“I think we’re all just passing through in this life. We’re only temporary. When I learned that I realized there’s no reason to be scared.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I will hide there, and the hand of god will wipe all tears from our eyes; there will be no crying, neither will there be any more death, because the former things will pass away. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Abra in her wisdom agreed with him, feeling and hoping that this phase would pass. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They passed more fields, wheatand corn and barley ripening in the sun, but here there were no men sitting in trees, nor walking the rows with scythes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They turned the ball over early on clumsy passes, and then let the Lightning sneak past for a pair of early shots that went wide. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

They passed one another without speaking, each man proceeding to the opposite end of the bridge. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m leaving. Your henchman has terrified me completely. I shall never make the mistake of even passing by this vile pigsty.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rindlisbacher was among those with only a passing knowledge of texting. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The women would sit in the main room, drink tea, and pass around samosa and kebab. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

We passed a football practice for kids who couldn’t have been older than ten. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Momma didn’t turn on the flashlight on the way back, nor did she answer the questioning Good evenings that floated around us as we passed the darkened houses. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1807 a bill to ban all English involvement in slave trading passed the House of Commons, then the House of Lords. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

I mean I wondered if just maybe I was wrong about thinking be was making a flitty pass at ne. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I was able to regain control, except on one of my tumbling passes on floor, I went too hard into the somersaults and landed out of bounds. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I should care about this, but I'm so overwhelmed, I just clutch my bag to my chest and pass out. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Some men were smoking from a gigantic pipe that they passed from one to the other. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I would pass each man, I would take a sip from an offered glass. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

For ten minutes, we passed through fields in the moonlight. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

A shudder passed through his body as though he’d just drunk something really nasty. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

There’s a long line of cars waiting for the boats to pass underneath. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Farther on, she passed a woman with bits of rope and string for sale and a man pulling a cart full of carrots and beets to the grocery stores. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They joined arms with other jockeys to “clothesline” riders trying to cut between horses, formed obstructive “flying wedges” to block closers, and bashed passing horses into the inside rail. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two pupils they passed in the corridor backed up against the wall to let him go by. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

After guards had passed along the fence as part of their late- afternoon patrol, Shin heard fear in Park’s voice. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Joseph was overcome by the story, and neither he nor Frankie noticed how much time had passed. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She was talking to Wash, and Beto saw the look that passed between them before they knew he was watching. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

A wave of horror passes over his face when he sees me on the floor. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Every passing hour increased die likelihood that they would make good their escape. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I imagined a long, dark shadow passing by our little boat. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Six months of wearing black passed and not one suitor had ever gained the house porch. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

After the plane had passed, she got up and hurried on to the airfield in her broken shoes. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The unstitched soles flapped so loudly that people turned to look at him as he passed in the hall. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I love anticipating a teammate’s cut and then throwing a bounce pass between two defenders. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

So the days passed and the Egyptian clothing grew fancier and all sorts of new plans were made for the time when they could return to Egypt. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the boys leans close to Tobias, whose back is to them, and whispers, “Coward,” as he passes. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I got sort of dizzy and I thought I was going to pass out or something again. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

But after Grandpa went off to Jefferson in the buggy with Miss Love, it dawned on me that now Granny’s passing wasn’t so plain after all. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Not a word, however, passed his lips in allusion to it, till their visitor took his leave for the night; but as soon as he was gone, he turned to his daughter, and said: Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Mr. Farmer answered, then passed the phone to his wife. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

If it passes, the government can take away health care benefits and any other public program, like school, to all illegal immigrants. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t get any details yet, Veer. Mrs. Kahn just told me he passed away last night sometime.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Christmas lights twinkled in the windows of the stores they passed. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

It seemed like an hour passed dragging her suitcase up the stairs, during which all three of her family members passed her going up or down and none offered any help. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Once, when a fighter jet accidentally passed too close to a U-2, the spy plane broke up amid the turbulence, and its pilot was instantly killed. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He whimpered a quick prayer, then sat there still as a statue until he figured the danger had passed. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“That we live differently. It is charitable to say no more. Let me pass.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You aren’t planning to go over the pass today, are you?” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew I had to pass that mountain and go up the lake at least five miles further before we would be in Swiss water. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

As the years passed, Joy kept hoping that Bill’s alcohol and drug use would fade. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

As he passed, he stopped for a moment when he saw Akira. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The village was empty, abandoned by the wildlings who had once lived there, like all the other villages they had passed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They nod to us as we pass, and sometimes they say hello. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

As time passed, he began to nod, weariness overcoming him. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Nurse Cramer was still standing directly in front of him so that he could not pass. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

In the night, going slowly along the crowded roads we passed troops marching under the rain, guns, horses pulling wagons, mules, motor trucks, all moving away from the front. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Tormund has given me his oath. He will serve with us until the spring. The Weeper and their other captains will swear the same or we will not let them pass.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And the worst part is that she can sort of pass her laugh around the room to everybody, just because the sound of it is so outrageous. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

We had to raise our right arms in a salute as we passed by the review stand. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Deedee asked Naomi as they passed through the big glass doors into the store. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Making faces outside our classroom if she’s on a bathroom pass. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Only until a day has passed and the new night has come. Then we will go.” The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like the priest and the Levite in the biblical story, they choose to pass by on the other side and to see nothing. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Me and Ty'ree walked by a group of boys passing a bottle around on the corner of Fourteenth Street and Sixth Avenue. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it took two days, or three, and the people who saw her passed the word along that Hagar “done took off after Milkman again.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were many people passing in the fog. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He was expecting a test, but instead Mr. Pennyworth said, “I think it is time to spend a few days on practical matters. Time is passing, after all.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Some pass Ben, their hips swiping his backpack. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

The more time passed, the more he missed Blanca’s calm, restful love. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bent down like the old man did when he passed through the low doorway. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Any cowboy passing by at that moment might have fallen off his horse had he seen me step out the front door. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

As she passes me, I hold up the glass with the rose. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

There were men passing through in both directions: crew members, technicians, priests. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I snapped off the light and he disappeared but his voice in passing said, “Come to think of it, what are you doing here?” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a gray Pierce Arrow, equipped with two bulb horns and an electric Klaxon, which Dad would try to blow all at the same time when he wanted to pass anyone. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

To leave the township for work in the city, or for any other reason, you had to carry a pass with your ID number; otherwise you could be arrested. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

We ducked down behind a hedge until it passed and then the brake lights came on. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was all about President Johnson trying to get a bill passed to help the urban poor, and then something about the Pueblo, which had been taken over by the North Koreans. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each second that passed made the hair on the back of his neck stand up more. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

A small airplane passed overhead—the third one of the morning—and we both stood up to wave. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Go in there and sit down, giving us time to pass through town and reach my father’s house. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The older man that Miles and I saw in the laundry room the other day—Mr. Hollins—gets out of the car that just parked, and he passes by us as he enters the building. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

We knew each other when we passed on the street. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

This star passed out of sight and another took its place. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Sadie settled herself in her metal rocking chair and her breathing slowed as if a crisis had passed. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Without the people passing back and forth, the streets seemed wider and darker. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then I’m ushered into a car, and my moment passes. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We pass by the afternoon drills I’m supposed to be participating in. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“When the hour of need arises,” Dad said, “the time of preparation has passed.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Even as they looked he was gone: a flash of silver in the sunset, a wind over the grass, a shadow that fled and passed from sight. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

First Ira herself, then the long, long interval and after that almost every passing year I bore a son. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Foreign Secretary rushed for the stairs, calling out to the guards she passed, “Patrol submarines! In the lake! Warn them!” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Frank had been sure his godly parent would speak up on his sixteenth birthday, which had passed two weeks ago. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I was moving carefully, so as not to slip on the ice, when I passed the doors of the Longhorn Saloon. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Rojakke?” he asked as he passed her and started up the second flight. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Scythe Goddard passed him standing by the entryway. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The Riders came to the wood, and they halted; horse and man, they were unwilling to pass in. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

A millennium passes, and no one says a word. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

As I passed the bedroom door where he was sleeping, I heard a shout, and then another. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

We’re ashamed of the way we look and if boys from the rich schools pass remarks we’ll get into a fight and wind up with bloody noses or torn clothes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

You failed English and chemistry, and you just barely passed history and math! Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They watched the shape glide through the still air, passing so closely that Petey shivered. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“But my young pupil here is a very exceptional reader. I shall pass the honor on to him.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He corked the bottle with a trembling hand and then passed it across the table to Harry. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

In response, I merely passed to her my record book, which with quizzical countenance, she turned through. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Finally, he passes the ball in to Jimmy and Jimmy turns and starts a little hook. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

On the ride home, I don’t see the big white houses passing outside the window. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The lane made a slight bend; and when that bend was passed, Mr. Elton was immediately in sight; and so near as to give Emma time only to say farther, Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Padva dismisses these comments, though she does joke that with enough silk and an industrial-strength corset she could make Chandresh himself pass for the most fashionable of ladies. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Your name—Dorothy . . . we always said we’d give to our own child someday, but alas it didn’t come to pass. And here you are, red hair and all.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Rather, it was the moments between the grins and laughter, when a shadow passed across the duke’s face. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Winchell drops back to pass, throwing a perfect strike on a timing pattern to reserve split end Johnny Celey on the left sideline. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He escorted Reggie inside, where the young man took and passed a blood test. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

As we pass her, she looks right through me without saying hello. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

An owl hooted softly as they passed its tree. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We are hoisted up into a train car—not one for people, with padded seats and windows and a view of the passing countryside. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

And this view of things was connected to the fear that passed through the generations, to the sense of dispossession. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

In the midst of the crowd, our wagon passes the Khmer Rouge village without stopping. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pass another marble Jesus, this one tied to a pillar. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

All the while, new patterns are being formed and passed. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Holding on to the top of the stand with one hand, she made a grotesque pass at the pole with her pelvis and sighed, “Oh.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They passed over the walkway and down a long rocky corridor, where stalactites hung gleaming with strange colors and where the pounding and grinding and hammering gradually faded. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“She married a Puerto Rican somewhere in New York. Since she could pass, she disowned her blackness —converted to Puerto Rican because she didn’t want to be black no more.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I glanced into each alley we passed, half expecting to spy a cloaked figure waiting to spring on me. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mandela jabbed a pass out on the wing to Muamer, who was open. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

As the days dragged by, Marina began to hear and see planes passing overhead. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Only Muamer wasn’t there to receive the pass, and the ball rolled out of bounds. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

It’s the same combination we’ve seen on the faces of everyone we passed on the way here. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

When the Sun passes through a spiral arm it is more likely than it is at present to enter into gaseous nebulae and interstellar dust clouds and to encounter objects of substellar mass. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Months have passed since then, and the Reverend has spoken with every mother who lost children. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But passing up on a good thing because your mom wouldn’t approve...I don’t know about that, man. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

A desperate fear of letting your parents down, of not getting recruited by some overpriced country club that passed for college, Dartmouth or wherever. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I stopped talking, but I didn’t pass the mike yet. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“I get more satisfaction out of making good passes than I do scoring, Mr. Dacus,” Philip answered. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm betting many of the other tributes would pass up a smaller girl, even one who scored an eleven in training, to take out their more fierce adversaries. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I kept thinking of the time when you’re all racing around, and you pass people in the halls, like in cartoons where people go in one door and come out another one. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I saw that paper getting passed around. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

It was a curious phenomenon, and Galileo passed the problem on to his assistant, Torricelli, who started doing experiments, trying to figure out the reason for the pumps’ curious limitation. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Not in the town, where all that was natural had long been sacrificed, but on its outskirts, one could still see the passing of the seasons. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Along the road for perhaps a quarter of a mile she had been passing and admiring a row of splendid tended oleanders, blooming pink and white in a steady row. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then he said in his conclusion that women were better cooking with oil and passing gas. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Earl had already given me the two passes for our show windows. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean I didn't mean to tell her to shut up and all, but I thought I was going to pass out again. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

When I’m in school, I feel like the world is passing me by. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

His own health was so bad, he was afraid he had passed it on to his children. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the cloud passed, and the moon shone again. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

The soldier ignored the pass and kept swinging his gun. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mike was unpleasant after he passed a certain point. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Okay, my Fantasticos! Good news! All homework assignments have been passed in today. That’s worth five extra minutes of snack time.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Actually, you may wonder if there’s ever a day that passes without some kind of excitement. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Then we passed a row of trees and he was gone. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

They were only perhaps as high as they might be on the roof of Warings, but a long time seemed to pass before he hit the ground. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Headlights flash across Rosie’s front window and I squint while they pass. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

It passes almost unnoticed along its route, making no stops. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Soon, Kate, very soon. There remains one more test, but after that, whether you pass or fail, I promise you all a good supper. Fair enough?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Coughing at the smoke that was getting thicker and warmer with every passing second, Frankie pulled on the metal bar, urging the door to break free. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

There was a rush of water hurrying down among the stones; and when it had passed, the Isen flowed and bubbled in its bed again, as it had ever done. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The branches dip low, and I pass just beneath them. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

They throw as fast as they can, others pass them, the handles with the strings already pulled. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to see time and seasons, my life passing in slow motion. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The deadline has passed, but I know a guy. They’ll wait for your application. Talk to your mom, and have her call me if she has any questions.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Dobby must go now, sir, we is already making Christmas dinner in the kitchens!” said Dobby, and he hurried out of the dormitory, waving good-bye to Ron and the others as he passed. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Joe Gqabi, another MK soldier who was with us, would carry the matchboxes on our walks to the quarry and drop them at a strategic crossing where we knew the general prisoners would pass. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

An hour later, Zeitoun heard the guards footsteps again, and again Zeitoun rose up to meet him as he passed the gate. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The pack had split up and were waiting on both sides of the ravine for me to pass them. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before a minute had passed it was twice as loud as it had been to begin with. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

The procession crossed the blinding plaza and passed in front of the church. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we're backing out of our garage, a pickup passes behind us on the motel drive. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

As I was passing the bicycle racks, I heard my name being called. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“This doesn’t count for anything. We’re still going to pass 7th grade even if we have a loser project.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The prospective buyer took one look at the colt’s crooked legs and passed. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luke slipped out of his shirt, grabbed hold of the sleeves and tore them, leaving huge gashes a breeze could pass through. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He had that look where you just knew he had a ton of hard information to share but was having a difficult time passing it on, probably because he thought I couldn’t handle it. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I fall asleep and wake up only once as we’re passing through Baton Rouge, cars honking in traffic. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

They took turns riding Harry’s Nimbus Two Thousand, which was easily the best broom; Ron’s old Shooting Star was often outstripped by passing butterflies. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

A week passed and still no word about my dogs. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then the bear began passing the hat for tips. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

It would be hard enough to sneak past two armies and not get stolen again by someone who would tear up my pass. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another beat passed before the old woman spoke again. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

We pass by EMTs pushing gurneys, doctors striding out of elevators, nurses hurrying along in their sky-blue scrubs. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Percy looked up just in time to see the creature make a second pass. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He didn't even glance at me as I passed him. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It was one of the few places on Earth where the People could pass unnoticed. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Then scientists passed around thick pieces of dark glass, the kind used in welder’s masks. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He passes me a straw and I drop it in the glass. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Leaves lightly brushed us as we passed, and birds flew before us, drawing us on with their calls. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I craned my neck to see, and there he was, standing in the middle of the hallway as the crowd passed him by, looking around and rocking back and forth on his heels. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And now there would be no further instructions, no way for another word to pass from her father’s lips into the bright prism of the still-living world. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Something passed her, all dressed in white, and vanished”—“A great black dog behind him”—“Three loud raps on the chamber door”—“A light in the churchyard just over his grave,” &c., &c. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Maybe they would adopt her, and give her an allowance like other American girls got, which Sandi would then pass on to her real family. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Ma slices off a juicy wedge of fruit and passes it to me on the knife’s blade. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

As they passed through the huge palace gates, Werfel warned Spurge, “You should be prepared to dance.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Jeannine saw my dilemma, picked up the plate, and passed it in the opposite direction to her mother. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

After you pass on, what good would the house do me without a bed to sleep in?’ Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I think he laid a restraining hand on her, for I heard her say, “Let me pass,” and there was a slight rustling sound as she withdrew from his grasp. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, yeah—maybe he does. I been over there. He never made a pass at me.” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing she remembered was the guide passing out whistles and showing everyone how to blow three times for an emergency signal. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

They turned a corner, passing a telephone box and a bus shelter. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“If you take him away, he will change. And someday he will be a man, and you will not even know him, and he will only think of you with a passing smile.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Every life is different because you passed this way and touched history. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

After soaking and peeling it, they arranged the long white roots into upright sprays in enamel tubs and passed single file through the village like immense lilies on slender, moving stalks. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was not the dark, only the thoughts which passed through his head, the pictures in front of his eyes. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how much time passes before Kay is standing next to me. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

"I can't tell," I say, "if the trouble is coming or if it's passed and already left them." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It was then that it occurred to her that her clumsiness was not the first victory of decrepitude and darkness but a sentence passed by time. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Her only baby, a two-year-old boy, died hard of the fever two years pass and ever since that happened, Mrs. Brown was being bothered by spells. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He looked to right and left, gave Satin and Horse a nod, watched them pass it on to the men beyond. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

