“I’m not asleep,” he muttered, opening his eyes, and shutting them again. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

They keep talking, without moving, without seeing me anymore even though I am still gripping the tunnel opening. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

And now we see why the opening to A History of Warfare is so puzzling. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

He knew that immediately after the opening all such work would have to be redone. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I waited a moment longer before opening the door. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Mark jumped back in surprise but quickly leaned in again, his eye as close as possible to the opening without touching it. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Lola’s fluttering about the garage—shifting, opening, plucking things from boxes. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

When they left, the doctor gave them some information on ALS, little pamphlets, as if they were opening a bank account. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, I don’t,” says TaShon, opening the door and leaning down to rub his nose on Spot’s fur. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Although it was a private place, with an opening closed to the public, once inside you could do what you pleased: disrupt things, rummage, touch and move. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I'm afraid greed got the best of you, Theo. By taking white's queen you were tricked into opening your defense. I know, I've lost a few games that way myself." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a roar, and she felt Adiah push past her, and when she opened her eyes again, the end of her bottlebrush tail was already disappearing up the square opening above. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Then I wouldn’t waste any time to start opening their eyes about the devil white man. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I swatted the air before my face for the twelve thousandth time that day and nodded at the opening. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“No matter how small that opening is, I’ll be slipping that ball right through it. It’s called being a foosball boss.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Just before the opening of his murder trial, Jackson was shot and killed by a tower guard at San Quentin, where he had been transferred. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the opening was the color of earth. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, the thrill of opening night on Broadway with my favorite musicomedy stars. Gab sessions in the Village over espresso with challenging, contemporary minds.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fresh air came streaming through the opening and they breathed deep, happy breaths. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

They could not return because the strip that they were opening as they went along would soon close up with a new vegetation that almost seemed to grow before their eyes. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

My clumsy hands tore large openings in the skin. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He played the opening notes, and then my mother sang Ella Fitzgerald’s ‘I’m Beginning to See the Light.’ Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since the school board determined the opening date for the schools, if we could get the governor’s men off of it, the schools could reopen. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk down the hall to her room, picturing her opening the envelope, expecting something profound and deep. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

When the dungeon door rattles, my skin prickles, and I know even before opening my eyes who will escort me to the gallows. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He seemed so determined that nobody should hear what he was saying that he was barely opening his lips; it was as though he were a rather poor ventriloquist. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

But the din from the right was unceasing, the noise from the other side of the hill was one long huge roar, like the ground opening. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Flavius’s foot catches on a metal grate over a circular opening in the floor, and my stomach contracts when I think of why a room would need a drain. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The next day, at the crack of dawn, the old man was opening his toy booth when Hugo approached. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

She had no more blossomy openings dusting pollen over her man, neither any glistening young fruit where the petals used to be. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Pinmei let the tears fall down her cheeks before opening her eyes. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Now he pushed the box through the opening and said, “This was a cake, before—” But he couldn’t finish. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They seemed to have little difficulty finding new men for each new opening. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Again the experts were said to have been proved wrong, opening a door that until recently was bolted against the crackpots. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“No problem. This opening is just my size.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“December 6 “Everybody gathered for the opening of the sawmill. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Membership fees paid prior to the opening of the club will be placed in trust. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

My eyes feel like a garage door that’s opening and letting in too much light. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“Like I say,” said the man, without opening his eyes, “don’t rush into it. Take your time.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Our own district superintendent confided that the principalship of North High would be opening up in a couple of years, and the job was mine for the asking. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Have you ever thought about opening the back door? Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Welcome to the devil's house!” said the bearded man with a mocking bow before opening the heavy door. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“To profess what?” asked the King of the Moat slowly, hardly opening his jaws and speaking through his nose. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kept opening and closing her mouth as if she was going to say something but then fell silent. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Using his finger, Townshend removed a small blood clot at the opening where the bullet had entered. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I crawl over to the opening and stand, basking in the glow of the moonlight. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On opening night, his mother says she thought the play was very good, though she preferred the last Truman production Zach was in—High School Musical 2. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

And seeing as though she was texting me, she clearly was opening the door. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

My dad’s books on agriculture and opening a business made it seem like he maybe wanted to open a restaurant. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

He switched on the flashlight and crawled through a narrow loft till he came to an opening. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the opening speech the next day, Jim Kim said many people had asked him why a small organization like PIH had taken on such a costly and difficult project in Peru. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

He reached through the opening and would have grabbed her if she had not jumped back. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Up here. There’s a little opening. We’ll have room to sit down.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how long I stared up at it before finally opening my father’s letter. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I was a little worried about opening the box, though, because at this point, I didn’t know what to expect from her. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She clicks the remote, and the opening notes of Pride and Prejudice, the miniseries, begin to play. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She took one of the few openings she could find: substitute high school principal in a small Indiana town near her home. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“That’s not even a real planet,” she said, opening her book to read. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I guess it’s just dawned on everyone that opening night is in less than a month. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The opening led us into a winding passage that ran steeply downhill for perhaps a mile. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Soon the path reached a rounded angle where the mountain-side swelled out again, and there it suddenly entered a narrow opening in the rock. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Laney demonstrated by opening her mouth and chomping down. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It came through the floor and shot straight up through an opening in the ceiling. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

In the remaining hours before nightfall, I gather rocks and do my best to camouflage the opening of the cave. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I could tell those were the squeaks and squawks of one door closing and another one opening. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Near the opening of the cave they had also cut two deep basins in the stone, which I decided to use for storing water since they held much more than the baskets. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last, she heard a door opening upstairs, possibly the one she had heard slammed when she had knocked. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

By this time, I was opening my own box. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

They hadn’t even heard the door opening, they’d been so deep into their kiss. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

And now the softer roar of musketry began opening up behind him; the popping wave of an infantry volley came down from above, from the other side of the hill. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have my Happy Best Friend Face on, even when some hopeful novelist-looking type our age takes the last available table, opening his laptop to write the Next Harry Potter before I can. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Mom sat down on my other side during the opening credits. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Four of them clung to her hair, opening and closing their wings in long, luxurious strokes, while the rest of them crawled delicately along her arms. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

My father was not there when they left; the roads were opening up and all the highway crews were working. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked away from the fence, but Frankie continued to stare at the scene through an opening at the bottom. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Everything I think of when I think of really living, living to the full—all my ideas are just the opening credits of sitcoms. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They depart Christmas Day, driving with their massive collection of luggage to Logan when they should be home opening gifts. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

We were approaching the lighted square of the opening when the roar began. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The first is a wooden box with no opening she can detect. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

And in that turning, unfolding, opening, I forgot everything about me. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Tom said, “Dessie’s thinking of opening a dressmaking shop in Salinas.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Here,” the old man said, opening a metal locker near the stove. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the precise and delicate timing that is nature’s own, the emergence of one species of wild bees takes place on the very day of the opening of the willow blossoms. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Big deal,” Mary Anne said, opening a book. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In England, the famous scientist, Professor Foulbody, invented a machine which would tell you at once, without opening the wrapper of a candy bar, whether or not there was a Golden Ticket hidden underneath it. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

As a gesture of compromise and goodwill, the Daughters invited Marian Anderson to give the opening concert, a benefit for the United China Relief Fund. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

“Well! The paper said Mr. Micheaux has a new film coming later this year, and I am desperate to see it on opening night. You will have to come with me, chickadee. I demand it.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Twenty or thirty times I tried and failed; then I argued that if I could not write the opening scene, I’d start with the scene that followed. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Which, in turn, would leave her state senate seat vacant, opening up the possibility that Barack could run for it. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

James wriggles out of my grasp, heads toward the tent opening. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

"Nooooh," the word opening her mouth, soft and ripe and ready for him to bite into it. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Jeremy’s getting out of his car in the parking lot, his arm outstretched, opening the door. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

We entered the Corsica and then went directly to the opposite bank and the opening off the river where I had discovered Ben and where I’d spotted the sunken kayak last April. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Hey, boy, where you going?” the driver shouted to Bill while he stretched his arms across the opening to prevent my stepping down. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A neighbor was building a wood fire in one corner and despite the slanting openings in the roof, the smoke choked the kitchen. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She loved opening her home to others and having people around. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I was afraid of the way we'd lived without opening doors. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

We clasp hands and tiptoe to the door, slowly opening it. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

It twisted and turned for another twenty feet before opening up into a tiny box canyon with steep walls rising away on every side. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

For years he’d been studying the nuances of their games: their styles, opening preferences, strengths and weaknesses. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Even as they arrived, Trashman loped through the opening and pounced on the steak. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

On the screen, the volcano’s opening spewed smoke and ash. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“It’s Phoebe who is the neighbor—” “Is that right?” he said, opening the car door for Mrs. Partridge. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Slowly she walked first to one and then another opening in their line. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some that night worked on a small notice announcing the opening of a new hotel, clearly another hastily built affair meant to capitalize on the expected crush of exposition visitors. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Its opening theme, albeit not instantly hummable, consists of twelve notes: it uses all twelve notes of the Western scale without repeating any of them. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Unless something has distracted you in the meantime, I bet you can sing back that opening Mozart phrase immediately. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The air grew hot and stifling, but it was not foul, and at times they felt currents of cooler air upon their faces, issuing from half-guessed openings in the walls. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

A lion’s head peered in through the opening. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

And now I’m grateful that Henry was so obstinate about not opening the box of ÁguaViva. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She was also wrong when she thought I’d understand that nonsense about doors closing and opening all by themselves. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I am going to my own art opening in space. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I could not get through the opening under the fence, so I cut the bindings and lifted out two of the whale ribs and thus took him into the house. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without a word, he began cleaning his gun, opening it up and removing the bullets, checking the cylinder. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“You walk straight down this corridor and through the double doors into the next building. Make a right at the first opening. You’ll see it on your left.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He heard the POP of his parachute opening. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

A moment later the gates began to stir, creaking, dripping, and slowly, slowly opening against the current, making the water seethe and churn. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Had anyone, she asked, ever heard of a little dickeybird that dared to sing his charming song without first opening his litde beak wide, wide, wide? Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Twig took in my tears, opening and closing her mouth. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

My mind rushes back to the opening days of other Victory Tours. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Aliya goes to get me a plate of food, but I’m already opening the door. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

This time Camilla came to the door, opening it only a crack and looking out warily. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Fourth and last: The opening up of a new and intriguing world of words, songs and numbers gradually established in me a desire to learn more. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, my dear child,” the Centipede said, opening his eyes. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Instead Moon Orchid hovered over the unwrapping, surprised at each reappearance as if she were opening presents after a birthday party. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he stood up again and reached up to the opening and took hold of the stone rim. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Rimas said a prayer before opening the envelope. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Every so often the train jerks to a stop, throwing us violently to the side, the door opening up to reveal Mr. Redfern. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He’d gotten out of it in the night and crawled in headfirst and then twisted the opening around his feet. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Rivera repeated “Thank you” anytime my mom gave her an opening, and finally my mom wrapped up by telling her our unit number and encouraging them to stop by anytime. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I was about to give my home address, where I would probably be by the time the bill arrived, but then I thought of my mother opening the bill and seeing what it was for. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

At the climax of its monumental opening chorus, with two adult choirs and a double-sized orchestra already in full sway, Bach introduces a new, majestically slower tune on top of the entire structure. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

And then I heard someone opening the door of the flat and there was a strange man’s voice outside, so I locked the bathroom door. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And she walks away, down the hall, opening each door and oohing and aahing, until she opens one door and calls the Lord’s name in vain. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Not until we’re all sitting out onstage and Caesar Flickerman, hair and face highlighted in lavender this year, has done his opening spiel and the tributes begin their interviews. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Zack couldn’t come to opening night, either: he had a volleyball game against Collegiate he couldn’t miss. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

She walked through the shower stall into the bathroom, put on white socks, and continued inward, opening a door that led to the Level 3 staging area. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coming up from the basement, Kyle saw Andrew Peckleman in the middle of the Rotunda Reading Room, opening a long metal box sitting on top of the center desk. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

She shoves the box through a small opening in the wall. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I was surprised to see how my hands trembled opening it, so much that I was obliged to turn my back on my mother and grandmother in the living room and go to the kitchen. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They wiggle and writhe, their suckers opening and closing, exposing tiny sharp teeth, as they're placed on trays and presented to each of our nurses. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Passing through an opening they came suddenly out of the trees. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then she heard the front door opening, and Rasheed was back in the living room. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Before opening a new door, I’d get a quick briefing on the service member and his or her situation. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Here was some opening in the rock far wider than any they had yet passed; and out of it came a reek so foul, and a sense of lurking malice so intense, that Frodo reeled. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I even tried using the bubblegum pink razor that had been included in the hotel’s small pack of soap and shampoo, opening up old and new scabs on my shins and knees. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The lights pulsed like an octopus slowly opening its tentacles. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Oh — Mr. Potter — Mr. Weasley—” he said, opening the door a bit wider. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He got his mouth around the opening, tipped the bottle and drank. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Always do,” I say, opening the door and getting out. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

He could creep along the ceiling like a fly and reach the well opening. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Dimple and Rishi posed in their final outfits, grinning as the opening strains of “Dance Pe Chance” began to play. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

If you’re deaf to this subtle conversation, it comes as a shock when the opening bid seems to be, “Madame, I request from you three thousand zaires.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

At one point South Africa was opening more McDonald’s than any other country in the world. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Hyacinth’s bleak mood was interrupted by Franz’s happy yowl, followed by the sound of the mail slot opening and a stack of envelopes and magazines dropping onto the floor. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

There is much talk of the opening offensive, which will be to secure the train tunnels that feed up into the Capitol. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She touched his hand to prevent him from opening his wallet. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

They flank the opening on the town side. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The PAC presented a manifesto and a constitution, along with Sobukwe’s opening address, in which he called for a “government of the Africans by the Africans and for the Africans.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only the sound the crossbow made, and the stink of his father’s bowels opening. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Chosen as the opening date of the new era.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Already the door to #2 is opening, and an aproned woman with baggy arms and a downy face rushes out and embraces Frederick. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Or they would cut the top off a big gourd they had grown and use that, sticking an ear of corn in the opening to seal it. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Taisin felt as though there were a thousand purple flowers blooming inside her, a sea of them, each opening her black eye to the sun, trembling to see the wide-open sky. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

There was an opening to the street not too far away, but the question was whether they could outrun Mr. Remora and his goons for the second time that night. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Here’s an opening phrase that leaves the sentence scrambled. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the drama of the opening arguments was succeeded by the tedium of court logistics. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She swivels the chair back toward my desk and starts opening my laptop. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Even when I got opening shift at Arby’s and had to be there at 5:50 on Sunday mornings he’d get up and drive me. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

By the opening of the new century, Durham’s economic engine was once again revving at full throttle. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Those cells are Henrietta,” he said, taking back the Bible and opening it to the book of John. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The opening credits for Lassie had begun and he turned to look at them—probably just to end the discussion. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

One of my shoes had a rip in the heel and every time I took a step it looked like my shoe was opening its mouth to say something. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

But it isn't a truck—it's a taxi—and it's stopping right here, in the circle in front of the entrance, and its doors are opening. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Why are Shakespeare and Dickens still here? They’re not on the list for opening night.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

It spanned the opening to the port, a steel-blue pair of upper lips greeting the blackness. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“This is the computer Mom lets us use for homework and stuff,” Emma said, putting the battered Dell laptop beside his and opening the screen. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Anorak's Invitation begins with the sound of trumpets, the opening of an old song called “Dead Man’s Party.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“There is an opening for centurion,” she said. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

They walked as fast as possible toward the dim opening and ducked inside. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I would put the canoe in the water and paddle slowly through the cave, from one opening to the other, often several times. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roli tries to hurry along the side streets, and by that, I mean he drives at twenty-six miles per hour, but we still get stuck at the drawbridge at its scheduled opening. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Emerging from their houses, locals found the land rolling in waves up to three feet high and opening up in fissures several feet deep. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

It looked as if someone had tried to barricade the opening. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Dude, let him go inside so he can check it out,” Jack Will told him, pushing past Julian and opening the door. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I awaited Grandma India's special desserts and the gift opening that followed. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Everywhere around him stores were opening—suits, dresses, overalls, shirts, skirts, blouses, trousers, all made and ready to be worn. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

On opening night at Truman, the cast gathers three hours before curtain. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Guiteau dropped through the opening, his limp body hanging from the noose. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“So I did my homework before coming here this morning,” he says, opening the bag of seeds. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“If we had time to waste, I’d faint,” Maria sighed, shining the flashlight into the new opening. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We eat the cake and move into a sitting room to watch the replay of the opening ceremonies that's being broadcast. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

A severed hand was climbing his calf and when he pried it off with the point of his longsword, it lay writhing, fingers opening and closing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The light was gone immediately, and Anya was swept away from the well opening in the breakneck darkness of the river. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The opening scenes of the play had never been so slow. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Every year around Thanksgiving, he went hunting in West Virginia, where he and some buddies rented a house for the opening of the deer season. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My back to the fire, I sit on the edge of the bed, opening my binder. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Two weeks?! We have a big grand opening at Pet World tomorrow. They booked Duke to cut the ribbon.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

