“I don’t know. I guess Brandy would be a bull shark. They can go back and forth between salt water and fresh water.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

A bright LED beam dips back and forth across the lawn. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She sat at a loom the size of a big screen TV her hands weaving colored thread back and forth with amazing skill. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her head drops and she rocks back and forth. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

We had several friends in common, and we’d recently started tweeting each other back and forth every day. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Lee was up on the rise by the Seminary, walking back and forth under the shade trees. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dylan tosses the thermos at me like it’s a grenade and we pass it back and forth before I finally throw it in my backpack. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

In a sense, Mqhayi’s shift in focus was a mirror of my own mind because I went back and forth between pride in myself as a Xhosa and a feeling of kinship with other Africans. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He crouched down, scanning row after row of books, his finger gliding lightly over their spines, his eyes bouncing back and forth in his head. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

So I just show him the basic stroke and let him practice going back and forth in waist-high water. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

This back and forth movement between theory and evidence, hypothesis and experiment has come to seem so familiar that it is hard for us to grasp that Galileo was doing something fundamentally new. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She did somersaults and darted back and forth in zigzags, as if she were dodging laser beams. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She rocks back and forth in her chair. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

But when nobody heard ’em they just went quiet and sat with their backs against the cabin, rocking back and forth, confused as hell. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He tilted the spectacles back and forth to catch the early sunshine. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

The lead kept going back and forth between us. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

While I’m talking, I can see Vanessa in the background pacing back and forth. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

We all looked at one another with eyebrows raised, standing uncomfortably in our places, swaying back and forth. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I rock back and forth in the metal chair. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Laney grabbed Mr. Ritchie’s hand and swung it back and forth. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He rocked back and forth in his seat, gripping the frame of the Diplomat, trying to propel his body out of the vehicle. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

There was a little girl sitting on a swing, kicking her legs, flying back and forth, static electricity for hair, happiness for a face. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

His eyes went back and forth, back and forth, following the locket. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The letters flew back and forth, daily or even twice a day. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked back and forth between the road and his face, more confused now than ever. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“I want to see every single hand,” the man says to them, sweeping his weapon back and forth, pausing for a brief moment on each person. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He paces back and forth in the doorway of his closet. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Dad’s weird because he’s afraid we’re going to be cripplingly and emotionally damaged,” Maya replied, her pen between her teeth as she flipped back and forth between her physics textbook and her lab book. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The wind tried to spin the wheel, but it only had three fins left, and it simply swayed back and forth, back and forth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She gave me a remote smile, then started rocking gently back and forth, moving that white crotch of hers against me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Big and green, with wide fields of high grass that swept back and forth with the breeze, turning the blades into gentle waves. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

It was as if his eyes changed back and forth between gray and blue, but she wasn’t sure if that was possible. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The locket swayed slowly back and forth and then stopped altogether. 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 started rocking back and forth, gently at first, but then more and more violently so that when he came forward his head knocked against the bare stone of the wall. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We went back and forth that way for a time—pork chops and spinach, chicken and grapefruit, beef Stroganoff and eggplant—and she was right, dead right every time. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

People hanging out, calling back and forth or gathered in knots in the street. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nick stalked back and forth, scowling and slicing the air with his blade, as though to fend off the truth that was attempting to seize him. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

They watch with cameras and agents in white sport-utility vehicles who patrol back and forth along a dirt road on top of a steep embankment along the far side. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Every story is good, every story is new to me, but they go back and forth like it’s normal to just be chatting. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone was walking around, she thought without interest; Luke was walking back and forth in the room, talking softly to himself; surely an odd way to play chess? The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The Golden Hours turned away, whispered back and forth, came to a decision. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

And once again, I started rocking back and forth, back and forth. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

They usually travelled back and forth across the same home territory, an area of between several dozen and many hundreds of square miles. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He flopped into the rocker and pushed back and forth, that got-you-now grin glued on his face. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They rowed with tremendous heart, though with a tendency to throw their heads dramatically back and forth with each stroke. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

One day in Iowa there was a strong wind, the kind of wind that seems to go up and down and back and forth. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I lifted Grandpa Bobby’s coin from my chest and turned it back and forth in my fingers, the gold catching the sunlight. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

A German policeman patrolled back and forth in front of this gate, and when he saw me staring, he yelled and waved his machine gun. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

It sounded as if a raccoon ran back and forth, mashing on the keys. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She turned to see the wolf pacing on the path now, back and forth like a sentry. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He's still helping people, still bouncing back and forth from the waiting room, to his patients' rooms, to his office, which is kind of like a tattoo shop. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

He followed the man back and forth across the lawn while he carried the plastic jugs of water to the bathroom at the rear of the house. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The old man shook his head slowly back and forth; the news hadn’t registered. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

My feet drag along in the dirt, then I push myself just a little and swing back and forth. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“It makes no sense,” said Jessie, pacing back and forth between the couch and the picture window. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The shuttle rocks back and forth from the wind, and the trees that looked tiny a moment ago are suddenly life-sized. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

They go back and forth like it’s a competition. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I kept looking back and forth between them, thinking how crazy it was that me and my bro were this close to a principal and we weren’t even in trouble. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The river was nowhere near straight, looping back and forth and actually flowing slightly north back along itself at one point. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

The smallest, oldest, most tangle-headed of the women, rocking back and forth in a rocking chair, said, "Might as well." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Wes and Woody tossed the football back and forth, waiting for other kids to show up to play. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I paced back and forth in the kitchen trying to decide what to do next. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We know that people talk back and forth. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We went and sat in the swing, where we rocked back and forth, making little pushes on the floor with our feet. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Max says his footsteps go back and forth on the other side of the wall. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She rocks back and forth on her feet, her hands twisting together. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The boy, no older than sixteen, darted his head back and forth, apparently looking for cops, customers, or both. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

A sound of a quarrel came from the back room, which was probably the kitchen—a deep voice and a lighter male voice yammering back and forth. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He grinned and eagerly hopped back and forth. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Francis had been pacing in the hall outside, prowling restlessly back and forth like a cat. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I slipped into the little office, Beau coming with me but looking up at them and grinning as he passed, tail slapping back and forth. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He moved his hand slowly back and forth, up and down. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He turned the radio back up and jerked his head back and forth, singing. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“We really would,” agreed Milo, and as the Which rocked slowly back and forth she told them this story. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

He looks back and forth from end to end and then one of them catches his eye. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

His grandma’s precious clock, hanging over the mantelpiece, the pendulum swinging back and forth, back and forth, like it was getting on with its own, private life, not caring about Conor at all. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Zero's face was lit in the starlight, and there was a flower petal in front of his nose that moved back and forth as he breathed. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Rabbits move from place to place, while most bells can only go back and forth—and they can't even do that on their own power. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The Kerensky twins used to shove me back and forth on the boardwalk in front of the mercantile if they caught me there alone. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I look back and forth between them: Golly, the lovable giant, and Britain, who might have an issue with woman worship but is really very sweet. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I looked back and forth between them, their faces all serious with concern. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The cat and the mouse had to make several trips back and forth between the drain pipe and the newsstand, carrying the money in their mouths. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frankie and I sat next to each other in a small office watching the two administrators go back and forth deciding what our punishment should be. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I lolled them back and forth as the narration continued. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

That would explain the presence of half a dozen lawyers inside the room solemnly passing documents back and forth to one another, which they culled from the filled cartons surrounding them. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had taken an empty rocking chair, and moved back and forth now with Thirty-six, whose loud crying had subsided. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

A tear fell from Grandma’s eye as she looked back and forth from Genie to the truck. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She dropped to the floor, rocking back and forth on her knees. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He nodded his head at the murmur of greetings directed to him from the seats, and his long black beard moved back and forth against his chest, and his earlocks swayed. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The photographs skip back and forth in years, and the family marches across the kitchen table unstuck from time, beaming at me from their happiest moments. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

My mother moved back and forth like a bear behind me, stirred up by the smell. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tall living statues studded with jewels paced back and forth. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Dozens of colored spotlights sweep back and forth across the space. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The mainsail was slashing back and forth like a demon gone mad. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watched the delicate boots moving back and forth from the lavatory to the paper-towel dispenser. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

We bat it back and forth, until we finally settle on, of all things, sports. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His expression revealed nothing as he went back and forth along the windowsill with his paintbrush. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I watch as she makes a snow angel, laughing as her arms and legs move back and forth, back and forth. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She spent most of the day in front of a big loom, head bent, arms moving back and forth. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pete would dash back and forth in the infield, clicking his stopwatch, yelling encouragement and instructions. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

His sister sneaks up to Werner’s cot, and together they lie on their stomachs and pass a single pencil back and forth. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I switch back and forth between Mom and Dad, trying to figure out if this is good or bad news. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Father’s arm went back and forth rhythmically across the sheet, smoothing out the wrinkles. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tired players searching through the rough, sweeping back and forth in long systematic patterns. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frantically, she looked back and forth between them. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I pace back and forth in the hall for a minute and then run back downstairs. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I took the ball from them and bounced it a couple of times, dribbling it back and forth between my legs. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

They ran back and forth, working up a frenzy. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

My hands wrapped around the handle of the pitchfork, and I wiggled it back and forth. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Several white men went freely back and forth through the corridor. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Milkman rolled his head back and forth on the cellar floor. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they flew down the last few hundred yards, their eight taut bodies rocked back and forth like pendulums, in perfect synchronicity. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The wave on a string is a transverse wave, moving the string back and forth, rather than moving up and down along the string. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Genie asked, his brain bouncing back and forth between being happy to see his mother and totally freaking out. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

His double fish tails swished back and forth. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Somebody seemed to be wheeling a baby back and forth under my window. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Adults passed those looks back and forth when they didn’t want you to know what they really thought about you. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I put some space between us and watched MacDuff run back and forth on the lawn, sniffing and wagging his tail. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then he says, “Now what I want you to do is hold on to the bars and just rock back and forth on one foot, then the other.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Holding her elbows, she rocked back and forth mournfully on her creaking chair. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The doctor and the woman in the diamond-spangled dress rushed over to Eye, who was rocking back and forth on his knees. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She studied going back and forth on the El. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stay in Ballygunge, Tollygunge, Salt Lake, Budge Budge, ferried by endless bumpy taxi rides back and forth through the city. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Declaration stalked all the way while Peach darted across Rural Route 2, back and forth, shouting at all the wonders he discovered along the roadside: “A caterpillar!” and “Dandelions! Make a wish!” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

As I tried to fall asleep, I could hear Grandma rocking back and forth in her chair, singing hymns that must have given her the strength to stay alert all night. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Between the third and fourth day, my mood jumped back and forth erratically from wild exhilaration to gloomy apprehension. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Con paced back and forth in the clearing outside the cottage, his shoulders taut with worry. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She leaned in until her nose was touching Hanako’s, and then she rubbed back and forth a couple of times. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

In my head I was going back and forth between the two options. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Gabrielle plucks the tart from her hands, and they fuss back and forth until Claudine orders the servant to bring her another. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I looked back and forth, forth and back. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Her head goes back and forth, back and forth. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

One mouth closed on a spoon meant two crying empty, feathers flying, so I dashed back and forth like a mother bird, flouting nature’s maw with a brood too large. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bernard blinks a few times, looking back and forth between me and Angie, and then he grins like he is just getting the joke. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“For sure. Yes, ma’am,” the others mumbled, shifting back and forth on their feet. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The boy’s head started going back and forth fast like a pendulum in a clock that the weight’s fell off. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I am no longer just a girl on the train, going back and forth without point or purpose. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jonas knew, on days when he arrived to find The Giver hunched over, rocking his body slightly back and forth, his face pale, that he would be sent away. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

High-pitched squeaking sounds with clicks at odd intervals over the top of him, back and forth. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pacing back and forth, tip to tip, end to end, on the roof, Spot’s scared. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

The two scholars breathlessly handed the magnifying spectacles back and forth. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

His arms jerked back and forth, and his feet smacked the ground, raising puffs of dust. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Geeks’ passions often crisscross back and forth between technology and more traditional forms of culture, with unusual depths of interest in both. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But even with their money secured, they still traveled back and forth to Daffodil Manor instead of staying on like Cook and Mr. Henry did. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Bit was at the end of the driveway, rocking back and forth, antsy. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

He waved them back and forth for the other masters to see, nodding his head from side to side in an absent, childish way. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He rocked the vial of HeLa cells back and forth in his hand as he started talking about how careful you have to be when you handle them. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I began to rock back and forth where I stood, yanking on the railing and stomping my feet, sending shockwaves up the stairs. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I must have passed the statue of Atlas a thousand times going back and forth on the campus of the Hardcastle Public Schools. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

He reaches out and smacks a large white hand on my shoulder and starts to rock me back and forth, like he’s thinking of shoving me off my feet altogether. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I burst into tears and ran to Teacher Sarah, who opened her arms wide and rocked me back and forth. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

White electric ferries made their way back and forth, shuttling fans over to the west side, where an observation train awaited them, its thirteen white-skirted flat cars outfitted with bleachers. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Maybe she was just curious about why I rushed back and forth to the pump. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Smokestacks fume and locomotives trundle back and forth on elevated conduits and leafless trees stand atop slag heaps like skeleton hands shoved up from the underworld. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

And of course, the ever-present toothpick danced back and forth from each side of his mouth. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He whirled, and pointed a finger that moved back and forth between Hickock and Smith. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hildy’s rubbing Viola’s back again and I see that Viola’s eyes are wet and leaking and she’s started to rock a little back and forth. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Clever citrine eyes danced back and forth as Mama tinkered with the lock, and when the beast flicked his forked black tongue between the bars, a smell like smoke tinged the dry air. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He swiveled his head back and forth in the mirror. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The boy’s eyes ticked back and forth among the three of them. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

They drew knives from their belts and as our warriors rushed upon them the two lines surged back and forth along the beach. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rocked back and forth on his heels with cold and discomfort. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The shadows of his little goat legs moved back and forth under the barn door. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He yipped and whined and ran back and forth in the show. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

A crowd of people shuttled back and forth around them. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

As she spoke, she paced back and forth. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I climbed up on the breakwall and walked back and forth, keeping my balance. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Goeth and his men marched back and forth, debating something, I couldn't hear what. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I looked at the barn doors noisily slapping back and forth with the force of the storm, and I couldn’t help but feel powerless. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Swinging back and forth across the great waterway, she searched for a cliff like the one she had been raised on. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

It was much easier to be sad than to go back and forth between emotions, and this gave me the determination I needed to keep moving. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I opened it the rest of the way and saw a woman in a blue print dress, rocking back and forth on her heels. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

These were small and lean, and they paced back and forth in the trees, watching her carefully. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The domovoi in his cat form sat beside her, and his tail whipped back and forth behind him against the ground. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Next he pulled a piece of Kleenex out of the Kleenex box and dragged it back and forth across the shelf. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I let the tears break free, rocked back and forth on my knees. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Angel and Kiara, dressed in matching jeans and shirts, walked back and forth to the refreshment stand ten or fifteen times, giggling and hoping they were being noticed. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

What you did—if you were one of these Juniors—was to follow back and forth from the storeroom the two men in overalls carrying the big cardboard boxes, asking them what was inside. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched her eyes flit back and forth. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Back and forth, back and forth, I pace the room while Mama sits there, shaking like she needs a fix. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The narrow road curved back and forth and round and round. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The girl squints, her sleepy eyes going back and forth between me and Bertha. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The four of them stood in a circle, passing the notebook back and forth as they each took a turn conversing. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I can barely move from the pain, except to thrash back and forth on my bed. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Mac rubbed his eyes and paced back and forth in the kitchen. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

He glares at me, his jaw moving back and forth like a cow chewing cud. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“It sounded like orduorwenorgoch! And look at him, running back and forth on his perch. Do you think we’ve upset him?” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Jacob read the letter quickly, though he pretended to read it slowly, stumbling over the words, repeating some of them, using his finger as a guide, back and forth across the sheet of paper. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carla looks back and forth between us for a long second, noting the tension between us. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She shifted back and forth, back and forth, lowing in a most mournful manner. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Frank bashed the giant’s face back and forth until his metallic features began to dent. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Come,” she says, and walks with her cane tapping back and forth in her right hand. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

As I fell, something invisible began rocking me back and forth—lightly at first, but then harder and harder until I was flopping around like a rag doll. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

As we crossed back and forth, the cars slowed down. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

He’s ducking his rump under the current, swishing back and forth until the bandage comes off and floats away. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

When I step off for the last time, I take Violet’s hand and she swings it back and forth, back and forth. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Bo blows bubbles into the Silly Putty and uses it to strip the ink from his owner’s manual while I weigh the Slinky, letting it slide back and forth in my hands, like Jake. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Sorry I got angry about the paint,” I said as I pushed the brush back and forth over the cracking wood slats of the house. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

But she just stared back, unflinching, her eyes haunted with fear and sadness that only softened when Henrietta rocked her back and forth. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

When he pulls his face in front of mine, his eyes dart back and forth. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

