Then he picked them up and sat in a corner to play with them. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Most of them were pretty bad—like take an ice pick to your own ears bad. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I picked up my burger, but then the sight of Audrey’s brother and his idiot friends sauntering our way made me lose my appetite. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Sefia unfolded the leather case that held the lock picks, her fingers catching on the metal tips of Nin’s most trusted tools. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I pick up a pair of jeans that are frayed on the bottom and have a few holes in them, and am about to show them to Mama, until I think better of it. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

He walks to the far shelf where the heavy weapons are kept and picks up the porcupine, a weighted wooden club with fierce metal spikes embedded in the rounded end. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

If it comes to it, we can pick locks and scavenge for candles. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She signed a lease on a new two-bedroom apartment in Newsome Park, picking up the keys to a white dwelling with black shutters, identical to the 1,199 others that had been built there. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Another good day to pick rocks from what would be my wheat field. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The platoon leader picked up the radio and called headquarters. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I don’t buy the gold eyeshadow, but I do pick up a bottle of Black Death nail polish. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mom takes quick pictures of her plate and the table before picking up her fork. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He picked up a small rock and wrapped the note tightly around it, walked a few feet closer, and threw the rock toward the girl. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Try lower down, and pick those that have no thorns,” said Amy, gathering three of the tiny cream-colored ones that starred the wall behind her. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad bends to pick up the tennis ball. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picked his cigarette out of the ashtray—that is, selected it from an accumulation of smoked and half-smoked cigarettes. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I picked myself up off the ground and hid from them for the rest of lunch, but when I got back to class, some of the kids were still calling me cripple. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

It was only when Jinny moved to pick her up that she realized Ess was still wide awake, eyes staring at the bright stars overhead, the soft night all around her. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He shifted gears and we picked up speed. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Beside a mountain stream, O’Dell and I worked at a clear place, picking and shoveling rich, black West Virginia loam into the truck. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I am serious. We’ll arrange everything. A limo will pick you up at your house and take you to the airport.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Big Jerome was telling Bennie some story about getting picked up by the cops on Marcy Avenue. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Master picked up the paper and folded it, so that one edge touched the other, leaving a hollow between. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She opened the hand that hadn’t been choking him and looked at the matches she’d picked up off the bathroom floor. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She picked up the pile of mail, and as she flipped through it, her shoulders slowly returned to their normal position. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

My friend Nyasha came to pick me up the morning of the test. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He picks Pa to be the leader of the new people, a position that comes with a raise in the food ration. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picked up his guitar and shuffled out without giving Esteban time to think of anything to say, even though anger had reached his lips and his tension was rising. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He yelled for a switch one time when he could have slipped through a pick and I found myself alone, unchallenged for the first time in the game. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ferro stopped at a workbench and picked up a tap and threading tool. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He’s leaning forward, bending down, he picks up the newspaper at my feet. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I forgot about Papá. He’s probably dying of thirst. Here, let’s take two for him,” she said, picking up a seventh soft drink. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Then he sets it inside and picks up his shovel again. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

A stick-thin old black man with white hair was yelling at them, "Faster, faster, pick it up." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

My back to them, I picked a book at random—a ridiculous sociological text, as it happened—and pretended to study the index. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Laika was a stray on the Moscow streets when she was picked for a spaceflight. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

She lets me pick her up and burrows her head into my shoulder. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Dad called in to me and said that I should pick up the phone. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t help. You’ve been standing here all this time and your luggage is still at baggage claim. Now, follow the signs to pick up your things. I’m sure you have family waiting for you.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I put in the remaining box of bullets, the binoculars, and a little packet of dried berries and mushrooms I had picked. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

With everyone thus distracted, we picked ourselves up, bolted for the turnstiles, and ran out into a bustling London afternoon. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I picked out everything I needed at the store, and stood in line at the checkout. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Robb had given the Blackfish three hundred picked men, and sent them ahead to screen his march. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I told you he picked me up the other day, didn’t I?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I felt shame that I didn’t remember for m\\self, but I picked up a couple from a bunch on the counter. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept baying the bulls till I jumped down and picked up a rock. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

She picked a sheet of paper off the coffee table and shook out its folds. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Levi picks up his ruined lunch and carries it to the garbage can. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

A trocar being a sheathed sort of ice pick instrument you stab into the bellies of foundering ruminants to let out the deadly gases. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It happens every year with that cursed fiesta. All those people drinking and picking fights. They should outlaw it... But Chacho—” He stopped and looked at the boys closely. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dashing out through the rain, Sam entered the mill house and picked up a box he had made with boards Bando had cut for his furniture and discarded. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I wanted you to see it as me picking you up so we could go to a party together. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

A poem called “Maggot” about why kids who get picked on get picked on nagged at me. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He picked up dirty clothes and old newspapers without apology. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

His only exposure to music had been on the farm, when trucks with loudspeakers played martial music while prisoners picked weeds. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, sounds good. Want me to swing by and pick you up?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I tell her my dad might pick us up. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Ron kept shooting Bill and Fleur covert looks, as though hoping to pick up tips. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Any of those soldiers could have picked her up and tossed her in the air. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“The East Shoal Recreational Athletics Support Club. It’s just the sort of obnoxious name he’d pick.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She pulled the white cloth out of its cupboard and ran to the table, draping it over the loaves before Dyedka could pick pieces out of them. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

In that time the wind picked up, suddenly clouds covered the horizon, and some small ones gathered directly overhead. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The young man had come by each picking season; he’d brought along his wife and children. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

August walked over and picked up the picture. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Please pick the next image in the sequence: A, B, C, D, E, or F.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

As she picked up the package she noticed a red, white, and blue Express Mail envelope sticking halfway out of her mailbox next to the doorway. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picked up his walking stick, which was propped against the wall, and set off into the night. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“It’s all right,” Alex said, bending down to pick up the paper. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

With sudden nerve, I stood up, stepped forward, and picked up the biggest of the nestlings. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

One woman had left her Bible on her seat, and she picked it up and began reading it, her lips moving silently. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I planted a potato seed. It was supposed to be a potato. But nobody picked it when it was time to dig potatoes. Everybody missed it.” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I picked up and counted my walnuts and hickory nuts. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps she stopped the buggy and picked them from a roadside field on the way to her wedding. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Out into your city,” he said, “to drink a keg or two and pick a quarrel. It has been too long since I’ve killed a man. Might be I should seek out your betrothed.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I picked up my guitar and started on down the highway. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He started to put the picked berries back in the sorted pile with the gut cherries but noticed that the raspberries were seeping through the jacket. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picks up the ID and holds it over the front of his pants, thrusting his hips. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I pick up my bag, frantically searching for a place to hide it, but the room is completely bare. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found a column of ants running up a tree trunk and picked a couple out of the lineup. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tore the book open and flicked the pages and felt them as if he were blind, he picked at the shape of the individual letters, not blinking. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dad was supposed to pick me up. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Eloise picked it up and threw it, with as much force as possible, over the side of the banister; it struck the foyer floor with a violent thump. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The trunks right themselves instantly, but Hector picks up the cage to inspect the damage. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She rode past the library and up the hill to the corner store where Mom sometimes sent her to pick up milk or a loaf of bread. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“And,” she continued, “there’s a shiny thing sparkling on the path just along there. I’ll thank you to go and pick it up and bring it to me. Somebody’s dropped their tiara, perhaps.” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

It is a scene which combines the worst of Uncle Tom’s Cabin and Fritz Lang’s Metropolisit is mechanized Negro slavery; it represents the progress which the Negro has made from picking cotton to tailoring it. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jimmy took a step toward Toby, bending down to pick up the tire iron. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I must have cried in my sleep, because I felt someone pick me up, and after that I felt warm and was at peace. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picked up a handful of loose soil and rubbed it between his hands. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“It’s at the store. We can pick it up tomorrow.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

She picked up her backpack to leave the band room. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Each week I pick up more art books, storybooks, poetry books, and anything that strikes my fancy. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

She strides out into the rain, picks up the discarded white ring still floating at the edge of the pool, and squeezes her body back into it. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then Hanneli came to pick me up, and we went to school. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I lie back, listening to the soaps, and after a little I try finding it again, and my stupid radio will pick up every Chicago station except the one carrying the football game. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He bent down and picked up a plastic fan from a doorstep. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The pickings from their rubbish heaps had become richer in consequence, and for the first time Tree-ear was able to forget about his stomach for a few hours each day. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

They sat down at the head of the table, where in earlier days the mother, the father, and Gregor had eaten, unfolded their serviettes, and picked up their knives and forks. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why in the world did you have to pick on Colonel Korn? Say, what happened to the lights? Why is everything so dark?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He picked up a lamp and tossed it at the glass, shattering it into a million shards. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She checked for Nin’s old lock picks in the inner pocket of her vest and settled down to wait. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Ben taught her how to pick a path through the woods, even through the underbrush, without making a sound. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picked it up, looked at the title-page: the book was called The Complete Works of William Shakespeare. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kneeled, and picked up the ecstatic, purring cat. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now that the train was gone, there was a powerful silence that settled along the tracks in the moments before the songbirds picked up. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning, I found that Father had picked up the letter and smoothed it out on the table as best he could. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the movie, my grandfather and I wait outside to get picked up. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

I told him that he needed to pick me up at 12:00 noon sharp since the game began at 2:00. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Under Louis XIV tables, around potted palms, up stairways, around corners, down stairways, into the main lobby, picking up other people as we went. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Jahrling, meanwhile, picked up a sheet of waterproof paper on which he had written down the results of his tests. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she said he should pick her up, would that give him the wrong idea? When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Maybe this is a perfect moment to pick up my bookbag and march back to Port Authority and just write the whole endeavor off as an exploration of New York City and nothing more. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

She went over to the shelf and picked up the book. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

They would pick their way along the shore of the river and cut through the meadows back to her uncle’s house. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

On the morning of April 3, Lawrence picked up the phone at the Rad Lab to hear Weaver’s voice on the other end. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you pick Maria like your sister?” the nuns had suggested. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moss picked at the steps again in front of West Oakland High on Wednesday afternoon. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The bird feeder is empty; I fill it, letting a little bit drop on the ground near my feet, hoping it might get some bird to come and pick me up. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I jump off and pick up the can. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I pick up Daddy’s iPod from the patio table, our DJ for the afternoon that’s hooked up to the sound system. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Then she picks up a framed photo of her and her grandsons at a Winterhawks hockey game. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Miss Forcible looked at Miss Spink, picked up her knitting, and took a deep breath. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

But it was a mistake to go down to the Center to pick her up. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Andrew, coughing and spluttering, picked himself up. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

This would explain why the Dictograph set up by the private detectives working for Mollie Burkhart’s family had never picked up any incriminating statements, and why Rose’s clothes had never been found in the creek. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She picked up her pack, slung it over a shoulder, and started off on a slow run after Derrick. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Their grandmother was out in one field, wearing a broad straw hat, picking tomatoes into another of the bushel baskets. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The story had been picked over so many times, and had been embroidered in so many places, that nobody was quite sure what the truth was anymore. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I picked her up and stroked her, and we both might have died there if I had not opened the tent flap to get her some water. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She walks up the eight flights of stairs and picks me up at my door. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He picked up his glass and drained it at a gulp. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

When he gets home from work he picks them up and throws them in the air. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

When the snail has crossed the pool and started up the far wall, Marie-Laure picks up her cane and climbs out in her dripping oversized loafers. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

While she shopped for the invitations, Grandpa and I went to Wal-Mart to pick up Grandma's prescription, and that is when we saw the red wagon special. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

I pick up my tray and start toward the Junior Agent trainee table. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The young man bent and picked the cub up. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“And I picked up the microphone and told the Trenton tower about the emergency,” Gay added. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She picked up a large book, an old photo album, and held it on her lap. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I sat down at my desk and picked up my pencil. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

All of the violinists were then asked the same question: over the course of your entire career, ever since you first picked up the violin, how many hours have you practiced? Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

On this day in August, the grocery-store trip went off without confrontation, and she picked up her girls. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I picked up a handful of knives, forks, and spoons, counting us out: my mother, my twelve-year-old sister Nattie, and me, then three Marshes. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“If I pick up a horse in Baedn, I can give you all day tomorrow, most of the night, and a piece of the following day.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

On the ground at the base of the pole were bleached fragments of mullet skeletons that had been picked clean and discarded by the birds. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Astonished as he was, Bernabe went over and picked up the bird and frowned at it, unable to summon the proper words for the occasion. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pick out the line of black-clad soldiers struggling to contain the crowd near the front. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

They picked their way across the ashen wasteland as red lightning flashed overhead in the poisonous clouds. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I picked it up, wishing with all my strength that a thunderbolt would strike me dead to ashes on the spot. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

In that glacier of words grinding toward the twentieth century, Prendergast’s card was a single fragment of mica glinting with lunacy, pleading to be picked up and pocketed. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I picked up the Commonwealth off the porch and followed Grampa into the house. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Elodin strolled along, picking up stones and tossing them into the trees. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Rain picked me up straight from the hospital. We’re going home.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

His mother broke the silence by picking up her keys from beside the lamp. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Naomi picked up the tin of powdered formula the doctor had brought a few days before when he had said that her mother’s body was too weak to produce milk for the babies. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Someone in the newsroom picked up and took a message. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I picked up my mother’s plate, the one she had carried into the kitchen at the start of the dinner. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Associated Press, making its predictions for the season, had picked Permian to win it all. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

So the two of you picked a spot on the walkway and arranged the six necklaces that you’d finished in a neat line. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Alex picks up his own glass, already pulling up a mental image of Henry's parents, Catherine’s shrewd blue eyes and Arthur’s movie-star jaw. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

"He came to us dead broke. He was very glad to pick up some money, old sport." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

When the person picked up on the other end, the man just said, “It is a go-ahead,” and hung up. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“He could of just picked the car up and set it back on the road.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Oh dear,” Xan whispered, picking up the hat and noticing the magic laced within it. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Many days I could not sit still in the house; violent impulses would seize me whenever I was at play so that I would, for no reason at all, pick fights with other children. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Andrew’s mother, who was just getting home from picking up her younger son from school, had not been aware that her son had not gone to school. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the older guys, Mogole, picked me up and put me on his back. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because we got paid three cents a pound, most ranchers did not let us pick cotton when it was wet. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t have felt hotter if I’d picked her up out of the oven. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I uncover the quiet nestling, who, small as she is, picks a battle with me, a giant. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Right. You could pick out the queen bee. So you can see just fine. But...” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Only for myself, though, which I suppose is not really reading. It’s...it’s just something I picked up a few years ago.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

My brother picked her up at her friend’s house, where she told her parents she was spending the night. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

When she turned back to me, she picked up my hand and ran her thumb against my open palm. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The night before, when Lydia came to pick up Lily, she'd pulled me aside. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Ignoring Mom, I pick up my sketchbook and turn to my rule collection. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She climbed down the ladder and surveyed the damage from ground level before picking a shovel off the floor. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Auntie Seema would have tapped on his shoulder and made him pick it up. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Authorities picked up Reginald, and he was put into an institution. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hooks looked like crowbars or ice picks, and the trainers would grab the elephants between the folds of their hide and then pull or twist. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Javier would ramble about a new Gen-Gyro-Gang member, or argue with Dad for ten minutes that he knew you could reach your brain if you picked your nose hard enough. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

"The Wall is seven hundred feet high, and so thick at the base that it would take a hundred men a year to cut through it with picks and axes." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Easy, Harry, easy,” said Tucker, picking himself up. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quickly Roy picked out one fish and, teetering precariously, plunged both hands into the current. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your coach wants to come pick you up. I’m going to let you decide what you want to do...but you aren’t staying here.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The air was battered by funeral parlor fans, and ladies were picking over long tables. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, she marched over to the telephone, picked it up, spoke to the caller, and then held out the receiver to Ms. Byrd. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

“Alright. Hey, you know some cat named Wick? I picked up some of his files at Columbia today.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I picked at some flea-bite scabs on my calves, which were split and caked with dried mud and hardened blood. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She picks up her translator and yells into it, “I can’t take it! It’s over!” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Apa picks them up and holds them to his face as though he is reading closely. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