We would be moving to Puerto Plata with the children by the first of December, opening up a little store at the front of the house. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Would you ever think of opening the window and letting out the smoke? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She seemed to have that effect on many in Bone Gap, the people opening up like seeds after a rain. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The rectangle becomes a doorway, and it is opening in front of my eyes. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

At what must be close to Ben’s bedtime, I hear the distinct chime of a librex opening. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I guess you should come in,” James said, opening the door wider. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Harry had the impression that the Minister was wondering whether it was worthwhile opening hostilities this early. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He would have only one chance to drive the cattle through the hole in the fence, and while he searched desperately for the opening, they could scatter in every direction. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She has been too frightened to carry out any strategy, but now a road is opening before her. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Any adversary who is unscrupulous enough to give the least charitable reading to an unhedged statement will find an opening to attack the writer in a thicket of hedged ones anyway. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

He woke to the sound of someone opening the door. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rashid gave the bag a shove and sent it through the opening, then launched himself through. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The song changes again, and I instantly recognize the opening bars. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

As I stood, the driver jumped again into his seat and shook the reins; the horses started forward, and trap and all disappeared down one of the dark openings. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

In August of 1982, activist Ruth First was opening her mail in Maputo, where she was living in exile, when she was murdered by a letter bomb. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt them opening her eyelids, but all she saw was a misty brightness. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Sunday of the formal opening session, the Morning Herald ran nearly a page of articles covering the charrette, including profiles of the co-chairs flanked by large pictures of them. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

‘Man to man,’ Mr. Revere agreed, opening his shop door, motioning Johnny to follow him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The adder bunched his sinewy coils and shot through the skin-hung opening. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Nana’s eyes lit up when she saw me, and she played the opening notes to “Son of a Preacher Man.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Like all hogans, there was a fire in the middle of the red sand floor with an opening to the night directly above. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Hang on, I think, my eyes opening wide. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The tulips along the border are redder than ever, opening, no longer wine cups but chalices; thrusting themselves up, to what end? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Flashing sirens heralded endless emergencies, and a fleet of buses rumbled past, their doors opening and closing with a powerful hiss, throughout the night. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The door opens, and a shape fills the opening, and an arm reaches for the light switch. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

About then, we stepped at an opening in the woods. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And before she could act embarrassed and uncomfortable about yesterday—or pretend that she wasn't—Park was opening the screen door and pulling her in by her shirtsleeve. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Voxy rushes to the door, diving through the opening into his cell. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I walked to the car, pausing shyly before opening the door and stepping in. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Snowmelt had seeped into the rock tunnel, and the small opening had not allowed the sun in to evaporate the water. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I felt I could have gotten lost forever as I struggled to find the door that led to the office and safety, opening first one, then another. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Percy stood, taking the question as an opening. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

But then she was shuffling down the hall and opening the door and giving me a hard look. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Her opening number was “America,” and the words “sweet land of liberty” poured from her almost as a prayer. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

One boy stood about six feet from the opening with a stick in his hand. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the side of the hill, just a few yards away, was one of those openings made by the subtle knife. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Together they crouched over the square hold opening, out of which the odor of salmon flew up at them. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

While I was opening the other can, Grandpa came over. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

We, of course, had to try it, and I held the horse—or tried to—while my friend jumped from the hayloft opening in the barn onto the horse’s waiting back. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I would bend my foot up and bite a small opening in the thickest part of the skin, on the bottom, along the outside edge. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He looks across the barn and sees Lieutenant Baker opening the door. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

I look up at Coop—who seems to be avoiding eye contact—and swallow super-hard before gently opening it. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Not a bit of it. I’d never thought of it that way before, and I thank you for opening my eyes.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The opening was narrow, not much wider than the canoe, but once we were inside, it spread out and was larger than my place on the headland. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Realising that they were about to rush me, I reached under the hood of the dashboard and grabbed a crowbar that the gang used in opening bottle stockades. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He puts his cut-up hands to the opening of his robe and pulls it apart enough to show his bare chest. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I allowed Adèle to sit up much later than usual; for she declared she could not possibly go to sleep while the doors kept opening and shutting below, and people bustling about. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

A wide valley is opening up around us, flat at the bottom where the river is but distant hills beginning to climb up on either side. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I jammed the credit card into the opening in the jamb. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Nuwa gathered stones of five colors and shoved them into each opening. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

On the third or fourth day, when a potter hoped that the correct temperature had been reached, the openings were sealed with clay plugs. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

I see a small opening near my feet. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The bridge to the islands was opening for a two-masted schooner that was maneuvering down the inland waterway. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A square opening near the foot of the wall, in which an iron grating hung loosely, was letting a stream of water spill out and fall in a steady arc. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The Augur closes his eyes, as if listening harder, before opening them. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She started walking from room to room, opening drawers and closet doors, and I fob lowed her. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

His mother had unwrapped the package and was opening a bottle of peroxide. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Just after dark, Kyle and his teammates put on their opening ceremonies costumes and headed out to the motel’s central courtyard. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

A bitter smell wafted between the planks of wood hammered over the opening. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I saw here an opening to ask him about Jonathan, so I said:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I lay still listening until I heard him opening and closing doors in the kitchen. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Once the animals were inside the trap, it was easy to drag the gate across the opening. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I heard him rooting around in the bathroom, opening cupboards, slamming drawers. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

My opening statement still holds—everything in Texas is likely to be canceled by something else. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

A mechanical golden insect whirred to life above them, opening its stained-glass wings and hovering so they were lit as if standing under a Tiffany lamp. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He left it slowly, opening his overcoat and putting his hands in the hip pockets of his trousers. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Somehow he’d fit his entire skinny body down the opening of an owl burrow, so that only his noggin stuck out. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Barely opening her eyes, she stood and shuffled to the door. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Narcissa!” said the man, opening the door a little wider, so that the light fell upon her and her sister too. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Case in point: by the time I click my seat belt, Bram’s already invited Mom to opening night of the play. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

There was a large window against the south wall, and an opening through the west wall led to the living room. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The glow was coming from an opening above us—a small chimney was allowing light to shine down to the water beneath. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He began to flex his hand, opening and closing the fingers. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun gathered the shards and stuffed the opening with a pillow. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Ramming the joystick forward, Jason whirrs out of the kitchen, past David opening a cupboard door. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were low enough to the ground that no one could see me unless they were really looking, so I started opening my suitcase. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

And he sent out messengers inviting the most noble lords in the land to come to a banquet to celebrate the opening of Heorot's doors. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

The house had three front doors opening onto the porch, one for each apartment. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The opening has been boarded up with a piece of plywood, but someone has already kicked it in; in this city, every fire means a shelter. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

With gentle hands, she worked the entrails back through the opening. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were scouting for openings to slip through when a flap pulled back and a well- dressed man and woman burst out, the man holding the lady, the lady fanning herself. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

There were other things there on the ledge, in the shadows among the standing figures, but having drifted far back in the room, I again paddled toward the opening. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

To emphasise the intended awe and majesty of the occasion, Louis XIV’s long, mythological ballets would begin with a self-contained instrumental introduction, or opening. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“In here,” said Bill, opening the door into his and Fleur’s room. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Oh! Guess what? There’s a new bubble tea place opening today. They’re giving out free samples. Let’s go check them out!” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I’m about to tell him I do, but already he is yanking me to the front of the store and out the opening door to the sidewalk. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Just like any good octopus, when there’s an opening, I know to slip through it. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Here, drink this, drink this, you’ll be all right,” said Harry desperately, and once again Dumbledore obeyed him, opening his mouth even as he kept his eyes tight shut and shook from head to foot. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Every lyric of “Amazing Grace” is consuming me, opening my eyes real wide. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The cave opening vanished and the mound flattened again. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He hacked madly to widen the opening he had made. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Had I tightened the lid on the jar after opening it the last time? The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

A shimmering line cut its way across the black expanse of the pleasure garden, like a bright fissure opening in the earth. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

There was a safe, secure welcome in opening the kitchen door and being greeted by the warm aroma of cooking, and my mother and Ultima. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The principal, Jim Moore, and the district’s superintendent, Sam Lee, are in the audience on opening night, and both come up to him afterward to offer praise and congratulations. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

During the lunch hour, she consulted bulletin boards for announcements of openings. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sandy and I both look up at the tent opening like we expect the zipper to magically undo itself and reveal the two of us and our secret to the entire world. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I pulled him through the opening under the fence and tied him to it with a thong and left food beside him to eat and some fresh water. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

They could see him through the doorway peering beneath the sink and opening the oven door. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Next day, on 12/10, Alex resumes quest for an opening to the sea, but only becomes more confused, traveling in circles. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He fumbles with his keys again, opening a second door that leads down into the basement. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He bobbed through the triangular opening and found himself inside an empty office. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Ashford, folks,” the driver called out, opening the bus door and killing the engine. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

To the left is a narrow hallway opening onto a room that serves as the Frank family’s living room and bedroom. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

For one thing, Ihadmy first experiences in opening the eyes of my brainwashed black brethren to some troths about the black race. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Putting her bureau in order, he thought, for he could hear her opening drawers and closing them. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The pipe organ wheezed out the opening notes of a familiar tune. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m here,” she whispered when she heard his feet on the dry leaves just outside the opening to the tree. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

A drawing by Frederic B. Schell depicting a crowd of people in the main building on opening day of the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

It was a middle ground, giving without opening the wound. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

You can barely find it, because the folds of skin hide the opening. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She thrust her arms toward Mariam, demanding to be held, her tiny hands opening and closing urgently, on her face a look of both adoration and quivering anxiety. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Our parents had planned to go before my father’s death, so Caroline and Call begged her to return with them and stay on through the opening. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were applauding her by opening and closing their little green hands quickly. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The coffee was ready and I was on my second batch of toast when I heard a key in the lock, the front door opening. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The library’s grand opening was set for Friday night. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

A fire was kindled in the center of the dance lodge, and its fragrant smoke rose through the central opening in the roof. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Look up, I tell myself, and I do, and in a moment my head is out of the hatch opening and I’m looking at a violet-blue sky with wispy pink clouds. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Maybe a strong dog could have squeezed through the narrow opening that was left, but I didn’t figure Old Yeller could. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kyle kept his hand glued to the right wall and went around corners, through switchbacks, until finally, he stepped into an opening near the book return conveyor belt. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

The plants were always looking for new workers, so Generose had no problem finding a plant with an opening. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The bit about them basically says that local band Shooting Star is opening for Bikini on the Portland leg of Bikini’s national tour. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Angels of Lord Asriel’s force flew high over the Clouded Mountain, looking for an opening, but without success. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I wait until I hear the last footstep disappear behind an elevator door or into , a stairwell before opening my eyes. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I knelt in front of the well, grateful, while the others sighed with relief, pulling up the chain with a full bucket on the end, trying to fill a bottle with a very narrow opening. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

After an opening act, the lights dimmed and fog rolled across the audience. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

This time he had the slight advantage of playing with the white pieces, which allowed him to employ his favorite opening strategy. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They’re numb to that, too, except for a couple who have dreams of singing backup or opening up a hair shop . Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I eased my conscience by giving him an extra-large portion of oats before opening the stable door for him. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I had helped Mr. Muhammad and his other ministers to revolutionize the American black man’s thinking, opening his eyes until he would never again look in the same fearful, worshipful way at the white man. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thanks, Mr. Mac, you say, opening the greasy, white cardboard box. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

At last, after skirting carefully round some openings from which there was a distinct smell of rats, they halted in a kind of pit. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then they wouldn’t have to see her struggle to get through the opening she knew wasn’t large enough. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It set the precedents, established in palpable fact what the Constitution had only outlined in purposely ambiguous theory, thereby opening up and closing off options for all the history that followed. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I loved opening the kitchen cabinet to choose my cereal for breakfast. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I head straight for the kitchen, avoiding eye contact and her arms, which are opening for a hug. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

There was an opening in the bars with a flat, iron shelf attached on the inside. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was difficult to hold a jewelry box in your hand without opening it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I’ve made friends here, a life here, a whole world opening up. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wondered whether to make use of the opening that was being offered to him, or to leave it for another day. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blue Eyes plunged after her, seeking an opening. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I decided to proceed with an opening statement before calling Myers as our first witness. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I heard the door close quietly, and almost simultaneously he was outside my door, opening it for me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The guide led the tour down the long passages, opening one door after another. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The Object pointed at the phone and then, opening her mouth wide, stuck her finger down her throat. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

There were now no openings to other galleries or tunnels on either side, and the floor was level and sound, without pits or cracks. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He pointed through an opening in the azaleas that gave us a clear view through one of their back windows. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The opening ceremony was scheduled to begin, would begin, on Monday morning with a parade from the Loop to Jackson Park, led by the new president of the United States, Grover Cleveland. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He dived behind the car just as the door was opening. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

From the hall, a metallic clattering sound, doors opening, doors closing. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

He lay at an angle in the door opening. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The book that goes on and on forever,” he murmured, opening it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

There's the sound of another door opening and closing, somewhere down the opposite end of the hall, in the direction of both our rooms. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

At the western end of each little house, they carefully framed a small windowlike opening, and built beneath it a shelf for spirit offerings. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

He rose and mounted the pulpit steps, and took from the small opening at the bottom of the pulpit three tambourines. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Somehow I’ve got to create a prop for the opening number. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Stone angels. Now they're opening the gate. Wow, those dogs are big.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Let’s go back to some examples from the chapter opening. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The fens grew more wet, opening into wide stagnant meres, among which it grew more and more difficult to find the firmer places where feet could tread without sinking into gurgling mud. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The two men floated across the MAV cabin to the opening. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hear a click behind me and realize a door may be opening. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They were steering, as well as they could guess, for the gate-like opening at the far northward end of the long valley which they had seen in the morning. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The mouth of the hole was a bit of old earthenware pipe and if a man had pulled it out, the opening would have fallen in and showed no trace of the run inside. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, ma’am. We were supposed to write why we’re excited about the grand opening and, well, balloons are always my favorite part.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I searched in both directions for an opening in the fence, to no avail. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

At the sound of the doors opening, they all looked up. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I could send a flaming arrow into the pyramid easily enough -I'm a good enough shot to get it through those openings in the net -but there's no guarantee it would catch. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Finding an opening, I would wriggle my way back into the middle again. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Deep inside me, I felt a great void opening. the ss offered us a beautiful present for the new year. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The triumphant opening of Super Smash Bros. blasts from the TV. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

She read on, following the commentary through the mazy paths it led her on, until she came to: Keeping still is the mountain; it is a bypath; it means little stones, doors, and openings. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Gaw!” said the penguin, opening his red beak wide, as if he wanted to laugh at the policeman. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

The engineer was a jolly character with a booming voice, opening the door to the passenger car with no little ceremony. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It cracked and staggered back, and the opening grew suddenly wide. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

At last the jungle parted, opening on a wide expanse where the trees were lower and the height of the train gave them a view. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’d been staring at that book every day for minutes on end, but the glow always stopped me from opening it. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

When you were small, you would swing yourself up legs-first, but now you have to stick your head through the opening in the floor and then hoist the rest. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

It’s like spending hours opening up a perfectly wrapped package only to find there’s no present inside. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The two candidates had tested each other mightily, with Barack opening up a small but ultimately decisive lead midway through February. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He looked sideways at Milkman’s face, alert for any sign, any opening. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stared at her, unable to think of another opening. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The opening quotation marks always go right before the first word of the quotation: “Can we talk?” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly before them the hobbits saw a wide opening. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“I met his second wife,” she said, opening the car door. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is he?” his mum slurred, not opening her eyes. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Faro came out eventually, braver now, and sniffed at the opening of the tent. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I fought back tears by opening Abuelo’s box and looking through the letters. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

On the driver’s side, there was a small opening in the curtain, and the deputy peered through it. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The formal opening, however, would not occur until May 1, 1893, to give Chicago more time to prepare. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Through an opening in the branches we could see much of the Bakers' yard. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Bast struggled for a moment, opening his mouth, then closing it with a frustrated look, then repeating the process. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And the market stalls were no longer empty, but coming to life as though opening for the morning, with vendors in long aprons setting out their wares. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Then he realized others were entering through the remaining three Glade openings, all of them running and looking as ragged as the guy who’d just whisked by him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Are we seriously listening to Vanilla Ice right now?” she says as the opening bars of one of my favorite Queen songs—featuring David Bowie—play. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Danton’s Death was opening in less than forty-eight hours, and they had a late-night rehearsal scheduled. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Oh!” she gasped lightly, opening her eyes to the glaring sun. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

When they reached the subbasement, the elevator door skidded sideways, opening up on a dimly lit hallway where the ceiling was filled with a jumble of hanging pipes and dusty ductwork. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

This state of excitement kept on for some little time; and at last we saw before us the Pass opening out on the eastern side. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

It was like one door opening and another door opening and another door, and I thought, Do I start closing them all now? Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

