Things not quite good enough to keep, but not quite bad enough to throw away. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s love that either sucks you in or pushes you away. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Her dad looks up quickly, barely taking in her face before he looks away again. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Like the river’s flow has swept away his every burden and worry. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“Thanks,” said Richards, his face covered in lipstick and his voice breaking; he had shouted it away urging Rosemont on. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He threw the club away and tottered back to his stool. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, a truck with a winch hauled it away like a dead animal. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

"Flights are expensive, and we couldn't both be away from the deli." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Only then does Ms. Rochambeau finally drive away. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Mr. Armin tried to pull open the doublet, but Julian pushed his hand away and struggled to rise. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I say, shouting perhaps, from a half foot away. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He was far away in his spirit, living on desert islands, in silence, with eternity.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

And slowly, eventually, their image would fade away. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The minute Marly broke off the tight old leaves, the flowers opened right away. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t have time for that. These are fine girls, they’ll go quickly. Give me half an hour’s time on your front steps, and we both walk away with heavier pockets.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, I was not sure it happened at all, because before I knew it, he had hopped down the steps and was walking away. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Not far away they found a spring of clear water in the hillside, and near it footprints not more than a day or two old. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I backed away, tugging on a lock of hair. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Hear the true affection, I thought, the adoration of the Boogie Bear, moving away. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fletcher addressed his horses and then his voice trailed away. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He could hear many different notes in the rustle of the leaves overhead, the river murmuring away on his right, and the thin clear voices of birds in the sky. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then pointedly she turned away and addressed herself to the more sporting man on her left. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He with-drew a package from his pocket, discovered it was empty and tossed it away, watching the breeze move it along on the sidewalk. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could imagine him looking away, not caring what I did anymore. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

After he turned away, Penelope shut her eyes in the childish hope that it might render her invisible. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

As we move farther and farther away from the city, the high-rise apartments disappear and thatched-roof huts take their place. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moment she had insulted James Potter, his whole body had relaxed, and as they walked away there was a new spring in Snape’s step.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Jody looked quickly away, for he had heard about that lump. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But anyway, as long as he goes away when we are busy with ceiling.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

As if she were far away from them. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

As it happened, the October meeting was just five days away. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

And so in this place and that, by burned homestead or barn, upon hillock or mound, under wall or on field, still they gathered and rallied and fought until the day wore away. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Keeps them away from the rest of the population.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Corkhill ordered the jail warden to put Guiteau in a cell away from other prisoners and to forbid him from talking with the guards. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He spotted a small, brown, fist-sized clump of twigs not ten feet away. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

George looked away from her and then back. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

His reply to all inquiries was simply this: ‘Mr. Bilbo Baggins has gone away; as far as I know, for good.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I’m angry! Why can’t you let me be angry? Why do you have to medicate away everything I feel?” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“They turn all fever victims away. Your cook can care for your mother. Your grandfather can travel with you. This is the best for all.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We just ran away from Hogwarts because we were frightened of upsetting things, but this is okay? Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Not far away Chacho was doing the same.“I was in purgatory. Now I’m in hell,” he groaned. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I knew precious few would join 'em until that mess was hauled away. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I took a few steps away, she rushed at the food, so I guess she was hungry. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

In the houses on this block, and in my house several blocks away, families are finishing up their dinners. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

‘So I could have just picked a daisy myself and walked away.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

For to break away would be to plunge . Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neither rain nor heat nor stomachache could keep Gran away from Sunday service. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

With each of these rereadings and rewritings it seemed that I’d gather in facts and facets that tried to run away. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

But to hear it brought such sadness, I put it away. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Before dawn we were rolling away, fleeing for our lives. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Caleb peels the square of fabric away, revealing first the Abnegation tattoo on my right shoulder and second, the three birds on my collarbone. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She must have run away from home a dozen times, maybe more. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

For hours at a time she plunked away at C-ration cans, a bit unsure of herself, but as it turned out she had a real knack for it. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew a hundred stories about young boys who squandered questions or wishes by chatting them away. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I tell her about Kalinda, and the journal that Anise found—about us running away, and the condo. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He tried not to look at the hair on her head either, or at her face, turned away into blades of grass. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did they really want to send them away? Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“They stole us away to work, Djo, and that is all they want us to do. If we do not work, they would prefer for us to be dead.” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was one of the hardest things: The village might be 5 miles away, or it might be 50. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first line of ogres burst out of the woods and barreled toward the airfield—five hundred yards away, four hundred yards... The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It was why she hovered so close to him, why she never strayed too far away, why she always kept him in her peripheral vision. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Kathy, who was always his favorite, walked into the room, saw him, and backed away from him, horrified. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both of my destinations—the intersection and the buildings — are a few feet away when I feel the flap going. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

There was a fire station four blocks away, but it was empty and flooded; there were no firefighters in sight. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Only the tips of her tail-feathers were caught between the rocks as they rolled back together; and those were torn away. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

And behold! when he washed the mud away, there in his hand lay a beautiful golden ring; and it shone and glittered in the sun, so that his heart was glad. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

After several silent moments, except for Tamika crunching away on a green apple, she finally spoke. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

And yet the women released their grip upon our ship; and the three boats were washed away from us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I swear he understood me because his ears drooped and he turned away. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She backed away too far, and Dunbar, who had watched from the beginning, sprang forward on his bed without warning and flung both arms around her bosom from behind. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He snaps and spins away from the water, hands on his hips, and suddenly, Sandy Sanders isn’t so shy anymore. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“Get away from me, country boy,” he says, and keeps on walking. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

He’s holding his clasped hands in pretend prayer, begging, and it’s raining, and the bus is pulling away. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The three of us eating on cement blocks, waving away flies that supposedly puke on you every time they land, wearing the exact same clothes and stupid white shoes. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

At last, with a pelican wing, I brushed away the marks of my feet. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The longer you stare at it, the more you start calculatin’ how far away it is and how high your arc should be. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“No, not the digging. There’s something I’m trying to hear—something the others can’t hear. Only I can’t hear it either. But it’s close. Deep. Leaf-drift, deep. I’m going away, Hazel—going away.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole thing fluttered in the stiff ocean breeze like a giant kite, though the board’s magnets kept it from blowing away. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

A field of elephant grass weighted with wind, bowing under the stir of a helicopter’s blades, the grass dark and servile, bending low, but then rising straight again when the chopper went away. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when Joaquin got the email, he read it three times before filing it away, then read it twice more and put it away again. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I turned and walked away, not looking back when Frankie said my name. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

As I slowly inched along the wall and away from the door, my hand brushed across the pages of the still open dictionary. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I wanted to preserve the moment and tuck it away, folded and sealed forever in my memory. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The buoy was just opposite, about thirty feet away. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He tore his gaze away from the duck to examine the next piece, a tall jug with ribbed lines that imitated the shape of a melon. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

And that fading snapshot on her sill, the kid in the swing, the clock in the frame ticking away. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Richardson filed this piece of information away in her brain. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Sam had begged and pleaded with the man not to take her away, but he had pushed Sam aside and carried her down the mountain to a pickup truck. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“I took it. And now I give it to you, to keep safe. Here. Don’t give this one away.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

She flitted away, like some kind of wood sprite. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The right side of his face is sliced away from the bone and now hangs like a flap. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Far away he looks like a doll bent over his rake, a bucket at his feet. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their owners had simply no longer been able to afford fuel for them, so they’d just parked them and walked away. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I’ll get you away, but you must wait till it comes for us. Keep still.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And send your friends away. You’re supposed to be on guard.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He quickly peeled away the foil wrapping from a roll of antacids. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boys slowly backed away toward the bottom of the steps. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She turned her head away, wiped at tears. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I tried to trace the serpent’s path with my finger, but it slipped away from me, zigzagging. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She cleared away the smoking things, then drew back the cotton bedspread from the bed she had been sitting on, took off her slippers, and got into the bed. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Bill tried to help him get up, but he just waved us away. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

How could I tell Fig, Sorry, we’re sending you away to live with someone else? Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She spots me right away; it’s not like she can miss me. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Fleetfoot huffed and trotted away, probably to disappear under the bed. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“You just seem a million miles away. You have, since we left the dorm.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

But even if I was right, Baltimore and Washington were too far away to do Auntie Braxton’s cats any good. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I find myself pawing at my left ear periodically, trying to clean away whatever deadens its ability to collect sounds. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She moved away from him when I came out, and he shuffled off to fold up his own tent, leaving her to wind the rope and store her pegs. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t bring myself to look at Rob, not after seeing what he had done—and I knew if I looked at Cate, I’d give myself away in an instant. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I wanted to get as far away from her as humanly possible, but I dug my fingernails into the desktop and forced myself to stay put. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She’s twelve years old and works as a maid for mestizos in Quito, about two hours away. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have not made up my mind,” he said, “I came away in rather a hurry.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She picks me up and carries me away. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

We kept double-teaming the ball and they kept throwing it away. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

This would have suited Briony, for the morning was slipping away. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It seemed that he debated whether to hold me or to thrust me away. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I twisted my hand, tried to get it away from him in sudden anger. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I’ll stay home, locked away in my room, staring at all my Miss America posters crumpled in the trash can, and telling Vanessa Williams, Listen, girlfriend, I tried! Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

A few feet away, Aru heard the cracklings of a television coming from inside a tollbooth. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

My chest compresses, my insides gnaw at me, eating away at my sanity. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Natalie kept typing away on her own phone, as if nothing else mattered. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Something in him jumped back from the thought like a hand pulling away from a stovetop even if it’s not on. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She gave us boys a little smile while she waved the smoke away from her. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

A few feet away, Malik focuses on his phone a little too hard. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

But when I try to hand it to Miss Celia, she waves it away. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

After five minutes, Chou and I glance at each other nervously, afraid to be so far away from the traffic but we dare not question Kim. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He popped Luke on the thigh with his towel and walked away. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Gregarious Simulation Systems was located less than a mile away, so I was able to use one of their complimentary wireless access points instead of one of the city nodes owned by IOI. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

And for the first time in my life I don’t want to be. the dishes you miss number fifty, he says, walking away. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

The Russian Empire entered the war right away. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

His room looked bare, everything packed away, it was as it had been the first day he had come into it, the day he had fought with Hooper and punched him in the face. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, Rat pushed up to his feet, moved a few steps away from us, then stopped and stood with his back turned. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

John Henry had his overalls rolled up around his knees as he stood in the water, hammering away at a bridge fashioned from the wreckage of fancy yachts. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“You are very good to say so. I am very tired of this war. If I was away I do not believe I would come back.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She turned away, training her eyes on a stained-glass window. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I pushed it away as Peach cried, “I bet I could climb a tree!” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The chaplain rose quickly and edged away from Yossarian’s bed, and then nodded with a conciliating smile and promised to conduct himself with appropriate caution. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I waited until Robin was in school and Father was away on an errand before I went to see Miss Whitlaw. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was far away from where the attack had happened, so that helped, and also I didn’t hear gunfire at night. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

They looked, from above, like a set of great map weights holding down the city’s edges so it wouldn’t blow away. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He pulls his hands away, laughing loudly like he’s forgotten any rules about volume. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Walter hauls the trunks away from the wall and retrieves Camel. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The situation was now out of control, and he turned away with a small moan. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He stumbled against the big palomino; it snorted and shied away. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She felt foolish and ashamed of her panic, of wanting to tear them away from him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

We brushed off the few leaves that had fallen on the pile of clothes and skin, then got on either side of it to drag it away. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

We stare at each other, and she blinks, looking away to check the hall for nurses before looking down at the tile floor. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Moving every day also keeps the cows healthier, because they can get away from their droppings, which can contain unhealthy parasites. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

When the officers turned away, he ranted more to the group of black men assembled who’d been hired to sit his family out on the street. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Reluctantly, I drag myself away from Ma and catch up with them. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then his head turns away from me and he points at the sky. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He’d intended it to be funny, but she finally pulled away and began cleaning up like it would solve world hunger. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It’s kind of sad when you have to run away from something that isn’t your fault. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Fortunately, Nephew,” he said quickly, leading the boy away, “that has never been a problem.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

And a chair to stand upon—a chair that could be kicked away.... And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Then they bounded away, with a flash of little white tail. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man took one look at the motley crew and frantically paddled his canoe toward the shore, desperately trying to get away. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“Leo gave me a book, too. My Side of the Mountain. A New York city kid runs away to the woods.” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

And whatever it was had eaten away the corn. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

All her cares fell away from her, and all her pains as well, and she seemed to float upward into the sky. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Before I put all the photos away in what had now become Caitlin’s box, I selected the photo of her wearing the big straw hat. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

"Then die!" the bird shrieked, and it grabbed Ku-Ang with its stabbing claws, flew into the sky, and flung him away with all its might. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He took his hat off and threw the cigar away when he saw Francie come in. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hugo looked away from her and put his hands in his pockets. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Frank grabbed Percy and Annabeth in his front claws, then spread his wings and soared away. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

A body cast...So that’s why both legs are locked away and my tummy and hips are also locked away. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

When we were hungry we stole apples and plums from the marketplace and darted away like rabbits when the vendors shouted after us. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

A metal pole holding up a Stop sign, its reflective letters visible even this far away. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“What part of living away from home did you like the best?” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Low branches whipped at Bran's face as they pushed between the trees, and the leaves brushed away his tears. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And with a few tugs at the knot, the rope fell away. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Palmer stepped away from the people then, into the clear, onto the shooting field, the better to be seen, for he knew now that there was no stopping it. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Even without looking up, I knew right away who it was. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Without responding to me directly, she spun around on her heels like the dancer she was and marched away. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t ready to stop when his father first shined his lantern on him and pulled him away from the sputtering sheriff. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

We find a parking space on the street a couple blocks away from the place, and Jane leads me to a nondescript glass door next to a hot-dog restaurant. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Their grandson struggled with mental health problems during his short life, but he was a smart kid and they had been putting money away to send him to college. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The hills of Andalusia were only two hours away, but there was an entire desert between him and the Pyramids. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ran for more than an hour, over grass and gravel, until the sun burned away the early mist and dried the dew. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, it will be great around here for the first few weeks. I’ll be very polite and sweet. After that, everything will go downhill and you will send me away.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She pulled her hands away and stepped back, trying, too late, to retrieve her dignity. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Even Sass forgot her scolding and stood a little apart in the courtyard letting the rain fall on her as if it were washing away some of her sorrow. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

He went away and was gone quite a little while. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

One day, just to get her to go away, I started reading the page she had opened. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

If her sun-and- stars had lived, he would have led his khalasar across the poison water and swept away her enemies, but his strength had left the world.' A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Kaisha smiled briefly at Moss, flashing a mouth full of braces, before tucking the device away. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The sight of it rushed the men out and down away from the house. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stepped forward, whipped a napkin away from me, then threw it on the floor. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

While Annette ran away down the empty hall, it suddenly hit me that I hadn’t even thought about how Jeffrey was feeling. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it even felt mighty nice to have John standing there with us, smiling away. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

The video was taken from too far away. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But she didn’t drop her head or turn it away more than just a fraction so that if the Emperor should look at her, he would not see her eyes. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The guns arrived in narrow tin boxes and were packed in Cosmoline, a brownish substance the consistency of lard that had to be stripped away. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

With tears in their eyes they asked one another what they should do if their Leader were taken away from them. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