She picked up the Littmus Lozenge wrapper in her beak and then dropped it and looked around. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

At first he was too timid, but then the male two-legs picked him up and put him down close to her. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I pick up To Kill a Mockingbird and turn it over. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Get to work,” she said, handing out picks and shovels. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Corinthians and Lena busied themselves picking them up, wiping the snow from the cloth on their coats, all the while peeping at the man in blue wings on the hospital roof. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally she picked up her sleeping skin and tore a fiber from the new hide. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The FBI and Army Intelligence never reported picking up any rumors about electric rockets,” Robert said. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I picked up where my fairy fence builder had left off. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

You had to pick one or the other. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picked up speed, throwing his weight onto his huge front shoulders, crooked tail lifted behind him like a flag. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rolls off the bed and flips it, resetting the needle, and the second side picks up on “London Luck, & Love.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He bobbed his head like a shy schoolboy and picked up his briefcase. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They pick up the simple phrase and bounce it back and forth between them in sweet harmony. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“This is all just junk,” Tucker grumbled, picking up a stack of blank printer paper. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She picks up the tray and bows before leaving. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pivoted around, picked up his cigarette from the frosted-glass ledge, dragged on it, then began to file his nails. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

With a little exclamation he bent and picked up something from the floor. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps Mother had taught me about it, when we were picking rosehips or tincturing hawthorn. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“No,” he says, picking up a notebook to occupy his hands. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Phoebe picked it up, stuffed it into the satchel and handed the bag to Reyna. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Baby Kochamma picked up her maroon diary, which came with its own pen. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Patrolman Mancuso bent over to pick up the monocle, which had fallen from his eye. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then it picked him up and carried him toward the harbor. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

He was picked up twice for trying to slash another teenager with a knife. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pick up a stone and toss it in the same spot where his disappeared. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He had picked me a rose from our favorite walking place. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Then she picked up the tin and cloth and began looking for the dish she’d brought. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was impossible to pick Junha up when he was that upset. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Penny picked the cup of wine he’d poured for her and threw it in his face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Cora hadn’t picked up a needle apart from simple mending since Mabel left. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

T gone and Junior locked up, and Ty and me just picking up the pieces. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It was repetitive work; the muscles in his arms and lower back twinged as he stooped over and over to pass off refilled buckets and pick up empty ones. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He put the T-shirt back on, wet, and picked up the paddle and started to work, swinging the stern of the raft, keeping it in the middle of the current. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

In the summer of i960 the refuge staff picked up hundreds of dead and dying birds at Tule Lake and Lower Klamath. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

It’s late now, about four in the morning, and I pick up a young man on my way home. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Loomis could pick Grandpa up like a rag doll, Miss Love. Not jostle his ribs or anything. Just bend over easy and lay him in the water.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I’d tripped over an aboveground root bent like an arthritic finger and picked up a limp. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She picked a splinter from the rough wood of the table and said nothing. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Once they were gone, Nok reached out and picked up the peel. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Windy’s sister, Cherish, picks us up after school—as promised. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Blimey, this is heavy,” said Lee Jordan, picking up the golden egg, which Harry had left on a table, and weighing it in his hands. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She was on her way to pick her up. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He reached forward, picked up Neville Longbottom’s copy of Travels with Trolls, and held it up to show his own, winking portrait on the front. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He picked a direction and started forward, then bounced off something large and rubbery. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“But it’s so good that it’s hard to pick a piece!” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Given the freedom to pick his own training site, Tibbets selected a base in Wendover, Utah, a remote spot surrounded by salt flats. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I catch myself leaning forward in my seat, eager to hear who they pick. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The customers pick their chicken out of the tank and bag it themselves. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Me and Mr. Shephard go to the computer first, and he shows me how to type in Langston Hughes’s name and pick which books I want to find. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I was hungry, but just to be sure I walked past a few more and picked a diner that looked comfortable. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right after breakfast this morning, Beno appears with a big basketful of the most beautiful roses for her he had picked himself. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A Life of Fun and Frolic In Alexandria, Mark Antony and Cleopatra happily picked up where they had left off in Tarsus. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Forget it! Are you crazy, Ben? The way I see it, we accidentally stepped into high cotton back there. This is a real chance to pick up a little cash dough.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Friday, I get picked up by Grandma and Grandpa as usual, and I record Grandpa’s stories. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I am ten years too old to have my mother still picking out clothes for me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Oh, that doesn’t scare me. I been picking cotton since I been four years old.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

To keep Ngawang from having to exert himself, which would have exacerbated his edema, at several points during the descent, Beidleman picked up the ailing Sherpa and carried him on his back. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He tiptoed back to the bed, slipped matches into his pocket, detached the plug of the electric lamp by his bed and picked it up, winding the flex round it. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Rashid rolled down his pants, put his shoes back on, and picked up his bag. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“I’m driving into New York Gty to pick up my sister from the Port Authority Bus Terminal at ten fifty.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He started walking around the room again, picking up all my personal stuff, and Stradlater's. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The wind picked up and I could hear thunder in the distance. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He picked crops in fields, his back aching, a straw hat full of holes the only thing shielding him from, the sun. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Bertha kept pushing at her hair with a shaky hand and nodding, and then that lady said she would send someone to pick me up in a few weeks and that was that. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Go pick up your regular duties,” the officer said to Horan. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

There were days at the river when I did not pick up my book but only daydreamed like Chandra. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then she went to school to pick up her oldest daughter, Stephanie, a real daddy’s girl. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

She picked up a damp cloth and gently wiped the flour from Travis’s face. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

It usually wasn’t very hard to pick the real meaning out of things people said, if you watched them closely. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picked up the gun with the darts. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’d changed back into the outfit I’d picked out for Fall Fiesta and thrown on an old oversized red cardigan that belonged to Dad. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

My dad picked me up and rocked me in the chair. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

My eyes watered as I sat in the backseat of the cruiser, watching out the window as the two cops picked Shea up off the ground and led him toward the backseat with me. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Like the way I used to cough when I was in third grade and wanted Mom to come and pick me up from school. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I let the tooth fall back around my neck and pick up my bag. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He picked her up and put her on the bed and lay down beside her. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roz picked her up off the floor, gently placed her on a warm stone, and let her sleep. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She puts the stone in her pocket and picks up the model house and crosses the hall. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

With one eye on my computer, I pick up the guitar, start making up words, the tune not far behind. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It’s Tuesday, and she just picked me up from ACT prep to go see Aunt Pooh. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Mama picked up a rock from under a nearby tree and pushed down on the side of the trap. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She quietly lowered herself to the middle step and pretended to pick a splinter from the bottom of her foot. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He picked up the white knight and moved it across the board. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

She picked deftly and had a reputation for speed and efficiency; she filled two flats in the time it took other pickers to fill one and a half. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Tell them I went north,” I gasped as I picked up my skirts and darted around the forge to the south. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I edged my way over to the table to pick up the dog biscuits and throw them away. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once Petra remembered Fort’s sentence We shall pick up an existence by its frogs, she pointed out to Calder that perhaps it had been some kind of strange clue. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I picked up the pipe and knocked all the tobacco out of it. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know she’s just trying to change the subject, but it still makes me mad, especially when Is picks up her phone and starts looking at pictures too. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Then he sheathed his sword, picked up the Sicilian’s trail, and raced into the night.... The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Here Joe’s hat tumbled off the mantel-piece, and he started out of his chair and picked it up, and fitted it to the same exact spot. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Without a word they began picking up the rocks and carrying them to the nearby corral where there was already a pile of rocks. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turn my back and look to see who’s been picked on. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

The Christmas tree Laney had picked out was displayed in the middle of the table, right in front of the placemat Hyacinth had made. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I had to get up again and pick it up and put it on top of the Atlantic Monthly. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

It was a word that, for some reason, Van picked up on. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Serenity’s dad came to pick her up after our late lunch, and Amelia left around the same time she did. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

As the girl started on the other leg of the trousers, the boy with the glasses picked up the man’s shoes and waved them to the crowd. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picked a stocking cap off the ground and set it askew on his hair, then turned to her with wide blue eyes. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I picked up my spoon and thought of, well, Spoon. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I wondered if this was just his favorite song, or if he picks new music for every person who gets in his cab. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I walked through my front door to the sound of the telephone ringing, so I picked up the receiver and said hello. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I bend down and pick it up, holding it in my fingers like a kid holds something filthy, like a used hankie. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

One cube of sugar, picked up with deliberate care with the tiny silver tongs. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

We were careful about her movements, and she would be picked up by one driver, dropped off at another place, and then picked up by a second driver before finally being delivered to the farm. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jinjoo picked him up and twirled him around, to his delighted screams. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The oldest girl said, “But, Ma, you said they ain’t ready to be picked yet.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Arya picked it up and clutched it nervously with both hands, holding it out in front of her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I set down my glass and picked up a letter and matching envelope. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She picked her up with ease, sat Angel on her lap, and just held her for a few minutes. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally she turned around and picked up a long wooden spoon and went to poking at the stew kettle. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clancy picked up the map the teacher had been using and pointed out both places. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She picked up her own super-fluffy pillow and raised it in the air. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I picked up my pocketbook and started back over the cold stones to where my shoes kept their vigil in the violet light. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Someone picked up a metal trash can and slammed it into his face. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I was reading lots and could pick up facts fast enough that I didn’t always need to work hard to understand them. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I pick the lock to the bell tower. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

As he walked, he picked dangling guts and dirt from the fish. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He knew his mother had picked them up. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first thing we had to do when people were in the house was to wait, very still, and pick up the sounds of breathing. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pretend you’re a spotlight, Obie told himself, a spotlight sweeping the place, stopping here and there, and lingering at other places, picking up the highlights of the thing, this momentous occasion. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m kinda picking at my food, cause I feel stomach-sick, even though I’m really hungry. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

They had picked their way through 1,000 miles of ice pack. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“Well, in a perfect world, the next Master Archivist would pick up where I left off,” I said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She stands up, gets a guy swagger on, and then picks up a hand for a second, up to her hips, and drops it. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

When we picked up Sohrab to go to Persepolis, it was still dark out. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He fills a pitcher of water at the kitchen sink, picks up a basin and a towel and brings them to me. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He bent over to pick up a rock big enough to brain me with if he’d been strong enough to throw it. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

She picks at the frayed edges of the rug. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He went through my dresses hanging from the pipe in the bedroom and picked out one with blue flowers that buttoned up the front. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

This is quite clearly the kind of unconscious bias that the IAT picks up on. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

These are the facts: I picked you up. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He had picked them with long stems too. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Used to give mine to Momly when she picked me up. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

He picked up his bow, aimed an arrow at his wife and—with the rumblings of a gong, the sky went black. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

They said they needed the girls to help them pick corn for a special event. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s picking nervously at a pimple on her neck as they stop at the boys’ table. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Maybe so, maybe not. Ten billion places we could’ve set up last night, the man picks a latrine.” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Polly picked up an empty wooden bucket and threw it across the floor. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grace had seen it once when she’d dared herself to pick up a parenting book, in a bookstore fifteen miles away, where no one would recognize her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I picked it up and turned it over in my hand. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He scanned the deck, as he did every few minutes, and picked out Sefia perched on the edge of the quarterdeck, hunched over the book in her lap. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Papa picked up our savings box, started walking toward the barn, and said wearily, “Let’s stay in the barn tonight. Tomorrow we’ll look for another place.” The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

They stood in the strawberry fields early one July morning just after picking season was finished. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Those boys beat us fair and square. Beat us like we’d never seen a tennis racket before, much less picked one up.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I quickly started to pick up on their lingo and style, the swagger of my new teammates and neighborhood friends. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

She picked up the phone and showed us its display panel. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

His straining faculties manufactured or else picked up a haunted, tongueless fear, by someone retreating from him, someone blown back to the farthest wall of the apartment in an attempt to evade him. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Its arms shifted about like the legs of the beetle blade, some with sharp picks that drove into the stone of the wall for support. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lias clucked his cheek sideways and flipped the reins till the horses picked up their trot. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I pick up the pencil and concentrate real hard. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I was thinking that you could pick the next book, Nick. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then she picked Bruno up with the other hand and put us both on the table. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

We took her offer on the deer and she threw in a couple of venison steaks we could pick up after the butchering. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

One of the girls must have picked it up at the porter’s lodge and pushed it under her door. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

After the Associated Press picked up our January 15 story about George Dawson, who learned to read at 98, hundreds of inspired readers wrote him cards and letters. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She picked up a stack of papers from her desk. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

But why me, I thought, why pick me? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mike skipped quickly to my side and picked up my books for me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The next morning, we picked up my dad, who had bought another hundred dollars’ worth of Twinkies. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

All the same, Joe and Nancy couldn’t help but feel a slight glow as they gunned through the dusty wasteland toward where pickings were best. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maria was busy picking oranges from the trees and rolling them down the stairs. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was unusually pale and very quiet She stood on the front veranda as he quitted the house, and absendy picked a few sprays of jessamine that grew upon a trellis near by. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

She picked up her sandals and thrust them under her arm, put the fragments in the pocket of her skirt and took up the vase. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

They set up a play for Ducky where he was supposed to move off a pick at the top of the key and cut across the lane. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, Dr. Tamba told us that we had gotten the visas and that he would pick up the passports and hold on to them until the day of our departure. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Seeing the cat, he entered the office and picked up the animal. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He sees himself eating supper with Alma Ember in Pizza Hut when this large man rushes through the door, picks her up with one arm, and smashes his face in with the other. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think so. She picked me up from school yesterday and she seemed okay.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Gwin was still in his backpack, and Basta’s dogs kept raising their noses and sniffing, as if they had picked up the sharp scent of the marten. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

There was no telling when a Red might jump out of nowhere to pick a fight. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Pima’s mother picked up a blade of rusted metal and held it in front of his face. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Dicey picked out three chicken TV dinners and went to the fruit counter. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the way he picked one of the flowers. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He picked up the reins and urged the horses forward, their bridles jangling. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She picks the pebbles from the rice and rinses it in the sink. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, the rain picked up and now beat hard against the window. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knelt down and picked him up, rocking him in her arms until he quieted. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

My heart rate picks up as I do, like I am breaking the rules and will be scolded for it. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

As he topped the bank, the beam of a torch shone up the lane and picked out his red eyes and white tail disappearing into the hedge. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the contratista, the labor contractor, who drove around in his beat-up red Ford truck, honking the horn to let us know that the cotton was dry and ready to pick. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The chill in the air presses harder against us as we pick up the blanket, provide a new set of footprints. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

A key piece of information was picked up at the Institut Pasteur. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

He was picking up speed, skidding downhill like a bobsled. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Secretly, I’m pleased he didn’t pick on me—I’ll definitely be in the boat. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

He found the controls on the left side and studied them, picking out the correct button and pushing it. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

My father picks up where my mother leaves off. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He realizes that he will probably not do as well as the few who have risen to high office or who were able to buy the vineyards where their grandfathers once picked grapes. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Day and night they heard the muffled thud of the picks above and dreamt of the collapse of the grotto and of every ghastly eventuality. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Could the cannon shot announcing her death have come in the wee hours of the morning when even my good ear was too broken to pick it up? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Unable even to meet my eyes, he picks up a morsel of steak in his fingers and starts eating. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I pick up the box and wind my way through the dark house again, up the back stairs and into my room. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She picks up the booklet with a sticky finger. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It was also impossible to know how many innocent people picked up the bacteria from the prisoners on these stops. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

We pick up speed as we descend the hill. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It has been calculated that a baseball thrown at a hundred miles an hour will pick up 0.000000000002 grams of mass on its way to home plate. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

La Llorona removed the lids from the footed pie dishes, picked two of them up, and pointed to the others for me. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I give her a call on FaceTime, grinning when she picks up. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She popped in another disc before picking up her crochet needle again. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“Come on. Just fold those fingers up; fingers on the inside, thumbs on the outside. Say something. Honk me back. You’re so tall, and you let me pick on you. “Would you like a hanky? The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was looking through samples of fabric, to pick out a shade for the new curtains. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

