| 单词 | overhead |
| 例句 | A single orb of glass swung from the mango tree overhead. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Swarms of flies buzzed overhead, pulsating with anticipation. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He must have been thinking about something because the moods on his face were as shifty as the clouds overhead. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Sunlight filtered through the branches overhead, throwing spotlights on the path, and there was a certain distinctive, heady spring lightness in the air. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Around midday, with the dead-eyed sun high overhead, the ghouls stopped, and huddled. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Witches zip by overhead on brooms, cackling madly and firing plumes of black smoke at one another. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z A swarm of giant black army helicopters darkened the sky overhead. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The foyer spreads out like the base of an hourglass—open and round—and a gilded balcony juts out overhead. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The gulls no longer wheeled overhead, they had settled on the water a little distance from the ship. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z That’s how I felt when I finally heard the plane overhead. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, abruptly, familiarly, and, as usual, with no warning, he thought he felt his mind dislodge itself and teeter, like insecure luggage on an overhead rack. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z The sun was high overhead now and the sweat made his curls stand up rather rakishly. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Now, she’s past Leschi and then Seward Park, and it’s a little creepy out that way, with the lake a deep indigo and the big evergreens shaking their boughs overhead. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z It was during one of the clear spells, when the sun was visible almost directly overhead, that Ron and Hermione entered the compartment at last. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z There were no clouds overhead yet, but a heaviness was in the air; it was hot for the season of the year. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Dark clouds fringed with silver moonlight scudded by overhead, carried briskly along by the winds aloft. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z This time the flash of light was directly overhead. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Not the real flies sticking to my fingers and lips, not the wind blowing through the cornstalks, not the voices overhead of kids carving pumpkins. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z His mouth was set in its habitual glower, the corners bent downward in perfect convexity, and his ashen head blended seamlessly into the white clouds overhead. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z After they reached their transatlantic altitude, Poppy took pillows and fuzzy blue blankets down from the overhead bins. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z She could see the empty pot by her fireplace and, low overhead, a few birds in the sky. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I plead for and get a lamp to supplement the single overhead bulb. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Directly overhead, the sky was a blue-purple color, stained with the last traces of night. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The sun blazed overhead, warming my chador and my hair beneath it. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Springing down among his army, the Warlord waved the banner high overhead. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The syllables float overhead, drifting into an icy blur of white. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z From somewhere overhead he heard a scratching noise. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The Rebel shells were beginning to pass overhead. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I put my phone in my pocket, grab my bike, and wheel it through the doors between the cars—the ones the overhead announcements are constantly reminding us are for emergencies only. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Thrust into vases they became dank and listless, and to see them at their best you must walk in the woods in the morning, about twelve o’clock, when the sun was overhead. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z His black flesh picked up dull highlights from the bare globe overhead. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But I wasn’t going to make it to nightfall, not even with the gray clouds overhead. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Frightful noted the moisture in the air, the clouds, the wind, and the other migrating birds passing overhead. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Moon Orchid accompanied her to a gray building with a large storefront room, overhead fans turning coolly and cement floor cool underfoot. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They measure seven by ten feet, and are unfurnished except for a cot, a toilet, a basin, and an overhead light bulb that is never extinguished night or day. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z When the overhead lines were first dragged down by explosions, the cables sparked and whipped like live snakes but the current soon ran out. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z I watched all of this happen as if in a fevered dream, head throbbing, a dull buzzing deep in my mind, as if the pressing sun overhead had revealed to me its voice. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Time burned up while we lay there, caught in the sparks that flew overhead, swallowed by the noise of a city ablaze. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z A small airplane passed overhead—the third one of the morning—and we both stood up to wave. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z She closed her eyes for a second against the overhead light, then reopened them. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z While inspecting a fifth apartment, a plane flew overhead, and he immediately vetoed it as being “too noisy.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The single lightbulb overhead throbs, hurts his eyes, burns into his skull. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z He could feel them in his hands again while overhead the gulls flew tangents. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z There are no trees to give shelter overhead, only the forest hedging the camp. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Dozens of witches on brooms flew overhead and then landed as one like a flock of birds. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z The sun blazed overhead, burning the back of his neck. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z She put Ulysses down on her bed, and he looked even smaller sitting there in the bright overhead light. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z Another plane buzzed overhead, kicking up a stinging spray of water. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z It was day and the constellations of the Southern Hemisphere were shining overhead. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked up at the branches overhead, and then when there was no shade he covered his face with a handkerchief to shield his eyes from the sun. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z For the trees, bare of leaves, arched overhead in the very same way that the groined arches of stone swept up high overhead in the Gothic churches. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z There were planes overhead here too, and the rumbles of explosions in the distance. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z They picked their way across the ashen wasteland as red lightning flashed overhead in the poisonous clouds. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Light from the overhead fixture bounced off the shattered screen. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Quickly, I stashed my duffel bag in the overhead compartment. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The glare from the overhead lights gave Vegas’s face an unreal appearance. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Another: Softly the blue skies arch overhead, ’Tis a perfect October day. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The sky overhead was as filmy white as a corpse’s eyes, no sun, just a tepid glow from beyond the horizon. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z But the shells were definitely beginning to pass overhead. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Vision at street level was nothing like the calm view from overhead. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Suddenly Leon Longbridge put his glasses to his eyes and focused them overhead. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “Hello,” Eloise said into the phone, without having turned the overhead light on. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z The moment my audio kicked in, I heard the ear splitting roar of engines coming from somewhere directly overhead. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The stars were bright overhead and I lay and counted the ones that I knew and gave names to many that I did not know. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Gulls screech and hover overhead as I jog closer to see if he’s one of the people gathered at the far end. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Eventually the Second helped him get all five throwing stars zipping in circles overhead, their strange dark shapes flitting like bats. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Below him someone's legs were getting tired and the desperate ululation advanced like a jagged fringe of menace and was almost overhead. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The fluorescent fixture overhead buzzed and flickered, its blue-gray light giving our faces an ashen color, as if we were dead. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z The knight loomed overhead on his armored warhorse. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Her dad held a carton of orange juice overhead, and her mom hollered behind him. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Richard lit the storm lamp that hung overhead, setting it swaying. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z He froze as the Berg rushed in overhead, closer to the ground than Mark had seen it before. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The voice simply floated overhead like a movie narrator’s, as if a single mind controlled all the creatures. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z A lone osprey hovered overhead, attracted by a glimmer of baitfish in the shallows. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A door opened in the building a few yards away, and an anbaric light came on overhead, swiveling to find them, like a searchlight. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Its unfrosted glass held the reflection of the overhead bulb, a speck of brightness. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The sky curves overhead, like the interior of a great blue bowl. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The old woman was terrified of the glaring searchlights and the guns firing at the English planes overhead. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z As they passed overhead, in so dense a throng that their shadow followed them darkly over the ground below, one harsh croak was heard. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z So they set off across the floor of that great desolate plain, and the harpies wheeled higher and higher overhead, screaming and screaming. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Just before midnight, his vigilance was rewarded when he suddenly noticed a few stars overhead and shouted to the others to look. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The other women shook her roughly, as the wa-wa-wa roar of the overhead planes came closer. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Too much went to pay overhead—consultants, intermediaries, transportation companies, government fees—and not enough reached those in need. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Bees hummed lazily in the distance and swallows swooped overhead. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Halfway down the street, he slipped into a building with grimy windows and a swinging metal sign overhead: a frothing mug surrounded by a circle of twisted rope. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The branches laced across overhead, almost shutting out the sky and letting through little moving spangles and sequins of sunlight, so that everything was dappled with gold and silver. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z No migrating eagle passed overhead; no barred owl saw her. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z In his mind he drifted overhead, looking down on a struggling boy who pushed relentlessly through the dark, thorny undergrowth, leading a crippled girl. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z The clouds overhead parted from time to time and let the brilliant moonlight through—so bright that Malcolm almost had to shade his eyes. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z My ears were ringing, like when I stood under the railroad bridge while a train went by overhead. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The afternoon heat was great, and the air vibrated around the electrified razor wire overhead. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z About noon—the sun was almost straight overhead—the clouds began to thicken and look dark. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun was almost overhead in the large, empty sky, and the cool woods stood back from the edge of the lake. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun shifted overhead, and there was more shade as I walked along. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z There were police officers stationed on practically every corner, Coast Guard boats patrolling the lake, helicopters overhead. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The rain drummed all night on the steel roof overhead. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z An elevated subway train thundered overhead, making the afternoon light along Roosevelt Avenue blink like a failing fluorescent bulb. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The dense tropical trees along the river’s edge towered overhead, providing shade along the banks, while big-beaked toucans called out with their harsh sounds and flocks of parakeets flashed their green, blue, and red feathers. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z “You must stop,” he said as she set him on an upturned oil drum, in the feeble light of one of those anbaric bulbs that swung on its cable overhead. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z A second shell screeches overhead, and Marie-Laure shrieks, and the chandelier above her head chimes as the shell detonates somewhere across the estuary. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Heat-lanterns float overhead, casting a copper glow and warming the inside of the tent. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z We couldn’t understand why, until I looked up and noticed a partially camouflaged door where the wall met the ceiling, twenty feet overhead. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The thieves hadn’t bothered to take any of the herbs drying overhead. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The overhead light comes on; the boy's face is working back tears. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Once in those early years he’d wakened in a barren wood and lay listening to flocks of migratory birds overhead in that bitter dark. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z The night was all around him now, and high overhead a wild white moon was riding in the sky. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Bran grabbed the bar overhead and pulled himself up, shouting for help. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Refugees fled frantically ahead of the German troops, and when they got stuck at river crossings, the German Air Force swooped down overhead and fired their machine guns into the waiting crowds. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z As the aurora australis flickered overhead, Wild came in a dog’s whisker ahead of Hurley, with a time of two minutes and nine seconds. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The whole trick is watch the overhead, she told herself. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Behind me, the black underbelly of the bridge hovered, a monstrous vulture swooping thirty feet overhead. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Stones and dung and fouler things whistled overhead. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The crows sailing overhead perhaps watched me while I took this survey. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Its branches reached high and stretched wide, and under it sat a little girl who resembled both Charlie and Zooey, staring at the stars overhead, a secret smile on her face. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The waves splashed up on our clothes, and the sea gulls flew in circles overhead, calling in one great choms, as if they were glad to see us. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Once a white owl swept silently overhead, so low that Hazel saw its dark, searching eyes looking into his own. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z As the craft flew overhead, it telemetered a torrent of data to the closest tracking station, everything from its speed and altitude to its fuel level and the astronaut’s heart rate. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z No matter how hard the job assigned to her, she could always pause for a moment in her work and watch the slow drift of the clouds overhead, study the swift flight of the birds. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes traveled along the cracks in the sky, weaving overhead like thin black threads. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z With her right hand raised overhead, she was frantically signalling to someone—her child, perhaps, or her husband, or possibly the viewer—to drop everything and hurry over. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z The only sounds are birds, a plane overhead, and leaves rattling across the grass like crumpling paper. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z I looked up and saw the outline of a horse lying on its side, suspended in the mesh net of chain-link overhead. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z In the daytime, the girl was no more than a creaking bedspring, a patter of footsteps overhead. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I threw a wild overhead right at one of his cheek scars, but he caught my fist in his bare hand and squeezed so hard I thought he was gonna break all my stupid fingers. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He uses the overhead projector to put up the 1st 3 questions. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z There was a thunderous crash overhead, a ceiling giving way or a piece of the roof collapsing. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z She saw an enormous dragon hovering just overhead. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The paper birds swirled upward in a massive formation overhead before alighting in a great circle on the ground. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Lyra saw them flashing overhead and felt a pang of relief that there was still something that darted and glowed with beauty. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Jesper stretched his long arms overhead and grinned, his teeth white against his dark skin. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Some passed overhead with mournful cries, returning to their homes among the rocks. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Yet my presence was known throughout the region: I was a gaudy flag waving overhead during all those months of sickness and oblivion, just a girl in love, the center of my own universe. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Just then the flock of gulls appeared again overhead, calling and calling, as if searching for lost souls. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Sunshine glinted off a silver bridge that arched overhead. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Lev reaches overhead and takes down the viola and our modest bag with all our worldly possessions: our travel papers, a change of clothes, Lev's prayer book. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z There, not far overhead, a squadron of Nazi fighter planes was roaring by in perfect formation. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Blue dragonflies hovered overhead, their wings rattling dryly. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I could hear the housemaid overhead drawing the curtains for the night, shutting down the windows that had not been closed already. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z She’d heard of modern-day singers jumping into crowds of fans and getting passed overhead by thousands of hands. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z A flurry of Navy planes screamed overhead, almost low enough to part a man’s hair. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A flock of swift-flying Arctic terns darted overhead, and one by one dropped into the grasses. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a pleasant, warm day, and the sun was nearly overhead. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt closed in, and stifled, with the everlasting dark greenness overhead, shutting out the sky. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z She decided to change the subject, pointing up to the sky overhead. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The day Dr. Kimball lectured on slavery, he filled the overhead screen with a charcoal sketch of a slave market. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Using all the strength in her legs, Roz jumped straight up, high into the air, and landed on a tree branch overhead. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Our hee-hawing was kind of cut short by a glassy smash from above, followed by a loud bang as something heavy hit the floor overhead. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z As Katz raced past me, I seized hold of the rope tethering my wrists to the pipe overhead and swung myself forward, kicking out with both my feet. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I pushed open the door, jangling the bells hanging overhead. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Wayward strings of lightbulbs hang overhead, beyond which I can see the mirrored, upside-down version of the city hanging down toward us from the sky. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Had already attempted 2 circuits over field prior to passenger’s departure and found it dead tiring so I stayed overhead for half an hour to burn off fuel before a final attempt to land. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z One wielded a sword, the other an axe; the sculptor had depicted them in the act of killing one another, their blades and bodies forming an archway overhead. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z We don’t have a cafeteria; we eat outside with seagulls hovering overhead. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z The lawn mower had seen better days, but in the dim light of the overhead bulb in the garage, it seemed to glow. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z We listen for anyone approaching but the only sounds in the barren countryside are a lark, high overhead, and the soft breeze whispering past the walls of the little house. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z There was a continual soughing movement inside the wood, and the leaves rustled together like silk, directly overhead. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The lights hanging slack overhead, the soft ground underneath and the canvas wall that faintly blew in and out, like cheeks puffed with air, made for the feeling of a country fair. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z We took a seat at the bar, next to an old man, his leathery face sickly in the blue glow of the Michelob sign overhead. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z As he twisted and turned the car through Tijuana, Lupita could hear noise and she could even see the dim colors of the traffic lights overhead through the canvas. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z But when she pointed at a hawk wheeling overhead, he remembered something he’d always wanted to ask. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Even though our receptors are not sensitive enough to hear it, there is comfort in knowing that the sound is there overhead, like the random noise of rain on the roof at night. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Duchess circled overhead, then dove over the pigeon cote, sending the birds into panic. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Over the four days I spent on the Stampede Trail, I didn’t see a single aircraft overhead, other than commercial jets flying at altitudes greater than twenty-five thousand feet. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun shone directly overhead in a brilliant blue sky. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z She pulled herself as far as she could go, hoping that the tons of stone overhead would be enough to hide her from the Specials. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Their voices extinguished night sounds, and darkness swallowed everything but these two people I loved, the overhead light a dim spotlight that disfigured their features into grimaces. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z So I played for both of them, while overhead the stars continued in their measured turning. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The blurred tree towering overhead consumes the sun; the ground is dead; I gasp for rain and wind. scene: The Queen BesideHrothulf’s Bed. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z When you flushed, you could hear the water gurgling down the pipes from the overhead box. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z The overhead lights were drawn down closer to my face by a gloved hand. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z They raised their arms high overhead and lifted their thumbs like a forest of small apostrophes at the ends of their closed fists. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z So when you are in Dell's living room, no matter what the weather is outside, overhead it appears that a CAT-5 hurricane has just descended. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z In the great domes far overhead, gems glittered as bright as sunshine. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Pretty soon a few tiny birds begin assembling on the branches overhead. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z As they followed after Mr. Viboon, a parrot flew out from the forest, chittering as it glided overhead. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The overhead garage light casts a dull glow. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z A drone hums overhead, recording our silent procession. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z On that day, a horse named Brick Top speared Tommy’s head into the steel overhead beam of the starting gate. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In the evenings there were fireflies in the courtyard, and he could hear the cries of the nightjars as they circled overhead. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The planes overhead tipped to one side and circled in tight loops as photographers snapped aerial views. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z McCunn was stalking ducks with what remained of his ammunition when the stillness was rocked by the buzz of an airplane, which soon appeared overhead. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The light from the overhead lamps seemed as bright and revealing as the midday sun and just as hot. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z She raised her hands wide overhead and with a broad, swooping motion, pushed the air in front of her body. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z He stepped back: it was a star map of the overhead sky in late September. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Couldn’t fly overhead on a day like today. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The overhead light blinds me, and I take a deep breath and hold it. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I ran to the door just in time to see the storks soaring overhead. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I much preferred being outside in nature, being able to see grass and trees, to observe birds flitting overhead, to feel the wind blowing in from the sea. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The interview is quick, cut off mid-sentence: Anderson Cooper’s face looms on the screen overhead like a disgustingly handsome Hunger Games cannon, announcing they’re ready to call Florida. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He reached up on tiptoes and peered over a circle of heads into the garage which was lit only by a yellow light in a swinging wire basket overhead. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z In airplanes circling overhead, press photographers struggled to keep both boats in the frame of a single shot. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Like a doll pushed from behind, I fell face down between the rails and lay flat and thin as I could, head low between crossties, arms stretched overhead. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Just then, a flock of birds flew overhead. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z A boom sounded overhead, and an explosion lit the sky just to the right of the Squaller. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I was on watch this morning when a Coast Guard turboprop passed low overhead and circled around and dipped low over us again. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z Even with the overhead fluorescent lights the room felt dreary. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Lupita glanced at the overhead sign; it was not in Spanish. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z If they decide to fly directly overhead, the rocks won’t hide our heat signature, but maybe we have a shot if we hide. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Like most of the shacks, Joe’s had no indoor plumbing and his room came with only enough electricity for one lightbulb overhead and a hot plate on a shelf. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Mrs. Byrne pushes a button on the wall and the overhead light springs on as Mr. Byrne comes through the front door, having retrieved my bag from the truck. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z For a second, Sefia swore she saw storms, great roiling clouds rolling with thunder, and lightning cracking overhead. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The moon was about halfway down from overhead in the same direction as the splashing animal. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z I waited until the echo faded among the sounds of the sea gulls high overhead and tried again. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A line of wild geese flew southward far overhead, and Jethro stood motionless as he watched them disappear from sight. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z He gazed up at the fluorescent circle blinking overhead. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Ged asked, and stood up as he spoke, so that the werelight that burned overhead between them sent his shadow back against the wall and floor. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z They walked a short way with nothing to see but the hedgerows, the wide blue sky overhead and the swishing, frock-coated figure ahead. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z A bell chimed overhead as Mrs. Abbott pushed through the door. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z The sun was directly overhead, filling the circle with a haze of buttery sunshine. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Another helicopter soars overhead, the relentless beat of its blades making me anxious. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z It was quite dark now, but the fire lighted the trunks of the trees and the curving branches overhead. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z The name of this store is The Sleek Boutique, though it’s not really a boutique: it’s crammed full of ends-of-line, low on overhead. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z A voice calls down at us from one of the floors overhead. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Tempest raced down the road with Blackjack soaring overhead. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z On one end was a massive wall-size screen and overhead there were cameras in the ceiling for teleconferencing. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z There was a shriek and the jets from the city were gone overhead long before the men looked up. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z They could see die explosion from here, above the smoke, but not much else, too much smoke; possibly that’s why the Reb shells were going overhead. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z More of the shells seemed to be passing overhead. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She looked all around her—back at the house, across the fields, and up into the canopy of branches overhead. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Lewald’s voice echoed in the background as the announcer labored to fill the air, describing the uniforms of various teams, the platform on which the speakers stood, the Hindenburg circling overhead like a near moon. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z A few sparks jumped out beneath the train as it roared and rumbled overhead, and I made a wish on those lucky train sparks. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z For ten seconds Chapter Eleven studied my documents, detecting no forgery, as the clouds burst overhead, and I made him get me one more piece of cake. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The oak tree crackled overhead, its branches rasping together in the bracing breeze. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z They ate sitting on the curb, with the sun hot overhead. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Amari could see seabirds flying overhead, and she looked with the rest of the women at the faint hint of green in the distance. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Romans lounged in groups of ten or twenty, talking and laughing while wind spirits—aurae—swirled overhead, bringing an endless assortment of pizzas, sandwiches, chips, cold drinks, and fresh-baked cookies. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z After the audience was seated, the overhead light flickered twice, signaling quiet. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z So also was the great flock of seagulls overhead. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z The antlers reach out, motionless, as still as the treelimbs overhead or the stars above the trees. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z James was intent on watching a row of black birds huddled on a wire overhead and didn’t answer. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He looked over to Seven and Thorn and ran toward them, when a loud whoosh sounded overhead. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z There was no natural light in my cell; a single bulb burned overhead twenty-four hours a day. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It looked like a painting, the ridges of brown earth, the tepees of dark green tomato plants with their bright red fruits, the bent figures of the pickers and the blue sky overhead. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Swinging doors opened into a room with a single lightbulb overhead. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z A flock of cranes flew by overhead, and he called on them to avenge him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The station was an expansive, slick-walled cave with flickering overhead lighting. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z And overhead—yes, in the room just above my chamber-ceiling—I now heard a struggle: a deadly one it seemed from the noise; and a half-smothered voice shouted— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Her hands flapped overhead, her mouth a dark hole, a distorted circle of abuse. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Like the Sun and the Moon, stars always rise in the east and set in the west, taking the whole night to cross the sky if they pass overhead. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The leaves overhead rustled faintly in the breeze. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z For all the floating citadel overhead, Lazlo had as yet no clear context for what life had been under the gods. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Trees knitted overhead, so only knots and loops of sky showed. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The dangling lights overhead cast mean shadows across his face. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z With the advent of the first primitive, unpadded starting gates in the early thirties, some riders actually died in the saddle, speared into the exposed steel overhead bars by rearing horses. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Cautiously she looked at the upholstery, the overhead lights, the open door to the pilot’s cabin—then she closed her eyes. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Black gossip post-balloons storm overhead, with their candles shining down on me. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Sunshine glinted off a silver bridge that arched overhead. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z A humming overhead had become a roar; and suddenly he was in shadow, there was something between the sun and him. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z It came again—someone moving softly, furtively, overhead. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z The sun walks mindlessly overhead, the shadows lengthen and shorten as if by plan. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z But as we reach the top of another wooded hill and the moons are directly overhead, I finally hear the Noise of men, clear as a crash. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Directly overhead, pale in the dawn light, she could see the foundations of the Eyrie. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z One of the overhead lights was shining brightly on her hair, turning it all gold. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It was noon by now, the sun directly overhead. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Random harpies and wind spirits flew by overhead. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z A door slammed overhead as Madam flew out of her chamber. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Their footsteps rang off the stones and echoed in the vault overhead as they walked among the dead of House Stark. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Beach grass grazed my ankles, a flock of birds flew overhead, and then I was passing the warning sign that everybody ignored, even though the danger it warned of was undeniably true. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z As I inched forward along the conveyor, flat-screen monitors mounted overhead showed the same ten-minute training film over and over, on an endless loop: “Indentured Servitude: Your Fast Track from Debt to Success!” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z From time to time a raven would fly overhead, big black wings slapping against the cold air. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z From the middle of the crowd, all she could see were arms and legs and stomachs, and the seven slender towers of the sept looming overhead. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z As the train doors opened, there was a rumble of thunder overhead. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Then he felt his Invisibility Cloak fly off him and a voice overhead said, “Wotcher, Harry.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z A hall appeared, carved out of stone and marble, and the ceiling soared overhead. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z As the enchanted ceiling overhead began to fade from blue to a dusky purple, Dumbledore rose to his feet at the staff table, and silence fell. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Something whizzes overhead, then an explosion goes off in front of us. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The sun was shining almost directly overhead onto the sand, and the glare on the water was unbearable. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Plaster grapevines covered the heavy beams overhead, and the walls, paneled in rectangles of varying sizes, were interrupted here and there by almost-invisible doors. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z This tree looked like an umbrella, held overhead by four trunks that spread out from their common source. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z For a moment Mona’s shadow seemed to arch overhead malevolently, but then Mona settled back into her chair, and she was just an old woman again. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Satyrs patrolled the fields, and riders on pegasi circled overhead, alert for aerial attacks. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Then, while magpies jabbered like a bunch of excited monkeys in the branches overhead, and with two sparrowhawks quiet on the telephone lines across by the highway, Joe fell into a peculiar reverie. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “The sound of men stamping overhead as they run about. There is the creaking of a chain, and the loud tinkle as the check of the capstan falls into the rachet.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z We’re talking overhead, he goes on, not someone making money for themselves, and when you consider what Jesus gave so that we could enjoy eternal life with him in Heaven . Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Many whined overhead or struck the water nearby; but there were no more hits. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Passing through the meadow, I came upon a small brown bird that had fallen from its nest on a branch overhead. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Beauty-lanterns drift overhead like small suns, shining perfect beams of light across the treatment bed. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z From somewhere overhead I heard the shriek and groan of water pipes. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Maybe it means only now you can hear birds flying, forming a V overhead. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z A plane flew overhead and my eyes cleared. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The leaves locked together more tightly overhead, and the sun could not get through. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Tom talked incessantly, exulting and laughing, but his voice was as remote from Jordan and me as the foreign clamor on the sidewalk or the tumult of the elevated overhead. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z My eyes wander to the clothes hanging overhead, several stories up. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z New bomber planes roared overhead in flight tests. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Her dad held a carton of orange juice overhead, and her mom hollered behind him. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Their torches sizzled out in the pond of scum they’d just landed in because the floor beneath the overhead grate was slick with a pool of greasy water. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z The sky is lit up with streetlights, so I can’t see many stars, but I can still see the planes blinking overhead. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Whenever he needed a quick escape, he dove into a canal as a dolphin, or turned into an eagle and soared overhead, but he never got too far ahead of his pursuers. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z That table top was screaming with reflected light from a two-hundred-watt bulb overhead. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Peeves was bobbing overhead, now grinning wickedly, surveying the scene; Peeves always loved chaos. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The sky overhead was cloudless and blue, but Thomas could see no sign of the sun despite the brightness of the day. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The drones are nearly overhead, their whir deafening. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I stared at the tall overhead highway lights as we drove beneath them. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The huge rock passed so close overhead it blew her hair out of her face. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z A few strands of wire that stretched to that high overhead duct were all that kept him from drowning. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Ragged clouds were hurrying overhead, dark and low. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z In the twilight a swift flew screaming overhead and Hazel turned to Dandelion. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Twice he caught his claws in the overhead wire mesh, screeching wildly, letting go, and trying hopelessly again. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z We lay on mattresses with mosquito nets draped overhead. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Cole swallowed the taste of bile in his throat and listened to the rumbling overhead. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z A few clumps of snow cling to the ends of bare branches overhead, and there are glistening white patches of it on the ground, but they’re thawing. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The table is set for thousands, and enormous ballroom-lanterns flash so much light overhead that everything glitters. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z And the bluebells beside us unnoticed, and the pigeons overhead unheard. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Jenna starts to say something, but her words get drowned out by a helicopter flying overhead. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Valley pushed a cauldron from the other side of the room toward the small patch of light made by the overhead candelabra, and Seven poured the remaining roba recuerdos potion inside the cauldron. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z The three eagles still circled overhead, but they made no attempt to land on the ship, probably because Festus the figurehead blew fire whenever they got close. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Belet looked up at the raven perched on a branch overhead. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I was so far beyond ordinary exhaustion that I experienced a queer detachment from my body, as if I were observing my descent from a few feet overhead. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z A plane rumbled past him, whining overhead, explosions and an ambulance bell ringing in the distance. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z But then there was a strange noise overhead. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z More monsters kept pouring in from the side corridors, while gryphons wheeled overhead, undeterred by the crumbling floor. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z We walk over the new cement footbridge, with the willow trees arching overhead, the sound of running water from the creek beneath. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Outside, the air is temperate, the rolling gray clouds overhead thick with the promise of monsoon season, but Lkossa remains a city bathed in silver moonlight, more than enough for me. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The barrels would travel under heavy guard, and German planes would fly overhead to watch the land on either side of the tracks. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z They watched the birds soaring overhead, glittering — glittering? Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z But mostly it smelled of hay, for there was always hay in the great loft up overhead. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z The chap circled overhead for three quarters of an hour and tried to come down half a dozen times before finally bottling out. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Run and run and disappear into the mountains and live in solitude in the dark green of the wild, with a pine-needle carpet and a blanket of stars overhead. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Through some miraculous process, I ceased to be Widge and became Ophelia, except for some small part of myself that seemed to hover overhead, observing my transformation with amazement. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Her days were anxious, her nights restless, and every raven that flew overhead made her clench her teeth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The living room looks like a dance studio, with a big open space, exposed brick walls, and metal overhead lighting. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Muller switched on the overhead light and smiled benignly. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hell, it’s your gun. One shot. Aim overhead, twelve o’clock.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Alex walked slowly through the garage, staring up at the planes overhead. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z A dreadful, chilling whine is heard as the bombs are released overhead. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The next thing I remember was the sun warming my cheeks, a seagull squawking overhead—and something moist splatting in my hair. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z And then I heard them: Russian planes strafing overhead. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z By the time I had reached my parents’ room, the overhead light was on and the cops were bending over my parents’ bed. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z The church had a great old organ, with pipes that went from behind the organ to a point high overhead. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z He maintained a serene comportment at all times but generated a threatening atmosphere, like a thunderhead that seems far away but then is suddenly overhead with loud violence. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Whenever we heard a bomber overhead, we dived into our safe holes in the ground. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z No bird sang in the trees, no wing flew overhead. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z A dark and restless sky still moved overhead, but where was the hard ground, the wet, the mud, the dead birds? Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The Hogwarts Express moved steadily north and the scenery outside the window became wilder and darker while the clouds overhead thickened. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Between the cost of supporting their work in Haiti and Peru and maintaining staff, overhead, and other projects in Boston, White’s money was not enough. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z A plane passing overhead set his bone marrow to quiver. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The gutters of the city overhead had dried, but old rain seeped and dripped from the glazed brick walls. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z Like many other Americans, Katherine bridled at the reality of the Russians’ metal moon orbiting overhead. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The fighting could be miles away—or a plane carrying bombs could fly overhead at any moment. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The rest rooms were locked, and there were square overhead lights. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Branches overhead had been cleared away, too, not quite to the top of the bush but almost, so that the sunlight filtered through easily, and soft moss grew on the ground. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z Someone was running in great haste down an echoing stairway overhead. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The wind had risen and was whipping up the snow in frozen imitations of dust devils, but the night sky was clear and black, with thousands of stars spread in unfamiliar constellations overhead. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I answered phones and made plasticene overheads and picked up dry cleaning and kids from day care. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked up and saw with surprise that faint stars were appearing overhead amid the strands of hurrying cloud and fog. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He climbs a ladder to get it and hears a loud buzz from overhead. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The streets were jammed with joyous throngs, and strung overhead were huge banners bearing Milo’s picture. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z At night, in her bed, she rides in the belly of Captain Nemo’s Nautilus, below the gales, while canopies of coral drift overhead. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Looking up I could see faint moonlight filtering in through drain grates far overhead. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Once Jon thought he saw a pair of glowing eyes on a ledge overhead, as big as harvest moons. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The minute she left the hall, she felt its light begin to fade, heard the boy’s disgruntled shouts, but she kept running with the sparkles overhead. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z They hid themselves inside it, listening to the rumbling of hundreds of people moving overhead, and the staffroom door banging open. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z With no overhead lights the courtroom, always pallid, seemed grayer and duller than ever. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z A woman lay twisted in agony, her mouth open to scream, her arms thrown overhead. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The branches overhead were all coated in ice. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z At that moment, there was a creak overhead. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z As the blade sailed overhead, she lashed out at his legs. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The United States Army’s 101st Airborne Division para-troopers accompanied the students while an Army helicopter flew overhead. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Her black eyes were alert as several Lapland longspurs darted overhead. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z From seaweed we wove a rough basket which we filled before the sun was overhead. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I see the two men standing behind him, the overhead light in the hallway making skulls of their heads. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z And then the words do all come rushing, like a rain cloud just opened up overhead. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z She held both hands overhead, like a little child, sending dazzling streams of light up into the sky. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Everybody craned their necks and focused on the graphics swimming across the ten panels overhead. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z The orange trees, the presence of so many trees around him, the hum of flies overhead, the abundance of green, brought back memories of his parents’ house in Wentnor. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Also I can hear the boards creaking overhead but you can't be sure, it might be just the wind. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z On the afternoon which followed the evening of its release John’s rustic solitude was suddenly broken by the arrival overhead of a great swarm of helicopters. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Their footsteps clomp overhead and I see their figures walk along the beginning of the pier. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Every day, Allied planes flew overhead, and the bombs they dropped got closer. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z The wind did not blow until the sun was overhead. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z I whispered, hoping that the whirring fans overhead would drown out my voice. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Rashid considered his options, then followed Tad as the message from the emergency line repeated, accompanied by the sound of running water and the buzz of broken electrical lines overhead. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z When the sun was overhead it lay anchored in Coral Cove. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a great deal of clattering and banging coming from overhead: Harry wondered what Luna could be doing. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z And this guy, who couldn’t tell Washington from Baltimore when directly overhead, was about to navigate to the moon and back. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z My portraits flashed on a big screen overhead. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z He pointed up, and Matt saw a hovercraft pass overhead. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The massive screen overhead might simulate the day and night sky, but it won’t have the crack of a lightning strike or rumble of thunder. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The sky was an intense blue with a hot, flat sun high overhead—he thought it might be noon but could not think of what day it was—and there was absolutely no wind. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Cray-Cray's cart zoomed around the bend in the path, and for an instant, Ethan's face was lit up by the walkway light overhead. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z A chair flew overhead and crashed against the space above Shawna’s locker. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Suraya walks with me to a corner of the garden and kneels as a drone whirs overhead. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Once again, she heard footsteps overhead, muffled cries. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z She woke up to the whistling of rockets streaking overhead. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I huddled under my blankets when Pan Am and United Air Lines planes flew overhead, the engines sounding like insects at first and getting louder and louder. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z King George circled overhead and squawked. and cracked the whip across the back of the horse. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z On the screen was a live TV feed that looked to be coming from some kind of overhead camera. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Still the Berg hovered overhead, its thrusters raging with blue heat. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z An odd sizzling sound filled the sky overhead. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z In that time the wind picked up, suddenly clouds covered the horizon, and some small ones gathered directly overhead. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z One by one, the rest of the names appeared on the overhead screen. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The clouds churned violently overhead, their bellies rumbling with thunder, and lightning jumped across the sky. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z As he speaks, the storm’s clouds finally reach us, and the sun disappears overhead. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Azareen imagined she could feel the shadow, the weight and press of the citadel overhead. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z As the light flickered around the little den formed by the bridge overhead and the river- bank walls, Tree-ear suddenly had the sense of seeing clearly the things that had always been there. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z “Percy first,” said Mrs. Weasley, looking nervously at the clock overhead, which showed they had only five minutes to disappear casually through the barrier. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Every time another airliner flew overhead, leaving a trail of white and gray smoke, Big Ma fanned herself and asked, “Jesus, why?” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He jabbed a finger against one of the overhead lights and it snapped on at his command. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The train is crowded and at first she stands, struggling to hang on to all the bags and the stroller and the overhead strap, until a young girl asks if she’d like to sit down. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The foundations of die Great Pyramid of Meereen were massive and thick to support the weight of the huge structure overhead; even the interior walls were three times thicker than any castle’s curtain walls. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He glanced up at the remaining Violet orbs swinging overhead, cradled in his reflective inventions. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z As the scudding day passed overhead the dingy windows glowed and faded in ghostly retrograde. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z They waded or crept in one after another while the horrible clucking continued and overhead the swallows, alerted to a feast of insects, dipped and soared. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I pull my eyes from the glaring sun overhead and snap back to attention. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Claudius Templesmith's voice booms down from overhead, congratulating the six of us who remain. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Every time we saw buzzards circling overhead, Dad would say that he recognized Buster among them and that he was coming back to thank us. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The cliffs loomed higher and ever higher overhead as he approached the mountain-root from which they sprang, and the lane of water grew narrower. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The sound filled the hall, echoing off the rafters overhead. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The sky turned white and then peach-colored in the sunset light as a giant cloud loomed overhead. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Two vultures hovered overhead and then landed on the ground, close enough that I could have grabbed them if I had jumped fast. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z There was a clatter from overhead, and they all looked up to see Percy’s head poking out of a window on the second floor. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Elsewhere in the city was a Fleet Week celebration, and every so often the Blue Angels flew overhead as part of the air show. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z It wasn’t until then that I noticed the storm overhead. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A hundred swallows darted between the gorge walls overhead, their shadows blipping across the shining water, across the children’s bodies and happy glistening faces. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She wore a clean but faded print house- dress that was hoisted to one side as she clung to an overhead pendant support. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Though “here” isn’t anywhere yet...just a map of packed concrete highways crisscrossing overhead, curving, making figure eights. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Listening Rock baked in the sun while geese flew overhead, honking. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Jem wakened her when he snapped on the overhead light. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Moaning Myrtle was still sobbing and wailing overhead. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Somewhere in the garden a nightingale was singing, and a little breeze touched her hair and stirred the leaves overhead. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “I didn’t think so either. I saw a swarm of bees fly overhead—oh, so many! But fortunately they didn’t land.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The first three had overhead images being relayed in real time from different sectors of Iraq by Predator drones. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Then a boom sounded overhead—the exact kind of feedback boom a cheap, quickly built microphone would make when it was switched on. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z A few minutes later the plane passed directly overhead. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I had pulled away to go switch off the lights, but she beat me to it—she snapped her fingers, and the overhead light blinked out. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z An overhead projector beamed a movie onto dummy number two, turning it into a perky woman who looked like a flight attendant. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z An airplane passed overhead on its course to Miami and he watched its shadow scaring up the schools of flying fish. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a man in Village, a farmer, who had stood in the field beside his plow, waiting as dark clouds gathered overhead, hoping the storm would pass by. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Then, while echoes ripped the air and a whirlwind screamed overhead, the cauldron split and shattered. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Fingers still in my ears, I nod at the stop map overhead. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z I darted a look at the thin strip of sky visible overhead and saw it was purpling into twilight. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Salim’s pod moved from three o’clock to two o’clock just as an aeroplane flew low overhead. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z She pops open the trunk and takes out a blue rolling suitcase, the kind that fits into the overhead compartment on a plane. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Then we heard more: doors slamming, a cry from Hua-hua, crash after crash of dishes breaking overhead, and the indistinct voices of the Red Guards. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside, I was surprised to feel a wave of heat hit my face and see the overhead lights on. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z High overhead were wooden rafters black from smoke, and a vaulted ceiling lost in shadow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z His gaze had wandered upward to the body revolving slowly overhead, and he seemed to be lost in thought. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The water overhead faded to a mere drizzle, and then a drip, and then nothing at all. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Heavy dark clouds crowded the far horizon, but clear sky overhead let the sun bathe the ground with warmth. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z And then something whispered in one distant corner of her brain, and a picture of Mrs. Jacobs at the overhead flashed behind her eyes. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z There are streaks of color overhead as she looks up into the darkening sky. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Thunder booms overhead and lightning explodes through the roof and into her hand. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Lightning flashed overhead, followed almost immediately by thunder. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z New silhouette banners sail overhead, reminding future customers of our names and faces. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The sun was already hot and the wind solid and growing a bit each hour and he got the Frog up to five knots and held it until the sun was straight overhead. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z As he said it, there was an explosion from overhead: All three of them looked up as dust fell from the ceiling and they heard a distant scream. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Even though the sun had moved from overhead, sweat still beaded on my forehead, then rolled down my face on the same path my tears did earlier. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Soon there were many birds along the way, soaring overhead, calling. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z It was bad enough being drenched by the overhead sprinkler and draped with noodles; now they were carrying her right past them all. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z The sky tumbled overhead, unspooling into a reflection of fireworks on water and rising white buildings that appeared as distant and inaccessible as the medieval Neamt Citadel. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z They were walking across bare earth, dry and cool to the touch; overhead there were heavy wooden beams holding up the floor, and above those the floorboards themselves. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z In the quiet that follows, we hear Tigris’s soft footfall overhead. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z So I really try to focus on the lesson, but I’m having trouble keeping up with Ms. Rucker’s overheads. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Waiting for my teammates to arrive, I sat with my feet hanging over the abyss, staring across the clouds, looking down on the tops of 22,000-foot peaks that a month earlier had towered overhead. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Sprinklers overhead came on, showering the crowds as they surged for the exits. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Shreds of high cloud were overhead, running on a stiff easterly wind. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z In places the branches wove a canopy overhead and he was given a moment's respite from die drumming of the rain against his head. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The sky, with the sun no longer overhead but sending shadows now into the Field of Leaving from the trees and thorn bushes at its edge, told her that it was long past midday. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Standing on an open hill, I imagine muffled footsteps overhead. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z And now the hospital bill hovered overhead too, yet one more steel beam threatening to bring them all down. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z They heard the sound of a key turning and bolts sliding back, and as thunder crashed overhead, the door opened to show a distinguished-looking man holding a lamp. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z He pointed overhead to the purple lights that swung from the balcony railings. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Near noon, the sun blazing directly overhead, Lupita rose for yet another drink. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Electric lights shine overhead, and low shelves are filled with books. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z She held on to the overhead rails while I held on to her skirt. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She was surrounded on three sides by walls of granite, perfect matches to the ceiling overhead. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z But the satellite stayed in orbit for more than five months after that—a lonely and most certainly dead dog circling and circling overhead while the earth traveled about 240 million miles through space. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z A breeze rustled the leaves overhead and cooled us some. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Lazlo squinted across the distance, gauging the blocks’ position relative to the great seraph overhead. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The road wound up and up, narrowly, between high ferny banks, and the trees arched together overhead. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z A lamp that hung from a long chain overhead. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z They were silent for a while, watching the vultures hovering overhead; the neighbors had killed a chicken. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She placed her bag on the overhead rack and settled onto the seat, stiffly, holding her magazine, her body aligned towards the aisle and away from him. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I stretched out along the pew, closed my eyes to shut out the burn of the overhead lights and took a deep breath. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z It didn’t so much as quiver when a car door slammed on the next street, nor when two owls swooped overhead. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The dancers shaking their booties on the floor flashed white light as the obligatory mirror ball spun overhead. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z It was gloomy now, but seeing the way the branches arched overhead, Kaede suspected it would be beautiful beneath the sunlight. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Sometimes when the sun is directly overhead and shines onto the lake, the light is so bright it pickles your eyes and you have to turn away from it. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z The red sparks rose in a shudder and died in the blackness overhead. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z A jet passed overhead; the sound poured into the car like a liquid. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Shells are careening overhead, quaking the cellar like passing freight trains. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Behind the house, seeming almost overhead, the great hills were muted and dull in the rain. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Gryffindor cheers nearly raised the bewitched ceiling; the stars overhead seemed to quiver. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z It was a clear sky full of stars with a bright moon overhead, and we passed the time naming the constellations. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Someone had also volunteered something called an “ultra-light” aircraft which swooped overhead, barely clearing the tops of the trees. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z It was more like dusk than daylight, and wraiths and streamers of the fog rose dismally from puddles in the road, or clung like forlorn lovers to the anbaric cables overhead. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Chamberlain twitched around to see shells beginning to come over, falling first on the left, then almost instantly on the center, then to the right, then overhead, air bursts and ground bursts and solid shot. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It came out of the third storey; for it passed overhead. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Five or six wild duck flew overhead in a swiftly moving V, intent on some far-off destination. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Already the birds were beginning to stir and make bright sounds in the branches overhead. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z We reach Broadway, and a train is passing by on the overhead tracks. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Alfred stared up at the ceiling, at the white streaks that flashed overhead when cars passed on the street below. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The waves ran white-tipped on the grey sea, and grey clouds streamed overhead on the north wind. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z The bell rang overhead in the castle and both Hermione and Ron jumped to their feet, looking terrified. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z They will knock down the wall between the living and dining rooms, put an island in the kitchen, track lights overhead. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She knew that she was pale, and still shaken, with dark circles under her eyes, but the sun was warm and the leaves moved gently overhead, and Luke beside her lay lazily against the step. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Thick black clouds hung heavily overhead as they fled through the darkness, and Milo, looking back for just a moment, could see the awful shapes coming closer and closer. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z As you enter the tunnel, the wind gets sucked away, and you squint from the lights overhead. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Smoke was seeping through the branches in white and yellow wisps, the patch of blue sky overhead turned to the color of a storm cloud, and then the smoke billowed round him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z They leap into the air, doing flips and twirls overhead. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Finally, Sierra’s voice rang out from the overhead speakers. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Couples danced to the latest hits while fireworks exploded overhead, or they enjoyed light comedies performed by a local stock company, in a theater that served as a casino between productions. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Basil stretched comfortably in the shade while Jess sat out in the sunlight, her tail, curled overhead, acting as a sunshade. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The trees grew straight, then arched overhead like the vaulted ribs of some great church, their stained-glass windows the green leaves dappled with golden sunlight. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z His fists came down toward Luke's head—a double overhead blow that would’ve knocked a hole in titanium—but the bear twins intercepted. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z When it got dark and a river of stars flowed overhead, we spread out our sleeping bags and laid down on them and talked. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z On a post at the rear of the hootch was the decayed head of a large black leopard; strips of yellow- brown skin dangled from the overhead rafters. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He was pedaling madly and waving his arm overhead while his other hand repeatedly rang his little chrome bell. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z An announcement on the overhead tells us we’re experiencing a brief delay and the system should be up and running again shortly. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z As she looked, it moved again, and then she saw what was happening: various parts of it were revolving, turning this way and that, scanning the dark sky overhead. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z A big golden moon hovered overhead, and the vapor formed a misty circle around it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z A giant red-and-gold canopy extended overhead to provide shade from the afternoon sun. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A moment later, Pollard and Seabiscuit were alone again, burning over the track, Kayak spinning off behind, the wire crossing overhead. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Between the sirens and the people shouting and the helicopters whirring overhead, there was no chance anyone could hear him. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Tall apartments rose overhead, their open windows overflowing with orchid plants, laundry, and chatting neighbors. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Then he took down the lamp from the hook overhead and filled it. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Kamau looked up, and Ekon followed his brother’s gaze to take in the silver-white stars beginning to speckle the sky overhead. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “That’s some story,” Beth says as she pulls the cord to turn on the overhead lightbulb. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z A match was struck, and a lantern flared to life overhead. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Just a chill in the air, an arc of gray sky overhead. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z A persistent flicker called; some nighthawks, flashing bright white spots on their narrow, knifelike wings, dipsy-doodled overhead. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But overhead the snowflakes became sparse and floated down slowly on their own weight, now that the wind was gone. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z The forest can’t hide my heat signature, especially from an overhead drone. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I can almost see Gram beside me, twisting her parasol overhead, wearing one of her old-fashioned long dresses and a frown on her lips that doesn’t quite match the mischief in her eyes. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z They carried her along a path with branches rushing past overhead. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But they were a long way off, and the sky overhead was still a spotless blue as we steamed west. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The helicopter ripped by overhead and the noise it made sucked up all the air around it. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z All of a sudden I felt sunshine overhead. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Elleven, Blackbird Ordinary, Baoli, bars with swimming pools and fountains, beautiful men, lights flashing everywhere overhead, beneath your feet, in the corner of your eye. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He could hear many different notes in the rustle of the leaves overhead, the river murmuring away on his right, and the thin clear voices of birds in the sky. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z A half-seen shape flapped by overhead, pale leathery wings beating at the fog. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Footsteps crossed the room overhead, then there was silence. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The red peppers and the onions dangled overhead. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He heard the whoosh of air and felt an eerie stir on his skin as the antigravity vessel passed overhead. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A dactyl zipped by overhead, but it didn’t look like it was carrying any messages. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Instantly the Gallivespians urged their dragonflies up into the murk overhead, where the harpies were as thick as blowflies. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Outside, a cloud passed overhead and the room grew darker. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Homes of the prayerful are concealed from witch planes that fly overhead. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Sunlight streamed through the branches overhead, each one heavy with green buds. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z With the complaining gulls circling overhead, Cole picked up the remains of the fish. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Few folk looked in their direction, pretending that the noise came from the throats of the crows circling overhead. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The place is pretty dark, and even though there are a few lazy fans spinning overhead, it’s still pretty humid inside. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z The night was black and moonless, but overhead a million stars burned bright. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The moon might be up in the pastel aqua blue overhead while the sun flamed orange in the west, and other kids, younger boys and girls on bikes, might also stop by. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Their bags scattered across the ground as the whistle screamed overhead. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z I tried to appear attentive as Mr. Banner illustrated, with transparencies on the overhead projector, what I had seen without difficulty through the microscope. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The docks of the island were only a hundred yards away now, but a dozen more eagles were soaring overhead, each carrying a Roman demigod in its claws. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I imagined the roar of helicopters overhead towing flying banners of congratulations— something—anything. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The purple velvet walls curved overhead to form a roof, making it pleasantly warm within despite the autumn chill outside. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z My eyes fly open, my head spinning as my vision slowly comes back, bright lights overhead. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z I happened to glance aft at ship and oarsmen and caught sight of their arms and legs, dangling high overhead. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I never connected the movies and TV close-ups of planes with the things that I saw zooming overhead. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Opposite p., left: When the sun is not directly overhead, shadows of equal length are cast. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I reached the ravine when the sun was overhead. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Mariachi music played overhead, and I smelled pickles and grilled meat. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He went through the plywood lockers overhead but they were empty. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Inside it there’s a concrete-block corridor lit with fluorescent overhead lights; some kind of functional tunnel. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z She hit the wall, and Chess braced for the bright overhead light of the Boring Room to come back on. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Jon heard their cries overhead as he accepted a bowl of stew and a heel of black bread from the day's cooks. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z We arrived at a small clearing with palm trees arching overhead. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z She clapped her hands overhead, the signal for the women prisoners to break into the number they had rehearsed for the occasion. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z For a few fragile seconds, she remained as detached as the clouds overhead, suspended in an intermediate space between nightmares and dreams, where reality couldn’t reach. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z A 20-knot breeze raked the ridge, blowing a plume of spindrift far over the Kangshung Face, but overhead the sky was an achingly brilliant blue. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The sun was directly overhead, making a shadowless desert of the meadow. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Also, as soon as I carried it outside I heard a raucous sound, looked up, and there were two big crows flapping overhead. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z A gull wheeled overhead as she made her way down the hill toward Flea Bottom. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I did my best to provide answers, but my head throbbed, and the fluorescent overhead lights buzzed, bright and sickly. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z There were evenings when they reached their rendezvous and then had to walk past one another without a sign, because a patrol had just come round the comer or a helicopter was hovering overhead. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The director’s eyes dart back and forth between the battle with the bat hybrids overhead and the fight going on in the hallway. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z He had made transparencies of the letters from Dr. Barnes and put them on the overhead projector so the whole class could see them while he explained what was happening. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z The distant herd of long-necked sauropods doesn’t worry me, but then Ma points at something in the sky, and I look up in time to see a flock of pointy-beaked Pteranodon soaring overhead! Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Sunlight splashed in from overhead, bright without being too glaring, and my tension drained away. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He sits, too exhausted to put his duffel bag away in the luggage rack overhead. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Sheet metal whipped overhead, flying like a kite—a roof, a bit of ship, it was impossible to tell. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Another tern passed overhead, then another, and another. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Stores pressed against other stores on either side of us, large signs in Urdu and in English towering on billboards overhead. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Sierra raised her middle finger overhead and turned a corner, making sure to go down a one-way street so the car couldn’t follow her. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z The wild wind must have been bringing clouds overhead, because suddenly the moon was covered, and darkness swept over the whole landscape—thick clouds, too, for no gleam of moonlight shone through them. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Everything is quiet except the sound of gulls squawking overhead and wind rattling a window somewhere. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The single overhead bulb floods the room, and he blinks in amazement. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z By the overhead light he checked his face in the mirror: it was moderately scratched, but otherwise not so flushed now, not that bad. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And the lamps will make the space much cozier than the overhead fluorescent lights. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Was there a camera here somewhere, concealed in the maze of overhead plumbing, that could penetrate the fairy shield? Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Frigate birds soared overhead, and a pod of dolphins rolled past us, herding mullet. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z But here, with a Violet orb hanging directly overhead, he saw the dark circles and age lines framing her eyes. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The Woolworth’s has old wooden floors, stained from years of winter slush on people’s boots, and dim overhead lights that hang down from the ceiling on metal stems. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z A hundred and ten years later the artist and naturalist John J. Audubon saw a flock passing overhead in a single cloud for three whole days. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z In the daytime, the hospital was a maze of teeming, angled hallways, a blur of blazing-white overhead fluorescence. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z To his right, his son, Draco, who had been gazing up at the inert body overhead, glanced quickly at Voldemort and away again, terrified to make eye contact. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Today again he waited, eyes glued on the big church clock that loomed high overhead. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Julia and I sat close enough that we could hold hands as we watched all the stars that tumbled out of and into the black overhead. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z The ship righted itself and lunged forward again, dragged by the parasail high overhead. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z They leapt from line to line overhead, screaming. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z All the light was green light that came through the leaves: but there must have been a very strong sun overhead, for this green daylight was bright and warm. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z There came no sound from overhead, no commotion out on the street. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Hazel ducked as a kid riding a giant eagle swooped overhead. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z A helicopter overhead swooped in with a roar over the trees, hovered above us for a moment, then darted back the way it had come. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Houses sprawled in every direction over bare terrain, with newly strung electrical wires crisscrossing overhead. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z And the stars overhead were alive with the promise of Hrothgar’s vast power, his universal peace. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z There were a gazillion tons of water sloshing overhead. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z As I grasped onto the leather hoop hanging from the rods overhead, my skin prickled with the disquieting sense of being watched. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The moon had been straight overhead when he went to sleep. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z Cicadas trilled through the humid air; overhead, the rustling leaves made their own kind of serenade, a sign that, perhaps here, things were safe. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Soon there were only shadows and the noises of the sheep chewing their cuds, and occasionally the rattle of a cow-chain up overhead. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z At the top of the tower is an open balcony with a low wall all around and a tile roofling overhead. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z It was like being in hell, nothing but shadows and jumping flames and fire and stars overhead. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z They represented the German’s deadly planes flying overhead. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The sun was bright overhead; the ice field was broad and unbroken; the air stung their skin with its briskness. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “Round and yellow, yellow and round,” the Beast said, and the sun was born, hanging just overhead. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z She stepped out into the palace courtyard, which was filled with a great many carriages and lit by hundreds of globe-shaped lanterns hanging high overhead. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z A few of the overhead lightbulbs have blown out and need to be replaced. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The claw drops from the underside until it’s directly overhead. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Except it wasn’t a bell; it was a loud squawking sound that came from overhead. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z In the dark I could not see where it came from the canvas overhead. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z And sometimes noisy helicopters flying overhead made it so we couldn’t hear a thing, and on those days, we would be sent home. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I close the overhead bin and finally sit down. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z The stationary sun that hung overhead was nothing but a virtual light source, programmed into the imaginary sky. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The painted ceiling bellied overhead like a sail, and down below the green desk lamps glowed, illuminating faces bent over books. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z When I was overhead of their position, I could talk to them directly, but the rest of the time that I was on the front side of the moon, the relay procedure was necessary. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 From an uncovered window high overhead, a little daylight made its way down the curved staircase, illuminating thousands of dust motes dancing in the dim air. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, whenever four-year-old Jasmin hears the drum of a plane engine overhead, she rushes outside. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z A goshawk flew overhead; a rock fell off the cliff and bounced past the blazing-star flowers. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z In three months, in a time when the leaves would be fat and full, our lives would separate like the branches overhead that made their own way into the sunlight. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The sky was navy blue in the east, azure overhead, purple bleeding out to a pink-stained orange in the west. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z The overhead lights were so bright they made Lupita’s eyes ache. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z No feel of space, of size, a great starry roof overhead, a great wind blowing. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun was overhead, and a majestic palace of crystal was before him. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z There were no men with guns or machetes, no planes with bombs overhead. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly a ball flew overhead and the crowd was running toward her. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z I waited on the mesa until the sun was overhead. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z About fifteen feet forward-ship from the first row of deck chairs, and eighteen or twenty rather sun-blinding feet overhead; a young man was steadily watching him from the Sports Deck railing. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z He would walk until the sun was directly overhead, then find a shady spot to rest and drink from the gourd. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z There was a great crash of thunder almost overhead, and a tearing noise, as though the sky had been ripped open. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The close-growing trees which almost met overhead would afford more shade when the sun rose higher. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Ophelia’s father put up the money—about $4,500—and because PIH had no red tape and little overhead, the school was built right away. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The sky was blue overhead now, and the sunlight was bright. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They peered over the bridge and saw the Antarctic archipelago at their feet, craned their necks and saw a giant metal star overhead. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The vast vapours that arose in Mordor and went streaming westward passed low overhead, a great welter of cloud and smoke now lit again beneath with a sullen glow of red. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z His massive body shook the branches overhead as he struggled, desperate. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I can see the stars and the moon and the black sky revolving overhead. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The noonday sun was overhead, and Tristran found himself getting increasingly hungry. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z He would have been happy there with his horses and his cows, his land, and a big empty sky overhead. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She craned her neck, stared up into the reliably endless expanse overhead. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He kept pleading, “I’m on your side!” but his orange Camp Half-Blood T-shirt didn’t help matters—nor did the warship overhead, firing flaming spears into New Rome. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The bookshelves with their neatly ordered manuscripts slumbered in the shadows, while overhead pale moonlight wafted through the stained glass windows, lighting on the bronze statues of past Librarians standing vigil over the galleries. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Soon they are bent almost double to avoid getting entangled in the thick canopy of branches overhead. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Airplanes flew overhead but no bombs fell from them. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z I find the small bird in the tree overhead. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z And overhead, with a sickening lurch, the citadel of the Mesarthim came loose from the sky. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z If the angle was almost overhead, I knew it was around noon. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun stood directly overhead, pressing its heat down upon the town as though it held an enormous brass basin. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Down they went, and farther down, and still the sunlight followed them, deep into the valley, while overhead the branches tossed unceasingly in the bright sky. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I’m looking at her, but I’m not really seeing her, not seeing anything but darkness, not hearing anything but a roaring in my ears, like the sea, or a plane right overhead. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She was walking under the bridge as a train passed overhead. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It skimmed overhead, no higher than a rooftop above them, and then moved away into the heart of the storm. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z It was bright and cheerful, with sky blue walls and so many windows, they hardly needed to use the overhead lights during the day. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z A cloud passed overhead and darkened the house. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “You will be a great hero, child. I will do my best to prepare you. But if I’m right about the path ahead of you . . .” Thunder boomed overhead, rattling the windows. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The eagles circled overhead, crying out as if to alert their brethren: Hey, some tasty Greek demigods over here! The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z They loomed overhead, becoming closely packed and gray with rain. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z As the train lurched to a start, Will tucked himself neatly into an overhead luggage rack and curled into a tight ball, doing his best to rub some warmth into his muddy toes. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The interior smelled of fresh paint; soft overhead lights lent warmth to the space. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The sun blazed overhead, the air was heavy and humid, and the forest remained unnaturally silent all around them. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z An old memory struggles to resurface—a needle injected into one of my eyes, a cold metal gurney and an overhead light—but it vanishes as soon as it comes. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z The wall swung closed behind them, and immediately a light came on overhead. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z A flaming green cannonball sailed overhead and suddenly vaporized. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Here thick black trunks crowded close together while twisted branches wove a dense canopy overhead and misshapen roots wrestled beneath the soil. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Then Zeus thundered overhead, one loud crack for a sign. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The German troops had started firing at the Soviet planes overhead. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The land was still swimming by underneath and flashing by overhead on both sides. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z They cut through to the river’s bank and stood looking up at the soaring metal that arched overhead to cross the river. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z She washed her face with cold water, dried it with a towel from an overhead rack, applied fresh lipstick, combed her hair, and left the room. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z There was a dry splitting crack of thunder right overhead. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Already, the first bombers were high overhead, a formation of about fifty Heinkels, heading the same way to the coast. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He did the same, and waited until the sound of boots and guns had cleared from overhead before whispering, “Oh my God.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z They viewed it as a costly and pointless venture, given that at least a dozen invisible hovercraft are circling overhead for my protection and there’s no intelligence to be gained. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He flips a switch on the wall, brightening the foyer with overhead light. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The long white stretch of street was empty, the aroused pigeons still circling overhead. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z On Phinney Ridge, looming above Ballard, wood smoke curled up from the stovepipes and chimneys of hundreds of modest homes and dissolved into the mist overhead. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I saw Mom’s bright-red face over his shoulder; he turned to wave her off and then reached over to flip on the overhead lights. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Suitcases stood open in the seats where they’d been lifted down from the overhead racks and rifled long ago. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z As I gaze up at the crystal stars glittering overhead, cold steals the breath from my mouth. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The sound of an airplane flying overhead came from the cassette player just as Crab forced the door open and walked in, dripping with sweat, rifle in his left hand. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He didn’t see the owls swooping past in broad daylight, though people down in the street did; they pointed and gazed open-mouthed as owl after owl sped overhead. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z And on the bridge of the Queen Mary, the astonished Captain was standing with a group of his officers, all of them gaping at the great round ball hovering overhead. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Eliza headed straight for the stairs that led to the bedchambers overhead, but I stopped in the front hall to stare. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When they reached the palace gates, the sun hung straight overhead, beaming down hot on their heads. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Joel-and-Peter stood at the base of the wall and pointed to a pinpoint of daylight overhead. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She appeared overhead, prepared to take another swipe at the cote. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Unfortunately at this moment Monsieur Duval was doing a very difficult dance on the wire overhead. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z I kept kicking and stroking my arm overhead until I broke the surface and sucked in a lungful of air. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z "So," he says, "you think it would honor our families if we went through the rest of our lives in mourning? Maybe living in an empty room? With a bare lightbulb overhead?" What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Once a foot stepped on the metal cover, and Farid dug his fingers into Silvertongue’s arm and wouldn’t let him go until all was quiet again overhead. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z When the light from the arching overhead windows shifts, Tara can see who Mr. A. H— is arguing with. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Each time they came to a road, the BFG was over it and away, and no motorist could possibly have seen anything except a quick black shadow flashing overhead. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It was dark except for a fast-moving band of light gray that would be overhead in a few minutes. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z Half an hour later, the bottle was empty and I was starfished on the hall floor, admiring the crystal chandelier spinning slowly overhead. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Elsewhere in the city was a Fleet Week celebration, and every so often the Blue Angels flew overhead as part of the air show. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z She turned all of the overhead lights on, even the light on the whiteboard, just to make the place less scary. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z But the sky is peeking through the thinning white haze overhead, in pale blue patches. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He put a hand on my arm and pointed to a model overhead with a silver picture on it of a swirling twister, just about to touch down. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Sciola was talking to her, as soothingly as to a child; we could hear him above the crunching footsteps, the drip of water and the sift of wind in the trees overhead. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z There were gulls flying overhead and the heat shivered on the ground; it was a blazing day. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z The sun was almost overhead when Cole finally had to stop for lunch. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z A wind rips through the phone wires overhead. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z A wild tercel, the male peregrine falcon, passed overhead. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z A group of wheeling, excited black birds passed overhead. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “Let me get her to your mother,” she said as the overhead fan whirled back on. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The drapes ripped free of the canopy overhead and tumbled down, half on the rushes and half on him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The crow cackled and took off after the noisy parade of trucks, circling overhead as if daring Finn to follow. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Its timbre replaced that of the overhead lights and cast a subtle pall across the citizens in the gallery, who sat looking at one another and at the ceiling. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z As loud voices approached the dock and a plane droned overhead circling to land, Cole watched the white patch of hair. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z There’s no shade on the light, just a bare bulb overhead, which makes my face look pallid and ill, with circles under the eyes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Our hundreds of rounds of five-inch shells had all either landed too short or too far inland or exploded overhead when they hit the palm trees. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z You could hear them whistling overhead, but then there wouldn’t be an explosion. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z They circled overhead a half-dozen times in arcs that took in the entire breadth of the docks, then settled on the swells to seaward. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The air was warm, and the sun was already high overhead. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Jinny only rolled her eyes and reached to open the storehouse door with her left hand, while she waved her right hand in the air overhead, scattering moths and a spiderweb from the doorframe. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The second wonder was that the blackness overhead, all at once, was blazing with stars. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z The sun was high overhead in a vast sapphire-blue sky beaded with low, isolated, puffy clouds of dry and immaculate white. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z As the days dragged by, Marina began to hear and see planes passing overhead. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z The stink of vomit and the salty smell of rotting seaweed hung in the air, and overhead, a leaf drifted down in slow motion as if arriving from outer space. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z As I walk through the woods, I see an owl circling overhead. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Which was why I did not move when I felt a large, wet, sloppy plop drop down from the branches overhead. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z By lunchtime, the blazing summer sun overhead left pockets of melted asphalt in the road and trickles of sweat down our backs. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z As I did, the overhead light dimmed to a dull, dirty brown, buzzing softly. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z As the sun heat overhead and the rain never came, drought and famine spread over the land. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The interlocking Cs glinted in the overhead lights. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z A long, birdlike scream overpowered the ghostly chorus of moans, starting at one side of the house, passing overhead, and finally fading. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z They seemed to bear some unintelligible warning from the world of night, crying and circling overhead as we splashed through the shallows toward the stone giant. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The sky overhead brightened, and turned from black to blue, like the healing of a bruise. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Additional lights snap on overhead and in front of me. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Perhaps it’s the iron gray of the afternoon sky overhead, casting gloom as it always does this time of year, but today the two of them look especially worn down and tired. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The sun was overhead, the world still and hot. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z When the sun was directly overhead and everyone was ready to have lunch, Alfonso emerged from his big white hacienda with its red tile roof and sauntered by, checking on the progress. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A hovercar passed overhead, blowing a maelstrom of dust and loose wood chips into her eyes. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z While his neighbor was trying to persuade him a violent racket broke out overhead. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Because with Faith sizzling beside me and the sun sky-high overhead, there was no denying it: Dwight and I looked alike. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Mark looked up at the branches of the trees, finding a clear spot that revealed brilliant stars overhead. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z There was not a sound anywhere, not even a breath of wind, and overhead the sun blazed down upon them out of a deep blue sky. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z He waited for the Atlantic Avenue El train to pass overhead, and told me, “You don’t have to go to this school dance.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z The trees overhead made a great sound of letting down their dry rain. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z I walk in the dark with the grillos for company and the sweep of stars overhead. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z The night was moonless, but a thousand stars shone overhead. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I slipped inside and in one motion pulled the hanging string switch for the overhead light as I trotted around the sleeping J-3 and over to the chest where the souvenirs were kept. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The orange-red wood of the box had a scene etched into the top: a sailboat sailing past a lighthouse while gulls flew overhead. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z A thin bank of clouds below the ridge mirrored the heavier layer overhead, but forests, grasslands, and the shimmering arcs of rivers were visible through the misty veil. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Crickets sang in the grass at their feet; cicadas buzzed in the trees overhead. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z The wire was looming overhead, and Ligaroti was lunging for the lead. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z My instructor, Donald Defier, a gnomish balding man, paced at the front of the lecture hall and flipped on an overhead projector. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The canopies of cherry trees drift overhead, pregnant with blossoms. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The humming of the screws overhead dropped an octave and a half, back through wasp and hornet to bumble bee, to cockchafer, to stag- beetle. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He preferred always to enter a room that had the overhead light on. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z On many a clear night, if you look patiently up at the sky, you will see a solitary meteor blazing briefly overhead. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The overhead light in the interrogation room reflects a muddled circle in the center of the table. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Above them, on the Union lines, a cannon thumped, the ball passed overhead, exploded in an open field among the dead bodies. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Position uncertain, overhead triangular body of water to east of corridor.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z A dark shape passed overhead, a warden’s hovercar, and Tally instinctively froze. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z How she’d missed the hundreds of silver-white strands hanging from overhead like silk, she wasn’t sure, but she certainly saw them now. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z A bird crows overhead like Go ahead, dummy! so Scoob clears his throat. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z The moon and stars looked down upon their struggle, their pale light filtered through the tangle of bare limbs that twisted overhead. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z They were two miles into the sound when they heard a helicopter pass them overhead flying in the direction of the naval hospital. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Something huge flapped overhead, and Tyrion glanced up in time to see the sail taking wing, with two men still dangling from the lines. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z As soiled water sluiced down the table legs, we transferred Yakov to a slotted board attached to the pulley system overhead. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z There was a sound from an airplane overhead. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z They stood around, smiling and joking, keeping an eye on the clouds overhead while they waited. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z They burst into vines, which rippled overhead, sprouting buds. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z It was noon, and the sun shone directly overhead. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z They heard Dilsey mount the final stair, then her slow feet overhead. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Lights overhead, bright and round, as at my birth. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I stared at it with no less rapt attention than if it had been God Himself in a golden chariot riding overhead. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Laura began, snapping on the overly bright overhead light, scaring off whatever shy passion Yoyo, with the blue thread of her writing, had just begun coaxing out of a labyrinth of feelings. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z A few cheers went up from the crush along the banks, as thin and ragged as the clouds scuttling overhead. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I turn the room dark again, and suddenly fireworks explode and sparkle overhead one after the other. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Just as the wire passed overhead, he pulled back, lifting the horse’s head up and to the left as Seabiscuit’s head bobbed forward. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The late afternoon sun slanted through the branches overhead, and it looked invitingly snug and secure. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z And then, at that very moment, there’s a clap of thunder overhead and the sky opens up and the rain starts to fall. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z I turned back toward the bed to see if maybe, just maybe, he was stirring, stretching his arms overhead and rubbing his eyes. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Others hid in narrow trenches as Allied tanks passed overhead, and then leaped out fearlessly, blasting the tanks from behind, even though they knew it meant certain death from the next tank or foot soldiers. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Straight overhead was the tree, with its circle of limbs radiating out from the great, pale trunk. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The river itself had turned a rich and lustrous shade of violet, reflecting the sky overhead. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Just another high cobblestone wall, stretching up into the infinite blackness overhead. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The hall was dark because of the menace of thunder overhead. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Blackbirds circled overhead, dipped into the grass somewhere. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The helicopters flying overhead beat the lake into a frenzy of waves and patterns. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z In one tank sharks swim overhead, just like we’re actually looking up from the ocean floor. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z I stand underneath a series of endless, glowing neon signs running along the buildings overhead. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Just a jet passing overhead,” I told him. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Seagulls circled overhead, while two ospreys piped at each other in a nest on top of a concrete utility pole. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Puffy white clouds floated overhead in a blue sky. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed incredible that instead of a kerosene lamp, we now had a single glass bulb overhead by which we could read at night. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z In mango season, the tree dangled golden drops of heaven overhead, swaying just out of reach. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z They halted, cowering on the evil-smelling ground; but they saw nothing in the gloomy evening sky above, and soon the menace passed, high overhead, going maybe on some swift errand from Barad-dûr. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Wreckage of the flying chariot burned in the water, and Coach Hedge swung a mounted crossbow, taking potshots at the Roman birds as they flew overhead. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Only some of the overhead lighting has been left on, and Alex can see an enormous chandelier looming high in the rotunda, tendrils and bubbles of glass in blues and greens and yellows. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I opened my eyes and stared at a hundred cuts of crystal sparkling overhead. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z But it was darker here, with the trees thick overhead, and festering with dampness and an odor of ill health. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Just before the boy opened his mouth to speak, a large bird flew overhead and landed on the angel’s shoulder. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Brother Luke stopped rubbing to point in different directions overhead as he went on. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z There was a steampipe overhead, and knotted to it, dangling from it, was a piece of cord—the kind of cord the killer had used. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The birds, which had risen in a flurry at his roar, squawked and swooped around overhead before settling again on their nests. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Whatever befell, there would be a blue sky overhead, and the warmth and color and fragrance and beauty that her heart craved. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z The burning sky crackled overhead as we slammed through the giant palace door and skidded to a stop in Nyame’s hall. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I want his display of chain-saw art and his sign for the aliens overhead to all look as stupid and pathetic as they possibly can. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z ‘Anyway,’ Frank continued, ‘from overhead, I didn’t see anything suspicious.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He gazed at the banks and at the sky overhead. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z The pair of birds circle overhead as a light wind blows through the branches of the trees around them. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Astonishingly, though, even as he became larger and larger, Fyrian had somehow regained the use of his wings and was hovering overhead, peering over the rim of the trees. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z This: A flat map of ancient Egypt; when the sun is directly overhead, vertical obelisks cast no shadows in Alexandria or Syene. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z To all birds anything overhead is a threat. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The clouds were still thick overhead, so I couldn’t see anything outside the circle of firelight. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The compartment in the railway carriage was dimly lit by one blue light overhead. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z He had on a gigantic white hat, and he was holding something metal that flashed in the overhead lights of the Giant Do-Nut. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z It is more like a laser than an overhead light. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Our ladders clatter overhead, and the bucket slides out from under me. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Balls of green and orange flame crackled overhead, leaving streaks between the stars. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z A gryphon soared overhead, almost decapitating him with its talons. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z We hadn’t bothered to turn on the overhead light, and that was soothing, too—just sitting in the dark. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The air now drove out of the southeast, broken overhead into blue patches. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Night came and a star showed through the crevice overhead. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet even as the boxcars clacked, knocked, strained, ground, and groaned overhead, it came to me that I wasn’t dead. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Every teacher at school used overhead projectors to put their notes up on the wall during class. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z She looked about for a second to see whether any of the men would help her put the suitcases in the overhead rack. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Then, as I plowed, I thought I heard, over the noise of the tractor, a high squawking sound overhead. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Hermione began hotly, but her next few words were drowned out by the sudden whooshing noise from overhead, which announced the arrival of the post owls. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Guards whizzed by overhead as they raced to their posts. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Another shell goes overhead and Werner imagines he hears the wood in the huge beams above him splinter. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It was only when Jinny moved to pick her up that she realized Ess was still wide awake, eyes staring at the bright stars overhead, the soft night all around her. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Lightning cracked, illuminating a hole in the hull overhead. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The moon ran with him, slipping through a tangle of bare branches overhead, across the starry sky. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z On October 5, 1957, America awoke to the news that a man-made object launched the previous day from a Soviet space complex was orbiting overhead. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z At first, the only sound I heard was the low hum of the fluorescent lights overhead. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Servants reach long-handled douters overhead and snuff out a few flames. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The maze was growing darker with every passing minute as the sky overhead deepened to navy. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Night-lanterns wander overhead, leaving footprints of light in front of us. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The only thing I knew for certain was that the overhead speakers spurted out two warning blares: one short, one long. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The thrusters burned overhead and the darts continued to slam into people all around them. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Another advantage was that there was no one living overhead to make vibrations on the ceiling and cause the Welsbach gas mantle to crumble into powder. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He began to be aware of it when it rose up suddenly, circled overhead, and then dived, to land not very far away from him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z They walked in silence for a few minutes, the breeze rustling the leaves overhead and playing with Dimple's hair. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Before long, Alex’s flight-sim training kicked in, the wobbly plane straightened out, and he sent it circling overhead, soaring straight and true. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z High overhead, aflame in the early-morning sunshine, a vulture quietly circled. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Their clapping was joined by the sudden rustling of wings overhead. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He yanked off his flexible rubber arm and waved it overhead like a giant bug antenna. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z There were more children, running in seemingly aimless patterns while sparrows flew overhead, tracing the same pathways through the air. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Shove the ladder, slamming the overhead door shut. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z They did a few circles overhead, then got their bearings and began stinging every adult in sight. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z The rain had stopped during the forenoon and three times we had heard planes coming, seen them pass overhead, watched them go far to the left and heard them bombing on the main highroad. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Mr. Flux said, pointing at the gears overhead. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The lights on the mainland were as familiar to me as the constellations overhead. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The overhead light shining in his face didn’t bother him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Look! Another bomber!” a young man said, laughing, and pointed at a vulture flying overhead. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Not only did we play our parts in “Pirate Medley,” but we also practiced overhead blocks, forward punches, and side kicks. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He could hear the wooden planks of the stage creaking overhead, the distant, muffled voices of the actors, and laughter from the audience. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The other bird still circled overhead, still singing, and then she flew down to join him: another dove, but pearl white, and with a crest of dark red feathers. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z It was early in the morning, but I didn’t regret getting up to see it, for the bay was full of little boats, the shore so picturesque, and a rosy sky overhead. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z A cloud passed overhead, blanketing the woods in shadows. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I was watching a huge bird of prey circling overhead, like a hawk. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I wake up to a blast of overhead lights. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Frank dove for cover as a volley of rocks slammed overhead. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Thunder and lightning broke overhead, while in our house, a dreadful calm settled like clear water in a tainted pool. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I’m about halfway through when the train runs overhead, and it’s glorious: it’s like an earthquake, you can feel it right in the centre of your body, stirring up the blood. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The sky overhead with grey and lilac and blue and white. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The sun in Yazd was more intense, and it was directly overhead. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z He saw her up overhead in a corner near the back of his pen. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Still that stingy winter light but warmer than Indiana, the sun almost overhead. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The clouds pulled back, revealing the sun high overhead. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I staggered with the lunging of the train, feeling the overhead fans driving the hot air down upon me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z You can see the Pennines all around the city of Stockport, green and bare with fast-moving stripes of cloud and sunlight gliding overhead like a Technicolor moving picture. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z When the hot sun burned overhead, Minli’s knees shook from weariness. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z It had grass, proper soccer goals with nets, and lights overhead that allowed for practice when the sun set early in the fall. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z She was looking up at the ceiling when I came in, listening to the scrambling and pattering of feet scurrying across the asbestos tiles overhead. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z The teacher had put images of what looked like crystal snowflake ornaments on the overhead projector. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z James was intent on watching a row of black birds huddled on a wire overhead and didn’t answer. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z We start with a lurch, while overhead the siren screams: Make way, make way! The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The moon was overhead by now, and as she walked she watched it slowly descend toward the west. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It was already late afternoon, and I passed through spotted light, then brighter clearings, with grass so tall it bent from both sides to form a tunnel overhead, then back under trees again. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Taylor shimmied up a tree, swung to another, and disappeared in the unkempt green canopy overhead. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Seconds later, deep rumbling thunder rolled overhead, followed by another flash of lightning. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Just before the overhead bulbs exploded, I saw Zu’s face as she came out of whatever trance she had been locked in. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z High overhead, Roger, with a sense of delirious abandonment, leaned all his weight on the lever. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z With the sun directly overhead, the moon appeared a cheery place, with soft rounded craters bathed in a rose-colored light. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z We entered a long, shed-like room in which I saw a series of overhead doors along one side and a row of small offices on the other. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z In the sunlight, telephone wires looked like glass strings high overhead, bushes glistened like cakes made of diamonds, starbursts of frost etched themselves against our windows. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Up overhead, in the shadows of the ceiling, Charlotte crouched unseen, her front legs encircling her egg sac. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z A vault of stars hangs overhead; the collective breath of the cadets mingles slowly, nightmarishly above the courtyard. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Beyond the treetops, there's a banner of skyscrapers looming overhead. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She listened to the rattling of automatic gunfire and counted the rockets whining overhead as the house shook and flakes of plaster rained down on her from the ceiling. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I was sitting in Psychology 101 when the professor read the symptoms aloud from the overhead screen: depression, mania, paranoia, euphoria, delusions of grandeur and persecution. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It makes a soft tearing sound as it passes overhead. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She turns to smile at the camera overhead, the vibrant resonance of New York swelling, as the edges of the frame fade to black. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Frank tackled his friends, and the three of them skidded across the cavern, landing at the edge of the ghost’s tunnel as rocks and spears flew overhead. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z We emerge into the woods, and my hands run through the leaves overhead. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z We could see the swirl of the galaxy overhead. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z An airplane went by overhead, invisible above the clouds. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z An overhead projector beamed a movie onto the dummy to her left, turning it into a perky woman who looked like Haley would probably look a couple of years after she graduated from college. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z They were rushing upward and a warm green light was growing nearer overhead. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z He saw the gorgons swooping down, cars swerving as the monsters passed overhead. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z We zoom across the clear water, and overhead the birds fly, and there are sea turtles too, drifting through the clouds. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Branches clutched at his cloak, while overhead thick limbs twined together and shut out the stars. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The act made thunder explode in the distance and lightning flash all around us as sinister black clouds began to swirl directly overhead. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Voices, dogs barking, the whap of a helicopter overhead. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I looked at the windows on the outside wall, saw reflections of flickering flames just overhead. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They don’t even need to turn on the overhead lights at the school. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Mr. Dubonnet, Jake, Tom, and Basil threw themselves to the ground while the rocket hissed overhead and then slammed into the road behind, skittering along until it plowed into a muddy ditch. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Trucks roared up and down the streets, and planes and helicopters constantly landed and took off right overhead. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z It was dark, the only light coming from the narrow strip of blue sky high overhead. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He is unaccustomed to the banality of domestic flights, the narrow cabin, the single bag he’s packed, small enough to stow overhead. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The fluorescent overhead bulb on the porch gives off a dim pink light. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Roosting birds rustled overhead; the night breeze stirred the leaves; here and there a dead twig fell. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, he reaches his arm overhead and pulls the blind closed. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z There was a nest of starlings overhead, the hatchlings not two days old. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The giant blue sky, the fields of po- tatoes and corn, the white houses with red tile roofs, the rocky canyons, the mountains towering overhead. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z A few old men sat on the benches underneath the bare trees, looking dourly toward the blank gray sky overhead. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z The gulls wheeled overhead, mewing like hungry cats; some of them settled on the ledges of the cliff, while others, bolder, rode the surface of the water beside the ship. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The overhead lights had gone out and come back on and flickered again, and now they were on only dimly, like emergency lights leading out of a burning building or a crashed airplane. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z From a window overhead he heard an unhappy female voice pleading, “Please don’t. Please don’t.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z When Florida heard Dallas moving around, she unwrapped her head and blinked at the soft gray light sifting down through a gap in the leaves overhead. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z As he did, a pot of wildfire burst overhead, spraying green flame. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Buzzards circled overhead, and the air was filled with dragonflies the size of small birds. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Weak light came from outside and I saw that we were in a room with black, shining walls that curved high overhead. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The branches of the trees locked closely together, overhead. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The station was an expansive, slick-walled cave with flickering overhead lighting. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Instinctively, he touched his clothes and found—to his surprise—that they were perfectly dry, and that, in fact, the place where he’d slept had remained entirely dry thanks to the leaf overhead. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The hovercraft materializes overhead and two ladders drop, only there's no way I'm letting go of Peeta. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z It grows into an earsplitting mechanical resonance that changes pitch as a shadow passes overhead. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I think I can hear the rumble of footsteps overhead, the shouts of soldiers. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z It’s useless to think this, though, so finally I grab the overhead door brace with my hands facing each other, one beside the other. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z I help put our bags in the overhead compartment. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z But the real eye-catcher was the dome overhead. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The real world was here and now: this clearing, where the clouds overhead were thin enough to remind her what a blue sky might look like. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He could hear leaves rustle in the copper beech tree overhead. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z In other habitats, the rim of sky above the horizontal is broken or obscured; here, together with the overhead portion, it is infinitely vaster than that of rolling countryside and forest lands. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Auk XI, which had rocket candy inside that I had not moistened, leapt off the pad with a satisfying hiss, but then exploded, steel fragments whistling overhead while we hit the dirt inside the blockhouse. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I look at the planes outside, lit by overhead lights. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z My fingers wave overhead, looking for a branch, a limb, something to hang on to. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Then he reached up overhead and pulled off one of the elastic strips tied along the bar above the stretcher. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Gulls wheeled overhead like vultures or perched ominously on barnacle-encrusted stumps peeking out of the green water. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He turns off the light on the nightstand and crosses the room in the dim glow of the plastic galaxy glued overhead. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Lefty could see die train tracks now, the huge silos along the river, the giant spice box of coal, coke, and iron ore, and the catwalks stretching overhead like giant spiders. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The sun spins mindlessly overhead, the shadows lengthen and shorten as if by plan. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z How many times had the sun passed overhead? A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z When I woke up this time and looked up through the leaves overhead, there were vultures. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Occasionally, the hobnailed boots of East German soldiers, patrolling the street above, echoed overhead. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Olive trees arched overhead in squiggles, their feet sunk in shadows. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I gobbled the food gratefully as the sun dropped and night settled over the village, which had no electricity, leaving a bright spray of stars overhead. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z But before that could happen, a man’s voice boomed out from overhead, louder than any of the crowd’s screams. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Strands of tiny Violet orbs swayed overhead, strung between the rickety buildings. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z They passed the weasels that became brass door handles, the carved flute player overhead, the stone lions mounted high above the landing. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Glittering black fragments dotted the land, winking at us as we soared overhead. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The long dining tables had vanished and a golden stage had appeared along one wall, lit by thousands of candles floating overhead. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Tally checked the charge; more than half remained thanks to her slow speed and the bright sun now overhead. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The roar of a hovercar passed slowly overhead, and Tally imagined the Specials’ machines searching every crevice in the rock for signs of their prey. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z This is where I see words swim in and around my neighborhood like dust from overhead train tracks. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Jeweled beauty-lanterns sail overhead, dusting the room with the perfect amount of light. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Two more sharp creaks from overhead, like someone walking across a floor and trying not to be heard. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z It was the sound of a chair scraping on the floor overhead. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The Berg sprang to life— lights flickering overhead and engines and machinery revving. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z As Fred and George led a round of applause, the golden balloons overhead burst: Birds of paradise and tiny golden bells flew and floated out of them, adding their songs and chimes to the din. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Arai wheeled overhead on leathery wings, making ghastly dark silhouettes in the poison clouds. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z For example, the IKung' Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana have an explanation for the Milky Way, which at their latitude is often overhead. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The unfrosted light bulb overhead was swinging crazily on its loose wire, and the jumbled black shadows kept swirling and bobbing chaotically, so that the entire tent seemed to be reeling. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The way the branches bend overhead and bright sunlight turns to pinpoint rays of light. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I stood unsure of what to do next, when I heard the murmur of voices and footsteps overhead. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At the piano sat a young girl with glasses on, studying some sheet music in the not quite adequate light from a single overhead bulb. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z The drones may not be overhead yet, but we’re out in the open. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The droning sound that had begun coming from overhead turned into a roar as thirty Grumman TBF Avengers came swooping in. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The roar of a hovercar passed overhead, the shock wave of its passage almost throwing Tally from the board. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z And overhead the cog’s canvas sail rippled slowly, like the fur of some great beast stirring from a long sleep, then filled with a sudden crack that turned every head on the ship. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then, halfway down the next slope, a bright yellow plane rips overhead. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Even if the capsule were to shoot off into the air directly overhead and come back down in the same straight line, it would land in a different spot, because Earth had moved. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z High up they held their torches, bruising the air overhead with the smoke of our procession. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He imagined Nipper was circling overhead, trying to spot him. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z |
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