But I imagine I felt that I wasn’t going to get put away if somebody tried framing me in any situation that I could help. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I was asleep when the twisty things were fighting and when they went away I was awake, and I saw something big and horrid moving in the trees." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Seven cracked a small smile before cleaning up the dishes, putting the leftover cake away, and going to her room for the night. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Mom slugs her way into the kitchen, yawning her sleep away. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Take that away from my home. Off with you now and take your cargo, or I should call the constable.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d be happy to slam the door closed and throw away the key himself. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Aegisthus would certainly have killed the boy if Orestes had been there, but he had been sent away to a trusted friend. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time she said it, she spoke of going North, of running away, following the North Star. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wiped a bunch of tears away with a twisted-up hand and blinked a couple of times before she looked at me. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not surprisingly, the lightning had spooked everyone away from the park except us. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Okay, class, you know the drill. Let’s get started right away so we can get through the rest of you today. Who’s up first?” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I had enough sense at that point to break away toward the waterline, but I was trapped there, forced to watch it all play out. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Their method was, first, to increase the prestige of their own soldiers by taking away the prestige of the infantry. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Why not give the candy away if you don’t want it?” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“You had this fight won and then you went and just threw it away.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I made a casual gesture as if tossing something away. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Singing a 3rd or 6th away from the melody is very challenging, as the tendency is for singers to slip from their parts into unison with the melody. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

He pointed into the woods, away from the clearing, and he didn’t need words to communicate what he meant. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

No shape of cloud could be seen, unless it were far away westward, where the furthest groping fingers of the great gloom still crawled onwards and a little light leaked through them. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I nod, unable to take my eyes away from the tiny thing. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He put on his glasses, waded away from Ralph, and crouched down among the tangled foliage. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Her arm felt good linked with mine, and it sucked when she pulled away. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

His face was turned away, but I thought his cheek appeared lifted, as if he were smiling, too. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She turned away from him, and flipped open her laptop to check on the blog. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He squawked in disapproval, saying, “No. No. No! NO!” as he moved away from me. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Dot whispered to me, not looking away from the screen. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard him turn away from the phone and swear and he said, “Is this because of the idiots at school? Because people saw us together?” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Although they traveled as far as New York for interviews, they kept well away from Riverbank. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He stole away again and instructed his hidden hunters. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The trash and garbage had been swept away; dead animals—cats, dogs, birds, and pigs—had been removed. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Blackjack cantered away as Tempest reared in confusion. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

As they walk away, the girl turns and looks at me like I’m a zoo exhibit. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Not long afterward, he was again away for a few days. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought I could see sunlight through the closed lid of my right eye, and I dreamed about waking up in the hospital yesterday afternoon and the nurse moving the curtain away. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I nod and sniffle and look away, even though I feel silly and stupid for getting emotional all over again. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He nods and waves his hand, and I run away. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

But she reached out to him after wiping a tear away. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

How will I get away from him and find the Resistance? An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

They waited a few feet away from the stop, toward the back of the group, because the city crowds still made Mama a little bit nervous. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

DRACO: These rumors — about my son’s parentage — they don’t seem to be going away. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

He took out his knife, fighting the urge to run away, and peered through the branches. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

The party was slipping away in sweet sadness, Eddie went out in the office and did a little tap dance and came back and sat down again. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mama Oji, leave Pastor alone! First let your husband go back to the army he ran away from!” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

You will probably think it silly that a nine-year-old boy should imagine he could get away with a trick like that, but I had sound reasons for trying it on. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she needed to, she could break and run, away from the bushes where her family slept. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Hilly take out two tickets and hand the envelope back to Miss Leefolt, who goes in the back to put it away. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“How far away is Hun- gary? “A thousand kilometers?” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

There was a man in front of her, holding a rifle sideways to keep her from getting away. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fathers raged, too, though they were far away; and the king, he descended into a delicate madness from which his old self only sometimes emerged. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

His eyes caught mine, held, then looked slowly away. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Every year, Harry was left behind with Mrs. Figg, a mad old lady who lived two streets away. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I would draw the commander firing, Mother on her knees with her head in her hands, and our truck driving away, the tires spitting gravel onto Ona’s dead body. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He walks away with his head sort of down. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Everything else is ambiguous. Everything else is emotions and hunches. At least the facts you can cling to; the emotions just float away.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

But though it occurred to me to offer the money I had saved to help her continue her lessons, I was never quite able to admit that I had put it away. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hermione was overcome with such a strong fit of the giggles at this point that she had to duck out of the queue and only returned when Archie had collected his water and moved away. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Travis snagged it with his free hand and tore it away. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

In addition to the cold, her deep sense of unease was back, without the laughter and stories from earlier to chase it away. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“The dishwater is boiling away on the stove, I forgot all about it. You all clear the table and start washing up. Be careful and don’t get burned.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

When a platter was empty, it got lifted away, and another one, even fuller than the first, magically appeared in its place. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

But the dress she wrapped up carefully in its greasy rag-coverings, and she shuffled back to the hut to hide the lovely thing away. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The rain clouds blew away, leaving room for a bright red sunset, where fiery lights burned behind the clouds that gathered around the lowering sun. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I winced away, tears suddenly filling my eyes at the startlingly increased pain. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“No; I don’t want to do anything but just be quiet. You go away and amuse yourself. Don’t stay.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Trust Dumbledore to come up with something like this . .. but he’s in London . .. I’ll be far away by the time he gets back. ...” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He threw it away, cursing a curse that was almost a scream. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I could see right away that he was an unusual guy. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Kat moved away before the start of school, and I fell in love with the boy she left behind. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“We got fired on,” she said, and looked away, burning with shame at how much it had taken out of her. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

She would have collected data four feet away from a live shark. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He was still weeks away from being sent home when tryouts came around. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

By 1903, fully 25 percent of the 'Big Three” meatpacking companies’ profit on beef came from their ingenious ways of using what had formerly been thrown away. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When guards pulled away the box, she Jerked about desperately. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I didn't want the rich to go away until I could at least briefly join their ranks. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

My little sister is holding my hand like I'm some kid, but by the time we step onto the curb, I pull away from her and cross my arms. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She sniffed as if to clear away a memory of the late Mr. Trotter. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

The main path looked like an arm with the veins stripped out, long slashes where flooding had washed the gravel away. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Finally our new mama took hold of our hands and led us away, and we knew that our dream of staying together was coming true. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s trying to stay away from everyone, especially his sister Anna, who came home for the funeral with her children and a nanny and is staying on for a while. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He loved to toss surprise exams at a class—and he also could suddenly be the nice guy, not giving a test for weeks or giving a test and then throwing away the results. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He told his friend that they helped take his mind away from his lonesomeness. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Stop that! You’ll hurt yourself,” cried the conductor, but Trashman held him away with one hand while he turned the bottle cap in his jaws with the other. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess I’ll need to help myself,” I say and then quickly add, “Plus Kareem is only a couple hours away at Princeton. I know I can call him for anything—he told me so.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Her mother looked away, tears in her eyes. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

When he saw me coming, he started to slide back and away. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He moved backward to the gate, thinking he’d better run away. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lanre, his face in shadow darker than a starless night, was blown away like smoke upon the wind. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“And she was killed. Alaska has passed away.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I glance up at Dad, and he gives me a weak smile, then looks away. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Hollister stepped away from the counter and fiddled with books on a nearby shelf, straightening some, pulling a title off one shelf and moving it to the row below. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Dad came knocking, but I didn’t respond, and he drifted away, trying to “give me space.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She says yes right away, and we make plans for Saturday afternoon. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Wait,” I said in English as he tried to pull away. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I did not know what, besides love and death, lay between him and that brother, but I knew that whenever I bespoke him something in him winced away as if I touched a wound. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sudden tears threaten, and I blink hard to force them away. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Which room shall it be next?” said Mr. Wonka as he turned away and darted into the elevator. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

But the food and water are on another chest, maybe three feet away. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

She turned away and disappeared into the darkness, leaving me alone with her cryptic words. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I liked the rhythm right away, and I knew that it was the song that Fred had danced to in his bug-eyed glasses. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I swim to get away from Josh Raymond, and my cheating father, and Violet’s involved parents who are also her friends, and my sad, deserted mother, and my bones. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Sefia dug her fingers into the leather casing and ripped it away. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I hope one day I can become someone important like Richard Riley,” I said to myself while he was walking away. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

From the window of the room I'm sitting in, I could see the building where she's being held, less than one hundred meters away. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He would have to point his answers away from himself quite definitely. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It would be folly to throw away: what? The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

They didn’t even have a chance to speak; the police took him away. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The trail dies away in the shorter grass now. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I inhale sharply and arch away from the pain, my chest slamming into the post. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, my mom had made assumptions about me and my life, and that had hurt me, pushing me away. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

However, at the bottom of the report there were a few well- chosen comments from the school nurse that not even Uncle Vernon and Aunt Petunia could explain away. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I hope some will come. What would I do if they sent me away? They will unless there are more patients.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

No one on the boat knew how far away or how deep he was. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I knocked his hand off and pushed him away. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

A mass that’s gotta be the army, marching its way forward, so far away I can only tell it’s them at all cuz it looks like dark water flowing into a dry riverbed. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“No one in particular,” I answered her, and my parents exchanged a look of relief and conviction that yes, they did the right thing by chasing Finch away. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“The boy who was running away looked like Roy, but I can’t say for sure. I’m only checking with you folks because you’re his parents and, well, this is part of my job.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slip the dirty wipe into a sandwich bag to throw away later. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

For a time you fight your way blindly in the mad crush of hurtling metal and then suddenly it dies away and you are in serene and quiet countryside again. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blinking away tears, Flora Baumbach returned to her seat, the elfin smile still painted on her pained face. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I reach for a pair of silver earrings that my best friend, Soojin, might like, Zohra smacks my hand away. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Then Gandalf and Beregond taking up the bier bore it away towards the Houses of Healing, while behind them walked Pippin with downcast head. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

But the gloom of Lydia’s prospect was shortly cleared away; for she received an invitation from Mrs. Forster, the wife of the colonel of the regiment, to accompany her to Brighton. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

The inside of our shelter was shadowy and dark, but the pain had begun to go away. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don't say anything, but I guess the tears running down my cheeks do the talking because Pattie abruptly turns away and goes to the back of the salon. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Everybody around me started mumbling and grumbling right away, but I didn’t see what the big deal was. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it wasn’t like Ophie was going to turn away any help she could get. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

William comes to a stop about thirty paces away from them. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

If their loved ones so far away could have seen the crew of Endurance, their hearts would have broken. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I turned toward the cabin, the wood burning lower now but still too high for me to get close enough to rub away the other circle. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Hidden away behind everything else was a small wooden box that showed signs of much handling. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

As Moss wiped the sweat away, he realized that Javier was still staring at him, an eyebrow raised, a subtle look of amusement on his face, his beanie placed crookedly on his head. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

My head goes light, my body floats away, and I start to fall. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He saw the water begin to pull back from the rocks below him, saw the seaweed sucked out in long green tresses, saw the ocean yanked away from the dark, sharp mussel beds. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“I know. But we’re not going to let them get away with it.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Charlie called out a goodbye, and I heard the cruiser pull away from the house. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I push the ridiculous thought away as I head toward the café’s entrance, shifting my thoughts instead to the running checklist of tools in my backpack. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“See how easy it is to keep your faith when the Nazis take it away along with everything else,” Moshe told him. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her dark hair fell across her face and she brushed it away absentmindedly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When he jerked his head away from the right, a left hook slammed into his face. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few hours later, a gust of wind rushed through the treetops and then—thunk!—the robot looked down as another pinecone rolled away. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

"I'm coming right away," said Gregor slowly and deliberately and didn't move, so as not to lose one word of the conversation. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

They shook their heads, and then turned and walked away. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Some miles farther on, they took a road running inland, away from the sea. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

It clattered to the street and rolled away. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The momentum, which had propelled her onto the runway, faded away. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She had crumbled away when they had found her on the cabin floor. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the year there was another incident, this time away from the school, that was to have a major effect on me. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Her face was four feet away from the shark’s open jaws and her expression was completely calm, as if she were posing for a family photo with Dad and me. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Family lore had it that he possessed unexplained skills and senses, that his nimble hands could spirit away afflictions in both humans and animals. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

For a second I swear I can see some interest, but then she turns away. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

It was 7.6 on the Richter scale and was felt as far away as Kabul and Delhi. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But they were still too far away for him to make out the words. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Some of the animals had noticed that the van which took Boxer away was marked “Horse Slaughterer,” and had actually jumped to the conclusion that Boxer was being sent to the knacker’s. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Beyond the fields, a mile or more away from the sea, rose a forest of oak, chestnut, and hickory, open and park-like, the underbrush kept down by expert annual burning. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I guess the Argentine must think the big horse has gone away,” said Pollard. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Leon was just arriving as I was coming away. He had his friend with him, you know, the chocolate magnate. They persuaded me to join them for dinner tonight.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

All my usual disconnected comforts are being taken away, now that I see the greater comfort of presence. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He keeps trying to take my hand and I keep pulling away. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Cari had delighted in that job, but Beto had looked away, unsure about the whole business until they pulled in the first fish. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

And thus Wang Lung, always drifting away from the others until he too was alone, came upon him. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

When all the talk, all the propaganda has been cut away, the criterion is nothing but the color of skin. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

My tabs hang off the cart like a tangle of roots as it rolls away. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

My gaze fixed on my poor uncle and I could not tear my glance away. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was away eastward, on his left as he stood under the great stones, staring and straining into the gloom. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It has been over a month since Pa was taken away. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom tugged my dad’s sleeve like some kind of warning that he’d better not get too carried away. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He takes Pa to the station and watches as the train pulls away, stays as it disappears down the tracks, so all that’s left is the smoke. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

For a while he sat with unseeing eyes as if walking in distant memory or listening to sounds in the Night far away. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She touches my shaking hand and I pull it away. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He began to walk away, but I held him tight and yanked him back. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Even her father had told Jinjoo that it was a good thing she had a pretty face and smart brain, because her singing would drive any potential husbands away. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

A tall grandfather clock sat at the foot of the stairs, pecking away at the hour as if a crow trapped inside were trying to break loose. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took back the sword and turned away. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She looks at us again and can see Jasmine wiping away tears on her shirtsleeve. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

Dr. van Heerden fed it a kind of smelly liquid, and it hummed away as it made the lights shine and the stove hot. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom and I had tears in our eyes as we drove away. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Now each day I stepped farther and farther away from Frightful to make her fly greater and greater distances. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, my chin quivers and I turn away. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Ifemelu hastily looked away, hoping he had not seen her watching him, and asked him if he could explain a difficult question in her homework. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The people behind me press me forward, away from my family, who will be the last ones to leave. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The creaking in my rocker died away as I slowed to a stop. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its hair had burned away, its clothing fused to its limbs. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The Corpsekiller was garbed as a Brazen Beast, his seamed, scarred face hidden behind a cobra mask, but the familiar black arakh slung at his hip gave him away. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

At last they were face to face, and it seemed that his only impulse was to run away. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Mr. Travis opened his eyes and saw Cooter smiling away, and if I live to be fifty years old, I hope I don’t never witness another growned man go berserk like Mr. Travis did! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

But now he started carrying them four blocks away from home! The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” I shouted impatiently, losing my head, “go away, go on down.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I had been gone only from one sun to the next, yet it was like many suns, like the time I had gone away in the canoe. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The queen climbed onto the dragon’s back and flew away,” insisted a tall brown woman. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

If a ward passed away while under guardianship, a single word was usually scrawled by his or her name: “Dead.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She saw us sprouting wings, flying up and away. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

She grabbed Jessica’s hand and pulled her toward the car, which I could see a little ways away, parked across First Street. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

We stumbled away from the walls in a daze. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She should not have run away from her own house because Mama’s medicine had pushed Master into the arms of this common slip of a girl. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Never mind, my friend,” he whispered to Boots as he was wheeled away. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Hyacinth said, pulling Laney away from the dessert table, where she was sticking her fingers into the carrot cake frosting. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

All I know is, I hate being away but coming home is the worst. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“The Paper turned the first king’s father into a tiger, but that was long before the Paper was given away. How can you have it now?” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