For some reason, she hadn’t fallen asleep, but I could see the pilot slumped over the controls, pitching back and forth as the helicopter wobbled toward the side of an office building. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I pace back and forth, listening to her words. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She buried her face in balled hands and rocked back and forth. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

But every so often I look at Tobias, and he looks back at me, like we’re passing fear back and forth between us. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Bouncing melodies back and forth between them like brightly colored balls. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to tell him,” Clevinger insisted, as the two of them sat high in the reviewing stands looking down on the auxiliary parade-ground at Lieutenant Scheisskopf raging back and forth like a beardless Lear. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The rocker began to move back and forth, rattling the loose boards in the porch floor. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three of us had all started out with good intentions, messaging back and forth, but it got hard keeping it up. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Isabella watches me like I’m a science experiment, and Julia looks back and forth between me and Tyler like she’s at the movies. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The evening breeze kicked against the sail, making it slap back and forth. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now he went back and forth between rabbits and fbolbirds when he could, filling in with fish in the middle. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lorena is pacing back and forth on the sidewalk and rubbing her hands together. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He also could not seem to rule out the possibility for himself Over the course of many letters back and forth across the ocean, the two friends discussed God and design. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spin my head and see Ben, his eyes shooting back and forth between me and a corner of the room. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

After a little back and forth, they decided to meet for breakfast at six o’clock that morning. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When she looked up, the dragon was there, its surprisingly expressive blue eyes passing back and forth between Anya’s face and her arm. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Rekh watched him speed back and forth between shop and courtyard, and finally stopped him, smiling. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Again and again he barked, and the cat growled softly and continuously, walking back and forth and rubbing his whole length against the dirty, muddied head. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Take care of that easily echoed back and forth across my mind, and when the echo stopped I knew it was not going to be easy. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“What a curious idea,” said the Mathemagician, raising his staff over his head and scrubbing the rubber end back and forth several times on the ceiling. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Back and forth, back and forth it swung. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

It’s the car with the pale glove coming out the window, waving back and forth. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Methuselah sits puny and still in his avocado tree with his eyes ticking back and forth, unprepared for a new season of overwhelming freedom. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Busily the fairies began threading knotted ropes back and forth over the entrance. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

As James and Maddie tugged the book back and forth in front of Emily, the bar code waved like a black-and-white flag until it finally got her attention. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He passed the flat of his hand squeakily back and forth over the face of the medicine-cabinet mirror, wiping away most of the mist. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

He rocked her back and forth as she wept. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Riddle had frozen, his face expressionless, but his eyes were flickering back and forth between each of Dumbledore’s, as though trying to catch one of them lying. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Mr. Hale didn’t see it at first, but as he looked around the table, he could see all the uncomfortable faces glancing back and forth from Jules to him. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was no doubt in my mind, either, for right away the rocket engines began jerking back and forth, swiveling to keep us in balance as we climbed. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look, we’re getting nowhere by going back and forth, so let’s get something to eat.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Backstage, I pace back and forth, waiting for him to come and meet me. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Agreed,” my dad said, but after dinner, when I went back to my room and played Resurrection on mute, I could hear them talking quietly back and forth. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

At Trzebinia I worked all day moving piles of rocks back and forth, digging holes six feet deep and then filling them back in again. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mama began to weep, great silent tears, and Papa was now limping back and forth beside the bunk, like a caged animal, brandishing his long, polished North Dakota cane. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something was up there, moving back and forth, almost rhythmically. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

We went through a little back and forth along these lines for a minute. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

A couple of kids stood on their chairs and waved their phones back and forth like they were at a concert. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He lifted Sophie’s picture and kept turning it, his eyes darting back and forth, as if he might steal something new from the shape of her face, another profile, an unwitnessed angle. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rub my hands on my pants hard, back and forth, back and forth, until Momma kneels next to me and holds my hands, making them quiet. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

We girls giggled and tossed pennies back and forth into our teacher Miss Stiles's chair before she arrived. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She rocked her chair slowly back and forth with her eyes closed. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gagged a few times and held on to his stomach, rocking back and forth and searching for his wind. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Finally, my mom comes back in, and she looks back and forth between us for a minute. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He picked up a branch of driftwood and swept it back and forth through the stained water. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Pacing back and forth, back and forth, each step like a long, never-ending dance. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The paths made from years of walking the same ways, from Ray running the routes, back and forth. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Together, they rocked back and forth in silence. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Jamie gives a polite smile, but his eyes flicker back and forth like he doesn't want to look directly at her. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Olive spun the dial back and forth, then tried the lock. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Otis Amber delivered groceries from the shopping center to Sunset Towers, back and forth, to and fro. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pious Louis leaned across the table, until his hair swung back and forth across his cheeks. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

His face goes from normal to zombie and back and forth. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Jimmy was behind the counter, running a hunk of ham back and forth in the electric slicer really fast, the way he liked to. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Amil just rocked back and forth, unfolding and folding his paper. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Dylan’s eyes go back and forth between the two pedestals. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I follow Dylan down a little winding path, my eyes darting back and forth trying to see everything at once. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

As they rocked back and forth, Gary tipped his head to the sky, and began singing in a hauntingly beautiful baritone. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She could make out tiny little microdactyls, medium-sized minidactyls, and then the fully grown pterodactyls, all sailing back and forth, snapping at each other or whatever prey they could find, dancing across the darkness. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

There are some kids hanging out in the field, swaying back and forth on the fence. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“No,” she said, even though she played once in a while with Taylor, kicking the ball back and forth in their oversized, wooded backyard. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Reynie waved his hand back and forth in front of the window. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I collapse on the last stair and rock back and forth silently. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Missy surged into motion, her tail thrashing back and forth furiously, propelling them toward the blockade with dizzying speed. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Dany kicked them off and sat with one foot tucked beneath her and the other swinging back and forth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Each wife would swap every two weeks, commuting back and forth from the rural areas with her children. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He rocked back and forth on his toes, then bent down to roll his pant legs up to the middle of his shins. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I’m not saying I will, but I could go on for hours escorting the reader—forcibly, if necessary—back and forth across the Paris-Chinese border. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Dvorah and the other women sat back, trading glances back and forth. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He swept the weapon back and forth as he walked, looking for any interlopers. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Mitch Henderson, the flight director for Ares 3, swiveled back and forth in his chair, a wireless earpiece in his ear. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the women giggled, glancing back and forth—laughed in his face; and one smooth girl, Melantho, spoke to him most impudently. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

These, in turn, are intercut with close-ups of the stroke oarsmen grimacing with effort as they rock rhythmically back and forth, leaning into the camera and then back away again. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I saw him take her by the shoulders and shake her, her head bouncing back and forth. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He swished the roots back and forth in the pond to wash off some dirt, then chomped and chewed. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Then I heard her light up another, and all they had for me after that was the sound of them passing the cigarette back and forth. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

As James and Maddie tugged the book back and forth in front of Emily, the bar code waved like a black-and-white flag until it finally got her attention. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Lily looked down at her lap, though her eyes were shifting back and forth. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Strapped to a table that tilted back and forth, her heart functions were measured for 30 minutes. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

After church I go with the Smeaths through the vacant Sunday streets to watch the trains shunting monotonously back and forth along their tracks, on the gray plain beside the flat lake. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

An altar had been erected, and the priest was prowling back and forth to one side. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom held her on her lap, rocking back and forth, singing softly to calm her. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

The gate to the ghetto is just down the street, a German policeman walking back and forth in front of it. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Me and Carlos went back and forth because it’s what we do, but neither one of our hearts was in it. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He paces back and forth, stopping to wipe his face and scratches his head. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He sighed again and shook his head slowly, the gray beard moving back and forth. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I hand him the notebook, help him find the right page, and then pace back and forth in our kitchen while he reads. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

What I could see was that a group was passing newspaper clippings back and forth and reading them aloud with little squeals of delight. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She continued clutching the drawing to her chest and rocking it back and forth. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She oinked several times and pushed the nearest piles carefully out of her way before rolling onto her back and rocking back and forth, a pig gleefully wallowing in mud. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Blisters burst on my right hand as I awkwardly drag the knife back and forth. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Pond then hummed and swayed his long body back and forth. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I walk back and forth in front of car 48 at least five times before I finally climb inside and knock on the door of stateroom 3. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The lead bounced back and forth between the two teams a couple of times. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Reetika and I painted our faces in her bedroom, passing a hand mirror back and forth. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Mostly they would just be driving back and forth from Jerusalem to Ramallah to their house, which sat so neatly in between. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She glanced back and forth between the archer and the princess. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

At the top of the mountain, the road dropped precipitously and swung back and forth until it bottomed out into a long, narrow valley. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Denna led the way along the dirt track that wound back and forth up the side of the hill, between the trees and the occasional outcrop of worn, dark stone. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The nurse looked at my ankle, then squeezed it, and flipped it back and forth. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He swayed back and forth in his leather chair, his fingers stroking his beard, and continued to speak in a quiet, singsong voice. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She looked out not upon a moat teeming with monsters or guards marching back and forth, but on streets indifferently paved with cobblestones. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Matt paced back and forth along the edge of the basin. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

That evening, while Grandmother sat in my hospital room, rocking me back and forth as she hummed her favorite hymn, “On the Battlefield for My Lord,” Mother paced the floor weeping aloud in her despair. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He puts the basin under my hands and pours water over them, back and forth. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He still had his yarn and needles in his hand, and was waving them back and forth. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Shimmering white figures swish back and forth along the road, calling us forward. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Based on the laws of physics, if our pendulum was placed in a vacuum, it would never stop swinging, back and forth, back and forth. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Over the next fortnight I moved back and forth between Qunu and Mqhekezweni, staying by turns with my mother and No- England, visiting and receiving friends and relatives. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Howard held the candle an inch from his mouth and he just jerked his head back and forth and kept spitting little bubbles. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The chandelier of fire swung back and forth. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

From the outset, he ran back and forth on his sideline, barking at his players in a hoarse bellow: “Man on! Man on! Drop it! Drop it! Turn! Turn! Turn!” Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

It inches back and forth a few times and finally comes to a full stop. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

People in plastic suits sprint back and forth with fire extinguishers. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

She half carried me to her chair, pulled me onto her lap, and rocked me back and forth, back and forth, humming a lullaby I’d never heard. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I veered back and forth between hope and its opposite, a growing certainty that something terrible was wrong with me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Hour after hour, mile after mile, lurching back and forth in the wagon, Mollie crossed the wild, empty landscape, not yet carved into a country. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

By the time Turner had spun around and looked up, his father—his father!—and the sheriff were gripping each other’s arms and pushing back and forth, sliding and stumbling and tripping over rocks. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He was rescuing a throw pillow, thrashing it back and forth to free it from a tangle of imaginary vines, when he heard the cellar steps creaking. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

As you walk down a narrow pathway that zigzags back and forth, you can see the history of the region in the various layers of rocks. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I really don’t know. I’ve gone back and forth like a thousand times about it all. Each time I reread it, I think something different, you know?” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

She doesn't do anything but watch and shake her head back and forth as if to say, No. No, you won't be home soon. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The school counselor goes back and forth between looking very happy and very anxious. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

She noticed Reyna looking back and forth between Jason and Piper, her brow creased, as if just beginning to realize the two of them were a couple. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

His blue eyes flicked back and forth between Cate and me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She had dreadlocks wound up in a bun, and she rocked back and forth while another woman wrapped her arm around her and fanned her with one of the church fans. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Distantly, the rendering sails wash back and forth, a borealis yielding some mysterious benefit to our business partners and guests. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then she turns and walks away on long bare legs, her devil tail swishing back and forth. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

You’d think that there’d be men marching and drilling and people hurrying back and forth and lots of talk about the fighting. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I turned my head and spotted Luno stomping back and forth under the dock lights, hollering furiously at the two bouncers on the top deck. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Will shook his head back and forth in the grass, shaking the thoughts out of his mind. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I pace back and forth in my room, trying to remember. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

They went back and forth about it, quite concerned, and then, as it was getting dark, my mother came home from work. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

They had no right to swing me back and forth like a pendulum on a clock. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Then we’d take turns lying on our stomachs, watching the ants go back and forth picking up crumbs from sandwiches. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sails immediately began luffing loudly, slapping back and forth in the breeze. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she turned back, Two Step was backed all the way against the wall, eyes wide, head shaking back and forth. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

They watched the raven strut back and forth across the road, and then the bird hopped closer, eyeballing the food in Anya’s hands. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He licked my face, his tail swishing back and forth on the dusty ground. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Grover cowered by the railing, his hooves clopping back and forth. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

They never whisper back and forth about their customers' nails. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I rock back and forth as hard as I can. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Throughout recorded history, people have been moving back and forth between Europe, the Near East, and North Africa. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s back!” all the men kept mumbling and chanting and calling out hysterically as they rushed back and forth. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Celia and I traded points back and forth, but I couldn’t seem to get my groove back. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Chickens wandered the aisles; women walked back and forth carrying packages on their heads and selling bags of peanuts and dried vegetables. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes go back and forth from the receptionist to me. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I notice Tiny looking blankly at me, swaying back and forth like a skyscraper in the wind. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Then he pressed the metallic bar to his lips and started blowing and sucking, moving the harmonica back and forth like a cartoon character eating corn on the cob. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I find the girls dancing like it’s their last day on earth, their hands flying in the air and their hips swinging back and forth. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The senators’ eyes moved back and forth between Octavian and Reyna, watching the test of wills. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Her mother rocks Imani, back and forth, back and forth, until she calms down. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“We keep going back and forth. If it’s a boy, I want to name it after Karl, and if it’s a girl, after his mother, Charlotta.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He sawed it back and forth, one end out, then the other, and finally it broke free, though floating still in little more than a foot of water. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

I still made sure to switch back and forth between my two pairs of nonsneaker shoes every day so I wouldn't wear down the soles too quickly. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Art Bullard walked into the locker room, his long arms swinging back and forth, and a broad smile on his face. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then she looks at me kindly, slaps the three coins back and forth between her hands like a piece of dough, and throws them on the table. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She watched her father pace back and forth, straining to hear his son’s next wheezing breath. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

And when I don’t respond, he growls and storms back and forth behind his desk. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Mr. Westcott must be going back and forth to see to his cows. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

For a long time, our little brother goes back and forth to the hospital, his body weak from the lead, his brain not doing what a brain is supposed to do. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

The locket, suspended from the long nail on his paw, swung back and forth, back and forth. 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 didn’t answer at first; he simply bent his face to mine, and brushed his lips slowly along my jaw, from my ear to my chin, back and forth. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Whether or not Pasiphaë had created a new Labyrinth, Hazel believed they were still in the same cavern, being made to run aimlessly back and forth while Pasiphaë and Clytius watched in amusement. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She paced back and forth in front of the window. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

They were turned outside, where they swept the woods quickly, back and forth. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Bunny, hair falling into his eyes, was preparing to make a shot, flexing the mallet and shifting back and forth on his feet like a professional golfer. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I saw Mr. Alums walking back and forth whacking a yardstick in his hand. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only noise was from the windshield wipers; they hummed back and forth, and back and forth, singing a sweet, out-of-tune song. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Her bowling shoes pounded the floor purposefully, carrying the swinging breasts and rotating hips back and forth between the table and the stove. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he and another person got their minds locked into a frightening thought—and who does not have one now and then?—they would mirror it back and forth until they died or went insane. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was shaking his head back and forth. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sophie could almost see the excitement bubbling inside him as he scurried back and forth among his beloved jars. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She begins to rock, back and forth, back and forth. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The boy’s eyes shifted rapidly back and forth, as if calculating something with great concentration. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Vonetta. You have to stop going back and forth telling those tales.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

All afternoon, we hiked up and down the street, and when we got tired of riding our bikes, we just skipped back and forth to the stop sign, relishing our new freedom. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

There it was, in a clearing of flat stone — the evil animal was pacing back and forth as if it were waiting. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes darted back and forth before she answered the door. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He carefully threaded the blade between flesh and plastic, working it back and forth to saw the cuffs. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Percy’s heart did jumping jacks while Chrysaor walked back and forth, inspecting them like prized cattle. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Yep,” Tam says again, rocking back and forth on his heels. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He sent Tree-ear back and forth between the house and the kiln on various errands. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

She and Pheoby Watson visited back and forth and once in awhile sat around the lakes and fished. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“She thanked him! And she smiled and smiled. After he had gone, she didn’t smile, though. She walked back and forth. And Granny said ‘Stop stewing about that boy and take care of yourself.’” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if that weren’t bad enough, they were using it as a football, punting it back and forth. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her tail thumped back and forth, hitting my knees. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Back and forth, back and forth went the locket. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

That way she could make her points and there could be no verbal sparring back and forth. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

We’re tossing the ball back and forth in a hard fast rhythm that feels great. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Hope they call us soon,” Genie said, growing more and more impatient as doctors and nurses came back and forth escorting patients through the double doors to the emergency room. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Usually,” she said, “it’s more balanced. It hangs around ten, a couple to one side or the other. Back and forth, back and forth. Like life.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