In fact, we could have ordered, paid for, and picked up the food without opening the car door. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

As she’s opening the top drawer of her dresser, a percussive thumping under her comforter turns into a tinny version of Daddy Yankee’s “Impacto.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

They were awaiting the arrival of Adolf Hitler and the beginning of perhaps the most spectacular public ceremony the world had yet seen—the opening of the Eleventh Olympiad. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Here we are,” he says, opening the door for me. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The opening phrase has to be attached to whoever or whatever is performing the action. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Talk about camp and favorite teachers and the opening of the neighborhood swimming pool made her feel wistful. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s take a look at our audience for tonight’s opening game!” the analyst continues. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was like the opening number of the Miss Teen Dream Pageant with every girl knowing her steps, every girl in perfect sync with her sisters. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“I’m taking this with me,” he said, and, opening his briefcase, dropped the supplement within. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then the sound of a door opening made him look around. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

There are fewer Circus Dinners now that the circus itself is up and running properly, gaining its self-sufficiency, as Chandresh phrased it at one dinner not long after opening night. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Luke and I drove across into the city and Luke bullied the superintendent into opening up the apartment. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

To keep out the wind, she rummaged through her baskets for some newspapers and crammed them into the diamond-shaped openings of the collapsible gate. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

She moved around the house, examining family photos, opening and closing books, and peeking into drawers. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

A landing approached below, opening into a room to her left. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

One morning she saw her grandmother opening the bird cages with inexplicable joy. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We left an opening in the screen for them, just in case. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The opening ceremonies were scheduled for the first day of spring, March 20. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

I say, as a formality, and as a way of opening negotiations. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I assumed that come opening day, she’d be off in Lucy Jo’s Dart to Davy Elementary, even if we had to cajole her. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He turned at the sound of the opening door and nodded at Lanning, who entered, cracking the knuckles of one gnarled hand with the other. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

His mouth was moving very quickly, his perfect lips barely opening. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

At the south end of the greensward there was an opening. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The census of 1790 revealed that the window of opportunity to end slavery was not opening, but closing. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

A few months after Glenn Burke started in center field in the opening game of the World Series, the Los Angeles Dodgers traded their five-tool talent to the Oakland Athletics, the worst team in baseball. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I look up, and the opening in the door widens, Nuah’s face appearing behind Muhammad’s shoulder. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

In the morning, before the people of the castle had got up, Lancelot heard the heavy door opening quietly. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hoped the opening elevator doors would admit fresh air. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He nosed over an empty bean can, sniffed in its opening, and rejected it. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

In that brief time, he vaguely remembered opening his eyes and finding himself slung over a guard’s back. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

It was dawn now on Long Island and we went about opening the rest of the windows downstairs, filling the house with grey turning, gold turning light. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Maybe this is The Wicked Wizard War-related, and he’s opening up a freshly written sex scene to inspire us. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He found the opening in the rock formation but could not enter it from that angle. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I frown and flip back to the opening page. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The three jam themselves between a grate and an opening on top of a hopper. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She pushed the platform to the ceiling and into a pathway that snaked its way upward into a round opening in one of the crystal spires. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

When Jonathan first looked in, the boy, as if coming from sleep, lifted sudden, startled eyes, opening his mouth as if to speak, but then said nothing. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Instead he recalled a blurred image of her in the kitchen in Nsukka, opening a pod of peppercorns. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He tried to slide it over Roz’s stump, but the opening was too small. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The next thing I hear is the sound of the flyscreen door opening and slamming several times. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Ignatius slipped his overcoat on and ran down the hall to the front door as they were opening the kitchen door. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could hear him banging around his house, opening drawers, slamming things. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He saw the coyotes fleeing back into the darkness, and he saw himself opening the trap to set the rabbit free. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

But this was Ma's way of opening up a discussion in a behind-the-back kind of way, to say whatever she wanted to say to me and Maddy. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

X, opening a fresh pack of cigarettes, said he had just turned the radio off. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Without opening her eyes, Luna began to draw. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Don’t keep the man waiting,” Sookie said, pulling the keys out of the ignition and opening his door in one motion. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She’s opening the folded pieces of paper wondering what went wrong. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He did not work for weeks until the bakery where the uncle worked had an opening, a part-time job making muffins. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

When I got to the living room, Captain Picard had already started the opening narration. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Looks like a library guide for kids,” said Miguel, opening the cover to read one of the inside pages. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

In the next second a flashlight comes blazing through the opening in my lair. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“But the zoo lady said maybe they’ll have an opening there in a while, cleaning cages and stuff.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

She reached into her satchel and pulled out her notebook, opening it to the map. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Shhh, everybody,” said Jenny as music swelled and the dramatic Dog Squad opening filled the screen. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

In which case, the reason it was opening now was probably because it sensed that someone was about to be dead. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He shook his head—nearly screamed at the pain it caused him—and leaned against the cabin opening. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom’s telling Clint’s mother, whose name is Sarah, about some new athletic clothing store opening up next week. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Then, when none of them would hire her, she’d tried cosmetics counters, other retail jobs, nanny jobs, waiting tables, any opening listed. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Based on the philosopher Nietzsche’s treatise of the same name, its opening, ‘Sunrise’, is now legendary thanks to Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

That loosened the opening between the mainsail and the jib sail so he pulled the jib in a bit to clean that and the boat picked up speed. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the hum has almost reached them; Zizmo is opening the trunk. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The can rattled and banged loudly on some rocks and neither dog heard the door opening in the dark building behind. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they keep hitting him with metal-studded gloves, opening gashes on his face and body. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I estimated the hush that might follow my opening sentence and felt my future listeners leaning forward, just slightly, in their seats. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The school cafeteria was closed—school opening was still weeks away—so we all had to bring our own. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I peered through the opening without entering, although I knew that wiry scarecrow form, stooped over the row of hens squatting in small dresser drawer-like boxes. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

When the door had swung, I heard a rustle between the flash of opening and closing. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wait for it to pull out before opening my door, but the driver doesn’t move. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He and Finnick take turns opening up the hole with the awl and the knives until it can hold the spile. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

With the opening of vast new territories, slaves had tripled in value. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Wait a second! Before you log out, you’ve got to see something,” he said, opening a window in front of me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He held the exit door open for me while opening his umbrella. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

He and his staff had picked out two local youths whom he hoped to send to the new medical school that Cuba was opening for Latin American students. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

She did not answer, and her hand kept opening and shutting against her dress. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

And it didn’t matter that he was their starting center fielder for the opening game of the World Series against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Stale air drifted from black openings at the ends of the platform. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

A glimmering chest rose into the air, spinning slowly and opening to reveal an emerald-green glow. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

After several minutes of opening the wrong doors and bumping into people who hit me or called me names, I was in tears, ready to give up, paralyzed by my fear. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They fit her the way a key fits a lock, sinking into place, opening all sorts of doors deep inside her. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

That, and opening up boxes of new books, their pages crisp, spines unbroken. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

But now there wasn’t an opening anymore, just row after row of solid shelves blocking the way out. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Maybe he’s lying,” Harry said, opening his eyes again. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Holding hands, we danced and danced, tipping our heads up and opening our mouths. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

She did not feel the abyss opening beneath her feet at the thought of lies becoming truths. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

And once we reach the city, my stylist will dictate my look for the opening ceremonies tonight anyway. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Their mind-muddying effects were daily diminishing, the Emergency was fading, and minds long closed to truth were opening again, like flowers craving sunlight. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

‘Presented on the occasion of the opening of. . .’ The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 2006-01-05T00:00:00Z

Then the mists parted, like the curtain opening at a mummer show to reveal some new tableau. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

From their grimy swing doors, endlessly opening and shutting, there came forth a smell of urine, sawdust, and sour beer. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Come on, there’s an opening on the other side.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

But the faintest hint of light was already appearing from the opening crack of the rotating landing pad, and Mark spotted his flashlight. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Well, you ought to go to the Bursar but I guess this’ll be all right,” he said, opening it and beginning to write laboriously. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

And I could start loving them immediately when someone said, “This one is a pet,” freeing me and opening the door. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And her joy would become a restless thing, flapping its wings inside her, as though looking for an opening to fly away. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The Florida Department of Corrections built the prison to house 1,600 people in the 1990s, when America was opening prisons at a pace never before seen in human history. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

And that was how I got to be part of the Long Island Shakespeare Company’s Holiday Extravaganza, which was opening next month. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I imagined Nurse Evelyn and Dr. Eastman, opening the heavy package I might send, reading the letter inside. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Mom closed her eyes and took a deep breath before opening them again. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

When we reach a pile of skulls blocking the passage ahead, he moves a few aside and helps us through the opening. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

There were all sorts of new positions opening up in town, opportunities for people who had proven their worth. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

But she couldn’t risk the possibility of Ms. Lee opening the door again instead of James. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He is stunned by the house, a Greek Revival, admiring it for several minutes like a tourist before opening the gate. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

On February 9, seven days after Mr. de Klerk’s speech opening Parliament, I was informed that I was again going to Tuynhuys. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the world used in the opening ceremony that I’d hacked into. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He squeezes the ball at me again, but the opening is at the wrong angle, and the paint sprays into his mouth instead. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“War! War! War!”—in a frenzy that drove away all the fear and intimidation that I felt from our opening lap. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard the familiar sound of the backyard gate opening and closing, and there Dad was, going alone up the path to the mine. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

But even singing “You Are My Sunshine” outside his window only resulted in him opening the window and spitting at us. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Merry and Pippin climbed up the path that came in from the west, and looked through the opening in the great hedge. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Soon after Kenna’s success opening for No Doubt, his manager got a call from the Roxy, a nightclub in Los Angeles that is prominent in the city’s rock music scene. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The water was almost as black, except where light came through the opening. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I considered opening another carton, but I thought better. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She watches me for a moment, her mouth opening and closing, like she isn’t sure if she should continue speaking or if she should wait for me to say something now. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Merchants were opening their shops for the day, putting out signs in Latin that advertised pottery, jewelry, and half-price tickets for the Hippodrome. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She had turned her back and was opening the door wide. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The little sandy-haired woman had turned bright pink, and her mouth was opening and shutting like that of a landed fish. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

We stepped closer to the edge and looked down to see an old man with a white beard opening an oddly-shaped instrument case. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The inside of the cabin was getting dark, so he took the package topside to open it but stopped with his head out of the hatch opening. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He cut a small opening first, no bigger than his hand, and looked through. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

At dawn parrots pour into the sky as if an unseen hand is opening, letting go a glittering gleam of green. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Where on a chicken was there an opening big enough for an egg to come out? My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Wind pushes through the tear, making it spread like an opening eye. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Your parents are so cool,” Adam said, opening the car door for me. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a beautiful morning when the yucca buds were opening and the mockingbirds were singing on the hill that my uncle Pedro drove up. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed like a good opening line, facing two archery gods. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

There was a massive gash-like opening that was shaped like a frown on the roof. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Then the very decided sound of someone mounting the stairs—doors opening and shutting—feet going up to the attics overhead. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

He started playing the same opening part that Mr. B had just played, but he honestly didn’t sound that good. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Who ever heard of opening the Games without the sacred fire from Olympus?” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All the players will be out in force. If you’ve never seen an opening party before, brace yourself. It’s a wild one.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Some of us are just better at opening them.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Light shone through some of the debris, but none of the openings was big enough for her to shove herself through. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

There’s the sound of key cards in slots, the kashunk of doors opening and shutting. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I must fall asleep eventually, because I jerk awake at the sound of the door opening. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

But later I see her opening the door and looking at the ladder. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Eating lunch. I saw them opening brown bags.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

No longer anonymous, but named, identified, the procession marched slowly on; on through an opening in the wall, slowly on into the Social Predestination Room. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You remember the conversation we had, Headmaster, just before — ah — the start of term?” said Snape, who was barely opening his lips, as though trying to block Percy out of the conversation. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

As Ben got in bed his door opened and Mary Anne stood in the opening. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each of them contemplated the other’s opening array. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Not especially. So—” But before he could finish his sentence the rumble of the walls opening for the day cut him off. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The opening section of his speech also goes on the attack, fulfilling Ad Herennium’s rather gleeful injunction to use this section to “make our adversaries unpopular.” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Chet released from his trumpet the opening, lifting, barbaric call of a bullfight, and the circle of boys broke wildly over Brinker. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were warned that we could be targets, and for weeks we carefully hauled our mail packages to the federal courthouse for X-ray screenings before opening them. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

One door opening does not lead to another and another. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Many of your brothers in this area, yar. They are opening businesses, but most of them are very poor.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

As he waited for an opening in the traffic, I checked him out, and man, he couldn’t have been over five feet. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

A black-robed physician with a long, moody face was opening his door, and when he saw her approaching he said, “This is not the place for you.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Annnnddd it’s happening. Okay. Hold on. Hold on. Just waiting for the zip to download, yes, and opening, and...oh, hell yes.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He gathered me and Rose in the center of the city room and stared at us for a few seconds before opening his mouth again. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

We gathered at the dark opening, waiting to know what to do. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I soak in the Grand Banquet Hall: candelabras and centerpieces dripping with white and gold, animated ceiling frescoes of the royal family's bloodline, roses opening and closing to release their scents. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

No watching him try to find an opening so he can talk about himself and all his plans for the future and how he’s going to be famous one day. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

After a moment, Kingshaw heard the opening and closing of a door. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Then he had the balls to act all indignant because I wasn’t opening up to him. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Tab’s head appeared through the opening in the curtain. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

In the Olympic Stadium, out at the Reichssportfeld, she set up thirty cameras for the opening ceremony alone. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

On the whole, Harry had to admit that even with the embarrassing prospect of opening the ball before him, life had definitely improved since he had got through the first task. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Only when they ordered him to put his back to the wall did Arcadio see Rebeca, with wet hair and a pink flowered dress, opening wide the door. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He shoved a chair to the opening, scrambled up, and jumped. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Barnett excelled, attending Northwestern University and opening his own law office right there in Chicago when he was just twenty years old. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But the incarnation of Christ restores to human beings the possibility of salvation, reopening the gates of Eden, which had been closed against Adam and Eve, and opening to believers the gates of paradise. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Just as the bells stopped ringing Robin heard a noise as of a door opening. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Bob Dylan whispered the opening verse of “Forever Young” through the speakers. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Selling,” Ned said, opening his envelope, “as in money, of which you have none.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I could tell they were from Irene without even opening the card. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

She just stood next to the door, nose an inch away from wood, hand on the knob, as though she had fallen asleep in the midst of opening the door. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

It’s opening night, and it feels like an opening because even though it’s still not completely dark, those Hollywood-premiere searchlights are sweeping across the sky. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

By repeating code words and code names so often, the spies were opening the door to Elizebeth and her team. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Finally, the man and woman began opening wardrobes and pulling on coats. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I look over and see Charlie shaking his head and opening his mouth. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Some time later, I wake to the sound of a garage opening. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I heard drawers opening and closing, and the clank of spoons against the inside of bowls. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Jimmy kicked the body of the plane apart, opening it like a can of beans. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I closed the opening with stones, and since I was tired, lay down and slept all that day. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma watched, opening her mouth, then closing it, then opening it again. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Even today, two townsmen stand on either side of the opening, night and day, taking eight-hour shifts. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The judge said that there was an opening at Camp Green Lake, and he suggested that the discipline of the camp might improve Stanley's character. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Primus strode over to the opening in the rock wall and looked out. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

She and her staff planned the best way to replicate the opening of the Martian spaceship in Grovers Mill, the bomber planes, a roaring cannon, and the gassing of New York City. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Tendai still had his Scout knife, so he carefully cut a small opening and looked out. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Before the opening, I come to the gallery early. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Dont put it there again,” she said, without opening her eyes. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fischer was thoroughly prepared—“booked up,” as it was called—with opening innovations. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You ruin everything! I practiced that opening for a whole year!” grumbled the first voice. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

So I purposely don’t make any opening for some fool to step into. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now he could definitely hear voices, not to mention the tinkle of a bell and the opening and shutting of a door. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“What Bernard was telling us was like opening a window to an entirely new world,” recalled Charles Bonner, who was sixteen at the time. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t usually hesitate so long before opening a book, but she was afraid of what was waiting for her inside this one. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The basement door was opening, letting streaks of sunlight in. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ignatius pushed past her and lumbered down to the car, opening the rear door of the little Renault and climbing in among the placards and piles of pamphlets that covered the seat. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your daughter!” she said, opening her arms for a hug. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Impulsively opening her purse, she produced a pair of clean, sharp cuticle scissors, which she passed to Pris. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were wide and she kept opening her mouth like she wanted to tell me I was wrong. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She said it lightly, swinging her backpack off her shoulder and opening it as if to get out her water bottle. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The consequences for opening the window were brutal enough without placing blame and starting arguments. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The cafés were just opening and the waiters were carrying out the comfortable white wicker chairs and arranging them around the marble-topped tables in the shade of the arcade. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