It did indeed become very dark again; for the moon passed westward into thick cloud, and Pippin could not see anything a few feet away. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Her T.V. is color and big and all her pretty furniture made out of red fur like the teddy bears they give away in carnivals. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

September 27—1 should have written this down right away, because it’s important to make this record complete. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Is it me? Is it the house? Are we too far away from town?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She jerked away and threw herself down again, her lips pulled back, her teeth bared. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I remembered how Papa had led me away from the house like this the day he left and knew by that that Burn Sanderson had something he wanted to talk to me about. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My dad sends them when he’s away. I’m up to fifty different cities.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I crouch against the wall, straining to hear, but the voices fade as the men walk away. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“We live over in the town, six miles away.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

That if he walked away after the evening work session, he might not be missed until the night ration. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

With much grunting and groaning he complied, elbowing the youths away as he lifted me to his shoulder. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Then Wang Lung motioned to them to go away, and he sat beside her while she slept and woke, and he looked at her. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

She pulls away, wiping her eyes, and asks me to come inside. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

We sit in silence until a tired-looking Coach pulls up ten minutes later, smiles an embarrassed thank-you to me, and takes Russ away in his truck. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma Sweetwine used to tell us to hold our breath around the scent of night-blooming jasmine if we didn’t want to give away all our secrets. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Wherever it is you walk, just be sure to walk away from the fighting.” A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he remembered this, that Lotus had known of his son’s desire to go away, and how had she known? The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“I know how to be your puppy,” I said, and jerked my head away. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am worried that you have a knack for making unwise decisions,” he says when he’s a foot away from me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

If only Mrs. Danvers would take her eyes away from Maxim. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Rocky was more anxious than Tayo to stay away from the house, to stay after school for sports or to play with friends. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

That big fish takes my breath away and he won’t give it back. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Courtney coming to get her, and then, having seen her, turning away sorrowing: “Never, never, never.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

He turns away before I can see his face and hobbles down the bleachers. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Tell me. I have to know. Why did he run away?” The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The kapo hit him again as the other prisoner pulled me away. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Right away, Lemon and Rat Kiley started goofing. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

After sex they are always amazed to discover that the bed has moved several inches away from the wall, pushing up against the bureau on the other side of the room. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The confessionals were tucked away in one of the side aisles. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The worst part is that she almost lived, you know? She died weeks away from liberation.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” Heidi says, looking at me and then away, right away. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He came away from the wall and took it. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

As I cleared away the table, Madam informed me that my day off would begin after I brought in wood and washed up the dishes. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This what I’m thinking. We wait until she get away from DeVante, right? And then we...” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Forty feet away, Percy bent over the giant king, trying to yank a sword from the braids of his hair. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Two benches away, Esther was crying softly as she took off her right shoe. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The paperboy shrugged, jerking his hostile eyes away. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before being led away in irons to the state penitentiary, Burkhart turned and smiled wanly at Mollie. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She lay there twitching as the knights pulled their two prisoners away. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Your apartment was cloaked in shadow and the fantasy always faded away in seconds. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

And then she huffed and stomped away without another word. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I wonder if the weight of that ever goes away. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

All this time, your brother was sixty-five miles away and we never knew it. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He gets close to me a few times, but maybe he can feel me thinking Go away at him because he backs off. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I forgot she always sleeps in D.B.'s room when he's away in Hollywood or some place. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

And then I felt that shadow again, and the chickens started to run, and I ran after them, flapping my arms and yelling to keep that hawk away. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

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

Tomorrow midday seemed far away and relatively unimportant compared to his present growling stomach. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

But why run away unless there was good reason? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

People would run away from me with their—chicken nipple—babies.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Responsibilities have fallen away from them, obligations, old hates and grievances; now for a short while they can play again like children, but this time without the pain. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Lily and I were friends for a long time till she moved away to California. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat down once more, back against a gravestone, and began to drift slowly away, turning his mind away as you shift a field of vision with your glasses, moving to focus on higher ground. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulls away to look into my eyes. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’s far away, but even if he were beside me, could I confide in him? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Harrison was in charge while her husband was away on business when a black janitor passed along a tip: Word on the street was that neighbors were planning to bomb the Harrison house. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Jimmy liked the feeling of being away from everything. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to talk before you hurried away,” the witch soothed. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The gateway was no more than a pair of ruined stone pillars, with a road leading away between them into empty fields. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Often a writer needs to steer the reader’s attention away from the agent of an action. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

It was my chance and I let it slip away. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

No matter how risky it was, we couldn’t stay away. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“It’s—” Finn began, and Emma clapped her hand over his mouth so he couldn’t give them away. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

But they also used muskets for a new type of warfare: long-distance raids against Maori tribes hundreds of miles away, carried out in order to outdo rivals in acquiring slaves and prestige. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I got to my feet and went to him, stood behind him and placed my hands on his hips, but he leaped away from me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The prisoners saying a chorale, they sing in parts, and it sounds almost as if there were no voices, but an organ far away on the moor. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once the waiter put the beers down, my mother motioned with her head for him to step away from the table and leave us alone. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

He watched Leon storming away, pushing his way through the tumultuous corridor, disappearing into the swarming stream of boys. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They caught our chicken when it flew away. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sending out the message that they should stay away and ignore us. Hopefully that’s enough. Otherwise...things could get messy.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

And how had they gotten away with it, if the body was in the hall? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

But when the pale red circle became a staring eye, I looked away. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Right away, Sir,” I said, picking up the tray. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And with a bow of his head, Cozmo shrinks into a bird and flaps away. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

It was like her head was broke off from her body and thrown away. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He had run away from home at the age of 14 to fight in the French and Indian War. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Edwin started the motor, backed away from the shore, and waved good-bye. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

But all too soon Dustfinger told her to turn off along a minor road leading away from the coast, away from the sea and the brightly colored houses, and into the dark. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Turtle could not let him get away with that, even if it was true. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I get drunk, and I drive my wife away with a breath like mustard gas and roses. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I crawled onto the sand on all fours, invisible creatures skittering away as I collapsed onto what felt like a pile of leaves. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Do go away and let me alone,” he sobbed. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

We had to bring him to the vet right away because of the wheeze. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

At that moment a solid shot passed through the trees above them, tore through the leaves, ripped away a branch, caromed out into the dark over the line. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I went to the Chrysanthemum Teahouse early this morning, but Madam Claire turned me away. Princess Sophia alerted all the teahouses to refuse service to me." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I looked down at Rufus’s bloody face and said, “If you leave him here now, it will be a long while before he can send anyone after you. You’ll have time to get away.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He looked away from me, shook his head. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

To be away from the noisy mob of hikers even for a moment gave her a feeling of wrongdoing. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if it’s me or them, but any attempt at conversation usually fades away in a minute or two, and the barriers go up. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mong wiped his face on his sweatshirt again and stepped away from the fence. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“And your mother’s got some tucked away. We’re going to change it into silver. That’s what people will be wishing they had soon, silver and gold.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She loved Johnny dearly but all the old wild worship faded away. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The reporter raced away in his own direction. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Miss Penn offered a cigarette to von Linden, who waved it away in disdain. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Then they were gone, slipping away between the branches, which closed behind them as if they’d never been. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

If she tried to chase away the new wife, then her husband would be angry with her and might send her away altogether. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

There were others farther away, but they were the responsibility of other groups. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

His footsteps echoed in the darkness as he walked away. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

A horn blew outside—the school bus lumbering away. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two spend days exploring together and talking, getting to know each other away from the rest of the family, becoming more than brothers. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The broad-leafed trees become smaller, there are more pines, the air cools, the sky turns an icier blue: we’re heading away from spring. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

In his two hands, by himself, Anatole the orphan without descendants began to drag away one of the large bushbucks he’d shot on the hill. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I yawned as he brushed my hair away from my face with his hand. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Diane and Sage step away from the table and, with clipboards in hand, lead the group toward the other end of the yard. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Even though Hera was away, he thought it well to be cautious, and before appearing to Europa he changed himself into a bull. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a feeling that he had been in this neighborhood before, and that there was a main thoroughfare not far away. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

A few hours later a wagon came, chose the other group, and took them away. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Your parents let him get away with that?” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He pulled away, but when she stretched out he dove back into her belly fur again. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Sun is so far away that its rays are parallel when they reach the Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were willing to believe that aloe, like ginger and cinnamon, could be found only by gathering twigs that drifted away from paradise. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps a Braavosi ship? One hears of purple sails as far away as Asshai and the islands of the Jade Sea.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Patients in traditional forms of psychotherapy while away their fifty minutes reliving childhood conflicts and learning to blame their unhappiness on how their parents treated them,” Pinker wrote. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The door at Ms. Dale’s office isn’t closed, so he sees Byrd right away. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Other officers, though they would uniformly deny it, let the servers give away much more food than was al-lowed. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the inmates are all locked in their cells, most of what is stressful in the life of a block officer goes away. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spotted Alec a few feet away, jamming the end of his weapon into a woman’s face; Alec then broke into a run, jumping onto the steps and passing Mark, heading for the door. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“We will do as we are bid,” I assure the knight, trying to move Cardan away before he does something we will both regret. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Hey, Lydia, maybe after you move away, when you come back to visit, we can all come here and add stuff to the Column,” Dill said. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

And she walked away, leaving Ron chortling, still clutching the Gurdyroot. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

In two minutes her laptop and tape player are packed away. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had to take mine away and weave the rose herself. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I barely even noticed the scientists’ kids, and Jewish was something somebody else was in places far away from Chokecherry. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Genie wondered how “concerned” Grandpop really was, hiking through the trees like that, occasionally tripping over ground roots that Crab couldn’t kick away. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The boy looked at him and looked away. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The time away from the White House was meant to be a working vacation, and it has clearly revived him. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“We better get going,” she said, leading them on foot slowly up the slope toward the ridge, away from the direction Kyril Montana had taken. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I decided not to disturb him, and I sat down at another table a few feet away and continued to watch him read. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He rarely got away from them after a delivery without some tea or coffee and cake. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“What are you doing, Bryson? Just leave it alone and it will go away.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Other men turned away at the sight of him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The Farm Patrol was very efficient, and besides, El Patron had told him just as many people ran away from the United States as toward it. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he had known that Sirius was intrinsically brighter than the Sun, he would have come up with almost exactly the right answer: Sirius is 8.8 light-years away. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only heat source was a brick stove that didn’t warm up anything more than three steps away. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

And with that, the goose plopped into the water and glided away. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He spoke a word to Shadowfax, and like an arrow from the bow the great horse sprang away. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I never eat my soup all at once, and do not want my own family to take mine away. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I pushed her away because she was grabbing me and I didn’t like it, and I pushed really hard and I fell over. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody crossed Cole Matthews and got away with it. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Archer felt the big man’s hand on the crook of his arm, but he tugged away. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I freeze for a moment, turn, and walk away. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The dim light fragmented and died away creeping up the eastern wall. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Far away. Over ocean. Under sky,” she replied in English. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father’s arrest had come in September, and when Christmas was but two days away, my mother dropped a bombshell. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kick the bedroom door down and take the boys away. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I’ve reeled away, landed in a sitting position, my knees to my chest. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

In the girls’ room, I throw away the garbage and quickly wash my hands using 3 squirts of soap. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

As Cook’s words die away, I realize I’m holding the press midair. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He pointed toward a glittering green river snaking through the hills a kilometer away. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Sure I was, but that was billions of miles away from here. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Right away he’s the fastest, he’s the best. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

"I don't see the dancing dolls being left out in the rain or given away to the maid!" How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Half an hour later, the serene views on the windows fade away, and the real world comes back into view. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It just made sense, and it was far enough away from the yellow house, Genie figured, that the hundreds of non-swallows wouldn’t mess with it. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

But Théoden would not listen to him, and he went away. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He breaks away from our hug so he has room to kiss me again. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Jinjoo wiped away the tears that had sprung to her eyes. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I looked at the hot dog man, the cheapest thing around—you wouldn’t get away from him without forking over three or four bucks. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

As I lay on the hood of the car, with the officer’s hands pressing against every part of me, searching me, I watched Shea twenty feet away on the ground getting the same treatment. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Pilar is away at art school in Rhode Island. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She smiled and took her hand away from her ear. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Then she uttered a charm and in a moment out from the water sprang a lamb and ran frisking away. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hands jerked upend grabbed hold of her shoulders to shove her away. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She went to move her hand away but Lola tightened her grip and seemed to read the younger girl’s mind. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Besides, I have lots of memories tucked away in my head and in my photo albums. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

So he jerked his head away from the candle, and looked at the soot around the base of the coffeepot. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“The Boss was running away with some old magazines. Maybe he escaped.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

You turn just in time to see a nurse pulling away a hypodermic needle, its lethal load already delivered. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Was the tide of public opinion slowly turning away from superstition and toward discovery? The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Unseen, the frail slip of paper was whirling away on the current of warm air; it was vanishing in a flash of flame. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” said Julian politely, “yes, it is lovely out,” but his voice came not from where I was expecting it but farther away, near the bookcase. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“He insisted for a time and then went away.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The nearest silent sister was ten thousand leagues away. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Rain finally fell on October 12 and then again on October 15—a steady shower that Philadelphians hoped would clean the air of fatal odors and wash away the foul, disease-causing matter in the streets. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

And now these jerks wanted to take it all away. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“I’m going for the top right away,” I said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Take me away from here," whispered Meggie, “please take me away from here." Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Off you go, off you go, the bell rang five minutes ago, off to class, now,” he said, shooing some of the younger students away. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“But if he ran away...He has to know how worried everyone is, right? Why would he just run away and not tell anyone? Why wouldn’t he tell me?” she asks. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

She thought about touching the Hoppers’ money and how mad Mr. Hopper had been, and how mad she got when Mr. Hopper pulled the jar of quarters away from Dallas and yelled at him. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Out front, George Pickett had ridden out before the whole Division, was making a speech, but he was too far away and none of die men could hear. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it didn’t take the ugly thoughts away. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Sure did, and he didn’t say nothing. Just walked away.” Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Max wipes a tear away from her cheek with the back of her hand. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

There was a moment, very brief, when the guarded dispassion fell away from Thyon’s face, and Lazlo saw something human in him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I pull my feet away and tuck them safely under me. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I lifted my camera and snapped a shot of a green truck and white snow and black clouds and the friendly shape of a good man inside and red glowing taillights, driving away. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Cutwater had begun gnawing away at a roasted pheasant, and his cheek swelled out as if he had a monstrous toothache. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

The savage, whoever he was, ululated twice; and the cry was repeated in both directions, then died away. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I get ready to pull Donna away if she tries anything. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The assistant starter caught him and shoved him backward at the same instant that the field sprang away. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The fifth obligation of every Muslim is a pilgrimage. We are obliged, at least once in our lives, to visit the holy city of Mecca. “Mecca is a lot farther away than the Pyramids. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I punched shots away; I deflected shots over the goalpost; I came out and slid into them before they could get shots off. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a moment, Kingshaw glanced away, turned slowly, and went up between the yew trees and into the house, by the back door. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

She honked twice before they pulled out of the driveway and sped away in a shower of gravel. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“Why would you want to move so far away? And to such a foreign place?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

"You can see the exchange from a mile away. Do they think they're subtle?" How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

As I finished putting away the canned goods in frozen silence, my own hands caught my eye. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crickets seemed to take up the conversation then; their loud shrilling seemed so close, although they well might have been miles away. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

They bowed their heads and shuffled their feet and spoke in low voices and then they went away. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stop a second and look at the door, but then she get in her car and drive away. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Pong kept hoping that they would turn away from the pillowy clouds of smoke, but their path to the Mud House was taking them straight for it. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He had a tear in one eye, and he rubbed it away with a knuckle. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to reach her knife, but it was too far away. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“An’ you got it away from him and you took it an’ you killed him?” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Strange to think of his voice still flying through the air, already a country away, growing weaker every mile. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Only once did I look up to see some girls looking my way and whispering with their hands cupped over their mouths, but they looked away when they saw me notice them. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