As the hours of the evening pass he will grow distracted, anxious to return to his room, to be alone, to read the book he had once forsaken, has abandoned until now. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The truck passed us and we ran after it. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

The chauffeur drove them to the residence of the Papal Nuncio, passing in front of a police barricade without anyone attempting to stop them. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had passed through the animal and torn a ragged slot in the last rib, where it came to rest just beneath the hide. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

They passed only one guard, leaning on the wall in a side street and smoking. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

A driver in a taxi passed him some money. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

But the shells were definitely beginning to pass overhead. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked toward me, quite close, and then passed me to put the remote down next to the VCR. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The day she passed, she gave away all the flowers to the nurses, except one bouquet. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Every man, woman, and child who had died in Weep since...since when?...and passed near enough the citadel in their evanescent journey for Minya to catch. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

In his own memoirs he had selected May 15, 1776, as the most decisive moment, because that was the day the Continental Congress passed a resolution calling for new constitutions in each of the states. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Other hands are still passing the platter of cookies around. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

People will pass on, but we must preserve our history. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

They passed some boys swimming and clowning in the water, shrouding their words in laughter. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Every morning, I waited eagerly for 7:00 AM, when friends like Yma, who worked at the hospital, and nurses from the children’s hospital would come and help me pass the hours. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He passes one truck, then another, keeps walking in one direction, like he knows where he’s going. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Mom had taught us to pick Dad’s pocket when he passed out. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Each passing day, each week, each month, left its sign, clear and unmistakable. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Down in the wood, back in the way that we have just come. It is he. Cannot you see him, passing from tree to tree?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Darwin was fortunate that the regular reviewer for the London Times passed off the book to Huxley to review, which meant The Origin got a rave review in that most important of papers. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She signed a quick thank-you to Ube as she passed his counter, and he watched as she burst out of the front doors and back into the world. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Having heard me, out of my head, babbling telephone numbers, they have already passed news of me to my family. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

No-nonsense nuns ruled classrooms with an iron hand, passing on to the youngest girls and boys the discipline and knowledge they would need to get ahead in a prejudiced world. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She would erase as fast as she could and pass the book down. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He had passed this way before, to bury John Root. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She passed through the metal detector without a sound, but the cop on the other side put a hand up. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

As he passed, his sailors pressed themselves against the rails then closed behind him like waves in a wake, the clicking and scraping of six-shooters and swords rattling at his heels. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I staggered along the pavements, drunk, repeating obscenities to the horror of the women I passed and to the amusement of the men en route to their homes from work. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mary Jackson had passed by the old Hampton High School building too many times to count. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

It was a no-win situation for the 13 women who had passed the same testing as the men of the Mercury 7. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

He had probably loaned the money to a friend and passed it off as a business venture. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Lazlo was in a state of awe from the moment he passed through the gates. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Outside, a huge caravan was being prepared for a crossing of the Sahara, and was scheduled to pass through Al-Fayoum. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Most likely passing light,” Mama said, her voice low, as she caught Ophie watching the woman. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The steps creaked behind me, and I scooted to the side to let whoever it was pass, but they didn’t. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He put the ear in his pocket so the children wouldn’t ask questions as he passed them on the way out. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few days of fruitless searching, he trotted across the field, headed for the town dump he had passed on his way up the mountain. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“He so filled every instant of my life, that now my feeling of desolation passes all description.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You mean you guys shared a blackout? Are you guys both going to pass out from now on?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

When she passed the place in the cove where the boat sat up on the sand, beside the bell on its hook, Jinny stopped. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

‘If only they are in a hurry and will let a couple of tired soldiers alone and pass on!’ he thought. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

We pass through small towns and quiet neighborhoods. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

What my sensations were, no language can describe; but just as they all rose, stifling my breath and constricting my throat, a girl came up and passed me: in passing, she lifted her eyes. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The days passed with agonizing slowness, followed by nights of misery. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, no, not a spy. Simply a message carrier. You come by here, I drop a word or two in your ear, and you pass it along.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chamber- lain took a deep breath, smelled wet grass, hay, felt his heart beating, looked up into God’s broad sky, shivered as a thrill passed through him. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He revived me after I left my family, brought me to Jesus, opened my eyes to a new world, then passed on himself. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He simply stood beside me while the moments passed and my anger drained into the ocean. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Is it the idea of wearing nothing under your graduation gown and then having to drive to New York while all the people in passing cars assume you’re wearing a dress?” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The third watched the pass, though there was little to see, only a vast bowl of darkness ringed by the snowy shoulders of the mountains. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Some passed the castle to their own sons and grandsons, and offshoot branches of House Stark had arisen; the Greystarks had lasted the longest, holding the. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He turned his notebook to a fresh page and passed it over with a pencil. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Tom flashing through the moonlit streets, alone, passing people. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Do not ask me, reader, to give a minute account of that day; as before, I sought work; as before, I was repulsed; as before, I starved; but once did food pass my lips. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I had no money, but I unclipped the Romanian leu from the end of my watch chain and passed it through the trapdoor in the ceiling. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The judge looked at it for a moment, then passed it on to the clerk. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

As he and his aide passed by, Hannah could see the paper on the clipboard was now covered with numbers and names. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wrote very carefully on a slip of paper, Are you Democrat or Republican? and passed the paper across the table. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

When he left for the toilets I decided it would be best to take a stack of the passes for posterity. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

A flash of intense, jolting agony took him—overwhelming dizziness—and he passed out once more, but only for seconds, and when he came to again he opened his eyes. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we passed other bears he leaped on the table and scratched at the windows trying to get out at them. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hastings passed both speed and malevolence down to his son Fair Play, who in turn bequeathed it to his incomparable son, Man o’ War. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had a steady stream of visitors as the hours passed. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He passed one car where a Drill Instructor from the training base on Biddle Island was holding his crying son in his arms. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the time a car would come by and I’d have to duck into the bushes and wait till it had passed, so I don’t think I was doing any five miles a hour. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

There were even black girls behind the counters of the Five and Ten as I passed. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a quick beat of hoofs, and even as Grishnákh leaped up and ran, he was ridden down and a spear passed through him. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

From time to time some of these lonely comets are nudged out of their normal orbit by some slight gravitational perturbation–a passing star perhaps. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

As she passed the art table, she glanced over it for her sister’s things, but saw no sign of them. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I scan each person who passes on the sidewalk behind the sliding glass doors, seeking a familiar face. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Just in passing, he was an Eagle Scout, an almost-All-America tackle of 1926, and it was known that he had been most cordially invited to try out for the New York Giants’ baseball team. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

But still, every time Zara's eyes met mine, I almost felt something chilly pass over me, like how seeing a ghost is supposed to give you goose bumps. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“And if such an enchantment exists, then the ownership of the house is most likely to pass to the eldest of Sirius’s living relatives, which would mean his cousin, Bellatrix Lestrange.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

We pass Spot between the two of us, as we climb higher and higher. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

As we passed along the Road, we heard the Battle commence in Earnest, the Field-Pieces answering Parliament’s Cannon. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

They passed a man ensconced in fog and playing the guitar. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Several were hunched over in their cages, paying no attention to her as she passed. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Other patrons pass by on their way from one part of the circus to another, too absorbed in their conversations to notice him contemplating a postcard-size tag by the side of a tent. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

They passed an old frame house and crossed a dirt road. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, as they passed a village, there would be people standing by the tracks, just watching the train pass, as if they had nothing better to do. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

As the weeks continued to pass, Art3mis and I spent more and more time together. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

A fresh wave of worry had passed over her face. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Hey, there!” one of them called as they passed, and he had to be talking to me since no one else was around. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

They often pass through my mind, usually without generating any particular feeling. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Now, no sooner did she make for the door than they glided together, preventing her passing. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

So even when my last wife passed away, I’ve never been alone. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we passed houses, she kept pestering, “Let’s go in there...there!” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t even see the house until she had passed under the pines, walking now on a thick carpet of needles that seemed never to have been disturbed. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Valentine’s Day in elementary school, everyone was supposed to pass out cards to every other student in their class, to make sure nobody was left out. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Every week that passed was nearly the same. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

With each passing year the character of the woods changed perceptibly. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

All our new memories are of here, and Vivi has only a passing interest in those. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A few people turned to look at her and whispered among themselves, as often happened as she passed, but Rosa seemed oblivious. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A person’s indentured status did not pass to later generations, but children born to an enslaved person would also be enslaved. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s in bed now,” Mrs. Grasso continued as they passed the bakery. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

Success in other states followed, with California, Kansas, Arizona, and Oregon passing laws in the next few years. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

She stopped now and then, when she passed a town, to buy bread, peanut butter, apples, to refill the gallon jug in the passenger seat with water at a fountain. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When lawyers visited us, warders were not permitted in the room and we would sometimes pass a letter to the lawyer to be taken out. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lord, I prayed, Lord God, let this cup pass. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I understand she will try to pass as a free girl. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

We passed through a town and stopped in front of the posada, and the driver took on several packages. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Let’s talk about something, Dallas. Make the time pass more easily.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

We plowed through the woods, lugging the gunnysack, passing it back and forth between us when it got heavy. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I guess whatever mood she was in when she invited Emery in has passed. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Dwarf etiquette dictated that gas be passed while still in the tunnel, but Mulch didn’t have time for manners. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Princess Dragomiroff has great personality and immense will power. But let us pass from that for the moment.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took Quentin up and we ran down to the corner of the fence and watched them pass. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ob was never embarrassed about being a disabled navy man who fiddled with whirligigs all day long, and I never was embarrassed about being a kid who’d been passed around for years. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

A moment passes, and then another, and then a woman’s voice sings out, “Welcome to our new home, everybody!” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Patterns of connection between the people I pass. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

A few months after Mom had started working as a teacher, Brian and I passed by the Green Lantern. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t like it,” says Mackenzie, passing with a spoonful of peanut butter that she licks like a lollipop. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I turned away from them as I passed. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mothers with eyes squeezed shut, dark cheek muscles tied in knots, heads thrashing from side to side as they passed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A week had passed, and still nothing had happened. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

After looking at herself, she returned her attention to the passing scenery. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“If you survive the process, you will be able to pass unnoticed among the armies of Tartarus. It is hopeless, of course, but if you are determined, then come. I will show you the way.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I managed to see the principal alone, and he showed me the computer printouts from Pretoria: yes, I had obtained a third-class pass because I had failed my mother tongue! Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had hardly passed us when Papa Nnukwu shouted, “Look away! Women cannot look at this one!” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I used the memory technique she had learned from a college professor who’d passed through Garland in the early seventies. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I asked, taking a sandwich from the platter and passing the dish to Sookie. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

On the way to la marketa we had passed two men dressed in long black coats, their faces bearded. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He had confounded them all by passing the test, although they still refused him the ballot . Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Almost two years had passed since we had arrived in the U.S., and I was still marveling at the size of this country, its vastness. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

We passed the gazebo at the end of our street where the American Legion band played every Saturday night of the summer and we crossed Beach Street. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Each classmate you pass is eager and loaded, ready to fire. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

And so it came to pass that almost two years after the trial, the whole cast reassembled in the courtroom at Garden City. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because you had to pass the factionless sector to get to school, right?” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

‘Well, I have passed the Old Took today! So that’s settled. And now I think I am quite ready to go on another journey. Are you coming?’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

We passed the bathrooms and two more doors and made a left. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Arnold passed the British many secrets, such as how many French troops were landing in America and where and when they were landing. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moment you passed through the entrance, the laws of gravity changed. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Whenever I heard a car coming, I steered my bike smack into the cornfield and let the com silks tickle me while I waited for it to pass. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

In which case, where was the person who had wanted to pass it to Harry? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

We rented a cabin with a kitchenette and passed our days jumping in and out of the water. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He had now dressed, and he flung his grey cloak about his shoulders; and the three passed out together towards the ruined gate of the Burg. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

An expression of some sort passed over his features, but she did not recognize it. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

A long time passed before she could get started. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He heard the scuffling and cries die down as the troops passed on through the Isenmouthe. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

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

I can’t say how many weeks we were here before Mother left, or how many have passed since. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Never could I have passed her had not the Father of gods and men, this time, kept me from her eyes. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am watching the centuries pass in moments because suddenly I understand time, which is spinning and fixed like the North Star. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hours passed and the land below them blurred. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Carpenter and his wife had six children; when two of them passed from yellow fever, he sold them for anatomical study. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

First time I looked up from the wagon, I noticed that we were already passing Miller’s Swamp. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tidings passed me a biscuit and, because Aunt Goldie would stare at me until I did, I took a bite. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The air was fresh, with the sharp edge you felt only in autumn, though we didn’t see a single hummingbear when we passed the blue willows at the river’s edge. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Joyce was still living and working at the judge’s house, and hating the job more with each passing day. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But I passed the day with a green ogre and a talking donkey while I waited for my parents to come to England. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Moss found it unnerving that every classroom he passed was either fully empty or had its door closed. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was as if the more time had passed, the more her faith had leaked away. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Spots jumped before his eyes and turned into red circles that expanded quickly till they passed out of sight. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“My dad passed away,” I said, turning away from him to try to sleep. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Stanley found himself looking down into each hole he passed. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

For a moment, she thought the waves would pass over her again. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, they passed, and they seemed not to touch him. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

They began to wonder how to get the inspector to pass their building. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I passed the propaganda wall and could not help glancing at the ground where Old Qian had knelt yesterday. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Someone is coming to steal your lap, Colorá,” she said, as she passed Norma to Doña Zena, who held on to her with an iron grip. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Out here, at least, any of the Smokies could pass as a senior. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

A car passed on the highway, somebody whooping out the window. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

And then, finally, on the corner of a busy intersection, we came to a gas station, which we knew better than to pass up. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

After three weeks, she told her doctor that she was feeling much better and wanted a weekend pass to see her family. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

At its regular Wednesday meeting the Grounds and Buildings Committee passed a resolution wishing Root a speedy recovery. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Not enough to let me pass, but enough to avoid crushing my fingers. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He could feel the Hound, like autumn, come cold and dry and swift, like a wind that didn't stir grass, that didn't jar windows or disturb leaf-shadows on the white sidewalks as it passed. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not despair, but it seemed to her as if life were passing by, leaving its promise broken and unfulfilled. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

They pass like shadows, scavenging the entire house. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He passed the picket fence of Mrs. Cobb’s, steering as clear of it as if it were the wall of Jericho about to fall. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

People passed this way and that through the purple shadows, but Nok didn't dare ask for directions. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Farmer passed on the news to the boy about the lawyer, delivering hope amid all the squalor. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

He passed away before I was born, but I've always wondered if he was purposely stalling so he could keep his youngest daughter in the same country with him for as long as possible. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Also, I think we were all waiting to see the outcome of an event that loomed larger and larger with every passing day. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

We passed a juggler and a man playing a sweetly sad song on a mandolin. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

In an hour they passed a sign marking the limits of a town called Sound View. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Pollard rode the horse down the track that morning, another horse passed close by. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the guests reported his statement to a local Union informant, who passed the tip along to soldiers who were now at the door at Hartmann Richter’s place to pick up Atzerodt. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He passed his son’s room and he called without entering. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I enter the bright Johnson Building, pass by the marble drinking fountains, and walk into the purple-paned children’s section. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Seventeen seconds pass as the pilots give technical instructions to each other. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

A couple of weeks later my dad and I were in the car and we passed by a McDonald’s. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Never, since the time our Illustrious Gotama passed ^ into Nirvana, have I ever met a man with the exception of Siddhartha about whom I felt: This is a holy man! Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the ghosts charged, his hands out to strangle her, but he passed right through her. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They also were attempting to “chop” photons into pieces by passing light beams through a rapidly rotating mirror. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

As they left to head toward the student union and grab a bite, they passed a pretty girl in sunglasses with shaggy blond hair, a nose ring, and sleeve tattoos. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“Looks like you passed the test,” he said, pointing at my half- empty plate. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I take in his dark eyes and red hair, not realizing that he's staring back until a few seconds have passed and he clears his throat. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The British allowed these people to pass in and out of Philadelphia because they were helping to feed the city. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lowered my head, dodging people, passing people, growling, pushing between them to get farther and farther away. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

They stood at the western end of the valley, where the high road crested the last pass and began its winding descent to the bottomlands two miles below. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I think, through the lens of many years passed, that she had counted on the constant of always being able to love me. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The other thing I recall is the quick look Dr. Van Dorn and Dad passed between them. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were passing a collection of shacks and log cabins now, bleached white and warped by the weather. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

His constant fear of being arrested was only growing with each passing minute. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Every sound to his rear was a warning, every person he passed a potential assassin. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

One day, I was studying with Mathona, and I confided to her my fear that I might not pass my exams in English and history at the end of the year. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun had passed over the trees once or perhaps twice since she had crawled to her present bed. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we pass by my house, I see the downstairs lights are still on and I realize I might be in trouble. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

He passed out the mysterious envelopes while his family watched him in stunned amazement. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

After that, she passed a damp mop over the floor. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Almost no one passed on the road in winter except to buy flour at the store far down the road or to go to the town of a Saturday. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The compass now reads northwest, and everything feels right—until we pass into a tunnel that at first I think is just another underpass—but there’s no other side. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