All John was doing was opening his arms and in his own way saying: “Look at me, world! Look at my life and energy and how glad I am to be alive!” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Leaping out of a dark opening at the right, it ran towards him. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know,” I said, opening my eyes. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Bernard Zuckerman, who was almost as studious as Bobby in analyzing games, especially the strategy of opening moves, was born just days apart from Bobby and ultimately would become an international master. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I sat listening to pupils recite, knowing and understanding what was being said and done, but utterly incapable of opening my mouth when called upon. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is nothing else to do but to walk through the doors that are opening for me. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The movie theater was just opening for the afternoon show when Victor arrived. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Calder could hear the sharp click of a door opening, and the thunk of a lock sliding into place from inside. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Jonas stuck his hand out of the opening in the hoard, trying to wave. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

She looked out the door’s small window, and without opening the door, she ran back to Mama Lessie. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I liked the way we did everything the same as we had the previous year, including opening one gift on Christmas Eve and the rest before breakfast the next morning. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

But play the opening statement just once and then try to sing it back to yourself. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

He eases the bag open, its paper corners crinkling, steam bursting through the ripped opening. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Leaning against the brick wall, I catch my breath before pulling off my jacket and scarf, opening the door, and strolling to my room, as if I’ve just been off at the NICU. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Then Pax caught the faintest stirring at the opening of the warren. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Benny played the opening notes of the traditional song, and the four of us sang a slow, bellowing chorus. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

He set Ralph down in front of an opening in a cardboard wall and said, “When Brad fires his cap pistol, go for the peanut butter.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

The smoke from the hearth escaped through the roof, and the only opening was a low doorway one had to stoop to walk through. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had a flashing glimpse of a door at the other end of the room, opening on the corridor. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The “dead” boy came to life, ran and grabbed the boom box, and they began to crowd and push out of the opening train doors. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

It was standard procedure with any police force in the world to send in the cannon fodder first before opening negotiations. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

A faint light streamed through the carved openings, causing a decoration on the emperor’s collar to flash in Pinmei’s eyes. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

It was dark in the car, no light had come on with the opening of the door, and I could barely see his face in the glow from the dashboard. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He was struggling with something beneath the sheets, and I realized he was trying to move his hands toward the opening. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alex is opening his mouth to answer when June’s phone buzzes from her robe pocket. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He threaded one of his long legs through the opening, then hefted himself into the room. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

There was the opening and slamming of car doors, the scrunch of boots on rocks, low voices talking. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

She knelt over the opening, sobbing, holding the bundle. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“A flower child,” said my father, opening his eyes, “is a hippie who lives in Greenwich Village in dirty jeans and beads and who can’t change a pair of socks.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I swing back to my computer, opening the tab to Stella’s YouTube page and scrolling to a video from last year labeled “Polypectomy Party!” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Adults who have already had some music instruction should be able to work through this course with or without a teacher; simply use the opening sections to review any concepts that are unclear or half-forgotten. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Matt retreated to the passageway and closed the opening. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

For one second he wanted to run back to the safety of the walled garden, but then the Praise Singer closed the opening. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

They were opening presents and proposing without me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

But tonight, I hear my bedroom door opening. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She stepped inside and then guided him through the opening. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then he stands, opening the exam room door. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

His overalls fretted his shoulders, the pavement tickled his feet, even the opening and closing of a hand was an effort that made his joints creak. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Without slowing, he sprinted straight for the opening; then he let go of Trina and dove, turning his body at the last second so that his back went first. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Kabuo moved to the door of his cell and put his eye to the opening. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The porter reached into the opening, where he found a torch in the shadows and set fire to it, illuminating a tunnel of dry stone. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The nurse went on blithely opening and shutting my drawers, emptying the closet and folding my belongings into the black overnight case. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The stairs spiralled downward about sixty feet before opening into a chamber as large as Bunker Nine - which is to say, ginormous. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I rushed to my locker, elbowing my way through, and began opening the combination lock with one hand and unbuttoning my shirt with the other. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I guess Eddie saw it as an opening, because he just kept talking about how nobody wants to be in here. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Twenty rats sitting motionless on the rocks above the opening to the tunnel. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I leaned back and rested my head on the wooden window shutters, which had parallel openings running across them. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

When dawn finally arrived, he hiked to the opening of the bay instead of going to the pond. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

She heard the sound of a door opening. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He heard the clunk of a heavy metal door opening and closing, then the whine of machinery. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

My eyes opening, I offer the vial to her. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He was also disappointed that no job openings existed, despite his contacts. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

There's a clap of thunder, and I see lightning electrify the sky through an opening in the rocks. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It comes over me that I need a new dress for the opening. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Of bell or knocker there was no sign; through these frowning walls and dark window openings it was not likely that my voice could penetrate. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Now I wished I could pen a letter to my school to be read at opening assembly that would tell them how wrong we’d all been. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But we had an opening and we took it. Maybe we'll regret it down the line, but I doubt it. We’ve known each other forever. There’s no throwing away that friendship.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The rose was perfect-just opening, like a picture in a magazine. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Groaning slightly, partly opening his eyes, the young soldier awoke for a moment, then dropped back to sleep. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

She was thrilled by the opening discussions about her husband’s image appearing on a U.S. postal stamp. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would know those three opening chords anywhere. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Your fingers must do the releasing, on their own, remotely, like the opening of a flower. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then they were both running to the circular opening, climbing through. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“It was the three cheers that reminded me,” said Mr. Benedict, opening the box and shaking out three birthday candles. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Is there an opening here for a lawyer?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It only took a second for the polished brass doorknob to turn, and surprise, surprise, if it wasn’t the handsome Dr. Cramp opening the shiny black door. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Calls me proud and inflexible in this breath!” said Estella, opening her hands. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Not worth risking a hack of the biggest opening game ever. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The window slid a few more inches, and Julia’s free appeared in the opening. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

They cabled Ferris, “Unwise to open wheel to public until opening day because of incompleteness and danger of accidents.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

At the center of all that gear was the opening DJ, R2-D2, hard at work, using his various robotic arms to work the turntables. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

They were the first British prisoners to return home, almost three years since most of them had been trapped during the opening days of the Korean War. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

And then he encouraged me to recite the opening verses of the Quran. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

And opening a door Mr. Foster led the way down a staircase into the basement. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

While he waited, Joseph poked around, opening drawers and cabinets. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Her head had fallen backward as though in hilarity, the angle opening the wound so that a section of windpipe gleamed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

You could almost hear the leaves opening like reaching fingers, almost feel the trees pulling their posture straight. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He was very angry when he saw the Popper Performing Penguins opening wide their twelve red beaks, as if they were laughing at him. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

We both watched it move toward the opening over the hay pile, the steady noise of glass over and over and over soft barn wood, a hollow sort of noise. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

They rode toward the high ground, an opening in the trees. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the bottom of the stairs there’s a hat-and-umbrella stand, the bentwood kind, long rounded rungs of wood curving gently up into hooks shaped like the opening fronds of a fern. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was an overflow crowd of twelve thousand—plus fans in the stadium, rattling the stands from the opening kickoff. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t even say his name without opening up a huge box of hurt and worry and anger. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

And they were landing on our fingers, and on our lips, and on our eyes, opening and closing? Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Assigned to cover the opening ceremony, Herbert decided to scout the grounds ahead of time to get a more detailed sense of the fair’s topography. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Although the only coherent part of the latter piece of literature were the opening lines, Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

A dark figure crept through the narrow opening like a cat and reached back in for a coat and a pair of shoes. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Around the bend of the tunnel was the opening. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The collapse of the Toltec created an opening in the warm, fertile basin. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

This year’s opening ceremony happens tonight in Tokyo—so all the screens are Warcross-related today, showing a frenzied rotation of famous players, commercials, and footage of last year’s highlights. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

In a eave near the house, the opening so small that Tally had to crawl inside on her belly, David showed her the cache of gear his parents had tended for twenty years. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Once I’d passed through the falls to the other side, I found the opening of a cave and went inside. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I think I have had a hand in most of Mr. Muhammad’s temples, but I’ll never forget that opening in Atlanta. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a large locker, larger than its opening. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’d be delighted,” he replied, opening one of the closet doors. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Oh, I wouldn't think of opening them, sir," I said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the middle of Black Bottom, it was stopping and—unheard of!—opening its doors. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The old one who did a terrible job of opening nuts and occasionally bumped into things was Ikwa. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Harry was walking blindly around the tent, feeling as though great new vistas of truth were opening all around him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She sensed the walls opening up on either side of them. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Nat repeated the opening verse of the Book of John: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was too intent on opening it to wait for an answer. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope you’re serious about opening yourself up to new experiences, though. Doesn’t have to be something like the party car.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It was a suborbital lob shot, and though the spacecraft was empty, the newspapers said it was the opening round of America’s program to put men into space. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Who’s Wearing Blue” is an excellent warm-up or opening activity in a music class. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

There is only one break in the wall; an opening about six feet in width, a little to the north of the village. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He scrambled over to the opening in the floor and reached down and sliced through the iron of the top step as if it were paper. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grover pushed her gently backward, opening her blouse more, easing it back over her shoulders so that her arms were pinned. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

This priest must be from the country and if he is he’s opening up new worlds to me. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Instead, for hundreds, perhaps for thousands of years, they have posted guards on each side of the opening on the wall, and done their best to put it out of their minds. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

"I'm literally on my way," I answer, opening the door to the garage. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Mariela, on opening night, is simply towering—“a different actress,” Volpe says, from the one who had struggled in recent weeks. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The door was opening, and into the room now came Number Two, looking vexed, followed by Milligan, looking gloomy. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She feels the slightest opening inside of herself. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Er-umph!” said John, opening his mouth and putting the leg of the woolly lamb into it. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Taran was sure the angry dwarf would have climbed into the tree itself had the opening in the trunk been larger. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Above it was a dark blank space between the top and the low arch of the opening. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

At a huge square opening in the factory wall, other men were taking bales of cotton off of a wagon. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He had placed it so that the opening faced him. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I needed something to stop up the opening so Yeller couldn’t get out. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he had got the man to bed, and stopped his bleeding, and discovered that the wound was not a mortal one, a beautiful lady appeared in the opening of the tent. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

People joke afterward that perhaps they did not want to miss opening night. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The magnets kept shorting out for reasons the engineers were able to diagnose only after opening one up, when they discovered its cooling oil had been thoroughly contaminated by rust, metal shavings, and sediment. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Dad bangs out the opening bars to Beethoven’s Fifth. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

The horn kept going, long and sharp, covering the sound of the passenger door opening and the slap of hard shoes. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He crawled feetfirst through the opening and disappeared from sight. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Root dropped his visor, opening the throttle to maximum. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Jam had seen it enough times in books and movies, where one person had a chance to be honest, a window of an opening that closed with their silence intact. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

In the straining darkness I felt his body moving with desire, his hands on me were trembling, and I felt my senses opening like a flower to his urgency. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

To avoid the open area and regroup in the nearby forest, we had to make an opening for ourselves; there was too much firepower surrounding us. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Rosaleen and I squatted on the ground in an alley and spread out the paper, opening every page. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It turned completely over to reveal a dark opening with a downward flight of stairs running off into the blackness below. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

While they were talking, Harry Cat came in through the opening at the side of the newsstand. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pulling his head to the opening, he looked inside the compartment to see Watney strapped to his chair. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

They both knew that the end was probably near as they sat and listened to the birds sing in the spring sunshine and admired the crocuses opening up. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can see people moving like bright animated dolls, their mouths opening and closing but no real words coming out. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone gets quiet, and Four turns back to the car’s opening. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

A youth, a mildfaced Acadian, was drawing water from the astern, which was nothing more than a rusty buoy, with an opening on one side, sunk in the ground. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jiichan stood up and took the can excitedly, opening it up and inhaling deeply. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The opening under the fence had caved in and I had to pull the rocks away before we could crawl through. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

It read: Go at once to the culvert opening on the south shore. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The poll was followed by interviews with respondents, including the four people pictured at the opening of this chapter, chosen to represent different economic groups. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Don’t argue, girl,” her grandmother said to Dicey, just as Dicey was opening her mouth to say she wasn’t going to leave Maybeth there alone. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned her head to see him climbing down the opening at the back of the cave, with villagers following behind. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

In the opening prelude of Parsifal’s third act, the music shifts and slides around, avoiding settling on one key or chord for more than one beat. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The passage came to an end a few yards farther along, and before them was an opening like a great empty doorway. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

After opening our toys, we kids were ushered into the next room to play with each other. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

So here’s the quick and dirty of how this trick should work: I take an empty water bottle, which I’ve sliced a sliver of an opening in. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Abel blew his warm breath against the lock before opening Sommensen’s warehouse—a mildewed barn built of creosoted timbers, put up more than fifty years earlier. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Finally, when I have survived the worst, opening my eyes underwater, sniffing water into my sinuses and snorting it out, and even gargling repeatedly to wash out my throat, I’m functional enough to help Finnick. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know, not long,” I mumbled out, lazily opening my eyes but never picking my head up to look at my mother. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Donovan’s eyes were opening into two large popping bowls of glazed blue. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The clouds were breaking like a roof opening above our heads. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Two Eyes, in gray suits, leap from the opening double doors at the back. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The flower sat there, opening and closing its petals, like some bizarre, many-lipped oyster. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

T. Ray stared at me, clean-shaven, wearing a white short- sleeved shirt with chest hair curling through the neck opening. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spent the rest of that night opening the doors of my mind. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Carefully you marked out the openings; then you took one boldly, as if it didn’t matter what people could see. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was gone soon and he kept working until the entire front of the overhang was covered save for a small opening at the right end, nearest the lake. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Inside, please,” said Professor Lupin, opening it and standing back. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Maybe the prophecy all came down to my keeping this jar closed or opening it. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I walk around, opening the closet door and squinting through the window to the fire escape. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Little Eva continued playing with her nesting dolls, opening a larger doll to take out a smaller one and holding it in front of the peephole for Jinx to see. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

There was a jagged line burned in the plastic on the back and even without opening the case and seeing the inside he knew the radio was blown. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

He played the opening notes of that song on the keyboard, and John started bopping his head. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

He paid the old man and left, opening the screen door only enough to squeeze out and closing it quickly so that no flies got in. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled himself to a crouched-over, standing position, moaning quietly, and shuffled in the water to the rear hatch, scootching around the mainsail which, hanging down, still filled the opening. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looks a little fidgety and keeps opening his mouth extra-wide, as if he’s stretching out his jaw or yawning like a lion, only he doesn’t look tired at all. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The atmosphere of the place reminded Ignatius of his own room, and his valve agreed by opening joyfully. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kino could see the green coolness of the garden and little splashing fountain through the opening. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

As he lay in his bed, he heard Karen’s door opening and the sound of small, frantic feet on the stairs. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a small opening, but if they could slip under it... Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“I always keep my room nice and warm so this pair don’t get too sleepy,” explained the Magpie, opening the top drawer of the chest and taking out a glove. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Uncle sat stubbornly in his chair, opening up his umbrella and holding it over his head. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or she herself may discover her topic only after she has finished laying her ideas on paper, and forget to go back and revise the opening to let the reader in on her discovery. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Do you have any idea what you actually did when you hopped into the opening game?” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But I couldn’t see her eyes, because she was opening an ancient green book and turning thin pages. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“I am busy,” the colonel said, without opening his eyes. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

On September second, Shin Hoo's Restaurant, specializing in authentic Chinese cuisine, held its grand opening. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Stupid orange stuff," I said, opening the door. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I can almost feel his heart crack, stabbed right where he had risked opening it up to me, where he had let me see the beating wound inside. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

In the wall along the path were openings that must lead, Doon thought, to the tunnels that branched everywhere below the city. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I peered out through the opening and saw two men in the hallway. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

But opening the door to Mom’s car, I glanced over the roof and saw that Digger was still standing there in the field. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Jellyfish blooms, like garden flowers opening up to the sun. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Her first thought was to see if one or the other of the alley openings might be passable despite the billowing smoke. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was dark save for an occasional torch flaring at a turn, or beside some opening that led into the higher levels of the Tower. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Then, like a floodgate opening up, words spilled out of me. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

And suddenly I am hurled against the walls, again and again, and forced through the opening where the light threatens to burst my eyes. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

She screamed at them, “You two didn’t learn a thing, did you? Do you need an other three days off? Do you need to miss the opening game of the season?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seth rolled away from the opening, and Kendra stepped aside as well. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Again Ranofer nodded, and the fresh welts on his back throbbed like a fist opening and closing. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The door opening, Thorn and Thimble entering with a garment bag—and then leaving. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

To the side of the barracks was a small, pretty house where early spring flowers were opening. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t see the barrier to this trap, because it had been carefully built around a curve in the bank where the animals could not see it until after they had gone through the opening. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

As Jefferson saw it, the American Revolution had been merely the opening shot in a global struggle against tyranny that was destined to sweep over the world. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