A low-lying branch almost caught Shanti in the nose, but her reflexes had been honed through years of synchronized Tae Kwon Do, and she whapped it away at the last moment. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“If we did forget, we might slip up. Break The Rule. Give ourselves away.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

As the truck pulled away, he leaned out the wide window and waved. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Because he wasn’t adopted. Like, ever? He’s been living with this family about an hour away from here, but he’s been in a lot of different homes since before then.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He grunted, turned his head away, and said nothing at first. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

We trapped mice to feed it, but sometimes it didn’t eat them, and we couldn’t clear away the carcasses. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Then he noticed Alfred's stare, and limped heavily away. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I get up from the table and walk away from him before I say something stupid and get myself into trouble. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulls away and looks carefully at the tattoos just above my collarbone. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

But as their feet came down they slowed, and gently, as if they were made of sand with wind blowing across them, they faded away. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

From far out in the lake came the fat, rounded plop of a fish jumping, a precise and solitary sound, for the breeze had dropped away completely. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He would freeze, starve, or be blown away. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

When I got up and stood next to him he turned away. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I feel relief to hear that my sister will be safe, even though it means Lucinda has to go away. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

He turned away quickly and tried to hide the fondness, but Claire knew. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Toby laughed nervously and tried to walk away. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Ahead of her was a flat gravel surface, and about ten paces away she could see the high wall of the clock tower. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, when he goes away to college,” Papá uttered wearily. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

It reduced a tree to sawdust—the tree disappeared as if they had blown it away ... Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pantalaimon’s dæmon heart leapt within him, but he said nothing until he could greet her away from the sleepers under the tree. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

They stepped off the glimmering rainbow trail as its light faded away. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

A final embrace before they were led away. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The scythe in green put her knife away and shrugged. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It was only a good baseball throw away, but it looked like forever with darkness all around and wolves behind me. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t think of a response, so I concentrated on keeping my balance as the man continued to brush the snow away with the sleeve of his dark robe. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Were there really doctors who would turn away a woman with a baby in her stomach? Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

I moved away from Papá and went to stand between Mamá and the twins. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The next morning I watch the Discovery sail away with Captain Smith at her helm. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

It never failed; even today, with paintings crying and strangers lurking, the scent of her mom’s chicken and rice eased her mind away from all that trouble, at least for a few seconds. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He tells me that Mom showed him some of my sketchpads, he hoped that was all right, and he was blown away. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Dray does the same, but my aunt shoos him away as if he’s just a vagabon. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

We were our own kind of team, and I wished we could have peeled away, had our own party, like at Wendell. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled his head back, away from the light. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“It was frustrating to be driven away from two jobs that we very much enjoyed, but a starter home for our family would have cost over $600,000.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

He’d promised to finish a book he was writing and needed to get away from the daily, ongoing demands of leadership in the civil rights movement. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The child, who had been kneeling beside her, jumped up to run away. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

How could I take the bear away from him? The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Stunned and defenseless, the male delegate turned and walked away. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Everyone is always celebrating victory or drinking away defeat. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I don’t even blink, just step carefully through the room trying to get to the open window, making all attempts to keep my feet away from sleeping forms. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Though he was held away from the fire itself, the heat was so intense that Encanis’ clothes charred black and began to crumble without bursting into flame. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And as I watched him drive away, I really believed it. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

“It seems a very big decision to me, deciding whether or not to run away and join the circus. Perhaps he did not have enough time to properly consider it.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Then she gets up and sweeps our plates away. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I had parked well away from the road and from any traffic for my time of rest and recount. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sounded a thousand years old and a thousand miles away, but she did not sound scared. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bigger looked at Jack hard and long, then turned away with a grimace. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

We write notes to each other so we won’t get in trouble for talking, and so the teacher won’t take our phones away if she catches us texting. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

The two promptly accused each other of plagiarism, and the English mathematical community, which backed Newton, pulled away from the Continental mathematicians, who supported Leibniz. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“He made a go of it all right. Raised nine children. I’ll bet he hasn’t got four bits laid away. How could he?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

In my mind I pulled away the layer of strangeness that had covered everything. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

And if she turned away from faces looking past her through restaurant windows, that Violet heard the clack of the plate glass in mean March wind. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And he’d take it away from us, too. Just like everyone else.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

A few yards away, a crewman in a blue jumpsuit climbs to the lip of the crow’s nest, spreads his arms wide, and leaps toward certain death. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

As he scraped away, I looked all around Mong’s beach, trying to think if I was taking advantage of my life. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

There are no cars, but there’s a man on the corner up ahead tearing through trash bags, furiously, as if there’s a garbage truck approaching to steal them all away. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It had all been for nothing—as if they had never run away at all. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

My grandmother was only forty-seven when her son passed away. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

For a few minutes there was silence, and then, far away but piercingly clear, he heard a scream. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I picked up the gun, ducked through the door of the shack just pushing the blanket away with my head. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Torture them as much as you can when they are on this earth, then take away the hope that one day their people will have it better. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

In die end it took three of them to pull her away. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She leans over and steals his laptop away from him, ignoring his noise of protest. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

And his company does keep the children away. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn and I start to say something, anything, that’ll be the fastest way to get away. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Mother locks it away as soon as her chant ends. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

At least I’m farther away from the noisy people. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Sho, all you want, long as I got 'em. I can see you a serious yam eater, young fellow. You eating them right away?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I write it all in tiny print as legibly as possible despite my shaky hand while I wipe away tears so they don’t soak into the paper. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

They got to the stables, mounted the horses, and were away before the two oafs had untangled themselves. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

He was holding the receiver away from his ear and making a funny face. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There was some activity down near a stream about four kilometers away,” Brunner said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going away, Dad. You might not see me for a while.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Then he crossed back in the direction of home by another street, and emerged into the Street of the Crooked Dog to see Gebu still some distance away in the gloom. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He knew the game was getting away and that was why the coach put me in, and he was still going to come down lame. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

"You would bring us the whisperings of a traitor half a world away, my lord. Perhaps Mormont is wrong. Perhaps he is lying." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the driver pulled away while black passengers were still standing outside. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Redemption folded the drawing back into a square and put it away. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

During high school I used to wander out to the garage from the house to read or just get away after one of the countless arguments I had with my father. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Go away, he prayed, go away, pass me by, please, please. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I was rarely invited to Mum Olga’s residence, and Father kept her away from our manor, which was day by day being emptied to satisfy his debt. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The sky came closer, and it stretched forever above her, away and away to distant lands she’d never heard of. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I wanted to read a book, but I couldn’t look away for a second. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

By the time the weather cleared about a week later in mid-December, Marina got called away to Moscow—so her aviators had to continue without her. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Kids fall away or get dropped from the program if they don’t meet academic expectations. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Dr. Craven had cut her hair away from the wound and bound her head in a proper bandage, but she took it off. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

She yanked the jacket away from Paulette and wrapped it around herself. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I pulled my fingers away and saw a small smear of blood, as red as Sumac’s regal back. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

MapleG: Maybe the knot would go away if you talked to her. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Four steps away from the fence, where he was talking to a female Dauntless guard with a gun balanced on her shoulder a moment before. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The policeman told my mom that my aunt Helen had passed away. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“We could sail away. There are ships again, now that the war is over.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The girls giggled and turned their heads away. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

The resulting lines permit us to tell that stars millions of light-years away contain the same chemical elements as our Sun and the nearby stars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

About ten feet away there’s a shrine for Khalil in the middle of the street; lit candles, teddy bears, framed pictures, and balloons. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I watched him mount his horse and ride away. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

When I arrived in the school office, I scanned the activities schedule and found what I was looking for right away. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

They were three, and Hazel wondered what would happen if a big hand came and plucked one of them away. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Indentured servants who ran away were considered to have broken a contract, but they were not considered property. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Wasted, kwa? I will boil it well with spices and cook away the spoilage.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I quickly pull away, but he keeps staring down at me out from under his thick eyelashes. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

As the last strident strains of the latter song faded away, there was a moment of silence. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Then Mama stepped in and took the stick away from him. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing he could think of to do was pull his T-shirt off to sop up the blood with, but before he could even try, Crab pushed his arm away. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He felt himself blush, and turned away toward Hector, who was sitting on the floor in front of an overstuffed chair. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Washed away on a tide of soap, salt and castor oil. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the passage curved away from the foyer, it descended for quite some distance uninterrupted by other doorways or passages. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He lived only about twenty minutes away, but we rarely saw each other. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

As the soldiers took her away, Davi turned around many times to see both her parents still on the ground, palms together, praying for her. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn quickly away, and my eyes fall on Mom. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

They are taking me away from these people. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Gave away most of her things when she died, but this was new—and—I—just couldn’t part with it until now.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

And he looked over at the alarm clock ticking away by the chest of drawers. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

He backed away and moved over to stage right, where someone had set up a table and a few microphones. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t smell the smoke, but I saw it right away, gliding beneath the old classroom’s door like spilled milk racing across the ground. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Akira was pressed as far away from the window as he could get. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

"Tell my sister you believe you can win him away from me, given time. That ought to content her for a while." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He takes his first step toward academic success, away from his family. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The small dark-haired woman looked up once—too far away for Tanin to make out her features—and ducked into the crowd. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Harry backed away, drawing his wand as he did so. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The stranger just laughed when she tried to push him away. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Joseph took my arm and pulled me away from his father. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Full-on panicking, and all the comfort she felt from her notes with Keeper melted away like a sugar cube in a cup of hot tea. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It took even less time to gather up my belongings than it had for my life to be signed away. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I drove the dog away and opened my trousers; teeth marks showed deep and red. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The eaves of the forest were very near, probably no more than three furlongs away, but they could go no further. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Park shook his head, but didn't turn away. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I put one foot out onto the ice—he was only three steps away—and held on to the end of a strap and tossed the backpack out to him. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

The way his parents don’t look away from each other long enough to even notice that he’s home. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She stared at the lovely letters she had made for a moment before slapping down her open palm in the middle of them and rubbing them all away. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

We followed him out to the tap, which was about a furlong away. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was stuffing away the rest of the supplies in my backpack. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I wanted to be sucked down with it, away from the guards and the humiliation. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

As he wiped the mess away he said, “What’s my name?” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

But it sounds really cool too, because mostly, when you move away from someplace, you don’t see the people again and you don’t even remember what they sound like. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

But children do not comprehend the complexity of the situation; they simply see their father being taken away by the white authorities without an explanation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the scabs forced me to remember that I had been away from this place for only a few days. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Actually,” Sherm said, reading over her shoulder, “it’s an elliptical orbit. So sometimes it’s closer and sometimes it’s farther away.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I looked away embarrassed, staring into the rapidly growing crowd. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I always figured she would. She just wanted to run away because her friends were. If she stayed in the city, she’d be left all alone.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Pax lay still while the smaller fox sniffed and licked him, too weak to waste energy batting him away. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I once saw a small green snake rub itself against a stone until its old skin peeled away, transparent and thin as paper. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Just me and Mama stood on the field to watch the plane fly away. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch with satisfaction as my hair falls away from me like fog and my head emerges, sharper-featured, more clearly defined. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he was already coming, with his gun, to take poor Bigwig away. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bits of it have begun to peel away, exposing pale patches of new bark underneath. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I raked the leaves away and let his blood drip on the black mountain soil. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I let the girls start walking away and before anyone can stop me, I charge past the receptionist to the closed door behind her and knock. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

It had worked, and the animal bounded away, saving him a trip to the local revival center. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“You are a queer being,” Kunthi said, her brows flaring away from her eyes. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped, still several feet away, and sank gracefully to the ground, crossing his legs. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Her mom’s voice was still grating from three floors away. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He reached and got the broom and swept away the ash. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

This automated intelligence Nina can help you throw away the bad—and find the good! Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to roll away, but he was on me now. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Lena made a final remark, and the fairies flew away. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I say instead to the sandwich-board man, who has now moved away from me, apparently with some urgency and not a little fear. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

They were hospitable and delighted in parties, and in presents, which they gave away freely and eagerly accepted. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

We made the list when we were, like, thirteen, but almost right away Fang lost interest. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Dawn was approaching, and the horrors of the night were ebbing away. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the teacher turned away, Hanako closed her book in defiance, slipped off the straw sandals that Baachan had made her, and looked under her desk and wiggled her toes. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“About three feet away from me, in the air.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

She felt him to be so far away and busy that his return seemed impossible to her. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

His tongue lolling to the side as he watched me walk away. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Mitch gave himself to them, so that I could get away. Mom, well, Mom couldn’t...” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She packed it away in a shoe box and quickly forgot where she had put it. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Opposite the metal wall was a row of ruined houses, still standing as they had before the anchor but with whole sides carved away, like dolls’ houses, open on one side. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He leans in for a kiss and my thoughts slide away. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

That beast, that monster, had taken so much away from him: first his father, and now his chance to be a warrior. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

They pivot away from me like one animal, amid shouts of "The family's coming out! There's the mother." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Sometime in the evening, Howard snuck away to a telephone. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned away and they went out through the doors and passages till in the torchlight of the broad stairs of the tower she blew out her candle. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Eighteen miles and sixteen minutes away as the falcon flies, the repair work on the Margaretville Bridge was nearing completion. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

We usually find a place tucked away far from others, though it’s mostly sand and dirt as far as the eye can see. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

In the sudden light I saw the draccus raise its head two streets away. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He pushed away the thought of the math assignments in his satchel, floated on his back, and watched wispy white clouds chase each other across the wide blue sky. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

But then when my father went away, my uncle started writing his own music, telling stories in his songs. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

What had made me think I could lie to him and get away with it? The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

From across the bridge, thirty feet away, his words had reached her ears, so near and full of warmth that they’d drifted for days under her skin. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

As she rotates away from him, Scoob can’t help but look around for all the places it might be possible to stash stolen jewelry. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Every time I close my eyes, I hear the pounding beat and then the ambulance sirens from far away. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Not wanting to make a spectacle of myself, which was something many of our neighbours seemed to always expect from our family, I backtracked away from the door and vanished into the dark street. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tell him the truth about things. Put all of this in your history. Tell him the truth so you can move forward. Put this hakujin boy away now.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Sweat trickled down my neck, washing away my sunblock. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The cellar was black as pitch and she could not see his face, even inches away. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The boy brought the bottle and the man unscrewed the lid and poured water over the wound and held it shut between his fingers while he wiped away the blood. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

A lot has occurred about which I wasn't told; something that had not only stifled the members' interest but which, according to the records, had sent them away in droves. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hoped to have more luck outside of the corporate world, but I was turned away after the third round of interviews. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Hazel wondered what it would be like to melt, if you would feel yourself slowly liquefy, or if your conscious thoughts would evaporate away before you did. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“I am sorry, the strawberries won’t be ready to pick until then,” the foreman responded, shrugging his shoulders and walking away. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I feel my cheeks growing warm and suddenly look away, glad for the coming darkness. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I sat beside her, and when she didn’t move away I liked her very much. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He had to jog the last block to get there before it pulled away, and he was the last to board. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned around to look for his brother and saw him drifting a few feet away from me. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Then she leaned away, leaving his future firmly in his own hands. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The thing I noticed right away was that Annie was totally bald. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Peewee said nothing had happened, and turned away. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

From far away Leaf looked almost a girl, no older than Bran or one of his sisters, but close at hand she seemed far older. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And she closed the door behind her, stepped around the men and began to walk away. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

You wouldn’t go away in the night, would you? A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I turned away from her, and then felt something cold and wet on my fingers. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

