were very tiny,” Old Tallow began. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

He put it clearly: I am an Angry Old Man about racial segregation. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Old?” the dragon said, and again it seemed a question he had never been asked. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Had she really bested Old Tallow, and at whose expense? The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I was just fixing to call him when Granny smiled and said, “Old booger’s gone, thank the good Lord!” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Those vegetables,” he said, “that Old Granny buys from you. What price does she pay you?” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Bess and Jack ran along the inside of the fence, whickering at the new horses. Sarah, Plain and Tall 1985-04-25T00:00:00Z

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

Lawson was an opportunist, and although he was soft-spoken and possessed Old World manners, his invitation wasn’t proffered completely out of courtesy. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

And to prove to the boys that he had forgiven them he took a pint of Old Tennis Shoes up and presented it to them. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two nights later I decided to take Old Dan hunting for a while. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can see you understand them. Counters, measurers, theory-makers. All pigs eat cheese. Old Snaggle is a pig. If Snaggle is sick and refuses to eat, try cheese. Games, games, games!” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was at once afraid and she said, “I took no tea to the Old One—I did as you said—but to you I...” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

His face is cleanly shaven, and he smells of Old Spice. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Old Nan used to tell stories of boys who stowed away on trading galleys and sailed off into all kinds of adventures. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Go fetch me the scissors from Old Tallow,” said Omakayas’s mother. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

People might say afterwards "Old Macarthur lost his nerve a bit, made some colossal blunders, sacrificed some of his best men." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

From her bottomless carry-on, Gay pulled out magnetic checkers, a mini Yahtzee set, and Go Fish and Old Maid cards, which we played until we landed in Hartford. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Old men helped them, or instructed the young men to grab weapons and meet the enemy. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

We will have lost them, and we will ride hard for the Fist, and tell the Old Bear all we know. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Dunno. Maybe he’s the god of a little tributary, like Old Father Thames is the god of the main river, perhaps. That would make sense. George Boatwright said he’d seen Old Father Thames.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Just exactly where it went wrong we weren’t sure, but I’m fairly certain that nobody had ever shot an arrow from Old Jim’s back before. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Old he might be, yet he was still a maester of the Citadel. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“The Old Man of the Moon will not see me again,” Minli said. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought to see the Old Man of the Moon was impossible. You must be very wise to know how to find him.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, it was Old Yeller that was doing the catching. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

What did these Old Ones want to fight us about? The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’ve known Old Mike, the owner of the store, since we were tall enough to reach the candy shelf. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

And here was Old Yeller, weak and crippled, trying to fight a mad one! Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she turned a corner in the Old City, she was just a ripple of an ancient, continuing echo. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Abbey and I were riding home slowly along the Old Highway, talking about the Coral Queen, when somebody rushed up on us from behind. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

No amount of barking and pestering by Old Yeller could get them out. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then Old Fred announced, last July 4—Calder remembered the date because it took the bang right out of the fireworks—that the family would need to move to New York. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

The Colonel nudged me and pointed casually to his notebook, which read, The Old Man only has one lung, and I did not doubt it. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Without a word, he twisted into his shadow with a gust of wind, and in the next instant he took off into the sky on Old Familiar’s back. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The deep tones of Old Dan’s voice jarred the silence around me. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A second later, I was sure it was Old Yeller. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

By Old Dan’s actions I could tell he understood and wanted to help. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thandiwe gasped, then gasped again when Old Familiar rose into the air with High John on his back. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Old and troubling issues resolved into nothingness and night. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“He’s old. Old people tell a lot of stories.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Old Grandma was back in her chair beside the stove after all day outside under the elm tree, and she would listen carefully for Josiah to pour water into the tin basin. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Some say that herons are majestic,” said Old Bill Bone. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Old Grandma sat by her stove, comfortable with darkness too. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

"You such a good sweet boy. Old Uncle Alfred." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Rest in Peace” it said in Old Norse Icelandic. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I looked under Old Flapjack and I was right. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The boys’ mouths taste of cigarettes and salt, their skin smells like Old Spice after-shave. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

High John and Old Familiar were quickly swarmed. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Old men were sitting on milk crates and playing dominoes. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” the king said, “but he, himself, was never able to read it, so it remained useless to him just as the Old Man of the Moon had said it would be.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

The first volume dealt with the interval from the Creation to the Flood, a period he took to be 432,000 years or about a hundred times longer than the Old Testament chronology. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man next to me was staring open-mouthed at Old Faithful. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I saw Old Granny again, toothless and wrinkled; Kenny, his eyes sorrowful when I told him we were going; Sacrabani’s face, white and scared as it often was. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No one had a clue. Old wood house. Tinderbox.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I based the portrait on the Old Master pictures of saints Mr. Reilly showed me where the holy undead are in a magical garden. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“No,” Ma said, her words cracking the air around her, “she left to find a fairy tale. Never-Ending Mountain and the Old Man of the Moon! Of all the foolish things.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“We are going to go see the Old Man of the Moon to ask him how to change that. But we have to cross the river to get to the City of Bright Moonlight first.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

‘Old fool! This is my hour. Do you not know Death when you see it? Die now and curse in vain!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Old men played dominoes as they drank Budweisers wrapped in brown bags. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

And Old Yeller wouldn’t let them do that. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Familiar cawed at the waves of energy coming off High John’s fury. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Old Mrs. Borkowski was sitting in a lawn chair in the middle of the road. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

The most respected authority of all, the Christian God in the Bible, sanctioned slavery in several passages from the Old Testament. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“In fact there’s a space conference coming up that Old Chao wants me to attend. But I’d rather finish this paper I’m working on.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old gods, here in this new land without gods.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

A sign claimed that Flying Horses was “America’s Oldest Carousel.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Then Old Yeller was there, tying into him. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was until Old Chao started to come around to visit Theresa. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Settlers who stuck to the Old World crops often perished. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Towering wooden poles stick up through its center line, already flying Old Glory. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, she’s just told me my ears are lopsided. Old bat. I wish old Uncle Bilius was still with us, though; he was a right laugh at weddings.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Neon signs for Pabst Blue Ribbon and Old Milwaukee glowed on the walls. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Gramps and I walked over to read a sign about Old Faithful. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Old Yeller went out to bay them as they rode up. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took a good hog dog to pull off the trick; but the way Burn Sanderson talked about Old Yeller, I was willing to bet that he was that good. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever scared Old Flapjack must’ve took off soon’s I hit the dirt. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Old Cob tucked away his bowl of stew with the predatory efficiency of a lifetime bachelor. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

You know, Old Corps stuff, like when we were young Marines.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I caught a glossy black feather that fluttered loose from Old Familiar’s back. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Old Master Gorbadoc never had fewer than a couple of hundred relations in the place. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Old soldier’s trick,” I said as I set off. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He insisted on carrying the suitcase for me, and we set off down Little Hobart Street and around the Old Road. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Old Mrs. Chapman was the first one to sign. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Cob nodded before he cleared his throat and launched back into the story. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

"You would have to rid the village of its three evils," the Old Man of the Moon said, "before you could be called a great hero." When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Tyson ran down the hill, waving his club and yelling, “Bad pony-men! BOO!” while Ella fluttered around him, reciting facts from the Old Farmer s Almanac. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The sign actually said “Old Navy,” but I didn’t feel like getting into it with the dude anymore. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

For himself, Old Chao had Henry, which turned out to be the name of at least eight kings. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he went to the row of padded lounging chairs where others of the Old were waiting. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Marietta was busy taking care of Old Brimworth, who sat nodding her ancient wrinkly head as if she had a clue what was going on. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Each time I was answered by the deep voice of Old Dan. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t reckon on her own weakness, however, nor could she ever have imagined the swiftness of Old Tallow’s justice. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

His mother and father spoke to their children only in English as a point of pride and a matter of definitively severing the bond to the Old World. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Old Yeller was all cut up, worse than I was, but he was getting well. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Granny was always glad to buy from me, and at first I would make straight for the corner of the street where she sat with her gunny sack spread before her. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I should see if the Old Bear has need of me." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I got to know the Old and New Testaments very well, and I learned a lot of Christian values from the missionaries at that school. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Stew might rant, he might take you by the collar, become belligerent, even stumble on the stairs when going to sleep, but none of it was a surprise. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Man stayed close beside him, threatening the females every time they tried to attack again. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

The whole evening radiated an Old World ambience, as though the event were taking place in 1872, in a huge European beer garden, rather than 1972, in a covered Icelandic arena. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Krogh, Liddy, and David Young moved into room 16 on the ground floor of the Old Executive Office Building, across the street from the White House. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Old pictures look very rugged and young, and the people in the photographs always seem a lot happier than you are. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He also began to disbelieve the Old Testament idea of a wrathful God, a revengeful tyrant. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

By five o’clock, he and a coworker had shared a fifth of Old Granddad whiskey, then another pint. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Margaret’s house, like all the others in Old Town, has a front porch, and the street itself has sidewalks on both sides of the road. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had liked Old Nan and her stories once. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