“You really think it could go back and forth that quickly?” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Shortly after dinnertime, the grooms found Seabiscuit walking in circles, clutching the distraught goat in his teeth and shaking her back and forth. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Blackjack speeding along next to us, darting back and forth to avoid the pig’s wings. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Its gorge started working, back and forth, back and forth, like a cat trying to cough up a hairball. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Often they sat at the same table, tossing ideas back and forth. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Kelly hurried back and forth from the breakfast table to the kitchen. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Someone’s foot scraped back and forth on the floor. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The water in the pool glowed eerily, sloshing back and forth from the motion of the ship. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Helen’s door swung back and forth like a broken wing; Helen clung to the dashboard. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

They could hear the guards calling back and forth. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Little children sit on the decks with their feet dangling in the water as the boats rock gently back and forth. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Occasionally she found someone pacing back and forth and had to step away quickly. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Nothing but stone and a big building that goes so far up and so far back and forth that we can't see where the beginning is or where it might end. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I swept it back and forth, tormenting him. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She shifts her weight back and forth a bit before saying, “It was a weird summer.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

The aroma had Old Tallow pacing back and forth hungrily. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I put on my bathing suit and jumped around as it sprayed back and forth. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Green, gray, black, these cargo trucks sway back and forth on bald tires, spitting out dirt and engine smoke as they roll on. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They go back and forth, punching and swatting at each other. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Upon the porch were hairy geraniums and an old swing which was hooked into the porch ceiling and which now swung back and forth, back and forth, in a little breeze. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other two held our church fans, waving them back and forth. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a very scarcity of life in the pose, except for a subtle rocking back and forth. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

We catch glimpses of him as he paces back and forth on the median, impatient. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Grandpa was laughing so hard he hurt—rocking back and forth in his seat, grabbing his stomach, slapping his leg, flopping his arms, and shouting like somebody getting religion at a camp meeting. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

They re up there dancing to rap music and throwing their booty back and forth. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She began a game of solitaire using her hand and her lips, flipping the cards back and forth with great agility. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I held him against me, held him tightly, and rocked back and forth. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The dog paced back and forth, his voice taking on a preach- erly kind of grandness. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Again, the man revealed which shell held the seed and shuffled them back and forth. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Then a thin shadow interrupted the light, moving back and forth. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Beyond us, pelican-bellied ladies in swim caps followed kick- boards back and forth across the pool. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

My mother sat quietly and my father paced back and forth, from the door to the window. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She took off her shoes as the boy waited beneath the crossbar, rocking back and forth and growing more anxious by the moment. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I spent the morning at the computer, flipping back and forth between my religion and English papers. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

They argue back and forth until she calls for the servants to take Edel from the room. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

It bedded itself down in sleepy pink-grey cinders and a smoke plume blew over it, rising and waving slowly back and forth in the sky. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone joined in, running back and forth between the two mounds. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Babou looked back and forth at the road signs and said something in Farsi. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

But the lighthouse was a pinpoint in the distance, not a sun-bright flash, and its light only traveled in one direction, not back and forth, searching. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

We sat down on the driveway behind the car and passed the joint back and forth in silence. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He keeps bouncing back and forth from foot to foot. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He paces back and forth on the shore, makes a couple of steps into the water as if to swim out. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I ran my light back and forth, then down and up, only managing to irritate an owl. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Over these months they will get to know each other intimately, writing seventy-eight letters back and forth. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It was a good place to watch the piazza; people were always going back and forth or stopping to drink coffee in the café opposite. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

His herd stopped, too, as one, whinnying and stamping as he paced back and forth. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Finally he waved it back and forth in the smoke from the incense burner, chanting, “Hear us, O Thoth, ancient and wise. Hear us and answer.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dale returned to his seat while the men backslapped each other and said jovial things back and forth. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

As Brave Orchid ran back and forth turning on all the lights, every lamp and bulb, she glared sideways at her children. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Probably a million trains have gone back and forth on that platform since then. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He took up a second ball, and along with the first, began to throw it back and forth. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

He storms back and forth, bellowing like Genghis Khan at a troop inspection. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

For a long time—as his brother was taken back and forth to a special medical home and was forced to wear braces on his legs, which left him limping—Morrie felt responsible. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I stop rattling on, it gets quiet, even though we’ve been talking back and forth nonstop. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

For a second they both shuffle back and forth, one jerking an arm forward and then retracting it, the other kicking and missing. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Mama and Merry sat on the porch swing, and Mama creaked it back and forth. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the distance, anchored ships swung, silent and shuttered, back and forth on the roll of methodical waves. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He took his foot down, pointed behind us, and swept his finger back and forth. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

My parents’ footsteps pace back and forth above my head; the sounds of the household, the Mixmaster and the telephone and the distant news, filter down to me as if in illness. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Usually boys and girls scream and yell like they’re at a Joe Louis match when they see a fight, but now everyone is standing around, staring back and forth at the two of us, quiet. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Whispers passed back and forth in the crowd. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I paced back and forth in front of the phone the way one does to remind someone ahead that others are waiting. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We followed Ben's mother back and forth across the lawn, but she never seemed to notice our presence. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Aunt Pooh and Scrap go back and forth about the Crown. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Her determination drained away as her sightless eyes roved aimlessly back and forth. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I overheard the cop and the other guy going back and forth with nothing getting across, so I stepped in and translated for them and sorted everything out. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I can move the pan back and forth like a chef so the sprouts turn without a spatula, so I do that. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I developed a technique of zigzagging back and forth. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d rebraided her hair, spilled a box of thread, and after picking the spools up, had taken to pacing back and forth. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Women with children walked back and forth to the farm from family housing, but most of the farmworkers stayed in a dormitory on the farm. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I start rolling my pencil back and forth between my hands to get them to stop itching. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The water is cool at first despite the heat of the room, but slowly warms up as we move our feet back and forth. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

One by one the other dancers join her, palms reaching upward, swaying back and forth. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hugged herself tightly, moving her body back and forth, as if she was debating something. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

A few people gasp, some keep turning their heads back and forth while others reach out with their hands to see if they can touch anything. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Three pennies are in her shoe— slipping back and forth between the sock and the inner sole. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

As it was, when she spoke with Reta she moved back and forth between a genteel grace and a childlike exuberance. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Both of them were shining flashlights back and forth. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

As the deck tilted back and forth, Captain Kontoulis didn’t stumble once, and was even able to light one of the Indonesian cigarettes he favored, dipping his cap’s braided brim to cut the wind. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The quiet in the room is uneasy, like it is rocking back and forth on a ledge. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It creaked back and forth in the dark shadows of the porch. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She and Tab watched the kids running back and forth in the knee-high dust. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Dad picks up the napkin, turns it back and forth, and laughs. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Raymie’s mother arrived and pulled Raymie into her arms and held her close and rocked her back and forth and back and forth. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Wittgenstein was surely doing both, and he deliberately moves back and forth between the first person singular and the first person plural to convey both views. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

We could move it back and forth with our hands and lean it way to the side when we jimmied it from underneath with a pick. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

She had heard him pace back and forth on the second floor, had seen his eyes’ longing look when he talked to Ahmad on the phone. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The first prisoner stood up and strutted back and forth like a bowlegged bulldog. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The Aleut ship was still there, but men were working on the deck and canoes were going back and forth. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was another pause, during which the only sounds were forks being placed on plates while glances passed back and forth. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

But even as he moved his tools, trudging back and forth to store them in the primitive litde structure he had built between two trees, he found himself thinking again of the old woman. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The Buick swerved back and forth as I steered it through one curve after another. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as I step through the door, Elsie rushes over and pokes her head into the hallway, looking back and forth before closing the door behind me. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

And all night long, both nights, Old Yeller crippled back and forth between the fire and the cabin, baying savagely, warning the wolves to keep away. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

While she checks the numbers on the calculator against the numbers in the checkbook, Uhmma absent-mindedly rubs her thumb back and forth. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Users could now teleport back and forth between their favorite fictional worlds. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

‘I’ll go back and forth between the camps until the job is done.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Many of the girls are practicing their splits, and a boy is posed on a skateboard, and two other boys are juggling balls back and forth. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He scanned the slides with his eyes, back and forth, back and forth, moving across the microscopic world, looking for a telltale greenish glow. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dash back and forth, hooting and grunting, doing a gorilla dance of happiness. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Instead they zigzagged back and forth, increasing their altitude by small increments every time they changed directions. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Looking into her face, he cradles her and gently rocks her back and forth before bending and gathering Chou into his arms also. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Those guys might have spent their whole life going back and forth with messages on their heads, like a living piece of notebook paper,” James said. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She had spent the past week mostly on her computer, going back and forth between researching Melissa Taylor and researching teenage birth mom support groups. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He said, Flowers, and they ran back and forth, pointing, trying to say Flowers. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He put his field glasses to his eyes, looked, put them down, walked two or three paces south, turned, looked again, slowly walked back and forth. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Weird how this memory flashed through my mind as I raced the boat down the creek and into the river, my eyes sweeping back and forth across the water, looking for Ben and his mom. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Instead, I just ran back and forth across our property line like a guard dog on a tight leash. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I felt the way you feel like when you’re on a boat, rocking back and forth. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Jus looks back and forth between Dr. and Mr. Rivers, who are both smiling but obviously waiting for some kind of response from him. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He’s wringing the bag’s handles as he walks back and forth. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The two friends ran the dialogue back and forth until they could say most of the lines without looking at the page. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I keep walking back and forth in front of the sofa. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I go back and forth about whether it’s a good thing that a baby octopus starts out life the size of a pencil eraser, because the eraser on my pencil is pretty darn small. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Much needed rain,” Gary whispered, rocking back and forth. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I pull it out and walk it back and forth along the dock to measure it. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mama cried silently, rocking back and forth in the creaky folding chair. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Otto let the disappearing camera fall, now so light and insubstantial, it arced back and forth slowly, like an autumn leaf released from a tree branch, before it touched the stage lightly. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“She had searched for years, written letters back and forth,” says Auntie Ying. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yengwa draped himself with a blanket, rolled up a newspaper to imitate an assegai, and began to stride back and forth reciting the lines from the praise song. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A boy near me with his mouth hanging open closed one eye, then the other, back and forth. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's then that he remembers himself and retreats, a look of terror in his eyes, as though waking from a trance, his eyes shifting back and forth as he stares at me in fear. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The key was stubborn, and he wiggled it back and forth. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m tired of packing all this stuff back and forth.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I can clearly see the trail Mango left behind him when he went back and forth between the litter box and the foot of my bed. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The antennae are waving back and forth on her forehead. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

It took several trips a day to meet our needs, so there was a lot of going back and forth to and from the well. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Simon glances back and forth between us like he’s waiting for the punch line. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

As I cling to a stretch of trunk no wider than a sapling, swaying back and forth in the humid breeze, my suspicions are confirmed. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He paced back and forth, testing his legs. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Sierra opened her eyes and realized she was swaying back and forth, a slow salsa step with an imaginary Robbie in her arms. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

On his desk, seven miniature versions of himself ran back and forth carrying pens and stacks of paper. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They’d wave and shout insults back and forth about each other’s flying skills, then get back to work. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The cab driver sang loud and free, clapping his hands and rocking his head back and forth. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He looked back and forth down the line, looking for a familiar face. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes wet with tears, I rock back and forth on the stool, trying to push the memory from my mind. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He went back and forth, trying to decide what to do. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He paused in his efforts and looked at Flora in an apologetic and hopeful way, and then he returned to wobbling back and forth. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Swaying back and forth in the hell chair, Fabyan would smoke and shout at his victims. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

They chattered back and forth and Hazel understood that they were talking about her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Charles looked back and forth at the two of us. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But though the dory rocked back and forth with the swell of them, the whales never came so close that the boat might capsize. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The fish fought hard, dogging back and forth across the flats. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The conspiracy grew and there were endless visits back and forth, discussion of presents, of liquor, of what time will we start and nobody must tell Doc. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

They battled back and forth, thrusting and parrying. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

As the vacuum cleaner roared back and forth across the carpet, Matt looked so worried that Ralph began to worry too. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

The truck’s headlights catch tire tracks and prairie grass and insects weaving back and forth. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Throughout the long night, I listened to the sound of her anxious steps on the tile as she moved back and forth between the door and the window. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

They weren’t dancing exactly, but just stepping back and forth in time to the music. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

His light had dropped to the floor and it was now rolling back and forth, flashing its beam crazily around the room. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She had never met the Señora before, but had often seen a sinister shadow rocking back and forth behind billowing lace curtains, back and forth into the night. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

His rage stayed with him for a while as he walked behind the horses, back and forth along the length of the field. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man tried to speak but only a coyote sound was heard, and the tail moved back and forth sweeping ridges in the sand. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

In his bunker, Oppenheimer leaned against a wooden beam, glancing back and forth from the sky to the scientists at the control panels. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Much farther out I could see Jasper and Alice, at least a quarter of a mile apart, appearing to throw something back and forth, but I never saw any ball. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He ran a shaky hand through his hair, his eyes flicking back and forth over the empty rotunda. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Over the next half hour, Zafoona’s cheeks grew pale as she paced back and forth while Habib described what had happened. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Billy started firing at us all, work ing the pump action quickly back and forth before each shot. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

So you have a bunch of regularly-spaced waves that are trapped, bouncing back and forth in a container that fits their wavelength perfectly. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Waves from the pudding were slogging me back and forth, back and forth. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Baba held me close to him, rocking me back and forth. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I ran seven times back and forth between the hills of Mt. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She keeps going back and forth between the living room and the kitchen. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Teenie, making crust for a pie, was shuttling back and forth, carefully watching over Polly, who was peeling apples, and Amari, who was stirring a mixture of apple juice and brown sugar over the fire. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the dark waves slither back and forth like adders, and I am sufficiently afraid that I will do exactly what Clotho says. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Then I spit in the toilet again and sat on the edge of the tub, rocking back and forth. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Until long after midnight a changing crowd lapped up against the front of the garage while George Wilson rocked himself back and forth on the couch inside. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Again his eyes moved back and forth along the rows of students, and again he nodded, as if someone had confirmed what he’d said. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t play with matches! Fire is dangerous!” he said, rocking back and forth. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“See this blood,” I said faintly, and waved the handkerchief back and forth. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I warmed bricks and shuttled them back and forth from the stove. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He pulled a small notepad from his jacket pocket and jotted down some notations, all the while looking back and forth from the pad to the glass of water. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She jumped down, and the two of them darted back and forth on the massive leaf that was as wide as a car. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

A second later, he was rocking back and forth on the platform. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She rocks back and forth on her heels and her toes. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

With one finger he tapped the loaded envelope back and forth along the tub edge, seeing, apparently, if he could keep it in motion without letting it fall into the tub water. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Nebre stared a moment, still scrubbing the sandstone back and forth. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

My cousins go back and forth with their jokes and playful insults. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Underneath their painted leather vests, their withered dugs swayed back and forth, shiny with oil and sweat. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I practice walking from bed to bed back and forth back and forth. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Those guys might have spent their whole life going back and forth with messages on their heads, like a living piece of notebook paper,” James said. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

They go back and forth as they try to get more than nods and grunts from him. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The man waved his lantern back and forth and Carpenter drove the cart inside the cemetery. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He pressed this V to his mouth and between this suggestive triangle flicked his tongue back and forth. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She could hear Madame Antoine’s heavy, scraping tread as she walked back and forth on the sanded floor. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

They were also swiveling back and forth, keeping us pointed straight up, and it was this motion we felt, as we jiggled slightly in our seats. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

X-Ray paced back and forth by his car, which was parked in front of Armpit’s house. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

My father and I usually argued back and forth about which one to take, but we didn’t this year. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

You have to learn to walk smooth, even as the train rocks back and forth beneath you. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also, of course, there was no force pushing me down into my seat, and my body bobbed back and forth against the shoulder straps and seat belt as I moved. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stand at the edge of the stage as the committee members—my mom included—converse back and forth. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Mr. Corcoran had got the prize—a plastic airplane—away from the baby and was making it fly back and forth. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

They writhed back and forth in a hypnotic pattern, looking for an opening. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He moved jaggedly back and forth, as if he were trying to suss out something. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They’re arguing, and the voices back and forth make a squeezing pressure inside him and a sense of panic. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

We discuss this back and forth, and I hardly notice the boats spinning along the river, or the people pushing past us. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

His tail swished, and the water spider swayed back and forth. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I look back and forth between my friends. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“What do you want us to do? Fly back and forth? And who’s going to pay for it? The flights alone would cost...” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Finally a thick voice behind him said, "Seven hells, it's the dwarf," and the cage jerked to a sudden stop and hung there, swinging slowly back and forth, the ropes creaking. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The lightless elevator swayed back and forth as it ascended, turning the bby’s stomach sour with nausea; a smell like burnt oil invaded his senses, making him feel worse. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

In the space between the dash and the hood, his gaze slips back and forth from me to the engine. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The cat leaped on to an overhanding rock, and as the hollow, raucous howl went ringing back and forth again the dogs turned questioningly, their eyes straining to seek the reality of the call. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amar presses his palms together and twists them back and forth, to illustrate. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Together they smuggle the wire home and loop it back and forth through nail holes in the eave outside the attic window. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She stood there for a moment, her eyes flicking back and forth from Lina to the children. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They walked back and forth in the hall between classes, and at lunch period students hung around the gym. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