But it wasn’t until he picked up the green spray paint and drew that enormous X over the back of the uniform shirt and handed it to me that I remembered to start breathing. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Hanako picked up his hands, noticed his sharpies were getting dull. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“So let’s get stinky! But first you are going to pick up every single one of those cards.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

George picks Ray up again and Dr. Martin tucks the shirts around Ray’s body. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She picked up a piece of one and held it in her arms. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Sirius threw aside the bread he had just lifted to his mouth and instead picked up the flask of pumpkin juice and drained it. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“You need to pick a monologue that shows off your sense of humor.” P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Do you know what he’s been saying?” he asks, turning away from me to pick up the chair. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I ate, my finely tuned eavesdropper’s ears picked out pieces of the stories people were telling. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The Mountain heard her out; the next morning he picked her daughter, to be certain she'd held nothing back. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I picked myself up and saw that the other kids were well over halfway done but not yet finished. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

He’d cast that particular book aside early in his browsing, but he picked it up again. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The school buses pick the children up right at the park and bring them back. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

But neither one of us picked up the phone. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The second one caught up with it, picked its momentum from the crest of the wave, and both came down together like a rearing horse that falls. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This belongs to you. One of my guards picked it up after the duel.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

They always know when you need them too much and pick precisely that season to make themselves scarce. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abra calmly picked up her purse and straightened her skirt and brushed it with her hand. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I picked up a rusted shovel and experimentally scooped some away from the fence line. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I bend down to pick it up, and that’s when I feel the squirrel’s four feet on my back! Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I eat the rice slowly, and even pick up one grain if I drop it on the ground. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All this and you pick a flower I don’t know? What is a selas flower? Why?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

August picked up her book, and that was that. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve knocked over the friendly Harry Potter cardboard cutout, but I can’t get myself to pick it up, mumble “Sorry,” and run from the room. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Mama. Yesterday,” Stella said, “but it doesn’t matter, because mine won’t get picked. Now, please, can we turn the page? I want to look at the clothes.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I pick it up and finger the wrinkled pages, flip to the story on the Soviet Space Girl. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

After three throws, he seems to come to a decision, and calmly picks up a bright green square. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She mimicked picking something up, examining it, then tilting back her head to gaze up. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

And of course she’d pick this one time to look at it close. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She and Levi had gone to the local Chevrolet dealer to fill out the entry form and pick up a copy of the official rules, which read like a familiarization manual for an airplane. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

He never had the wherewithal to learn to drive, but someone from the appliance store where he worked was picking him up. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The girl picks up a few more napkins and a paper cup. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Ellen and I poured them into Sonic cups and kept refilling them until her mom picked us up the next morning. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Harry, you’ve got a maggot in your hair,” said Ginny cheerfully, leaning across the table to pick it out; Harry felt goose bumps erupt up his neck that had nothing to do with the maggot. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

A penalty kick is like a free throw in basketball, only better, because the coach picks the player who takes it. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is through a field of such valid objects that I must pick my way, every day and in every way. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She scrambled to pick up every chewed piece and eat it. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Even though I tried to clean up a little, the center console is stuffed with pencil stubs and pieces of paper, cigarette butts, a lighter, guitar picks. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He picked up a fistful of leaves and began tearing them apart, apparently unaware of what he was doing. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

One of the men picked up the cross and brought it back. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She bent over and picked up Despereaux’s tail and held it up, proudly displaying it to Cook. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

I picked up a file labeled Personal and opened it. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

A newspaper reporter attending the conference described the news in a short article, which was picked up by papers across the country. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through her tears, Mom blew us a kiss, picked up her purse, and followed the policeman to the door. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

With a sudden cry of fury, Tree-ear picked up the jiggeh and threw it, container and all, over the edge of the cliff. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

The next day, at noon traditionally, the Japanese began picking raspberries. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He picked up a long stick and drew a circle in the mud, a line trailing down from it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I reach down and pick it up and put it back in its sheath. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Then, in the evening, Benn Hall came to pick me up. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take the last steps to the main gate and flash the badge and I.D. card I carry in a special wallet that I picked up at the Academy. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we had to pick partners today in art class, June chose me! P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He would merely pick up a ball of clay and stalk off with it toward the house. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

I text mom, who says she'll pick me up at Waffle House on her way home. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Alex picked up the ball just as the redheaded outfielder came running up. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, Loma, I’m sorry,” he said as he picked up the screaming baby. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

So we were in the driveway that morning, waiting for Carl to pick us up. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

She and her mother, they picked cotton together. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was his first day on the job, his telephone piece poking uncomfortably in his ear while he half hoped that the people he was calling would not be home to pick up. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Once upstairs, Candice walked up and down the aisles, pausing every few steps to pick up a book and inspect its cover. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Bran snapped the reins sharply, and Dancer picked up her pace. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

We roll up and down the aisles, and Joy tells us what we can pick. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I was thinking, Now Fm gonna be picking cotton, since that’s how they punished juveniles—they put you in a school out in the country where they made you do field work during the day. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Despite the happy reunion, everybody seemed more subdued than usual—like they were picking up on Leo’s mood. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Someone had returned to the empty room to pick up all the pieces. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Another time: “I picked you from a cabbage patch. Didn’t you know?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I pick up a pen and cross out that last point. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I picked up Violet at her house and we drove to Marty’s, where everyone was meeting. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, my eyes adjusted, and I was able to pick out a few distant shadows. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Every time he walked by it, he picked it up and stared at it with longing. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

We went by O’Dell’s house, picked up two shovels and a pick, and kept going down past Cape Coalwood to where the road turned back up into the mountains. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

And as I sat there brooding on the old, unknown world, I thought of Gatsby's wonder when he first picked out the green light at the end of Daisy's dock. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Hurry, scatter and pick up anything and everything you can find before the others take it all. Bring it back here.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Cupping her hand, Mary Anne whispered to Ben, “The next time you pick your nose, think about having a nail driven through your nostril.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kathy decided to go to the grocery store before picking up the girls from school. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

When they stopped to pick us up, Calista told them, “Thank you very much, but I changed my mind.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I... left my satchel. At the League. Hilly picked it up.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Mother would keel over if I showed up with a skirt above the knee when Stuart picks me up. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

They crouched behind a wall across the street and picked off the enemy one by one. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

And possibly, if I can pick up a can of pre-war vegetables, about dinner, too. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I picked it up and read the line at the bottom. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He was punching and kicking and elbowing and picking people up, tossing them away like bags of garbage. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Harry picked up his wand and climbed over all the debris to where the large blond Death Eater was sprawled across the bench. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He got up, adjusted his clothing, and picked up his pouch. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

After that, she picked up the needle and looked at the white rabbit on her bowl. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

He slid his feet on the floor instead of picking them up—quieter that way. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Slowly at first, she starts picking out the notes to “Chopsticks.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

A wind had picked up, fanning the flames; a huge branch toppled from far above and crashed through the canopy, throwing sparks everywhere until it finally hit the ground. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

In the vicinity of White Sand Bay he picked up the lighthouse’s radio beacon and, gaining confidence by the moment, made the big swing to the south. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Niran and Parsa picked up their shovels, levered them under the body, and tipped it over the edge of the grave, where it fell with a dull thump. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She told me to pick three big tomatoes. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

One of the fields they had to cross was being picked. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, Dad. Call him at the hotel. See if he’ll come pick us up.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I went out into the yard and called Poteet over and picked her up. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I step over the Doorman, stare at the receiver, and finally decide to pick it up. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Petey come by, seent the pouch, bent o’er to pick it up, and the rock come swinging out at him and, ’stead of catching him in the butt, it crashed into his left knee. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

In the kitchen, Dad picked up a note from the table, frowned, and rubbed the back of his neck while he read it. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Mom had also picked a thick bunch of daffodils, which she put in a coffee can with water and nestled into a corner of the box. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The woman leans down and picks up the money and shows everyone that, yes, it’s just a plain old American twenty, unaltered, not sticky. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

As it was, they thought they’d been picked up for parole violation. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will might have picked up his conservatism right then. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, that’s his name. He sounded pretty anxious. You better pick it up.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“But you know I can’t promote you. Not after that episode with the bottle. Did you have to pick an officer?” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d go to her classroom after school and clean her chalkboard, dust her erasers, and pick the paper up off the floor. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She took charge and helped me pick out the dress I would wear for the coronation. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes began to gleam and Dicey knew that he would pick information from the woman’s brain as long as she would answer his questions. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had the words all picked out, but I couldn’t say them. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lydia pulled into a parking lot where cars waited to pick up people at the terminal. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“Again,” Lily said, tossing me another ball, then picking at her thumbnail. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

While everyone was getting ready for the game, I was as usual trying to look as if I didn’t care if I was the last one picked for a team or not. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now she swung her pick, felt the impact reverberate up her arms and into her shoulders, and said, “There were Grisha in Elling.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She dashed to where her flour sack had fallen and picked it up, examining it for tears. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

While Michael is walking over to pick up a ball, Aimee starts to yell, “Brandy! Over here!” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

She picked up a tuba and threw it at me. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

And, reaching down, the speaker picked Milo off the ground and set him on the music stand. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s as quiet as Alabama. The librarian, Miss Cook, she’s real nice. She picks out books for me too.” Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

JB sets a wicked pick for me just like Coach showed us in practice, And I get double-teamed on the roll just like we expect. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

“You got fast fingers from picking strawberries and cotton.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

And while I was still sitting there, right there in Warden Hand’s office, he picked up the telephone—” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have to pick up my brother,” I tell him. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Abilene picked Edward up, sat him next to her in bed, and arranged the covers around him; then she said to Pellegrina, “We are ready now.” The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

He nodded and left them, and the huntress picked up the silver pitcher and filled their goblets with wine. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother can barely eat, while Brother Quang picks the skin at his elbows. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I saw Grandpa swallow his tobacco chew as we picked up speed. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Her dad picked up the remote control and muted the TV. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“I don’t need to be picked up from school yet,” I said. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

In the United States, we see these same faces, and our reflex is to pick up our pace and cross the street. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

They had been meandering between all the human feet, completely oblivious to the world; When Victor picked them up they quickly retreated into their shells. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I stood and picked my way over them, which was difficult because they slept almost on top of one another. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Briana picked up her pace, and the two of them walked more swiftly, resting only at street corners before crossing. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Very slowly, she bent down and picked me up with one hand. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Well, your grades obviously aren’t bad because you can’t pick this stuff up or because you are stupid, you are just not working hard enough,” my mother said, her voice rising into the epiphany. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He was walking already, which was scary since he could now pick Seven up. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Well,” he said, “if that’s how you feel, just pick up the phone and call Owen Williams. It’s as simple as that.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two of Redemption’s uncles were sitting at the long table, picking out stones from trays of dried beans, while his baby cousins played under the table. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

A tiny amount of clapping came out the crowd and Madame Sabbar picked up one of the slingshots and one of the marbles. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Climbing down out of the tree, I picked up my ax and lantern, and trotted down to another riffle and waded across. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ooh, big stuff. I sure hope you picked the right outfit. You can’t be looking crazy around them white folks!” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

We can't get City Hall to pick up our trash, but we got it delivered just fine. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t think Mr. Stoker’s picking on me specifically. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Customers usually come in the evening to pick up their orders, so we have to make sure everything is ready by four o’clock at the latest. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Finally he braced himself and picked up the receiver. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The dark-haired girl behind Winston had begun crying out “Swine! Swine! Swine!” and suddenly she picked up a heavy Newspeak dictionary and flung it at the screen. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Then he picked up the page and examined it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

This group of five or six colored boys was up the street picking berries off the mulberry tree and eating them. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The mayor’s iron pony picks us up at half past four. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He picks up a file and thumps it down in front of him and starts flipping through it. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Blackie had later been picked up by the law for car theft and never went through with any of the killings. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

We picked up our food, and I was about to dig in when I thought better of it. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I was even excited about picking out my classes and figuring out what school clubs to join. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Why’d you pick this place? It almost smells as bad as my brothers’ room after soccer practice.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He picked up Fujiko’s bamboo flute, turned it over twice in his hands—small hands for such a thick, cloddish man—then set it on the dining room table. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Go pick up the wheel and put it on the axle. And don't go rushing down this road. It’s too rutted and rocky to hurry down with a laden cart.’ The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He picked himself up, panting, and stared at Bigwig without a word. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the Jesuit church, I picked up a booklet I had also noticed on Dean Gandy’s coffee table—For Men of Good Will, by Father Robert Guste. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My son left me here. He takes me with him to pick up Ravi from school every day. I told him to go by himself today. I’m tired, so he’ll be tired pushing me.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I picked at a dark spot on my dress until I realized it was a small hole. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Seeking comfort, I walked over to Roberto and whispered to him, “Someday, I will get to go pick cotton with you, Papa, and Mama. Then I won’t be left alone.” The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She picked up the now-dirty corn, wrapped it up, and gently led Doha away. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

And with that he picked up his bag and his bowler hat and hurried away to the City. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Abraham and I had picked our apai and submerged our bodies comfortably in the water as we chewed. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she measured the height with her eyes, raised one leg up, placed it on the top of the log, shifted her weight, and picked up her other foot. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The sheriff gimped to his desk and picked up his list. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the table was a vase filled with flowers that Nathan, our manservant, had picked. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jojo, whose cough had finally faded, leaned over and picked out another book from the pile. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I invited Jack to film again and he surprised me by saying yes, but I didn’t tell him who’d pick us up. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

She is just smiling and picking at some crud caked in her eyes. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Either way, it was an accident,” Officer Rariden said, picking a bit of dirt out from under his nail. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then I just more or less picked up my feet and it worked like a charm. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took out a knife—Piper’s knife—and started picking his teeth with it. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He pushed his food around a bit and picked at his salad, so I did the same. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

One boy picked up the shoes and threw them at the man. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a trick they’d used plenty of times when a lock was too complicated to pick quickly or they wanted to make a theft look like an inside job. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I could have picked him up if he had called me. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father picked one, bit into it, and then put it back. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was looking very much like the unstrung self who had picked me up from the airport. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dimple picked it up from her dresser and waved it around like proof. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Layla, who had picked up Aaron, tilted her head at her sister. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Thor sat at the table beside Tyr and picked up a lump of charred whale meat and chewed it resentfully. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

We pick it up at the railway station. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Then Avery picked up a handful of straw and threw it high in the air and gave a loud yell. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

I remember still what I wrote on it: Tony—next time pick a better tree. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He looked round vaguely for his glass, picked it up off a table and went over to the side table and helped himself to another whisky and soda. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Like pretty much every time my gramps says something, I only understood half the words, but as soon as the old man went back to the picking, Diego filled in the blanks. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Which, once she picks a final direction, she returns to the pocket, then licks her index finger and puts it just above her head. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

“You see,” cautioned the count, “you must pick your words very carefully and be sure to say just what you intend to say. And now we must leave to make preparations for the Royal Banquet.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I reach down to pick up the can, hopping over the puddle, and toss it into the trash bin on my way out into the hall. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Hugo picked up the broken pieces and placed them on the counter. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

The undersides held a stickier yellow glow, and here and there a gleaming edge was picked out in nacreous brown, and the occasional filigree lacework that blossomed around a ruptured skin. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Several dying screech owls were picked up in Wisconsin following heavy rains in spring, perhaps poisoned by feeding on earthworms. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

As if that weren’t bad enough, there was this bully, Curtis, who started picking on J.T. all the time. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

A spider near them began to make a humming sound that was picked up by the other creatures. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

When they finished picking all the ripe peas, Ernie took the water hose, squirted their hands clean, then sprayed a mist into the air. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I searched my inventory and found a guitar pick. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He still remembers the order he was sent out to pick up at least once a week. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

"You ain't that fine if my knucklehead brother-in-law had to pick me up." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I ran up to the letter and picked it up. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Wouldn’t have been two minutes if you had called me soon’s you got there. Sooner. Should have called me soon’s they picked you up.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She set down the first bucket and picked up the second. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air picked her up, and Lady was flying, too. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He picked up another; this one mentioned ants. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The jackknife she picked out of a glass-fronted case was the most expensive thing she bought. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picked up the book and the glasses, but his eyes were still upon me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d trailed the professional thieves of the Barrel and learned how to pick pockets and how to cut the laces on a lady’s purse. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“This is librarian One,” said Dr. Zinchenko, loud enough for the microphones hidden in the ceiling to pick up her voice. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Without silkworms to tend or mulberry trees to pick, without neighbors to gossip with or goats to milk, my grandmother filled her time with food. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I pick up the pen he gave me and find a blank page. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