On July 26, the men cheered the return of “Old Jamaica,” sailors’ slang for the sun. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

At the pitiful bawl of Old Dan, Little Ann, throwing caution to the wind, ran in and sank her teeth in the lion’s tough neck. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Tallow split a poor waboose, rabbit, and opened its skinny body to show that the creature was mush inside, a bloody pudding as the result of disease. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

How Old Toby came by the plant is not recorded, for to his dying day he would not tell. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Old Nan had told her there were spiders down here, and rats as big as dogs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I’m doing worse than that. I’m trying to bribe you with a cup of coffee. It’s worse than that, too. I’m suggesting a dollop of Old Granddad in the coffee.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Kind of dopey. Old dog. Maybe he had a stroke.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old as that album was back then, it was like waking up after being asleep my whole life. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

You had to know Old English and the History of the English Language and a representative selection of all that had been written from Beowulf to the present day. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

‘Old knives are long enough as swords for hobbit-people,’ he said. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Old Yeller seemed to know just what I wanted. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even Old Tallow stopped over to eat whatever she was given, often standing outside the door and bolting soup before she hurried off to hunt. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Old Sally didn't talk much, except to rave about the Lunts, because she was busy rubbering and being charming. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Some brilliant satire on the decadent Old South being cast before the unaware swine in the Night of Joy audience. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think Don Old Dock is a little too obvious,” Oliver said as he looked over Jimmy L’s shoulder. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

They’re all landscapes—of the river and meadows mostly, one of Old Joe’s farm at sunset, and one of a garden with a lily pond. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

On my other side, Boomer thumps his brown-speckled tail, and Old Joe leans down to give him a good scratch behind his ears. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

There were sheets of paper between the Old and New Testaments. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Old Sai, I send you for firewood and you come back with children?” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The Old Man of the Moon looked at us, our out-stretched cracking globe, and our pleading faces. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

She did try to run off a couple of times, but all I had to do was send Old Yeller in to head her. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old as sin and twice as ugly, the lot of them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Old Charley Burns didn’t survive the avalanche of bad publicity, lawsuits, and criminal charges being hurled at him. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Old Bear glanced up, searching for a glimpse of sky through the pale limbs and red leaves of the weirwood. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

What a funny word old was on its own, Rahel thought, and said it to herself: Old. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old man Randall said nothing about his birthdays, and neither did James when he took over. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It was not a ghost of human man, nor was it a creature of the Old Powers of Earth, and yet it seemed it might have some link with these. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

I asked Papa if we could get him back to the gully where Old Dan was. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oldest victim: eighty-five years old; the youngest: two. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

"Would that bones could talk," the Old Bear grumbled. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He made his way around Old Fishfoot, past where a young girl was selling cups of fresh milk from her nanny goat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Although she lived in town, Old Tallow was so isolated by the force and strangeness of her personality that she could have been surrounded by a huge dark forest. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Old habits—old opinions—die hard. He probably thinks all black kids are hoodlums.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Old Rit opened the door a little way and said, “Who is it?” caution in her voice. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old and young, women and children, lame and hearty, they killed, as best they could, the tunnel they were forbidden to build. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Roy Lee leaned over and wiggled his eyebrows and whispered in my ear, “Old Glory,” and, against my will, I laughed. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He took the card back, crossed out Mr. Candyman, and wrote in Old Book Dude. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

There was a cigarette in his mouth, and he was holding a can of Old Milwaukee. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She pointed, and I looked, and there was Old Yeller jumping the rock fence and racing toward the pea patch. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Mr. Butler had been riding Old Flapjack, he’d still be delivering mail. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I missed three out of the next five, and I knowed it’s ’cause my mind was still wondering why Old Flap made that sound. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

This one was larger—on the map, it was called Old Yard. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Old makeup rings her eyes and lingers on her cheeks. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

It was slow work, but Old Rit got the fresh scars healed up, and then when Harriet began to get a little flesh on her bones, Brodas hired her out again. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old age used to be a terminal affliction, not a temporary state. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

These were the secret, underground tactics of the political movement of the Communists under the czars of Old Russia! Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It must be a bridge to the top of Never-Ending Mountain,” Dragon said, “and to the Old Man of the Moon.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, one... but they’s a lot to it. Old houses got a lot a nooks and crannies, you know.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

When Brave Orchid’s children were young, they thought he was the Old Man of the North, Santa Claus. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Grandma shook her head slowly, and closed her cloudy eyes again. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He clapped my shoulder and moved up front to guide Old Familiar. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She had a predilection for broad shoulders and big hands, as did Old Randall, although the master and his slave had different sorts of labor in mind. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Old Grandma pulled the chair from the foot of the bed, and the old man sat down. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Old enough to be her grandmother, Nin was a squat woman with matted hair and a face as tough as rawhide. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Old enough to just pick a tree already. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I tied my lantern on a long pole, held it out over the water, and looked for Old Dan’s body. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Leroy kept his word, and whilst the shaking was still worst than it would have been on Old Flapjack, it was tolerable better than the ride to Windsor. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

An English Tudor right next door, then a large Old Mission style estate, next a sprawling Craftsman, and last, the white house that Mr. Bender paired with the word careful. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

He sent her to the Old Capitol Prison, where she would join the many other suspects and witnesses arrested after the president’s murder. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Chad Jensen was taking the first trick at the wheel. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Joe calls as we slow down by the tractor cab. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

This made Harriet wonder about her own family, especially about Old Rit, who was forever talking about the promises of freedom that had been made to her. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gave her mugwort in warm ale to drink and spoke soothingly, calling her Sweetheart and Good Old Girl. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So the boy turned into a dragon and found himself the king of the sea,” Old Sai said. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Now and then as he watched them he saw them take out a pint of Old Tennis Shoes and wiping the neck of the bottle on a sleeve, raise the pint one after another. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Omakayas liked him less with every day that passed, and wished desperately that someone, Old Tallow or her Auntie Muskrat, perhaps, would ask Mama if they could keep him. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Old Waldo, Pollard told his friends, had been right after all. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not worried. I just want to go to Old Navy. Like you promised.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Old as the hills, Snuffy chuckled, and twice as worn out. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Old Man Rawlins? Quit playing—he don’t even sound like a boxer. What was his record?” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Old and scratched, it looked more like something a child would win from a carnival than a piece of jewelry suitable for a woman her age. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The last that Omakayas saw of the yellow dog, he was bundled in Old Tallow’s arms. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

We have a cow named Old Pru, and a horse named Grey, and some chickens, ducks and geese; and the old sow and six young pigs. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

After every skunk killing, Old Yeller would get so sick that he could hardly stand it. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And Schillinger and Old Hirsch a few days after that. I can’t stop them now. Not without one of us going back to the ghetto, and I do not want that to be you.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Old ones she kept all tied up in a cloth pouch and tucked away in her tinker box. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Asked the attendant about it, and he told me the thing’s still in operation. ‘Oldest coaster in the park!’ he said. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Well, anyhow, I’ve never seen anything like this. The Old Man’s accomplishment. Incredible. His presence is everywhere. They hush when he passes, like an angel of the Lord. You ever see anything like it?” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Old were always given the highest respect. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

At that moment, all of us heard the deep voice of Old Dan. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think you heard more than enough on this particular subject,” Old Chao kept saying. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw Old North Meeting House pulled down for fuel. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“Old wine, smooth and pale? Honey mead? Dark ale? Sweet fruit liquor! Plum? Cherry? Green apple? Blackberry?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In the shadows by the Old Town Hall, a man was standing, dressed all in black. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The Old Man says I might be ready for it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sul Ross called me Old Golliwog until I caught him and sat on him. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The Old Powers will not cross over the sea, being bound each to an isle, a certain place, cave or stone or welling spring. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

I told my father I thought I had heard Old Dan. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Grandsire, who had brought Rab up, lived in the big house, but he had sons, grandsons, nephews, close about him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Supposedly, the parents were heavy-duty Old World, but the four daughters sounded pretty wild for all that. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The Old Kingdom forms the first major division after that, ending about 2155 B.C. with the overthrow of the Sixth Dynasty. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I love my aunt’s condo—a two-flat walk-up in Chicago’s Old Town neighborhood. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I watched her limp away, rocking like the Old Ship of Zion. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The parade of villagers laughed and gossiped out of the village and along the Old North Road. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The snow fell deeper yet, and in its grip Old Tallow had the best of luck. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

RON: Old times with a few unwelcome ponytails added to the mix. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

A gruff voice answered through the door, growling something unintelligible in the mongrel tongue of Slaver’s Bay, an ugly blend of Old Ghiscari and High Valyrian. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

One day, however, Old Tallow unexpectedly appeared at the top of the ladder. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Though Old Nan did not think so, and she'd lived longer than any of them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And 1 would slide headfirst, in through Old Mr. Chou’s door, and land in a house without doors or windows. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, Billy,” he said, “I heard that Old Man Hatfield’s collie is going to have pups. I’m sure I can get one of them for you.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not the way Old World was when we left.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Old Dad would be surprised at how strong he’d gotten in the last couple of years. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