A particularly large man looms before me, an impassable wall, so I change my trajectory, moving parallel to the boardwalk until I find an opening. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She finds the opening atop the walls where four ceremonial cannons point to sea. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was as if a glacier was being born somewhere in the heart of the place, and its frozen tongues were squeezing out wherever there was an opening. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Redemption was asking Pet, his fingers clenching and opening into flashing fists. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“My room,” he informed me, opening it and pulling me through. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

On the first of August, Louie and the other Olympians were driven through Berlin for the opening ceremonies. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

And here we were now opening the lid of a sealed jar, and all the anticipation of a tomorrow planned a thousand yesterdays ago came skittering to our feet like slick-shelled beetles. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

You could hear him putting away his crumby toilet articles and all, and opening the window. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He probed at the opening of the pouch with a stick, loosening it. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

And then she remembered what the I Ching had said: a bypath...little stones, doors, and openings. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He leaned forward and pressed his forehead against the narrow opening so that he could see everything. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Toño chooses these words by opening a little book he got from an English class. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“If you say so,” she muttered sleepily, without opening her eyes, and the picture swung forward to admit him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I caught a glimpse of my father opening a closet that he kept locked at all times, and for a good reason—there were several guns in there. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“We shall heal your wound,” Taran replied, hastily opening a packet of herbs. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Marco spends the first several hours of opening night taking surreptitious glances at his watch, waiting impatiently for the hands to reach midnight. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A simple opening in the wall served as the entrance, and the door was nothing more than a heavy stone that the robot could slide out of the way. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

There were gargoyles on the tower, opening their cold stone mouths at him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Barb shouts as the elevator slows to a stop, the doors opening. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He stepped inside and began going through the boxes, opening drawers, and flipping through papers the old man kept back there. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

There had been many indications that things were getting out of hand, but the one that confirmed it was the opening of a new business east of the airport. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hugo had to climb up a long dark staircase and slither through an opening in the ceiling at the top of a ladder to get inside them. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Valley paused, squeezing her eyes shut tight as if she were gathering courage, before opening them and looking right at Seven. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

We talk baseball, the opening of the new season. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

These opening lines of H. G. Wells’ 1897 science fiction classic The War of the Worlds maintain their haunting power to this day.* Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I planned a chart for seduction with surprise as my opening ploy. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Others required the opening of their coat to discover missing limbs, gunshot blasts, and tank treads. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Then turning her maimed head away, she rolled aside and began to crawl, claw by claw, towards the opening in the dark cliff behind. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

As Luke was opening his mouth to downplay it, to tell her it wasn’t a problem—that Toby was as tough as he was annoying—Annie leaned over and kissed him. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Brer grunted as crumbled leaves tumbled out of an opening near his head. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Next he bored holes at the edge of the box opening. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

It was clogged—the other team’s midfielders were crowding him—but he found a small opening and put the ball through to Kimutai, who just took off down the right side. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In!” he said, opening a door halfway down the cold passageway and pointing. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Lender the opening fingers of the dawn; Alkinoos, the sacred prince, arose, and then arose Odysseus, raider of cities. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stepped into the kitchen and started opening and closing doors. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

There had been an opening in their ranks, but now it was closed; I was back, it seemed, exactly where I’d begun. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Exhaling slowly, I slap a big Hallmark-greeting-card smile on my face before opening my eyes and pressing the enter key to go live. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She backed into the opening and watched the forest on the other side of the grassland. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I mean, not because you're not fast, but because my legs are longer," he said, opening his stride. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Like a bullet I shot through the opening. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

When her body falls to the ground I turn to harvest a large man crawling toward me, his mouth opening and closing without making a sound, his clothing that of a field worker. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

At the outset, I want to say that the suggestion made by the state in its opening that the struggle in South Africa is under the influence of foreigners or Communists is wholly incorrect. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A flower opening in the garden and a butterfly lighting on a window were causes for excitement. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the stones surrounding the window’s opening were no longer stones—just damp clumps of pulp. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Then came the bang and the smoke, the screams, the falling, the exit doors opening, the sensation of tumbling through the air and landing in a mound of warm sand. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I pretend to wake up, and turn to him, but not opening my legs. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Take the job,” the man said after opening the door. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Just a little farther,” he says gruffly, opening a cupboard and climbing inside. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I'll never know because just as he's opening his mouth to continue, Haymitch plummets off the stage and knocks himself unconscious. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Ripping the envelope open, I pull out a carefully folded piece of paper, opening it all the way up to reveal a cartoon drawing done entirely in crayon. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Marshall had stopped digging, and now he stood up and started towards the opening in the fence. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a quick movement Gandalf stepped before the narrow opening of the door and thrust forward his staff. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Beyond them was the stable yard, with stalls opening onto the yard on three sides. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It hops to a new branch, momentarily opening its wings, showing off its white patches. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Dorcas has been acknowledged, appraised and dismissed in the time it takes for a needle to find its opening groove. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard a bell jangle behind me and turned toward the opening door. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I hear a series of beeps; .and' a slide—a locked door, opening. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The door was too damaged to be reattached, so Curly covered the opening with two sheets of plywood. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Separating oxygen from the atmosphere is difficult and time-consuming, but adding it is as simple as opening a valve. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

They bolted down the ramp nimbly, and as each cow saw the open gate ahead, she lowered her head and snorted, racing out the opening. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The first problem was opening the cursed thing. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I feel as if I’m pushing against something, a pressure on me, like opening the door against a snowstorm. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sunday evening, December 11 The capital We just got back from marching in the opening ceremony for the World’s Fair, and my feet are really hurting. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not openings or breaks, but dark fissures in the globe light of the day. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He remembered the circle around him opening wider and wider as the monster told the story of all that he’d done for the invisible man. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Jam stayed frozen in place for a few seconds before forcing her legs to move and running after Pet, who was already opening the bedroom door and stepping inside. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She held up a picture of Pandora opening up the box and a whole shebang of gremlins floating out. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Across the opening there was, as Jenner had predicted, a coarse screen of heavy wire. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

‘Someone’s lit the furnaces! Mr. Wonka must be opening up again!’ Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

And finally, just when you think you’ll never get there, you see the opening right in front of you. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Prosper and Scipio woke up with the sound of someone opening the door of the stable. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was no sign that the pack was opening up at all. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Levi looks through the blinds before opening the door. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He had more trouble opening up to people after his dad left. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Rasheed sat on the bed beside her, made a great show of slowly undoing the ribbon, of opening the box and plucking out the ring delicately. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Having never done things before, she was entranced by these small satisfactions; she was astounded when, pausing at the sink, a door of sun opening and shutting on her wrist, she realized — yes. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not arrive punctually at the opening of the lesson. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

What a fool she was for opening the secret door on Samhuinn! Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Both the children fell into each other, and Anya’s search for the opening was halted. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The first lasted from 1492—when Columbus set sail, opening trade between the Old World and the New World —until around 1800. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

He turned toward the opening, ran forward, took the steps in one spring, and when he reached the outer portal, bounded through it. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I finished a close second to Michael Phelps in the vote to determine who would carry the US flag at the opening ceremony. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

While I busied myself opening it, she gave Luke his helicopter. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m opening in the morning, and then by the time you get home from baseball tomorrow night, I’m going to be dead to the world.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

They were not dead and he could bring the pain of life by simply opening and closing them. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

As streams of people walked past, they reached out and grabbed a “fortune” from the opening. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It lifted, and through the opening Coraline could see only darkness. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Out of the corner of his eye, Mark noticed Darnell taking in a breath, his mouth opening, probably to say something smart and funny back at the Toad. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It was made from strings of the yucca bush and had a small opening at the top and hung down like a pouch. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The poster ripped as Diana yanked it through the narrow opening and finally was able to slap it to the brick wall next to the window. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

"Lord Eddard, pardons," Desmond called out, opening the door a crack, "but there's a black brother here begging audience. He says the matter is urgent. I thought you would want to know." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I was hovering up above, near the opening of the cave, watching to see what I’d say. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

On the opening day of the trial, they displayed their combativeness with a risky legal maneuver that a number of us had decided on in consultation with the lawyers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We can leave here early on the morning of the twenty-second,” he said, “and barring accidents, we should make the camp ground in plenty of time for the grand opening.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What on earth — ?” Hermione said, taking the letter from the gray owl, opening it, and starting to read. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

A small cluster of older ladies clutching pocketbooks, their hair carefully coiffed, probably on a shopping expedition from some province or suburb, smile and coo when he tinkles the opening of “Moonlight Serenade.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, you might try this flight of stairs,” he suggested, opening another door and pointing up. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

But the day was not as bright as it had seemed through the opening of the tent. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gets up, and I wait to hear the door close before opening my eyes. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

A black guy with glasses sits at the end of the bench, opening peanuts and putting the shells in his left vest pocket, the peanuts in his right. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Behind them came all the procession, opening out, all striding in step, all the capes furled, everybody with free arms swinging, and behind rode the picadors, their pics rising like lances. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Inside I could see a short hallway opening out into a dimly lit room. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As they got closer, he finally realized that it was an opening—the Maze ended. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Everyone knows they could destroy us all within seconds of the opening gong. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

And they both have nothing but praise for our stylists' opening act. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Do you mean to say that you really propose opening a Fair here by Ninety-three?” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Angie grabbed them and wasted no time opening the bag and removing a sugar cookie decorated like a Christmas tree. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

But it is just opening when I get off the bus. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

The senators read newspapers, jumped up and down opening and closing doors and windows, gazed at the ceiling, sharpened pencils, clipped their fingernails, stretched, and yawned. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The gray clouds sailed above us, breaking up into smaller ones, leaving little openings of blue sky. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I said, opening the question up to the floor. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Then at last the opening music came again, with all the different instruments bunched together for each note like a hard, tight fist that socked at her heart. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I was, I’m sure he assumed, opening up. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

In his opening remarks, Tho referred to the Saigon government as an American “puppet,” one that could never stand without a foreign power holding its strings. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She did not hear the sounds from below, of a chair being overturned, of a door opening, of men's feet running up the stairs. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

"I've received over four thousand letters and balloons. I'm still opening them." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

There is much power in these opening words, yes? The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The book was about, among other things, a massive religious movement—a reawakening of sorts—that occurred simultaneously with the opening of all these microscopic doors that allowed visitors from space to overrun the earth. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Moments later my father was opening the door. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The openings between the buildings led into a vast nighttime marketplace, lit by a procession of fluorescent lights. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The front hatch had come all the way open, whipped up by the jib sail when the wind hit it, and every time they took a wave, water poured into the hatch opening. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put her right leg over the sill and scrunched her head down onto her chest to squeeze into the opening. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“What say we share?” he said, opening a drawer and taking out two forks. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

The openings in the sides were choked with dust, soot and cobwebs. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard a rumble of grinding stone behind me, and I turned to see a trapdoor opening in the floor. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He did not wait for her to sit down before opening the account book and paging through to a section marked with a ribbon. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Please accept my sincerest apology for my disrespectful behavior in not attending the opening ceremony. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He focused on opening his locker, trying to ignore each new slam, each new item dropped on the floor. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

In the streets the first shops were already opening although the sky was still pitch black. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“These are my pennies,” he said, opening one of the folders. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

As they turned slightly, Nate saw that both ships had small square openings along the sides. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

Usually, we didn’t get around to opening presents until after noon. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I was already pretty good at opening locks, anyway, because I’ve used them on my bike. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

At the bottom of the Hill on its western side they came to the gate opening on to a narrow lane. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She saw me opening my mouth, so she held up her hand to stop me. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“So, what are we wearing for the opening ceremonies?” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was a smile like a door opening. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He turned to the opening, bent down, and clambered through on his hands and knees. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Looking back now, I can only remember a time when the world seemed to have a million eyes, silently opening wherever I went. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Actually, as witness his unmusical opening—“Romans, countrymen and lovers”—it’s Brutus who has the tin ear. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Through a small opening in the debris and the molasses that pinned him, he saw Ryan working his way through heavy piles of wreckage. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

With his keen senses, he riffled through the contents of the packs without opening them, carefully avoiding the thing at the bottom of the smaller one. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

"Why, no, sir! It wasn't addressed to me, so naturally I wouldn't think of opening it . . ." "Of course not, I know you wouldn't," he said, fluttering his hand and sitting erect. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet the frenzy of preparations for Monday’s opening continued unabated. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I saw the skins of tigers flaming in his palace on the Grand Canal; I saw him opening a chest of rubies to ease, with their crimson-lighted depths, the gnawings of his broken heart. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

A huge shoal of fish circled the opening, barely acknowledging our presence. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“But maybe we shouldn’t tell the police about it being Brady’s idea,” my mother said, opening her hands. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

We heard water running and then the bathroom door was opening. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Ferula’s letter looked like all the others she had sent him, but even before opening it he knew, as he held it in his hand, that its contents would change his life. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even their opening performance in Seattle went off without a hitch—probably because they had already rehearsed on a real stage. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her mind replayed the chasm opening up, the waves below smashing indifferently against the jagged rocks. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The library was just opening when I gathered the notes we had made and started off. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room was large and stifling, and, though it was already four o'clock, opening the windows admitted only a gust of hot shrubbery from the Park. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Just as I suspected,” he continued, opening a large dusty book and thumbing through the pages. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Your mouth bleeds, and you bleed around your teeth, and you may have hemorrhages from the salivary glands— literally every opening in the body bleeds, no matter how small. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before Rachel could answer, there was a creaking noise in front of us, like huge doors opening. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

And here he was, an old man, opening the gate he had built with his own hands, his hair blowing silver in twilight. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

That summer, she applied for eleven openings for various orchestra jobs throughout Europe. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

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

In a moment she will hear the beeps of the security system, the garage door opening, car doors closing, her children’s voices in the house. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Summer dug up a severed arm, black and covered with hoarfrost, its fingers opening and closing as it pulled itself across the frozen snow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And I closed the opening so that he would not follow me, for if the Aleuts had brought their dogs, he would surely smell them out. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I quietly knock on the office door before opening it. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He slipped through the opening after the other detectives and helped them close the gate. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

It appeared to be opening now; it must have been swollen completely shut yesterday. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

A rock hit Shin in the face, just below his left eye, opening up a deep cut. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

The opening of the cave was small, like the one in the cave under the headland, and Rontu and I had to crouch low to get through. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Long story,” I say, opening my eyes again. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I have been watching him for a long time, grinding his teeth and opening and shutting his fists. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad asks, opening the door an inch, peeking. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

By opening my eyes and my ears, I was creating a world of more smiles for myself. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

She leaned over Liyana with a rocking motion, back and forth, rubbing her own hands together over Liyana’s body and opening them wide. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He repeated the opening words of the Book of John to himself in English: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the angles are funnel-like openings for nets or basket traps. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He had to close his wings to squeeze through the opening at the top. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ollie Mae comes into the living room and starts cleaning up all of the crumpled Christmas wrapping paper and empty boxes that were left behind from this morning’s gift opening. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Lyddie paid for the Worcester and forced herself to take it out of the shop before opening it. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

If you find no one, scour the sand near the opening for footprints. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

How you present yourself—ordinarily the job of the opening few moments of your address—is the foundation on which all the rest is built. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Aaron gave me a few bucks to get the seltzer, but just as I was opening the door to go out into the world, his buzzer rang. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“We’ll have to find some way of opening these windows,” she said. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The result is the typical opening of an academic paper: In recent years, an increasing number of psychologists and linguists have turned their attention to the problem of child language acquisition. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I craned my neck forward, trying to see far enough past the wall of the restaurant to the alley opening. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I could see Papa knock, and his tapping sound drifted out into the night followed by the whine of a hinge from the opening door. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

His came as he sat, in the shade under a tree in a wide-open field on Travers Island, opening an envelope. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“No! Sinkhole, man! It’s a sinkhole! It’s opening up under the field. Look at 19!” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The archaeologists had begun opening up the largest of the mounds. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

For twenty seconds at a time, I could practice opening the Gemini hatch, getting out, and “flying” or walking over to the side of a make-believe Agena built out of wood. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I crawl across the second platform and kneel beside an opening in the bars. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I searched for an opening, a way to enter the world of the Negro, some contact perhaps. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A young man was standing at the opening to the stable, staring straight at them with arms crossed. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

With some good newspaper publicity to tie in with the opening of Levy Shorts. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Julius felt the pores opening along his arms and bile came into his mouth, but he said nothing and followed where the man led. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

"You better leave your things in the locker room," he said, opening a door through which I saw a room with low wooden benches and rows of green lockers. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He widened the opening and gestured her inside. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then at a great distance, as if it came out of memories of the Shire, some sunlit early morning, when the day called and doors were opening, he heard Sam’s voice speaking. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“I love these books,” June said, picking up a thin paperback and opening to the first page. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Before battle, they would thrust a finger through a small opening to be stung, and under the influence of the venom, they were unstoppable. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, changing diapers can be like opening treasure. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I’d turn around from time to time and catch one of them opening another beer. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Anborn grunted and led the way down the winding stair to the landing, and then up the other stair, until at last they came to a narrow opening shrouded with thick bushes. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Maybe they had passed the dreadful unseen opening, but whether that was so or not, suddenly it was easier to move, as if some hostile will for the moment had released them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