On game days, the kids from rival high schools razzed each other back and forth. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The day he took his leave of her, as she was bidding him farewell, he had brushed the balls of his thumbs lightly across them, back and forth. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There were the notes, too; the notes they’d passed back and forth in school since kindergarten, the notes he’d left behind the brick under her window. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The wind was blowing harder, and the mare’s long tail streamed around them like tall dune grass; the corral gate bumped back and forth in the wind. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

But his arms remained folded across his chest, and he stood there, swaying slowly back and forth, and looking at me intently. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The larger books on the desk are moving at a less steady pace as Marco goes back and forth between handwritten volumes, scrawling notes and calculations on loose sheets of paper. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Over their heads a dozen golden banners whipped back and forth in the northern wind, emblazoned with the crowned stag of Baratheon. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I covered my mouth to hold in the scream and rocked back and forth. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bailey looks back and forth at them, confused. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Eric clasps his hands behind his back and begins to pace, back and forth, before the line of Divergent. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

From there to Charlestown boats were going back and forth. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oil lamps swung back and forth on the ceiling. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

They rowed with cold rainwater running down their backs, pooling in the bottom of the boat, and sloshing back and forth under their sliding seats. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She pictured her mother’s friends, flicking their cards back and forth to one another across a polished dining table. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I squeezed one cheek, then the other, back and forth until the tears ran out of her eyes as if I had pulled them out. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He waved his whole body back and forth in place, like a round little willow tree bending in a gentle breeze. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Cole lay thinking about the sparrows, pain surged back and forth through his body. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The gloomy creature flung his hands to his head and began moaning and rocking back and forth. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then Spoony and Ma would go back and forth trading corny jokes, which I was usually all about, except on Sundays. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Or we would form a long line and weave back and forth in front of the door, singing: Jew, Jew, Two for five That’s what keeps Jew alive. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

They called the songs back and forth in their own language between a leader and the rest of the group. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The older guys tossed a ratty baseball back and forth. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He worked his way down the side of the ridge, winding back and forth across the slope, the way horses did to keep their footing. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

As my dad rocked back and forth in pain, I grabbed a dish towel from under the sink. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Figure 3.13: The fundamental pitch is produced by the whole string vibrating back and forth. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

It sprang to the other end of the table and danced back and forth with its fur erect. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“What,” he said, swinging it back and forth, “is this rope made of?” 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 stalked up to me and grabbed my handlebars and wrenched them back and forth, trying to knock me off. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

As the plants moved in the breeze, the sunlight dappled and speckled back and forth over the brown soil, the white pebbles and weeds. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This isn’t going to work, Red,” Bongo said, strutting back and forth on the lawn. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Haliax’s hooded face swept back and forth to look at each of the figures sitting around the fire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They grip their sticks and smack a black puck back and forth across the street, until one of them shouts, “Car!” and they scatter. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Hanging by one pa\\^ he swung back and forth, admiring the spectacle below him: the smells of the food, the sound of the music, and the light, the light, the light. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Inside, people rush back and forth carrying plates. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

In the middle of a war for survival, given the sheer volume of messages traded back and forth among Soviet embassies and the government in Moscow, making multiple copies must have seemed an insignificant decision. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

On his balcony Hitler peered out from under the visor of his hat and rocked back and forth in time with the chant. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Oh, my bad,” says Dylan, looking back and forth between us. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

James twisted his computer chair back and forth as he thought. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I waved it back and forth, raising it out of reach. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

As Despereaux looked up at her adoringly, Furlough happened to scurry past the princess’s room, moving his head left to right, right to left, back and forth. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The lightless elevator swayed back and forth as it ascended, turning the boy s stomach sour with nausea; a smell like burnt oil invaded his senses, making him feel worse. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

Normally, the two of us could go back and forth insulting each other for hours. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

It had a sleek head feathered in gray and talons that clacked on the wooden dresser as it sidled back and forth along the edge, as if to get a better look at me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

They swung back and forth a tiny way. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The hours lost in forming lines and walking back and forth between the factory and Płaszów could be better spent producing goods and making a profit. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

The line goes back and forth between the ropes, but everybody in that line is happy to be there. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was too long, and trailed behind her, its hem worn to a sheen from dragging over the floor, back and forth, back and forth. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The others waved their torches back and forth as they slowly approached my father. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

James, who was standing between Emily and Matthew, had been swinging his head back and forth between brother and sister as their debate went on. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

My own mind was spinning from the ideas we had bandied back and forth so rapidly. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He stood up and began to pace back and forth, nodding and mumbling as he walked faster and faster. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I’m pacing back and forth on the steps in front of my building. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

She strolled back and forth before the glass, a customer of pain. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Their faces wrinkled in confusion, and they did more urgent whispering back and forth to one another. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He took long breaths, holding his head out of the water sloshing back and forth on the floor. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the beach I walk at the water’s edge, watching small stones roll back and forth with the waves. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I saw his eyes in his rearview mirror, skipping from Sohrab to me, back and forth, back and forth. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Corcoran party,” said Bunny, hands in his pockets, rocking back and forth on his heels. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The little group of Believers had gone, but the protesters with their signs continued to pace back and forth. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He tramped back and forth, mopping his face. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wipers arc back and forth, and there’s this kind of tightness in my chest. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I pumped my legs back and forth on the swings. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

He just laughed as he and Alfhercht spoke back and forth. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

James looked back and forth between the two emblems. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Under the surface, she turned the bag inside out, swishing it back and forth so that all the flies were washed off into the lemonade. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

I wouldn’t let my sister carry half-true histories back and forth between Miss Trotter and her sister. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The mysterious newcomer sputtered dirt out of his mouth as he shook his head back and forth, and dirt puffed out of his dark hair like a cloud. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Abandoning the well-worn path, he angled back and forth up the side of a wooded ridge. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She rocked back and forth in her long, blue village dress, humming to herself. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He scratched the side of the pencil back and forth across the paper and labeled this APOCALYPSE. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blades spun back and forth, glittering in the restaurant’s torchlight. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

He stayed in the room for a while, running back and forth across the cages. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A slender stream twisted back and forth in its broad bed of gray sand, and the water was not milky with silt but clear and pleasant. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was so windy that it kept swinging back and forth, back and forth. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Magnus turns it back and forth, like, ten times before the thing finally clicks and the door slides out of view. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

It snorted and stamped and whipped its head back and forth, trying to pull itself free, but it was trapped. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I swim from one end of the hole to the other, back and forth. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The two women go back and forth for a little while longer until the information lady refuses to say anything more, just keeps pointing to the other window. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

He just rolls the skateboard back and forth under his feet. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Dany swung the lash at his scaled belly, back and forth until her arm began to ache. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The sun was down beyond the Methodist church now, and the pigeons were flying back and forth around the steeple, and when the band stopped I could hear them cooing. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad stood up and started pacing back and forth. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

As he talked, he looked from me to the pocket set, back and forth—at least at first—and spat out a scholarly treatise on his method of preparation. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The baby screecher skittered back and forth in the basket. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He paced back and forth on the sand where they were having their picnic. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wandered back and forth from my barn to the house. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Elinor looked so funny hobbling from the wall to the door and back again with her aching feet, back and forth like a clockwork toy. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I could hear them murmuring back and forth, back and forth. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He followed her back and forth between the cabin and the wood stove, the henhouse and the stable. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting in the seat, he glanced at us once over his shoulder, then opened a book on his stand, and began to sway back and forth. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Kaede paced back and forth, her footprints sending long trails across the sand. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Rafik lit a stick of incense and wandered back and forth in the hall as if conducting a ritual. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

A bolt rolled over the floor of the boat, back and forth with the waves. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Magdalys hopped off and teetered back and forth for a few seconds, trying to remember what gravity felt like. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I watched as Selena and her brother stomped back and forth and side to side. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“No two faces are ever the same,” Catherine said, her wrist moving quickly back and forth across the pad. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“I’d like to keep them out,” confided the colonel, and began cracking his knuckles savagely as he wandered back and forth. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

His eyes shift back and forth too quickly, set to some warp speed that would probably make me throw up if I tried it. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He would turn on the lights and then pace back and forth for a while without taking off his coat, hands clasped behind his back, shaking his head. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Tickling on the sides, sloshing it back and forth and then down, swallow, then another. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stare, back and forth, at the reviving land, my blank page. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Then we went running across the beach, dodging back and forth so that we would not be a good target for the small arms fire coming from above. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sight of pristine lines of marching soldiers going back and forth in the distance calmed my nerves. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some rocked back and forth, trying to erase the terrible memories of the past few hours. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I walked down the hallway, I could see Uncle Tony pacing back and forth. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Maybe Dad would be so proud he’d forget all about how tired he was from the long drive back and forth to Washington and the digging and hauling all day. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

As she talked, she bobbed her head back and forth to the MTV music, even though the song was the kind of manufactured pop ballad she professed to hate. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Everyone in the cast sits on the dugout bench except for Tiny, who walks nervously back and forth in front of the players. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Sierra’s voice boomed across the building, echoing back and forth amidst the empty light fixtures and dusty piping. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

In a little while Colonel Cathcart’s arches began to ache from pacing back and forth so much. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Jinny startled and flipped herself up, tilted upright with a gasp, as her arms beat the surface, became a sudden frenzy, and her head jerked back and forth in all directions, searching, hunting, wondering. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She speed walks through rows of junior parking, her hips swishing back and forth like those people who do Olympic speed walking. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Mustafa asks, looking back and forth at Mama and Baba with raised eyebrows. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He rolled it back and forth in his fingers and sniffed it again. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The tail began to wag, and the hide made little ripples back and forth over the ribs. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lamp in Miss Love’s room went off around midnight, but Rucker was still out there in that garden, walkin’ back and forth, forth and back. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

And when April and Melanie started tossing the idea back and forth, decorating and elaborating the way they always did, it Worked just the way it was supposed to. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he traveled back and forth to visit his mistress he had often smelled them. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

His left hand twitched and moved back and forth, pretending to pull the at.oow over his freezing body. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

There wasn't time to write back and forth for legal sponsorship from Ruth. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The round and round became a back and forth. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thanks to his studies in London, Headmaster often shifted back and forth between Bangla and English, but he always seemed to mangle English proverbs and expressions. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

He’s pacing back and forth in the goal, ready to throw his body in front of the ball. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he was allowed to go back and forth from the darkness of the dungeon to the light of the upstairs. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Lily and Lydia were out on the patio passing a cigarette back and forth between them. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Like that, hitting the ball very fast back and forth, pocketa-pocketa-pocketa. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

“You think we’re going to grow old here?” she asked, looking back and forth between them, gesturing to the walls around them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I make myself walk back and forth through one of the periodicals sections, stepping carefully around chairs and tables. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You had a secret e-mail admirer who you were e-mailing back and forth with, and you thought it was my brother?” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It sounded like toenails clicking back and forth on the floor. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair waved back and forth with each step down. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Still in the dressy black wool outfit she’d worn to Sue Lee’s, she walked the floor in front of the bureau, back and forth, forth and back. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She pauses for a long time, staring down at the paper we’ve been passing back and forth, before she scribbles out something and gives the note back to me. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

She was jumping and tossing her head, her tail whipping back and forth like a windshield wiper. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Uhmma holds the certificate in her hands, tilting it back and forth so the light will catch the gold medal stamp. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

She read the letter, eyes darting back and forth so fast that Anya was sure she couldn’t actually be comprehending the words. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

A faint breeze, a touch on his cheek, just enough to move the ends of his hair, the sail moving back and forth gently. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Four boys would man the door and begin swinging it back and forth at great speed. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Boomer and I slip under the barbed wire a few minutes later, it’s to find squirrels scurrying back and forth, gathering up the acorns that have fallen everywhere. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The hospital is packed with people, all of them yelling or racing back and forth or yanking curtains shut. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I settle for simply swinging my legs back and forth beneath the table. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kept rocking back and forth, and my hands kept following her, back and forth, to the beat of the music. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The day of his first paycheck, he had crossed back and forth outside the establishment before getting up the courage to go through the door. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Years and months had become weak, and people could push against them and wander back and forth in time. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The horse continues to shuffle back and forth, nodding. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“Oh—no, Ruby. I’m sorry, I didn’t even realize how that would sound,” she said, turning back and forth between me and the road. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The thunder subsided, rumbling back and forth across the sky, searching for someplace else to go. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He shakes a can, holds it away from his face, and aims, spraying the paint back and forth. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

They run back and forth, filling troughs, tossing hay, and hauling away dung. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

They learned how to take a city bus back and forth. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

In no time at all, they reached the prairie, where the wild cats and the chickens had free range and chased each other back and forth. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He was shaking his head again, back and forth. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Barack was flying back and forth to D.C. all the time now. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Nan looked at the deconstructed bike and then back and forth between Abby and me. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Some of the Xi came a bit closer to observe them, but most seemed to rapidly lose interest in their activities and began to pace back and forth, eager to move on. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

There is no sitting on the front porch, no saying hi to the neighbors, no kids running back and forth between houses. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

There were so many people on the bus that it started to rock back and forth. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She swiveled her head back and forth the way actresses did in the movies. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The rain battered the car, and the wipers danced back and forth, never really clearing the windshield. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

I imagine them as teenagers slamming doors in each other’s faces or sneaking back and forth from room to room. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

For years, scientists have argued back and forth about why this is the case. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few shadows still flitted back and forth throughout the building. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Servants rush back and forth, bringing tankards and inkpots and maps. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Got as close as I could from the road and then trekked in, back and forth, one box at a time. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

But the friar—Master Bacon, apparently—is still staring at Jacob and rocking slightly back and forth. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He rocked back and forth a little, faking a move to his left and running his mouth. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

And his right hand went behind the desk and pulled another coin from his pocket, and the coin rolled back and forth over the knuckles. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

We cut through the hard sand and sat next to each other on the swings, started rocking back and forth a little. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I followed her hand, Alef swinging back and forth in it. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

The two dogs were trotting back and forth along the foot of the mound, watching Rontu. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood at the top of the stairs while German planes flew back and forth, and I knew I was on my own, that I couldn’t count on others for support. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Ben’s mumbles and footsteps shift back and forth in the room. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

His eyes were wide and terrified as the crazily rolling beam of light struck his face; the handcuffs slid back and forth on his wrists as he reached back for his older brother. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Farid must have seen my stupefied expression; shuttling people back and forth to Kabul, he would have become familiar with that expression on the faces of those who hadn’t seen Kabul for a long time. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A gardener had trimmed the ancient roses, planted geraniums, laid out the vegetable flat, and brought the living spring in little channels to wander back and forth through the garden. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the years before with Antonapoulos they had walked back and forth to work, but except for this they were always alone together in their rooms. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Davis and Daisy were chatting back and forth about the dehumanization of Clone troopers, and Mychal jumped in to explain that Daisy was actually kind of a famous writer of Star Wars fan fiction. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“His parents were friends With Jeanine Matthews’s parents, before they died. Your father and Jeanine used to play together as children. I used to watch them pass books back and forth at school.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I twist the friendship bracelet back and forth on my wrist. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I buried my face in the soft, slightly acrid-smelling flesh of her neck and rocked her back and forth—babbling, mumbling, feeling myself fall down and down, into a dark, half-forgotten life. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

A big agitator twisted back and forth, making the entire machine dance around on the cement patio. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The vet took a hand-held electronic scanner off the counter and waved it back and forth over the dog’s back. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Safer leans toward me and shakes his head slowly back and forth. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Peach moaned and shook his head back and forth with a forceful sway, his fingers still glued to his eyes. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

And Otis stood there and shuffled his big jar of pickles back and forth, trying to free up a hand to offer back to the preacher. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Paul was looking back and forth between us, trying to read our expressions. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

For several seconds there was silence as a dozen pairs of eyes frantically darted back and forth trying to pick up the outlines of the three metal objects. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was working up a sweat from scratching his itchy side back and forth against the rough bark on a prickly oak. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

On this metal- covered plain several trains are shunting slowly back and forth. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Below their feet, the ugly, sharp-toothed fish darted back and forth, waiting to take the two of them down to bones. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Then he sat down miserably on the floor and put his arms around his knees and rocked back and forth like a baby, back and forth, back and forth and back. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I open and close it, folding it back and forth on itself. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Miss Volker shimmied her hips and shoulders back and forth and high-stepped up and down a little bit as if she were trying to shoo a bee out from under her dress. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I felt Miss Thomas’s hand come up under the napkin and rub real soft and slow back and forth over my head. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The murmuring, the shouting, and the conversations were crossing back and forth. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

She sails back and forth behind the bakery counter, explaining the ingredients in her cakes and pies to her clients. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s always a couple kids busting out their latest dance routine, flipping and pop-locking up and down the aisle while the train rocks back and forth. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The little round head rotated back and forth. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ate hers in less than a minute, and then fidgeted, swinging back and forth on her chair and plucking at the plastic strips of the woven seat while he finished his. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Men were calling back and forth from the teams. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I repeated this a dozen times, dropping the leaves off the roof, watching as the wind took them away in a mad dance back and forth across the courtyard. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He regarded her with a concerned shake of his head, the jowly folds under his chin waving back and forth, his clawlike hands clutching the sheets. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