He smelled of old sweat, and she felt a sudden piercing longing for that Old Spice left behind in Nsukka. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Old Joe shakes his head, slow as a cornstalk swaying in the breeze. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Three of mine own ilk,” said Old Flint. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I followed her, with Old Yeller beside me, and we drove her out and across the hills to the cow lot. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Why, they said you was dead! Lost in the Old Forest by all accounts. I’m pleased to see you alive after all!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Just then, the Old Man shuffled He breathed slowly and with great labor through his wide-open mouth. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Every few minutes Old Rit came to the door, opened it, and looked out, hand shading her eyes, frowning, peering toward the road. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Old Me would have obsessed about the possibility of a contagious medical condition being passed on from someone else's footwear. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

One article said, “He plays golf. Whoever could picture Old Sleuth doing that?” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“I’ve done some modeling work. For Sherman’s Shoes in Old Town.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

The shortest route to the staff room was the quad, but I took the longer way, via the Old Gym. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Alyce asked the kitchen maid skinning a pig in the manor yard, the laundress boiling great kettles of goose fat for soap, the carpenters fashioning a coffin for Old Ned, who had died that morning. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was Confederate General Bragg in Tennessee, who must face “Old Rosy” before the snows fell. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be mentioning that house, or Old Man Harris, or any of this to your grandfather. It’s a bit of a sore spot.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

All that was left of her own blood was Hodor, the simpleminded giant who worked in the stables, but Old Nan just lived on and on, doing her needlework and telling her stories. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I shuddered at the thought of what could have happened without Old Yeller. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when Old Yeller and I got well and took to the woods again, we wouldn’t have time to wait around on a fool pup, too little to follow. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the jolting hurt Old Yeller till sometimes he couldn’t hold back his whinings. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Sutic, who had been dozing against a wall nearby, stood as if to intervene, but before he could say a word, the Handsome One took action. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The room was quiet, except for Old Chong, who was beaming and shouting, “Bravo! Bravo! Well done!” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I got done, I cut through some fields and caught Old Flapjack just as he passed Miss Carolina’s house. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Old Granny went about beaming: it was she who had brought the two parties together; her reputation as a matchmaker would be higher than ever. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know your mama likes him and he’s sweet for an Old School dude,” I said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well,” she says, “I’m a Penobscot Indian on my father’s side. When I was young, we lived on a reservation near Old Town.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

They came at Old Yeller with their bristles up, roaring and popping their teeth. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Lord Locke was shouting for a maester as Manderly flopped on the floor like a clubbed walrus in a spreading pool of blood. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When we still kept the Old Way, lived by the axe instead of the pick, taking what we would, be it wealth, women, or glory. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Old Johnny Mercer was chewing up the earth with a backhoe. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Old Dan had voiced his challenge to the devil cat There was a low cough and a deep growl from the lion. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was somewhat notorious for having sung “I’m an Old Cowhand” in a cabaret while wearing only a white cowboy hat, a white swimsuit, and high heels. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But she regretted that it came too late for Ben and Old Rit, her mother and father, to benefit by it. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Old Man sigked, holding up his bag full of red string. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Old Candy lay still, and Lennie, from his bunk, watched George cautiously. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the end, Old Chao left without any prescription at all. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boys said that Old Rit was expecting them for dinner. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the cousin laughed coarsely and he said to Lotus, who sat there smoking her water pipe, “These town women are too finicking, are they not, Old Mistress?” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

By noon they were at the town of Old Lyme and Dicey had identified the distant rumble, grown louder now, as the Thruway. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought you didn’t like flying,” Thandiwe murmured, eyeing Old Familiar cautiously. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He said that if he was executed as scheduled, he wanted me to get the prison to play a recording of a hymn, “The Old Rugged Cross,” as he walked to the electric chair. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It made Bran's skin prickle to think of it* He remembered the hearth tales Old Nan told them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Harriet wanted to say something to her, to offer some word of comfort, of greeting, and dared not for fear Old Rit’s uncontrolled joy or her loudly expressed fears would attract attention. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Old Man’s thread still connected them and the red line wove itself among the other strands surrounding him. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

He had probably saved her life by distracting Old Fred while she ran with the painting. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

He was new blood and a strong shot of the Old Corps. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I fixed each of us little bowls of vinegar, melted butter, and Old Bay spice for dipping the crabmeat. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

In fact, it was good in a way, for in Old Tallow’s look there was true affection, something she didn’t feel for other humans. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Many of these old brick and stone houses, with their tin-roofed verandas, still stood in Sophiatown, giving the township an air of Old World graciousness. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old car tires, the ones the children played with, were piled under the kuka tree. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“The bridge is big and strong enough for me. I’ll ask the Old Man of the Moon your question and return.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Old Tallow was looking at her the same way she looked at her dogs! The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Old friends make the best girlfriends. You eat. I’ll see you tomorrow.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

"You and I are going to the dance,” Joe shouted to Anne, "And so’s your Old Man. Get it? So’s your Old Man.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He never paid me no mind. Old heathen.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look here. He’s an old dog. Old dogs get aches and pains. That’s just the way it is.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

As for the spouters, if they had a chief, it was Old Chao. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Rit drew the baby closer to her side, thinking, field hand, hot sun and long rows of cotton and the overseer’s whip. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old rusted cars or piles of tires sat in the yards. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Hiking up the mountain became a father-son tradition; they climbed Old Rag almost every year thereafter. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

All my life I had seen Old Qian coming and going, his head high, his walking stick in his hand. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, hooray! He’s going to play for us!” they cried, and immediately the whole company sat themselves down in a circle around the Old Green Musician—and the concert began. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

I look at my favorite paintings again—The Old Guitarist by Pablo Picasso, the Cybernetic Lobster Telephone by Salvador Dalí, and the one made of dots by Georges Seurat. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Old Mother Nature’s blessing lay upon a haven of warm friendliness. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I found Old Dan lying on his side, pleading for help. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Mostly from the Old Testament. I been wondering about that for a long time.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Pictures of everyone in the car on our way back to Old San Juan. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

They were concealed in the fodder house, not far away from the cabin where Old Rit and Ben now lived. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there was no sign of him; and there was a grey mist on the Barrow-downs southwards, and a deep veil over the Old Forest far away. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Old buildings, whose gray rococo facades housed my memories of the Forty-Niners, and Diamond Lil, Robert Service, Sutter and Jack London, were then imposing structures viciously joined to keep me out. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But it’s not what you think—” “Goddammit. I told you, Carter,” Old Cob burst out with the sort of frightened anger only relatives and close friends can muster. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It’s a long time before we can get Old Hirsch calm enough to speak and the room quiet enough for safety. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Old Ben had slowed the mules to give me time. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came to stay with us and left behind a bottle of Old Spice cologne in the upstairs bathroom I shared with my brother and sister. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

He had gone too early to the great house and the Old Lord was still sleeping. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Old Tom Watson caught up with Cal one night and asked, “Why do you walk around so much at night?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now and then as he watched them he saw them take out a pint of Old Tennis Shoes and wiping the neck of the bottle on a sleeve, raise the pint one after another. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Betonie pointed at a woolly brown goatskin on the floor below the sky hole. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

His friends were hot allowed to see him, but the Old Bear did relent and permit him Ghost, so he was not utterly alone. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Every evening after supper Tateh would sit me and Sam down and make us study the Old Testament. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had dabbed on his Old Spice that morning, impulsively, and didn’t tell him because he would laugh. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The foreign sounds he still made, the evidence of the Old World in his teeth, put me somewhat at ease. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Home Sweet Home and The Old Rustic Bridge by the MBL Then, because it had finished its repertoire, it drew a hurried but quavering breath, and began again on Genevieve. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Felicia’s skin appears enameled in pinks like the wallpaper of Old Havana inns. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Where then?” asked Wang Lung, too much aghast to make sense in his words.“Well, and the Old Mistress is dead,” retorted the woman. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The first time I met Ms. Parks, I sat on Ms. Durr's front porch in Old Cloverdale, a residential neighborhood in Montgomery, and I listened to the three women talk for two hours. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“No, we found another one up in the mountains and he’s quite extraordinary. Old, of course, but then, who wants a young miracle man?” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

But Wang Lung knew that the Old Lord’s hand opened into hers. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

In addition, the forms of Mesoamerican writing signs were entirely different from those of any Old World script. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“How could you moonlight on top of your practice?” asked Old Chao. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other examples of complex technologies that diffused east and west in the ancient Old World, from a single West Asian source, include door locks, pulleys, rotary querns, windmills—and the alphabet. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“The closing statement of the Old Testament: ‘So this will be the end.’” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Old Man of the Moon looked at Haiyi, his black eyes piercing. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

That was the origin of Buckland, a thickly inhabited strip between the river and the Old Forest, a sort of colony from the Shire. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t know if you were going to stop by at all. Old Cob and the rest came by day before yesterday.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The Old Bear had more sense than he did, it seemed. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The Barrow-wights we know by many names; and of the Old Forest many tales have been told: all that now remains is but an outlier of its northern march. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