St. John put away my books and his, locked his desk, and said— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Charles turned away; he was almost as white as she was, and I wondered if that old story was true, that one twin felt pain when the other was injured. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Seven miles of ocean about to come down on my head and a doomsday demon just a few feet away: Why not just leap into its mouth right now? Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

And, over time, my mind has rewired itself, so all this information falls away as soon as the next morning comes. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Then I wish it were as easy to send myself away from here as it is to send my love. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

She smiled, shifted her knee away from mine. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Jacques stammers, backs away from him slowly, and then turns and runs inside to get me. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I guess I got a little carried away with myself. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now if I don’t know what someone is saying, I ask them what they mean or I walk away. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He wiped away his tears on the sleeve of his shirt, furious that he had let them fall, and turned to go. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Her Stalwart Shields had tried, pulling husbands away from wives and children from their mothers, even as the Astapori wept and kicked and pelted them with stones. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A delicious smell of food was wafting from the Great Hall, but Snape led them away from the warmth and light, down a narrow stone staircase that led into the dungeons. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Though we are afraid, Met Bong tells us the Khmer soldiers will keep them away from us. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he brought the fork to his lips, he gagged and pushed the plate away. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Honestly, I would have liked another month’s practice, another year’s practice before gambling away an entire talent. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Our nearest stellar neighbor, as we have seen, is Alpha Centauri, 4.3 light-years away. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

It swung its head from side to side and then gave out a low moan and turned and lurched away and loped soundlessly into the dark. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Air raid rules, the Review reminded readers, were now posted on many electrical poles: keep calm and cool; stay home; put out lights; lie down; stay away from windows; don’t telephone. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The animals that used the pool came near and smelled men there and drifted away again into the darkness. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her plan was to stay on the platform until her spirit was driven away by thirst. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody else was scribbling away on their papers. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t long before gunshots went off in the air from miles away. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

On December 10, 1973, he left to gather samples on Mount Balder; his departure was photographed from about three kilometers away. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Glass, seated eight or ten feet away from the shower curtain, stared across the tiled floor at the blue bathmat alongside the tub. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

She gaped at the glass, leaning well away from it now as though it might be a dangerous thing. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

The second step might have been to actively defend the herd against predators, driving away lions, wolves and rival human bands. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He notes that Mars is forty million miles away from Earth. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

But instead of saying anything, she pressed her lips together, swallowed hard, and looked away. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Tell your neighbors. Hiding away will not help!” Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

All that has kept disaster away has been Maria Isabel’s oldest sister, who sends money from Texas, where she lives. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I turned away from it, toward the picture of my mother. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it was another town a hundred miles away that looked exactly the same. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps it’s gotten better, with his being away from here.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Basta took her arm and pulled her roughly away with him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Poppy spoke rapidly to Sitti in Arabic, but she didn’t stop right away. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

They’re barely visible, far away enough that we are safe, for now. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He had had to keep some distance away, but as the morning passed, they became more and more absorbed in each other and paid less attention to the landscape. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He goes away at judicious intervals, on business, giving me a chance to miss him. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was secretly glad when his hurt wing healed and he flew away. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I rubbed and rubbed, but the itch wouldn’t go away. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were waiting to be called out by an Executive—called away for their “secret privileges.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. That’s the one. She got away with something. I didn’t know it then.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“All right then,” said Gloria Dump, and she turned and started walking away. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

He dug a tunnel under one of the fallen trees, scooping away the snow with his arms, his frozen hands clawed inside his sleeves. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Then he fires up his big outboard and zooms away, rich boy in the dark of night, laughing and hooting my name, Skiff-eeeeee, Skiff-eeeeee. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Rocky turned away from them and poured water from the canteen over his bloody hands. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

In pain he gripped his temples, ran fingers through his hair, turned away from her, toward her, paced across the room and back, stopped at a window, lowered his voice. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seeing their fingers coming toward me I rolled away as a fumbled football rolls off the receiver's fingertips, back into the coals. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sees him climbing the bed to look out at the street for Oliver and sometimes she sees Oliver outside and Eugene inside, the two of them chatting away. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he has seen me outside, lurking; perhaps he’s upstairs, just hoping that if he ignores me I’ll go away. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“I knew the minute you knocked on the door. That’s why I came outside. A polite person would have gone away.” Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a few moments she looked at Mark Fossie, who seemed to shrink away, then she turned and moved back into the gloom. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The laptop dings and I blink, quickly pulling my hand away. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“He just went to throw away your—bags.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

If she left her soap in the bathroom it would walk away. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Play your sweet tunes, boy, and stay away from the business of men. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

She stood a few feet away from us and got this sad look on her face. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Unless he could get far away—and quickly—Shin feared he would soon be caught. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

So the farther away we are from the Sun, the smaller and dimmer it appears. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right away, on Toño’s cell phone, we call our family—together. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

I could see the brush, but even with my momentum and swimming as hard as I could, the current was taking me away. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

She ran away, crying, “I’m telling on you!” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I figured the J-3 would be a better ride than some old Ferris wheel,” Dad replied, and looked away from Mom and toward me. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

There were all these things that people had thrown away back there—old cookers and broken dishes and dolls with no arms and no legs and empty cans and broken bottles. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

She walked away from me, leaving me alone with my anger and resentment. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

What could it cost to go over to the supplier’s warehouse and find out if the Pyramids were really that far away? The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

This woman lived in a hut some distance away and so the man had to bear the stares of all the people as he walked to her place. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Smoke rose from a compound near the corn-grinding station a street away. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

A few yards away, Jason broke the surface and gasped, his sword in one hand. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The trick is to not dig away the whole mound, but to work tunnels to those pockets. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe somebody else on the bus would drop out or die or something and she'd be able to move away from him. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I wondered how far away it was, so I did a quick search on my computer. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The Nazis were probably moving us away from the front lines. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

When they were a block away William began playing his harmonica again. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He tried to look at them, but he couldn’t keep it up and had to look away. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course I wanted to try the roller skates right away but my mother’s family was due to arrive for a welcome-home party and all of us had to get dressed up. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even from several feet away, I can make out the protrusion of the pipe in his jacket pocket. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She punctuated every word with a blow: Ron backed away, shielding his head as Hermione advanced. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Then she walks away and disappears into the elevator with the Girl, leaving the rest of the soldiers to stand guard. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

But at that moment Mr. Butterbur was called away by a demand for more ale and his last remark remained unexplained. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

But Alice was tugging at Malcolm’s arm and making him stand up, so he turned away from the dæmons for a moment. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

People in the crowd are losing interest and walking away. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Without another word he stalked off down the steps leading away from the fountain. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh! Mr. Weston, do not mistake me. Selina is no fine lady, I assure you. Do not run away with such an idea.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

I found the gore a bit gratuitous, so I looked away for a second, asking Augustus, “How many dead people do you think there are?” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Mom drove slowly up the dirt road, away from the marina. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Mom takes a few erratic inhales and wipes her tears away with her fingers. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She was staring at her cousin, thinking, “Will you just look at him smiling away? Still got pimples but thinks he’s the cat’s meow. Where does he get it?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It was with pride that I waved the ticket collector’s hand away and showed Mr. Kumar into the zoo. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then the train roared away into the darkness, and was gone. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Reyna wheeled her pegasus away from Percy, like she was glad to be done with him. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Through the first part of the winter, before Mon-a-nee swam away, this was sometimes hard to do. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was tired, but I felt better than I had since Gran passed away. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“He’s really a terrorist making pipe bombs. Go get in his truck and drive away. Drive it off a cliff.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He tells me I should go to school and not be like him working away with the two legs rotting under him. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Now the bus was only a few yards away from me. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Her mother loves her and she loves her mother—honestly, she’d have never gotten through what she has without her—but sometimes you wish even the people you love would go away. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“And then, when those people move in, I have to stay away from the windows?” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I wish we were in one of those cars, going far, far away,” Georgie said. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Two giant tears welled in his eyes and went tumbling to the ground, boiling two patches of moss clear away. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

It came on the wind, sweeping toward her in scratchy bursts, and then was borne away again before she could discern any words. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two houses away he could hear the thump — almost feel it — and father George McNab’s voice: “Lay ’em down easy, I said. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sir, this is a going away party for me, sir,” Bull explained. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tell Bernard I need to use the bathroom, but I really just want to get away so he won’t ask me to dance again. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Moving away from the friends and neighbors who knew Ariana would, of course, make imprisoning her all the easier. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He carried Inigo inside, placed him upstairs on Falkbridge’s feather bed, then hurried away to the entrance of the Thieves Quarter, dragging the wagon behind him. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

And I'm about to turn away when I recognize her. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the beach parking lot was full, so they had to park half a mile away and walk. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

She shrieked and scrambled away up the riverbank. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many passed by, hurrying away from the sound of his voice, until a brave soul entered the house to help him. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seeing us safely away, Dr. Chase turned his biplane and followed us like an honor guard. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He raised one huge hand like a vast claw and made a gesture as if pushing a disgusting thing away from him, into the black air. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was time for Will to become inconspicuous again, so he performed the magic that had deflected all kinds of curiosity away from his mother and kept them safe for years. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She turned away and lowered her head, moving her lips again. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She had traveled to Washington, D.C., to obtain justice, and had come away with a promise she knew was worthless. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

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

She thought the heavy cane was going to smash Grandmother’s face, but it stopped a finger’s breadth away. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did that mean...She thrust the thought away immediately. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The bear turned away along the milky stream and lay down in the water, as if to cool himself. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I am riddled with fear, but I am lucky my family has a truck in which we can all ride safely away from the panicked crowds. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Zeus’s gaze was as far away as the ozone layer. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I let my words trail away, unsure what to say next. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He was facing away from the letter, and showed no sign of stirring. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Ten yards out, the float line fell away and bobbled in a seam of white water along the surface of the bay. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Howard handed it to him, and the clerk threw it away. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, finish what—” His cool voice trailed away as his shadowed hood slowly tilted to look toward the sky. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I just remember seeing a pair of great, big, yellow eyes. My whole body sort of seized up, and then I was floating away. She looked dreamily at Harry. “And then I came back again. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The spirit did not steal away on gospel wings. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I still have half a drink left but I get up and throw my cup away. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Right away he wished he hadn’t stood up. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Her house was only a couple of miles away. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

As the sphere expands, an astronomer in any galaxy will think all the other galaxies are running away from him. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could hear Father’s steady, determined bootsteps fading away into the distance. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I will not turn away from them,” she said stubbornly. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“The minute I look away, the Marxists will pull that chair right out from under you!” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bats could barely protest as they were carried away, too, more in need of rest than medical attention. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, a car drove past with its music turned up loud, the noise fading as it moved farther away. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I put away the tray and set the table instead. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was a moment I’d kept locked away deep inside of me, and now it was all I could see. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

When he crawled away from the flaming wreckage, I imagine he looked more like a corpse than a living man. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He was a short pathway away from home when he saw two soldiers standing next to a van and holding guns. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The answer came at once: “A day’s journey away, carried there by the balloon after your crash; but hurrying this way.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Ow,” I say, pulling away from him and putting the injured digit into my mouth. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Instead, I bang the pots and pans, splash the water and am generally noisy, so that everyone wishes I were miles away. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“They’ve taken him away,” Granny said, her eyes watery as if about burst into tears. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She whispers in my ear, “I’m not going far. I’ll always be here. Just an inch away. I promise.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I sat up and pushed my hair away from my face. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

"So when Vaigo Hoat's the lord, he's going to cut off the feet of all the servants to keep them from running away. The smiths too." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The crowd has backed away from the monster in the pit. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Didn’t pull away, just watched, black eyes begging as the knife cut into her brown skin. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Being away from her in Birmingham gave me a chance to clear my head. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

The coach has made this same off-road trek at every away game, just in case we need to find shelter or make a quick getaway. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Already that child seems much younger, poorer, farther away, a shrunken, ignorant version of myself. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Justice watched his bodyguard begin to tie Skarpi’s wrists, then turned his body slightly away, as if dismissing the storyteller from his mind. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Not one of them, not even the youngest, not even the newcomers who had been brought from farms ten or twenty miles away, ever ceased to marvel at that. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

The men dragged the prisoner away while people were pushing and shoving around them. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shuffled into me, almost knocking me down, and shuffled away. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

It was amazing really, the way the years seemed to melt away, and we were so easy with each other. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She supposes that you are far away from London, in Shropshire. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

“But I want to go, Father. And don’t forget, next year I’ll be going to college in Palo Alto. And that’s going away, isn’t it? Please let me go. I’ll work hard.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting down and stitching away in the smoky light, Agnes resumed her catechism where it had broken off. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jack carries me away, his strides long and brisk as he steps onto the sidewalk. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

But later, possibly realizing why I had run away, he came to the conclusion that I was not evidence in support of his theory but against it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He may have reasoned that if I was encamped in the store and saw him coming, I might be frightened, and might try to drive him away. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Why couldn’t he just let me slip away and deal with the embarrassment, not add to it by saying something? Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Delilah speeds toward the store, staying far away from the curb, ignoring the catcall from a balding man with a large gym bag, and rushing past two boys with one bike. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Not only did I cause my parents pain, but I also threw away my own pride and good judgment trying to be someone I’m not. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

This divide-and-conquer strategy is better than repeatedly allowing counterexamples to intrude into the main line of an argument while browbeating readers into looking away. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I heard my truck start thunderously, and then fade away. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was because he’d grown up out here, away from the customs of the city. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I held on to Kutti so he wouldn’t give away our hiding place. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

If Mama didn’t hear him right away, he’d start braying, and he’d keep it up till she went and loosened the drag. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took six other students to finally pull him away. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

But the cargo plane was already in motion, rolling slowly away from its chocks. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

It’s the first time I’ve been away from Smoky Inn since I got suspended. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“I saw them driving away a truck just full of stuff. I’m going back to see what else they got.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He might have been able to pass as a twenty-year-old with his facial scruff and solid build, but he didn’t fool anyone while tucked away in sleep. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry about me,” he said, letting Abby pull his briefcase away. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

He raised his hand stiffly in goodbye and began to walk away toward the elevators. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

If you have ever flown a hawk on a creanoe, which is a long fine tied to the hawk's jesses so that she cannot fly away, you know what a nuisance the thing can be. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jason stood about fifty yards away, sword-fighting with a stocky centurion whose lips were stained cherry red, like blood. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

As I straddled the highest point, the south face fell away beneath my right boot for twenty- five hundred feet; beneath my left boot the north face dropped twice that distance. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now that’s a scavenger who went all out. Must be Mr. Money Bags to be able to give away a box like that.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Young Cool Papa and Grandma Irene looked happy, like they could fly away. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

The petals would finally just dry up, and break away, falling to the ground. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

We heard the boys thrashing through the undergrowth, twigs snapping as they rushed away from us through the darkness. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I looked away, swallowed, couldn’t maintain the plastic smile. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Over the ashheaps the giant eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg kept their vigil but I perceived, after a moment, that other eyes were regarding us with peculiar intensity from less than twenty feet away. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

He stands over me to see what part I’m reading, nods, and walks away. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The colored one was far away and was rusty and looked as though it had long ago been abandoned on some junk pile. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A few feet away he saw a man lying dead, half his face shot away. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I marveled that people could live so close—that you could literally be surrounded by thousands who were only inches away—and yet be completely isolated. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

In the distance, the Bonecruel Mountains rose up, green with pines but so far away. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I walk away, leaving the drunk man yelling and cursing. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It annoyed him; he usually swatted their hands away. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The hasp had broken; it came away bringing with it some twisted rusty screws. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The two men dashed to the Maxima, jumped in, and screeched away. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

After-school clubs for boys and girls invited them in, away from the streets, providing a place to build friendships and stay away from the Riffraff. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