They dangled their feet in front of passing horses to intimidate them, and when less inspired, they shoved and punched one another and grabbed one another’s reins. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then as the weeks passed the days grew warm and languorous. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Could I sleep in the park or on the sidewalk like some of the people I've passed by? The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

As Nailer passed one, he spied the faded image of an apple stamped on its surface along with letters. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The guard passes a UV light over my arm and a small fluorescent barcode appears at the base of my hand, a number unique to me, 0000105. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

We passed through a heavy door and into the Box. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They passed under where the water touched the ceiling, and then Ivan pulled threads to close the ditch of air behind them, forming an oblong bubble around them instead. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Die this way, die that way; pass out at hard labor, or get shot shuffling from one mysterious mound to the next—what's the difference? What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He’d passed only a couple of freshman football players who acted like they were too cool to notice him stroll by. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Then, quickly substituting his own bird, he passed it to the blind man and put the colored bird into his own pouch. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Odenigbo wanted to go to Abba, to see where his mother lay, and each day he walked to the main road to find out whether the Nigerian soldiers were letting cars pass. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

"And this change, O most learned Prince, has doubtless been brought to pass by the powerful incantations of those wicked persons who now call themselves kings and queens of Narnia." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Ever since we heard that Amos had a crush on her, it was like she’d gotten a free pass into the popular group. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I had about two inches of water left, and passed him the bottle. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Raizel asked once we had passed through the Stockyards’ limestone gate. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The souls of the unburied might not pass the river that encircles the kingdom of death, but must wander in desolation, with no abiding-place, no rest ever for their weariness. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He jerked his mount around hard and rode back to the lists for the second pass. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He was gripped by the kind of anger that passes itself off as wonderment. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

We passed a family of rabbits grazing on clover; a groundhog; a deer and her fawn. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Their flight through the night and the terror she had felt in the ruined house seemed more real to Meggie than the lemonade that Elinor passed over to her. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Nearly a month had passed since the start of his search, but what had he accomplished? The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Turner must have passed through that morning. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Finally, I knocked my knuckles on the table, passing, leaving the betting to the next man. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since then, however, the adaptation has been passed down: we’ve all inherited it to some degree, so that we plug right into joysticks and remotes, to repetitive motions of a hundred kinds. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The town and the jail seemed to become more remote and the distance greater as each day passed. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’d only passed one split in the tunnels—not enough to lose them. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Sleep would help pass the time, if she dared. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The demon boys called out some things, but we ignored them until we had passed them by. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time a car would pass, Luke hid the wrapped-up gun at his hip. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Some folks are unloading gallons of water from their cars; others, zombielike, instead of waving or saying hello when we pass by, keep staring at baby TVs or listening to boom box radios. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Searcher’s licenses don’t matter anymore. The great god Pan is dead. He has passed on and left us his spirit.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

All the animals remembered passing such resolutions: or at least they thought that they re-membered it. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

A moment passed, and then Derby burst into tears. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here and there I passed a motel or bait shop, but otherwise the country unfolded in great sweeps of pine and birch and sumac. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s fine,” he muttered as he passed me. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

When he passes a coffee kiosk, however, he doesn’t go in. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I look at the time; only a few minutes have passed. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Prosper scrutinized every face passing by, but their pursuer wasn't among them. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ali pulled his arm back so I could pass and pointed his thumb into the storage room. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I saved every note David ever passed to me in school. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“And what did you do after that, Mademoiselle?” asked Poirot, passing from the subject tactfully. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

They did not know for sure, but they suspected that the dances were beyond nasty because the music was getting worse and worse with each passing season the Lord waited to make Himself known. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mary Lou had almost passed when she heard Taylor whispering, “Lies. All lies. Careful.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

About a mile and a half out of town, a deputy blocked the entrance to a bridge after the runners had passed over, and refused to let reporters and cameramen go any farther. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hours passed in a weary stumbling trudge with a few brief halts. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Sleep makes the silence and the terrible fear go by more quickly, helps pass the time, since it’s impossible to kill it. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Then you'd pass by this big glass case, with Indians inside it rubbing sticks together to make a fire, and a squaw weaving a blanket. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

As I pass, my fingertips drag along the door to Will’s room. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He passed the ball to the off guard and got it back and started dribbling between his legs. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Then they pass those changes on to each new generation of cells through cell division, a random process that produces even more changes. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

In Virginia, however, laws abolishing primogeniture and entail had been passed during the Revolution. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

She stood up, self-consciously, to let him pass and hoped she would smell something on him, but she didn’t. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

This year’s crop of thru-hikers had been passing through for the past month. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

In passing behind Billy Buck he very nearly put out his hand to touch the blue-jeaned legs. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some highlights: Maya stopped on a dime and passed the ball back to Tino, who drove it into the goal. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he passed Naomi on his way to the kitchen, she thought she smelled whiskey and beer. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The quiet streets and passing minutes without incident had returned our focus to the oozing stromboli and not the Toyota. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

In many places where the train slows in Veracruz—at a curve or to pass through a village—people give. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

This is the direction in which we feel time passes, the direction in which we remember the past but not the future. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

One hot day the previous July, as I was passing down our upstairs hall, I heard a strange voice emanating from Chapter Eleven’s bedroom. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He brings his hand to her face, petrified that his fingers will pass through her as easily as they had with the rose. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Inside the hogan, a crowd passed brown bottles and silver aluminum cans around. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he’d squatted for a moment, building a bowline into the manila, and heard the steam whistle of the passing freighter sounding low across the water. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I need power to move or I'll be stranded until the storm passes or dissipates. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some hours having passed, we were cautioned again to remain silent; and we found ourselves filing into a stockade in a broad marsh. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

But as I was passing the broken church I heard a solitary singing voice: “Ah, dear God, how can this be That all things wear and waste away!” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Jacob was sent out to ask a peasant passing by if she knew the Holy Cross-Roads Inn. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

It’s as if a tornado had passed through, depositing debris everywhere—debris that looms like a shadow of terrible events I can’t even begin to imagine. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

What freedom am I being offered when I may be arrested on a pass offense? Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hardly any of them held a driver’s license, though, because to pass the test they would have to be able to read. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I heard Mrs. King crying and Mr. King talking very loud, and Grace and Ellen turned away their faces when they passed me, so I shouldn’t see how red and swollen their eyes were. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind was still beating the treetops back and forth, but the worst of the rain had passed by the time he decided he could do no more. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

If anybody was passing by out on the road, she would either change her mind or just give me a few licks. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Much time had passed when she saw the last yellow butterfly destroyed in the blades of the fan and she admitted as an irremediable truth that Mauricio Babilonia had died. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He would pass the loveliest carelessly by, no matter how much she tried to make him look at her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fewer motorcycles and cars pass by on the streets. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“I believe that woman who passed saw us.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

All their eyes are on Darius as they walk in and even as they pass him, and one purposely bumps into him. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

In fact, the state tried to purchase his patents and secrets, afraid that he might die before passing them along. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He passed Filch in the doorway; Filch’s pale, wild eyes looked straight through him, and Harry slipped under Filch’s outstretched arm and streaked off up the corridor, the book’s shrieks still ringing in his ears. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

"Here are museum passes, metro tickets, pocket money, and the Foundation's emergency phone number. Meet back here at seven for dinner and the first evening session. Any questions?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As we were passing the old Medusa Cement factory, I heard a long hiss and thought that my yia yia, sitting next to me, was sighing over her misfortunes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

They passed the large fountain with a statue where Emily wanted to hide her book and continued to an expanse of lawn. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

We pass a sign for a biotech company. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

More and more employees are slowing down to watch us as we pass. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Five minutes have passed,” the captain said in the same tone. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Dad’s best friend, from when they were growing up, he passed away,” she said gently. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The spoon and grasshopper bowl were passed around. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She walked thirty blocks and passed out at the hospital. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the Sing that lived here went to Boston, not Danville, Pennsylvania, and passed for white. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luke had been running around the room slapping the walls as he passed. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She had wanted to cough as soon as it occurred to her that she mustn’t, and she passed a long hour trying to swallow away the tickle that perversely constricted her throat. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like maybe a secret has passed between Frank and Byrd, wrapped inside that hug. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he thought if he could just distract me for a few years, the danger would pass. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Skirting the hither side of the pool where the hobbits had bathed, they crossed the stream, climbed a long bank, and passed into green-shadowed woodlands that marched ever downwards and westwards. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Trying to learn the trick of what passes for patience. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chickens poisoned by aldrin used on a neighboring farm have passed on the chemical to their eggs; hens experimentally fed DDT laid eggs containing as much as 65 parts per million. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

After he exits, Widget presses his nose to the nearest window, watching him as he passes beneath the streetlamps before disappearing into the darkness. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

And blood, in all the cities through which he passed, ran down. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I wonder if they ever sync up as we pass by two giant metal racks on wheels—inside are pale yellow trays wrapped in plastic. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

The hobbits led the way; and they passed under the arch and came to a wide door upon the left, at the top of a stair. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

‘We shall pass them soon. Keep the boats in line, and as far apart as you can! Hold the middle of the stream!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Months passed, and none were granted entry into the States. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

She’s been my friend for so long, it feels wrong passing by her and pretending we don’t know each other. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The only resolution that did not pass so easily was the suffrage amendment. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

His glance became icy when he encountered women; his lips curled with contempt when he passed through a town of well-dressed people. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when we made a move towards her, she too came forwards, and—perhaps I imagined it—tucked her shoulders in tightly as she passed between us. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few days had passed, and we were doing a bad job of going about “business as usual.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Peeta’s recovered his camera face and good-naturedly passes me over, warning the man not to get too attached. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Because this matter is worth noting and being imitated by others, I do not want to pass over it. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

“My Datsun”—Mum offered some braised celery to Aunt Alice, who made a No thanks gesture—“passed its MOT with flying colors last week.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He brought a few extra copies of the paper for the class, and passed them around for anyone who hadn’t seen it. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once they had passed a certain point it created a difficult angle for the defenders on the wall to fire at them. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Caroline is passing around a petition to protect the links we’ve already got. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

And there was a chance- slim perhaps, but a chance nonetheless—that Zane could cut the trouble off at the pass. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I shambled about the field on scraggy legs, squalled for passes that never came my way. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Cutie had risen to his feet and his gleaming eyes passed from one Earthman to the other. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

We pass twenty-three and come to the last step of the staircase, the one that meets with a cold metal door that says Tenants Only, and she takes out a key and here we are. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“How am I doing, Eliot? Am I going to pass?” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

But these are mountain foothills, which means they are the baby hills before she gets to the real deal of actual mountain passes. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He might be waiting to grab her as she passed. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Grandma gave him a cold stare, but relented, saying, “Hold on, son,” and passing Grandpop the phone. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Once the Stolls had passed, we forged deeper into the west woods where the monsters were wilder. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

After about a half hour, with another half hour in front of me, I decide to stop at a playground I’m about to pass. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

And then, abruptly, they were out of the trees and coming over the crest of a hill, passing between great stone pillars that framed a tall and forbidding black iron gate. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

They had to step into the ditch to let us pass. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“You know that all those whose passes are not in order are supposed to be back in the tribal reserves.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

We passed a room where a howling baby'd just had an injection. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t tried to find me, and I had stayed well clear of Dock- side, sometimes going miles out of my way rather than pass near it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She promised him she would not, but all the next day she passed in weeping, thinking of her sisters and herself unable to comfort them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d been hungry, tried to heat up some food on the stove, and passed out on the couch while it was cooking. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

For me, the watches of that long night passed in ghastly wakefulness; ear, eye, and mind were alike strained by dread: such dread as children only can feel. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The train passes the Erudite compound, which is dark now. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The fleet would have to pass below the castle to reach the harbor and city beyond. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Skye’s window passes with her head resting against the glass and her eyes shut. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

As soon as Zeus’s head passed through the shower of sand, the marble disintegrated like it was going through a wood chipper. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

You stand next to the industrial-size box of Saran Wrap, ripping off pieces and passing them to her. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Those who passed judgment on them have primarily been the descendants of Calvinist colonizers who spilled Indigenous blood, along with their own, fighting to take the land they believed their god said should be theirs. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

One day I was arrested for being in a white neighbourhood after the ten o’clock evening curfew, and for being without a pass. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She passes out gloves to the girls, so they don’t have to touch our clammy hands, you guess. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

But as the hours passed and her eyases did not appear, the feeling began to fade. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Sometimes a soft word, a reassuring comment, passes between families, but mostly we’re inside our own heads, thinking of what lies ahead. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

But even with my eyes on my feet, I can still see people parting around me, giving me a lot of space as I pass. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Near Silence fell after they was passed, the Silence of the Grass & the Sky; & in that Silence, there was a distant Crackle. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

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

Laying their outline map of the island on the snow with the compass, he would sight ahead to a distant pass or peak and take a bearing by that. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

In the short time since I had passed, the foliage of the White Mountains had changed and tattered. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

A little old lady happened to be passing by, and she looked terribly shocked. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The wind blew chill through the pass, and they heard the tree-tops lower down moaning and sighing. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

As time passed, I grew more mature and more aware of the sacrifice it had taken for my people to live and grow up in the South all those many years before me. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Dacus had listened to Ben’s complaints very patiently, then suggested that Ben wait until a month had passed before he made any final decision about the quality of Ogden Loring’s teaching. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The words, repeated, had the rhythm of an incantation, and they were the last that passed between the two young men for more than four years. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Captain Gorman said, “That’s all I know, Mr. Bowditch. A ship passed me that had left Salem later than we had. They gave me the word.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She passed old vendors with leathery faces sitting under the shade of plane trees, gazing at her impassively behind pyramids of cherries and mounds of grapes. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Now, it was time to pass the torch again. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

As the woman passed her, she dropped a silver-colored coin into Lupita’s palm. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

The woman said nothing as she passed by me but started singing the second verse of “Yankee Doodle” in a strong voice, which I thought curious indeed. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

A woman carrying a giant ring of keys passed their bench and headed up the stairs. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

As Harry passed the one-eyed witch, he remembered the Invisibility Cloak — it was still down there, but he didn’t dare go and get it. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

But the thought faded out of his mind as a rumble of voices passed through the gathered crowd. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

So he sailed southward under the west-going stars, and the long night passed slowly, until the first day of the new year brightened all the sea. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

If the giants had already passed through the Doors, then at least they wouldn’t be hunting through Tartarus for Percy and Annabeth. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

From the passenger seat, Shaan shakes a yellow pill out of a bottle and passes it back to Henry, who readily pops it into his mouth and swallows it dry. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Sam was filled with deep suspicion, and showed it; but Frodo gave no sign of what was passing in his mind. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I stood in front of them for hours as they ranted to the passing parades about the wonders under their tents and handkerchiefs. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

When the Talentine show audition notices were passed out, Em had been scornful. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“It’s fine,” he said quietly, as he passed Lupin, who had half risen from his chair. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

They pass through forest and valley in columns a hundred meters across and many miles long, eating their way across Africa. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A waiter passed in the corridor with our sandwiches and the bottle of Chablis, and we called him in. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Chandresh’s attention remains only on the man in the grey suit, and it does not once wander to this other man who bears a passing resemblance to his assistant. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

At first, she had thought that with each passing day, she would come closer to accepting the fate that she had asked for. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Jade. You’re a smart girl. Are you really going to pass on a chance to get a scholarship to college?” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Cabot walked toward his car and, after passing two people up, stopped the third and asked, with a face full of confusion and innocence, how to find Eighth Street. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

If Venus was closer to the Earth than the sun, its phases would range from crescent to half and never pass the half-illuminated point. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Nan handed me the map, passed a bowl of peaches, and said, “All right, Jubilee, let the search for substance begin.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The rain fell upon us; and we waited in the mire for time to pass so we might make our dash across the flats. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

More and more people were becoming convinced that the danger had passed. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

I passed the patty to Needles, who cracked off a corner and then passed the rest to his brother. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

A shadow passed over Saruman’s face; then it went deathly white. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

We passed an old woman hanging a shamble-man made of oat sheaves. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Occasionally, hovercars would pass over the crumbling city, threading a slow search pattern across the sky. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Maybe if he’d seen the dragons for the first time on Tuesday, he would have passed out cold in front of the whole school. . . but maybe he would anyway. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Every last one of the fay came to watch her pass this time. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

A tall monk passed, his face buried entirely inside a coarse gray cowl, even the eyes hidden. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Almost three years had passed since she died. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

I even saw trashcans fly across the quad and fights broke out between passing periods. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

If she took long enough in the toilet, they usually passed out on the bed. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, after what seems like half the class, Mr. Griffiths stops talking and hands out stacks of papers for us to pass around. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Omakayas liked him less with every day that passed, and wished desperately that someone, Old Tallow or her Auntie Muskrat, perhaps, would ask Mama if they could keep him. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

In the early 1960s, the bus desegregation law had been passed, but the “coloreds” signs still hung prominently in the back of buses. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

One man took a drink from a bottle he held and tried to pass it on, but no one would take it. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put all I had into that race, I ran as hard as I could, but the Kid never passed me. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s to keep you from falling over if you pass out.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The line passed through the exact center of a bright yellow dot printed on the map. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

A look passed over Papa’s face, like he had a sudden headache. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