We had to go back to the Old Yard and across an area called the Plaza. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He took the card back, crossed out Mr. Candyman, and wrote in Old Book Dude. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“You know Old Yellow Suit isn’t particularly patient.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Old Dan reared up, placed his front paws on the trunk, and started bawling. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Khalid was slurping his bowl of Lucky Charms, and when I asked, he frowned at me and wanted to know how I knew about Old Man Martin’s shack. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He sent sweets to Hodor and Old Nan as well, for no reason but he loved them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It was the fairy aspect of Castle Chariot, which the Oldest Ones—sensing the hidden knife blades after all—had thought would be tempting to the children. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, she still did not know how she was going to get Old Rit and Ben to the North. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had the tape in my pocket and was out the door within three minutes of hanging up and within a hundred feet of catching the city bus to Old Town. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, for practical purposes the collision of advanced Old World and New World societies began abruptly in A.D. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He waggled his feet—they were big, it was true, almost as big as snowshoes, as big as Old Tallow’s huge long ones. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Old Dan walked off a few yards, stretched his body, and dragged his claws through the soft bottom soil. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old dreams still burned with the power of their one night on earth, but burned deep and forbidden in regions denied to men. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Release is always like that? For people who break the rules three times? For the Old? Do they kill the Old, too?” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Each had brought a tail of fighting men—five for Old Flint, twelve for The Norrey, all clad in ragged skins and studded leathers, fearsome as the face of winter. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The court couldn’t see my father, with his “Good Old Boy” mask, as the evil person he was. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

"The Old Bear's in his solar," one of them announced. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But it was not that ghost nor any other: A second rub of the fogged glass revealed it was Old Timothy, the coachman. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

The girl was wrapped in a blue blanket embroidered with white rabbits, just as the Old Man of the Moon had said. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Hence it may have been Africa that gave birth to the languages spoken by the authors of the Old and New Testaments and the Koran, the moral pillars of Western civilization. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I soon found out why Old Chong had retired from teaching piano. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet he came closer, he believed, to the Old Testament account of creation. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Old Salamano has reddish scabs on his face and wispy yellow hair. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Old men and women in pitiful rags sat hunched against the wall or lay upon pallets. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Old Dan bawled treed a few more times and then stopped. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She then disappeared into the cabin, and Deydey spent the day chopping wood, hauling water, hunting, and talking to Old Tallow, who had come near in grim worry. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The first lasted from 1492—when Columbus set sail, opening trade between the Old World and the New World —until around 1800. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

We’ve swapped bright and sunny Old San Juan, where you can hear and smell the ocean from the streets, for these winding mountain roads. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Then I’d jump to my feet and go running through the corn, shouting encouragement to Old Yeller. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turner had no notion of what to say to an Old Testament prophet. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Old friends liked to drop by as well. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Just fantastic. Like mother, like son. What now, Wise Old Tree?” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Old Mr. Cool still had great big bug eyes and as soon as Momma’s hand left his neck his own hands came up and started choking him themselves. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a begging look, and Old Yeller wasn’t the kind to beg. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was these bushes that Old Flap spent all his time in whilst I fished. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“Remember what they said when he took command? Called him Old Granny. Hee.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All of us. Down in the Old Town.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Old Mr. Westing probably died of a heart attack—or pneumonia—it was drafty in there. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, the utility of the wheel surely caused it to diffuse rapidly east and west over the Old World from its sole site of invention. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Granny said, “Oldest college in the country. Whatever made you think of Harvard?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Pa began to play again the song about Old Grimes. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Chao started to say no, something about how he didn’t like to fold it up when it was wet, but Grover started to clank some more. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or met Skinchangers and wargs belonged in Old Nan's stories, not in the world he had lived in all his life. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

These Old World superstitions had been banished from my mother’s conscious mind, but they still operated in her dreams. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He didn't want stories and he didn't want Old Nan. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I hung the fresh cuts of venison up in the dog run, right where Old Yeller had stolen the hog meat the night he came. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Nan said they had Stark blood in them, going back hundreds of years, but they did not look like Starks to Bran. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

What would Old Chao do if he saw them, hit the roof on his way into outer space? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the Old City, Baba points out the fine mansions and covered souqs, the ancient caravanserais, the mosques and churches—everything burnt and broken and twisted. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

On the way to the hotel, all the girls are hyped to get a little slice of summer, even though Old Man Winter has already arrived. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Old Dan was bawling at a hole in a large sycamore that had fallen into the river. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I selected a book I had just read, The Old Man and the Sea. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I added some Old Sour, with a dash of salt for good measure, and stirred. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

The traders got her cold eye, the missionaries her hard glare, the few other white visitors who chanced onto the island received from Old Tallow no welcome. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

She kept staring across the river to where Old Dan was searching for the trail. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old clothes were strewn across the floor, and bags of rotten food had splattered the walls. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

But if it did, Old Yeller didn’t say anything about it. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Been in this village as long as any of us,” Old Joe adds, adjusting his cap. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Sailors dashed across the decks and hauled on lines as the mates bellowed orders in the tongue of Old Volantis. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Old Candy nodded in appreciation of the idea. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought perhaps that on moonlight nights Old Dan would be able to hear the deep voices of the hounds as they rolled out of the river bottoms on the frosty air. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They did not seem to think a motive was necessary. Old Horridge, peering at me, wanting to know if Rebecca had any money troubles. Money troubles. God in heaven.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Bod hurried through the rain through the Old Town, always heading up the hill toward the graveyard. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Pastor Weeks sat at the front of his squeaky wagon with Old Ben next to him, the mules’ reins loose in his hands. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the trouble Old Petey’s missed opportunity had caused was being erased from existence. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I believe it may have been Old—” But she stopped, for she did not know, for certain. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

‘Like the Old Forest away to the north, do you mean?’ asked Merry. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Old Celestine came in to say that Madame Ratignolle’s servant had come around the back way with a message that Madame had been taken sick and begged Mrs. Pontellier to go to her immediately. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Old Bear was particular about his hot spiced wine. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Also, Old Tallow, who loved to hunt and was very skilled, shared her catch with them when Deydey was gone. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Not the sort of dress they sold at Old Navy. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

A fine-looking box, no doubt, but many of those assembled here in the Old Palace of Sunspear might soon be dead, depending on what was in that chest. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

As the sun rose and passed noon they glimpsed far off in the east the grey-green lines of the Downs that lay beyond the Old Forest on that side. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t even use the study, because it had a window out onto the driveway, through which Old Chao might see him. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Chao had just turned the corner at the far end of the corridor. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not long after, Old Tallow brought deer bones to share with Grandma. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

He did not return for two years, not long before Old Randall’s death, to apologize in person for his failure. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

About this time Old Uncle Alfred would be beating at the air in front of a mirror or skipping rope. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old men clutch hurricane lamps; children shriek; dogs yowl. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

He passed a Caretaker walking slowly with one of the Old in the hall. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Old Bear paused for a moment before he said, "Are there any among you who wish to leave our company? If so, go now, and no one shall think the less of you." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Old platter-foot Doxology was daintily nibbling hay from the manger with lips like two flounders. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They had names like Needles and Bouse, Pie, Goffs, and Why, and they were near places like the Superstition Mountains, the dried-up Soda Lake, and the Old Woman Mountain. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Even Old Dan wagged his long red tail, which was very unusual. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The halfway point is the Queensland Drawbridge, which arches over the river, and then the course winds back toward the historic settlement houses and into Old Town. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

By the time the report was finished, Old Charley was road- kill. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Like him? It’s himself, you know. The cast was made in Newgate, directly after he was taken down. You had a particular fancy for me, hadn’t you, Old Artful?” said Wemmick. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Old Mr. Fleming, a classic country lawyer more happily at home with land deeds than ill deeds, opened the cross-examination. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, Old Navy is fine, I guess. I dunno. Mom buys all my clothes.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“We wasn’t over Decoration Day before it was the Fourth of July. Then come the Old Settlers’ picnic. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Old soldiers—some of them survivors of that brave fourteen who had gone with Beowulf against Grendel—sat with their ale in the evening under golden-budded oaks and fought over battles long-ago. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

“After all I’m older than you. Old enough to recognize failure and stop dreaming, so I’m told.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I worked through the Old Testament next, then I read Dad’s books, which were mostly compilations of the speeches, letters and journals of the early Mormon prophets. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

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

All the time I worked with him, Old Yeller didn’t let out a whimper. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Benjamin, the donkey, seemed quite unchanged since the Rebellion. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Old men were beaten, women were pulled out into the street by their hair, homes were robbed by our own neighbors. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The old woman called out to the landlord in the tongue of Old Volantis. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Now, as the potions took effect, Cluny felt himself drifting off to sleep, lulled by the ceaseless chantings and murmurings of Old Sela. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

"Old fool. I have five men with me." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