With every ounce of strength he could muster, Harry raised his head a few inches and saw an animal amid the light, galloping away across the lake.... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She rubs at the sides of her eyes, where she has deep wrinkles that never go away. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He holds it in both hands and fires at the knees of the Dauntless man who stands just feet away from him. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

For months my father had been away on the king’s business, and Laertes was studying in France. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She’d been so busy lately—away a lot, and really quiet when she was home, listening to her favorite songs from the sixties on our record player. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I notice how they don’t go on talking about the League right away. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Jake steps forward and moves the security detail away from me, gently pulling me back from the fridge and placing his hand at the small of my back. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“It’s better up here away from the phonies and the dilettantes. Here I can do what I want and no one comes to sneer. You’re not a sneerer, are you?” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Keep him away from all this until he gets a little older, old enough not to need a regent. I’ll stay here and make sure he has something to come back to.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Bluefield State was only thirty-six miles away, she said, and with my grades, I could probably get a full scholarship. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

When Shae returned with the wine, he took one sip and flung the cup away to explode against the side of the house. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Other kids move their trays away from the puddle. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Not talking for a couple months doesn’t make that go away. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

“He’s just passed away; his heart,” said Wilder, watching her. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next morning her dark fears were swept away in a rush of wonder. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Nameless guards started dragging away the body of the unfortunate guard. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Even as the girls screamed and scampered away, hurling insults back at the boys, Sunjin sat staring at his feet. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I’m also working away at my shorthand, which I enjoy. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Johns Hopkins University was only five miles from where Mary grew up, but it might as well have been a world away. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The boy leapt as well, but away from the alchemist. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I also remembered the page that said, “Adam is your oldest brother. He is married and lives one hundred miles away.” Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think of flying on swings through bright blue skies and away from words like dumb and freak and loser. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

We asked them what they were doing so far away from the water if they were supposed to be boat people. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Said so many crops was blowed away that lots of sharecroppers starved and even the Tanners got sunk so low they had to sell off some slaves. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

She continued to massage my back and shoulders until we both could feel the tension slipping away. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I took my pencil, and for the first time broke away from Aaron Douglas’s signature style. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The fear drained away, but the aftereffects of panic remained, sharpening Kate’s senses. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then I take her hand and we walk away together. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Then he shouted again, a very urgent shout: “Get away. I warn you. Get away from ——” The last word I could not understand. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Angelo got down on his knees and brushed the leaves away to reveal a bright squash-colored mushroom the size of his fist. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I gather up the remains of my lunch and hurry away. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The narrow, empty room once belonged to Cool Papa and Grandma Irene, but she died first and all of her things had been taken away. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

‘All along she thought Salim had run away. Now she doesn’t think so any more.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked away and tried not to think. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She rinsed the sponge and put it away. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

With that, Alec spun and ran to a spot about ten feet away. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Radar has walked away from the raccoon and is tugging on the handle of one of the four locked steel doors. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He was barely through it when his mother turned her head and barked, “Mikhail, you’d better be sneaking away so you can set another place for her!” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

You’d stormed away from her, across the lobby, your chest full of words and hurt and helplessness. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I shouldn’t have said anything, but how could she find time to go to Lahore for shopping trips and not have time to see her family who lived just ten minutes away? Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I took a deep breath and shook my head, trying to clear away some of the sluggishness I felt. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

All the junior players I talked to, from as far away as Natal, the Orange Free State and Cape Province, echoed the same problems: poor facilities, lack of tennis equipment, sponsorship or qualified coaches. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hundreds of people around, dozens of police, and they let him walk away. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The Arecibo Observatory could communicate with an identical radio telescope on a planet 15,000 light-years away, halfway to the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, if we knew precisely where to point it. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to keep my eyes away from his perfection as much as possible, but I slipped often. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The chaplain rose tentatively and took a few steps away. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Mom and Dad and I all agree that going away to school was the best decision. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

But it was the kind of story that doesn’t go away after the first time you tell it so you have to tell it over and over until it goes away for good. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spoke it to himself on the school bus, causing three different kids to move farther away from him for fear he had lost his mind. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I turned west, away from the fields, and faced the peak. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Momma pulled her hand away from her mouth. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hurries away down the hall before I can respond. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He found the Air Force base all right, barricaded, walled, fenced, with keep out signs starting a mile away. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

It will break my heart to send the child away. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

They were two blocks away when they saw him. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Serving men cleared away the swan, hardly touched. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I look up at him, but he only lets our eyes meet for a second before looking away. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

And somewhere quite far away, a she-elephant, with something fastened to her legs that made an unnatural clanking sound as she moved her great body from foot to foot in the creaking, shifting, never-ending dark. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

A long valley lay below them winding away northwards, until it came to an opening between two steep shoulders. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I'm terrified to see my mother being taken away. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“It’s so fun when we have away games. Last year we did makeovers on the bus, and we prank-called Coach Fuller on her cell phone from the back. That’s her over there.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I was still so raw from the fallout after coming out to my parents, and I was starting to worry that I was only there because I was running away.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

The longer I stayed with the company, and the longer I was away from Falconer, the less incentive I felt to complete my mission. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

She turned away, pushing her head into the foam of the couch. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Each day another pebble chipped off—almost too insignificant to notice, until one day the rest of the rock broke away because there was nothing underneath to help it stand. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

"Yes," my grandmother said, "it gives the English witches great pleasure to stand back and watch the grown-ups doing away with their own children." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

The move from Cherry Hill to Northwood was to get away from Cherry Hill. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I slid away from Lissa and gazed out the window across the room. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

And sometimes the look spread to include their whole bodies as they leaned away to minimize the possibility of physical contact between the two and their own selves. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was just about to reach for a half-empty bottle of port, which stood on the table, when the other boy took it away from him. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ward was kind enough to lock my guitar up in his office in the morning so I wouldn’t have to worry about it walking away before then. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, in my life away from gymnastics, an exciting thing had happened: my parents had agreed to get me a car for my sixteenth birthday. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Moreover it was agreed between Hwin and me that we should steal ourselves away together and we planned it in this fashion. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

They had threatened in the past to do something to keep her away. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He saw his face reflected, and spat at it; he took his arm away from the tree trunk and turned a little, so that he could fall headlong and finally go under. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whether she sent the boyfriend away or whether he quit her, I can’t say. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I know what the visit cost us. Take the books away." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But there were so many people, and she and her brother were so far away. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“We’ve come from thousands of miles away!” the Centipede shouted back, grinning more broadly than ever and showing his brown teeth. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Those who know of your existence fear you will. Which is why you must get away as fast as possible and never—ever—return to these parts.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

All around the math room, my classmates were working away, calculating and figuring. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

By the time Vincent's name was entered into the ledger in the town hall, his existence recorded and announced, a railroad had diverted some of the traffic away from Zundert. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The confusion in Nyame’s golden eyes as he watched me walk away nearly made me laugh. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Jason said, and he shoved his plate away and folded his arms and stared off into space. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

As I follow Dad, my smile drips, slides away. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I want to forget about you, I do. I think if you hold me I can start, Hatsue. Hold me once, and I’ll walk away and never speak to you again.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Bored, he shooed away a few small chickadees. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

They reached out desperately, trying to wrench themselves away from him, but it was no use. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

It took almost ten minutes to get away from them all. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The rocky ground under my feet started sliding away from the shore. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was Mr. Jan who told me to take the trunk down and not put the car away.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw turned away, and began to walk as fast as he could, through the clearing, and towards the next stretch of undergrowth. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He pantomimed running instead, inching away until Gloria found herself running after him as he dodged her narrowly, forcing her to veer in helpless circles, little arms outstretched and fanning at the air. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“That’s sweet of her to come help you. I couldn’t get mine away from the TV.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Hidden away as they are in the bowels of the earth, to protect them from the casual intruder, they must have been considered far more serious than decoration. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled away from Brother Ugo to look at him properly. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Thanks a lot,” I say as I trudge away. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

If Easter Sunday was coming soon, it meant the end of school was only weeks away. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had just thought they lived very far away. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

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

Wandering back to their baskets in the hall when the sound of the car dies away.... Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes I get the itch to go away. Start again fresh somewhere else, different place, different work. Not that I know anything else. I just like thinking that we could go away, if we wanted.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He took a chair in the same row as Winston, a couple of places away. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

When I moved my lips away from hers, we just looked at each other, and somehow we were not acting anymore. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“You don't have to think like that, Darius. You already are that. I saw your game from across the street,” I say, folding my arms and turning my whole body away from him. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Tentatively she took her hand away and wiped it on Faye’s skirt. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He feared that with Lawrence gone, the staff of the Rad Lab and the Physics Department would drain away like a reservoir behind a breached dam. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Sunlight splashed in from overhead, bright without being too glaring, and my tension drained away. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“They get food, jobs, and housing. Come and go as they please, marry who they wish, raise children who will never be taken away. Good jobs, too, not slave work. But you’ll see soon enough.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

My mind does this all the time—shows me these movies that seem so real that they carry me away inside of them. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I call out as they start carrying me away, into the crowd. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would’ve fought him, but I wanted to get a sense of what was going on before I tried to get away. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

But within a few months Ellen moved away, and sadly, we lost touch with one another. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mother scurries to her son on her knees and tenderly wraps him in her arms, trying to protect him, shifting her body away from Compass Tattoo. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Laila hoped to have a thousand afghanis or more stowed away, half of which would go to the bus fare from Kabul to Peshawar. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was almost like it made her head feel heavy, like she had to look down or away in order to keep her equilibrium. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The last time I got in trouble—for lying about what grade I got on a test—my parents took my phone away for a week. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

For a second, Seven thought about pulling away, but when she noticed Valley didn’t so much as flinch, she hugged the still-crying Thorn even tighter. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Nothing. Only to take them away from me.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

As the teacher approached the light switch, I noticed Edward slide his chair slightly farther away from mine. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Lived here twenty years, and I've never known a gunman in Underhill to walk away that easy, no matter the circumstances. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

If I admit to lying right away, he’ll never trust me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, if the mood had passed, she’d be painting and humming away as if nothing had happened. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly Mr. Curtain shot forward in his chair—Sticky nearly jumped out of his shoes—and screeched to a stop with his face inches away. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Adam, I didn’t want to come here. I am not going to stay here. As soon as I can I will go away.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The ocean breeze swept away the muggy heat of the summer afternoon, and it was pleasantly cool under the shade of the palmetto trees. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The fifth person broke away from the group and started across the bridge. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Somebody did that once in history and they got away from a bull. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

As I pelted away he limped after me, shouting that he would kill me for what I’d done. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I put down my spoon and pushed the bowl away from me. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Same as it isn’t any of your business why I ran away.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He was crazy about his kids, and when he was in Seattle he was an unusually attentive father, but climbing regularly took him away from home for months at a time. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Tell him we’ll take it away with us, but they were very bad to treat it like that Where is it?” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I walk there because it’s only three blocks away. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He pined away, leaning perpetually over the pool, fixed in one long gaze. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I opened the flap with great apprehension, sure that my bat had panicked and flown away.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

When I came back, Mr. Winnike—doubtless due to the coffee—had passed away. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I recognized him immediately in that flowered Hawaiian shirt, but just the stink from his cigar would have given him away. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

We went to the far side, away from the light. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

They met no one on the way back to their hiding place, only a fox who slunk away with hunger in his eyes. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Tucker slipped away with the rest of the scenery. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“When the vigils flopped. Well, I let all my energy for them slip away too. I shouldn't have.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Better down than on deck, where they can be washed away, but perhaps they fear the wrath of the captain more than the wrath of heaven. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The horse-faced nurse backs me up, moves me some distance away, and then places my walker between us. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

There was something about speaking English that carried him away. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The final blast of thyme died away; there was a round of applause; the lights went up. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first, I thought Dubai was so far away he couldn't send letters from there. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

When I open the big wooden shutters in the barn loft, I can hear weird animal noises from the farms all around during the day, even though they’re really far away. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

She was being sent away because she was the walking, breathing embodiment of their shame. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

She turned away from him and looked at her baby. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

When the iron bar struck him, the mercenary’s smile fell away. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He slashed right and left as the fallen banner was ripped apart, the thousand ragged pieces swirling away like crimson leaves in a storm- wind. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It made me a little sad, too, as if my own family were two thousand miles, and not a twenty-minute drive, away. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

My bump had started to itch, so I tilted my African hat away from it. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

We all look at him, then look away quick because he is, in a manner of speaking, eating. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

I move down through the darkness, burning with murderous lust, my brains raging at the sickness I can observe in myself as objectively as might a mind ten centuries away. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jonathan, not wanting to explain, simply walked away. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

She had a bulletin board with silly pictures taken at people’s birthday parties and dried flowers and pages ripped from magazines that were too nice to throw away. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

For the first month, she pushes the telephone away. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I got so used to it that I don’t even notice all the cracks or places where it’s peeling away.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She hesitated to chase him, and he bounded up the heave and dashed away. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The optimism of the early 1960s under Khrushchev had died away; then, at least, there had been a feeling that although the regime was still Communist, it was going forward. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He sprang down the steps and away, leaping down the path. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I got under some cedars, where the rain didn’t come much, only dripping now and then, where I could see when they got through and went away. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before Mom walks away, she says, “I’m going to pick up some groceries after I get off work tomorrow. Anything you need me to get?” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

As she walked away from his office, she recalled what Link had said, “Something bad will happen, something involving the whole family.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After Digory had looked at the wood for a long time he noticed that there was a girl lying on her back at the foot of a tree a few yards away. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Gollum had just begun to sneak off on his own, and he was crawling away on all fours through the fern. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

When she saw that Gabe was awake, she turned away from the little ones. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

"What were you thinking? You stay away from there, you hear me?" How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Jasper rushed at me and licked my hands in a frenzy of delight as if I had been away for a long time. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She nods, her eyes wild, and rushes away from the control room. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

After her father moved away over the summer, her mother explained that they didn’t have the money to send her to the school she’d gone to since kindergarten and she would have to switch. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, Library Olympians and library lovers, for joining us here today. Come back tomorrow for the final two games of the first Library Olympics. Now go away! All of you! Go!” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Don’t let Diana blow away in the wind,” Mr. Morrison called to Lissa. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I end up hunching over and slinking away, shame curdling inside me then reaching its fingers to wrap tight around my body. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

To anybody farther away than Finn, it would have looked like a man merely shifting positions. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Queen Daria held me away from her and searched my face. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The tip of South America was more than 2,000 miles away, and there was no way of reaching it on foot. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

He opened the screen door and rapped with the knocker, but he could tell right away that Mrs. Hurd would not be answering. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t realized that his coach would be so determined to make this go away—to make me go away—that he’d actually be willing to hurt Ocean in the process. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I wanted them to say how bad they felt about it and what a shame it was the way life could slip away so easily in Harlem, in our community, on our street. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Quit messing about,” Harry said and turned away again. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

He set down the knapsack and put away the lighter and took hold of the boy by the shoulders. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

You gouge away the big chunk that’s not supposed to be there and then dig some clay out of the very middle of the face. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

So I dropped my hand and leaned away, not wanting to push him too far. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Piggy was surrounded before he could back away. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I gave myself away that time!” he said. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He wished that he could rise up through the ceiling and float away from this room, forever. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He located Hubbard Glacier, which looked discouragingly far away from Seward. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

But my mom took away all my hoodies last night. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

A policeman tried to talk him away from the edge but Mack didn’t respond. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then since evening came on, he wished his son would go away out of this court and into his own. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