But as the cat neared shore, he made the mistake of opening his umbrella. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Izzy stood off to the side, her mouth opening and closing silently around some new rhyme she was working on. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The ref threw up the opening jump ball. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

The man turned his head back towards his captor, eyes wide, mouth opening to speak again. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Now it fell out, opening the clamp and letting the mast topple forward. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

There was a story he was plotting with himself as the hero, and already its opening had caused a little shock among his friends. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He was always forgetting to put film in the camera or turn on lights or remove the cover from the lens opening. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He stirred and stirred and stirred ... and suddenly the tip of the spoon knocked against the glass, opening a crack through which the coffee leapt, pouring onto his clothes. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Macon began closing books and opening desk drawers. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The opening’s not wide enough for me to sit on the curb and swing in....I can’t step over or hop over.... The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

We pushed through the small opening and the path widened into a larger mouth. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I hear a series of knocks and the scrape of a door opening. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Beams crossed the opening down into the main floor where the hay-carts drove in when the hay was hauled in to be pitched up. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I take my rucksack and go out the opening where the front door used to be. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Later at the official inquiry, all of the mistakes and missed chances that occurred in the opening minutes of the fire would be discussed in great detail. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Me, Maria Virginia Farinango, world-famous lock picker, the expert who flies around the globe, opening locks in the nick of time. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But despite visiting the house on only a handful of occasions between her audition and the opening of the circus, she finds she is already acquainted with each of the guests. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was round with no windows at all; a metal roof covered most of the opening at the top, but a gap could be seen leading into the depths. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The first step had been a secret, involuntary thought; the second had been the opening of the diary. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

But this time they could hear her upstairs, opening and closing her drawers, moving back and forth from the bed to the closet. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I could see only Mr. Guareschi’s legs, since the rest of him was poked up through an opening where he’d removed some asbestos tiles. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The consensus around Clovis helped beat them back, but the confused back-and-forth ushered in by the genetic studies has provided a new opening. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Instead of arranging the Christmas cards on the fireplace mantel, Ashima glances at the return addresses and then, without opening the envelopes, she throws them away. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But a stronger feeling was the one that stayed with her after that dream: the excitement of opening the drawer and seeing that he was still there, that he was safe and smiling. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Finally he found an opening and delivered an edge blow that would have sorely wounded Falconer except that he absorbed its force with the hem of his cloak. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

At first it was like moth wings brushing my lips, then his mouth opening on mine. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They werent going to be here that long and he wasnt going to be opening and closing the hatch any more than they had to. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

To go back through the Tombs would mean going past those dark openings in the Tombs; and what might come out of them? The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

“No. That’s not a good idea. Do you have the papers?” she asked him, opening the screen door up just enough to let her hand through, her palm facing upward. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Even opening her eyes would make her helplessly dizzy. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shadow of the gull had stopped passing over the opening. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know,” Mrs. Trepid said, opening the door. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone hoped that this was a preview to her actually opening her eyes. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It swelled during the opening bars to cover all other sounds in the gym. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in that instant, as he twisted, the opening was there. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“That’s the way we’ll be going in,” they told us, pointing to a dark opening in the hill we stood on. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank God it’s a twist off,” Ben says, gathering a handful of robe and then opening the bottle. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Someone moved towards the opening in the fence, and the other five followed so quickly that it was almost as if nobody much wanted to be the last one out into the alley. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The oil deserts of the Near East, the opening lands of South America have felt the thrust. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Forcefully the snake launched his great body at the opening, crumbling earth and rock as he pushed his coils through the aperture. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Hurry,” the doctor said, opening the door just wide enough for them to come in, “be quiet.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

On the first day of school Mrs. Troutman had risen in the front of the room for her opening address to the homeroom. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He left laughing, opening the door to the sound of many footsteps from the hall: supper time. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry asked Ron, sitting down and opening a bottle of butterbeer. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Which is true, I realize, opening my eyes. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The optimism at the opening of the talks could not be dampened even by a few spoilers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I read the opening again and tried harder to translate it. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Katherine heads over to the room off the main office and I hurry over to the desk, opening drawers and peering at their contents. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

A few hours later, I am dressed in what will either be the most sensational or the deadliest costume in the opening ceremonies. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He’s already opening the French doors leading into the backyard. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Next she moved up to the top opening of the tunnel. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Alex is just opening his mouth to argue when someone shouts his name—a photo op or interview or something for BuzzFeed. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Who doesn’t love a good pet store opening? Especially if they have balloons.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I see Franz the glocken boy pick up a dead mouse and gently tuck it inside a wall hole and then carefully place thick, green leaves over the opening. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Windy says thank you to everyone after opening each present. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

On the other end was a half-moon of light with faces crowding the opening. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

And second, he knew that the men were downstairs, opening the kitchen door. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, he had wanted me to miss the opening night so I could come cheer him on. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

On the one hand, it seemed strange to be in Germany, of all places; on the other, it felt good to be opening a new chapter in our lives. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Looking down at her, he shook his head and made an “uh-uh” noise in the back of his throat without opening his mouth. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She does not remember the year she’d gotten the robe, does not remember opening it, or her reaction. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He moaned, and spoke without opening his eyes again. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

They turned in through the opening of Kino’s brush fence and came to his door. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

A particularly good book had a way of opening new spaces in one’s mind. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

His opening line was this one: America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cas unfastened the sling from around her neck and winced as she slid her injured arm through the opening. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It is the second time he has paused his reading and discussion to look at me, like he is giving me an opening to interrupt him. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

She would lean from the opening, throw herself across the steep rock, and make a quick grasp of the hold beneath the nest. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s nowhere near the nursery,” he said to the doctor, and put his hand out to stop the doctor from opening the door. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

He looks at his hand, opening and closing his fingers, trying to grasp something that is no longer there, though he cannot remember what it was. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She put her hand over the opening as if checking the temperature. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Built of adobe, it stood in a tiny opening in the foothills, a miniature valley fed by a precious ever-running spring of sweet water. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“A pleasure,” he said, opening the door for her. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He frantically looked around for a hiding place and spotted an opening in a stack of wood. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

He ran through the opening and bumped his nose against a cardboard wall. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Each cone has an opening at the bottom for the chicken’s head. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Four automobiles were hit on opening day, but mainly I was afraid for Charley. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

A sleepy head poked round the door opening. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Then the Old Lord answered without opening any wider the crack through which he pursed his lips, “Now curse him, that dog left me many months ago and he is not here.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He had been plagued by one extra major; he now had an opening for one major. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He wore a suit and tie at the gallery opening, and when it was done, even with doors wide open to him, he went back to living on the streets. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Another screen features five of the superstar players competing in tonight’s opening ceremony. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Girl, bye. This is the opening to ‘Ice Ice Baby.’” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“No exceptions. If you don’t want to do this assignment, my esteemed colleague, Mrs. Garrett, just told me she has some openings in her English class. They meet this period, too. You can transfer over.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

For the opening ceremonies, you're supposed to wear something that suggests your district's principal industry. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Is that Noise I hear?” says a loud voice, preceded by its own Noise thru a door opening itself at the foot of the bed. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The blood had come out of practically every opening in his body. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” said Jenny, “I know it’s a grand opening. But we need to postpone.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She loves those things, and every night when we're eating dinner, she sits on our couch in the living room and watches one while opening mail and clipping coupons. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Everyone but me stood to the opening of the hymn. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

With one more tug, Dad was able to reach over the side and catch the opening of the kayak with his hands. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, sure, give me that,” the man said, opening a small notebook. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Flashy, rhetorical openings were something I had to get the hang of. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The door creaks on its hinges, opening to a dishearteningly empty room. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

She used to say it like she was opening a door for him to walk through, not closing one in his face. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Seven kept well away from the opening of the forest near a bench on the other side of the road though, just in case. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I messed up my combination twice before finally opening the door. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

It was the first permanent space station, staying in orbit for 13 years, until the opening of the International Space Station. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was fifty yards away by now and nearing an opening between two buildings. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

That the distributor himself, who craved fresher air, and whose profits had doubled, was opening a second branch in Burdwan. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The other three had whisky—opening a fresh bottle and using a siphon from a nailed up case. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Moving away, the men found things to do with themselves, some smoking, some opening up cans of C rations, a few just standing in the rain. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is four days before the season’s opening game. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

It was an opening, and I was desperate enough to take it. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

A blackish opening would show that the hive was new, and they would have to find another one. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was opening and shutting his mouth and licking his lips, much as a cat does when something disgusts it. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He punctuated the account occasionally by opening his eyes, but he made no comment. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I suppose it was a year for opening doors in more ways than I ever imagined. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“She’s not here yet,” said Harry, watching Slughorn opening his potion kit and adding a few pinches of this and that to a small crystal bottle. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Why bother opening when there’s nothing to sell? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we walked back to her classroom, students thronged the hall, the metallic ringing of lockers opening and closing as they gathered their books for the first class after lunch. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Misfortune, oh, say, like opening up a box that you think contains forty-eight water bottles, only to find that it’s full of ÁguaViva independent multi-tiered distributor brochures instead. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Oscar also said that the American School would be opening soon. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Afterwards we played our old childhood game, opening the Bible and teasing a fortune out of whatever verse our hands landed on. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now there was sharper fire, closer to home; the 83rd was opening up. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Papa,” Amil croaked, finally opening his eyes, and pulled on Papa’s arm. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

As you see the opening get closer, you just can’t get there fast enough. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

She had Turner cleaning and painting, dragging rugs outside and beating them, opening windows for new air, and bringing light to rooms that hadn’t seen any since the century began. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Last year’s opening match at the state tournament had everybody talking. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He resented having “to resort to temporary expedients merely to make a poor show for the opening.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

So, while we were dancing on the Wall, savoring our Apples, opening up our Windows, and proclaiming that there was no ideological alternative to free-market capitalism, bin Laden was turning his gunsights on America. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Soon as I hear the door opening, I run to the hall. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The habanera and its contredanse antecedents had a highly distinctive accompanying rhythm of four beats, which in musical notation - as in the opening of the Bizet song - looks like this. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

UpON opening the door I thought I had made a mistake. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was opening the door for a transaction, she explained. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took a deep breath before opening the door. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

While Min always stayed at the kiln during the crucial first stages of warming and adding more fuel, he usually went home after the openings had been sealed. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile Ephialtes laughed as he pushed buttons on his control board, cranking the conveyor belts into high gear and opening random animal cages. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

There was an opening at the bottom that he could crawl through. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Everyone stand at the front of the door opening,” instructed the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

John Jones joined them, opening a tailor shop to clean and repair elegant suits and dresses for the wealthy whites in town. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The cooking pots and the kettle were rimmed with opening prayers. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The opening in the tree wasn’t small, but it was screened on one side by a mess of brambles and on the other side by the second oak. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

So on opening night no one that was remotely close to me was even there. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Every local channel is broadcasting something related to the opening ceremony. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He stared at the well opening over the water. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

But Jessie awoke to the sound of the electric garage door opening. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

He waited until she crawled to the opening. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“These carts are like Chinese puzzles. I suspect that I will continually be pulling at the wrong opening.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fire in the cookstove flickered and wavered, making noises like the opening of a crumpled paper. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Now tall and straight he stood, and his eyes were blue as he looked into the opening sky. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She napped in the noontime heat, opening her beak to pant and perspire. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Angelo told me to head for a wallow in a grassy opening at the bottom of a ravine. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Zach, do you like pears? Would you eat a pear?” he asks, just a beat after his opening riff. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Dark, thick smoke filled the top of the opening. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was bracing, like opening a door in a warm room in the dead of winter and getting a blast of arctic air. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The flies were zipping into openings at the bottom, but they couldn’t get out again. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bull let out a sound I can only say was like opening your mouth and trying to push all the food out of your stomach. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Negra could always see an opening where she could get back her leverage, regain the upper hand. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The opening mass meeting was being held at Carnegie Hall. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Plan your book party, then. Or your art opening.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Elodin wrenched off one of the chair’s legs and used it to batter at the tangled green web that stretched across the opening. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She slept through them all, from sunrise nearly till sunset, and it always felt as though she were opening her eyes only a moment after closing them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“For instance,” Leon said, dropping the pieces and opening the ledger that was so familiar to everyone at Trinity, the ledger in which the daily sales were recorded. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood at the tiller to see better and soon he was coming through the opening. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come on out, hija,” I told her, opening the back door. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Behind me, the pop and squeal of one of the car doors opening. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They hurried down the nearest opening, immediately spinning around and racing back. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“I want,” he said, opening his briefcase, “to ask you one more question from the Voigt-Kampff scale. Sit down again.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I cannot bear their brightness and cover my eyes, which hurt from opening so wide without a blink. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many families were opening their homes to receive West Bank refugees. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Take a look, my dear,” he said, opening the bag and tilting it toward James. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

We walked back to O-Hall and kicked off our shoes before opening the door and climbing upstairs. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I lean in, and his eyelids flutter, opening to meet mine for just a moment. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Calvin says, “The greater test of accuracy comes with the smallest opening. Am I right?” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, within seconds of me opening the door, I hear the whisper of footsteps, and Teluman appears from the back room. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

On his dreadful journey, after the shaman has wandered through dark forests and over great ranges of mountains,...he reaches an opening in the ground. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Whoa,” I say, opening my computer and pulling up our blog site. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

The women straightened their spines and elongated their necks, their beautiful faces like flowers opening in the heat of the fire. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Just before the figure disappears through the opening in the wall, it turns and gazes over one shoulder. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Ducking your head, you put your arms through the same zipper opening, and out through the arms of the suit. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind us, a whirlpool was opening up, all the water displaced by the sub rushing back to fill the void as it sank. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

It was like the mouth of a cave, because the moonlight shone into it a little way, just as if inside the opening there were the inside of the hill; but it wasn’t. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Then he leaned back against die wood brace of his door opening and smiled. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

A window at ground level, obviously opening on a cellar, was being wrenched apart with a crash of glass and a screech of tearing wood. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Even a white flower opening up on a bush just looks doomed for this world. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know what my mother would say if she were here with me, looking at the opening in the stone wall. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He twirled his fin­gers, snapped them, fist opening and closing. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve been opening and shutting my mouth like a baby bird to know about this plan and no one puts anything in. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The family dogs they’d brought along for the pet store’s grand opening barked and yapped and howled. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Mary Alice and I followed when she went to answer it, opening to a stringy young guy in a seersucker suit. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

At length they came to a halt before an unseen opening that led to the lower gates of the mines, on the eastward side of the mountains. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Peeking around the opening, she saw the room was full of adults who she didn’t recognize. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Frau Elena pins her party insignia through her lapel before opening the door. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I spend the rest of the walk taking clandestine pranayama breaths, and soon Courtney’s opening the door of a place called the Shepherd’s House. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

When they were all small, it had been their favorite place to play, partly because the narrow opening made it feel forbidden, and partly because it was so strange. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Papa got on his knees and, with his hands, made the opening larger. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She laid the willow sticks she had tied inside the small square enclosure, and he laid a flat sandstone over the opening at the top. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The doorbell rings, and she can hear her granddaughter opening the door. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I look down through the opening at Shahira, who has just unfrozen enough to turn her head up at me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Yeah,” Tab said, feeling for the opening in the curtain. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Along one side was a wide shelf of rock, which ran out to the sea through a narrow opening. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mini frowned and was opening her mouth to say something when new ground loomed up ahead. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Behind these rooms a kitchen extended the width of the house, with doors at either end opening onto the dooryard. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I considered opening the bottle of wine, but knew it was a bad idea, as I undoubtedly had a mild concussion. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Coming to the opening they found that they had made their way down through a cleft in a high steep bank, almost a cliff. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell Sally I was leaving early, but she was busy opening presents. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I crept inside the opening, taking Bear’s sack and hat with me. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

In the strange stillness he looked to the night sky, then turned back into his shelter and was leaning over to go through the door opening when it hit. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

He clawed the jib down, wadded it in a ball and—with it still hooked to the forestay—he opened the forward hatch and jammed all of the sail he could into the opening. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a wide wooden gate opening out of the wall into the lane. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Harold is opening the windows to let the night air in. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘When Sun comes we feel her, even when she is hidden. Already she climbs over East-mountains. It is the opening of day in the sky-fields.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“What in the world are those girls about now?” thought Laurie, opening his sleepy eyes to take a good look, for there was something rather peculiar in the appearance of his neighbors. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I imagined that my whole body could fit inside, as if I were sliding into a sleeping bag, the jaws opening around my hips. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He lurched forward and she stepped back, only to realize that he was not grabbing for her, he was opening the fridge. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He shrugged, opening the first comic book again. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He was like a fighter who has been down once and is up again, hurt and in rage, looking to return the blow, looking for the opening. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They swarmed around a column, then hovered over the opening of the pit. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Walton choreographed our opening number to “Dreamgirls,” a song from the Broadway show. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