If Booth was captured, the army would have to protect him from Lincoln’s avengers—rampaging mobs of vigilantes who might storm the Old Capitol Prison—if they discovered Booth was jailed there. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at Old Yeller, standing just outside the pen. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

"He may come to us anyway," the Old Bear said. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He pointed at my hands as he dragged me out toward Old Familiar, and I watched with growing horror as their dark brown color slowly turned transparent. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

But Old Mr. Chou would swing the door wide open for me, and as I tried to walk in, he would slam it fast, hoping to squash me like a fly. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She watched them knock on the ramshackle door of the cabin, saw the door open, saw Old Ben standing in the doorway. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I vouch for that Old Mr. clear his throat Well, this my house. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old T.R. trotted ahead or dropped behind or went dashing off across worn-out fields grown up in broom sedge. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m not worried about Old Blue. He can take care of himself.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad came upstairs every evening and settled himself into a sofa in the Chapel, where he would cough and watch TV or read the Old Testament. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

And then I spotted Old Mr. Chou and my mother off in the distance, their busy movements swirling the fog around them. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ran screaming to Old Theresa, because she’s the only one not out in the fields. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The boys strained and heaved and gasped for breath, but for all their efforts they moved Old Nero only slowly and erratically out of the Cut and onto the ruffled expanse of Lake Washington. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Go on,” said Nokomis, grim with protective fury for her friend Old Tallow. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Old Betonie said there was some way to stop—” “It all depends,” she said. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Old ruins could still be found amongst its hills and bogs, the remains of ancient strongholds of the First Men. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I slid Old Yeller back under the rock slab. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re going to have to keep it short with the Old Man; he’s very busy and he hates unnecessary talk.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Mom insisted on buying lots of clothes at Old Navy, not just for Hadley, but also for me. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

"Well," Bran said reluctantly, "yes, only . . ." Old Nan nodded. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I do understand your preference for something more ‘Old World,’ Mr. Stephanides. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

They had fallen into one of Old Nan’s tales. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Dark wings, daik words, Old Nan always said, and of late the messenger ravens had been proving the truth of the proverb. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Old Dan would get so eager and excited, he would overrun a trail. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Selma Thurmer--she was the headmaster's daughter--showed up at the games quite often, but she wasn't exactly the type that drove you mad with desire. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The silence was shattered by one long, loud bawl from Old Dan. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed the porch screen door wide open and looked up at the sky: Old Betonie’s stars were there. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Almost every day and sometimes all day, the mass meetings at Old South Church went on. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within three days after we started, I could drive Spot into the pen, go right up and milk her, and all she’d do was stand there and stare at Old Yeller. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

After we’d passed our quizzes, the Old Man, sitting, grabbed his cane and motioned toward Alaska’s fading question on the blackboard. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

"Just have a care you don't fall off, little man. The Old Bear would have our hides." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

‘You let them out again, Old Man Willow!’ he said. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Old Sour—key lime juice preserved with salt. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Minli’s feet seemed to ignore her pleas for slowness; like the kite being pulled in, she was being drawn toward the Old Man of the Moon without delay. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

The Coach of the Old Dominion Kiwanis has come to this hospital, to this strange outfield, to this old dominion of cancer, to this old dominion of death, coaching in the ward of the doomed. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once my father referred to me teasingly as “Old Scarface” and looked perfectly bewildered when I burst into tears. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

As weak as Old Yeller was, he’d never break that throat hold. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old men and women sit and groan and babies scream and mothers say hush, love, hush. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I heard a million! My uncle worked in one of his factories before Liberation, and he knew all about Old Rong.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever Old Tallow looked at her like that, she could feel those fierce eyes resting on her skin. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The investigation stalled, I took to reading for religion class again, which seemed to please the Old Man, whose pop quizzes I’d been failing consistently for a solid six weeks. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

We knew the Old Man of the Moon had given us a string of destiny, one of the very strings he used to bind people together. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Schuyler Place is in Old Town, the oldest residential section of Epiphany across the campus from Tower Hill Road. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said, “Pa, Old Flapjack just got wind of some folks in the trees off to the east.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

With the meaning of awareness, it became beodan in Old English, meaning “bode,” and bodhati in Sanskrit, meaning he awakes, is enlightened, and thus Bodhisattva, and Buddha. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Phoebe's clothes were on this chair right next to the bed. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Old Tallow had her fill of sugar, too, and Nokomis said that in all of her memory there had never been a sugar year like this one. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I don’t think I know exactly what year I noticed it, but then all of a sudden Bore and the Old Lady got old. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

I do know that I couldn’t get close to Old Jim if I had anything that even remotely resembled a stick for the rest of that summer. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Gaween,” said Old Tallow, very slowly, the lines in her face shadowing, “you are still beautiful.” The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Goddamnit! You’re eighteen. How much growing up do you need to do? There are soldiers dying in the field at eighteen. Old enough to be left to die on the roads. Did you know that?” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

If he did, Old Dan would jump, too, and break his legs. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They claim those books to be the work of fear-mongers who tagged them on to the Old Testament just to scare people. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sad strains of “The Old Rugged Cross” began to play as they pulled Herbert away from me. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Moving constantly in and out of his talk was Old Man Willow, and Frodo learned now enough to content him, indeed more than enough, for it was not comfortable lore. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Old age,” she says, “is a powerful disguise.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Old Candy lay down in the hay and covered his eyes with his arm. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

After going to so much trouble to hold the hogs under the tree, Old Yeller had a hard time understanding that I finally wanted them out of the way. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wart would not have been frightened of an English forest nowadays, but the great jungle of Old England was a different matter. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old San Juan has buildings that look like they were constructed hundreds of years ago. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

In the jockeys’ room he orchestrated a string of clever practical jokes, sequestered himself in corners to pore over literature, and mystified his fellow jocks with aphorisms from Omar Khayyam and “Old Waldo” Emerson. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only other time I tasted beer was when I was twelve and secretly took a sip of Apá’s Old Style when he was in the bathroom. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Old brownstone buildings line a winding hill, each one with an antiques shop, a boutique, or a restaurant. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

They had come to his farm to arrest him and take him to the Old Capitol Prison. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He showered, groped around in the dark for his brown pants, a beige shirt, and his new Old Navy baseball cap. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those were the days when good Methodists only indulged in Rook or Old Maid. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I’ll take a leave of absence. If I ask Old Chao to arrange it” — he looked hard at Theresa — "I believe he may say yes.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

As usual, she cornered the Wood Nymph market while I settled for Old Faithful. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Old Man of the Sea smiled, showing off his mossy green teeth. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Luckily, the Old Man of the Moon took pity on the young king and went to the Jade Emperor in the heavens and the Dragon King of the Sea on his behalf. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

They suggested tactfully that Old Rit had better see to it that this new girl baby was trained as a cook or a weaver or a seamstress. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is that the Old Man of the Moon?” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

The four Old Ones scattered hastily into the hall, where the strange blue-white cylinders still hung ghostly round the three walls, burning with their dead cold flames. The Dark is Rising 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his eagerness, Old Dan ran head on into a bur oak tree. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

We picked crab apples and wild blackberries and pawpaws during the summer and fall, and we swiped ears of corn from Old Man Wilson’s farm. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The song was “That Old Gang of Mine.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If he does not breathe ...” Bran found himself remembering the tales Old Nan had told him when he was a babe. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“There’s Old Wilkins! He went out to get some sugar and never came home.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“You know, the Mountain Spirit is also called the Old Man of the Moon. So you see him every time you look at the moon.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Old female relations with incipient beards and several wobbling chins made overnight trips to Ayemenem to commiserate with her about her divorce. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slipped through the locked gates, walked down the hill, and into the Old Town. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Old Sally kept saying, "I know that boy from somewhere." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

On the way home, I spotted this banged-up wooden sled kind of propped up against the Old Indian Rock monument. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

"I know a story about a boy who hated stories," Old Nan said with her stupid little smile, her needles moving all the while, click click click, until Bran was ready to scream at her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Old newspapers were spread over the sheets to keep off paint but I’d been using them as a blanket. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Old Chao visited at night when the girls were asleep. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In their own land, giants speak the Old Tongue.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

"You cheer me not. Go see the Old Bear." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

If this was Old Flap we’d’ve been going so slow that I wouldn’t’ve had no choice but to try and figure out what to do. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

It stood at Old Main’s junction with the narrow, single-lane Route 17, and one dull, squash-colored light hummed atop a pole in the parking lot. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“The last one. Old Testament. Second Maccabees 13:4: ‘But the King of Kings aroused the anger of Antiochus against the rascal.’” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old and new are mixing together like oil and water, and I’m stuck here in the middle of it all. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Maybe the emperor would want it so he could be transformed into a dragon,” Old Sai suggested. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Sure. Framing somebody to start a war. Oldest trick in the book. I recognized it immediately. In a way, you got me to thank for your little quest.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