For all the banter that flies back and forth between Volpe and his students, it is a collaboration that seems based on respect. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Even worms coiled back and forth to escape capture and death. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

She rubs her thumb back and forth across my skin. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was walking back and forth, admiring the skiff from different angles. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

His eyes were darting back and forth at the fines of people on both sides of the stairs. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Levi is rocking back and forth from his heels to his toes. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

We were all talking back and forth about our naked graduation. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“No old mama to protect ye this time,” Matthew says, swinging his machete back and forth, like he’s trying to cut the air into slices. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Our conversation goes back and forth between past and present with an ease that is its own revelation to me. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

One day I heard some Spanish academics whispering back and forth to each other, and their sounds seemed ghostly voices recalling my life. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over by the fire, Hestia was huddled in her robes, rocking back and forth. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I settled into his pillow, my head next to his, and we watched his African dwarf frog swim back and forth from the bottom to the top of the tank. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

It didn’t sway back and forth like a sumo wrestler. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I craned my neck and there he was, three stories up, rocking back and forth on the ledge like he was standing on a curb or something. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Similarly, in medicine we have become used to moving back and forth between case histories and epidemiological arguments. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Amari could hear loud, excited words tossed back and forth, much like the tones of bargaining her mother had used on market days. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next, the water set off a lever attached to a wooden rain stick, nudging the rain stick to sway back and forth like a lazy seesaw. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Her mom paced back and forth, punching redial on the handset, muttering under her breath, how could you forget your only daughter’s birthday? Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

He just gingerly walks across my tattered blanket until his one good eye is looking back and forth between mine. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Emily jerked her head back and forth so emphatically her pencil flew out of her ponytail and clattered to the floor. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The tall one kept pacing back and forth to the phone and talking a lot. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We felt this as little sideways jerks, like sometimes, when you first start out on a bicycle, you have to jerk the wheel back and forth to prevent tipping over. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He swayed back and forth weakly, and as I stared, his face crumpled into tears. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In stall number one, the quickfooted Specify began acting up, backing, ducking back and forth, and kicking at his handlers. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was moving fast, almost running, and her long braid swept back and forth across the pale blue of her dress. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He rubbed it back and forth between my teeth so hard that foam came out of my mouth and my nose. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom gushed as I held it by the corner and waved it back and forth like a tiny white flag. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Pacing back and forth like a ghost haunting a museum, Hiroshi never makes eye contact with any of the people here to appreciate his paintings. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Mama is pacing back and forth in front of Ma’s building. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I traveled back and forth between the trial courts in Orleans Parish quite a bit on the Carter and Caston cases. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He was nearly galloping back and forth across his room. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been writing back and forth with this person,” I explain. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I hug my chest, rocking back and forth. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I start, back and forth, carrying our water and food atop a tall chest. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

The track was slick, though—a heavy double downbeat you could feel in your gut and clickity-clack rim shots bouncing back and forth like two stuttering ghosts. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

But when business was slow, he paced back and forth in front of the store window, monitoring Sam’s Pizza. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

So she rode back and forth in front of the house about fifteen times, trying to pick the right words. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

The plastic Christmas balls rocked back and forth while he looked at me like I had escaped from someplace I shouldn’t have escaped from. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He did one quick push and was then rocking back and forth. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

My head shakes back and forth without hesitation. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Just say it, Mom,” I say as I rock my feet back and forth on the stool. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Marcus’s shadow floated back and forth across the tile floor, but he didn’t try to open the stall. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I crossed back and forth in front of him. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Duff lit a torch and they walked along the curve of beach for some time, back and forth, until Adina’s head was not so rum- muddled. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Beginning with one ball, he demonstrated how to toss it back and forth between his hands. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she even climbed the trees and danced among the upper branches, her toes gripping the limbs as she moved back and forth, teetering a little less every day as her balance returned to her. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Together, through the windshield, Mrs. Das and Mr. Kapasi watched as Bobby and the monkey passed the stick back and forth between them. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I could hear the children shuffling back and forth impatiently. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rolls a toothpick back and forth in his mouth with his tongue. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

It withdrew further, as if it felt their sudden interest, and its shiny eyes darted back and forth. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He glanced back and forth between Willy and me, and I focused on the grease stain on Paul’s T-shirt. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I shut the door, and as she lowers the window, I stick my head in, rock it back and forth, and stick out my tongue. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

The two traded blows back and forth, and for the moment, James was holding his own. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

He sat all afternoon on the rock and the needle went back and forth, in and out, flashing in the sun. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Plus, I had seen what happened to a lot of those big breakfasts eaten by keyed-up Marines who had to get into boats being rocked back and forth by the waves. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would swing my patent leather shoes back and forth like an impatient child riding on a school bus. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our two young people discovered it and through it they were able to whisper sweetly back and forth. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brother Gerald dragged his teeth back and forth across his lip. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

So it went, back and forth, Ralph playing at husband, Helen at wife. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Keys were passed back and forth between officers all the time. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually the mayor and constable ran out of things to say to fill the silence, and merely sat there looking anxiously back and forth from me to each other. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“She thinks you’re one of the bombers,” Frankie said from behind her, and she angled so she could look back and forth among all three boys facing her, even as she wanted to scream. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I’m always hopping on and off the bench, pacing back and forth, rattling the safety fence, and spitting sunflower seeds. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

The poet looked at the point of his spear and then the curtain wire and, deep in thought, walked back and forth across the stage. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I swung my elbows back and forth to let everyone know they had better get the hell away from me. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Rinaldi sat on the floor and bent the knee gently back and forth. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

With the press of a tiny button on its side, the glasses could also switch back and forth like polarized lenses between the virtual world and the real world. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

My eyes keep going back and forth between Edie—dragging her fork through her food, her eyes glued to the table—and Ruby, who is talking to one of the Graces. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

My brothers looked expectantly back and forth between me and our mother. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She and Lillian held each other in a long embrace and they rocked back and forth without saying a word to each other. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It might even get me into The Saturday Evening Post,” Colonel Cathcart boasted in his office with a smile, swaggering back and forth convivially as he reproached the chaplain. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

My heart swings back and forth—yes, no, maybe so—till at last it settles upon yes. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

But she moves back and forth from the dining room table to the kitchen. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It moves its hooves slightly back and forth. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Her tailbone ached as she hugged her knees to her chest and rocked back and forth, considering plan after plan. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Matt will go back and forth. He will be our tie. And one day he will bring you.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rub my finger across the wood back and forth harder and harder until a splinter cuts me. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It moved its thick head back and forth working its wide mouth open and closed, tasting the air. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Boo strutted back and forth in front of the sign, as though he didn’t care about it. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He sawed back and forth, but before he could make any progress, the bones shifted and he slid down into deeper darkness. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her grandmother hugged her neck, her strong perfume nearly choking Alma, and swayed back and forth until finally letting go, leaning back to look at Alma’s face, and then going in for another hug. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

His eyes were open but they were rolling back and forth real quick. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like they’ve been rapping back and forth like this their whole lives and have their own special Bengal Tiger to Lollipop Morse code. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He stood at the end of the picnic table and glanced back and forth at us while he shoved pizza into his face. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The old woman rocked back and forth with malicious glee. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I dropped my eyes and brushed my foot back and forth across the trampled grass. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I grabbed Fig’s front paws and waved them back and forth. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Reb Saunders stood with his back to the congregation, swaying back and forth, occasionally clapping his hands together, and the child stood at his right, swaying too, in obvious imitation of his father. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

His expression held indecision as he looked back and forth between Ekon and the surrounding fields. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He is rocking back and forth on his heels, a Chicago Bears cap shielding his eyes. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Rocking back and forth, her arms tightly folded, she regarded him with intensity. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Waiting for him to explain, but he’s just looking at the ground, shuffling his feet back and forth with his hands clenched into fists. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

After a while I was singing loudly, swaying back and forth and clapping my hands, and once I saw Reb Saunders looking at me, and his lips curved into a shadow of a smile. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Without any further introduction, she begins dribbling the ball back and forth between her knees. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The trees above him lashed back and forth. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He reached into the trunk, lifted it out by its neck, and rattled it back and forth. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A wily speaker will have the capacity to jump back and forth between the judicial and the deliberative branches like an oratorical orangutan. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

The sword came down and sliced back and forth, up and down, whisk! whisk! whish! The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dangled some wool before them and soon had them springing back and forth and tumbling on the carpet. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Inside the community center, Hearth & Home people shuffled back and forth everywhere. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

His heavy head was swinging back and forth. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Watch this,” she called, and wiggled her rusty fingers back and forth while singing, “The itsy-bitsy spider went up the waterspout.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

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

But they weren’t just watching — they were whispering back and forth at top speed. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their bodies worked rhythmically back and forth, and the sandstones produced a series of harsh, grating screeches that caused icy trickles to run down Ranofer’s spine and set his teeth to aching. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

His head turned back and forth, sniffing at every strange sound and looking at every black shadow. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Then they swam on ahead of the canoe, crossing back and forth in front of it, diving in and out, as if they were weaving a piece of cloth with their broad snouts. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

"But why are you riding back and forth?" asked Megan impatiently. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

The beads clacked as his fingers flew back and forth. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw all this without moving his head, letting his eyes slide back and forth. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like dodging back and forth from one dimension to another, a silent explosion of breaking through a sound barrier, a curious experience, like a quick dip into a known but alien water. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl looked back and forth at us, still deciding if she wanted to stay. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The pine trees above them swayed back and forth. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

“You sat in your stroller just staring out at the lawn. You’d sit in the tub and pour water back and forth from one cup to another for an hour if I’d let you.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Oh God,” Zeke says, and he rocks back and forth like his body wants to be a child again, soothed by motion as a child is. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Writing back and forth to them used to make me feel less alone, but now I know it’s all a lie. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Some of the guys glanced back and forth from Freddie to us. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The little Guadalupes swung on their crescent moons back and forth, back and forth, like girls on playground swings. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

He could see little, for the rising mists swirled above the turf, and he made out only shadow shapes hastening back and forth. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

He seized a poker and brandished it, slashing at the air and dancing back and forth over the hard-packed earthen floor. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Jojo stares at the ground as he rolls his front wheel back and forth a bit. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Bunny pinched a piece of the rich, yellowy cloth near the cuff and rubbed it back and forth between his fingers. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He and Tess were tossing the squeaky toy back and forth, just out of Samantha’s reach, and she was running back and forth frantically. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Back and forth, back and forth it went, an intricate, silent dance. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I pretended not to care and bounced up the steps, the peas jiggling back and forth inside the bowl. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I walked back and forth in the stable, looking straight ahead, looking as if I had nothing to hide. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The forest shifted gently, rocking back and forth. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as I walk away, I catch sight of another screen, showing a dark-haired woman pacing back and forth in an office in Erudite headquarters. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” I agreed, and drove slowly enough so that the squirrels could run relay races back and forth between the wheels of the car without getting flattened. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The bowline had been pulled tight by the strain on it during the night, but by working it back and forth, Malcolm was able to undo it. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Madam wore a groove in the floor pacing back and forth awaiting news of the final British victory, her footsteps tipping and tapping in measure with the ticking of the clock. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Servants moved back and forth, feeding logs to the fire and boiling wine. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She nodded her head back and forth as she stirred the soup, almost as if she heard music in her head. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The students rocked the car back and forth, challenging McNamara to come out. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. Okay, let’s take turns tossing them, zigzagging back and forth out there. If there’s some kind of magical exit, hopefully it’ll work with rocks, too—make them disappear.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He kept swiveling his head back and forth, like he expected someone to appear and guide him in the right direction with road flares and fanfare. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Rather than seek refuge from the cold inside the White House, the women paced back and forth on wooden planks to get their feet off the icy-cold sidewalks. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

We laughed and talked, and Wynn ran back and forth for refreshments in between Nan hollering suggestions and inspiring quotes from the porch. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“What is it? You’re just walking back and forth and squinting at nothing at all. You okay?” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The director’s eyes dart back and forth between the battle with the bat hybrids overhead and the fight going on in the hallway. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Both raptors shrieked and landed suddenly, their heads cowed; a low, rattling growl filled the air as they glanced back and forth. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

"And we estimate it would take four trips back and forth. But that's all an edge case. We don't anticipate any problems with the docking process." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pet him some more, and I lose count of the number of times my hand moves back and forth. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

And we tried to take a few steps, to shuffle back and forth, in place. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her arms and legs were moving back and forth as she lay on her back. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You read just as I do," he said, "walking back and forth across the pages." We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I ran full out, almost tripping over the huddled shape of Minerva where she sat, crouched on the ground, rocking back and forth and muttering words I couldn’t pickup. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

She placed her hand on mine and brushed her thumb back and forth across my skin. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I watch, the tail forms one wavering curve after another, snaking back and forth, betraying his cool face, telling its own story of uncertainty and fear. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A serving boy ran back and forth with skewers of meat while Masha drew beer from the kegs, chewing her sourleaf all the while. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Pita started rocking back and forth, like she couldn’t hold it for one more second. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I can hear Jasmine’s words—it’s not my secret to tell—but I look at my backpack again, pulling the zipper back and forth. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“Our aunt and our great-grandma should be rocking on this porch together. Not sending poison pen letters back and forth through you.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

He rolled a coin back and forth over his knuckles and made it appear and disappear, made it spin and sparkle. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lowered and let her legs dangle over the branch, swinging them back and forth. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

My shoulders were aching from bending over the sewing machine all day, and I swung my arms back and forth to relax them. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ran back and forth or played ball or did a little series of rapid pushups to use the time. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

She sat across from me in a recliner that seemed unable to stop rocking back and forth after she’d sat down. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He paced back and forth in front of a raised platform, examining a bronze jar about the size of Percy. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I was so tired of this going back and forth; I wanted so much for it to be over. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

But when Miss Trotter’s tears fell, Vonetta placed her hand to her own lips, as if to tell herself to hush, to stop carrying their tales back and forth. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

He lectures his brother and shakes his head back and forth at the same time. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

They seesawed the stake back and forth to loosen the dirt until they could pull it free. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Seeing them all running back and forth in the lobby, chasing a white mouse smarter than many of them, was the funniest thing that had happened in a long time. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He just shook his head back and forth when he read it. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I may never find out what’s happened to him, she thought, as one of the blue fairies rocked back and forth on a twig above her, its face bland and happy. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The twins—sleepy, red-nosed, rumpled—were sprawled on a bench like a couple of teenagers, passing a cup of coffee back and forth. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

When the plants were watered, she sat alone, knees to chin, and rocked herself back and forth as the sun began to rise, a faint pink stain creeping up the eastern rim of the sky. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pinmei’s eyes bulged as she glanced back and forth between her grandmother and the old man. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Piper and Jason walked back and forth along the deck. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Sarah Ruth rocked Edward back and forth, back and forth, and Bryce took out his harmonica and started to play, making his song keep rhythm with the rain. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

I could tell she was going back and forth between being really mad and really surprised. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

There is an agitated moving of bees back and forth, like granules in cell sap. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her aunts seemed to be running back and forth with quick short steps and their voices came in short sentences. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took ten minutes for Chip to find his stuff, and an hour more for us to make four trips back and forth across the dorm circle’ between the TV room and Room 43. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He put his hands on his head, flattening his Iocs, rocking back and forth in that way people do right before they punch a wall. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I hug my knees and rock, back and forth, back and forth. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

But he just rocks back and forth like he’s listening to music. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

And then she cut loose like a wild woman and paced the room back and forth. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Here. The person who used to work 011 the files used to wheel back and forth on this along the lower drawers. Try it.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She and Pa talked back and forth about that. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

When the congregation sings my favorite prayer, Ma Tovu, Dad rocks back and forth on his loafers. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The two weeks would be a welcome relief from trudging back and forth to school. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Windy sits on Levi’s desk, her legs swinging back and forth. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

By the halfway mark, the oarsmen in their sliding seats were sloshing back and forth in several inches of it. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He was standing next to a rack of jump ropes, tossing a basketball back and forth from hand to hand, and occasionally spinning it on one finger, but only for like half a second. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The ferryboat began its daily journeys from Smith's landing back and forth to the opposite shore. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Head Buster swayed back and forth with his arms out like the pincers of a scorpion. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The odds would change back and forth all night and they fed the negro rum and lighted cigarettes for him. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Z had shrugged and looked off toward the window while Rashid transferred his weight back and forth, trying to come up with something else to say. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He waved his flashlight back and forth as if to day of eighth grade we defaced his yearbook picture with staples and left it like an effigy behind his seat. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the cabin floor, rolling back and forth, was a can of bite-sized ravioli. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they walked back and forth multiple times along the Leavenworth side and the Sacramento side, studying every nook and cranny for a spot where you could hide a book. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

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

When they were pulled the bells would rock back and forth, causing the hammers inside to hit the sides of the bells. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