They climbed the shaky wooden ladder, Neeley pushed the opening aside and they were on the roof. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We traced our fingers over the patterns of the ornamental wood railings and poked our faces through openings to see the water below. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It came from an opening that led to another stairway, dark and narrow: it appeared to go winding up the turret along the inside of its round outer wall. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She turned away from him and sat on her bed, picking up a book on anatomy and opening it as if she were about to start studying. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“They kept coming. I’d take down one or two, and four more would replace them. They’d have rushed me, but the opening to the cave was too narrow.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I heard the sound of the door opening, then slamming shut. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They pop the lids and press their mouths to the small openings. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

His face cringing and eyes closing, then opening. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

"But we heard it," insisted Daisy, surprising me by opening up again in a flower-like way. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“That’s what I did on my break, but Mr. Conner wants to know what you did,” Ms. Dale says, opening the laptop. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The opening words were Elvish, like the writing on the arch: that seems certain.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Lefty had dreamed of opening a casino, and the Zebra Room was as close as he ever came to it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

From out in the hallway, there’s a screeching noise, followed by a bang—what sounds like somebody opening and closing their apartment door. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“There are a few challenging openings at Paradise Vendors for men with initiative and good taste,” Ignatius said. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The opening is maybe an eighth of an inch. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

All openings, even the small rear cargo hatch, were underwater so he couldn’t get at them without diving and coming up inside the plane. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, a man and a woman shone a glaring flashlight through the opening, lighting up the entire warehouse. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The invertebrate eye was invented into an optical instrument at the MBL, opening the way to modern visual physiology. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The second elevator was opening, and I heard an unmistakable sound— the clattering of skeleton teeth. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

This is not the sort of woman who usually frequents gallery openings, of any kind. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She showed him the opening bars of the Mozart sonata, and the ivory keys felt satisfying and smooth as he tried it himself. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He passed the mouths of two blocked runs, came to an opening between thick tree roots and stopped. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s just talk to your family a minute,” the skinny one said, opening his door. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The newly freed man took them out of the arena through the one opening that led not down into the cellars, but out into the streets of Rome. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Tubes and wiring herniate from the opening, all leading to a series of dials and gauges, connected to three ruptured vats, and behind it, a series of arrested pistons. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

It looked wide and well made with a good grade and the turns looked very impressive where you could see them through openings in the forest on the mountain side. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

They made wide circles over Barrow for an hour and a half before the pilot announced they would try once more to find an opening in the fog, then head back to Fairbanks. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Holidays are when I want most for our family to be happy, like the white families on TV and in magazines eating turkey, opening presents, or playing board games. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

An opening statement read, “In early missionary journals Osages were often described as being ‘the happiest people in the world.’...They had a sense of freedom because they didn’t own anything and nothing owned them. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Before I left that day, Holly loaded me up with vintage fabric she had left from her opening year. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

They passed by Harlem Coffee with their long line of bleary-eyed customers, A to Z Deli, which was just opening up, then the library, still closed for another few hours. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The third, called relocation, was just opening up: interned citizens who could find a job and a sponsor somewhere inland, away from the west coast, were beginning to trickle out of camp. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew he wanted to humiliate us on the opening play. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

I just heaved, my stomach muscles tightening and my throat opening and a gasping, guttural blech, going through the motions of vomiting over and over again. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Just as the air had resisted the knife, so something in this opening resisted their going through. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Go ahead,” Ryan says, opening his arms wide and putting his face forward, as if he wants to be hit. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“No operations,” Yossarian said, opening his eyes and trying to sit up. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I would never have dreamed of opening it. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

That’s when it became clear that the attendants’ entire skill set was limited to opening the spigots and closing them again. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

My model of coherent discourse is the original version of the text that I doctored for the opening of the chapter. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Rafik ran downstairs in his pajamas, opening his mouth to the sky. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Through the opening I saw policemen, with flashlights and what looked like raised cavemen’s clubs, move searchingly about several shacks across the street. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun was only just opening its own eye on the eastern horizon and the cottage was full of silence. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The US district attorney made the opening statement for the prosecution. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I caught a glimpse of him at the top of the stairs and fired once more as he darted through the opening. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I was startled by the sound of the garage door opening and the sight of Mr. Donnelly backing toward me at high speed. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Note to self: Stand to side of locker door when opening. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He looked to make sure, opening the doors gingerly with his fingernails so that he would leave no signs of his prying in the dust. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Watch your step, please,” he finally said, opening the doors. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the inmate put his hands behind him and through an opening in the door, Feliciano cuffed him. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

All we heard was the front door opening upstairs, then Mom and Dad’s voices and Erma beginning the long narrative of her grievances against us. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They writhed back and forth in a hypnotic pattern, looking for an opening. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The cave was very dark and I had trouble getting Rontu to go through the small opening. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is how I think of the coming evening, the opening of the show: something to get through without disaster. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

But the Theorem didn't go well; he was beginning to worry that he might lack the math expertise for the job when he glanced up to see the bedroom door opening. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

In the spirit of opening up—of full disclosure—let me offer you this: My parents love me. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Once there was enough of an opening in the nuts, we would pull the sweet-tasting meat from the shells, doing our best to keep each half in one piece. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Horrorstruck, Harry saw his mouth opening, wider and wider, to make a huge black hole. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Lawrence went into business for himself, opening a convenience store in the basement of an old townhouse; Sonny had graduated from high school, joined the air force, and grown into a handsome ladies’ man. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Without opening her eyes she rolled over and settled herself into a more comfortable position. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He wondered if the Builders had used openings like this one during the construction of the city to. get more easily from one place to another. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He could not see the gap or anything else, because the green lights were opening again and growing, and the top of the mountain was sliding sideways. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Radar raced along the fence until he found a narrow opening and squeezed through. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then there were sounds of opening drawers, and giggles, and one of them saying, you put on too much. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

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

He leaves her standing by the table with her mouth opening and closing in silent rage as he closes the door quietly behind him. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A floating crystal staircase led up to the club’s only entrance, a circular opening at the bottom of the sphere. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s going to be a hot day. Keep them open,” she snaps, opening the windows again. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Violet and Klaus spent several minutes opening and shutting Count Olaf’s kitchen cupboards, but there weren’t any cookbooks to be found. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Thomas got to his feet and started walking toward the eastern opening. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Time to wake up, Chris,” she said cheerfully, opening the curtains of my window. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The cafeteria is bustling with little kids opening superhero or My Little Pony lunch boxes. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

We do, and as we begin to glow, I can see people pointing at us and chattering, and I know that, once, again, we’ll be the talk of the opening ceremonies. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then I squeeze through the opening in the rocks out into the night. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I nodded and tried to ignore the big crater that was opening in my chest. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

All the light in the building came from one circular opening right at the top. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Oh, no!” he exclaimed, opening his cigar box. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Hey,” says Nick, settling into the seat across from me and opening his lunch bag. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“Welcome, young, brilliant poets,” Ms. Hawkins says, opening her door and ushering us inside. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

“Or what?” he asks, still not opening his eyes. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Then he eased the door shut, peering just in time to see a door in the hall opening. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Calvin Umbatoor mumbles through his opening statement about the “terrifying Tyrannosaurus rex,” reading directly from his packet. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

It might be like starting all over from nothing, like closing a book and opening another one. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

After a few tugs and grunts, Connor was able to slide the door open enough that we could squeeze through the opening. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She could hear his claws as he moved carefully over the floor of the attic, and then his gold-fringed black face appeared in the opening. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Pop must be opening the suitcase—not just getting ties, but maybe other things? Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

We’re in the air, and I alternate between closing my eyes and opening them. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Old Nan stood with her soft toothless mouth opening and closing soundlessly, and Farlen threw himself at Theon, snarling like one of his hounds. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He whispers, opening to the first page, “Dreamers.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

When he heard the door opening behind him, Tyrion turned to confront his fat host. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I think it’s opening next week,” someone answered. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

Francis had drifted into the kitchen; we could hear him opening and shutting cabinets. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Tats asks, before opening her mouth wide to shove a piece of sushi in. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Naturally his father, in his present mental state, had no idea of opening the other wing of the door a bit to create a suitable passage for Gregor to get through. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could feel the quiet opening up around them, even Anton and Sully falling silent. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

So, my sister spent the first hour of the party opening up all the gifts, and her smile grew with each check, sweater, or fifty dollar bill. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of a door opening stopped my heart dead in my chest. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“I thought I shouldn’t leave you in here alone,” she said, opening a bag and taking out a box of classroom chalk which she put in the cabinet under the bar. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slip my hand through an opening in the fence, reach in, and pull a dandelion from the earth. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I reach one hand through the opening and pick up another book and then another. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Ned shrugged, opening the lower chamber of his miner’s lamp and dropping in a small handful of little white cubes. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The sound of a door opening, then another one, marked the end of Papa and Hyacinth’s morning alone time. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I wriggle through the opening at the bottom of the fence and come up in the Meadow, just a stone’s throw from my home. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

They wanted everything perfect before the first pawn was moved on opening day. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It saved them the trouble of opening several hundred books a day and pulling several hundred cards from as many envelopes. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luke looked at her and nodded; he was arranging the coffee cups on a tray, and the doctor had already gone on, doggedly opening doors and propping them. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, Harry could see a patch of dim light through a small opening. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He didn’t think it was a good idea to tell Ron yet who’d been opening the Chamber, not in front of Ginny, anyway. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

But after that each one can widen the opening of the hook wound and he can throw the hook. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stared at me with a serious look, biting his lip while opening and closing the cover of the journal. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The screen flicked off just as Mother was opening her mouth to argue. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She forgot about time as she drifted between pieces, voicing the unspeakable, opening old wounds, playing and playing as the sound forgave and saved her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Only when his elbow grazed against the opening of the pouch did Nathan finally touch the other end. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

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

As the opening draws near, apprehensions of small business owners rise, while others welcome the employment opportunities and shopping conveniences a SmartMart promises. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Resetting the pieces in seconds, again almost without looking, he said, “He’s hard to prepare for because he can play any kind of game, positional or tactical, and any kind of opening.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Shady moved into the opening, placing himself between Jinx and whatever or whoever might be lurking in the darkness as time crept on. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I pause at the opening credits and run into the kitchen to grab the bowl. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Then Mrs. Lovelace completely changed tempo and played the opening notes to “Take Me Out to the Ball Game.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

At a moment when the opening was clear, the men were glad enough to rush out of the yard and make a bolt for the main road. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Travis looked thoughtful, and I could tell that whole new worlds were opening up to him as we slowly inched toward the counter. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Idiptu stuck his head through the bigger opening and his tongue rolled out, searching for the dead bolts. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Once we caught a glimpse of Little Ann as she darted across an opening that was bathed in moonlight. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like opening our lobby door, the cold air prodding me to move. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

He drank steadily and watched the others, their mouths opening and closing, rancid jibes and conceited boasts and magnified memories coming out of them. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I started in the small, central living space, opening and closing the pale cabinet doors. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Their main function is to prevent the town's children from going through the opening, into the meadow and beyond. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

And then, silently, Amah took a large platter, placed it over the gang's opening, and left. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He heard Alec step through the opening, then come back out. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He sends me these texts out of nowhere with no real opening for a conversation. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Not hastily, as one would explore a hotel room, expecting no surprise, opening and shutting the desk drawers, the cupboard doors, unwrapping the tiny individually wrapped bar of soap, prodding the pillows. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Helena is already running down the hallway and opening the front door. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Saintlike,” repeated George, opening his eyes and looking up at his brother. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The drawing for colors for the first game didn’t take place during the opening ceremonies, which failed to develop strictly according to schedule. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Shackleton waited for an opening in the surf and then gave a shout for the men to pull with their last strength through the reef. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

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

I sat down on my bed watching her, waiting for her to stop, feeling the cold air blow in from the dark opening. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was an opening to the street not too far away, but the question was whether they could outrun Mr. Remora and his goons for the second time that night. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Harry, Ron, and Hermione, flat on its back, scraped against the ceiling as it dived toward the passage opening, while the pursuing goblins hurled daggers that glanced off its flanks. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Soft and silent as a shadow, Harry slipped out the opening in the side of the newsstand and glided over to the drain pipe. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meggie stroked its binding as she always did before opening a book. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Ernie did so, and Dr. Maris pressed her thumb against his chin, opening his mouth. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“How could they?” he asked, opening his hands wide. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ray had no problems opening the door, but he just couldn’t dose it, as my dad would say. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

"No more of them booty-funk incense either," Simeon said, opening the door, his laughter lingering in the store after he and Kenzi left. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been hearing things about that pig,” said Dr. Dorian, opening his eyes. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Through the opening, Watney saw red sky stretching out infinitely ahead. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stood on a wet floor of polished stone, the doorstep, as it were, of a rough-hewn gate of rock opening dark behind them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Now that she’d stepped through the archway opening, the Night Bazaar truly unfolded around her. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She put her cup on a lamp table and was opening the blinds when she saw Henry’s car turn into the driveway. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

There was Chester, piling a Kleenex against the opening. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sit down,” she said, without opening her eyes, “enjoy the springtime with me.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I smudged it with my hand until I’d made a wide opening. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

At first, opening his eyes in the blackness of the curtains about his bed, he could not think why the dawn seemed different from any other. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

In a moment, from a distance, there was another sound: the chink of a key turning in a lock, and the click of a latch opening. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“What’s your name, dear?” said the nurse, opening a heavy door. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as I got an opening I said, “May I be excused? I’d like to go find my bedroom.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I use Len’s distraction to pick up a rock and throw it into the opening. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was a tiny, beautiful restaurant with white tablecloths and bay windows opening onto a cottage garden—hedges and trellised roses, nasturtiums bordering the flagstone path. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Directly in the center, an ash pile sat underneath the opening at the very top of the dome. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Look,” he said quietly, leaning forward and putting a hand on the Daily Prophet, which she had just removed from a post owl, to stop her from opening it and vanishing behind it. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Now, after all of this, when I sat down to the typewriter, I could not work; I could not think of a good opening scene for the book. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“DESTINATION?” shouted the Senses Taker, sitting up again, putting on his eyeshade, taking the pen from behind his ear, and opening his book. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Poirot finished his search by opening the little cupboard above the washbasin and taking a rapid glance at its contents—a sponge, face cream, powder and a small bottle labelled trional. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Liz asked, opening the beer can she had thrown at Ignatius. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drop my backpack and start opening my locker. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

There was a lurch that Mark felt in his back, then a squeal, then the continued slow wrenching sound as the door started opening once again. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

And talking about anything too personal feels like we're opening doors we shouldn't. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

C.P. watched with growing discomfort as she circled the room slowly and with great dignity, as if she were an honored guest attending the opening of a show at a prestigious museum. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Manny’s tortured face, his mouth opening wider and wider until it took over the whole world. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I waited for a knock before opening the door a crack. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Wash couldn’t see the girl from where he was unloading potatoes into the cellar of Turner’s General Store, but through the trapdoor opening he recognized her shoes. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Blinking hard, then opening his eyes so, so wide. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Far up and ahead she could see the sunny opening where she would emerge back onto the side of the cliff. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The pyramid’s main gates fronted on Meereen’s central plaza, but the Domishmen made their way to a side entrance opening on an alley. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“No time to play today,” said Amah, opening the lined jacket. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as I start through the opening, I feel the pressure around me, propelling me in violent wavelike motions toward the mouth of the cave. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He said he placed the girls in a large trunk and made an opening in its top. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

We found an opening where the sun had begun penetrating, and we squeezed and spread our shirts on the tops of the bushes and sat in the sun to dry ourselves. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Having survived the first day, several people felt freer to express themselves and began opening up. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

We went to the opening in the baseboard. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

There are pictures of Gogol opening up the refrigerator, pretending to talk on the phone. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I admit, I’ve always had a hankering to get into this racket, but now I have an opening. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

This would allow news of the 100-meter race to reach the opening of the Congress. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked at them with two bright black eyes and, opening its mouth, which was pointed like a thorn, sent forth a little trill. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

At last the window above the door was unbarred, but no figure could be seen at its dark opening. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I turned and saw her leap away from the package she was opening. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Saw him twisting the razor han­dle and opening the twin safety latches on the head, sliding the blade out, holding it between his thumb and forefinger. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

From what Grace says, Ms. Washington really wanted to be in Bye Bye Birdie, but she has an out-of-town wedding the opening weekend and would’ve missed half the performances. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Before we knew it, it was opening night for our town. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

The reporter thanked Miss K for letting her visit—good story—great angle—sorry she couldn’t stay—mayor cutting ribbon for opening of new auto-parts shop—meeting of the school board. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

I leave the plank, close the shed, and grab my backpack before walking down to the stop; the bus comes right as I arrive, opening its doors like an invitation. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Soon it grows dark and through the deck opening I steal glances at the bright stars as they twinkle gaily at me. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can see Peeta’s face beginning to return to normal, his eyelid opening, the grimace leaving his mouth. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was lifting lids off pots, opening the oven door, peering into the garbage can. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