At its fiercest, such a whirlwind could rip a roof off a house and pick up the building’s contents. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

I remember one time he got so furious that he picked up a ham my mother had prepared for dinner and heaved it into the front yard. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I say take your pick, especially in casual usage. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kyle stayed on his direct trajectory to Flora and Ulysses, but within seconds, his hover ladder’s infrared collision sensors picked up the approach of Marjory’s platform. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

I picked up the sunglasses and kept walking, listening for her, but everything was quiet now. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear put the lid of the large box down on the shelf and picked up one of the curved containers. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

I had a martini alone, paid for it, picked up the box of chocolate at the outside counter and walked on home toward the hospital. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

His eyes fall on the graphic novel, and he picks it up to flick through. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

They relaxed in her presence, brought her crayon drawings or flowers they had picked from their mothers’ gardens. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

When his sandwich came he picked it apart, ate the bacon and left the rest, while I drank my drink and watched the Lakers. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I could pick her up and throw her on my unmade bed just like Aaron has done for the past two years. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I start picking up all her stupid silky things and piling them on the chair. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She picked up the scene where he had left off: “ ‘Yeah? Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The two of them walked through the gardens in the summer sun, picking and eating strawberries. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

So she sat down at the table and picked up the crystal goblet and drank; it tasted like wine, but it was sweeter and lighter than any wine she had ever drunk before. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You used to carry your tobacco in a rubber pouch,” said Edna, picking up the pouch and examining the needlework. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

The soles of my shoes pick up lots of little cactus needles as I walk, and mom has to dig them out with tweezers when I get home. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I was worried when the office called my name to get picked up during science, and when I didn’t see Charlie in the car, I felt even worse. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

He backed away and picked up his bag, turning toward the door. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Victor picked me up into a sitting position. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I picked it up to play with, and all of a sudden—blood! Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

But at the last minute the gunman wouldn’t go through with it, and after being picked up on a robbery charge, he told authorities about the plan. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She sang the next verse in a whisper and then said, “When Toby’s up, pick out your best school clothes.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to pick up the phone. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

When I turned away to pick up the loudspeaker to call her, he said, “Hey! You look good in those jeans. Can we go on a date?” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

We have had a good rainy season this year and the corn is ripe for picking. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But picking and eating the wrong mushroom can get you killed. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The pair picked up their luggage and stepped into the elevator, leaving behind puddles of melted snow. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

On the way back to the TV room, I pick up the blanket. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she took off her crown, and plucked from it one of the little scarlet flowers that, while she wore them, remained as fresh as if they had just been picked. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

At Schindler's factory, my father picked up rumors about the war from the gentile workers. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

She said it was because his brothers were always picking on him and beating him. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jones left me voice mails that I never picked up. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Yes. But then I thought we could have picked it up anywhere. Just found it on the bank—summing like that.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The Associated Press picked up the story, and it was published in 43 states. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You can pick up your weapon on the way out,” Terminus said. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The guard moved among the other patrons and bent to help them pick up the coins, and Koffi took her chance. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He picked it up and took a bite. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spent the morning bathing him and combing him and picking burrs out of his tail and ticks off of his ears. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The citizens in the gallery filed out; the reporters picked up their notepads. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

A swarm of angry voles.It took Kaz a few quick heartbeats to pick the lock. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Elephants, whose huge feet could crush the life out of a man, whose trunk could pick him up, raise him high, and dash him to the ground. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I had to mute my comlink because so many different people were trying to hail me, asking who the hell I was and where I’d picked up such a sweet ride. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I can pick up where I left off. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve heard of it before,” he said, picking up his book. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

When he came to the eggs, he picked one up, tilted his head back, and broke it raw into his mouth. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I yanked the cuffs of my sweatshirt down as far as they would go, picked up my board and turtled into the collar of my jacket as the lady hurried across the street. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

After she pays, Millie picks up some plasticware from the condiment bar while I spoon her chili out from the pot. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I followed him, holding the can of nails up so he wouldn’t have to bend over to pick them up. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Let the players develop on separate tracks and then pick all-star teams. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

She walked over to the couch and picked up a plastic soda bottle. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Since it was a holiday, he didn’t have to go to work, so he’d be the one to pick me up when I was done. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He picked it up and his mouth was open, a little free drop of saliva flew on the air, and he was suddenly shivering. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

They picked up on it from a boy in my grade called Brick. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The assistant director’s telephone rings, and he reaches to pick it up, but von Rumpel holds up a hand, and the phone rings ten or eleven times and then falls quiet. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

When the lieutenant picked me, I stared at his face, but he ignored me and continued his selection process. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to,” Ellie said, picking up her bag and tray. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

We stopped at Gina’s cousin’s house and picked up an ice chest full of beer and Cokes. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Apparently Holmes had made prior arrangements with an express agent to pick up the box and load it on a train. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“I have picked your roommates for you, so don’t worry your pretty little heads about making arrangements with your buddies.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

They picked up Jasper three days out of North Carolina. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

We picked our way to the concessions truck, through a sparse, gloomy gathering of janitors and maintenance men. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He picked up his guitar and began to play. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I think out of respect and ignorance she let him pick them out. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Yes, so that I could start fresh. I picked a name that shows I can conquer every problem that comes my way." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The car vibrated wildly but picked up no speed. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Maybe. Or no food. Or the cold. Or typhus. Take your pick.” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

It rang a half dozen times on the other end before the Eberhardts’ answering machine picked up. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fujiko picked up her glasses again and held them between her thumb and forefinger. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She didn’t know how long the girl had been standing there, but, when she picked up a shirt and turned around, she found her standing by the doorway, hands cupped around a glassful of tea. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then we walked back and forth, picking out broken glass, like chickens pecking seeds. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father walks over and picks up a room service book next to a Travel & Leisure magazine. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He frowned, an expression I hadn’t seen since our car ride right after I’d picked him up. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

We picked the place up and turned it back the way it was, and the entire time we didn’t speak a word. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was new, someone they’d picked up in the Paradise Islands, and a bit of a rabble-rouser, but no one contradicted him when he said it again, louder: “It just ain’t right.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It seems like she usually comes out to pick apples from the orchard or wild blackberries from the brambles that grow along the edges of the meadow. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Fair enough,” he said, picking through the racks before drawing out a bottle and holding it up to a lamp, peering through it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Let’s go,” I said, as she picked through the bottles of Mexican fruit pop in the beverage cooler. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Like Louisiana cotton. Except the black men picking it wear diapers and turbans. All over India that’s all you see. Bushes with little bitsy white tea bags blossoming. Right?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You and those other dorky nerds had so much fun picking up trash along the side of the road, you decided to start your own club.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth picks up the tray I just put down. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

We picked our way across the wild field to the river. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Which I know makes me pathetic because she basically led me on and then picked him over me. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He stooped and picking up a large stone he cast it far into the dark water. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Yes! So many boys go there for engineering. You’ll have the pick of the litter.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Stores open,” the Owner replied, still picking at his teeth. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He picks up a tripod I didn’t notice when I came in and swings it over his shoulder. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

You can’t explain things very well to somebody who is screaming his head off and chunking you with rocks as fast as he can pick them up. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s some old blue nail polish left on my thumbnail, and I pick at that. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

After arriving in the morning, we would fetch our picks, shovels, hammers, and wheelbarrows from a zinc shed at the top of the quarry. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Todd came out to set a pick for me. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

We walked through the strawberry fields, where campers were picking bushels of berries while a satyr played a tune on a reed pipe. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Jaja picks up the spoon and starts to wolf the rice down again. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The German Security Police came to pick up the four remaining men, none of whom were injured. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Enemy giants moved toward the breach, and Tyson picked up the fallen warrior’s club. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

We went from stall to stall, arguing about every item we picked out. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

At school, she’ll stick up for me in the playground when the rough boys pick on me. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, Corporal, you tell your commander that the next time I see armed forces coming in here, they’ll be picked off by sniper fire. No darts either. Armor-piercing bullets.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I pick up my satchel that dropped, pull down my shirt, and head home to wait alone for Daddy. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

This year’s prize was a large silver mirror Valentine had picked up in Chicago. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I lie in bed and pick up Plato’s Republic and skim the Allegory of the Cave as I seethe. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I pick up a small stone and throw it sidearmed, making it skip across the water. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I picked out a turquoise one with a low-cut neckline. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

David picked him up and gently stroked his feathers. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shook his head at me, just in case I was too out of it to pick up on the look, before turning around without saying a word. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Then he waved at two old country ladies sitting on their front steps picking through a little girl’s hair for cooties. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

They don't have much of a selection for vegetarians, but I pick my way through a salad and some spinach with alarmingly bright orange-colored cheese sauce. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Miss Love took off her apron, I picked up the lamp, and we hurried out. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The vineyard owners let people come pick their own grapes for a nickel a pound. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Eliza picked it up and waved it over the tiny bodies until her arms shook with the effort. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ana was always up to something. Tell them about when I had to pick you up at the police station.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Isobel picks up a potted violet that has toppled in the wake of the falling books and places it back upon its shelf. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Hackett stepped away from us, and picked up the guitar, which had fallen to the ground. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I just picked up my book and walked off without another word. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reach down and pick up a box. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“This will be a racing level,” he says, picking a piece of date out of his eggs and popping it in his mouth. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

You could stoop down and pick a fallen petal, crush it between your fingers, and you had there, in the hollow of your hand, the essence of a thousand scents, unbearable and sweet. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He picked up on my Victorian flourishes, my antique diction, my girls’ school propriety. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Clarence picked up the blue and red envelopes and marched back toward the entrance hall. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I could have picked her up and she didn’t have to die, did she? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Ken picked up Toby’s T.V. head and jammed it into his hands. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like maybe the tallest one—the James Madison of the bunch, though he doesn’t have James’s joke of a moustache—might just pick it up and steal something out of the front pocket. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Derrick turned and picked up speed back towards the camp. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

If he owned his own bat again, every time he picked it up, he would see that shattered blue glass over those white roses. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I leave today’s dress here, where Cora will pick it up to be washed. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve been trying to pick stories they can relate to and then challenge them to bring the story to life. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Probably not, or I bet she never would’ve picked her for my nanny. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Mas free hand picks up a knife and in one swift moment, the sharp edge slices into the bird’s neck, silencing it. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let the contractor pick the day,” they quipped. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three cooks in white clothing worked at the big stoves, putting beans, rice, and enchiladas onto plates that dark-haired waitresses in bright-red dresses picked up at a counter. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Once the door opened, Gen picked up her pace. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He bypassed all the nickels and dimes before finally picking up a quarter and dropping it in the boy’s hand. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She had picked up his handkerchief and she was looking at him ... right, directly into his soul. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

As the only one there, I'd get first pick of whatever the surprise was. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Every summer Mary Alice seemed to pick up another of Grandma’s traits. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s taken months for our operative to gain his trust If he doesn’t pick you for the Commandant, your mission’s dead before it begins. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Mr. Quisling picked up The Gold-Bug, flipped through it, and pulled out the unfolded note. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Next thing I knew, Coach was standing in front of me, telling me to pick my head up and look at him, and asking me what happened on Saturday. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“They have to squeeze in tight,” Horse grinned with his ugly horse teeth, and he took the white stuff he had been picking from them and wiped it on his pants. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smiles at me, then laughs himself, then picks his cards up and claps my back. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

About a quarter mile away, a Hyperborean giant was sitting in the bog, peacefully picking mud from between his toes with a broken tree trunk. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Afterwards, Albert picked up the pieces of the shattered crystal goblets and replaced them with others from a cabinet. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He turned the corner and picked up his pace. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

How could it happen that the car that picked up Gay broke down before it got into Monterey? Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dutifully she picked up the baby girl they had indicated and took her to the changing table. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I'll have to get myself a better coat, he thought as he fumbled for the right lock pick. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She put down her suitcase and picked Edward up by one foot. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Streets and buildings began to blur as the centaurs picked up speed. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Roger stooped, picked up a stone, aimed, and threw it at Henry - threw it to miss. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I figure I owe the city big time, and the least I can do is pick up this one piece of trash. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He greeted the poll workers, picked up his ballot, and shook hands with anyone he encountered, appearing relaxed. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Cool Papa tuned First Guitar and began picking an easy intro to lay out the chord changes. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

She never orders my burger plain, and I have to pick off those little onions every time. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

What are the chances, in picking a meal for me, that Argenon Hospital gets the one thing I can handle right now? It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

She’d pick a selection on a CD, then ask me the composer. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

A generation of children grew up who knew no more of violence than picking flowers and tumbling on the sands. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only, instead of picking the smartest guy in school, Zach had zeroed in on somebody who didn’t even seem to know what a PA system was. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

She picks up the remote and pauses the video, so it’s just a shot of me and Khalid, laughing together. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He went to pick it up, found it shredded, and threw it down again angrily. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

After picking up additional passengers, the train slipped into a tunnel that angled downward. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“The spot? The spot where we picked you up?” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He picked up the picture of the Washingtons and leaned it on his stomach to get a better look at it. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I figure she’s got some other reason, but I do not wish to waste time trying to get it out of her, so I just pick up the pad and start to read. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Park picked up a chunk of melting snow and tossed it halfheartedly in the goose's direction. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

My dad had picked up a very African sense of humor during his years in Congo. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

We remember the collards growing down south, the melons, fresh picked and dripping with a sweetness New York can never know. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Ivy picked it up and tried to smile. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She gathers her toiletries bag and her pajamas, picks up her phone quickly, as though I might not notice, and slips out of the room. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Dimple asked, and she picked up the pace. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

When he returned to pick me up, his mood was darker than the sky. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He studied his face for a moment, picked up a bottle, took out the cork, smelled it, tasted it. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Larson had picked up his briefcase, his red thermos, and his raincoat, and he was headed toward the back door of the school. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Serafina picked up the little boy who’d fallen in the river, and who was crying out for his daddy, reaching back over Serafina’s shoulder to the silent figure still standing in the water, indifferent. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before long, everybody in the gymnasium had picked up the chant again. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Across the waste they saw riders picking their way; they were coming from the north side, and already they were drawing near to Orthanc. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She even let her mother pick her platform: Beautifying America, because there was nothing controversial about cleaning up litter, nothing that would make the country uncomfortable. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I told Burke about how Granny found me in the alley and picked me up. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Gates compared the Internet to the gold rush, the idea being that more money was made selling Levi’s, picks, shovels, and hotel rooms to the gold diggers than from digging up gold from the earth. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

I could not pick up and leave whenever I wanted; security had to be arranged, as well as speeches prepared for local organi-zations. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rabbi turned and picked up the chalice. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I don't mean to be dramatic, but God save me from Morgan picking our set list. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The rolls and apples are untouched, but someone's definitely picked away part of the cheese. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I pick up the bedroom line and look Miss Celia hard in the eye and tell him she’s in the shower. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Leaving aside species with small or unpalatable seeds, they picked out 23 of the most palatable and largest-seeded wild grasses. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sam bites her lip and picks up the card that’s on top. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I bend over and pick up a fan, a bulletin. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Endurance begins to pick its way through the ice, December 9, 1914. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

And it was the one thing he did pick out without my help. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

When I reached out and picked up the key, a chime sounded, and my score on the Scoreboard increased by 25,000 points. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

One night at home, he’d picked up his guitar and leaned back in his living-room chair, thinking and dreaming. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The scattered pieces were picked up off the carpet, and they sat down to play. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He picked up the cash-box and showed them its black emptiness. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He crossed to the hostess podium and picked through items that lay behind it. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Afterward, Violet and I stand in front of her house and, because it’s her turn to pick the place, she gives me a rough idea of the route and tells me to follow her there. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Carmen picked up a frame next to her dad’s CD collection and stared. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He was picking people at random now in his fury, punishing innocent people for the dead man’s effrontery. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the ward there was an old man whose head shook with palsy and who picked feebly at his eyebrows. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Obviously not, if his sponsor was nasty and foolish enough to pick him as a Champion. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I did not pick the phone up then either. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

