| 单词 | one by one |
| 例句 | He studied one by one the grotesque carvings of dwarfs that decorated the roof bosses, and the corbels finishing the doorway. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Every noise woke her, and Chaol hadn’t yet discovered who might be targeting the Champions one by one. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The delegates were then allowed to leave one by one, each person interviewed by the police and his or her name taken down. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z For a long time five thousand meant the number of pigeons you could shoot in one day, one by one. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z I think of his jars of marbles in the spring, the way he dropped the marbles into the jar, one by one, counting. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z They followed one by one, the two hands loyal to him. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She kept them there for a long time but took them down one by one so that, as she promised, we ate like Americans when hunger cramped our bellies. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z He pulled Devil’s Shoestrings out of the basket one by one, then started to braid them in a circle. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The other dogs were taken one by one behind a large block of ice and shot. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Six appointments were made, and one by one, family by family, talk, talk, talk, Barney Northrup led the tours around and about Sunset Towers. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z With a sudden sprint he sped into the green shadows of sunrise and one by one his family fell in behind, according to their status in the pack. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Then an officer blew his whistle and, one by one, the columns were marched off to work. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z More and more pills fall down, pinging one by one as they bounce on the floor. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z She brought the yellow crystals on a red paper plate to her family, one by one. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z My white pieces screamed as they scurried and fell off the board one by one. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He saw how, one by one and ending with the gaze-hounds—who did not hunt by scent—the various hounds became uneasy and began to whimper with desire. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He had outlived all his family and, unable to work, had been forced to sell his possessions one by one, including, at last, the roof over his head. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z I reached in and one by one removed a bag of cocoa nibs, cinnamon sticks, allspice, and black peppercorns. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z And then one by one they threw their weapons at Balder, and each of them was astonished and amazed. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Disconnected thoughts pre-sented themselves one by one, as if they had been waiting their turn in line. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Her branches began to wind back into her spine, one by one, while the folds of bark were devoured, bit by bit, by the folds of her wrinkles. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z As soon as he was old enough to leave the nest, his mother had taken him to see a baited trap in the hotel kitchen and had explained its evils one by one. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z All day the icicles fell one by one from the eaves with soft smashing and crackling sounds in the snowbanks beneath. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone coughed, and then one by one the men went back to work. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z A pair of Specials moved through the pen, flashing a reader into the bound Smokies’ eyes, taking them outside one by one. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Harry watched as, one by one, his classmates did the most extraordinary things under its influence. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z You had to stand at the end of the garden with your back turned to the rest, and one by one they crept nearer to you, advancing in short, furtive fashion. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I started with my toes, imagining them moving one by one. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She helped us undress one by one while we laughed and asked her why. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z When the shuttle arrived at the airport, passengers stepped out, one by one, at their different terminals. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Cherie recalls that they were in custody for a time and then one by one they went their separate ways. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She holds up each piece, one by one. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Silently, Bo placed the kittens one by one into the cardboard box. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z We formed a ring around the base of the tree, and one by one deposited our combustibles at the trunk. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Along the corridors they raced, and one by one the Patronuses left them; Professor McGonagall’s tartan dressing gown rustled over the floor, and Harry and Luna jogged behind her under the Cloak. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The crowd faded away, and all the cars downtown went home one by one. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I waited in the cold till the lights went out, one by one, and the trailer was dark. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Unravel the invisible threads linking us together one by one. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Then, one by one, the horrible realities of Mars came into play. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z After, they ate the candies one by one until they met in the middle. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He continued to listen, sniffing the close air, while the five rabbits dropped one by one into the burrow. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He went carefully through a drawer and unrolled the neatly paired socks, tossing them over his shoulder one by one. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z One by one they crossed, and one by one Tehlu struck them down with the hammer. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z At this those faces, cloaked in desolation upon the waste sea beach, were bared; their eyes turned toward me and the mighty lighting, foreseeing pleasure, one by one. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Like me, he heard the radio stations go off one by one. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z But they twinkled out one by one, without throwing any light on the questions why on earth I was going to play at Miss Havisham’s, and what on earth I was expected to play at. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Each of my sisters leaves one by one, leaving me and Janae to ourselves for the rest of the night. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Through the purple twilight he watched fires waken one by one in the great stepped pyramids, as the many-colored bricks of Meereen faded to grey and then to black. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The different groups and individuals continued to report on their skits one by one. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z He calls the name of each knight in a whisper, one by one. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z "I think these belong to you," I said as one by one I dropped the rest of the drugged biscuits on his lap. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Wrapping my black coat round me like my own sweet shadow, I unscrewed the bottle of pills and started taking them swiftly, between gulps of water, one by oneng> by one. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The projecting point of one strand had lacerated his neck and drops of blood, dark and red as yew berries, welled one by one down his shoulder. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He clenched his fist, snuffing the lights out one by one. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z A pile of books lay on the floor, and one by one she flung them from the open window as she wept with hysteria. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Despereaux lay on his back at the bottom of the steps and touched the bones in his body one by one. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Then she herself takes a handful of peanuts and puts them, like a schoolgirl, one by one in her mouth. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He told her story after story, skipping them one by one like stones into the darkness, where they disappeared without a splash. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z This gave me time to make weapons to protect myself from the dogs, which I felt would sometime attack me, to kill them all, one by one. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z She disappeared again, and I heard the crackle of the oil as it heated and the sighing sizzle as she dropped the flattened discs of dough in one by one. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “This is really the holy grail of games,” he said, dealing the cards one by one. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Tonight, as in a beauty contest, the boys of Permian would come before the crowd one by one so they could be checked out and introduced. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z "Mosquitoes tormented me," he remembered, "whining round my head in a continuous swarm: I swatted and cursed them, and one by one the minutes ticked away." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Outside, great, flat spots of rain began to fall heavily, one by one, like sweat from the sky, as Kingshaw walked back, very slowly, across the allotment. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Then, one by one, each boy and girl stepped forward to take the Hitler Youth oath. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “And then one by one we pick the little guys up and pat their backs till they burp. Ever done that?” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z When he started to talk again, I focused on his every word as if they were gold coins he was dropping into my hand, one by one. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z With the bell captains help, the family loaded up their bus and, one by one, the kids climbed into the backseats. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z As she walked, she touched the trees one by one as if she were marking the path, as if her handprints left glowing traces on the bark. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She got a good grip on each kid and thrust them at her aunt and uncle one by one. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z She led me to the little ante-room and opened the wardrobes, one by one. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The board’s metal-detector fights flickered out one by one as Tally left the splintered end of the iron bridge behind. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z He began threading Rosemont through the field, cutting in and out, picking off horses one by one, talking in his horse’s ear as clumps of dirt cracked into his face. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z While Jonas watched, the people began one by one to untie the ribbons on the packages, to unwrap the bright papers, open the boxes and reveal toys and clothing and books. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Bigwig found some horse dung along the track, dug the worms out of it, overcame his disgust and carried them one by one. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z On any given night, one would become excited by something and set off the rest, an arrhythmic call-and-response that could last hours until they calmed, one by one, into silence. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z As she listened, a technician took apart the asphalt rock, placing each bit of spy gear and equipment on the table, one by one. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “They usually start off with bringing a whole bunch here, and then there’s a lot of us, and one by one they all disappear.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Jonas could see them applauding dutifully as the Nines, one by one, wheeled their new bicycles, each with its gleaming name tag attached to the back, from the stage. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z The board slipped downward faster and faster, the metal-detector lights flickering out one by one. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I’d go to my room, get out my pen and paper, sit at my little desk, and go after her arguments one by one. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I knelt in the chapel every day, hold-ing the smooth, cool rosary beads Sister gave me, play-ing them one by one through my fingers as I repeated the prayers. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He settled on file couch as one by one all Lyra’s clothes came off, to her resentment and shame; but she still had file presence of mind to conceal it and act dull-witted and compliant. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Back at my desk, I line the pills up one by oneng> by one, like a little blue army. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z They departed one by one, until a sole figure remained, a black father, who stood in front of me with his son, saying, “Don’t worry, your mother is coming soon.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She took his things out one by one. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Then more lines appeared, one by one, tremulous arcs and circles sweeping through the darkness. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I didn't always understand her big words, but slowly, one by one, she was teaching them to Conrad and me. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I’ll never forget her telling me the digits one by one as I wrote them down, trying to keep my hand from shaking. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z All that was left was the furniture that was absolutely necessary, the silver candelabra and table service, for the everyday utensils had been sold one by one to underwrite the costs of her education. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z My fingers curled one by one until both hands were tight fists. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He separated them from the cotton, pointing them out one by one as he tossed them on the ground. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He crossed to the tree and tested the knots one by one before turning his back to Wash. “Look at me, son,” he said to Beto. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z You will, too, Mia had thought as she set the birds one by one up in their paper sky. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “I suppose I ought to think about them one by one,” I said to Mouse. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z He begins to pray in Yoruba, asking for the blessings of the orishas, whom he honors one by one. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Eventually, the sky lightened and the stars disappeared one by one. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z He was selling off her children, though, one by one. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Moving at the snail’s pace that is the norm above 26,000 feet, the throng labored up the Hillary Step one by one, while I nervously bided my time. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The audience applauds as, one by one, the judges come over and say “Congratulations!” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z She watched the stars come out, one by one, until the sky was filled with a million points of light. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He will go forth from Muspell with his flaming sword and burn the world with fire, and one by one the gods will fall before him. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z He might even now be pulling them apart page by page, folding them into birds, and launching them off his high widow’s walk, one by one. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He went over the whole list of words with me, one by one, until it finally began to make some sense. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z The lords fell silent one by one, and Robb looked up at the sudden quiet and saw her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z They take them one by one and put them through the plate press, changing the numbers as they go. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Like Ashoke, the bachelors fly back to Calcutta one by one, returning with wives. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z We filed one by one up a dark cement staircase at the back of the first floor, which was filled with empty beds and limp white curtains. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The teeth turn brown and black in their heads and fall out one by one. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z She waited a moment and then, one by one, lifted her feet over the doorsill and into the dining room as though stepping over an invisible shin-high stile. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z After the morning of testing, the Blue’s Clues team sat down and went through the results of the puzzles, one by one. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He rummaged through Rosa’s drawers, questioned the servants one by one, and harassed Nana until she was beside herself; finally his search led to the decanter of brandy, which he requisitioned instantly. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Sitting on the floor of the attic, Molly lifts the pieces out of a cedar chest one by one, Vivian perched on a wooden chair beside her. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z They came together to negotiate a peace, and once the negotiations were concluded, they marked their truce by each of them, Aesir and Vanir alike, one by one spitting into a vat. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z He had tried to light a cigarette and one by one the matches in his box fizzled out. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z The Fashion Minister beams, and takes us one by one to parade around the room. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Then one by one our names were announced and our medals were carefully placed over our heads. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “Oh, please, Mr. Kimberley,” begged Kit, as the children, one by one, slipped through the door and escaped. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z I do my best, thinking of them one by one, releasing them like birds from the protective cages inside me, locking the doors against their return. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z And, one by one, the Elders filed out, leaving the baby behind. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The de-jammed strawberries were summoned one by one, and sliced into delicate pieces. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z So on and on it went, the whistle blowing, one by one, boys and girls on the line, sprinting down the straightaway. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z He crossed the room, pulled back the heavy tapestries, and threw open the high narrow windows one by one, letting the night air into the chamber. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Societies with effective conflict resolution, sound decision making, and harmonious economic redistribution can develop better technology, concentrate their military power, seize larger and more productive territories, and crush autonomous smaller societies one by one. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Since he was enjoying the theatrics, I swiveled round to face him and started whipping the pictures at him, one by one. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Then they spread through the cafeteria, grabbing us by the hand one by one and spinning us around. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z They crouched behind a wall across the street and picked off the enemy one by one. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z The men named stepped forward one by one. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He pulls out the bags, one by one. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z The soldier rummages through all our bags one by one. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I folded them, one by one, in little squares. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z We were discussing away, and all of a sudden, the girls started congregating, one by one, including the two new ones who have replaced Miriam and Dulce, everybody contributing their ideas. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I take a deep breath as the face of the eleven dead tributes begin and tick them off one by one on my fingers. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I fed the quarters in one by one. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z It swallowed the drifting swans one by one. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She lies back down, and one by one, thankfully, they sink into their beds. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He plucked them out one by one, cursing the holes they had made in his layers of mail and leather, and yowling like a babe at the few that had buried themselves in his flesh. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She gave me her name and, one by one, so did each of her daughters. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z She applied them to her tongue, one by one. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I go all the way down, until I'm pointing and flexing each toe, one by one. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Instead, she scolds the coconuts one by one as if they were errant children. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z While Primus bellowed for assistance, Tristran unhitched the exhausted horses, and led them one by one into the stables on the side of the inn. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z My brain processed his features one by one, in agonizing slowness. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “With my honest labor, one by one, just as you saved yourselves.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Keav, and now Pa, one by one, the Khmer Rouge is killing my family. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Anatole goes to our neighbors’ houses, one by one, offering his condolences for our village’s lost schoolboys. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Papa Andrew snapped his fingers and pointed at us one by one. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Calmly, I pulled the rest of the plates out one by one. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z And one by one they turned to the crowd and waved at someone, and that someone would run up and they’d hug and kiss and then go find their luggage. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Dumbstruck, I waited in the street while she bought licorice drops, which she selected one by one, with that tinkling laugh of hers, tossing some into her mouth and handing others to her sister. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The Nauset, hidden outside, picked off the sailors one by one until only five were left. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Then, one by one, the fingers loosened their grip, and the marble slipped into her hand. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z After lunch we disappear into the bushes, one by one, with pieces of toilet paper in our pockets. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Nesting usually occurred between February and July, but fledglings had been observed in dens as late as October Systematically, Roy scrolled down the search items one by one until he finally hit the jackpot. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Coach looked pointedly at each of us, one by one. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z My sisters file into the room one by one and find seats. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Sometimes I set up a bunch of toy soldiers on a table and pick them off with a rubber band one by one. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He looks at each of us, one by one. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I pick up the coins one by one, turning them around, holding them up and watching how the sun glints off them. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z I sat on our usual bench, prying the juicy red seeds out of the fruit and slowly sucking on them one by one, staring at the fleecy white clouds. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Disjointed pictures flashed one by one through my bewildered mind. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I continued to stare at him blankly as the words one by one clicked into place in my head like a ghastly puzzle. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z But going one by one did make for a long time on the second day. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z As mothers appeared on porches one by one throughout the mill village, calling their children’s names, C.P. reluctantly wandered home, dusk descending, the pale yellow lamplights sputtering on in houses as he passed. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z That seating chart accounts for all the rational numbers—it assigns each of them a seat—so we can count them off one by one, in order, based on their seat number. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He pulls them off one by one and sets the board up next to the fireplace. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z His own companions were still coming out of the entrance burrow one by one and there was a good deal of scrabbling and shuffling. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Ash blinked, and the tears spilled over; she felt as if the greenwitch were tugging them out of her one by one. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z My internal organs are failing, falling, one by one. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Having worked in intelligence himself, he marveled at the thought of this “wispy, gentle, self-effacing woman knocking off, one by one, some of the nastiest pieces of business then existing.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Most of the raiders that were left alive then broke and fled, this way and that, pursued one by one to the death. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z She enlarged all the dots from the butterfly wings one by one, until each dot joined with the one above, below, or beside it. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Davos watched the hand of the Stranger writhe and curl as the fingers blackened and fell away one by one, reduced to so much glowing charcoal. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Their job done, the men turn on their heels and, one by one, leave the cell. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Instead, she had saved four, and so she would always be stuck in that hallway, hearing those screams cut away one by one. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Unwilling to suffer a humiliating defeat, cut down one by one as they tried to break through the cavalry, they mounted their horses and charged off the face of the mountain. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The camera observed them one by one, pausing when it got to Tendai. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z It was a tale about focusing, about peeling away distractions one by one until all that was left was the target. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The creatures of the Stone circled a while croaking, and one by one beat back ponderously inland over the moors. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Ida Spavento leaned against the door frame and looked at them one by one. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I bow my head, then look up and spot Auguste sitting to the left of the princess, feeding her grapes one by one. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z And one by one they rose and buckled on their swords and donned their warm black cloaks and strode out into the cold. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He removed her silks one by one, carefully, while Dany sat unmoving, silent, looking at his eyes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z She toyed with the pearls, sliding them between her fingers one by one as if she were counting them. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z She sat down to more applause, and then we got up, one by one, in varying states of misplaced confidence or paralyzing terror. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z They rebuilt the little brick houses one by one, exactly as they were before, along with the stables, the dairy, and the granary. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z We looked at each other, trembling on the brink of a quarrel, bitterness parting the threads of forbearance one by one, but while a few still held, suddenly, the outward semblance fell away. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z She walked up and down the aisles, looking at us one by one. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I handed her the dishes, and one by one, she took them from me and slowly—very slowly—put them into the dishwasher. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But finally, one by one, the balls ran out. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She went around the circle and looked at us one by one, letting her eyes settle on each face like she wasn’t in any kind of rush. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the actors came out one by one. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z And he dropped his eyes to the mantelpiece, lifting one by one the objects that adorned it. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z The team, one by one, had requested the pleasure: it was Jem’s quiet way of making sure she had a good time. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z They got to work, tracing from original Maps to wax paper, one by one, trying to keep it clean and correct while hurrying as fast as possible. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z High above, the streetlights were buzzing on, one by one. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “I will address the accusations one by one,” he said. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Hedwig made no movement as he began to flick through the newspapers, throwing them onto the rubbish pile one by one. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z "My instructions are to open the documents one by one at the scheduled time." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Carefully she pried the pills off the plaster wall, one by one, into her cupped hand. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Jesse valued friends and he was a good one, not only to Eric, but to his pals back in Idaho, whose relationships and work lives were faltering one by one. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Here, one by one, he attends to a stream of migrants. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Words were to her things to be caught one by one and released with difficulty. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z The children were coming out of the trees, one by one, maybe forty or fifty of them. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Jam watched as Whisper caught the fruits one by one, dropping their torso into a deep and dramatic bow when the performance was complete and the air was empty. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The girls disappeared behind the curtain and Adina called them one by one to answer questions about world peace and being role models. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z She is pressing her fingers to her thumb, one by one, one by one, fast-fast-fast, on both hands. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He steps aside and lets the prisoners pass one by one through the recreation yard door until only the guard is left. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z From here, Pong could just see the lights starting to come on, one by oneng> by one thousand, until there were two cities: one on the shore, one in the water, both made of light. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z In the days that followed we figured out how to make soup from whatever we could add to a pot and that was much better than just boiling things one by one. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I picked up the cards and shuffled them and laid them out again one by one, in accordance with the strategic rules that he himself had taught me, and beat his score by fifty points. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I walk to the cluster of chairs closest to the windows in the control room and bring up the footage from different cameras throughout the city, one by one, searching for my parents. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z She tossed the saris one by one from the drawers, then pried several from their hangers. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z So, one by one, we woke them and showed them how to open their cages. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z I wasn’t afraid you’d both, in tears, take up a position across the room and fire the complete set of Max Mueller’s Sacred Books of the East at me, one by one. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Brakes are kicked free, and one by one old people exit the sliding doors surrounded by relatives. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “Yes. Our goal is to take over the districts one by one, ending with District Two, thus cutting off the Capitol’s supply chain. Then, once it’s weakened, we invade the Capitol itself,” says Plutarch. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Then, one by one, she lets us take a walk down the same runway that Vanessa Williams graced when she won Miss America. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I watched our parents buy a sofa, then a rug, curtains, chairs to replace the orange and apple crates one by one, now to be used for storage. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He went into the cupboard and opened a new packet of biscuits and began to transfer them, one by one, into the square, red tin. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z It’s as if Felicia’s senses were clicking on one by one. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He snorts and goes back to the rest of his plate of pepperoncini, taking them neatly like candies, one by one. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I grab a handful of Cheetos and feed them into my mouth one by one as if I’m operating mastication machinery, contemplating how to tell Fizz about the latest development on the Jeremy front. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z I fell back onto my heels, watching the doors shut one by one, wondering if I would ever see those kids again. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The words are coming back, as if by writing them down, I’m fishing them out of forgetfulness, one by one. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z None of them was hungry and one by one they settled down into a troubled sleep. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z They unloaded the cows one by one, looking them over carefully. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Then the weeks went by and the radio stations went off, one by one. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z On the shelf from which it had come, she proceeded to remove, one by one, all the other books, wiping carefully behind each one to the dark-stained wood at the back of the case. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z She pulled out food packets one by one. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Overhead, stars are winking one by one into existence—real stars, not a virtual simulation. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z But the boys were disappearing one by one. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z “He was letting you break your icons one by one. He was letting you reduce him to the status of a human being.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z ‘These are the terms,’ said the Messenger, and smiled as he eyed them one by one. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Finally, the request was approved, with the proviso that I could see my colleagues one by one, not together. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He carried she empty bottles and dropped them one by one into the deep blue canal waters. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she turned to the other three, Prosper, Bo, and Hornet, one by one. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z A flock of swift-flying Arctic terns darted overhead, and one by one dropped into the grasses. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “He said my teeth would start to fall out one by one, until 1 could no longer protest leaving this marriage.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he would call out our names, one by one, and introduce us to his many friends. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I inquired one by one about all the children, about my mother and sisters, and Winnie’s own family. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They come sliding down toward us, one by one, all metallic and plain. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I put my notebook in my slacks and hugged each of the women one by one. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He went to them one by one, whispering in their ears, waiting for their responses, praying over them. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z All the hallucinations come over and, one by one, inspect me. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He looked at each one of us and hugged us one by one. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z Angry the worse for not daring to show it to the robots that, one by one, were entering the room and then leaving. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z His burning eyes glanced over the parishioners one by one. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z And just like that, after giving that clarification, one by one she could take the guests from their cages. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It was a sweltering morning in July, and drops of sweat crawled down her back one by one, like slow insects. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z There was a spray and a spurt of crimson in the sunlight, and the bodies of the slaves crumpled and twitched and one by one fell to the freshly cut grass. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Father would sooner watch us all perish one by one than listen to anybody but himself. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Each beam stabbed at the cold winds, until one by one they whimpered and died. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z They don’t quite land there, but I step back and try to throw the little things with all my might, one by one. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z From the shade of a tree, I laugh as one by one they walk into the water to face “the Father.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As the winter went on, the trees around the merry-go-round disappeared one by one, until soon there was nothing but stumps. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Despite the excitement of a rare overnight gathering, the boys dropped off to sleep one by one. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Under my breath I count the heads before me, eliminating them one by one, anxiously waiting for my turn. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I stand on my bed in my new room, taping images onto a brand-new heart collage on the wall, one by one, like a puzzle. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z The idea was to lock the parents in the bathroom, and wake the kids and put them there, then bring them out one by one and tie them up in different parts of the house. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Thus, one by one, I destroyed them all so that there were only ashes left to mark the village of Ghalas-at. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The stars and galaxies would wink out, one by one. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z They sat in the shade and gradually one by one they stretched out and slept. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z He was ticking past horses one by one, watching them waver and fail as his colt powered by. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A black bus with open back doors backed up to the loading dock, and one by one our handcuffs were unlocked and we shuffled aboard, filling up the bus benches front to back. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Many people get hit and drop one by one to the ground all around me. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They fear that her heart will break unless she can find relief, and one by one the women tell her of their own grief, Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the tanks that stayed put sprung vacuum leaks, microscopic holes that had to be hunted down one by one and sealed by hand. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z They slipped through one by one and ran for the edge of the roof. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The giants, one by one, were lowered to the floor. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The moon sets and the eastern sky lightens, the hem of night pulling away, taking stars with it one by one until only two are left. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z His sun sights were the crudest of guesses, and to look up positions in the tables he had to peel apart the wet pages one by one. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z He began undoing her clenched fingers, one by one. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The rest would fill up one by one as it grew colder. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Then he spit out three little rocks, one by one, like pumpkin seeds. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He and Alec picked off the attackers one by one: Pull the trigger. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He wanted to mount a legal attack on behalf of all black riders as a class-action suit, not just to defend protesters who got arrested and charged as criminals one by one. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z He was about to move and then suddenly, one by one, all his reflections pointed to the wall in front of him. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Then, one by one, she studied the Institute buildings. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z So one by one the young men warmed and greased the bow for bending, but not a man could string it. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She licks her finger, then turns the pages one by one. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The bleating of the sheep, the terror in the shepherd’s eyes, the sound the dogs had made as she killed them one by one, the snarling of her pack. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The demon picked up his suitcases while Father picked up his hats, dusted them off, and set them on his head one by one. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Back with the rest of the Defenders, I ate the sunflower seeds, one by one, waiting for my race. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Then, one by one, the screamers fell silent. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Up high in the sky, all the problems we had left behind seemed so tiny—as if I could pick them up one by one and fling them out of the universe. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z She put the herbs into a small cloth bag, one by one. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The fisherfolk had fled before them, but one by one they had been overtaken and boarded. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z We’ve been working on Safer’s list for the past couple of weeks, adding things one by one. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I know a black poodle who will fetch his mistress’s outdoor shoes and bring them to her, one by one, when he wants to go out. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z I mean, the way he hammered home his points, one by one, in logical sequence. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The cops took us to the police station and threw us in a cell and pulled us out one by one for questioning. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He used to lift the bags of flour one by one and contemplate them, to see if they all truly weighed the amount the man said they did. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “It will buy a handsome wedding present for Sister Janet!” she exclaimed, smoothing out the bills as she counted them one by one. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z Ghosts laundered them and hung them back up, again and again over years, and she wore them out one by one and eventually grew old in them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I created a map that covered Brandywine and the Hollows outskirts, and I checked the addresses of the Civic owners with Google Earth Street View, one by one. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z With all his brothers surrounding his voice with theirs, what did he know about losing all the people he loved one by one? P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “I put in all the words and one by one they appeared on the screen; then something beeped and they’d disappear. But it won’t let me type in the last word. Nothing’s happening!” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z After the baby died, my mother fell apart, not all at once, but piece by piece, like plates falling off a shelf one by one. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The Sorting continued; boys and girls with varying degrees of fright on their faces moving one by one to the four-legged stool, the line dwindling slowly as Professor McGonagall passed the L’s. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z We had to win people over one by one. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z These things she arranged one by one on her shelf. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The archers let their arrows fly, one by one, sending the flames through a rainbow of conflagration. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Every single time your father turns on the radio, I honestly think he expects to tune in on ‘It’s a Wise Child’ and hear all you children, one by one, answering questions again.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z He went through the cans again one by one, holding them in his hand and squeezing them like a man checking for ripeness at a fruitstand. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Then I send down the dumbwaiter and raise the trays one by one. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z As the sun went down, the other animals began drifting away, one by one, and when the parade finally arrived at the Nest, only the original members remained. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z She looked at us one by one and then took a long sip from her tea mug as if she wanted to keep us guessing. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I look at them one by one, and they look at each other and at me, and we are all smiling. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Then, one by one, we climbed into a little wire basket on the end of a cable, and were hoisted up into the helicopter. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z As I get closer and closer, my feathers begin to fall out, first one by one, and then in clumps, until I can see my bones. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z As the stories go by, one by one, I find myself relieved when my name isn’t mentioned. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z She was accustomed now to having her family desert her one by one. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z When four men assaulted die gate with axes, Koss shot them down with arrows, one by one. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Mirjam's entire class, disappeared one by one, all of them in hiding or taken through that theater. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Then they flapped up, one by one, in their ash-colored jackets, circling my head and crying. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Flies do not develop a ward round of diseases that carry them off, one by one. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z His humans would peel these layers, one by one, and study them. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z He took a coin from the candle flame of a candle on the wall, another from his beard, a third from Shadow’s empty left hand, and dropped them, one by one, into the glass. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Koffi let Baaz’s stories about the Night Zoo’s creatures—some true, most fake—blend together as more animals were summoned one by one. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Then, one by one, figures began to pop into sight as their Disillusionment Charms lifted. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I sat in my bedroom, knocking the army men one by one off my windowsill. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z The one who used to bring a box of hard candies on Wednesdays and pass them out to us, one by one, as we left. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Then, one by one, they each let out little yelps of victory and ripped pages free. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Then, we ask the new-free folks to, one by one, climb the ladder of the steeple and rub the bell with their left hand. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Until dawn, when the stars went out one by one, and the grey light changed the sculptured figures back into immobility. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z He gathered up two more stones and dropped them one by one into her open palm. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z But Abby hopped down the porch steps, grabbed it, and turned it slowly, a smile spreading as she noticed the freckles and eyelashes I’d glued in place one by one with Nan’s tweezers. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z As Father answered, the shorter man examined us, stepping in front of each of us one by one. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z But the dinner has begun, and table numbers are being called one by one on the loudspeaker. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Using his great height and strength, he fairly lifted the men onto the back wall one by one. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z The night dragged on, the rain ending and the clouds scudding away and the stars blinking on, one by one, looking cold and distant. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z "What on earth?" he mutters, as the knights are swallowed, one by one. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I steer them out and shut the door to the bedroom, and in a few minutes, the plates and bottles and purses are collected and the group files one by one out the door. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Another followed him, and still another, as one by one they were blown backward into the dark maze of tunnels we had just left. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Scythe Chomsky used his flamethrower to set a corn maze ablaze, smoking people out to be picked off one by one by the other scythes. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Then, the women stopped and turned one by one to face me, slowly raising their veils. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z I will count my numberless blessings one by one. i. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Black starts calling on us, one by one, down the rows, asking for progress reports on our projects. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z After that, the blocks were taken out by continuous-mining machines, one by one, until each of them was only about fifteen feet square. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z By late October, as one by one applications were sent in, a spirit of celebration set in among the seniors. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Ser Jorah broke the dry mud with his knife, pried the chunks from the flesh, peeled off the leaves one by one. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z 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 The other men in the cage, all of whom had finally found some rest during the night, woke one by one, and stood to stretch. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z They didn’t come out gently one by one, as they do on a summer evening. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Instead, a single iguanodon limped along the cobblestones, its hunchbacked rider reaching a long pole up to light the street lanterns one by one. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I had collected them one by one until I had complete sets. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z We batted and struck and clubbed and raked, and as we did, one by one the lechuzas flew off our weapons, hit the barn walls, and fell to the ground, squealing like stuck pigs. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The doll mender walked away, turning out the lights one by one. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z He was nearly always able to throw himself back on his haunches, grasp the springing animals in his great arms and hug them to death one by one, keeping the others off with snapping teeth. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z As they explored New York, they began to come, one by one, to a new realization about how things stood for them. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He held her hand in his own and brushed her fingers, one by one. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z A small weekend crowd of Chinese people and tourists would gather as I played and defeated my opponents one by one. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z This family, on a Saturday morning in October, began, one by one, to stir out of their dreams of affluence and vengeance into the anonymous misery of their storefront. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The team would nab farebeaters one by one, handcuff them, and leave them standing, in a daisy chain, on the platform until they had a “full catch.” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But then a baffling and magnificent thing happened—one by one, the stars came out, here and there a green flash in the dark. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z As he read it, puzzling out the runes and symbols one by one, a horror came over him. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z But one by one, each woman rose to compare her work with the original, shook her head in defeat, and abandoned the hall. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z They crossed the bridge and continued on down the road and vanished one by one into the waiting darkness. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z A boy flung it open, and one by one, they stood in the doorway and stared. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The mews are all but emptied now, The great birds auctioned, one by one — One single sparrowhawk is left: The one tamed by the falconer’s son. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Hanako would take out ten flats of thirty eggs—one by one, so as not to break any—and place them near the grill. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I laid back in the bed and continued pulling them from the box, one by one, until finally I drifted off to sleep. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It was a bitterly cold night, and for the next hour, while we stood at attention naked and shivering, our cells were searched one by one. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Several of the men held Sutic down as the people filed by the bowl, dipping their feet, dirty from the work in the fields, into it one by one. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z He focuses his mind on us, bringing up our faces one by one. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I record them, check them off one by one for the dead ears of night. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z He kept them open until the lights in the windows of the other houses went off one by one, and the world went dark except for a single streetlight at the end of the block. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z I add the freckles one by one, like I'm painting delicate flowers on a canvas. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Slowly, one by one, the flames gave up their colour and dropped, until at last there were none left—only a glowing heap, ashen-edged. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Or, at the very least, Thomas hoped he could fight them off from high up, one by one, instead of being overwhelmed on the ground. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z This touched off a parade of boycott leaders who filed inside the courthouse one by one and minutes later came out, freshly booked and fingerprinted, descending the steps into a cheering crowd of spectators. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z And one by one, the failed bank robber takes me to each place. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z All about, lights were going out one by one. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z I sit there, watching the cars disappear from the parking lot one by one, tapping my feet against the concrete and thinking about what I’m going to do with my life. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Tom called them one by one and they climbed over the brow and stood in a line. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z The sky above the hills turned gray, and the stars faded out slowly, one by one. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z The boy prodded them, one by one, with his crook, calling each by name. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The other members of the group became persona non grata one by one. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Markie reached up and started pulling them down one by one, laying the boxes on the counter in front of us. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z But he was looking the other way, oblivious to the scuffling and noise, opening the blades on his pocketknife, one by one, and stabbing them into the juniper post. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z But quite the opposite results were achieved, as the dancers danced themselves to utter exhaustion, and one by one they began to expire from heart attacks, strokes, and complete organ failure. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Then I picked up the chicken slices in my fingers one by one, rolled them so the caviar wouldn't ooze off and ate them. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z She laid her tools and specimen containers at the head of the table, counting them off one by one. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The man fastened the clamp over the ends of the threads and pulled them out one by one. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z So the Russian undid the snags one by one, and the scarecrow danced off into the night again without a word of thanks. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Then one by one they turned and blinked in the pitiful light. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Lyra laid them one by one on the grass, and then they were through, and moving among the bushes. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z And they presented themselves one by one as: “The Duke of Definition.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z She pumped four pails of water at the well, just as Mother had asked, and hauled them back one by one. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z They were taken one by one to a laboratory, and of course this made them all very frightened; how cruel it would be, Lyra thought, if she perished without striking a blow at them! The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The petals opened one by one, each a perfect violet teardrop, and at the center, the flower’s black eye gazed unblinkingly up at Taisin, whose face glowed with the energy unfurling through her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I felt them crash down one by one. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z They coughed and complained about the bitter taste before they ran one by one into the restroom and threw up the nastiness in their stomachs. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z She opens each piece of mail one by one and sorts them into piles. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z His bells she laid aside carefully, one by one. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Then, one by one he called each runner forward. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z She ticked off her stepmother’s checklist one by one. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He dragged the bags, one by one, to the double doors that used to open to let in the audience. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z He stood in the corral behind the cattle and waved his arms at them until one by one they hesitantly stepped into the back of the cattle truck. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Children sat with their groups until they went, one by one, to the stage. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Then, one by one, the lamps go out. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Occasionally, the embers of the fires flared to life in the breeze, the last standing columns of wood collapsing one by one, crumbling into ash. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z I scan the screens, one by one, looking for one that shows the Abnegation sector of the city. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z They begin to call us one by one and we scoot up a chair each time they do. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z As I sat in the boat waiting for the fish to bite, I put them slowly, one by one, into my mouth. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z They floated aimlessly, until one by one they were slowly sucked into the intake screen of our air-conditioning system. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z G’ma takes the earrings off one by one and sets them down. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z Eleanor pushed her curls out of her face one by one, like she was gathering her wits by hand. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Now free to do as he pleased, the murderer killed them one by one, each time carefully collecting the discharged shell. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z It is a lot faster to tally the number of marks in groups than it is to count them one by one. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I was startled by the size of the group, which stared at me appraisingly and then, one by one, started to smile at me. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z With horror, I saw that he was turning through it slowly, like a book, pretending to examine the pages one by one. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z He calls us one by one to the front of the room and looks at our shoes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Presently, the men, one by one, left the room and returned. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z “The muddy-backed watchman of the gods. You woke the gods too late, Heimdall. Was it not delightful to watch them die, one by one?” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z I sucked each of his fingers one by one while he watched. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z I laid them out one by one and used the tricks he taught me. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Plucking a handful of silver straight pins from her plump cloth belt, she stuck them one by one, standing up, into the sheets around Liyana’s body. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z As the nine of us turned to go our separate ways, one by one a soldier followed each of us. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “My father used to slice open the tips of my fingers one by one until I could heal all ten at once,” Celia says, returning the dagger to its place on the wall. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z And gradually, one by one, they smile and pat my hand. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Jane and Michael and Mary Poppins spread the crumbs in a circle on the ground, and presently, one by one at first, and then in twos and threes, the birds came down from St. Paul’s. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Salva held his breath as he scanned the faces, one by one. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z She carefully moved a half-dozen panels one by one, making a new stack beside the first one until she uncovered the faded one the woman had tapped. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z Searching every planet, one by one, would take forever. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Hands go up, and one by one he addresses the concerns. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I deliberately bit them off one by one. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Natalie is tearing up the moons she’s made one by one, her chin jerking wildly down to her collarbone and up. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside the castle, the sun set and the stars came out one by one and then they disappeared and gave way to the rising sun and still Despereaux slept. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z He greeted his other friends one by one as they pushed to make space in the crowd. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The others looked at him in astonishment, but one by one they nodded. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Dogs up and down the valley barked and house lights came on, one by one. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The gasps rippled through the crowd as one by one, each person felt the surge of light flow through them and burst out into the darkness. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Then she walks unhurriedly back to her brick- and-cement house by the sea, chewing the peanuts one by one. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Fred plucked up the cushions, one by one, and tossed them to safety on the floor. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z All those screams: subtracted one by one as though silence were the goal. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Patty helps Ashima out of bed, tucks her feet one by one into slippers, drapes a second nightgown around her shoulders. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z But one by one, the young people rose up from their seats and declared their bold commitment in spite of the risks. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He bows and then shows me each frock one by one, much to Elisabeth's chagrin. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I lay them out on the table one by one: change, quiet, money, college, job, space, family, home. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Then he went on: “But It is here, and I’ll find It. It is in the hold, perhaps in one of those boxes. I’ll unscrew them one by one and see. You work the helm.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z And he, compassionate creature, who drew from me the arrows of sorrow one by one, listened, and when I came home I was not alone. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “People started drifting out one by one. I know those guys aren’t going back there. That scene was too rough.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Jean Louise stood on the front steps and greeted them one by one as they entered. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z With a match, Tanin heated a stick of wax until molten pearls began to drop one by one onto the paper, creating an inky black pool. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Tally shook away that last image and ran down the hall, ignoring the same jokes about her mask, risking glances into the rooms one by one. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The board inched downward, metal-detector fights flickering off one by one as the magnets lost their grip. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Then, one by one, the cops came out. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The officer examined them one by one on the workbench and then he turned human. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Tuck reached up to receive them as they came out one by one. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The shutters were open a crack, and an unseen hand was pushing out daisies, one by one. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They projected a sea of stars on the domed ceiling, and we all oohed and aahed as, one by one, the constellations were highlighted and morphed into Greekish-statue versions, making the formations easier to see. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Then Mrs. Newton stood beside him, and all the little Newtons, one by one. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z The conductors wave their signals to one another, the wheels roll slowly away, the compartments glide forward one by one. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z While he raided the cabin for supplies, pulling open drawers, grabbing things out of the cabinets, she sat dumbly in the doorway, rubbing her fingers one by one. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The others wore loincloths and turbans and a few wore shirts, but as the day wore on they doffed their shirts, one by one, until all were as our men. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they all fell silent, and one by one the hobbits dropped off to sleep. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Then, one by one—as we would be summoned to judgment after death—we entered the airless confessional. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She calls each child one by one and teaches her how to hold the rifle. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d stack them up to make the highest tower, carefully adding blocks one by one. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z I knew only that if you peeled off one by one all the layers of the student body, you would have found at the core not the spirit of the school, but Wayne Parr. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z Silently, one by one, they came up the hill, passed through the wire, and drifted in a loose file across the compound. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He gave a sullen shrug and began to pull his arrows from the ground, one by one. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Within the next month, one by one the older boys and girls leave the camp with nothing more than the clothes they are wearing. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone heeds my call, and one by one the lanterns are turned up as high as they will go. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He squatted on the floor and began to pick up the jigsaw pieces, carefully, one by one. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Brightly colored figures were appearing, one by one, out of nowhere at the distant boundary of the yard. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Well, let’s start off with 2, and subtract the terms of the sum, one by one. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Her passion is to do away with them, one by one. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z My parents ran through them one by one. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z We took the bricks off, one by one. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Then she peels them off one by one and lets them float to the doormat. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z On my bed, I sit down and flip through the cut-up books one by one, reading all the cut-up passages. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z After him the others, one by one, took their turn, but the bow was too stiff; the strongest could not bend it even a little. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Dusk seeps down through the overcast and a slight chill drops into the air and one by one families leave to walk or bike or ride the bus home. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He pulled our little scraps of paper out one by one. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z She was calling our names one by one. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Then, one by one, I found the pastel shapes of my sisters like party balloons but in the wrong party, man oh man. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a camera installed in the front windshield of every trailer in that front row; I spotted them one by one as we ran back toward Betty. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z And so while Mig held the knife pointed in the direction of the princess, the Pea sat and let the rat crawl over her back, doing her buttons up for her, one by one. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z The words fell, one by one, as lightly as leaves from a dead tree, and I was left, like winter’s branches, bare and defenseless. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Then we were to name ourselves for him, one by one, and thank him again with little personalized comments. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If you continue to resist me, you will all die, one by one. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The beads continued to drop, one by one, through Desdemona’s hands. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I open the driver’s door and toss the bottles into the field, one by one, until all four empties are gone. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z He pulled down the coffins, one by one, from their shelves, and let them clatter onto the ground, shattering the old wood, spilling their contents onto the mausoleum floor. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z “Then they take us away one by one and that’s all we know. No one comes back,” said the redhead. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The fumes shimmered in the air, and one by one, they “topped” her tanks, loading them right to the brim and securing them for sea. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She pulls them off her head, one by one. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Sick with regret, Macklin took his dogs one by one from harness. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z By repeating this move, I was able to pick off his extra lives, one by one. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z She took them off one by one, crushing them with a firebrand before they bled her to death. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z At last I got up and found the others, one by one, in the dark. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The videos always started the same way: with each of us entering the room one by one, waving at the camera and introducing ourselves. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “Okay. How about this: If we don’t peel off one by one and start running for the yacht by the end of the song, we’re dead.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z It’s a giant puzzle, and I’m making the pieces one by one. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Then one by one they confessed their guilt. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I took the ice creams out, one by one, and set them on the table. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z If I became a monster today, and decided to kill them, one by one, they would become aware only after most of the flock had been slaughtered, thought the boy. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He pulled it over his right shoulder and began to remove the bells from his hair, one by one. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Justin lifted the grid, pushed open the sliding panel, and one by one we went through. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z They put their feet up on the furniture, drank the senator’s Scotch straight from the bottle, and broke his classical records one by one. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Roy Lee grabbed its bumper, falling onto his sled, and one by one we formed a chain, hanging on the feet in front of us. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He raised a hand, and the other singers began to move about the cavern, extinguishing the torches one by one. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The system failed, failed all the way through the complication of mechanics and computers, burning each one down like the pop and sizzle of a string of Christmas lights, shuddered to ruin one by one. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z There was a column of ants marching across one of the flagstones and Bruno Jenkins was focusing the sun through his magnifying-glass and roasting the ants one by one. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z “There is that,” Abuelita said, reaching out to caress our faces one by one, listening to our unhappy sighs. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He reached across my lap and began to peel Greg’s fingers off, one by one, with a look of pure disdain. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z They came one by one, separately, and the second one came first. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z I clutched my cut hair tightly as I watched the people selected one by one to speak with the rock. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z I pulled my hand away from my father’s face as his friends streamed out of the room, one by one, slowly and carefully, as if hoping I wouldn’t notice. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z I lay them one by one in front of me, a row stretching across the table, this gluey narrative of a family and life and death. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Professor Flitwick called them one by one into his class to see if they could make a pineapple tap- dance across a desk. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Fiona placed each case back into the cosmetic tray, one by one. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Curses and grunts and groans filled the air briefly, then a couple of the junior high teachers reached into the pile and pulled us out, one by one. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She kept her back to him and went down the line, yanking the last clothespins off one by one. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The snakes strangled the native birds one by one. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Min used a pair of special wooden tongs to carry out the still-hot vases one by one, and placed them carefully into the cart, where Tree-ear had prepared a bed of straw. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z It’s like everything normal is crumbling around me, one by one. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z You stretch and beat them on the air, one by one, and all the time there is nothing there, no hand, no fingers. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Piggy and Ralph came to the edge of the grassy platform; and the boys, as they noticed them, fell silent one by one till only the boy next to Jack was talking. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The prisoners were processed one by one, at tables placed outside. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z We threw our packs to the ground below and then, one by one, we jumped after them. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Gently, using only the tips of her fingers, she begins to pick up the slides one by one. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z His arrowheads fell from his hand one by one and clattered on the floor. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The members of the Jury filed in one by one, walking past us without any eye contact, which made me feel worse. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z With an exasperating parsimony he took down the chests, opened them, and placed on the table, one by one, seventy-two gold bricks. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z And when they are done, he holds up their arms, one by one, and feels for their muscles. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z "Actually"—Fifi calculates by lifting her fingers one by one from the baby's back, then patting them down—"it was the fourth night. But I knew the minute I saw him." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I stuck around and claimed I wanted to get my head in the space, claimed I had some preseason ritual, which they all bought, filtering out one by one. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z She pulled the planks out of the way, one by one, grunting and sweating with the effort, revealing a deep, round, brick-lined hole in the ground. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z He felt that even minutes were precious, but one by one they escaped; and he could do nothing. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The evening was capped off with Bobby playing dozens of five-minute games with almost all assembled, one by one. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The principal asked the class to rise, and one by one they walked across the stage to receive their diplomas. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Before she left to return to Smith for her senior year, Luma spoke to her friends one by one and paid a visit to her grandmother. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z It got darker and the stars winked on, one by one. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She finishes the last spoonful, grabs her briefcase, and laughing, kisses her children and husband on the nose one by one, then clicks out the door on her high heels. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Rebutting those propositions one by one is the task of the speech that follows. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z I touch the charms on my bracelets, one by one. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z In the water, the lost animals paddled their little paws and searched for land, but one by one, they went under. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z She began going through some of the subsidiary puzzles, one by one. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the men were morbidly convinced that a killer whale would crash upward through their dwindling floe, tossing them all into the water and picking them off one by one. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z At first the Gangulis sleep most of the day and are wide awake at night, gorging themselves on toast at three in the morning, unpacking the suitcases one by one. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Then Bigger saw the men, one by one, turn and stare at him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He took the sugar tongs, the medallions, and the magnifying glass, one by one, and turned them in his pudgy fingers. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z The dog-bats dropped, one by one, from the ceiling and began to circle the room, coming close to her but never touching her. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z I could tell that Mrs. Huckaby also sensed real trouble, because she summoned us one by one to discuss our problems. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The bags were filled with cans of soup, which Helen opened up one by one with a few cranks of a can opener. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z And then here come my Jews, one by one down the ladder. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z He turned her round and began to mount the steps, one by one. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “Not me,” answered the others one by one. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they ate them slowly one by one. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The rain was still coming down, but only in large individual drops visibly and firmly thrown down one by one onto the ground. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z Shadow thought of saying something, but instead he helped them, one by one, up onto the ledge. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z My little bedside clock ticked out the minutes one by one. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z They search the crowd and one by one approach someone in the group we’ve walked in with. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z We were led one by one to stand in front of a skinny white man with yellow hair who was sitting at a desk. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He watched them dive into the pool, one by one, with a graceful quiet sound. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z She touched the things inside one by one. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z They rushed out to the street one by one in confusion. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I answer the door and greet them, one by one, and lead them to the living room. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, I play each thing that Mabel said over and picture them all, one by one, until they turn into other memories, too. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Every year, someone from the village gets chosen to plug in the lights on the village hall, and then, one by one, everyone else in the village switches their Christmas lights on. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z And one by one they rose out of the sea into a golden spray. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z They piled the bags one by one gently in the Toyota’s trunk. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He brought them forward one by one, asked each man his name, then bid them kneel and swear him their allegiance. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Today we read a stack of N-words from the dictionary, one by one. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “We will return and hunt them down, one by one, as we have done since time was born.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z They did, forming into a tight pack behind the door as they entered, one by one. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Surely not even the most careful writer has learned them one by one. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z We keep walking to the other kids’ houses, and one by one they come running out to greet me. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z She offers some to Gogol, pulling them out for him one by one. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Then the wind rose and the white mist came sweeping in, impossibly cold, and one by one the fires went out. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I kissed the back of it, and then the fingers, one by one. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z We laid the pieces out one by one. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z They all came and hugged me, each of them, one by one. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z And though the rationals are tiny, the irrationals aren’t, since we can’t make a seating chart and cover them one by one; there will always be uncovered irrationals left over. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z She pressed her hand to her belly as she spoke, and the men were ashamed before her and went out one by one, for they were not evil men except when they starved. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z “You can’t sell the pages of a whole book one by one.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She then removes her gloves and tosses them one by one on the crumpled jacket as well. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I laid it on a little two-drawer bureau in the corner and then handed out my things to her, one by one. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z A second will scrub them one by one in a bath of detergent. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z We had to drop the small stones, one by one. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The Professor read off the names one by one and handed out the keys. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The buttons fell one by one into the dust. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z As the sun was coming up, I brought the cows into the kraal, one by one, eight of them. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z With a sinking feeling, I remembered what an expert shot he was, how he’d broken the rows of mason jars one by one. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The fog streamed up the wolf slope and enveloped the members of the pack one by one until only Kapu was visible. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z When I return to her, I go through them one by one. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z The tulips have had their moment and are done, shedding their petals one by one, like teeth. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The young men were called into a classroom, one by one, and asked to fill out a questionnaire. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z At first, people came in small groups, or one by one. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z On Christmas Eve, Dad took each of us kids out into the desert night one by one. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Her hair was full of dry leaves, which he removed one by one. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Gogol watches as Donald begins to remove the clams from their bath, scrubbing the shells with something that looks like a tiny toilet bowl brush, then tossing them one by one into the stockpot. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She began to slip them one by one through her fingers, exactly as her father had done, and her grandfather, and her great-grandfather, performing a family legacy of precise, codified, thorough worrying. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He ate them as he walked, cracking the shells one by one, working the nut meat loose with his tongue. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z But as we sat in the dark living room, I heard them, one by one whispering their regrets. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a solidarity among the people in Shady’s bar that night, as one by one they emerged from their trenches and ventured into no-man’s-land. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z He answered their concerns one by one, enumerating their rights and explaining how to wring justice out of various government agencies. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The others would go home eventually, one by one, leaving Prosper and Bo behind. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Now, everyone else studied a long time—and, one by one, all folded their hands. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z So we try to be discreet and go out one by one, so it doesn’t look like we know each other but are just separate people staying in the hotel rooms on the lower floors. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z So we just held each other, and one by one, we wished each other well and then goodbye. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Pick the fish up one by one and throw them into the air so we can chase after them.” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “I wish I knew where all these pretty things would go when Aunt March dies,” she said, as she slowly replaced the shining rosary and shut the jewel cases one by one. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Ever since my mother left us that April day, I suspected that everyone was going to leave, one by one. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z He sat there and fed them into the fire, one by one, with satisfaction, and told his children what it all meant. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z One by one the people spoke, and one by one Matty identified those who had traded. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z “I’d crush you,” he said simply, easing his legs over the side one by one, and lifting his belly over the wood with his hands. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z It was a lovely, perfect evening as I kicked the row of soccer balls into the net one by one. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Then one by one they bring their fuzzies over to my desk. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z He watched as one by one the gulls took to the air. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Then they vanished, one by one, into the narrow passageway that opened up a few steps down from the movie theater's main entrance. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z He took me by the hand and drew me in: “See!” he said, “here you will be in shelter; and if the wolves do come I can meet them one by one.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Even men from other squadrons came one by one to conceal themselves in the darkness and pop out. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The teachers rose and left, one by one. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Odin held them, and one by one he breathed life into them. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Then she sets them in the tin one by one. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Brenda lights them, one by one, and as she lights them, we each say something about Finch. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Her fingers went, one by one; then her arms disappeared all the way to the elbow. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z And then, one by one, they realized that they couldn’t hear anything at all except for the gentle murmur of their blades dipping into and out of the water. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z While the other girls gossiped and said good night one by one, Cora practiced her letters. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I put my head down on the paper-covered pillow on the bed and stared up as she snipped and pulled those stitches from my head, one by one. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Needles was heavier than he looked, and I could feel his blood seep through my shirt as I took the steps, one by one. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z He disconnects everything that will disconnect; he lays its parts out on the floor and holds them one by one to the light. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The man cracks open a few pomegranates that are bursting with deep red seeds and feeds them one by one into a gigantic metal juicer that he turns with a crank. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Ms. Moskowitz calls us one by one and says, Come up to the board and write your name. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z But suddenly, one by one, the policemen began flying off the pile as if wrestling a cyclone. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z I thought about him pouring a hundred vials into the ground, one by one, mourning his partner. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z And when I released my fingers from his arm, one by one, that’s exactly what he did. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z She holds out a hand, and sparrows land one by one on her arms, and she tucks each one into her coat. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z They got in the wagon, one by one, and lay down flat. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Reluctantly, one by one, Hugo pulled out dozens of objects: screws and nails and bits of metal, gears and crumpled playing cards, tiny pieces of clockworks, cogs, and wheels. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z She frayed them away, one by one, and everyone moved faster and more purposefully. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z She could crush the baby birds one by one, and eat the mother’s sorrow—of course she could. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I listened to my heart beat, faster, faster, as footsteps came one by one up the stairs. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The maples and birches turned bright colors and the wind shook them and they dropped their leaves one by one to the ground. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Before Dad could stop me, I sprinted into our greenhouse, took the eggs out of the carton, one by one, and slammed them into the dead plants. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Fear spiked through her body as, one by one, she saw figures begin to emerge from the jungle’s darkness, all wearing a familiar shade of blue, a shade she recognized. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z All three wore oilskin ponchos, which they shed and shook out, one by one, before coming into the house. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Then tipping wine they drank their thirst away, and one by one went homeward for the night. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I took each item out, one by one, and set it next to me. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The three chosen apprentices were called one by one by Scythe Mandela, who presided over the bejeweling committee. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The setting sun through the window makes them glow, and I imagine walking across the bridges, one by one. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z The wagon continued its slow side-to-side pace toward the town, but behind it the villagers grew silent as one by one they noticed what sat in front of the synagogue. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He called out the names one by one. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z With each step, the stairs illuminate one by one, a purple-blue light sputtering to life. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Then, one by one, she dunked each piece into her tea, named a fear, and ate it. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I lay them out one by one along the edge of the counter, rim to rim so they are like a giant pearl necklace. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Celaena eliminated her options one by one, seeing each weapon for what sort of damage she might do to the captain’s face. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Her voice lacked expression; each word was flat and dull, like pebbles dropped, one by one, into a deep well. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z Next month the petals would fall one by one from the great faces, and the gardeners would come and sweep them away. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Then she calls out our names one by one. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Death is not a sudden-all-at-once affair; cells go down in sequence, one by one. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The goats to be sacrificed were marched in one by one, arrayed in silks and gold braids. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Those people were gunned down, one by one, as they fled into the night. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z In the field far below he could see a gang of gnomes sneaking one by one back through the Weasleys’ hedge. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z There are only a few Carussos in the phone book, and I eliminate them one by one till I find her. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z After we had completed the initial series of tests, she took us one by one into the parlor for personal interviews. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z “Immense, I tell you,” persisted Madame Ratignolle, surveying the sketches one by one, at close range, then holding them at arm’s length, narrowing her eyes, and dropping her head on one side. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Celia fingers the sheet of onion parchment in her pocket, reads the words again, one by one, like a blind woman. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel like hurling the dishes at the wall, one by one. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A priest, or monk, or whatever you call a cult clergyman, was at the altar, chanting in monotone and dousing lit candles one by one. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I lay on my bed under the thick white blanket, and they entered my room, one by one, and introduced themselves. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z In his hand still Andúril gleamed, and the terror of the sword for a while held back the enemy, as one by one all who could gain the stair passed up towards the gate. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z We should kiss them one by one and say, We are sorry, but something strong and lasting had to do this for May, and you are the chosen ones. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She crept along the stalls one by one, peeking inside each and trying to discern their residents in the darkness. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z But over Roke stars were coming out one by one in a clear and quiet sky. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z I love the early morning storefronts opening up one by one, shopkeepers talking as they crank their awnings down. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Around the room, one by one, they told him they were convinced it was a thread virus. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The dark horizon was softening, and the stars were dimming one by one. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The Watch had once manned seventeen castles along the hundred leagues of the Wall, but they had been abandoned one by one as the brotherhood dwindled. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He licks the tip of his finger and picks the crumbs off his tunic one by one. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z We each went up the ladder, one by one, plopping into the soft nest of hay. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z At the very beginning, after the title Meet the Kasteevs, they showed Erlan’s parents, really big on the screen, then all the kids, one by one. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z The kids shook their heads; then, one by one, they told her the story of the Beiderman and the move. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Thereafter when I come home again, I am to slay full hekatombs to the gods who own broad heaven, one by one. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z And there remains the mother, bound and gagged and having to listen as her husband, her beloved children died one by one. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z I watched my former coworkers scatter across Poland, one by one, family by family. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z I pick up her hands one by one and brush the dirt off them. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z And even then, they squeezed together in a bunch, as though, if they allowed any space between them, Fin- sterwald might somehow pick them off, one by one. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I climb one by one, each step bringing me closer to freedom, each gasp for air a challenge to the universe. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z He bent her fingers one by one, cracking the knuckles. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z |
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