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

He covers his eyes and rocks back and forth. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Den Haag, back and forth on the train? Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She had whisked her sister across the ocean by jet and then made her scurry up and down the Pacific coast, back and forth across Los Angeles. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, they are. I use that tunnel to get back and forth from town. It’s actually a more direct route than the road. It also helps me hide my movements from the sheriff.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He raised on his knees and rocked back and forth, ready to jump off if it started over. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

James twisted his computer chair back and forth as he thought. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

People squealed, rocking back and forth, wiping tears from their eyes. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He rocked himself back and forth in his sorrow. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

She rocked Edward back and forth and stared down at him and smiled. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

For the first month or so, Helda would shuttle back and forth between all-night diners, drinking coffee to stay awake. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she turned her glare to Oliver and Hyacinth, who had been spectators to the entire exchange, their gazes bouncing back and forth. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Many jobs, big houses, good schools, make a living, they say back and forth. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Back and forth, back and forth we went: Perilee hauling water up from the well, and the rest of us forming a bucket brigade. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The fetterlings swayed back and forth as they slipped closer and closer. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

They go back and forth because they’ve been living there since way before those borders existed and they have no paperwork because they don’t belong to anybody. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

They’d thought I was asleep, but I could hear their muffled voices going back and forth until well past midnight. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

She continued walking back and forth in front of us. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

When the subject of whether the dog smells comes up, for example, Bill and Sue banter back and forth happily, both with a half smile on their lips. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I thought about it as I tossed back and forth, but couldn’t come up with an answer. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The muscles in his jaw were moving back and forth the way they did when he was trying to hold his temper. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

He shut his door and I heard him pacing back and forth. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Usually branch scampered eagerly back and forth, leading the way, then circling back. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They swooped those long necks low, glancing back and forth, and then rose back up to their full, terrifying height. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

His remaining eye moves back and forth beneath his eyelid—he’s alive, for now. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Some demigods were playing with his water sphere, joyously pushing it back and forth over the top of the crowd. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Letters flew back and forth praising the match. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we waited for the guards to return with the Box, I rocked back and forth on my feet with excitement. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Ernie was on the ground, now curled into a ball, rocking back and forth. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Radar whimpered and paced back and forth but wouldn’t come in. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Redemption’s eyes darted away, back and forth, sliding like he was looking for somewhere else to be. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I twist my lips back and forth for a moment before sliding it into my pocket, trying hard to play it cool in case he’s somehow watching. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

As usual, a few Dauntless with large guns cross back and forth in front of the doors, watching for intruders. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

All day they went back and forth, bent double under their loads, sweating and chanting in a tired, singsong way that seemed to get them from one step to the next. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He covered his eyes and nose with his right hand and leaned forward, his elbow on the open Talmud, the upper portion of his body swaying slowly back and forth. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Even Steve got in on the party with his bobbing back and forth. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Then she crosses one leg over the other and swings her ankle back and forth, back and forth, which makes me feel even more nervous than I already was. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I pace back and forth in front of him. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

It requires an ability to move back and forth between the concrete and the abstract, the immediate example and a scientific theory, and this movement is conceptually and historically problematic. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

As I watched her smiling and swinging back and forth, butterflies went into my stomach. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The staff wobbled back and forth and then fell toward him. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The threadmaster was sitting atop his spool of thread, swinging his tail back and forth and eating a piece of celery. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

It’s not there, I know it’s not there, but as I’m rocking back and forth, my brain seems to be sighing with relief. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

The beast shook as he transformed himself back and forth between his goatherd self and the grotesque form of the fiendish chupacabras. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Mom and Princesse stayed in Rwanda, traveling back and forth for the interviews. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

We went in all hesitant, looking back and forth at each other, not sure it was cool to even be in there if you weren’t a regular. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Now let’s try,” he whispers, and presses the earphone against his ear and runs what he has decided must be the tuning pin back and forth along the coil. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Thus they talked back and forth drinking tea, and the second son took his fill of what he saw and he went away, and Wang Lung was eased of his second son. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Pretty soon, we were high enough that I could feel the tree swaying back and forth in the wind. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It got replaced by a fancy one downtown, but we still use this sometimes to smuggle goods back and forth.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The entire tank was rocking back and forth. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

Then he said, “If Mr. Luckhurst was the person who passed the acorn back and forth from you, then...” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Instead, he started swinging his hips back and forth, humping the desk. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

In this time, she’ll be able to see if it’s been coincidence or a doomed fate pushing her back and forth all day, like wave after wave. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were darting back and forth now like a hare caught in a trap, looking from the vines to the approaching warriors to the vines again with visible panic. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

"Oh, yes. I have a few that are my special friends. We can sing back and forth for hours. They carry messages for me," she says. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

A lantern swings back and forth in the night, revealing at least three people. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

For a moment, I’m distracted as Ellen and Callie file into the classroom, laughing back and forth about the costumes they have planned for tomorrow night. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Anya directed them to put the branches next to the sukkah, and then they lifted her up so she could put each branch on, laying them alternating back and forth. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I kept my eyes on the clouds as I pumped back and forth so I could avoid anything I did not want to see or hear. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He felt his body flop back and forth, the bear swinging him by the arm. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The slippery grass in the water sways back and forth to the rhythm of our movements, gently brushing against my legs. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I smile, listening to them go back and forth. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

In the cave again, I listened to my mother move back and forth, a pale shape driven by restlessness and rage at the restlessness and rage she felt in me and could not cure. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had carried that bag back and forth to school every day. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

He opens the vodka and we pass the bottle back and forth. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She rocked us back and forth, whispering, “He’s gone for now, okay? He’s gone.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Also, by 2000, traders by the thousands had begun to move back and forth across the border supplying food and goods for markets that had all but replaced the government’s public distribution system. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

We drove back and forth across the field, a half a mile in each direction. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Here and there, on slender patches of beach, shirtless young men tossed footballs back and forth. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I could be in the south of Spain, at the beach; I could be in Italy, the Cinque Terre, all those pretty coloured houses and the trains ferrying the tourists back and forth. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oliver read it out loud, then started pacing back and forth. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He stood and began to pace back and forth on the far side of the table. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ma went back and forth on this for weeks while the realtor pulled out his hair trying to decide if his commission was going to come through or not. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

All afternoon, the natives come back and forth to our ships in their canoes, bringing sweet-smelling fruits and other food from their island, which sits, green and lush, nearby. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He pressed ahead, continuing to brandish the sword back and forth wildly. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He waves his go-chu back and forth like a fireman hosing down a burning house. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I walk barefoot back and forth across the vibrant green lawn, take in deep breaths of air. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

They pass their green paper, dry as old leaves and smelling of a thousand hands, back and forth and back again. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

I knew the melody and I joined in, hesitantly at first, then strongly, swaying back and forth. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I press my hand to my forehead and rock slowly back and forth. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

His calm gaze went back and forth between their faces. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Would it oscillate back and forth until it came to rest? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

And she had on high- heeled shoes that made her wobble back and forth when she walked. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The arguments jump back and forth across the room. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Piper paced back and forth between the mainmast and the ballistae, practicing her lines. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I carried the letter in my teeth until I was back in the house so I could pass the heavy mussel pail back and forth between my hands. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Sausun, rocking back and forth with her arms wrapped around her knees and a frown on her face as if she’s experiencing menstrual cramps right in front of everyone, clips her Qur’anic answers in staccato. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He was fiddling with something small and pink, rubbing it back and forth in his hand. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

While the stranger ducked back and forth, Taran slashed and thrust, hacking wildly at bushes and branches. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Doug and Teddy both shifted back and forth on their feet, like they were itching to run. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“A ship’s anchor with a saucepan hanging off the bottom. When she flexes her muscles, the pan swings back and forth a bit.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

At three forty-five he came up to the house again and said good-bye to the children, who were seated on the porch drinking apple juice and eating graham crackers and rolling pebbles back and forth. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

After a few trips back and forth, I realized my mistake: the mosque was there all the time, but I had walked right past it. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

If you could watch these waves, it would not even look as if they are traveling back and forth. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

She flailed wildly, and the sky rocked back and forth. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mystery pistol was shaking and sliding back and forth in my hand same as a weather vane in a January storm. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

She rolled the mug back and forth in her hands. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She holds her cane out ahead of her, sweeping it back and forth like radar. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Desdemona’s fanning wasn’t a matter of moving the wrist back and forth; the agitation came from deep within her. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Will’s footsteps echo back and forth, back and forth, in front of the doorway, and I tiptoe to the door, almost pressing my ear up against it. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She’s calm now except for her eyes, which seem to be moving back and forth in her head, as if they are still searching for a way out. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl climbs into the swing and pendulums back and forth, pumping her legs, and watching her opens some valve in Werner’s soul. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Håkon—Was it really him, though?—looked back and forth between them. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She's kind of rocking back and forth in her chair, trying to get her breathing to slow down. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Methodically, as Poppy scratched and scribbled beside her, Lina colored in the space above the buildings, her pencil moving back and forth in short lines, until the entire sky was blue. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Luna flipped back and forth, stared at her handiwork. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I squint to keep the sweat from burning my eyes, and pull with all my force back and forth until the crack starts to make a jagged opening. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I work my arm back and forth, back and forth across everything wood. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The mercenary looked up, his eyes meeting Kvothe’s then sweeping back and forth behind the bar. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The sky darkened again and the wind resumed, whipping the tree branches back and forth. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Completely by coincidence, as we moved back and forth between these churches, I noticed that each one had its own distinct racial makeup: Jubilant church was mixed church. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The stalks of corn swung high and low, back and forth, like someone too big to squeeze down the rows was forcing them apart. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The woman looked at him and cuddled Lyra closer, rocking her back and forth. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he glimpsed the tigress, pacing back and forth. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” she said through gritted teeth, rocking back and forth. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He remained silent, glancing slowly back and forth from Ms. Taggart to me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I rock back and forth in the blocks to get myself ready and take a deep breath before settling in. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Gene Johnson, the Ajax of this biological war, paced back and forth across the loading dock among a pile of camouflaged military trunks—his stockpile of gear from Kitum Cave. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He continued to rock back and forth with the chanting of the crowd, rubbing his right knee each time he leaned forward. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He glanced back and forth between me and Babou for a second. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

When a string vibrates, the main pitch you hear is from the vibration of the whole string back and forth. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

He grinned and shook his head back and forth. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

She buried her head on Papa-Nnukwu s shoulder, rocking back and forth. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She whipped it back and forth past the dark columns of tree trunks, shooting through them at top speed, so fast that her hands and face collected dozens of scratches from the branches blurring by. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Mr. Whitaker had both hands in his pockets and rocked back and forth on his heels as he stood at the bottom of Mr. Ray’s stoop, talking. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Dad holds my hand going through the streets and people look at us because of the way we’re saying Latin back and forth. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Emily jerked her head back and forth so emphatically her pencil flew out of her ponytail and clattered to the floor. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He drew back and looked at me, his eyes switching back and forth across my face. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear’s eyes flickered back and forth between the small pieces in his hand and the larger container, his brow furrowed in thought. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Colonel Cathcart began tramping back and forth reflectively in the narrow corridors left between his bushels of plum tomatoes and the desk and wooden chairs in the center of the room. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

About twenty women in black burkas swept back and forth, placing trays of food, enough to cover the rug and feed a thousand people. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Mom yelled, looking back and forth between Grandma and me. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Dad is walking back and forth with Oliver in his arms and Eugene is playing on the floor with a pot and a spoon. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He paced back and forth in front of me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

They'll never fully comprehend what it's like to bounce back and forth between two worlds and two cultures without offending either side. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Noah paced back and forth, gritting his teeth. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

There were many staccato footfalls back and forth in the bathroom, which meant, he knew, that his mother was attempting to accomplish several phases of her toilet at once. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would show him a banana and playfully yank it back, and they would get into these banana fights, pushing and pulling the fruit back and forth. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The ground was muddy everywhere, so for the sake of my pants I stayed standing with Otto, rocking him back and forth and humming. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Shay danced, shifting her weight back and forth on the floating board, dodging imaginary obstacles. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I slide my lightning-bolt charm back and forth on its chain. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She kept telling herself it was a dragon but then telling herself there was no way it was a dragon, and back and forth. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

We rocked back and forth, taking comfort in each other’s warmth. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Somewhere at the top of the arena, the voices of the game’s analysts argue back and forth about today’s game. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Petra was pushing her grilled cheese back and forth across her plate. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Daddy parks in a big parking garage, and when we get out of the car, I see him and Momma exchange looks back and forth. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I did not want to be skiing back and forth from Thessicher’s farm all day long, so I hung around Sassinoth, and bought a large, good, cheap lunch at one of the hot-shops. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He swished it back and forth, getting a feel for how it cut through the air. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He unscrews the back plate, waggles the tubes back and forth. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The girls paused for a moment, looked at one another, looked at me, and then began tossing the ball back and forth. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pace back and forth, the lounge a blur in front of me. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Everyone was speaking in hushed voices, racing back and forth from the dressing room, even though the audience hadn’t even begun to gather yet. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

And of course, as happens with baseball, one thing led to another, and pretty soon the two of them were tossing a ball back and forth. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She almost always flitted back and forth like an anxious hummingbird. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Either wipe gently back and forth or dab. Don’t scrub. For real.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

In the water, Madre Seal swims back and forth, back and forth, and I can feel her worry about all of these people near her baby. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

They stood toe to toe in the center of the ring, whacking, slugging, thumping back and forth, flinging sweat, elbows, fists, knees, jab the middle one, hook the middle one. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ghostlike, mere smudges on the computer screen, they were moving back and forth. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“At least he can go back and forth to his country. Not like us; we can’t ever go to Cuba again. Isn’t that sad?” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

It’s weird when Coach Noles and Webb go back and forth like this. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

As she moved back and forth she sang, a hymn. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, it looked like they were talking back and forth. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

The guard was swaying back and forth with laughter. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I’m hungry, and the two of us pass the bag back and forth, back and forth. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The woman looked back and forth between Thomas and Teresa, then let out a sigh. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He waved his hand back and forth as if to indicate he was speaking about all the prisoners on the hall. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He pushes me back and forth a few times while I let that thought simmer. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He began to pace back and forth like an animal in a cage, pausing only to point a finger at Violet. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Mama said they went back and forth about my name, even in the delivery room before I was born. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Laughter floated up from the street, German voices joking back and forth as the patrol moved on to somewhere else. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He rocked back and forth on his heavy heels, his face wise with profundity. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Instead, she slid her fingers back and forth across the rough grain of the table’s underside, letting her skin drag over the unfinished wood, working out a kind of counterpoint to Henry’s rambling. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They argued back and forth so I sat on the bed and put my suitcase in my lap hoping that Mr. Calloway would win the argument and they’d give me some other place to sleep. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

He wiggled his tail feathers and felt himself veering back and forth. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She finally said, “I know you had a good season, Paul. A great season. Remember me? I’m the one who drives you back and forth to that place every day.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We went back and forth, week after week, as I remember it. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Zed threw a few fake punches and zipped his feet back and forth like he was bobbing and weaving to avoid an opponent in the ring. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Up and down, back and forth he went until the storm wore itself out, and Edward saw that he was beginning, again, his slow descent to the ocean floor. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

They’d gone back and forth for almost a week; it was time for the cat to be the somebody it was going to be. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I stare at my J’s as I kick my feet back and forth. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Back home, while Anderson was greeted everywhere as a celebrity, she still felt the sting of racism as she traveled back and forth across the country on concert tours. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

The word whished back and forth across the circle like a shuttle in a race. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

No doubt there had been sorties and skirmishes at the start of the siege, and arrows flying back and forth; half a year into it, everyone was too tired for such nonsense. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Wishbone’s tail swished back and forth in the dry red dirt. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I slide back and forth from Cassius Clay to Muhammad Ali. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting in a circle passing a tissue box back and forth, talking about how hard it is to watch your parents skinny up, watch their hair thin and fall out, watch their bodies turn disloyal. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I stared at the ground and rolled a small rock back and forth under my shoe. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I take a few steps back and forth to show him. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Madame Semele hooted and hugged herself, swaying back and forth, bony fingers clutching her sides. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Holding him carefully, she carried the wriggly, whimpering bundle out of the room and walked back and forth in the long hallway, jiggling him against her shoulder so that he calmed slightly. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It was like pouring one glass of water back and forth between two glasses. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I sighed and swung my arms back and forth, wondering if I should tell him. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

They chatted like this, back and forth, moving slowly toward shore. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a minute there were angry voices back and forth over some weird mechanism or other. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she walked back and forth along the water’s edge. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

They argued back and forth about everything and nothing. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Teresa followed him with her eyes as he walked back and forth. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

We tossed a little plastic ball back and forth for a while, and I tried to think of a good way to ask Stick what I should do about Maxie. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Newt shook his head back and forth, staring at the ground. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

We were already passing a small roach back and forth by the time I noticed the empty shelf under the TV. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

We talked back and forth for close to an hour, about how happy he is that I’m here with Poe at the hospital, about how great Poe is. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