The chief saw Mrs. Coulter struggling, and picked up Lyra with one hand as if she were a doll and threw her into the sledge, where she lay stunned and dazed. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Marcus picks up Caleb’s revolver and turns it in his hand so the butt of the gun protrudes from his fist. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I began, only to see him pick up two of the dolls and step forward. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy picked up his tray and moved farther down the length of the table. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She took a spoon and picked out an ice chip and placed it on his tongue. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I held the paper bag while he put pick to rock. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Robin dropped his spear, drew his falchion in the same movement, stepped into the huddle of snarls, and calmly picked an alaunt up by the leg. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was feeling very good and we picked up a couple more Italians, who each had a drink with us, and went back to the girls. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The things we leave behind are some British coins, a red guitar pick, and a Bartlett High keychain. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She picked up the stupid raggedy thing and placed it on my tray once more. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Outside of that, my mother picked up different languages here and there. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I was an almost in third grade too, when my poem wasn’t picked for the wall for Parents’ Night. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

She picks up her hamburger, grins, and says, “That you have a death wish.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

At the end of the day, when Chantal picks us up, she attracts a small crowd who insist on talking to her about everything and nothing. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Alice had picked up a leaflet that had floated to the pavement, read the words, and shifted her weight at the curb. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arthur grabs the chocolate-chip walnut cookie and picks out the walnuts before eating it. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“If you could travel back in time to any point in history, what would you pick?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He stopped thinking, “Why pick on me?” and started thinking, “I am chosen.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I half expected they would change their minds, yet Phil was right on time to pick me up. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Grandma bent over to help me pick the envelope up, and it was like I was watching her in slow motion. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Rekh picked up the leaf and examined it once more, then put it aside on the bench. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I pulled my right ax from the ice, reached up, and twisted the pick into a crooked half-inch fissure until it jammed. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She burned with questions, but Mona picked up her staff and levered herself to her feet. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

On those days Roy’s father always gave him the newspaper so that he could read it on the bus and pick out a timely article. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t think JoJo was causing it, but he was picking up on it. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nah, that story’s just one of those things you tell kids to teach them lessons, isn’t it? ‘Don’t go looking for trouble, don’t pick fights, don’t go messing around with stuff that’s best left alone! Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Get up, go to school, go to work, let Noodle pick me up, go to Brick's place, hope tonight's not the night they decide to get into it with the Stingers. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Hard to get picked since Alan and his teammates have been winning championships since elementary school. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Then Coraline picked up her box of dolls and went out. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

If someone bought her from her New York owners and brought her South before the Northern laws could free her, she might spend the rest of her life picking cotton. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

When sugar is in the headlines, critics speak about how much of it we eat, not who picked the crop. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Still, with two children like Janie and Bill and a husband with such untidy ways, there is no denying the fact that she had to pick up the place rather frequently. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

The post was picked up and delivered more than once a day—a few times, in fact, depending on where you were— and it arrived at its destination later that day or the next. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why, I can pick out Odessa guys on sight,” said a high school student. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picks up his fruit and heads off to the hospital. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sneaky asks when I pick them again for our third game. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

The cat daintily picked up his breakfast and made for the stairs. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t get me to pick it up?” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I pick at a thread on the couch. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He could still feel the cool metal of the stapler in his hand, the heaviness of it as he picked it up. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Professor Thomas looked at me with a confused expression, but then she glanced at the picture on her desk and picked it up to get a closer look. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Mom must have picked Nana up from the home early, and they sat on the couch together. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I bent and picked up a tangle of shattered wood and metal. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Müssner picks up the first leaflet, waves it carelessly as if it were a simple grocery list. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Early the next morning I caught Grandmother nodding at her guard post as I went out to pick up the newspaper. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fuel is butane or some other bottled gas which can be picked up anywhere. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have to pick up after Chicken and Pie the way I had to pick up after them. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am suddenly glad I didn’t pick up the knife. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

After going through the file Kyril Montana picked up the telephone, and the first calls he placed were to Boston and Longmeadow, Massachusetts. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the mix of green leaves and stems, a cow can easily pick out a tuft of emerald green clover next to a spray of bluish green fescue. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She came to a tangle of fallen branches that blocked her way, and in order to continue she had to leave the path to pick her away around them. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your first task,” Mrs. Turton said, “is to pick your lab partner. Pick wisely, because you’ll be together all year. Groups of two, please.” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Carrying her schoolbooks and lunch pail, Helvi ran most of the way home across the fields and picked up the cat as well when he came to meet her. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s just part of the river of a man, part of his Noise, and sometimes you can pick it out, sometimes you can’t. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“It was a test. You chose not to pick up the rifle.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But with a DOD of 4, only someone schooled in colas is going to be able to pick up on the subtle nuances that distinguish each soft drink. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Tats picks a roll up with her chopsticks and looks at Sandra. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I want to say, "Don't pick me up, then," because I really want some distance from the whole mess of it. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Instead I pick up my bag and tell the teacher I have cramps. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“But I told her she personally needs to pick you up.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I had a feeling Ms. Gruwell was going to pick on me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

They both turned to each other, picking up a new conversation, blocking Hattie out. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Though the December skies were cloudy, everyone felt a little safer when they flew over the airfield to pick up their escort and found thirty-six Soviet fighter aircraft joining them in the sky. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He picks up the book on my bed. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He was a teacher, and he wouldn’t have hesitated to pick up the phone to check on me and make sure I was in school. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Pong picked it up and stuck it out between the bars, angling for the peg on the wall. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“No, your uncles talked the chief into arranging for us to be picked up by a Khmer Rouge truck. The truck will take us to Battambang. That is where your grandmother lives.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Surely you know that it can be a very mean thing to pick on someone because of the way they look?” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Yes. But! We’ll pick up where we left off, okay? I promise. Sahil, I’m ready now. To take things forward between us.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Hugo shrugs into his thick black coat, picks up his SS hat. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

She held out her arms so Barry could pick her up. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

He picked up two carving knives and threw them at me. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I hope it is. You won’t be picking nothing in the morning and climbing people’s trees either.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charity picked up the broom by the hearth and began to sweep. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He strolled into the room and picked at the pile of clothes and glanced at the kite. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doctor had said once or twice she was real sensible with these things she picked up what she showed him. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nemesis picked another cookie from her bag and cracked it open. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But he did not engage the jackdaws and Hazel saw him pick up another carrot and start back with it. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picked up the Transvice and rested the strap on his shoulder. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

A black car pulls up next to me one day, while I’m waiting near a supermarket for my cousins to pick me up. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I probably won’t be seeing you again, will I? I mean, I know the others might come back, but you . . .” He trails off, but picks up the thought again a moment later. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw had opened the cabinet and examined the dolls, picking each one up in turn. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

It was some kind of miracle that she didn’t pick up on what we were fighting about. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Within reason, I’ll not bother you to pick things up in here, so long as you treat the rest of the house with respect.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I say, “Well. Not much to pick after the middle of October.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

She picked up her washer and dropped it, and we all watched it swing back and forth, back and forth, as if we were getting hypnotized. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She picked up the book and then walked back past him into the tent, but as she did so, she brushed the top of his head lightly with her hand. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Maybe then I’d pick up a new instrument, guitar or bass, or even drums. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It surprised me to see a girl not afraid to pick up worms. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“She must be here to pick you up.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

I picked one up, made sure my feet were away from the line, but my attempt to hit it the way Lily did was a failure. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Still picking his nose, his eyes wide, he came to where they were standing. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I visited his grave every day until we moved to Corcoran two weeks later to find work picking Cotton. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Harry dodged around him, picked up a stick, and lobbed it at Crabbe’s back. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Behind him, Spurge said, “I am going to send a signal to the Order of the Clean Hand. I am going to ask them to pick me up.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“We can watch the Animal Channel tonight. Or a movie? You can pick.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I pick him up, and he grabs onto me and starts sobbing, again saying, “I’m so sorry,” over and over again. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

The white boy who had picked the fight seemed a kind of leader. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Michael fought off the children, picked up the greyhound that was bigger than himself and told Mam the dog could have his supper. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Though banned, Winnie picked up where she left off, and the authorities were dismayed about her popularity with the young radicals of Soweto. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She picked up pretty rocks to give to me, even though she shouldn’t have been carrying heavy things, and usually they were just Manhattan schist, anyway. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I picked up the sad, tattered souvenir, hearing her wails in my head. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

When her dad picks her up, she and Jamie hang out the side windows, waving and yelling good-bye. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I picked up my books and tossed one upward as hard as I could, in a blind aim to hit my attackers. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abruptly, he turned his back on Meggie, picked up his backpack, threw it over his shoulder, then waved to the boy. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Is your Dad really coming to pick you up?” she asked. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Well, this would interest you. It wouldn't take up much of your time and you might pick up a nice bit of money. It happens to be a rather confidential sort of thing." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Aunty Ifeoma asked me to join them in the garden, to carefully pick out leaves that had started to wilt on the croton plants. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I pick up the photo frame and tip it over onto the carpet. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pick my head up after realizing I’d been leaning against his arm this whole time. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I picked my way across muddy spots in the trail. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My mother will pick me up in two hours.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Eumaios picked up bow and quiver, making for the door, and there he placed them in Odysseus’ hands. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then we went through the gate and an outer check-point, and the driver picked up speed. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she picked up her Bible and read aloud the verse that cleared away the tears in her eyes: “And Ethiopia shall stretch forth her wings.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Teddy went over and picked it up by its strap and hung it around his neck. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

He picked up a slat of wood about three inches wide and bored holes in it. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Why parents were running to school to pick up their kids. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I followed Ma to the kitchen as she picked up yet another empty tray. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

When I pick up my one present, I’m not sure what to expect. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

It isn’t as cool as the shiny black one I first picked out, but as my father puts it, “This is a bar mitzvah, not a funeral.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He looked down at the porch step and picked at a bit of loose wood. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He picked it up, then ran over to where he’d found the workpads and strapped them back in, hoping he lived long enough to see what information they held. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. Thanks for picking us up. We were freezing out there.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I picked up the sword and hung it over the fireplace. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t have picked a worse person for it. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

They scratch at their bodies through torn clothing, pick at scabs on their scalps. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, he picked up the coffee pot and poured the last of the old coffee into the grass, turning away for a long moment. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The driver stops twice more to pick up passengers. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I finished my first rubbery dog, tossed the stick back on my plate and picked up the second. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

She hesitated for a moment, then picked up her skirts. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I pick it up, the bag rips and the clothes fall out. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

He turned back to his ginger roots once more, picked up his knife, and started slicing them again. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She had picked up the ashtray and was putting it between them. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Now Mom picks me up from school on Mondays through Wednesdays. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Remember how Mom and Dad said we need to pick up after ourselves?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Grandma asked him to pick up some buttermilk and cornmeal for the cornbread. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She got rid of the cactus—put it by the door—and picked up a small stick. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“You sold it,” Marco says, picking up the fragments of memory attached to the ring itself. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes they picked the old man up and carried him into the house. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And every afternoon, you can pick it up. Now, do you know why I’m doing this?” she asked. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had been picking the tender squash blossoms and sticking them to her cheeks until she was festooned with them. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They picked out the weak and slow from the flocks of migrating birds and moved south when their prey moved south. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He had never paid much attention to the names the children had picked, but looking at her now, he knew that Sansa had chosen well. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I looked around at the campers’ faces, some sullen and suspicious, some grinning stupidly, some eyeing me as if they were waiting for a chance to pick my pockets. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I turned Old Dan loose and walked over and picked it up. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She picked up an oar from the bottom of the boat. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I picked two of the more innocent fields of study I could think of, and he seemed to relax a bit. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Emily picked up the scissors and leaned across the counter to clip the twine. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Once the wind picked up she would be moving again, but for now there was only the blank and endless sea. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“We picked way too many roses,” I said, yawning. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

When I get back upstairs, Dad has a book in each hand and he’s just staring, like his life depends on which one he picks. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She picked up the edge of the coverlet with her fingers and rubbed it. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I picked some flowers and put them in a jar for my desk and some in another jar for Mom’s desk too. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Kelly picked up a few strands of spaghetti on her spork and wiggled them in the air. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

He picked up my hoe, handed it to me. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a tough question, because most people haven’t picked anything worthwhile. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Try to pick out one particular fish for a conversation, but they’re swarming, so I keep losing ’em in the crowd. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The earliest memory I have is of a woman who picked me up on Sunday mornings to take me to Sunday school. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Before Gilly got out the door, she added, “Just pick a nice one, hear? Not one of the real loud ones.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Rishi picked up a pack of markers and then set them down again. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I raised my eyelids slightly so I could watch Father pick up his hat, boots, and sword in one hand before he closed the door. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Crane-man picked up a little rice in his fingers, and insistently, but still without a word, began feeding Tree-ear as if he were a baby. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

It needed but a moment for her to stoop and pick the lovely thing up, but that brief pause brought him abreast of her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Friedman found that in just two minutes, without a word being spoken, the low-scorers ended up picking up the moods of the high-scorers. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I picked up the knife and stood facing Junior. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

We were to borrow picks and shovels and crowbars and wheelbarrows from our neighbors. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Before I get out of bed, you pick on me.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Charlie said, “The Great Hunter picked this tree. What do you think?” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then Dad glances over at me and Malia, who frowns as she picks at her potatoes. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Shut up, I’m trying to pick something to watch. Ew, you have Garden State on your watch list? Wow, how’s film school in 2005 going?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Baby’s slipper fell off and they stopped to pick it up, Baby saying “No!” and laughing at the same time. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

When she bent over to pick up Ben’s stuff, I offered to carry it. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Before I was born, she actually picked cotton for a week at Longleaf, my own family’s farm. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

So, on impulse, I said, “Um, do you want to come inside? Maybe help us pick the roles?” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Who am I to disapprove? But if you pick up a guy in a public dance hall you’ve got to expect advances. He had the right to make a pass at you.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Go on, Elias, pick your weapon. I challenge you, best of three.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The fruits were apples and early pears and plums which Brother Michael had picked from the trees and vines kept trained flat along the garden wall. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

He heaved the pick into the icy earth, wrenched it free, plunged it in again. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Out Mom has to work late, so Dad picks us up. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

I picked up the phone and there was the recorded voice again, saying it was a collect call from Marcus Johnson. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Tea Cake went out to the lemon tree at the corner of the kitchen and picked some lemons and squeezed them for her. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Daedalus picked up another one of the boy’s metal bugs. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

When he reached the boxes and picked them up, he was struck by how light they were. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“What time do you want me to pick you up?” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

As he picked up his glass, Ben saw his father rise to his feet and begin to speak to every Marine in the bar. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was trying to pick up the line from Violet’s father. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s talk about tomorrow then. After school, I’ll drop off my stuff and pick up Ziggy as usual. Then should I meet you at Carlos’s apartment so we can get the other dogs?” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She turned to her two children and told ’em, “Y’all go on in the garden and pick Mama some flowers. Make sure you bring me some them pretty purple and white ones.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The young man stuck a dilapidated hat with a broken feather on his head and his wife picked up a bottle of rum and poured it over the front of his torn jacket. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bend down and pick up the corset, a smile finding its way to my lips. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Jojo trailed not far behind, picking up rocks and pitching them at tree trunks. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

We pick our way through family groups, past piles of bags and bundles. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I picked up the slippers and held them in my hand. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

And swivelling round in his chair, he picked up his pen and began to write. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa Joe nodded, picked up the money, and tucked it behind his cooking apron. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re just picking on the black man, aren’t you? Well, have a good time at your Klan meeting tonight,” he spat out. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was picking through some file and making small talk while I sat there thinking about Eddie. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Then deliberately he walked to the cabinet and picked up a small, cheap globe of the world that served as a paperweight. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I’m on my way to pick up Ryan when it comes to me: Who always knows more about Chokecherry’s swastika problems than anybody in town? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