At first Old Man Turner, who ran the place, was a little put out, but then he saw where live people having funerals would greatly increase his business and he said okay. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old scars and some festering blisters stretched along her hide. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Old Yeller was a good family dog who got bit by a rabid wolf while protecting the family. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“It is not likely the Old Lord can sell all the land of his family without the agreement of his sons,” he demurred. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“Old Man of the Moon? ” the fish said. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Old people like to eat dinner at four in the afternoon, and they get ornery if they get too hungry.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Omakayas called back, and Old Tallow’s hand went up in an abrupt wave, though she didn’t turn to look or certainly to smile. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

For their part, the Old Ones watched over the living members of the family, for one’s obligations to the family did not stop with death. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wang Lung stared at her feebly, unbelieving, and the woman shouted at him again, “I and the Old Lord—there is no one else!” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“Barristan the Old, did you say? Your bear knight was younger, and devoted to you.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Old men were trudging up the skinny street with baskets of kindling tied to their backs. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The maester had told him the stories, and Old Nan had made them come alive. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Old Charlie Valentine leaned down low and whispered something that made her smile. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Takes years and years and years to get anywhere at all. Sixty-four to get from Old World to New World alone.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

It was a song that imitated the measure of beating upon iron, and was a mere lyrical excuse for the introduction of Old Clem’s respected name. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Never had meditative looks come over either of them, the way they came over Old Chao, sometimes, now. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perched above the window, the Old Bear’s raven peered down at him with shrewd black eyes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In all the stories the little boy died at three of a summer chill, but Old Nan stayed on at Winterfell with her own children. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Old Rit did not like all this talk of freedom and of Denmark Vesey. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a good six feet up the side when Old Dan, leaping high in the air, caught him and pulled him back down. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old or young, lovely or plain, rich or very rich, he’ll keep them company and take their extravagant gifts, but he never stays, and once he’s gone he never comes back. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Until you enter the House of the Old,” she explained. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

He sometimes has us copy from Old King James, but prefers to use the American Translation that includes his peculiarly beloved Apocrypha. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Chao seemed to be pulling his usual self back on with his sock. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is beyond my conjure, I’m thinking. I’ll try, though. Just not here. I need Old Familiar for this. Let’s go.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“What do you believe in? Old régime or new régime?” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Old Armistead, tom by the war away from his beloved friend Win Hancock, who was undoubtedly waiting ahead on that black hill beyond Gettysburg. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Dan, stunned for an instant from the impact of the lion’s body, fought his way from the treetop. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old ladies began to fan themselves as if it were the middle of summer. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

"Old enough to treat visitors with more courtesy than you," Jon said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Old Familiar helps with the perspective, yes he do.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The Old Bear gave a loud snort, and the raven took flight, flapping in a circle about the room. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I got Old Flap back in his stall, shut the stable door, and started walking home. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

We walked back up Old Main Street, holding hands for a while, walking in that awkward way you do when you become a sort of three-legged creature, bodies scrunched close, a comfortable, wobbling stumble-forward. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Old radiators had been dropped here and pipes and slate shingles from the roof and even a bathroom sink. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The United States flag got a second nickname during the Civil War, Old Glory. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Although the use of the Old Speech binds a man to truth, this is not so with dragons. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

"The first evil," the Old Man said, "is the Bashe snake. It lives underneath the Black Bridge. When a man or beast passes him, he swallows it whole." When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Old brown smelly water began coming out, but soon it got paler and paler, and Mother had them empty the reservoir of ordinary water and put rainwater in it. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Old Johnny Mercer lifted me out of the boat like he was lifting me out of a grave. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the moonlight, I could see Old Dan sitting on his haunches, staring up at the tree and bawling. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

There had existed in Old Russia millions of poor, ignorant people who were exploited by a few, educated, arrogant noblemen, and it became natural for the Russian Communists to associate betrayal with intellectualism. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two more horseflies landed on Old Flapjack’s flank and it was a chance to make up for the mistake I’d just made. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Old, to be sure, but it had seen Root through a dozen firefights and it made him feel like a field officer again. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

We walked all the way to Old Main and I turned us right, down the sidewalk. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The Old Man stared back at Alaska like a bull at a matador, then raised a hand to his sagging face and slowly rubbed the white stubble on his cheek. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Old Tallow brought the news later that day. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Angry voices rose, in the Old Tongue and the Common. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Father began to speak quietly then of the Old Ones, the spirits of the dead members of our family to whom we offered food and the sweet smell of incense that pleased them so well. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Flint and The Norrey had been given places of high honor just below the dais. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In their afternoons in the hospital, Pollard wooed her with quotes from Old Waldo while she tended to his leg. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Old World itself was viewed through new eyes. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Seeing that he couldn’t shake Old Dan and Little Ann from his trail, he cut through the river bottoms and ran out into an old field. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lowered her horns and rolled her eyes as I brought Old Yeller up to her. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The aroma had Old Tallow pacing back and forth hungrily. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Then I hollered for Old Yeller to bring the hogs to me. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bear chased him for a little piece, but at the rate Old Yeller was leaving her behind, Mama said it looked like the bear was backing up. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

That year the small group of town children were swamped temporarily by a collection of elderly pupils shipped in from Old Sarum because somebody had set fire to the school there. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Old Familiar flapped powerfully up in the air. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Old music, thanks to repetition and familiarity gained through broadcasting and recording, and because there was, unsurprisingly, much more of it, was more comforting and pleasing. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay. Maybe this weekend we can take a shopping trip to Old Navy.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Well, Old Johnny must have been born in Biblical Times, as no one else remembers such water in Snapfinger before. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He whistled, and Old Familiar cawed and flapped down out of the air. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

They were not remotely ready to step into the delicate confines of a racing shell, so they waited turns to board the school’s venerable training barge, Old New. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Over Christmas, Miss Lupescu had come out for three weeks in his place, and Bod had shared her meals in her little flat in the Old Town. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Then the Old Lord answered without opening any wider the crack through which he pursed his lips, “Now curse him, that dog left me many months ago and he is not here.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t enough left of Old Charley to hose off the driveway. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spins his big body around the small room, finally catching sight of Old Hirsch, settling back down on the partly-put-together sofa. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He looked at the sky and yelled, “Old habits! Sorry!” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The remains of the treat from Old Tallow was still there. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“But Hancock has a verbal order from Meade. It’s all very funny. Thing is, when Hancock’s on the field the men naturally turn that way. Old Howard’s really steamed.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The plan became for Barack to make his announcement from the steps of the Old State Capitol, a historic landmark that would of course be more visually appealing than any convention center or arena. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“My field is engineering. Like Old Chao, except my specialty is so-called mechanics.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s one of my favouritest chores, but that’s only true if I’m allowed to take Old Flapjack ’stead of one of the saddle horses. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The largest population replacement of the last 13,000 years has been the one resulting from the recent collision between Old World and New World societies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Old Chao said this pointedly; but then as if remembering himself, continued in a more amiable tone. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I argued and fussed, trying to tell her what a bad shape Old Yeller was in and how we needed to hurry back to him. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d had great hopes for Spot’s making us a real milk cow, especially after Old Yeller had gentled her so fast; but that was all gone now. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Flap gave one n’em snorts that let me know he sensed something dangerous. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

His heart swelled at the sight of the creature that was a myth to his people, and he laughed and shouted, “Go tell the Old One to come, you wind-worm!” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

As they say in the Old Testament, there was much consternation and gnashing of teeth. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Old Ben put on his hat and walked toward the mule team. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Old Bear was too stubborn to retreat, but neither would he rush headlong up the Milkwater, seeking battle. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And he bought the first shoe she had had in his life not made by a woman, and they were black velvet shoes such as the Old Lord had worn flapping at his heels. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

If he went into battle like this, the enemy would call him Old Man Jackson. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I tried it one more time, then went back to the house and got Old Yeller. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old friends of the family and close neighbors are included here, too, so that’s where Dad and I end up. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

‘But that can only mean going into the Old Forest!’ said Fredegar horrified. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Old men and errand boys jumped for safety. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Legend said that the First Men had found it standing on the shore of Old Wyk when they came to the Iron Islands. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

‘Well, I have passed the Old Took today! So that’s settled. And now I think I am quite ready to go on another journey. Are you coming?’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He was there in her path as she neared Old Tallow’s cabin. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

No way I can outtalk Old Blunderbuss, especially now that my moment has passed. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

We stopped outside the gates and retrieved the Story Box from where Old Familiar had left it. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Old Familiar spiraled down, and I reached for the now irrelevant piece of junk when we got close enough. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Ghostly flames danced on the beautiful palaces beneath Old Familiar’s wings, somehow throwing off real heat. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

"Is the bird away?" the Old Bear asked. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But . . . well, it’s not his fault, not the Old Man. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shielded my eyes as Old Familiar shot up through the bloodred flames. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The noise and activity and energy dwarfed what he had known in the Old World. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I passed the propaganda wall and could not help glancing at the ground where Old Qian had knelt yesterday. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I struck off toward the tree, hollering at Old Yeller to bring them along. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t kill him, but he was a hateful one, Old Man Shilsky. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Nero would keep going but the oar would not. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The Old Bear had sent out rangers in search of him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Old Abraham, who was not old at all but who had comported himself in the manner of an elderly misanthrope since he first learned to sit up. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