There were two helicopters, and he lay, crouched in a hollow beneath a fallen tree, and listened to them pass over. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

We passed forty or fifty cabin doors and heard no sound behind any of them. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I could not let the evening pass without speaking to him. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“My dear papa, he is three-and-twenty. You forget how time passes.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

The Miss Teen Blue Bonnet Pageant started back in the 1930s and has only gotten bigger and more ridiculous with every passing year. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She looked like she was going to pass out. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hand began to tremble again, just for a breath of an instant, but he said, “No!” very firmly, and the trembling passed. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as the weeks passed, she knew she would never be sure. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

A red-haired lady at the desk gave her a pass card and pointed to a door that opened onto a corridor of smaller doors. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

As we pass each other, he takes my hand and squeezes my fingers. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The moment for such a decision had passed, and to return to it would be to return to all the fury and fear of the accident itself. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Misha’s little cousins each touched their tongues to the wine and then passed it on with a grimace. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

After I climbed out of the snowbank they started laughing and so did I. “Cool, Baby Bruh,” By said, “you passed that part of the test with a B-plus, what you think, Buphead?” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He is coming. He is not far away. I wish to find him. If he passes will you tell me? I will come back with gold.” The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I passed Shawn carrying a large china plate of dinner rolls, and he stabbed my gut so hard it knocked the wind out of me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

An hour passed, and another hour, and each time I looked he was still there. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When several hours had passed and the chicks were screaming, Chup knew she had been killed. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

My face is burning—literally burning—and I think I'm going to pass out when I watch Jamie and Hiroshi shake hands. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Not a single car passed us all four blocks to the beach. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

One of the most sinister features of DDT and related chemicals is the wav they are passed on from one organism to another through all the links of the food chains. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The waiter was passing near the table where the two officers and the boy sat. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They passed book shops and music stores, hamburger restaurants and cinemas, but nowhere that looked as if it could sell you a magic wand. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Inej forced herself to look at the Menagerie as she passed. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She passed the clapper to Reed, who traced the engraving of the rising sun with his fingernail. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Days passed, and still Endurance and her crew waited in readiness. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Her own version, passed from her grandmother, and her grandmother’s grandmother—each of them a slightly different version depending on what was happening in their world at the time. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I’m sure we can pass it off as magical. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I crouched in the trees to wait for them to pass. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

When I passed carrying a wide board, Mami asked to see it. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then, about a paragraph into Heather’s reading, he gets up and grabs a lav pass from Mr. Shunk’s desk. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Nice socks, Potter,” Moody growled as he passed, his magical eye staring through Harry’s robes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

We passed iron gates and a pond of some kind. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tilted her head forward and picked up her pace, passing in front once more. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I see an exit sign at the end of the bathroom hallway and make a hard left, passing a waitress holding a tray of calamari. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

As we walked home, Mom asked us kids if we had anything nice to say about Erma now that she had passed. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

There isn’t a word passed between us till we get home. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

They turned and passed under the low forbidding arch. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He passes me a small bowl full of red sauce. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The top step seems dry enough, so I sit down and watch the clouds pass quickly in front of the moon. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The hearing was held two years before the Civil Rights Act was passed. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

The President passed his hands over his face, wiping it clear of the rain. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

But when two galaxies collide, the stars pass effortlessly by one another, like bullets through a swarm of bees, because a galaxy is made mostly of nothing and the spaces between the stars are vast. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clara’s death had to be the key to helping her pass on, but Ophie didn’t have any suspects except for the relatives who would be arriving on the morrow. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Women in black passed silently in and out of the house. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the teachers passed the George Washington Carver houses, a housing project for poor black families, people came out of their homes to encourage them. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

She watches the shadows that the passing traffic throws onto their ceiling, listens to a truck wailing in the distance like a solitary, nocturnal beast. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

So they passed into the northern marches of that land that Men once called Ithilien, a fair country of climbing woods and swift-falling streams. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Not a single one of them even looked her way as they passed, but she still ducked behind a fruit cart until they were farther down the street. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

After the sun passes zenith it is afternoon and quickly evening with a whispering dusk as long as was the morning. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the sow came down for its next pass, I threw with all my strength. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Finally, I write: I just happened to be there, x V. Less than a minute later, it’s passed back to me, but this time I don’t open it. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The elevator passed three floors with a click each time, then clicked and stopped. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

When they passed the policemen, one of them made eye contact. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He knew he was on the verge of passing out from low blood sugar. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Another car passes and stops, and a woman asks me if I need a ride, and when I lie and say my house is on the corner, she nods and keeps going. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When I passed the dry spot I saw how smooth it looked. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Against the wan walls and the luminous pavement of the road Frodo could see them, small black figures in rank upon rank, marching swiftly and silently, passing outwards in an endless stream. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The portal was barely high enough for the animals to pass through. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

I hope he felt the joy and love y’all done give us this pass year.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

January 21 then deftly passes the puck to his teammate December 20—wow! what’s he doing out there?!—who shrugs off the onrushing defender May 17 and slides a cross-crease pass back to January 21. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Except for space, it has everything a regular game has — running, passing, blocking, tackling, kicking. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama passes around dollops of mint chutney to put on top. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The woman passed a box full of candy through the doorway. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

This message of intimacy could never be translated because it was not in the words she had used but passed through them. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was there in the social worker at Harper High School who made a point of shouting out her love and appreciation for students each time she passed them in the hall. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

A river flowed from the forest to the edge of the village, passing through palm kernels into a swamp. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

If I-as-Albert in the bottom bunk were listening to Albert-snoring-as- Henry, would I know the huge wrong that had passed upon our lives? Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took her pocketknife out of her shorts and passed her baton to Raymie. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

A moment of wordless communication passed between us. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

People of my father’s generation sometimes showed off having passed through the initiation by carving scars into their foreheads and removing their lower teeth, but that tradition has almost disappeared. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A big truck passed and I couldn’t hear.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Townsfolk regularly tried to pass off halfdead or gingered up nags to us, knowing that by the time we discovered our mistakes we’d be miles and days away. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His name was Ronnie, and he’d passed by the house one day, looking for a place that might have a working phone. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

We'd passed the ball back and forth, nothing all that serious. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I was still trying to remember any time when I had ever scored a goal when Maya got another one on a long cross pass from Nita. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of them passed around a photo of Richard on a cell phone. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He swears aloud, attracting a glare from a passing woman who steps aside as he stops short on the crowded pavement. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Over chair-backs in hall they dropped their mantles and passed in to the polished tubs, where maids poured out warm baths for them, anointed them, and pulled fresh tunics, fleecy cloaks around them. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few seconds passed as we all listened to Samira’s clarinet. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

From morning to night, it’s “You’re going to pass,” “No, I’m not,” “Yes, you are,” “No, I’m not.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

‘Some time ago I began to wonder how Orcs dared to pass through my woods so freely,’ he went on. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

In any case, all minds were closed to her when that word was passed around. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

By January, six months had passed since we had filed our appeal at the Court of Criminal Appeals, and a ruling was due any week. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

On November 20 the suspect Richard Eugene Hickock had gone on a Kansas City shopping spree during which he had passed not fewer than “seven pieces of hot paper.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

They passed two hundred feet away, the ground shuddering lightly. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

And if you ask me, I think the best thing we could do to pass the time would be to sing a hymn.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

It’s the court where cases are put on the calendar for their first hearings, where plea bargains are accepted and sentences passed down. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

But I worried that if people from other countries passed as Puerto Ricans in order to cheat the government, it reflected badly on us. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

When his hysteria had passed, he got up from the floor. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Bailey hesitantly reaches out, expecting his fingers to pass through Marco’s hand as easily as they did before. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

My grandfather glowers at him as he passes. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

It passed over us in the night, dumping a foot of rain and blowing down the weak trees. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

They paddled back to Claiborne, passing a full case of bottled water bobbing in the middle of the waterway. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

As the year passed his friend seemed to grow larger in his mind, and his face looked out in a very grave and subtle way from the darkness at night. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

They passed several doors, but each was locked when Alec tried them. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

When we passed our exit, I finally said something. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

We passed roadside restaurants advertising breakfast specials and movie theaters with the show times listed on towering signs near the edge of the highway. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

A unanimous resolution was passed on the spot that the farmhouse should be preserved as a museum. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Five different kinds of overpowering cologne waged war in my sinuses as I passed the store. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I’m just passing the security checkpoint when I see the wall next to Uriah explode. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Now and then the room blurred and a slight giddiness came over him; but his muscles would flex taut and it would pass. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She had to pass by the saloon’s window twice before the station agent saw her and motioned for her to come around back. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Two farmers, each leading this year’s cow, passed each other, shouting prices. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their weapons were the tradecraft of spies—the dead drop, the brush pass, the one-time pad—and their missions almost always had the same goal: to obtain vital information about the enemy. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

As slow as the drifting wind, it passed over Torrance, where its only audience was a scattering of drowsy souls, among them the boy in his pajamas behind the house on Gramercy Avenue. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed—if all records told the same tale—then the lie passed into history and became truth. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Several of the Retrieval Squad had nearly passed out in the shuttle. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

She passes out copies and tapes one to the wall. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

A while passes until he knows I have very little else to say. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

When we got about half way to St. Michael’s, while the constables having us in charge were looking ahead, Henry inquired of me what he should do with his pass. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

“There is a secret pass here in the north, a place where I hold sway, where Hannibal once crossed when he marched against Rome.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Still, he slowed his canoe to keep a safe distance, trying to figure out a way to get to his office without passing directly by them. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I hit my head on the elephant-shaped coffee table when I experienced syncope, or a transient loss of consciousness, more commonly known as passing out. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The honor passes to George Meade, who is not even given the option but ordered to command. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I decide to head trouble off at the pass. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

At first the miles seemed to pass faster than they had on the trip into town, but for all that, Jethro began to grow tired after three hours or so had gone by. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

"He feasts every night in a different castle, and holds court at every crossroads he passes." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When Gullah people die, babies in the family are passed over the coffin so the dead person won’t come back from the beyond to take them away. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Curfew was ringing as they turned up Creed Lane to Ludgate Hill, and only because the guard knew Brother Luke’s habit were they allowed to pass through the city gate. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

The full tale is stated to have been written by Barahir, grandson of the Steward Faramir, some time after the passing of the King. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

When Ben looked up, the wagon was passing between a dozen beehives, six on either side of the road. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sam passed his hand over his eyes, brushing away the tears. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Many seconds had passed, and it was no longer plausible to be staring fixedly at the sheet of paper. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

As she is about to pass me, she stops suddenly. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Even if she had been concerned, there were reverberations of Calvinism strong within her, which would have protested vigorously against the vanity of regret for a passing beauty. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jefferson mentioned in passing “the political heresies” of Davila, which everyone knew to be written by Adams. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Each time Joanna passed, her cheeks got pinker, her head went higher and her skirt flipped behind her more defiantly. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the day passed and the sun began to go down, Mwari became tired. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is not difficult to locate his destination, as several townspeople are walking in the same direction, and once they pass out of town and into the fields, the circus cannot be missed. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“The rest of me too, I think. It comes in waves. I feel like I’ll pass out, and then the feeling passes.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a while they felt faintly the sense of stifling which they had noticed when they first ventured into Fangorn, but it soon passed. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

A woman passes by with her packages, and Sala’s breath comes fast. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The poison may also be passed on from mother to offspring. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Then I would have no need for a pass or a job. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was walking under the bridge as a train passed overhead. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

And then added, “Can you pass the meat loaf?” I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“I lost sight of it after that truck passed him,” I said. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Gary Edwards scored the go-ahead touchdown, intercepted a pass to squelch a Plano East comeback, and then scored again. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tad banged on Sam’s door again as he passed by. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Maybe we could hide in the debris and the chaos around us, and with so much noise and distraction everywhere, the hollows would pass us by. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Tired, irritable, he walked down Fifteenth Street, glancing up as he passed one of his other houses, its silhouette melting in the light that trembled between dusk and twilight. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The news hasn't passed, it has only heated up. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

With a grunt, he stepped aside and allowed us to pass through the open door. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Two hours have passed since we pulled into the station. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He had been walking down the hall from the bathroom into his bedroom and passed the open door of our room. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing this scheme lacked was democracy, for ultimately power resided exclusively in the “executive branch,” which could veto any measures passed by the “legislature.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

In those waters was that most perilous strait guarded by Scylla and Charybdis, which the Argonauts had succeeded in passing only because Thetis helped them and where Ulysses had lost six of his men. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

That much had come to pass, but there was a piece missing, the most important piece: to hold Sarai in his arms. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

In Chiapas, do not take buses, which must pass through nine permanent immigration checkpoints. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Rowan did as he was told and Scythe Rand passed the tweaker all over his body like some sort of magic wand. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

His pistol smokes, and he takes a long drink from his flask and passes it to Werner, and Werner puts it to his lips. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

As we hurried passed the entrance of an alley, a voice from the darkness said, “Hey, you.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

A green bus half full of Mexicans passed them next. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Her face was like a snow-covered island upon which rain might fall; but it felt no rain; over which clouds might pass their moving shadows, but she felt no shadow. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old systems of exploitation and oppression are passing away, and out of the womb of a frail world new systems of justice and equality are being born.... While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

As the figure drew closer, passing through the glow of the streetlights, the policeman could see it was a husky teenaged boy. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It meant they’d likely have to pass every boat on the river on their way to the finish line, but at the very least they’d still be rowing hard at the end. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The Independence seemed to have passed over our village, just as the plague did on that long ago night in Egypt, sparing those who had the right symbol marked over their doorsills. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Appointed Muslim Sisters quickly passed small trays from which everyone took a thin, round patty of peppermint candy. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over an hour passed before the rescuers arrived, bearing lanterns and shovels and axes to pry bodies from the cars. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Odd, he thought, I’ve never seen any of these boys, yet I must have passed them in the halls dozens of times. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They passed out of sight, and then a rope ladder unfurled from the ledge, unwinding all the way to the base of the cliff. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Their boards barely a hand’s breadth above the housetops, the patterns of shingles passed underneath hypnotically. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

We passed over the bridge at the Calawah River, the road winding northward, the houses flashing past us growing farther apart, getting bigger. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Can someone pass out and still remain standing? Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I wondered the same thing. Were you the only one who passed, then?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

If Izzi knows of an entrance, I still have time to see it for myself and head back here to pass along the information. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Joey walked in and handed Ms. Pollard a pass. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Diamond Joe passed me at the human equivalent of a full gallop. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

When the fit passed, he sat motionless for a moment, then opened his eyes. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lying about incarcerated family members is another common coping strategy—a form of passing. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

While both organizations advocated for voting rights for women, the National favored a federal amendment, while the American worked to pass women’s voting rights at the state level, state by state. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

To our immediate right was the door through which visitors entered after presenting I.D., checking their belongings, and passing through a metal detector. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Otherwise he might have to pass it to Cecilia in company, watched perhaps by her mother who had been rather cool toward him since he came down. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I could pass my life here,” said he to me; “and among these mountains I should scarcely regret Switzerland and the Rhine.” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

We passed a crossroads and crossed a bridge over a stream. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Dad serves me a waffle and passes my plate down. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Naomi couldn’t hear what Tommie was saying, but before long the monitor was writing out a pass. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The horses continue circling, with the white horses passing the black horses and then the black horses passing the white horses, with the end result always being alternating colors. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She passes hers to me and whispers something, but I can’t understand it and I’m not in the right frame of mind to try. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I felt some sadness for the king's passing, but even greater pity for Gertrude, bowed by the weight of her loss. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

After that, the days passed more quickly, and with a lot more noise. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The people around you are growing restless from waiting, a sea of shuffling feet, murmuring about abandoning the endeavor in search of someplace warmer to pass the evening. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Later that day, passing Hannah in the halls, I took a look back as she walked by. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

She passed it on to her son Petras, who passed it on to his two daughters, who passed it on to three of their five children, and so on and so on. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The crowd is screaming the traditional chant when someone is getting passed—Woooop! Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. She was drunk. She passed out. I. ... I took her there.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Some time passed before I felt tranquil even here: I had a vague dread that wild cattle might be near, or that some sportsman or poacher might discover me. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

A day and a half had passed since she had eaten. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

In their world, the Twelve Towns, a child’s name was a prophecy, passed down from a grandmother or the Town Gran, their leader. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

But the look that passed between them said: “Is it true or isn’t it? About Mr. Wigg. Is Mary Poppins right or are we?” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Ess stared up at her very seriously, as if considering this important lesson, and Jinny found herself thinking that this probably wasn’t the sort of advice Elders were supposed to pass on. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The field work remained the same, but the time passed differently. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What position do you play?” he asked her when they passed each other on the street. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

We passed through rich farmland on the final day of our journey to Jenn, the town where our finishing school was located. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then it all came to pass as Wang Lung had foreseen. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Years passed and his puppy breath came as fast as ever in Hagar’s presence. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they felt like walking around the halls without the required hall pass, they walked around the halls without the required pass. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every point they passed was a landmark; every block contained memories. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we passed the fields, people paused in their work to look at us. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Her mother passed away from a long and gruesome illness. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Miss Watson seemed to read my mind, and I breathed a sigh of relief when she nodded and handed me the hall pass without a word. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She still keeps a journal and feels honored to be passing the baton. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Cora’s grandmother was sold a few times on the trek to the fort, passed between slavers for cowrie shells and glass beads. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