In my head, Worsa had green skin and wore a cool red hood, but for my game here I had picked out an old Black Barbie doll—the best I could do. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

As I hesitated, unsure whether I would look more like a fool by picking it up or by letting it lie, Julian suddenly stepped between us, his stick at broad ward. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

We saw ourselves riding wild waves on surfboards, picking oranges and apples off fruit trees, filling our autograph books with signatures from movie stars we’d see in soda shops. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, using all their strength, the men picked up the crate and heaved it aboard the truck. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

While there he picked up a street map entitled “New Mexico: Land of Enchantment.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Easy,” said Malcolm, and while Asta playfully batted the kitten over and over, he reached in and picked the baby up. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I scan the group until I pick out the familiar blond head. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He pictured them in his mind as he picked at his eggs and bacon with a fork, speaking to no one, not even Chuck, who ate silently next to him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Anyway, the one next to me dropped hers on the floor and I reached down and picked it up for her. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“We’ve just got to make sure we play a clean game, so Snape hasn’t got an excuse to pick on us.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He didn’t pick Toby up or reach down to check for the pulse. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

When we had taken bread and drink, I picked one soldier, and one herald, to go with me and called again on Aiolos. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, I’m tired of how Mr. Levy seems to pick on Bernard, and even though my hands are itching even more, I say loud enough for Mr. Levy to hear, “Other people are up too.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I stopped at the woodshed and picked up several sticks of wood. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

His name was Jude Greene, and with the pick of some eight or ten girls who came regularly to services to hear him sing, he had chosen Nel Wright. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She’d save the culture and put it back in the cellar, then get the bread baking and go pick up the flour. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Have you heard that there are certain frequencies and pitches that only kids with a Psi brain can pick up?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Boys who fancy the girl might pick a scrap with you to show her she's going out with a squirt. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

But the wolf calmly picked up my Adidas bag in its teeth and trotted off down the path. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Dr. Finch picked up the cracker and sardine and presented them to Rose Aylmer. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I walk to the supermarket to pick up the Sunday paper, pausing to apply for a job while I’m there. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I picked up the unopened bag with the tape recorder. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I start picking at a scab from a cut I got a few days ago. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I picked at a splinter of wood on the gate. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even as he watched, the speed seemed to pick up. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Tracy figured she could pick up a part-time job in Atlanta to make ends meet. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Once I was in the Tang peoples town, I would deposit our money with the district association and pick up letters. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you picked number 2, you goofed, but don’t beat up on yourself. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We started picking our way through the hills and valleys of junk. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

As a child, he wouldn’t be able to pick his mother out of photographs. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The dancers rushed forward, picked up the snakes and ran out of the square. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

First he went out and picked up Chinese takeout—General Tso’s chicken and shrimp fried rice for everyone. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

One little boy picked his plate up, folded it in half, and slammed it as hard as he could into the bag. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I picked myself up to face a group of boys who then chased me up the stairs. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old people sent me out into thunderstorms to pick the red-cloud herb, which grows only then, a product of dragon’s fire and dragon’s rain. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That man barely lifts a finger all year long and he picks now to wax floors?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“She’s gone. Her father took her home. His helicopter picked her up an hour ago.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luckily, I’m in the kitchen and pick it up. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I glanced over at Mama, who stood by the sink picking imaginary crumbs from her apron. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Safer’s mom watches as Pigeon picks all the chicken out of his stir-fry and pushes it to one side of his plate. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Flora’s mother reached past him and picked up a blank piece of paper and rolled it into the typewriter. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

I picked up my skirt in my hands. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I even had maid service—didn't have to make a bed or pick a wet towel off the floor for half a year. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Miss McDaniels picks up the remote control next to her folder and presses play. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

If he picks my mind again, I swear, I’ll shove this blade through him, Augur or not. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

And the rain has picked up, pounding the ground outside the entrance to the cave. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

That’s how we pick up accents— sometimes to the extent that our interlocutors think they’re being mocked—and how we lose them. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

She finished cutting up the first trout and picked up the second. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Tell your mom and dad they must pick her up tonight. Can you do that for me, son?” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I get out of bed, slip into the nursery and pick her up. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“By the way, Mom said I could come home with you after school and she’d pick me up before dinner.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

We had to pick our way over sleeping bodies. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Now his flaws. Do I really need to pick just 1?” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

At seven-thirty Brother Jack and some of the others picked me up and we shot up to Harlem in a taxi. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m fine,” I tell my mother when she picks up. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Dad started nodding—slowly at first, but then he picked up speed. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I’m a mouse. Squeak, squeak. Now shoo-shoo back to your little bug friends,” said Ripred, picking up a hunk of dried beef. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

This one had picked up the shovel handle from the sidewalk and was jabbing it in the air in the boys’ direction every time they moved. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Others were going into the room, and when I saw that they seemed to sit wherever they wanted, I picked a desk about halfway up the row next to the window. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept picking up on a data string that Angela repeatedly imported from a cutters’ chat room. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“Shall we send someone out? A department car to pick you up?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Mom waited two weeks for Dad to free up his schedule so he could help her pick the new nanny, but he kept being busy, so finally she picked by herself. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going back,” Grace said, picking up her backpack, which felt way too light. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Nobody at all, huh?” the girl named Brooke says, picking up her bag from the floor and slinging it over her shoulder in preparation, it seems, for a quick, angry exit. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He got down on one knee to pick up the pieces of the wheel, dropping the larger half in his palm, pinching at the smaller piece with his fingers. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Of course the owner would pick a job that took much more than seven hours, so a worker’s day stretched from sunup to sundown. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Then the wind picked up and a little rain started coming down. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Why had Billy picked today, of all days, to sit on the stool? Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The little microphone picks up my throat’s vibrations. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I pick him up and head over to the closet, where I store my art supplies. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Let’s take a walk to the cafeteria,” he said, picking up a folder. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He’s going to pick up on that uncertainty and distance, and that may well make him a little less certain of himself, a little less confident, and a little less friendly. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

We picked them out right before I left for Georgia. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She wouldn't pick a fight with him just because she was bored. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

How could they have imagined that a silent, determined team of Americans, thousands of miles away in the peaceful countryside near Washington, might pick up on this simple error? Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

They were unable to pick the lock, and the guard kept making his rounds, shining a flashlight into the room every hour. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Harry unwrapped his Chocolate Frog and picked up the card. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Whenever Papá and I picked side by side, he handed me handfuls of strawberries. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He spread the blankets he was carrying on the floor, and while Asta carefully lifted the sleeping Pan away, he bent and picked up the child, feeling a little surprised at her solidity. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Mom picked up her bag, started sorting through papers. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Mama had picked the spot for our log house. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wiped her eyes with both hands before picking up the blue colored pencil and rolling it between her fingers. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I bent down, picked up the fish and threw it towards him. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Following closely behind the woman, and picking up pieces of coal as they fell from the scuttle and placing them in a small plastic bag, was a half-naked, potbellied and thumb-sucking boy of about four. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as soon as we swung open the steel door, Ben’s face became a mix of excitement and panic, like he’d just been picked out of a crowd by a magician for the get-sawn-in-half trick. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“We need to pick up ‘I Heart New York’ T-shirts for Libby before hitting the road. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

She picked him up and held him tight in her hand. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Abanazer Bolger picked up the card again, by the edge, and waved it back and forth, slowly, as if running the edge along an imaginary flame. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Then he stared at the photos, trying to pick himself out. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Or maybe she simply picked up on the truth: that I wanted it. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, Gloss, Cashmere, Enobaria, and Brutus have gathered, their pack formed already, picking over the weapons. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He worried about spilling, and so he picked up the glasses and held them close to his lap while he filled them. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He walked through the yard, slipping on a loose piece of bark, picking himself up and stomping on the treacherous thing, then sniffing the ring of ashy stones where the man’s teakettle had heated. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

We sit in the cafeteria picking at the burritos some Indiana kitchen worker has attempted to make, and she asks what I did over the weekend. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

That didn’t help either, so he picked her up. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Though warned by One and All, they still, around the Fire, will pick & pick & pick — & bleed & bleed & bleed. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Moss experienced a jolt of excitement as they picked up the pace and crossed over the baseball field. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Twinkle swept the floors and volunteered to pick up the samosas; she had an appointment for a manicure and a pedicure in that direction, anyway. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I’m picking up strong vibes that he’d love to be a series regular.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The red and white mast lights had been left on all morning; the picking light and the jacklight at the end of the net both shone dully in the early sun. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I picked up the tray on which I had gathered together the used crockery. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

The aunt began to pick fruit from the tree and stuff it into her mouth. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

As soon as I go home I pick up the phone and dial. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Bulkeley picked up the Great Bible from the table and turned the pages thoughtfully. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel, the girl with the cavalry helmet and the long curly hair, picked up something next to her plate. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I grabbed the comb off the desk and used the corner of it to pick through my kitchen—the back of my neck—again. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

It felt like hopping from stone to stone, picking up tricks of the trade along the way, leveling up on his way to the final battle. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“The talent show is tonight,” I say, picking at my cereal. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

If you picked up just a few of the fallen leaves and crushed them in your hands, you could smell their pungent scent. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

William’s hand went out for the ice pick and he held it easily in his hand. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mom says he looks like something the Grim Reaper forgot to pick up.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picked up the children’s history book and looked at the portrait of Big Brother which formed its frontispiece. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I pick up the phone and raise it to my ear. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Groves picked up his phone and called Los Alamos. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And you picked me, because I’m an awesome cook.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

She zipped up the duffel bag and picked it up. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

We pulled up to the barn as the wind picked up. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

This is the time she picks to notice? Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

A little more sunshine to ripen the nut, then, not a boy’s impatient shake, but a man’s hand reached up to pick it gently from the burr, and find the kernal sound and sweet. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uhmma picks up the bag by the couch and takes out a white square. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Hugo pocketed the key and picked up the papers. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

It was Gregory the jailer who bent to pick it up. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

He bit down on the apple, again, this time just to hold it in place so he could pick up the cassette player. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“I’ve lost everything. I’ll suffer in the Underworld, no doubt But in the meantime . ..” He picked up the boy’s scroll, studied it for a moment, and slipped it into his sleeve. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He thought it might be a humidor but it was the wrong shape and when he picked it up and felt the weight of it he knew what it was. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I pick an orange chair, far from Angel. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“Nah, Rondo,” I said, picking up another stick and tapping it against my knee. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I happily picked up three more letters—all vowels. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Nobody,” said Myrtle, picking moodily at a spot on her chin. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The man hurries out, and the mayor returns to his chair, picking up his cigar once more. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

If you pick it, it will bring you good luck, but if you leave it growing there, you can make a wish, which is exactly what I did. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Anyway, that’s one-tenth of the people we need to show up so we can have our pick for the remaining four roles. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I would not have to move to Fresno to pick grapes and cotton and miss school for two and a half months. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

On the outskirts of town, I stopped and picked up a can and my provisions. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picked up his Bible and his eyes twitched as they jumped from line to line. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We could pick them up by the end that had no flame. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Annabeth picked up the metal spider and slipped it into her pocket. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was a cool dark summer night in the first days of blueberry picking time, and Omakayas had just fallen asleep when something made her awaken, a dream or a sound. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

He told us in Spanish that we were tired ’cause we weren’t real Mexicans like everyone else who was out there picking in his group. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Cash accompanies them to the Reflecting Pool, where June kicks the back of Alex’s knee to get him going, and Alex grunts and swears and picks up the pace. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I stooped to pick up my change and ticket from the floor. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picked up the chopper and was just about to start chopping away again when he heard a shout behind him that made him stop and turn. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

They said he hadn't missed a train at the beginning of school in forty years, and that he could pick out a Southerner with one glance. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before his confinement in the secret prison and before his teacher and schoolmates began picking on him, Shin hadn’t thought to blame anyone for his birth inside Camp 14. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He picked up Rabbit, who could toddle about, and kissed him, too. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Colonel Regan picked up his hat from the table and set it on his head. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her slate strands pick up leaves and twigs as her head rolls away from me across the forest floor. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She told me things about the world that didn’t seem possible, not until we were able to pick up a radio station and a solemn voice bled through the speakers to confirm it all. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Somehow he had picked up the spilled books; he didn't remember bending or touching them. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

A breeze picked up; burdened leaves poured their watery hearts out to him as he tried to xiang banfa — to think of a way out of his predicament. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were plentiful and delicious and I ate almost as many as I picked, stooping behind the bushes to keep out of sight. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The wind picked up and the ground trembled as the horizon began to rise above the treetops. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Come on, you got to pick the music on the way.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

She smoked and picked a little bunch of grass blades. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I force myself to pick it up and take another bite. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

He picked up his skateboard and started walking out toward the road, through the gravel. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I picked up my bedroll and my new jacket. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lily starts to say something else, but I’ve already picked up The World at the End of the Tunnel. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

We’re only in eighth grade, but everyone knows she’s already picked out her first three college choices, her probable major and potential minor and the focus of her eventual graduate studies. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll take Ray and Leda showering,” I say, picking up Ray’s pajamas, gathering nightgowns for Leda and me. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

I picked up a flat stone and sailed it across the gorge where it hit the far wall and plummeted down, down, careening off the jagged outcrop-pings. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

They had a big fullback who could pick up three yards through the middle, but that was about it. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each time you pick up a book from a table or a dime from the floor you effortlessly overcome the combined gravitational exertion of an entire planet. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“It’s because of that movie-star tan you picked up this afternoon . . . showing off again.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

After my mother was killed, my father would pick me up after school and take me with him to his office. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

It was his birthday, and Habib had promised to take the boys to Toys“R”Us after prayers to pick out a present. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Then we drove to the Economy Lodge Motel to pick up my dad, because it would have been inappropriate for him to stay at our house. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

It took three or four flights before you could pick out the subtle shapes of the land when you were high in the sky in the middle of the night. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Then he went around behind Joseph to pick up the pails he’d stacked. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Kids were doubling back to pick up the scattered, bright trail we were leaving behind us. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Then he tiptoed carefully around the little inert figure of Miss Trixie, returned to the filing department, picked up the stack of still unfiled material, and threw it into the wastebasket. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Secret mailing spots were picked out all around the neighborhood, such as a certain clump of weeds in an untended parkway or the crotch of a particular plum tree. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lets go of my arms and picks up the ID. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

James immediately picked himself up onto his hands and knees and started searching around for his precious treasures. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

She picked up two shiny wads the size of sandwiches. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“He can pick up the slack while I’m gone.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

How could I tell him about the apple tree, about what I had thought that morning while I picked the flowers and the poke greens? Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Students were picked up who to my knowledge had never done anything subversive except call for an end to Bantu Education. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picked up a stone and began jiggling it from hand to hand. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She picked up children like sacks of grain and carried a large stick wherever she went. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Rhyia picks up her sister’s knife, holds it in one shaking hand. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He thought about it while the rain picked up against the roof, the only sound breaking the silence. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She was about to stroke his head, when he picked up the bone and carried it back to the den. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I picked a corner of the ceiling where a spider had spun a web as my focal point. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I remember when he was maybe a year old, Jeffrey went through a phase of picking up random objects from the floor and giving them to one of us — usually me. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mary Lou picked up a dried frond and added it to the meager pile in her arms. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I pick up the food the neighbors have left. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

In the morning, we will leave with only the clothes in our bags, trek down the mountain, and wait for a Khmer Rouge truck to pick us up. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aunty Ifeka reached inside the paste to pick out a small black insect. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

My, oh my, you've been picking through my brain, it would say if it were allowed, with a virtual wink. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Instead, while Sticky helped them practice, she composed a poem about a bunch of bossy gargoyles who liked to eat cat food and pick their ears. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Raking some dead leaves into a pile, she picked Little Ann up and laid her in them. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I picked up my fedora and started to put it on, but then I reconsidered. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I picked up the lamp and turned it over in my hand. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She picked up a shopping bag from beside the sofa and took out a white, rustling, paper bag from inside it. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

"I can't wait to eat some guavas. Maybe I can pick some when I go north in a few days." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want to call Pet useless, not directly, but the word was hidden under her words, and Pet picked it up. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I wear the Air Jordans that Pri picked out for me, but I keep my hairstyle. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Before they could regain their feet, I had picked the locks on the ankle cuffs, snapped them onto the men’s wrists, and bounded down the stairs. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Thanks to their radio chatter, she was picking up valuable insights into their partners and plans. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