For the same color is plain around the keystone of each arch of the Old Bridge, which soars beautifully over the river upstream from the arch. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the Old Bear will finally get some answers, he thought. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And teach me he did: In those fifty minutes, the Old Man made me take religion seriously. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Old Maurice sat down in the big chair and loosened his collar and all--he was wearing this elevator operator's uniform. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Old systems of exploitation and oppression are passing away, and out of the womb of a frail world new systems of justice and equality are being born.... While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

"Never mind about comets, it's maps the Old Bear wants." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Not without taking a chance on killing Old Yeller. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah? Well, you watch guys like that, kid. You watch them real good, you hear? Anyone clops you, he’s got a thing going. Old Tony knows. You watch them.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“But he knew what his father had done. He called him Old Dynamite.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Old Tallow liked to make her deliveries at night, which was another thing. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The occasional stones which were being thrown at her by the Old Ones she dexterously caught and swallowed, in the maddening way which chickens have when you are trying to drive them off. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

And a right smart of my money with it Old Mr. clear his throat. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When my father was growing up inside the Old City of Jerusalem—that's the ancient part of town inside the stone wall—he and the kids on his street liked to trade desserts after dinner. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

That night, Haiyi returned to the Old Man of the Moon. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I should also like to call to mind a figure from the Old Testament that suits this topic. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Old ladies with their wigs wiggling around on their heads like live animals as they started really getting into the music. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He spent his days at the corner of Calle San Cristóbal in Old San Juan, peeling oranges with his pocket knife and scooping out a triangular hole through which tourists could suck the sweet juice. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Old Tallow shook her head in the dusk. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Old man like him goes to bed early, I guess. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Washington, for his part, obliged his Virginia critics by urging his stepgrandson to attend Harvard in order to escape the provincial versions of learning currently ascendant in the Old Dominion. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Old bedsheets, purchased for a quarter each at the thrift store, turned into curtains, a tablecloth, pillow covers. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He hadn't gone to the Old Bear, but he hadn't gone to bed either, he'd woken the other boys. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The plant would be a valuable pain reliever for Old Benedikt, who was suffering from gout. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Once while I was taking a rest, Old Dan came over to inspect my work. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Lawrence there he went on up and argued, but wouldn’t nobody come near us. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

His words sounded gruff and guttural, but Jon heard the music in it and recognized the Old Tongue. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We were too close to the lake for comfortable sitting, really, but the Old Man seemed happy. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He snorted, then tilted his head at Old Familiar. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Glancing at Old Dan, Papa said, “It’s in his blood, Billy. He’s a hunting hound, and the best one I ever saw. He only has two loves—you and hunting. That’s all he knows.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Old Bear gave a stubborn shake of his head. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Old lady like me’s lucky to have her as a friend. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Upon being interviewed for this story,Old Johnny Mercer said, “Noah, schmoa! This grove flooded when I was a boy of eight—I remember it well!” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Wun Wun was very little like the giants in Old Nan’s tales, those huge savage creatures who mixed blood into their morning porridge and devoured whole bulls, hair and hide and horns. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I’d stumbled and fallen to my knees when I turned to run from Spot’s charge, and she was too close behind for me to be looking back and watching what Old Yeller was doing. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

All we needed was just to move the hogs along to where we wanted them, and Old Yeller already knew how to do this. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I must tell you this amusing story, the wife of an important business associate gave her an Old German bisque Doll dressed in a Hulu Grass skirt... The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Do you mean the bog boy? The Old Man?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

But then Jeanne said that the giant was coming to take away Old Theresa. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Count yourself lucky! What kind of life with an old bear hunter like Tallow? Nobody has ever stayed with Old Tallow. She drives them off. Eyah!” The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Old Professor Ghering called Negroes livestock the night of the fateful lecture. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Complex agricultural societies gradually arose in the Americas far to the south of that entry route, developing in complete isolation from the emerging complex societies of the Old World. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He asked Werfel to tell him more about Old Goblinish—a language he didn’t know—and Werfel admitted he couldn’t really make out Old Elven. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“You know what the Old Man said to me?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was something peculiar in Old Tallow’s look. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Other dogs were always there, and it seemed as if they all wanted to jump on Old Dan. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

But like it was, Old Yeller nearly beat me there. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put a stop ... to everybody in our class except that horrid girl from Old Sarum. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Eat your peas, John,” the Old Lady said, dabbing her mouth with a napkin. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Old men and young ones draped themselves in front of the Elmira Theater, Irene’s Palace of Cosmetology, the pool hall, the grill and the other sagging business enterprises that lined the street. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Later, one day while walking, she continued past the House of the Old, turned down a path, and discovered a very small structure attached at the rear of the building. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I must have gotten that one fifty times. It’s the final ‘The Verse’ in the Old Testament, I’m trying to tell you. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"How is it you came to know this?" the Old Bear asked him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“But,” Minli said, “it looks like flying is the only way up to see the Old Man of the Moon.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“What about me?” she demanded, abrupt as Old Tallow herself. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

After they had quieted down, I called Old Dan to me. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We don’t have the right deck for Old Maid and, unfortunately for you, I excel at Go Fish. I won the Go Fish tournament in fifth grade.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Old crimes and old triumphs were brought out and dusted. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

In March, Poppy found three American evangelists lost in the Old City and brought them home for dinner. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

So Old Yeller and I took to sleeping in the corn patch every night. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Dan would jump as far out as he could and practically knock the river dry. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He took my best friend, Old Theresa, away to be burned at the stake. He lives at Saint-Denis.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Old Dan walked slowly around behind the tree and hid himself. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Old Bear was peering at the crude map Sam had drawn him that night back in Craster's Keep. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Old Johnny Mercer had finished digging Myrtis Rogers’s grave and had set the green tarp over it. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Still, of all of them Old Timothy seemed the most culpritlike, even if Penelope had no provable reason to think so. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“You leave him alone, Old Ragpicker! You shut up!” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

So it had been with my sons, so it was now with Old Granny, one day it might be the same for me, for all of us. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So, I think this paper, which the Old Man of the Moon said he borrowed,” the king said, “this written line torn from the Book of Fortune is ‘the borrowed line’ you seek.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

There was a sort of crazy light shining in Old Yeller’s eyes when I looked in at him. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Old family recipe. Surprisingly marvelous performance this evening, kiddos. Very surprising.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

It was going to be rough on Old Yeller, trying to lead them to it. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

At once the Old Lord pushed the gates together. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

When he brought the skull to Mormont, the Old Bear lifted it in both hands and stared into the empty sockets. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When Polly hung herself in the barn with a loop of hemp, Old Jockey said, You did everything together. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Work. Trying to get organized up there. Trying to get in to see Old Charley Burns.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Dan swallowed his down in one gulp, and looked at me as if to say, “Is that all?” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That sister of yours, that Old Chao —” “How did you know!” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah . . . spirits are never good advisers. They’ve got their own agendas. Old grudges. And they resent the living.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Old Ben looked to the east and gave me a little nod. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Why, he comes here and takes me walking and buys me sweets, and once he took me to Old South to hear Doctor Warren.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Fred had been found dead on the train in the early hours of the morning, having suffered a massive heart attack. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

This brings Old Hirsch from the sofa, to supervise its making, and the smell is such a relaxation, such a memory of home that the room settles into a happy buzz of conversation. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Old military gentleman—real Army look about him. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Too bad, though, that he was going to have to live down the hall from Old Chao for the rest of his life. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stacked chairs block off one wall of the Old Gym, but the other wall’s got a wooden frame you can climb. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

It was hard to believe that he was the same blood as Old Nan.,Bran wondered if he would shrivel up as small as his great-grandmother when he was old. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Well,” the man said, “about a month ago, our mare ran away, and I cursed our bad luck until Old Sai said, ‘You don’t know. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Old customers came in with sad faces and talked with him a few minutes by the cash register before giving their orders. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He was not a natural lightweight; fellow jockeys dubbed him “Old Lead Pad.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Mrs. Morrow didn't say anything, but boy, you should've seen her. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“You eat so delicately,” he told her on their first date, at an Italian restaurant in Old City. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

"The third and last evil plaguing the village," the Old Man of the Moon said, "is you." When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Within these broad period styles we in turn distinguish the styles of particular phases, such as the Old Kingdom. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Old Candy appeared around the end of the last stall. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old enough to see we're all caught up in a great big circle. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The Old Bear lifted a hand to the wind, and raven landed on his forearm, claws scrabbling against his black ringmail. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“But you said that is the way to the Old Man of the Moon,” said the dragon. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

No bugs this time: Goupil prints of traditional art by Old Masters, as well as prints and photo engravings. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She smiled to herself and had the odd, sudden, curious knowledge that, if it ever came to that, Old Tallow would protect her, Omakayas, with her life. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