They passed a glass box of broken puppets, and an overgrown golden music box in a glass case. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

We passed through a small downtown area and then pulled up to a concrete building that looked like a block-long post office. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lost track of time, but a while after the sun had passed top a man came walking and we exchanged good afternoons. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She spread the mixture onto two slices of Wonder bread, then rolled each slice into a cylinder and passed them to us. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It took a minute or two to pass. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Wheels of white cheese were set at every table, above and below the salt, and flagons of hot spice wine and chilled autumn ale were passed up and down the tables. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But now every stream she passed was ruined. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

I look close as we pass by shelves of books and big wooden tables and people sitting in chairs with round backs. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

August passed around a paper bag full of manna, and we scooped up handfuls and threw the seeds into the hole with the coffin, and my ears were filled with nothing but bee hum. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good. I really hope this is the last time I see you in here, Isaiah,” Mr. Tobin says, writing my pass to the Reflection Room. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I look down most of the time, but Mr. Ram looks up, waving at people as we pass. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

When Toño calls we dash to the little store, then pass the owner’s cell phone around, all the family, and we talk fast fast as if to whoosh out everything to Toño in one breath. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Even the air seemed lush and thick here, like velvet, swallowing up the click-click of ladies’ heels and the chatter of men in suits, so that they passed as silently as gliding ships. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We passed farms and villages, lone dogs crying out at our vast column. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

It seemed to him that he had passed through the doorway: yet he stood outside on the pavement where he had stood before. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

And what has happened before a few years have passed? The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

And so it came to pass, in the Eden of our mother’s womb, I was cannibalized by my sister. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

For even as the revolutionaries in France passed humane laws, they began using the guillotine to execute their own lords and nobles. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

She pushed aside the cloth sitting on top of a basket of roasted ears of corn and passed him some. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

They passed along and up the street toward the bull-ring and behind them came more men running faster, and then some stragglers who were really running. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

This is the country over which the three travelers passed, and it was in the fall that they traveled, in the days of Indian summer. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

As each minute passes he looks more like a boy than a man, although when he speaks, his voice is not a boy’s at all. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“You think your dad is giving you a pass?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It was only the warm-ups and I could see him dragging his feet, not chasing anything or anyone anywhere—just standing around and waiting for someone to pass him the ball. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A full minute passed without either of us saying a word. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He passed directly in front of me on his way to the right. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Do not approach or walk near a white person unless invited to do so, and if a white person walks directly toward you, always stand far back or move aside and let them pass. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She knelt by Ultima’s path and touched the hem of her dress as she passed by. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The one who used to bring a box of hard candies on Wednesdays and pass them out to us, one by one, as we left. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The mare walked quietly from the yard, as if she was trying very hard to be sneaky, and began a gentle trot as they passed the Corderos’ farmhouse. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Outside of White Sulphur Springs, the land is all hilly green, and she passes farms and tractors trundling up dirt roads. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It had passed dean through her body, harmlessly. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Days pass and he doesn’t say anything more about it. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hadley held the envelope for a moment, then passed it to Shady. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Not ten minutes into the game, a Lightning player settled a pass on the wing and sprinted down the line past Kanue and into open space. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The five guys on the class basketball team, including my friend Eric, took the test for Stuyvesant, and we all passed. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I go up the steps and pass a couple coming down the steps and say hi, and they half-smile. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I was sure my son had managed to escape abroad by crossing some border pass or had taken refuge in some embassy, on the assumption that he was being looked for. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many of the houses looked empty as they passed, going down alleys so narrow that Meggie felt they could close in on her. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

To be passed from one owner to another like a cow? Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

A cloud passes over the moon, and the light shifts across my hands. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Other men were handing whiskey bottles through a shattered window and passing them around. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She passed barge after barge from the US Navy, all packed with refugees. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Ikwa started to follow me, but he passed too near a tree on his blind side and smacked into it. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

There was no way to pass from the Street of the Masons into the alley behind it except to pass through one of the houses, or else go far around by the next cross street. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The chatter among her fellow nursing students was that a thin envelope meant you passed; a thick one, presumably filled with the things you got wrong, meant you failed. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

As we left the markets with our sandals and some fabric Mama had bought, we saw a small crowd gathered around the vegetable stalls we had passed earlier, the ones lining the road. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I opened my eyes, and she passed me the collection basket. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were passing Madison Square Park when Annabeth said, “Pull over.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He imagines the person consulting the same schedule that’s in his backpack, determining exactly when the train would be passing through. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The last person they passed was a sturdy old gaffer clipping a hedge. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He could stage a little trial of his own, pass sentence, and mete it out, too. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Once she passed this danger, the end was in sight and she could reach it before darkness. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

As I pass the newsstand, I glimpse the magazine covers. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The days passed, and Ivy’s heart welled with sorrow until not a crumb of hope was to be found in Poppy Cottage. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The curve, however, was no sooner rounded than Jethro discovered that the vague dread he had experienced in passing the cabin had now become a reality. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let me go, and I will tell you a tale passing strange.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

As they passed the cigarette store, Father began to sing. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

But I thought it was more important that we see each other than to resist the petty machinations of the authorities, and Winnie consented to carry a pass. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pretended to pass it in my direction and then he took off, right to the basket. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Well, he must be smart if he passed all the tests to get in here.” Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

At first, some effort was needed, and he had to make many passes; but now, she seems to yield at once, as if by habit, and scarcely any action is needed. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Far within he could hear faintly the voices of orcs clamouring, but soon they stopped or passed out of hearing, and all was still. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

But my mother was loath to pass up even the flimsiest excuse for a celebration—she once invited friends over for our cockatiel’s birthday—in part because she loved to show off our house. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

To enforce the Eighteenth Amendment, the Volstead Act—named for the congressman who introduced it—was passed on October 28, 1919. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

They clammed up and stood aside as Tally passed, as if she were contagious. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Later, they passed colorful handkerchiefs over Felicia’s body, all the while grieving in low voices to purify her corpse. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another ray passed, and Justin reached in so fast that he splashed water all over Sarah Johnston, the new girl, who was standing next to him. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

When I finally took the exam for my driver’s license, I got a hundred percent on the written section but barely passed the driving test. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The dormitories we passed were massive and almost anonymous behind their thick layers of ivy, big, old-looking leaves you would have thought stayed there winter and summer, permanent hanging gardens in New Hampshire. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Calder opened his mouth when the 5:38 train went by, rattling the windows, making the floorboards bounce, and filling the kitchen with the whoosh-whoosh of passing steel. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Generally he was one of these worn-out men: when he wasn't working he sat on a chair in the doorway and stared at the people and the cars that passed along the road. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

And he strode off, leaving Harry to take a sandwich from a passing waiter and make his way around the edge of the crowded dance floor. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

As the word ‘brotherly’ passed through his mind in one of his reveries, he smiled, and glanced up at the picture of Mozart that was before him... Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I carried the letter in my teeth until I was back in the house so I could pass the heavy mussel pail back and forth between my hands. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

It was hard to believe that it was almost December again, that almost a year had passed since he had become a Twelve. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

They passed two tattooed girls—one with a shaved head—strolling and holding hands. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He held her gaze, and she could feel some of his steadiness pass into her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I take a small handful of berries and pass the howl to Christina. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I count the rows of trees as I pass them. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Silently, one by one, they came up the hill, passed through the wire, and drifted in a loose file across the compound. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was now in Standard One, having passed Sub-standard B at the top of my class. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She refolded the letter into its envelope, and a dark cloud seemed to pass over her. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

‘I am not going to do anything. Just let me pass through, will you!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Most Europeans who escaped fatal infections also escaped other potential causes of death and proceeded to pass on their genes. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I hand my late pass to Mr. Minelli, then sit down in my seat across from Joe and get ready to dirty my hands with charcoal. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

As they passed the roses she wondered if there really was anything she wanted to tell him. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He was lonely still, but it was only a mist, a weather front that passed through him when he was alone, a feeling of having turned too permeable. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Elinor opened her window and passed a bottle of water around. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

And a name passed from the lips of each man to the next, written in small white puffs of breath. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Not this much snow. And it’s even deeper in the mountains. The passes are all closed. No one is going anywhere.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

They passed three closed restaurants before they found one open. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My mama brought me,” Tess said, passing the scale to Genie. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

As they passed, I shrank back, listening as the tramp and shouts grew fainter. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

"The age of heroes has long passed. This is a time of monsters and monstrous deeds." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I hurried out of the kitchen and passed into our living room, balancing the plates. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

After they had passed the passages and stairs they felt the cool morning air, fresh and sweet, about them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

So I took off the shoes and threw them in the first garbage can I passed. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Privately, before try-outs began, I had slipped backstage and taught Stage-Annie how to palm a treat and pass it off so that no one in the audience could see. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

It had been spreading quietly along the Kinshasa Highway, a transcontinental road that wanders across Africa from east to west and passes along the shores of Lake Victoria within sight of Mount Elgon. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found Jill, who was still at it, passing out flyers with info about the protest. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Seven waited for the circle above the Spare coven to do the same, but as the seconds and then minutes passed, nothing happened. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

During the 1988-89 school year, Odessa High also had a greater percentage of students than Permian pass the state- mandated test in math and English that was required for a diploma. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I can see the road where it comes over Burden Hill, and almost to where it disappears again through the pass—about four miles altogether. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

When Mr. Fabian passes back the place values test, my mood lifts when I see 100% at the top of mine. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Huckaby wore a pleasant smile as she explained to Minnijean that the day to register for the tryouts had long since passed, and they couldn’t violate the rules for her. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Judging by their worried looks, and by the continued pounding of his scar, his sudden excursion into Voldemort’s mind had not passed unnoticed. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“The old story. A sailor passing by the coast of Ephesos heard a voice crying from the shore, ‘Tell them the great god Pan is dead.’” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The Office/Camp Shop was the sturdiest of the structures we had passed so far, built in a more permanent style than the smaller log cabins with their dark green doors. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Was the reason why Zero chose to keep messing with levels in Warcross because he has been passing information to his followers this way? Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We passed the black, twisted skeletons of streetcars. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Grass and tree roots would grow up around it as the months and years passed, until it would seem as if it had always been there. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt like an hour had passed since they had left the mobile home when the water monster came to a stop. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It had grazed the skin of my shoulder as it passed through my clothes, and the cut burned. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Some looked at us briefly as we passed by, but apparently we were not a particularly unusual sight. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was never late or absent and she asked nothing more than to pass at least two of her courses. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a long time had passed, he said, "What else did she use to say?" Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

“Basically, I cut off the oxygen supply until he passes out. Everything turns fuzzy and white. It’s like being stoned, but you’re only out for a few seconds.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Black folks who were already inside beamed with joy as she passed them. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He says the name Pol Pot is passing through many lips in the rice fields and village. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t say a whole lot to anyone—mostly just gazes out the window at the passing landscape—but the handful of times she and Scoob make eye contact, she smiles at him. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Always in the company of male guardians who stare us down as we pass, the women whisper like black ghosts through the crumbling streets, vanishing suddenly and silently into ruined buildings. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Especially since everyone in costume gets a special pass to eat lunch on the front lawn. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

At times by night, as they cowered or drowsed uneasily in some hiding beside the road, they heard cries and the noise of many feet or the swift passing of some cruelly ridden steed. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

At once the western Hobbits fell in love with their new land, and they remained there, and soon passed once more out of the history of Men and of Elves. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

We passed by La Guardia Airport, with the jets soaring above our heads and the hot breath of their engines rolling down over us. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Similarly, chemicals sprayed on croplands or forests or gardens lie long in soil, entering into living organisms, passing from one to another in a chain of poisoning and death. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

So grand was the procession, it needed two hours to pass any one point. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I was still awake when we came through a shallow mountain pass and the sun, behind us now, reflected off the tiled rooftops of the Valley of the Sun. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Hours pass and still she makes no move and when I know it’s well past school time I start the fire for the kettle. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

This half-and-half companionship could not fully content her; still she was happy and the time passed swiftly. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within the famous Mies van der Rohe building, I passed by the famous silk-screened faces of the famous pop artist. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I looked for a taxi but none was passing. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

As it is, they let pass a diffuse, smog-colored glow, which crosses about fifteen feet of open space on each side before it reaches the metal, which it does not warm. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They just happened to pass through a town the day before a tornado came through and ripped the town to shreds. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Unless the prosecutor is going to pass out glossaries to the jury, I want her to use standard English. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

We pass a crumbling brick mailbox and turn down a drive lined on both sides by massive trees without leaves. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was just that the boys back home had watched me pass ■M* 54 slowly through all the awkward phases of adolescence and still thought of me that way. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

"Ho, Bluetooth," she shouted to a passing seafarer, a tall man in bearskin vest and raven-winged helm. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He no longer talked to the children though; a phase of innocence had passed, which would never be recaptured. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

They heard his steps come toward the sculpture, but instead of passing by, they stopped and there was a long silence. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

When I get in, pass me your Artifact. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Not more than an hour after the Gypsies passed through town, I saw Lightfoot walking the railroad tracks towards Mill Town. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

"Some of the stuff we saved up this week. It'll make for a nice celebration once they pass the inspection." Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

As soon as he passes through, he feels as though he has walked into a dream. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She pointed down at a giant road-train passing below, the only light coming from it a dim red flicker from underneath, the navigation laser reading the bar codes painted onto the road. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Matthew tugged her ponytail as he passed by and headed down the stairs. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The days, in spite of all that went on in Room 5, dragged, but the nights passed more quickly. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

As Alex watched his dog chase the stick again, a fleeting thought briefly darkened his mood, like a cloud passing over the sun. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I drive for what feels like hours, passing fields of white. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

As Ben fed him passes from under the basket, Bull made eight out of twelve set shots, moving in a semicircle outside the scratched-out foul line. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was three o’clock; the church bell tolled as I passed under the belfry: the charm of the hour lay in its approaching dimness, in the low-gliding and pale-beaming sun. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

As the years passed and the town developed, a quick solution to the water and mud problem was needed. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

The years had passed, and now her husband was on trial for the murder of a man at sea. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I was closest to the window on the five-hour drive, so I could make out slivers of the passing landscape whenever the rain let up for a bit. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

This was due, no doubt, to the fact that though I motored further and further from the house, I continued to find myself in surroundings with which I had at least a passing acquaintance. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

She opened her briefcase with one hand and passed a small bottle back to Stanley. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

To pass the time, I decided to recite poetry. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mother thought she saw thee pass. She sent me to fetch thee for supper and to stay the night if thee will.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

A long grueling minute passed before the pain eased and he dared allow a shallow breath to seep past his lips. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Later when I passed him he called me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Entire lifetimes revolved before him while he stood there, dimly aware of the passing minutes, his breath fanning against the glass. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

A very few days had passed after this adventure, when Harriet came one morning to Emma with a small parcel in her hand, and after sitting down and hesitating, thus began: Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

I was just about ready to pass out from the anxiety when Barack came trotting up the stairs, wearing his big old confident grin. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He would hold his nose and stop up his ears when she passed by the house. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Every time they had passed in the hall, she had tensed visibly, wrinkling her nose as though he’d carried a terrible stench with him. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

But a decade had passed, and Darwin had never published the promised book on the genesis of “variability in organic beings.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Cabs honked and the sidewalks were thronged with more people than pass through Caldwell in a year. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet the day was so warm it could have passed for summer. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The senator’s wife paused, letting a delicate beat pass. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

April passed, then came May, the month of Mary. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly the pieces came together in his mind, the giant golden snake that had just passed, the countenance he had seen carved in stone a thousand times inside the Temple of Lkossa. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I almost passed out, and I wasn't the only one. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I bought it, and as she handed me my change I mentioned to her the thought that if the women in Shenandoah had survived they would be passing through about now. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

They passed an all-night hair salon and then a fancy new bakery with dainty cupcakes stenciled on the window. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Peck smiles at Mrs. Malloy and it feels like they just passed a secret to each other. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

We passed the bull-ring, high and white and concrete-looking in the sun, and then came into the big square by a side street and stopped in front of the Hotel Montoya. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

And yet he concludes, clearly infatuated himself, “Know that not an hour passes without me thinking of you and hoping to hear from you. Times goes by so slowly when you’re waiting.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The rest of the long ride passed swiftly as he filled her pretty head with tales of Winterfell and war. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He gave her passes to visit the Parker plantation every New Year’s Day feast; Felice’s sister was a washwoman there. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I grabbed my shoes and the rest of my clothes and boarding pass in a bundle under one arm and walked out from behind the screen. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

There were some giggles, but I decided to let it pass. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Even though strangers glance at us as they pass, I hold him tight. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, here’s your keys,” said the officer, passing to me two of the four heavy rings on his belt. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A month passed with no letter from Martin. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Eleanor pulled Park against the garage until the headlights had passed. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Cabot made his way down the gravel road slowly, and after passing two houses on the right, realized that he’d forgotten to ask the grocery store kid which house belonged to Cullen Witter. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He passed away quietly in the night a short time later. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He passed his hand over Percy’s arm and shouted: “Percy Jackson, son of Neptune, first year of service!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She was glancing at the women’s clothes, passing time. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Afterward we passed through the Landes and watched the sun set. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I held the cup in my hands, looking at the familiar buildings passing by. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fore of the ship passed into the sun, enveloped in clouds of light. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