We heard talking outside and calling back and forth. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The numbers, neat and clear, shuttle back and forth between my earmuffs. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t pace back and forth in her living room like always, so she just tapped her feet as if stamping out a campfire. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

On a black screen, a binocular-shaped template of vision sweeps back and forth, taking in the distant refugees. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She rocked back and forth on her heels, flexing her fingers. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Cari paced back and forth in front of the porch until Wash told her to sit down so he could teach her the names of his tools. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They danced to the rhythm of the minstrels’ music, swaying back and forth, twinkling and beckoning. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

They both laughed, but soon they got quiet and stared up at the trees swaying back and forth against the blue sky. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Outside, the wind howled and sent the tops of the leafless trees casting back and forth in the night. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Rocking back and forth, back and forth, the figure in black stared blankly ahead. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

They went back and forth, gentle parrying, trying to draw her out. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

But the fourth solution—to swing one rope back and forth like a pendulum and then grab hold of the other rope—occurred to only a few people. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Tag couldn’t catch a cold,” Roy Lee said, gripping the steering wheel and turning it back and forth to dodge the pot holes. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

So they went about fingering, taking up the streamers of gold, moving them back and forth, grabbing them to themselves, babbling, talking gibberish among themselves. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was back and forth to the pear tree continuously wondering and thinking. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Grandma was rocking back and forth in her chair, her eyes squinched shut. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nipper was pacing, turning when he turned, tracing his every move back and forth across his room. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

He rocked it back and forth a few times to get the fuel flowing into the engine, and once he smelled it he put his entire weight into a big swing. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Using the wrong voice can make the reader crane back and forth like a spectator at a tennis match: See that lady with the shopping bag? The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Still dressed, she paced back and forth in her front hall. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Through the lighted window he watched a woman move back and forth across the room. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

My eyes went back and forth between him and the fetterlings, which were splashing across the stream. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I twirled the jack of diamonds in my fingers, flipped it back and forth. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He slid the salt-shaker back and forth and kept smoothing his hair. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“He’s been going back and forth,” Leo said, “and he didn’t tell either side.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I’m rocking back and forth, unable to answer, making gagging noises, so Shirley tries, “Here we are! Your big night!” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Our master of ceremonies, Kwame, is pacing back and forth in his tuxedo, flipping through his joke notebook. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

As though an invisible hand were leafing through them, the pages of the Parmenides rippled back and forth. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

My mom ran her fingers through my hair, and rocked me back and forth, even though I was standing, and she said, like a poem, “You’ve got your father’s eyes and my nose.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And back and forth it went until I was Jackie and my father left the hospital mad. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Reyna and Octavian led the procession of senators out of camp, with Reyna’s metal greyhounds dashing back and forth along the road. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The cable was erected in 1970 to chart the Teklanika’s seasonal fluctuations; hydrologists traveled back and forth above the river by means of an aluminum basket that is suspended from the cable with pulleys. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hanako didn’t know any of the words, but she got quite involved swaying back and forth just like everybody else. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When I jerked my head toward the elevators, she followed, looking back and forth between the elevator bank and the office floor, her lip caught between her teeth. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

In a case like this the experimental method requires you to move smoothly back and forth between nature and artifice. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

When Mr. Armin ignored him, he turned away and began pacing irritably back and forth. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

His green eyes shift back and forth as he searches for the right place, his fingers nimble, built for turning pages. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Gram is rolling dough for a rhubarb tart, back and forth with the big rolling pin, dusting the yellow dough with handfuls of flour, stretching it to cover the brimming pie dish. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She just sat there on her swing, rocking back and forth, staring at me, nodding sometimes. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

And as I lay in bed, my mind swung back and forth—even when I tried to silence it—and it spun and spun, pointing in all different directions. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Behind it, Captain Reed prowled back and forth at the rail, looking into the mist, then turning around again to stare with equal intensity at the crate. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She thought back and forth about what had happened in the making of a voice out of a man. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

James intently studied the pencil he rolled back and forth under his fingertips. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She came and sat between myself and the children, and her head moved back and forth between us, like a spectator at a university debate. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He shuffled back and forth silently in his black felt slippers and listened patiently to instructions about shirts. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He began rubbing it back and forth across the stone with easy, practiced movements. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

Jason and Piper stayed below as the ship rocked back and forth. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Cheep, cheep, cheep,” she concludes, waving her head and hands back and forth. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

But when he taught, his personality strode back and forth between mad prophet and galley-slave drummer. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The cafeteria was noisy with kids laughing and talking sometimes in English, sometimes in Spanish, and sometimes in a combination bouncing back and forth between languages. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The bomb’s thunderclap bounced off the mountains and echoed back and forth across the desert. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Callie’s boyfriend is overattentive and rubs his hand up and down her thigh in a weird way that makes me shiver while she and El whisper back and forth, sharing secrets, I’m sure. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

James looked back and forth between the two emblems. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

When he hits the pod, we take cover — ducking into doorways or flattening onto the pretty, light orange and pink paving stones—as a hail of bullets sweeps back and forth over our heads. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

They could throw it into the air and spat it back and forth with their hands. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

A series of letters, photos, and packages went back and forth through April. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

It echoes back and forth between the mountains around us. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

We catch up, back and forth, my children, his children; the insurance business, his practice in the capital; the old house I still live in, his new house near the old presidential palace. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They wore trousers that looked too big or too small, sandals with ragged straps that flapped back and forth. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

His eyes flicked back and forth, skitter quick, high and fast, looking all of them over. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Allen took the bus back and forth, eager to listen to King and to keep marching as a foot soldier in the struggle for racial equality. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The tortured air had calmed but still shifted back and forth. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

We move along the road, the engine chugging and wheezing up the hills, the carriage rocking back and forth. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Shaking my head back and forth, I sputter, “It's just my mom. It's nothing new.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

June held Miles tightly, rocking back and forth. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He checked his hands to make sure no puke got on him and then he looked back and forth between us. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I situated myself in the chair and rocked back and forth, listening to the creaking sounds that rocking chairs are famous for. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turning down the lane, the jockey weaved back and forth, sweeping his flashlight beam from side to side, hunting for the driest, hardest path. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They reminded Percy of his mom’s gas stovetop back home, when she had the flame on low—waves of ghostly blue flames rippling back and forth. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Uh,” I said, trying to think fast, pacing back and forth, “I don’t seem to have my information handy right now, maybe you could just—” Then I noticed the number in the upper right-hand corner. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Clumps and clusters of birds in flight were questing back and forth, black dots against the blue sky, moving in some kind of desperate Brownian motion. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The world seems to sway gently back and forth, as though the town is drifting lightly away. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

A bottle of Rebel Yell was passed back and forth between the four men until Red drained the last swallow and flung the empty bottle into the bushes along the road. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hugged herself tightly and swayed back and forth. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t scout or tilt his head back and forth, looking for where the best spot to dig might be. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He sat at home all day and held Sarah Ruth in his lap and rocked her back and forth and sang to her; on a bright morning in September, Sarah Ruth stopped breathing. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

He rolled down behind the rock and worked the bolt back and forth. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nearby, in the playing field, children were running around with a ball that they passed back and forth; he could hear their shouts. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Down the hall, at the guards’ station, a warder twists the knobs of the wireless back and forth but finds only hiss and crackle. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

As his body weakened, the back and forth to the bathroom became too exhausting, so Morrie began to urinate into a large beaker. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I end up with a bunch of the cheaper properties, so we trade money back and forth. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Luke held Jack-Jack at arm’s length as the boy twisted, contorting his body back and forth like a wild animal. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He runs around with the rock, darting back and forth, hitting the sand with it. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Out the huge windows, the lindens toss back and forth. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

But this time they could hear her upstairs, opening and closing her drawers, moving back and forth from the bed to the closet. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Her metal dogs watched her go back and forth. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Wilson says that we toggle back and forth between our conscious and unconscious modes of thinking, depending on the situation. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

In the alley behind Ford’s, John Peanut walked Booth’s impatient horse back and forth. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a Greek demigod - the first person in living memory, perhaps the first ever.; to go back and forth between the Roman and Greek camps without telling either group that the other existed. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Across the street from the school the police had set up wooden barriers to keep the crowd back, and they paraded back and forth, ignoring the jokes called to them. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picked up the medal and swung it back and forth, a tiny pendulum. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I glance back and forth between my parents. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then her head started moving back and forth, and as a crowd of rowdy boys gathered around them she started to cry really hard and they started yelling at her. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“He was faking to protect his skin. Some folks switch back and forth. One day they’re for the King, the next, it’s all ‘liberty and freedom, huzzah’! Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He began to prowl the length of the living room back and forth, and by seven o’clock he had made them all nervous. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

We leaned up against the crates and passed the now-warm root beer back and forth. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

She frowned and looked back and forth between Edward and me, this time very deliberately. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“So, these guys are my friends Jake and Tyler,” I said to Auggie, pointing my thumb back and forth at them. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The longboats are already making their trips back and forth to the mother ships. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

She has been shuttling back and forth between patients and families all afternoon. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They rocked back and forth, with their eyes staring. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many in the Hattiesburg contingent had written back and forth about the specifics of their arrival. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She fingered the money and, looking back and forth from the coin to her son-in-law, shook her head and laughed. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The train rocked back and forth, back and forth. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was drifting, drifting like a fat white lazy cloud back and forth across the blue. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

War banners rustled from cedar ceiling beams as aurae blew back and forth, keeping everyone’s plates full. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Dr. Carey twisted the tooth a bit and racked it back and forth. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Tucker raced back and forth on the shelf. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now the boat was all noise, with wind luffing die sails and the boom slamming back and forth and the sails popping, ropes whipping and clacking, and the halyards slapping against the mast: whap, whap. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom and Aunt Tuti argued back and forth, which made everyone else get really quiet. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

And I kept shaking my head back and forth and back and forth. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Her eyes had begun to dart back and forth between the checkpoint ahead of them and that side street to their right. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

His eyes shifted back and forth like he meant to memorize us, his face white with rage or terror. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Terry starts, looking back and forth between them. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Sarge asked us to be runners—guys who sprint back and forth from regiment to base camp, getting orders and supplies. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She cradled him and rocked him back and forth until even I could feel her warmth, her yielding softness. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

As I got to my feet, a club was swinging back and forth before my eyes. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

He did not say a word, but his eyes flicked back and forth. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

For five or six strokes, the bows of the two boats contested for the lead, back and forth like the heads of racehorses coming down the stretch. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I wrap my arm around his neck and cradle him, rocking back and forth. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Yossarian followed the small fishing boats and military launches plying back and forth far out and found them unreal; it did not seem true that there were full-sized men aboard, going somewhere every time. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

These birds fly back and forth across the world, seeking news and bringing Odin all the knowledge of things. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

And then there’s Simon in the middle, glancing back and forth like we’re a street he has to cross. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you stand between Emma and me, and you can go back and forth between looking at both of these computers with us. You might see something we miss.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The blind man rocked back and forth in his chair. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Simple melodies are passed back and forth between the violins in playful repetition, rather like the push and pull of a pendulum. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

His dad keeps an old guitar in the living room, and June brings it out on the porch so the two of them can pass it back and forth. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She looked at the dress, and her red stitched mouth wiggled back and forth, as if she couldn’t decide whether she liked her new outfit. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I rock back and forth on my chair like a baby, craving so many impossible things: justice, forgiveness, redemption. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ever since she stopped running back and forth between the sisters, delivering their poison pen stories, Vonetta had to work hard for Miss Trotter’s attention. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

But they both know it’s out of the question for him to leave New York, that she will be the one to fly back and forth on weekends. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even Steve got in on the party with his bobbing back and forth. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The building had been created for life, for constant motion, for students rushing back and forth, some confident, most scared, all trying to figure out their place in the world. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I feed them stick after stick of metal, running back and forth, and by the middle of the day, I’ve learned how to repair a water pump. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She was very upset, pacing back and forth, saying whatever came into her head, and she still hadn’t gone upstairs. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Jorge and David throw a miniature football back and forth across the room, and Dario climbs on his desk and starts dancing, flipping his hair, and pouting his lips. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She was talking to me, but her eyes, big and shiny now, were firmly on the Ziploc swinging back and forth between us. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The doorknob scraped back and forth as a person tried to open it from the other side. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He rocks back and forth at a slow rhythm that fits in with the beeps, and opens his eyes about a quarter of the way every minute. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

White-clad mess-hall workers mill around the steam tables, walk back and forth wiping off the tables with rags, tie up bags of garbage, and mop up spills. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Parking the car, He goes back and forth Until it’s just right. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

We bounce back and forth in the truck as Amar drives over the railroad tracks, staying close to the high cement wall on our right. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Harriet saw a little old woman, rocking her body back and forth, sitting on her heels, in front of the fire, sucking on a clay pipe as she grieved about her boys. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad flicked it a couple of times, swaying back and forth; then he held it up to the light and studied it. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was like birds calling back and forth and then joining together in a loud, trilling chorus. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

While he moved the atoms back and forth, I sat on the top of my desk thinking about the form of the letters that I soon could write, saying that we had found something interesting. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

All around are flat-roofed, boxy warehouse buildings, and beyond them the flat railroad lands where the trains used to shunt back and forth, once the only entertainment available here on Sundays. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The birds sang only gray songs and the road wound back and forth in an endless series of climbing curves. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma began pacing back and forth like a teacher at the board. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The class went back and forth like that day after day, and when the bell rang it was always a surprise and an intrusion. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Besides soldiers, weapons, and supplies, Oshiro and Big Jim carried highly classified information back and forth to the camps in locked bags. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Poppet asks, looking back and forth between her brother and Celia. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

In a birdcage by the window, a green parakeet, the last surviving member of my grandparents’ former aviary, was moving back and forth on its balsa wood perch. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It’s lucky I have something to hold on to because the jungle’s tilting back and forth. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

They toss you back and forth while I run after them trying to catch you. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Misha followed the river’s curve north and zigzagged back and forth between tall buildings. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

We’d go back and forth like that, adding on, until Ma would say it was time for bed. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Golan swiveled his head back and forth, nervously sizing us up. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I looked back and forth between these two busters, shaking my head, making like I was barely listening anymore even though I was. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Norma whimpered; Héctor’s eyes darted back and forth, and a solemn expression was on his usually smiling face. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He had so much energy that he bustled back and forth between Billy and the scouts, delivering dumb messages which nobody had sent and which nobody was pleased to receive. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Your pinky made its way under the top of my panties and rolled back and forth, from hip to hip. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He put his finger on the words alternate placement and rubbed it back and forth until the ink was smudged, the whole time shaking his head no. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He runs back and forth, keeping his eyes on me. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I would use the ejector for steam and oil so those gauges would swing back and forth but come back to the middle. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The workers watched with interest as the lifters tottered back and forth under their burden. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

We crouched down as she rocked back and forth and whispered her prayers to Lord Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It stopped there, right in the middle of the path, grinning with all its teeth shining white, licking its lips, its eyes glowing, its broad tail swishing back and forth slowly, back and forth—” “Enough!” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

He put both of his hands over his face and shook his head back and forth a couple of times. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Meggie heard them running over the wooden floorboards above them, back and forth, jumping, sliding, giggling, and squealing. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

So I brought her wheelchair to the stairwell, and they hollered to each other, which was kind of weird, because their voices were traveling back and forth but they couldn’t see each other’s faces. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the alley, he saw Mr. Trepid scooting back and forth, peering out into the black night. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

As for Neeley, his round blue eyes rolled back and forth following the little swinging rod until he hypnotized himself into unconsciousness. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rubs his long fingers back and forth over his lips. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandmother rocked back and forth, wailing with grief, when she recounted the story. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They laid the carved gemstone on the table in front of them and started to inspect it closely, muttering little scholarly notes to each other and passing the magnifying lenses back and forth. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Rondell stood there too, looking back and forth between us, not saying a word. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Still she lay curled up in the fetal position, whimpering and moaning, rocking back and forth. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

We all watch her pace back and forth a few times. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Or rather, she was running back and forth crying on the shore. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Through the gap in the wall he could see colored tents being raised, stalls being erected, colored flags, and people walking back and forth. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The bartender touched an edge with a dirty fingertip and rocked it slightly back and forth. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“ON THE GROUND!” yelled the scythe, with such volume it echoed back and forth between the brick buildings of the street. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Until it was time to leave he flipped back and forth through the missal. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paced back and forth, guarding the door with wide swishes of a brush tail; he jumped up on Helen and Theresa as they tried to dodge by with grocery bags. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tugged off his sweater and his shirt and wrapped a large towel around his shoulders, huddling near the range, rocking back and forth as the cold gradually left his body. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Each wave would be oscillating back and forth between the state on the right and the one on the left. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

And not just beautiful, but hot, too, with her breasts straining against her tight tank top, her curved legs swinging back and forth beneath the swing, flip-flops dangling from her electric-blue-painted toes. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