And I was so scared and mixed up about the danger of hydrophobia that it was clear into the next day before I even thought about thanking him for giving us Old Yeller. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The city was carefully built on the flat top of Machu Picchu, Old Peak. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Every now and then, Old Dan would rear up on a large hackberry tree that was standing about seven feet from the fence and bawl treed. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the Knight of Flowers had spoken up, she'd been sure she was about to see one of Old Nan's stories come to life. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Old Chao, asking me to come work,” he volunteered when Helen poked her head in the door. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the Old Way, women might decorate themselves with ornaments bought with coin, but a warrior wore only the jewelry he took off the corpses of enemies slain by his own hand. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

This memory was one of watching — of peeking out his bedroom window to see what Theresa and Old Chao were up to. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Into the Old Lord’s hand, and whose else?” replied the woman smoothly. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“And recall that silliness about ‘It’s lucky a house can’t speak’—I would wager it is Old Timothy, not the house, who could tell the Ashton family secrets, if he so chose!” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Helen and Theresa’s voices seemed to perch like sandpipers on the stalwart breakwater that was Old Chao’s. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe what was wrong was that they had no Oldest Son and no Oldest Daughter to guide them. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Touch of the Old Soldier’s Disease. Would you like to go indoors, sir?” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lucas and Papa always sang “Old Man River” and other songs on the porch in the evening. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Old MacDonald Had a Farm,” “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star,” “The Itsy-Bitsy Spider”— all sung by children who could not sing, the type of music grown-ups think is all kinds of cute, but it’s awful! Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I near wiped it from my memory altogether, because I didn’t want to risk someone finding out I knew about Old Man Martin’s shack. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

If Lisbeth had caught Old Yeller stealing stuff at the settlement, then somebody else might, too. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He complained a little, but once we were on Old Money Road, his mood improved. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Old Ackley parked himself in my room, just for a change. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you have anything you want to ask the Old Man of the Moon?” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I could hear Old Dan coming through the bottoms on the other side, bawling at every jump. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Old people. Just somebody to sit with them for a while.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

However, the Sumerians and early Mexicans happened to have been the first to evolve them in the Old World and the New World, respectively. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Turner was very quiet through the Old Business but sat forward when they came to the only item on the agenda under the New Business: “The status of Reverend Turner Buckminster.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He pored over “Old Waldo” Emerson and ruminated on the philosopher’s essay on “Compensation.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

If things had gone as they had hoped, the hospital would have been completed within a year, and Old Granny would not have had to die in the street as she did. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought we might go out and take a look at an estate sale on the Old Quarry Road,” said Henry, unperturbed. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Several angry Red Guards pushed Old Qian roughly out the door. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I decided not to push the matter, but I did need a dollar and a quarter for a six-pack, so when I got home I asked my Old Lady for it. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

So Mama agreed and I spread a cowhide on the floor beside our bed and we shut Old Yeller in and didn’t have a bit more trouble. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Old Navy is across the street,” she says, not even panting. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Old men, like scraggly human cigarettes with non-human cigarettes dangling from their mouths, all turned and looked. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Old man? You’ve still got all your hair and your teeth, don’t you? What are you, thirty?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You have to memorize ten Bible verses plus the books of the Old and New Testaments. And it’s a park.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

In China, the Old Man had told us, there are days reserved for grave cleaning, where you make gifts to the dead. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Old Dan washed her head with his warm red tongue while I massaged and rubbed her body. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Cob was filling his role as storyteller and advice dispensary. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The chessmen were more powerful than Old Li’s magic herbs that cured ancestral curses. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’ll be back to her business self in a second, I’m sure, but it’s nice to see that I haven’t destroyed Old Mom. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Whenever I ask something important, people say, ‘That is a question you have to ask the Old Man of the Moon.’ Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

After that, it sang Home Sweet Home and The Old Rustic Bridge by the MOL "Come,” said the Wart, "you can stop that I won’t bite you.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe a strong dog could have squeezed through the narrow opening that was left, but I didn’t figure Old Yeller could. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old folks wouldn’t sit on stoops and park benches. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was high in the sky before I had dug Old Dan out. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old crates were stacked on a loading dock. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I grew up in the Old South in Richmond, Virginia,” said Brother Randall Robinson. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She filled her lungs, filled her lungs, and in her concentration, almost didn’t notice that Old Chao had begun moving according to the rhythm she’d set. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

So that’s how I discovered that Old Chong’s eyes were too slow to keep up with the wrong notes I was playing. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But,” she says, walking over to me and placing her hands on my shoulders, “Puerto Rico isn’t a bad idea. We could fly for free and stay with your great-uncle Ermenio in Old San Juan.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Pacheco lunged inside, stuck the mouth of a half-full Old Grandad bottle in his lips, tipped his head back, and let the contents glug down his throat. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Old guy who owns the place,” Mullet Fingers whispered. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Down the cleared path now, striding large, feather nodding in time with each long step, came Old Tallow. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Old Howie here has been talking about you nonstop,” he said, winking at Howard. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Old Cob said judiciously, taking a long drink. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But like Old Man Lee said, the truth is the one thing you can’t hide from. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The bigger man raised his eyes to gaze at the intruders in distaste and said something in die tongue of Old Volantis, too fast for Tyrion to hope to follow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When Mama wasn’t waiting on me, she was taking care of Old Yeller. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, of course, the South is the Old Country. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first, Omakayas tried to think she had won, that she had outwitted Old Tallow and made her impatient, as even the wariest animals often failed to do. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

With that, Old Tallow brought the blunt end of her ax down on the yellow dog’s head. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

As I walked down the road toward Old Main, I heard something in the sky, south, by the highway. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh my word,” Fremande went on devoudy, “but he’s a tricky one. The Old Gray Fox, as they say. Charming phrase. American to the hilt.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old women gossiped and laughed as they sat on project benches or by tenement stoops, where they once played as children with no backyards—yes, they were happy too. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He was offering almost double what Old Granny paid. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Old Familiar straightened out, I heard Thandiwe say behind me, “Ancestors, help us.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

There was no record made of the date of the birth of this child, because neither Old Rit nor her husband, Ben, could read or write. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

New plants and animals, whether in the New World or the Old, had no such chain of associations, no penumbra of cultural meanings. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

And from everything I had heard, I knew that there was very little chance of Old Yeller’s escaping the sickness. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blue hound had finally gotten a fight out of Old Dan. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trouble—the “Old World hatreds”— in other words, came not from the Nazis but from the Jews and their allies who dared to speak out against what was happening in Germany. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Old Dan trotted out to the gate, stopped, turned around, and looked at me. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Odysseus gruffly said, “Old man, she knows. Is it for you to think of her?” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old chairs with sagging backs sat next to crooked lamps. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mesoamerican writing is believed to have arisen independently of Old World writing, because there is no convincing evidence for pre-Norse contact of New World societies with Old World societies possessing writing. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“He has a paper to write,” Theresa reported to Old Chao. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Leathers, talk to him, calm him. The Old Tongue, he understands the Old Tongue. Keep back, the rest of i you. Put away your steel, we’re scaring him.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And then Old Hirsch hides the food money because I refuse to bring home cigarettes. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Old Methuselah could only remember three other such summers in his long lifetime. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Helen eyed him surreptitiously as she nodded in Old Chao’s direction. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

We walked clear down there, with Old Yeller and the blue-tick dog following with us, before she finally looked up at me and said, “It’s him.” Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lillian spoke of the Old South when Bull was in earshot as though it were a private garden deeded to her in a last heroic proclamation by the Confederate Congress. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the last ounce of strength in her body, she had dragged herself to the grave of Old Dan. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unless I was to spend all year in Old Karhide I must return to the West Fall before the passes of the Kargav closed. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Old comets, heated by repeated passages near the Sun, break up, evaporate and disintegrate. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Dan, spewing blood from a dozen wounds, leaped high in the air. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the clumsiest hunting dog of Old Tallow’s pack, he needed to stand tall over something, even if only a sick little girl. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

‘And he will pass the Old Took. He will be a hundred and thirty-one!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

All the same, Old Chao would come, he couldn’t help it; and she could not refuse him. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

And all night long, both nights, Old Yeller crippled back and forth between the fire and the cabin, baying savagely, warning the wolves to keep away. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Granny, bent low on her stick, came bringing a rupee which she gave me to keep for the child. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inching along, being as quiet as I could, I made it up to Old Dan and grabbed his collar. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad never mentioned Old Charley in his conversation with the commissioner. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Dan would have followed, and he surely would have broken all of his legs. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It just smells like Old Spice deodorant, which is how Garrett smells. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

In that second she was sure she had her answer: Old Timothy was the culprit! The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Old Rit said drearily, “They keep asking him questions about it. Every time he goes up to the Big House I’m scared he won’t come back.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sure ... 1 mean, yes, I got a couple . . .” “You ever read Old Man and the Sea?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Oh, yes, this is it. Fifteen days after death. Prayers. Oldest son shaves head and recites after priest." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Yet as my eyes focused upon Old Friendly Face he seemed pleased. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pa unharnessed the chains off of Old Flapjack and tied him to the stump we’d been pulling on. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z