What if he was only passing through, just being polite? Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

They fought the older boys for loose balls, made crisp passes, and managed one run after another against the Fifteens’ goal. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

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

He worked to dispel his doubts about his friend as though to pass another test, like his ordeal in the park. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The government subsequently passed a law that made it an offense punishable by fine or imprisonment to offer unauthorized education. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later.—After lunch Harker and his wife went back to their own room, and as I passed a while ago I heard the click of the typewriter. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Pod galloped beside him, slashing down at every foe they passed. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She had confused him with her son again, because the hot wind that came after the deluge and had brought occasional waves of lucidity to Úrsula's brain had passed. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I walked past Rosie’s house, turned, and passed in front of the Longhorn Saloon. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Archer passed her his discarded clothing, which she uselessly tried to press back into his hands. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Some more discreet negotiations passed between the mothers. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Still, I’m grateful for even the passing sensation. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He used all the bad words he could think of in a fit of temper that passed into yawning. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

A few friendly folks from our community waved as we passed by. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And to pass the hours on line, Bodega tales began winding around the avenue. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

And in this way, the years passed: a lonely workshop; solid, beautiful things; customers who praised his work but winced at the sight of his face. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Because the migrants try to fool authorities and pass themselves off as Mexican, they carry no identification. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

We fill the basket and pass it around, taking deep gulps and, later, luxuriously, splashing our faces clean. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

A momentary hush passed over the group of people round the chairs as they saw the black overalls of an Inner Party member approaching. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Ophie was thankful once more that her daddy had passed on. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He began to sit out there all day and part of the night, and finally he took a potshot at an innocent truck that was just passing by. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shackleton had estimated a rate of travel that would put him on the continent by the end of December, but by Christmas they still hadn’t passed the Antarctic Circle. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

He only took the backstreets, and the more houses we passed, the more I realized that this reminded me of where I lived. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

We just sat, waiting for the German Army to pass. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I’m from Oaxaca,” Enrique says in the accent he learned as he passed through. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Sonny had passed out on the couch, and Hollis' date was slumped over the mop sink. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only by word of mouth, from mind to mind, could they pass on the secret. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

At the office, I pick up my late-arrival pass before going to English class. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Having passed inspection, the sheet was then cut to shape. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whispering stopped when Joanna came by and started up when she had passed. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the family of swimmers passed us, the dad told his kids: “We are on a cruise. We are having fun.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

When I peer inside, some part of me expects to see Poe sitting in there, looking up at me as I pass by, like this was all a horrible dream. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

There is more than one account of how that came to pass. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

With twelve years having passed, he figured that as long as he stayed away from the United States, he’d be safe. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I approached her when she entered the movie house and she handed me her pass without a word. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It was the cotton that passed through our chained hands that inaugurated this age. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He passed through the two very thick sliding glass doors that stopped the wild sounds of the Electronic Learning Center from leaking out into the rest of the building. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Groaning, I lay down again and waited for the nausea to pass. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She said that the breath of God was his breath yet though it pass from man to man through all of time. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

She passes me the plate of baklava, and I help myself to a big piece. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

As they passed beneath the portcullis, he noted the heads mounted atop die walls. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The idea is for the freezing return air from the regulator to pass through the water as a bunch of little bubbles. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He passed, and I went on; a few steps, and I turned: a sliding sound and an exclamation of “What the deuce is to do now?” and a clattering tumble, arrested my attention. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“What is written always comes to pass,” she whispered. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

They moved in a crouch, hunched low under the window frames of the businesses they passed. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Regret was the last thing we saw in each other’s eyes before we all passed out. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

After a long while had passed, Dr. Vernon said, "You can go now, Lafayette." Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

“For some reason Ms. Rucker thinks us passing notes in math is a bad thing, and I really need to catch up with her.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I wonder if, once the shock passed, he whooped and danced at the thought of me. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Then they passed a massive red crypt decorated with human skulls on iron spikes. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Go away, he prayed, go away, pass me by, please, please. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They exited Cathair through the North Gate, passing a short line of travelers waiting to be admitted into the city. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

In a few days the dark brigade will have passed on through—those ants can’t stop moving. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A week has already passed; we only have fourteen more days till we’re toads,” Valley said. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Six weeks passed and the Russians hadn't responded. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, passed by Congress as part of the War on Drugs, called for strict lease enforcement and eviction of public housing tenants who engage in criminal activity. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

If she was able to pass the entrance or regents’ examination, she would be permitted to enroll regardless of high school credits. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The flat trolleys with the rubber wheels pass continually along the corridor, and always with someone stretched at full length upon them. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pilar My mother and I pass billboards advertising the revolution as if it were a new brand of cigarette. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

So she would stop and point out that the front door of the house we were passing was blue. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

He had had the best game of his life—seven for nine passing for 194 yards and four touchdowns. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn and see that he slows down when he passes Joe and Kelsey, who are standing a few people behind me in line, talking to each other. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

The next time I pass through the atrium, on the way to lunch, the wall has been repainted. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Pax thought back to the vehicles that had passed the day before, the ones that smelled like his boy’s father’s new clothing. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Green shirt, sandy hair. The one nearest to me by the fireplace. Give him something to make him sleep. He’s already been drinking. No one will think twice if he happens to pass out.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When I felt a great shadow pass over me, I looked up. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘My father is Janus, the god of two faces. I am used to seeing through masks and deceptions. Do you know, Iros, why we are so sure the demigods will not pass our island undetected?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She fumbles with the remote for a minute before passing it to me to pause. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

A day never passed when spies and saboteurs acting under his directions were not unmasked by the Thought Police. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

And that the last time we had passed it, it had been green. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

The heaviest part of the storm passed eventually, but I have no idea when. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Look at them all. There’s a fortune in this. I wish one of us was big enough to pass the hat.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went further out in the lake to pass it. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

They drop their weapons without question and let me pass. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Mostly my father played quarterback while Bridget and I went out for passes. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

A dreadful fear passed coldly over Jo, as she thought, “Beth is dead, and Meg is afraid to tell me.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I pass, I watch him out of the comer of my eye. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the old Korean tradition, my presence in the kitchen was unwelcome unless I was actually eating, or passing through the room. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

For months I imagined whoever had attacked the Islamic Center living among us and was afraid of passing them on the street or at the grocery store. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Thatcher drew a picture of Cassie with watermelon-sized breasts and passed it around the class. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Taking his leave, he returned to the walls, and passed round all their circuit, enheartening the men, and lending aid wherever the assault was hot. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Nabila was dusting the chandelier with a long brush and shot me one of her hateful glances as I passed. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

When she woke up and remembered everything all over again, a fresh jolt passed through her being. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The great tactician, lifting up his eyes, cried: “Zeus aloft! A blessing on Telemakhos! Let all things come to pass as he desires!” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

As do black people toasting their cognac and German beers, passing their blunts and debating MCs. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

As they passed between them, the press of men grew thicker, the sounds louder. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Aibileen doesn’t cry, just lets a parcel of time pass while I stare at the typewriter, she at the worn black tiles. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He became acutely aware of the air passing into and out of his lungs. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

After ten minutes passed he punched the locker door and left. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He had to know how this horror had come to pass and Amphitryon told him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Actually, she didn’t care one bit that I wanted to move out; she just couldn’t pass up a chance to give me a hard time. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He barely gives me a nod when he passes. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

But every so often I look at Tobias, and he looks back at me, like we’re passing fear back and forth between us. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Randall had passed many years before, and it was Alice’s thought that a woman would be a civilizing presence on the plantation. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

As he started down the stairs he saw a white man carrying a large paper sack and he drew close to the banisters so that they could pass each other. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

As they passed the two-and-a-half-mile mark it was essentially the same story. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He said, “You will attack up at Emmitsburg Road, up Cemetary Ridge, passing in front of the Rocky Hill. Your objective will be to get in the rear of the Union Army.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some unspoken communication passed between them, and in a few moments my father took his coat off again and sent me back to bed. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

We live in societies that mass-produce facts: packages are marked with weights, road signs tell you distances and, in some countries, the populations of the towns you are passing through. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Just as he was passing me I heard him stop. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her temper had not diminished with the passing of time, and when a passionate nature is not eased with moments of compassion, melodrama is likely to take the stage. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

People still used CDs back then, so he made copies and passed them out around the neighborhood. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Marie passed away in her sleep three days after her hundredth birthday. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She looked like she was about to pass out from exhaustion, but she managed a smile. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Someone would get hurt, because Tariq wouldn’t be able to let it pass. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

And Eurynome her housekeeper, put in: “He and no other? If all we pray for came to pass, not one would live till dawn!” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They'd kept the faith through the five years that had passed since Walter was first arrested, and now they had cause to feel energized and encouraged. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It was true; the time had passed quickly. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The only movement within the circus is the clock that ticks by the passing minutes, if such a wonder of sculpture can even be called a clock. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It would move in a straight fine until Matt told it to go right or left, and it wouldn’t pass the boundary implanted in its brain. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She nodded at Trashman, who was waving at a passing bus. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay,” he said, but I could feel him pushing my back as we passed the boy, ushering Maribel and me into the gas station with a certain urgency. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

It took their combined efforts to push the doors open a few feet and to allow Vikus to pass. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

As we came up the ladder, walking across the grass under the trees, we passed the big, gray painted cages with the bulls in them. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Come on, Luna,” Dean called as he passed, holding out his free hand; she took it and followed him back up the stairs. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

And just beyond them were villages crowded cheek by jowl—“there was one day when we passed more than twenty.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Mack said, “Jesus, that’s pretty. Reminds me of a dame—” and he let it pass. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men nodded, and he knew he had passed a test. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Whoever was posted at the little window would call out when we passed markers or signs. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Sticky had the same idea, immediately passing the licorice on to Constance. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Our line stretched out so far between the first boy and the last that it took two days for everyone to pass the same spot. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Under the auspices of the man I had boarded the bus with, I was able to pass some of the roadblocks for free. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I thought I might be able to exist there without touching anything, but then hours passed and it turned out I was wrong. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The letter was a kind of voucher, a pass that would admit him back into the family. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Glancing at his watch, he sees that not even an hour has passed. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now if you would kindly allow me to pass.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

The world they were passing outside already looked unfamiliar—unfamiliar houses, unfamiliar roads, unfamiliar fields, even the trees and the sky looked unfamiliar—but Meggie was used to that. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Men passed on their way to work, looked at the window from behind which the screams were coming and then looked at Johnny huddled on the stoop and a somber look came over their faces. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, a shiver passed over her, and she forced herself to concentrate on the soothing sound of the waves coming in, going out. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

We passed the brush of an island above the water. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

In the hundred meters Webb was out fast again, and again I passed him halfway. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

He had been meant to meet her on the beach as a child and then to pass his life with her. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He pointed up, and Matt saw a hovercraft pass overhead. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The driver nodded sedately to us as we passed. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Rogers held the door open for them to pass in, then shut it from the outside. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

He passed her envelopes containing reports on everything British scientists knew about atomic bomb physics, and she radioed the material to Moscow. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

We walk through the dawn, passing crops and meadows of wildflowers. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The bombers pass through the clouds of black smoke. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The living room sat empty, with a big ghost of furniture crowded in the middle, and whenever I passed by, I imagined the severed television huddled somewhere in the scrum. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She tried to make time pass by drawing an elephant in one stroke, the way Jalil had shown her, over and over. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Julian moved out of the way quickly, like he was afraid I might accidentally touch him as I passed by him. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

To his dwindling number of confreres, McCandless appeared to grow more intense with each passing month. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt a strange sense of having passed a test, graduated to a new level of maturity. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

And no matter how hard she fought it, Delphine’s death had left her feeling raw and lonely, especially when she passed the spot each day where her sister had always waited for her after school. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

"He was unprotected. But here . . . this Storm's End is an old place. There are spells woven into the stones. Dark walls that no shadow can pass—ancient, forgotten, yet still in place." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Maybe other pirogues were passing us, but they had no lights and made no sound I could hear over the wave-slaps of the river. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I force myself to take a deep breath so I won’t pass out. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I nodded as I passed him, refilling drinks on the way. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“Will you have a spray of jessamine?” he asked, breaking off a few blossoms as he passed. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

They pass around a corner, little velvet cape trailing behind, and are gone. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

But this couldn’t last—there was no way to stop other people copying the instrument and no way to prevent those who knew how to use it passing on their knowledge. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Leo’s brethren from Cabin Nine hurried around, fitting everyone with armor and passing out weapons. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

On an early run, Mandela set up Muamer, the new, mustachioed Bosnian forward, with a touch pass off the back of his foot, but Muamer missed the shot. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

His anger passed and fear took its place. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Her Majesty’s forces in the New World passed a restful night.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was upset over a Negro man named Mr. Raines, who was killed by a shotgun from a passing car in Georgia. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without Congress to pass laws and appropriate money, the workings of the federal government would eventually come to a grinding halt. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

James and Maddie were both still into the challenge, but Emily figured it was more for the pride of winning their bet than for the homework passes at this point. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

As soon as the Argo II had passed into the straits, Arion broke off his harassment. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The toads pranced and twirled and shimmied to the finish line where, with one final croak and sidestep, Bob passed the red ribbon, victorious. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

A moment later, my right arm is twisted behind my back, my feet hang over the edge of the open door, and I’m facing a line of trees that passes altogether too quickly. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

One morning as I passed the sizzling stove I thought I heard Tillie cough and spit. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I go back in the house, pass Mother at the kitchen table drinking warm milk. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

A few miles farther down the road, the bus that had passed us with such alarm had stopped. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

We passed beds of flowers while I tried to teach Char a few of the words he’d just heard. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

And what accounts for the failure of Aboriginal Australians to pass beyond the stage of hunter-gatherers with stone tools? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

A plane passing overhead set his bone marrow to quiver. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emma’s first resolution was to keep her father from the knowledge of what had passed,—aware of the anxiety and alarm it would occasion: but she soon felt that concealment must be impossible. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

At first I looked among all the boats we passed for a new junk that might be mine, but after a while I decided it didn’t matter. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He loathed the flash of recognition that usually passed across people’s faces when they learned his name. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Department 11 is a way station, a courtroom you pass through on your way to someplace else. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Every night hundreds of planes pass over Holland on their way to German cities, to sow their bombs on German soil. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He, too, passed hraka, scratched himself and then hopped into the full sunlight and combed his ears. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She don’ have any choice after Carl passed away, says she. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mr. Coffey reads papers, writes something, passes papers to Mr. Kane.They whisper to each other.They take their time.They don’t look at us. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

They’re all stranded on a deserted island, afraid to signal for help from passing ships in the distance, because they could belong to their enemies. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

All four of them had the same hazel eyes, although Dicey and James had their father’s dark hair, not the yellow hair their mother had passed on to Maybeth and Sammy. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the second time that evening Emily was obliged to assert her rights over written messages passing through her household. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Before I knew it, five o’clock had passed. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

In the early morning of Friday, June 9, as his train passed through the South Side, Gronau saw how the great wheel towered over everything in its vicinity, just as Eiffel’s creation did in Paris. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

But this area, all concrete and sad little houses, was the kind you liked to pass by quickly. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He has only seen the paperwork involved with the circus in passing, hasn’t bothered to scrutinize the details of the thing in years. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Two firemen passed and Sissy never so much as noticed and there had been a time when Sissy couldn’t resist a uniform. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once they pull a cigarette out of their respective packs, they walk single file through a red door, passing Nurse Monica, whose job is to light everybody up. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

After the first two passes with the cape Romero knew exactly how bad the vision was impaired. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

She watched her pass through the living room and the dining room—the rugs unraveling and the table splintering and the paintings on the walls turning to dust. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

We traveled farther south and passed through the Ural Mountains. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Directory of Names books listing the location of everyone on the memorial passed hand to hand. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

A few hot-air balloons pulled at their tethers against the darkening pink sky, their passengers shooting safety fireworks at other balloons and passing parasailers. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The incident reminded me of the time in Poe Park when this squirrel I was feeding turned out to really be a rat which at first glance could have passed for a squirrel any day. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Frodo watched he saw something dark pass across the lighter space between two trees, and then halt. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She drank and passed the cup to Bernard. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am nearly twenty-nine, so I pass you there; though I am but four feet, and not likely to grow any more, save sideways.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

For half a heartbeat he thought he glimpsed Illyrio Mopatis, but it was only one of those white dwarf elephants passing the front door. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There they were, all the way along the drive, on either side of us, blue, monotonous, like spectators lined up in a street to watch us pass. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

People are passing by on the street, and they glance at Antonio and his boom box, thinking he’s just some kid blasting music. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those cruelties are badly used that, although few at the outset, increase with the passing of time instead of disappearing. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

I pass the kitchen and see 3:44 on the microwave, and that just seems weird. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

At last the dawn came and as the beasts crowding through the entrance passed out Polyphemus felt them over to be sure no one carried a man on his back. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