His opening arrays were different every time, yet all the same—conservative, defensive, passive. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The afternoon sun shone directly into the dark opening, but she couldn’t make out anything from that distance. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He feels Henry’s body shifting beneath his, opening up. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The whole thing seems carved out of the bottom of the palace, opening up onto the ocean like a great mouth. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She nodded, opening her eyes wide though it was too dark to see anything. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pushing aside a few branches, he made an opening in a row of bushes. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

They had been shouting since the opening bell at ten that morning and their voices were hoarse. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Eels were caught by equally elaborate weirs, traps set in dead-end side canals, and stone walls across canals with a net placed in an opening of the wall. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I say to TaShon, opening the door, then moving down the steps, around the side of the house. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Putting my hands on either side of the opening and standing on tiptoes, I looked up into the darkness. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

But when he finally was successful in getting his head in front of the door opening, it became clear that his body was too wide to go through any further. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Huge openings in the sides and in the roof were the gutted remains of former doors and skylights. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” said Daddy, letting go of my hand and opening his eyes. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Below them, a large circular opening had appeared in the largest building’s roof, and three hovercars rose up through the gap in quick succession, screaming toward the city. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

But she couldn’t risk the possibility of Ms. Lee opening the door again instead of James. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Without opening her eyes, Ma starts talking to me. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

He squeezed through the opening, lowered himself to the ground, and dashed across the open space to the wall. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The squeak of a door opening down the hall startled Ophie and shocked her into motion once more. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The fading light of day shone through the cave’s opening, barely illuminating the darkness around us. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

In the study, she would stand and hold a book for a long time without even opening it. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Those opening words look like an ascending tricolon—a set of three terms, increasing in force—though they are a special and subtle case of it. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

A widening stream of light from the opening door revealed a small girl. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She started up, her mouth opening to scream. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He dropped to his knees and wriggled through the tangle of stunted, twisted trees that hid the opening beneath the huge rock. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The same person who could carve a K into a girl for opening a letter. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Hell pretend he’s a hypnotist, opening his eyes wide and lowering his voice the way he used to do with me. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

A horseman with silver scales afire in the sun shouted from the scroll in his hands, his words opening a red gap in his black beard. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You may be right, at that. There might be an opening.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

He grabbed a plank to cover the opening of the gang, pulled himself up to sit on it, and began to kick at the window with such force the dirt flew over Pinmei like rain. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Instead, she had another year, maybe, to bulk up enough to compete against hundreds of others for openings in heavy crew. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

At this same time, the spring production of Lincoln: The True Story of Honest Abe’s Honesty was well into rehearsals, with opening night looming. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Back then it really scared me because I couldn’t see what one door closing had to do with another one opening unless there was a ghost involved. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The wind picks up as we stand at the edge of the car opening, like a hand pushing me back, toward safety. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Where the arms came together he left an opening about two feet across, then he sat on die shore and waited. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You ready for some soul cleansing?” she yelled, opening the door. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

They taped sheets of plastic over the exterior openings of the ventilation system. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was Momma’s way of opening up a conversation. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beatty opening a fresh tobacco packet, crumpling the cellophane into a sound of fire. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

“These are autopsy reports,” he said, opening the first book as the scent of mildew filled the room. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Me and Dad spent most of our time with her, opening the get-well-soon cards and propping them up on the side table by her bed. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Beyond the line of warships, Davos could see the Red Keep up on Aegon's High Hill, dark against a lemon sky, with the mouth of the Rush opening out below. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He barely managed to squeeze himself through the opening. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

At a rehearsal, as another opening night draws near, he tells his cast, “You have become so good that every mistake you make has a spotlight on it.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

She looked at me, and then peered up at Anastasia, her mouth opening and closing but no sound coming out. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Taking hold of a pencil was like opening a tap inside her mind through which her imagination flowed. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It pierced the ship’s hull and exploded inside, sending spouts of fire through the oar openings. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

If you want to say she was walking briskly, put her right after the opening phrase. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The opening between the headlands seemed a remote, bright gateway when he glanced back. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

They look at each other, brows arching, eyes narrowing, mouths opening with bared teeth. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk through rooms, opening heavy wooden doors, opening cabinets, taking inventory of my supplies. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

There the darkness seemed to clear, and through the opening could be seen, high and far, a patch of shining sky. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

It was strange how when held up to the absolute phrase—the one toy I really want—nothing quite filled the hole that was opening wide inside Sandi. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“I’m beat. I just finished opening four dozen ersters out in the backyard,” Santa said in her rocky baritone. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shells made deep slushy craters, opening up all those years of waste, centuries worth, and the smell came bubbling out of the earth. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

His face is bright red, and he’s opening and closing his fists. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

It seemed like a reasonable opening line, considering how horrific they looked. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The deuton, Livingston added, “was what made the Berkeley laboratory famous. We were opening up a whole new field of science.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Just opening or closing the screen door behind me was an important experience. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman's face had turned white as snow and her mouth was opening and shutting like a halibut out of water and giving out a series of strangled gasps. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

If I wanted to post somewhere public like Wattpad, I would be opening myself up to feedback from strangers who won’t care if this is the story of my heart. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

This they raised, placing the open part directly over the opening in the earth. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

We spent a merry, uneventful Christmas with Toot in her apartment, opening gifts and marveling at her devotion to the five-thousand-piece jigsaw puzzle she had going on a card table. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

In either case, the majority of the openings were domestic work. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“I probably won’t be able to get these back from you until after opening night because rehearsals are taking over my life this week and next.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“He a schoolteacher now,” Mr. Watson said proudly, opening a beer. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hand tightened on the doorknob before opening it. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Max thus asked the physicist Denis Wilkinson, then a fellow of Jesus, whether an opening might exist in his college. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

He dug his claws into the windowsill, chewed a hole through the flimsy screen, and hauled himself through the narrow opening. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It was so strange, starting senior year like that, feeling as if the ground was opening up beneath me, I was slowly sinking into it, and it might swallow me up for good. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

At the same time she hears water running in the Cambridge kitchen, her husband opening a cupboard for a glass. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed himself to his feet, the fingers of his sword hand opening and closing. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I drop my bike on the ground, and we crawl through an opening in the chain-link fence. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He walked along its edge, looking for an opening. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was opening the monkey up, and now he was putting his hands into a bloody lake of amplified hot agent. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then a knock, the opening of a door, and a voice. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside was something wrapped in gold foil—opening it, she saw it was a piece of chocolate shaped like a rosebud. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

In those bright days of truancy we had never thought of What We Owed Devon, as the sermon this opening day exhorted us to do. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stairs ended at an opening in the stone landing above our heads, through which I could feel the snapping chill of night air and hear the whistle of wind. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“I heard Hideo himself approved your nomination into the draft. After the stunt you pulled in the opening ceremony, it’s a pretty interesting move.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It seems that the minute the truck driver heard the word cake, he shut the door he had started opening. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

To Stansbury’s surprise, he later wrote, Arnold “communicated to me, under a solemn obligation of secrecy, his intention of opening his services to the commander-in-chief of the British forces....” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whitepeople literally threw money at you—just for being neighborly: opening a taxi door, picking up a package. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The superior said that the opening in the membrane should be enlarged, and that a ladder should be put in the hole, so that the bodies could be carried out. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luke ran to catch up with her, opening the passenger door. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Alaric pursed his lips and looked around before opening a drawer behind him with a skeleton key. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

And then, opening her eyes, once again self-possessed, she said, "Perhaps there's a magic word or something." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Minli followed the rabbit through the round opening into a white courtyard and over a polished stone bridge that seemed to grow from the ground. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

But Ophie could hardly focus on the screen, even as a colored woman sat down at the piano and played a rousing opening and the lights went down. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The list of defects linked to chromosome disturbances has grown with surprising speed since the opening of this territory, hitherto beyond the boundaries of medical research. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

When I hear the door sealing, I lean over to the pod’s suction tube, opening my mouth. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She tried to coax him, by opening the barrier to the maze, and before I could tell her to leave him alone, she made the mistake of trying to pick him up. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He came away from the window, he prowled about the room, touching things, looking at the pictures, opening wardrobes, fingering my clothes, already unpacked. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

In the very center a spiral staircase of wrought iron led up through an opening to the floor above. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s try this one,” she said, opening the brown-and-gold rectangle that had smelled so sweet. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Through an opening in the trees he caught a glimpse of the top of the green bank from which they had climbed down. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She pulled at the front of her dress, opening an airway along her bosom, big and soft as couch pillows. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was opening the door of her house. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I know that while other people are opening their gifts, I’ll be packing up my mother’s things in boxes. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

They exchange a look but get out, and a minute later, there’s another car alongside him and the door is opening, and he’s there. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

"You got to be thinking ahead, Alfred. World is changing, opening up for colored people." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trina suddenly stops and grabs Mark’s arm, pulls him through an opening to the right that he didn’t see. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It was precisely against suicidal impulses of this kind that he had hoped to guard himself by opening the diary. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He began opening other websites, one after the other, whether they were for businesses in Illinois or not. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

But then she would tell them to go off and work on their step-ball-change for the opening number and they did. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

We both got to the theater early on opening night. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The mouse’s name was Tucker, and he was sitting in the opening of an abandoned drain pipe in the subway station at Times Square. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He expected to catch all three, but two whizzed out just before the lid covered the opening. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“Let’s sing,” said Sweetie Pie, opening her eyes and sitting up straight. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Because she was still thirsty and because she wanted to try opening a can, she snapped open another cola and took it upstairs. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Donovan felt the ragged edges of the opening that looked out into what the cautious flashlight showed to be a larger and obviously main-stem tunnel. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

With just one week left before opening night, she is headed in the other direction: backward. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I hope you wore a rubber,” Jimmy said, opening another beer. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

"Let's see how much we got," John John said, opening his hand. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

She showed Miss Mallory the small round opening in the bird’s yellow mouth. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

And her smile—an opening of flesh like celluloid dissolving under a drop of acid—was accompanied by a press of fingers on her chin. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, finally, there was a scraping sound as the thick beam blocking the opening moved a bit to the side. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The girl hopped over and forced apart the bushes, in which there did not seem to be an opening. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

They went through the opening behind the bushes, and back, down the stairs and passages, into the cave. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I just needed to find the right opening, so I lingered on the beach and observed. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Another is the concept of doors opening—one door opens, revealing a secret of some kind, then another and another. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I feel a blanket fan out over me, and then hear her steps slowly leaving, the east entrance door opening and closing behind her. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The sullen shrivelled leaves of a past year hung on them, grating and rattling in the sad airs, but their maggot-ridden buds were only just opening. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Having watched the other children opening their gifts, I already knew that the big gifts were not necessarily the nicest ones. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I talk to no one, only opening my mouth to answer questions when asked. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The small opening kept the corn safe from rodents. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you kidding? They went to the midnight showing on opening night. They waited in line for like four hours, too.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He had a small box over his head, with a Saran Wrap-covered opening shaped like a TV screen to look out through. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t talk rubbish! Is it not your painting that’s standing here in our bedroom? And you’re opening your mouth to tell me you don’t know how this happened! Are you serious?” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He stepped carefully to the opening and knocked out the remaining shards with a stick. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had probably covered an opening and was grabbing a late dinner with the gallery owners at some fancy place on their dime. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

He cursed himself for giving Kevin an opening to tell him what was happening in the rest of the world. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

With her arm injured—she had taken one look at the opening Frankie was pulling himself through and shaken her head. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I ate lunch there, from a can on the shelf, opening it with one of the can openers Mr. Klein had sold for forty-nine cents. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I heard him going from room to room, moving things, opening and closing, what was he looking for, why was he always looking? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ted was good enough to hand me a fresh towel before opening the back door and instructing me to lie down. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Barbarossa is a little too fond of opening other people's letters and I would prefer to conduct this transaction without his interference. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I flatten myself against the ground and creep forward so I’m facing the mountains, peering through openings between the orange plastic barriers. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The tray Amah had placed over the gang’s opening clattered to the floor, and in seconds Yishan was dragging Pinmei out of the gang. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

At the end it turned right—and there was the lawn again, another opening. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

As the door began to open, the howling of the wolves without grew louder and angrier; their red jaws, with champing teeth, and their blunt-clawed feet as they leaped, came in through the opening door. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

There was the sound of a door opening and more footsteps. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He just sat there taking deep breaths and looking up at the opening of the cave. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The water came from a gray metal water pistol with a long skinny barrel which I stuck into a small opening in one end of the bag. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Half a mile northward along this they came to a lane opening on their right. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

We can hear her madly opening closet doors, drawers, boxes. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oh why didn’t she think before opening her backpack? Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

And then — it seemed like about a second later to Harry — Bagman was opening the neck of the purple silk sack. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I swallow, imagining him opening a beat-up guitar in front of all these people. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

By September and the opening of school I was deep into sports and became a baseball fanatic. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Sticky stared at the door a long moment before opening it. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the spring, when Mr. Armstrong was interviewing a journalism school graduate for a job opening, a mouse ran over her foot, and she screamed. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But I hear an opening in what he's saying, and I take it. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

In the pale ray of the wizard’s staff, Frodo caught glimpses of stairs and arches, and of other passages and tunnels, sloping up, or running steeply down, or opening blankly dark on either side. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

‘One thing you have not found in your hunting, and that’s brighter wits,’ said Pippin, opening an eye. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

His tongue worked soundlessly, forming the opening syllables first of one word, then of the other, over and over again. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The gun made a ripping sound like the opening of the zipper on the fly of God Almighty. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Burt started opening lockers at the other end of the room. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Papá noticed an opening at the foot of the tent near the mattress. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Swiftly opening her pack, she took out some meat, chewed it to thaw it, and gave it to the bird. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

So they came into that bed so steadfast, loved of old, opening glad arms to one another. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We saw their great mouths opening and shutting!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

To the west the sky was opening into a high gray overcast, and where the clouds were rubbed thin, the streaks of sky were almost blue. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was squatting easily, comfortably, in the opening of the tent, the light flaming behind him. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thought of the crack suddenly opening out of sight of land made her feel sick. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The music is beginning and I see the wide doors opening for the first chariot, hear the roar of the crowd. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Through the doorless opening I saw light flicker on the walls. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

But whenever Mr. Jefferies talks about the trip, Russ starts opening his mouth really wide and tapping his pen on his desk, which makes everyone stare at him. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Merry was trapped: another crack had closed about his waist; his legs lay outside, but the rest of him was inside a dark opening, the edges of which gripped like a pair of pincers. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Before Hector could approach, he who knew well that armor taken by Hector from the dead Patroclus aimed at an opening in it near the throat, and drove the spearpoint in. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cairn was a little taller than me, long and narrow with a rectangular opening in one end, like a door, and it rose from the mud on a tussock of grass. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He lost control of the game in the opening minute, and he never got it back. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby knew the basics of the opening but hadn’t yet mastered all of its intricacies. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He had, as Julie noticed, examined the air ducts—the openings along the wall through which warm air flowed in winter, cool air in summer—and he had studied the windows. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was the opening exchange of a dialogue in power—no words spoken, only magic. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The monstrosity outside the door tried to claw a bigger opening, while inside, the bossling alternated between harassing half a dozen Ridge guards and clearing rubble from the doorway. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The tiny dragon perched on the branch extending over the door of Xan’s tree home, opening his multicolored wings as wide as he could and arching his long neck toward the sky. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

One of the heaviest days of betting is the opening, when the initial casualties come in. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He stuffed his waymarked map back through the opening in the bulkhead, followed by a pocket-size electric torch. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

She leaned in closer, her eyes slowly opening and closing, and opening, and closing. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Another flock of white uniforms sweeps into the opening. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The craft work—no, they would not get that But it was a major job, and the government seemed to favor opening up employment to black workers. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He once again knocks his opening monologue straight out of the park. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

He searched for an opening where he could make a quick run for it. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

It was eleven-thirty when they reached Forty-seventh Street and South Parkway and the Regal was just opening. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was the question spoken at the opening of any meeting. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Sticking her dagger through the opening for light, Annabeth could see a lower chamber, long and narrow, with a mosaic floor, painted walls, and benches running down either side. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

There was a series of clicks, and the tiles began folding up on themselves and retracting into the floor, opening up like an origami trapdoor. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I run my fingers across glass pots, opening and closing compacts as if I'm preparing, until Bree returns moments later. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I crawled through the opening and landed in a heap on the floor two meters below. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

According to the newspaper, SmartMart’s grand opening was a big old dud. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

They’re all just there, holding their breath, following your, like your every move through the house, listening to your footsteps and the doors opening and closing. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She watched carefully for an opening, and when the old man’s back was turned, she made a wild dive for the table. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The prison was full of sounds, and it was hard not to jump at every one of them—voices floating down the stairwell, the metallic clang of doors opening and closing. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She keeps opening and closing her mouth, eyes flicking toward me. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I get partly under the sofa cushion but leave an opening so I can stare out at Devon’s chest. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The store was on its feet within one year, expanding in two, opening branches in three, and its descendants, a great mercantile system, now dominate a large part of the area. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But the hole wasn’t completely clear, some green material was spread across the opening. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z