It would eventually fade away completely, but for a little while, when I was back at Jawad Sahib’s estate, these hands would remain colored with the memory of this night. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He turned away, already thinking about the empty house. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A tiny piece of something came loose from the pile and rolled away, making a sound that seemed huge in the silence. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He tightened his grip on the stick and swept away at the leaves. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Snape was staring at a family of four a short distance away. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He crossed to the far stairwell, bounded all the way down, burst out of the emergency exit, and didn’t stop running until he was too far away to hear the screams. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Her hair was black streaked with silver, cut short and curled away from her face. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Ms. Gruwell and the Freedom Writers want to help me get through my difficult time, but I keep pushing them away. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Coughing and trying to wipe away the water that streamed from his hair, he looked about desperately, not knowing now which way to look. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The gurgling continues, I stop my ears, but soon take my fingers away again, because then I cannot hear the other sound. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She got up and ran away from the table. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

When the bus pulls away, I let my tears fall. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A slow little stream meandered through the wood, and there was one spot where it had eaten the ground away beneath a deadfall. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"We would, if only we had more money" Thatha's smile falls away. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The original shiny coating was worn away completely in some places and deeply scratched in the rest. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

The boy shivered and moved his finger away. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not even when I stood up and shook her until Jaja yanked me away. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Prosper grabbed him by the scruff of the neck at the last moment, but as soon as he was back on his feet Barbarossa pushed his hand away. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I just stood there until the dog went away. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were stopped at the gates by gargantuan Berber guards with scimitars and chased away. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Shay looked away, stripping off the rest of her disguise in silence. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

To a fourteen-year-old girl—a child bride—it must have felt like she was a world away. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Well,” she said, “it seems that Margo has run away. Again.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He picked up a truffle and tossed it away with a sigh of satisfaction, fearing he might burst if he forced another bite into his mouth. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Someone held me back as the car pulled away. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I moved a little faster, ducking behind the pillow a few yards away. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

They spoke quietly of how they wanted to go someday, to move about, free and unanchored, not toward something but away from something. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ellsberg set up his typewriter on a table and, much to the irritation of downstairs neighbors, pounded away late into the night. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

By the time Cole paused to catch his breath, he found himself outside the bay, angling toward the next island, maybe a mile away. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

We gathered them with flying fingers and greedy hearts and bore them away in triumph, with a glow at least as bright as the sun on those shining scales. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

She advanced on the creatures, who backed away with nervous whines. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had the feeling of letting go, of floating away. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Turner looked away, determined not to be drawn in. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I looked away, toward the window, even though all I could see was a different window, shade drawn, surrounded by a brick wall. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He could have swatted it away, but instead he smacked himself. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then nineteen years ago, when Mr. Merritt passed away, he left Abuela some money to open a restaurant in his neighborhood. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The old man had been chased away because of his spells and now they were going to have to beg him to come back again. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

After a long pause, he nodded and looked away, like he knew I wasn’t just talking about the movie. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

In sad contrast to the story of Pericles calmly explaining away an eclipse to a frightened sailor, the teaching of scientific astronomy was banned outright in Athens around 432. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

“I doubt it, or you’d stay away from him. He nearly killed a man. Beat him up so bad, he was in a hospital for a month.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

He is arrested almost immediately a few blocks away. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I love you and don’t want to be a problem, so I’ve decided to go away. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He maintained a serene comportment at all times but generated a threatening atmosphere, like a thunderhead that seems far away but then is suddenly overhead with loud violence. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“Hold on,” he told her, and turned the horse away from the fairy ring. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

No. "If I went away ... to Grey- water, or to the crow, someplace far where they couldn't find me ..." "It will not matter. The dream was green, Bran, and the green dreams do not lie." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

If Emily could get the men away from the door they might be able to make a run for it. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I curl up and begin to fade away. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

But something began to go wrong with that fire right away. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, she withdraws her arm and tucks the gun away, suddenly disinterested. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“She would have called the police right away—I know her.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Imagine getting called to come up to the front of the class to solve a problem, but the whiteboard is a mile away. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I was pleased by the familiarity of the arrangement: me, pressed into the corner, away from the other children, a precise reproduction of every Sunday school lesson from my childhood. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He would turn his back on all this darkness, all this hurt, and finally get away from it. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He fled at once, and the minute it was well, “Up with the bonnets of bonnie Dundee,” she slipped away to return no more till the young gentleman departed in high dudgeon. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well,” he hemmed, “if it’s a toy, you won’t mind putting it away in your toy chest.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Hale was even “giving ponies away to young boys.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She had barely looked at him since they'd run away from the stable, and she couldn't bring herself to look at him now. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” said Hazel, “a lot of us went away, but we found what we were looking for and now we’ve come back for good.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s only a few minutes before Mr. Sorenson has retrieved my bag from the truck and is driving away. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Tad started to unbutton his shirt to use as a bandage, but Rashid was already tearing a piece of his own shirt away and pressing it to his head. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I felt bad, but as Bax stood his ground telling Freddie and the guys to go back the way they came, I snuck away down the path toward the last clearing. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I countered that if he did that, I’d run away—I still have enough connections overseas—or I would sue for emancipation. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I turned away, the bottle of port still on my tray, and re-entered the smoking room. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Trey’s gotten cornered by a couple of the other deacons not far away. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“How can we make it go away?” my mother asks. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Everything seemed to be slipping away from me and I could find no quick absorbing action that would get it under control. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put her arm around me, and when I tried to pull away, she gave me a smack on the cheek. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three hours later, when I climbed into the hole, brushed away the dirt, and opened the lid, the renter opened the suitcases. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Vincent is working hard in a studio he's rented away from the house. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I didn’t dare look away from the Hydra, but if that was who I thought it was behind us, I figured we now had enemies on two fronts. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Yes; they could have robbed the store and could have gotten away. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

But the fire was farther away than he had thought, and larger. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

At first there had been hostility in the village against Wang Lung because it was supposed that he had silver which he was hiding and food stored away. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Once they were away from the Chamber of Pools, they turned the corner toward the violent sounds of machinery. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

His lips pulled away from his small teeth; his gray cheeks folded. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Addie and I start to walk away when we notice how quiet the cafeteria has gotten. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Lily wiped her tears away with the fingertips of both hands. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The creature spit at her and leapt away. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The Assassin’s eyes widened at the sting of Tanin’s words, and she whirled away, darting soundlessly into the undergrowth. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, he got a place that’s about ten minutes away, or that’s what he said. I guess he was pretty eager to leave.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Gingerly she untied the tight leather strip and let it fall away. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Why was everyone in such a hurry to take that away from me? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

There was something familiar in the songs, and he remembered old Betonie’s singing; something in his belly stirred faintly; but it was too far away now. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

As for cleaning the house and making a fire, well, I would do that later: the day was long, and my mother’s job hunts often took her away from home for the whole day. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your cat might run away if we take an outdoor route back to your house, right?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

They told us what they had learned of Minerva after she was taken away from us. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“If you use magic against it, it will take it away from you.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He pulls away from Alex and rolls back over, looking up to the ceiling again like a man seeking penance from a wrathful god. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Keep it pointed away from your own head.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole point of chest pain prediction is to make sure that patients who end up having major complications are assigned right away to the coronary and intermediate units. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Reader, this is important: The rat called Chiaroscuro did not look away He let the light from the upstairs world enter him and fill him. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Its eyes were black and weeping more black and they stared into mine, inches away through the glass. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Piteous weeping wears away her cheeks: but no more piteous than Odysseus’ tears, cloaked as they were, now, from the company. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he sprays another line, making an X. I curse silently under my breath and start to turn away— —but then the soldier does something unexpected, something I've never seen before. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Wart gave two terrific kicks and vanished altogether in a clump of mare’s tail several yards away. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think I need to remind you I live two blocks away.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“It is safest to be far away from the capital if war comes here.” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t say anything, and yet right away he added that he knew what people around the neighborhood were saying, but that his conscience was clear and that he was a warehouse guard. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Now they laid Boromir in the middle of the boat that was to bear him away. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Though the blast was two miles away, Werfel was terrified that it would continue to swallow the world, league by league, until nothing was left. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

If the inmate hadn’t been greedy, I thought, he might have got-ten away with it. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They came back to the subject of Macún, how things seemed to be better now that we had electricity and running water was weeks away. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The flashlight app was still on and the light was dropping away too fast, spinning into the darkness below me. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hope she never goes away from me because I love my friend. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Finally, when the match ends, Zero stands up with his proxy and steps away from the glass cylinder without a word. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A vaccine to protect children was sixty years away. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Instead he rose and walked stiffly away from the gathered people. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

There was no pretending away the bruises under her eyes. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She turned her face away, chewing the inside of her cheek so hard, her mouth filled with blood. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

But the cottage proved to be not far enough away. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I landed against a man who looked up with the anonymous familiarity of a drunk and shoved me hard away. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

When at last the man tying them had walked away, Harry whispered to the other prisoners. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The eyes dipped away and suddenly he was businesslike. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Hagrid’s real intention, however, was to talk to Harry away from the rest of the class. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

A woman was rushing in then, pulling him away, up the street. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Dobrynya finally did, his mouth twitched and his eyes looked past her, through her, like he was seeing something far away. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Running away didn’t make me feel any less of a monster. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I had to get her attention away from that farm. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

One ancient street lamp is trying to light this lonely place, sputtering its life away. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

With her hem, she wiped away the wood filings, then made slightly wider cuts, curving away layers of casing to deepen the drum’s sound. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I must have stood out like a giraffe because she saw me before I could turn away. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Then he took down the chart, and peeled off the Sellotape from around the edges, so that the sheet of paper came away from its cardboard backing. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He pushed his plate away from him in a show of disgust. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“She says we need to do a clean sweep. Throw away Nat’s button box. They’ll be no more counting for her. No more obsessions.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was lovely running into you, Theresa,” she said, and then she hugged the lady again, and I had to hug her too, but after that the lady went away, which was good. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

He had run away from Austria with his bride to avoid being conscripted into the army. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Go away, you stupid things,” he said to them in French. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Horace and Hugh did the same, and then the others—all but Millard, who had slipped away, unseen, presumably to lurk nearby, waiting and watching. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Would he tell me to stay away from Sandy, too? King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me for the first time that, whether she knows it or not, she isn’t suggesting running away to be human. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“If you’re certified and licensed, nobody can take that away from you.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Then, just like when I was a kid, I flopped down on the spaceship, except now I was really hoping it would take me away. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

"Was it the sun that gave it away, or the sky? Follow me. There are niches cut in the rock. Try not to fall to your death, Catelyn would never understand." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Stella gnawed on her pencil as Mrs. Grayson put on her reading glasses, slid away the twine from the package, and snapped the wrapping open. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They pound away, soundless as the wet wings of a new butterfly. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Bars and walls keep hundreds of thousands of black and brown people away from mainstream society—a form of apartheid unlike any the world has ever seen. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The skin burned off straight away, but just under the surface the marble-grey flesh was still cold and raw. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I crank the tiller to turn us away from them—but slowly this time so that the rudder won’t moan. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Leah is right over there in Kinshasa, which is just a hop, skip, and jump away. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they stepped away from the Doors, they would never leave Tartarus. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I whisper it aloud to the trees, but they’ve all run away. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Have you ever wished for someone to come and take you away?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Mom grabs me by my wrist, the rabbit foot flying away from me like some crazed infant squirrel, and she flings me across the room, the coffee table dancing behind us. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Now God be thanked that all has not been in vain! See! the snow is not more stainless than her forehead! The curse has passed away!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The old enmity came back to Ben as he sat down in the chair farthest away from the entrance of the shop. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don't know what prompted me to turn on the television, but I'd been away from home for four days and hadn't seen any headlines. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

They could not take that away from him. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

He, remembered Rhaegar's infant son, the red ruin of his skull, and the way the king had turned away, as he had turned away in Darry's audience hall not so long ago. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Papa had stayed away from Storch, a man as mean as he was rich. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

I looked away from the mirror, at her. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

And finally, the figure walking away, the crowd waving, the box on his back now closed. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Hermione looked down at her hardly touched plate of food, then put her knife and fork down upon it and pushed it away from her. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

There was reason to worry, too, for just a few years ago, the demons had broken their own laws and turned away over twenty thousand of their former guests who had expected to be readmitted. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grabs her hand, he pulls her to him; she pulls away. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Get away from the cart and put down the knife. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Leo jumped away, barely avoiding an acid bath. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“At first, I was scared to be alone. No routines. No rules. Just me. But I think.. Taylor wiped a tear away. “I think I was always in the jungle. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

It was a drum machine making its lumbering way down the street Wide as a house, it shimmered with the movement of its dozens of mechanical arms, bashing away at every size of drum. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Let there be no stories. Let us sit and talk wisely, my heroes, on deep matters. Let us talk about our father, who is away to the wars.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wind tore at them, trying to rip them away. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He’d been so quick that I knew my bag couldn’t be too far away. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The pigeon was wide awake by this time, ready to fly away; but the voices down below continued. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

When Pope went away, he went into the room. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The docks of the island were only a hundred yards away now, but a dozen more eagles were soaring overhead, each carrying a Roman demigod in its claws. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The big badger trundled the cart away as they called their goodnights. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Any moment, you say? Your papa who’s in a prison five hundred kilometers away?” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I was inches away from a clean getaway, until I made the mistake of telling my principal that I was planning to leave. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The fresh wind across the big lake blew away the smoke of cooking fires and vanquished the mosquitoes that came out in whining droves and had plagued them in town. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

She wanted to claw the darkness away from her eyes, as if it were someone’s hands. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I mopped the floor once the papers, letter blocks, and mess had been cleared away. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out of the corner of my eye, I can see the hovercraft appearing over us, the claw starting to descend to take her away. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, okay,” she said, pushing the camera away. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I turned and walked across the driveway, away. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The simplest way to do that is to allow the kid or calf to start suckling, but drive it away once the milk starts flowing. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My dear girl,” answered the bard, with some indignation, “if I were able to run on four legs and sniff my dinner a mile away, I doubt I’d have any difficulties either.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

I liked him right away because, for once, what went wrong wasn’t my fault. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s still no excuse, but it’s easy to see how it all got away from him. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Why were they always taking things away from black people? Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was beaming as she thumb-typed away, until she looked up and saw me across the table. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The whole package disappeared in a few minutes, wrapping paper flying away in the wind. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ambrose was a dozen feet away before he finally looked down and realized the hand he was heading toward was mine. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Good night,” he said, and walked away, up the path and into the building, his flashlight bleeding a yellowed, diffuse path before him. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Thor is a good nine feet away from it when its head crashes to the ground, but that is not far enough. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Or Sandy was killed and dragged away by a gator while he was walking through the woods. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

They were too far away for him to see the brands, and the light brown spots were difficult to make out on their light hides, but they moved like deer, on long thin legs. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The words on it were faded, some beyond reading, and in places the paper was so damaged that the writing had rubbed away. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

It was Reg, sprawled on the asphalt, his chair overturned a few feet away. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t imagine throwing away a sweet—just wasting the whole thing. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Javier, do you remember how we had to hurry to the shuttle in Colorado? How when I was putting my coat away you stole my seat next to Dad and wouldn’t give it back?” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

A smile filled his eyes with such warmth and sympathy that a lump rose in Kit’s throat, and she glanced away. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

And Gran Williams was way too far away to get to on my bike. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

All at once, the thoughts she had pushed away came back in a rush. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The place of my origin had changed, and having gone away I had not changed with it. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He headed down a wide road away from the river, and I trotted after. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Things clutch at my legs and drag me away from the bakery down into the shadows of the alleyway, and just as they begin to ooze all over me I wake up. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

What if Grams—the thought was crushing—had passed away? The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Mo stepped away from the long tree branches that seemed to reach out for us. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Not yet. Now you tell me something. Are your guests paying? I’m not giving pies away here.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Whose car is this?” she asked stupidly, as they pulled away from the curb. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“This is an excellent arrangement, I think. It gets Mrs. Dudley well away from here before dark and enables us to have our dinners without her uninviting company.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. McCrea whispered something to her before backing away from the microphone. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I quickly looked away and then wanted to kick myself. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I moved a step closer; it fluttered a step farther away, until finally it was against the wall behind the altar. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