More than a minute passes before Franz speaks again; squinting at the sky, he begins to reminisce further about the time he spent in the youngster's company. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fresh tracks showed that many wagons had passed this way recently, but in the early morning the path was empty but for her and Saerla. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we were passing by a gnarled, knotty tree, Hamlet plucked an apple and showed me the fruit streaked with red and gold like a sunset. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Winchell, his confidence growing, threw three passes, all of them short, incisive strikes to Hill, all of them complete. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

In spite of his delight in Bilbo’s company Frodo felt a tug of regret as they passed out of the Hall of Fire. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I pass through a room arranged like a church, rows of seats facing the altar, where a marble Jesus lies on his deathbed above a base of glittering crystals. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The inmate being ratted out was difficult and disrespectful, so I didn’t mind passing the tip along to a sergeant. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A look of abject horror passed over her face. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Molly looked pleased and passed the glasses to Jose as Hughie Smith joined them on his way to his drumming lessons. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Dicey checked the time at every garage they passed. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shay eased her board forward, ducking to pass through a gap in the crumbling wall. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She might have doubted what she had done, and what she could still see on the screen, but she had passed in the last half-hour or so beyond doubt and belief altogether. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We always pass food to the right, and no one eats until everyone is served. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She calculated that a whole night and the better part of the following day had passed when the door was finally opened and two men took her from her cell. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The 5:38 southbound train went by Petra’s window exactly three seconds before it passed Calder’s. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

She ladled chili into the bowls and passed a steaming dish to each of the people at the table. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

A bowl of small, round, roasted red potatoes is passed around, and afterward a salad. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

After about two weeks of traveling, Benton Sage was starting to get used to the routine of passing out food, water, and Christ as quickly and efficiently as possible. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

When he left the earth, Bull knew that he had every chance of passing through a square foot of sky unviolated by man before. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A long time would have to pass—several months, in fact—before I understood that the soldier had told the truth. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stars told me five hours had passed. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But many years had passed since then, and the church was once again in desperate need of repair. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The footsteps pass his cell, stop several doors away. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

And so, if taking care of Daffodil Manor was Ophie’s job, maybe it was up to her to help the ghosts there to pass on? Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

As they passed her they turned and their eyes watched her slowly floating away from them. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

That’s the only reason the tapes are passing on from one person to the next. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I paused, a forkful of shimmering goo halfway to my mouth, and noticed with passing disbelief that his dessert plate was already empty. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe if the tapes stop, if I don’t pass them on, that’s it. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Alert, I passed through the dining-room to the stairs and proceeded up to the bedchambers, walking carefully with my bare feet lain upon the extreme edges of the steps, so that they might not squeak. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

But as time passed we went more seldom and wandered less far. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

We pass the Mister Softee truck and little kids already out of school or daycare. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

Hall met her as he passed through Pheriche on his way to the mountain, and he was immediately smitten. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

She gives me this sad smile as she passes, like somebody does when you’re in mourning. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

There was a soldier standing with his girl in the shadow of one of the stone buttresses ahead of us and we passed them. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Mornin’, Camel,” says the leader as he passes us and climbs into the car. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The drip from the kitchen faucet marks the passing of time. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

In this way the time passed without event until the seventh day. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

But all I can think about is Hudson and Ben passing love notes in class. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I mean they are behind you before your brain registers that you’ve just passed a bird. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few moments he felt her fingers pass lightly over his face; she was seeking for the pallet. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Milo’s mother pointed again, then passed the usher and continued up the aisle. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She rooted for a moment in a box and brought out a paperback called Eight Bullets, which she passed to me for examination. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

And then in PE that afternoon, we play lacrosse and Edna doesn’t pass to me once, even when I’m clear and have a perfect shot on the goal. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“I know what you mean,” he said as Deborah and Theresa passed us by like two wild goats. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the Mass, the celebrant had passed out through a stained-glass lamb in one of the church windows, without breaking the glass, thus signifying the immaculate conception. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ji-li, the fact is that our family will not be able to pass these investigations,” he said slowly. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Okay, brothers," the voice said, "let him pass." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her cool fingers had passed over his skin, and though the itch had been terrible, bare seconds later it was as if the bruise had never been. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

At the halfway mark, where I usually passed him, he was still ahead, and I still didn’t know if I wanted to win. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

A slave caught on the road, alone, without a pass, would be whipped. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Lakshmi, goddess of wealth, one day favours me bountifully, Oxford is fifth on the list of cities I would like to visit before I pass on, after Mecca, Varanasi, Jerusalem and Paris. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bailey turns around but cannot tell which way he came, the path turns in on itself and he cannot see any of the signs to know which ones he had passed. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was amazing to April to think that so little time had passed—it seemed like years and years. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tendai passes inspection,” said Father, and he stalked back to his chair. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He climbed up on the porch and glared at the passing swarms. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But look, was your fight with the patroller really over? You said you were afraid that if he found you there, passed out, he’d kill you.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Ships pass to & from the Island Town bringing — we know not what — engaged in silent Errands. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

We walked for hours through the city, long meandering walks that took in whole neighborhoods which we would pass through without buying a thing or speaking to anyone. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pass the bathhouse mirror again on the way. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Two weeks passed before they had finally chosen all of the men they wanted for that first group, twenty-nine in all. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Musicians and attendants led the way as Hamlet passed through the gates on a gray mount with a black braided mane. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

They’ve only broached the topic in passing obscenities over text since the news broke. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Almost ten years had passed since they had first laid siege to the town, and it seemed as strong as ever. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Texas, Louie was in a theater, on a weekend pass. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

“They will kill you before you can pass through the Sun Gate and enter the city,” Yawar said. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Holding it with the right degree of intensity, she could pass through a crowded room, or walk beside a solitary traveler, without being seen. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the Londoners who passed them were used to eccentric dressers and took little notice, though occasionally one of them might glance back, wondering why anyone would wear such long cloaks in this heat. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Or girls passed by together, or a mother with a child across her shoulder. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It’s been eight days since my mother passed away. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Ralph passed a message forward to Jack and when they next came to fruit the whole party stopped and ate. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

We rushed back to school stuffing pizza into our mouths and crouching down low when we passed Jimmy’s window so he couldn’t see us. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

The first term passed in a flurry of dinners and late-night parties, punctuated by even later nights in the library. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Mr. Dandridge gave me a letter to take along with other necessary documents to the pass offices of the West Rand Board. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cars filled with unfamiliar white men passed them again and again, turned right at the bridge and crossed toward St. Catherine’s Island and the beach beyond. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mind grew calm for the first time in several days, and some of the events surrounding the letter began passing in review through his consciousness. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought about how traits get passed down, over and over again. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Afternoon passes into early evening, the forest and the hills seem never-ending, and there comes another problem. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Though if an enemy were so rash as to try to enter that land secretly, then it was also a last unsleeping guard against any that might pass the vigilance of Morgul and of Shelob. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He took a sip then passed it to me. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Entering, Woody had passed through an immaculate rock garden, its sand white and freshly raked. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last Sticky nodded, settled his glasses on his nose, tucked away his polishing cloth, and passed through the door. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Glen was in the game and he picked off a pass that was headed for their center. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

There’s no freaking way we pass for twenty-one. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Looking out at the passing night I wondered what kind of men they were. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Five of their precious sixty minutes had already passed. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The hobbits took no notice of the inquisitive heads that peeped out of doors, or popped over walls and fences, as they passed. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He never received a formal notification that he had passed the ordeal, though Oppenheimer later mentioned that in a copy he had seen of the board’s report, Serber had been “glowingly praised.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The time passed and I did more unpacking, stopping often, taking too many aspirins. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

And the milestones of his training: Dutchy passes his physical and scores high on the mechanical aptitude test. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Downtown, with its cobblestone streets and absence of traffic lights, could still pass as a quaint New England fishing village. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

And like a drunken fool he kicked at Odysseus’ hip as he passed by. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gives the 1st person in each row a few sheets to pass back. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Dinner passes the same way it has for months, stretches of silence broken by his mother’s attempts at polite conversation and Caroline’s occasional sighs. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The boy’s very presence in the shop was an omen, and, as time passed and money was pouring into the cash drawer, he had no regrets about having hired the boy. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

On February 26, it passed the full House, by a vote of 55-20. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

After the storm passed, they were sighted drifting mastless on the Bay and were towed home by an obliging neighbor. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just as one storm passed, another queued at its heels. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

In silence they passed the wooden hotel, where a tourist was huddled on the porch out of the wind; then they stepped onto the main street, where the stores stood. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pictures passed around the table, and were examined with the noncommittal expression you see on the faces of people looking at pictures of somebody else’s family. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Days passed but her husband did not call. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

In rode the Lord of the Nazgûl, under the archway that no enemy ever yet had passed, and all fled before his face. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Maybe he can pass for someone who lives here. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

With a sigh of regret, she passed over the shower of multicolored fireworks below. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

It was these thoughts of him that made her slow as she passed the library door which, unusually, was closed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

By now, days had passed; Jonas no longer knew how many. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

I saw his reason when, after leaving one village, we didn’t pass another for a week. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed only a few minutes later that he passed a large fistful of sugar packets to another friend of his, instead of the prescribed six. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they needed help from wealthy donors or institutions, they had to pass a test called cost-effectiveness analysis. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“Of course, of course,” Efraín said, extending his arm and stepping aside so that we might pass into the front yard. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I peeked into some of the hospital rooms as we passed, and that’s when I realized what my mom meant. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“I had a couple of extra ones, so I figured I’d pass them along to you.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He therefore set off along the corridor again, passing nobody but a frowning wizard who was murmuring instructions to a quill that floated in front of him, scribbling on a trail of parchment. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Now Gandalf rode to the great pillar of the Hand, and passed it; and as he did so the Riders saw to their wonder that the Hand appeared no longer white. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He was tiring now and his participation in conversation would diminish with each mile passed. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

An eternity had passed since she last saw her husband, for this was her fate: to stay lost on the moon, forever seeking her own selfish wishes. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grabbed the duffel, dropping the stake as I did, and passed through the gate with Otto and the duffel. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The shoes passed a certain point in popularity and they tipped. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Halloween already?” her dad murmured as he passed by on his way inside. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The situation passed out of control: they began acting like puppets, as if it had happened before—which it had. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or we pass around our routing sheet and study the day’s owners’ “Hot Buttons,” as sketched in by Tammy. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later, Kanue was dribbling downfield and had just passed the ball when one of the older players took him out with a vicious tackle. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

The driver yelled disgusting epithets as he passed. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It was unclear to him, though, exactly how she passed her time. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Not even three years have passed since a brown girl named Ruby Bridges walked into an all-white school. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

It took a while for the fit of dizziness to pass, and then her eyes couldn’t focus. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two swift hours passed, and now the king sat upon his white horse, glimmering in the half-light. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Sibanda shook his head and passed the food on to his youngest child. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

With each passing day I grew thinner and thinner, until hunger was my constant companion. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Clara’s adolescence passed calmly in her parents’ large house with its three courtyards. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then the cloud passed over the sun again, and the life went out of everything. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Scrimgeour did not speak as they all passed through the messy kitchen and into the Burrow’s sitting room. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Like, what do they like about me and tell me in detail and was this a test and did I pass? What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

She would almost be able to tell the history now that it had passed through her fingers, now that she had focused on it so closely for so many days. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once she passed a huge archway, and the sight beyond it caused her to stop and look again. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

What he saw nearly made him pass out again. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

She had been afraid last night they would pass out. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

We had to go out of our way to avoid passing Mom again. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

As the policemen passed, the corpse’s hand slid from the shroud's bindings and dangled limply, already too stiff to sway freely. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The hours passed, and I knew that I had probably exhausted whatever helpful information could be obtained from Walter's family, but folks still wanted to talk. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Jim Don anticipated the pass and intercepted it on the run. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

After Congress failed to pass the amendment, Alice Paul turned up the heat on her campaign and changed her tactics yet again. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He stood on the corner in the sunshine, watching cars and people pass. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

When he walked out on set wearing a navy blue USA sweatshirt and green khaki shorts, I thought I was going to pass out. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He jumped over a low place in the hedge at the bottom, and took to the meadows, passing into the night like a rustle of wind in the grass. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The Sorting continued; boys and girls with varying degrees of fright on their faces moving one by one to the four-legged stool, the line dwindling slowly as Professor McGonagall passed the L’s. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Eratosthenes says that if the extent of the Atlantic Ocean were not an obstacle, we might easily pass by sea from Iberia to India.... Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Transmissions both pass through the buildings and reflect off them. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The bell went for the end of break and the shadows passed by in the other direction. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

And pass or no pass, I would hide from whites if I could. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The Little Pigeon was not quite a dwarf, but he might have passed for one in a bad light. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He said, “I decided to lay o’er there ’til the itching passed. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

We passed some lovely gardens and had a good look back at the town, and then we were out in the country, green and rolling, and the road climbing all the time. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Next came Howard and Dwight, who were only a year or two apart and could have passed for twins except Howard wore glasses and had that up-down walk. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Tartarus and Erebus are sometimes two divisions of the underworld, Tartarus the deeper of the two, the prison of the Sons of Earth; Erebus where the dead pass as soon as they die. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This won’t do. This isn’t even my trolley. How am I supposed to pass out these pamphlets? What a mess.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

"You ever pass by the lagoon in Central Park? Down by Central Park South?" The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

At every curve it looked as though the pass lay just ahead and then one evening he stopped and looked all about and he recognized it. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He looked nervously in his rearview mirror but saw nothing more than cars passing idly by and the darkened interior of the store. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Despite missing more than half a year of school, I passed Form Four in the top one percent of the class. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lily passes Mother a platter of stuffed mushrooms. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

He brushed past Michael Donovan on the threshold with a grave nod and passed down the corridor, oblivious to the astounded stare that followed him. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Rangers passed at times beyond the hills, but they were few and did not stay. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Bud said something to me about seeing a Negro boy pass by.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Though she now occupied the side of the bed left vacant by her former mistress, the dog knew she could never pass as a viable replacement. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Other people pass by without even glancing in their direction. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

And just as the thought crossed his mind they passed through a heavy stone gateway and everything was very different. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Pima tugged him closer and they huddled together, sharing heat, waiting for nature’s violence to pass. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Like a similar feeling must have passed through our mothers as they named us. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

A flock of white pigeons flew out of the black cypress tree as Jody passed, and circled the tree and landed again. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The leaves rustle their usual greetings as we pass. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Christmas has passed and Jameso took the tree out this morning. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“We are passing a town. Now I see peasants in the field.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I smell coffee brewing at Floridita and pass the elderly man who sits in a wheelchair outside the restaurant wearing an old captain’s outfit. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

Four months had passed since that first class. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I felt like my hands would pass right through the door when I showed up. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“I had to pass someone else’s house and fields on my way to you.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Chamberlain asked a passing courier how far to Gettysburg? and the man pointed back over his shoulder. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next two trips to the conference room passed without incident, but the interviews continued to enlighten me. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the short traverse from mountain to ocean, travelers pass through twenty of the world’s thirty-four principal types of environment. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

With the swelling of the creek, I can’t pass between our yards, so I follow the streets around to his house. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

And here it was late November, a year later, and we were riding over the pass in a rented Jeep to visit our husbands in prison. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His father had grown up in Jamaica and had passed down the fire secrets of the Maroons. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Every Czech village we passed had some little food set out. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Not passing a studio is grounds for expulsion, and we decided to just put you on probation.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Across the extreme tip of his middle finger, he saw now as he lifted that hand, a faint sixteenth of an inch of black tread where tyre had touched in passing. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, when I was leaving the locker room, I passed Jay Perkins, who looked at me and knew who I was. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

We passed Rosie’s house and at the clothes line right at the edge of the cliff there was a young girl hanging out brightly colored garments. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They passed by again and did a slow, awkward turn in front of the window. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

She had cut off contact with Obinze, after all, and so much time had passed, and she was newly in a relationship with Blaine, and happily easing herself into a shared life. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She often spoke to falling seeds and said, “Ah hope you fall on soft ground,” because she had heard seeds saying that to each other as they passed. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

It was midafternoon, streets not too busy, and Engel clicked into English almost right away—popping back into French only when we passed anybody. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Arm was seriously worried by Ear, who had passed out cold. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe they are catching up with the rest from down campus,” Amaka said, after the students had passed. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Just passing through. On our way to Arizona. We got jobs waiting there. Construction work. Any idea the mileage between here and Tucumcari, New Mexico?” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked through the unfamiliar halls, passing groups of girls and boys clustered together, joking, laughing—looking like they belonged. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

We pass by a store where a man is selling bonsai trees. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

And it sure doesn’t help when Coach West makes me and some of the other girls practice passing the stick with the relay team. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

But Tomas had swum in blue rivers on Earth, with strangers passing on the road, and eaten in strange houses with strange people, and his weapon had always been his smile. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

A glance of understanding passed between them, and the conductor smiled. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, yes, the pregnant Latvian got herself a pass. She’s in the movie theater. She insisted on waiting for you. Where is Sorry Eva?” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Frodo hid the Ring away, and the shadow passed leaving hardly a shred of memory. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

My shadow fell upon the water as I passed, and he looked up and saw me. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I studied Arnold while he passed around matching leather notebooks. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The symbolism of the scene was poignant, dramatizing as it did the passing of the prototypical American and the cause of gradual emancipation. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