And he picked up his own wine goblet. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Landing in the dirt, she picked herself up and ran. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps the next car going north will pick us up.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Junha wriggled down to see what it was and began picking up the colorful objects with his brother. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Charles Howard had agreed to pick them up and bring them to California with his own horses. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picked up a Wallace yearbook and flipped to the picture of the tennis team. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I picked up a few tennis balls and stuffed them into my bag. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

And while I waited for the prescription to be filled I picked the cotton stuffing out of an old padded chair. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But first I make my way to the bodega to pick up Pop Pop’s newspaper. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Chamberlain said, “Yes. Tell Ellis Spear to pick a man, send him to me.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She picks up Eugene, wraps him in her shawl and we cross the street to Aunt Aggie’s. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She picked up a different photo from the nightstand and handed it to me to look at. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I can pick out the band and chorus members spread out around the lawn in their various forms of black pants and white shirts. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Let’s go, girls. You heard the lady. I have roses to pick,” I said. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

A mudslide swept down the mountain, picking up trees and logs and trucks and houses and bridges. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

“How else should I say it? A deal. A proposal. A suggestion. Take your pick.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mom promised to pick us up in front of the hospital at nine o’clock sharp and left us there to brave the meeting alone. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Aunt Alexandra, if given the chance, would pick out some nice clean cow of a girl from Wild Fork for Henry and give the children her blessing. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Zau regarded him thoughtfully for a while, then picked up his hammer again. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

When I fell, I went into a slide and felt myself picking up steam. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Farid picked up a stick and poked at the dead leaves that lay everywhere under the trees. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Then he found a new hobby: picking locks on filing cabinets around the Tech Area and removing top-secret documents. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

According to Lettie, most of the family agreed that in the future, family members would be allowed only one funeral and they’d have to pick if it would be when they were dead or alive. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She walked over to her desk and picked up a yellow piece of paper. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Last week, I picked up the phone in my office,” she recalled, “and the woman said who she was, and then said, ‘You don’t remember me, do you?’ Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

It was a hut, he said, about eight feet wide and six feet deep, with supports made of wood he’d picked off die beach. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They argue that a teacher who has only been teaching here for a couple of years doesn’t have the right to pick her students and teach them for four years. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

If the school has suddenly decided to get tough on stains, why did they have to pick me to make an example of? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

She picked up her notes on Parker’s letter. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And Mother picked me up from Father’s house one day after she had finished work and Father said, “Christopher, can I have a talk with you?” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“He just needs me to pick him up after I drop you off.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“My sisters children picked them today at dawn near Adada lake.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody on the blue team picked up Luke and started carrying him around on their shoulders. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He picked it up and sat on a fallen tree a few feet from her rock. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I pick it up and wonder where it came from. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Diego arrived to pick me up wearing a tacky Hawaiian shirt and Bermuda shorts, and didn’t look embarrassed by either. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The sort that makes people want to pick up venomous snakes and drink poison to be nearer to their God. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Brick's never offered to pick me up before. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It was enough that she could walk in the yard, pick flowers in Myrcella's garden, and visit the sept to pray for her father. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He picked him up and murmured words of reassurance but could feel the dog’s body tremble, still, in his arms. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

The “fashionable clothier” picked up intelligence tidbits from British officers getting their uniforms fitted in his shop. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had just put down our picks and shovels on the quarry face and were walking to the shed for lunch. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sefia dug into her vest for her lock picks and went to work. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Wash set down his glass and picked at a mosquito bite on his arm. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

With hardly a word Cilia went back to the settle where Isannah was sprawled and picked up her slate. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You pick up fast,” said my mother, as if she knew this was certain. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the long, hot days, they idled away, picking plaster from the walls and digging into the earth with sticks. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had to go and pick up every single piece. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She explained what Mr. Watch had just told her: He usually walked Mrs. Sharpe to Powell’s once a week to pick out some books. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Alex yanks the soggy note out of his pocket, I wish there wasn’t a wall, and throws it at Henry viciously, watches him pick it up. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

My first job was picking apples, which was somewhat more useful than hanging around on the outskirts of the Piper Appreciation Society. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You could have your pick of those girls.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Jingle Boy picked his way through the trees heading toward my home and I asked Mr. Leroy, “How far off is this village in Michigan, sir?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

If she wanted, she could go to the kitchen and pick a piece of fruit from the bowl piled high with apples and pears, peaches and plums. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

We picked up hundreds of students from other schools and then headed for the stadium. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, then. If you picked it up, it’s got your fingerprints on it, too, doesn’t it?” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Next, I pick up my notebook and flip it open. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

She had the urge to pick up the telephone and give the superintendent a call and straighten this out right away. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Looks done to me,” he said, and he reached over and picked up a tiny chop by the bone end and began to gnaw on it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

In the latter part of October, after the grape season was over, we left Mr. Jacobson’s vineyards in Fresno and headed for Corcoran to pick cotton. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

"We could pick for a day or two,” Dicey said to her family, "and get some money.” Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Simultaneously her right hand picked up a narrow strip of dark green tissue paper. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inserting her picks into the lock, she set to work. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I decide, that the best thing to do is to choose the kids who are normally picked last, first. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He hangs his chin over the edge of the seat and picks lint off the car floor. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Twenty minutes later, when Emily finally stopped shaking, Dad picked up the phone. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He saw Julia pick up her glass and sniff at it with frank curiosity. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

When Isabella’s parents first got divorced, they both bought her a lot of stuff as if they were competing to see which one she’d pick to love best. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He picked up his helmet and began rubbing the chin strap. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The interview was his shortest, only twelve minutes, but it created an international fury since it was picked up in its entirety online. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Tia Stardust met Bob with a tiny high five as he hopped into her waiting hand, and she picked him up and waved at the wildly cheering crowd. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He picked up the trash can and came back to the foot of the ladder. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I said, though as soon as I picked up the leather-bound book, I knew. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Idly, I picked up one of the scrapers and looked at it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

If it had been that easy, the sword would have lain on the ground for him to pick up, not in the depths of a frozen pool. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I cross my arms and pick the one “maybe” choice. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When they finish their dinners,” explained Nala, “they leave their trays on the floor outside their door, where a hotel staff person is supposed to pick them up and take them back to the kitchen.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Groaning loudly, Bronwyn picked up the stone slab that topped Christopher Wren’s tomb and dropped it back in place. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

After we shot each other a confused look, Mom picked up the story. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

A scab is something you have to put up with until the time comes when you can pick it off and flick it away. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I pick up my spoon and stir my coffee, even though there’s nothing to stir together. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I look through the hanging clothes—mostly dresses—and pick out the ones I think are fancy enough for the service but not too fancy. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When Dad had picked me up from school after the first day, I’d tearfully told him he had to tell me what a mall was and then go straight there. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I pick the one on the right, but then the left elevator door opens. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

When he left, he didn’t say good-bye to anybody, just picked up his book bag and his horn and went. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

His son, who he had sent to pick up supplies from the wharf, had not yet returned. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She picked up Ramona’s glasses and, holding them in both hands, pressed them against her cheek. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I picked up the link and held it toward him, the metal oily and strangely skinlike now with the slanting sun entering the window. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I puffed up my chest to try and look as strong and healthy as I could, but the commandant took one look at me and moved on past, picking other prisoners. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Kids from school. They started picking on me a month ago. Then school ended.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I lean back, and Mack picks up the drawing. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Sunny shrieked, which meant “Please don’t forget to pick out a picture book for me.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

I picked it up and tapped on it. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I picked up three train tracks and half a dozen small dinosaurs and quickly tossed them in a toy box nestled under the sofa arm. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I picked up my phone because I was weak and I missed him and because I’d been lying there, thinking about him for hours already; my brain had succumbed long before he’d texted me. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

With more than one operation going on at times, someone had to decide which wounded to pick up first, and if an area was secure enough to get in and get out. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

"And it'll be broadcasting. It's not a strong signal; it's only designed to go a couple hundred meters to the rover or Hab. But maybe we can pick it up." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But we can’t sit out here. We need to get to the village and get picked up from there. We can’t hold these positions much longer.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom’s mouth is full, so she gestures for Dad to pick up where she left off. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

No sooner had we arrived from Fowler, where we had picked grapes, than it started to pour. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He bent over to pick it up, pointing the gun barrel down. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Teddy picked it up and began to read it as he started slowly aft down the long passageway. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

For the appetizer I turned to the garden, where there were fava beans ready to pick. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The fact was that even though he knew the diary was blank, he kept absentmindedly picking it up and turning the pages, as though it were a story he wanted to finish. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

We do tend to improvise things like this as we go along, but it is clear that we can pick and choose. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, she broke away from me and picked up the hat she’d lost in our tussle. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I strutted around the room, my head sliding from side to side as I continued to pick through the pile on the floor. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Dylan picks me up and spins me around the stage. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

There was a slough where our mother took us to pick orange berries. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They tossed for first pick, then the one who’d won stared at the group. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

"No one cares where you sleep. Most of the old keeps are empty, you can pick any cell you want." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The Turk leading the group picks up the pace. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Jody picked up a stone to help the game along, but he was too late, for the cat was under the porch before the stone could be discharged. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dad, more of Great-Uncle Jim’s chickens turned up. Gregory says we need to pick them up today. If we can’t afford to take responsibility for them, he’ll try to find someone else who can.” Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

I pick the pan up with the towel, and that thing is still too hot to hold for long. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I wonder if those nurses picked up my mail by accident. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I pick up speed and a shout of exhilaration rises within me, stopped only by the wind that fills my mouth the second my lips part. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I lean over, take the bag, and pick out a couple of pieces, hanging off the bed, a strange compulsion forcing me to stare at the screen. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She picked at her fingernails as she thought of yet another thing to add to her list of worries. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what to say but then, the phone rings a second time and she picks up. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Did cows object to people who picked their flowers? she wondered. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Because racism exists, and you have to pick a side. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

They advanced slowly, for they had to pick their way through a pathless country, encumbered by fallen trees and tumbled rocks. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

As a weeder, your job was to carefully pick away the undergrowth that could choke the cane stalks and stop them from growing tall enough, or that might attract vermin. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

As much as I’d talked, I found it hard to imagine myself actually picking up a pen to write such a letter. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though it had been a really hot day, the breeze was picking up, the clouds were gathering, and it looked like it might storm. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Other men picked up steam as the hours passed, and the aimless, riotous celebration continued. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I slipped into the parlor and picked up my project, a pathetic pair of socks I’d started back in October when Charlie enlisted. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Walking alone and picked up off the street. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

My parents’ humiliation at this very public display must be gnawing at them like a vulture picking flesh off bone. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He quickly picked up the handwritten sheets and put them on her lap. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

For years, Angola—a slave plantation before the end of the Civil War—forced inmates to work in the fields picking cotton. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I pick the book back up but I don't say anything more about how hopeless it is, me trying to write stuff down, because I don't want to set off the telemetry. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Last night Mr. Singh went to the warehouse to pick up a shipment of ice cream, like he usually does,” he said. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I didn’t even need the comforter, but they were so enthusiastic in helping me pick something out for my trip to the hospital, I felt bad not getting it. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He kept hold of my arm while he leaned down to pick it up. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I can come pick you up. Take a long drive through Brooklyn. From Canarsie all the way to Brooklyn Heights.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“But last year I picked without a sack,” I replied, trying to hold back my tears. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes wander to the girl she just picked out to be her next challenger. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Moss watched Javier pick up his backpack and his bike, one after the other, and wondered when he would discover the catch. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He reached down and picked up his Yankees fitted cap, brushed it on his thigh, and slapped it on his head. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

When my mom came to pick me up, she found me crying behind the Dumpster in the play yard. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Can you take this to Sirius for me?” he said, picking up his letter. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Soon as I wade back to shore and pick up my pants, this monkey starts hooting at me. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Toward morning she picked up the baby and walked to the well. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knelt down and silently picked it up, then held it in front of him for a moment before putting it in his pocket. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“My dad’ll drop off the costumes when he picks me up,” I say. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Kelli picked up a music stand and swiped a row of clarinets and flutes. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

A few kids picked France, and others picked Italy and England. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Everywhere it reflected the authoritarian spandrels of his character, from its surfeit of policemen to its strict rules against picking flowers. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I get to picking my scabs and think about cartoons instead of Jesus, and He sees me doing that. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The psychologist had conceded that the single largest group of unwell inmates—those suffering from so-called antisocial personality—was harder to pick out of the crowd. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she picked up another thorn and used it to poke and prod at the first one. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was going to comeback and pick up some clothes when you were back from school. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Gabe shook his head and picked up the book to return it to the shed. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I’m sick of lying, so I pick something true to say. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

We drank our tea in a friendly kind of silence, and then Miss Whitlaw picked up the box again. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He started pointing, gesturing about the crowd, picking out people. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come then. You can help pick me up when Ortega throws me off his boat. Maybe you can fish me out of the water.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I set out small offerings of guava and avocado I have picked and broken open, exposing them to him as food. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joe squatted, automatically picking up a twig and beginning to scratch in the dirt. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day, Florida picked up a ten-dollar bill that was lying on the kitchen counter. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

But I remembered something my teacher had said that summer about Iranians, that they were grin­ning smooth talkers who patted you on the back with one hand and picked your pocket with the other. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Taryn and I walk past the Lake of Masks and through the far corner of the Milkwood, picking our way past the pale, silvery trunks and bleached leaves. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A few large pieces of furniture people would pick up the next day wore red tags with names and phone numbers on them. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The audience picked up the words, helping out. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I answer most of the questions correctly, and by the time Mom picks me up, I feel a little better. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He picked up some little pebbles and thumped them into the water, scattering a bunch of hairy-legged water bugs. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nathan bent over to pick up the backpack by his feet. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

One of the soldiers walked to the woodpile, picked up a split log, carried it to the fire, and tossed it on the flames. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nathan was surprised at how quickly they picked up the song. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Emily is solemn as she picks caramel out of her teeth. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“But some of these Indians I pick up, they say their people didn’t come over the land bridge. They say they come from a lost island, like Atlantis.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

They were low enough to pick like berries from a branch, and string onto the bracelet with her moon. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He picked up the leg and put it on Sergeant Dongan’s chest, then wrapped him in the poncho. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their whole purpose for being is to pick on you and provoke you. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My post for picking up the customers was right outside the Astor Hotel, that always-busy northwest comer of 45th Street and Broadway. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day I will let her pick them up, since it seems that’s what a girlfriend would do. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pushed her way out of the crowd dropping a loaf which she had trouble picking up as there was no room to stoop over in. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, as I trudge through the snow, I see the mockingjays hopping about on branches as they pick up on other birds’ melodies, replicate them, and then transform them into something new. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the summer of 2006, poll respondents filling out open-ended questionnaires were naming him as a presidential possibility, though Hillary Clinton was decidedly the number one pick. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Will your parents let you go to the mall? We can go shopping. I’ll help you pick out some new clothes.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Bast gave an embarrassed smile as Chronicler picked up the glasses and moved back to the table. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Jay put the book down and crossed his feet over each other so he could pick at a bit of dead skin on his heel. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She paused, and suddenly picked up her glass of milk and brought it to her lips. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Fie picks up two of the children and jumps out of the hut. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have to go. I forgot I’m supposed to pick up my grandma.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

To hold a newborn baby, so vulnerable and soft in my rough hands, hands that for too long had held only picks and shovels, was a profound joy. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good girl! You deserve to go, and I’m sure you will some day,” said Aunt March, with an approving pat on the head, as Amy picked up her ball for her. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I'm headed to pick up some coffee for Vernesha," he says, still trying to dodge me. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Let’s pick up a gin on the way.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He picked “Love Will Tear Us Apart” by Joy Division, because he remembered that it was her favorite song. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