When I walk into the kitchen, Grammy's cleaning and our stove has been pulled away from the wall. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“Oh, that’s okay,” I said, trying to slip away, but she waved me over, insisting I take the money she pulled from a small, beat-up change purse and worked into my hand. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

As the echoes died away so did the laughter, and there was silence. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I know there’s nothing I can do about the dissolving tablet, but maybe, with practice, I can squirrel away both the capsule and the green pill. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

But what astonished me was the full-house crowd that rushed in between, say, six and seven-thirty in the morning, then rushed away, and by about nine, I would be the only man in the house. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was just so mad, and I couldn't get it to go away. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

And then they’re fleeing in a second rain of meteorites, their arms helmetting their heads, as they run away from us. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

During the day, she toyed with the idea of running away. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s what I tried to tell her in the note I threw away the night before. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

All those things can and will be done by a call center far away.” The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

I brushed them off on my skirt and stood up to clear away the dishes. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s been more than a year since you went away. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I seized the wrist of the first man I came across, gripping on like a drowning sailor as he scowled in disgust and shook my hand away. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She catches me in the rearview mirror watching her, so I don’t shy away from it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

A pair of brown-and-orange beetles, disturbed by the feeding rabbits, took off from a grass stem and flew away, still coupled together. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hands are always touching me, stroking my hair, my neck, my cheek, my shoulder; when they creep lower and his body moves closer, I duck away, find an excuse to leave. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we stepped into the little boat, the river looked big with a rough current, and the people on the other side looked small and far away. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ralph stood away from the pile and put the glasses into Piggy s groping hands. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Aunt Consuelo smiled at her husband, who nodded at her, then looked away out the window. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

He wrapped the tin in a flannel cloth to stifle the incessant buzzing and droning, and stowed it away under his bunk. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

It opened its mouth wide and reared up on its back paws, trying to get away from me. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Red shrugged, and I suddenly had the awful feeling that he’d already found the letter opener and thrown it away. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It wasn’t up to me. But I’m glad to see it live on. Now, Daryl R., put that away. It’s study time. And don’t call me Lady Bug.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The shore must have seemed very far away to anyone swimming there, in the water. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The cat regarded him distantly, then stalked away, leaving the carcass; but to the terrier it was a disappointing mess of feathers only. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The diminished pain in my leg is such a relief that I try to savor it, but pieces of my nightmare still linger in my mind, too fresh to put away. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The cold water made her bawl; her teeth chattered; she sought to run away, but I told Florah to pin her down. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she walked away and sat on the end of her bed. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

The intensity of the veterans’ reactions took her breath away. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Okay. I remember you saying you wanted to get as far away from Detroit as you possibly could. Stanford? UCLA?” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

But I reluctantly step away from him to greet my sisters. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

For a moment as I watched him get in his car and drive away, I felt a flash of that old self-doubt. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

A little boy on a little bike had pulled up about ten feet away. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t mind the cold?” he said, as they reached the top of the fire escape, and the wind whipped his words away. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

They hang limp, reminding me again of my Cuban rag doll that Mami threw away. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

‘I feel nearly done in. Don’t think I could crawl away far, even if I was free.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She would have to be away long before it began. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bunderson discussed the upcoming trial, just days away, and explained the latest plea agreement. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

If she wanted, she could start trying for distance like Jenkins or maybe Sherrie, to get away from him now before it’s too late. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bast’s easy smile fell away like a cracked mask, leaving his face stricken and pale. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then again, it was coming in this larger context of the prospect of a trial and jail, and of the months of it all eating away at him. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“There’s something on the back stoop,” she repeats before walking away. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“Look away,” Mama said, turning back to us. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He had never been quite sure about Major de Coverley, either, who, when he was not away renting apartments or kidnaping foreign laborers, had nothing more pressing to do than pitch horseshoes. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

At least in Raleigh, I had friends at school, but here, when I sat at a table in the cafeteria, girls made faces like they smelled something bad and slid their trays away from me. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She could either run or try to take it away before it was too late. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

He marched away, his arms swinging like a toy soldier. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

After he drove away in his jeep I lived his life for him and it put a mist of despair on me. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“At least now I understand why we had to move so far away from home. I’m glad it wasn’t just because of those stupid tiles.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I reached out to comfort him, but he tore away from me with a low moan, as if my touch had burnt him. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

It's as if she can completely sympathize with my thoughts and help me channel them away, and I can always take comfort in her lovely face. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Now only a few feet away, the visitor grew louder and louder until Thomas caught a shadowed glimpse of a skinny boy limping along in a strange, lilting run. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Mother, did you go away and let everything be, just to see how we’d get on?” cried Meg, who had had suspicions all day. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she saw it was only me, she turned away without speaking. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I walk away, my hands shaking, and sit down next to Caleb on the floor. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Park frowned at Junior until he turned away. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

His mother reached for his hand, but he moved it away. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

He looked a world away from the whispering fiend from the party. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I know the technique, how to look blank and as if you are listening when really you are trying to fly away from your body. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Consumers were staying away from the “devilish contraptions” in droves. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I cried a river, maybe I could swim away, or slip under the water to freedom. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned away and walked down the hall. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Harry couldn’t explain, even to himself, why he didn’t just throw Riddle’s diary away. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

At one point, I think Liam must have tried to help me up, but I pushed him away with clumsy, slow hands. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

No matter what I said to Heather and her entourage, they would still walk away thinking it was my race and not my high school record that got me into college. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“It’s really not a good time,” I said, backing away before she could drag me into her apartment by force. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“They were just going to throw it away.” Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

On the cliff, the men clutched at each other as they sought to keep from being blown away. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gray rose to his haunches, agitated, and shared the behavior he had seen: A human turning away a starving neighbor, acting as if there were no food in his larder when it was full. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The astronauts weren’t hundreds of thousands of miles away when the accident happened; they were on the ground, within feet of the ground crew and the engineers, and yet they still died. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The black guy on their team ran over toward Trip with his hands out like he was going to foul him then slapped the ball away. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Because I need to check on something,” she said vaguely, then looked away from me and put a lot of attention into smoothing out her skirt. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He pulls away to beam at me, and the next thing I know, my quiet, reserved grandmother steps right up to the glass to drink in the paper chain and everything it represents. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

At eighteen, Pa left home and went to live in a Buddhist temple to get away from his violent home, further his study, and eventually became a monk. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Being with Ophelia after her two years away also deepened his feelings for her, and hers for him. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

She was a hundred yards away, but Hazel still felt the touch of those eyes on her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I was putting away the last of the chipped plates and then I remembered something else. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She told him she thought it would be a good idea to get away from Clarkston and from Prince and some of his other friends who were dropping out of school. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

She clears a few boxes away to lay me down and Wilf gets the cart going again. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Where I was, in fact, was companionless, far away from where I had gotten off the trail, and impossibly adrift from a touchingly optimistic hiking schedule I had drawn up nearly a year before. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

And in staying away from Levy Pants, he was bothered even more by the company because something was always going wrong there. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

At least this hospital is half an hour away from Hope and Jason, so they can come visit me on a regular basis and fill me in on everything I’m missing at school. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“Good. Come away with me afterward, I need someone to walk with.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I let go of Peach’s shoulders and mopped wet hair away from my face. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He held the phone tipped away from his ear so we could both listen. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It happens very fast, and things start to slip away. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Only then did I dare to take a shower, trying hard to scrub away the permanent filth. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

But you have to erase 660 pages every day, and get a callus on your finger that won’t go away for the rest of your life. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

As the voices of his new friends died away, he was aware of the silence. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Spittle flies from the sheriff’s lips as he speaks, and as she fights to maintain her sense of calm she still flinches away from the sheriff’s crazed words. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He also stayed away from hotels and guesthouses, where he feared he would be asked to show identification. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Better to eliminate all threats now for what may come, even if it is units and units away.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Before she could tuck it away, Fadi saw a trace of blood on the snowy white cloth. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

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

She waited until the sound faded away, then sprang out from behind the tree. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

She nodded, then turned and ran away silently over the grass. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

On five different occasions, her superiors told her they were taking away her contract because she had allowed me to participate in the integration of Central. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last thing she remembered was Mr. Coggin, Dad’s photographer, grinding away at the camera. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

They moved far away after my mom moved out. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

It was many years later, and far away, when I came across this passage in The Waste-Land: The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I'm no baby, but I don't shove her hands away. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

And there comes Officer Berdecki, glancing up at my window before he walks away down the street. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I hope you’ll want my input when the time comes. No Bobcats. I feel like everyone is a Bobcat these days,” he said before he walked away. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Smith brought the slippers and took away the heels. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the living room is Kelton, snoring away on the sofa. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He kicked me in the ribs, hard, and then trudged sullenly away—footsteps crunching through the snow, a slamming door. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Three of them had broken away from the pack and were gaining on me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Fingernail marks. He was desperate to get away—to drag himself by his fingertips, if necessary. He was alive the entire time that thing sharpened its claws on the stone while its master watched.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Kalamazoo was an hour and a half away. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cole asked as he strung the coolers up in the tree away from the bears. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

If I thought walking away from Paul would make me not think about him, or what he had done for me over the years, I was an idiot. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He cried when he told me that he was sending me away to the Kleists’ farm in East Prussia for safety. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He ate one-handed, the other clutching a sharpened stick lest anyone try to wrest away his prize. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In front of them about a football field away, he saw a tall metal fence with looping razors at its top. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Breakfast had been eaten and cleared away, and Professor Rumfoord was reluctantly becoming interested in Billy as a human being. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I got to the last army man, I didn’t set them up again right away. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

She goes down, flat on her belly, only a few inches away from the unconscious woman. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The two of them stared at each other for a long moment before Hemme looked away, scowling. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then Percy ran to the starboard rail, pushed another massive wave away from the ship and jumped overboard. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Do you see? It’s never been this clear, never since —” “Put it away!” snarled Snape, his black eyes sweeping the classroom. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The happy times went away for a while, but they’re coming back. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Genie glanced over at them and tried his best not to give them the worst ice grill ever as he slowly pulled his hands away from the box. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Before I can even look for a way down, a bright light a few hundred yards away catches my eye. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Aristotle just wished infinity away by stating that it is simply a construct of the human mind. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He looks me over with that grin that never goes away, and seems to approve of my helpless situation. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I wiped Mr. Spizz out of my mind just as quickly as I wiped the blood away on the back of my hand. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She says this last line to me and then looks away. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Moss felt the baton over his back, but it only grazed him as he twisted away, his hand in his mother’s. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I press my fingers to my chest to massage some of the smarting tension away. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I think he’s guarding these straits. If that’s really Hercules, sailing or flying away wouldn’t do any good. He’ll want to talk to us.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He heard a groan from the direction of Alec’s cot, and the thoughts floated away, pushed to the back of his mind to torment him later. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Eventually he lifts a hand, shakes his head, and walks away. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Janae and I pull it out and lay it across the sun-warmed tar, away from the edge of the building where only two feet of brick and concrete keep us from open sky. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Together we wait for Pa, sitting on the stairs, staring at the path that took him away. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He's whisked away to make room for biscuits and more tea. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He walked away in the dark, clutching my drawings under his coat. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He only wanted to give me the time I needed to wipe the tear away. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

It felt as if I’d been away longer than I had. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I can hurt you and get away with it. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Even if I do not give myself away, Grandma will see to it. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You need to go away from me and never come back.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Next day, as the Ferris wheel was being taken apart and the race horses were being loaded into vans and the entertainers were packing up their belongings and driving away in their trailers, Charlotte died. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

She turns away and walks off to balance on a white log. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Now we were walking together away from the house and the quarter. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s got to be sent away. I don’t want him in the house any more with her. Call Dr. Portman and tell him we want to send Charlie to the Warren State Home.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Frodo lay and slept away the night on the deep mould beneath an ancient tree. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

When he moved away, a warm trickle of blood slid down my neck. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I heard the men below in the rose-garden clearing away the tables and the chairs, and taking down the chain of fairy lights. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Looking at me up close, rather than looking at who knows what far away. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

For about half an hour before dinner, I tried to get him to play checkers, but he finally just wiped the pieces off the board and told me to go away. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

From there they could safely answer without giving the location of Egypt away. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she was done, she cupped her hands before her face and asked God not to let all this good fortune slip away from her. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He turned away from the bed and began strolling up and down again, one hand in his pocket. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

My mom bites her lip and looks away. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Step away from the door and into the yard or you’ll be dead in five seconds.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

His eyes dug into me, and I had to look away. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I wish the breeze could sweep away what Ivy just told me. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The ablutions were good, but they were water; they did not wash sins away, they did not relieve the distressed heart. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

The metal structure is larger and stranger up close than it was from far away. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The cloud vanished as it had come, and Sarai pushed away from Ruby, shocked and streaming. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I repeat the same boring conversation with a dozen other Austrian leaders over the next hour, until at long last, Grandfather steps away from the unending stream of guests and pulls me aside. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He pushed it away from him, aware only that it was the memory of some action which he would have liked to undo but could not. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Cersei turned away from the window, her skirts swirling around her slender hips. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know you had company,” she said, walking away with her eyes upon Jan and Mary. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She looked away, tapped the low end key. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

He moved her hand away, but she kept insisting. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

He heard voices all around him, watery and far away at first, and then sharpening into focus. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

But more often her efforts were disappointments, the uneven products of a girl still learning; usually she threw her experiments away. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Take him. He’s never been. He hasn’t seen how hard it is to give away your own stuff. Take him! Let him learn what it feels like firsthand!” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I wanted to take my cousin and go away, down to the dambo where we could play and I could think. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

When I’m doing the move, I can’t really see the low bar except through my legs, but at first I kept not looking for the low bar because it seemed so terrifyingly far away. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Just as he flickers away, Mom leans over and leaves a lipstick kiss on the glass. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I know what you mean,” I said, and took her as far away from them as I could. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Before him, then, the slope stretched upward, and above it the brilliant sky, and beyond it, cloudy, and far away, he saw the skyline of New York. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He moves away from the wall, bends his knees, angles the camera. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He kept eyeing my mother, who was now retreating slowly downhill, back toward the road, trying to lead the monster away from Grover. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Our destination is several blocks away,” Scythe Goddard told them. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He turned, pulling the horse away, then turned back. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He might as well have been a billion miles away with his hangover. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

"Don't waste my time with trash," said Red, getting up and walking away. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He's away more than he’s here. Off with my eldest boys in Islamabad. Chasing politics at his age. Can you imagine?” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Sitting at her desk, many thousands of miles away from the machine itself, she mapped its inner circuits. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Lyra felt like telling the bear to kill him, but she said, “We’re taking the child away for them. They can afford to give one fish to pay for that.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

It was the last thing he said to me before he walked away, leaving me rooted, astonished, beside that grand chapel. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Ryan pulled away, and I looked up at him, at the smear of my lipstick on his mouth. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He sits at his father’s desk, scrawling away importantly on the office stationery with a fat black fountain pen. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing was discarded or given away just because it was old or broken. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“You will go away right now,” she said. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Milk sprinkled her sandwich, so she pushed her whole tray away. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I could see Ned swivel away from the window where he crouched, attempting to swing his rifle around to get in a shot at the officer. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wiped it away, squinting up through her bruises. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She smiled and looked down and away from him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now he understood why those tourists had bothered him right away, and why this thing’s voice sounded so familiar. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It broke my heart a little to see her walk away. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

When Chian finally turns away from me to answer a question from the man on his other side, Thomas leans toward me. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

With the other servants came the lord of the house, who was furious to be called away from his party. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The men had taken up the floor already in the hall and the flowers had been carried away. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z