But I’m also wondering if maybe it means they think I actually have a chance of passing. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He had passed between them almost before he was aware: and even as he did so darkness seemed to fall round him. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

After immigrating to the United States three years ago, Uncle Amin hadn’t passed the medical board exams needed to practice as a doctor. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The domestication of animals was founded on a series of brutal practices that only became crueller with the passing of the centuries. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mohammed’s incredible rise and premature passing had shaped the trajectory of Zeitoun’s family in general and of Abdulrahman in particular, but he didn’t like to dwell on it. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Dr. Strayer said: “After you’ve pushed ‘send,’ and you’re waiting for a response, fifteen or twenty seconds may pass before you’re fully back and have regained your sense of all vehicles around you.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Just after Vera’s fourth birthday, I passed my CPA exam and got a real job at a firm in the center of town. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Chasing flames that passed hungrily over the startled grass, leaving nothing of life behind. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, there were stars, and we passed down the hall two by two, like visiting dignitaries underneath them. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

But you can see the sky flashing when the gunners on the ground fire at the passing planes. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

A member of the Berkeley French faculty and a close friend of Oppenheimer’s, Chevalier had approached Oppie about passing information from the bomb program to the Soviets. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

A windmill swung its giant arms in slow obedience to the wind and a farmer passed them carrying a sack of grain to be ground. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Then the occultatio: “I pass over older instances, such as how...” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

We form a line that stretches from the river to the fort, and we pass the buckets quickly, one to another. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

As he passed close to me he whispered "Let's get out." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

His science experiment was looking more and more worthless with each day that passed. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I mean lost. A mouse in a trap. He saw dead people passing through the walls. Terrible things in the corners of the streets. Now your great- uncle does not go outdoors.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Then he passed me out his glasses and clothing as he removed them: T-shirt, trousers, socks, shoes. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since neutrinos pass directly through the Earth, we cannot catch a given one. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a stranger there—they did not see him pass, they did not know what he was looking for, they could not help him search. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

As time passed, he became increasingly comfortable in his new skin. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But a half minute passed, and then perhaps a whole minute, and nobody came and not a sound was heard. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

We passed under one of the watch- towers along the river, and someone noticed a familiar face—a recruit from the class ahead of ours, the guy who had taught us to short-sheet our beds. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lead Samoyed passed little Willy and pulled up even with Searchlight. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They cheer as I pass, indigenas and mestizos and foreigners alike, clapping and waving and whistling. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

What he means is that he was watching, that he knew we were here the moment we passed through the gates. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Made in New York,” he read from a piece of metal as he passed. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He passed three Englishmen who were watching the excrement festival from a distance. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

You have a bit of a brain in your head and you’d pass it no bother. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Motion passed. Discipline will be set at a formal letter of apology tendered to—” “For God’s sake, Arthur,” Hemme broke in. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Garfield had passed urine and feces normally, and neither contained blood. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Boy’s right, Devan. Fella’s not right in his head. Don’t go pointing that at him. He looks likely to pass out on top of it.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

By the time I passed the old courthouse, with its large front steps rising to meet the columns near the front doors, I realized I’d been walking down Central Avenue. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

We were about to turn eleven years old, and that was too old to get passed over the coffin. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I passed through Bucharest on my way to America,” I said. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Peering down at the ground passing below, Tally could hardly make out anything in the weed- choked darkness. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“If you are truly determined to see this through to the end, you should know that there is one other way for a dybbuk to pass on.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

That guy had to have been fourteen at least, but Jenna would not let him pass. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

With the next pass of the turboprop it was so low we could feel the prop wash. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The time passed slowly, uneventfully, as I waited for the birth of the child I hoped would be Hagar. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

If you throw an orange peel into the lake, it passes through | long underground tunnels and mysteriously reappears kilome^ ters away, at the Peguche waterfall, a place where wishes come true. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wait in silence, until exactly one minute passes. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

That morning when we picked up our passes, Pefta gave us a warning look, but we were all so relieved, we answered him with smiles and too many thank-yous. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we passed by, they looked up at us, right into our faces and said “Hi” or “Howdy,” and although it sounds corny to say it, we felt right at home there. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

There were riots there, and men tumbled olT the piers, pushed by crowds; wealth would not deign to pass through those quarters, for fear of what was yelled and what was thrown. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

They felt better after they passed through the main gate, and felt better still as they drove down the long white-fenced driveway and reached the road. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He stared out into the tunnel where graffiti tags passed by. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

The police began stopping me in the streets and demanding my papers: luckily my pass was in order. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Years would pass before I understood how that blow connected to my mom’s past. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Whenever we passed her, she tilted toward us with a gloating smirk on her face. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Tuxedoed waiters passed around hors d’oeuvres and drinks. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was impossible for helpdesk avatars to leave their cubicles, but I found other ways to pass the time. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

After all, a ship setting out at once from the closest of Winter’s newallies could not arrive before seventeen years, planetary time, had passed. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“The house does have its little oddities,” he continued, holding the door so that they might pass through into the dark room beyond. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

We stacked the filled supers onto the truck like the cat had our tongues, and neither of us said a word till we were back in the honey truck passing the city- limits sign. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finnish music blared from the radio, a sign that they had passed the border, out of the USSR. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

‘If he wins back to the caves, he will pass your count again,’ laughed Aragorn. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

‘And he has passed into the shadow from which none have returned. I could not dissuade him. He is gone.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Lawrence’s statement took the wind out of the security inquiry, and the board passed Calvin after a brief interrogation. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“Mrs. Baker does have a legitimate concern, it would seem, but a passing grade is a passing grade.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I meet Barb’s gaze, a look of understanding passing between us. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“No, I don’t live nearby, and no, I don’t come here often. Just passing through. And thanks, I’m glad it’s all right with you.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

We passed a family, all in their nightclothes, throwing buckets of water against the wall of their house, as the fire chewed through the wood. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they passed out here, no one would rescue them. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s what everyone calls me. Mrs. G, I forgot my combination. Mrs. G, I need a late pass. Mrs. G, I want to change my elective.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Every time he passed me in the hallways at school, that kid would pick on me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The loving cup of strawberry ice-cream soma was passed from hand to hand and, with the formula, “I drink to my annihilation,” twelve times quaffed. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Five minutes passed with the whole class quiet as stones. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Agreed to take and pass on to all their issue this heavy name scrawled in perfect thoughtlessness by a drunken Yankee in the Union Army. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

All they do is expend fuel driving past smoldering cottages and chewed-up artillery pieces and unmarked graves, while Volkheimer passes his giant hand over his close-cropped head, growing more uneasy by the day. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Its structure reflects all the stages through which it has passed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she passes by, she warns us, “Be sure you clean underneath there. Don’t leave food on the floor for the janitors. It’s not their job to clean up after clubs.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

A dread fell on them, even as they passed between the lines of ancient stones and so came to the Dimholt. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

And unlike the other guests, Angelo always wound up in the kitchen cooking the dinner or passing platters of his famous fennel cakes. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The board duly passed it on to Robert G. Sproul, who had been inaugurated as the university’s president only three months earlier. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

When he was finished it was passed on to Leon who read it, folded it and returned it to the senior inspector. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She would pass out leaflets saying things like “We are going to break down the walls of segregation.” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Stepping aside to let other passengers pass, I checked my pocket watch. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“The surrogate goes round slower; therefore passes through the lung at longer intervals; therefore gives the embryo less oxygen. Nothing like oxygen-shortage for keeping an embryo below par.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

According to a survey by Perales, 85 percent of the farmers plant the same maize landraces as their fathers, varieties that have been passed on and maintained for generations. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The young people who pass by wave to us. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The hands of this God would be bright with flowers that would never die and this God would sing and stutter and limp along an alleyway and pass judgment in the land beside the river. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The way to pass between them, he said, was first to make trial with a dove. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was still alive when I passed him. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when Mom is talking with Mr. Creed, and the school nurse happens to pass by—"Mrs. Phillips, isn't it? And how's that Bobby? He has the flu, right?"—it doesn't feel like a coincidence. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ron nudged Harry and passed him the Daily Prophets. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t all that hungry, but the smells from the restaurants we passed would fill the streets. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wildlings had built their watchfire in a shallow depression above the narrowest part of the pass, with a sheer drop below and rock behind to shelter them from the worst of the wind. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Then the word was passed around, “Lincoln’s gunboats done come to set us free.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” he then says, “have it your way, sore-sport, I’m passing the phone.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Ixtali rowed on, we passed a fisherman pulling up a turtle in his net and two women picking fresh vegetables from a floating garden. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Half of those stories are just tall tales, and they get taller with every year that passes,” said Enoch. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

They passed a magician with a bald head, a street fiddler, and an umbrella seller, his wares opened around his feet like black silken mushrooms. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

I had hung between possibilities before, between the cold truths I knew and the heart-sucking conjuring tricks of the Shaper; now that was passed: I was Grendel, Ruiner of Meadhalls, Wrecker of Kings! Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed hours since I had passed a car or a house or a store, for this was the country gone back to forest. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Dothraki eyed the sword as he passed; Dany heard curses and threats and angry muttering rising all around her, like a tide. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It felt like an hour passed as she waited for us to say something. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

We produce our passes, from the zippered pockets in our wide sleeves, and they are inspected and stamped. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a while they spoke of the difficulties Gay must be having getting a needle valve and then gradually as the time passed they didn’t mention him any more. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the float they shared, the two crews passed each other silently, with eyes averted, only taking the occasional sidelong glance, like dogs circling before a fight. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Each place we pass I figure he’ll stop—somebody come out and whistle, maybe. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy listened to the wind passing through the tops of the tall pines; he thought they moved like giant brooms sweeping the sky. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he would tell us how his property would be divided among all of his kids if he passed away, not just given to the boys, per the tradition. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I could smell the last of the heavy, ripe watermelons on the vine in the fields as we passed. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

By eleventh grade, after more than a dozen schools, Horan was barely passing his classes. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Abay patted him on the face and passed him a glass of fizzy orange drink. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

We passed several other Sixer avatars as we walked, and the moment they saw Sorrento, they each snapped to rigid attention and saluted him, as if he were some high-ranking general. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

As we headed toward it, I peered quickly into each office we passed, glancing at the computer monitors for Post-it Notes. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

They walked quickly and without a sound, passing long shadows and the ominous snicker of the mischievous duendes who could take your rucksack just as easily as they could steal your memories. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I guess she thinks I’m passed out but to tell you the truth I haven’t been sleeping all that well....Right,” he said, when I didn’t answer. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The Christmas season passed, unmarked by any rejoicing. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Before they went another mile, they passed a boat bearing two men dressed in work clothes. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

An engineer, she passed every test given and knew what to do in space. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

He watched with detached emotion as her sword passed over his head and cut through Michael Varus’s armour with a metallic ka-chunk. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Not only had she gotten Pefta to grant me permission for this visit, she had also secured a pass for herself and Mate to go shopping for supplies in the meanwhile. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The trek between Kabul and Jalalabad, a bone-jarring ride down a teetering pass snaking through the rocks, had become a relic now, a relic of two wars. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It grows into an earsplitting mechanical resonance that changes pitch as a shadow passes overhead. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The following year, the government passed two more laws that directly attacked the rights of the Coloureds and Africans. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Halfway up they met Pipkin, who was small enough first to let them pass and then to turn round and follow them. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Oh, you're all right" The nurse passed round a packet of spearmint gum, then unfolded a pink strap from its tinfoil wrapper herself. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

We let some people in the stairway pass. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“My car is stuck in the mountain pass,” said the doctor. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I walked on, passing through the gates and onto the highway. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Pennfield Middle School is just down the street from Hatfield Quality Meats, a pig slaughterhouse, which my school bus passed every morning and afternoon. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

A passing crewman caught me leaning over the rail to stare at them and said, “Never seen a shipwreck before, eh?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“It’s like, I always look for the closest person to whoever passed away, y’know, like maybe a daughter or a son, or a wife or husband. That’s who I focus on. And this time...” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

‘After all, not many schools are going to pass up the chance to get a Chicano with a Ph.D. in Renaissance literature.’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hobbits rode on up a gentle slope, passing a few detached houses, and drew up outside the inn. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

When the thought passes, I look at Audrey, the white-hot moon, and the Doorman, and I tell me to stop kidding myself. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The railway moved south away from the highway now and we could not see what passed along the road. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Our papers and passes were checked as we entered the harbor, as we approached the ship, and then again near the gangway. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I knew he had passed over the trail during the night. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, we kneeled, huddled together around the fire and passed around the pot, spooning lentils and rice in our mouths, soft and almost salty, big grins spreading over our faces. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The fields I passed had long been unplowed. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“At least one new family has built a hedge to avoid people seeing them as they pass by,” said Wade Green, seventy- two, who has summered here for years. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t completed a pass and the coach had finally dismissed him. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

On her way home, Lourdes passes a row of Arab shops, recent additions to the neighborhood. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was another group of bicyclists passing along the road. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

You couldn’t go two blocks without passing one sputtering along in the slow lane. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Almost seven years passed, and in that time, Edward became an excellent tramp: happy to be on the road, restless when he was still. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Molly stands up to find a straw, and I swear at least one hoy from each table looks up as she passes. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“That Special Julius, by the way—you know he sells forged passes?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Men now hurried out to them from the City; and soon they all passed from sight under the outer walls, and he knew that they were entering the Gate. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

School text­books barely mentioned them and referred to their ancestry only in passing. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They stood up as the King’s caravan passed, but though some children ran toward the coaches, most remained still, gaunt as specters, knowing that nothing would come their way. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

As the years passed, due to the carelessness of some of the Whitcomb brothers, it became difficult to maintain their whiteness, and some distant and some not so distant relatives married each other. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

We pass a bookstore, closed for the night, whose owner I find coffee for sometimes, and an optometrist, and a cobbler who is willing to trade shoes for beer. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The days, busy ones, tiring ones, began to pass. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The threat worked: Worried now, Sophie buckled and studied hard to pass the Abitur, a difficult graduation test, in order to receive her diploma. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

My intestinal distress passes, proving it was nothing more than spoiled eggplant. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

A car of boys passes by me and honks. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

No one paid any heed to their orders; but as the ruffians passed, they closed in quietly behind and followed them. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The wind picked up then, and the dry dirt whipped up from the ground and passed over them in a cloud. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

No one spoke, except to say “pass the salt” or “where’s the butter?” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now the pain from my own blow was so great, I worried that I might pass out. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

On the way out of the kitchen I pass Mango’s food dish and see that it’s still mostly full from this morning. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Your paper chain and your willingness to pass our stories on will be our voice going forward. Humanity can never be allowed to forget what happened.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

What I could see was that a group was passing newspaper clippings back and forth and reading them aloud with little squeals of delight. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing moved but himself, his shadow, and his fleeting reflection in shop windows he passed. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He passed a black mound which seemed strange in the dark: lumpy, misshapen. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the time, Congress was about to pass a new immigration act that made it easy for so-called Nordic people to immigrate to the United States. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

"I can't--when I try to----" He had passed visibly through two states and was entering upon a third. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

People who passed by looked at me like I didn’t belong. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

In that moment, when the papers pass from his hands to mine, our eyes meet and I know. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Because I had pants and a coat and even gloves with only two fingers worn to skin, all clothes we found were passed on to the others. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“Listen,” said Granger, taking his arm, and walking with him, holding aside the bushes to let him pass. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

My memory passed me the Gypsy kid's name. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Native Americans were not granted the right to vote until the Indian Citizenship Act was passed in 1924. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Maddie listened with her heart in her mouth, holding her headset to one ear and the telephone to the other, waiting for the girl at the RDF screen to pass her new information. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Unable to swim, not certain how deep the river was at this spot, I hugged the bank, too timid to pass over. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

We pass rows of pictures of colored people in frames like the ones in Miss Fulton’s apartment. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

As I made my way to the nearest bar, the avatars I passed all stopped to stare and point in my direction. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“You did well, Bailey. I’m proud of you. You passed the biggest test of all—you were true to yourself.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. She has Meniere’s syndrome. Sometimes she gets so dizzy that she passes out.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

One man complained that his boss passed him over when giving out overtime hours, favoring Polish workers who had less seniority. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Fuchsia proceeds to spin her handles like a maniac for the next five minutes, missing the ball nearly every time it passes by. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

But the notion of holding up a bowl and begging of anyone who passed continued to distress him. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Weeks pass after we hear the rumors about Pa and still he has not returned. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today, I watch JB get open and wave for me to pass. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

“Something you have to pass to get into college, Mama.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The word came from John Slater, MIT’s physics chairman, who was passing on thirdhand information from a National Research Fellow in his laboratory, who heard it from a friend at Harvard working at Raytheon part-time. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The shadow of the gull had stopped passing over the opening. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

As the days passed they began to develop their own way of communicating. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Dany had never looked upon the Usurper's face, yet seldom a day had passed when she had not thought of him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Would I recognize her if I passed her on the street? Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Another six months has passed since our family reunion at the infirmary. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But an hour had passed since the last broadcast, and the children’s moods had improved. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Outside the window he heard some jaybirds swirl shrieking past and away, their cries whipping away along the wind, and an automobile passed somewhere and died away also. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

As each day passed and the ides of July neared, Aurelia became more and more desperate. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z