But Thomas and Kira both held him and finally he allowed Thomas to pick him up and carry him on his shoulders, towering over the crowd. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The dark sky was clear when they started out, but as the flight went on, the wind picked up—and then it began to snow. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He was easy to beat because he was one of those people who always picked rock. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Some stood with flats held over their heads and let their picked strawberries catch the water. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She picked something off the back of my shirt—a big clump of fuzz that came from who-knows-where. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“That’s cool,” Brandy says, but she looks bored as she flops down on the grass and picks out clovers. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I figured I could gradually lower the barrel at the screen, aim, and pick off one of the Japanese troops. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Cady bent to pick up the fork that had fallen off Toby’s cake plate. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The gulls shied a few feet, then returned to picking through the grass. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

She picks up my health log from yesterday, quickly reviews my mom’s measurements and adds a new sheet to the clipboard. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I bent down and picked up the box. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He nods and picks up his winter coat from where it’s slung over his chair. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

She picks up her pace, because she pictures another man behind her, trying to catch her. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She picked the weak links out from the crowd, the ones who broke under her gaze. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She’d barely had time to pick out his shadow and slide down the roof tiles. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They think we pick their pockets — and they’re not far wrong. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

When I picked him up I knew that he was dead. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hugo picked up another stone to throw at the window, but the girl grabbed his hand and wrestled the stone from his fingers. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

The old man gripped his grandson’s hand tighter, picked up his suitcase, and walked away. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Lupin picked up his old suitcase and the empty grindylow tank. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He picked up Anne and held her on his shoulder. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the children grew tired of swinging, they went down toward the pasture and picked wild raspberries and ate them. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Lisa called Mom and Dad, and Dad drove all the way back out to Bridgeport to pick me up. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He picked up his pen and, revolving it in his fingers, looked out the window at the falling snow, which seemed to be slowing finally. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I went by the Bookworm this afternoon. Stood around awhile, but nobody even picked it up.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

An ominous rumble rattled the deck as I crossed the few feet to pick up the little book. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

These sixteen dedicated souls were determined to walk all the way from New York to the nation’s capital, and that is exactly what they did, picking up many other hikers along the way. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

I picked the turnip out of the dirt, put it in my pocket, and took off after her. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I should have thought to pick up my bicycle from Mrs. de Vries's when I was there, but I didn't. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Calmly Biff picked up the money and rang it into the till. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She picked up the gun and shoved it down the back waistband of her jeans, like she’d seen people do in the movies. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s nice here,”Tom said, picking up Matt’s treasured teddy bear. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took hold of the other pick and attempted to match his swing. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I was a mess when I went into Burton’s and picked up one of my unclaimed Trazon prescriptions and I was a mess when I came out. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I pick a blade of young wheat and stick the end in my mouth, not quite looking at him. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

‘And I say there’s some mistake,’ repeated Butterbur, picking up the tray and gathering up the broken crockery. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

As we entered the cafeteria on Forty-fifth Street and picked up our trays, she spoke animatedly. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Holly asked me as we waited for Kira to pick us up after school. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I picked Momma’s picture up and put it back in the envelope. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The site they picked was simply the highest ground they came to and it gave views north along the road and overlooked their backtrack. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The Keeper picked one with really spectacular acne covering his neck and ears. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

John sat by the fireplace, picking slivers out of his hands. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

“They only rode in back the last mile or so. They was walking and we picked them up.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sander picked up two brooms and handed one to me. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

So the very next morning Janie got ready to pick beans along with Tea Cake. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

He picked it up and examined it, turning it in his fingers. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Harry scrambled around, trying to pick it all up before the dwarf started singing, causing something of a holdup in the corridor. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Pita picked it up and looked at the picture flap inside, which started her tears again. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I do not think that he knew I was picking him up, for his body was limp, as if he were dead. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he was sure that all his precious dreams had been safely loaded on to the jeeps, the BFG said, ‘Now we is driving back to the bellypoppers and picking up the frightsome giants.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was drifting; drifting back into his rut; and he was picking up speed. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“He’s going to pick me up and pay me. Is that okay with you?” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“He will look at your eye Friday morning, and you will probably be able to come home Friday afternoon. I will come to pick you up when I am through teaching.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She rose and tentatively picked up one of the slender, pliable saplings from the pile. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the way, I carefully picked up the gun by its handle, using my dress. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I must have been drunk with water and air and dancing, because I picked up the sprinkler and said, “You come over here and you’re gonna get wet.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We pick out two fly pairs of Guess jeans—one blue stonewash and one gray acid wash. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“You need medical attention, Minny,” she says, picking the phone back up. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

There was a pause, while knives scraped plates and tin mugs were picked up and replaced on the ground. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I picked up the sandwich and took another bite. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was about two days later, when I went to pick up the watch, that things fell apart. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I had to fight back with was a pick and shovel, and I was so tired I could hardly lift either of them to defend myself. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The harvest was in and the pickings were good for quick hands and feet. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I shouted as I came upon them along the streambed, carefully picking their way through raspberry bushes. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matthew picked up the entire can, turned it upside down and drained the juice violently, his adam’s apple straining and pulsing like a metronome. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind picks up as we stand at the edge of the car opening, like a hand pushing me back, toward safety. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I stand up, tie the two big bags shut, and pick up Hector. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

There came to be no other rabbits for a long way round Efrafa and any who might wander into the neighborhood by chance were quickly picked up. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

One by one, the sixteen official Warcross teams choose their top picks from the wild cards. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When they first came to California, my grandparents picked asparagus in the spring and grapes in the summer and fall. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

She picked it up and wrote something on it. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

They had to pick their way carefully to keep both dry-footed and on their proper course. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I pick up the Wiffle bat and head back to the plate. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

He picks a night that my mother has late rehearsals so she won’t know about our criminal activity. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Composers and music arrangers can jot down a piece of music without having to "pick it out" on an instrument to find the notes and chords they want. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“Because the curandera saw you and picked you out from among many little girls for this honor. You should be proud you were chosen.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I wonder who and how as I pick pick pick and try to silence my brain by thinking up Embryo’s epitaph. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Victor asked, picking a gray feather from his jacket. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The boat dumped a rotten carcass or a spoiled haul, right? The flies piggybacked on the dead fish until they picked up Stef’s scent.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew right away that her mom had picked it out. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

"If your mom put it in the bank, then just ask your dad to pick it up tomorrow morning. He’s got the keys to the place." The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

The wind picked up, died, and picked up again. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

"They picked me to survive. I'm youngest. I have the skills necessary to get home alive. And I'm the smallest and need the least food." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I should get a respectable locksmith, and set him to work to pick the lock for me.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I walked from room to room, picking things up, putting them down. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

All in a second, I can see the panic on his face as he decides whether to pick it up again or go on. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He takes the cigar from his lips, looks at it, and then picks a piece of tobacco from his tongue. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He and Alec picked off the attackers one by one: Pull the trigger. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Tomorrow. She and me are driving out to like the country. She wants to go for a walk. I’m picking her up.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, I pick up the Jackson Journal, pick through it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The third time Pond sang, Nathan hummed the melody and picked up more words here and there. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Then I picked up the toy and hurled it into the far corner. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She picked up a card, read it to herself, then groaned. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

There was a suppressed murmur when she picked up a basket and went to work. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Ivy doesn't touch the food, but I pick at it. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

There had been a rare afternoon when Judith had invited Kit to go with some other girls of the town to pick flowers and picnic along the shore of the river. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

His mother let him pick out his favorite. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Finally, she picked up her feather and made four more letters. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Mac picked up the kitchen phone and dialed. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Joon complains all morning about missing stuff with his friends, but he’s ready when Uncle Tim comes by to pick us up for work. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Mr. Baxter picked up the phone and took out the handwritten instructions on how to make an international call to Cuba. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

A man picks him up and whispers in the boy's ear, but he keeps crying. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Why pick on a small mouse? Surely a big strong rat like you can deal with an old badger? Come on, try me for size.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Such has been America’s attitude toward these boys that if one is picked up and confronted in a police cell with ten white cops, he is intimidated almost to the point of confessing anything. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I picked back up with my whistling, closed my eyes, and could see nothing but my brother’s face. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Carter initially picked Texas Stadium as its home site. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marcus nodded, went back to his desk, picked up a book, and then walked right past me and out the door. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“You can pick it up in two days,” he tells me. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I thought, they must have picked him and Mrs. Singer to run this place because they’re like Satan’s minions or something. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Here is where they first eat corn. it’s where I picked him out. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I went a few yards ahead of Mama and picked cotton from her row and piled it on the ground. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Ron ran to pick up Hedwig, who was causing such a scene that there was a lot of muttering about cruelty to animals from the surrounding crowd. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Why had he picked that way to earn a quarter? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He barked at Hume to pick up the tempo. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But I’m gonna have to convince you one way or the other that I picked you up for drunk driving and you took a swing at me. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

There's a knife on the table and I pick it up and hand it to the Fair Gwen. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma said as she picked up the shotgun. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marilyn vos Savant said that you should always change and pick 6 2 the final door because the chances are 2 in 3 that there will be a car behind that door. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He picked up Mrs. Derby in his arms and carried her back to the house. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The same taxi that took Trotter and the children to the white Baptist church dropped him off on the way and picked him up on the way home. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

He picked up his bag and moved to the door. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Don’t, he said aloud, but the crow, rapidly, picked out the donkey’s eyes. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Your dad called my dad this morning, when we finally got service back. He said something about a family emergency? Then your uncle Phil came and picked me up, and here we are.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The overseer, startled by this sudden obstructing body, planted squarely in the doorway, turned away from the door, picked up a two-pound weight from the counter, and hurled it at the fleeing slave. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch him, picking at the fish with my hands, pulling at the tiny little bones. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Every time the pick struck the earth it sent a rattling jolt up her arms. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Noooo. He’ll get kicked out of school for fighting a girl. You know how Mr. Turner is about boys who pick on girls.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

After she left the half-eaten rice in the kitchen, she walked around the flat, picking up old newspapers and then putting them down. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

We picked out three colors: aqua, pale yellow, and a bright green. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

He clearly couldn’t wait to be picked up and to go home. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

She bent over and picked up her tennis paraphernalia. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I tilt my head back and watch the sky, trying to pick shapes out of the clouds. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“My tongue not so good anyway. You should go pick Auntie’s.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

We picked a UN refugee camp near Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, where many of my people have been displaced due to conflict in Congo. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Near Tallahassee he was picked up by sheriff’s men, judged vagrant, and put on a road gang. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sabeen picks a new pin and punches it into New York, then stretches the dangling thread far west to Arizona. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

That Cecile left because Pa wouldn’t let her pick out Fern’s name. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grab my fallen weapon and pick my first target, a Negro girl wearing clothing that looks eerily like mine, and leap, sickle swinging to take the thing down. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

When his piece of grass got bent, he dropped it, picked up a little twig, stripped the leaves off it, and used that. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

When they stood up it was impossible to pick him out of the crowd. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

To give myself a little peace, I waited for Mr. Kennel to pick up his book, then I headed for the school door, knowing I could get inside before he called in the herd. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I picked up the bag and felt its contents crumble and turn to dust. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

There was a command which was instantly picked up and repeated and echoed and repeated again. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her brother leaped into the palm of the branches and picked and pulled his way up to the fake raven. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I knew that God had finally gotten sick of me being teased and picked on all the time. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abby and her mother picked us up in their beat-up minivan. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“If you could pick your birthday, what would it be?” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

When the thing did not explode, Polybotes bent down cautiously and picked it up. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I ripped off a chunk of my tie-dyed T-shirt, which was already falling apart from all the bum marks, and used it to pick the eyeball off the floor. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The willow pulled his sword from him and knocked him back, picking him up by his ankles a moment later and hanging him upside down. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

She looked at the clothes and jewelry on display, picking out some for Moon Orchid to have when she came into her rightful place. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went on and on about how great I was, how much she was looking forward to the dance, when I would pick her up for the dance, all the details. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“She picked these to send to you,” read the note, in Mal’s angular handwriting. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Finally, he was picked up by a black foreman who worked on one of the large tomato farms owned by Philip Turner’s father and driven to the nearest house with a phone. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shout excitedly, and I’m sure everyone picks up on the sarcasm in my voice. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

From the farm’s walk-in cooler I picked out two of the chick-ens we had slaughtered on Wednesday. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The whole of it was eventually picked clean in the way a forest tree gets gleaned by leaf-cutter ants: nuts, bolts, and anything that might serve for roofing material trailed off into the jungle. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I also pick out the bodyguards scattered among the officials. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I look around the room, wondering who I’ll pick to be my partner. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Their words surrounded me, and picked me up, and moved me along toward the car. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

While Sahil was downstairs, I finished picking out the rest of the costumes and a couple more props. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Geels and the Black Tips had been making trouble for the Dregs all year, encroaching on Fifth Harbor, picking off pigeons that weren’t rightfully theirs. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But when I pick it up, it’s heavy. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I reach one hand through the opening and pick up another book and then another. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Well, I stood in a warehouse for ten hours and picked mushrooms out of the dirt.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I pick up my apple with my left hand, and grab his hand under the table with my right. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

When I put them down, he let me go, backhanded the glass, which spilled the milk over Mom’s favorite tablecloth, and picked up his chair. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I pick it up, move it, and hold my finger on the top to be sure I haven’t made a mistake. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Eagerly he bent down to pick up some food, but when he put it into his mouth he spat it out quickly. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

If she could pick cotton, she could run. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Then, he picked up his pace and headed for the sidewalk. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Dr. Philobosian spotted a refugee picking through chicken bones and potato peels in a heap of garbage. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“He’s being picked up in the morning by animal control.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

We are picking her up from her community project before we head back to the village charter. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

He picked up the little body, cradling it in his palms, and found his tears flowing fast. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Theon picked one up and sniffed at the dregs of wine in the bottom. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Who cares if a man wants to marry another man? All I want to know is who’s going to pick up all the dirty socks?” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Hermano, brother,” I say all in a rush when he picks up, “I am coming to you. If you tell Papi, I am coming anyway. I will call you when I can.” Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

It looks so special, I'm afraid to pick it up or I might ruin it. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

He picks up the big pieces of glass and stacks them in a pile. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“It was this diary,” said Harry quickly, picking it up and showing it to Dumbledore. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

On Fridays, Grandma comes to pick me up, and Grandpa is usually in the car with her. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

But the only way the job really differed from a normal taxi run was that the chaps she picked up obviously weren’t pilots. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I picked up the rolling pin and got to work. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

He picks up the TV and moves it onto the floor. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He picks up a little piece of wood and a knife. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“The deliveries won’t take me long. Why don’t I go pick up Ivan, and we can come to your house and play something?” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

On the first morning of school, Ma begins picking out an appropriate sari for herself. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It is probably Yvonne again, picking up the tray of untouched food. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Well, we’re not the dress-up types,” I said, picking up another sugary petit four and biting into it to stop myself from defending Mamá’s honor to the point of being rude to our hostess. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I picked my sheet up from the floor where Chas had thrown it and wrapped it around me. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

As good as that computer was, it took the eyes of the pilot to pick the best landing spot. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took my time bending to pick it up, but when I came up with it, she was waiting for me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I called Gerald’s cell phone and asked if he could go pick up some D batteries for us. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Velma, for instance, one of the four Anne Klein women, said that she picked none of the men and that she made up her mind about each of them right away. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

She picks up the paper and kisses it. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Hi,” said Cedric, picking up a copy of A Guide to Advanced Transfiguration that was now splattered with ink. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She picked a piece of lint off her shirt so she wouldn’t have to look at me. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Malia and I pick up our plates and put them into the sink. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I don’t recall exactly why, but I picked “Treat Me Like a Fool.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Half of me wants to pick up my computer and do more research. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I chipped it off with the pick of my ice ax, then asked Andy to return the favor by turning off my regulator in order to conserve my gas until the Step cleared. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I just kept picking up one fry after another and tossing them into my mouth, chewing slowly but not too slowly and staring down at the shiny wooden tabletop. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

If they dropped an instrument on the floor, they picked it up and inserted it into a patient's body without cleaning it again. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

There were only a few straggler freshmen waiting around to be picked up. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I picked him up and swung him feet-over-head, over my shoulder, and I body slammed him to the polished stone floor, and even then I didn’t let him out of the head- lock. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z