She pointed through her front window and across the street to where the laughing man was pacing back and forth on my comer, doing his kicks. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Frantically he fell to his hands and knees and felt around beneath the table in the darkness, sweeping back and forth. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Spurge and Werfel spent their time going back and forth, carrying messages between the nations. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I would run outside to the middle of the soccer field and rock back and forth, my arms wrapped around my legs. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“I spent the day dealing with accident reports and insurance forms, rental cars, going back and forth to the hospital....” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Joe’s seat slid methodically and silently back and forth on the greased runners beneath him. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The pastor would grab their heads and violently shake them back and forth, shouting, “I cast out this spirit in the name of Jesus!” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Then, out of nowhere, she started to kick her leg back and forth. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Pinmei looked back and forth at both sides of the walkway. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Your dad was shaking his head back and forth just as hard and fast as Mr. Bundini was nodding his up and down.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then the man slipped back into the darkness, watching Ignatius, who was waddling back and forth before the building furiously. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

We play back and forth till Billy gets the ball and goes speeding and dancing up the sideline so fast no one can catch him and in goes the ball for a goal. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He liked to watch as the birds swooped back and forth, scooping up crickets and dropping them into the gaping mouths of their chicks. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The light swung back and forth behind her head. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“How did you—?” His eyes flicked nervously back and forth. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Beneath it are three people—one is sitting on a stool, another is sitting on the ground, and a third is pacing back and forth. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

The vomit, which was an eerie blue color in the moonlight, had its own wave action, sloshing back and forth over everybody’s boots. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Besides, there was something creepy about the way Felicia swayed back and forth. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did nothing but sway back and forth and stare at the rug with a remote, spiridess look. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

He worked the end of the shovel, back and forth, up and down, until he felt the suitcase fall free. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I would not have been surprised to see a long tail snapping back and forth behind him. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

He paced back and forth as he gave us a speech about how everybody was saying it was our year, the newspapers, people in the league, even TV sports news was covering us. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Three, four inches of it surging back and forth with the movement. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole string can vibrate back and forth. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Our letters were like a yearlong conver-sation, answering questions back and forth, continuing face-to- face at Christmas or between summer school sessions. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

By this time we have a living room floor, hardwood, waxed by my mother down on her knees, polished with a long-handled weighted brush that she pushes back and forth, making a sound like waves. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Rondell looked back and forth between us for a minute or so, and then he went up to the fence too. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Kira picked her up, cradled her, and rocked her back and forth. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ran over to Jessica, and we worked on moving the ball back and forth between us as the other girls took their turns at the net. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

We go back and forth for a little while, and then I set off down the hallway, toward the noise and the people. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Neither man had taken up a shield this morning, so it was a game of slash and parry, back and forth across the deck. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He was at some several hundred yards’ distance from us, alone in a paddock, running back and forth, followed by a clutch of men. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He stayed just beyond my store tree, weaving back and forth on silent feet. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spent the rest of the game flipping my focus back and forth between my homework and Miles. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The whole wrapped-up bundle, which was shaped like a large vitamin pill, bent slightly from side to side, then was still, then bent back and forth again. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I liked busying myself with work all day, going back and forth to the river and continuously washing dishes. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I sit back on my bed cross-legged and find myself rubbing the smooth iridescent surface of the pearl back and forth against my lips. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

It swam back and forth like a flickering minnow. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

My uncle had worked with him over the years when Big Schoolboy ran a freighting business, carrying goods back and forth by horse-drawn wagon between his home in Chinle and Gallup. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jess sniffed and looked back and forth between the picture and the note. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Since he pledged himself to art, Vincent has gone back and forth between drawing and painting, learning about one from the other. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Palmer got up and paced back and forth. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

His dark eyes traveled back and forth, willing every eye to meet his. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s only sharp words back and forth; no fists or blunt objects. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I rock back and forth a little, to dispel the image of her collapsing in the street from my mind. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Above the desk, there was a birdcage, rocking back and forth. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

She paused, pacing back and forth in front of them. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hands shone with the pungent juice and slipped around as she worked the tip of the blade back and forth. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Nora and I go back and forth, each reading a different argument from the list. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I can see the judges whispering back and forth at their table with their desk lights glowing. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Beneath broken walls of dried mud, riders galloped back and forth, swinging their long whips as they herded the survivors from the smoking rubble. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

His dad didn’t say anything, just twirled a tire wrench back and forth on his thumb like a gunslinger. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Ethan looks back and forth between us, his leg jiggling and shaking the table. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Rashid watched Diana’s eyes rise and flick back and forth from person to person, as if she wasn’t sure what to do. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Helena looks back and forth between the two of us. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The Toad was seesawing his head back and forth with his hands as he continued to scream. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

All afternoon, we walked back and forth across Key West, trying to sell our gum. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

The water wall had long stopped singing, and the sky had darkened to an endless black by the time the kids were finished bouncing ideas back and forth. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I had been trying to call my brother in Spain for weeks, and had learned—from a friend of his— that he was flying back and forth to a hospital in Amsterdam. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ben asks, looking back and forth between my parents. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Me and Wesley usually team up, going back and forth, with Sterling on guitar layin’ down the beat. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three of them go back and forth, debating over what I’m too young to know, what I’m old enough to talk about, and who should tell me. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Wesley’s Methodism spread like wildfire through England and America because Wesley was shuttling back and forth among hundreds and hundreds of groups, and each group was then taking his message and making it even stickier. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind was blowing harder, whipping the treetops back and forth. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I mean . . .” Mr. Brunner wheeled his chair back and forth, like he wasn’t sure what to say. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He slashed back and forth, destroying the demons one after the other while Small Bob the kitten sat on his shoulder, arching his back and hissing. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I’m so tired of my emotions flipping back and forth. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I can’t even sit long enough to draw—I’m pacing back and forth on deck to counteract the motion of the sea again. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Nurses came to his house to work with Morrie’s withering legs, to keep the muscles active, bending them back and forth as if pumping water from a well. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made a deep huffing sound and began to circle the fire, slowly rocking its head back and forth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

That she seemed to float back and forth like a ghost, dipping cool cloths to lay on Popo’s bloated face. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The heavy hand slapped back and forth across Ranofer’s face, almost negligently, yet with a force that twisted a crick into his neck and set his ears ringing. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I looked up at the ceiling, and I heard Erik pacing back and forth, back and forth, in the cage that he had made for himself. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It has gold or silver woven through it and sparkles as she slides it back and forth across her shoulders. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

They carried her under their arms like a tube of carpet, with the chains slapping back and forth against her body. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Claire snapped the whip at one shoulder, then the other, back and forth. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

On his way to the fire, he leaped back and forth, chasing schools of fish. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Furious as a hornet, he raced back and forth among the Huntsmen, bobbing up and down, his blade never still. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Dilsey led Ben to the bed and drew him down beside her and she held him, rocking back and forth, wiping his drooling mouth upon the hem of her skirt. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ran back and forth, jumped up and down, pulling his fingers through his hair, so I knew—mangjile!—what a busy, exciting place this Pacific Telephone was, this place where he worked. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

So we lay in the tall grass between the soccer field and the woods, passing the bottle back and forth and tilting our heads up to sip the wince-inducing wine. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I watched the students walk back and forth to class. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

As she left his office, Dr. Barnes sat down again and swiveled slowly back and forth. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

They rode their bikes back and forth on the sidewalk. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The wind was moving clouds rapidly across the sky, and as they crossed over the moon, darkness and light rolled back and forth like the men wrestling on the ground. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He had gone back and forth gathering sap from the sugar bush. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Beside her, Lena gently tilted back and forth on a rocker, watching the moon rise. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He twirled the tiny blossom back and forth and waited for me to talk. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Carmen paced back and forth, wrestling with the thoughts in her head. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

Anya picked up her last piece of dough, rounded it into a ball between her palms, and then rolled her hands back and forth. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Sai Fong put the cricket cage in the middle of the table and then went back and forth to the stove, bringing over steaming bowls of Chinese food. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Able to move now, he rocked his own body back and forth, breathing deeply to release the remembered pain. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her big ears flap back and forth as she accepts candy and popcorn and even chewing gum from delighted circus-goers. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I press both palms to my chest and rock back and forth to free the tension in my chest. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The bell above the front door rings back and forth as a few guys from school file in. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I moved relentlessly over the evening, back and forth, straining to remember exact words, telling inflections, any subtle insults or kindnesses I might’ve missed, and my mind—quite willingly—supplied various distortions. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I can’t believe people are going back and forth about who wants to buy something I made. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Her arms worked independently of her shoulders, and her neck swiveled back and forth like a pendulum. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

On a nearby porch, other ghosts snickered as Vitellius paced back and forth, tripping over his toga and hiking up his sword belt. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He began to swing it back and forth. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Tickets and money were passed back and forth; backpacks were handed over and hoisted aboard. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

His unnerving blue eyes dart back and forth across my face, and his cracked lips peel into a truly terrible grin. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Jess is wearing a dress with red flowers on it, she’s wearing little silver earrings with birds on them—I can see them moving back and forth as she talks. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could hop back and forth, or straddle it like a giant. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I must say that I admired the efficiency with which she whipped the material back and forth under the massive electric needle. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The line curled back and forth across the netless tennis courts. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

She stood over her friend, sweeping her blade back and forth to keep the giants at bay. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

His favorite pastime was walking back and forth across a thin, long wire that my mother sometimes used for hanging our clothes to dry. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She ran past Reyna, who was cantering back and forth on her pegasus Scipio—nicknamed Skippy because he was the color of peanut butter. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

We plucked the folded Batman square back and forth—a lazy game of table football. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

They knew from her voice and her pacing back and forth across the room that something bad was going down. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what to say, so I drink the rest of my lukewarm tea and watch one of the cats pace back and forth outside. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

On and on she went, pacing back and forth and waving her arms in the air. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“This one,” Sherm had told her the day before, flipping a switch back and forth. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Luke lay on his stomach on the floor and idly ran the toy train back and forth on the track. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

The bidding went back and forth, a hundred dollars at a time, until it reached seven hundred dollars. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I watched the delicate round bone at her wrist twist back and forth and felt blood pounding in my ears. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

‘Lots of better men got shot today—Lexington—Concord ... The British are sending boats back and forth tonight, taking off their men from Charlestown. I can sneak along over with them.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of them were on regular runs back and forth while others moved over single operations. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How wondrous—eyes reading back and forth. Now he’s writing his thoughts down. What’s that thought?” she asked, pointing. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Burning blue eyes darted back and forth as she took deep breaths. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Gitl began reciting the Kaddish, rocking back and forth on the sleeping shelf with the sonorous words, and the prayer was like the tolling of a death bell. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He threw a switch, and the machine hummed, and the sample began to move back and forth, the toast crumb sliding across the edge of the diamond knife. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At one point, they started passing notes back and forth. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The harder I try to look steadily at someone, the more my eyes jerk back and forth. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He held it up, waved it carefully back and forth in a wide arc, left to right and back again. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

We walk past them to get to the boys, who are running around orange cones and kicking soccer balls back and forth to each other. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The crew raced back and forth from the trees to the ship, bringing meat and eggs, heads of wild cabbage and casks of freshwater. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

They’d have been watching with spyglasses, preparing, and now she could hear them calling back and forth, readying their intercept. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

And there was Patria, on her knees, rocking herself back and forth, pulling the grass out of the ground in handfuls. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tilting dangerously back and forth, Cole felt himself lifted onto a stretcher and carried up the dock to a waiting van. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

And then she spent a few seconds looking back and forth between me and Calista and the bathtub, which was smeared with zombie blood. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he would remember this—me walking my dog past him and his brother throwing a baseball back and forth—one day far into the future, after we were married. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

As he spoke, the locket swung back and forth, back and forth. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The boom jerked back and forth, ropes flopped like sick snakes, the sails looked sloppy and loose, and she rolled from side to side on the smallest swell or wave like an old washtub. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lovey’s mouth looked like it was going back and forth between a smile and a frown. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

A punishment tour for Clevinger was fifty minutes of a weekend hour spent pacing back and forth before the provost marshal’s building with a ton of an unloaded rifle on his shoulder. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Was it his imagination or did he hear whispering in other rooms, footsteps walking back and forth, and the clip-clop of horses on the street outside? The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Her tumid eyes filled with tears and she began to cry, rocking back and forth slowly in her chair with her hands lying in her lap like fallen moths. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

As Grandma spoke, she rocked back and forth a little faster, and turned her attention away from her sketching to look at me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She held Michelle's hand, and they swung their arms back and forth like little kids. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

They passed back and forth with pots and kettles, all bare-chested and unashamed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Carlos pushed the quadruple stroller back and forth, trying to put his four kids to sleep. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Dad slowly shook his head back and forth. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The argument was going back and forth and the men had put down their picks and shovels in the heat of the argument. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the surface of the floe was firm enough, the men would exercise by marching back and forth, always on the lookout for predatory leopard seals. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

My dad shook his head back and forth. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Hush,” she said to Edward as she rocked him back and forth. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

The rabbi continued reading, and I saw that he was now slowly moving the upper part of his body back and forth. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Finn glanced quickly back and forth between Mom and Chess. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The man held his wife gently as she rocked back and forth out of sheer terror. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

With their puffed-out chests and thick necks they looked like owls rotating their carved faces back and forth. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He went back and forth from one to another, Genesis to Enoch. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Saw them rock back and forth, the sound of their hearts breaking, weeping, sobbing, all in the pitch of pain. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

After six months of paperwork and a background check, government officials—especially if they received bribes—would sometimes issue certificates to traders that allowed them to cross back and forth into China legally. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He shuffled back and forth on his feet. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He swayed back and forth, switching the knife from hand to hand, eyes glued on Thomas. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Fred wiggled and whooshed his whole body back and forth, churning up a whirlpool of murky salt water. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Kainene was on a sofa in the living room, her arms wrapped around herself, rocking back and forth. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

They passed the jar back and forth until it was empty. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Monique’s high heels clicked on the polished floor as she paced back and forth. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she were in Zmeyreka, she would have helped Mama make potions, or ridden Alsvindr back and forth on the roads. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

After having gone back and forth with Aston for fifteen minutes, Tuttle finally waved his wrinkled hand at him like he was trying to shoo away a fly. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Despite his fetters, he manages to sway lightly back and forth. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Alec leaned out into the open a bit farther, sweeping his gaze back and forth one last time. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

If something whipped back and forth, it also needed to spin on an axis, bob up and down, and hurl through a jet spray of filthy water. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He knows that Enrique cannot swim, so he paddles him back and forth on the water in an inner tube to quiet his fears. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Lily scowls back and forth from me to Mom, like she’s disappointed that I’m not getting the scolding I deserve. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Sim looked back and forth between us, plainly surprised he had to explain himself. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Holly got up from the bed and started walking fast, back and forth, across the room. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“That canna be,” she had said loudly, and began to rock back and forth in her chair as if to try to soothe a deep pain. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The glacier had been over these mountainsides, in the hundreds of thousands of years it had been grinding back and forth across the North. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Laughter muttered back and forth across the hall. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The families of graduates were spread out across the bleachers, and I ran back and forth across the basketball court a couple times before I spotted Mom and Dad about halfway up. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

They drift back and forth, back and forth until they find the water. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Now, however, it was jerking and jolting and rocking back and forth. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Declaration complained, weaving a gloved hand back and forth in Dismay’s general direction. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I listened to the elders debate these camps back and forth among themselves. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nod, and Morgan shrugs, and Anna’s eyes shift back and forth between us. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Calder was scraping the T back and forth on the wooden bench. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, crowds of blue-shirted people sit around tables, typing on computers or bent over books or passing sheets of paper back and forth. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The craft were small and flew low, banking back and forth in lazy zigzags, and the noise of the surf had covered the subtle whine of their propellers. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The value of the partial sums flips back and forth between 1 and 0; it’s not really heading to a predictable destination. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Indoors, too: When we walk into the foyer, a young girl in a white nurse's cap paces back and forth with a sobbing toddler, trying to calm him. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I tried to brace myself, but the car tossed me back and forth between the seats. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“I’ll tell you one thing,” he said, looking back and forth as if someone might be sneaking up on them. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Dogs bark back and forth in the distance. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I try to get the swing going myself but all I can do is move it back and forth and I’m angry because Freddie and Malachy are laughing at the way I can’t swing. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The guy at the fish counter is tossing words back and forth with a woman, about what’s fresh and what’s a good deal today. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I move them around, back and forth across the river. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Rough air bounced her back and forth, but she found her longitude again over the New Jersey marshlands. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

It moved back and forth, and I could hear the slap of water. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jackson and Rene stepped between us and pulled my hand out of Mong’s grip, and then they both stood there swiveling their heads back and forth between us. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Tessie’s eyes were moving, though; under the lids they skated back and forth. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He’d manhandle one of the beleaguered cats up onto the keyboard and coax it with a scrap of ham to walk back and forth. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

A soybean field between my house and his has a path worn down through the middle of it we’re back and forth so much. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Nately ripped offhis hat and earphones in one jubilant sweep and began rocking back and forth happily like a handsome child in a high chair. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I came back to the apartment after a full day of running back and forth in the markets, and the best I’d been able to get for our money was kasha. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Instead, you rubbed back and forth, gently, along my waist. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z